[nylug-talk] linux support cd

[Peter C. Norton]

Off the topic from the list, un-related to anything I want to read,
and long.

Post a link next time, and make it topical.

-Peter

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 12:31:56AM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> Discovery Channel and Ted Koppel Present THE LONG WAR(wt) A Look at the
> Future of America's War Against Terrorism
> 
> Discovery Channel and Ted Koppel Present THE LONG WAR(wt) A Look at the
> Future of America's War Against Terrorism
> 
> SILVER SPRING, Md., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- If you think the war on
> terror will end with a withdrawal from Iraq, or a stable government in
> Afghanistan . . . you're wrong. While the eyes of the world focus on
> those two conflicts, the U.S. military is preparing to fight a war that
> may last for generations . . . the Long War. Ted Koppel will present an
> in-depth special report on the implications for America of a war that
> may never really end, when THE LONG WAR premieres on Discovery Channel
> on Sunday, March 11 at 9 PM (ET/PT)
> 
> The terrorists are not thinking in terms of a conflict that will end
> in five, 10, or even 20 years. Instead, they are looking 100 years into
> the future. The U.S. has no choice but to do the same. Ted Koppel will
> explore whether this country is trying to fight this war with the right
> military armed with the right weapons -- or the wrong ones.
> 
> From Afghanistan where American soldiers are fighting an increasingly
> powerful Taliban, to the Horn of Africa where the war is being fought by
> building schools and digging wells to Ethiopia where the U.S. is training
> commandos even while the war in next-door Somalia rages, this documentary
> will look at what has become a global war unlike any other in history.
> 
> Ted Koppel will explore whether the United States can sustain a war
> effort lasting decades. He will visit a high-tech training site run
> by a private security company to see what role private contractors,
> already controversial, may play in the Long War.
> 
> THE LONG WAR completes Koppel's trilogy on national security issues as
> the one-hour special looks into the future at a conflict that may very
> well be decided by our grandchildren or even our great-grandchildren.
> 
> Koppel's previous Discovery Channel specials on national security included
> THE PRICE OF SECURITY and IRAN - THE MOST DANGEROUS NATION.
> 
> KOPPEL ON DISCOVERY is produced by Discovery Channel Managing Editor Ted
> Koppel and Executive Producer Leroy Sievers. They are joined by a team
> of some of the best researchers and producers in the industry. Together
> they are producing a slate of long-form programming exclusively for
> Discovery Channel that touches on some of the most important events,
> people and places changing lives today. From field reporting to script
> writing, every aspect of the series is shaped by Koppel's 42 years of
> experience and unparalleled journalistic integrity.
> 
> Discovery Communications, Inc. is the leading global real-world media
> company. Discovery has grown from its core property, the Discovery
> Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global
> operations in 170 countries and territories with nearly 1.4 billion
> cumulative subscribers. DCI's over 100 networks of distinctive programming
> represent 27 network entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet,
> Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery
> Times Channel, The Science Channel, Military Channel, Discovery Home
> Channel, Discovery en Espa??ol, Discovery Kids en Espa??ol, Discovery
> HD Theater, FitTV, Discovery Travel & Living (Viajar y Vivir), Discovery
> Home & Health and Discovery Real Time. DCI's other properties consist of
> Discovery Education and Discovery Commerce, which operates more than 100
> Discovery Channel Stores in the U.S. DCI also distributes BBC America
> in the United States. DCI's ownership consists of four shareholders:
> Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ: DISCA) , Cox Communications, Inc.,
> Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company's
> Founder and Chairman.  Website: http://www.discovery.com/
> 
> 
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The 5 year plan:
In five years we'll make up another plan.
Or just re-use this one.