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Posted: 07:46 13/05/2008
>>We have been in many countries throughout Europe since you were in diapers...and welcomed.

You wish! You need to stop watching U.S. propaganda stations and get out of the United States.
I challenge you to find *anyone* in Germany who wants U.S. troops occupying German soil.

>>100,000 Americans in Germany over the past decade-plus

Quite where you got this figure from is not clear. American troops invaded Germany during the second World War and have stayed on ever since. They were not welcome then, and they are not welcome now.
Incidentally, the figure of 100,000 is wrong as well.

Posted: 17:13 09/05/2008
In 1999, I was part of a group of Minnesotans who lobbied the U.S. Senate on behalf of the expansion of the NATO treaty to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
The U.S. Senate ratified the NATO treaty and will also have to ratify any radar treaty that might emerge.
The following year, I was awarded the Czech Presidential Medal by President Václav Havel, so I have little sympathy for those who believe the only opposition to the pending missile-defense system emanates from those sympathetic to a Russian point of view.
I don't buy the fact that Condoleezza Rice's schedule did not permit her to be in the Czech Republic for a projected May 5th signing.
Hulpachova's article only briefly touches upon the fact that the signing of a U.S. anti-missile defense treaty in the Czech Republic has been pushed forward by a full month.
As an American reader of the Prague Post; the issue of when and if the Czech and/or Polish governments sign this treaty and further political concessions under negotiation, such as requests by Czech military officials for two additional C-130 transport airplanes and updating of the Czech anti-missile defense system have as much interest on our side of the Atlantic as yours.
In the view of many experts in anti-missile technologies, this tested system is flawed. In the view of many American citizens, this treaty and the system it brings comes at too high a cost juxtaposed against our current economy and deteriorating roads, bridges, highways and tunnels.
In the view of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in July of 2007, the anti-missile technology in question was so unreliable that they cut the Bush Administration's funding $310 million funding request by nearly one-half.
The last time I checked the Czech bourse, the crown is soaring and the Czech economy is healthy. If the Czech government wants to enhance its national security it has a vast array of options available other than the American taxpayer.

Posted: 17:11 09/05/2008
I guess Mr Ainsworth is a little confused. No one ever said nor suggested that they may come from Russia.
Mr. Haskett did, however, allude to the fact that they were the major opponent to the base.
Funny thing is, it is true that a missile from Iran or North Korea cannot hit the United States, presently.
They can however, hit the Czech Republic and other European nations, thus the NATO Secretary General's acknowledgment of its need!

Ms. you know who, again seems to forget that the Czech Republic has had foreign soldiers on its soil for how long...:}
Funny that those soldiers have never been of the nations that freed them from occupiers (the United Kingdom, France, the United States, etc.)
Maybe a western occupying force of a whopping 200 will really alter the demographics, eh?! Czechs chose their system of election, and its 278 members have spoken on behalf of its citizens.
For Ms. "I sound off against the United States at every chance I get," she has about as much voice in that country as the Prague Post has a responsibility to attempt to determine the true function of the bases...that is just foolish comment.

Does Mr. Ainsworth think that the 100,000 Americans in Germany over the past decade-plus made them a target too?
History has shown not! We have been in many countries throughout Europe since you were in diapers...and welcomed.
The Germans in towns like Stuggart and Heidelberg are worried about our departure and their economies thereafter...and rightfully so. The Czechs will benefit greatly from this in time and know it. It was a wise move on behalf of their elected leaders, small uneducated folk need not apply...:}

Posted: 21:01 12/05/2008
Interesting comment, considering the fact that I didnt mention which OS! That is the stat for XP, no stats on Vista have been made public to my knowledge!

Random code usually doesn't come out with organized GUI's and documentation silly (and sell millions). You neeed to know something about code prior to commenting on code, but knowledge prior to debate is not what you are known for...I wonder what your comment would be if the communist party launched Vista (I am no fan of Vista, just that I sense a pattern in your comments)

Posted: 16:48 10/05/2008
>>It took 5-6,000 people over 50 million lines of code to develop an operating system.

Regardless of how much they put into it, it's a piece of garbage which nobody wants. Any fool can write random code.

Posted: 18:47 09/05/2008
Since Linux has a far superior security record than Microsoft, the following comment is very strange! The higher intrinsic security of Linux is one of the reasons many companies are starting to adopt Linux - other reasons include ease of use, beter performance, and greater robustness.

"Counterintuitively, security concerns are not a major barrier to Linux's use at the ministry. Its IT system is not under direct threat from hackers, because it is physically disconnected from public Internet, Lukovský said."

At work we use Microsoft, and in the last 2 years I have lost 4 whole days dues to virus problems with Microsoft. Also the anti-virus software slows my PC down considerably.

At home I run Linux, but do not use any anti-virus software, I rely on the standard Linux firewall. However, I have never had any virus problems at home with Linux. This is despite extensive Internet use and being connected 24 hours a day with broadband.

Posted: 17:35 09/05/2008
"as Microsoft has now activated Vista's "reduced functionality mode."

To my fellow letter-writer -- It's a comprehension thing.
Now enacted, Microsoft will see how many go out to buy and report back. You know the part I am betting floats your boat?
"The United States has the world's lowest piracy rate, at 21 percent"

It took 5-6,000 people over 50 million lines of code to develop an operating system.
Do you think there aren't going to be some issues with a project of that magnitude?
Use Linux...please.
Microsoft needs empirical feedback, and you are ALWAYS lacking in that, but pessemism abounds!
Since you live there, you are are of the fact that BSA can come into your office and remove all computers, essentially shutting down operations for as long as they deem necessary to evaluate the legitimacy of its contents? Do you read the news? Do you know of the firms that this has happened to? Its been front page for years and plenty of time to comply has been given. You have your choice, go to Linux....

Posted: 16:57 12/05/2008
Well, I guess my fellow letter writer has made it clear finally which end of the rope she jumps on. And to think all along we were only suspecting this!
The article stated facts, only 20 showed up and that is a feable, meager following not even warrenting mention! Anyone that could possibly think that white supremacy is a social norm is not worth listening to...


"But, when only 20 National Party members showed up, their feeble protest went mostly unheard."

Their day is done and we now watch them embarrass themselves in closing...

Posted: 15:53 12/05/2008
How sad, the Black Madonna Bookstore has closed. Another unique aspect of Prague vanished forever. Prague is quickly becoming just another city devoid of character.

Posted: 20:41 09/05/2008
Good article and the Post should do more of these kinds of stories, but that bookstore closed weeks -- if not months -- ago.

It's hard to imagine a bookstore being able to cover a 250,000 Kc a month rent (let alone 900,000). I bought books there on many occasions and never noticed a crowd of people there ... in fact, I can't even remember having to wait in line at the cashier. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

Posted: 15:14 09/05/2008
I remember making a trip to Manchester a few years ago, where the small town of Chester was very nearby.
All information about the little town talked about it as being one of only a handful of places in the United Kingdom where medieval architecture still existed.
Well, it was indeed a beautiful town, but unfortunately you couldn't really appreciate it due to all the signs, billboards and shops lining every square meter on the main streets. They literally blocked my view of all the buildings.
Is that what we're headed for here in my little home away from home called Praha? Just take a look at the gaudy architectural debacle called Palladium.
The architects had to be high on crack when designing it. Crenulated walls from drywall?! Pink walls? A neon tower clock? Innappropriate. The flood lighting doesn't make it any better.
It's like Disney World taking on the Old World, but in a very perverted way.
I love Mickey just like anyone else, but what they did to Namesti Republiky and the monastery was just wrong. It makes Kotva and that "square" Communist style look appealing in comparison.
It makes you wonder what kind of back hander someone got at city hall to approve that project.

Posted: 03:48 12/05/2008
Thank you Mr. Fairies, for the coverage of the Prague Panthers. It looks like another great year to be a Panther.
GO PANTHERS !

Posted: 16:40 11/05/2008
I told you so.

Posted: 08:26 11/05/2008
>>grave obstacles in the Czech Republic in regard to education and job opportunities"

Given that they don't speak English and have no education, it's difficult to imagine them walking into a good job in Canada, either. They would be a burden on the state, so it's hardly surprising that the Canadians don't want them either.

Posted: 00:55 11/05/2008
To my fellow letter-writer,
Do you even have any idea what life was like under the socialist government of the CSSR? Obviously not.
Well, I do. I lived under it for 15 years, then when my mother and I managed to escape. We met whole families in a refugee camp in Austria where people said: I left everything over there (CSSR) I just could not take it anymore (I felt stifled).
People left furnished apartments and houses just to be free.
Can you understand that?
Then, when the Berlin Wall came down, and barbed wire around the border was removed, people rejoiced and celebrated on top of the wall and in Wenceslas Square.

Posted: 11:33 10/05/2008
What do you mean Matthew? I've been living here six years and speak decent Czech and my reading skills are pretty good. Guess you must be native level, and feel really good about it.

In fact I was reading iDnes this morning and came across this: http://zpravy.idnes.cz/podivejte-se-jak-by-mohla-vypadat-rychlodraha-z-prahy-do-kladna-p7m-/praha.asp?c=A080509_212007_praha_jte - work should start in 2010 and the first passenger trains should be running on the new tracks three years later (is that a good enough translation for you?).

Posted: 23:46 09/05/2008
>>a short tunnel beneath the airport would allow a much neater and cheaper solution to the getting to/from the airport problem.

That may be true if you want to get to Masarykovo nadrazi. However, the metro line would be much better for people living to the west of the river, plus for anyone living along the rest of the A line. Masarykovo nadrazi is a pain to get to from those places.

Posted: 22:11 09/05/2008
Somebody has got to learn a lot about politics.....maybe learning to speak and read Czech would be a starter.

Posted: 23:45 09/05/2008
>>These numbers clearly show that the incentive-based policy delivered a balanced economic growth that benefited the country, companies and the work force.

You argument makes no sense. How do you know if the Czech economy would have expanded more quickly, more slowly or at exactly the same pace without these incentives? You have a data point of one, with no controls.

Posted: 17:42 09/05/2008
Yes, I know what you are saying Ms. Winston. The corruption, the pollution, everything overpriced, low earnings, Microsoft going aftter pirated copies, and the radar base!
Instead of complaining, I moved away! I earn four times more, and everything is cheaper here! I will be back though, to work at the radar base :}}}}

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