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| 2000/10/13 [Academia/GradSchool, Industry/Jobs] UID:19468 Activity:nil |
10.13 http://www.rackspace.com/goconfigure/recommended/server_freebsd.php \_ Why post this? I wouldn't recommend rackspace as a colo --oj |
| 2000/10/13 [Uncategorized] UID:19469 Activity:nil |
10.13 http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/QR |
| 2000/10/13 [Uncategorized] UID:19470 Activity:nil |
10/13 aaron and ali are cool, they are cruising the labs
looking for chicks |
| 2000/10/13-15 [Reference/Religion] UID:19471 Activity:very high |
10/13 Does the term Arab apply to all the middle eastern people? Or is
it more specific or more generic than that? Does it imply religion
(e.g. Muslim) in which case includes most of the middle eastern
countries EXCEPT Israel?
\_ arab is not synonymous with middle eastern. nope, not at all.
many countries which aren't in the middle east have substantial
arab populations, such as much of northern africa.
it has nothing to do with religion-- there are muslim arabs,
christian arabs, jewish arabs, atheist arabs, whatever.
i think irani people don't consider themselves arab, or something
like that.
\_ You're mostly right. Most Iranians (not Irani, but who cares?)
consider themselves "Persians", but there are also Iranian
Arabs. Mostly from the south, where the oil is. There is
tension between Persian and Arab Iranians. House of Kabab is
owned by an Arab Iranian, but he considers himself Arab first.
Arabs usually speak Arabic, so that's an easy way to tell.
Afghans and Iranians don't speak Arabic (as their first tongue),
and they don't consider themselves Arabs.
\_ As far as I'm concerned, Israelis == Arabs.
But I'm a stupid 'Merican so hey.
\_ yah they are all just a binch of camel jockey sand niggers
anyway right? Fucking idiot.
\_ Cool it jewboy. It's just some Hatfields + McCoys shit.
and the way all them nationalistic fundamentalists
act, man, it's more like "sand _honkeys._"
Israelis == Arabs == Bible-beatin' Southerners.
troll troll troll troll!
\_ hey look at the cute little oriental girl!
\_ Ali AlabedAlafaelMohammedAhalaha Rahimi, you wanna answer this?
\_ what about the Iraqians?
\_ What about them? Shitheads lead by So-dam Insane.
Arab (n): An Arabic-speaking gentile-ass who lives in Arabia or
\_ so what about the Iranis or the Saudians? How they
differ from Israelians? More moderate than the Jordani?
\_ Sorry to inject reality into this discussion, but:
Arab (n): An Arabic-speaking person who lives in Arabia or
North Africa
(Therefore not Israeli). -tom
\_ As usual, you are an idiot. Tell the Syrians and Iraqis that
they are not Arabs for me.
\_ changing "person" to "jewass" or "gentile-ass" is
juvenile and boring. -tom
\_ defining Arab, as if it needed defining, is juvenile
and boring. The song "Ha" is Juvenile and boring.
But "gentile-ass", while juvenile, is not boring. ha!
\_ They are not Arabs, they are camel jockeys or sand
n*grs (whichever racial slur you prefer)
\_ Regardless nationalistic fundamentalists are the same the world
over, they freakin' SUCK ASS.
\_ muslims are not synonmous with arab btw
\_ E.g. Malaysia and Indonesia are Islamic SE Asian countries.
\_ note how there are no muslim 1st world countries. wonder if
it's mutually exclusive
\_ Note that there are no Indian 1st world countries. wonder if
it's mutually exclusive
\_ To build a 1st world nation requires intelligence, rationality,
tolerance, humanity etc. These attributes are completely
orthogonal to the muslim nature.
\_ What about the era of Persia? It was more "1st world" than
Europe at that time.
\_ They were Persians, not (as you might say), dirty Arabs.
\_ yeah, before Islam took over and ruined it
\_ What about it? Alexander the Great conqured Persia,
and then the Romans and later on the Russians. Face
it, the height of Muslim glory came during Akbar's
reign in India. Even then, he entrusted the daily
affairs of empire to a Hindu, because he felt (and
stated in writing) that no muslim could ever posses
the requisite intelligence to run an empire.
\_ Your lack of historical knowledge is disturbing.
The Arab empires during the "Dark Ages" in Europe
were larger, more civilized, and longer lasting
than any Christian empire.
\_ Perhaps in the years between the fall of the
eastern empire and the beginning of the
renasiance arab nations were better organized
than european ones, but only marginally so.
Even during the height of thier power, muslim
rulers outside of india ran countries in which
\_ Does this qualifier makes any difference?
the average citizen was quite poor and had little
freedom. They can hardly be considered 1st world
as superior civilizations existed in non-muslim
dominated parts of the the world at the same time.
\_ Alexander never conquered Russia and such country did not even
exist yet. A collection of feudal city states that later united as
Kievan Rus' more or less has been paying off the Mongols to leave
them alone for 300 years but as the Kievan Rus' government seat was
in Kiev, you could just as well argue that it was actually the
ancient Ukraine. There was neither Moscow (only 850 years old) nor
St.Petersbourgh (negligiable age). Few of those cities are now in
Russia, but they were never a capital of any country by such name.
What I believe to be the oldest of the bunch, called Novgorod was
actually a democracy. (strangely, it means "new town", not to be
confused with my hometown Nizniy Novgorod ( "lower new town" ) that
was build later than this, but still before Moscow. Could you have
ment Genghis Khan? The Mongols weren't much of conquerers, because
they never could live in a town for more than a couple of days, but
\_ "a couple of days" is enough time to wrap you in blankets
as stomp on it with horses as a token of honor.
they obviously didn't lose any time. Slavs are supposed to be blond.
All it really took to kicking them out was to stop mutual backstabbing
that's all. -muchandr
\_ One day an old polish jew, living in Warsaw, has his last light
bulb burn out. To get a new one he'll have to stand in line for
two hours at the store (and they'll probably be out by the
time he gets there), so he goes up to his attic and starts
rummaging around for an old oil lamp he vaguely remembers seeing.
He finds the old brass lamp in the bottom of a trunk that has
seen better days. He starts to polish it and (poof!) a genie
appears in cloud of smoke.
"Hoho, Mortal!" says the genie, stretching and yawning, "For
releasing me I will grant you three wishes."
The old man thinks for a moment, and says, "I want Genghis
Khan resurrected. I want him to re-unite his mongol hordes,
march to the Polish border, and then decide he doesn't want
the place and march back home."
"No sooner said than done!" thunders the genie. "Your second
wish?"
"Ok. I want Genghis Khan resurrected. I want him to re-unite
his mongol hordes, march to the Polish border, and then decide
he doesn't want the place and march back home."
"Hmmm. Well, all right. Your third wish?"
"I want Genghis Khan resurrected. I want him to re-unite his--"
"OK OK OK. Right. What's this business about Genghis Khan
marching to Poland and turning around again?"
The old man smiles. "He has to pass through Russia six times."
\_ Every who lives in the Middle East is Middle Eastern, but Arabs and
Israelis are Semitic and Persians are not. The former two could never
find any chemical / biological warfare agets that worked on one but not
the other, and not for the lack of trying... -muchandr
\_ John, I forgot I owed you an explanation on Czechs. The Czech
design bureau is Tatra (they did do trucks, but are not Russian),
the firm who hired them was the new Bugatti under Romano Artioli,
and yes, correct again, they are currently buiding 18 cilinder
monsters under Bugatti label for VW AG, whose Ferdinand Piech, by
the weirdest fluke is the designer of Audi Quattro yet majority
shareholder of Porshe and direct descendant of Ferry Porshe. Porshe
had to finally part ways with the aircoled boxer 6 in 911, which was
getting too hot and too noisy at three something liters displacement
and switch to watercooling like the rest of the wold, so imagine
their surprise when they found out that the Czech government Tatra
limosines, that were absolutely silent is actually an aircooled 8 of
some 4 or 5 liter displacement. That was probably the largest modern
aircooled car engine. Very impressive. EB110 supercar was theirs, and
the new ones you can find at http://www.bugatti-cars.de I don't think
VW would've dared a crack at Bugatti themselves. They were already
scared shitless of having to do Bentleys and Lamborginis ...
-muchandr |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Uncategorized] UID:19472 Activity:nil |
10/13 Stevens died? When was this??
\_ Rich Stevens? Just over a year ago:
http://www.usenix.com/directory/awards.html |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Reference/Religion] UID:19473 Activity:insanely high |
10/13 What is wrong with those arabs? Bombing American vessels, killing
Israeli soldiers, etc. Do they want to get nuked or what?
\_ enough of this racist bickering. it hurts you know. if you
want to know the two sides, please see--
arab point of view: http://www.middleeast.org
israeli point of view: http://www.jpost.com
\_ What is wrong with those Israelis? Opressing Palestinians,
killing children for throwing rocks, etc. What is wrong with our
government that sends my tax dollars to them every year?
\_ The Israelis did not start the fighting. The criminal
\_ Basically why are the so f'ed up?
PLO keeps inciting them. How do you think this nation
would react if a bunch of thugs kept killing its citizens?
Israelis have shown remarkable restraint despite numerous
provocations.
\_ that's pretty ridiculous. "the fightning" has been going
on for thousands of years. read the bible. it's probably
the only true bit.
\_ restraint? Almost all the deaths over the past three weeks
were Arab deaths. As of this morning, it was 7 Israelis
and 90+ Palestinians that died.
\_ The PLO started the killing. The Israelis are
defending themselves. Besides its all that dick
head Clintons' fault. He pushed the Israelis
and the PLO too far too fast in the hopes of
making himself look good. Its not our place to
force other nations to the peace table.
\_ This is deliberate. The Israelis cannot exchange one
life for another given the population disparities.
\_ what is the intent of your question? is it to incite thought
or comments? it does a pretty poor job. if you're just looking
for an answer, the answer is "no." -ali
\_ why do you appear to be offended ali? It's just a naive
question coming from a stupid ignorameous.
\_ or a troll.
\_ I find it hard to understand why these people feel they
need to resort to such actions. Do they think that they
can be violent without inciting a response? What is it
\_ Several religions are notably peaceful: Hinduism,
Buddhism, Quaker(ism?). Of these only hindus are
willing to take up arms in *extereme* cases.
about that religion that makes people behave in the most
irrational ways?
\_ Because they are completely f'ed up.
\_ let me assume that by "that relgion" you mean "the
arab religion" in which case i would have to reply
with "you fucking imbecile. learn some culture before
you decide you have an opinion about something," thus
swiftly dismissing the discussion. -ali
\_ He means Islam. Most arabs are also Muslims. Don't
be a greater idiot than usual ali.
\_ which is even worse. he's saying that the act
was incited by religion. that's bullshit. i think
culture in general had a lot more to do with it.
if he wants to say "religion has a greater influence
in their culture than anything else" then i'll still
have to call him an idiot. the implied causality
in his question is completely fatuous.
\_ I don't understand why these people act in the
manner that they do. My understanding is that
they are driven by the "will of god" (as they
percieve it), thus I conclude that thier religion
(if you can all it a religion) leads them to it.
There is also historical precedence for followers
that particular "religion" inciting conflicts where
it is unnecessary, the Moors in Spain, the Sultans
in India, etc.
\_ As opposed to the Christians who brought
the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and
numerous other atrocities in the name of
their religion.
\_ Um, as I recall the reformation
corrected most of these problems.
How come there hasn't been a similar
move in islam?
\_ To expect reformation from a
people whose heritage includes
murdering their prophets chosen
successor is the height of stupidity.
\_ palestinians might be driven by the hopeless
desperation intrinsic in being systematically
oppressed and denied fundamental human rights.
think about it.
\_ NOT! The PLO is a bunch of murdering thugs.
They would be criminals whether or not they
were "oppressed". If you wish to speak about
oppressed people in the Middle East, only the
Israelis fall into that category.
\_ israel has violated numerous international
human rights laws. palestinian refugees
don't even have the right to return. look
at the facts. zionism is racism.
\_
Both the Palestinians and the Jews have a reasonable claim to the
same piece of land. Because of various reasons, mostly religious,
a significant minority of each party is not willing to consider
the others position and is willing to resort to any provocation,
including mass murder and terrorism, to advance their agenda.
In such a situation, no peace is possible -ausman
\_ Israel has reacted in the only
fesiable way. If America was
surrounded by enemies we would
arm our borders and take enemy
land to buffer our people as much
as possible. Don't give me that
human rights bs. Israel MPs did
not order hits and bombings on
civilian targets for terrorizing
people into getting what they
want. The PLO did that. They are
criminals and those that stand
with them are criminals also.
\_ you sound like a brainwashed
zionist.
\_ Refute the argument you
anti-semitic pig.
\_ how does anti-semitism
fit into this? it's anti-
zionism.
\_ you sound like a brainwashed
Hamas idiot.
\_ I believe that the terms
"brainwashed" and "idiot"
are superflous when used
to refer to the Hamas.
Membership to that elite
organization requires a
level of mental capacity
which is rarely seen in
most humans (at least ones
that are born with a brain).
\_ No, it's religion in general. All religions are about
equally fucked up. The jews and their state, the
Muslims and their jihad, the Mormons with their preaching/
converting, the Christians with their Crusades.
\_ There are several religions which are peaceful.
Hindus, Buddhists, Quakers.
\_ Hindus have a reputation for fighting. Well, India
does, to say the least. Put three hindus in a room
and you get three points of view.
\_ Disagreement is different than resorting to
violence. Hindus are extremely risk averse,
and will chose to take up arms only if all
other options have failed.
\_ Religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded
people who need strength in numbers.
\_ If you believe this, you do not understand
religion. Read a book by Joseph Campbell and
perhaps you will understand. Oops, I forgot
you and your WWF brothers don't know how to
read.
\_ I am very well read in Joseph Campbell.
Jesse may or may not have good reasons for
his belief, but the idea itself is sound.
\_ How can it possibly be sound? Please
clarify.
\_ Let's take religions that define a god.
None of these gods exists as described.
\_ What Campbell books have you read?
I'm not sure how you arrived at
this conclusion, but you have not
understood eastern religions at
all, specifically hinduism. In
hinduism God is defined as
all that is. Only God exists,
all else is just an aspect of
God.
\_ Arguing about hinduism and many
Eastern religions can get very
hairy (many are more philosophies
than religions), and becomes
distracting from the core
argument.
When we talk about traditional
Christianity, the notion that
the Christian God does not exist
is much more self-evident.
\_ From my readings of christian
texts written by christian
saints, the concept of God
is similar to that of many
eastern religions. I think
that perhaps the traditional
Catholic or Protestant view
of God may be incomplete
though.
\_ From my reading of the Bible,
the Christian God is an
entity as well as a concept.
This entity does not exist.
\_ I admit that I have not
read the bibile in its
entirity. Perhaps the
entity as described
there in does not exist.
But the original post
does not specify a
Christian God.
\_ Is it not safe to assume
that Jesse Ventura is
speaking of, for the
most part, Christians?
I didn't read the whole
Bible either; it's
pretty clear after a
few chapters, though,
that the Christian God is
put forth not only as a
concept but an entity.
\_ The US isn't going to nuke anyone ever again. The political
fallout just ain't worth it.
\_ This is a policy started by Truman. He was too scared to
use the bomb that he hampered his generals in Korea from
decisively winning that conflict leading to the diminished
usefulness of our most powerful weapons.
\_ Are you intentionally being a complete idiot? You might
as well have said, the unfortunately outcome of WWII lead
to the termination of Auschwitz as the most powerful
killing machine the world has ever seen. Follow that by,
can we just release biological weapons over the general
vaccinity of the middle east? I'll bet you'd like to
torture POW's, too.
\_ You misunderstand my point. Why should we have weapons
if we are too afraid to use them?
\_ We SHOULDN'T HAVE NUKES!
\_ I totally agree. We should replace our tactical
nukes with space based weapons platforms. Big
Guns in the Sky that can defend America's
freedom from her enemies whereever they be.
\_ If you play Civilization III, you'll realize the precedence
of power in different civilizations:
military units < religion < mass media < lawyers + injunctions
To advance in civilization, you must research research research.
As you approach industrialization and information revolution,
you need units that are more deadly than the previous era but
at the same time pose less physical threat. Religion served
well as a weapon, but that era is over.
\_ lol! Civilization III does not exist yet. It's Civ: CTP. |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Computer/Companies/Google, Computer/SW] UID:19474 Activity:nil |
10/13 StarOffice source released. http://www.openoffice.org |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Computer/Networking] UID:19475 Activity:nil |
10/13 I got a cable modem and I'm runing RH 6. My networking is setup
through DHCP. The problem is that when I log in to GNOME or try
to start apache I get a message about not being able to
determine the local host name. This prevents apache from running
and also causes problems when I ssh to my home machine from outside.
How do I fix this? Thanks.
\_ fix /etc/resolv.conf. Also you should set ServerName in httpd.conf |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Uncategorized/Profanity] UID:19476 Activity:nil |
10/13 Fuck geekporn: http://www.angelfire.com/la/aureolis/book.html \_ aren't those the switchblade symphony chicks? \_ not all of them \_ I dont get it. where's the pr0n? |
| 2000/10/13-15 [Reference/Religion] UID:19477 Activity:high |
10/13 Regarding the discussion below, is Muslim the proper term for
those people who live in the Middle East, North Africa, Persia
and follow (to varying degrees) the teachings of Mohamad?
\_ a guy i work with who is one of the brightest, most multitaleneted,
fun to work with , hard working people it's ever been my
privelage to work with is a muslim, and he's from new york.
-a jew who is not a predjudiced asshole
\_ He must not be a practicing muslim, as the attributes
you describe he has are mutually exclusive to the practice
of islam.
\_ Muslim is the name for followers of the religion of Islam.
\_ In my language Mohamad rougly translates to "Exterme Imbicile".
Thus his followers can be refered to as Extereme Imbiciles.
\_ which language, if serious?
\_ The term Mohamaden is used to describe Muslims. This
is general written Maha (meaning great/extereme) and
Mudan (meaning imbicile/idiot) in most Indian languages.
\_ "most" -- indoeuropean or dravidian?
\_ I would say most sanskrit (indoeuropean) based
languages. Dravidian "languages" is somewhat
of an oxymoron, as they are most closely related
to primitive grunting than a real language.
Most scholars consider dravidian "language" forms
to be the native language forms of india, since
sanskirt was introduced much later by the vedic
invaders whose origin is much disputed. |
| 2000/10/13 [Uncategorized] UID:19478 Activity:nil 75%like:19480 |
10/11 Are there any places with both guys and girls dancing. GF wants
to go see guys, but says I can come along. But I want to see girls. |
| 2000/10/13-16 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:19479 Activity:nil 53%like:19493 |
10/13 I have Windows 98 OSR 2. Is it worth upgrading to Windows 2000?
Any compatibility issues with games?
\_ lol! If there's anything to upgrade for you, it is Windows ME.
not Win2k. Win2k are for Business Environment. For regular home
users, it'll be an overkill.
\_ lol!
\_ lol! Don't listen to these sons of goats. Win2k is fine for
most newer games. lol!
\_ lol!
\_ Win2k has loads of compatibility issues with games - it's just
not a gaming environment.
\_ Also won't work with your random cheapo peripheral (think:
webcam, funky sound input card, etc etc) |
| 2000/10/13-14 [Uncategorized] UID:19480 Activity:kinda low 75%like:19478 |
10/11 What are the good places to see guys stripdancing.
Are there any places with both guys and girls dancing. GF wants
to go see guys, but says I can come along. But I want to see girls.
\_ You're Wormfood Dude! Ditch the Bitch. |
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