The United Nations definition of a "Palestinian refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict." "UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948" [3] regardless of whether they reside in areas designated as "refugee camps" or in established, permanent communities.[4] Based on this definition the number of Palestinian refugees has grown from 711,000 in 1950[5] to over four million registered with the UN in 2002.
I couldn't agree with you more concerning Jews and Palestinians returning home. Too much time has elapsed. A dual nation solution seems to be the only hope for peace. But that would require Israel to give concessions and the U.S. to not be be bias. It's going to be hard, but I believe it can be a reality. Israeli children need to be able to get on a bus without fear of it blowing up, and Palestinian children need to grow up in a real city with working plumbing and access to water. If the U.S. completely supported the Palestinian cause a LOT of wind would be taken out of Islamic Radicals. The Palestinian cause is one of the EASIEST ways for radicals to recruit members number 1 is the current iraq war.
"So why don't we get any credit when we attack Christian Serbs to protect Muslim Albanians?"
Well the muslims you are talking about are Bosniaks, and only 40% of Bozniaks are actaully Muslims so it wasn't about being muslim, but about being bosnian. So Arabs really didn't pay too much attention to it. Plus they aren't Arabs.
"Why do we get no kudos for resisting Russian aggression in Afghanistan (and potentially Turkey and Iran and Pakistan too) during the Cold War?"
The U.S. aided Afghanistan rebels in combating Russia, however the U.S. bailed After Soviet Withdrawl and they have been fighting a civil war ever since. Many see it as a way for the U.S. to meddle with Soviet Russia at the expense of the Arab population there.
Why does nobody in the Arab world seem to think it was worthwhile to remove Saddam Hussein
Arabs did want Saddam (Sunni) out. Shi'ites (Iraq's majority) wanted him gone. And rised up against him after the first gulf war and asked for American Support to overthrow him. The U.S. said no and the rebellion was brutally smashed by Saddam. Iran (A shi'ite majority country) also wanted Saddam gone. But the reason he wasn't removed was Saudi.
Saudi's gov't is a Sunni gov't and they wanted a Sunni leader in the region to offset Iran. Mainly due to fear that if a shi'ite majority controlled iraq as well as Iran there monarchy would be ousted next. So the U.S. left Sadam in place at the Saudi's request. Arabs don't like the removal of Sadam because it started a Civil War. One which the U.S. is trying not to take sides because the Saudi's want a Sunni in power and the majority shi'ite want a shi'ite. So if the U.S. supports the Shi'ites they are worried about an Iran/Iraq alliance and Saudi will be scared. If a Sunni takes over then you are in the same boat as before. So it has further escalated the problem and costs hundreds of thousands of lives.
"who was responsible for the death of more Arabs than any other single leader in all of history?"
Currently it looks as though George W. Bush is both directly and indirectly is trying to break that record
Why do the Saudis and Kuwaitis give us no love for saving them from Hussein?
See my answer above. Because he was a Sunni and the Sunni Minority wants to keep its control over the Shi'ite majority.
Why do the Somalis turn on us when we spill out our blood and treasure to help them restore peace and order to their shitty little country, where we have absolutely no economic or strategic interests worth mentioning?
I have no idea about that. You'll have to ask them
"Why is there no respect for the positive role America played in the Suez crisis? Or the Camp David agreements? Or Oslo?"
The U.S. WAS instrumental in the Suez crisis. And it has been forgotten, but also this incident helped shape America's stance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
The Camp David agreements haven't been uphelp like many many U.N. resolutions. Arabs see it as false promises.
"Really, there is some dark and paranoid corner of the Arab mind that seems to remember only insults and grudges."I wonder if this can ever be overcome.
You say insult and grudges. truthfully its called history.
Here are some interesting facts that are never talked about
If Americans realize that they can make a positive difference by not attacking Arabs and helping the Palestenians than yes it can be. But if the U.S. continues its course of action it will just get worse and worse. It already has.
But if you want to know why the U.S. is in Iraq. It has NOTHING to do with Terrorists. or WMD's. But the U.S. economy. See the U.S. doesn't care about "spreading democracy" they care about money and economic supremacy. and they will kill arab children to get it.
I agree my example might not be the best one, and the Dave Chappelle analogy you cited is good. You obviously get what I am saying.
Perhaps the real problem is that there are no positive Arab roll models to counter balance how Arabs are portrayed. I guess maybe Aladin is all we got. oh yeah Tony Shalhoub.. So Tony Shalhoub and Aladin. A ten year old disney movie and a comedy on USA. Well there is hope at least. I am just very concerned about the portrayal of Arabs in the American media, and that it will start to influence the social schemas of Americans into thinking Arabs are "evil"/bad.
As an Arab american it just is really disheartening to see the only pictures of Arabs in the media are terrorist videos, Arabs after a military attack, and terrorist characters on shows like 24. And no I don't think there is this "Jewish media conspiracy" just a media that doesn't realize the effects this is having on people.
If Israel goes back to the pre-1967 borders recognizes east Jerusalem as its capital, and works with the Palestinian government to return refugees back to Palestine and compensate those that were living in Israel proper and with the help of the world establishes a self sustaining economy in that nation then YES. I know it is a lot, but great changes for world peace and progress never are easy.
Radical Islam picks up the Palestenian agenda because it is an easy way to garner recruits, funding etc. Take away Palestenian cause and Radical islam will lose A LOT of steam, and the U.S. relations would dramatically improve if the U.S. is agressively working with the Palestenian goverment to achieve financial stability.
Enemies are only seen as enemies when they have hostile tendencies. To Arabs: America, Britain, and Israel look like Bullies attacking the Arab world. The Palestenian Crisis, The Israeli-Lebanon War, The War in Iraq, Afghanistan, Talk now of attacking Iran/Syria. It looks as though the U.S. and Britain want to kill all Arabs. Even before Sept. 11th Arabs felt that the U.S. was biast and racist. The recent U.S. policies in the Middle East have only reenforced that belief, and sadly fueled the flames for radical islam.
I am sorry that you didn't feel welcome in SA or Jordan. Biast and Racism go both ways, and hopefully if enough education is brought over to the states and they take the first step in repairing the damage we can start to unravel this mess.
I am Lebanese too, and yes the food is AWESOME. Jewish food is just as AWESOME in my opinion (I LOVE MATZAH). I agree that radical islam is dangerous, however the United States and Britain want to solve those problems with violence and it is only making it easier for radical islam to recruit. If people are educated about the history of the region and the culture and realize that there is prejudice and racism on both sides then we can take the steps to fix these problems. I want Israeli children to be able to get on the bus without a bomb going off, and I want Palestenians to have human rights, access to water, And a chance at a decent economy. But none of that will be possible unless people realize what happend in the past and make steps to correct these injustices.
[blockquote}They weren't kickout out of their homes, you ignoramus.[/blockquote]
1. Yes they were - 2. Becuase I stand up for an opressed people I am called names.... Ridiculous
Millions of other Palestinians live as refugees in other Arab countries (as well as one million in Israel proper), after fleeing wars in 1948 and 1967. According to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948) and subsequent resolutions, these refugees have the right to return to their homes, or to be compensated for their losses. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicated that refugees might be allowed to return to a future Palestinian state, even his "best offer" refused all the right to return to homes in Israel itself.
And here is some background about globalexchance.org
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.
Well I am Arab and don't wish any harm or malice towards Jews. and as to what "Arabs say about Jews" you are just illustrating and reenforcing a stereotype. Now I won't argue that some Arabs do make statements against Jews, however there are also Christians who make statements against Jews, as well as Jews who are racist against Arabs or Blacks or Mexicans. Racism may focus on one ethnicity but itself can originate from all ethnicities.
Here is an example about something that is going on today.
Sacha Cohen famous for Borat and Ali G is jewish. Now I think he is a great comedian and extremely talented. However one thing that does bother me is Borat. He essentially is a jewish man dressing up and acting "like an arab" talking about how he "Hates the jews" and "Where are your horns jew" etc. etc.
Now if a white person painted himself black and went around doing movie about how "Crackas are takin' over, why can't a black man get a job etc. etc.". What do you think the reaction would be in the states?
The whole point of my original post was to illustrate this bias, and hope that one day ALL of these racial issues can be addressed and hopefully one day be extinguished. But unfortunately that won't happen unless people realize that we are all on this planet together, and EVERYONE deserves basic human rights.
These are Palestenian REFUGEES. And where are they refugees from?
There own homes
50 years ago those people were kicked out of there homes and forced to leave. They have no identity, no home. They aren't citizens of Lebanon.
To put this in perspective how would you feel if someone kicked you out of your home with all of your neighbors and you had no place to go but a neighboring country. You and your neighbors and family members have no home no identity no citezenship and have to live in slum camps for 50 years.
You may not rob a bank, or blow up a building, but your grandson might.
I am Lebanese, and while I understand that you might not be as educated about these issues as I am, or for that matter even care, but I want you to realize that this is a SERIOUS problem, and it is only getting worse with ignorance and neglect. I'm not trying to start a flamewar, but I believe that ALL people deserve basic human rights.
By avoiding teaching about one of the worst examples of intolerance and hatred in human history,
The denial of Palestinian human rights, their expulsion from their own homes, their denial of basic resources (water), economic strangulation, and the British government's key roll in creating and supporting those problems are also not taught in schools.
And it won't be for years, and probably never will, because whether people want to openly admit it or not... Arabs are considered animals and there blood is not as valuable as Jewish or Western blood.
And let's face it, there are a lot of reports of Muslims in the UK becoming increasingly radicalized, because they are learning hatred and distorted history in the mosques.
... And let's face it, there are a lot of British children growing up with this mindset about Arabs because they are learning hatred and distorted history from their own schools.
This is a very key point. I am so sick of the open source cry babies complaining about the Microsoft deal. Novell is doing what it can as a business to improve its market share. Sometimes that means working with companies like Microsoft. They have contributed an enormous amount to the community, and yet everyone cries when they try to expand.
Yet I have reason to believe that several of these same cry baby members buy console games that are also on the 360 or even own a 360. Either way you are contributing to Microsoft. People need to realize that YOU CAN'T CONTROL COMPANIES CHOICES on who they partner with. It's like telling members of your group of friends that you won't be friends with them unless they are only friends with friends you like.
Every single company that buys Suse, due to the Microsoft deal, and is switching from a full MS shop to a part Novell/Microsoft shop is good for linux. They may use SUSE now but 5 years from now they could switch to Redhat or whatever.
I am glad they are doing this with the EFF. It shows that they recognize a problem and are taking steps to address it.
Mod me a troll or flamebait I really don't care. It's just that WAAAAAAAAH NOVELL! , BOYCOTT NOVELL! is just a hypocritical broken record.
This is actually really interesting, and makes a lot of sense. Shark's genetics haven't evolved that much from its ancient relatives so this reproduction method would definitely limit variations. But I am curious as to if this is how the great white reproduces. Very little is known about the great whites breeding habits. One of the prevailing theories centers around whale carcasses.
Would it be possible to fire two neutral hydrogen beams directly at one another and upon impact drop the termperature significantly enough that the the atoms would "stick"?
If it is not humanly possible what would be the expected result?
You make a good point by citing 12(b)(6), however what exact relief is the RIAA looking for themselves?
Return to the status quo where all major distribution channels are in control of a few corporate conglomerates?... so they can in turn pay artists pennies for their work?...so they can dictate through there controlled channels of distribution the artistic media to be dispersed?
Sure they may want cash now, and they might get it, but 500 mil isn't going to stop the bleeding.
They could get limewire shut down, but there will be someone ready to take its place immediately.
The end result is inevitable. The people who control the distribution will not in 20 years.
So when I see lawsuits filed by the RIAA against p2p companies I find there request to turn back time just as much a
(6) failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
Buying a DVD of a certain band's music videos....no, but buying a collection of music videos from a specific director yes.
The Director's Collection Series has some of the greatest music videos ever made. Works from the likes of Spike Jones and Michel Gondry are definitely worth purchasing, but I agree that the RIAA is out of hand (again).
The market for music videos is very small and very specific. I think they are using the revenue generated by these collections to support there argument, which doesn't make sense to me because the individuals who purchase these collections like myself are fans of the director, not so much the artist. For example I love the video Michel Gondry did for Kylie Minogue's Come Into My World, but I have never purchased a Kylie Minogue cd or mp3 and never will. Trying to gain this "theoretical" revenue is ridiculous because the people who would buy music videos are already buying these collections. There is no significant revenue being lost to gain.
Umm... I think that game is a "truly interesting and original game concept" that has come out recently.
Other games that I find to be fun and amusing are games that move away from the conventional console controller. (Nintendo realizes this, and thus the Wii controller was designed)
Samba De Amigo, DDR, Guitar Hero, Donkey Konga... games like that have a very bright future.
With the new systems all having some sort of network for gameplay the doors are wide open for possibilities. I always thought that a team puzzle games would do very well, MMORPG's for the PC have that element, but on a gigantic scale. Something smaller and simpler could produce the same addicted frenzy.
Skype & Paypal are enormous pickups for microsoft. It makes sense for them to incorporate these directly into windows media center. Make phone calls and payments right from your television, but the biggest gain is in hitting google in the pocketbook. Ebay is a huge customer for Google advertising wise. Microsoft may move to pull the plug on that revenue source for google.
EXCERT
"The airline said that its decision had been made for commercial reasons with passenger revenue falling steadily against a backdrop of rising maintenance costs for the aircraft.
Detailed discussions over an extended period with Airbus, the aircraft's manufacturer, confirmed the need for an enhanced maintenance programme in the coming years, the carrier added.
British Airways has decided that such an investment cannot be justified in the face of falling revenue caused by a global downturn in demand for all forms of premium travel in the airline industry.
The downturn has had a negative impact on Concorde bookings and is set to continue for the foreseeable future, according to the airline."
if you want a small computing device and want to take a note or two this might come in handy.
Its a pretty cool gadget. Unfortunately Windows Tablet is your only OS option, but its only a matter of time till someone makes linux work on one of these things. No need for a keyboard since it has handwriting/speech recognition. You could load up a bunch of music and video on it (60 gb hard drive) and take your notes by hand... the pepper pad is cool, but I agree I need more functionality on my mobile device, and my LS800 does everything that the pepper pad can do and more since its a full functioning pc...it just doesn't run linux...yet..firefox and thunderbird work great on it though.
It is a stupid name. To me, and most people over the age of 10, but remember nintendo's past market share has been kids, and they would like to keep that market share.
Calling there system war machine or revolution is a little too complicated for kids. A three year old can say the name of this product very easily, and nintendo wants to get them hooked young.
Now as to the older generation Nintendo has a few things up there sleave to capture that as well. Mainly the ability to play old retro nintendo games that we all grew up on, plus the ability to also play all the old sega genesis games as well. That draw will help them capture some of the older gamers, but the real key for nintendo is if they can land the latest and greatest gaming titles for their platform.
Landing the latest titles by the like of companies like Rockstar Games will solidify the possibility to capture all three markets. Something no gaming company has done is a long time.
Nintendo is just trying to retain its previous market share, and of course that is young children, and in the process snag some of us in the process.
For the record I hate the name, but I understand why the chose it.
I was thinking the same thing, but this brings up an interesting question. Why doesn't Adobromedia make its own browser? I mean seriously if they came up with something with integrated flash and slick pdf support they could seriously jump into the browser war and might stick it to everyone. Anyone know if Adobe / Macromedia have something like this in the works?
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The United Nations definition of a "Palestinian refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict." "UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948" [3] regardless of whether they reside in areas designated as "refugee camps" or in established, permanent communities.[4] Based on this definition the number of Palestinian refugees has grown from 711,000 in 1950[5] to over four million registered with the UN in 2002.
I couldn't agree with you more concerning Jews and Palestinians returning home. Too much time has elapsed. A dual nation solution seems to be the only hope for peace. But that would require Israel to give concessions and the U.S. to not be be bias. It's going to be hard, but I believe it can be a reality. Israeli children need to be able to get on a bus without fear of it blowing up, and Palestinian children need to grow up in a real city with working plumbing and access to water. If the U.S. completely supported the Palestinian cause a LOT of wind would be taken out of Islamic Radicals. The Palestinian cause is one of the EASIEST ways for radicals to recruit members number 1 is the current iraq war.
"So why don't we get any credit when we attack Christian Serbs to protect Muslim Albanians?"
Well the muslims you are talking about are Bosniaks, and only 40% of Bozniaks are actaully Muslims so it wasn't about being muslim, but about being bosnian. So Arabs really didn't pay too much attention to it. Plus they aren't Arabs.
"Why do we get no kudos for resisting Russian aggression in Afghanistan (and potentially Turkey and Iran and Pakistan too) during the Cold War?"
The U.S. aided Afghanistan rebels in combating Russia, however the U.S. bailed After Soviet Withdrawl and they have been fighting a civil war ever since. Many see it as a way for the U.S. to meddle with Soviet Russia at the expense of the Arab population there.
Why does nobody in the Arab world seem to think it was worthwhile to remove Saddam Hussein
Arabs did want Saddam (Sunni) out. Shi'ites (Iraq's majority) wanted him gone. And rised up against him after the first gulf war and asked for American Support to overthrow him. The U.S. said no and the rebellion was brutally smashed by Saddam. Iran (A shi'ite majority country) also wanted Saddam gone. But the reason he wasn't removed was Saudi.
Saudi's gov't is a Sunni gov't and they wanted a Sunni leader in the region to offset Iran. Mainly due to fear that if a shi'ite majority controlled iraq as well as Iran there monarchy would be ousted next.
So the U.S. left Sadam in place at the Saudi's request. Arabs don't like the removal of Sadam because it started a Civil War. One which the U.S. is trying not to take sides because the Saudi's want a Sunni in power and the majority shi'ite want a shi'ite. So if the U.S. supports the Shi'ites they are worried about an Iran/Iraq alliance and Saudi will be scared. If a Sunni takes over then you are in the same boat as before. So it has further escalated the problem and costs hundreds of thousands of lives.
"who was responsible for the death of more Arabs than any other single leader in all of history?"
Currently it looks as though George W. Bush is both directly and indirectly is trying to break that record
Why do the Saudis and Kuwaitis give us no love for saving them from Hussein?
See my answer above. Because he was a Sunni and the Sunni Minority wants to keep its control over the Shi'ite majority.
Why do the Somalis turn on us when we spill out our blood and treasure to help them restore peace and order to their shitty little country, where we have absolutely no economic or strategic interests worth mentioning?
I have no idea about that. You'll have to ask them
"Why is there no respect for the positive role America played in the Suez crisis? Or the Camp David agreements? Or Oslo?"
The U.S. WAS instrumental in the Suez crisis. And it has been forgotten, but also this incident helped shape America's stance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
The Camp David agreements haven't been uphelp like many many U.N. resolutions. Arabs see it as false promises.
"Really, there is some dark and paranoid corner of the Arab mind that seems to remember only insults and grudges."I wonder if this can ever be overcome.
You say insult and grudges. truthfully its called history.
Here are some interesting facts that are never talked about
If Americans realize that they can make a positive difference by not attacking Arabs and helping the Palestenians than yes it can be. But if the U.S. continues its course of action it will just get worse and worse. It already has.
But if you want to know why the U.S. is in Iraq. It has NOTHING to do with Terrorists. or WMD's. But the U.S. economy. See the U.S. doesn't care about "spreading democracy" they care about money and economic supremacy. and they will kill arab children to get it.
http://middleeastinfo.org/article4398.html
And that is why Arabs distrust the U.S.
I agree my example might not be the best one, and the Dave Chappelle analogy you cited is good. You obviously get what I am saying.
Perhaps the real problem is that there are no positive Arab roll models to counter balance how Arabs are portrayed. I guess maybe Aladin is all we got. oh yeah Tony Shalhoub.. So Tony Shalhoub and Aladin. A ten year old disney movie and a comedy on USA. Well there is hope at least. I am just very concerned about the portrayal of Arabs in the American media, and that it will start to influence the social schemas of Americans into thinking Arabs are "evil"/bad.
As an Arab american it just is really disheartening to see the only pictures of Arabs in the media are terrorist videos, Arabs after a military attack, and terrorist characters on shows like 24. And no I don't think there is this "Jewish media conspiracy" just a media that doesn't realize the effects this is having on people.
If Israel goes back to the pre-1967 borders recognizes east Jerusalem as its capital, and works with the Palestinian government to return refugees back to Palestine and compensate those that were living in Israel proper and with the help of the world establishes a self sustaining economy in that nation then YES. I know it is a lot, but great changes for world peace and progress never are easy.
Radical Islam picks up the Palestenian agenda because it is an easy way to garner recruits, funding etc. Take away Palestenian cause and Radical islam will lose A LOT of steam, and the U.S. relations would dramatically improve if the U.S. is agressively working with the Palestenian goverment to achieve financial stability.
Enemies are only seen as enemies when they have hostile tendencies. To Arabs: America, Britain, and Israel look like Bullies attacking the Arab world. The Palestenian Crisis, The Israeli-Lebanon War, The War in Iraq, Afghanistan, Talk now of attacking Iran/Syria. It looks as though the U.S. and Britain want to kill all Arabs. Even before Sept. 11th Arabs felt that the U.S. was biast and racist. The recent U.S. policies in the Middle East have only reenforced that belief, and sadly fueled the flames for radical islam.
I am sorry that you didn't feel welcome in SA or Jordan. Biast and Racism go both ways, and hopefully if enough education is brought over to the states and they take the first step in repairing the damage we can start to unravel this mess.
The first step is Palestine.
I am Lebanese too, and yes the food is AWESOME. Jewish food is just as AWESOME in my opinion (I LOVE MATZAH). I agree that radical islam is dangerous, however the United States and Britain want to solve those problems with violence and it is only making it easier for radical islam to recruit. If people are educated about the history of the region and the culture and realize that there is prejudice and racism on both sides then we can take the steps to fix these problems. I want Israeli children to be able to get on the bus without a bomb going off, and I want Palestenians to have human rights, access to water, And a chance at a decent economy. But none of that will be possible unless people realize what happend in the past and make steps to correct these injustices.
[blockquote}They weren't kickout out of their homes, you ignoramus.[/blockquote]
a lestine/
1. Yes they were - 2. Becuase I stand up for an opressed people I am called names.... Ridiculous
Millions of other Palestinians live as refugees in other Arab countries (as well as one million in Israel proper), after fleeing wars in 1948 and 1967. According to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948) and subsequent resolutions, these refugees have the right to return to their homes, or to be compensated for their losses. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicated that refugees might be allowed to return to a future Palestinian state, even his "best offer" refused all the right to return to homes in Israel itself.
here is the source link
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/p
And here is some background about globalexchance.org
Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since our founding in 1988, we have successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.
Well I am Arab and don't wish any harm or malice towards Jews. and as to what "Arabs say about Jews" you are just illustrating and reenforcing a stereotype. Now I won't argue that some Arabs do make statements against Jews, however there are also Christians who make statements against Jews, as well as Jews who are racist against Arabs or Blacks or Mexicans. Racism may focus on one ethnicity but itself can originate from all ethnicities.
Here is an example about something that is going on today.
Sacha Cohen famous for Borat and Ali G is jewish. Now I think he is a great comedian and extremely talented. However one thing that does bother me is Borat. He essentially is a jewish man dressing up and acting "like an arab" talking about how he "Hates the jews" and "Where are your horns jew" etc. etc.
Now if a white person painted himself black and went around doing movie about how "Crackas are takin' over, why can't a black man get a job etc. etc.". What do you think the reaction would be in the states?
The whole point of my original post was to illustrate this bias, and hope that one day ALL of these racial issues can be addressed and hopefully one day be extinguished. But unfortunately that won't happen unless people realize that we are all on this planet together, and EVERYONE deserves basic human rights.
Ah yes gratious guests.
These are Palestenian REFUGEES. And where are they refugees from?
There own homes
50 years ago those people were kicked out of there homes and forced to leave. They have no identity, no home. They aren't citizens of Lebanon.
To put this in perspective how would you feel if someone kicked you out of your home with all of your neighbors and you had no place to go but a neighboring country. You and your neighbors and family members have no home no identity no citezenship and have to live in slum camps for 50 years.
You may not rob a bank, or blow up a building, but your grandson might.
I am Lebanese, and while I understand that you might not be as educated about these issues as I am, or for that matter even care, but I want you to realize that this is a SERIOUS problem, and it is only getting worse with ignorance and neglect. I'm not trying to start a flamewar, but I believe that ALL people deserve basic human rights.
And it won't be for years, and probably never will, because whether people want to openly admit it or not... Arabs are considered animals and there blood is not as valuable as Jewish or Western blood.
This is a very key point. I am so sick of the open source cry babies complaining about the Microsoft deal. Novell is doing what it can as a business to improve its market share. Sometimes that means working with companies like Microsoft. They have contributed an enormous amount to the community, and yet everyone cries when they try to expand.
Yet I have reason to believe that several of these same cry baby members buy console games that are also on the 360 or even own a 360. Either way you are contributing to Microsoft. People need to realize that YOU CAN'T CONTROL COMPANIES CHOICES on who they partner with. It's like telling members of your group of friends that you won't be friends with them unless they are only friends with friends you like.
Every single company that buys Suse, due to the Microsoft deal, and is switching from a full MS shop to a part Novell/Microsoft shop is good for linux. They may use SUSE now but 5 years from now they could switch to Redhat or whatever.
I am glad they are doing this with the EFF. It shows that they recognize a problem and are taking steps to address it.
Mod me a troll or flamebait I really don't care. It's just that WAAAAAAAAH NOVELL! , BOYCOTT NOVELL! is just a hypocritical broken record.
This is actually really interesting, and makes a lot of sense. Shark's genetics haven't evolved that much from its ancient relatives so this reproduction method would definitely limit variations. But I am curious as to if this is how the great white reproduces. Very little is known about the great whites breeding habits. One of the prevailing theories centers around whale carcasses.
Well Jobs has made his views on DRM pretty clear. It is worth a read.
here is the link to the dolphins doing thei thing. Dolphin's sing "Batmaaaan"...
It was shut down by the RIAA. The MPAA will be on them right after they finish off the chimps with the typewriters.
Which is now MS apparently...
I'm going to go get a me a clippy t-shirt!
Screw you Linu$!
Actually...while I was reading this I thought about stock as well, Novell's. Novell's stock price is currently in takeover territory.
If someone wanted to seriously get into the Enterprise Linux game quick that would be one of the quickest ways to do it.
Would it be possible to fire two neutral hydrogen beams directly at one another and upon impact drop the termperature significantly enough that the the atoms would "stick"?
If it is not humanly possible what would be the expected result?
You make a good point by citing 12(b)(6), however what exact relief is the RIAA looking for themselves?
Return to the status quo where all major distribution channels are in control of a few corporate conglomerates?... so they can in turn pay artists pennies for their work?...so they can dictate through there controlled channels of distribution the artistic media to be dispersed?
Sure they may want cash now, and they might get it, but 500 mil isn't going to stop the bleeding.
They could get limewire shut down, but there will be someone ready to take its place immediately.
The end result is inevitable. The people who control the distribution will not in 20 years.
So when I see lawsuits filed by the RIAA against p2p companies I find there request to turn back time just as much a
(6) failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
as Limewire's.
Buying a DVD of a certain band's music videos....no, but buying a collection of music videos from a specific director yes.
The Director's Collection Series has some of the greatest music videos ever made. Works from the likes of Spike Jones and Michel Gondry are definitely worth purchasing, but I agree that the RIAA is out of hand (again).
The market for music videos is very small and very specific. I think they are using the revenue generated by these collections to support there argument, which doesn't make sense to me because the individuals who purchase these collections like myself are fans of the director, not so much the artist. For example I love the video Michel Gondry did for Kylie Minogue's Come Into My World, but I have never purchased a Kylie Minogue cd or mp3 and never will. Trying to gain this "theoretical" revenue is ridiculous because the people who would buy music videos are already buying these collections. There is no significant revenue being lost to gain.
Umm... I think that game is a "truly interesting and original game concept" that has come out recently.
Other games that I find to be fun and amusing are games that move away from the conventional console controller. (Nintendo realizes this, and thus the Wii controller was designed)
Samba De Amigo, DDR, Guitar Hero, Donkey Konga... games like that have a very bright future.
With the new systems all having some sort of network for gameplay the doors are wide open for possibilities. I always thought that a team puzzle games would do very well, MMORPG's for the PC have that element, but on a gigantic scale. Something smaller and simpler could produce the same addicted frenzy.
Skype & Paypal are enormous pickups for microsoft. It makes sense for them to incorporate these directly into windows media center. Make phone calls and payments right from your television, but the biggest gain is in hitting google in the pocketbook. Ebay is a huge customer for Google advertising wise. Microsoft may move to pull the plug on that revenue source for google.
Here is an article about the concorde retiring
EXCERT
"The airline said that its decision had been made for commercial reasons with passenger revenue falling steadily against a backdrop of rising maintenance costs for the aircraft.
Detailed discussions over an extended period with Airbus, the aircraft's manufacturer, confirmed the need for an enhanced maintenance programme in the coming years, the carrier added.
British Airways has decided that such an investment cannot be justified in the face of falling revenue caused by a global downturn in demand for all forms of premium travel in the airline industry.
The downturn has had a negative impact on Concorde bookings and is set to continue for the foreseeable future, according to the airline."
if you want a small computing device and want to take a note or two this might come in handy.
Its a pretty cool gadget. Unfortunately Windows Tablet is your only OS option, but its only a matter of time till someone makes linux work on one of these things. No need for a keyboard since it has handwriting/speech recognition. You could load up a bunch of music and video on it (60 gb hard drive) and take your notes by hand... the pepper pad is cool, but I agree I need more functionality on my mobile device, and my LS800 does everything that the pepper pad can do and more since its a full functioning pc...it just doesn't run linux...yet..firefox and thunderbird work great on it though.
It is a stupid name. To me, and most people over the age of 10, but remember nintendo's past market share has been kids, and they would like to keep that market share.
Calling there system war machine or revolution is a little too complicated for kids. A three year old can say the name of this product very easily, and nintendo wants to get them hooked young.
Now as to the older generation Nintendo has a few things up there sleave to capture that as well. Mainly the ability to play old retro nintendo games that we all grew up on, plus the ability to also play all the old sega genesis games as well. That draw will help them capture some of the older gamers, but the real key for nintendo is if they can land the latest and greatest gaming titles for their platform.
Landing the latest titles by the like of companies like Rockstar Games will solidify the possibility to capture all three markets. Something no gaming company has done is a long time.
Nintendo is just trying to retain its previous market share, and of course that is young children, and in the process snag some of us in the process.
For the record I hate the name, but I understand why the chose it.
I was thinking the same thing, but this brings up an interesting question. Why doesn't Adobromedia make its own browser? I mean seriously if they came up with something with integrated flash and slick pdf support they could seriously jump into the browser war and might stick it to everyone. Anyone know if Adobe / Macromedia have something like this in the works?