I've recently seen popunder ads for GoToMyPC. Using Firefox 1.0. I was on quite a few sites at the time, so not sure which did it, but I did see a site: paypopup.com included in my history. My best guess is that the popunder was triggered by an onclick event over a hidden link (I often click a page in an empty spot to make sure it has the focus before wheel scrolling). I have some of the "move or resize windows" disabled, so I didn't even notice the popunder for a while, was hidden at the bottom right hand corner of the monitor. Only after I maximized that that I saw it was a GotomyPC ad.
I wasn't able to use it myself, but I did see another passenger show his cell phone to the ticket checker - she typed in the code, and moved on. Alright, so it's not a barcode, but still incredibly cool.
Found this online "Ulteriore chicca del servizio è la possibilità di trasmettere i codici via SMS al cellulare, per essere sicuri di non smarrirli e di averli con sé nel momento del controllo."
(Another "chicca ?" of the service is the possibility to SMS the code to a cell phone, to make sure you have it with you when they check tickets) source: http://www.i-use.it/analisi/commerciali/5/
Totally agree on the Nexus count.. just put in a Nexus cpu fan and 2 case fans and the quiet, gentle hum is great. I'd also recommend good old standard Seagate for a quiet hard drive (switched from a Maxtor - good god was that loud).
Israel has done quite a bit for the Palestinians, the reverse cannot be said for the Palestinians however. The bigger question is why Arab nations refuse to fund and aid in the creation of a peaceful Palestinian populace rather than funding the most extreme elements of Palestinian society (including a government that preaches hatred of Jews on all its government controlled media).
For example, Israeli hospitals such as Hadassah, are known for taking in everybody regardless of religion or background, including terrorists. One surgeon recently blinded by a terrorist attack had in fact reattached the hand of a Palestinian bomb maker, only to be nearly killed by one later.
It appears as though your gut reflex would be to give more aid, and it's an understandable instinct. The problem is, as numerous studies have shown, terrorism is perpetrated by middle class and upper class people by a far greater margin than those impoverished. Palestinians get the most aid per capita in the world according to the World Bank (no longer avail online, from a Jerusalem Post reprint of an Associated Press article dated Feb 19, 2003):
However, "firm commitments" by donor countries meeting in London this week was only in the range of US$700 million, said Nigel Roberts, World Bank's representative to the West Bank and Gaza.
He said US$1.1 billion would "maintain the very basic level of equilibrium in the economy."
Donors disbursed US$930 million in 2001, and just over a billion dollars in 2002, Roberts said.
"Given the trends, this very high level of foreign assistance is roughly US$300 per capita, which on a sustained basis is the highest in any country in the world, in a developing country situation," he told a news conference.
The key is in the education - one that's currently under the control of a group of thugs sadly put in place by both my and Israel's governments.
Your compassion is understandable and commendable, but ignoring the strategy behind terrorism will only lead to more of it. There's a wide political spectrum in Israel, don't you find it curious that it doesn't exist on the other side of the divide (usually because they're dragged out in the street and hung for their political views)?
By the way, you have nowhere near as much blood on your hands as, say, the average European. At least our government officials don't secretly delight at the prospect of our funds going to the likes of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade. EU government officials hoping to prevent funds going to terrorist groups is a rare thing. As Chris Patten famously said, they'd want an investigation of where the funds were going like he'd like a hole in the head.
>The Taliban, horrible people that they were/are, offered to give him to us
HAHAHAHAHA! Talk about a gullible idiot! They also sued for a cease-fire while we were bombing Tora Bora while they fled the scene. Stupid is too kind a word for you.
It doesn't make sense because you are totally clueless about the origins and meanings of the word. Anti-Semitism is not simply the sum of it's parts, there's a history (etymology) behind the word.
from wikipedia (which is down right now):
Anti-Semitism is hostility or violence toward people because of their Jewish ancestry. Although sometimes used literally for hatred of all Semitic peoples, the word "anti-Semitism" was coined specifically to refer to hatred of Jews. There are numerous forms of anti-Semitism, originating in different trends in human society, but usually having the common ground of xenophobia.
Etymology of the word The word was coined in Germany in 1873 by Wilhelm Marr as a more euphonious way of saying "Judenhass" (Jew-hatred). This name was chosen because Marr and others believed in a now discredited theory that held that certain racial groups and linguistic groups coincide. Semites, at the time, were defined as natives of a group of Middle Eastern nations related in ethnicity, culture and language. Under this theory Semites would include: Jews, the various Arab groups, and ancient nationalities such as the Assyrians, Canaanites, Carthaginians, Aramaeans and Akkadians (one of the ancestors of the ancient Babylonians). The theory of Semitic races has long since been discredited. The only Semitic people found in significant numbers in Germany at the time the word was coined were Jews, and because of that, anti-Semitism was considered a convenient way to name the hatred of Jews without reminding of either hatred or Jews.
Since the late twentieth century, some have argued that since Arabs speak a Semitic language, they by definition cannot be "anti-Semitic". Similarly, some writers and speakers have used "anti-Semitism" to mean hatred of either Jews or Arabs, considering both groups as "Semites". This usage is nonstandard and highly controversial. Those who use it have been accused of creating a semantic dispute for propaganda purposes.
Trying to cover the occurrences of anti-Semitism or anti-Jewish rhetoric with banal and semantic arguments is a waste of everybody's time, so get off it.
Yeah, Sharon went to a site holy to Jewish people, a site which by the grace of a kind and considerate nation, was and continues to be under the supervision of an Arab body fiercely anti-Jewish in their views. The fact that Jews are barred from a holy place while Arabs are given control of it is a fact that's lost on your tunnel-visioned anti-Israel arse, isn't it?
What does the trip have to do with the intifada though? Absolutely nothing, it was planned long before the visit:
Odd how you forget the dozens of attempted suicide bombings, the dozens of successful shooting attacks, and the unmitgated hate speech and threats spewing from government agencies during this "cease fire." But hey, all terrorist groups should have a chance to rebuild their ranks, right?
If Israeli leaders wanted war, all they would have to do is create a Palestinian state - there's no evidence whatsoever to assume that Palestine would be a peaceful nation - in fact, there's plenty of evidence to show that it would be a tragic escalation of the situation.
You're a pathetic moron.
Both sides? There are only two sides? How about Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Former Iraqi dictatorship, Egypt, or the terror-funding EU (who "need an investigation of where the funds go like they need a whole in the head")?
There is no Israel-Palestinian conflict, it's just the media-friendly face to the same old Arab-Israeli conflict. Arabs refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel refuses to cease to exist, a rather simple equation.
And yes, Israel does have the right to claim the moral high ground, because mere days after Palestinians and Arabs joined in an attempted mass slaughter of her civilians, she responded with the most generous offer a victorious warring nation has ever produced - a return of the land for normalized relations - Arabs responded with their typical undying hatred of all things Jewish.
"On June 19, 1967, scarcely ten days after the cease-fire, the Israeli government decided in a secret cabinet session to return all of the Sinai Peninsula, all of the Golan Heights, to Egypt and Syria respectively in return for full peace treaties. At the same time, the Israeli government launched a clandestine operation to canvass 80 Palestinian notables on the West Bank about the possibility of creating an autonomous Palestinian entity, leading potentially to an independent Palestinian state. The Egyptians and the Syrians rejected this overture. They convened at Khartoum at the end of the summer, and they passed the infamous Three No's: no negotiations, no peace, no recognition of Israel. The Palestinian notables in the West Bank, the protocols of the discussions, all said they'd be interested in having an autonomous entity. They certainly wanted independence. But they were afraid if they concluded any peace treaty at all with Israel, they'd be executed. A historic opportunity was lost that summer, and we've lived with the consequences ever since."
If you're looking for a villain in the Middle East, start with the dictatorships and tyrannies that have ethnically cleansed Palestinians from Kuwait, refuse to give them basic citizenship rights in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan (although Jordan is by far the best of that crew), refuse to allow Palestinians to immigrate (Saudi Arabia), and continue to fan the flames of hatred to perpetuate their proxy war against Israel. Find me a pro-Palestinian more concerned with the well-being of the Palestinian people rather than the desire to harm Israel in some way, shape, or form. I don't see all the apologists in Europe doing a damn thing to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in any Arab nations - a people forced to live in slum villages for the sole purpose of using their plight as a negotiating tool in their proxy war against Israel. I didn't hear a damn word when tens of thousands of Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from Kuwait, yet I heard plenty about it when somebody simply (and falsely) <b>accused</b> Israel of <b>considering</b> it.
There is one party amongst all these people that has an open, liberal democracy that not only includes over 1 million Arab and Druze citizens (including an Arab member on the Supreme court), but also provides the highest standard of living for any Arab in the entire Middle East. Israel has made quite a few mistakes - bringing in a dictator from Tunisia at the urging of the U.S. government being the most egregious, but to try to equate the two sides while ignoring the funding and motivation from the Arab world is utterly puerile.
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Here's the link to the video file:
http://www.revver.com/video/27335/
And here are some of their other experiments:
http://www.revver.com/tags/eepybird/
I've recently seen popunder ads for GoToMyPC. Using Firefox 1.0. I was on quite a few sites at the time, so not sure which did it, but I did see a site: paypopup.com included in my history. My best guess is that the popunder was triggered by an onclick event over a hidden link (I often click a page in an empty spot to make sure it has the focus before wheel scrolling). I have some of the "move or resize windows" disabled, so I didn't even notice the popunder for a while, was hidden at the bottom right hand corner of the monitor. Only after I maximized that that I saw it was a GotomyPC ad.
I wasn't able to use it myself, but I did see another passenger show his cell phone to the ticket checker - she typed in the code, and moved on. Alright, so it's not a barcode, but still incredibly cool.
Found this online
"Ulteriore chicca del servizio è la possibilità di trasmettere i codici via SMS al cellulare, per essere sicuri di non smarrirli e di averli con sé nel momento del controllo."
(Another "chicca ?" of the service is the possibility to SMS the code to a cell phone, to make sure you have it with you when they check tickets)
source: http://www.i-use.it/analisi/commerciali/5/
Am I the only one who cringes at a Spam expert letting his/her e-mail address be posted unprotected on a site?
Totally agree on the Nexus count.. just put in a Nexus cpu fan and 2 case fans and the quiet, gentle hum is great. I'd also recommend good old standard Seagate for a quiet hard drive (switched from a Maxtor - good god was that loud).
For example, Israeli hospitals such as Hadassah, are known for taking in everybody regardless of religion or background, including terrorists. One surgeon recently blinded by a terrorist attack had in fact reattached the hand of a Palestinian bomb maker, only to be nearly killed by one later.
It appears as though your gut reflex would be to give more aid, and it's an understandable instinct. The problem is, as numerous studies have shown, terrorism is perpetrated by middle class and upper class people by a far greater margin than those impoverished. Palestinians get the most aid per capita in the world according to the World Bank (no longer avail online, from a Jerusalem Post reprint of an Associated Press article dated Feb 19, 2003):
The key is in the education - one that's currently under the control of a group of thugs sadly put in place by both my and Israel's governments.
Your compassion is understandable and commendable, but ignoring the strategy behind terrorism will only lead to more of it. There's a wide political spectrum in Israel, don't you find it curious that it doesn't exist on the other side of the divide (usually because they're dragged out in the street and hung for their political views)?
By the way, you have nowhere near as much blood on your hands as, say, the average European. At least our government officials don't secretly delight at the prospect of our funds going to the likes of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade. EU government officials hoping to prevent funds going to terrorist groups is a rare thing. As Chris Patten famously said, they'd want an investigation of where the funds were going like he'd like a hole in the head.
>The Taliban, horrible people that they were/are, offered to give him to us
HAHAHAHAHA! Talk about a gullible idiot! They also sued for a cease-fire while we were bombing Tora Bora while they fled the scene. Stupid is too kind a word for you.
It doesn't make sense because you are totally clueless about the origins and meanings of the word. Anti-Semitism is not simply the sum of it's parts, there's a history (etymology) behind the word.
from wikipedia (which is down right now):
Anti-Semitism is hostility or violence toward people because of their Jewish ancestry. Although sometimes used literally for hatred of all Semitic peoples, the word "anti-Semitism" was coined specifically to refer to hatred of Jews. There are numerous forms of anti-Semitism, originating in different trends in human society, but usually having the common ground of xenophobia.
Etymology of the word
The word was coined in Germany in 1873 by Wilhelm Marr as a more euphonious way of saying "Judenhass" (Jew-hatred). This name was chosen because Marr and others believed in a now discredited theory that held that certain racial groups and linguistic groups coincide. Semites, at the time, were defined as natives of a group of Middle Eastern nations related in ethnicity, culture and language. Under this theory Semites would include: Jews, the various Arab groups, and ancient nationalities such as the Assyrians, Canaanites, Carthaginians, Aramaeans and Akkadians (one of the ancestors of the ancient Babylonians). The theory of Semitic races has long since been discredited.
The only Semitic people found in significant numbers in Germany at the time the word was coined were Jews, and because of that, anti-Semitism was considered a convenient way to name the hatred of Jews without reminding of either hatred or Jews.
Since the late twentieth century, some have argued that since Arabs speak a Semitic language, they by definition cannot be "anti-Semitic". Similarly, some writers and speakers have used "anti-Semitism" to mean hatred of either Jews or Arabs, considering both groups as "Semites". This usage is nonstandard and highly controversial. Those who use it have been accused of creating a semantic dispute for propaganda purposes.
Trying to cover the occurrences of anti-Semitism or anti-Jewish rhetoric with banal and semantic arguments is a waste of everybody's time, so get off it.
Yeah, Sharon went to a site holy to Jewish people, a site which by the grace of a kind and considerate nation, was and continues to be under the supervision of an Arab body fiercely anti-Jewish in their views. The fact that Jews are barred from a holy place while Arabs are given control of it is a fact that's lost on your tunnel-visioned anti-Israel arse, isn't it?
What does the trip have to do with the intifada though? Absolutely nothing, it was planned long before the visit:
PA minister: Intifada planned since July
Odd how you forget the dozens of attempted suicide bombings, the dozens of successful shooting attacks, and the unmitgated hate speech and threats spewing from government agencies during this "cease fire." But hey, all terrorist groups should have a chance to rebuild their ranks, right? If Israeli leaders wanted war, all they would have to do is create a Palestinian state - there's no evidence whatsoever to assume that Palestine would be a peaceful nation - in fact, there's plenty of evidence to show that it would be a tragic escalation of the situation. You're a pathetic moron.
Both sides? There are only two sides? How about Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Former Iraqi dictatorship, Egypt, or the terror-funding EU (who "need an investigation of where the funds go like they need a whole in the head")?
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There is no Israel-Palestinian conflict, it's just the media-friendly face to the same old Arab-Israeli conflict. Arabs refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel refuses to cease to exist, a rather simple equation.
And yes, Israel does have the right to claim the moral high ground, because mere days after Palestinians and Arabs joined in an attempted mass slaughter of her civilians, she responded with the most generous offer a victorious warring nation has ever produced - a return of the land for normalized relations - Arabs responded with their typical undying hatred of all things Jewish.
"On June 19, 1967, scarcely ten days after the cease-fire, the Israeli government decided in a secret cabinet session to return all of the Sinai Peninsula, all of the Golan Heights, to Egypt and Syria respectively in return for full peace treaties. At the same time, the Israeli government launched a clandestine operation to canvass 80 Palestinian notables on the West Bank about the possibility of creating an autonomous Palestinian entity, leading potentially to an independent Palestinian state. The Egyptians and the Syrians rejected this overture. They convened at Khartoum at the end of the summer, and they passed the infamous Three No's: no negotiations, no peace, no recognition of Israel. The Palestinian notables in the West Bank, the protocols of the discussions, all said they'd be interested in having an autonomous entity. They certainly wanted independence. But they were afraid if they concluded any peace treaty at all with Israel, they'd be executed. A historic opportunity was lost that summer, and we've lived with the consequences ever since."
- http://www.commonwealthclub.org/archive/02/02-06o
If you're looking for a villain in the Middle East, start with the dictatorships and tyrannies that have ethnically cleansed Palestinians from Kuwait, refuse to give them basic citizenship rights in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan (although Jordan is by far the best of that crew), refuse to allow Palestinians to immigrate (Saudi Arabia), and continue to fan the flames of hatred to perpetuate their proxy war against Israel. Find me a pro-Palestinian more concerned with the well-being of the Palestinian people rather than the desire to harm Israel in some way, shape, or form. I don't see all the apologists in Europe doing a damn thing to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in any Arab nations - a people forced to live in slum villages for the sole purpose of using their plight as a negotiating tool in their proxy war against Israel. I didn't hear a damn word when tens of thousands of Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from Kuwait, yet I heard plenty about it when somebody simply (and falsely) <b>accused</b> Israel of <b>considering</b> it.
There is one party amongst all these people that has an open, liberal democracy that not only includes over 1 million Arab and Druze citizens (including an Arab member on the Supreme court), but also provides the highest standard of living for any Arab in the entire Middle East. Israel has made quite a few mistakes - bringing in a dictator from Tunisia at the urging of the U.S. government being the most egregious, but to try to equate the two sides while ignoring the funding and motivation from the Arab world is utterly puerile.