I am not sure this would be very productive - emails/memos going back and forth, complaints being fwd'ed up and down the hall. Instead its better to talk with the concerned ppl and resolve the best possible middle of the road strategy.
I didnt say that. All I said was that there are bad people, really bad ones, but there is also the media which helps the cause further. You have a point that the so-called Muslim phreakos/phundamentalists did all the above henious acts, but I just wanted to say that this has nothing to do with Islam. No religion in the world can allow that.
There are reasons for each of those conflicts which have not much to do with religion. They mite exploit religion to gather support but really Islam has nothing that endorses offensive actions like those.
Why does Islam come under trial whenever the word muslim is attached to something/someone. If a stupid muslim is bad doesnt mean that Islam is bad. Unfortunately the bad ones dominate/humiliate the much better majority that is out there.
I am sorry but this is not the concept of jizya. Jizya is for people already living in the Muslim state, not invade sovereign states and make them pay the tax. Also there is a more purposeful background of Jizya than "protection-money".
Also I dont think it is being applied anywhere.
Islam does not allow people to wage war only to rule/invade others. But on the other hand, many people have abused the religion and its beliefs to their advantage, which doesnt mean that the religion endorses those evil. I feel sorry for the actions of those b@st@rd$ for their actions since they not only harm the world in general but actually humiliate such a large "good" crowd that is out there.
BTW there is one thing I noticed. Whenever a Muslim does something wrong the _whole_ ISLAM comes under trial! Do you agree? Of course recent examples mite make you believe that it has something to do with Islam but its actually evil entities of the world, which have nothing to do with the world, Islam or anything. And they have accomplices in every circle. Its a shame we allowed them to get so big/over-powering.
Islam does NOT want to rule over the "infidels" as you call them. Who told you that? This is wrong.
Islam advocates peaceful existence of all nations and religions. In fact it is the only religion which recognizes all the other religions. Please refrain from propoganda which the media throws at you. Do you believe it makes sense for any religion to have that kind of ideas? Does it make sense?
As far as the Quran and Hadiths are concerned please be sure to know the source, and specially the context of those. Also the arabic language is much more elaborate than any other language I think, so the translations quite often do not reflect the true meaning.
If this is an attempt at humour let me tell you it is funny:-)
But if not then i guess all these things are disallowed. If someone is doing something it doesnt mean its "allowed". Everyone does things which are not allowed, not that thats O.K.
I am sad to read about such misconceptions about Islam, Jihad and Quran (not Koran) itself. The site that was quoted (submission.org) does not reflect what the majority of Muslims believe in a few areas (specially with regard to the Prophet PBUH). I am not sure who runs this site but it is clearly wrong in some areas (logically, factually, content-wise etc. which I can prove if you want).
Now coming to the concept of 'Jihad' it is the most manipulated concept both in the Muslim world as well as the rest. Killing an human being is the worst crime/sin in the eyes of God. He Says in Quran which mean "Killing a human being is like killing the whole humanity" and also "one who wrongly kills a human being cannot be forgiven, ever". The above quoted are completely out of context. Allah allows the Muslims to take up a sword _only_ as a last resort. In fact history is full of examples where the Prophet PBUH or his companions have given up what was righteously theirs just to avoid war.
But unfortunately it is true that the recent events of the world do not reflect this peace-loving nature of Islam (which is also helped by the exploitation by the media). On the other hand I wonder if the whole West-bashing "terrorists" do this only for this purpose? There has to be a bigger game behind this, which is beyond so-called "religious devotion" or wateva crappy excuse they make for their inhuman acts. I am not sure whats in it for them. There are definitely bigger players involved.
Because our customers/partners still use those... and send/expect data in that format... specially the managers/execs....
Otherwise, of course, the product data is sent as XML, CSV or other formats...
Here I would like to report a success story from my company which migrated its 200+ workstations to Linux (FC2) over a period of 4-6 months. The users are mostly data entry operators (high school graduates, college interns, fresh undergrads) with almost zero unix experience. We used to operate under a Windows environment but had to migrate due to licensing issues with the local Microsoft agents.
We still use all MS Office formats including MS Excel, Word etc. to communicate within or outside the company (using OpenOffice, no vmware etc). The standard supported browser/emailer is Mozilla with its email client.
As a software engineer I was concerned with glitches in the internal web-based applications usage but thankfully there weren't any.
Credit goes to the IT/Sysadmin team (and their commitment) tho...
Also observe that most of the fore-founders/big-wigs in the industry are from top schools. Google duo is from Stanford. Bill gates from Harvard. Steve Jobs from Berkley (I think)...
I guess it must have something to do with those schools...
So what is your view of the current tools available for Bioinformatics research? I am a student myself and have found that there is a universe of data and information out there but each of them uses its own formats and methodologies, which are always changing and breaking which makes a bioinformatician's job all the more difficult.
I dont want them to converge to a single format coz that will inhibit innovation and slow progress.
I believe XML based web services or some similar standard protocol is the answer to all these problems instead of new tools. This way all the agents can maintain their internals but provide a uniform interface for the people to use.
I agree. They are different people with different traditions and values, although they hail from the same backgrounds.
India is the world's largest secular democracy, with a healthy mix of various ethnicities and the like, with over a billion people.
Well depends on your definition of democracy. Just saying it isnt enough. I agree they have a various mix of of ethnicities but have problems in each one of those. Whether its Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujrat, or Tamil guerrilas in the South and others.
Pakistan is relatively smaller, and is an Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship with a military general.
I feel the current rule in Pakistan is the most democratic and modern government for some time. The freedom of press and media is at a level almost at par with any of that in the world and definitely better than here. Fundamentalists? Well is that why they have captured more fundamentalist AQ/Taliban operatives than the US forces there?
I've interacted with several Indians - but for the cultural "oddities" they are excellent people.
I dont think there is any real difference between Indians and Pakistanis who are in US. I am sure you will find proportionately equal representation of both in all accomplishments here. But its true that Indians have a head-start as far as technology is concerned but thats not surprising.
Slashdot Mirror
KDE, Gnome and OpenOffice!! and you call that thin... OpenOffice takes ages to load even on my pretty decent laptop.... think of a low end machine...
I can see the satellite images but they are only for bottom 4/5 notches of the zoom level... if u go further close, no images.... rite?
The *other* guy in the team must be the owner :P
I am not sure this would be very productive - emails/memos going back and forth, complaints being fwd'ed up and down the hall. Instead its better to talk with the concerned ppl and resolve the best possible middle of the road strategy.
This looks like they used night vision on some portions :)
I didnt say that. All I said was that there are bad people, really bad ones, but there is also the media which helps the cause further. You have a point that the so-called Muslim phreakos/phundamentalists did all the above henious acts, but I just wanted to say that this has nothing to do with Islam. No religion in the world can allow that.
Why does Islam come under trial whenever the word muslim is attached to something/someone. If a stupid muslim is bad doesnt mean that Islam is bad. Unfortunately the bad ones dominate/humiliate the much better majority that is out there.
Also I dont think it is being applied anywhere.
Islam does not allow people to wage war only to rule/invade others. But on the other hand, many people have abused the religion and its beliefs to their advantage, which doesnt mean that the religion endorses those evil. I feel sorry for the actions of those b@st@rd$ for their actions since they not only harm the world in general but actually humiliate such a large "good" crowd that is out there.
BTW there is one thing I noticed. Whenever a Muslim does something wrong the _whole_ ISLAM comes under trial! Do you agree? Of course recent examples mite make you believe that it has something to do with Islam but its actually evil entities of the world, which have nothing to do with the world, Islam or anything. And they have accomplices in every circle. Its a shame we allowed them to get so big/over-powering.
Islam advocates peaceful existence of all nations and religions. In fact it is the only religion which recognizes all the other religions. Please refrain from propoganda which the media throws at you. Do you believe it makes sense for any religion to have that kind of ideas? Does it make sense?
As far as the Quran and Hadiths are concerned please be sure to know the source, and specially the context of those. Also the arabic language is much more elaborate than any other language I think, so the translations quite often do not reflect the true meaning.
Oooooh.. now I know where its coming from? Its the fibbies! The source of everything evil thats going on around us. Really.
If this is an attempt at humour let me tell you it is funny :-)
But if not then i guess all these things are disallowed. If someone is doing something it doesnt mean its "allowed". Everyone does things which are not allowed, not that thats O.K.
Islam never dictates that. I only have pity on you and your source of knowledge about Islam.
The meaning of Jihad mentioned above is not accurate I am afraid.
Jihad refers to struggle only. Struggle for inner peace and spiritual cleansing. War in Islam is the very _last_ resort if the situation arises.I am sad to read about such misconceptions about Islam, Jihad and Quran (not Koran) itself. The site that was quoted (submission.org) does not reflect what the majority of Muslims believe in a few areas (specially with regard to the Prophet PBUH). I am not sure who runs this site but it is clearly wrong in some areas (logically, factually, content-wise etc. which I can prove if you want).
Now coming to the concept of 'Jihad' it is the most manipulated concept both in the Muslim world as well as the rest. Killing an human being is the worst crime/sin in the eyes of God. He Says in Quran which mean "Killing a human being is like killing the whole humanity" and also "one who wrongly kills a human being cannot be forgiven, ever". The above quoted are completely out of context. Allah allows the Muslims to take up a sword _only_ as a last resort. In fact history is full of examples where the Prophet PBUH or his companions have given up what was righteously theirs just to avoid war.
But unfortunately it is true that the recent events of the world do not reflect this peace-loving nature of Islam (which is also helped by the exploitation by the media). On the other hand I wonder if the whole West-bashing "terrorists" do this only for this purpose? There has to be a bigger game behind this, which is beyond so-called "religious devotion" or wateva crappy excuse they make for their inhuman acts. I am not sure whats in it for them. There are definitely bigger players involved.
Because our customers/partners still use those... and send/expect data in that format... specially the managers/execs.... Otherwise, of course, the product data is sent as XML, CSV or other formats...
Here I would like to report a success story from my company which migrated its 200+ workstations to Linux (FC2) over a period of 4-6 months. The users are mostly data entry operators (high school graduates, college interns, fresh undergrads) with almost zero unix experience. We used to operate under a Windows environment but had to migrate due to licensing issues with the local Microsoft agents. We still use all MS Office formats including MS Excel, Word etc. to communicate within or outside the company (using OpenOffice, no vmware etc). The standard supported browser/emailer is Mozilla with its email client. As a software engineer I was concerned with glitches in the internal web-based applications usage but thankfully there weren't any. Credit goes to the IT/Sysadmin team (and their commitment) tho...
Also observe that most of the fore-founders/big-wigs in the industry are from top schools. Google duo is from Stanford. Bill gates from Harvard. Steve Jobs from Berkley (I think)... I guess it must have something to do with those schools...
Well thats a tradition at Microsoft... The biggest heads are drop outs themselves...
(Yes I am a bioinformatician)..
So what is your view of the current tools available for Bioinformatics research? I am a student myself and have found that there is a universe of data and information out there but each of them uses its own formats and methodologies, which are always changing and breaking which makes a bioinformatician's job all the more difficult.
I dont want them to converge to a single format coz that will inhibit innovation and slow progress.
I believe XML based web services or some similar standard protocol is the answer to all these problems instead of new tools. This way all the agents can maintain their internals but provide a uniform interface for the people to use.
Comparing India and Pakistan is inappropriate.
I agree. They are different people with different traditions and values, although they hail from the same backgrounds.
India is the world's largest secular democracy, with a healthy mix of various ethnicities and the like, with over a billion people.
Well depends on your definition of democracy. Just saying it isnt enough. I agree they have a various mix of of ethnicities but have problems in each one of those. Whether its Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujrat, or Tamil guerrilas in the South and others.
Pakistan is relatively smaller, and is an Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship with a military general.
I feel the current rule in Pakistan is the most democratic and modern government for some time. The freedom of press and media is at a level almost at par with any of that in the world and definitely better than here. Fundamentalists? Well is that why they have captured more fundamentalist AQ/Taliban operatives than the US forces there?
I've interacted with several Indians - but for the cultural "oddities" they are excellent people.
I dont think there is any real difference between Indians and Pakistanis who are in US. I am sure you will find proportionately equal representation of both in all accomplishments here. But its true that Indians have a head-start as far as technology is concerned but thats not surprising.
What about Symbian OS? is it a clone/version of Linux too?
Looks like /dev/null is the only "real" black hole left in the world ?