Darfur is not being helped because Darfur is black. Europeans and Americans (but Europeans especially) have this idea in their minds that black Africans go with living in straw hats in the desert without water. Libyans and Palestinians on the other hand must not live like that, they must live like Europeans and Americans do. Nobody cares about sub-Saharan Africa. Except a few Christian groups...
I have seen the Christians who fled Muslim Arab areas in Iraq. They fled to Kurdistan. They didn't fight. Other Christians didn't fight for them. The Muslim Kurds protect them. I have spoken to some of them, using the few words of Aramaic I know. They are not a proud people. Hundreds of years of persecution can do that to almost any people. Kurdistan and Israel are the two places in the middle-east where the (official) Christian population is growing. Muslim Kurds and
[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="71" id="2922263"]You claim the Christian leaders are ignoring the plight of the Christians and that very clearly is not the case. Quoting Leauki, reply 70Oh. They spoke up. Great. Now the problem is solved. Yes, they spoke up and what they say should be heeded. Quoting lulapilgrim, reply 69The prelates concluded, "We pray to the Almighty to inspire the leaders of nations to find the path that leads to justice and pea
[quote who="travitar" reply="22" id="2920824"]Oh, and Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 all have their roots in OS/2 [/quote] No, they don't. Or rather, the Windows NT project had its roots in the OS/2 project, but Windows NT (including later versions like Windows 2000 and finally Windows 7) did not have their roots in OS/2. Windows NT (then NT OS/2 or OS/2 3.0) was started by Microsoft to replace OS/2. The original plan involved keeping the "OS/2" name and API (what prog
Windows: 32 bit Windows (x86) runs 32 bit and 16 bit programs, including 32 bit IE9, but needs 32 bit drivers. 64 bit Windows (x64) runs 64 bit and 32 bit programs, including 64 bit IE9 and 32 bit IE9, but needs 64 bit drivers. Mac OS X: 32 bit Mac OS X (x86/ppc) on 64 bit hardware runs both 32 bit and 64 bit programs but needs 32 bit drivers. 64 bit Mac OS X (x64/ppc) runs both 64 bit and 32 bit programs but needs 64 bit drivers. <p
In my experience people "would never do" what they don't get the chance to do, like work for Microsoft. People also _never_ eat at McDonald's or Burger King and yet I have yet to see an empty McDonald's.
I miss it too. I specially miss the time I didn't have with it, the beginning. I wished I had been old enough (I was born in 1977) to see OS/2 grow from 16 bit to 32 bit. I have a book "Inside OS/2" from Microsoft Press that explains how OS/2 1.0 worked, how it switched between Protected Mode and Real Mode to run the DOS Box (then called "3x Box"). I myself only started using OS/2 in 1994 with OS/2 Warp. Many new OS/2 users came via Warp. I even bought Warp 4. And I st
Oh. They spoke up. Great. Now the problem is solved. In the mean time Christians are executed in Iran, persecuted and murdered by Islamic terrorists in Iraq, and slaughtered in Sudan. Good to know the Church is calling for an end to violence. Now everything will be good.
The problem with the official Christian leaders in the ME is that they pretty much ignore the plight of their people. They say what the regimes make them say and otherwise give in to Muslim radicals whenever they can.
It would also help, Lula, if you read the original article. The idea that ethnicity is significant in science was not mine, as you claim, but the National Survey of Student Engagement's.
Lula, did you actually read the Guardian article? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/nov/11/rorycarroll "De Pretto had stumbled on the equation, but not the theory of relativity, while speculating about ether in the life of the universe, said Prof Bartocci. It was republished in 1904 by Veneto's Royal Science Institute, but the equation's significance was not understood." You seem to confus
[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="10" id="2913583"] You can praise Einstein all you want, but what's real is that Einstein wasn't the original discoverer of the theory of relativity. [/quote] But he was. Who do you claim "discovered" the theory of relativity? (And how do you "discover" a theory?)
I don't know which part of the constitution would allow the US government to make laws that could stop me from driving my car on my own land. I still think driving a car is a right. If the US government disagrees, I wonder on what basis they do.
[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="14" id="2907735"] I have a right to drive a car. Which excuse would you have to stop me? #1 - You do not have a license #2 - You do not have insurance #3 - you have violated the agreement to drive (you have DUIs or such) The list is very long, but those are just a few that show it is not a right. Which brings up another point. Rights do not need agreements. Privileges do.[/quote] I do not need
[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="7" id="2907797"] If we do we'll find that Einstein's biography has got to be one of the most lurid in the annuls of science. Besides his sexual escapades, Einstein was plagued by evidence of plagarism and failed to give scientific credit to his wife Mileva, a Serbian, who helped him with his theories. One of the biggest myths surrounding Einstein is that he was the inventor of E=mc2. But there are other scientists (Loren
No, Doc, privileges and positive rights are two different things. I have a right to drive a car. Which excuse would you have to stop me?
I thought about this, whether physics change depending on the race of the observer. And it makes sense. Compare Newton and Einstein. We have an Anglo-Saxon theory of gravity and a Jewish theory of relativity. Both attempt to explain some of the same phenomena, but the Jewish theory is BETTER than the Anglo-Saxon theory. Both theories are usable. Of course, none of the other races offered a usable theory. You see, this is very important for science. Only someone ignorant o
A "right" is something everyone has, a "privilege" is something only one or more individuals have. A "positive right" is a right that creates requirements for others. A "negative right" is a right that creates no requirements for others. "Civil rights" are rights all citizens have (but not necessarily foreigners living in the country or elsewhere in the world). Civil rights are thus rights relative to one society but privileges relative to the universe. Driving a c
Here's the thing: Why should we care? For decades the Arabs have celebrated their dictators and supported their every move against Israel and the west (and against Africans). Suddenly they decide they don't like the dictators any more. Well, it's a bit late now. Gaddafi is not worse than Erdogan. The Turkish government has killed more Kurds per year, including last year, than Gaddafi has killed Libyans. Al-Jazeera's numbers are ridiculously inflated. But Erdogan and Turkey are
You mean when I stop questioning what you claim as facts?
[quote] I try to look at the people involved not the governments (I have the same disdain for all of them) … so this allows me much more leeway. [/quote] Congratulations. I am the people involved. Two of my friends were beaten up by the police in Cairo during the protests. And I am sponsoring one of them's trip to Israel this year. You see, when it comes to Egypt and the people, not the governments, I am
I must have meant "Please repeat your words." My bad. I phrased that weird.
I don't know. Maybe you made a good point. I just didn't understand any of it. Why are you using words and terms that confuse you? How would I be able to figure out what you meant to say? Let's make this simple: Do you or do you not believe that it is possible, with good results, to impose a belief system on another nation of any size? If yes, why shouldn't we do it? If no, what happened in Germany and Japan (and Iraq to a great extent)?
[quote] Leauki, I know … sorry … maybe this will help, it worked for me. Merit: value that deserves respect and acknowledgment Values: the range or extent of somebody's ability to see something [/quote] No, that doesn't answer my question. (And please stop <span style="text-decoration: und
So who are the "nation of billions"?
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