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  1. Eternal

    Hackers "good"?

    I liked that one 'hacker' guy, who hacked Al Jazeera's website when the war in Iraq started, putting up pro-American message on there (I think it was "God Bless America"). Although I could come up with a better message myself.
  2. Take Chinese for example... Anyway - where I grew up, we didn't have problems like this, as my first language is extremely phonetic. Because of that, once you knew the sounds of individual letters, you could correctly read any combination, so that was the way we were taught in schools. There are just too many exceptions in English - and when I first started learning it, as a foreign language, I was finding it extremely frustrating. For example: door vs moon or blade vs. bladder. (although I did eventually figure out the rule behind the latter anomaly). Not to mention the fact, that you guys have a tendency to write like ten letters, only to end up reading one or two. For example: thought, through. But the relative simplicity of grammar, makes up for all the other shortcommings of English, and it's a language that just sounds 'cool', especially to my Slavic ears.
  3. It's only a matter of time before a Muslim version of Xmas comes out.
  4. An Israeli prime minister once said: "We will have peace with Arabs, when they love their kids more than they hate us." It's clear from the pictures above, it won't happen for a very long time...
  5. A bit of trivia. The word 'guy' (as in some 'guy' called you) goes all the way back to the Guy Fawkes (the main character of the Vendetta is wearing his mask).
  6. Actually 9/11 was planned and executed by Jews, and the Palestinians dancing in the streets, were really Mossad agents in disguise...
  7. Homosexuality is not any more immoral, than being more attracted to blondes over brunettes. "One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness."
  8. "Palestinians complain that children can be hurt when Israel targets terrorists. The rest of us would tell our kids not to stand so close." - source
  9. Qwertz - thanks for letting me know the video pointed to, by the original link was taken down. Here's another link to the same video - gotta love the internet.
  10. Secularism is one of the few things that Europe has going for it, it would be sad to see it go...
  11. Ever tried drinking some Nyquil (it's a cough medicine) - I use it mostly when I need to go to sleep during the day, in order to wake up in the middle of the night. I don't have any trouble falling asleep, and especially during workout days (and I live next to a very busy highway). I go to gym 3 times a week, but after work, in the evening. By the time I get back, I'm tired enough to fall asleep at will. Perhaps you could try gym in the evening, instead of mornings? Also - from what you're saying, you'd end up getting less than 5 hours of sleep a night. I see how you can do it once or twice, but after a while of doing it, aren't you sleep deprived enough, to just fall asleep earlier in the evening? By the way - if you're going to gym for bodybuilding, sleep is crucial for muscle regeneration, and unless you're getting at least 7.5-8 hours, you can forget about getting big.
  12. There's also this thing called the calculator...
  13. From what I've heard he was purposely drugging himself, to use that as a proof that he's being drugged, so that they would move him to Russia.
  14. She could be for Islam, what Martin Luther was for Christianity.
  15. I'm pretty sure 'foxy' in this context will mean somebody who's sneaky and devious.
  16. Actually, according to South Park, Mormons are right , here's a transcript from another funny episode: (outside the gates of Hell) Hell Orientation Speaker: Hello, newcomers, and welcome. Can everybody hear me? (taps the mic a few times) Hello? Can everybuh-? Okay. (the crowd quiets down) Uh, I'm the hell director. Uh, it looks like we have about 8,615 of you newbies today, and for those of you who are a little confused, uh, you are dead, and this is hell, so, abandon all hope and uh... yada yada yada... Uh, we are now going to start the orientation process, which will last about- Man 3: Hey, wait a minute, I shouldn't be here. I was a totally strict and devout Protestant! I thought we went to heaven! Hell Director: Yes, well I'm afraid you were wrong. Man 4: I was a practicing Jehovah's Witness. Hell director: Uh, you picked the wrong religion as well. Man 5: Well, who was right? Who gets into heaven? Hell Director: I'm afraid it was the Mormons. Yes, the Mormons were the correct answer. Crowd: (disappointed) Awww.
  17. Wow. I'm sure DragonMaci didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition over some spelling errors, but then again: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition !!!"
  18. For those of you that haven't seen it - here's the video1 and video2 of the relevant parts.
  19. Welcome to the forum. Just for the future reference - you'd make it much easier for the rest of us to read your posts, if you used some paragraphs in them. Perhaps you could even edit this one to improve readability. Thanks.
  20. All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! They have no plural nouns in Chinese, which makes sense. If you think about it, saying somethink like: "two books", is redundant. "Two book" conveys just as much information.
  21. I like the commentary from this website: The picture on the left is of a lucky young girl who managed to avoid being slaughtered in the name of Allah as thousands of other children and innocent people are by Islamic terrorists each year. The drawing on the right is a cartoon. Only one of these images provokes Muslims into rage, fiery demonstrations, boycotts and death threats against the perpetrators. Do you understand Islam well enough to know which one?
  22. I'm hardly a reality TV fan, but I really like the idea, and from the preview, it looks like the make-up artists made a pretty good job. I'll be watching it tomorrow (especially since it's right after Lost), thanks for the heads up.
  23. You're missing the point of my original post - sarcasm...
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