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Revisiting this topic after 21 years of its creation, the most fascinating thing to me is not this OS vs that OS vs C vs Java ... or even that AI has taken over all programming so the language doesn't really matter anymore... but the fact that DVD burning is still probably the best long term data backup storage we have ... magnetic disks still do ok .. but so many people probably don't realize they can't just leave their data on SSDs and expect they will stay there for years. And as far as "cloud", not only do you have to worry about disappearing clouds, but also do you really want your data to be in AI training sets?

It's fun to go back and re-read computery pontifications after like 15 years ... amazing how much is still the same, but also how much is so different. Linux as a pc os is dead to me after fighting it for 20+ years with the same problems lingering the whole time. Windows still kicks ass though Microsoft has sort of become a "who cares" much like the PC has in the home. Java ... still sucks for writing servers but mobile apps have no doubt moved to it thanks to Android. The kernel is still linux-based aka written in c/c++ Java garbage collection still can kick your ass if you are writing a performance-driven server .. for most other non-critical servers, all these languages have come a looooong way and they are all starting to look the same ... and this is not really a good thing. Too much magic has made things easy to write but sometimes impossible to understand and debug... Never-the-less, this thread was fun read (at least for me)

They should just call it "Ancient Over There" as opposed the "Ancient What Was Here".

Sounds like maybe they should save us all the trouble with seeking the death penalty and let the FBI "interrogate" Dzhokar a bit more.

The good news out of this sad story is that at least some of their sheep get a little break.

Hmmmm ... didn't Arpa say he was going take his yacht to Sydney for a little while?

Sure but where are you going to find a smart Turk?

Anyone seen Azat at all lately?

Yervant jan, find us a Konyak buffet and Mosjan, Arpa, Samuel, Man and I will head over right now

Wow Kufta and Konyak? Now you are all talking my language!

This year the theme was meats apparently ... visited inlaws in Texas and man oh man ... I haven't had that much meat in my life in such a short period of time ever And I thought Armenians were in love with their meats.

Did Jesus also Know that most of the world Will celebrate His Birthday on the Wrong date? Also did He know they would confuse His birth with Massive Commercialism and the pagan Practice of decorating a tree? Also at What point Did Santa become the Bearer of The Lord's Kingdom?

Armenian "Christmas" gift in December? I don't think I understand. Seems like it was just a gift. What did Christmas have to do with this?

Dorians ... pretty dam awesome .. thanks for that!

There's an updated version of that now

Haha .. fantastic!

... also not to be confused with Nair which is what Azat uses for his silky smooth body builder chest and back.

Best thing about Hell is none of the God believers will be there. What more can you ask for? Oh yah not to mention no virgins either Give me 72 experienced ones

We are Armenian. Why would we care about the Pope?

On the bright side, if that's what the level of "hatred" has boiled down too, I am feeling optimistic and lol at Texas

That's "racist"?

This is what completely fascinates me about religion ... it's stories like yours, man! You take this complete and utter garbage, and let it into your heart and mind .. and it starts making you feel good! It's like a bad drug that once it cripples you with its highly potent and addictive nature, you just can never let go of it. It will make you feel great ...you will start craving more and more of it ... you will make any and all excuses to justify why it is soooo good. But to what end? Then one day, you discover you lived your whole life fooling yourself in a fantasy ... so what did you do? Did you really live?

Yes, how dare you Arpa? I'm with man on this

Unfortunately Armenia and Armenians haven't been immune to the cancer of Christianity so it is entirely understandable that such bull crap keeps popping up from time to time. If nothing else, it makes for some fun times (at the expense of the poster of such information . I still believe the real God of fire, the Sun God (not the God Son), is coming back to save us all. You want to think of it as "Hell" but the fact is we worshiped Hell and the fire it brings long before Jesus showed up to screw things up.

How would you say antichrist in Armenian? Hagarag? I miss that guy ... if anyone still remembers him ...