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bump http://armenians.com/forum/style_images/1/icon8.gif Note: That was me being mean.

Did Jesus ever surf the web or post messages on forums?

Stay away from this camera for photography purposes. On the coolness/gadget factor it is TOP NOTCH but the picture quality is just rediculous. Nothing compared to comparable Nikon or Canon models. If you are going this route, get the much slimer non optical zoom version as "size" is the only thing this camera has going for it.

Sasun: Canon S400 ... it is the best one in your price range. I will elaborate later. But if you haven't bought one yet, take a very serious look at this one. I just bought one for $370 online (brand new) from http://www.isquaredinc.com a few weeks ago. I can't say enough good things about this thing. I know 3 other people who have it as well, including my brother. The recent vids I posted of me doing doughnuts with the blazer were also taken with that camera and then later compressed for web use. There are 2 drawbacks to this camera as far as I can tell ... 1) you can't zoom during video recording, 2) it won't let you time stamp pictures in the camera. But other than that, quality, features, form factor, and over all, it is the best one of the currently available cameras in the 3-5 MP up to $400 range.

Well it was only 11AM ... I was slowly about to get up though anyway. That's probably why I felt it. But seems like a couple of people lost their lives in this. Very sad to hear and definitely puts things in perspective as any second something like this can come rolling through with such unbelievable furry.

I was still in bed but I felt it ... was not too bad ... felt like a 3.5 here in West Hills.

Better 10 years late than never, eh? Welcome to the board by the way!

Because he had chemical weapons ... he used them ... then he made agreements with the UN and failed to live up to them. It was only after years and years and years of his bull that the US moved in to put an end to his madness.

I didn't really understand what you and Thoth were trying to say. The question still remains ... what can a "republic of Armenia" offer to me than the US can't? If you want me to rephrase in other ways ... why would I look forward or long for becoming the "citizen of Armenia" as opposed to being a US citizen?

What could Armenia ever offer me that the US can't?

Hmmmm that's quite interesting. Would you mind posting some source for this amazing statistic? By the way, are you talking about "a person" or on average. Because I am sure we can find an American with the IQ of a 16 year old European. Along the same token, I am sure we can find a European with the IQ of a pickle jar.

Would you be kind enough to name a few?

Armat, I thought you of all people would appreciate this .... http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/sip_badgers.jpg Here's what some of my students did as their final project this semester. Of course I gave them all F's. Basically they built a custom processor (they designed and built the processor in hardware from scratch) that could interface to the VGA and run this as a program! You know I kinda had a feeling this was coming when one of them took my picture with his cel phone a week before that project was due Here's video of it (~850K) in action. ... closer look at the hardware.

Oh and I am not talking about "abduction" and "child abuse" or any of the classical violent crimes we are used to ... I am talking about far more sinister, deeper rooted intellectual stuff!

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that kids are potentially interacting with a LOT more people these days ... so just because they are home surfing, or playing xbox-live doesn't mean they are safe (or safer than on streets). It also doesn't mean they are interacting less with other people or that they are having less or more fun. It's just that times-are-a-changin. Unfortunately, a lot of parents don't have the necessary understanding to grasp what it is exactly that their kids are up to due to the technology gap. And that is the true danger. After all, what possible harm could a kid sitting around a computer in his room be in?

Congrats!!! I know the feeling! To a lot of people it may just be another thing they do but I actually meant the words I said when I took the oath that day It is a fairly moving experience to see ALL those different people from all sorts of strange places standing under one roof side by side and taking an oath as one! There were like 6000 people there the day I did mine. It was one of the most eye opening experiences of my life. I know it sounds melodramatic but that's the day one really "gets" what the US is all about (or supposed to be about).

Here's a thread about Jan 6/7 confusion.

Fad, ever thought about making a simple web page with all these texts instead of dumping them in a discussion forum? I am not talking about anything fancy ... just a simple html index page with links to text files on different topics.

I am not calling you an idiot. I am calling those you are arguing with idiots (those you want to "prove" wrong). Welcome to the site by the way.

One definition of an idiot is you can't prove him anything. I suspect you are dealing with idiots. Edit: I deleted all the other duplicate threads in the other sections on this.

"go out for shopping"???? Here dude: www.pricewatch.com www.ebay.com shopping.yahoo.com www.buy.com www.amazon.com

By the way, I am personally against changing polls after people have voted

Maybe we should start a new poll ... but this time you can list the rights you refer to. Obviously china has a very different views on human rights than Angola, Turkey, or US. You said "UN" ... so first of all, should all countries follow those human "rights" ...

Domino, your main problem here, as far as I can see, is that "human laws" (or are we talking rights?) are based on the assumption that there is adult human intelligence that can follow the laws. I am starting to suspect you are referring to "rights" and not "laws".

You ask should chimps be protected under same laws as humans. I think answer is no. They should be protected under chimp laws (or "higher order primates"). Can we experiment on them? Yes. But in controlled ways and hopefully not just for profit and hopefully not too many experiments that are painful or involves us cutting into their brains or something while they are alive. Can we use them as slaves? No. Can we train and send a few of them to space? Sure. Can we train and use them like bomb sniffing dogs for special tasks? Sure as long as they are treated not like slaves/tools but like creatures that need comfort at times. Should we do the same with 5 year olds? Probably not since most 5 year olds are fairly useless. (but to clarify, they do have great potential and thus should be valued more than chimps I think) Should chimps be allowed to compete in Olympics? No. Should chimps be allowed to compete in Special Olympics? No. Should chimps be allowed to compete in Chimp Olympics? YES!!!! and I'd pay good money to see it.