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How about geek rights and struggles? When are we geeks going to be accepted in society as normal functioning members and not laughed at and osctracized? Just joking

I used to ... last nine years. Now I'm done I spent so many nights at kerchoff like at 3AM when there was no body there! I really love that place especially when it's nice and quiet with out the crazyness. Get a nice cup of coffee from the vending machines and just kick back there and recoup before going back to work ... But I just moved to Wisconsin.

Why do you attribute the crashes to "Dell"? What is the flaw in their system that is causing these crashes and why would one not buy a Dell? Most common crashes are software and incompatibility (i.e. poorly maintained) related as opposed to hardware ... If there was a systematic flaw with the design of the Dell hardware, wouldn't you think my several Dell workstations back at UCLA, my current ones at UW, and my laptop (not to mention the dozens of others around the group at school) would also have been crashing "all the time"? Well they never have ... systems have been rock solid and my 1Ghz PIII based workstation at UCLA has been up just as long as my SUN Ultra5.

2 questions: 1) If the third person is a woman now, wouldn't "SHE" be walking accross? 2) If the blond woman is on this side, wouldn't the men come back for her instead of her going to them?

but more than anything, that will make you more "American" than anything else.

Today's woman of the day is brought to you thanks to the link provided by gamavor (thanks for the hours of entertainment, bud ) http://media.santabanta.com/gal/mw2003/beauties/malta1.jpghttp://media.santabanta.com/gal/mw2003/contestants/malta1.jpg Rachel Xuereb ... Miss Malta 2003 Rachel completed her secondary education obtaining 7 `O' levels. Her first occupation was as a manager of a gift shop, this enabled her to buy her own car and to be self sufficient, She then attended an induction training course to become a facilitator, it is her ambition to teach children with special needs , but unfortunately there was a shortage of courses and was unable to complete her qualification, so in the meantime has carried on with fashion modelling and photo shoots. Rachel enjoys modern dance, cooking, reading, swimming and working out at the gym. Hopefully one day she can see my 'O-face' to go with her 7 'O' levels.

Manually.

That part I don't agree with. I generally don't think general policy should be made based on special cases... will there be "false positives" for death penalty. Sure. Nothing is fool-proof in life. The question is cost vs. benefit ... and if you are going to tell me that even a single human life is "infinitely valuable" (i.e. we can't tolaerate any false positives for death penalty), then I don't agree.

I think it is unwise to suggest the death penalty for rape. If you have rape and murder having the same penalty, then what would the deterrant for the rapist be from killing his victim? It is fairly obvious that a dead victim can't testify anyway and the rape is already committed ...

Maybe you want to add some of THESE to your collection... I didn't see any blood in your pics.

I think everyone does that for laptops.

I have had a Dell Latitude C510/610 for about 18 months now and it's been absolutely perfect. Not a single problem ... no over heating ... no fan noise. The batteries (when using both ... you can hotswap with the cd/dvd drive) last a solid 6 hours which is amazing. 1.2Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 14" LCD, 40Gig drive ... built in ethernet, modem, etc (no wireless), and includes TV out. My Sony R505-TSK on the other hand is very loud and pretty abnoxious to use. The old R505G was great. But newer Sony's seem to be on the unreliable side. Vava, when you get closer to making your decision, then you may get more useful feedback. As a rule of thumb, you can't really go wrong with a new Dell as their service/replacement policy is one of the better ones from what I hear. Toshiba is also an excellent choice but these deals on the Dells are just too good. I have done a lot of looking at the TabletPCs recently so if you are thinking of going that route, let me know.

Cafe Habibi in Westwood by UCLA? It's a pretty "fake" place to hang out ... lot of bling bling types and the rabizes I'd say. People like to sit there and smoke that bong thing (ghalyun in farsi). I never really liked the place although recently it's turning into "the" place to be. I don't know ... it's a fad. If you want to know where the Armo's hang out at UCLA, that's around the Kerchoff coffee house ... on the patio. Last few years, they are always there. If you want good places in Westwood, I could tell you a few but not any "Armo" places that are good. The Habibi and the Gypsi cafe's (accross the street from Habibi) are ok but not really my style.

There is only one case where doesn't matter by what "factor" you lie, you'll still be telling the truth. The only reason I'd be interested in potential numbers (ball park will do) is to be able to have a much better idea of the STD probability distributions. Everything else is fairly meaningless in the number game ... although I'll say that the base 2 log of the number is the "levels" where I would generally categorize people. For those not too mathematically inclined, these are the 10 categories I use to classify people: 1. 0 partners 2. 1 partner 3. 2 partners 4. 4 partners 5. 8 partners 6. 16 partners 7. 32 partners 8. Kristina Aguilera 9. NY Taxi cab 10. Disney Land

You'll be surprised how the "what's your sign" can be made to work even in this day and age! It's all in the delivery I think ... in other words, take the "cheese factor" and make it work for you instead of against you.

Anilev I think this answeres it Nairi is trying to bring in more women into the women section and raise awareness to more issues ... and this is one way I guess.

Yah I also agree there is no clear indication of the exact cause of the pregnancy ... maybe they had to tone it down before releasing to public? If I remember correctly, the song caused a big deal when it came out as it was anyway. I am trying to find details of that interview on the web but no luck. I know I didn't imagine it as it was a pretty shocking statement to me ... I certainly had never realized that that may be a possible scenario in that song. She didn't go into too much detail other than mentioning that the father may have been the father of the child. I am going to try to find her exact words ... but so far, no luck. And vava ... yah it was split but not by me.

Why do I get the feeling Azat is going to win that one too? It's the AVATAR!!!

It's that DAMN avatar!

I meant NUTZ in a good way Azat jan. Muahs again

NUTZ

That is a very naive way of looking at things. Hopefully one day you will have a chance to spend a few days as a teacher looking at a wide variety of students. It is completely obvious that some of them are doomed to ending up as homeless bum crack addicts. Some of them simply don't have the ability to succeed even if they try very very very hard ... and some of them are so naturally gifted that they will do fine no matter what. This is a FACT of life that any "system" must take into account... Now if you want to tell me certain groups in the US have unfair disadvantages ... sure I won't argue with you. A kid born in gang infested areas of south central LA is at a tremendous disadvantage. The US isn't perfect. But by taking two kids from white middle-class suburb US of A, giving them equal opportunities, one may end up a drunk bum while the other could become the next Bill Gates. Any system MUST take this fact into account.

I fully disagree with you. And I am "looking" at the poverty line from the perspective of someone who came here about 13 years ago without a penny and is now driving around in two cars and stuffing his face in all you can eat buffets at least once every two weeks. Yah I have enough loans to keep me with a "negative balance" portfolio until maybe 20 or 30 years from now but I don't consider myself "poor"... and all signs indicate that if I keep my head out of my rear end, I will be able to one day work myself back up into the "positive" zone.

I'm just saying throwing "poverty numbers" up isn't necessarily an indication of a failing system. Sometimes (not always of course) you have to hold the poor also responsible for their condition. No matter what kind of system you have, you will have those that are more motivated than others to succeed in life ... "blind equality" is not a right and more often than not, status must be earned. The system in the US is one of the very few that has ever existed where you can be born in a pitch poor family and end up living a comfortable lower middle class (if not better) life. Not to mention those that go all the way to the top (of course that is more the exception than the norm). But the dynamics of the society here is such that you are not "fixed" within a class ... even in one generation you can make huge leaps (or fall backs).

By the way, those of you who are advocating "worker's democracy" or what not ... can you gurantee lower poverty rates and better quality of life than the US? If so, I'll sign up right away ... after all, why should I bust my butt trying to make ends meet under this capitalist system when I can sit and do nothing with my thumb up my whereever under your system that can guarantee my utopia?