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quote:Originally posted by MosJan:Seaphan jan es tesa mi ban hishetsy / yekor amis gnuam em Colorado - reo Blanco - karora etteri Topo Map@ unenas ??? GPSi hamar? Ha ... yes Garmini TOPO CDn unem ... kuzes? Mi kitch kisat prat a bayts kartsum em Coloradon meche lini.

Ahahahahah ... I just commited the cardinal sin ... without even realizing it, I told a Mac user to right clik http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/roflmao.gif ... I am REALLY sorry! Ok, there is a way for sure to get the file. In netscape, shift-click works. I think on some browsers, control-click works. You may want to try clicking and holding the mouse button to see if a menu pops up (with maybe "save target as" or "download link as"). The other thing to try would be the apple-key and then click the link. If none of those work, I think you may be able to drag the link to your desktop. But again, I am not sure on any of these since I never used a mac

No I saw it in City Walk first a few weeks ago but I actually picked it up from Vegas! The girl working at the counter was pretty nice so I managed to talk the price down from $15 to $7, got free batteries, and a lighter which shocks the hands for $5 (It was marked at $10) for my brother. Man, that girl would have given me anything in the store for less than half price I was actually going to get it off of ebay (it's .99) but with shipping, they get to be pretty expensive and who knows if you can trust them (they come from Hong Kong).

quote:Originally posted by Harut:so, if that is so much genetical thing, then why don't we see as much homo/bi stuff in, let's say, Armenia as in America?? maybe because Armenians don't, or rather didn't, see, learn, encounter such things. or inheriting homo/bi "gene" is climatically impossible in Armenia. Harut jan ... I think it is because it is a lot more frowned upon in Armenia than in the US. So, many don't "come out". In addition, of course many simply believe it is unnatural and WRONG and they dismiss it as a "sickness" ... but if they were in a place like US, they would probably "come out of the closet". In Iran if you "come out", I think they cut off your balls (or worse)... so obviously you have far less than in the US for example. Again, I am NOT saying it is genetics ... but I am pretty certain in many cases it is biological and/or chemical. Common ... you can tell most of the time just by looking at how they walk, talk, and behave ... it's not all "learned" ... at least I don't think so... and homosexuality has been around for a VERY long time so it's not just a product of the "western" world... which leads me to believe that it goes a lot deeper than just "pop culture". [ September 16, 2002, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: Sip ]

I put a couple of side-by-side shots with my phone so you get an idea of the size! [ September 16, 2002, 02:15 AM: Message edited by: Sip ]

quote:Originally posted by Azat:Dude, you speak Greek too? No but I know someone that does It's really funny because the first time I asked him for the translations his first reaction was "It's for a girl isn't it?" ... I just couldn't stop laughing on his amazing "insights"

Oh wait ... on second thought, if it invovles not swallowing the "apple" which the "snake" gave to eve, then forget it ... don't wanna know

quote:Originally posted by THOTH:Yes exactly - don't eat the apple - stay ignorant - stay a slave...who would want that. And I suggest you read the original Summerian version of this story that was lifted and edited for your Bible - it makes much more sense...All hail Thoth/Enki - giver of knowledge...LOL Common give us the full version! Eating the "apple" is so obviously the US TV Movie version of things!!! Like when Arnold says "Baloney" when his mouth obviously said something else ... or "Get your self To Mars" ... I was watching Total Recal for the 100th time on TV ... they completely butchered the movie ... by the way since when is "ass" a bad word? But the best one was when they changed: "screw you pal" to "slap you pal"!!! That sounded so gay (it was another movie)

quote:Originally posted by THOTH:As for the comments - I don't agree. I can give you a version of what it means to be Christain based on the Boble that no one could ever live up to. I agree .. therefore I don't even try to be a christian! But if you want to be a member of the church, you gotta play by their rules. You can't just go and change the rules while playing. The world doesn't work that way. If you don't like it, you can go and start your own game somewhere else with your own rules. quote:... and why is amy one sin worse then another - is misguided Hey, I didn't say I agree with the rules he is talking about. I just said I agree with his position. This binary judging system that most common religeons have does not seem too fair, realistic, or "just" to me (yes, even me, the big binary geek!) You either go to heaven or hell even though you make countless decisions in your life and no one can be a clear-cut good or bad person (even by the definitions of the boble ). But again, if you want to be christian, if that's what makes you feel good, then you have to play by the rules set in place by the christian organization (or corporation )... which is basically what Vahe is saying. I don't like the rules, so I don't play that game. I hope you see the distinction I am making here (1) following the rules as they are and (2) questioning the validity of those rules. Vahe's position seems to be on #1 which I don't have a problem with. quote:Oakland run back...I'm crushed....Yah! WHAT A GAME!!!! Raiders just picked off another one. [ September 15, 2002, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

quote:Originally posted by THOTH:Perhaps I missed some post...otherwise I am at a complete loss here...LOL Wel, he started off by: quote:By Vahe G.Listen no one has to accept you just because your gay no one has to congratulate you on how you survived being gay. Churches dont accpet you because being Gay is a big sin . You cant be gay and be Christian. Remember buddy God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. If you dont want to go by Gods way dont expect me to help you you out. Thats like assisting a Serial killer for there is no big or small Sin. Which makes perfect sense to me. You can't go around and be a "cafeteria christian" ... i.e. pick and choose what you want. You either ARE a christian which means you do what the church tells you, or you are your own type of spiritual "good" person which means you pick and choose your way of life (but you are NOT christian). ... and of course, if you are NOT christian, does not in any way say whether you are a good or a bad person. quote:BTW - congrats - your team is on a roll...but I'm right there next to you baby!I saw it ... good job !!! I totally wiped the floor with that swede guy!! hahahaha feels good. Right now I am carefully following the Raiders game ... I have both Gannon and the Steelers defense in some league (It was not the best move I ever made) ... which makes it a completely strange situation. I want Gannon to score big time yet I also want the defense to score big time

quote:Originally posted by Vahe G.:... Sip jan no offence axper but i can care less of how you think is winnning any arguement because theyre sure isnt only one way if you read carefully what I say its not all name calling tsaveth thanem. ... That's the only reason I am trying to prevent you being kicked out! I really see value in your posts which somehow get confused with the insults! Unlike Arthur, I see a smart, thinking individual behind your posts As far as Tigrannes, I disagree with a lot of things he says and I also agree with him sometimes (like to some extent in this thread)... but at the end of the day, there still is respect I think and we are even playing football right now in some fantasy sports site.

Going back to topic, here is my problem with homosexuality ... But first, let me say that I am not sure if homoness is genetic or not. However, I am fairly certain that in many cases, there are many biological and/or chemical factors that contribute to it. From very early ages it is sometimes completely obvious that a little kid will most certainly have homosexual tendencies when it grows up (from VERY early ages) ... So, having said that ... what goes on between a man and man; a man and a donkey; a midget, a man, and a donkey; a man, another man, a donkey, some baloons, and a sheep ... etc (you get the point) is none of my business. That is perfectly fine as long as I don't get involved in it somehow (against my will). Now, I think you see the problem. Where do you draw the line? It is obvious that pedophillia is completely out ... I don't think anyone would argue. But where do you draw the line between "pure beautiful LOVE" and perversion ? Gay homosexuals seem to say that their love is pure love as well ... just like what is between a man and a woman. I say, if that is true, then the line can easily be extended to cover 3 men and a midget, 4 midgets 2 clowns, and maybe a donkey, etc etc. DO what you want! I don't care ... just don't try to classify it as a "family" and don't try to get my approval for it all the time. I couldn't care less if you love another man or your german sheppard. But don't tell me you qualify as a "family" and that your actions constitute "marriage". In my book, it does not. [ September 15, 2002, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

quote:Originally posted by Vahe G.:... Have you gone crazy or something. Are you the most stupid person in the world... you idiot...like a moron ... your a plain Idiot Dear Vahe ... I will again try to put this as a "friendly reminder" It is perfectly fine if you dislike someone or you don't agree with their opinions. However, it is completely WRONG to turn things into personal attack and name calling. Please refrain from childish name calling and please restrain your arguments to the intellectual level. That is the ONLY way to "win" in my opinion (and I think most would agree) ... however, the forum does have rules which strictly forbid such actions. quote:... everytime you talk I have to call you out on how stupid you are. Call me Mr. Traditional Armenian. Theres nothing wrong with being one.There certainly is NOTHING wrong with being "traditional" ... whatever that means !!! There is also nothing wrong if you want to make it your mission to bring down Hagarag. But again, please do it by using sound arguments, coherent well-thought-out sentences, and facts/opinions as opposed to "You are DUMB", "You are Moron", "You are this" ... "You are that" and therefore you are wrong types of posts ... and generally those types of posts usually tend to undermine your position as opposed to your oponents (this last part is purely my own opinion). [ September 15, 2002, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]

I also have a lot of trouble with opening PDFs in a browser... and I have very fast connections usually. So my solution is to save the PDF to your disk first. If there is a link, you can right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As" and it'll ask you where you want to save it. Then you can simply open the file just like any other document on your computer ... using the stand-alone Acrobat reader (not in a browser). Works every time

quote:Originally posted by Nvard:Sip jan! Can you tell me what's TORA? Any idea how it is used? or where you saw it?

Double majoring is a lot less common among the engineering/technical majors as the liberal arts majors. I know quite a few people that do things like Russian and History or Biology and Political Science ... it so happens that many of the classes they have to take are common to both majors and thus, they save a lot of time. But there are VERY few that do an Engineering type major and something else at the same time. Esp at UCLA where the engineering school is separate from other liberal arts type stuff. At the graduate level however, there are some concurrent programs ... for example, you can get your Computer Science MS and MBA (Management) degrees both in 3 years. I decided that if I were going to do a business/management type thing, I would do it much later in life and for now, just go full force with 1s and 0s They do have this funny business about "minors" though ... you do a major and take only a few classes and get a minor in something else. A lot of people do that ... for example, major in Chem and minor in econ (with maybe only 3 or 4 econ classes).

http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/id426_bg_image1.jpg My #1 fetish at the moment ... another one. Of course things like this also completely fascinate me ... I spend countless hours with my mp3 player, digital camera, laptops, gps, pda, PCs, programmable calculators, all the gadets and gizmos in the car, etc etc. By the way, Azat, Pots and Pans? Ahahahahahaah ... SISSY!!! J/k ... I also love cooking but I end up eating everything before the cooking is done And Ruben, I have an air compressor with all sorts of attachments, sawzall, dremel, angle grinder, and a few other power tools that I just love! I am slowly starting to get the "car" version of each of those ... my first will be an air compressor in the car (which will also be used to lock my rear axle off road) ... then will come a welder. I already have the dual batteries which it requires set up in the car! Wooo Hoooo ... I can't wait to get a real job so I can start buying all the stuff I have been dreaming about for so many years!!!!

For Business/Management Azat is right ... experience is a BIG plus. At UCLA's Anderson School of Management which is one of the top in the US, I think I read that the average student age in the MBA program was 33 years with 7 years of real work experience (I think 5 years management)! HOWEVER ... for technical fields such as Math, Computer Science, Engineering, etc, do is ASAP ... it becomes exponentially more difficult as time goes on. After my BS, the Masters took me about a year. If I had waited, who knows how long that would take! Most people don't come back after several years (very understandable) and even if they do, they end up having to relearn everything. Now Ph.D. is a completely different story though.

quote:Originally posted by nairi: quote:Originally posted by Azat:Sip I am all with you. When can the white single male get a break. You guys think YOU'RE having a tough time?? What about premature single Armenian women??Well, it's not really a TOUGH time ... But I think it'll be nice one day for us to get out wearing some old greasy t-shirts or maybe mechanics overalls, drink some non-imported beer, and belch and fart the alphabet while marching down the street. quote:Jerry's really popular in Holland as well. Dutch people tend to strongly identify themselves with the guests on the show Oh NO! What the hell is our world coming to I had to take my car to the dealership for some problems I was having ... I ended up having to stay there for 4 hours and the TV in their waiting room was showing Jerry ... it was too high up for me to turn off and no one was around to find the remote... I ended up having to sit though back to back episodes of that crap ... One of them was a midget homosexual that was attracted to a fat nazzi type guy so he wanted to get his wife's permission (they ended up punching each other) ... the other one, I can't talk about in public After that day, I have been having some seriously disturbing nightmares http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/barf.gif

quote:Originally posted by Vahe G.:Hey Hagarag just shut your stupid mouth dont talk.... I bet you would have said the same thing if Hagarag came and said some priests like to make monkey love with little boys. Well, surprise, surprise!!! Hey, it does happen! Priests are not all holly Jesus Chirsts you know. They are people and as far as I am concerned, somewhat disturbed people ... I think they turn to GOD to fill some strange void in their lives (note, I think being disturbed in life is GOOD) ... and who knows ... maybe there are a large number of them that are GAY. Should I shut my stupid mouth too? In any case, I think Hagarag is just as entitled to an opinion as you are. If you don't like his, then boo hoo! Welcome to real life

quote:Originally posted by Accelerated:LMAO Jerry!Jerry!Jerry!Jerry!Jerry!....[/QB] Dude! you guys get crap that down-unda too? I am shocked!

quote:Originally posted by TigrannesIII:[QB... but if i ever got into a fight, the five people i trust most to jump in with me are all Armenians.[/QB] Assuming you already aren't fighting with 5 or 10 other "Armenians"

quote:Originally posted by damien:.. Maybe it's time to start watching less crap american TV and and maybe read a bit of non-fiction... Ahahahahahah !!! Now we got the gays and lesbians of the world against poor Americans? Man, Americans just don't seem to get a break!!! Is EVERYTHING America's fault? I think I'll start watching some Taliban or Iran TV ... oh no no ... actually maybe Iraqi TV to learn the REAL truth about gays and lesbians!!!! But in all seriousness, first of all, welcome to the board. Second of all, I am definitely a hetero "white" male in the US and I certainly don't get any respect or love from anyone. I am actually very tired of the gays marching down the street everyday screaming their pride ... when do I get my to have my pride?

quote:Originally posted by damien:... and generally sexually uncategorical people. Is that the politically correct term for geeks this day? Note to Azat: doesn't sound too bad, eh? quote:Most of our churches denounce us as sinners See that doesn't say much! Most churches denounce most people as sinners ... That statement indicates more that you are "accepted" as "normal" rather than "rejected" as outcasts. Yah, I do tend to look on the bright side of things most of the time. My input is, life is tough and it is pointless. Relax, be who you are, say what you think, and if they oppress you or put you down, so be it. You'll be dead in no time and it'll all be over!!! Life is good (but pointless).

quote:Originally posted by Accelerated: quote: For better or for worse, this country is much stronger and much more "united"The many ethnicities that make the US dont share anything, except for a piece fo paper (citizenship), and thats not much. The only two unifying factors are the flag and materialism, nothing more...You are VERY wrong dear Jug. There is a bond that runs deeper than you can imagine. I know to the rest of the world this place seems like a hosh posh of a bunch of different people but once you are an American, you are trully at home! Of course there are ALWAYS exceptions ... of course if you look like Osama Bin Laden, somebody is going to kick your ASS on the street ... I didn't say these are necessarily the brightest people in the world!!! But in no other country have I felt as "at home" as I feel in the US ... Even with my freaky name "Sip" and my strange accent and hairy chest, "they" trully treat me as one of their own ... if my car is broken down at the side of the road (or off the road and it HAS happened ) MOST would not hesitate a second before jumping to my help. I took the bus for 2 years 4 hours each day to and from school ... the mix of people that get on a public bus and sit next to each other is just unimaginable! Anywhere else, they would be at each other's throats in seconds ... Where is this coming from? I don't know but I can tell you it is there and it is pretty amazing ... and it's definitely a lot more than just on paper. I don't know if you have ever been to Los Angeles but it is trully an astonishing place ... no two people are alike yet the majority seem to get along just fine. But go to "Glendale" and you got Armenians shooting each other in the back Maybe it is because of the wealth and the money (the poorer areas are sure different) but never the less, it aint NOTHING like even the richest parts of Europe. [ September 12, 2002, 05:17 PM: Message edited by: Sip ]