On Thursday night that I went to the Q&A to meet Peter Hitchens. Turnout wasn't bad, around 40 people. Think 19th Century French Salon style debate (if you can) with a good host (Austin Williams) and you'll get the idea. What followed was an slightly odd but enjoyable Q&A punctuated with bouts of humour.

One man began with a rambling anecdote about the time when he was sitting "on the right of Norman Tebbit" (literally rather than ideologically geddit?), then had to admit to forgetting the point he was going to make. Maybe red and white wine should not have been served before the Q&A. I distinctly remember him shrugging with hands upturned for the rest of the evening, perhaps misunderstanding the phrase "hands up". Occasional attempts to interject where talked over by Peter possibly in a vain attempt to keep the debate formal. A gent asked about the hopelessness of Peter's platform, and if Peter cries himself to sleep at night, to which Peter replied he did, then clarified his hope for the complete destruction of the Conservative Party.

One guy got up seemingly to set out his own 10 minute political platform, to which Peter was compelled to interrupt (to the relief of many) "Do you want me to answer a question?". It was all in good fun though, despite the fact many in the audience, including a few Marxists and socialists, seemed to disagree with Peter. One lady (possibly a UKIP member herself?) dubiously claimed to have a friend who overheard Nigel Farage privately offering to David Cameron to disband UKIP under certain conditions. I can't be sure, but I think she said this was at a TUC conference, on second thoughts maybe I'm dreaming about that bit.

Just like Dave "sans tie" Cameron, Peter "sans tie" Hitchens removed his tie at one point, later threatening to remove his shirt and other outer garments, when a question went on too long. Needless to say, this had the desired effect. A good question from a young guy almost pre-empted my own when he asked if the political elite had no agenda for expansion other than to justify their jobs. Finally I asked my own, "There is a conspiracy among the political elite, but not one of cultural marxism, rather one of economic monetarism. Why doesn't Peter ever address that?". Unfortunately, my question fell flat, and as Peter's answer about "the supply of money" had demonstrated, I had misunderstood monetarism D'OH! A few questions followed, one from a lady about education to which he replied that synthetic phonics and times tables should be taught as authoritative because they have never failed. I was later able to redeem myself (I hope) with a question (after the Q&A was over) on whether the Soviet Union was "state capitalist". Peter also signed some copies of the Broken Compass.

As Peter bicycled off into the busy capital city at night, I was able to reflect on the past couple of hours. There was a genuine spectrum of different opinions, with some good questions. The comments that weren't good questions were generally either amusing or Peter's response was amusing. I think its safe to say a good time was had by all who attended.

Thanks to Future Cities Project and Foyles for hosting Bookshop Barnies.

How to Appreciate the Russian Revolution

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"And so in capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The dictatorship of the proletariat, the period of transition to communism, will for the first time create democracy for the people, for the majority, along with the necessary suppression of the exploiters, of the minority."
--Lenin, State and Revolution (1917)
The Russian Revolution in 1917 was one of the most significant events of the 20th Century transforming a feudal society into an global industrial power in a few short years. Just as the American Civil War followed the American Revolution, a Russian Civil War followed the Russian Revolution.

Steps

1. Read primary sources. Consider the relative bias of sources and make notes throughout. Some primary sources include;
   
   • Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed[1] (Number 7 in New York University's 1999 list of the most important works of journalism ever).
     
   • History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky[2], often described as the definitive work although it was not written until 1930.
     
   • Voices of Revolution, 1917 by Mark Steinberg has documents selected from the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow and other Russian collections and letters from individuals to newspapers, institutions, or leaders; collective resolutions and appeals.
     
   
   
2. Read secondary sources. Consider the relative bias of sources and make notes throughout. Some secondary sources include
   
   • From Tsar to Soviets: The Russian People and Their Revolution, 1917-21 by Christopher Read.
     
   • A People's History of the Russian Revolution by Kevin Murphy (2009).
     
   • The Origins Of The Russian Revolution 1861-1917 by Alan Woods.
     
   • The Crisis in Russia by Arthur Ransome[3]
     
   
   
3. Critically watch propaganda films like October (produced only 10 years after the revolution and which is now in the public domain) by influential and pioneering film director Sergei Eisenstein. Original locations were used and even some of the original revolutionaries played themselves. Although the role of Trotsky was heavily biased and censored on Stalin's orders. Battleship Potemkin was also by Sergei Eisenstein and was about the 1905 revolution. It is considered the most influential propaganda film of all-time and is sometimes described as the greatest film of all-time.
   
4. Ask what the causes and effects were. The causes included popular dissatisfaction with the autocratic Tsarist regime, the unpopularity of World War I and brutal suppressions of popular demonstrations. Lenin wrote the classic pamphlet/manifesto What is to be Done in 1901 and wrote extensively throughout the uprisings in 1905 and 1917. The effect of the successful revolution was the rapid industrialisation of a feudal society and the formation of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991.
   
5. Compare it with other revolutions in modern history such as the American Revolution (1776), the French Revolution (1789), the Hungarian Revolution (1956), the Cuban Revolution (1959), the Carnation Revolution (1974), the Velvet Revolution (1989), the Orange Revolution (2004) and the Tulip Revolution (2005). The defeated Russian Republic forces in the October Revolution basically deserted so there were no casualties when the palace was stormed by the Bolsheviks in October 1917.
   
6. Understand the context. Learn about World War I which preceded it and the Russian Civil War which immediately followed the revolution and lasted until 1923. The belligerents basically belonged to three different sides;
   
   • Communist forces including the Bolshevik Party, the Red Army and the Black Army (of Ukraine).
     
   • The Russian Republic (until November 1917), White Movement and Allied Intervention (during World War I).
     
   • Central Powers (during World War I), the Green Army and various local nationalist movements.
     
   
   

Video

October by Sergei Eisenstein.

Warnings

• The White Movement still exists among Russian emigres who oppose Bolshevism and try to discredit the revolution using information selectively in order to support imperialism and restore the Tsarist regime.
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Appreciate the American Civil War
  
• How to Appreciate American History
  

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/10days/10days/


2. ↑ http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr/


3. ↑ http://www.marxists.org/history/archive/ransome/

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The Russian Revolution in 1917 was one of the most significant events of the 20th Century. It is called the October Revolution. Bolshevism was the type of Communism that eventually triumphed. Stalin and Stalinism is generally studied separately.
Steps

1. Read Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed.
2. Read Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.
3. Read E.H. Carr's 14 volume History of the Soviet Union.
4. Read In Defence of October: A Debate on the Russian Revolution by John Rees.
5. Read Victor Serge's Memoirs of a Revolutionary[1].
6. Read Interpreting The Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes.
7. Read The Russian Revolution, 1900-27 by Robert Service.
8. Read From Tsar to Soviets: The Russian People and Their Revolution, 1917-21 by Christopher Read.
9. Read The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Steven Smith.
10. Read A People's History of the Russian Revolution by Kevin Murphy.
11. Read The Origins Of The Russian Revolution 1861-1917 by Alan Woods.
12. Read Voices of Revolution, 1917 by Mr. Mark D. Steinberg.

Comedy podcasts or audiobooks I like and their archives
Adam & Joe
Ricky Gervais
Danny Wallace
The Very World of Milton Jones
Anything by Mark Steel
Jeremy Hardy
Gina Yashere
Mark Thomas

How to Understand the Russian Revolution

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The Russian Revolution in 1917 was one of the most significant events of the 20th Century. It is called the October Revolution. Bolshevism was the type of Communism that eventually triumphed. Stalin and Stalinism is generally studied separately.

Steps

1. Read Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed.
   
2. Read Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.
   
3. Read E.H. Carr's 14 volume History of the Soviet Union.
   
4. Read In Defence of October: A Debate on the Russian Revolution by John Rees.
   
5. Read Victor Serge's Memoirs of a Revolutionary[1].
   
6. Read Interpreting The Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes.
   
7. Read The Russian Revolution, 1900-27 by Robert Service.
   
8. Read From Tsar to Soviets: The Russian People and Their Revolution, 1917-21 by Christopher Read.
   
9. Read The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Steven Smith.
   
10. Read A People's History of the Russian Revolution by Kevin Murphy.
    
11. Read The Origins Of The Russian Revolution 1861-1917 by Alan Woods.
    
12. Read Voices of Revolution, 1917 by Mr. Mark D. Steinberg.
    
13. 
    

Related wikiHows

• How to Be a Communist
  
• How to Be a Socialist
  
• How to Be an Anarchist
  

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://marxists.org/archive/serge/1930/year-one/index.htm

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How to Create a For Next Loop in Excel VBA
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Dell recovery discs and PEBuilder errors.

How to Secure Your PC

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So you have just bought a new personal computer for your home (rather than for a workplace or as a server) and want to secure it (including protecting it from viruses and spyware). Privacy (including encryption, cryptography and anonymity) is a part of security but broad enough to need covering separately. Making backups of data, defragging, system restore points are only indirectly related.
This article assumes you wish to use a network (such as the internet), share files on thumbdrives and that your PC might be physically accessible to others. If none of those apply, then your many of these steps may be redundant as your PC will already be quite secure.

Steps

1. Choose an operating system based on its security and vulnerability (Linux has no known active viruses in the wild, OpenBSD is focused on security). Find out if it uses limited user accounts, file permissions and is regularly updated. Make sure you update your operating system with security updates and update your other software too.
   
2. Choose a web browser based on its security and vulnerabilities because most malware will come through via your web browser. Disable scripts too (NoScript can do this). Look at what independent computer security analysts (such as US-CERT[1]) and crackers (similar to hackers) say.
   
3. When setting up, use strong passwords in your user account, router account etc. Hackers may use dictionary attacks and brute force attacks.
   
4. When downloading software (including antivirus software), get it from a trusted source (softpedia, download, snapfiles, tucows, fileplanet, betanews, sourceforge) or your repository if you are using Linux.
   
5. Install good antivirus software. Antivirus software is designed to deal with modern malware including viruses, trojans, keyloggers, rootkits, and worms. Find out if your antivirus offers real-time scanning, on-access or on-demand. Also find out if it is heuristic. Avast[2] and AVG[3] are very good free editions. Choose one, download and install it and scan regularly. Keep your virus definitions up to date by updating regularly.
   
6. Download and install software to deal with spyware such as Spybot Search and Destroy[4], HijackThis[5] or Ad-aware[6] and scan regularly.
   
7. Download and install a firewall. Either ZoneAlarm[7] or Comodo Firewall[8] (Linux comes with iptables). If you use a router, this gives an added layer of security by acting as a hardware firewall.
   
8. Perform Penetration Testing. Start with ping.
   
9. Close all ports. Hackers use port scanning (Ubuntu Linux has all ports closed by default).
   
10. Consider running intrusion detection software (HIDS) such as ossec, tripwire or rkhunter.
    
11. Don't forget to think in terms of physical security, like setting a BIOS password and preventing access to your machine or its removable devices (USB, CD drive etc.).
    

Tips

• There is an extremely popular podcast called Security Now[9].
  
• Do the course at HackerHighSchool[10].
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Avoid Downloading a Virus from Limewire
  
• How to Protect Your Home Windows Pc for Free
  
• How to Protect Private Data on USB Flash Drive Using FreeOTFE
  

Sources and Citations

• Security - Community Ubuntu Documentation
  
• Ubuntu Security - Ubuntu Forums
  
• Security on Ubuntu
  
• Surviving Without a Virus Scanner - MSFN Forums
  

1. ↑ http://www.us-cert.gov/nav/nt01/


2. ↑ http://www.avast.com


3. ↑ http://www.grisoft.com


4. ↑ http://www.safer-networking.org


5. ↑ http://www.trendsecure.com


6. ↑ http://www.lavasoft.com


7. ↑ http://www.zonealarm.com


8. ↑ http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/


9. ↑ http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm


10. ↑ http://www.hackerhighschool.org/

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Political images of the 20th Century
Look the following up;

1911 IWW poster
1939 Soviet Nazi joint victory parade, Brest, Poland
1945 Reichstag Red flag
1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Black Power Salute, Mexico Olympics
1970 Kent State Massacre, Ohio (a bit morbid but pulitzer prize winning)
1975 Fall of Saigon, helicopter on U.S. Embassy, Vietnam
1989 Tank man Tianamen Square protests
2000 Faris Odeh Gaza Strip

Personalised Web Portals aka AJAX start pages - because sometimes speed dial isn't good enough.
I am on a mission, I am seeking the perfect personalised web portal such as Netvibes, Pageflakes, My Yahoo!, Microsoft Live and iGoogle. I currently use iGoogle myself, but don't find it ideal (I can add feeds but how the hell can I add links?!). I am distrustful of all these services in the cloud so I am looking for one which stores its data offline (in my machine). I was pleased to find Flock included a portal called My World (see also here), unfortunately because I wasn't happy with Flock and I could not work how to use it in Firefox. After a while of giving up, my interest was reignited on discovering a new idea for Firefox at Mozilla Labs via Lifehacker. Aza Raskin has developed prototypes for new tabs. I tried some and they are very experimental. I then found Posh by Portaneo at Sourceforge which is a neat FOSS solution but needs a database running offline for it to work. Finally I found an extension called My World at Firefox Add-ons but it hasn't been updated for the latest versions of Firefox. New Tab King is another but it isn't available for Linux for some reason. CNet compared them in 2008 here. The hunt goes on.

My favourite digital video resources;
Afterdawn
Doom9
CDFreaks
VideoHelp

Linux distros not joining the KDE 4 bandwagon.
KDE 3.5.9 - Sidux 2008-4
KDE 3.5.9 - Debian 5
KDE 3.5.10 - MEPIS 8
KDE 3.5.10 - PCLinuxOS 2009
KDE 3.5.? - Opensuse 11.1

Unusual 2009 calendars
DeviantArt
Zazzle
Cafepress

OpenTTD and now Simutrans.

Free cross-platform RTS games that I like;
Lincity - Clone of Simcity
Commander Stalin - Similar to Red Alert
Freelords - Clone of Warlords (1989)
Dark Oberon - Similar to Warcraft II
Battle of Antargis - Similar to Warcraft II or Settlers
Widelands - Similar to Age of Empires or Settlers
NetPanzer - Similar to Close Combat
FreeRA + Red Alert data
OpenRedAlert + Red Alert data
See also this list
OpenTTD - Clone of Transport Tycoon (not sure if this is real-time or turn-based)

I was looking for a free cross-platform Age of Empires 1 style game and found Widelands. Its actually similar to Settlers II aswell.

How to Understand the Israeli Palestinian Conflict

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and the Palestinians. Lots of deliberately misleading opinions are propagated, so statistics can sometimes be less vulnerable to bias.

Steps

1. Look at the Balfour Declaration.
   
2. Read the Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky.
   
3. Compare statistics of overall casualties on both sides.
   
4. Compare statistics of civilian casualties on both sides.
   
5. Look at home demolition[1] on both sides.
   
6. Look at statistics for refugee camps for both sides.
   
7. Consider the United Nations attitude towards both sides.
   
8. Look at the statistics and opinions on the use of cluster bombs.
   
9. Compare the armed forces strength and nuclear capabilities of the two sides.
   
10. Study the ideologies of both sides, Zionism and Hamas.
    

Tips

• The United States is not a neutral party in this conflict.
  
• Impartial sources are extremely hard to come by in this conflict.
  
• Consider watching films such as Paradise Now (2005), Palestine Is Still the Issue (2002) and Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army (2003).
  

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://www.icahd.org/

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Add the following lines to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file:

# these aes modules break the airo driver
blacklist padlock_aes
blacklist geode_aes

Wireless driver for Thinkpad T41 for Ubuntu

Also solves the sound and hang during boot.

Note to self, consider Drigg and Asterisk.

How to Use Linux from a Usb Stick

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Do you want to carry around ALL your settings and not just portable applications? Do you have a netbook and would like to try another operating system? Perhaps you don't have a CD or DVD drive and would like to use another operating system. Well now you can - by booting one from a USB stick!

Steps

1. Ensure your PC is new enough to have a BIOS that can boot from USB[1].
   
2. Get a USB stick with enough capacity for the operating system you intend to install (probably 8Gb).
   
3. Windows users can install the following Linux distros to the USB stick from within a Windows environment;
   
   • Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)[2]
     
   • Fedora (since v8)[3]
     
   • Knoppix (since v5.1)[4]
     
   • SLAX (since v6)[5]
     
   
   
4. Non-Windows users may have to use a PC with a CD or DVD drive then install Linux to the USB stick. The following Linux distros can be installed to USB from the Live CD environment;
   
   • Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (since v8.10)[6]
     
   • Knoppix (since v5.1)[7]
     
   • OpenSuse[8]
     
   
   

Warnings

• Flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. Most commercially available flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles.
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Use a Operating System from a Usb Stick
  
• How to Install Damn Small Linux On a USB Card
  

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/17/testing-your-system-for-usb-boot-compatibility/


2. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/11/04/live-ubuntu-810-usb-persistent-install-windows/


3. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/05/17/install-fedora-9-to-a-flash-drive-using-windows/


4. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01/01/usb-knoppix-510/


5. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/09/20/all-in-one-usb-slaxzip/


6. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/11/01/ubuntu-810-install-using-the-built-in-usb-installer/


7. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/20/installing-usb-knoppix-51-using-linux/


8. ↑ http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/03/28/usb-suse-flash-drive-install/

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How to Be a Communist

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Communism, in its simplest form, is a theory advocating the elimination of private property. It is based on the writings of philosophers Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).

Steps

1. Read and analyze the writings of Marx and Engels first The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. Consider common ownership of the means of production or workers control of the means of production.
   
2. For basic introductory books about Marx consider Introducing Marx by Rius (the best), Marx: A Beginner's Guide by Gill Hands, Rebel's Guide To Marx by Mike Gonzalez and Marx: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer.
   
3. Read the writings of Vladimir Lenin whose ideas included proletariat dictatorship and democratic centralism; What is to be Done?, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism and The State and Revolution.
   
4. Read about Joseph Stalin and socialism in one country.
   
5. Read Leon Trotsky on international socialism; In Defence of Marxism, The History of the Russian Revolution and The Revolution Betrayed.
   
6. Read communist journals such as People's Weekly World[1], The Morning Star[2] and Weekly Worker[3].
   

Warnings

• The Red Scare is a term used to describe anti-communist periods in the USA. Suspected communists were persecuted during McCarthyism.
  

Things You'll Need

• A knowledge of history and economics.
  
• An open mind.
  

Related wikiHows

• How to Be a Socialist
  
• How to Run for Political Office
  
• How to Choose Your Political Party
  

Sources and Citations

1. ↑ http://www.pww.org/


2. ↑ http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/


3. ↑ http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker

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I saw the following in a group called Against Israeli Zionism

FACTS ABOUT ZIONISM/Israel

1. Zionists wanted to establish Israel even when Palestine was inhabited and was ruled by Ottoman. Therefore it was in their intentions and in their policy to use force and deception to get hands on Palestine.

2. Palestinians gave shelter to Jews who were all where persecuted in Europe, like in Spain in 1492, in Germany in WWII, etc. Instead of being thankful, Jews stabbed in their back and took their homeland.

3. In 1914, Jews in Palestine were under 8% of the total population and owned under 2% of the total land. Despite of global terrorist movements, in 1947 Jews constituted only 33% of the population.

4. Division of Palestine was not decided by the inhabitants but by the UN, just after WWII when most of UN members were either puppets or allies of US and UK.

5. Jews were many times literally wiped off from this place, like by Assyrians, Babylonians, Crusaders, Romans, etc.

6. Even right now, only 68% Jews are Israeli-born where rest are immigrants, including their President.

7. Jews were never first to inhabit Palestine, Canaanites lived here before them.

8. Palestinians have been living there since 12 century BC, and has evolved the culture and society their way, and right now are only indigenous people of that land are Palestinians.

9. Jews who historically rules Israel are Mizrahi Jews, in fact, rather, Palestinians Jews, these Jews are hardly minority among current Israeli Jews, majority are European Jews, who were later converted to religion, and do not belong to the race of Jews.

10. UN gave 55% of the land to Jews, who in turn are occupying more than twice of that.

11. It is the country which is not recognized by 39 members of UN.Reply to Syed
Report
Post #2David Herman (Roslyn High School) replied to Syed's post
on Mar 25, 2008 at 3:00 PM
2-Ottoman Empire=not ALL Palestinains...I will read and respond to the rest later when I have more time...Reply to David
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Post #3Nidaal Muhannad (London) replied to Syed's post
on Mar 25, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Israel, a country only the size of new jersey has achieved the following -

1. Israel was established upon the ruins of another nation that she destroyed; Palestine
2. Israel holds the world record in the number of towns and villages she ethnically cleansed; +530
3. Israel holds the world record in the number of refugees she deported; +4 million
4. Israel holds the world record in the number of houses she demolished; 60 000
5. Israel is the country with the highest record of UN condemnations; +500 times
6. Israel has killed more innocent civilians per capita that any other country; +50 000
7. Israel has imprisoned more civilians per capita than any other country; +250 000
8. Israel has rendered more innocent civilians handicapped per capita than any other country; +50 000
9. Israel has injured more civilians per capita than any other country; +200 000
10. Israel has only 2 countries so defend its policies in the UN - USA and Micronesia (beside Australia)
11. Israel is the only country on earth that denies the rights of return of refugees
12. Israel is the only country on earth that still occupies a whole other country and parts of 2 other countries
13. Israel is the only country on earth that publicly steals the water of its neighbors
14. Israel is the only country on earth that has legalized home demolishing as a method of collective punishment!
15. Israel is the only country on earth that uproots trees as a method of collective punishment
16. Israel is the only country on earth that deliberately targets civilians infrastructure and justifies it
17. Israel is the only country on earth that has legalized ASSASSINATION!
18. Israel stands unique in using human shields in military operation
19. amongst all countries Israel is the only one that has legalized TORTURE!
20. Israel is the only country on earth that builds illegal settlement in occupied land
21. Israel is the only country on earth that publicly jails activists without trial
22. according to Guinness book of world records, Israel has created the highest number of checkpoints
23. according to Guinness book of world records Israel holds the world record of days of curfew she installed on the Palestinians
24. Israel is the only country on whose checkpoints women denied access to hospital, give birth (usually the babies die!)
25. Israel is exceptional in being the only country on whose checkpoints patient die due to denied access to hospitals
26. Israel is the only country on earth that on whose checkpoints wedding parades end
27. Israel is the only country on earth that on whose checkpoints school children denied access to their school and to have their classes
28. Israel holds the world record in the number of soldiers refusing to serve in the army (actually a cool fact about a not so cool army)
29. Israel is one of 2 countries that is against the international law, use cluster bombs and depleted uranium bombs
30. Israel, despite being a rich country, receives the highest financial aid more that the sum aid to all sub-Saharan Africa
31. Israel claims its enemies want to wipe it off the map but she has indeed wipes a whole country off the map
32. Israel is the country that introduced nuclear weapons to the middle east but is the only country in the middle east that refuses to sign the non- proliferation treaty
33. Israeli engineers developed the worlds first cities turned into fenced jails with gates and opening hours, electrified segregation, eye specific rubber bullets abortion efficient infant killing tear gas and humiliation guaranteed human cages
34. Israel is the only country on earth that has a political party that publicly advocates ethnic cleansing of the native citizens
35. Israel is the only country on earth that still has racist laws that discriminate its native citizens
36. Israel is the only country on earth that is known to have a memorial dedicated to one of their terrorists where his followers gather and dance
37. Israel is the only country on earth that imprisons KIDS for political reasons
38. Israel is the only country on earth that where you get one month community service for INTENTIONALLY SMASHING A CHILD'S HEAD!

What other country does not hold its soldiers accountable for shooting peace activists in cold blood? No other country has towns and cities all located exclusively for one ethnic group. Israel is the only place on earth that live in homes stolen from living refugees. Not only that but Israel ranks amongst the top countries in lack of security.

Always wondered why no-one ever thought of a portable player that doesn't encase a cd but still plays it.

Cafepress CD Master Form

Cafepress sell and manufacture your CDs. Please send all masters to:

CafePress.com
Attn: CD Masters
6901-A Riverport Drive
Louisville, KY 40258

Please ship your CD securely with the CD Master Form, which is generated within the CD designer page.

Flat-file CMS

More on Audible
The Audible Codec

Audible's use of digital rights management on its .aa format has earned it criticism[13]. While multiple software products are capable of removing the Audible DRM protection by re-encoding in other formats[14], Audible has been quick to threaten the software makers with lawsuits for discussing or promoting this ability, as happened with River Past Corp and GoldWave Inc[15]. Responses have varied, with River Past removing the capability from their software, and GoldWave retaining the capability, but censoring discussions about the ability in its support forums. But there are still many other software tools from non-US contries which bypass the DRM control of Audible either with a sound recording or virtual CD burning method. Typical examples are TuneBite, SoundTaxi, NoteCable (sound recording) and Phantom Burner, NoteBurner, Tune4Mac (virtual CD burning).

Also see Afterdawn.

"It seems astonishing for Microsoft to credit itself as removing walls. It would be on par with the Mensheviks running an advertising campaign along the lines, “Support your right-wing candidate, not those lefty Bolsheviks” while the Republican Party stands nearby."

Reading an article about how Apple Mac could increase its market share got me thinking. How about if enabled OS X installation on any x86 PC and turned a blind eye to those that did (with genuine OS X products).

Complete Guide to Installation in Ubuntu

How to set up a bilingual or multilingual Linux system for multiple users.
Basically involves editing ~/.bashrc

How To: Manual Network Configuration without the need for Network Manager
Basically it involves editing /etc/rc.local for it to run at boot.

Some more Ubuntu tutorials
HOWTO: Set up AwesomeWM 2.1
HOWTO: get a Fluxbox menu (and customization)
How To: Convert Windows Users to Ubuntu
HowTo: TV_Listings of your Favorite Channels
HOWTO: Install Flock on Ubuntu Hardy
AwesomeWM - A Brief Introduction
HowTo: Download YouTube videos (the easy way)
HowTo: Create a Passwordless / Guest Login (Simple Method)
How-to: Install flock
HOWTO: Add The Trash to Your Desktop
How To enable the new wireless variables in Conky
HOWTO: The power of Fluxbox keys

Some Ubuntu tutorials
How to create a passwordless login
Install Google Earth
Install and configure PekWM
How to make a live CD/DVD from your harddisk installation
Fluxbox beginners
How To: Manual Network Configuration without the need for Network Manager
OpenOffice 3
HOW TO: A Beginners Guide to Setting up Conky