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It's easy to tell a C++ programmer they learn C. "Why?" "Because you need to know more low-level dynamics." But what do you tell a competent, happy programmer who has only ever really known C? "You need to learn C++ so you can code better." "My code works fine. I'm happy with C. I don't care about OO. Go away."

I guess I'm going off that older thread. If I recall you were one of the people who got quite offended when I said homosexuality is a lifestyle choice. Granted, that might have been due to miscommunication. Perhaps I should have said "sexuality is shaped by many aspects including choice and lifestyle, not just genetics", but I got the feeling you guys disagreed with me even then.

I just think that's a woefully simplistic view of the situation which doesn't consider varying degrees of sexual oppression/liberation across the globe, nor factors such as epigenetics or homosexuality-heterosexuality as a gradient or 'spectrum' rather than a binary dichotomy. E.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexual-...exual_continuum Also, homosexuality occurs at a rate of about 5% worldwide. According to Wikipedia, 12% of Norwegian's have had homosexual sex (not to be confused with actually being homosexual). I dunno how sexually liberated Norwegians are, but I'm guessing it's a fair bit, which bolsters my point.

I would very much like to hear drunk Obsidian PnP podcasts.

Yeah, just from what I hear on the forums from the devs, Sega sound like a great publisher.

C# is poor man's Java (and just as ugly). Java is poor man's Python. Use Jython. But yeah, there's a reason people tend to mention C/C++ instead of just C or C++; they do not replace eachother, and you will (or should) use both.

That is retarded. The Palestinians don't deserve that, it wouldn't work, and it would probably just stir up extremism in Palestine while utterly destroying Israel's foreign (and probably domestic) image. No, this way Hamas is weakened, international support is against Hamas, and Egypt and co can clamp down further on arms smuggling. Seriously, I can't believe you are advocating what is basically preemptive genocide.

You were bitten by the same bug as me and lots of others. KDE 4.0 was actually an early adopter release. 4.1 was their stable, every-day version. Utterly retarded version labelling scheme if you ask me (x.0 for early adopter, x.1 for casual users). It's definitely worth trying 4.2 stable when it comes out in a week or two. Yes, KDE 3.5 is pretty awesome. Just keep in mind the above.

Pay attention, mate. It's working fine in The West Bank, and Gaza all depends on the next couple of years; don't conflate normal Gazan Palestinians with Hamas - Hamas is the brick wall to stability in Gaza and Gazans rightly blame both Hamas and Israel for the damage that just occurred (rather than solely Israel). It's ludicrous that you expect immediate change. Stop seeking quick fixes, and stop being so nihilistic. A few Hamas cells will keep attacking for the next couple of weeks or months and Israel will squash them as they pop up. But the rules of the game have no changed a lot. Hamas is no longer so popular, and arms into Gaza is about to be far more heavily monitored. If the West Bank can manage stability and democracy after all these years, so can Gaza.

Both. Although people went absolutely nuts at me on this board last time I said that; people who insist it is hereditary seem like they're trying to justify it as an affliction/disease and thus can't be helped. I think that's disgusting. It shouldn't matter who you choose to love, nor why you love, if it's legal. How is it important? Why do you care who somebody else loves, and certainly why do you care what causes their love? Is there a difference? Are people who stay single all their lives 'deviant'? Does it matter? What's your answer? Where are these question marks? Consequences: gay people will marry. Can you actually think of any consequences? If not, it would appear that you are trying to pad an intuitive revulsion of the idea of homosexuality, which is understandable if you've been brought up socially conservatively, as you probably have, and as I was.

What's not to 'believe' about it? You've never seen two dudes kiss each other? You don't believe they can love each other because you've never felt love for another man? You don't believe they can physically have sex? What? Speaking from the perspective of somebody who was homophobic for the first 18 years of his life, it's a totally retarded worldview.

Hamas admits to killing Palestinians it suspected of being sympathetic to Israel: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mi...rs-1488649.html Meanwhile, Iran moans about the arms crackdown on Hamas, complaining that it will now be difficult for Hamas to get the guns they need to mindlessly shell Israel: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mi...ms-1475968.html

They already implemented the two-state solution earlier this decade you dork-knob. What do you think the West Bank is? Why do you think Israel had to send troops into Gaza in the first place? Hint: it's because they don't control it. Anyway, Hamas just fired some more mortars at Israel. Guess where from this time? A refugee camp. Meanwhile, Fatah activists are randomly being shot oh, and those lovely Hamas chaps are also hijacking Jordanian aid trucks: http://ammannet.net/look/article.tpl?IdLan...mp;NrSection=40 (It's Arabic)

Schadenfreude is a German word, but has been adopted into English. So yes, it exists. Edit: similar terms in English are 'sadism' and 'dark/black humour'.

Here's some screenshots of KDE Ubuntu (Kubuntu): It's the one I suggest you get. As you can tell there's some variety between the shots. It's up to you how you arrange your desktop. You can change a fair bit of it simply by changing themes and things in the control panel (or whatever it's called in KDE). Gnome is the default that comes with Ubuntu. It's not bad, but it's less swish and I prefer KDE because it seems to offer more control.

Just an FYI: Ubuntu (at least) offers a GUI of apt these days which is just point/click, so it really is for everybody. Gnome Ubuntu even goes as far as to offer the apt GUI for 'advanced' users and an add/remove programmes apt GUI for typical users. It only contains highly-rated/used programmes and is as simple as ticking 'install' in the applications box, then 'upgrade'. Similar to Windows add/remove, but obviously better because you can download from the repositories. Rhomal: yes, I'm speaking about the last couple of years. Mac blows Windows out of the water in the audio/visual industry. Maybe you can try to write it off as artists being 'preppy'?

What is this twitter thing you speak of? Bloody kids these days.

And as usual you have an opinion about stuff you obviously have no clue about. Hahaha. Yeah, I've seen some of those before. Chilling stuff.

Quiche is ****ing awesome.

You still ranting, Yuusha? The war's over, Israel has withdrawn, and the two-state solution already exists and isn't going away any time soon (no matter how hard Hamas tries to obliterate Israel). Cheers for your concern though, mate.

I only ever referred to 'the oath' ("so help me god") as being problematic, though even that was largely facetious, as I said. Son of a gun. Note a) I was being facetious, b) I take no real issue with either of these since they're all de facto practices, but you can read my post above for something I do have a problem with! Now, would you care for a cuppa?

Which is obviously false but then somehow I didnt catch the hidden meaning of your post and you REALLY meant the addition of "so help me god"? Whatever. Oh noes, I was off by 20 years! So smegging sue me. Or, you know, don't. *sigh* Abraham Lincoln assumed office in 1861. So, you know, you were only 89 years off. Every president since FDR has used the oath ("so help me god"), so no, I was off by two decades. But dude, whatever. I dunno why you're having a fap about this. Do you really want to know my thoughts on the matter? I think it's wrong for the person administering the oath to include the words "so help me god" - if the President wants to, well hallelujah. But he shouldn't be urged to like this: Roberts: "preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States" Obama: "preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States" Roberts: "So help you God" Obama: "So help me God" Roberts: "Congratulations, Mr. President" The actual oath in the constitution is: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Which is obviously false but then somehow I didnt catch the hidden meaning of your post and you REALLY meant the addition of "so help me god"? Whatever. Oh noes, I was off by 20 years! So smegging sue me. Or, you know, don't.