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Claude Lanzmann's Shoah (1985), like the Holocaust it depicts via personal testimonies, is a massive and difficult beast that can't be ignored. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Lanzmann eventually compiled roughly 350 hours of interview footage with Holocaust survivors, participants and observers in 14 countries over a six-year period. He spent the next five editing it down to a 550-minute film. No archival photographs or film clips of the witnesses, locations or murders were used, only retrospective first-hand descriptions of the perpetual genocide. Even preparing to watch Shoah, whether all at once or during multiple sessions, is a daunting task and far removed from the two hours we devote to typical films. The scope of this project itself, combined with the chilly appearance and cyclical format of Lanzmann's final cut, makes for a weighty and somber quasi-documentary that most folks will only be able to sit through once.
Shoah is a tough nut to crack because, as its first of its key witnesses reminds us, the Holocaust is an impossible subject to adequately explain or summarize. To his credit, Lanzmann attempts to do neither. He simply serves up a barrage of these personal testimonies and often pairs them with footage of former extermination camps now overgrown, silent and empty. Some interviews are more compelling than others, whether due to the subject matter or the way Lanzmann chooses to present them. Lanzmann can even been seen and heard on countless occasions, and it's his presence during the proceedings that will either produce an air of authenticity or irk those who feel that directors should let films speak for themselves. Yet Shoah was an intensely personal project; otherwise, Lanzmann wouldn't have devoted more than a decade of time and energy to ensure that it met his expectations. So, is his presence justified?
Yes and no. Several of these interviews are conducted with the help of an on-site translator, as the multi-lingual French director was not fluent in Polish, Hebrew or Yiddish. This means that many questions are asked by Lanzmann in French, translated, responded to and translated back to French, often before the director repeats the cycle with a follow-up question. Portions of the translator's speech (and often the original questions themselves) are not subtitled in English, all but destroying the natural rhythm of an accessible conversation. It's almost as if we're there on-set but never get to see the finished product. I'll clarify that this aggravating use of "partial subtitles" is not exclusive to any specific release of Shoah; it's always been that way. Whether Lanzmann was uncompromising of his on-screen participation or not, the way these selected testimonies are presented will most likely turn off the majority of audiences not fluent in these languages. At the very least, Shoah's format certainly takes some getting used to.
For better or for worse, there's plenty of time to get used to the formula...and fortunately, there's less on-site translation as Shoah progresses. This direct interaction lets us focus more on the actual stories than the conversations, which greatly improves the effectiveness of what's being retold. Testimonies like the one from former SS officer Franz Suchomel---who, unbeknownst to him, was being recorded via hidden camera---are allowed to breathe without the burden of a third narrative. Still, Lanzmann's habit of leading---and in some cases, provoking---the witnesses can make Shoah feel manipulative, though I've yet to see a Holocaust-related film that doesn't. Even Alain Resnais' brutally efficient Night and Fog, which I feel is a definitive film on the subject, has no choice but to run audiences through the wringer.
For all of Shoah's fundamental strengths (and despite the criticism of its format, there are many), this still a numbing experience that most viewers will subject themselves to only once, or on rare occasions. It's roughly divided into quarters (dubbed "First Era" and "Second Era", with each one split in half) and, as previously alluded to, is perhaps best digested over the course of several days. It's certainly a gamble for anyone to spend more than a decade on a single production, no matter the scale...and though I'm extremely reluctant to watch it again, I'm glad that Shoah exists "to give them an everlasting name".
But is it worth owning? Criterion's new Blu-ray package is both unlikely and inevitable, given their track record of lavishing attention on influential and historically important films. Highlights from this expensive but meticulous three-disc set include a brand new 4K master of the original 16mm source elements and a collection of extras that are relevant to both Shoah and Lanzmann's approach to filmmaking. Yet this still feels like a package more suited for libraries, schools or museums than most private collections. The film's extremely limited replay value works against every dollar of its considerable retail price, as only the most committed fans of Shoah will get their money's worth. It's not blind buy material, that's for sure.
No matter your opinion of the film itself, there's no denying that it's never looked better on home video. Presented in its original 1.33:1 format, this 1080p transfer makes the most out of Lanzmann's gloss-free 16mm source footage. Shoah's perpetually cold color palette has been rendered nicely, image detail is quite good, there's a solid amount of depth and black levels are steady from start to finish. Of course, the film's thick grain structure also holds up quite well, while no dirt, debris or excess digital manipulation could be spotted along the way. Taken from a brand new 4K digital restoration, this is simply a flawless presentation of footage that was never intended to look beautiful. Videophiles will be uniformly pleased.
The film's lossless PCM mono track will undoubtedly receive less praise than the video, but it's still a fine presentation that...well, can't really improve upon the limited source material. Dialogue comes through clearly, sporadic music cues sound fine and there aren't any blemishes, dropouts or other such problems. Optional subtitles are offered in English (for the purpose of witness identification and partial foreign translation only) and English SDH (witness ID, partial foreign translation and English language segments) during the main feature, as well as partial translation during applicable foreign language supplements.
Everything else is strictly about Shoah's production and legacy. These extras include a 2013 Lanzmann Interview hosted by French journalist and critic Serge Toubiana (58 minutes, above right), as well as a 2013 Interview with Shoah's associate director of photography Caroline Champetier (29 minutes) hosted by French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin. Both of these conversations are easily the most accessible and informative supplements of them all, and it's a shame that we couldn't get even more in this vein.
Many historical films, documentary or not, are often proclaimed as "something everyone should see"...but no, Claude Lanzmann's Shoah is not for everyone. The film's cyclical, often frustrating format is further impaired by the partial subtitles, which all but ensure that even the most dedicated viewers will shift in their seats on many occasions. From an objective standpoint, Shoah is an extremely long film peppered with several highlights...and if this quasi-documentary were about anything other than the Holocaust, most critics wouldn't have been (or continue to be) so forgiving. As expected, Criterion's Blu-ray piles on plenty of support with a top-tier A/V presentation and solid extras...but with low replay value and a $100 price tag, it's recommended for die-hard fans only. Everyone else should rent it first, or occasionally.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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The site Faster.com is going to be a completely revolutionary way to surf the web. I can't explain at the moment how it will work for confidentiality reasons, but check out the site in 3 months and you will be totally blown away! It is an application to help you when searching on Google, yahoo msn or ask.com
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The Kitchen Ecosystem
Over the last six months, as I've been writing this blog, I've been thinking about cooking in terms of a kitchen ecosystem. Every kitchen has it's own ecosystem. When I tested some of the chef Fabio Trabocchi's recipes from Fiamma in New York, it took me three sweaty days to set up, to make the stocks and the compotes and the confits, to broil the peppers and soak the sweetbreads. It was exhausting. For me.
But easy for him, because these were components for dishes that Fabio had in the restaurant all the time. Fiamma's kitchen ecosystem, like that of many better restaurants, was highly evolved. (Unfortunately, it's also defunct, a casualty of the recession.)
On the other hand, a fashion model I knew in lower Manhattan in the 1980s had only rice crackers, leftover Chinese take out, some mustard, and a half empty bottle of champagne in her fridge at any given time. Kitty's kitchen ecosystem was pretty elemental. While Fabio could prepare some mighty dishes out of his ecosystem, Kitty couldn't really get much beyond sustenance.
We all know that food tastes best under two conditions: when the ingredients are fresh and when the components of a dish are homemade. Okay: The way to accomplish the first condition is buy locally and seasonally, and preserve some of the food as it comes in, throughout the year. The way to meet the second condition is create an ecosystem of prepared foods: component recipes that find their way into the more complex dishes that are actually served.
These constituent recipes range from pre-made foods that are used within a few days, like hydrated dried beans, baccala, mushrooms, and chilies; stocks and compotes of vegetables like fennel, capers, and pistachio nuts; to those used within a week or so, like mayonnaise, vinaigrette, refrigerated pestos and cremas (cremas are like pestos loosened with stock) of all sorts (herbs, sorrel, ramps, scapes, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, nuts, and so on), marinated vegetables like eggplant, artichokes, mushrooms, and red peppers, and smoked and cured meats and fish; to those used within three months to a year, like horseradish, confits of root vegetables and poultry, frozen foods (breadcrumbs, sautéed mushrooms, herb butters, roasted poblano chilies, sauces of all sorts, from ancho to wine reductions, additional pestos and cremas) and water bath and pressure canned foods, like fruits prepared for desserts (brandied, pureed, whole and poached in wine), tomatoes, chicken meat, fish in oil, and pickles of all sorts, from fiddlehead ferns to cippolini onions.
As the seasons progress and fresh foods come in, these "componential" recipes are prepared in a constant cycle. What these constituent recipes do is add layers of flavor to the taste of dinner, and subtract layers of effort from the final process of feeding a family. This is how my Italian grandmother cooked. It is thrifty, and it produces robust taste. Very flavorful food is not a matter of one exceptional recipe-although there are many of those. It is a matter of systems thinking in the kitchen.
A system, says the great theorist Donella Meadows, is a set of things interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time. The system may be driven by outside forces, but a systems response to these forces is characteristic of itself. So, the foods I keep in my home interconnect to create a system that defines my culinary environment.
If you look at your kitchen through this lens, then you can see why the food you make tastes the way it does. When you change the set, by replacing commercial mayo with homemade, for example, you set up a series of new dynamics in your cooking. Likewise, by having homemade components on hand, you are capable of creating more flavorful dishes. And the more homemade foods you add to the set, the tastier the system.
At first I thought of the ecosystem of the kitchen metaphorically. But now I am quite convinced that the kitchen ecosystem is not a metaphor at all. It is a reality that reflects the cook's palate, her place, and her politics, a reality that grows with the cook, year after year, becoming ever more interesting, complex, and delicious. This is the secret to the best tasting food.
Thinking of the kitchen as an ecosystem is the natural evolution of the locavore movement. The locavore movement has reached a critical mass where just about everyone is hip to the culinary and economic benefits of eating locally and seasonally. The cook applies his purchasing choices to a culinary repertoire that reflects the same values that inspired him to buy at his local farm stand in the first place. It allows the home cook to actuate her food politics, satisfy her palate, and surmount the one wall that inhibits us all: how to find the time to do it.
Because it is, after all, the nature of a healthy ecosystem to be efficient.
Okay, enough of all that. I will not specifically explain the circumstances by which I started to take pictures of the inside of my fridge over time, except to say that my husband has taken to giving me his "you need to join a group" look whenever he walks by and I am setting up the tripod in front of the open ice box.
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Marliee's Excellent Chile Rellenos
Marliee Gilman perfected this dish. She always serves it with a light tomato sauce, sometimes with refried beans as well. It's a winner. You can use any combination of cheeses you like in this recipe.
Serves 4
8 poblano peppers
About 1 cup grated mozzarella
About 1 cup grated goat cheese
About 1 cup grated cheddar
3 eggs, divided
Vegetable oil for frying
For the Sauce
2 pints home canned tomato puree (see my previous post for the recipe)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Blister the peppers, hold them in a paper bag until they cool, and remove the skins. You don't need to take out the seedpods unless the poblanos are hot (as in spicy). It will be obvious if one is, because when you are removing the skins the peppers with emit strong hot fumes. Otherwise just cut a slit near the top so you can access the inside of the peppers.
Combine the cheeses and squeeze them into 8 oblong shapes. The cheese should be pretty easy to manipulate depending on the types you use. Insert the cheese into the peppers.
Prepare the sauce. Heat the puree in a saucepot with the garlic and reduce by about a third, 5 to 10 minutes. Season to taste.
Beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Beat the egg yolks until well combined.
Pour about ¼ inch of oil into the bottom of a non-stick pan and heat over a medium heat until the oil is very hot.
Dredge the peppers in the egg yolk and then the egg whites. Don't worry if the egg whites slip off some. Place the peppers in the oil and fry until golden brown, then flip over. They will brown quickly, about a minute on each side. Do not crowd the peppers in the pan—better to fry them in batches. Drain the fried peppers on paper towels.
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Slime Mold on Straw in my Los Angeles backyard
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Last night I deep-watered our fig tree in the backyard, a spot that I had covered with straw about a month ago to help protect moisture. To my surprise, this morning I woke up to a yellow organism on top of the straw. At first I thought a leftover can of Great Stuff from my 'Plot' project had leaked. But on closer inspection it turns out to be Slime Mold, Fuligo septica, commonly known as dog's vomit. The measures that slime mold undergoes are just as impressive as their bizarre looks. Within hours during the night mold must travel to a conducive surface, re-structure itself, in order to release spores the next day.


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I am setting up a Ubuntu (the problem also happens on Debian Squeeze) Virtual Private Server. I have installed php5 and php-pear. When I go to install a pear package from the command, or if I attempt to upgrade packages, for example
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Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Martin Davalos, Jason Anderson and Christophe Pourcel made their way to Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on Saturday as the 2017 AMA Supercross season kicked off at the historic Anaheim 1 race.
Martin Davalos started his season on a high note by claiming victory in the first heat race of the season, earning him a coveted position in the 250SX West main. He was in the top three at the start of the main, stayed consistent, and kept his Husqvarna FC 250 in podium position the remainder of the race before finishing third.
"I haven't raced West Coast in a long time," said Davalos. "I struggled a little bit today. I couldn't find my happy medium. I definitely battled the track - it was pretty slick. We made a lot of changes throughout the day. I tried to get a good start and do my best, but the guys out front were better than me today. I need to do my homework this week and take it one race at a time."
Jason Anderson qualified fourth during the 450 class timed practice earlier in the day. After pulling a top-five start during his heat, he quickly started hunting down the top three. Although he remained close to a podium spot the remainder of the race, he eventually finished fourth, which transferred him directly to the main. He rode an almost flawless race in the main by making an impressive charge from a mid-pack start to finish fourth. He nailed perfect passes and line choices and was on charge toward the front the entire race.
"A1 was pretty decent," said Anderson. "I struggled with setup earlier in the day but we made some changes and I was able to come through the pack to get fourth. All-in-all, it wasn't too bad."
Teammate Christophe Pourcel had a rough start to his 2017 season. He went down at the start of his heat race, hurting his chances at finishing in a transfer position. He was unable to make a comeback after getting pinched off at the start of his semi, forcing him to the 450 LCQ. He was top-10 at the start of the LCQ and, although he fought his way to fifth by the end of the race, it wasn't enough to earn a spot in the main.
The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team will now make its way to San Diego for the second stop of the series, which will be held at Petco Park on January 17.
250SX West Main Event:
1. Shane McElrath
2. Aaron Plessinger
3. Martin Davalos
250SX West Rider Point Standings:
1. Shane McElrath – 25 points
2. Aaron Plessinger – 22 points
3. Martin Davalos – 20 points
4. Mitchell Oldenburg – 18 points
5. Justin Hill – 16 points
6. Jeremy Martin – 15 points
7. Dan Reardon – 14 points
8. Austin Forkner – 13 points
9. James Decotis – 12 points
10. Kyle Chisholm – 11 points
450SX Main Event:
1. Ken Roczen
2. Ryan Dungey
3. Marvin Musquin
4. Jason Anderson
450SX Rider Point Standings:
1. Ken Roczen - 25 points
2. Ryan Dungey – 22 points
3. Marvin Musquin – 20 points
4. Jason Anderson – 18 points
5. Eli Tomac – 16 points
6. Cole Seely – 15 points
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ISLAMABAD — One of three wives living with Osama bin Laden told Pakistani interrogators she had been staying in the al-Qaida chief's hideout for five years, and could be a key source of information about how he avoided capture for so long, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
Bin Laden's wife, identified as Yemeni-born Amal Ahmed Abdullfattah, said she never left the upper floors of the house the entire time she was there. Her name has also appeared in previous reports as Amal Ahmed Abdul Fatah and Amal Ahmed al-Sadah.
She and bin Laden's other two wives are being interrogated in Pakistan after they were taken into custody following Monday's American raid on bin Laden's compound in the town of Abbottabad. Pakistani authorities are also holding eight or nine children who were found there after the U.S. commandos left.
Given shifting and incomplete accounts from U.S. officials about what happened during the raid, testimony from bin Laden's wives may be significant in unveiling details about the operation.
Their accounts could also help show how bin Laden spent his time and managed to stay hidden, living in a large house close to a military academy in a garrison town, a two-and-a-half hours' drive from the capital, Islamabad.
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The Pakistani official said CIA officers had not been given access to the women in custody. Already tense military and intelligence relations between the United States and Pakistan have been further strained after the helicopter-borne raid, which many Pakistanis see as a violation of their country's sovereignty.
The proximity of bin Laden's hideout to the military garrison and the Pakistani capital has also raised suspicions in Washington that bin Laden may have been protected by Pakistani security forces while on the run.
Risking more tensions, missiles fired from a U.S. drone killed 15 people, including foreign militants, in North Waziristan, an al-Qaida and Taliban hotspot close to Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said. Such attacks were routine last year, but their frequency has dropped this year amid opposition by the Pakistani security establishment.
Pakistan's army, a key U.S. ally in the Afghanistan war, on Thursday threatened to review cooperation with Washington if it stages anymore attacks like the one that killed bin Laden.
Video: US officials: Al-Qaida had trains in its sights
The Pakistani intelligence official did not say Friday whether the Yemeni wife has said that bin Laden was also living there since 2006. "We are still getting information from them," he said.
Another security official said the wife was shot in the leg during the operation and did not witness her husband being killed. He also said one of bin Laden's eldest daughters had said she witnessed the Americans killing her father.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to give their names to the media.
Story: Mystery surrounds bin Laden wife wounded in raid
Meanwhile, Pakistan's intelligence agency has concluded that bin Laden was "cash strapped" in his final days, according to a briefing given by two senior military officials. Disputes over money between the terror leader and his No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, led al-Qaida to split into two factions five or six years ago, with the larger faction controlled by al-Zawahri, they said.
The officers spoke to a small group of Pakistani reporters late Thursday. Their comments were confirmed for The Associated Press by the same security official who spoke about the shooting of bin Laden's wife and who was present at Thursday's briefing.
The officer didn't provide details or elaborate on how his agency made the conclusions about bin Laden's financial situation or the split with his deputy, al-Zawahri. The al-Qaida chief apparently had lived without any guards at the Abbottabad compound or loyalists nearby to take up arms in his defense.
The image of Pakistan's intelligence agency has been battered at home and abroad in the wake of the raid that killed bin Laden. Portraying him as isolated and weak could be aimed at trying to create an impression that a failure to spot him was not so important.
Documents taken from the house by American commandos showed that bin Laden was planning to hit America, however, including a plan for derailing an American train on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The confiscated materials reveal the rail attack was planned as of February 2010.
Slideshow: After the raid: Inside bin Laden's compound (on this page)
Late Thursday, two Pakistani officials cited bin Laden's wives and children as saying he and his associates had not offered any "significant resistance" when the American commandos entered the compound, in part because the assailants had thrown "stun bombs" that disorientated them.
One official said Pakistani authorities found an AK-47 and a pistol in the house belonging to those inside, with evidence that one bullet had been fired from the rifle.
"That was the level of resistance" they put up, said the official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
His account is roughly consistent with the most recent one given by U.S. officials, who now say only one of the five people killed in the raid was armed and fired any shots, a striking departure from the intense and prolonged firefight described earlier by the White House and others in the administration.
U.S. officials say four men were killed alongside bin Laden, including one of his sons.
Reflecting the anger in Pakistan, hundreds of members of radical Islamic parties protested Friday in several Pakistan cities against the American raid and in favor of bin Laden. Many of the people chanted "Osama is alive" and blasted the U.S. for violating the country's sovereignty.
The largest rally took place in the town of Khuchlak in southwestern Baluchistan province, where about 500 people attended.
"America is celebrating Osama bin Laden's killing, but it will be a temporary celebration," said Abdullah Sittar Chishti, a member of the Jamiat Ulema Islam party who attended the rally in Khuchlak. "After the martyrdom of Osama, billions, trillions of Osamas will be born."
U.N. human rights investigators also called on the U.S. on Friday to disclose the full facts surrounding the killing of bin Laden, in particular whether there had been any plan to capture him.
Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Martin Scheinin, special rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism, said that in certain exceptional cases, deadly force may be used in "operations against terrorists."
"However, the norm should be that terrorists be dealt with as criminals, through legal processes of arrest, trial and judicially-decided punishment," the independent experts said in a joint statement. "It will be particularly important to know if the planning of the mission allowed an effort to capture bin Laden."
It was important to get this information "into the open," according to the investigators, who report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.Video: Info from bin Laden raid yields train intel
Extensive surveillance of bin Laden's hideout was carried out from a nearby CIA safe house in Abbottabad, U.S. officials said.
The U.S. officials told the Washington Post that the safe house was the base for intelligence gathering that began after bin Laden's compound was discovered last August and which was so exhaustive the CIA asked Congress to reallocate tens of millions of dollars to fund it.
The fact bin Laden was found in a garrison town — his compound was not far from a major military academy — has embarrassed Pakistan and the covert raid by U.S. commandos has angered its military.
The Associated Press, NBC News and Reuters contributed to this report.


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I'll concede that cupcakes aren't a traditional Christmas tea time item but these seemed too pretty to leave out. Plus, Christmas is a time of serious eating and it's nice to have something spongier and lighter and generally more manageable with a cup of tea!
These cupcakes had a lovely taste to them; the white chocolate wasn't over powering but gave a subtle creamy taste to both the sponge and buttercream.
Alas, I cannot claim the chocolate coin idea as my own. It was Marie, one of our super-imaginative entrants at the Christmas Iron Cupcake London event who gave me the idea. Basically, it's taking the tradition of the silver coin in the Christmas pud and bringing it into a more modern baked good. The bonus being that every cupcake has a coin so everyone wins! The key thing to remember is to put the coin in the sponge AFTER baking it – sorry if that sounds patronising but I'd hate anyone to misunderstand and end up with a mess in the centre of their cupcake.
Here are the cupcakes with the coins inserted – they go in very easily without disturbing the sponge or altering the shape of the cake:
Voila! A cupcake with a coin promising good luck for the coming year!
For the cupcakes:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g self raising flour
50g white chocolate buttons
For the buttercream:
75g unsalted butter, at room temperature
175g icing sugar
50g white chocolate buttons, melted
Optional inclusion: chocolate coins
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases.
- Start by making the cupcake sponges: Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Gradually beat in the eggs.
- Beat in the flour.
- Stir in the white chocolate buttons.
- Spoon into the paper cases and bake for approximately 15-20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cupcakes comes out cleanly. Mine took 17 minutes.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Now make the buttercream: beat together the butter and icing sugar until well combined.
- Beat in the melted chocolate.
- If using, now is the time to make an incision into the cooled cupcake and slot a chocolate coin into the sponge. It's more effective if you leave the foil on the coin.
- Spread the buttercream over the top of the cupcake and decorate as required; I used fondant Christmas decorations.
- Warn anyone who has metal fillings that the coins are in the cake!!!
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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2008 Hummer H3 Alpha Review - Long-Term Report
We Take On The Baja 1000
We received a last-minute invite this year to join up again with Rod Hall Racing and Team Hummer to participate in the 40th anniversary of the Baja 1000, and there wasn't a more suitable choice in our long-term fleet than our 2008 FWOTY winner, the Hummer H3 Alpha.
Not only is our H3 Alpha the same model that Chad Hall used to win his class (as well as the championship) in the 1000 this year, but it provides the ruggedness that the Baja terrain demands, as well as a comfortable place to cover the hundreds of miles necessary to chase the race truck between our own rides in the race.
The H3's toughness was well illustrated as we were chasing for the team and came around a corner at about 30 mph only to find ourselves in the midst of a booby trap that was over 3 feet deep and 15 feet long. So deep, in fact, that it converted our forward momentum into vertical momentum as we dropped into the hole, rebounded up crashing out of it, much to the enjoyment of the 15 or so Mexicans who were videotaping the whole ordeal.
As we looked over the H3 for what was sure to be major damage, we were surprised to see that our Hummer took it, and then some, with no damage to be found, not even a steering wheel out of alignment. Now that is tough! Over miles of whooped-out roads, sandy washes, and broken pavement, the H3 remained composed, never getting stuck or experiencing shock fade.
We also enjoyed the ability to turn the stability control completely off, leaving the driving to our own skills in the backcountry, but found it could be re-engaged at the push of the button when we found ourselves a little too fast and a little too sideways on a primitive road.
Very few complaints were entered in the log this quarter, but they centered around the usual comments about storage and visibility. We're still waiting for our iPod interface too, but until that improvement makes it to the H3, we have been satisfied with our satellite radio-especially while out on the Mexican peninsula.
Overall the H3 Alpha has proven to be a capable day-to-day family hauler, as well as the weekend getaway rig of choice for those in search of a little adventure. As our long-term test winds down, we plan on getting our H3 out on the trail as much as possible, because it is not always a sure thing that we'll have a stock vehicle this capable in our long-term fleet
Report: 3 of 4
Previous reports: Oct. '08, Feb. '09
Base price: $38,645
Price as tested: $43,090
Four-wheel-drive system: Two-speed, full-time electronic, shift on the fly
Long-Term Numbers
Miles to date: 11,203
Miles since last report: 4,905
Average mpg (this report): 13.56
Test best tank (mpg): 17.27
Test worst tank (mpg): 12.0
Oil change, tire rotation
Cost: $51.12
Problem areas: None
What's Hot, What's Not
HOT: Durable in extreme environments, maneuverable, V-8 grunt
NOT: No storage, rear seats don't fold flat, giant rearview mirror
Logbook Quotes
* "Well I can't plug in my iPod anywhere, but the XM is great in Mexico."
* "I have been driving all day over every terrain Baja can throw at you, including on the race course, and the H3 has yet to disappoint."
* "This has got to be one of the best stock 4x4 SUVs ever made."
* "I am glad there is no iPod plug because there is no place to put the actual iPod."
* "Just got in the H3 after its return over the border and it smells like Holman and Pw lived in it for a month."


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AN INTEGRATED 'ONE-BOX' PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION by Mitra Abdollahi A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) May 2011 Copyright 2011 Mitra Abdollahi
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Re: Campaigns
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Purchasing units in-battle would be a pain in the arse, true. It's funny though when the opponent is about to kill your army and you just kind of buy like 4 tanks. That's beside the point however. AZKAMAT: Your format wouldn't really work as well on a forum environt imo. It was designed with irl contact in mind, yes? I like the system though, sort of like a mega-sized game of Risk where people can't tell whose army is where. This portion at least doesn't make too much sense, as in theory different armies should be able to have spies and such to figure out what armies are in the surrounding regions- like Fog of War from Advance Wars 'n shit. The issue with squads and unit disparity could be solved by only letting several figs on each tile, and 1 fig would represent, I don't know, 1 squad or something like that. There could be a space limit sort of thing where you could build more buildings?? to allow more units onto a square, because there are more spaces for them. Vehicles would take up more spaces. Once again, this really gets into the complicated side of things, however. I don't think there's really any way to run a good campaign without going into some monotonous/complicated bits, so we just have to find the least complicated of those bits and then we have a start.AZKAMAT wrote: I didn't use a Lego map. I used a paper map that I had (crudely) drawn in MS Paint and printed for a physical copy. It was made up of spaces that were symmetrical, with the shape of the spaaaaaace determining what kind of battlefield it was/what type of territory it was. Generic, HQ, Fortress, or one that could build a strategic weapon etc. Lines connected each spaaaaaace to the others around it, representing where an army could move/attack to on its faction's turn (each army being able to move 1 spaaaaaace each turn barring a bonus). ... (Supply depots that let a limited number of armies in a certain range move/attack an extra time or square inches of mine fields, things like that). A fun concept, but I eventually found it not worth the trouble. The upcoming campaign I have planned is a single-player mega-faction defense simulation so I may bring it back up for that.
Unit composition of armies was tracked via Word Documents that players kept hidden from one another until deployment. So you might know that Hero A's army is on Spaaaaaace 11 but for all you know it could be a ghost horse or have the majority of the enemy faction's entire army. Unit types were also color-coded and organized in the documents to help players quickly figure out what kind of horse they had made in case they forgot. To make this easier, infantry were organized into squads and put into labeled baggies.


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Garbage Bags and Laundry Baskets
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Homemade air flow diagnostic tools get professionally tested.
Garbage bags can be pretty handy components of an HVAC contractor's tool kit, recent research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has confirmed (see "Air Flow Measurements in the Bag,"HE Sept/Oct '02 p. 8).Toting around a laundry basket is also a good idea. Indeed, contractors can often diagnose HVAC system pressures more accurately by using these common household objects than they can using commercially available flow hoods. Over the last couple of years, the Energy Performance of Buildings Group at LBNL has been investigating methods for improving the measurement of register air flows in homes, after earlier research had found serious precision problems when using commercially available flow hoods. Even the best ones had measurement errors of about 25% and some were much worse.We found that these devices typically had the following problems. Sensitivity to placement. Commercial flow hoods need to be centered to work properly.However, their large openings relative to the size of residential registers means that great care must be taken to ensure good centering. Since registers are normally sited near wall/floor,...
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Sean Rodriguez was not at the ballpark on Thursday after being put on paternity leave. He and his wife, Giselle, had their their fourth child, a 9 pound, 21 1/4-inch son.
To take Rodriguez's place on the roster Thursday night, the Rays recalled infielder Vince Belnome as a safety blanket.
Belnome arrived at Tropicana Field approximately an hour after the game began at 7:10 p.m. After the game, he received the expected news that Rodriguez would be back with the team Friday night when the Rays open a three-game series against the Rangers.
Rays manager Joe Maddon had nice things to say about Belnome, and he actually hoped to get him an at-bat, but that did not come to fruition. Nevertheless, Belnome didn't mind the short stay.
"It's just nice being here and knowing that they think that of me, that I can help this team any way," Belnome said. "I mean, today I knew I wasn't going to start. I mean, I wasn't here at game time. But who knows, I could have had a big at-bat late in the game. And I was ready to go."
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Michael Young? No, thanks. None for me please.
So Michael Young has had all he can stand and he can't stands no more and he's asked to be traded. I can't say that blame him really, not that I blame the Rangers either. The team is making good deals but I can only imagine what went through Young's mind when they signed Mike Napoli after he had already agreed to move to DH for Adrian Beltre…the All-State Insurance commercial with Mayhem as the distraught, dumped teenaged girl, however, does come to mind. It sounds to me like he's headed for the Rockies. Of course, the being the media's front runner hasn't meant a whole lot this offseason, so you just never know and there are other teams – and other teams fans – who want him badly.
I may be in the minority, but I don't want him for the Angels. He's a stand up, team player kind of guy and I would love to have a bat like his in the lineup. But defensively he's no better and possibly not quite as good as what we've already – which is not to say that the Angels third base options couldn't use some defensive improvement. For me, Young's bat alone doesn't justify the players we would have to give up -and then face again, and again and again in Texas – to get him. Another team could make the trade and be happier and better for it, but I just don't think the Angels are the right fit.
Young Catchers Trend Continues in 2011
MLB.com had a great article today about the large group of talented young catchers who should see some major league playing time next year. It was nice to see that the Angel's Hank Conger prominently mentioned and frequently quoted. Conger impressed me behind the plate last season. If he can find his bat against major league pitching this season and find it quickly, he could really go places. Conger was even one of four catchers included in the photo when the article was highlighted on MLB's front page this morning, before the news lit up with speculation about Pujols and Young. The photo was actually a montage of four tall, skinny photos, one of each catcher in a different crouch or catching position. Of course, when I was trying to explain this to my husband this evening, what I came up with was that it looked very Charlie's Angels, actually, but with photos instead of silhouettes and mitts instead of guns. Sadly this was apt and he knew exactly what article I was talking about from this description. We both laughed a lot.
Why must all of the fun events happen during the week?
The Angels open house? All of the press conferences? And now the Inland Empire 66ers Affiliation Celebration – celebrating the Angels new advanced A affiliation? (Basically, the Angels and Dodgers traded advanced A teams in the offseason.) I actually do get why so many of these things take place during the week but I would love to be able to go to one or two of them. Oh well, that's one of the many beauties of baseball. There is always next season.


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A GROUP of Afghan exiles clustered anxiously around a computer in West Java on Monday, devouring news of Australia's latest policy U-turn on asylum seekers.
The new policy is designed to deter men like these ethnic Hazaras from trying to reach Australia. But they insist they are determined to board a boat and make the hazardous trip.
''When you think that you may die in Afghanistan, there are two ways,'' Mohamad Khani said yesterday. ''You stay there and die [or] you can go to find a safe place to have a better future … We are going [to Australia]. We don't have another choice.'' Sayed Rahmatullah Alemzadeh Haiz, a former journalist, said even the prospect of long detention on Nauru or Manus Island would not deter them.
''If the Australian government takes me to a detention centre, they will not kill me. But if I go to the Taliban I'm sure they will kill me,'' he says.
Ali Reza, 17, found his way to Cisarua via Thailand and Malaysia, and then spent five months in the Tanjung Pinang detention centre in Indonesia.
His father had been killed by the Taliban, so he was the breadwinner for his mother and two brothers in Afghanistan, making him desperate to get to Australia.
He rejects the prospect of waiting, perhaps for years, in the so-called queue for a legitimate visa. ''If I wait it will kill me by waiting. You can get anything, but you can't get your time again.''
All these men have an idealised view of Australia as a large, friendly, open country. But they are also keen for information about Nauru and Manus Island, and how long they might need to spend there. Ultimately, they seemed resolved. Even the new policy was better than what they had come from, they said.
''When you are waking in the morning, you don't know if you'll go back home at night or not,'' Mr Khani said. ''I cannot describe this … you see people, they look like dead bodies. They have no hope.''
A boat carrying 71 people was intercepted last night near Ashmore Islands, the first to be picked up since Labor adopted its new Pacific solution.
Eighty men live cheek by jowl in this compound of eight rooms in the picturesque town of Cisarua. They are part of a constantly shifting population of Hazara exiles waiting for the call from a people smuggler to say their boat is ready. They are avid consumers of Australian news because Australia is their greatest hope.
Mr Khani says he has felt almost constantly under threat for most of his 22 years of life. In Afghanistan, his father had been kidnapped by the Taliban for lacking a beard. He escaped, but was then condemned as a Taliban informer. His life had been threatened and he fled to Pakistan, where the family had been unable to work. Mr Khani's cousin had been killed there, and they had been hounded by extremist bombers and the police.
Mr Khani moved back to Afghanistan to work as an electrician. But he says the Taliban were resurgent and any Hazara trying to earn a living was a target. ''They are active everywhere. They are simple people in the daytime, but at night they are Taliban … with guns, searching people and questioning people.''
He had gone into exile two weeks ago because he believed when the international military forces quit the country in 2014, ''our problems will become more''.
These men were clear: they had come too far on their journey to Australia to back out now.
However, Mr Khani said some asylum seekers still in Afghanistan might now consider seeking a safe haven in either North America or Europe.


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EXOGEAR Exolife iPhone 4 battery case review
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Since the iPhone 4 form factor was such a radical redesign from the iPhone 3GS, one annoyance was that cases fitted for the previous device simply don't fit the new one. Makes sense, but for us that meant parting with our Mophie Juice Pack, which we've been rocking for a couple of years. The great thing about it is that it's basically a case that doubles the power of your iPhone, and it's indispensable when you are out on the road or traveling. Mophie's been saying that an iPhone 4 case is coming soon, but they've been scant on details, and it looks like a company called EXOGEAR has beat them to the punch with the Exolife iPhone 4 Rechargeable Battery Case. We've been using it for a while, and have our thoughts for you after the jump.
We weren't too familiar with EXOGEAR and their products before we got the Exolife battery case, but we'd been searching for external battery cases since the iPhone 4 launched, since we are often out and about and don't feel like turning off the 3G, WI-Fi, and Bluetooth antennas while also turning down the screen brightness to conserve battery life when things start looking bleak. When we got word of the Exolife case, we had to at least give it a shot.
The EXOGEAR Exolife battery case houses a 1500mAH Lithium-ion polymer battery that virtually doubles the battery life of your iPhone 4, which already has a great battery as it is—definitely much improved over the iPhone 3GS. The company gets all fancy with naming technologies that the case offers that are really just standard, but here's the breakdown:
- ExoClear: This is what they are basically calling the hard shell that goes around the edge of the iPhone 4. It's like a hard, clear bumper case. It eliminates any signal interference that would occur with touching the external antenna in the wrong spot.
- ExoSync: No clue why this even needs a fancy name, but the case does have a mini-USB port on it. You use this to charge the device, and you can also keep the iPhone in there to charge both at the same time. If you connect it to a computer, you can even sync the iPhone while it's in the case, which is handy.
- ExoSave: This refers to the fact that the battery case will automatically turn off when not in use, which is actually a nice feature since the iPhone 4 will use more power when connected to an active power source. So the case will only kick in when needed.
So, is it worth it? The device costs $89, which is pretty much half the price of a subsidized 16GB iPhone 4. However, if you rely on your device for your email, phone calls, texts, and the myriad of apps to actually conduct business and stay in contact with the world, then you know what it's like to go low on battery and get that panic. The Exolife case performed as expected, and we think it would be really difficult to run out of battery in a given day when you leave the house with a fully charged iPhone 4 and Exolife case. We were impressed enough that we definitely recommend the device to anyone. Sure, the ability to sync with iTunes and the bumper are nice, but make no mistake, this thing is all about powering your iPhone 4 and keeping it juiced up, and it does the job well.
You can order the Exolife battery case on Amazon.
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Right. It's the old story about the old man and the Nazis, about how they kept coming for people (the disabled, the communists, the Jews, etc etc) until they came for him, and there was no one left to speak up for him.To be fair, part of me says that this is more a scare tactic than anything. We've got overcrowding in our prisons right now, and jamming them full of people suspected of terrorism isn't going to help things.OTOH, why don't we just come out and say it? 90 year-old Grandma from Podunk, KS is not likely to be a terrorist. Achmed Phlegm-for-a-last-name, son of Immigrant Also-Phlegm-for-a-last-name, who came from Iran, is a much more likely suspect.
Because, and people can say that the terrorists are radical Islamics all they want, but Islam is not a religion that stands the acid test of the American culture in my opinion. It is sexist and racist, something that cannot be reconciled with the idea that all human beings are created equal.
I agree with Opheliac here. Know what you're talking about before you judge. I don't agree with a lot of Islamic beliefs either, but that's why I don't practice Islam. Most Muslims seem to want to be left alone, and don't force anything on anyone.That said, it seems like the terrorists have won. The Bill of Rights and freedom is what we Americans pride ourselves in, but these extremists have us throwing it all out the window to feel safer. I forget who said it, but there is a saying that those who would give up freedoms for temporary security deserve neither, and I couldn't agree more. If this passed the Senate, then I expect it will pass the insane Tea Party Republican controlled House with little issue.
While I have already signed a petition against this bill and am most assuredly against it, I am finding a sour taste in my mouth at the blatant hatred against Islam that I have read in here.I know quite a few men and women that practice Islam and they are not terrorists, they are not pushy about their beliefs, they are not condemning of those around them. They are very nice, polite, respectful and only ask they be treated the same way.I abhor hearing the prejudice against Islam, just as I hate hearing it against Pagans, Christians, whites, blacks, native americans, Mexicans and any other group of people. Not every Muslim is an extremist. You cannot judge a whole group based on the actions of the extremists. You might not agree with their beliefs, and that is perfectly fine, but to judge and hate roughly 1.5 billion people because of the actions of extremists is just flat wrong.
Right then. First, thank you Callie for doing that search for me. Second. You really should check your facts before you start ranting and stating your opinion as fact. Callie is correct that Christianity is chock full of passages that place the woman in the submissive position. BUT! Here's a little secret. It was written at a time when that was what was believed and practiced! The Quran and the Bible were written by MEN during a time when MEN held the power - of course it was written to place women in the home, silent and obedient.While I may get ripped apart for this, the Bible is not infallible because humans are not infallible. Neither is the Quran. They were both written by people who put their own twists on things, their own opinions on the issues at hand. Hell, the bible isn't even everything it started out as! They actually held a meeting to decide which books made it into the bible (research it - Council of Nicea)."In Islam, Muslim women are not allowed to marry anyone but a Muslim man. Period. Muslim men, however, are allowed to marry Muslim women, and women of the 'People of the Book' (ie Jews and Christians), as long as the man doesn't place himself in an inferior position to that woman."Have a gander at this.2 Corinthians 6:14 - 15 Do not be bound together with unbelievers, for what a believer have in common with an unbeliever?1 Corinthians 7:16 "… how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?"That's just two passages in the Bible that state a Christian should not marry someone that is not Christian. So it is not just Islam that preaches against marrying someone of another faith.And again, you cannot make a claim that every single Muslim in the word believes the same way. That is like saying every single Christian, every single Pagan, every single Jew, every single Buddhist believes the same way. It is unequivocally false.As for the Bible's words on men over women? Have a look.Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children' yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."1 Corinthians 11:9 For indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but the woman for the man's sake.And Callie covered the whole they have the be silent in temple issue. Not too mention they weren't even allowed in the temple during that time of month, nor where they allowed near their husbands.
Christianity asks for the submission of wives to their husbands, yes, but because that's what God asks of them. Not because men are somehow inherently superior to women.
2 Corinthians 6:14 - 15 Do not be bound together with unbelievers, for what a believer have in common with an unbeliever?1 Corinthians 7:16 "… how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?"
12 To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any believer has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. 14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called you. 16Wife, for all you know, you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife.
Spanish Inquisition & Crusades = Catholics. I'm a Protestant, they're not my people. Catholics have a history of building their church on blood.Salem Witch Trials = Puritans. Which aren't around anymore, because their beliefs were antiquated.
IMO, while Catholicism and Protestantism are both Christianity, it's not the same thing. For one thing, Protestants don't have a Pope (who is supposedly infallible, despite him being born a man), nor do we have a bunch of old traditions that are, by the Bible's reckoning, entirely unnecessary.I've talked to Protestants who were former Catholics, and they say it is a different culture.
For one thing, Protestants don't have a Pope (who is supposedly infallible, despite him being born a man)
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KDE 2.0 porting mailing list
A new KDE 2 porting mailing list has been set up to help KDE 1 application authors port their software to the new APIs. Please subscribe if you are interested in porting your KDE 1 application to KDE 2 or if you want to help others with porting their applications. To subscribe visit http://master.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde2-porting or send a mail with "subscribe your-email-address" in the subject of the message to k[email protected]. A KDE2 porting FAQ based on questions submitted to this mailing list will hopefully be available soon, too.
Re: KDE 2.0 porting mailing list
Good work, but why can't some of the great developers create a Utility or something like that which automatically convert KDE1.1.x source to KDE2.0 source. Why millions of developers of KDE1.1.x do the editing of the source? If only few good KDE1.1.x and KDE2.0 developers get together to create a utility which converts KDE1.1x source to KDE2.0, things could become better and that would be easy for the legacy applications (of KDE1.1.x) to be available for KDE2.
Best wishes,
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Sat, 2000/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: KDE 2.0 porting mailing list
Have you tried to create one?
Do you know any other example (and I mean a project of this size), where someone did something like this?
By Marko Samastur at Sat, 2000/11/25 - 6:00am
Re: KDE 2.0 porting mailing list
John Birch of KDevelop created a script that automatically converts source code from KDE-1.x to KDE-2.0 as good as it is possible. You cannot convert without doing things manually but it is a start...
By [email protected] at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
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Considering how much work the developers are doing right now, I don't think it's possible.
Anyway, let's have developers that think. Not developers that have their code written for them by other developers :)
By Chris Aakre at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
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Yes and while were are on the subject Why doesn't
Sometimes a script/program can't handle w/o user intervention is the so-called what should I do's. As good as AI is (IMHO not very) you still need the eyes and fingers of a "real" person to make such decisions and new let me repeat NEW features
And If any one can come up with a program/script to "automagically" update source code PLEASE E-Mail me your company details as I would be willing to bet the farm. )
By Maniac at Mon, 2000/11/27 - 6:00am
FSF is evil!
GNU is communism!
By Anonymous at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
You are a TROLL, and nobody cares.
By Lenny at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
If you don't care, then why are you replying?
By Anonymous at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
And why are you Anonymous ?
By Djiwhy at Sun, 2000/11/26 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
Why is GNU communism? As far as I know, communism is a pretty unusable ideology, and GNU a fine project in which a lot of very usable tools and documentation is produced. If you're calling it just communism, you have to explain yourself. Why is FSF evil? It follows (and sets) a lot of standards, and provides the world with usable programs. What is RMS? (I just don't know ;) And why is this guy, who calls himself "anonymous" (strange name) a TROLL??? (I think he's not a real troll, and I think Lenny means something else.)
By Matthieu at Mon, 2000/11/27 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
He must be from Slashdot!
Re: FSF is evil!
What's wrong with communism?
By Someone at Tue, 2000/11/28 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
FSF is evil because they are about taking away my freedom.
Say I want to code an open-source syntax checker for GCC. Will they add hooks so that my syntax checker can read GCC's internal state? Absolutely not. Would you like to know why? Because they are afraid that people will be able to write a proprietary link in GCC's chain that optimizes my code in some way that GCC can't. Do I want my code optimized? Maybe, maybe not. I at least want the freedom to optimize my code if I feel like it.
FSF is freedom? No.
Freedom is the ability to peacefully request a redress of greviences. Freedom is about my ability to make a profit if I feel like it, and donate my effort when I feel like it. Freedom is (more or less) everything that doesn't enroach on anyone else's freedom (vague, I know). Software under an X11-type license is freedom. Software under GNU's license is communism.
We've never had a communist state. It turns totalitarian too quick for communism to ever be stable. Communism is where everything is held in "common" (hence the name) by everyone, and where everyone is of equal rank and social class. While this is great in theory, it falls apart, because people are greedy by nature.
Personally, I think that anyone should be able to write whatever software they want, and there should be some kind of user rating system that indicates whether it is 'safe' or not. This is not how it happens, however. To submit an unsafe ebuild to the gentoo portage tree requires you to prove that you're able to write kernel patches, as well as a "mentor" system and a 30-day waiting period.
Free software is about going to any length to prevent people from closing the software, which goes against my definition of "free". If someone hands me a free lumber pile, I have every right to build a fine house out of that lumber pile without explaining to the person who 'gave' me the lumber the intricate details of the plans for my house.
This from gentoo's docs: "If legal action is required, it is very beneficial if the code that is being used improperly is owned by as few entities as possible. " That is the dumbest argument I have ever heard. If legal action is requried, you want the software in the *most* people's hands, so it's harder for Them to sue 50 entities than 1 entity. "This is a benefit because all owners of the code in question must be a party in any legal action. " Are you kidding me? You are going to TAKE a legal action against someone else? Since WHEN should open source companies be TAKING legal action?? Isn't that what you're trying to get away from, or do you secretly LIKE to be like microsoft? Or how about this: "If your contributions are or are expected to be significant, we may allow your organization to retain the copyright of your submitted works," so WHAT NOW? They offer EXCEPTIONS FROM THE RULES FOR LARGE COMPANIES?
/me chokes
This isn't the Free Software Foundation. This is the Free Software Monopoly. All your code are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
By BaseDwarf at Thu, 2004/12/16 - 6:00am
Re: FSF is evil!
The FSF is evil in the way that they say one thing and do another. Freedom is the freedom to do what you want with your code, so that you make the world a better place. GNU prevents that by forcing you to avoid any code covered by it. I do not use Linux anymore because of this mess. If I wanted to be limited in my "Openness" then I would use the GNU, but I do not. The GNU prevents the author from allowing closed source companies from useing their technology. The problem with this is that those companies won't lend you their code either. So, do you want a big company like Microsoft to let you go on coding with half their kernal because you coded the other half? Or do you want to be forced into litigation hell?
By anon at Sun, 2007/05/27 - 5:00am
Down with gnu!
Down with openness! Up with MS qualifications! Long live VBA certified engineers! The GPL will be the bane of our childrens lives! RMS is a slothenly weirdo!
Also - I have found that the kde2 debs that are for potato and you download off tdyc.com are waaay quicker than the debs that are distributed with woody.
I'm guessing they're distributing binaries with debug support built in.
This is really bad news as it's going to give a few peeps a very bad first impression of kde2.
Btw: Kde2 potato style debs with a libqt no-exceptions build FLIES on my 486 66 with 32 megs ram (router).
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This one's from Slashdot too.
Re: KDE 2.0 porting mailing list
i would say gnu is much more like a socialism, where everyting is everybodies and everyone is equal ( socialism is the base for communism, without the strong military and whatnot)
By james at Wed, 2000/11/29 - 6:00am