I'm sorry, you are right. However, preferential treatment to Jews is still not right.

The only true theocracies I'm aware of are Iran and the Papal States (Vatican City).

What about the Arabs that live in the area that Israel was carved out of? And what about what is left of Palestine?

Making a Jewish state was not a good idea. In general, founding countries using religion always leads to insanity like this...

The American government could "advise" the Israeli government to do this, yes. The Israeli government has no qualms about doing stuff like that, because as a state in perpetual war with itself, it has certain abilities that its government framework gives them that they wouldn't have if they weren't in a state of war. Which includes seizing property.

Well, one thing... Windows NT's kernel architecture is almost certainly NOT a microkernel. It is a hybrid kernel that is tilted more towards macrokernel than microkernel.

If you think about it, the Islamic world is entering an era that the Christian European world entered in the 13th century. At that time, the Islamic world was at the forefront of scientific discovery. They collaborated with Indians and created a lot of concepts that we use in modern mathematics, and many interesting inventions came about during that time (Candy anyone?).

Now the Islamic world is swinging far back and trying very hard to resist social advancement that's been happening in most parts of the world for the better part of the 20th century.

Of course not... They want more visibility, even at the cost of being annoying....

The problem is that very few people understand that. Additionally, most bullies already have experience getting off scot-free. As a result, they get very dangerous, very fast.

My parents told me to keep my head down and don't fight. I got beat up all the time until I transferred out in 8th grade. When I transferred, I decided not to act like that (and not tell my parents about it). First time somebody tried to bully me physically, I kicked them extremely hard and ran. The bully told on me of course, and I DID get in trouble, but at least nobody resorted to physical violence after that.

Unfortunately, that kid decided to steal my glasses on the last few days of school (I am legally blind), and so, he took them during the bus ride and flung them out the window. That was not fun, being practically blind for nearly a month....

The moral of the story is, while I may have lost a pair of glasses, I did not lose anything else to bullies. Especially my dignity.

Most of the CS textbooks I've seen actually show Red Hat Linux 7.x or 8.0 screenshots. That's mainly the reason why Fedora is so prevalent here...

I wouldn't call the kernel a "shit part."

Or the whole fucking kernel for OSX?

I'll give you that. But the main reason I shied away from CentOS was the fact the software may be extremely old.

However, at this time, CentOS 5.5 does really have some decently recent software, so it is a viable option for long term usage.

Most of our labs in college use a mix of Fedora and Ubuntu Linux, with some Solaris speckled around.

I'd probably go for Fedora, since a lot of students will likely be working on some Fedora derivative, and it is easier (in my opinion) than Ubuntu to administer. However, it's really up to you.

I've also heard that many of the co-op companies our college partners with use some form of Linux. Though, for obvious reasons, a few design oriented companies use Mac OS X, though that may change in the future.

Windows is a rarity, from what I've seen and heard.

The idea is interesting, though it isn't new. I've not yet had the chance to play with it, but it seems like a good product.

But it might lead to developers using it as a get-started crutch for development. On the other hand, it would be a great way to do prototyping.

I'm withholding further judgment until I actually try out the software.

As much as most of us deride the masses, the people that make up those masses are generally not that stupid. Also, with the aging of a generation that has always worked with computers will raise the bar on computer and technology competency (granted, not by too much, but it is still some...)

Common sense dictates that if you've been burned once, you'll avoid it again later. Human addendum: Tell all your friends about your horrible experience, so they don't repeat it.

There are complete morons out there too, and that is what commercial tech support is for! And of course the more technically inclined can make money of off these people...