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Comment It's not just Russia (Score 2, Informative) 269

Look at any forum - especially news forums.

It's usually pretty obvious to see who is paid to troll.

Comments that are responded to by paid trolls are usually peppered with words and phrases such as "the Liberal government...", "what a conservative thing to do", "If the republicans were in power", "blame Obama", "Harpercrytes", "the far right", "leftist", etc. - which is very telling.

The same is true of any criticism of Israel regarding the illegal and brutal occupation of Palestine. Anyone who disagrees with the occupation is attacked by trolls and labelled an "anti-semite" and a "holocaust denier". Unless, of course, if they are Jewish then they are a called "self hater".

Sometimes it seems like the whole world has gone completely mad.

Comment Depends on the situation (Score 1) 486

"...alternative ways to create a 1MB string and write it to disk"

This is not surprising if the goal is to write something to the disk.

But what if you were to write something to the screen instead?

Would it be any faster to create a 1MB string on the disk and then display it on the screen? Probably not.

Not to mention that writing to the screen really is writing to memory; as opposed to a disk which is a slower, physical medium.

So really, like anything it depends on what you are trying to do.

It may not always be quicker to do things in memory, but it usually is.

Comment Essential Oils (Score 1) 447

I don't know much about homeopathy, but I can attest to the effectiveness of essential oils. (a little off topic, I know)

For example, lavender helps with skin issues such as dry skin; peppermint oil fragrance is very uplifting; peppermint oil is effective at warding off mice; cinnamon oil wards off ants; clove bud oil for toothaches, lemon oil for cleaning; to name a few.

Comment Re:Fuck Israel! (Score 1) 163

"...he made them the Chosen People"

So, God, or Allah, or whoever you choose to call the creator has his(her) own special "Chosen People"?

I was always taught that everyone is equal under God; even the sinners. Repent and ye shall be forgiven!

The belief that God has "chosen people" suggests that God is a bigot. Ridiculous!

Comment Re:Jewish Talmud (Score 1) 163

Whoa, Tonto. Hold on...

You are suggesting that i'm "anti-semitic" because I find some quotes in an old Bible scary? Seriously? Are you for real?

Firstly, you do not know me. And if you did, you would know that i'm a very easy going guy who is not racist, bigoted, or "anti-semitic" in any way. I get along with pretty much everyone.

I believe that the quality of a person's character is determined by their actions - not their skin color, race, religion or sexual orientation. In fact, I have friends who are Jewish, Arab, Asian, Portugese, Black, etc... and they are all wonderful people.

Second, "Semites" are people of middle eastern origin - which includes both Arabs and Jews.

Third, the fact that you would crawl out of the woodwork crying "anti-semite" because I found some old bible quotes scary, suggests that you are most likely one of these Zionist nutters who gets paid to troll message boards, spew hatred and create anti-semitism where none exists.

It would appear that simply having the words "Jewish", "Talmud", and "Supremacist" in the same post automatically constitutes "anti-semitism" in your mind.

I strongly suggest that you watch this Jewish made documentary about anti-semitism. You could learn something from it.

That said, I would like to think that you are man enough to realize your mistakes and short comings, and apologize for your "anti-semitic" remark.

If you are not willing to do the right thing and apologize, then please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and take your hate-mongering xenophobic attitude with you.

Your shenanigans are not welcome here.

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