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imajica_lj which had an interesting "where we are going" news section from Craig Wiley, which was quite pro-opensource, a big change for Novell. The following day however was an ironic decision. Despite being quite fond of OpenSuSE, my desktop machine just ain't up to the hardware requirements. So after careful consideration I've embarked on a radical downgraderegrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0Debian Sarge. Some might think I'm crazy but it actually suits my needs and the hardware in question.
In RPG newscaseopaya ran "Little Fears" on Friday. On Saturday we had a delightful visit from the soon-to-be-wed ser_pounce and wolf_in_winter and played the hilarious Munchkin. Sunday was the Norman Britain AD&D game where the noble venturers sought out the final base of the slavers at the Balaeric Isles (or, in gaming terms), managed to get 2/3rd of the way through module A3. Review-wise on RPG.net I've added Slave Pits of the Undercity, The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Glorantha's Elder Secrets, Megatraveller's Imperial Encyclopedia.
Mixed weirdness. A parrot names N'kisi has a vocabulary of 950 words, correct grammatical structure and a sense of humour, viap_cat. Parroting to his master, Prime Minister JoHo lands in hot water over saying a vote for Barak Obama was, effectively, supporting terrorism. Via trayce with my letter to The Age on the matter. A DNA swab on Pauline Hanson reveals a good third of her genes is mid-eastern and medittereanean. She mentions eras of "rape and pillage" in response. Seriously fubar; A cop ejaculates over a motorist and walks.
imajica_lj which had an interesting "where we are going" news section from Craig Wiley, which was quite pro-opensource, a big change for Novell. The following day however was an ironic decision. Despite being quite fond of OpenSuSE, my desktop machine just ain't up to the hardware requirements. So after careful consideration I've embarked on a radical In RPG news
caseopaya ran "Little Fears" on Friday. On Saturday we had a delightful visit from the soon-to-be-wed ser_pounce and wolf_in_winter and played the hilarious Munchkin. Sunday was the Norman Britain AD&D game where the noble venturers sought out the final base of the slavers at the Balaeric Isles (or, in gaming terms), managed to get 2/3rd of the way through module A3. Review-wise on RPG.net I've added Slave Pits of the Undercity, The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Glorantha's Elder Secrets, Megatraveller's Imperial Encyclopedia.Mixed weirdness. A parrot names N'kisi has a vocabulary of 950 words, correct grammatical structure and a sense of humour, via
p_cat. Parroting to his master, Prime Minister JoHo lands in hot water over saying a vote for Barak Obama was, effectively, supporting terrorism. Via trayce with my letter to The Age on the matter. A DNA swab on Pauline Hanson reveals a good third of her genes is mid-eastern and medittereanean. She mentions eras of "rape and pillage" in response. Seriously fubar; A cop ejaculates over a motorist and walks.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2007-02-12 11:35 pm (UTC)Woah. That is some really poor journalism there.
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Date: 2007-02-12 11:36 pm (UTC)What do you mean?
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Date: 2007-02-12 11:46 pm (UTC)As written the story implies she believes an ancestor was raped, but without getting a clearer sense of her actual words we are left to trust the Sunday Mail's interpretation.
I mean the opening par mentions she is "... Middle Eastern heritage".
If we discount the Turkish connection, I hardly think a prognosed 9% of Middle Eastern DNA means she is "... of Middle Eastern heritage" - assuming this isn't junk science in the first place.
And, I really distrust an article where "Turkey (is) defined as southeastern European". Most of Turkey is in Asia, after all.
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Date: 2007-02-13 01:10 am (UTC)Mind you, Turkey is pretty far down the track of EU membership, So "southeastern European" isn't a wildly inaccurate description.
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Date: 2007-02-13 02:01 am (UTC)That part is certainly true. The Turkish turks would certainly like to consider themselves part of Europe.
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Date: 2007-02-13 01:59 am (UTC)I suspect she wasn't coherent in her comments ;-)
Turkey is a tricky one as the turkic people are geographically from all over the place - these days one will find them in southern Russia, Bulgaria, Khazakstan and Siberia. It's an odd one.
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Date: 2007-02-14 01:24 pm (UTC)I'd like to know how they were distinguishing between Middle Eastern and Greek/Macedonian DNA? Alexander rampaged through the entire Middle East in BC and the Seljeks and Ottomans rampaged through Greece and Eastern Europe in AD. Talk about a melting pot for alleles.
And is Semetic DNA included in the Middle East profile? I bet she'd love to find out she's part Jewish. :)
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Date: 2007-02-14 10:40 pm (UTC)Yeah, that's a good one. Maybe - as a scientist vaguely qualified in the area - you could send them an email of the inquiry and post their response.
Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 12:58 am (UTC)Could it be likely that the issue at hand is that most people have more commonalities than Scientists previously realised? :)
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 01:43 am (UTC)Fixed that for you. I think all it really conveys, once again, is how stupid bigotry really is. Oh, and Pauline Hanson is stupid and ugly.
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:17 am (UTC)Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:28 am (UTC)Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:32 am (UTC)Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:38 am (UTC)Scientists are more human than humans.
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 04:46 am (UTC)Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 05:38 am (UTC)Knowledge by osmosis! Eat a scientist today!
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:01 am (UTC)How did they discover that? DNA studies of his descendants?
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:18 am (UTC)here's the link
Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 05:36 am (UTC)Re: Re the DNA testing.
Date: 2007-02-13 05:48 am (UTC)I tend to agree with this as well; although there is a stubborn few who still promote the veracity of 'hard and fast' racial distinctions among the species.
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Date: 2007-02-13 02:32 am (UTC)WHAT??!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2007-02-13 03:22 am (UTC)It's true. My character has a magical plastic sword and stoner uncle called Bob who reads "The Hobbit" to us.
I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 02:37 am (UTC)Re: I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 03:30 am (UTC)If I had a copy of the distro I probably would give another go.
Re: I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 06:36 am (UTC)See modified entry, I've found my copy of Sarge...
Now to wait for the security updates to download....
Re: I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 10:14 am (UTC)Just edit your /etc/apt/sources.list, do a quick s/sarge/etch/, apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, and it'll update you fairly painlessly. (Try doing that sort of thing with a lot of other distros and you'd be stuck; one of the main reasons Debian rocks in server space.)
Re: I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 10:20 am (UTC)Baby steps pls.. The last time I worked with Debian (apart from its famous child Ubuntu) was in Timor Leste (and I quickly bailed on it at that point).
Re: I've embarked on a radical downgrade of my software to... Red Hat 8.0.
Date: 2007-02-13 09:23 pm (UTC)Bah. But at long as it is Shiny! and can do wobbly transparent things.
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Date: 2007-02-13 09:59 am (UTC)Re the cop- that's wrong, just plain wrong- I can't manage anything more incisive than that, but I really don't think there's a need to.
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Date: 2007-02-13 10:14 am (UTC)Aha! I was hoping the constant references might entice you back to the fold ;-)
Yeah, that was one bad cop.
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Date: 2007-02-13 10:28 am (UTC)Bad cop, but bad system that allowed him to be released... though methinks construction work seems to be an apt calling for him (stereotype, I know, but...)
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Date: 2007-02-13 11:24 pm (UTC)*shakes head* Trial by jury.. To think that incidents like this end up being an anti-democratic argument.
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Date: 2007-02-14 02:26 am (UTC)At the very least i'd hope he'll never work as a cop again.
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Date: 2007-02-14 11:17 pm (UTC)IIRC he has been sacked.
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Date: 2007-02-14 09:59 pm (UTC)You know, I've been doing just that ;-)
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Date: 2007-02-14 11:15 pm (UTC)