SuSE and regrades, RPG Reviews, Weirdness by News

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Last Tuesday visited the Melbourne Novell Users Group meeting with 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 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.

Comments

Re the DNA testing.

[kits-the-dm.livejournal.com]

Apparently Thomas Jefferson also has some Middle Eastern genes.
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.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

"most people have more commonalities than most people previously realised"

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.

[kits-the-dm.livejournal.com]

you mean people aren't Scientists? For shame!

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

err.. what?

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[kits-the-dm.livejournal.com]

Oh sorry, I meant... you mean Scientists aren't people too? ;)

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Welll.. I think scientists are more aware of our genetic similarities than the general populace.

Scientists are more human than humans.

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[tau-iota-mu-c.livejournal.com]

Scientists is soylent green.

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Knowledge by osmosis! Eat a scientist today!

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Apparently Thomas Jefferson also has some Middle Eastern genes.

How did they discover that? DNA studies of his descendants?

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[kits-the-dm.livejournal.com]

apparently so.
here's the link

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I think most scientists who work in this area have been aware of this for a long time; it just hasn't got through to the general public yet.

Re: Re the DNA testing.

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

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.