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How to detect lies

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Remember the movie Meeting the Parents when the formet C.I.A agent Jack Byrnes (Robert de Niro) forces his gender Gaylord Focker to be tested with polygraph?
According to the Wiki-How article, you don’t need a sophisticated machine, you should just notice the other person’s reaction. Thus you may make the difference between a true smile […]

Yet another interesting Bittorrent E-books repository!

Friday, August 18th, 2006

E-Book Share
Note: mainly for computing and science.
Have fun!

40 jours … ?

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Je me souviens lorsque je passais mes vacances chez ma tante, une voisine à elle fut décédée. Selon les traditions, un deuil était déclaré pour 40 jours.
Une chose qui m’avait attiré l’attention, on diffusait pendant ce temps-là les matchs de la Copa América Latina de Fútebol. Étant amateurs de football comme la plupartdes gens […]

Berkeley California

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

A nice classical Geek song; the part I liked the most is “We haven’t had that tm_year since 1969″ instead of “we haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine”, referring to the UNIX timestamp.

“Berkeley California”
 
(Sung to the tune “Hotel California” by the Eagles)
 
In a dark dim machine room
Cool A/C in my hair
|Warm […]

Listening to: Marcel Khalife — Standing up

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

مارسبل خليفة — منتصب القامة أمشي

منتصب القامة أمشي
مرفوع الهامة أمشي
 في كفي قصفة زيتون
وعلى كتفي نعشي
 وأنا أمشي وأنا أمشي
وأنا وأنا وأنا أمشي
 
 قلبي قمر أحمر
قلبي بستان
 فيه فيه العوسج
فيه الريحان
 شفتاي سماء تمطر
 نارًا حينا حبا أحيانا
في كفي قصفة زيتون
وعلى كتفي نعشي
 وأنا أمشي وأنا أمشي
وأنا وأنا وأنا أمشي

Thank you for smoking…

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Retrieved from Reuters Newsblogs

I’m not sure which is worse - the fact that this little boy is smoking, or the fact that the “adult” was willing to give him a cigarette. I hope the kid doesn’t ask for a tumbler of vodka, too. Cripes.

Paradoxalement vrai !

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Une conversation a eu lieu hier :

- Si je te disais qu’un couple homosexuel peut se marier sans pour autant violer les règles de la société.
- Et comment ?
- Un gay épouse une lesbienne.
- Mais ce ne sera pas un mariage réussi.
- Si : Le gay se prend pour une femme et la lesbienne […]

Quino again!

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Translation
1) …
2) Excuse me sir, does this country has an exit to the future?
3) Of course, for young people, it’s in the bottom of the corridor.
4) Thanks, is it open?
5) No, but here you have a magnetic key with digital code
6) A magnetic key with digital code … Faan …!!
7) …

And the winner is …

Monday, August 14th, 2006

It seems that war is over, a cease fire was declared by the U.N. and refugees are getting back home.
Meanwhile, the result was considered as a victory for the shiite movement Hezbollah. It might be true that the militia made serious damages to Israeli Army, but at which price? Blood of civilian Lebanese, children […]

O.S World Domination

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

They are coming!!

Sólo le pido a Dios (Seulement je prie à Dieu) — León Gieco

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

Lorsque l’on parle d’une chanson pour la Paix, on ne peut omettre l’œuvre de León Gieco — Sólo le pido a Dios (Seulement je prie à Dieu) qui impressionne tant par ses paroles que par sa musique et son noble message.
Intutilée la Chanson Universelle de la Paix, la chanson du rock argentin Sólo le […]

Finding out about Bittorrent

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

I’m novice in the P2P world (what, something weird?) and I began trying several networks/clients.
Thanks Kassus and Gloom keeper for the tips/suggestions, but I actually find Bittorrent the best one to fit to my needs, for the moment, I have no problem with Mininova server …

Cowardness

Friday, August 11th, 2006

I still remember it, August 11, 1999. There was an eclipse, not total in Tunisia, certainly not the first, but the most mediatic!
The cause is simple: a certain Nostradamus predicted it would be the Apocalypse day, and many Tunisians believed him! Besides, the “security” tips on the T.V, radio, newspapers, … made them afraid: […]

Indian way of peace

Friday, August 11th, 2006

 

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi
 

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru
 

What […]

Status of the death penalty worldwide

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Status of the death penalty worldwide as of 2005-NOV
It’s funny and dramatic to see the United States having the same red color as for Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan, China, North Korea, …
According to ask yahoo:

Currently, 87 countries have completely abolished the death penalty, and another 27 countries do not use capital punishment in practice. One […]


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