Nick Against the World (90 Viewers)
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...lots of juventini that dont know abt the forum
No child left behind...
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"The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008. The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One Laptop per Child. The non-profit association's chairman, Nicholas Negroponte, said the deal was reached on Tuesday in Libya. Professor Negropointe told the New York Times in an email that the project mirrored Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's political agenda of creating a more open Libya and he also expressed interest in purchasing the computers for poorer African neighbors."
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/10/12/0239228.shtml
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"The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008. The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One Laptop per Child. The non-profit association's chairman, Nicholas Negroponte, said the deal was reached on Tuesday in Libya. Professor Negropointe told the New York Times in an email that the project mirrored Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's political agenda of creating a more open Libya and he also expressed interest in purchasing the computers for poorer African neighbors."
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/10/12/0239228.shtml
From the "you couldn't make this up" column.
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Muslims offended by 5th Avenue Apple store
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 12:01 am
A Middle East research organization reports that Apple's flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan (between 58th and 59th) is offensive to Muslims. The report cites an Islamic Web site urging Muslims to spread the word in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."
The report by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a 501 (c)3 organization based in Washington, D.C., states that some Islamic Web sites take exception to Apple's cube-shaped building design (pictured above) and that it "constitutes a blatant insult to Islam."
The reason? Because the building resembles the Ka'ba in Mecca (pictured below), is called "Apple Mecca," (by whom?), is open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and "contains bars selling alcoholic beverages."
Ka'ba means cube. It is the first place Allah was worshiped. From the outside it does not look very exciting. It is made of concrete blocks. Inside it is decorated with texts from the Qu'ran.
I was just at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in NYC and don't remember them serving alcohol. The report appears to have misunderstood the intent of the "Genius Bar" and the "iPod bar." The group which "explores the Middle East through the region's media" only appears to have two valid facts in their complaint - that the Apple store is in the shape of a cube and that it's open 24 hours a day.
UPDATE: MEMRI is not suggesting that the Apple store is offensive, they merely cite "an Islamic Web site." Their function is to translate existing news reports from Arabic, not endorse or agree with those reports.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=305
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Muslims offended by 5th Avenue Apple store
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 12:01 am
A Middle East research organization reports that Apple's flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan (between 58th and 59th) is offensive to Muslims. The report cites an Islamic Web site urging Muslims to spread the word in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."
The report by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a 501 (c)3 organization based in Washington, D.C., states that some Islamic Web sites take exception to Apple's cube-shaped building design (pictured above) and that it "constitutes a blatant insult to Islam."
The reason? Because the building resembles the Ka'ba in Mecca (pictured below), is called "Apple Mecca," (by whom?), is open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and "contains bars selling alcoholic beverages."
Ka'ba means cube. It is the first place Allah was worshiped. From the outside it does not look very exciting. It is made of concrete blocks. Inside it is decorated with texts from the Qu'ran.
I was just at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in NYC and don't remember them serving alcohol. The report appears to have misunderstood the intent of the "Genius Bar" and the "iPod bar." The group which "explores the Middle East through the region's media" only appears to have two valid facts in their complaint - that the Apple store is in the shape of a cube and that it's open 24 hours a day.
UPDATE: MEMRI is not suggesting that the Apple store is offensive, they merely cite "an Islamic Web site." Their function is to translate existing news reports from Arabic, not endorse or agree with those reports.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=305
This issue has been buried for quite some time. While the construction of the Apple store it was covered with black cloth (or boards?) to hide it from the public, resulting in a big black cube. Nothing wrong there, but then the store was dubbed "apple mecca", here is where the problem began. The word "mecca" caused confusion and most non-english speaking muslims thought it meant "Makkah" the city. Anyways I am sad to say that Muslims have become so sensetive too anything, that in lots of cases we make fools of ourselves...Sheer ignorance!!:faq1:
I believe bloggers have called it "apple mecca"
and no it doesn't, "mecca" and "Makkah" are two different things....people should do their research!
But Martin, you got to understand, that most Muslims live in the third world, we have high percentages of poverty and illetracy. Most of them lack the "research mentality" and are very gullible to hearsay and rumors....
and no it doesn't, "mecca" and "Makkah" are two different things....people should do their research!
But Martin, you got to understand, that most Muslims live in the third world, we have high percentages of poverty and illetracy. Most of them lack the "research mentality" and are very gullible to hearsay and rumors....
Reading government reports in Dutch is interesting...
De onfortuinlijk genomen surrogaatmaatregelen door de staatsinvesteringsmaatschappij en equivalenten lieten de sectorafdelingen in een financieel hulpbehoevende situatie achter. De daaropvolgende verantwoordelijkheidsverdeling volgens partijjargon werd slechts door enkelen erkend. De belangenbehartigingsorganisaties slaagden er consequentieel niet in de onderverdenkingstaanden aansprakelijk te stellen. De schieronoverbrugbare meningsverschillen tussen alle betrokkenen zorgen ervoor dat de ontstane patstelling nog steeds voortduurt. Er zijn inmiddels gerechtsschrijvers ingeschakeld in een poging een doorbraak te forceren.
Now that's fantastic. I salute whomever wrote this thing.
De onfortuinlijk genomen surrogaatmaatregelen door de staatsinvesteringsmaatschappij en equivalenten lieten de sectorafdelingen in een financieel hulpbehoevende situatie achter. De daaropvolgende verantwoordelijkheidsverdeling volgens partijjargon werd slechts door enkelen erkend. De belangenbehartigingsorganisaties slaagden er consequentieel niet in de onderverdenkingstaanden aansprakelijk te stellen. De schieronoverbrugbare meningsverschillen tussen alle betrokkenen zorgen ervoor dat de ontstane patstelling nog steeds voortduurt. Er zijn inmiddels gerechtsschrijvers ingeschakeld in een poging een doorbraak te forceren.
Now that's fantastic. I salute whomever wrote this thing.