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Comment #4787491
>>If a persecuted tribe in Africa decides to settle down in Antarctica people wouldn't have a problem. But will it be OK, if they invade California drive out the existing set of pe…
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Comment #4787465
Well yeah, that's true. Jews have a right to immigrate to Israel that other peoples don't.
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Comment #4787415
Click the permalink to reply. I don't know what you mean by 'the colonisation thing'. What are you talking about specifically?
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Comment #4787387
Wow. No. You've got it completely wrong. Zionism is the idea that Jews need a Jewish nation to take Jewish refugees fleeing persecution. History has basically proved that to be tru…
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Comment #4615338
Okay, I'm probably making that mistake because I use Todoist as both calendar and todo list. There is another option as well as the two you list, which is to remove items off your …
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Comment #4614997
I'm glad if going todo-less works for the author but I wouldn't recommend it. I doubt many people have the capacity to remember that meeting you're supposed to have Friday after ne…
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Comment #4611411
Amazing design. But if I'm totally honest, it just looks like a blogging platform. I can't tell what's unique about it.
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Comment #4595643
I was thinking the same thing. And it's even more of an improvement when you consider who the smartphone customer base is spreading to. Out of all the tradesmen I know, I don't thi…
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Comment #4509818
Are the new form factors boring? A little. Would people be going on about how boring they were if Steve Jobs were around? I doubt it. The biggest problem Apple faces right now is t…
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Comment #4509794
It's back up now.
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Comment #4509792
>>>What is a more appropriate term? According to Wikipedia, just 'deaf'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf-mute I'll resist the urge to rant about political correctness.
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Comment #4504384
As much as I love all these new touch UIs, I can't see myself using them on a desktop PC. The WIMP paradigm has way too many advantages on desktop to just be dropped. Although if s…
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Comment #4441989
For those that aren't aware, there's tools to help with this. f.lux | Windows, OS X, iOS (jailbreak needed) | http://stereopsis.com/flux/ Redshift | Linux, Windows (experimental) |…
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Comment #4406019
>>> I'd like to clarify that I see a difference between the so-called Christian "way of life" and the Christian "way of thinking". The activities and behaviours (e.g. hard work, fa…
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Comment #4384375
Or a troll...
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Comment #4355378
To be honest I've seen people complain about this far more often than I've actually seen it happen.
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Comment #4269472
Israel? Or pro-Israel-ists?
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Comment #4198410
Being a Windows mockup doesn't mean Gnome or KDE can't take inspiration from it. :) Actually when this was first made (a few months ago) it was just an experiment to see how Metro …
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Comment #4135432
Maybe. But it's pretty easy to understand why Israel and the Western world would want to stop Iran getting nukes.
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Comment #4072289
So would my Nexus S if I could find a dock for it.
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Comment #4051779
Windows RT is just for dedicated tablets. It's for iPad competitors, basically. Proper PCs will continue to use Windows 8 for x86, which will still have Active Directory, etc.
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Comment #4051641
People are moving to smart phones and tablets anyway. Not because Windows has changed too much, just because they're easier and more convenient.And that's why we have Metro: if Mic…
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