A thread long dead, but I just couldn't let this post go. Mullahs are not descended etc and they're not chosen. Unfortunately, these are people who could not secure admission into the mainstream institutions and joined the madrassas - learned enough to become relative "experts" and now dictate to the rest of us based on their weak understanding. There are many many enlightened mullahs, and non-religious minded people like me are only beginning to sift through the muck of bad apples to find out who to really listen to and who to ignore, thanx largely to the mess created in our religion's "name" but certainly NOT endorsed by it. Your discussions in this thread have been fascinating as it crystallizes how nation-states are evaluated and there is both a) plenty of reason for Muslims to be ashamed of their incompetence and letting the religion appear degraded as now, and b) plenty of misinformation about what Islam really is and who Muslims really are. There are people who will go out and learn, and there are people who have already made up their minds and will not change them until the Muslims make the effort (or that effort becomes substantive) to change them. I can not apologize for those who kill in the name of Islam because Islam does not condone killing no matter how twisted your interpretations (or our interpretations) of its teachings are. The point is, there aren't enough true followers out there such that Islam can be blanket-blamed. I can just pray that soon there will be and this world will begin to heal, Amen.

By the way, what makes you think I'm an Arab? Just because I asked a question abt Al-jazeera? "Naveed" is not an Arabic surname!

Just curious: Do you people even get Al-jazeera where you live? If not then isn't your source of information just one perspective into the war? What about the human casualties - the "collateral damage"? Are there any other channels covering Iraq's perspective? And how do you know what the unofficial line is? Which sites (if any) do you visit to supplement what you get from CNN, BBC, Fox, MSNBC etc.?

Well the whole point abt Geneva convention was side-tracked... so allow me to restart. What about deliberate bombing of civilian installations? Like Iraqi television?

Fifth element... Mila Jovovich or someone of similar name.

Jason Henderson wrote: I'm sure some are really concerned, but the Arab world isn't, IMO. Well it's the same here. Some govts support, others stay silent, one or two oppose. People on the other hand overwhelmingly against. The only difference is you won't see mass protest because there's never been a mass protest before! People just don't go out and protest. You only have to see Al-jazeera to know the depth of feeling here.

brianwelsch wrote: theory on why it might be concetrated in this region would be interesting Umm... most dinosaurs were Arabs!!

Notice how you can create wonderful parabolic shapes in the heat of an argument? Set View to Dynamic...

Kashif-Al-Hussain wrote: On this wicket if Bangladesh was playing in place of India, the results would have been the same. There was no chance at all for Pakistan to win this one after scoring less than 320. The pitch was not supporting bowlers at all. Sachin, of course is a big asset of India team. No way. If our bowlers had bowled HALF as good as they can they would have made a better fight of it. As for Tendulkar, wow. What form he's in! Shake, McGrath, shake.

Wo. This was probably the longest, original opinion piece ever on this forum.

pankajdaga wrote: am hoping he will reach his 100. Wasn't to be. Now then, will India hold up long enuf? I don't think I've ever seen a harder spanking of our bowlers though... except perhaps '99 Final?

Soliant wrote: war does not make distinctions, it affects both types of people. Then my question is: Should we not try to make that distinction and work to prevent a war? Or is making such a distinction below our conscience?

Play starting in 10 minutes! Time to rush off home. 44 in 8.3 overs?!? Upset Time! Doesn't the DW/L system deduct wickets?? ("We hereby forbid Nathan Astle to resume batting.")

Rain beats South Africa! Bilal. Who's pissed off at the way his team batted :mad: You see, Pakistanis practise in the hotel corridor.

Kant wrote: Look what happened after 9/11, immediately US lifted the embargo on those F-16s. I'm fairly certain this hasn't happened. I could be Rip Van Winkle :zzz: Bilal

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia here. We're pretty sure there's going to be a war (perhaps 1st week of March?). The only thing to watch for is how the Bush administration will kick off. Material support from this region is a given - you've all seen "The Base" on CNN. Mild anxiety describes the public mood. We're all concerned for the Iraqis, sure, but public protests are banned. Bilal

How can I set the background color of a CView derived class(to black for example), without doing something silly like drawing a view-spanning rectangle in OnDraw() :) cheers Bilal

You people have seen games like RedAlert, Starcraft etc, the way we have a little window into a large map. We can scroll that window to shift our focus to other regions of the map. I want to know how that is possible in MFC? I need a view that only looks at part of the whole "world", and then I want to be able to scroll to other parts without disturbing the underlying "world". Here's what I have in mind. The world will be a square with 6000 miles sides. I want to see, maybe, a 50 x 50 mile area through my view. So when the view scrolls I see a new portion of the world. I want to be able to make changes in the world(like change the (x,y) of a car) (without dealing with device coords), and the view updates at regular intervals to show the change(if the view is positioned above an area where a change took place). Someone help me! :confused:

I'm hoping most of you have seen Winamp... I want to know how they made that Winamp app look and feel the way it does. I'm not interested in the skins that we can add on, but in the way they managed to make a really thin title bar, a tiny scroll bar, etc etc. (btw: is Winamp a fancy dialog box :confused: )

MFC Graphics classes like CBrush, CBitmap, etc. define a member "operator HBRUSH() const", or "operator HBITMAP() const". I thought that you couldn't define new operator types! Somebody explain what these are :confused: Bilal