Rob Graham wrote:

An the only excuse needed for dumping Islam into the rubbish bin of history is

probably the principle of Riba, which goes agaisnt interest and inflation, no muslim can enter into a mortgage with interest charged, it is a sin. so how is the powers that be meant to control them if they cant use the normal methods... destroy the religion itself.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

geekfromindia wrote:

I tried arguing with guys here about this but they don't agree

just out of interest how did they argue against such an obvious point? a) i am lazy and i dont want to do anything i am not forced to b) i dont know how to i didnt make the system and am not able to make such changes PS: can i have the IP address of your Database server :laugh:

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

this is hotel california you can logout but you can never leave

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

http://www.embedded.com/products/209102274;jsessionid=ZOTMVU04M2I2QQSNDLSCKHA[^] if it does what this article says it does then it is one gaint leap for embedded kind

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

modified on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:24 AM

yeah just in the most popular link box. i am of the opinion that the "RISC" processor is dead, does anyone disagree? with the advent of FPGAs and ever cheaper ASICs i think that the only way forward is a full complement of instructions in a generic micro otherwise get a custom chip/FPGA to do the trick.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

no wonder governments bail out airlines in trouble they cant afford to lose the tax revenues lol

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

http://www.embedded.com/columns/significantbits/10700169[^] an article i thought i would share.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

hahaha that is so true

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

Saddam did have weapons of mass destruction..... donald rumsfeld sold them to him .....

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

yeah i actually never heard of them before so i pled ignorance, but it was a joke thread also. when you say fannie and freddie are "federal" does that mean owned by the government? because after this crash the feederal reserve bank will own a large portion of them. i am guessing you guys know that the federal reserve bank is private owned company

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

oh it was all on the news today that people lost the money that was in the bank indymac. right after that on CNBC was a interlude on the Amero currency, i had never heard of it before that sounds like a bad idea to me. wouldnt that just flood the US and Canadian job market with cheap labour?

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

modified on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:53 AM

and the aliens and elvis killed JFK right? ;P

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

Ha ha ha that is great, but what do we do with NZ once we have it?

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

i think Sudan is a target because Osama Bin Laden set up over there in the early 90s and built most of the infostructure over there, Highways,Hospitals,etc. along with the more devious things as you would imagine...

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

is the US economic crisis due to a lack of credibility? i mean come on how can u take "Freddie Mac","Fannie Mae" & "IndyMac" seriously??? At least the "Amero" has a catchy name. i wonder if other banks will fall in the wake of these latest collapses? time to stuff the pillow cases with cash again?

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

oh dear :sigh: you must be the guy that puts the rant in soapbox off topic rants?

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

_Damian S_ wrote:

your.Cool = (your.Life == lifestyles.Programming);

(Programming)? your.life=cool : your.life = null;

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you are deemed no longer a productive member of the community, please follow me so we can recycle your organs for a more profitable member.

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

it is disgusting to me that capitalism puts profit before people....

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein

wow we come from different worlds ha ha i think my first commercial job was with the PIC16C53 and ASM a little less power in my hands :-\

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -Albert Einstein