The longer the Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes on and the more casualties there are, the more pressure there will be on Israel I'm afraid (to say nothing of the further radicalization of the population in both countries). Hopefully the Israeli government/population will realize its reputation is rapidly worsening and that the occupation is unsustainable and move towards a peaceful resolution; wishful thinking, I know.

I don't think Israel is interested in the solutions you're proposing, be it a one or two state solution. A one state solution would pose a "demographic problem", in that there would be too many Arabs, threatening the Jewishness of the state... A two state solution is also not the solution Israel wants; instead, their tactic has always been to stall negotiations, isolate the occupied territories, and then expand settlements in the West Bank to cover important areas (access to water, farmland, etc), either driving out the Palestinian population or effectively cutting them off from the outside world, creating areas comparable to Bantustans but without the need for the indigenous population, as was the case in South Africa (they largely rely on Chinese labor last I checked).

As for the Arab population already living in Israel, let's not forget that they are still treated as second class citizens, subject to a lot of discrimination, ranging from how they are portrayed in the public discourse, to an imbalance in the distribution of resources that leaves many Arab communities impoverished, and with limited access to education and healthcare.



Attacking the source doesn't disprove the accusations. Israel initially denied, but eventually had to admit to using white phosphorous rounds in Gaza in the 2008/2009 war, on densely populated areas, even ending up hitting a UN compound with them. In relation to depleted uranium and DIME rounds, it is widely believed that Israel used these types of weapons since at least 2006, and the cancer inducing effects of these types of ammunition have been studied for over a decade; Iraqi civilians, for example, are still suffering from these effects with the depleted uranium rounds used by the US.

Well, unfortunately there would be no way to enforce such a rule, so the idea here seems to be: it's better for people to see that this is going on and be more careful when doing trades (even with people with positive feedback), than for people to be caught unaware.

Google doesn't own Mozilla as such, but it is true that the vast majority of Mozilla's revenue comes from Google, due to the search engine use. Still, Firefox is open source, which helps mitigate any influence Google might have over them.

Payment received and positive feedback given. Thank you.

You do realize that not everyone that gets punished in capitalism is necessarily lazy, and not everyone that is successful is necessarily a hard worker (or even productive), right? This also completely ignores different starting conditions for everyone: being born to a wealthy family and having more access to education and resources will give you an edge others won't have, further distorting the playing field.



I'm not sure what definition of poverty you're operating under, but it doesn't seem like it would be most people's definition. I do agree that it would tend to bring everyone to the same level however.

On sites like freelancer, odesk, and the like, it's essential to either have a very good reputation, and/or a lot of luck, if you want the high paying jobs. So, try doing a few small, fast, low paying jobs first to build up your reputation, before going for the high paying ones.

I don't know what version of Code::Blocks you're using, but at least in version 13.12 you can disable code completion in: Settings -> Editor... -> Code Completion (the 9th down) -> Code Completion Tab -> Disable code-completion. Alternatively, instead of disabling everything, you can just disable the "Automatically launch when typed # letters", which is a little further down.

Apparently not; people here seem to be mostly from the EU and then the US. Still, considering countries/regions have been added after many people voted, they could be hiding in the "Rest of the World". Perhaps Acidyo should allow us to change the vote, if that option is still possible after the poll has been created.

Banned for not banning someone for the reason of not having banned the person above him for working with Java, instead of a decent programming language.

Remember that many people aren't religious, and/or don't believe he actually did do such a thing; after all, it's not like the stories you read about it were written at the time that supposedly happened. So, maybe he wasn't a troll, but you could say his followers (at least the ones who wrote the books) were.



Playing the devil's advocate here, that could just mean that relatively well distributed portions of the Earth were hollow, and the rest made up of a previously unknown denser material... yes, I know, I'm grasping at straws here.

It may eventually reduce spam overall, but notice that people who are spamming for the extra btc will simply create/buy other accounts and carry on with it. Now, maybe most people won't go through the trouble of doing it, but I agree with zolace here: getting rid of spammers, and maybe even giving negative trust to the worst offenders, seems to me to be the most effective way of handling it, while at the same time not penalizing people who post a lot of constructive posts.

On the other hand, as MICRO found out the hard way, it's a lot of work for one person to go through it all (thanks for taking the initiative by the way). So, either all of us checking on each others' posts throughout the month and flagging spam posts and posting on this thread, or Stunna paying a small group of people to check the posts at the end of the month, would probably be a better idea.

The sad part is that, though he might not even realize it, he is just helping to tarnish Israel's image even further.

And what peace would that be that Israel wants exactly? Because last I checked, they seemed more interested in advancing settlements (even to the point of sabotaging negotiations), demolishing Palestinian homes, building permanent checkpoints well inside occupied territory, appropriating farmland and water resources vital for the survival of the Palestinian population, interference with internal Palestinian politics, destruction of vital infrastructure inside the occupied territories, and the separation and isolation of Gaza and the West Bank, which make me doubt they have any intentions whatsoever of reaching an agreement. It's easy for the occupying power to say that it wants peace after taking whatever it wants from those it is oppressing; but it's nothing but empty rhetoric.

And then, having Gaza as a prison they can attack every two or so years is far too profitable for weapons manufacturers, that then use the videos of these attacks to serve as promotional material for their sales... I wish I was making that up, but unfortunately it is that sick.



Yes, I thought so... kill men, women and children, who cares about them anyway... and why am I even bothering talking to people like you?

They're trapped in what could be better described as an overpopulated open air prison, without appropriate shelters, where most of the population is already a refugee, and neither Egypt nor Israel will allow them to leave. Where exactly are they supposed to go?

In case you haven't noticed, Jews are human beings too; in fact, what Israel is now doing is what Europe did for centuries all throughout the world, and then continued in settler colonial societies. In other words, they are no different than anyone else. Now, what they are doing is wrong, and we should do what we can to stop them, but your line of reasoning will only lead to people thinking: well, antisemitism is alive and well, so we'd better do everything we can to protect ourselves, even if at the expense of others.

Don't be stupid. It's about time people stopped slaughtering each other for no good reason.

You can claim it now if you want. Stunna made a post about this earlier today:

I find it amazing that people say these things without bothering to fact check any of it.

Perhaps you missed current events, but the Palestinians have been occupied for the last half century by Israel; I don't know about you, but I consider that to be a form of aggression, especially considering the sub-human conditions Israel is intentionally imposing on them - you know, the whole "keep them almost at a level consistent with an humanitarian crisis", as we know from Wikileaks. That isn't consistent with someone who is claiming to be "defending" themselves from an aggressor, and wanting to reach peace.

And how exactly is Israel trying to spare civilians while keeping them under fire from artillery, naval warships, and air strikes, which have left 80% of all casualties being civilian? Also, even if Hamas is using their own population as human shields, what gives Israel the right to murder them anyway?

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to add - Israel also has a tendency to hit vital infrastructure each time it attacks the occupied territories. I haven't seen this confirmed elsewhere yet, but this time it seems to have affected the water supply, which may end up leaving up to a third of the population in Gaza without access to water.

I have no idea; I don't think I have ventured to that thread yet, but feel free to post it there if no one mentioned it before.


A cave system at a depth of 500km (well into the Earth's mantle)?