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Have you ever called someone up, and you're disappointed when they answer the phone?  You wanted the machine.  You know, and you're always kind of thrown off, you go "Oh, I eh, I - I didn't know you were there, I ah - just wanted to leave a message saying, sorry I missed you." So here what we have is two people who hate each other, don't really ever want to talk, but the phone machine is like this relationship respirator keeping these marginal brain dead relationships alive .And we all do it -- Why? So that when we come home, you can see that little flashing red light; You go "all right, messages." You see, people need that.  It's very important for human beings to feel they are popular and well liked amongst a large group of people that we don't care for. From legendary The Bubble Boy Episode. Just replace answering machine with Facebook. Of course there was no Facebook in the eighties. But the people were, well..., people if you know wha

Here is what I did: Create a script with the contents: #!/bin/bash export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/bin/skype Make this script executable with   chmod u+x scriptname . Go to System -> Preferences -> Main Menu . Find the launcher of Skype and press the properties. Paste the location of your script. It looks like Skype doesn't cannot find the shared object files (similar to dlls in Windows) associated with video for linux (v4l) this command pre-loads these libraries for Skype, before launching it. Links for this entry: mve-lamb's post on ubuntu forums for this solution:  http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=294787 mve-lamb's profile on ubuntu forumes:  http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=294787 .

Dear WinEdit, I really liked you when I first met you. True, I knew you were not for free, and sooner or later I would have to pay. True, you've literally made my thesis writing really easy. I would have delightedly made a contribution to you via PayPal, as I usually do to open source projects that help me. I would have, but I won't. It's all because of your outdated - in my humble opinion at least- marketing, or shall I say harassment strategy. You write it yourself in your message: "You can continue to use this unregistered shareware copy of the program.  However, as the time goes on, WinEdt will be issuing  (annoying)  registration reminders with increasing frequency ..." When I first read that, I underestimated how low you can get, to get annoying. And no, those annoying messages didn't send me the most positive messages, or created what your average marketing guru would name "brand loyalty" Especially when I was trying frantically to f

Hier sind zwei beunruhigenden Artikeln von der Süddeutsche Zeitung: Wuchernder Fremdenhass, ersehnte Diktatur  Die unbeliebten Türken Und hier ist ein passendes Lied von Die Toten Hosen: Dies ist das Land, in dem man nicht versteht, dass FREMD kein Wort für FEINDLICH ist, in dem Besucher nur geduldet sind, wenn sie versprechen, dass sie bald wieder gehen. Es ist auch mein Zuhaus, selbst wenn's ein Zufall ist und irgendwann fällt es auch auf mich zurück, wenn ein Mensch aus einem anderen Land ohne Angst hier nicht mehr leben kann. Weil täglich immer mehr passiert, weil der Hass auf Fremde eskaliert und keiner weiß, wie und wann man diesen Schwachsinn stoppen wird. ... ... Es ist auch mein Land, und ich will nicht, dass ein viertes Reich draus wird. Es ist auch dein Land, steh auf und hilf, dass blinder Hass es nicht zerstört. Es ist auch mein Land, und sein Ruf ist sowieso schon ruiniert. Es ist auch dein Land, komm wir zeigen, es leben auch andere M

Click to enlarge. I am so glad, I recognize most of the objects from a Seinfeld episode. And I am so eager to revisit the treasures.

Almanya ve Türkiye Futbol Milli Takimlari arasindaki ilk mac 17 Haziran 1951 yilinda bugünkü gibi Berlin Olimpiyat Stadinda oynanmis. Savas sonrasi Berlin'inin belini dogrultmaya calistigi yillardaki ilk milli mac olmasindan da kaynakli 90.000 seyirciye oynanan maci Türkiye milli takimi 2-1 kazanmis. 47 yil sonra Bursa'daki zafere kadar bir daha bu sansi elde edememis Türk milli takimi. Ayni Alman milli takiminin 3 sene sonra Dünya Sampiyonu olmasi bu zaferin degerini bir kat daha arttiriyor. Alman Futbol Federasyonu'nun websitesinden aldigim gazete basligi "Büyük Hayalkirikliginin Milli Maci." Besiktas maclari ile karsilastirinca sifira yakin bir heyecan var icimde. Yine de eski maclari seyrederek biraz havaya soktum kendimi. Mac baska türlü cekilmeyecek cünkü. 1998 galibiyeti'nin videosu Ligtv.com.tr'den izlenebilir. Rustu'nün deli cikislari yine yüzümü güldürdü. Tugay, Sergen, Hakan, Oktay. Iyi takimmisiz. Bu postayla ilgili baglantilar: http: