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Ubuntu + Google = Goobuntu!

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as 'Goobuntu'. Source The register Hope this will get the attention of commercial software companies to linux. more on ubuntuforums.org [tags] ubuntu, goobuntu, linux, google, desktop [/tags]

Ubuntu + Google = Goobuntu!

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as 'Goobuntu'. Source The register Hope this will get the attention of commercial software companies to linux. more on ubuntuforums.org [tags] ubuntu, goobuntu, linux, google, desktop [/tags]

Ubuntu + Google = Goobuntu!

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as 'Goobuntu'. Source The register Hope this will get the attention of commercial software companies to linux. more on ubuntuforums.org [tags] ubuntu, goobuntu, linux, google, desktop [/tags]

Oopss.. boycotting

We have taken 40 years to build up a very big business in the Middle East, and we've seen it come to a complete stop in five days. We have found ourselves in the middle of a game that we have no part in. The remaining question, if we are going to boycott American, danish and maybe later EU* products , what the hell are we going to eat? The thing now is American are calm about the boycotting because they will have room for their products, American cars will be soon the cheapest car Jordanian ever can buy as taxes and customs will go down to 0% and this applies only on American cars not EU's, I'm hunrgy and confused so better to go have dinner. * For reason or another [tags] boycott, danish, products, denmark, Nordic, firm[/tags]

Oopss.. boycotting

We have taken 40 years to build up a very big business in the Middle East, and we've seen it come to a complete stop in five days. We have found ourselves in the middle of a game that we have no part in. The remaining question, if we are going to boycott American, danish and maybe later EU* products , what the hell are we going to eat? The thing now is American are calm about the boycotting because they will have room for their products, American cars will be soon the cheapest car Jordanian ever can buy as taxes and customs will go down to 0% and this applies only on American cars not EU's, I'm hunrgy and confused so better to go have dinner. * For reason or another [tags] boycott, danish, products, denmark, Nordic, firm[/tags]

Oopss.. boycotting

We have taken 40 years to build up a very big business in the Middle East, and we've seen it come to a complete stop in five days. We have found ourselves in the middle of a game that we have no part in. The remaining question, if we are going to boycott American, danish and maybe later EU* products , what the hell are we going to eat? The thing now is American are calm about the boycotting because they will have room for their products, American cars will be soon the cheapest car Jordanian ever can buy as taxes and customs will go down to 0% and this applies only on American cars not EU's, I'm hunrgy and confused so better to go have dinner. * For reason or another [tags] boycott, danish, products, denmark, Nordic, firm[/tags]

denmart facing arabic and islamic boycott

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denmart facing arabic and islamic boycott

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denmart facing arabic and islamic boycott

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a must read post

Finally someone who care wrote a great article drawing the current situation of the arab blogospher Black Iris . Thank you naseem . [tags] black, iris, hitting, blogospher, idiots [/tags]

a must read post

Finally someone who care wrote a great article drawing the current situation of the arab blogospher Black Iris . Thank you naseem . [tags] black, iris, hitting, blogospher, idiots [/tags]

a must read post

Finally someone who care wrote a great article drawing the current situation of the arab blogospher Black Iris . Thank you naseem . [tags] black, iris, hitting, blogospher, idiots [/tags]

Jad

So if it's not my first name then what the hell does it mean ? Just Another Dungeon Junta Agroprempresarial Jumpmaster Assisted Deployment (parachuting) Journal of Astronomical Data Joint Approximate Diagonalization Joint Application Development/Design Joint Analysis Division Joint Analysis Directorate Joint Acceptance Demonstration Jeunesse Anti-Drogue (anti-drug youth organisation) Java Application Descriptor Jak and Daxter (game) And the lucky number isssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS???? [tags] jad, personal, name, meaning [/tags]

Jad

So if it's not my first name then what the hell does it mean ? Just Another Dungeon Junta Agroprempresarial Jumpmaster Assisted Deployment (parachuting) Journal of Astronomical Data Joint Approximate Diagonalization Joint Application Development/Design Joint Analysis Division Joint Analysis Directorate Joint Acceptance Demonstration Jeunesse Anti-Drogue (anti-drug youth organisation) Java Application Descriptor Jak and Daxter (game) And the lucky number isssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS???? [tags] jad, personal, name, meaning [/tags]

Jad

So if it's not my first name then what the hell does it mean ? Just Another Dungeon Junta Agroprempresarial Jumpmaster Assisted Deployment (parachuting) Journal of Astronomical Data Joint Approximate Diagonalization Joint Application Development/Design Joint Analysis Division Joint Analysis Directorate Joint Acceptance Demonstration Jeunesse Anti-Drogue (anti-drug youth organisation) Java Application Descriptor Jak and Daxter (game) And the lucky number isssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS???? [tags] jad, personal, name, meaning [/tags]
An online petition is being circulated to all Internet users for the purpose of collecting signatures showing support for Google to make its word verification scheme accessible to the blind and visually impaired. We at the Blind Access Journal call upon all Internet users to sign the Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition found at http://www.petitiononline.com/captcha asking Google to provide an accessible alternative to the visual verification scheme that currently locks the blind and visually impaired out of participation in all the company's services. Google?s implementation of word verification currently denies us access to such important features as the ability to create accounts and blogs, change our passwords, and post comments to most blogs that use the Blogger service. Accessible solutions to visual verification have already been put in place by such companies as America Online, Microsoft, PayPal and SpamArrest. We ask Google to follow this lead with an audio pl

crappy OS

It's very common to remember viruses , instability and stupidity when we talk about Microsoft windows operating system, and now we have to add Power consumption :-) Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today . Maybe it's the time to break up with Microsoft and maybe to get penguinized or you can save for MAC [tags] windows, power, serious, power, consumption, issue, microsoft, break-up, penguinized, save, mac [/tags]

crappy OS

It's very common to remember viruses , instability and stupidity when we talk about Microsoft windows operating system, and now we have to add Power consumption :-) Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today . Maybe it's the time to break up with Microsoft and maybe to get penguinized or you can save for MAC [tags] windows, power, serious, power, consumption, issue, microsoft, break-up, penguinized, save, mac [/tags]

Wisdom of the Day

If you are a man your backside is never a factor in a job interview. Jad the sage NOTE: this wisdom can be applied locally only! (or I assume) [tags] jad, wisdom, thoughts, sage [/tags]

Yoma..! I've been tagged

Ala'a tagged me , thank you Ala'a. Five Facts about me : My first name isn't Jad. I didn't study computer science nor any computer related course. (except the python course before few weeks) I'm certified sign language translator I'm not moody but getting mad is just like On and Off. I like to volunteer wherever & whenever it's possible Three things I like about others : Thoughts Honesty (honesty is the best personal policy) Politeness Three things I don?t like in others : Making fun of others Schizophrenia Showing off and now I'm tagging Habool , bakkouz , Ohoud , and Sabri Hakim Rules of the game: Declare 5 facts about yourself State 3 things you like in others State 3 things you don?t like in others Tag 4 bloggers and comment on their blogs that they have been tagged and direct them to your post [tags] tagmania

Yoma..! I've been tagged

Ala'a tagged me , thank you Ala'a. Five Facts about me : My first name isn't Jad. I didn't study computer science nor any computer related course. (except the python course before few weeks) I'm certified sign language translator I'm not moody but getting mad is just like On and Off. I like to volunteer wherever & whenever it's possible Three things I like about others : Thoughts Honesty (honesty is the best personal policy) Politeness Three things I don?t like in others : Making fun of others Schizophrenia Showing off and now I'm tagging Habool , bakkouz , Ohoud , and Sabri Hakim Rules of the game: Declare 5 facts about yourself State 3 things you like in others State 3 things you don?t like in others Tag 4 bloggers and comment on their blogs that they have been tagged and direct them to your post [tags] tagmania

Yoma..! I've been tagged

Ala'a tagged me , thank you Ala'a. Five Facts about me : My first name isn't Jad. I didn't study computer science nor any computer related course. (except the python course before few weeks) I'm certified sign language translator I'm not moody but getting mad is just like On and Off. I like to volunteer wherever & whenever it's possible Three things I like about others : Thoughts Honesty (honesty is the best personal policy) Politeness Three things I don?t like in others : Making fun of others Schizophrenia Showing off and now I'm tagging Habool , bakkouz , Ohoud , and Sabri Hakim Rules of the game: Declare 5 facts about yourself State 3 things you like in others State 3 things you don?t like in others Tag 4 bloggers and comment on their blogs that they have been tagged and direct them to your post [tags] tagmania

blog statistics

Blog Stats There are currently 223 posts and 224 comments, contained within 376 tag. Akismet has protected your site from 4 spam comments. HITS! Since 9:21 pm 10 Jan 2006 - 30070 Uniques 2560 GoogleBot Total visits: 4540 [tags] jad, thoughts, blog, statistics, hits, unique, posts, comments, categories, spam, wordpress [/tags]

blog statistics

Blog Stats There are currently 223 posts and 224 comments, contained within 376 tag. Akismet has protected your site from 4 spam comments. HITS! Since 9:21 pm 10 Jan 2006 - 30070 Uniques 2560 GoogleBot Total visits: 4540 [tags] jad, thoughts, blog, statistics, hits, unique, posts, comments, categories, spam, wordpress [/tags]

Google el Goordoni

No fear google el Goordoni is here! maybe they've heard us begging to get the slowness problem solved last month. [tags] google, googlejo, jordan, amman, technology, search, engine, Abu Ghazaleh [/tags]

Google el Goordoni

No fear google el Goordoni is here! maybe they've heard us begging to get the slowness problem solved last month. [tags] google, googlejo, jordan, amman, technology, search, engine, Abu Ghazaleh [/tags]

What makes me wonder

Maybe What makes me wonder is the name of the Cert is ICDL International Computer Driving License, while it doesn't teach you how to drive computers but how to drive Microsoft windows, so they are giving you a license to make you a better accident maker. What would make you wonder is that some companies in Jordan demanding their IT department personnel to take ICDL course. It's either the management doesn't know what's ICDL or they do not know what's ICDL [tags] Jordan, ICDL, International, Computer, Driving, License, demand, IT, personnel[/tags]

What makes me wonder

Maybe What makes me wonder is the name of the Cert is ICDL International Computer Driving License, while it doesn't teach you how to drive computers but how to drive Microsoft windows, so they are giving you a license to make you a better accident maker. What would make you wonder is that some companies in Jordan demanding their IT department personnel to take ICDL course. It's either the management doesn't know what's ICDL or they do not know what's ICDL [tags] Jordan, ICDL, International, Computer, Driving, License, demand, IT, personnel[/tags]

New Seven wonders

Today while in the white taxi heading to the office Mohammed al-wakeel was talking about the New7Wonders and he was encouraging Jordanians to vote for Petra . lets vote for Petra! . NOTE: JTC promised to give a lower rate for Voting numbers, but nothing official yet. [tags] Jordan, petra, seven, wonders, sevenwonders, global, vote [/tags]

New Seven wonders

Today while in the white taxi heading to the office Mohammed al-wakeel was talking about the New7Wonders and he was encouraging Jordanians to vote for Petra . lets vote for Petra! . NOTE: JTC promised to give a lower rate for Voting numbers, but nothing official yet. [tags] Jordan, petra, seven, wonders, sevenwonders, global, vote [/tags]

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

Osama Bin Laden has seemingly propelled a book by an obscure historian into the US bestseller list, by endorsing it in an audio message aired on Thursday. more on bbc [tags] terror, terrorist, osama, bin, ladin, book, bbc, news, politics, conflict, middle, east, middle east [/tags]

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

Osama Bin Laden has seemingly propelled a book by an obscure historian into the US bestseller list, by endorsing it in an audio message aired on Thursday. more on bbc [tags] terror, terrorist, osama, bin, ladin, book, bbc, news, politics, conflict, middle, east, middle east [/tags]

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

Osama Bin Laden has seemingly propelled a book by an obscure historian into the US bestseller list, by endorsing it in an audio message aired on Thursday. more on bbc [tags] terror, terrorist, osama, bin, ladin, book, bbc, news, politics, conflict, middle, east, middle east [/tags]

Some links for light reading

Webby What's your link reputation Editable Accesskeys Fixing the back button that ajax broke 25 Sites You Shouldn't Have Missed in 2005 Linux Life as a Linux/Unix admin in a Windows world - PT1 The experience Stallman Speaks on the Future of GPL 3.0 sysadmin toolbox MySQL - Cheat Sheet Is Wine really faster than Windows? [tags] webby, link, accesskeys, ajax, links, sysadmin, stallman, GPL, toolbox, mysql, database, cheat, sheet, windows, wine[/tags]

Some links for light reading

Webby What's your link reputation Editable Accesskeys Fixing the back button that ajax broke 25 Sites You Shouldn't Have Missed in 2005 Linux Life as a Linux/Unix admin in a Windows world - PT1 The experience Stallman Speaks on the Future of GPL 3.0 sysadmin toolbox MySQL - Cheat Sheet Is Wine really faster than Windows? [tags] webby, link, accesskeys, ajax, links, sysadmin, stallman, GPL, toolbox, mysql, database, cheat, sheet, windows, wine[/tags]

Some links for light reading

Webby What's your link reputation Editable Accesskeys Fixing the back button that ajax broke 25 Sites You Shouldn't Have Missed in 2005 Linux Life as a Linux/Unix admin in a Windows world - PT1 The experience Stallman Speaks on the Future of GPL 3.0 sysadmin toolbox MySQL - Cheat Sheet Is Wine really faster than Windows? [tags] webby, link, accesskeys, ajax, links, sysadmin, stallman, GPL, toolbox, mysql, database, cheat, sheet, windows, wine[/tags]

cool mail

Most of forwarded emails fruitless yet there is some cool emails more [tags]cool, mail, cake[/tags]

cool mail

Most of forwarded emails fruitless yet there is some cool emails more [tags]cool, mail, cake[/tags]

It's a nice Butt

WORDS Saleem Haddad JO Magazine There's no denying that the clip is somewhat entertaining. Nonetheless, it is important to ask ourselves why we laugh at the expense of another Jordanian. I can't help but feel that by laughing at Mr. Hassan Ahmad's mispronunciation of the word iPod , we are only laughing at ourselves as an Arab society Well said Mr. Saleem Haddad, I can't agree more. [tags] schizophrenia, confused, arab, world, cultural, Jo, Magazine[/tags]

It's a nice Butt

WORDS Saleem Haddad JO Magazine There's no denying that the clip is somewhat entertaining. Nonetheless, it is important to ask ourselves why we laugh at the expense of another Jordanian. I can't help but feel that by laughing at Mr. Hassan Ahmad's mispronunciation of the word iPod , we are only laughing at ourselves as an Arab society Well said Mr. Saleem Haddad, I can't agree more. [tags] schizophrenia, confused, arab, world, cultural, Jo, Magazine[/tags]

It's a nice Butt

WORDS Saleem Haddad JO Magazine There's no denying that the clip is somewhat entertaining. Nonetheless, it is important to ask ourselves why we laugh at the expense of another Jordanian. I can't help but feel that by laughing at Mr. Hassan Ahmad's mispronunciation of the word iPod , we are only laughing at ourselves as an Arab society Well said Mr. Saleem Haddad, I can't agree more. [tags] schizophrenia, confused, arab, world, cultural, Jo, Magazine[/tags]
I loath reposting blog posts or new articles, but this one shows the power of linux and actually the power of it's community so I couldn't resist it. Regardless of the critics, even in spite of them, the Linux Story remains one of the greatest in recorded history. You have protagonists and antagonoists, drama, plots and subplots and we have only made it through part of Act II. So much more remains for others to tell. Perhaps, the heroics of this story makes Linux so easy to embrace. Richard Stallman started the GNU project in 1983 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system composed entirely of free software. And in the next decade, Richard had either produced or harvested most of the components needed. He lacked one major component - the kernel . And that allows for the inciting incident of this story to occur. Imagine a story of a desheveled scientist creating something only to reach that point where he can go no further. He makes two futile attempts to get past the h

Happy birthday Drupal

Today, five years ago, Drupal 1.0.0 was released! The following snippet is taken directly from the original announcement: Today, drop.org announces the release of drupal 1.00 after an extensive period of testing. Drupal is a full-featured content management/discussion engine using Apache/PHP/MySQL and suitable to setup a news-driven community/drupaor portal site similar to kuro5hin.org and slashdot.org. Current features include discussion forums, web-based administration, theme support, an open submission queue, content management, a modularized design, PHP sessions, user management with access control and username/profanity/hostname filters, error logging, a public diary module, an affiliate site module, backend/headline generation (RSS/RDF) and much more. We ' re using drupal on Jolug.org , Jordanplanet , Joite.org , php.Jolug.org and w3planet . Enjoy Druplicon cake. [tags]happy, birthday, drupal. opensource, cms[/tags]

Happy birthday Drupal

Today, five years ago, Drupal 1.0.0 was released! The following snippet is taken directly from the original announcement: Today, drop.org announces the release of drupal 1.00 after an extensive period of testing. Drupal is a full-featured content management/discussion engine using Apache/PHP/MySQL and suitable to setup a news-driven community/drupaor portal site similar to kuro5hin.org and slashdot.org. Current features include discussion forums, web-based administration, theme support, an open submission queue, content management, a modularized design, PHP sessions, user management with access control and username/profanity/hostname filters, error logging, a public diary module, an affiliate site module, backend/headline generation (RSS/RDF) and much more. We ' re using drupal on Jolug.org , Jordanplanet , Joite.org , php.Jolug.org and w3planet . Enjoy Druplicon cake. [tags]happy, birthday, drupal. opensource, cms[/tags]

Happy birthday Drupal

Today, five years ago, Drupal 1.0.0 was released! The following snippet is taken directly from the original announcement: Today, drop.org announces the release of drupal 1.00 after an extensive period of testing. Drupal is a full-featured content management/discussion engine using Apache/PHP/MySQL and suitable to setup a news-driven community/drupaor portal site similar to kuro5hin.org and slashdot.org. Current features include discussion forums, web-based administration, theme support, an open submission queue, content management, a modularized design, PHP sessions, user management with access control and username/profanity/hostname filters, error logging, a public diary module, an affiliate site module, backend/headline generation (RSS/RDF) and much more. We ' re using drupal on Jolug.org , Jordanplanet , Joite.org , php.Jolug.org and w3planet . Enjoy Druplicon cake. [tags]happy, birthday, drupal. opensource, cms[/tags]

Steve Gibson on Open Source

You've probably heard about the recent Windows vulnerability in WMF , by now. You might've even heard about Steve Gibson's allegation that Microsoft put this in, intentionally, as a back door. I'm finding myself gravitating more and more toward open source solutions because of their transparency... An advantage of that is that all kinds of people are looking at the code, and there's just no opportunity, especially when you build the system yourself from source, there's no opportunity for anything evil to get stuck in. via phpdoc [tags]microsoft, windows, vulnerability, security, opensource, code, backdoor[/tags]

Steve Gibson on Open Source

You've probably heard about the recent Windows vulnerability in WMF , by now. You might've even heard about Steve Gibson's allegation that Microsoft put this in, intentionally, as a back door. I'm finding myself gravitating more and more toward open source solutions because of their transparency... An advantage of that is that all kinds of people are looking at the code, and there's just no opportunity, especially when you build the system yourself from source, there's no opportunity for anything evil to get stuck in. via phpdoc [tags]microsoft, windows, vulnerability, security, opensource, code, backdoor[/tags]

Steve Gibson on Open Source

You've probably heard about the recent Windows vulnerability in WMF , by now. You might've even heard about Steve Gibson's allegation that Microsoft put this in, intentionally, as a back door. I'm finding myself gravitating more and more toward open source solutions because of their transparency... An advantage of that is that all kinds of people are looking at the code, and there's just no opportunity, especially when you build the system yourself from source, there's no opportunity for anything evil to get stuck in. via phpdoc [tags]microsoft, windows, vulnerability, security, opensource, code, backdoor[/tags]