Maher's Digital World

Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

hi I'm Mongolian. I'm new here.  ;)

Quote from: KiraRaito on March 09, 2011, 11:25 AM
hi I'm Mongolian. I'm new here.  ;)

Hello, and welcome to my world.
By the way, I had lots of Mongolian friends when I was in Russia  :)
Nice people.

Hi.. I am Dipen, from India. Very nice & simple web site. Cool colors. Good going Mr Maher. All the best.

Quote from: dippu on March 14, 2011, 07:05 AM
Hi.. I am Dipen, from India. Very nice & simple web site. Cool colors. Good going Mr Maher. All the best.

Hello Dipen, and welcome to my world  ;)
Enjoy your stay..

Hi, I am Vishal, from India as well. Maher you have a nyc site, All the best

Quote from: luckyvishu007 on March 20, 2011, 10:51 AM
Hi, I am Vishal, from India as well. Maher you have a nyc site, All the best

Hello Vishal, welcome to my world  ;)

Hello i am paul from Greece.....hehe.....
Nice and useful site.....

Quote from: psyxakias on March 30, 2011, 07:55 PM
Hello i am paul from Greece.....hehe.....
Nice and useful site.....

Hello Paul, welcome to my world  ;)
Enjoy your stay..

Hie m Sajid..... And I'm from INDIA.!!
Btw... Where are you from Maher?

Quote from: evolution1g on April 06, 2011, 01:49 PM
Hie m Sajid..... And I'm from INDIA.!!
Btw... Where are you from Maher?

Hello Sajid, and welcome to my world..
I'm from Palestine.

Hi i am Jeff, from philippines. nice forum color...

Quote from: wckjeff on April 07, 2011, 02:37 PM
Hi i am Jeff, from philippines. nice forum color...

Hello Jeff, welcome to my world ;)

Hi!
My name is Marian, i am from Romania and I am very glad I found this forum.
And Maher is a very nice forum.
I really like
Congratulations
It is the best forum
Keep it up and all the best


Good Luck

Quote from: PremHD on April 08, 2011, 11:01 PM
Hi!
My name is Marian, i am from Romania and I am very glad I found this forum.
And Maher is a very nice forum.
I really like
Congratulations
It is the best forum
Keep it up and all the best


Good Luck

Hello Marian, welcome to my world  ;)
Enjoy your stay and always invite your friends.

Btw... Where are you from Maher?
Hello Sajid, and welcome to my world..
I'm from Palestine.
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What part of Palestine are you from? Is it currently occupied by the Jews or what?

Quote from: humb25 on April 11, 2011, 05:00 AM
What part of Palestine are you from? Is it currently occupied by the Jews or what?

Yes.

Hi...I am Eirnie from Thailand, I registered because you did a nice os and thanks for your sharing.

Quote from: illusion on April 14, 2011, 05:09 PM
Hi...I am Eirnie from Thailand, I registered because you did a nice os and thanks for your sharing.

Hello Eirnie, and welcome to my world ;)
Enjoy your stay..

I Am Salil From India
AGE :16 Years

Quote from: salil on April 16, 2011, 09:49 AM
I Am Salil From India
AGE :16 Years

Hell Salil, welcome to my world  :)

Hello Guys, i m New member here, i am 24 from indonesia, dont worry to much with my username, its opposite of me .. hehe. ow btw i'm joining here because maher good stuffs on TPB. sorry about my bad english. nice to be joined here  ;D ;D

Quote from: disease on April 21, 2011, 08:54 AM
Hello Guys, i m New member here, i am 24 from indonesia, dont worry to much with my username, its opposite of me .. hehe. ow btw i'm joining here because maher good stuffs on TPB. sorry about my bad english. nice to be joined here  ;D ;D

Hello, and welcome to my world ;)

Hey guys i'm from god's own country, thanks for having me at your forums.

Quote from: tinman on April 24, 2011, 04:20 AM
Hey guys i'm from god's own country, thanks for having me at your forums.

You are welcome!

I am Lovbudy aka Sachin from Mumbai,India
Currently i am studying computer engineering and intrested in developing sql gaming server.my very frist server is of Game A3
Thanks Maher for sharing ur torrents with us.I am ur Gr8 fan.I am amazed to have getting updates of microsoft on my pc without that WGAC poping :)

Quote from: lovbudy on April 25, 2011, 04:58 PM
I am Lovbudy aka Sachin from Mumbai,India
Currently i am studying computer engineering and intrested in developing sql gaming server.my very frist server is of Game A3
Thanks Maher for sharing ur torrents with us.I am ur Gr8 fan.I am amazed to have getting updates of microsoft on my pc without that WGAC poping :)

Hello, wish you the best in your life.
Enjoy your time here ;)

Hi every one , this is Zaid from Iraq / Baghdad , high school degree , Computer freak , video games freak too : ) .

I'v seen this site coincidence , but I love it , it seems so exciting ....  8)

Quote from: zaiddiab200 on April 29, 2011, 11:42 PM
Hi every one , this is Zaid from Iraq / Baghdad , high school degree , Computer freak , video games freak too : ) .

I'v seen this site coincidence , but I love it , it seems so exciting ....  8)

Ahlan Zaid, welcome to my world! ;)

salaam u alekum guys
Amir here from dubai. well Maher u site is good, just need to upload some more softwares.
thanks buddy

Quote from: amirfayaz on May 03, 2011, 01:35 PM
salaam u alekum guys
Amir here from dubai. well Maher u site is good, just need to upload some more softwares.
thanks buddy

waalaikum assalam Amir,
Welcome to my world :)

hello,
im yash from india.
im a student of masters of computer application.
i just loved your OSs that you have shared.

im really passionate about computing but lack of programming skills.
its a major pushback for me to getting in this industry.

kindly suggest some tips maher to improve my programming skills
thanks in advance/

Quote from: Yash on May 06, 2011, 11:26 PM
hello,
im yash from india.
im a student of masters of computer application.
i just loved your OSs that you have shared.

im really passionate about computing but lack of programming skills.
its a major pushback for me to getting in this industry.

kindly suggest some tips maher to improve my programming skills
thanks in advance/

Hello Yash, and welcome to my world :)
My advice for you is to read good books, and try to write codes yourself ;)

Hello, my name is Humbert and I'm currently living in Miami, FL. I sold my house and am planning to move to San Antonio, TX., so I'll probably be offline for a few days until I move in and get a new ISP. In the mean time it's nice to be here with people from all over the globe.  :)

Quote from: humb25 on May 08, 2011, 07:02 PM
Hello, my name is Humbert and I'm currently living in Miami, FL. I sold my house and am planning to move to San Antonio, TX., so I'll probably be offline for a few days until I move in and get a new ISP. In the mean time it's nice to be here with people from all over the globe.  :)

Hello Humbert, and welcome to my world :)
Wow! My dream was to live in Miami!

Hello Humbert, and welcome to my world :)
Wow! My dream was to live in Miami!
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Are you kidding? This is a hellhole. For many years it's been my dream to leave this town forever. I finally got my chance, which literally fell out of the sky. 3 years ago I put my house on the market. Buyers came and went and nobody took the bite. Then the other day as I was walking my dog, someone approached me and asked if I knew someone in this neighborhood who was selling a house. After pausing for a second, I told him I was. He asked for my address and phone number, which I gave him. To make a long story short, the guy saw the house and decided to buy. We expect the closing (and subsequent move to San Antonio) to take place hopefully some time before the month is out (no guarantees). For that reason I'll be offline for a few days, not only do I have to move (first to a rental apartment, then hunt for a house), but I also have to find a new ISP. Please keep my account active if a few days pass and I don't call.

Quote from: humb25 on May 09, 2011, 12:21 AM
Are you kidding? This is a hellhole. For many years it's been my dream to leave this town forever. I finally got my chance, which literally fell out of the sky. 3 years ago I put my house on the market. Buyers came and went and nobody took the bite. Then the other day as I was walking my dog, someone approached me and asked if I knew someone in this neighborhood who was selling a house. After pausing for a second, I told him I was. He asked for my address and phone number, which I gave him. To make a long story short, the guy saw the house and decided to buy. We expect the closing (and subsequent move to San Antonio) to take place hopefully some time before the month is out (no guarantees). For that reason I'll be offline for a few days, not only do I have to move (first to a rental apartment, then hunt for a house), but I also have to find a new ISP. Please keep my account active if a few days pass and I don't call.

Aha, I see.
Anyway, don't worry about your account ;)
Wish you good luck man.

wassup everybody.
I'm a premeditated ganja smoker who loves to surf and party. I'm living in the beautiful islands of hawaii and probably will never leave. I've never been anywhere else but why would I when the whole world wants to live where i do.? lol, anyways i hope to contribute to this nice little forum in the future.

Quote from: akonamyst on May 13, 2011, 06:47 AM
wassup everybody.
I'm a premeditated ganja smoker who loves to surf and party. I'm living in the beautiful islands of hawaii and probably will never leave. I've never been anywhere else but why would I when the whole world wants to live where i do.? lol, anyways i hope to contribute to this nice little forum in the future.

Welcome to my world :)

Hello everybody, my name is Dado and i live in Croatia. Maher has some great stuff here. Bye.

Hello, im Brazilian, talking from Bahia, nomaher is great guy ... =D

Quote from: DadoRi on May 22, 2011, 01:11 PM
Hello everybody, my name is Dado and i live in Croatia. Maher has some great stuff here. Bye.

Hello Dado, welcome to my world :)

Quote from: davialbuquerque on May 22, 2011, 03:06 PM
Hello, im Brazilian, talking from Bahia, nomaher is great guy ... =D

Wow :) I like Brazil!
Welcome to my world Davial.

Salaam Alaikum from Bosnia
Beautiful site and very good content Maher... All the best  ;)

Quote from: hajhodaj on May 27, 2011, 12:14 PM
Salaam Alaikum from Bosnia
Beautiful site and very good content Maher... All the best  ;)

Waalaikum assalam :)
Thank you, and welcome to my world!

Quote from: Maher on May 09, 2011, 05:18 AM

Quote from: humb25 on May 09, 2011, 12:21 AM
Are you kidding? This is a hellhole. For many years it's been my dream to leave this town forever. I finally got my chance, which literally fell out of the sky. 3 years ago I put my house on the market. Buyers came and went and nobody took the bite. Then the other day as I was walking my dog, someone approached me and asked if I knew someone in this neighborhood who was selling a house. After pausing for a second, I told him I was. He asked for my address and phone number, which I gave him. To make a long story short, the guy saw the house and decided to buy. We expect the closing (and subsequent move to San Antonio) to take place hopefully some time before the month is out (no guarantees). For that reason I'll be offline for a few days, not only do I have to move (first to a rental apartment, then hunt for a house), but I also have to find a new ISP. Please keep my account active if a few days pass and I don't call.

Aha, I see.

I am finally in San Antonio in a rental apartment while I do some house hunting. I like this town. You can find all kinds of things, the people are much nicer than in Miami and the distances far shorter. I'm glad I'm here, although obviously it does take some getting used to a new environment. Incidentally, Maher was the first site I called with my new ISP.
Anyway, don't worry about your account ;)
Wish you good luck man.

Quote from: humb25 on June 08, 2011, 05:57 AM

Quote from: Maher on May 09, 2011, 05:18 AM

Quote from: humb25 on May 09, 2011, 12:21 AM
Are you kidding? This is a hellhole. For many years it's been my dream to leave this town forever. I finally got my chance, which literally fell out of the sky. 3 years ago I put my house on the market. Buyers came and went and nobody took the bite. Then the other day as I was walking my dog, someone approached me and asked if I knew someone in this neighborhood who was selling a house. After pausing for a second, I told him I was. He asked for my address and phone number, which I gave him. To make a long story short, the guy saw the house and decided to buy. We expect the closing (and subsequent move to San Antonio) to take place hopefully some time before the month is out (no guarantees). For that reason I'll be offline for a few days, not only do I have to move (first to a rental apartment, then hunt for a house), but I also have to find a new ISP. Please keep my account active if a few days pass and I don't call.

Aha, I see.

I am finally in San Antonio in a rental apartment while I do some house hunting. I like this town. You can find all kinds of things, the people are much nicer than in Miami and the distances far shorter. I'm glad I'm here, although obviously it does take some getting used to a new environment. Incidentally, Maher was the first site I called with my new ISP.
Anyway, don't worry about your account ;)
Wish you good luck man.

Welcome back man :)
Thank you for your trust in me ;)

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I am finally in San Antonio in a rental apartment while I do some house hunting. I like this town. You can find all kinds of things, the people are much nicer than in Miami and the distances far shorter. I'm glad I'm here, although obviously it does take some getting used to a new environment. Incidentally, Maher was the first site I called with my new ISP.
Anyway, don't worry about your account ;)
Wish you good luck man.
[/quote]
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Welcome back man :)
Thank you for your trust in me ;)
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Thanks Maher! I really appreciate the compliments. I hope to stay around for quite a while.

Quote from: humb25 on June 17, 2011, 06:34 AM
Thanks Maher! I really appreciate the compliments. I hope to stay around for quite a while.

Anytime man :)
Happy to have you a member here ;)

 :)Hi I am from Canada, a fan of file sharing, tpb, 20-40,trusted users and uploaders   and sceneunderground, seeding is sharing. is my motto. I am learning how to do lots of things and I hope to learn more here. I hope to upload and share more when I get my "new to me" computer up and running.
The world is a small place and getting smaller all the time. Be kind to others .
see you in the forums.

Quote from: believenu on July 30, 2011, 05:00 PM
:)Hi I am from Canada, a fan of file sharing, tpb, 20-40,trusted users and uploaders   and sceneunderground, seeding is sharing. is my motto. I am learning how to do lots of things and I hope to learn more here. I hope to upload and share more when I get my "new to me" computer up and running.
The world is a small place and getting smaller all the time. Be kind to others .
see you in the forums.

Hello Jane, and welcome to my world ;)

QuoteSeeding is Sharing

I am Marlou from the Philippines

Quote from: mpquimiging on August 08, 2011, 06:34 PM
I am Marlou from the Philippines

Hello Marlou, welcome to my world ;)

HI I'M RAKTIM FROM DURGAPUR(INDIA).......COMPLETED B.C.A.....:)

Quote from: wacky72 on August 10, 2011, 09:41 AM
HI I'M RAKTIM FROM DURGAPUR(INDIA).......COMPLETED B.C.A..... :)

Hello Raktim, welcome to my world ;)

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

I am Vaibhav Sharma from India.  I am into Medical Transcription and Maher's softwares are coming handy to me.  Also Maher I have downloaded ur Windows XP Professional July 2011 torrent, but can u tell me how to make a disc of it.  I dont know how to do it I am sorry.

Peace.

Quote from: v_sharma73 on August 12, 2011, 07:47 AM
Hello guys,

I am Vaibhav Sharma from India.  I am into Medical Transcription and Maher's softwares are coming handy to me.  Also Maher I have downloaded ur Windows XP Professional July 2011 torrent, but can u tell me how to make a disc of it.  I dont know how to do it I am sorry.

Peace.

Hello Vaibhav, welcome to my world ;)
For support ask in the proper place please:
Windows XP Support (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=133.0)

Hi I'm  From Philippines, I'm New here. ;D

hello guys
i m asim khan from pakistan .

Quote from: danielstand on September 11, 2011, 02:15 PM
Hi I'm  From Philippines, I'm New here. ;D

Hello Daniel.
Welcome to my world ;)

Quote from: asimkhan1 on September 17, 2011, 03:52 AM
hello guys
i m asim khan from pakistan .

Hello Asim.
Welcome to my world ;)

Hallo everyone, I am Pankaj, from India, into the field of accounts, Love to know more about computers, S/W etc.

Quote from: pankajmshah16 on September 19, 2011, 07:42 AM
Hallo everyone, I am Pankaj, from India, into the field of accounts, Love to know more about computers, S/W etc.

Hello Pankaj,
Welcome to my world ;)

Hi,

I found this site's link in torrent I download from demonoid and this site looks very simple and easier to navigate.

I am  new to this site but not to torrents and have small percentage of computer knowledge and hope to help someone where ever I can.

BTW I am male not female  ;) as some people mistaken me for my user name cos its an old name of my town where i live in uk and also use this name on other torrent's sites as well.

Quote from: brunlea on September 22, 2011, 06:35 PM
BTW I am male not female  ;) as some people mistaken me for my user name cos its an old name of my town where i live in uk and also use this name on other torrent's sites as well.

Hey man! To alleviate this problem, here in Maher's site simply go to your profile and select "Male" -- then the ♂ symbol will appear on the left hand side of your name when you post.

Quote from: humb25 on September 23, 2011, 05:35 AM

Quote from: brunlea on September 22, 2011, 06:35 PM
BTW I am male not female  ;) as some people mistaken me for my user name cos its an old name of my town where i live in uk and also use this name on other torrent's sites as well.

Hey man! To alleviate this problem, here in Maher's site simply go to your profile and select "Male" -- then the ♂ symbol will appear on the left hand side of your name when you post.

thank you, done. :)

Hello Brunlea,
Welcome to my world  ;)

Hi, I`m muhammed  shana`a  from Palestine(West Bank) , by the way  I`m glad to see you here my teacher Maher :D  and thank you for this useful website xD

Quote from: M.Shana`a on October 12, 2011, 07:51 PM
Hi, I`m muhammed  shana`a  from Palestine(West Bank) , by the way  I`m glad to see you here my teacher Maher :D  and thank you for this useful website xD

Ahlan Mohammad, welcome to my world ;)

Hey everyone,

I'm Ollenberger- I'm new to Maher's world, and I'm excited to see where it goes. It seems that there is a great community forming. I'm from California U.S.A  :)

Quote from: ollenberger on October 15, 2011, 09:59 PM
Hey everyone,

I'm Ollenberger- I'm new to Maher's world, and I'm excited to see where it goes. It seems that there is a great community forming. I'm from California U.S.A  :)

Hello Ollenberger, welcome to my world ;)

hi i am bo_cah. i am new bie here. be patient with me ok.

Quote from: bo_cah on October 19, 2011, 12:41 PM
hi i am bo_cah. i am new bie here. be patient with me ok.

Hello, and welcome to my world ;)

hi .....how are you??
I am so glad due to registration in this forum .....
go straight ahead ...

Quote from: hard choice on October 19, 2011, 08:21 PM
hi .....how are you??
I am so glad due to registration in this forum .....
go straight ahead ...

Hello, and welcome to my world ;)

thaxx

Quote from: Tovagulet on October 27, 2011, 05:14 PM
Me...

Umm Im alot into Computers.
Software and Hardware..
Illegal stuff.. just love it.
Like dubstep...
and ummm seems a nice forum to help people :)

I always like to help people.

Welcome to my world :)

Assalamualaikum, may God bless u all !!

Hi all, im Arda from Indonesia...i got Win XP SP 3 from Torrent by Maher and i ended here... i have a little experience on software, and i hope i can share and help u all with my experience..

regards   

Arda

Quote from: ardasever on October 29, 2011, 01:54 PM
Assalamualaikum, may God bless u all !!

Hi all, im Arda from Indonesia...i got Win XP SP 3 from Torrent by Maher and i ended here... i have a little experience on software, and i hope i can share and help u all with my experience..

regards   

Arda

Waalaikom assalam Arda,
Welcome to my world ;)

HI IM LOY..IM NEW HERE...

Quote from: djloy on November 15, 2011, 10:48 AM
HI IM LOY..IM NEW HERE...

Hello Loy,
Welcome to my world ;)

Hello Maher 8) ! hope u r fine. I am Ihtisham from PAKISTAN. I am downloading ur windows for the last 4 months but i did not knew that u have a website. Man i am a perfect craker of any type of game and software. I am having a problem with ur November edition of windows i just cant burn them to CD or DVD. I tried a lot of softwares inlucding the latest Nero 11 ultimate but i just cant burn them do u have any idea!!!!!!!

Hello im Peddy Jun from Beautiful City of Philippines =))

IM just 15 years old please treat me well. hehe ! :))

Hello everyone.
I'm Ahmad from Egypt.
I'm here for over 2 months. Sorry for being late to introduce my self.
I'm a medical student, but also love to know about every thing following this:
"Learn everything about a thing and a thing about everything"
I really love you all and wish you all the best.
For Mr. Maher:
Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuh.
Excellent useful beloved forum.
Sharah Allah Lak Sadrak, Wa yassar Amrak, Wa Akdar Lak Khayr Addonya Wal Aakherah, Wa Alhamak Assabr Wal Hekmah.

hello guys

i m asif . i m from india.i like to download softwares from torrent sites.and also uploads.

Quote from: Ahmad on December 29, 2011, 05:16 AM
Hello everyone.
I'm Ahmad from Egypt.
I'm here for over 2 months. Sorry for being late to introduce my self.
I'm a medical student,

Where's "here"? In other words, you're from Egypt but where are you studying medicine?
Stay away from the violence in your country. Remember, let the others do the fighting, you just reap the benefits  ;)

Quote from: humb25 on January 02, 2012, 01:14 AM

Quote from: Ahmad on December 29, 2011, 05:16 AM
Hello everyone.
I'm Ahmad from Egypt.
I'm here for over 2 months. Sorry for being late to introduce my self.
I'm a medical student,

Where's "here"? In other words, you're from Egypt but where are you studying medicine?
Stay away from the violence in your country. Remember, let the others do the fighting, you just reap the benefits  ;)

Hello humb25,
I mean by saying "Here" in this forum and I study medicine in Egypt.
By the way, the conditions are now much better and there is no violence any more. As you know there was a revolution here in 25 Jan and we are doing now elections to rebuild our country. I was late to introduce my self as - believe or not - I was reading older posts before joining this forum in Microsoft Windows section and I've recently browsed Chit Chat section.
If you allow me I want you to know that I read your posts and I really respect you very much as you are helpful and fair and the most important thing is that you respect others so you are then respected. I'm not judging you but I'm just chatting with you, so please accept.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 02, 2012, 04:25 AM
Hello humb25,
I mean by saying "Here" in this forum and I study medicine in Egypt.
By the way, the conditions are now much better and there is no violence any more. As you know there was a revolution here in 25 Jan and we are doing now elections to rebuild our country. I was late to introduce my self as - believe or not - I was reading older posts before joining this forum in Microsoft Windows section and I've recently browsed Chit Chat section.
If you allow me I want you to know that I read your posts and I really respect you very much as you are helpful and fair and the most important thing is that you respect others so you are then respected. I'm not judging you but I'm just chatting with you, so please accept.

Hello Ahmad! First of all, pardon me for not getting back to you sooner. I was having some trouble with Windows and had to reformat my drive. As you know, this means reinstalling and configuring all the apps, which is a detestable and time consuming process.

Thanks for your compliments. As Maher knows, I strongly believe most people are good and that sadly the righteous always end up paying the sinner's wages. I respect and want to know as much as possible about all cultures and peoples. I hope you'll allow me to ask you questions like I do with Maher  ;).

As you know, the news media is very unreliable in their reporting and tend to exaggerate the facts or present news from an opinionated angle. This is why I much prefer to ask people like you and Maher about stuff, since I believe it helps me get closer to the truth. Of course you are correct -- Hosni Mubarak was overthrown Jan 25, 2011 and was replaced by a military government. However, in the news they're showing all kinds of violence going on, people protesting in Tahrir Square and getting hammered by the army. Of course I'm all for elections, but from what I've been hearing those who are ahead and have a good possibility of winning are Islamic extremists who want to forcibly impose Sharia law in Egypt. Naturally this situation is frightening and, to make matters worse, in history it wouldn't be the first time people have voted away their rights -- it's happened so many times in so many countries.

I must stress that extremists who forcibly want to impose their view on others exists in all religions, certainly not just Islam. I could sit here and give you example after example. I firmly believe in respect and rights for all, and all those who want to impose their criteria on others are my enemies.

So tell me: what's really going on in your country?

Quote...
... So tell me: what's really going on in your country?

Hello Mr. Humb25,  :)

Never mind about replying sooner or later. I know that you and Mr. Maher are more busy than me. I appreciate that you reply.

I'll be glad to know you and don't be hesitated to ask me about anything and I'll reply honestly (I hate dissimulation).

Now, I'll tell you about what is happening here according to my point of view, but may my words can't explain clearly, so excuse me.

First of all, I don't belong to any political party. I tell what I'm assured with.
We can't accept except the justly balanced thoughts. If someone under the name of Islam is other than this, then he will be hated and avoided. As he is wrong and he understands wrong.

Regarding the 2 islamic parties in the elections. They are not as media shows them : extremists.
They are the same like us and live with us. But they are related to a party just to organize their efforts not to differentiate themselves from us and not to say they are Muslims and we aren't.
All they aim to is better conditions, justice and equal rights and doing what they say. They know that They can't impose any law forcibly without prior acceptance of people. In fact, what the people think that it's good for us is the same thing that the Islamic ones aim to do. But some people fear them without knowing them. I think media is the cause.

BTW, we have made the third stage of elections here in my city and - believe or not - the 2 Islamic parties had 7 seats from 10 !!
This is people's free will. I'll tell you why.

During Hosny Mubarak's period, Who says that the government is corrupt and tries to remove it goes to prison until "we don't know". Most of those who went to prison belongs to Islamic party and some of others.
Media, of course, said that those people did somewhat and some bla bla bla just to show them as evil and government is not like what they said.
So, People know that those people say right and don't dissimulate like others. As here during elections, all say we'll do bla bla bla and when winning, we don't see them as they become busy with stealing and making money in their period of power.
So, really people become very sick of hypocrisy and dissimulation and they want a change.

As those 2 islamic parties are under the name of Islam, so they have to do what they have said and can't break promises. They can't do like those before them.

For me honestly, I elected one of them as I don't trust most of the others (not all but most) and I want to try them as we've tried the others before and all they did is swimming with waves and the situation is still as it is. We really want to advance and I think they are honest.
We don't elect them because they are under Islam name. We elect good ones Regardless of the party they belong to. So, I elected them as they are really more efficient than others. They are not Mosque Preachers who are not qualified for this responsibility. They are from all fields and very organized. Before this period, they used to do some helpful activities in the places they live in like free teaching, free therapy and somethings like that for poor people.

Some other people - the residues of the previous government and others with similar principles - try to succeed by frightening people of those Islamic ones as many people don't know about Islam well. They are frightening people especially Christians with things that don't relate to Islam and will never happen. I don't know how !! Because if you hurt a Muslim, then you have made a sin and if you hurt a Christian, then the sin is bigger !!
It's enough to say that our prophet - who we have to do what he said- ordered us to take care of Christians and never hurt them because if you hurt one of them as if you hurt our prophet himself.
I've heard a Priest saying that he is Optimistic about the next period.
Do you know that during 25 Jan Tahrir revolution, Christians were covering Muslims backs while praying. They were protecting each other and some were killed together. We are brothers here and who says other than this wants disunity to us.

Finally, this is some of what is happening. Most of it is a dirty game and really truth is not so clear but I hope it ends well. BTW, I don't belong to any Islamic party either. I'm only seeking for the best fairly.
Thanks... :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 07, 2012, 07:07 PM
Never mind about replying sooner or later. I know that you and Mr. Maher are more busy than me. I appreciate that you reply.
I'll be glad to know you and don't be hesitated to ask me about anything and I'll reply honestly (I hate dissimulation).

I also hate dissimulation and hipocrisy. In all honesty I had to look up the word in the dictionary  :). This is one reason I love to correspond with people such as Maher and yourself -- you tell it like it is.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 07, 2012, 07:07 PM
Regarding the 2 islamic parties in the elections. They are not as media shows them : extremists.
They are the same like us and live with us. But they are related to a party just to organize their efforts not to differentiate themselves from us and not to say they are Muslims and we aren't.
All they aim to is better conditions, justice and equal rights and doing what they say. They know that They can't impose any law forcibly without prior acceptance of people. In fact, what the people think that it's good for us is the same thing that the Islamic ones aim to do. But some people fear them without knowing them. I think media is the cause.

Thanks for clarifying all this, since as you know the news media hardly ever reports the truth. I think even if they said there was an earthquake in the Pacific Rim, I'd probably doubt it  :). Still, there's something here I don't fully understand: if indeed the Islamic parties are as you say (idealists as opposed to extremists), why do they even label themselves as the "Islamic Party" -- especially in a country where the majority of people are Muslims? Why not just say they are idealists who will fight for rights and benefits for the Egyptian people, and by the way our religion is Islam?

Quote from: Ahmad on January 07, 2012, 07:07 PM
During Hosny Mubarak's period, Who says that the government is corrupt and tries to remove it goes to prison until "we don't know". Most of those who went to prison belongs to Islamic party and some of others.
Media, of course, said that those people did somewhat and some bla bla bla just to show them as evil and government is not like what they said.
So, People know that those people say right and don't dissimulate like others. As here during elections, all say we'll do bla bla bla and when winning, we don't see them as they become busy with stealing and making money in their period of power.
So, really people become very sick of hypocrisy and dissimulation and they want a change.

I can certainly understand that after so many years under a dictator, the people are demanding their rights and freedoms. As you know, this is happening all over the Arab world. First came Mubarak, followed by the guy in Tunisia. Then came our friend Gadhafi in Libya (with a little help from NATO and the Arab League), and our course it's just a matter of time for our friend Bashar in Syria. I don't even think an intervention by outside forces will be necessary. There is simply no way Bashar can crush this revolution. I only wish that the "Arab spring" (as the media calls it) would apply for all other dictatorships in the world, especially in my native Cuba.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 07, 2012, 07:07 PM
Some other people - the residues of the previous government and others with similar principles - try to succeed by frightening people of those Islamic ones as many people don't know about Islam well. They are frightening people especially Christians with things that don't relate to Islam and will never happen. I don't know how !! Because if you hurt a Muslim, then you have made a sin and if you hurt a Christian, then the sin is bigger !!
It's enough to say that our prophet - who we have to do what he said- ordered us to take care of Christians and never hurt them because if you hurt one of them as if you hurt our prophet himself.
I've heard a Priest saying that he is Optimistic about the next period.
Do you know that during 25 Jan Tahrir revolution, Christians were covering Muslims backs while praying. They were protecting each other and some were killed together. We are brothers here and who says other than this wants disunity to us.

Certainly what you said is true, but there's something you have to keep in mind -- not all Islamic (or Jewish, Christian, etc) leaders follow the tenets of their religion. Saudi Arabia is a fine example. There, Sharia law reigns supreme and no other religions are tolerated. You can't even construct a Christian church there. Women aren't allowed to drive, etc. etc.  However, in 1945 US President Roosevelt made a deal with King Ibin Saud -- protection for oil. Accordingly, despite not only their abuses of human rights but especially how they ignore the words of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), they are not pictured as extremists the the news media. I only hope and pray that you are correct and the Islamic parties do as you say they will.

Oh, by the way -- what city do you live in? If I don't know where it is, I'll find it on Google Maps. I'm in San Antonio in the American state of Texas.

Hello Mr. Humb25,  :)

Quotewhy do they even label themselves as the "Islamic Party"

Actually they are now under an ordinary name as a political party. One is called "Freedom and Justice" and the other is called "The Light".
But people knew them before and called them "Islamic" as those people want Islamic instructions to be applied as the solution to better life.
To let you know, these instructions are not only in religion like pray ...etc
They are in every field of life and can organize our life perfectly but only if we apply them in justly balanced way as they are. And I think we do as we have "Al Azhar" which is the oldest and biggest Islamic Foundation in the world that are full of great Islamic scientists (and also in other fields) who teach a lot of people around the world.

Quotenot all Islamic (or Jewish, Christian, etc) leaders follow the tenets of their religion.

I know that nobody is perfect except "Prophets" (peace be upon them all)
and some must do wrong sometimes. Others have to help them if they are right and correct them if they are wrong. We must do our best. It's not an easy process.

QuoteOh, by the way -- what city do you live in? If I don't know where it is, I'll find it on Google Maps. I'm in San Antonio in the American state of Texas.

I'm from El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Al Gharbiyah, Egypt.   (or Al Mahalla Al Kubra written with "El" or "Al" according to the way you pronounce it)

Be well and safe.  :)

Hello I'm Craig

Quote from: Ahmad on January 09, 2012, 11:35 AM
But people knew them before and called them "Islamic" as those people want Islamic instructions to be applied as the solution to better life.
To let you know, these instructions are not only in religion like pray ...etc
They are in every field of life and can organize our life perfectly but only if we apply them in justly balanced way as they are. And I think we do as we have "Al Azhar" which is the oldest and biggest Islamic Foundation in the world that are full of great Islamic scientists (and also in other fields) who teach a lot of people around the world.

Certainly I have no problem with the fact that their religion is Islam. Based on what you're telling me, though (and correct me if I'm wrong), they want Islam not only to be in religion and prayer, but as part of Egyptian law. If this is truly the case, then I must disagree. I firmly believe in strict separation of Church (or Mosque in the case) and State. The only way to insure that the rights of all are protected is to have a pluralistic society where everyone has the right to freely do as they please (without harming others, of course), and to freely practice any religion they choose, or for that matter, not to practice any if they so decide. History has proven time and time again that any church-state union leads to big trouble and to the elimination of the basic rights of those who disagree. Please tell me I'm mistaken.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 09, 2012, 11:35 AM
I'm from El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Al Gharbiyah, Egypt.   (or Al Mahalla Al Kubra written with "El" or "Al" according to the way you pronounce it)

I found your city on the map. You're about 100 km north of Cairo. During the Jan 25 revolution, did they have protests there too or were they confined mostly to the Capital?

Take good care,
Humbert

Quote from: humb25 on January 12, 2012, 07:05 AM
Certainly I have no problem with the fact that their religion is Islam. Based on what you're telling me, though (and correct me if I'm wrong), they want Islam not only to be in religion and prayer, but as part of Egyptian law. If this is truly the case, then I must disagree.

Hello Humbert,  :)
They want Islam instructions to be applied in people's manners before Egyptian law, as what lead us to this is stealing and generally bad manners.
Actually, it is a big name "Islam be applied" and I can't tell you all about it as it contains a lot of policy, treatments and situations and I don't know well about it as this is Islam scientists business.
But I'm sure that all will have equal rights and what you have said is going to happen better than before:

Quoteeveryone has the right to freely do as they please (without harming others, of course), and to freely practice any religion they choose, or for that matter, not to practice any if they so decide.

Because it is in the heart of Islam.
However, the high priority now is to enhance people's life especially poor people and how to apply social equality as to let you know,
Some people earn about 500,000 LE monthly and others earn from 500 to 2000 LE monthly and believe or not some are below that. Also, believe or not, some don't earn anything and don't live a human life !!
This is what concerns people of the council now. (A human comfortable life)
Generally, nearly half the council are Islamic and the other half from other parties.
I think it's good to represent all people's demands.
Regarding other countries, really I don't know about their law and how they apply it. But I'm sure if we apply what Islam calls for (in justly balanced way as it is), we will be great and everyone (Muslim or not) will be happy.
Actually, everything that one thinks it is good for people, I hear something like that in Islam.

QuoteHistory has proven time and time again that any church-state union leads to big trouble and to the elimination of the basic rights of those who disagree

No no !! we will never be like this. No mosque will rule and all will be equal. We just want good manners, justice, honest men for power and eventually better life.

QuoteDuring the Jan 25 revolution, did they have protests there too or were they confined mostly to the Capital?

Actually, my city started it about 3 years ago. We had great protests here all over the city but unfortunately, it wasn't all over the country. No other cities participated, so the government succeeded then. And some people were in prison since then. In 25 Jan, revolution was everywhere. Nobody could stop it.

Finally, I'm happy to have you as a wise friend.
Be well and safe. :)
Just for your knowledge, most people write my name "Ahmed", but
as we pronounce it in Arabic, it should be "Ahmad".... Never mind.  ???

Quote from: Ahmad on January 12, 2012, 01:07 PM
Hello Humbert,  :)
They want Islam instructions to be applied in people's manners before Egyptian law, as what lead us to this is stealing and generally bad manners.
Actually, it is a big name "Islam be applied" and I can't tell you all about it as it contains a lot of policy, treatments and situations and I don't know well about it as this is Islam scientists business.
But I'm sure that all will have equal rights and what you have said is going to happen better than before:
everyone has the right to freely do as they please (without harming others, of course), and to freely practice any religion they choose, or for that matter, not to practice any if they so decide.

I'm glad you named me correctly in your post  :)

It is not necessary to be Islamic to have a government that respects the rights of everyone and at the same time acts to control negative behavior. What I don't believe in is laws that [for example] would force women to wear veils or prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. If an islamic woman wants to wear a veil, it's her right -- but not because there is a law that says she must do so. Similarly, I agree with punishing crimes that involve alcohol. However, those of us who every now and then might drink 1 or 2 beers or glasses of wine and in the process harm no one should be left alone and respected. Also, keep in mind that not all "Islamic scientists" think alike, Egypt needs those will who do as you say.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 12, 2012, 01:07 PM
Because it is in the heart of Islam.
However, the high priority now is to enhance people's life especially poor people and how to apply social equality as to let you know,
Some people earn about 500,000 LE monthly and others earn from 500 to 2000 LE monthly and believe or not some are below that. Also, believe or not, some don't earn anything and don't live a human life !!
This is what concerns people of the council now. (A human comfortable life)
Generally, nearly half the council are Islamic and the other half from other parties.
I think it's good to represent all people's demands.
Regarding other countries, really I don't know about their law and how they apply it. But I'm sure if we apply what Islam calls for (in justly balanced way as it is), we will be great and everyone (Muslim or not) will be happy.
Actually, everything that one thinks it is good for people, I hear something like that in Islam.

I certainly hope you're right and that those people will follow their promises and do as you say!

Quote from: Ahmad on January 12, 2012, 01:07 PM
Finally, I'm happy to have you as a wise friend.
Be well and safe. :)
Just for your knowledge, most people write my name "Ahmed", but
as we pronounce it in Arabic, it should be "Ahmad".... Never mind.  ???

Thank you very much. I feel the same way about you. I'm also glad you gave me the correct pronunciation of your name. This becomes more difficult when you're in a situation where a different alphabet is involved. I was always telling Maher that one thing I envy about him is the fact that the 3 languages he's fluent in involve 3 different alphabets. I'm stuck because in both English and my native Spanish the Latin alphabet is used, so this is all I can read or write. :(

Hello Humbert,  :)
I hope you are well and safe.

Quote from: humb25 on January 16, 2012, 04:59 AM
It is not necessary to be Islamic to have a government that respects the rights of everyone and at the same time acts to control negative behavior.

I'm fully with you about this and I told you before that we didn't choose those people because they are under the name of Islam, but because they are better and honest. Most of the others (not all) want the power for personal benefits not for the country. In my city, some have succeeded and they don't belong to any party but because they are good so people have chosen them. So, we don't have a problem about this. We want good people (any party)

Quote from: humb25 on January 16, 2012, 04:59 AM
What I don't believe in is laws that [for example] would force women to wear veils or prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. If an islamic woman wants to wear a veil, it's her right -- but not because there is a law that says she must do so......

- Believe me, there are not and won't be any law about this. There is difference between Sharia and what is imposed as a law. To be clear, some things are between the one and his creator. No one else can force him to do these things or not to do. But all of us know what Allah ordered us to do and not to do. So, it's the one's choice.

- Believe me also, nobody here are talking about such things except who don't know well about Islam and law in Islam. They are supposed to talk about what is going to happen in Economy, Industry, Education and so on not such things. (This is what I heard from Islamic parties)
- For your knowledge, There will be a committee of people from all parties. This committee is responsible for imposing the law. No one will force other to do anything as I told before.

- Believe me also that the main purpose of our open-minded religion is to provide a good life for people not to wait for them to sin to punish them. (Punishment is the last thing in Islam and forgiveness has higher priority as long as the right of others won't be lost).
I know media is the cause. Also, If someone is related to Islam or any religion doesn't make the correct thing in a thing, it doesn't mean that the religion is like him. This one just understands wrong about his religion. Unfortunately, media has made the picture of Islam and Muslims like those ones !!!

- When I told you about Islam scientists, I meant scientists and professors of university of "Al-Azhar" (The biggest foundation teaching Islam in the world). Those professors don't belong to any party. They have studied about Islam in "Al-Azhar" in justly balanced way since they were young and become professors. So they know better than anyone about Islam. No one of them is related by anyway to policy and no one of them want power.
I meant those professors when I told you about (Islam be applied is such a big phrase as I can't tell you well about it as it's very complex and it's those professors business)

Because we take our religion not only from "Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem" but also from what happened with our prophet "Muhammad" (Peace be upon him and all prophets)
What did he say? what did he do when something happen? How did he deal with something?
Why did he deal with something in a different way from the same one before it? What was the difference in circumstances then? ... and so on.
So, it's not like what you hear or know from media. We are very open-minded and have everything in Islam that make our life very good but only if we do it. (Not only do and don't do but also situations and wisdom to deal with events)

Finally, I didn't mean you by my words but I know what is being said about Islam in media and I was trying to make it clear for you to understand right about us.  :)

I wish you all the best, my friend.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 16, 2012, 08:32 PM
Because we take our religion not only from "Al-Qur'an Al-Kareem" but also from what happened with our prophet "Muhammad" (Peace be upon him and all prophets)
What did he say? what did he do when something happen? How did he deal with something?
Why did he deal with something in a different way from the same one before it? What was the difference in circumstances then? ... and so on.
So, it's not like what you hear or know from media. We are very open-minded and have everything in Islam that make our life very good but only if we do it. (Not only do and don't do but also situations and wisdom to deal with events)
Finally, I didn't mean you by my words but I know what is being said about Islam in media and I was trying to make it clear for you to understand right about us.  :)
I wish you all the best, my friend.  :)

Hello Ahmad! Thanks for the information.

I'm quoting a small part of your message because it pretty much says it all. Basically it is the fact that Islam is a religion of peace and respect and the news media always exaggerates and tells lies and half-truths. There is also an old saying, "the rightgeous always pay the sinners' wages". This happens not only in Islam but in all religions, nationalities, ethnic groups, etc. Bad people of all persuasions always make the news precisely because they cause trouble, so the media reports it with huge headlines and implies that everyone in that group is the same, which is far from true. I'm glad that the people who have a good chance of winning the elections are idealists who want only to create an Egyptian government whose job is to defend people's rights as opposed to taking them away and to help the poor and disadvantaged lead a better life. It's too bad that in many parts of the world (certainly not just the Arab world) there are dictators who care nothing about their people and will do whatever it takes to stay in power and enrich themselves regardless of whether or not their people even have food to eat. I could sit here and name example after example, and of course I don't mean in history, I mean today! Hopefully they will all be overthrown by the their people who have simply had enough of this abuse.

Take good care, dear friend, and keep writing  :)

Hello my wise friend "Humbert",  :D
I hope you are well. I'm very happy with your words and feelings.

Quote from: humb25 on January 18, 2012, 05:16 AM
I'm glad that the people who have a good chance of winning the elections are idealists who want only to create an Egyptian government whose job is to defend people's rights as opposed to taking them away and to help the poor and disadvantaged lead a better life.

I hope they do their best to do so.

I don't know what to say for now as there is no updates, but I can say that I really appreciate that you share others their problems and try to help. You are really a good man and I wish you and all who you care for all the best.
Be always well and safe.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 18, 2012, 08:31 AM
Hello my wise friend "Humbert",  :D
I hope you are well. I'm very happy with your words and feelings.
I'm glad that the people who have a good chance of winning the elections are idealists who want only to create an Egyptian government whose job is to defend people's rights as opposed to taking them away and to help the poor and disadvantaged lead a better life.
I hope they do their best to do so.

Keep in mind that my anxieties about "Islamic parties" in Egypt are based on my country's history. When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, one reason he was so popular at first was he managed to convince everyone, even the State Department in Washington, that he was an idealist who's only concern was to rid the country of the previous leadership and bring my people the very best in every regard. He even said he was strongly anti-Communist! After about a year he began to show his true colors and ended up becoming the country's worst dictator in its history. It's important to emphasize that in no way am I saying a similar thing will happen in Egypt, remember we're talking about 2 very different countries with 2 very different cultures. I just know that almost nobody learns the lessons of history.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 18, 2012, 08:31 AM
I don't know what to say for now as there is no updates, but I can say that I really appreciate that you share others their problems and try to help. You are really a good man and I wish you and all who you care for all the best.
Be always well and safe.  :)

As they say here in America "flattery will get you everywhere" :). Thanks for the compliments. I've always liked to learn as much as possible and to teach people to help themselves. Everything I learn shows me how little I really know. And of course, I help people because when I'm in need, I'd love it when someone helps me. I also like the idea of having people such as yourself and Maher as personal friends. Both of you are not only intelligent but very open minded as well.

Be safe,
Humbert

Hello all,
I signed up just to tell Maher what a great great job.
I can't thank you enough!! ;D ;D

Quote from: azlooker on January 20, 2012, 07:03 AM
Hello all,
I signed up just to tell Maher what a great great job.
I can't thank you enough!! ;D ;D

Well, that for me is more than enough :)
Thank you!

Hello Humbert,  :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 20, 2012, 06:27 AM
Keep in mind that my anxieties about "Islamic parties" in Egypt are based on my country's history........  It's important to emphasize that in no way am I saying a similar thing will happen in Egypt, remember we're talking about 2 very different countries with 2 very different cultures. I just know that almost nobody learns the lessons of history.

I know what you mean, my friend and that's why I'm calling you "Wise"  :)
And that's why I'm saying "I hope they do as we expect" as nobody is perfect, but as we say here in Egypt: "We did what we should do, and the rest is to Allah."
So, we should pray and be optimistic and everything will be fine.

Quote from: humb25 on January 20, 2012, 06:27 AM
I also like the idea of having people such as yourself and Maher as personal friends. Both of you are not only intelligent but very open minded as well.

Thanks a lot and I have the same feelings.  :D
By the way, I don't compliment you. I say what I'm actually seeing.

I want to ask about something, Do you really have an internet speed 30 Mbps? I've read before in a previous forum. Do you pay too much for it or normal? Is that the normal speed in America or just you who has a high one?
I just want to know the difference between internet service in both countries. And of course I wish you more comfort. I'll tell you about my speed next time.
Be safe and all you care for.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 21, 2012, 07:17 PM
I know what you mean, my friend and that's why I'm calling you "Wise"  :)
And that's why I'm saying "I hope they do as we expect" as nobody is perfect, but as we say here in Egypt: "We did what we should do, and the rest is to Allah."
So, we should pray and be optimistic and everything will be fine.

You're absolutely right! Curiously, in my culture we too have a similar saying, except naturally we use the word "God" instead of "Allah" (basically the same thing). There is no question that you are clear about all this. The people of Egypt fought and died to oust Mubarak and the tyrannical military leaders that followed, and put their trust in "The Light". All we can do now is sit, wait and hope for the best.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 21, 2012, 07:17 PM
Thanks a lot and I have the same feelings.  :D
By the way, I don't compliment you. I say what I'm actually seeing.

Yes, I know that. I was kidding when I said "flattery will get you everywhere"  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 21, 2012, 07:17 PM
I want to ask about something, Do you really have an internet speed 30 Mbps? I've read before in a previous forum. Do you pay too much for it or normal? Is that the normal speed in America or just you who has a high one?
I just want to know the difference between internet service in both countries. And of course I wish you more comfort. I'll tell you about my speed next time.
Be safe and all you care for.  :)

One thing that has helped to increase internet speeds here is that they've buried fiber-optic cables everywhere, but more importantly, that you have several companies in competition for your business. Every company gives you a choice of the internet speeds you want and, naturally, the fatter the pipe the more you pay. I pay $50. monthly for 30-Mbps (that's 30 down & 5 up) because I share the connection with my wife and because I like to stream movies to my TV, especially HD movies which eat bandwidth like crazy. They offered me 50-Mbps, but the price was way too high ($99.), so I kept 30 and frankly I see no reason to pay the extra money. This is from my cable TV company and, of course, doesn't include what I pay for television. To give you a better idea of what I mean, my daughter was going to put internet where she's living and asked me what she should put (one company offered her 12 Mbps for $20). I told her if she wasn't sharing the connection and didn't have the time to watch streamed HD movies, that 12 was more than enough, plus the fact that you always have the option of buying more bandwidth if needed, they'll be more than happy to sell it to you  :)

Now you've made me curious. How are internet connections in Egypt? Do you buy your internet from a private company, as we do here? How fast is your connection and do you have
WiFi included in the price (as I do)?

Be safe and keep writing,
Humbert

Hello my dear friend, Humbert :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 22, 2012, 06:39 AM
Now you've made me curious. How are internet connections in Egypt? Do you buy your internet from a private company, as we do here? How fast is your connection and do you have
WiFi included in the price (as I do)?

Be safe and keep writing,
Humbert

Be prepared for the shock ...  :o
I'll tell you about only me but keep in mind that about 50% of Egyptian are like me and some of the rest are below and some are higher.
First of all, I'm still studying and living with my parents, so I have no personal income.
There are 2 main companies here providing internet and they are similar in everything.

Some people here take internet as a project ; they get about from 4 to 8 Mbps ADSL2 line speed (which is the fastest speed I've ever heard that someone I know is using)
After that, he starts to distribute it or share it with people who need internet through (router and switches) in exchange for about 25 LE monthly for the individual and he limits downloading speed to 50 Kbps.
I tried this on my start on the internet about 2 years ago, but it was very very bad  :'( as we were over 30 sharing the same line !! )

After that, my neighbor told me that he will get a line speed of 512 Kbps (100 LE monthly )and wants me and some other neighbors to share with him and pay such as him.
We were 4 at first and it was relatively better than before. Then we became 7 on a line speed of 1 Mbps. No big difference !!
Of course, there is no watching streaming video. If you want to watch some video, download it first or watch it in the early morning !!

My parents can afford about 50 LE for internet (which means sharing a line speed of 2Mbps with other 4 people as it costs 250 LE monthly), and I'll be very happy.
But most people don't want to pay more than 25 LE monthly.
Some people works with higher speeds; My brother have some friends works with 4 Mbps in the same way like us.

Finally, this is the level of internet service of about 50% of Egyptians and we are really good in living (in other things in life) We say (Alhamdulellah) or (Thanks God)
But I think that it's the internet service that is very expensive here in comparison with the income of people. So, I hope they enhance it in the near future.
I hope I was clear enough in my words.
Be well, safe and happy, my dear friend.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 23, 2012, 01:32 AM
Be prepared for the shock ...  :o

What you told me didn't shock me at all. I've seen terribly slow speeds in "third world" (for lack of a better words) countries. I spent the Christmas holidays in my wife's native Mexico. Her parents have 1 Mpbs down/128k up, and then Wi-Fi only (no network cables are attached to their router). I tried using my smartphone to stream some movies, but it was just impossible -- the freezes and bufferings were constant. Add to this the fact that you had about 5 kids with laptops on the same network trying to get on Facebook, with it's abundant graphics and garbage. It was just impossible.

Before I continue, let me ask you -- when you refer to your currency, you say LE. I went to the Oanda financial site and saw that in Egypt they use the Egyptian Pount (EGP), with an exchange rate of about 6 against the US dollar. What, then is LE?

Another thing I'm curious about. I understand that your neighbor would want to resell the "fast" internet service he's paying for and put a few more EGP's in his pocket. Getting additional secondary routers to put more connections is the easy part, what I don't understand is how does he wire the connections? For example, does a connect network cable to the back of his router and put it on a telephone pole (or dig a ditch, assuming no concrete) to his customers' house? Using Wi-Fi is not so much impossible but more difficult -- in order for the signal to reach his customers, he'd need to put an antenna on his roof. If he does that he's subject to being hacked. How exactly does he do it then?

Let me state that the US is not the most advanced country when it comes to technology. Japan, South Korea, Finland and some other countries are more advanced than we are. Many Americans when visiting those countries come back saying "we live in a backward country".  :)

Also, a comment on the fact that the Egyptian people generally don't need the internet to have a good time. This sort of thing is also very common in many countries in Latin America (the area from the US-Mexico border to the very southern end of South America, plus the Caribbean islands), and of course many other places. I remember years ago I spend 1½ years in Colombia working there. At the time there was no internet, very few computers and only 1 black and white TV channel. Everybody sat outside, conversed, shared drinks, put on music, and generally had a good time. I don't know how things are now over there now, but I do know that here in America there's very little of that -- people lock themselves up at home to be on the internet, play video games or watch the hundreds of channels available in hi def TV. Why do you think Facebook is so popular? Obviously because humans need human contact, and for many that's pretty much the only way. In fact, I read that by August there will be 1 billion people on Facebook -- 1 out of 7 people on this planet!

Take care,

Quote from: humb25 on January 24, 2012, 06:49 AM
Before I continue, let me ask you -- when you refer to your currency, you say LE. I went to the Oanda financial site and saw that in Egypt they use the Egyptian Pount (EGP), with an exchange rate of about 6 against the US dollar. What, then is LE?

Sorry about this. Here, we used to use (LE) instead of (EGP)
LE means (Livre Egyptian) which is the same word of Egyptian pound but in French.

QuoteI understand that your neighbor would want to resell the "fast" internet service he's paying for and put a few more EGP's in his pocket.

No no, He just shares with us. When someone joins us, we re-divide the whole sum onto the new number of users and everyone pays like the others including my neighbor himself as he doesn't trade, he just needs internet like me.

Quotewhat I don't understand is how does he wire the connections?

First, he has the ADSL2 line from the telephone line through a splitter which splits the telephone line into 2 lines >> one for the telephone and the other for the main connection in the back of the router. Then, the router has 4 output connections. My connection is from one of those 4 output connections. He passes all cables from the router through a small hole he made in the wall of his house then towards the room windows of his neighbors including me.
One of those 4 cables enters a switch which splits it into other 4 connections.

QuoteLet me state that the US is not the most advanced country when it comes to technology. Japan, South Korea, Finland and some other countries are more advanced than we are. Many Americans when visiting those countries come back saying "we live in a backward country".

I'm completely with you, but you are my only friend who can tell me the difference and really, you were such a good teller. I just wanted to know how expensive is the internet service here. As you know 1 $ equals about 6 EGP, then we pay 25 $ (150 EGP) for 1 Mbps speed  !!!  Isn't it too much ?!!

QuoteAlso, a comment on the fact that the Egyptian people generally don't need the internet to have a good time.

You are absolutely right. A lot of people here including my parents don't need internet at all in their life. My generation is considered the first one who uses internet in such way.

Quotepeople lock themselves up at home to be on the internet, play video games or watch the hundreds of channels available in hi def TV. Why do you think Facebook is so popular? Obviously because humans need human contact

You are right and I'm completely with you.
Thanks for the information and have a nice day.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 24, 2012, 11:07 AM
Sorry about this. Here, we used to use (LE) instead of (EGP)
LE means (Livre Egyptian) which is the same word of Egyptian pound but in French.

OK, I get it now. Basically the same thing but only in French.

Quote from: LinuxGuru on January 24, 2012, 04:55 PM
No no, He just shares with us. When someone joins us, we re-divide the whole sum onto the new number of users and everyone pays like the others including my neighbor himself as he doesn't trade, he just needs internet like me.
First, he has the ADSL2 line from the telephone line through a splitter which splits the telephone line into 2 lines >> one for the telephone and the other for the main connection in the back of the router. Then, the router has 4 output connections. My connection is from one of those 4 output connections. He passes all cables from the router through a small hole he made in the wall of his house then towards the room windows of his neighbors including me.
One of those 4 cables enters a switch which splits it into other 4 connections.

In other words, your friends isn't out to make make a pound, he wants to share the connection and have others help him pay for it. I know all about ADSL, we used it here years ago before it became obsolete. My in-law's house in Mexico still has such a connection, though. How your friends shares his internet connection makes perfect sense. I first thought what he did was buy an add-on router with 8 ports (this attaches to one ethernet port on the main router, in effect giving you 8 more ports), and from there for every interested neighbor attach an ethernet cable to one of those ports and run it to his house. However, based on what you're telling me, doing this is impossible because running so many cables through that hole in his wall isn't possible. This obviously forces him to get a 4-port splitter attached to the 1 cable that'll fit through his hole.

Quote from: LinuxGuru on January 24, 2012, 04:55 PM
I'm completely with you, but you are my only friend who can tell me the difference and really, you were such a good teller. I just wanted to know how expensive is the internet service here. As you know 1 $ equals about 6 EGP, then we pay 15 $ (150 EGP) for 1 Mbps speed  !!!  Isn't it too much ?!!

To give you just a brief idea of how advanced some other countries are, when I visited Canada some 10 years ago I was at a bus stop in the city of Calgary. There was a sign with a number on it and a toll free number that you called. When the recording came out, you punched in the numbers from the sign on your cell phone. The recording responded "the bus will arrive at 14:17 - thank you". Sure enough, at exactly that hour the bus arrived. In Finland, if you want a soft drink from a vending machine, no coins are necessary - you take out your phone, punch in a few numbers, and out comes your drink. You can even turn on your house's sprinklers with your cell phone, no need to go outside in the cold. Like this there are many more. I haven't seen things like this anywhere in America.

The price of internet in Egypt isn't so different from here. I too could pay much less than I do now, but down goes the bandwidth they're giving me. As I told you before, my daughter pays $20 for 12 Mbps, and could pay less if she needed less bandwidth.  The contrast comes with the average income in Egypt, which I assume is substantially less than what it is here.

Quote from: LinuxGuru on January 24, 2012, 04:55 PM
Also, a comment on the fact that the Egyptian people generally don't need the internet to have a good time.
You are absolutely right. A lot of people here including my parents don't need internet at all in their life. My generation is considered the first one who uses internet in such way.
Obviously because humans need human contact
You are right and I'm completely with you
Thanks for the information and have a nice day.

As I said here once before, I saw someone on Facebook post this comment: "Wasn't the world a better place when apples and blackberries were just fruits"?  :)

BTW - I used to ask Maher all kinds of things concerning his culture and religion (which is close to yours). Do you mind if I ask you the same sort of questions, given the fact that Maher is with his new job and has little time to be on here?

Hello my friend,  :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 25, 2012, 05:27 AM
However, based on what you're telling me, doing this is impossible because running so many cables through that hole in his wall isn't possible. This obviously forces him to get a 4-port splitter attached to the 1 cable that'll fit through his hole.

I'll tell you in more details and sorry if I couldn't be clear in my words.
As I told you before, the telephone cable is inside his house. He puts it inside some splitter and this splitter comes out with 2 cables >> one for the telephone and the other is the main ethernet connection which enters the main ethernet port in the router which by its turn gives 4 additional ports to 4 users >>  He takes one of them for his computer and he passes the other 3 cables through a small hole in the wall of the room on the street. >>  I live in front of him, so I take one cable directly. >>  For now 2 cables are taken >> Other neighbor lives beside him also takes a cable directly. >> The fourth cable enters something called a switch which is similar to the router and by its turn gives 4 or 8 or 12 additional ports (I don't exactly know) But only 4 users take from it for now.
BTW, This switch is in the Balcony of the house of one of our neighbors who takes a connection from it.
We were only 4 at first and the main router gives 4 ports, so we didn't need any additional switches. But, when some neighbors needed, they brought this switch and we doubled the speed.

Quote from: humb25 on January 25, 2012, 05:27 AM
To give you just a brief idea of how advanced some other countries are, when I visited Canada......

Who knows ?!!
May be, we catch those countries. I hope it will be soon .

Quote from: humb25 on January 25, 2012, 05:27 AM
The price of internet in Egypt isn't so different from here. I too could pay much less than I do now, but down goes the bandwidth they're giving me. As I told you before, my daughter pays $20 for 12 Mbps, and could pay less if she needed less bandwidth.  The contrast comes with the average income in Egypt, which I assume is substantially less than what it is here.

No no man, I'm not with you here !!
Internet here is very expensive... just compare.
You pay $50 for 30 Mbps and your daughter pays $20 for 12 Mbps.
We pay $25 for only 1 Mbps  (Sorry I wrote it ($15) wrong last time)
So, from what you are telling me, we are supposed to get a 15 Mbps line speed.
Besides, what you've said about the income. So, it's against us from all sides  :'(
However, it's OK for me. I've adapted.  8)

Quote from: humb25 on January 25, 2012, 05:27 AM
BTW - I used to ask Maher all kinds of things concerning his culture and religion (which is close to yours). Do you mind if I ask you the same sort of questions, given the fact that Maher is with his new job and has little time to be on here?

Anytime, my friend. Why not ?!!
I hope my words help me to transfer culture clearly as it is without increasing or decreasing.
Take care.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 25, 2012, 08:23 AM
Hello my friend,  :)
I'll tell you in more details and sorry if I couldn't be clear in my words.
As I told you before, the telephone cable is inside his house. He puts it inside some splitter and this splitter comes out with 2 cables >> one for the telephone and the other is the main ethernet connection which enters the main ethernet port in the router which by its turn gives 4 additional ports to 4 users >>  He takes one of them for his computer and he passes the other 3 cables through a small hole in the wall of the room on the street. >>  I live in front of him, so I take one cable directly. >>  For now 2 cables are taken >> Other neighbor lives beside him also takes a cable directly. >> The fourth cable enters something called a switch which is similar to the router and by its turn gives 4 or 8 or 12 additional ports (I don't exactly know) But only 4 users take from it for now.
BTW, This switch is in the Balcony of the house of one of our neighbors who takes a connection from it.
We were only 4 at first and the main router gives 4 ports, so we didn't need any additional switches. But, when some neighbors needed, they brought this switch and we doubled the speed.

OK, I know exactly what your friend is doing. I'm familiar with the "add-on router" (or whatever it's called) because when I worked I was the computer guru at the company. The ISP didn't even give us a router, just a network cable connected to his servers and instructions to "share it". I had to buy about 3 of those 8-port add-ons and daisy chain them so everyone could not just share the internet connection but also allow the computers to share files among themselves. Although ADSL is no longer used here, it is used in Mexico. My in-laws have exactly the same thing your friend has -- a telephone line with a splitter, one wire to the router, the other to the phone.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 25, 2012, 08:23 AM
Who knows ?!!
May be, we catch those countries. I hope it will be soon .

Given how fast the electronics industry is advancing, I wouldn't be surprised that in the not too distant future those advances they have will come to our countries too. Just 20 years ago when you were born, the things the internet does today, the tremendous ability of smartphones, and even hi-def TV were the stuff of science fiction. Many people even argued that such things weren't even possible!

Quote from: Ahmad on January 25, 2012, 08:23 AM
No no man, I'm not with you here !!
Internet here is very expensive... just compare.

A simple misunderstanding. I'm glad you cleared it up. You're correct in saying that the only thing to do is adapt. I was lucky enough to spend just a week in Mexico, but during that time I was tearing out my hair  :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 25, 2012, 05:27 AM
Anytime, my friend. Why not ?!!
I hope my words help me to transfer culture clearly as it is without increasing or decreasing.
Take care.  :)

I hope you don't think later that you've opened a "can or worms" by allowing me to ask  :). But anyway, I do so mostly out of curiosity. I've always loved to learn stuff, especially about different peoples and cultures, and of course their history which is critical.

A little about you. I know you're a medical student. You're definitely doing the right thing living with your parents and devoting 100% of your time to your studies. Who knows, maybe one day you'll be my personal physician <not kidding>. Let me ask you this for now: your English is very good - how did you learn it? Even if you studied it in school, if you are in an environment where all they speak is Arabic, it's all the more difficult to learn another language. This especially true given the fact that you had to learn the Latin (or Roman) alphabet. How did you manage it? Did you ever spend some time in an English speaking country, or at least in a country where you can use English to get around? I can name a few examples, in fact Israel is one of them  :) -- my sister's boyfriend is Jewish and he's taken her to Israel a few times. She reports that over there everybody speaks English, learning or practicing Hebrew is almost impossible. I might add that her boyfriend was born in Cairo <details upon request>.

Also, obviously you have an Arabic keyboard on your computer. However, I remember once when I travelled to Taiwan, their keyboards had Chinese characters in the lower left-hand corner of each key, and a Latin letter in the upper right. This way they could switch back and forth. Is yours like that, or did you add English to your Windows as an additional language and memorize the position of the keys? I think this is what Maher did. Let me know.

More questions will follow  :)

Hello dear friend,  :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
Given how fast the electronics industry is advancing, I wouldn't be surprised that in the not too distant future those advances they have will come to our countries too. Just 20 years ago when you were born, the things the internet does today, the tremendous ability of smartphones, and even hi-def TV were the stuff of science fiction. Many people even argued that such things weren't even possible!

I'm with you and I hope it'll be very soon as I love technology but I can't find enough around me.

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
I hope you don't think later that you've opened a "can or worms" by allowing me to ask  :). But anyway, I do so mostly out of curiosity. I've always loved to learn stuff, especially about different peoples and cultures, and of course their history which is critical.

No !!  Don't worry about that. It's OK with me.  8)

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
Who knows, maybe one day you'll be my personal physician <not kidding>.

Thanks for this. But, I wish you won't need anybody like me.  <I mean I wish Optimal health and wellness for you> :)

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
Let me ask you this for now: your English is very good - how did you learn it? Even if you studied it in school, if you are in an environment where all they speak is Arabic, it's all the more difficult to learn another language. This especially true given the fact that you had to learn the Latin (or Roman) alphabet. How did you manage it? Did you ever spend some time in an English speaking country, or at least in a country where you can use English to get around?

Thanks for giving me trust.  :D
Here, in Egypt, we study English in school from the beginning of learning, and French in only 2 years at high school. I loved English so much and I was very good at it, and that helped me a lot.
I have never been outside Egypt. But, I think the main thing that helped after school and loving to learn English is that we study Medicine in complete English <no one Arabic word>, So, this made English more present in my mind.

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
Also, obviously you have an Arabic keyboard on your computer. However, I remember once when I travelled to Taiwan, their keyboards had Chinese characters in the lower left-hand corner of each key, and a Latin letter in the upper right. This way they could switch back and forth. Is yours like that, or did you add English to your Windows as an additional language and memorize the position of the keys? I think this is what Maher did. Let me know.

Yes, you are right. My keyboard is like what you mentioned but Arabic characters instead of Chinese. For now, I can't memorize the position of keys like Mr. Maher.
I'm working with a normal English XP, but when installing it, I add Arabic as an additional language just to read and write in Arabic.
- Regarding Windows and applications, I never worked with it in Arabic <Believe or not> I don't understand it when in Arabic or I'm not used with it in Arabic.

Quote from: humb25 on January 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
More questions will follow

I'll be waiting. Take care.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 28, 2012, 10:05 PM
I'm with you and I hope it'll be very soon as I love technology but I can't find enough around me.

Relax -- it'll take some time but sooner or later it'll get there. As an example -- was there even internet in Egypt 10 years ago? Probably not or, if it existed, it was limited to the very few. Exactly the same thing happened here after about 1990, when the government finally gave the network away to the people.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 28, 2012, 10:05 PM
No !!  Don't worry about that. It's OK with me.  8) [asking questions]

Many thanks! Let me ask you one right now. How religious (or secular) is Egypt now? Let me explain. I have never been to the Middle East, but I've talked to friends who have. This was under Sadat and subsequently Mubarak. They explained that Egypt was one of the most secular countries in the Arab world. Sure, religions were respected and everyone was free to practice as they chose, BUT neither the government nor those who practiced tried to impose religious law on anyone. I was told there were bars where you could buy alcoholic beverages, you could dance with women openly, and women could wear bikinis on the beach without fear. Was this true and, if so, has anything changed?

Quote from: Ahmad on January 28, 2012, 10:05 PM
Thanks for giving me trust.  :D
Here, in Egypt, we study English in school from the beginning of learning, and French in only 2 years at high school. I loved English so much and I was very good at it, and that helped me a lot. I have never been outside Egypt. But, I think the main thing that helped after school and loving to learn English is that we study Medicine in complete English <no one Arabic word>, So, this made English more present in my mind.

I think this is great! As you're aware, in the days when the sun never set on the British empire, they spread their language all over the world, and today it is being spread by the American empire. In terms of speakers, English is the 2nd language in the world behind Mandarin Chinese (Spanish, Arabic and Russian follow, in that order). I mentioned the language situation in Israel, but they're by no means the only country. When I visited the Netherlands, everyone spoke English -- and I don't mean high class people with a college education. The cashier at a grocery store, the taxi driver, the guy who sells pizza and the bartender are all fluent in English. If you're trying to learn Dutch, you'll probably have a hard time. I asked a young girl from Finland who was here on a fellowship program if she learned English here. She told me NO, in Finland they teach English in school and learning it is mandatory. Similarly, once I Thailand I took a tour of the Royal Palace. The tours were in either English or the Thai language. The English tour was full of people from all over the world, from Engish-speaking countries there was just me and 2 British guys.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 28, 2012, 10:05 PM
Yes, you are right. My keyboard is like what you mentioned but Arabic characters instead of Chinese. For now, I can't memorize the position of keys like Mr. Maher.
I'm working with a normal English XP, but when installing it, I add Arabic as an additional language just to read and write in Arabic.
- Regarding Windows and applications, I never worked with it in Arabic <Believe or not> I don't understand it when in Arabic or I'm not used with it in Arabic.

My situation is exactly like yours. If I see a Spanish copy of Windows (as I often do in Mexico), I'm almost totally lost. Reading a computer technical manual in Spanish is a little like trying to read it in Arabic :). I remember once when my wife's niece's and her boyfriend visited us here. I let him use him my GPS. The idiot went into it and, without even asking for permission, changed the whole thing to Spanish. I was lost! It took me almost an hour of tinkering to change it back. I was mad, I wanted to kill the guy. >:(

Thanks for everything. More will follow.
Humbert

Hello Humbert. I hope you're well.  :D

Quote from: humb25 on January 29, 2012, 05:22 AM
How religious (or secular) is Egypt now? Let me explain. I have never been to the Middle East, but I've talked to friends who have. This was under Sadat and subsequently Mubarak. They explained that Egypt was one of the most secular countries in the Arab world. Sure, religions were respected and everyone was free to practice as they chose

I don't know about those days. BUT, I think Egypt has become more religious than before. Also, everyone does what he wants. <as long as it's acceptable from people>

Quote from: humb25 on January 29, 2012, 05:22 AM
BUT neither the government nor those who practiced tried to impose religious law on anyone.

It seems that I was not clear enough in my words. I told you before, nobody here is trying to impose religious law on anyone. You're free to do what you want and the law is being imposed by a committee from all parties representing all people.

Quote from: humb25 on January 29, 2012, 05:22 AM
I was told there were bars where you could buy alcoholic beverages

Yes, it's still available but it's not common like other stuff. <not like PEPSI or Coffee>. Who wants it knows where to buy it as you know 90% doesn't drink it.

Quote from: humb25 on January 29, 2012, 05:22 AM
you could dance with women openly, and women could wear bikinis on the beach without fear.

There are special beaches for tourists <and Some Egyptians especially some Actors and actresses>
There, they do what they want.
But, no Egyptian can do that in front of people <Not Acceptable>.
Also there are night clubs. There, they do what they want also.

But, frankly, Every Egyptian does that is known for the other normal people that he is not a good man and can't gain respect. But, he still does what he wants !!
For tourists, people just know that they are as they are. So, no problem with them.

Take care.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on January 31, 2012, 01:49 PM
I don't know about those days. BUT, I think Egypt has become more religious than before. Also, everyone does what he wants. <as long as it's acceptable from people>
It seems that I was not clear enough in my words. I told you before, nobody here is trying to impose religious law on anyone. You're free to do what you want and the law is being imposed by a committee from all parties representing all people.

That's the important thing. Whether or not the nation or its people become more religious isn't really the issue. The bad part would be the imposition of religious law on people by force, and of course I don't mean just Islam, I mean any religion. Not only is history full of examples of this, but even today I can mention some countries where this happens.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 31, 2012, 01:49 PM
Yes, it's still available but it's not common like other stuff. <not like PEPSI or Coffee>. Who wants it knows where to buy it as you know 90% doesn't drink it.

Makes perfect sense. If the majority of people don't patronize places that do nothing more than serve alcoholic beverages, from a purely economic standpoint what sense does it make to have a bar? Naturally the good thing is that is at least not illegal to buy or consume liquor.

Quote from: Ahmad on January 31, 2012, 01:49 PM
There are special beaches for tourists <and Some Egyptians especially some Actors and actresses>
There, they do what they want.
But, no Egyptian can do that in front of people <Not Acceptable>.
Also there are night clubs. There, they do what they want also.

Here it's common to see women in bikinis at beaches, and when I lived in Miami there was (or is) a highly touristy place called "South Beach". There, women are allowed to go topless on the beach (not outside of it). There is even a small section of a beach further north (about 200 meters) that has been officially designated as a nude beach. However, both the bikinis and nudity are restricted only to the beaches, it's not acceptable anywhere else. In many parts of Western Europe women can legally go topless, but then again in that cold weather, who is going to exercise that right? I'm also glad there are still night clubs in Egypt and people can do as they please, without hurting anyone or violating local laws. I remember once on TV they were showing a dance party is Saudi Arabia -- it was conducted with extreme secrecy and on constant lookout for the Muttawa (religious police).

By the way, you are a Sunni Muslim, correct? Do you pray 5 times a day like Maher does? Generally, how devout are you?

Take care,
Humbert

Hi im stan ...i like to fix up older junk...mainly working on windows ce and android for smartbook

Hello dear friend, Humbert !  :)
Sorry for being late, I was busy.

Quote from: humb25 on February 02, 2012, 06:55 AM
Makes perfect sense. If the majority of people don't patronize places that do nothing more than serve alcoholic beverages, from a purely economic standpoint what sense does it make to have a bar? Naturally the good thing is that is at least not illegal to buy or consume liquor.

For now, it's not illegal but as I told you before, in special places and hotels known by who wants it.

Quote from: humb25 on February 02, 2012, 06:55 AM
I'm also glad there are still night clubs in Egypt and people can do as they please, without hurting anyone or violating local laws.

Frankly, I'm not glad with that. And not only me !!
Here, this is shame and as I told before, it's limited to a special class of people and for that, they can't gain people's respect. <This is against what we have been raised on>
This is what most of us feel towards that. Yet, they can still do it.

This is because if a man is Muslim, then why does he do what Allah ordered him not to do ?!
For this, he can't gain respect.
For non Muslims, they are not blamed and they can do what they want and we have to treat them well (We are ordered with that and we love to do orders with love).

Quote from: humb25 on February 02, 2012, 06:55 AM
By the way, you are a Sunni Muslim, correct? Do you pray 5 times a day like Maher does?

Yes, All Egyptians are Sunni Muslims.
And yes, we pray 5 times a day like Maher.

Quote from: humb25 on February 02, 2012, 06:55 AM
Generally, how devout are you?

This is really a big question and I can't know the answer of it.
Every Muslim does what he can do and only Allah knows how devout he is.

Be well safe.
Ahmad Belal.  :D

hey guys,hello to everybody.i am muhamed and i am from bosnia ;D.i am just a begginer,but until now i am handeling it ok.i would like to thank u for all u have done...hope my english isnt so bad

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Hello Stan and Muhammad, and nice to join us.
Good luck and I wish you all the best.  :)

Quote from: Ahmad on February 06, 2012, 04:14 AM
Hello dear friend, Humbert !  :)
Sorry for being late, I was busy.

Relax. I've also been off the site a few days. Just one of those things, I guess.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 06, 2012, 04:14 AM
For now, it's not illegal [alcohol] but as I told you before, in special places and hotels known by who wants it.

I have no problem with that. In the same way that those who don't want it are free not to drink it, those who DO want it have every right to obtain it, provided of course they do not drive or engage in unacceptable behavior.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 06, 2012, 04:14 AM
Frankly, I'm not glad with that. And not only me !! [night clubs]
Here, this is shame and as I told before, it's limited to a special class of people and for that, they can't gain people's respect. <This is against what we have been raised on>
This is what most of us feel towards that. Yet, they can still do it.
This is because if a man is Muslim, then why does he do what Allah ordered him not to do ?!
For this, he can't gain respect.
For non Muslims, they are not blamed and they can do what they want and we have to treat them well (We are ordered with that and we love to do orders with love).

I can understand that you and those who have been raised as faithful Muslims would avoid night clubs entirely. However, it's important to understand that not everyone thinks the same way, and I do not refer to non-Muslims. In a nation of 90 million, I'm willing to bet anything that not all who were raised as Muslims practice the religion faithfully, and this concept is by no means just in Islam. Not all pray 5 times a day and many will drink alcohol in moderation, and like to visit night clubs occasionally. I firmly believe their rights must be respected too, once again provided they do not hurt anyone in the process. In order to have freedom OF religion, you must also have freedom FROM religion.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 06, 2012, 04:14 AM
This is really a big question and I can't know the answer of it.
Every Muslim does what he can do and only Allah knows how devout he is.

I think there's confusion with my use of the word "devout". To me that simply means someone who strongly believes and faithfully practices not just a religion, but any kind of belief system. For example, those people who faced armed soldiers at Tahrir Square are devout Egyptians because they strongly believe in and love their country. Based on everything you've told me, you are clearly a devout Muslim. I, by comparison, am not. I was raised as a strict Catholic but at age 18 I just got fed up and left the religion entirely. Naturally, as you know I respect all beliefs and I'm curious about them, the only thing I have a problem with is the forcible imposition of any beliefs, customs or practices on anyone -- religious, political or whatever.

Be well safe.
Humbert Garcia  :D

Hello dear friend,  :)
Really, I missed you.
First of all, I want you to know that I only tell you about here as it is in my head without any deviation as if I tell my friends here and that's because I trust you and your thinking.

Quote from: humb25 on February 09, 2012, 07:02 AM
I can understand that you and those who have been raised as faithful Muslims would avoid night clubs entirely. However, it's important to understand that not everyone thinks the same way, and I do not refer to non-Muslims. In a nation of 90 million, I'm willing to bet anything that not all who were raised as Muslims practice the religion faithfully, and this concept is by no means just in Islam. Not all pray 5 times a day and many will drink alcohol in moderation, and like to visit night clubs occasionally. I firmly believe their rights must be respected too, once again provided they do not hurt anyone in the process.

I'm totally with you. There are many Muslims do what you've said.
It's my luck that I've been raised in a city that most people are better than me or like me in religion. And what I told you is from what I've seen here.

Regarding their right to do this >>  They can do what they want but believe me, it's in the nature and the instinct of people here that they can't respect who does that like others who don't do that. It's just feelings not illegal in law or something like that.
I don't hate them, but I wish they know as I've known !!  >> To clarify this, Our prophet was hurt by his people when he asked them to worship only Allah and let Idols, however, all he said to Allah praying "Forgive my people, they don't know"

Quote from: humb25 on February 09, 2012, 07:02 AM
I think there's confusion with my use of the word "devout". To me that simply means someone who strongly believes and faithfully practices not just a religion, but any kind of belief system. For example, those people who faced armed soldiers at Tahrir Square are devout Egyptians because they strongly believe in and love their country. Based on everything you've told me, you are clearly a devout Muslim.

OK, but I want you to know that I have been raised like anyone >> Example, I wasn't praying until 18. And I didn't enter mosque except for Friday.
Now, I'm not perfect. I do a lot of mistakes, but I do my best !!
Most of what I know about my religion is after that from Friday speech.
What I've concluded about our religion is that it's treatment, good manners and asking good for others. >> Our prophet said that "Religion is treatment".
I tell you that to give you a hint about our reactions towards any event.
The society that I live in is almost like me, so it helped a lot.

BTW, I want to clarify something, I can't tell about myself that I'm good in something. If I'm so, that's because of Allah who helped me and I ask him to continue.

Quote from: humb25 on February 09, 2012, 07:02 AM
the only thing I have a problem with is the forcible imposition of any beliefs, customs or practices on anyone -- religious, political or whatever.

I know, and there isn't and will not be any law which impose anything forcibly.

After all of that, I want you to know something that may make things more clear for you.
Allah has forbidden Alcohol <as an example> gradually, first he said that it's bad and makes you do bad things and then, he said that you don't pray just after drinking until you know what you're saying and finally, he said that if you love Allah, don't drink it. So, graduation is a rule in anything.
And there were people drinking it during the period of our prophet after it has been forbidden and he said about one of them that he loves Allah and his prophet, but he is weak.

So, I want to say that who ordered us <no forcing> is Allah not law. And I think it's pride to obey. It's not shame to prevent yourself from doing a few things that the one who you love ordered you not to do. That's what I believe and I'm not talking about imposing any law.
Another thing you should know, our religion is not trapped in those forbidden things. As I told you before, it has more urgent priorities according to circumstances. So, no one is talking about those things.
That is just information that may make things more clear.

Be well, happy and safe.
:)

Quote from: Ahmad on February 10, 2012, 12:03 PM
I'm totally with you. There are many Muslims do what you've said.
It's my luck that I've been raised in a city that most people are better than me or like me in religion. And what I told you is from what I've seen here.

Something very important to keep in mind. Nobody is "better" than anyone else, we are all different. Want an example? Einstein was thought to be one of the most brilliant minds that ever existed -- but in history he was a total idiot.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 10, 2012, 12:03 PM
Regarding their right to do this >>  They can do what they want but believe me, it's in the nature and the instinct of people here that they can't respect who does that like others who don't do that. It's just feelings not illegal in law or something like that.
I don't hate them, but I wish they know as I've known !!  >> To clarify this, Our prophet was hurt by his people when he asked them to worship only Allah and let Idols, however, all he said to Allah praying "Forgive my people, they don't know"

I understand it now. It's not so much a religious or legal matter, it's a cultural thing. Now it makes perfect sense. And of course, all the better if it's not written into law. Incidentally, Mohammed's quote was also stated by Jesus (I learned this in school).

Quote from: Ahmad on February 10, 2012, 12:03 PM
OK, but I want you to know that I have been raised like anyone >> Example, I wasn't praying until 18. And I didn't enter mosque except for Friday.
Now, I'm not perfect. I do a lot of mistakes, but I do my best !!
Most of what I know about my religion is after that from Friday speech.
What I've concluded about our religion is that it's treatment, good manners and asking good for others. >> Our prophet said that "Religion is treatment".
I tell you that to give you a hint about our reactions towards any event.
The society that I live in is almost like me, so it helped a lot.
BTW, I want to clarify something, I can't tell about myself that I'm good in something. If I'm so, that's because of Allah who helped me and I ask him to continue.

I am perfectly familiar with the fact that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. But as the old saying goes "the righteous always pay the sinner's wages". Bad people committing crimes in the name of religion have historically created problems for those who prefer to worship in peace and respect others -- and don't think for a second that this logic applies only to Islam.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 10, 2012, 12:03 PM
I know, and there isn't and will not be any law which impose anything forcibly.

May Allah hear you! It's one thing that something not be culturally acceptable, but when you write it into law, that's bad. If a government can prohibit one thing, what's to stop it from prohibiting more and more things?

Quote from: Ahmad on February 10, 2012, 12:03 PM
So, I want to say that who ordered us <no forcing> is Allah not law. And I think it's pride to obey. It's not shame to prevent yourself from doing a few things that the one who you love ordered you not to do. That's what I believe and I'm not talking about imposing any law.
Another thing you should know, our religion is not trapped in those forbidden things. As I told you before, it has more urgent priorities according to circumstances. So, no one is talking about those things.
That is just information that may make things more clear.

I still believe what Allah meant when He told Muslims to <for example> avoid alcohol, is mostly to avoid that horrendous drunkenness which does nothing more than cause harm to society, family and oneself. I don't think he's be upset if a Muslim had an occasional beer or glass of wine, at all time avoiding negative or damaging behavior.

Take good care,
Humbert

Hello Humbert,  :)
I'll explain something regarding law,
If every individual in the government is trying to impose Sharia in law <This isn't happening now>, he can't impose it as it was during the time of our prophet Muhammad <Peace be upon him and all prophets>.
He must take graduation as a rule, because he can't change people's life suddenly.
Until everyone here takes all his rights and until every Muslim here becomes a true Muslim, only when that happens, all people here will impose Sharia in law by themselves without any forcing.

Quote from: humb25 on February 12, 2012, 01:16 AM
I still believe what Allah meant when He told Muslims to <for example> avoid alcohol, is mostly to avoid that horrendous drunkenness which does nothing more than cause harm to society, family and oneself. I don't think he's be upset if a Muslim had an occasional beer or glass of wine, at all time avoiding negative or damaging behavior.

No no man.
In our religion, Alcohol is totally forbidden <much or little> and this is so clear in our religion.
If one drinks just one glass and doesn't cause harm to others, he now causes harm to himself.
And also, we are ordered not to cause harm to ourselves <It's one purpose of our religion>.
Another thing, Allah is the one who has created us and he is the only one who knows what is good for us. However, everything we do is just arguing and saying why and why not. And since he created us perfectly, we are not free to cause harm to our body <saying we are free>. No, we are not free in this because we didn't buy or create our body, so it belongs to Allah and we must protect it.
This is what we believe and I was just explaining to make it more clear.

Be safe.  :D

Quote from: Ahmad on February 12, 2012, 03:09 PM
I'll explain something regarding law,
If every individual in the government is trying to impose Sharia in law <This isn't happening now>, he can't impose it as it was during the time of our prophet Muhammad <Peace be upon him and all prophets>.
He must take graduation as a rule, because he can't change people's life suddenly.
Until everyone here takes all his rights and until every Muslim here becomes a true Muslim, only when that happens, all people here will impose Sharia in law by themselves without any forcing.

That terrific! It's great that there is and probably won't be some sort of "Islamic Republic" in Egypt where forced Sharia law reigns supreme (like Iran or Saudi Arabia). If someone wants to impose Sharia law upon himself, that's entirely his business and no one has the right to tell him he can't. In all countries, the government's only role is to prevent harm that one person might do to another. After all, the swing of my fist must stop where the point of your nose begins.

Quote from: Ahmad on February 12, 2012, 03:09 PM
In our religion, Alcohol is totally forbidden <much or little> and this is so clear in our religion.
If one drinks just one glass and doesn't cause harm to others, he now causes harm to himself.
And also, we are ordered not to cause harm to ourselves <It's one purpose of our religion>.
Another thing, Allah is the one who has created us and he is the only one who knows what is good for us. However, everything we do is just arguing and saying why and why not. And since he created us perfectly, we are not free to cause harm to our body <saying we are free>. No, we are not free in this because we didn't buy or create our body, so it belongs to Allah and we must protect it.
This is what we believe and I was just explaining to make it more clear.

You're correct. I was "misled", curiously by an Islamic friend (he is Libyan) who used to visit me on business when I worked. I also like to question him, as I do with you  :). In any case, one night I was bored and decided to visit a night club, just to have a drink or two and maybe talk to someone. By pure chance I found my friend there, and he even invited me to have a drink. I told him "doesn't your religion prohibit that?" -- he just shrugged his shoulders as if saying "so what" or "not a problem". To make matters worse, it was a Friday night and he even told me he had visited a mosque a few hours earlier. I had no idea there were even mosques in Miami, and he explained there were 4 of them.

I should have also remembered an episode I saw of the TV show "Muslims in America". In it, there was going to be a wedding -- he was Muslim, she wasn't, or maybe the other way around. In any case, when the 2 families got together to make the arrangements, the Muslims insisted that there be no alcohol at the reception. The Christian family, in respect to their beliefs, agreed.

Hi Im Daniel Christian A. Estrella From The Philippines
Nice To meet you. ;D ;D ;D

Greetings, I'm topdog. New here and to internet. Am old and slow but please don't put me down yet, I still have dreams.

Hello Daniel & Topdog,  :)
Welcome to our world.
Enjoy.  :) :D

@topdog 8)
What/Which dreams????? :P

Thank you, both Ahmad and BLADESHARK for your welcome. I am very bad at writing and need MSWord and much time, so will respond more fully to your query later BLADESHARK. For now my first hope is to  get a computer system up and running that does what I need and I can maintain (have not used computers since I had a 286 running windows 2.03 many years ago and didn't know anything then).  That is, until 4 months ago. Thank you again.

@topdog

Take your time, man.
But for now, at least, let us know where are you from?
I'm Ahmad from Egypt.
Be well and safe.  :) :D

@ Ahmad. Apologies for my rudeness.                                                                                                                   I am coming to you from Paraparaumu, Kapiti, Aotearoa (English name is New Zealand).                                          Have updated my profile.                                                                                                                                    Haere rā (Goodbye) for now.   

Nice to know you .
Be always well and safe.
:) :D

hi i am fankoosh  :D , i am happy to be here in this great forum

Hello fankoosh.  :)
Nice to join us.
Enjoy.  ;)

Quote from: fankoosh on March 26, 2012, 05:15 PM
hi i am fankoosh  :D , i am happy to be here in this great forum

Hi! Welcome aboard, it's nice having you! I looked at your profile but there wasn't much there. Can you tell me where you're from, if possible both city and country?

Just curious, that's all.

Quote from: humbert on March 29, 2012, 12:47 AM
Hi! Welcome aboard, it's nice having you! I looked at your profile but there wasn't much there. Can you tell me where you're from, if possible both city and country?

Just curious, that's all.

Hello Humbert 8)
fankoosh is from Egypt and works in Dubai.
He is a Dentist.

I guess I asked him before than You  :D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: BLADESHARK on April 05, 2012, 10:17 AM
Hello Humbert 8)
fankoosh is from Egypt and works in Dubai.
He is a Dentist.
I guess I asked him before than You  :D ;D ;D ;D

I'll tell you one thing -- based on what little I know about the region, he made a good decision by relocating. I'll bet you anything he's making better money in the Emirates than he ever would in his home country, not to even mention how extremely advanced the Emirates are.

Quote from: humbert on April 06, 2012, 06:04 AM
I'll tell you one thing -- based on what little I know about the region, he made a good decision by relocating. I'll bet you anything he's making better money in the Emirates than he ever would in his home country, not to even mention how extremely advanced the Emirates are.

Yes He made a good decision by relocating. :)
Yes he's making better money in the Emirates than he ever would in his home country. :)
Yes how extremely advanced the Emirates are. :) :-*

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

hi im uma from India.  its a good and very valuable site.  I'm try to understand lot about windows

Hello uma. :)
Welcome to our world.
Enjoy your stay.
I hope we'll be at your great expectations.
;) :D

Quote from: uma017 on April 25, 2012, 08:47 PM
hi im uma from India.  its a good and very valuable site.  I'm try to understand lot about windows

Hello uma! Welcome aboard! I see you're from India. That's a big country. What city in India do you live in? Also, out of simple curiosity - are you Hindu?

We have 2 other Indians on here: Bladeshark and nadeem (I think) - you are now the 3rd  :)

Take care,
Humbert  ;)

Quote from: Ahmad on April 26, 2012, 03:04 AM
I hope we'll be at your great expectations.

@ Ahmad 8)
Hmmmmm......................... ::)
new line added to your Template. :) ;D

Quote from: uma017 on April 25, 2012, 08:47 PM
hi im uma from India.  its a good and very valuable site.  I'm try to understand lot about windows

Hello uma017 8)
Are you FEMALE?   ;D ;D

BLADESHARK   Your a Hero now. Wow! (http://www.pixieplots.co.nz/forum/images/smilies/charge.gif)

Quote from: topdog on April 26, 2012, 12:41 PM
BLADESHARK   Your a Hero now. Wow! (http://www.pixieplots.co.nz/forum/images/smilies/charge.gif)

YYEEEAAAAHHHHH :) 8)

Quote from: BLADESHARK on April 26, 2012, 12:22 PM

Quote from: Ahmad on April 26, 2012, 03:04 AM
I hope we'll be at your great expectations.

@ Ahmad 8)
Hmmmmm......................... ::)
new line added to your Template. :) ;D

Really, I have no templates.
I just write what comes on my mind each time.

Quote from: Ahmad on April 27, 2012, 03:47 AM
I have no templates.
I just write what comes on my mind each time.

Ohh!!!!!
I thought you had templates saved in your notepad ::)
My bad :-[

Quote from: BLADESHARK on April 26, 2012, 12:24 PM

Quote from: uma017 on April 25, 2012, 08:47 PM
hi im uma from India.  its a good and very valuable site.  I'm try to understand lot about windows

Hello uma017 8)
Are you FEMALE?   ;D ;D

If that were the case, would she be the first girl in our group? I've been on here for more than a year, and I haven't seen the first one yet. Reminds me of the days when the internet first went public -- finding an ISP was difficult, but finding a girl on there was IMPOSSIBLE. Girls didn't exist online at all until a few years after the command line interface was discontinued in favor of the GUI. In a way it's a shame -- I became almost an expert at Unix, now I forgot everything I learned and, even if I tried to re-learn it, where would I even practice it?

Quote from: humbert on April 28, 2012, 12:56 AM

Quote from: BLADESHARK on April 26, 2012, 12:24 PM

Quote from: uma017 on April 25, 2012, 08:47 PM
hi im uma from India.  its a good and very valuable site.  I'm try to understand lot about windows

Hello uma017 8)
Are you FEMALE?   ;D ;D

If that were the case, would she be the first girl in our group? I've been on here for more than a year, and I haven't seen the first one yet. Reminds me of the days when the internet first went public -- finding an ISP was difficult, but finding a girl on there was IMPOSSIBLE. Girls didn't exist online at all until a few years after the command line interface was discontinued in favor of the GUI. In a way it's a shame -- I became almost an expert at Unix, now I forgot everything I learned and, even if I tried to re-learn it, where would I even practice it?

OFF-Topic(?) Was i even born when the first ISP's came?? As i remember i had internet all my life, startin with 256kb/sec from (199-) to 2001-2002(?) when we got fibre connection from "Telia Sonera". But hey maybe i should invite some girls lol :)

Quote from: Shadow.97 on April 28, 2012, 05:23 PM
OFF-Topic(?) Was i even born when the first ISP's came?? As i remember i had internet all my life, startin with 256kb/sec from (199-) to 2001-2002(?) when we got fibre connection from "Telia Sonera". But hey maybe i should invite some girls lol :)

You are LUCKY  :) :)

Quote from: Shadow.97 on April 28, 2012, 05:23 PM
OFF-Topic(?) Was i even born when the first ISP's came?? As i remember i had internet all my life, startin with 256kb/sec from (199-) to 2001-2002(?) when we got fibre connection from "Telia Sonera". But hey maybe i should invite some girls lol :)

The internet has an interesting history. Anyone who's curious I'll tell them much more about it.

Anyway, to answer Shadow's question, there's something you must clarify -- do you mean commercial ISP (i.e., obtaining a fast internet connection and reselling service), or ISP in general. If you mean in general, the answer is the US Department of Defense. Briefly, they put together what we know today as the internet without having the slightest clue it would one day rival the wheel as one of man's greatest inventions. And it all started as simply someone's idea.

Quote from: humbert on April 30, 2012, 12:45 AM
Anyone who's curious I'll tell them much more about it.

I would like to gain more knowledge from your Encyclopedia. :D

Quote from: BLADESHARK on May 07, 2012, 04:22 PM
I would like to gain more knowledge from your Encyclopedia. :D

OK. The internet's history goes something like this. I know because, unlike many of you, I lived through most of it.

Let's go back to 1964 and the mindset that existed in America at the time. The threat of nuclear war with what was then the Soviet Union was quite real, and taken very seriously at the highest levels of the US government. Then, one guy at the Rand Corporation (a major defense contractor) has an idea: what if we created a network of military-only computers, but did in in such a way that it would be totally decentralized? In other words, there is no "head computer" anywhere -- if one were taken down the rest of the network would keep on going, plus the fact that any new ones could be brought out of bomb shelters and promptly reconnected. They could also be moved around and relocated. Such a thing would make it extremely difficult for the enemy to take out our central command, whose existence would be critical in order to coordinate both defense and counterattacks. The guy shared his idea with others at Rand, they liked it and took it to the top brass. Finally the Defense Department bought the idea and ordered Rand to proceed. Not even remotely did anyone suspect they would end up creating what for ruling authorities would become a Frankenstein.

After 5 years of research and development (hardware, software, communication lines, etc), finally in 1969 the ARNAPET (acronym for Advance Research Projects Agency Network) went on line with 4 computers, all in California. History will record that the very first characters transmitted over what we know today as the internet would be the letters "lo" -- as they tried to type in the world "login", the first 2 letters went through, when they typed "g" the whole thing crashed! Clearly much more work was necessary.

By 1972 many errors had been solved and there were now 15 computers on the network -- and counting. As time passed and more computers were added, lines expanded and software improved, the dreaded nuclear war this system was designed for never came, so the people who tended the computers simply used the system to gossip and establish "newsgroups" to discuss all kinds of different matters. The Department of Defense had no objection given the fact that, if the war did come, it was imperative that people knew now to use the system. What's the point of spending all that money to build a system nobody knew how to use in the middle of nuclear missles falling?

Fast forward to the 1980's. Gorbachev arrives in power in the USSR and the chances of a nuclear strike diminish even further. Finally the government decides to open up the system to scientists at universities for them to discuss their findings freely, even allowing those universities to hook their own computers to the network. At first only few people had accounts, but as time went on that number began to increase at an exponential rate. Finally by the end of the 1980's, the government decides to "demilitarize" the ARPANET and let anyone get on. This lead to a worldwide explosion of computers on it, plus more lines, software, and what have you. I'm not sure exactly how the word "Internet" came about, but I think it's got something to do with "network of networks".

I first got on in 1993 when there were few ISP's. I remember the whole thing was text. You dialed into a Unix workstation and issued commands, meaning you had to have a working knowledge of Unix, which I managed to learn. About 2 years later the GUI we use today came and eventually completely replaced the Unix shell, which now made the Internet "user friendly" as opposed to something only a computer nerd would enjoy. With this and now that the thing had gone commercial, it simply exploded and would soon touch almost every part of the world.

This why I am not so afraid of these internet restrictions. From its inception this was a system designed precisely to make it next to impossible to destroy or stop. Those people back in the 1960's unwittingly let the genie out of the bottle, and there's no putting it back now.

Thanks for this detailed INFO(http://justforfun-games.com/forum/images/smilies/KOLOBOK/icq%20smiles/thank_you.gif)
Wiki never knew this [I doubt]
Many thanks for the Pains in typing.(http://justforfun-games.com/forum/images/smilies/KOLOBOK/icq%20smiles/air_kiss.gif)

Quote from: BLADESHARK on May 12, 2012, 08:46 PM
Thanks for this detailed INFO(http://justforfun-games.com/forum/images/smilies/KOLOBOK/icq%20smiles/thank_you.gif)
Wiki never knew this [I doubt]
Many thanks for the Pains in typing.(http://justforfun-games.com/forum/images/smilies/KOLOBOK/icq%20smiles/air_kiss.gif)

Not a problem. Maybe some of my factual details might be slightly off, but generally this is what happened.

The reason I gave this detailed explanation is precisely to explain the reason I firmly believe governments legislating the internet is a battle they have no chance of winning. From its onset, the network was designed not just to be impossible to fully destroy, but also with high flexibility and as many workarounds as possible. Even in totalitarian states where ISP's are banned, it is still not impossible to get on the network if you have the know-how. Of course we all know that, given that so many companies worldwide do business on the net have friends in high places, banning ISP's is simply out of the question. My favorite example of all this is TPB. Not even the imprisonment of their founder in his native Sweden had deterred it. They restrict it one place, in hours it's back as something else. Reminds me of someone trying to kill an army of ants with a fly swatter.

And speaking of TPB and the rest of the torrent sites, could anyone enlighten me on something? How exactly do these guys make money? Keeping the system up isn't free, and few if any sites ask for donations. I wonder if they do it by selling ads that my adblock plus add-on won't let me see -- which is transparent because I wasn't going to click on them anyway.

Quote from: humbert on May 13, 2012, 12:53 AM
How exactly do these guys make money?

Most uploader's don't make money, they do it for personal values (sharing) and earning respect.

You can make money in a variety of ways, you may develop your own private BitTorrent website with it's own private trackers, which give users the illusion of privacy & security. You could do this buy requiring an "invite", charging $x.xx for 2 invites, one for himself and one for a friend.If you can find an affiliate, you can always advertise by including a text or image file in your torrents about the affiliate. If your torrents get really popular, they will most likely pay you for your advertising.

Another possibility through an affiliate program, if you have a decent connection speed (especially upload) you could setup a computer on your network as a seedbox. This is where the system's main duty is simply to upload the torrent data to other users. You will usually need at least a consistent 2GB/upload speed.

You could use the CPA password method, which is generally frowned upon in the P2P community. This method involves password protecting an archieve and only giving a link to where the password is, the link itself is usually something like Sharecash or some service that pays you for the amount of people who visit your link.

This is what I think :-\ :-[

Quote from: BLADESHARK on May 16, 2012, 10:24 AM

Quote from: humbert on May 13, 2012, 12:53 AM
How exactly do these guys make money?

Most uploader's don't make money, they do it for personal values (sharing) and earning respect.

You can make money in a variety of ways, you may develop your own private BitTorrent website with it's own private trackers, which give users the illusion of privacy & security. You could do this buy requiring an "invite", charging $x.xx for 2 invites, one for himself and one for a friend.If you can find an affiliate, you can always advertise by including a text or image file in your torrents about the affiliate. If your torrents get really popular, they will most likely pay you for your advertising.

Another possibility through an affiliate program, if you have a decent connection speed (especially upload) you could setup a computer on your network as a seedbox. This is where the system's main duty is simply to upload the torrent data to other users. You will usually need at least a consistent 2GB/upload speed.

You could use the CPA password method, which is generally frowned upon in the P2P community. This method involves password protecting an archieve and only giving a link to where the password is, the link itself is usually something like Sharecash or some service that pays you for the amount of people who visit your link.

This is what I think :-\ :-[

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hi, guys! jny here from the Philippines. any female members here?

@ katana. :)
Welcome to our world.
I hope you enjoy your stay.
:D

Quote from: Ahmad on May 30, 2012, 05:53 AM
@ katana. :)
Welcome to our world.
I hope you enjoy your stay.
:D

Thanks, Ahmad! I've been lurking around and, so far, I like what I'm reading here...

@ katana. :)

At first, I did exactly like what you're doing now..
I found this forum by chance... liked it very much... started to read all topics.
Really, I've learnt a lot here. :D

@Ahmad

Much like you and the others before me, I know I'll learn a lot from here.... Thank you, Maher!

Quote from: katana on May 30, 2012, 06:29 AM
@Ahmad
Much like you and the others before me, I know I'll learn a lot from here.... Thank you, Maher!

Well, you've been here recently but I'm starting to like you already :). I too have learned quite a bit here, am I happy to say I've made some close friends, and almost all from very different countries and cultures (to me, this is great). Incidentally, to my knowledge we're all guys. If you're looking for hot babes, stick to the social networks. Most girls tend to be less geeky than we are and usually stick to those sites where than can communicate with someone, play games etc.

@humbert

Thank you for a warm welcome!
LOL I'm not looking for hot babes, it's just that I belong to their sexual orientation. I think I'm just geekier than other geeky girls.  8)  It's good being around guys, I can do or say things that I'm not able to around the same species. I'm looking forward to a long geeky relationship with you, guys, here in this forum. I'm planning on starting a business in line with computers & services and I know that I'll get a lot of help from here.  ;)

Quote from: katana on May 31, 2012, 08:45 AM
@humbert

Thank you for a warm welcome!
LOL I'm not looking for hot babes, it's just that I belong to their sexual orientation. I think I'm just geekier than other geeky girls.  8)  It's good being around guys, I can do or say things that I'm not able to around the same species. I'm looking forward to a long geeky relationship with you, guys, here in this forum. I'm planning on starting a business in line with computers & services and I know that I'll get a lot of help from here.  ;)

You confuse me.

@Shadow.97

Sometimes, I do that to a lot of people.  :( Unintentionally... With how I phrase my words, perhaps?

Quote from: katana on May 31, 2012, 01:09 PM
@Shadow.97

Sometimes, I do that to a lot of people.  :( Unintentionally... With how I phrase my words, perhaps?

Ill paste what got me confused:
"I'm looking forward to a long geeky relationship with you, guys, here in this forum"
"it's just that I belong to their sexual orientation."
Explain please, are you here for the uhm sexual things? Or do i get you wrong?

Quote from: katana on May 30, 2012, 04:40 AM
hi, guys! jny here from the Philippines. any female members here?

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KATANA 8)

Quote from: katana on May 31, 2012, 08:45 AM
I know that I'll get a lot of help from here.  ;)

Definitely you will. :)

Quote from: Shadow.97 on May 31, 2012, 01:18 PM
are you here for the uhm sexual things?

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Quote from: katana on May 30, 2012, 04:40 AM
hi, guys! jny here from the Philippines. any female members here?

Hello Jny,
Welcome to the forums.
Enjoy your stay ;)

Hello, comrades!
My name is Daniil Galahow, an I`m from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Nice to meet you all.:)
I`m 26 y.o., I`m IT-specialist and have a small business in IT and adwertising.

Maher`s Windows releases on PirateBay are always clean and fine working, and on this forum anyone can find some useful info.

Hello Daniil. :)
Welcome to us.
Wish you the best.  :D

Thank you very much, dear Ahmad.   :) Your courtesy shows your honor.

Quote from: Daniil on July 06, 2012, 12:31 PM
Hello, comrades!
My name is Daniil Galahow, an I`m from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Nice to meet you all. :)
I`m 26 y.o., I`m IT-specialist and have a small business in IT and adwertising.

Maher`s Windows releases on PirateBay are always clean and fine working, and on this forum anyone can find some useful info.

Privet Daniil, dobro pozhalovat v moy mir!

Sorry guys, I crossed the rules. But here is a translation:
Hello Daniil, welcome to my world :)

Privet Maher, ochen` priyatno chto ti govorish po-russki. :)
Hello Maher, it`s very pleasant, that you know Russian language. :)

Have you worked or studied in Russia?

Quote from: Daniil on July 06, 2012, 07:07 PM
Privet Maher, ochen` priyatno chto ti govorish po-russki. :)
Hello Maher, it`s very pleasant, that you know Russian language. :)

Have you worked or studied in Russia?

I studied there for about 6 years.
Happy to have you here at the forums ;)
Enjoy your stay..

Quote from: Maher on July 06, 2012, 06:58 PM
Privet Daniil, dobro pozhalovat v moy mir!
Sorry guys, I crossed the rules. But here is a translation:
Hello Daniil, welcome to my world :)

Chief, a quick question - why didn't you simply type Alt/Left-Shift, set the keyboard to Russian and enter your text in Cyrillic script? After all, you did include a translation  ;).

Hi, Hola ! AOA ! hello ! Bonjour !

I am PriSim (MVP)!

got this web from google ! lol While searching my friend David red Mahir ! :)

Nice forum and nice work ! :)

Btw have many bugs in web :)
Staff have to check about those bugs in site :)

Regards!

Hello, comrade PriSim!

Welcome to our forum! :)

Quote from: PriSim on July 11, 2012, 07:23 PM
Btw have many bugs in web :)
Staff have to check about those bugs in site :)

Hello PriSim. :)
Welcome to our world, and have a nice stay with us.  :D

What bugs do you speak about ?!!  ???

Quote from: Ahmad on July 12, 2012, 09:05 PM

Quote from: PriSim on July 11, 2012, 07:23 PM
Btw have many bugs in web :)
Staff have to check about those bugs in site :)

Hello PriSim. :)
Welcome to our world, and have a nice stay with us.  :D

What bugs do you speak about ?!!  ???

There are many specially in reg procedure :)

And also have bugs in addons u installed :) for SMF !

@ PriSim. :)

I don't know about that. This is for our chief.
But I didn't notice anything.

Anyway, welcome again.  :)

Quote from: PriSim on July 11, 2012, 07:23 PM
Btw have many bugs in web :)
Staff have to check about those bugs in site :)
Regards!

Welcome aboard! I'm sure you'll like it here.

Please elaborate on the bugs. Are you referring to our site? If you know a way to improve it or squash a bug, I'm sure the Chief is interested.

Quote from: PriSim on July 12, 2012, 09:52 PM
There are many specially in reg procedure :)

Hmm... it's strange. I couldn't see difficulties when register here... I can say more, it is very easy here.

Quote from: Daniil on July 13, 2012, 10:33 AM
Hmm... it's strange. I couldn't see difficulties when register here... I can say more, it is very easy here.

I do hope you'll stick around. You offer good advice and make good coversation too.

Quote from: PriSim on July 11, 2012, 07:23 PM
Hi, Hola ! AOA ! hello ! Bonjour !

I am PriSim (MVP)!

got this web from google ! lol While searching my friend David red Mahir ! :)

Nice forum and nice work ! :)

Btw have many bugs in web :)
Staff have to check about those bugs in site :)

Regards!

Hello PriSim,

Would you please explain more about bugs?
Welcome to the family :) Enjoy your stay..

Oops, just missed this section sorry, I am Alex and very happy to found you all here..

I am ready to spend my 2 cents of little knowledge to anyone needing it, though mostly I'll be the one asking questions I guess, oh and somebody please thank the gentleman above me for providing me a clean and A+ quality OS, so I can be here..

Cheers to all!

Now, we know you better, Alex.
I'm sure I'll benefit from you because all are here to learn from each other.
Wish you the best.  :)

Thank you very very much!! :)
ALL THE BEST

Quote from: Daniil on July 06, 2012, 12:31 PM
Hello, comrades!
My name is Daniil Galahow

Quote from: PriSim on July 11, 2012, 07:23 PM
Hi, Hola ! AOA ! hello ! Bonjour !
I am PriSim (MVP)!

Quote from: qazaq on July 18, 2012, 01:26 AM
Oops, just missed this section sorry, I am Alex and very happy to found you all here..

WELCOME to the forums, gentlemen!!!  :)

Quote from: qazaq on July 18, 2012, 11:06 PM
ALL THE BEST

Thanks for correction, buddy.
Sometimes, words run away from my head.  ;D

@ katana

Quote from: katana on July 19, 2012, 05:33 AM
WELCOME to the forums, gentlemen!!!  :)

Thank you very much, lady! Nice to read your posts. :D It is honor for me to speak with such fascinating woman like you. :)
*bowing and smiling in the style of James Bond*

@ qazaq (Alex)
Welcome to forum, comrade. Make yourself at home.  :)

Quote from: qazaq on July 18, 2012, 01:26 AM
Oops, just missed this section sorry, I am Alex and very happy to found you all here..
I am ready to spend my 2 cents of little knowledge to anyone needing it, though mostly I'll be the one asking questions I guess, oh and somebody please thank the gentleman above me for providing me a clean and A+ quality OS, so I can be here..
Cheers to all!

Welcome aboard too, Alex! Where exactly are you from?

As for the OS, is your system strong enough to handle Windows 7 64bit? If so, I strongly recommend it. If you're stuck with ann older computer and have no option to upgrade, may I recommend XP 32bit? Our Chief uploads his latest releases to the Pirate Bay - and you'll find them on other sites too. It goes without saying his releases are rock solid and highly recommended. Naturally you can also download and install a distro of Linux - it'll get you on the forum just as easily. Just pick your poison.

Naturally if you're not sure, simply tell us what system you have and we'll be in a better position to recommend something.

Quote from: Daniil on July 19, 2012, 06:45 PM
@ katana
Thank you very much, lady! Nice to read your posts. :D It is honor for me to speak with such fascinating woman like you. :)
*bowing and smiling in the style of James Bond*

It is my pleasure, Mr. Daniil!
*smiles like Madonna (from the painting) while trying to act sophisticated like one of those bond girls*

Hello
I've found this from from TPP
I used to use Maher torrents especially for operating system since a very long ago
Really outstanding and the most important is the continuity of the monthly updates.
Thanks a lot and much appreciated all of your work.

 :) Nice to have you here, WuxiIxuw!  8)

@ WuxiIxuw. :)

Welcome brother.
Have a nice stay with us.  :D

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome.

I am edvaness from Whitelaw , WI., USA, I'm 72 years old, and feel like 71...lol.
Very nice forum here , and love torrents.
I'll be back often.

Hello all! I was upgrading a laptop to win 7. Found out no drivers for the wireless lan adapter. I Needed XP os & found Maher's copy. That's how i came to be here today. When I get the welcome to XP window the install XP is not highlighted. Can I get a little help?

@ edvaness.  :)

Welcome to our world.
Will be waiting for your next visits.

Wish you all the best.  ;)

@ cjs0_0,

Hello, and nice to have you here with us. :)

This is not the right section for posting windows issues.
Anyway, wait for reply in your other post in this link:

http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=707.0

Good luck. ;)

Hello, I've done this a bit backwards but none-the-less. <Wave> I posted over in the Windows forum first and then finally set up my profile. THEN I decided to check on the other members here. It is a very striking demographic. On a world wide basis the predominate age group here is the 20's...except of course the old man Maher <poke>. Back in my day, 30 was considered "over the hill" but I know our modern society now doesn't classify you OTH until you are 40. Have no idea what that makes me at 60 ROFL! Antique(ish) I suppose. Did see one older than me tho..believe his name is Edvaners @71. Howdy :) glad I'm not alone!

Interesting hypothesis: 1.) The majority of torrent savy individuals are from the younger generation.  2.) The older generation doesn't trust and/or is fearful of the legal/moral aspect of torrents.  3.) The older generation just doesn't know about them or understand them.

Myself: a bit of a rebel, curious, and still want to learn. Many years ago (in 2000 I believe) I tried a few torrent downloads and either didn't install them correctly or they truely were infected -- blue screened my whole computer -- spent many sleepless nights restoring and cursing. I decided it wasn't worth it. Recently I ran across a publication "Torrent Freak" and started following the articles and news. Naturally I felt the rebel begin to really resurface as this was just one more insult heaped onto the numerous insults/censorship/controls we have all been increasingly subjected to in the last decade.  I'm determined to learn as much as I can and "share" as much as I can. Hopefully, I will learn alot from the quite knowledgeable people here.

Thank you Maher for your work in bring this together and providing such clean torrents. You set the standard that I hope everyone will aspire to (I'm sure that isn't likely as there are just mean people out there) but the tools are at least available now  to check files better....and I've learned alot about backups!!!

I need some direction atm. I wish to install Windows 7 64bit but have many programs for 32bit only. I believe I can partition my drive and have both but need to check on that. If someone would point me to the correct forum to begin searching or discussing I would certainly appreciate it.

Enough said for now. Glad to be here and thanks :)

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
I wish to install Windows 7 64bit

http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=514.0

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
but have many programs for 32bit only.

Don't worry 32 Bit programs work on 64 Bits. After installing 64 bit OS you will notice in your System driver that you have 2 Program Files folders -> Program Files & Program Files (x86)
Your 64 bit programs will install in Program Files & 32 bit programs will install in Program Files (x86).

Any more queries are greatly appreciated. :D

@ edvaness
Welcome to our forum, sir! It's good to see you here!

@ cjs0_0
Welcome, comrade! I think you can find help with you laptop here on forum!

@ lowla2004
Welcome to our forum, lady. I use Win7 x64 for about two and a half years, but there was just a bit problems with x32 software. Btw, it'll be better to talk about this somewhere here, on "Programs" subboard (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?board=2.0).

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
Hello, I've done this a bit backwards but none-the-less. <Wave> I posted over in the Windows forum first and then finally set up my profile. THEN I decided to check on the other members here. It is a very striking demographic. On a world wide basis the predominate age group here is the 20's...except of course the old man Maher <poke>. Back in my day, 30 was considered "over the hill" but I know our modern society now doesn't classify you OTH until you are 40. Have no idea what that makes me at 60 ROFL! Antique(ish) I suppose. Did see one older than me tho..believe his name is Edvaners @71. Howdy :) glad I'm not alone!

Hello lowla. I join my colleagues here in welcoming you to our world. Something tells me you're going to learn an awful lot from us, and naturally we'll learn from you.

One of the things that makes us great is our diversity. We represent many cultures, beliefs and nationalities, and yet we are one. Chronological age means absolutely nothing to us. We are minds first and foremost. Chronologically I'm over 50, but mentally I'm as young and anyone else -- and I refuse to grow old! We all know that learning is a lifelong quest, and accordingly we endeavour to learn from each other and pass that knowledge on to all who are interested. Feel free to ask any question you have on your mind, even if it's not computer related.

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
Interesting hypothesis: 1.) The majority of torrent savy individuals are from the younger generation.  2.) The older generation doesn't trust and/or is fearful of the legal/moral aspect of torrents.  3.) The older generation just doesn't know about them or understand them.

Many people to whom you refer are fearful simply because they are unaware of the facts. Indeed, ignorance is the engine behind fear. The vast majority of torrents you pick up, pirated or otherwise, aren't dangerous. Also, never for a second think the powers that be don't know about sites such as the Pirate Bay. They know all about them and they know that trying to stop this is is basically futile - they don't have enough jails to house all of us. Their only hope is that instilling fear will put a dent in their efforts, but if you're armed with the fact, you'll see their arguments are laughable. Have you checked out the Pirate Bay? If not, do so - you don't even need an account to see what's on there or leech anything. BTW, if you leech, seed and share  :).

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
Myself: a bit of a rebel, curious, and still want to learn. Many years ago (in 2000 I believe) I tried a few torrent downloads and either didn't install them correctly or they truely were infected -- blue screened my whole computer -- spent many sleepless nights restoring and cursing. I decided it wasn't worth it. Recently I ran across a publication "Torrent Freak" and started following the articles and news. Naturally I felt the rebel begin to really resurface as this was just one more insult heaped onto the numerous insults/censorship/controls we have all been increasingly subjected to in the last decade.  I'm determined to learn as much as I can and "share" as much as I can. Hopefully, I will learn alot from the quite knowledgeable people here.

The fact that you were wise enough to educate yourself as opposed as opposed to just giving up says and awful lot about you. I need not tell you it's important to learn from your mistakes as opposed to cursing. We are all here to educate you further. I'm not sure what you mean concerning "insults/censorship/controls" or whether it simply means you've been hanging around with the wrong crowd. Rest assured there'll be none of that here. I suppose one of the few rules the chief has imposed is the use of English or, if another language is used, to post a translation. This rule makes perfect sense given the fact that we're all from different cultures and must have a link language if we're to communicate. We all know that English is the de facto link language of the world.

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
Thank you Maher for your work in bring this together and providing such clean torrents. You set the standard that I hope everyone will aspire to (I'm sure that isn't likely as there are just mean people out there) but the tools are at least available now  to check files better....and I've learned alot about backups!!!

Our chief (as I affectionately call him) is truly a fine man and, although we've never met him personally, I'm honored to consider him my personal friend and, yes, my brother. However, rest assured he's not the only source of clean torrents. On TPB you'll notice that beside some uploaders there's a skull-and-crossbone symbol. Mouse over that and you'll see it means "trusted uploader". Also, before you leech anything click on the file and read the reviews. If something's not right - you'll know.

Quote from: lowla2004 on August 02, 2012, 10:03 AM
I need some direction atm. I wish to install Windows 7 64bit but have many programs for 32bit only. I believe I can partition my drive and have both but need to check on that. If someone would point me to the correct forum to begin searching or discussing I would certainly appreciate it.
Enough said for now. Glad to be here and thanks :)

Our friend Bladeshark explained the deal with the 32bit proggies, so you should be OK. There is absolutely no question that 64bit computing will supplant 32bit in the coming years, which is why I strongly suggest 64bit if your computer supports it. Will you be needing an activator? If so, I posted a link for my favorite, w7xle. This thing activates both Office 2010 and Windows 7, and it's never failed. Here some people have downloaded it - so far no complaints.

I'm glad you're here. Something tells me you're going to be an asset to us, and we welcome you to our little family. ;)

PS: Before I forget, a question I ask everyone out of simple curiosity - where do you live (city and country)? A response is by no means mandatory, it's just so that we'll all know what part of this planet you represent.  :)  Also, if it's a small city no need to tell us where it's located, we can just open Google Maps on another tab and find it immediately.

Hello everyone!
I am Reynaldo, 20 yrs old., SINGLE (Any available out there? LOL)
Well I'm from Philippines.
I am a Civil Engineering student but I dont know, a bit of my interest was into the cyberworld.
(Softwares, applications, codes, etc.)

Bonus:
EN: How are you?
PH: Kamusta ka?

;)

Mabuhay!

@ Odlanyer22
Welcome to our community, comrade! Nice to see you here!  ;D

 ;D

Thanks bud! Hope this site would be more colorful soon.
Not that literal.

I think that our forum is already colorful. Chat here for a while, and you'll see it yourself.  :)  Feel yourself like at home, friend.  :)

And, btw, are you a bot? Sorry for my suspicious question, but it looks strange for me, you are logged here for a long time, and it's deep night on Philippines now, and your messages with equal periods of time between them... Tell me please, how many of 0,5-liter-bottles of 4% alc. beer is equal to "stopka" (50 grams) of vodka by efficiency?  :) ;)

Yo Guys! I'm My Username And From Saudi Arabia!

Quote from: The Nawab on August 04, 2012, 08:24 PM
Yo Guys! I'm My Username And From Saudi Arabia!

I was hoping a Saudi would join our group. Would you take a few non-personal questions from me?

@ lowla2004

@ Odlanyer22  (Reynaldo)

@ The Nawab

Hello everybody.
Welcome to our world.
I wish you all the best.
:) :D

>___<

;D Thanks bud!

@ Nawab
Hello, comrade Nawab!  :) Welcome to us, nice to see you.  :D

I welcome all the new members to the forum :) :D

@humbert, I Suggest A PM :D :P

@Ahmad, @Daniil, @BLADESHARK - Thank You!

Hello all, hoping to get some sound advise here with my problem thxs all     ::)

@ AVN1007.

Welcome to us.
I hope you'll find what you seek, here with us.

Good luck. ;)

Welcome to the new members! Glad you can join us! :D :) ;) ;D

Hey AVN1007, Welcome To The Site! Hope You Enjoy It!

@ AVN1007
Welcome to us, кoмяade comrade!  :D :)
Nice to read you here!  :)

hi.i'm husam from mansoura egypt. i suppose you are egyptian too maher. keep  the good things up.by the way the uploaded windows 7 iso file torrent, is this copy arelease of 2012 or just an old copy with 2012 updates.thanks for that upload anyway.http://kat.ph/microsoft-windows-7-ultimate-sp1-x64-integrated-july-2012-t6512098.html that is the link.

Ahlan Ya Husam! That Is The Original Copy But With Some Integrated Important Updates.

@ Husam.

Welcome to the forum.  :)
I'm also Egyptian, but Maher isn't.. He's from Palestine.  ;)

As The Nawab said before me, Maher uploads the original copy of Windows 7 SP1 from Microsoft adding to it updates till the current month.

Hi! I just joined. Seems all is decent here.

I'm a filipino. The reason I joined is someone here piqued my interest  ;D

Don't ask coz I ain't telling  :P

PS.
Posting here is a li'l bit annoying IMHO. *sigh
Yeah I know it's a defensive mechanism for the bots  :P

Husam: I found you on the map. You're not too far north of Al Mahallah Al Kubra, which is where Ahmad hangs out. Let me ask you (and Ahmad) something - is Cairo also known as Al-Jizah? I'm asking because as I backed up Google maps to see where Mansoura was relative to everywhere else, I tried finding Cairo but found a big city named Al-Jizah. I moused all the way down the Nile to the Aswan Dam and no Cairo.

cod3.d3m0n -> There are just 2 other filipinos here. Katana and... what's his name? Somehow I feel we can rule out Katana as the one who referred you. There's only one guy left -- he's a little strange, but otherwise he's OK.  :)

Quote from: humbert on August 15, 2012, 05:13 AM
Let me ask you (and Ahmad) something - is Cairo also known as Al-Jizah?

No, dear !!
Cairo is another big city [The Capital] next to Al-Jizah, and it is called Al-Qahirah in Arabic.
You can check Here (http://maps.google.com.eg/maps?hl=ar&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1024&bih=651&q=cairo+google+maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x14583fa60b21beeb:0x79dfb296e8423bba,%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9%D8%8C+%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9%E2%80%AC&gl=eg&sa=X&ei=58otUPzmCtDysgbur4GoDA&ved=0CAYQ8gEwAA).

To the new members: WELCOME!!!  ;D :D ;) :)

@ Husam
Hello, dear friend! Welcome to us!  :)

@ c0d3.d3m0n
Hello, comrade! Welcome to forum!  :)
Nice nickname, it is "code daemon", am i right?  :)

@humbert
I ended here because of a text file in a certain torrent. Honestly no one of those referred me. I just browsed around and poof! I decided to join  ;D

@Daniil
;)

Quote from: c0d3.d3m0n on August 18, 2012, 12:03 AM
@humbert
I ended here because of a text file in a certain torrent. Honestly no one of those referred me. I just browsed around and poof! I decided to join  ;D

Come to think of it, many of us got here just like that. I'm not too sure how I did, but I do know that nobody referred me.

Just a quick note to say tēnā koutou (hello) to all.

Hope you're all good and will be back regularly again soon.

Welcome to our world everyone!
Enjoy your stay and have fun ;)

Quote from: topdog on August 21, 2012, 11:51 PM
Just a quick note to say tēnā koutou (hello) to all.

Hope you're all good and will be back regularly again soon.

Welcome, dear.
Glad to hear that.
I hope you're good too.  :)

@topdog,

Welcome To Our Community!

Thank you Ahmad and The Nawab.

Quote from: topdog on August 21, 2012, 11:51 PM
Just a quick note to say tēnā koutou (hello) to all.
Hope you're all good and will be back regularly again soon.

So tell me -- what have you been up to all this time? ;)

Tēnā koe (hello/thanks) Humbert
I've just been really busy and had to make choices about what I spent time on.
Given my lack of knowledge about all things computer related, I decided that MDW was somewhere I was making the least useful contribution for the most time.  :(
Anyway, now I have my own blogs working on one of those detestable DDL listing sites (SA) and I have set up my office/studio/workshop well enough for me to function in, so I have a little bit more time available and am back here again. 8)

Hi to you all

I got here based on Maher's rep for all his awesome releases.

the captcha verification with every post sucks I must say, hope it's not forever.

Thanks to everyone giving here.

@aa1234779 - you mean there are captcha prompts for posts? Quite honestly I had no idea, in fact I've never seen a captcha prompt since the first day I got here. Maybe you should take this up with the Chief. I and the other moderators can't make any changes until he gives us the green light.

@topdog - Who said you don't know anything about computing? In all the time you've been here you come across as a very knowledgeable guy.

@ aa1234779.
Hello & welcome to our community. :)

I think the captcha verification will disappear after a few certain number of posts. May be 5-10. I don't know anything about this but this is what I think.

Don't worry.  ;)

Quote from: aa1234779 on August 30, 2012, 05:05 AM
Hi to you all

I got here based on Maher's rep for all his awesome releases.

the captcha verification with every post sucks I must say, hope it's not forever.

Thanks to everyone giving here.

You will only need to do that for the first 5 posts.
You're done I think :)
Welcome to our world ;)

Helloooooooo! This is Ernie from Ohio U.S.A. I own Sinister Ink Tattoo and OCAAT Microsystems in Columbus. and have been Tattooing for 32 years repairing computers for 13, Big Shout out to the Mighty Maher!

Quote from: tattooonyou on September 19, 2012, 04:19 PM
Helloooooooo! This is Ernie from Ohio U.S.A. I own Sinister Ink Tattoo and OCAAT Microsystems in Columbus. and have been Tattooing for 32 years repairing computers for 13, Big Shout out to the Mighty Maher!

Cool.
Welcome to community, dear comrade.

je suis CHERIFI de  L ALGERIE je cherche a lier amities      merci

Quote from: cherifi05 on September 22, 2012, 01:40 AM
je suis CHERIFI de  L ALGERIE je cherche a lier amities      merci

Kia ora/Hello  cherifi05. My French is very bad, but you should find people here easy to make friends with if I understand you correctly.

PS, before anyone else says it, this is an English language forum. If you want to comunicate with members you need to provide translation.

Quote1.1 The official language in this forum is English. We are an international board with users from everywhere over the world and English is the language we agreed on. You may use any other language you want but then please post a translation in English.

Nau mai/welcome  :)

@tattooonyou
@cherifi05

Welcome to our world.
I wish you all the best and more than you want.
Enjoy. ;)

Quote from: cherifi05 on September 22, 2012, 01:40 AM
je suis CHERIFI de  L ALGERIE je cherche a lier amities      merci

Cherifi: Benvenue sur notre forum. Nous parlons anglais ici. Il est de notre langue lien. J'espère que vous reviendrez.

{Translation: Cherifi: Welcome to our forum. We speak English here. It's our link language. I hope you'll return.}

Quote from: cherifi05 on September 22, 2012, 01:40 AM
je suis CHERIFI de  L ALGERIE je cherche a lier amities      merci

Welcome to our forum, dear comrade! Nice to see here respectable and proud man of Algeria!

Dang blasted worm holes!

Oh well.... One never knows where one will wind up! 

Though I am new to this board, I have been around the boards for many years. I have run many a board over time. I have been (and am serving currently as) , Head Administrator, Super/Global Moderator and/or Moderator on a few boards.

Upon my retirement, the University bestowed upon me the honor of Dean Emeritus.

Some of you, I am sure know me, as I have always used this same name. Others, I look forward to meet you. I feel a stranger is a friend I have not yet met.


I wish EVERYONE a great day!

@Farquard.
Welcome to our world.
Glad to have you with us.
I wish you all the best.  :)

AS SALAM O ALIEKUM AND HI every one...i am new here...i like this site soooo much...espacialy Mr.Maher and windows xp updates.

@maher.zia:
Wa Alaikum Assalam (Hi).
Welcome to our world.
Wish you all the best. :)

Quote from: maher.zia on September 29, 2012, 08:50 PM
AS SALAM O ALIEKUM AND HI every one...i am new here...i like this site soooo much...espacialy Mr.Maher and windows xp updates.

Welcome to our world. Whereabouts in Pakistan are you from? Just tell me the name of the city or town, if I' not familiar with it I'll just check Google maps.
Incidentally, was your message in Arabic or Urdu? I think they use the same alphabet, but I'm not too sure.

Quote from: humbert on September 29, 2012, 11:46 PM
Welcome to our world. Whereabouts in Pakistan are you from? Just tell me the name of the city or town, if I' not familiar with it I'll just check Google maps.
Incidentally, was your message in Arabic or Urdu? I think they use the same alphabet, but I'm not too sure.

thanks...me from MANDIBAHAUDDIN,PUNJAB PAKISTAN,,,AND yes i used arrabic ..because i am a muslam...what abt u

Quote from: Ahmad on September 29, 2012, 11:30 PM
@maher.zia:
Wa Alaikum Assalam (Hi).
Welcome to our world.
Wish you all the best. :)

THANKS BROTHER..your location please?????

Quote from: maher.zia on October 01, 2012, 06:08 PM
thanks...me from MANDIBAHAUDDIN,PUNJAB PAKISTAN,,,AND yes i used arrabic ..because i am a muslam...what abt u

Yes, I found you on the map. You're not very far from the famous Line of Control between India and Pakistan. I'd imagine you have a cold climate typical of high places.

As for me, I was born in Cuba and moved to the US for political reasons at an early age. I lived in Miami (Florida) for many years until I relocated to San Antonio (Texas) which is where I am now.

Regarding your use of Arabic, certainly I envy you for speaking it. Still, as I see it the fact that you're fluent in that language has no bearing on the fact that you're a Muslim. Not all Muslims are Arabs and not all Arabs are Muslim. Indeed, the largest Islamic country by population is nowhere in the Middle East nor is Arabic an official language there. I refer to Indonesia.

Quote from: maher.zia on October 01, 2012, 06:19 PM
THANKS BROTHER..your location please?????

I'm from Egypt and I live in a city called "Al Mahallah Al Kubra" .  :)

Quote from: humbert on October 02, 2012, 12:55 AM

Quote from: maher.zia on October 01, 2012, 06:08 PM
thanks...me from MANDIBAHAUDDIN,PUNJAB PAKISTAN,,,AND yes i used arrabic ..because i am a muslam...what abt u

Yes, I found you on the map. You're not very far from the famous Line of Control between India and Pakistan. I'd imagine you have a cold climate typical of high places.

As for me, I was born in Cuba and moved to the US for political reasons at an early age. I lived in Miami (Florida) for many years until I relocated to San Antonio (Texas) which is where I am now.

Regarding your use of Arabic, certainly I envy you for speaking it. Still, as I see it the fact that you're fluent in that language has no bearing on the fact that you're a Muslim. Not all Muslims are Arabs and not all Arabs are Muslim. Indeed, the largest Islamic country by population is nowhere in the Middle East nor is Arabic an official language there. I refer to Indonesia.

u r absolutly right...

@maher.zia
Is your city indeed located in the mountains and, as such, with a cool climate? I know I could look this up, but I'm just being lazy  :)   Also, although you were not alive at the time, do you know if your city was captured by India during the war in 1965? I know they invaded Pakistan up near Kashmir, I just don't know how far in they went.

Something else. How prevalent is Arabic is Pakistan? I know the official language is Urdu and that English is widely spoken because you guys were once part of British India and, of course, because of the internet, but I don't think English is official (correct me if I'm wrong).  The simple fact that Urdu uses the Arabic alphabet nor the fact that the Qu'ran was written in Arabic mean that Muslims (Pakistanis in this case) have to learn it. What's the story here?

HI MY NAME IS ANIS AND I WNTED SOME HELP ON INSTALLING THIN CLIENT IN WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE SP 1

Quote from: anis on October 04, 2012, 03:08 AM
HI MY NAME IS ANIS AND I WNTED SOME HELP ON INSTALLING THIN CLIENT IN WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE SP 1

We're all here to help. If I don't know something, chances are somebody else will. Just tell us what you need.

BTW, please don't write it CAPS.

im dtown33d and in new here
im currently studying computer maintenance and i feel im not learning what i need to know
so i joined this forums to see other peoples comp problems and learn from what people have to write about

Welcome dtown33d. :)
Glad to join us.
I agree.. This is the best way to learn.

Hello dtown33d! Welcome aboard, we're all here to help. Whereabouts are you from?

Hi, i found these link in the windows 7 x64 ISO that i downlaod from torrentz

Hi i from malaysia

Welcome tlchuan. :)
Enjoy your stay.

Quote from: tlchuan on October 18, 2012, 03:30 PM
Hi i from malaysia

Whereabouts in Malaysia? Just give us the city, I'll find it on Google maps immediately.

Hay Nice Site Mather i thought id reg and see whats going on ;)
I just got ya last windows 7 october on a VM and works great so thanks for that .
Hard to find a good wares site these days lol
im always interested in new software like VPN's and good clean OS's also linux and windows wares ;)
Anyway nice to be here and meet you all ;)

Quote from: Paradise_Boy on October 21, 2012, 05:34 PM
Hard to find a good wares site these days lol
im always interested in new software like VPN's and good clean OS's also linux and windows wares ;)
Anyway nice to be here and meet you all ;)

Hard to find good warez? Excuse me? Good warez are as plentiful as nitrogen in our atmosphere! I learned the UK government had put some restrictions on sites such as TPB. Believe me, there are many ways to skin a cat. Restrictions such as this don't work, have never worked nor will they ever! You don't have to pay for a VPN either.

Quote from: humbert on October 21, 2012, 08:32 PM

Quote from: Paradise_Boy on October 21, 2012, 05:34 PM
Hard to find a good wares site these days lol
im always interested in new software like VPN's and good clean OS's also linux and windows wares ;)
Anyway nice to be here and meet you all ;)

Hard to find good warez? Excuse me? Good warez are as plentiful as nitrogen in our atmosphere! I learned the UK government had put some restrictions on sites such as TPB. Believe me, there are many ways to skin a cat. Restrictions such as this don't work, have never worked nor will they ever! You don't have to pay for a VPN either.

Carm Down Man lol

What a welcome LOL

You show me a VPN that you can DL a torrent with for free with great speed and ill eat my hat , as for my ISP you don't know anything about it so don't come across as though you know it all and when i say good wares sites Im correct because most site just copy and paste from other wares sites full of Trojans and adware and Believe me !! I know what im talking about .

Anyway this may be a great way to get to know or intro your self on a small forum but if you joined my forum or even spoke to me on my software i wouldn't be so rude and big headed as you have been to me and i bet others .

Take it from a wise guy like me , try to treat you guests with alittle more respect and read into what people say instead of just trying to be smart .

Thank you for your reply but it wasn't really good enough .  :D

As you would see in my Project you can never express yourself with just text alone in chat so come and visit me ,google VoiceChatAlpha and we can chat about VPN all night  lol

i got real work to do so i must go but thanks for the reply just remember what i said .

Hey hey hey.

First Welcome to our world, Paradise_Boy.
I'm sure my friend humbert didn't mean what you've said. I know him >> He's a very good and helpful man. You'll know that when you know him.

If you knew him, you would understand his words with a nice way just as he meant.

Please, take it easy. OK, guys ?!

Welcome again and have a nice time with us.  :)

Quote from: Paradise_Boy on October 22, 2012, 01:35 PM
You show me a VPN that you can DL a torrent with for free with great speed and ill eat my hat , as for my ISP you don't know anything about it so don't come across as though you know it all and when i say good wares sites Im correct because most site just copy and paste from other wares sites full of Trojans and adware and Believe me !! I know what im talking about .
Anyway this may be a great way to get to know or intro your self on a small forum but if you joined my forum or even spoke to me on my software i wouldn't be so rude and big headed as you have been to me and i bet others .
Take it from a wise guy like me , try to treat you guests with alittle more respect and read into what people say instead of just trying to be smart .
Thank you for your reply but it wasn't really good enough .  :D
As you would see in my Project you can never express yourself with just text alone in chat so come and visit me ,google VoiceChatAlpha and we can chat about VPN all night  lol
i got real work to do so i must go but thanks for the reply just remember what i said .

I don't know what kind of mindset you have that somehow you interpreted my comments as some sort of personal attack. Nothing could be further from the truth! Anyone here can tell you that rudeness to other is not a part of me. The simple fact that I might try to come across as facetious is never to be interpreted as an attack. In fact, everyone know I more than welcome any polite comments informing me that my facts are incorrect. If that's the case, I'm the first one who wants to know.

If you don't believe what I'm about to tell you, then take the matter up with torrentfreak.com, which is where this information came from. In order to download all you really need is to get your paws on the actual torrent file. Once that's done it's clear sailing -- there is no need to use either VPN's nor hide behind proxy servers. The reason is the simple fact that the torrent comes from a vast swarm of individual people, something no ISP can block. To quote the above mentioned site, "have torrent - will download". If a situation exists where the ISP throttles torrent downloads, then under µTorrent go to Options -> Preferences -> Bittorrent and set Protocol Encrytion to "Enable".

As for your comments about one site copying from the next

Prevyet, Ni Hao, Aloha and hello! I am China Mike. I am not Chinese, but I lived there several years. I now live in Hawaii. I taught ESL in China, and before that I taught basic PC skills in six US states. I now live in Hawaii and I still do some teaching on the side. I hope to return to Asia as soon as I can sock away about $2K! :)

I enjoy the internet and learning new things. I have been using Linux for about four years now. I have recently been using i2P and find it interesting. I also use FoxyProxy with my Firefox so I won't get busted downloading torrents! :D

Finally I would like to say I am getting better at maths because of the "verify" boxes at the end of posts! :P

You can read my stories at cantolife.blogspot.com

I wish you all the best!
PS, I also speak a bit of Russian along with Mandarin
China M.

Hello, comrade! (ПривеÑ,, дружище!)
Welcome to our forum! Your blogspot is very interesting.

@ Paradise_Boy
Welcome, komяade!  ;D
Calm down you too, fast boy.
humbert didn't says what you saw in his words. Anyway, any quarreling on our forum is restricted. But, be correct and constructive, and we will understand you and try to help you.
Btw, he is right, today there is so much good warez sites, that you can "trample them by your ***". :) If you can't connect to them from your city with your ISP, then, maybe that's mean that ISP is bad?  ;)

Quote from: chinamike on October 23, 2012, 09:16 AM
Prevyet, Ni Hao, Aloha and hello! I am China Mike. I am not Chinese, but I lived there several years. I now live in Hawaii. I taught ESL in China, and before that I taught basic PC skills in six US states. I now live in Hawaii and I still do some teaching on the side. I hope to return to Asia as soon as I can sock away about $2K! :)

Hello Mike! It's a pleasure to have you and get your precious input. You said you're not Chinese but have lived there. Out of curiosity, you're American, right? If so, what's your lineage? As you know, all Americans trace their roots elsewhere. I am originally from Cuba.

Quote from: chinamike on October 23, 2012, 09:16 AM
I enjoy the internet and learning new things. I have been using Linux for about four years now. I have recently been using i2P and find it interesting. I also use FoxyProxy with my Firefox so I won't get busted downloading torrents! :D

What distro of Linux to you use? I personally had Ubuntu installed on my 2nd drive then changed it to Linux Mint (Cinammon) which I like better. It's definitely a great OS, the big problem is, and I'm sure you'll agree, that nowadays getting completely away from Windows is virtually impossible. Also, why do you believe you'll get busted for using torrent sites? Do you mean at your job or what?

Quote from: chinamike on October 23, 2012, 09:16 AM
Finally I would like to say I am getting better at maths because of the "verify" boxes at the end of posts! :P
You can read my stories at cantolife.blogspot.com

What's this about you being arrested in China? How'd you manage to get yourself in trouble?

Hey maher rahul here just joint few days ago

Welcome, buddy. :)
Have a nice stay with us.

Hello guys :)

My name is Alicja (Alice), i'm from Poland and... i think its all what i need to tell about me ;D

I also wanna introduce my PC (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58148348/MAL/cpu-z.jpg), they too wanna say "hello" ;)

Welcome, Alicja!
Enjoy your stay. :)

Btw about your PC.. "They"?  :) You mean, you have more than one?  ;D

Yes, i have two PC's and one laptop, but i use only this one.

This is my 1st hour here,
I am Salaah from Iraq, the center of problems in planet earth -maybe other planets also-, I feel optimistic about finding the source of few best windows copies that I used for educational purposes in the past, I hope i can find more useful stuff here, and more chances to help people get free and independent from big companies.

Welcome, respectable comrade Salaah. :D
Enjoy your stay. :)
I think here you can find almost best source of free, pirated soft on the net! ;D

Hi Daniil,
I do not like the U$ companies, but still I am not a "comrade", this word carry more meanings than I really believe in, anyway, I do not know any one who like to bay for software!!, if this is "comradism" then it is OK to me :), I am in your party ;)

@ salaah
In that phrase "comrade" means friendly and respectfull relationship to the person.   :)
I know, that for many people "comrade" sounds like something about kommunizm. But look, the communism is in the past and it leaves only a knowledge about its failures and some strange but beautiful words and therms. ;D
I use that word because it is more friendly than cold english "sir", but more careful and correct than "friend" ("friend" may sounds as familiarity and may be improper, for example, to the elders).
And - he-he  :D -  also because word "komяade" sounds very "Яussian".  ;D ;D ;D

And - tell me please, what is correct, polite and friendly appeal to stranger in Iraq?

Ahlan Ya Salaah. (Welcome)  :)
I wish you and the whole Iraq all the best. May Allah be with you.
Have a nice stay with us.  :D

Hi, Ahmad, Daniil and everybody

Daniil, I totally agree with your principle in choosing the words, especially for this forum use, If I would find the sience fiction "time machine" then I'll go back to the time when languages where invented and add a word that mean "remote friend" since it will help the humanity when they will invent the networks later.

Also, since  it is all about introducing people in this thread, I want to tell you something that might look strange to you, in most Arab countries, they say to a stranger "brother" which is more friendly than just "friend", a more strange also is that in countries like Egypt you can expect very personal subjects to speak about with someone whom you knew just an hour ago. But, be careful  in Baghdad .. they will give you even more emotions in the first meeting and they will call you "brother" or even "hey, my eyes" or "my soul", but you might get hanged or shot for nothing if you say "comrade", believe me, this word here is a crime by itself, this is because the old regime of Saddam used its Arabic translation "Rafeeq" to say this person is a "member" in the party, but now, because the Shia are ruling, if you accuse someone of being a "comrade", then he might get killed without a question, alot of people used this word to get rid of their opponents, most Arabs that lived in Iraq before where terminated by this word, especially the Palestinians, even if they are innocent.

and Yes Ahmad: Ahalan Beek (Your also welcome), where do you live?

I live in Egypt, dear brother.  :)

Hi Ahmad,

I was just watching the youtube, I felt interested to see the new president explaining a phrase from the quran, I remembered the old explanations of Mubarak and Sadaat when they reached the damn chair, they where speaking even better -since they had only needed to speak-, "Bin Mursi" was speaking in a way that made me think he is just another one who speaks better than doing, and he does really bad, he reminded me with an Syrian song that translates: "chairs sit on chairs, a corrupted goes then a cruel comes". I wish I am wrong, I wish all the best to the simple, sweet heart, best laughing, and most "alive" Arab people; the Egyptians, I hope you will do better than us in this fight for justice.

If I will squeeze the Iraqi experience and give it in few words to the people who have just came out from revolutions, I tell you: Just kick the Americans and their allies out and you will be fine, even the devil personally cannot hurt worse than someone who follow the Black house.

@ salaah
Things which you were told are very impressive. They raise a bunch of questions.

Let's go to General Talk (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=651.50) theme, dear friends! (For prevent "Introduce" theme from "flood".)

Quote from: salaah on November 06, 2012, 03:18 PM
If I will squeeze the Iraqi experience and give it in few words to the people who have just came out from revolutions, I tell you: Just kick the Americans and their allies out and you will be fine, even the devil personally cannot hurt worse than someone who follow the Black house.

I am thoroughly familiar with the horrendous job done by this idiot Bush and his cronies after the occupation of Iraq began, even to the point where they ignored advice from their field commanders and continued with the stupidity.

Before I ask you anything, first I'd like to know if you're Shi'a or Sunni. Also, what Iraqi city do you live in?

greeting
I ended up here by accident, I received from a friend torrent file for win 7 download and when I took off, I saw the notepad to write from whose link is removed and I went possible to check and I saw your forum and decided to register ... otherwise come of Croatian, namely the beautiful island of Rab, my name is Joseph and I am 36 YEARSi I like to hang out with people in various forums and tracker ...
So much of me
greeting

Welcome to our community, Joseph .
Enjoy your stay with us.
I wish you all the best.
:)

Hello, my name is atticus, although you can call me by my real name, Chris.

I have no clue why but I love Windows XP. Feel free to message me if you'd like to talk about anything.

Welcome, friend, nice to see you in our community.  :)

Welcome Chris :)

Quote from: atticus on December 19, 2012, 10:53 AM
Hello, my name is atticus, although you can call me by my real name, Chris.
I have no clue why but I love Windows XP. Feel free to message me if you'd like to talk about anything.

Before I make a suggestion, let me ask you - what computer system to you have?

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14. It is a school assigned computer but I did a clean install of Windows XP to get rid of the bloatware and their monitoring software.

01996QU

Quote from: atticus on December 24, 2012, 02:53 AM
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14. It is a school assigned computer but I did a clean install of Windows XP to get rid of the bloatware and their monitoring software.
01996QU

What the hell are you doing putting a 12 year old operating system on a computer that (according to the specs) can run an Intel i7 processor? It sort of reminds me of my aunt when my uncle bought her a full-fledged radiation-convection microwave oven and all she did was boil water in it. When I asked her, she said she "didn't understand it".

That computer can run Windows 8 and fly like a rocket, much faster than XP any day.

Are there still XP drivers for that?

Yea, XP works pretty well on it. The main reason I use XP is because it is a school assigned laptop like I said and my school is dumb and they downgraded the system to Windows XP. They even left the Windows 7 sticker on the laptop.

Dumb is an understatement - it is the ultimate in stupidity! What makes it even worse is that when they bought the laptop, they paid for Windows 7. It's a little like paying full price for a Cadillac and continuing to drive an average car.

To take a laptop such as the one you mentioned and put XP on it isn't something the average guy can do. One thing they must do it chase down drivers for just about everything assuming they're still being written. I wonder how they even obtained the proper SATA drivers for installation. Being a school, they can't exactly turn around and download Maher's release from TPB - they have to do it legally. Since these people don't know which way is up, clearly they must have paid a programmer to do it for them. It is a classic example of somebody who simply stick with what he knows and refuses to learn. It reminds of that World War I general who, when the British were first experimenting with tanks, he said this was a dumb idea because in warfare, now and forever, nothing would ever replace the horse!

I wonder if any of these people who refuse to learn know that Microsoft has already announced that support for XP will be permanently discontinued in 2014. No more add-ons will be written nor any future Microsoft software will work with it (Office 2013 will not work with XP, for example). I'm going to have fun with these guys as hackers attack vulnerabilities that MS will never issue a patch for.

Hi,
I'm Geoff from the UK
Many Thanks to Maher for the great uploads

Welcome Geoff :)
Wish you all the best.

Quote from: BigBoyBlue on December 29, 2012, 10:58 AM
Hi,
I'm Geoff from the UK
Many Thanks to Maher for the great uploads

Is your name pronounced like "jeff" or differently? What city in the UK are you in. Just give me the name, I'll find it on Google maps.

Quote from: humbert on December 25, 2012, 08:14 PM
Dumb is an understatement - it is the ultimate in stupidity! What makes it even worse is that when they bought the laptop, they paid for Windows 7. It's a little like paying full price for a Cadillac and continuing to drive an average car.

To take a laptop such as the one you mentioned and put XP on it isn't something the average guy can do. One thing they must do it chase down drivers for just about everything assuming they're still being written. I wonder how they even obtained the proper SATA drivers for installation. Being a school, they can't exactly turn around and download Maher's release from TPB - they have to do it legally. Since these people don't know which way is up, clearly they must have paid a programmer to do it for them. It is a classic example of somebody who simply stick with what he knows and refuses to learn. It reminds of that World War I general who, when the British were first experimenting with tanks, he said this was a dumb idea because in warfare, now and forever, nothing would ever replace the horse!

I wonder if any of these people who refuse to learn know that Microsoft has already announced that support for XP will be permanently discontinued in 2014. No more add-ons will be written nor any future Microsoft software will work with it (Office 2013 will not work with XP, for example). I'm going to have fun with these guys as hackers attack vulnerabilities that MS will never issue a patch for.

Hey, I believe you are a little wrong, I visited when they installed windows in our school computers(everyone gets like a weak of "work" to do in a real business. You just plug the powercord in and an internet cable connected to some computer or something that has ghost, and you can install windows XP/7 on all the computers simply by pressing F11(i think it was) during boot and then select Ghost, and after that  Windows xp, or go to the computers name and then selecting Install.
By the way, when i was there we installed XP over windows 7 machines, and they were still labled with the Windows 7 keys, so i took photo's of like 5 of them if it is something you want :)

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 03, 2013, 12:56 PM
Hey, I believe you are a little wrong, I visited when they installed windows in our school computers(everyone gets like a weak of "work" to do in a real business. You just plug the powercord in and an internet cable connected to some computer or something that has ghost, and you can install windows XP/7 on all the computers simply by pressing F11(i think it was) during boot and then select Ghost, and after that  Windows xp, or go to the computers name and then selecting Install.
By the way, when i was there we installed XP over windows 7 machines, and they were still labled with the Windows 7 keys, so i took photo's of like 5 of them if it is something you want :)

I misunderstood you. If we're talking a situation where they at least leave you an option, that's another thing entirely. The bad part is to force people to downgrade and at the same time to throw away the Windows 7 they paid for. From what you're telling me that's not the case here.

Quote from: Jovanov81 on January 10, 2013, 11:00 AM
Hi I'm from Macedonia and I'm not new here just forgot my old username....
The main reason why I register again is Windows 8
I don't know about you people byt I have the activator that works perfectly(unlock the personalisation and activate windows8)
I format my laptop more then 15 times,try all versions from torrent sites and all posible activators...

What is important is the next - Activator works only in one version of Windows 8 and for now only this version culd be activated (acording me)

I will post links in the appropriate topic so you can all download,tnx

Hello and welcome back with your new name. :)
This will be great from you.
Thanks.  :D

@Scarface - do you live in Paris? Are you French? I visited Paris several years ago and I loved it. Everything you hear about Parisians being rude is simply not true. The Metro is terrific. In America there's nothing even close, unless you live in New York. I loved the fact that you do not have to have a car. Here without a car, you're dead.

Yes I live in Paris. Still you wouldnt want to live where I live and pay what I pay for the rent. The metro is a plus, thats right and if you are a tourist its useful, but a large part of the suburb is not covered at all.
And thats right, cars are not needed. My 20 year old car has been broken by looters last years, so I dont have it anymore. I live in the eastern Paris, its not as rich as what you see on the postcards.

@Scarface - what are you doing up at 4:04am?  :)

Yes, I'm familiar with the fact that the entire European community is expensive. When I went there I bought a complete package with airplane and hotel. I remember the hotel I was in was OK but not really luxurious, and I couldn't believe it when I saw that the price was about 250â,¬ a night!

I didn't just stay in the tourist areas, I went all around on the metro. Sure, some areas are better than others, but I didn't see anything really deprimental like you'd see even here in America.

I cant sleep, I have slept from 8pm to 3am. I said I found a job but I wont begin before May. So I sleep when I want. Its raining here so I wont go out. And its cold. For your hotel, its not astonishing. Everything here is expensive. If you want to have cheap hotels you have to go to the suburb. Even if its not far it will be cheaper. There are 3 2 hotels Formule1 adjoining Paris for about 40E a night (http://www.hotelformule1.com/gb/home/index.shtml).

Hello all here,

I am newbie here and i would to thanks all them who support's that website.

I hope your forum will help me and also all the people whose are fall in love to PC world.

I am from Georgia, not in USA.  Georgia is near Turkey from south and nearby to Russia from north.

I be glad to introduce you here.

i wish success to all.

best regards,

gelapir

@gelapir - we know where Georgia is located. It's as easy as opening any of the 5 or 6 map web sites on another tab. Whereabouts in Georgia are you? Just write the name of the town, looking it up on the map is easy.

Welcome to our little group!

Quote from: humbert on May 06, 2013, 02:57 AM
@gelapir - we know where Georgia is located. It's as easy as opening any of the 5 or 6 map web sites on another tab. Whereabouts in Georgia are you? Just write the name of the town, looking it up on the map is easy.

Welcome to our little group!

humbert - Thanks.

I live  in Zugdidi, Samegrelo, Zemo-Svaneti region in Georgia. Zugdidi is small city.

@gelapir
Welcome to the forum.
I wish you all the best.
Enjoy.. :) :D

Quote from: gelapir on May 06, 2013, 09:59 AM
I live  in Zugdidi, Samegrelo, Zemo-Svaneti region in Georgia. Zugdidi is small city.

I found you on the map. You're not too far from the Black Sea. Is it possible to bathe there in the summer, or is the water temperature too cold for that?

Quote from: humbert on May 06, 2013, 10:37 PM

Quote from: gelapir on May 06, 2013, 09:59 AM
I live  in Zugdidi, Samegrelo, Zemo-Svaneti region in Georgia. Zugdidi is small city.

I found you on the map. You're not too far from the Black Sea. Is it possible to bathe there in the summer, or is the water temperature too cold for that?

Of course there is possible to go for swimming there in summer time. There comes turists for bathe. from my city is 35 km away.

Welcome here, gelapir.
Nice to meet here a proud Georgia man! :) Feel yourself like at home here!

Quote from: Daniil on May 07, 2013, 10:19 PM
Welcome here, gelapir.
Nice to meet here a proud Georgia man! :) Feel yourself like at home here!

Thanks Daniil. and of you thanks to editing to the yours group here.

Hi ;)

I'm Hanna from Poland (youu know, Europe, Chopin etc.) and my English is... far from native.

Hope you won't be mad at me (;

Quote from: Hanakumu on June 09, 2013, 11:31 AM
Hi ;)

I'm Hanna from Poland (youu know, Europe, Chopin etc.) and my English is... far from native.

Hope you won't be mad at me (;

Welcome, Hanna :)
It's pleasure to join us.
Wish you all the best.
:)

Hello everyone, My name is Danilo, my English isn't quite good, I'm depressed, I'm newbie, and I just want to learn new things and do some downloads.  ;)

Quote from: pilinin on June 13, 2013, 02:50 AM
Hello everyone, My name is Danilo, my English isn't quite good, I'm depressed, I'm newbie, and I just want to learn new things and do some downloads.  ;)

Hello Danilo :)
Welcome to the forum and I hope you find what you seek.
All the best. :D

Hello There.
I am Jhon Errol L. Borlagdan Currently an IT Student here in Philippines.
I am Male, 16 years old.
I am glad to meet you all

God Bless.

Hello Jhon :)
Welcome to the forum.
Glad to meet you too.
:D

Quote from: Hanakumu on June 09, 2013, 11:31 AM
Hi ;)

I'm Hanna from Poland (youu know, Europe, Chopin etc.) and my English is... far from native.

Hope you won't be mad at me (;

Czerwony pojazd na lotnisko :D!
Haha, I don't speak polish ;)!

Quote from: usmangujjar on September 29, 2013, 06:10 PM
i am usman gujjar(Muhammad Usman Gujjar), from Pakistan.
i am registered on this forum in October 19, 2012, but i have started posting some days ago,

Whereabouts in Pakistan do you live? Just name the city or town, no need to tell us where it's located because it'll probably be on Google maps.

Quote from: usmangujjar on September 29, 2013, 06:10 PM
i am usman gujjar(Muhammad Usman Gujjar), from Pakistan.
i am registered on this forum in October 19, 2012, but i have started posting some days ago,

i found this forum very helpfull. thanks to Maher & all other members.

Welcome to our community, dear comrade! Nice to meet proud people of Pakistan here! (http://rybinsk20.narod.ru/Smile/_pic-smile/308.gif)

Quote from: usmangujjar on October 01, 2013, 05:40 AM
@humbert- i am from Islamabad.

Does 'bad' mean anything? I've seen some cities and such which end on 'bad', for example, Jalalabad, Islamabad, Mehmedabad, Moradabad.
Thanks in advance.

Quote from: usmangujjar on October 03, 2013, 05:38 PM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on October 03, 2013, 04:15 PM
Does 'bad' mean anything? I've seen some cities and such which end on 'bad', for example, Jalalabad, Islamabad, Mehmedabad, Moradabad.
Thanks in advance.

@ Dear Shadow.97- some times its meaning is Populated, but in name of cities meaning is some diferent, which i don't describe it in english, i don't know english much.
i'm giving an example; if i (usman) go to an uninhabited, & this people may it call usmanabad,

Ah thank you, so it was as simple as that..

There Is only one real modern town in Pakistan, its Karachi. A village a few years ago and now an agglomération of more 10 million. The rest of Pakistan is still médiéval. You deserve better than islamabad gujjar.Go to Karachi or bombay and become a prophet.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ilXc0j1iHA
For example 2 days ago Ive told my coworkers it was too polluted near the beltway. Our lives are in danger.they didnt tell me I was wrong. Now they know why they are coughing and why they have asthma and perhaps in a few years they Will live paris for the countryside.
The main thing is to trigger a mental revolution. For example You can ask somebody why he has a car, and if he understands why its useless.
Here is the parisian beltway surrounding paris. Im working at 50 metres of that. I filmed this at 4pm, it was calm, but the flow is relentless and the pollution very important.
http://youtu.be/JpEuA3rFhZA

Quote from: scarface on October 03, 2013, 10:59 PM
There Is only one real modern town in Pakistan, its Karachi. A village a few years ago and now an agglomération of more 10 million. The rest of Pakistan is still médiéval. You deserve better than islamabad gujjar.Go to Karachi or bombay and become a prophet.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ilXc0j1iHA
For example 2 days ago Ive told my coworkers it was too polluted near the beltway. Our lives are in danger.they didnt tell me I was wrong. Now they know why they are coughing and why they have asthma and perhaps in a few years they Will live paris for the countryside.
The main thing is to trigger a mental revolution. For example You can ask somebody why he has a car, and if he understands why its useless.
Here is the parisian beltway surrounding paris. Im working at 50 metres of that. I filmed this at 4pm, it was calm, but the flow is relentless and the pollution very important.
http://youtu.be/JpEuA3rFhZA

Seems like a very slow highway.

who spoke about a highway? Try to think about it, this beltway or ring road, translated by périphérique in french is a urban road surrounding the town of paris. the traffic is too important to make that a highway (its said to be the busiest in europe). the speed is limited at 80km/h but most of the time you drive at 50km/h or 10 when its jammed. at 5pm the traffic usually begins to increase because the people come back to home. One time Ive made a 130km/h on a portion but only a madman or a man who knows what he does can do that, and there are a lot of speed radars in each sense.
(http://paris.tarekshalaby.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/parismap.png)

Geographically this horrible thing separates paris from its agglomeration. but this is an important road because you can cross the town without having to enter it, and crossing paris is hard because there are traffic light and its usually jammed. Note that the nearby highways are also limited in speed, for example the a6 you see at the south is limited at 90 then at 110 before you can use it at 130km/h.
to shadow.97: If ever you come here with you skoda dont forget this site, its shows you in real time if its jammed or not: http://www.sytadin.fr/

To usmangujjar: I added the picture of pakistan in the topic http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=1043.0
I did a new avatar:
(https://i.ibb.co/9rf5JY8/945527avatars.jpg)

No I just modify some pictures of "divinities" I find.
This one is superman, but in reality I think you look too intelligent compared to the others.
For example in this one I added a frame and lightened the original image, it was dark:
(https://i.ibb.co/VvqT4M4/19926472ug.jpg)
The avatar of topdog is without doubt the funniest of all.

Nadia Gujjar, from Pakistan.
here is pakistani girls?????????

Quote from: usmangujjar on October 07, 2013, 12:13 PM

Quote from: nadia gujjar on October 07, 2013, 12:12 PM
Nadia Gujjar, from Pakistan.
here is pakistani girls?????????

welcome to the forum, i am also from Pakistan

your city?

It would be interesting if you found out you were somehow related :)!

Quote from: Shadow.97 on October 07, 2013, 04:52 PM
It would be interesting if you found out you were somehow related :)!

what you said?

every time i post, verification comes. how i can remove it?

Quote from: usmangujjar on October 07, 2013, 07:01 PM

Quote from: nadia gujjar on October 07, 2013, 07:00 PM
every time i post, verification comes. how i can remove it?

after some posts, it will be romeve automatically.

its ok,

Ive imagined something today and Ive made a dream, each one of us could constitute the pillar for an international organisation. Ive made a map with the members whose location is known and realized we are on each continent.
(https://i.ibb.co/cgFgLTT/587989map.png)
For the tasks I imagined that:
Maher: the boss of the organisation and the webmaster. Hes a well known computer scientist in Palestine.
Humbert: the coordinatoor of the network. His military base in San antonio is a valuable asset for the operations in the US.
Scarface: known as "the strategist". He makes assessment on the feasability of each operation.
Ahmad: known as "the prophet": His knowledge of the Curan makes him a priceless asset to translate arabic into english.
Daniil: His knowledge of the new techniques of survival makes him an ally of choice.
harkaz: He's a software tester and keeps his hideout in Greece.
Shadow.97: he has strong knowledge about computer networks and can be a strong ally for the operations in northern Europe.
Topdog: He's the elder advisor of the committee. He's said to be 130 years old and lives in New Zealand. He's the master for the operations in Oceania.
Usmangujjar: He's the specialist of Asia for the committee. He speak a dozen of langages, in particular arabic, Urdu and Punjabi. He can be a strong ally for the operations in India or China.

And this organisation can save you life. Imagine for example that things are going awry in Egypt. The panic is spreading and the supermarkets are emptied in 2 days. For Ahmad there would be a solution: he could go to palestine because he knows he has a shelter at maher's or at least an advisor or what we can call a local godfather.

Quote from: scarface on October 07, 2013, 07:08 PM
Ive imagined something today and Ive made a dream, each one of us could constitute the pillar for an international organisation. Ive made a map with the members whose location is known and realized we are on each continent.
(https://i.ibb.co/cgFgLTT/587989map.png)
For the tasks I imagined that:
Maher: the boss of the organisation and the webmaster. Hes a well known computer scientist in Palestine.
Humbert: the coordinatoor of the network. His military base in San antonio is a valuable asset for the operations in the US.
Scarface: known as "the strategist". He makes assessment on the feasability of each operation.
Ahmad: known as "the prophet": His knowledge of the Curan makes him a priceless asset to translate arabic into english.
Daniil: His knowledge of the new techniques of survival makes him an ally of choice.
harkaz: He's a software tester and keeps his hideout in Greece.
Shadow.97: he has strong knowledge about computer networks and can be a strong ally for the operations in northern Europe.
Topdog: He's the elder advisor of the committee. He's said to be 130 years old and lives in New Zealand. He's the master for the operations in Oceania.
Usmangujjar: He's the specialist of Asia for the committee. He speak a dozen of langages, in particular arabic, Urdu and Punjabi. He can be a strong ally for the operations in India or China.

And this organisation can save you life. Imagine for example that things are going awry in Egypt. The panic is spreading and the supermarkets are emptied in 2 days. For Ahmad there would be a solution: he could go to palestine because he knows he has a shelter at maher's or at least an advisor or what we can call a local godfather.

One problem, I have no idea what I'm actually doing with my computers :D!
I'm just messing around I think you over estimate my power :p
Also, before I get my own house or apartment I'm not much of help.. I'd love to try though if needed in the future.

Nadia, welcome to our forum! It's very nice to see here a proud and beautiful daughter of Pakistan. :) Take my respects and feel yourself like at home here. :)

Also, interesting fact - Nadia (short form from Nadejda) is very common name here in north Russia. In my group at university there is two girls with name Nadia.

Scarface, good idea. But it need more work around a way how to realise it. Also, after your words about "international organization", "saving lives and future", can't hold myself:
(http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/print/2008/2/vote-red.jpg)

Also, let's talk about this in economics-survival thread, this topic for introducing and welcome only.

@scarface:
Nice imagination :)

@Nadia:
Welcome to our community.
Have a nice stay with us. :)

@Scarface - gotta love that picture! Of course you realize I've never done any military service in my life, thank goodness. As you probably know there are 2 US air force here. I don't know why they have 2 or what those planes do all day.

@Daniil - where did you get that "Redolution" picture?

To newcomers, welcome y'all!
To everyone else, How've you all been?
I was just skimming the posts and realized that I've been gone long enough to actually get confused about the topics. I love the "Redolution" though!

Quote from: katana on October 30, 2013, 05:53 AM
To newcomers, welcome y'all!
To everyone else, How've you all been?
I was just skimming the posts and realized that I've been gone long enough to actually get confused about the topics. I love the "Redolution" though!

Welcome back, katana. :)

KATANA:! Welcome back! Don't be away for such a long time, we love your valued input.

@Scarface - Katana has described herself physically as having a somewhat darker skin tone and having hair more similar to what you'd see in an Australian aborigine. I believe (but not too sure) that otherwise she has Asian features. I don't think this avatar you picked is what she'd like to see.

@Katana - kindly correct me if I'm wrong.  :) ;)

Thank you for the "Welcome back", guys!

@humbert - I look exactly like how I described myself to you... You can look me up in twitter. :) But I like Scarface's avatar for me. Who doesn't love anime? :)

@Scarface - Thank you for my new avatar! Really really appreciate it. Such a great way to welcome me back!  8)

Very good ava.  :)
Greetings, katana! We all really was lonely without you.

Quote from: katana on October 31, 2013, 02:12 AM
Thank you for the "Welcome back", guys!

@humbert - I look exactly like how I described myself to you... You can look me up in twitter. :) But I like Scarface's avatar for me. Who doesn't love anime? :)

@Scarface - Thank you for my new avatar! Really really appreciate it. Such a great way to welcome me back!  8)

Which animes do you watch?

The most I watched was Naruto but there were others, I just can't remember what they're called...  ???

Quote from: Daniil on October 31, 2013, 02:19 PM
Very good ava.  :)
Greetings, katana! We all really was lonely without you.

Thank you!

So... How may I be of service?  ;)

Quote from: katana on November 17, 2013, 12:24 PM
The most I watched was Naruto but there were others, I just can't remember what they're called...  ???

If you find any you suggest please tell :p

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2013, 01:56 PM
If you find any you suggest please tell :p

I remember one... I was still studying college then, my housemates & I would gather round our 6" black & white tv around 10am from Monday to Friday to watch it. I think it was called "One Piece", the central story was about basketball...

Assalamu Alaikum

How is everyone?

Been too busy to chit chat past few months..

p.s. Where are Maher's windows releases' links?

Hi aa1234779, I dont know how I am but I know for a fact maher is fine.
If you look carefully you will find his links...
I always wondered where you could come from. I would bet on Egypt or a nearby country. It would fit a person like you, arabic speaking, cultivated and probably rather religious. Anyway I would be surprised if it was Europe or the US. youre not obliged to answer.

Quote from: scarface on December 03, 2013, 12:55 AM
Hi aa1234779, I dont know how I am but I know for a fact maher is fine.
If you look carefully you will find his links...
I always wondered where you could come from. I would bet on Egypt or a nearby country. It would fit a person like you, arabic speaking, cultivated and probably rather religious. Anyway I would be surprised if it was Europe or the US. youre not obliged to answer.

I'm an Arab.. Let's keep it at that..

So the mystery will persist. aa1234779 is not only exceptional, he knows how to find the right words. As Edgar Allan Poe said, “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”

Quote from: scarface on December 05, 2013, 12:30 PM
So the mystery will persist. aa1234779 is not only exceptional, he knows how to find the right words. As Edgar Allan Poe said, “There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”

I'm flattered my friend.. In the virtual world where our minds meet, it's our thoughts & manners that matter more than our ethnic or religious backgrounds, especially when there is no claim of representation to anything other than myself.

aa1234779 - I'm curious as to why you're reluctant to reveal your nationality. Are you a citizen of one (or more) of the ±20 Arab countries, or are you a person or Arab descent living outside the Middle East? Or are you Palestinian like our leader Maher?

My nationality parallels that of the Arab people. Those of us who are citizens of one of the ±20 Spanish speaking countries have been labeled 'Hispanic'. In my case I am Hispanic, Cuban to be more specific. See? 

Your curiosity is welcomed.

QuoteA citizen of one (or more) of the ±20 Arab countries.

Very true..
An Arab from the land that was united at a time not long ago and is now divided & torn apart like never before.
Borders & nationalities are variables that were not known before colonialism. The people of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian (or Arabian) Gulf, Iraq, the Levant, the Horn of Africa are all considered Arabs whether they are descendents of Semite Arabs (Qahtan, Adnan, and Ghassan tribes) or not. The diverse & tolerant culture of Islam seamlessly melted all the differences of separate cultures into one that is not based upon color, ethnicity, genealogy, nationality (!!!) or any other factor than this..
The language (or lingua franca) and the core values/principles that formulate an Arab. These have not changed in the majority of the people that have withstood 'much' since the beginnings. That is a constant for no less than 1400 years up to this day.

Check these out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOHQAZjkGOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktt0Nvx5IhE

QuoteMy nationality parallels that of the Arab people. Those of us who are citizens of one of the ±20 Spanish speaking countries have been labeled 'Hispanic'. In my case I am Hispanic, Cuban to be more specific. See? 

I agree with you. Thoughts or a 'spirit' of unity also exists within Latin America & Cuba that is somewhat similar to ours.
It's a matter of personal preference & comfort what to disclose. My choice is to be myself & represent what I believe in, as do you & all others out there.
This is me not being contradictory to myself.  :)

aa1234779 - thanks for the 2 links. I downloaded the videos so I can view them calmly later.

Just like the Arabs, we too come from all sorts of different backgrounds, colors, cultures, etc.. We have Europeans, Africans, Asians, native indigenous people, etc. I guess the only difference is that our mindset isn't as rigid (or fixed) as in the Arab world, although we too have our set of values.

Not only do I fully respect your personal preference regarding your nationality, but in a way I understand it. I say this because there are some things that I also hide for no other reason than preference. I hate giving out my date of birth and get angry if someone wishes me greeting on that day. Why? Personal preference.  :)

@humbert
That's cool..
If you happen to one day tour at least two countries in the Arab world (Egypt & Morocco per say) you will see how similar we are.
Let's hope for peace in my country & yours.. :)

Hi, I am from Australlia  but now in Mauritius. Next month I will be in India (New Delhi and Benaras)

Quote from: akaubee on December 14, 2013, 07:27 PM
Hi, I am from Australlia  but now in Mauritius. Next month I will be in India (New Delhi and Benaras)

You're an Aussie? I thought you were from the Middle East. Are you an Aborigine? Also, what are you doing in Mauritius or India? On business?

My name is Ronald. Am new here. Am getting a lot of help from this forum.

How did you post that moving smiley? Did you get it from one of those sites Daniil talked about?

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-alladin-006.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons.php)

OK, I see what you're doing. The option to choose is "forum code", then just paste it directly without inserting a picture.

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-alladin-021.gif)

I'm also seeing that the URL option works too, but you have to click "Insert Image" first.

These 2 guys are posted using the 2 different methods, and both work.

Quote from: usmangujjar on January 01, 2014, 07:13 AM

Quote from: humbert on January 01, 2014, 05:50 AM
(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-alladin-006.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons.php)

OK, I see what you're doing. The option to choose is "forum code", then just paste it directly without inserting a picture.

(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-alladin-021.gif)

I'm also seeing that the URL option works too, but you have to click "Insert Image" first.

These 2 guys are posted using the 2 different methods, and both work.

yes, it is more easy to copy "forum code",  instead of  copying img url, then inserting [img] tag

One is click-able, the other isn't, one is wrapped with a URL.

We now know a lot of things about Maher. Still, his mysterious city remained a secret for me. I tried to gather some information and I found Qalqylia has the only zoo in Palestine. here are a few pictures:
a baboon:
(https://i.ibb.co/VJX7jT1/CDRd0-YQWIAAu11-U.jpg)
an hippo:
(https://i.ibb.co/xHSN2M6/9516965422.jpg)
a giraffe:
(https://i.ibb.co/M8Zv9Y5/800px-Qalqiliya-giraffe.jpg)

Today Im posting a few photos of usmangujjar's city: Islamabad.
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the richest town per capita. While its superficie is huge, its not a very big town like Karachi or Lahore and its density of population is very small. The town has a lot of parks and really looks like Hollywood. Its name in Ourdou means the city of Islam.
Recently a french restaurant named "à la maison" has opened in Islamabad and provides a french traditional food. If youre Pakistani you have to be accompanied with a foreigner because its food is not halal.

a view of Islamabad. It looks like Hollywood.
(http://lesregionsdumonde.free.fr/images/moyenorient/moyenorientnord/pakistan/Islamabad2.jpg)
(http://static-new.lhw.com/HotelImages/Final/LW1878/lw1878_47658833_720x450.jpg)
The unique architecture of the faisal mosque:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Faisal_mosque2.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/McDonald%27s_by_F-9_Park_in_Islamabad.jpg)

Quote from: scarface on January 05, 2014, 05:24 PM

Alot more trees than I would imagine.
Nice to see.

When it becomes warmer again and a little more bright on the days I can show some really nice places in my town. (Turf missions)

I Read That the counterpart Is That the poor people are not welcome in Islamabad. But its something widespread in big towns. And for my belief of an incoming collapse, it wont be easy because the people are not used to living together anymore.
I have searched some information about incomes in towns like Cairo or Islamabad but I didnt find anything, probably because Im not searching in Arabic. Its interesting to understand the social fabric of a town though its usually obvious.
for example for paris You have this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Revenus_%C3%A0_Paris_et_Petite_Couronne.JPG)

I noticed we dont see Maher very often. Probably hes busier than before. I was wondering if Ahmad or Maher had children, perhaps to compare myself with them. The guy working next to me has been hospitalized, perhaps it was too hard for him or more probably he couldnt cope with his family life any longer.

@Scarface - Maher is a very busy man and his livelihood takes up a great deal of his time. That's why he asked Ahmad and myself to help moderate the forum. Don't think for a second Maher hasn't lost interest. He's very dedicated to his forum and logs on whenever he has a chance.

Maher is married. It's never occurred to me to ask Ahmad this question, but since he's a young medical student, I seriously doubt it. Besides, knowing him, I'm sure Ahmad would be a very dedicated husband and father. Maher has no children and I doubt Ahmad does.

@Ahmad - please correct any incorrect information I posted about you.  :)

You're right, dear humbert.
I'm still studying .. not married, yet.
:)

Trying to keep up with the topics in this post...

To newcomers, welcome! Glad to have you here.

The last posts are totally in the topic katana. And what about You? Where do You live? Are You happy in your life? Perhaps those questions are interesting not only me.
I put a few pictures because You will notice the other membres dont do it. But a picture Is much more explicit than words. By the way I dont have to introduce myself, youre probably not interested and the few photos of paris and of the ficus momo show what Im dealing with everyday.
But my questions were remaining without answers. When I have seen the photo of Ahmad, I knew he had a mighty wisdom and That he was someone exceptional. And I was right, he wants to become a doctor and help the others. As for the rest, I already knew it, probably an old-fashioned hunch.

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

Last but not least
Hello mr Maher i'm Ismet from Jakarta Indonesia glad to join the forums.
nickname IIH.

to iih: If you can try to give us a few shots of jakarta. I already put here a few pictures of the towns of the "specialists" of the forum:
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=1011.msg9367#msg9367
it would be probably better in this topic though.

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

Bit late,
Hi, Mr.Maher, I'm Glad to join this forums
To all members, nice to meet you here.
from Java island, have a nice day.

Quote from: cha on February 13, 2014, 04:38 AM

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

Bit late,
Hi, Mr.Maher, I'm Glad join to this forums
To all members, nice to meet you here.
from Java island, have a nice day.

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your stay.
I've heard of Java coffee, is that from the Java islands?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 13, 2014, 11:13 AM

Quote from: cha on February 13, 2014, 04:38 AM

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

Bit late,
Hi, Mr.Maher, I'm Glad join to this forums
To all members, nice to meet you here.
from Java island, have a nice day.

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your stay.
I've heard of Java coffee, is that from the Java islands?

yeah, shadow! are you tea maniac? coffee? or .....m3
sorry just joking, I'd be enjoy stay here.

Quote from: cha on February 13, 2014, 03:04 PM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 13, 2014, 11:13 AM

Quote from: cha on February 13, 2014, 04:38 AM

Quote from: Maher on January 28, 2011, 05:43 PM
Hello guys,

In this topic you can introduce yourself to other members. This way we will get to know each other well.
Tell us anything you would like to share about yourself!

Peace.

Bit late,
Hi, Mr.Maher, I'm Glad join to this forums
To all members, nice to meet you here.
from Java island, have a nice day.

Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your stay.
I've heard of Java coffee, is that from the Java islands?

yeah, shadow! are you tea maniac? coffee? or .....m3
sorry just joking, I'd be enjoy stay here.

I've never managed to get good tasting tea in my whole life, so I don't even try to drink tea anymore. Coffee however can be really tasty. Especially the Coffee with a bit of Chocolate taste.

Mostly I drink coffee in the morning and green tea in the afternoon. I like both coffee and chocolate, but not together. Also, I hate Starbucks.

Quote from: humbert on February 14, 2014, 01:28 AM
Mostly I drink coffee in the morning and green tea in the afternoon. I like both coffee and chocolate, but not together. Also, I hate Starbucks.

I actually like the starbucks choco coffee. I don't know what it's called. But it's really good. Way to expensive to buy it every day. And it's not very common, on a few gas stations but really not enough to find everyday, and actually buy it. I could imagine that it's quite good when it's fresh.

gujjar -> I used to have that same avatar, but somehow it got lost. I'm thinking that happened when there was a problem and Maher had to restore everything from and old backup. BTW, I have a ton of these small avatars. I remember sending Ahmad a zipped copy of all of them.

Quote from: usmangujjar on February 15, 2014, 06:09 AM
@humbert> please send me a zip copy.

Of course I will, but please give me a few days. I'm not in San Antonio at the moment, and the files reside on my desktop at home. Once it's ready I'll put the link up. In fact I'll even do it publicly so we all can share.

Ive already put a few photos about the towns of the most famous members of the forum, here http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=10.msg10921#msg10921 and there http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=1011.msg9367#msg9367, and I complete this with a video with which you will discover the extraordinary town of the master: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9pEKoLOc4

I'm serbian, and hate USA govrmetnt. Call me PUTIN!

***

BEHAVE /Ahmad

We should respect others.. No need for those abusive words.
And of course everything here should be in English !!

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Quote from: jastreb on March 21, 2014, 10:41 PM
I'm serbian, and hate USA govrmetnt. Call me PUTIN!

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Эк Ñ,ебя понесло, браÑ,!:) С чего эÑ,о Ñ,Ñ‹ взбесился? (Wow, you're angry, bro!:) Why you became so crazy?)

BTW, VV isn't one who is good enough to call other man with his family name.:)
Also, we should translate all we post on forum to English, and shouldn't use bad words on forum.;)

Somebody said a bad word? I didn't see it.

@Humbert, @usmangujjar
Our Jastreb lost his concentration for a while.:) Now all is OK, respectable Ahmad fixed the problem.

Quote from: scarface on February 02, 2014, 08:18 PM
to iih: If you can try to give us a few shots of jakarta. I already put here a few pictures of the towns of the "specialists" of the forum:
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=1011.msg9367#msg9367
it would be probably better in this topic though.

Just remembered, I owe you about Jakarta
one of few shots of Jakarta The capital city
(https://i.ibb.co/N1hp9jS/Jakarta.jpg)

Central of Jakarta at afternoon day
(https://i.ibb.co/sCFfR6W/merdeka.jpg)

Im sure Jakarta Is a wonderful town full of history. According to wiki its the second agglomération behind Tokyo. Probably a topic for the photos should be created.
But what I want to see are not birds eye views. I want to see your photos and your comments, even photos of real life, if There are cows in the Street like in India for example...or nothing but cars like here. For example Ive been in the east of Paris (too working class and popular for me) to take some photos of the bastille, a place full of history with the French revolution in 1789. Your photos are beautiful, but Im not surprised to see buildings and cars...
The second photo Is interesting. Is this a recent monument? A simple sentence to describe the place would be interesting. With your avatar I guess You might have been in this Park to smoke and relax.
The most wonderful towns have an history, Ive been recently in bussy st George, a "dormitory town" at 20km of paris in its suburb which didnt exist 30 years ago (a few hundred of inhabitants) and today it looks like an American town of Florida, every building is identical. So, its not interesting to take photos of That.

Quote from: scarface on April 09, 2014, 11:26 PM
Im sure Jakarta Is a wonderful town full of history. According to wiki its the second agglomération behind Tokyo. Probably a topic for the photos should be created.
But what I want to see are not birds eye views. I want to see your photos and your comments, even photos of real life, if There are cows in the Street like in India for example...or nothing but cars like here. For example Ive been in the east of Paris (too working class and popular for me) to take some photos of the bastille, a place full of history with the French revolution in 1789. Your photos are beautiful, but Im not surprised to see buildings and cars...
The second photo Is interesting. Is this a recent monument? A simple sentence to describe the place would be interesting. With your avatar I guess You might have been in this Park to smoke and relax.
The most wonderful towns have an history, Ive been recently in bussy st George, a "dormitory town" at 20km of paris in its suburb which didnt exist 30 years ago (a few hundred of inhabitants) and today it looks like an American town of Florida, every building is identical. So, its not interesting to take photos of That.

give me some time I tried to shoot, but I've no skills with the camera like you.

Quote from: iih on April 09, 2014, 10:23 PM

Quote from: scarface on February 02, 2014, 08:18 PM
to iih: If you can try to give us a few shots of jakarta. I already put here a few pictures of the towns of the "specialists" of the forum:
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=1011.msg9367#msg9367
it would be probably better in this topic though.

Just remembered, I owe you about Jakarta
Last I remembered, My Friend BOB from Bali Island of viewing Jakarta from the top of Monas, shot from top of the National monument
(https://i.ibb.co/YjTwFBB/YB0-IX-monas-700.jpg)

Quote from: usmangujjar on December 29, 2013, 08:31 AM

Quote from: humbert on December 28, 2013, 09:32 PM
How did you post that moving smiley? Did you get it from one of those sites Daniil talked about?

some time ago i read Daniil's post about smily. but i don't use his sites, there are thousands of sites offering smilies, 

here i am giving some smileys site,:

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php

http://yoursmiles.org/

http://forums.somethingawful.com/misc.php?action=showsmilies

some more emoticons site please bro....thanks

Hello
I'm Hosein from Iran, I am new here join to this site freshly , I wish you all happiness and pocket full of money dear all member :) ;)

Quote from: Directman on July 03, 2014, 11:21 AM
Hello
I'm Hosein from Iran, I am new here join to this site freshly , I wish you all happiness and pocket full of money dear all member :) ;)

Whereabouts in Iran are you from? Just tell us the city or town, we'll find it on Google maps.

Can I ask you questions about Iran?

Hi Maher, I am Mohamed. I am new on this forum. I am very happy.

Hello everyone, I'm here accidentally and now (at first) I want to study the situation here.
More about me You can find here: http://www.nsaneforums.com/user/45378-kalju/
I'm coming from Estonia.

Welcome to Mohammed and sjhvbjhb28o93aujh (wierd name)

Mohammed, where are you from? sjhvbjhb28o93aujh, are you from Tallinn or another city?

Hi I am Nobody, living in the Philippines but hail from Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
8)

Welcome Nobody !!
If you need anything, just post.
Everyone here is doing his best to help each other.
Enjoy your stay :)

Hi I am a new member. I just wanted to say hi and that I need to get in contact with Maher. There is no option to send a pm.

Hi deeboy. If you want to contact Maher and if you don't see how to do it...well it is a direct link:
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=1

Hi shity maher. My ******* body lives in Bucharest, Romania. Your motherfucking world is like a pile of ****. Thfuck you.  :P

Quote from: fuuckyoubitchh on November 20, 2014, 12:53 PM
Hi shity maher. My ******* body lives in Bucharest, Romania. Your motherfucking world is like a pile of ****. Thfuck you.  :P

Why so f[beep]ckingly? ;D
And yes, welcome!

Hi Maher. I'm from Paris. I am new here. My real name is Jean-Francois

I don't know who BrOkeN_HaRt is, but if he doesn't try to speak English as gujjar said, unfortunately he won't be understood by a lot of people besides me and perhaps humbert.

SCarface-> how to pronounce Broken_hart's name?
John Francis or Jon Francis.

Quote from: Vasudev on November 25, 2014, 11:38 AM
SCarface-> how to pronounce Broken_hart's name?
John Francis or Jon Francis.

Go here https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/jean-fran%C3%A7ois (https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/jean-fran%C3%A7ois) and you'll have your answer.

Thanks, I didn't know google translate could do that.

For the pronunciation it's roughly this: http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Jean-Fran%E7ois

Hello, my name is Zoran Amon. I'm new to this forum.

im from Serbia, Ciry Svilajnac aaaand im  born 1993. and i hope we will get along pretty well... also an amateur in windowsing :)

Quote from: amon93 on March 25, 2015, 05:43 PM
Hello, my name is Zoran Amon. I'm new to this forum.
im from Serbia, Ciry Svilajnac aaaand im  born 1993. and i hope we will get along pretty well... also an amateur in windowsing :)

Welcome aboard. We're all here to learn and help others out.
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I found your city on Google maps and I have a question. The Cyrillic spelling is Свилajнац - the final letter in the transliteration doesn't match - ц = ts and c = s. Or is it that the Serbian pronunciation is different?

Quote from: humbert on March 26, 2015, 02:30 AM

Quote from: amon93 on March 25, 2015, 05:43 PM
Hello, my name is Zoran Amon. I'm new to this forum.
im from Serbia, Ciry Svilajnac aaaand im  born 1993. and i hope we will get along pretty well... also an amateur in windowsing :)

Welcome aboard. We're all here to learn and help others out.
-
I found your city on Google maps and I have a question. The Cyrillic spelling is Свилajнац - the final letter in the transliteration doesn't match - ц = ts and c = s. Or is it that the Serbian pronunciation is different?

yes it is the Serbian pronunciation, and most people think that we talk russian even tho its completly diferent letter and language

Quote from: amon93 on March 26, 2015, 09:08 AM
yes it is the Serbian pronunciation, and most people think that we talk russian even tho its completly diferent letter and language

What is the approximate transliteration of the letter ц ?  We know in Russian it's TS, what is it in Serbian?

What is the approximate transliteration of the letter ц ?  We know in Russian it's TS, what is it in Serbian?
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for that letter it would be the same translation... but honestly these other letters(Љ,Њ,Ш,Ð,,Ћ,Ж,Ч,З) are hard to translate becouse our Serbian Cyrillic has one letter for allmost every sound you can make when you speak our language...

you can try to write these other letters in google translate and hear them how they actualy sound

Hi Bro Maher.

I am Samar. I am not so good in programming and I like this forum.

Quote from: CPP_GEEK on April 06, 2015, 09:32 AM
Hi Bro Maher.

I am Samar. I am not so good in programming and I like this forum.

Welcome to the forum Samar :) Nice having you here.

Welcome Shadow.97 Bro.. :)

@Shadow.97 - Did you get a sex change operation or what? :)

Quote from: humbert on April 08, 2015, 06:49 AM
@Shadow.97 - Did you get a sex change operation or what? :)

Humbert-> Did you read my mind?  :o

Kind of. Kind of. No op yet. Not mentally stable enough.
Prefer if you pm about questions like that though, I'm not comfortable with it being too open..

Quote from: usmangujjar on April 09, 2015, 01:00 PM
i like Fuj,
if unfortunaltey any Moderator go away, he deserve to be Moderator here, may be he don't like.

+1, good posts, good english, good thoughts :)

Quote from: Fuj on April 09, 2015, 01:47 PM
:) Thank you for your support but I will not be a moderator. We got two fresh mods now and they are doing fine.

See I'm not the only one who likes you? :)

Hello everyone, I am jacob carl, new to this group.

Hey Everyone,
I'm sadesh from india and new for the forum.

Hola,

I am George Lucas from Madrid. Looking to learn new thing here. Need your support dears. Thank You

Welcome aboard @sadesh and George Lucas.

Hola,

Myself George Lucas, I'm a accomplished Market Researcher with 2+ years of experience with managing skills. And works for top mobile app development company, FuGenX Technologies.

Hello everyone, i am Peter, newly joined to this group. I like listening to music.

Quote from: peter47 on October 10, 2016, 11:31 AM
Hello everyone, i am Peter, newly joined to this group. I like listening to music.

Welcome Peter ^^ Enjoy your stay in this tiny community.

Hello, I'm new here and only found this site because it seems to be in my system???

I used properties context menu on the thisPC icon and the info page resulting showed this web site as my system manufacturer???  so I looked and here I am.

Why is this infothere?

Manufacturer Maher's Digital World
Model www.nomaher.com

??

screen shot attached.

Maher used to release up-to-date versions of Windows (before entering a period of hibernation, but chances are you will stumble upon him). At first they were only available on this forum but rapidly they could be found on various torrent sites. You're not the first one asking this question.
The forum is still looking for new users who are eager to chat or make a donation anyway.

Hi everyone myself Stewart, i am from India.

what is maher's story?

When Maher started this forum he didn't have the workload he has today, nor did he anticipate it. He believed it would be a better idea to appoint some moderators to take care of the forum in his absence. Better that than closing the forum down.

Hi, I'm Ari, I've just googled this forum, and I think that is the nice thing to register in the forum when you're going to read something.

Hello, I am Deena Joshi working as a Chief Marketing Executive in Veave Technologies pvt ltd. Veave Technologies pvt ltd. is one of the top most technology services and consulting company in Bahrain and Kuwait which is successful in providing certification for 3000 projects across different countries of various standards. Our specialised standards focuses on different industries like IT, healthcare, Business, Marketing and many more.
We believe in giving the best training and auditing for all over improvement of the company. If you are looking to get certified, contact us at [email protected] or www.veave.in/iso-certification-in-bahrain.html (http://www.veave.in/iso-certification-in-bahrain.html)
 

Hello, I am lakshmi working in Certvalue Company with the position of SEO Executive.
We are the best ISO certification Consultants to provide ISO Certifications in major countries of the world.
Such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, Oman, Jordan, Dubai, UAE.


ISO 14001 Services in Iran (http://www.certvalue.com/iso-14001-certification-in-iran/)

ISO 22000 in Turkey (http://www.certvalue.com/iso-22000-certification-in-turkey/)

Quote from: Laxmi123 on January 03, 2018, 02:00 PM
Hello, I am lakshmi working in Certvalue Company with the position of SEO Executive.
We are the best ISO certification Consultants to provide ISO Certifications in major countries of the world.
Such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, Oman, Jordan, Dubai, UAE.

I don't think anyone here is in need of your professional services. You may, of course, give advice anyone who needs help but never for a fee.

Hi,I am  working in Cert value Company with the position of SEO Executive. We are the best ISO certification Consultants to provide ISO Certifications in major countries of the world. Such as Bahrain,Italy,Iraq,Nigeria,Mumbai.

ISO 9001 Certification in Mumbai (http://www.certvalue.com/iso-9001-certification-in-mumbai/)

HALAL Certification bodies in Bahrain (http://www.certvalue.com/halal-certification-in-bahrain/)

Hello I'm PANZER24(i'm not gonna give my true name) im working at tunsisa pionneer school as a pupil and I'm aged about 13 years old.I love digital things as well as i have a youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2Wlridhk4qKSGjkERVXcQ?view_as=subscriber
Thanks for you attention.

Hello am sushanth, new to this forum

Hello sushanthsai. Apparently you found the right forum.
You can browse the forum and download some movies, or some versions of windows 7 and 10.
You can also make a donation for the Administrator if you feel like it.

"Hello all.
Nice to meet you all and I'm looking forward to seeing what this site is all about"

Quote from: PANZER24 on January 12, 2018, 11:27 PM
Hello I'm PANZER24(i'm not gonna give my true name) im working at tunsisa pionneer school as a pupil and I'm aged about 13 years old.I love digital things as well as i have a youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2Wlridhk4qKSGjkERVXcQ?view_as=subscriber
Thanks for you attention.

Big welcome!
How did you find the forum?
I thought "Wow, so young!" at first, but then I realized, I was 14 upon registering here on the forum.

Hi...I am Scot from Seattled, I registered because you did a nice os and thanks for your sharing.

Welcome to our family Scot 🙏🏻

Quote from: Maher on April 17, 2020, 05:45 PM
Welcome to our family Scot 🙏🏻

Welcome to the forum Maher, havn't seen you in years :D!
Your link in your signature is outdated FYI

And ofcourse; welcome to Scot(As mentioned in the Games post :)  )

Quote from: ScothJony11 on April 17, 2020, 05:39 PM
Hi...I am Scot from Seattled, I registered because you did a nice os and thanks for your sharing.

Where's Seattled? Or is this a spelling error?

Hello everyone, I'm Guliver and I have been visiting this forum for a long time, but I only decided to make an account now. Huge thank you to Maher for reopening registrations for me, and to scarface and humbert for assisting me. Looking forward to being a part of this community :)

Quote from: Guliver on June 07, 2022, 09:37 PMHello everyone, I'm Guliver and I have been visiting this forum for a long time, but I only decided to make an account now. Huge thank you to Maher for reopening registrations for me, and to scarface and humbert for assisting me. Looking forward to being a part of this community :)

GULIVER!! You finally made it! Thanks for your interest in joining. From the way you came across in your emails I felt you'd be an asset to the forum.

By the way and so we can know a little more about you. Where exactly are you from? Country and city. In no way is answering the question mandatory, it's just nice to know. Our forum is truly international. Scarface is in France, Vasudev is in India, Shadow97 is Swedish but (I believe) lives and works in Dublin, Daniil is in St Petersburg (Russia), I live in San Antonio TX (USA), originally from Cuba, and Maher is Jordanian but lives in Israeli-occupied Palestine. Here everybody is welcome. Registrations are difficult only because we've been invaded by bots many times. Bots are NOT welcome.  :-)

Wow, thank you for your kind words Humbert. I am from (and presently residing in) Europe, but I hope you guys will forgive me if I don't specify where exactly, at least for now. I am kinda wary about putting personal information where it can be accessed publicly, my apologies. It is good to know that this forum is so open and accepting to people from all parts of the world and backgrounds. And I agree 100% on the bots, honestly plenty of websites should be more proactive when it comes to bots and other bad actors.

Quote from: Guliver on June 08, 2022, 10:51 PMWow, thank you for your kind words Humbert. I am from (and presently residing in) Europe, but I hope you guys will forgive me if I don't specify where exactly, at least for now. I am kinda wary about putting personal information where it can be accessed publicly, my apologies.

And thank YOU for your kind words about me.

Don't worry about the thing with your location. One of our users (I believe aa1234779) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia but cannot disclose his exact location due to possible reprisals from the Saudi regime. Hopefully your situation isn't the same. While certainly we respect your privacy, I didn't think that telling us you live in [for example] Germany would make it easier to find you. There are 80 million Germans, one if them is a guy named Guliver (not his real name). How do I find Guliver with that information alone?

Once again, this is just an explanation. In absolutely no way am I pushing you into doing something you're not comfortable with. What you decide goes.

Changing the subject: Why not put a nice-looking avatar on  your profile? I downloaded a package of almost 3000. I've zipped it up and sent it to several members. I you'd like a copy I'll send you one. The one I have came from that list.

No no, thankfully I wouldn't be putting myself in any sort of danger by revealing info about myself, from my government or otherwise. I'm just naturally cautious about privacy, and I am aware that I might be taking it a tad too far. My commiserations to aa1234779 and any user who actually has to hide their identity to stay out of trouble. I wouldn't be opposed to talking about my location with interested users via PM, I just feel kinda iffy about posting it for the whole world to see. Anyway, you're a mod, you can see where I'm posting from  ;D And thank you for being so respectful.

Yeah, good idea! I'd love to see those avatars and choose one, thanks.

Welcome aboard Guliver!

Quote from: Guliver on June 12, 2022, 06:57 PMNo no, thankfully I wouldn't be putting myself in any sort of danger by revealing info about myself, from my government or otherwise. I'm just naturally cautious about privacy, and I am aware that I might be taking it a tad too far. My commiserations to aa1234779 and any user who actually has to hide their identity to stay out of trouble. I wouldn't be opposed to talking about my location with interested users via PM, I just feel kinda iffy about posting it for the whole world to see. Anyway, you're a mod, you can see where I'm posting from  ;D And thank you for being so respectful.

You've aroused my curiosity. Send me a PM with your location. City and country only, no address, no phone number nor any other personal details. I'll be sure to keep it a secret. BTW, we moderators do NOT have access to your location. All we can do is look at your public profile and see if you posted that information.

Quote from: Guliver on June 12, 2022, 06:57 PMYeah, good idea! I'd love to see those avatars and choose one, thanks.

Do you have a preference with respect to where to upload it? Does your protonmail account allow attachments? I have an account at mega.nz. Would you like me to upload it there and send you a download link?

BTW I don't know what picture viewing program you use, but I strongly recommend Irfanview or similar. When looking at a pic on a folder with many pics, hit T and you'll see them all side by side. With these avatars I strongly recommend a program that does this. You'll go crazy looking at one after another after another.

Quote from: Vasudev on June 13, 2022, 04:59 PMWelcome aboard Guliver!

Thank you, Vasudev :)

Quote from: humbert on June 14, 2022, 05:22 AMBTW, we moderators do NOT have access to your location.

Oh, I see. I thought mods could see IP addresses of posters in the bottom left corner of posts, the forum software seems to suggest so, but maybe not. When I hover the mouse over the text "Show IP address", it shows my IP, and after clicking it a popup shows up saying "Your IP address is shown only to you and moderators", that's why I assumed you could obtain my location.

As for the avatar package, protonmail does allow attachments but the free plan only comes with 500MB storage space, so if it's more than that mega.nz would be ideal. Thanks!

As humbert said, we can just see the weird message too...
(https://i.ibb.co/CbW3knZ/ip.jpg)
I remember that aa1234779 was also certain that his whereabouts might be disclosed because of this. But in my opinion he was even more angry about his avatar (in my signature).
Personally I don't mind about your location but when I read your message I was under the impression that you were in a European dictatorship. I must be mistaken.

I see, good to know! No no, let me assure you, it has nothing to do with where I live or any outside factors. It is entirely a quirk of mine, a personality trait. Also I don't believe there was a reason to be angry, it's a nice choice for an avatar :)

Scarface/Guliver: I was unaware that we moderators could see user's IP addresses. I just thought that only Maher had access to those records. I guess I was wrong.

I had no clue aa1234779 was mad at you. Did he say tell you this privately? I still don't understand what you did that would make him angry, or exactly what avatar is involved.

Quote from: Guliver on June 07, 2022, 09:37 PMHello everyone, I'm Guliver and I have been visiting this forum for a long time, but I only decided to make an account now. Huge thank you to Maher for reopening registrations for me, and to scarface and humbert for assisting me. Looking forward to being a part of this community :)

Welcome! :D

Im curious, how did you end up finding the forum from the start?
Also would love to know your whereabouts if you feel comfortable sharing it in PM. As you mentioned you're from Europe you may be close :P

I'm currently on vacation in Sweden been considering doing a tour dk->ger->nl this summer, but not decided yet.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 03:32 PMI'm currently on vacation in Sweden been considering doing a tour dk->ger->nl this summer, but not decided yet.

Denmark -> Germany -> Holland, you seem to have a long vacation period.

Quote from: Vasudev on June 17, 2022, 04:46 PM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 03:32 PMI'm currently on vacation in Sweden been considering doing a tour dk->ger->nl this summer, but not decided yet.

Denmark -> Germany -> Holland, you seem to have a long vacation period.

It isnt as far as it seems :) It is in total around 10h by train, including swaps. About the distance from Mumbai to bengaluru. I havnt planned on long stays in the countries. Just

My vacation period that is approved is 17days. (where as 7 was scheduled to work, meaning 7 days of pot).
Per year I have I think 22~24 days to take out as holidays. Previous years I havnt been able to take out all. So I have some saved up on top of this.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 08:03 PMMy vacation period that is approved is 17days. (where as 7 was scheduled to work, meaning 7 days of pot).
Per year I have I think 22~24 days to take out as holidays. Previous years I havnt been able to take out all. So I have some saved up on top of this.

Are you still in Dublin working for the same company? As I recall you wanted out because finding a place to live is a major headache. When you do it's the size of a matchbox and cost nearly 2000€. I'm thinking your entire salary goes is spent on rent.

Quote from: humbert on June 18, 2022, 05:38 AM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 08:03 PMMy vacation period that is approved is 17days. (where as 7 was scheduled to work, meaning 7 days of pot).
Per year I have I think 22~24 days to take out as holidays. Previous years I havnt been able to take out all. So I have some saved up on top of this.

Are you still in Dublin working for the same company? As I recall you wanted out because finding a place to live is a major headache. When you do it's the size of a matchbox and cost nearly 2000€. I'm thinking your entire salary goes is spent on rent.

I'm currently in Sweden for vacation.
I pay 750 euro for around 3x4m, and 1x2m bathroom/shower.

The place I lived in 2018 was shared with 2 others and total rent for the entire place was 1700 and they were increasing it to 2000.
My room there was 560 euro, 2x2m, but it was a proper sized house, but shared with 2 others. The other 2 were moving so staying there was no option.
Then I lived in a room in a landlord owned house, for 650 euro, it was probably also around 3x4m, but it had a proper sized kitchen, bathroom, etc. The issue there was that I did not like the landlord all too much, and I was just not very happy with the thought of not having any privacy.
Current place is very tiny but atleast has privacy.

In sweden at the moment I am preparing to move out fully from my parents place, as they will be moving out on the countryside and not keeping my childhood home. And I want to prepare and have everything nicely in boxes and put them into storage for the day I come back fully.
I've also now brought my full pc and 95% of my things to Sweden, to make it easier to be here permanently.
only thing missing is a job that I like:)
As my current job is very calm during summer, the plan is to just work from sweden(undercover) until end of summer.
We'll see how it all plays out.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 03:32 PMIm curious, how did you end up finding the forum from the start?

Thank you Shadow.97, I found this forum through one of Maher's torrents of MS windows. Thinking back, that must have been ages ago, but it took years between finding the torrent and actually visiting this forum.

Shadow: It's hard to imagine a bathroom inside a 1x2m rectangle that includes a shower, toilet, and sink with faucet so you can shave and wash your hands. How'd they even get all that to fit in? I wish you could draw a picture of it and send it to the forum.

Congratulations of moving out of your parent's house completely. Years ago when I tried to do the same thing, my parents went berserk. Where will you work once you're back in Sweden?

Guliver: You should have joined us sooner  :)

Scarface, et. al. -> It's been said we moderators can see user's IP address records. I've looked everywhere for anybody's IP and I haven't found it. If you've figured it out, let me in on it. This is simply out of curiosity and not to spy on anyone.

Quote from: humbert on June 19, 2022, 05:32 AMScarface, et. al. -> It's been said we moderators can see user's IP address records. I've looked everywhere for anybody's IP and I haven't found it. If you've figured it out, let me in on it. This is simply out of curiosity and not to spy on anyone.

I don't know if it has been said, but it's probably believed we can see them. Actually I don't see the point here.
What's more, your IP only reveals your approximate location and not your exact location. For example, my IP address gives a location in Boulogne-Billancourt, even if I'm not there.

Quote from: scarface on June 19, 2022, 12:02 PM

Quote from: humbert on June 19, 2022, 05:32 AMScarface, et. al. -> It's been said we moderators can see user's IP address records. I've looked everywhere for anybody's IP and I haven't found it. If you've figured it out, let me in on it. This is simply out of curiosity and not to spy on anyone.

I don't know if it has been said, but it's probably believed we can see them. Actually I don't see the point here.
What's more, your IP only reveals your approximate location and not your exact location. For example, my IP address gives a location in Boulogne-Billancourt, even if I'm not there.

IP location is very dependent on ISP.
The first 4 are in the same house.

2 IP addresses are within 5 minutes drive from my house
1 is 30 minute drive
1 is 1h 45 min drive
1 is 6h 30 min drive away(Other ISP at summerhouse)

''Other ISP'' routes ALL traffic through Stockholm, and location is reported as Uppsala which is the city the ISP is based out of.


IF you use a Geo IP tool, it usually reports Accuracy Radius (km).
For me, the IP locations are correct if we factor in the accuracy radius. Except the last one, which is completely wrong. It's actually a bit entertaining getting the ''Hot chicks in nearby *wrong city*, click here!!'' :)

The whole idea of me asking whether someone's IP address was visible was just to see if it could be done. Shadow is right about GeoTool. It's a browser addon for those of you who aren't familiar with it. I just checked my own IP, and GeoTool's stated location is only 1,250 meters from my real location. BTW it also supports IPV6. That's what I pasted into the input bar.

Quote from: humbert on June 20, 2022, 05:26 AMThe whole idea of me asking whether someone's IP address was visible was just to see if it could be done. Shadow is right about GeoTool. It's a browser addon for those of you who aren't familiar with it. I just checked my own IP, and GeoTool's stated location is only 1,250 meters from my real location. BTW it also supports IPV6. That's what I pasted into the input bar.

I was using https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-demo :) Im not all that fond of addons for features like that

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 08:03 PM

Quote from: Vasudev on June 17, 2022, 04:46 PM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 17, 2022, 03:32 PMI'm currently on vacation in Sweden been considering doing a tour dk->ger->nl this summer, but not decided yet.

Denmark -> Germany -> Holland, you seem to have a long vacation period.

It isnt as far as it seems :) It is in total around 10h by train, including swaps. About the distance from Mumbai to bengaluru. I havnt planned on long stays in the countries. Just

My vacation period that is approved is 17days. (where as 7 was scheduled to work, meaning 7 days of pot).
Per year I have I think 22~24 days to take out as holidays. Previous years I havnt been able to take out all. So I have some saved up on top of this.

Yeah then its very close then.

Since multiple people have asked me about my geographical location and I realized there's no need to be quite as secretive, I'm fine with letting you guys know I'm from Prague, Czech republic. Hope that dispels any fears that I'm living in a dictatorship :)

Quote from: Guliver on June 29, 2022, 12:58 AMSince multiple people have asked me about my geographical location and I realized there's no need to be quite as secretive, I'm fine with letting you guys know I'm from Prague, Czech republic. Hope that dispels any fears that I'm living in a dictatorship :)

Actually, I first thought you were a political opponent in Byelorussia. Then I rejected this hypothesis due to an usually high level in English: this user was probably coming from a country with a very high proficiency level in English such as Germany or Sweden, there was practically no doubt about it. Places like Yemen and Democratic Republic of Congo were not part of the most likely presumption as they are at the bottom of the English proficiency index.
I've been to Prague in Spring 2002 when I was a student. I think I've been to the old town square. If I'm not mistaken I saw this building (photo below) which is apparently an old town hall. Maybe you know this place.
I've been to the Charles Bridge too.
At this time, Prague was pretty cheap. I remember that for the equivalent of 4 francs (0.6 €) you were served a large half-liter glass of beer in the bars of the town, but Czechia was not in the euro (I don't remember the former currency, Czech pound, Czech dinar, Czech dollar, no matter...)
You know Gulliver, you should be proud I visited Prague, because it's the only country of Eastern Europe I visited (in fact I visited only Prague, not the rest of the Czech Republic). It's not very surprising, because Prague is a must, when you want to visit something in the east of Europe, usually you have the choice between Prague, Vienna and Greece. I don't know if I would visit it a second time, but I really enjoyed what I saw at that time anyway. However, when you only speak French, English and Spanish (at least I can read Spanish pretty well, but I would lack training to use it in a conversation), the language barrier is a real problem when you travelling just a few hundred kilometres in Europe.
When humbert moved to Texas from Florida, I'm sure he had no difficulty with the new language.

PS: after investigation, I found out the Czech Republic is apparently not in the euro, I was mistaken. I thought it was the case because Slovakia adopted the euro a long time ago. Actually I read a few years ago that it was less interesting to go to Prague now because prices are almost as high as in the rest of Europe (I mean Germany or France, prices are probably somewhat lower in Poland or in Bulgaria), and I thought that it was due to the euro, hence my mistake. Apparently, a beer costs around 45 Czech crowns in Prague nowadays (or 1,8 €). It's sill less expensive than a similar beer in Paris (around 6€). Note that the usual glass of beer in France contains only 25 cl of beer and it is called "un demi" (literally "a half"). It's not half a liter but half a pint. So if you want to get half a liter of beer in France you need to order "une pinte de bière".
Note that I checked the price of a beer back in 2002, after all maybe I was wrong about the price, but this old article of the New York times confirms that the price of the beer was indeed below 1€ in Prague: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/15/magazine/our-correspondent-in-prague-too-picturesque-for-its-own-good.html

(https://i.ibb.co/xHrq1sb/1024px-Staromestske-namesti-rano-2182.jpg)

I was looking through old posts on the forum, it surprised me that I had no posts from when I was in Prague, or mentioning I was in Prague. I was there 2015 :) And also been where the picture above was taken.
There used to be a direct flight from my hometown to Prague, but it does not exist anymore.

The heat was way to hot when I was there, so I was almost only out during night. Walking in just a tshirt and shorts.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2022, 12:13 AMI was looking through old posts on the forum, it surprised me that I had no posts from when I was in Prague, or mentioning I was in Prague. I was there 2015 :) And also been where the picture above was taken.
There used to be a direct flight from my hometown to Prague, but it does not exist anymore.

This square is probably quite famous in Prague indeed. In fact, I was wondering if I've been to Place Venceslas, I don't think so.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2022, 12:13 AMThe heat was way to hot when I was there, so I was almost only out during night. Walking in just a tshirt and shorts.

In fact, despite its latitude, it must be quite hot in summer in Prague because of its continental climate. I guess the pleonasm of the first sentence was not intentional.

I just checked the weather in Prague. You must have gone during a heat wave. It says 24-28°C during the day and 12 to 15°C at night. I wish I had those temps here!

With respect to languages, keep in mind in Europe every country has it's own language except for Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and the small countries such as Luxembourg and Monaco. I'm not too sure what the deal is with the countries that resulted after the breakup of Yugoslavia. By comparison in this hemisphere, Spanish predominates all the way from the Rio Grande to the very end of South America. This with the exception of Brazil and the Guyanas. Portuguese isn't all that different from Spanish. North of the Rio Grande to the North Pole there's English and French only in Québec. I'm not counting indigenous languages because they don't have enough speakers.

Shadow: Just curious. Have you ever been to a place with a tropical climate, or otherwise generally hot?

Yes, of course I know the Old town hall, it's one of the most famous places in Prague, and also a huge tourist trap. So is the Charles bridge. But it is true that if you are in Prague those places are a must. As for the price of beer, it varies a whole lot, depending on how touristy the place you're getting it at is. I am certain in 2002 you could get a beer for 0.6€, or even less. Today, in a normal pub it could cost around 1.3€, but in one of those fancy bars for tourists right next to the Old town hall it could be 3-4€. But if you buy it at the store then a 0.5l bottle of the best czech beer will cost around 1€, with plenty of cheaper options. I think even today you could get some low quality beer for like 0.4€, but it isn't worth it. It's true that prices here are approaching those in Germany, but that has mainly been the case for the last six months since we have a pretty strong inflation going, one of the highest in the EU unfortunatelly. It used to be significantly cheaper here.

I am indeed proud that you visited my city, especially since many people in the west still see the Czech republic as "basically Ukraine" (if they know where it is at all). But I'll have you know, Czechia really isn't all that "eastern" geographically, for example Rome is only about 160 km to the west of Prague.

With respect to languages, there definitely is a great variety across Europe, but then again if you know some anglo-saxon language (English, German), some romance language (French, Spanish, Italian) and some slavic language, then a large portion of the other languages are at least somewhat intelligible. For example if you speak czech, then you have a fair chance of understanding (at least on the most basic level) many of the languages to the east/south-east of Czechia.

Finally, I have also visited France multiple times, Paris itself of course, but also other places like Reims, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse... France is lovely, so much to see!

Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2022, 12:13 AMThe heat was way to hot when I was there, so I was almost only out during night. Walking in just a tshirt and shorts.

Temperatures here vary a lot, it can be 20°C one day and over 30°C the next. It can get hot, 35°C is not unheard of. For the past week or so we've been having a big heat wave with temperatures like 32°C and higher, and huge thunderstorms with lots of rainfall during the night, so the air was incredibly humid during the day. Hopefully that's over now.

Temperature extremes can happen anywhere and everywhere. Here in SA last winter it went down to -12°C. I went for a walk, slipped on the ice and almost cracked a rib. This is at 29'40" N with an altitude of just 250 meters. On the other end it's been as high as 44°.

It was here on the forum what I found that Guliver's country was named "Czechia" -- I thought the name of the country was the "Czech Republic".

Guliver told us there's high inflation in Czechia. This prompts another question: why is Chechia not in the Eurozone? The Chechs are members of the EU and NATO, why not the Eurozone?

I should also mention that, as Guliver said, is hardly another Ukraine. Chech citizens don't even need a visa to  visit the USA. So if Guliver, Scarface, or Shadow want to come here and meet me, all you need is your passport.

Quote from: humbert on July 02, 2022, 05:09 AMTemperature extremes can happen anywhere and everywhere. Here in SA last winter it went down to -12°C.

Oh right, I remember that! It was talked about everywhere, even on the news here, that there was snow in Texas and big power outages. It must have been crazy.

About the whole Czechia thing, the full name of the country is still the Czech Republic, but in 2016 the goverment approved the term Czechia as a legitimate single-word name for the country, just like the full name of Germany is Federal Republic of Germany and Russia's is Russian Federation, for example. The problem is that many outside observers interpreted this as "they are not the Czech republic anymore, they are only Czechia from now on!", and it was all kind of pointless anyway.

As to why we're not in the Eurozone, I think it has to do with the fact that the people have learned, throughout history, to be very cautious and skeptical anytime someone from the outside tries to exert any form of control over them. There was a fair bit of skepticism even about simply joining the EU, but in the end the people were in favor. But I guess accepting the Euro was seen up until now as ceding too much control (and I mean it is also a symbol of sovereignty to have your own currency). The public opinion has been slowly shifting this entire time, and even more so now thanks to the inflation as well as other factors.

So even in Europe you heard of the freeze here? How about that! What made it so bad was that the electric utility was caught with their pants down. There was not enough gas to produce the needed power, not to mention supplying gas to people who (like me) are fortunate enough to have gas service at home. Even so, the furnace won't work without electricity. I had no heat and the temp inside the house went down to 11°C before power came back. Next day it snowed all day nonstop. I had never seen anything like that so far south and not mountainous.

I know that the Czech people have been occupied and bullied by their neighbors since time immemorial. I believe that Czekoslovakia was even created artifically by outsiders. Those days are gone. As a member of NATO Czechia would be protected if Putin decided to pay a visit. Former enemies are now friends. I'm glad that slowly but surely the Czechs are slowly realizing that. I should mention Slovakia is in the Eurozone, and they suffered the same as their Czech brothers.

Hey everyone, sorry for not posting anything in months again, you know how it is, real life always gets in the way. I wanted to at least pop in and say merry christmas/happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it in any way, and wish peace and happiness to all those who don't. I'm glad to be here and one of you guys, hopefully I'll have more time to be more active on here. Cheers!

Quote from: Guliver on December 25, 2022, 05:21 PMHey everyone, sorry for not posting anything in months again, you know how it is, real life always gets in the way. I wanted to at least pop in and say merry christmas/happy holidays to everyone who celebrates it in any way, and wish peace and happiness to all those who don't. I'm glad to be here and one of you guys, hopefully I'll have more time to be more active on here. Cheers!

Hey Guliver! Nice of you to stop in and say hello. Indeed time is a valuable commodity. Despite that, I hope you can be on here more often and share your input. We need "perspicacious" people like you.  :)

Oh, I wanted to ask you, Humbert, how are things in Texas? I read some time ago that Texas declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure, due to the recent extreme weather in the US. They said that this time around the energy grid and operators were better prepared and so nothing should actually happen. Have you experienced any problems?

Quote from: Guliver on December 30, 2022, 05:26 PMOh, I wanted to ask you, Humbert, how are things in Texas? I read some time ago that Texas declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure, due to the recent extreme weather in the US. They said that this time around the energy grid and operators were better prepared and so nothing should actually happen. Have you experienced any problems?

Last time around (Feb 2021) it was pretty serious. My outdoor thermometer was reading anywhere from -10℃ to -5℃ with no electricity for hours. No power = No heat. There is a chimney at home but a tropical boy like me has no idea how to use it. This not to mention that it was easier to find a gold ingot in the street than finding firewood. FORTUNATELY this time around despite temps dropping to -9°, I never lost power nor heat. Some people did lose power but mostly in Houston. San Antonio was mostly unaffected.

Quote from: humbert on December 31, 2022, 06:17 AM

Quote from: Guliver on December 30, 2022, 05:26 PMOh, I wanted to ask you, Humbert, how are things in Texas? I read some time ago that Texas declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure, due to the recent extreme weather in the US. They said that this time around the energy grid and operators were better prepared and so nothing should actually happen. Have you experienced any problems?

Last time around (Feb 2021) it was pretty serious. My outdoor thermometer was reading anywhere from -10℃ to -5℃ with no electricity for hours. No power = No heat. There is a chimney at home but a tropical boy like me has no idea how to use it. This not to mention that it was easier to find a gold ingot in the street than finding firewood. FORTUNATELY this time around despite temps dropping to -9°, I never lost power nor heat. Some people did lose power but mostly in Houston. San Antonio was mostly unaffected.

Do not use a chimney connected fireplace unless it's been safety inspected. Should be done every 3 years if you only use it occassionally. Otherwise you can get soot fire.  ;)

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 02, 2023, 06:56 AMDo not use a chimney connected fireplace unless it's been safety inspected. Should be done every 3 years if you only use it occassionally. Otherwise you can get soot fire.  ;)

I take it that as a Swedish citizen you must have used firewood to heat your house. I don't have the slightest clue as to how to use it. When I moved in I found a soot-infested piece of metal in the chimney. It seems designed as if to hold firewood in place. I've never seen anything like it. Having no use for it, I put it somewhere in the garage until I find some way to dispose of it.

Just curious: how DO you use a chimney with firewood? Do you just throw it in the chimney, put gasoline or some other fire accelerant, and ingite it? Also, it seems to me that on a cold night only the area around the chimney will be warm. The rest of the house stays cold. Right???

BTW: Are you back in Växjö? If so I assume you quit your job in Dublin. Are you working now?

Quote from: humbert on January 03, 2023, 05:03 AM

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 02, 2023, 06:56 AMDo not use a chimney connected fireplace unless it's been safety inspected. Should be done every 3 years if you only use it occassionally. Otherwise you can get soot fire.  ;)

I take it that as a Swedish citizen you must have used firewood to heat your house. I don't have the slightest clue as to how to use it. When I moved in I found a soot-infested piece of metal in the chimney. It seems designed as if to hold firewood in place. I've never seen anything like it. Having no use for it, I put it somewhere in the garage until I find some way to dispose of it.

Just curious: how DO you use a chimney with firewood? Do you just throw it in the chimney, put gasoline or some other fire accelerant, and ingite it? Also, it seems to me that on a cold night only the area around the chimney will be warm. The rest of the house stays cold. Right???

BTW: Are you back in Växjö? If so I assume you quit your job in Dublin. Are you working now?

I usually take 3-4 logs that are around 25cm long and 10cm in diameter, make them lie ontop of eachother, put in some tinder wood alongside half of a lightercube.
The lightercube burns for a handful of minutes and the paper helps getting the place hot enough.

It will ofcourse depend on the size of the fire place.
Our stove I usually use 7cm diameter logs and only two of them. Along side with some tinder wood and half a lighter cube.
You don't want it to burn violently, just enough to keep the ember going.

Spread of heat depends on the setup. If you have a setup like this, it will spread quite a bit.

(https://i.etsystatic.com/32812886/r/il/a71314/4428463089/il_fullxfull.4428463089_fq4l.jpg)

I have no idea what metal piece you are talking about. Could it be a grate to elevate the logs from the ashes and increase airflow? Makes cleaning a fair chunk easier.
(https://www.bauhaus.se/media/catalog/product/cache/06447b731d1cbff22138e7150384a1c9/3/2/3240569a.jpg)

And depending on size/insulation you can expect more or less parts of your house staying warm.
I wouldn't expect more than a room or two to be hot enough using only a fireplace that is enclosed.
Never use gasoline to light fires, perhaps a tiny bit outdoors but lighter fluid exists for a reason :) Even then, I would only use that on coal for a bbq grill.

On a cold night you wont likely have a fire, not only is it a hazard but it will put itself out if you do not constantly feed it. For sustained heat you want a pellets heater with an automatic feeder.
(https://www.harmanstoves.com/shopping-tools/blog/~/Media/31C89323264244F5B7AE984B8F6CEA64.ashx)
Not many people have fireplaces. Mostly older homes that are not in the city.
The ones who do mainly use it for coziness rather than heat.
In the city district heating is the most common. Hot water being produced in one part of the city then pumped across the city.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/District_heating.gif)



As for living/working. Living outside the city, 15 min by car. No job yet. Been too busy with life in general.

Thanks for the explanation and for all those pics. It seems that doing all this is much more difficult than I thought. I'm not clear how you ignite logs or what fire accelerant you use.

The logs pictured on the side of the burner. Do you buy them or go out with an ax and cut trees?

I'm seeing a fan in the picture. I imagine this is to send heat to the area in front of the fireplace. What about the rest of the house? Is heat conducted through the walls or what?

The piece of iron I mentioned is like the one in the picture. I even went to the garage to look at it before responding. Since the garbage is coming tomorrow morning, I just threw it out.

I had no idea that homes or businesses were heated by heating water in one place and sending the hot water to radiators. How do they bill you? Since they're selling you kcals of heat, I guess there must be a calorimeter somewhere. Do you use the same heat to heat water for bathing? Here I'm lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that has a gas pipeline to feed a gas-fired furnace and water heater. Those who don't have to rely on electricity.

Regarding your living-working outside the city, do you mean Växjö?

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMThanks for the explanation and for all those pics. It seems that doing all this is much more difficult than I thought. I'm not clear how you ignite logs or what fire accelerant you use.

Usually none, or tiny cubes that you buy in a store. You light it with a candle lighter then it lights the logs on fire.

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMThe logs pictured on the side of the burner. Do you buy them or go out with an ax and cut trees?

Usually chainsaw on big trees and through the thick logs. Then chopchop the small pieces center down. or buy from someone who has it as their business to deliver. You can buy it in DIY stores as well.

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMI'm seeing a fan in the picture. I imagine this is to send heat to the area in front of the fireplace. What about the rest of the house? Is heat conducted through the walls or what?

Heat goes through walls and the air

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMThe piece of iron I mentioned is like the one in the picture. I even went to the garage to look at it before responding. Since the garbage is coming tomorrow morning, I just threw it out.

Might be around $60 to replace if you ever need one  ;)

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMI had no idea that homes or businesses were heated by heating water in one place and sending the hot water to radiators. How do they bill you? Since they're selling you kcals of heat, I guess there must be a calorimeter somewhere. Do you use the same heat to heat water for bathing? Here I'm lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that has a gas pipeline to feed a gas-fired furnace and water heater. Those who don't have to rely on electricity.

Unfortunately I didnt pay the bills so I'm not sure.
I do believe it is the same water for bathing. I'm not entirely sure how that part works. Unfortunately this infrastructure does not reach the place we live at now.

We got it at the same time we got fiber internet, around 2003. It's the same parent company responsible for the optic cables as it is for the heating infrastructure. So they dug both at the same time across most of the city.
There's also district cooling available, but that's almost purely to businesses and a handful of fancy appartments

Quote from: humbert on January 05, 2023, 05:38 AMRegarding your living-working outside the city, do you mean Växjö?

Yes, except I'm unemployed.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMUsually none, or tiny cubes that you buy in a store. You light it with a candle lighter then it lights the logs on fire.

Interesting! The tiny cubes are the accelerant.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMHeat goes through walls and the air

Through the walls make sense. Through the air I'd think you'd need more fans to move it around. Doesn't hot air rise?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMMight be around $60 to replace if you ever need one  ;)

I don't think so. Remember I'm a tropical boy. While San Antonio might be cooler than Miami in the winter, it's certainly warmer than places further north. I don't have the slightest clue as to start a fire inside the house, not to mention I'd be terrified.

BTW last month we had a freeze with temps dropping to -9°C. Just today it was 28°C. This is just shy of the all time heat record in San Antonio for January (30°C). I can't seem to get away from the heat. Why couldn't I have been born Canadian or Swedish?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMUnfortunately I didnt pay the bills so I'm not sure.
I do believe it is the same water for bathing. I'm not entirely sure how that part works. Unfortunately this infrastructure does not reach the place we live at now.

That's understandable. The part I still don't understand is how people pay for the service. If there weren't some sort of calorimeter to count the kcals used, then what's to stop people from opening the window with the heat on?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMWe got it at the same time we got fiber internet, around 2003.

How I envy you living in a highly advanced country like Sweden! Fiber arrived in my neighborhood around 2015, and even then I'm fortunate to have it. The vast majority of places here don't.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 06, 2023, 02:57 PMYes, except I'm unemployed.

I'm confident a highly skilled guy like yourself will find a job soon. I believe you said you left Dublin because getting a place to live was extremely difficult and very expensive, not to mention it would be the size of a matchbox. It wasn't your job if you don't mind my asking?