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Music/RadioRe: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by Chxta(m): 2:48pm On Aug 26, 2006
Black coffee---All Saints
SportsRe: Under 20 Women World Cup-fifa by Chxta(m): 2:45pm On Aug 26, 2006
I'm not usually interested in female football, but they are level at 1-1. . .
Music/RadioRe: Latest Naija Songs by Chxta(m): 1:48pm On Aug 26, 2006
Nike do you happen to have jeremiah Gyang? What of Sgt. Plus? I dey beg o!
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 12:43pm On Aug 26, 2006
Of course Israelis have hit bridges recklessly during the day killing innocent civilians trying to cross the bridge, but its war and you always have victims
From Mariory's link
PoliticsRe: What Do You Think Of Malam Nuhu Ribadu? by Chxta(m): 12:39pm On Aug 26, 2006
Ribadu is trying even though at the moment it seems as if his justice is selective. We must remember that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a small step. . .
Music/RadioRe: Latest Naija Songs by Chxta(m): 11:45am On Aug 26, 2006
Scorpio:
lol Chxta, sup,,where u been?
I was banned by King Seun and decided to take a leave. But miss this place so I'm back. . .
ComputersRe: Win Xp Service Pack 2 Freezes My Pc by Chxta(m): 12:02am On Aug 26, 2006
thebadguy's link should work ajiboyet. . .
ComputersRe: Linux or Windows Operating System? by Chxta(m): 11:20pm On Aug 25, 2006
SportsRe: Juventus: Can They Return To Serie A In One Season by Chxta(m): 11:14pm On Aug 25, 2006
Nutter:
For the first time in a while, Juventus is playing in a league befitting their status tongue
I'd have ignored this but for the miseducation it is spreading. Up until this moment we are the only club never to have been relegated from Serie A. This makes us the only club never to have been relegated from Serie A on the field.

FORZA JUVE!!!
SportsRe: Juventus: Can They Return To Serie A In One Season by Chxta(m): 11:12pm On Aug 25, 2006
Despite the threats from the FIGC and FIFA, we have appealed to the Tribunal at Lazio and are claiming major damages. Would keep you posted on developments as they occur.
CultureRe: Yorubas In Nigeria That Can't Speak Yoruba by Chxta(m): 11:06pm On Aug 25, 2006
The essence of language is communication. There are Americans who can't speak English, but it doesn't stop them being American. So what is the point of this thread?
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 10:42pm On Aug 25, 2006
mochafella:
I think that facility was disabled for everyone until Sunday
Ahh, my bad. Apologies to Seun then, but why did he do that? My paranoia where he is concerned had me thinking that this is another way of letting me know he's king around these parts. . .

Back to topic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5286352.stm
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 10:24pm On Aug 25, 2006
Thanks Mochafella, I think you get my point, but New Masquerade doesn't (https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/wallbang.gif)so we have to educate him. https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/tup.gif

zebudaya:
The nuclear weapons droppped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima were dropped from the air, Mochafella I really think if you drop a Nuclear weapon on the sea/ocean where the Russian Akula submarine is submerged you would sink it.
No it would not. Stop being a victim of Hollywood-esque propaganda. Whilst it is possible to get a nuclear detonation under water, the physics that would be involved in using a nuclear missile to pursue either an Akula or a Borei which are capable of self defense and evasion makes such a project extremely wasteful and useless. There would be absolutely no gain in wasting a $3 million cruise missile on an attack that has about a 30% chance of success when you could easily send in Triton or Lafayette in pursuit and increase the success chance to 50%. I can assure you that the Americans didn't achieve military near hegemony over the rest of us by being wasteful. By the way, a nuclear strike is way more effective when you have an atmospheric detonation, and there is no way on God's earth that an atmospheric detonation can take out a something that is resident 10 metres underground (standard depth of most nuclear bunkers), much less take out a submarine that may be over a kilometre under water.


@chxta lets say Nigeria were to break up today, and the North becomes Arewa republic and we said oh lets leave our existing Army base there would you think its a significant military achievement compared to the U.S who went in and built bases on foriegn soil?
The US went in and built bases in foreign soil during the Cold War. With the exception of Germany and Japan who didn't have any choice in the matter, all the others are either US territories (such as the US Virgin Islands) or NATO allies who felt threatened by the Soviet Union. The Soviets also had missile bases in countries not Soviet. Warsaw pact countries. Poland et al. Have you ever heard of the Cuban missile crisis? What caused it?

I'd really like to educate you on modern tactics and weapons, but it can't be on this thread sorry. As things stand, we are already derailing the thread, so I crave your indulgence and ask that we move this talk elsewhere. Can you open a thread for that purpose? Seun has removed my ability to open new threads. . .
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 8:42pm On Aug 25, 2006
zebudaya:
I wasn't going to post anymore today i like the number 500 smiley anyways thanks for the commendation chxta my point is that
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Krygystan are all former soviet republics. The Nuclear weapons were probably already there before the Union Broke up, and are still there because there is no point in moving them out, Belarus, Azerbaijan and co. can't defend themselves. They need Russia. So you can't compare Russia to the U.S which has weapons on almost every continent even erstwhile enemy territory like Germany and cuba.

Akulas can be taken out from the air! they are submarines.
The US has not deployed one extra nuclear missile outside of its soil since the break up of the Soviet Union (at least so they tell us), so that negates your point about the countries I mentioned being former Soviet republics. Just the same way the Russians haven't been deploying, the Americans haven't been deploying. Both sides have actually reduced externally deployed nuclear weapons, the Russians having withdrawn from Germany, Romania, the Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Belarus, while the US having withdrawn missiles from Japan, Guantanamo and Greenland.

As Uzbekistan has shown, the former Soviet Republics aren't dependent on Russia for their survival, and many are actually looking to make alliances Westward (Georgia for example, how could I have forgotten that Russia still has nukes in and around the Tblisi area?).

Akulas are submarines which make them a potentially more dangerous carrier of missiles. They are mobile. Land bases are not.
Music/RadioRe: Latest Naija Songs by Chxta(m): 8:17pm On Aug 25, 2006
I just dey see this thread, and all I can say is wow! Abeg anyone with Sgt. Plus and Jermiah Gyang? I need those two songs pass oxygen!
ComputersRe: Flash Drive Malfunction by Chxta(m): 7:59pm On Aug 25, 2006
Throw it away and stop buying flashdrives by the roadside.
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 7:54pm On Aug 25, 2006
zebudaya:
What's innacurate about my list? you just put up a list that seemed very close to mine just extra history that further proved my point about the U.S's nuclear capabilites all the while failing to produce an "impressive list" of russia having nuclear weapons in any reasonable country. I'm not talking about their former territories, I'm sure you actively googled for it

cheesy Naija pride you'll rather go down fighting than admit you were wrong about Russia's "capabilities"
Cuba for example. Russia has nuclear weapons in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Krygystan. Does that satisfy you? You have conveniently forgotten my mentioning the Akulas that sail all over the Atlantic and Pacific. . .

Congrats on your 500th post.

Afam, there is no need to continue pointing fingers.
Christianity EtcRe: Let Us Pray For Nigeria by Chxta(m): 6:54pm On Aug 25, 2006
Something funny happened a few weeks back. A Mopo who was with his squad doing 'duty' on the road approached me, gae me a tract and said: Accept Jesus as your Lord and personal saviour. I laughed in his face.
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 6:47pm On Aug 25, 2006
Your list of host countries while 'impressive' is inaccurate. Your analogy about Nigerian troops being in 'Biafra' doesn't fly because 'Biafra' is a part of Nigeria, while Kazakhstan is a sovereign republic. I can't give a complete breakdown of all countries that still host Russian nuclear weapons at the moment, so I won't attempt to do that lest I give an inaccurate list like you have.

The United States stored nuclear weapons in 27 countries and territories around the globe during the Cold War, according to Where They Were, the cover story in the November/December 1999 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The article, by three noted nuclear weapons analysts, is based upon a newly declassified Pentagon history released under a Freedom of Information Act request originally filed in 1985.

During the Cold War, 18 sovereign nations and nine former or current American territories or possessions hosted U.S. nuclear weapons. U.S. bombs remain stationed in Belgium, Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

The authors also found that during the peak years in the early 1970s, the United States had more than 7,000 nuclear weapons in NATO countries in Europe, and more than 2,000 on land in the Pacific. A variety of naval vessels, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates and attack submarines, routinely carried another 3,000 nuclear weapons.

Altogether, the United States deployed 38 types of nuclear weapon systems abroad. Germany was home for 21 U.S. weapon systems, which were first installed in 1955. Guam hosted 20 types and the Japanese island of Okinawa, while under U.S. occupation, hosted 19.

One more thing, you have forgotten about ICBMs. Now can we get back to the topic?
ComputersRe: Best Computer Antivirus Software? by Chxta(m): 5:54pm On Aug 25, 2006
Try uninstalling Kaspersky later in life when you find that it can't clean sasser effectively and you'll hate yourself. When that day comes fire me an email so I'd instruct you on how to remove it from your system. . .
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 5:43pm On Aug 25, 2006
This started out as a nice little discussion but got out of hand (davidylan you started it, so please take note). I had a bit of time on my hands, so I read thru the 31 pages (and counting) of the thread. . .

Both parties in this discussion have points, in much the same way as both sides in the actual conflict have their errors and good reasons.

Personally, I think that the Israelis over-reacted to a provocation, and in the long term it would cost them dearly as the gains of the peace process which IMHO really started with Yithzak Rabin (quiescat in pace) have been all but lost. You see, like I have always stated, there are some wars that are worth the effort, and there are some that are not. But whatever the case, when you decide to go to war as history tells us, you must be ready to fight it to the bitter end. Israel have not done that, and aren't willing to do that despite all the noise made by Binyamin Netanyahu and his ilk. Why? Because fighting this war to the bitter end would involve a conflict on such a scale as would involve every power in the region (and that includes nosy United States).

Now, Israel's stated objective at the beginning of this conflict was the removal of a support base for Hezb'llah, and also an end to Hezb'llah's ability to strike into Israel. In that they have failed woefully. And that is the harsh reality. For the duration of the conflict, Hezb'llah showed a stunning ability to keep sending rockets deeper and deeper into Israel. And we shouldn't forget the fact that this conflict (due to the very nature of the IDF's bombing campaign) has ended up creating a vast pool of potential (and willing!) recruits for Hezb'llah should they willing to go on with this fight. And are there any bets against their continuing?

Kabiyesi your theories are interesting on one end of the spectrum and ludicrous at another. Throughout history though, stranger things have happened, but the fact remains that there is no evidence of United States ground troops being involved in Yom Kippur, neither is there any evidence to suggest the Leonid Brezhnev (an astute politician) ever threatened to turn Israel into a nuclear wasteland. As for zebudaya (hope I'm right) who claimed that the US is the only country that has nuclear weapons outside its soil, you've obviously forgotten about the Russian bases that still exist in former Soviet republics, as well as Akula class submarines that still patrol international waters. . .
ComputersRe: How Do I Convert Pdf Files To Word by Chxta(m): 4:24pm On Aug 25, 2006
Yes, Fasore, I'd really like to know how that is possible, In the meantime can coolskeelz fire me an email to get a genuine pdf to word conversion software?
ComputersRe: How To Recover Files From A Dead Computer? by Chxta(m): 11:32pm On Aug 24, 2006
Call Eri on 2348023077759. He works in Otigba, and if he can't help you, forget the drive.
PoliticsRe: In 'Defence' Of Chxta by Chxta(m): 11:23pm On Aug 24, 2006
Nutter:
@Chxta,

Mate, in any setting, the flight of intelligentsia will always be disquieting. While I will like you to return, I appreciate your concerns and in many ways, I share them too. You do what you think best at this time. If you choose not to return, perhaps we shall run into each other on the cold, wet streets of the UK where I will - without hesitation - extend my hand to shake you warmly – by the throat!

You have my best wishes – really!
https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/Juventuz%20smilies/weee.gif
Foreign AffairsRe: Israel vs Hezbollah/Lebanon by Chxta(op): 11:19pm On Aug 24, 2006
Been a while since I was in these parts. . . :itching to type:
ComputersRe: Linux or Windows Operating System? by Chxta(m): 11:16pm On Aug 24, 2006
Been having an argument with a dedicated Windows defender on me blog (http://chxta..com/2006/08/dapper-vs-vista.html). Not a really technical argument, but interesting nevertheless. . .
ComputersRe: Win Xp Service Pack 2 Freezes My Pc by Chxta(m): 11:49pm On Aug 23, 2006
Instead of IE7, use Firefox. Instead of WinDefender, use Zone Alarm. Instead of WMP11, use Jet Audio. You wouldn't need SP2
ComputersRe: Most Sophisticated Desktop Screenshots by Chxta(m): 10:02pm On Aug 23, 2006
I actually run the real Windows Vista (Beta to be honest):
https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/screenshotvista.jpg

Then again, I still prefer my Ubuntu Dapper. . .
https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m32/Chxta/screenshotdapper.jpg
ComputersRe: Win Xp Service Pack 2 Freezes My Pc by Chxta(m): 9:50pm On Aug 23, 2006
Ever since I migrated to Linux, I've not had major problems. But then I'm just making noise. . .

What do you need SP2 for?
PoliticsRe: In 'Defence' Of Chxta by Chxta(m): 4:03pm On Aug 22, 2006
I've seen this thread before and I must tell Nutter that I truly appreciate it. Thanks to Edygirl for that comment on me blog. 3dave, I've not noticed you before, and maybe I'm a blockhead. Also thanks to Akin and Orikinla for their comments. Kinda found a masochistic pleasure in reading Afeni (why is he now called DaHitler) make his declaration about me.

This whole issue remains one of respect. I may come back to this place because truth be told I miss the place. But I have to evaluate a lot of things. . .
PoliticsRe: Who Is Really The Giant Of Africa? by Chxta(m): 3:00pm On Aug 08, 2006
In terms of potential? I'd say Nigeria if it is human resources. If we are talking other resources, undoubtably Congo Kinshasa

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