Hindu Numerals among the Arabs
Knowledge of the Hindu decimal system was early in reaching the West
(AD662).
On its way to the West the Hindu method of writing numerals soon became
known to the Arabs who had established a world empire from the 7th
Century. Many mathematical books from the Greeks and Hindus were
translated in Baghdad and travelled the West.

pop question who invented al-cohol?

First, computers do not use a decimal system. And its use would be disastrous (20 as a base would be just ludicrous). Computers use a Boolean - formalized Aristotle's logic. It would be great to be able to formalize 3-positions logic (with "not true/not false" value), in this case computers would mimic human brain. Close, but yet no cigar...

Second, don't add robbery to the plagiat. Arabs are authors of the modern mathematics.
From the Introduction to the History of Science by George Sarton (Harvard):

The scientific advances of the West would have been impossible had scientists continued to depend upon the Roman numerals and been deprived of the simplicity and flexibility of the decimal system and its main glory, the zero. Though the Arab numerals were originally a Hindu invention, it was the Arabs who turned them into a workable system; the earliest Arab zero on record dates from the year 873, whereas the earliest Hindu zero is dated 876. For the subsequent four hundred years, Europe laughed at a method that depended upon the use of zero, "a meaningless nothing." Had the Arabs given us nothing but the decimal system, their contribution to progress would have been considerable. In actual fact, they gave us infinitely more...

The link between the Chechen terrorist bandits and the major Mohammedan bandit states such as Saudi Arabia.

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WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
May 26, 2000, Friday

SECTION: PRESS EXTRACTS

SOURCE: Rossiisky Izbiratel, May 25, 2000, p. 2 by Kirill Petrov

HIGHLIGHT:

RUSSIAN SECRET SERVICES SAY THAT MASKHADOV AND CO ARE SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC CHARITY ORGANIZATION AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIK FOUNDATION WITH HEADQUARTERS IN ER RYADH, THE CAPITAL OF SAUDI
ARABIA.


There are seven representatives of the Al-Haramein in Chechen separatist detachments nowadays. It is via them that the gangs are financed and get weaponry, food, and medicines. These men also organize R&R and recuperation.

The Al-Haramein has its subdivisions in Albania, Kenya, Pakistan, Croatia, Bangladesh, Kosovo, Somalia, Macedonia, and even in Georgia and Azerbaijan (i.e. in the regions of already existing hot spots and the areas where they are likely to appear yet).

According to secret services, several million dollars were transacted for support of Wahhabis in Dagestan via the Baku subdivision established in late 1999. Twenty-five so called operators of the Baku subdivision work in the districts close
to Chechnya. They provide guerrilla fighters with everything needed even though official documents state that what money the Al-Haramein transacts to Russia is spent on organization of Moslem organizations.

Various sources say that guerrillas are paid $100-500 a day. Official Moscow estimates the number of guerrillas at between 5,000 and 6,000 but the tally is probably short of the real figure. All the same, even that number of guerrillas requires astronomical sums every day, $500,000 at least. Even more money is needed to buy weapons, ordnance, and food with.

It goes without saying that Chechens themselves could not have scraped up this money all this money. It is clear that guerillas could not have withstood assault of the almost 100,000 men strong
federal group without considerable financial support. Yet, Maskhadov announced that a large-scale offensive was to be launched at 9 p.m. on May 20. The following day separatists arranged a terrorist act in the building of the Urus-Martan
internal affairs directorate and engaged federal detachments in the Shali district (the latter were forced to use heavy artillery and aviation). Moreover, guerrillas openly admit that they expect
a sizeable group of mercenaries from the Taleban in Afghanistan in late May.

Unfortunately, there should be no doubts that Taleban mercenaries are coming indeed. Partly via Azerbaijan, partly via Georgia. All speculations on expediency of introduction of a visa regime with these countries remained just that - speculations.

In Georgia, Chechen guerrillas are setting up a kind of bridgehead in the Pank chasm. It is from there that raids against Russian border guards will be organized and new and new detachments will
be sent to Chechnya.

There is nothing overly optimistic about the near future. The mountains are green, and federals' losses mount. More than 50 soldiers and officers were killed in action in Chechnya over the last seven days.

Judging by the previous campaign, summer is the time of guerrillas. They took Grozny in August 1996. Neither can we rule out the possibility of an attempt to take over the Chechen capital in this war as well. Those who know what they are talking about say Aslan Maskhadov can easily find 5,000 or so men in addition to the 5,000 already fighting the federals for a march on Grozny.(Translated by A. Ignatkin)

I'm soooo aggrivated right now......need something to take my anger out on...But what???

Could really use a faggoty Blowfish Bacon or homo Brownstains ALLAM right about now... to wrap my danty, feminine, hairy sweaty hands around their scrawny, chicken skinned necks.

>> The link between the Chechen terrorist bandits and the major Mohammedan bandit states such as Saudi Arabia...<<<

* Yawn

THIS SHOULD WAKE YOU UP UZBEK

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At least 54 rebels were killed on Monday in a large-scale operation underway in the mountain areas of Nozhai-Yurt and Vedeno districts of Chechnya, Colonel General Gennady Troshev, North Caucasus federal grouping Commander, told the press on Tuesday.


"We saw that many dead bodies, so this figure does not include those dead and wounded that the rebels have dragged away, he said.


In the course of the operation 18 depots and caches and two bases, for 150 and 70 men, were found, Troshev said. Several food stores were also found. In one of them 130 sacks of flour, 40 sacks of sugar and ten boxes of butter were seized and seven trucks with ammunition were destroyed, he said.


The village of Sayasan is the scene of a clearing operation, Troshev said. A rebel field commander whose radio signature he knows and who is Khattab's right-hand man was wounded in the fighting near Sayasan, he said.


About seven rebels were killed as they tried to infiltrate Chechnya from Georgia's Akhmeti district, Troshev said. They must have been a reconnaissance group, he said. "Any attempts to penetrate the Russian - Georgian border are doomed," he said.

Uzbek a couple more bowls of hashish and 20 HAIL ALLAH'S and you will feel better,however your prayers will not be answered.

To Lord/Who and tezka(?)

I truly hope that the help that comes from me to Kim (nasdaq and other bull) is strickly between me and the person that I am helping.
Ganging up happens here all the time but I do not believe that Kim was ganging up with Saladin and Turka to get to Igor. And suppose she was (in a dreamland maybe):
Comradeship is beautiful, indeed; especially when YOU or I turn out to be the one to gang up on someone. Happens all the time and therefor there's nothing to complain about. So far you and have been getting along just fine. And as long as you don't use my willingness to help others to try to punish people I am helping, we SHALL keep it that way. Deal?.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH ME ALL THE TIME IF THEY DON'T THINK THE WAY I DO. AND MOREOVER, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY "HOW DARE YOU TO TREAT MY SUPPORTER THAT WAY!'".INSTEAD I WILL COME UP WITH THE ARGUMENT OF THE APPROPRIATE SORT..DO YOU FOLLOW ME? HOPEFULLY YOU DO.

hey ya, Kim,!
Check yours.