Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:50 am

screw that. my brain's still hurting trying to figure out our sorter daemon issues with a couple of Iolan terminal servers for 3 hours this evening. had a fun time filling out Niku.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:50 am

Well, if it involves programming I can help, but if it inolves simple math I'm fucked...

Post by **saturn** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:52 am

ask Marilyn vos Savant: http://www.marilynvossavant.com/

she gives answers to every mathematical question with her 228 IQ :0

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:13 am

Yeah she's a smart one.

Dave, what were you studying again before you switched to history?

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:15 am

Engineering

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:15 am

ah, I see.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:18 am

This is hardcore thread jacking

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:22 am

Dave wrote:This is hardcore thread jacking

i'll say.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:27 am

Is that a pile of lime at the right for burying the dead?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:28 am

could be. looks like they need a bigger pile.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:29 am

heh.. I should probably go back to bed...

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:02 am

Dave wrote:Calling Indians Native Americans is like calling Palestinians living in Israel Native Israelis

They were called Indians because Columbus thought he was on a different continent. Native Americans never asked to be called that. They chose 'Native American', so I'll call them that.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:29 am

Dave wrote:I suck at math.. The question says this guy owns an 80 unit apartment building. He can fill the building for $200 a month and for every $20 increase, he loses one tenant. Find the max revenue.

I probably should be able to solve that but I'm not gonna try.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:26 pm

Transient wrote:
Dave wrote:Calling Indians Native Americans is like calling Palestinians living in Israel Native Israelis
They were called Indians because Columbus thought he was on a different continent. Native Americans never asked to be called that. They chose 'Native American', so I'll call them that.

The term Native American was introduced in the United States by anthropologists who considered Indian quaint, demeaning, or inaccurate. (See "political correctness" for a discussion of this approach to altering language.) However, a 1996 survey revealed that more "natives" in the United States still prefer American Indian to Native American. [17]
Despite the preferences of American Indians, American teachers and academics (excepting many historians, who generally use the historical term) have persuaded most "white" Americans to use the term "Native Americans". Many Americans mistakenly believe Indians is offensive; Russell Means, the famous American Indian activist, is instead offended by the term Native Americans. [18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American

Post by **Transient** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:54 pm

Well I guess I'll go back to calling them Indians then. :icon26:

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:25 pm

first nations is another alternative.

Post by **Hannibal** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:15 pm

The Lost Children of Thunderheart is another.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:20 pm

They all sound better than Native American

Post by **plained** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:25 pm

give em back their land already geez