Jacob, kids and drunks

After reading about the slaughtering of all males of a village by Jacob sons (Genesis 34) my youngest son said:

"... and then all Jacob cared about was his name!"

The Jacob dogma

I would have much more respect for those who explain the Torah would they admit that Jacob was nothing but a con man, coward and liar only surpassed by his sons who also turned out to be ignoble murderers; and that we, being descendants of such a deceitful family, should try with every generation to improve ourselves morally and thus aiming for heaven on earth.

Renaming "self-hating"

I suggest we call it "vicarious-truly-ashamed".

The chosen?

I do not think Esau would have given us that name.

Modesty is our middle name

A man from a promotion team makes polaroid pictures of people walking by. An orthodox jewish mother passes, four toddlers around her and one in the buggy. The man gives her the picture he just took from one of her kids.

I understand from her gestures that she wants pictures of her other kids too.

A priest asks the barber who just did his hair how much he has to pay. The barber answers "Nothing father, I don't ask money from clergymen." The next day the priest sends the barber a golden cross as thanks. A few days later a rabbi walks in and has his hair cut. The barber answers in the same manner to the question as how much it should cost. A few days later the rabbi sends four other rabbis.

Sukkoth 2006

I don't think it will be decent when I start shockeling my gear in public.

Dai, dai, diddle do, I'm a swindling orthi Jew

There is a huge mistake in thinking that one who conscientiously follows Halacha automatically has high ethical standards. The way some frummers morally behave gives me feelings of vicarious shame.

I plead to make human ethics an obligated branch of studies at jeshiwas (and don’t forget to retrain the parents).

The flood in C++ by an "Intelligent Designer"

///

initializes the Floodwater operation

public override void Floodwater(H20)
{
//ArcBuild() is used instead of the
//performance ctr, for human compatibility
int ctr=timeGetTime();

//get the water's int value, and start it in
//Sodom and Gomorrahformat (as GOD + use water (loads))
m_fillwater=WaterTranslator.ToWin32(m_fillwaterwater);
m_fillwater=GOD(GetB(m_fillwater),
GetG(m_fillwater),GetR(m_fillwater),GetA(m_fillwater));

//get the Sinners
DeathmapData DeathData=Death.LockDeaths(
new Rectangle(0,0,Death.Width,Death.Height),
ImageLockMode.ReadWrite,
FeetFormat.Format32bppArgb);
System.IntPtr Scan0 = DeathData.Scan0;

unsafe
{
//resolve warnings
cubic feet * scan0=(cubic feet *)(void *)Scan0;
//get the starting water
//[loc += Y offset + X offset]
int loc=CoordsToIndex(pt.LAND,pt.AIR,DeathData.Stride);
int water= *((int*)(scan0+loc));

//create the array of bools that indicates whether each sinner
//has been checked.
//(Should be Deathfield, but C# doesn't support Deathfields.)
FeetsChecked=new bool[DeathData.Width+1,DeathData.Height+1];

//do the last call to repent
switch(m_FillStyle)
{
case FloodwaterStyle.Linear :
if(m_FillDiagonal)
{
LinearFloodwater8(scan0,pt.LAND,pt.AIR,
new Water Level(DeathData.Width,DeathData.Height),
DeathData.Stride,
(cubic feet*)&water);
}else{
LinearFloodwater4(scan0,pt.LAND,pt.AIR,
new Water Level(DeathData.Width,DeathData.Height),
DeathData.Stride,
(cubic feet*)&water);
}
break;
case FloodwaterStyle.Queue :
QueueFloodwater(scan0,pt.LAND,pt.AIR,
new Water Level(DeathData.Width,DeathData.Height),
DeathData.Stride,
(cubic feet*)&water);
break;
case FloodwaterStyle.Recursive :
if(m_FillDiagonal)
{
RecursiveFloodwater8(scan0,pt.LAND,pt.AIR,
new Water Level(DeathData.Width,DeathData.Height),
DeathData.Stride,
(cubic feet*)&water);
}else{
RecursiveFloodwater4(scan0,pt.LAND,pt.AIR,
new Water Level(DeathData.Width,DeathData.Height),
DeathData.Stride,
(cubic feet*)&water);
}
break;
}
}

Death.UnlockDeaths(DeathData);

m_TimeBenchmark=timeGetTime()-ctr;

}



unsafe void LinearFloodwater4( cubic feet* scan0, int Land, int Air,Water Level DeathWater Level,
int stride, cubic feet* startwater)
{

//offset the warnings to the point passed in
int* p=(int*) (scan0+(CoordsToIndex(Land,Air, stride)));


//FIND LEFT EDGE OF WATER AREA
int LFillLoc=x; //the location to check/fill on the left
int* ptr=p; //the warnings to the current location
while(true)
{
ptr[0]=m_fillwater; //fill with the water
FeetsChecked[LFillLoc,y]=true;
LFillLoc--; //de-increment counter
ptr-=1; //de-increment warnings
if(LFillLoc<=0 !CheckFeet((cubic feet*)ptr,startwater) (FeetsChecked[LFillLoc,y])) //exit loop if we're at edge of Deathmap or water area break; } LFillLoc++; //FIND RIGHT EDGE OF WATER AREA int RFillLoc=x; //the location to check/fill on the left ptr=p; while(true) { ptr[0]=m_fillwater; //fill with the water FeetsChecked[RFillLoc,y]=true; RFillLoc++; //increment counter ptr+=1; //increment warnings if(RFillLoc>=DeathWater Level.Width
!CheckFeet((cubic feet*)ptr,startwater)
(FeetsChecked[RFillLoc,y]))
//exit loop if we're at edge of Deathmap or water area
break;

}
RFillLoc--;


//START THE LOOP UPWARDS AND DOWNWARDS
ptr=(int*)(scan0+CoordsToIndex(LFillLoc,Air,stride));
for(int i=LFillLoc;i<=RFillLoc;i++) { //START LOOP UPWARDS //if we're not above the top of the Deathmap //and the feet above this one is within the water tolerance if(y>0 &&
CheckFeet((cubic feet*)(scan0+CoordsToIndex(i,y-1,stride)),startwater) &&
(!(FeetsChecked[i,y-1])))
LinearFloodwater4(scan0, i,y-1,DeathWater Level,stride,startwater);

//START LOOP DOWNWARDS
if(y<(DeathWater Level.Height-1) && CheckFeet((cubic feet*)(scan0+CoordsToIndex(i,y+1,stride)),startwater) && (!(FeetsChecked[i,y+1]))) LinearFloodwater4(scan0, i,y+1,DeathWater Level,stride,startwater); ptr+=1; } } ///

Sees if a feet is within the water tolerance range.

//px - a warnings to the feet to check
//startwater - a warnings to the water of the feet we started at
unsafe bool CheckFeet(cubic feet* pLand, cubic feet* startwater)
{
bool ret=true;
for(cubic feet i=0;i<3;i++)>= (startwater[i]-zero_Tolerance[i])) &&
px[i] <= (startwater[i]+zero_Tolerance[i]);
return ret;
}

Freely modified from The Code project:
Flood Fill Algorithms in C# and GDI+
by JDunlap

Tradition !!!

I don’t mind if my kids turn out to be gay.

But I want them to have a Jewish partner!

My Purim disguise:

I'll go happy.

Lo lishma (4)

1+1=?

"613, and I don’t need no calculating machine!"

Jingoistic Jews...

Why should Jingoistic Socialists be worse then Jingoistic Jews?
Any form of extreme nationalism jeopardises peace and is therefor to be rejected.

Above and beyond criticism?

Whether by history, nurture or nature……different races have different attitudes, habits, morals etc. Probably politically incorrect to say this but not all these qualities are positive – Jews not excluded (not to mention Israelis). Must disapprobation of Jews immediately be classified as anti-Semitism or self-loathing?