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Who is your favorite person in history?

Like the title says. Name your favorite historical human being.
Mine is: Gandhi

Napoleon Bonaparte! That man was brilliant and schizophrenic
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Jesus christ.
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bradleyG said:
Jesus christ.
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hey now, no mythical characters allowed.
JOKES
hahahha.
But anyways...mine would probably be.... John Lennon.
Peace.

You guys probably don't know him but Michael Collins. He played a give part in where Ireland is today among with many other Irish people.
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+1 for Jesus Christ.
p/s: He's not that mythical dudes...

Mine would have to be the first man to look at a cow and say:
"You see those there dangily things there? Imma gonna squeeze them, yank em round a bit, then drink whatever comes out of them..."

telegraph0000 said:
Mine would have to be the first man to look at a cow and say:
"You see those there dangily things there? Imma gonna squeeze them, yank em round a bit, then drink whatever comes out of them..."
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It was probably the same guy who saw his son did the same to his wife.

Definitely Charlie Sheen. He has TigerBlood and is so winningly

Whomever the dude was who invented air guitars.
Seriously, I have no favorite historical person. There are a great many I like or respect, for instance the U.S.'s founding fathers, or John Locke, or Winston Churchill, or Thomas à Becket.
I am far more impressed with and inspired by those of good moral and ethical character, in particular those willing to defend their moral compass even at the cost of their own life.

Thomas edison.
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Probably Winston Churcill

watt9493 said:
Thomas edison.
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Very appropriate, considering your handle

Hans Rudel. As his counterparts stated after the war, "shame he wasn't on our side..".

DirkGently1 said:
Hans Rudel. As his counterparts stated after the war, "shame he wasn't on our side..".
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Damn. He was awesome!

Ada Lovelace.
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sakai4eva said:
Damn. He was awesome!
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except for the fact he killed so many people...

Probably Nikola Teslaen.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
or Albert Einstein maybe? There are too many to choose
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urbanengine1 said:
except for the fact he killed so many people...
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Not bad for someone whose flight instructor said he was unremarkable and wouldn't amount to anything huh?
Seriously though, it wasn't his efficiency in combat that make him so unique but the almost superhuman way in which he went about living his life. For example, after losing his lower leg in battle he was told that he faced a six month stint in hospital and would never fly again. Six weeks later he had fashioned himself a prosthesis, checked himself out and pitched up at his airfield asking for a plane to fly.
After the war he went on to complete some 1st ascents (mountaineering), and competed in the Olympics (Skiiing) against able bodied competitors. The list of feats is nearly endless. This man grabbed life by the balls and squeezed hard!
If i had even a fraction of the drive this man had i might have made something of my life

Jesus no joke though lol

Zune Support are awesome!

Me - @ZuneSupport TROLOL ZUNE! I prefer Android. Sorry bros, but cmon! LINUX BEEATCHES!!
ZuneSupport - @PARTAYDan Thanks for your feedback. =) ^EM
The only company that's ever replied to me. I wonder why...

Congrats Dan, you. Just trolled a company owned by one of the worlds richest men! Now all you've got to do is get Bill to watch eel soup Although he's probably on his way to yours now

That's pretty funny Watch yourself....soon we'll find out that you died and the Microsoft symbol will be branded onto your forehead.
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I love my ZuneHD. It beats an iPood.
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wth is ^EM

souljaboy said:
wth is ^EM
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I think it's meant to be who tweeted it or something.
If you look at their tweets, its on most of them.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today, I rooted, flashed a custom recovery and flashed a custom ROM for the first time in my life! It was on an old Cliq XT. Cyanogen Mod 7!
Runs kinda slow compared to my Atrix, (and how it was on stock) but its kewlio. Nexus S nostalgia!

Purple Drama Llama said:
Today, I rooted, flashed a custom recovery and flashed a custom ROM for the first time in my life! It was on an old Cliq XT. Cyanogen Mod 7!
Runs kinda slow compared to my Atrix, (and how it was on stock) but its kewlio. Nexus S nostalgia!
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Wait... you have 2k+ posts and this is the first time you've ever done that?
Fark!

sakai4eva said:
Wait... you have 2k+ posts and this is the first time you've ever done that?
Fark!
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+1, That's super fail Llama!
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Lol really.
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I would even go so far as to say it is.... an...
EPIC FAILnote that the colour represents the llama's llameness

And this was once most of the mafia's member old leader
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No, he's the llama leader... the mafioso took over, remember?

sakai4eva said:
No, he's the llama leader... the mafioso took over, remember?
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Yeah but I meant that most of the people that are in the mafia had Llama as their leader Read correctly my friend.

Lol..... I'm flashing another ROM as we speak! I know.... im bad

twitch153 said:
Yeah but I meant that most of the people that are in the mafia had Llama as their leader Read correctly my friend.
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Your choice of words can be construed as to mean the [Mafia Member's] [old leader], which means he used to hold some authoritay in the Mafioso.
But I still love you twitch, in a brotherly kind of way.

Purple Drama Llama said:
Lol..... I'm flashing another ROM as we speak! I know.... im bad
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That's worse than bad...I had a Cliq XT though, they are pretty fun to root when you actually have the drivers (That was my main problem with rooting it)

sakai4eva said:
But I still love you twitch, in a brotherly kind of way.
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Or not a brotherly way.......

sakai4eva said:
Your choice of words can be construed as to mean the [Mafia Member's] [old leader], which means he used to hold some authoritay in the Mafioso.
But I still love you twitch, in a brotherly kind of way.
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And I love you too..... Plus I was on my phone...it gives me room for erroneous ways

twitch153 said:
That's worse than bad...I had a Cliq XT though, they are pretty fun to root when you actually have the drivers (That was my main problem with rooting it)
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Guess what.... yea that old rom.... BORING! Going all the way down to AOSP 1.5
went from 2.3 to 2.1 to 1.5
3rd rom today!
This stuff is fun, how come you guys never told me bout this stuff!

Purple Drama Llama said:
Or not a brotherly way.......
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I love everybody! Now... where was I?

Purple Drama Llama said:
Guess what.... yea that old rom.... BORING! Going all the way down to AOSP 1.5
went from 2.3 to 2.1 to 1.5
3rd rom today!
This stuff is fun, how come you guys never told me bout this stuff!
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Because you're on XDA! Are you that slow my friend?! haha
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twitch153 said:
Because you're on XDA! Are you that slow my friend?! haha
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Wait til he gets ORD...

sakai4eva said:
Wait til he gets ORD...
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It still sounds like an STD....
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Purple Drama Llama said:
Or not a brotherly way.......
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My thoughts exactly
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twitch153 said:
It still sounds like an STD....
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So do a thousand other TLAs.

Happy Thanksgiving! - What are YOU thankful for?

Take some time to appreciate and be with your loved ones. Do something nice for someone who isn't expecting it. Fill up on Turkey and raise a glass.
However you are spending it, stay safe and have a great day!
Edit:
Everyone should list what they're thankful for, right?
1) My Landlord (for saving my life!)
2) Having a job!
3) Belgium (For it's awesome beverages)
4) The Internet (For keeping me entertained)
5) XDA and all the Admins/Mods/Forumites that make it so awesome!

Since when were you American?
Seeing as we don't get a holiday over here I hope you all have a thoroughly miserable Thanksgiving......
Just kidding
(Send me turkey)
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conantroutman said:
Since when were you American?
Seeing as we don't get a holiday over here I hope you all have a thoroughly miserable Thanksgiving......
Just kidding
(Send me turkey)
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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I celebrate every single public holiday! Thanksgiving, Diwali.. you name it i'll buy a four-pack to celebrate it!

DirkGently said:
I celebrate every single public holiday! Thanksgiving, Diwali.. you name it i'll buy a four-pack to celebrate it!
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I like your style
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New Years is a tough one as i have to drink twice as much, celebrating Hogmaney at the same time!
It's a struggle but i manage it like a Boss.

DirkGently said:
New Years is a tough one as i have to drink twice as much, celebrating Hogmaney at the same time!
It's a struggle but i manage it like a Boss.
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This new year, I will be working.
Continuing the age old Scottish tradition of turning up for work ****faced....
Which will make a nice change from my staff turning up wasted
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conantroutman said:
This new year, I will be working.
Continuing the age old Scottish tradition of turning up for work ****faced....
Which will make a nice change from my staff turning up wasted
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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Leading by example!
This year may be the first New Year and second Xmas i've not worked in the last eleven years! I guess i'm thankful for that too.
Tesco have a 24 Pack of Stella for £12 offer on atm. Stock up now!

I'm thankful for everyone that I've learn to tolerate in OT jk You know I don't just tolerate you guys!
I'm thankful for my college being completely paid for, it lists a huge burden off my chest. I'm thankful that I'm learning exactly what I want to learn in college. I'm thankful for my girlfriend. And I'm thankful for the life that I have, I wouldn't change a thing about it (Expect for maybe more food).
-We do what we must because we can; for the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead-

happy thanksgiving to the whole XDA fam hope everyone has a great day

m1l4droid said:
Dirk, do you celebrate Norouz?
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Mate, i'll celebrate anything as long as you can toast it with an alcoholic beverage!
* and off to wikipedia i go....
Edit: Persian new Year and celebration of Spring Equinox? Sounds as good a reason as any for a celebration to me! We have the ancient Druid celebrations for equinox here. Dancing naked around a bunch of old rocks, stuff like that. How do you celebrate it?
Edit2: Of course, in some countries it may be illegal to celebrate with Alcohol. CTM knows better than i, but in Scotland it's illegal not to celebrate with alcohol. Up there they celebrate everything. Even waking up in the morning!

I'm thankful.for everything I have and will get in the.near future (Christmas) lol
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DirkGently said:
Edit2: Of course, in some countries it may be illegal to celebrate with Alcohol. CTM knows better than i, but in Scotland it's illegal not to celebrate with alcohol. Up there they celebrate everything. Even waking up in the morning!
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Heineken on the cornflakes FTW!!

I'm thankful for...
Every. SINGLE. THING. In. My. LIFE.

m1l4droid said:
That's called a Haft siin table. Haft means seven and siin (Persian سین) is the name of Persian's equivalent letter to 'S'. We put seven things starting with 'S', from a range of some certain things, on that tablet, with Grass (Persian: Sabzeh), and Apple (Persian: Siib), as mandatory objects. There are also some other things at the haft siin table, for a complete list see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haft-Sin
On new years holiday, everyone visit each other, as a part of tradition.
And so many more things to list.
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Sounds nice. With the grains on the table it reminds me of 'Harvest Festival', a celebration of the harvesting of the crops, dating back again to Pagan times. (We're just a bunch of pagans here basically).
conantroutman said:
Heineken on the cornflakes FTW!!
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ewwww....!
Everyone knows Stella goes on Cornflakes!

I wonder how many days throughout a regular year there are official celebrations, regardless of race or religion.
We should get a calendar together and see how many days we can officially toast.

Archer said:
I wonder how many days throughout a regular year there are official celebrations, regardless of race or religion.
We should get a calendar together and see how many days we can officially toast.
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That's a great idea! I quite like boborone's approach though. Any day ending in 'y' is good enough reason to raise a glass! I know he won't mind me saying that.

DirkGently said:
That's a great idea! I quite like boborone's approach though. Any day ending in 'y' is good enough reason to raise a glass! I know he won't mind me saying that.
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Lol. That's only a tad more than I normally drink. Nah, just kidding. It'd be quite a challenge to do a year's worth of celebrating the official days though, but the last day of the year would be a MASSIVE celebration, to celebrate completing, and living, through it all.

I'm thankful for family (the XDA one AND ACTUAL one(s) ) and phones....lots and lots of phones
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Where's the Natalie Portman option in the poll?

agazza said:
and dont understand how boobs must be atleast 10 characters long to post. we need exceptions to the rules.
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Auto correct fail?

driving my son on his first date. need advice on etiquette

Tomorrow I'll be driving my 12 yr. old son on his first date to the movies and wanted some input from the wonderful community here.

I'm worried I'm gonna embarrass my son with his date. I'm old fashioned.

Haha don't worry about it too much, just make a lil small talk (What do your parents do, etc..) but DO NOT ask personal / questions about their relationship too much, and be 'cool'. Let him lead. You'll be fine
Sources: I'm a teen with rather embarrasing parents xD"

When I was 12, I did my homework, not go on dates. It's amazing how much this world is changing. Just drop him off at his 'girlfriends' house and drive away I guess? IDK what to say about this.

Thing O Doom said:
Haha don't worry about it too much, just make a lil small talk (What do your parents do, etc..) but DO NOT ask personal / questions about their relationship too much, and be 'cool'. Let him lead. You'll be fine
Sources: I'm a teen with rather embarrasing parents xD"
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Thanx! I think I can play the cool parent.
jaszek said:
When I was 12, I did my homework, not go on dates. It's amazing how much this world is changing. Just drop him off at his 'girlfriends' house and drive away I guess? IDK what to say about this.
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I know man. Times change.

Play the quiet and understated yet knowledgeable parent. My dad messed it up acting cool
And all that will happen on that so called 'date' is not much talking and the occasional immature throwing of popcorn. - I should know, im 15
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Crank up some Hawkwind on the radio and be all like " Damn you kids don't know what music is these days..." & other parenting cliches....

I'm a 35 year old father of two daughters....but I was raised with two brothers, one older and one younger.
My daughters are 6 and 1 1/2 years old.
Rewind to me being a man-slut at age 13....got my first bj on my birthday that year...the ensuing years were filled with uncertain debauchery...high school was an adventure. I never asked dad for anything.....well, I'll interrupt my story there since its rather typical....your kid is probably gonna get laid soon....are you gonna really be surprised?
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jaszek said:
When I was 12, I did my homework, not go on dates. It's amazing how much this world is changing. Just drop him off at his 'girlfriends' house and drive away I guess? IDK what to say about this.
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I agree.
Btw you can just drop him and go later to pick him up.
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Omni has a son??!! I thought he was a child.lol

deliriousDroid said:
Omni has a son??!! I thought he was a child.lol
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That'd just his mentally
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I'm sure I don't need to say this but.....
I think you'll be fine. I'm also sure that your son will be polite and nice to His date.
I hope He has fun. Oh, and take a pic (just one) of Him and His lucky date for posterity.
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Babydoll25 said:
I'm sure I don't need to say this but.....
I think you'll be fine. I'm also sure that your son will be polite and nice to His date.
I hope He has fun. Oh, and take a pic (just one) of Him and His lucky date for posterity.
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Yea and post it here!

BeardedB said:
Yea and post it here!
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+1
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deliriousDroid said:
Omni has a son??!! I thought he was a child.lol
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I embrace the child within me.. My wife tells me "When are you going to grow up?"
ps. Everything went without a hitch. I just told my son girls like details, you take care of the details, little things, and they will notice you. He took like a fish to water. He behaved like a gentleman and his date had a good time as well. Afterward, I took them to Starbucks and they were very happy. I'm very proud of my kid

Don't touch their date... Just minor Advise... Don't like some parent who actually put a limit into kid's date and make them feel very uncomfortable...

Kid's drink coffee at the age of 12 now?

Im 14 and i am at my girlfriends place every day.in her room.(now i will quietly leave your imagination to do its job)
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jaszek said:
Kid's drink coffee at the age of 12 now?
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Why not? And drink
AOKP 4 LYF

jaszek said:
Kid's drink coffee at the age of 12 now?
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This thread makes me feel old.....