tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post2779603407857551385..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: Scoop: Hasbara Levels Now at 400ppmMERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-17297230001446962922016-05-22T10:43:40.579+10:002016-05-22T10:43:40.579+10:00I can't spend all of my time doing this but on...I can't spend all of my time doing this but one last demolition. "World's first anti-virus software". According to Wikipedia (again) it was arguably by a company called G Data Software in Bochum Germany, founded by Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge. I cannot find anything that relates them to Israel. Then came John McAfee - also no relationship to Israel as far as I can see - born in UK and lived in US. Fred Cohen was influential in the technology at this time but no connection to Israel. Slightly later came Ross Greenberg and Erwin Lanting - again no relationship to Israel from what I can see. Then comes a Bulgarian Bontchev, two Czechs, a South Korean, Alan Solomon (UK), and a Mexican. Then Kaspersky (Russian), Skylason (Icelandic), and others are listed. Berndt Fix is mentioned as a contender for the first but he is German, Israel is not mentioned on the Wikipedia page. <br /><br />Israel - the Pork Pie Nation! Grapplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967100340986309879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-20739310423011948372016-05-22T07:52:42.338+10:002016-05-22T07:52:42.338+10:00Interestingly, on the Wikipedia Tomato Cultivars w...Interestingly, on the Wikipedia Tomato Cultivars webpage many "small" tomatoes are listed with a brief description. Once again the mantra "Developed in Israel as the result of a 12 year breeding program" is repeated in respect of the tomaccio cultivar - and nothing else. Most others give some properties: colour, or taste, or resistance to disease. Some have a statement about their history - when released and by whom - but the tomaccio stands out as having the description above. I would have thought 12 years not an unusual timespan for development of a cultivar, especially if it involved wild varieties, as the tomaccio (and others) apparently did.<br /><br />"Israel invented the cherry tomato" looks like another porkie to me. Grapplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967100340986309879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-83071767105832552372016-05-21T14:20:43.789+10:002016-05-21T14:20:43.789+10:00Now let's turn to cherry tomatoes. According t...Now let's turn to cherry tomatoes. According to Wikipedia (and I will admit that it is not the most reliable source but why waste more time that we have to rebutting the lies of the hasbarists given the little effort they put into putting a plausible story together), the cherry tomato dates back to Aztec Mexico - 500 years or more ago and around 450 years before Israel existed. Wikipedia also says that cherry tomatoes have been popular in the US since 1919 - nearly 30 years before the existence of Israel. <br /><br />On its Cherry Tomato page, Wikipedia gives greatest prominence to the tomaccio tomato - a cultivar of the cherry type that is the result of a 12 year breeding program at several labs in Israel and is a "sweet snack tomato with an improved ripening time and shelf life" but it is only one of several varieties of cherry tomato listed there including the super sweet 100 popular in the US. <br /><br />Interestingly the Tomaccio Wikipedia page repeats the "12 year breeding program" story but says that this tomato was bred primarily for the sun-dried tomato market. Can't even get their story straight! I have never seen the tomaccio in stores in Australia. Grapplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967100340986309879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-77446157265884053482016-05-21T11:04:36.136+10:002016-05-21T11:04:36.136+10:00What does it mean to say that Jerusalem is the fir...What does it mean to say that Jerusalem is the first city in the world completely covered by Wifi. Here are plenty of instances of *free* and paid wifi across many cities in the world and Jerusalem is not mentioned. <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_wireless_network<br /><br />Perhaps the hasbarists haven't had chance to edit the wikipedia page yet - too busy denying the Nakba. In fact this on trip advisor suggests that wifi coverage in Al Quds (aka Jerusalem) is no better than almost any Western city.<br /><br /> https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowTopic-g293983-i2582-k7040583-Wifi_in_Jerusalem_Free_all_over_Can_use_own_device-Jerusalem_Jerusalem_District.html<br /><br /><br />And if it is a paid service what makes it different from or better than a 4G mobile phone network that provides internet coverage across much wider areas. For large cities 4G is a more rational choice - robustness, maintenance costs, etc - unless we are talking about speed. I can access the internet anywhere in Melbourne (well except for a few blackspots) using 4G. The need for ubiquitous wireless coverage has gone. <br /><br />I give this piece of Zionist propaganda a Fail! Grapplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967100340986309879noreply@blogger.com