User talk:K1

Vancouver

Hey Keyvan: are you from Vancouver? Wanli

Hello Wanli. No, I am not from Vancouver. Keyvan is a fairly common name among Iranians, and I understand there are many Iranians living in Vancouver. I am not one of them however. :-)

You happen to be a Keyvan that uses the shorthand K1, like the 1-couver guy.

Old Persian

Thank you for correcting my addition to the Fars entry. Question: where did you get the Old Persian word? Is there a definitive list or dictionary that is public domain that I can use? Or would you recommend a certain publication? Thanks. BTW, you guys are QUICK. -IR

Hello IRelayer. There's quite a number of Old Persian inscriptions recoverd from the Achaemenid perdiod, the texts of which have been translated into most major languages and widely available in the Internet nowadays. As for books on Old Persian, there are several, especially on Avestan. In Persian, the late professor Pourdavoud has a number of publication on this subject and he is considered the definitive authority. In English, there is "Old Persian: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. by Roland G. Kent". As for Public Domain material, I do not know of any, however, there are many copyrighted (but not Public Domain) material available online. --K1 22:58, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Norouz

Happy New Year! Regards

Hello Alireza. Thank you very much and Happy New Year to you too. I hope you had a wonderful Norouz.

Thanks for writing the Norouz article. What are the similarities and differences of the Kurdish and Iranian New Year (Norouz)? Alireza Hashemi

I don't really know how the Kurds celebrate the Norouz. One thing I do know is that their view of the Norouz has been much politicized in recent years mostly due to the oppression they suffer in Turkey. Their view of the Norouz is underscoring the "liberation" aspect of it via the story of Kave vs. Zahak. In their view, Kave or "Kawa" as the Kurds pronouce it, is a revolutionary Kurd who liberated his people from the tyrant Zahak; and this marks the start of the Norouz! I don't know if they have always held this view of the origin of the Norouz or if this is an outcome of their political struggle in Turkey in recent history. My impression is that they do not set 7-Seen tables or visit each other in the form of our "eyd didani", but quite possibly the Kurds of Iran do this. Also I think 13-bedar is only practiced in Iran and not the neighbouring cultures. But the Kurds have definitely been celebrating the Norouz for a long time. They pronouce it Newroj ("new" not pronounced like the English word "new", rather, phonetically enunciated; and "roj" with the "j" sounding like the French "j", like the 'j' sound of the Persian name "Bijan"). --Keyvan 08:37 Mar 26, 2003 (UTC)

Caspian

So it's the Gilan province that borders Azerbaijan near Astara? Sorry for that mistake, the maps we have aren't precise so I interpolated a bit. --Shallot 09:43, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hello Shallot. No problem. Yes, there is a tiny strip of land belonging to Gilan that comes between Ardabil and the Caspian. The maps in Wikipedia are rather small and don't show the details well. --K1 09:54, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

South Azerbaijan article

There is a German equivalent of that article at [1] that will perhaps need some edits to get neutral. You have any idea how we can do that? Roozbeh 13:41, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I read that article and sadly it is misguided. I noticed the main contributor to that article also has contributed to several other articles that are somewhat related to this case. He appears to be an informed and reasonable person, but nobody is perfect. So instead of altering his article right away, I left him a message to read the new English version. I think this is better, because then he can verify the facts, and change the article himself and change other articles accordingly if needed. --K1 15:56, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Iranian revolution

I don't know if you have discovered the Iranian revolution article. It may need your edits. Roozbeh 07:48, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I read the article and made minor changes to it. I find the article to be overall, fair and balanced. I will contribute some more to it later. --K1 12:58, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

FreeBSD

I'll have to look it up to verify, but GEOM is the filesystem layer that allowed the encrypted filesystem support. I don't believe it, or the encryption support itself was part of the TrustedBSD project. Poul Henning Kamp (sp?) wrote GEOM and GDBE [2] the disk encryption stuff, and he is not part of TrustedBSD as far as I know. - Taxman 15:02, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

It seems you are right. I just checked the docs and it appears it was developed by the Security Research Division of NAI under a contract with DARPA. I thought it came from the TrsutedBSD project. I will correct the article. Thanks. --K1 16:05, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Great, your additions to the article are appreciated. A lot more could be written about the featuers in 5.x, would just take some research and reading the FreeBSD docs. - Taxman 16:24, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the good word about my Persia article. It seems like you may be more of an expert than I am, so please feel free to add whatever you like. Fishal 03:32, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Argumentative gay nerd

K1, i have just read your out of line comments on the Talk:Iran page. Also, please note that english is a language which is western, so confine pro-eastern views to eastern languages. Also, have you noticed Iran's behavior lately concerning nuclear weapons? I believe the attitued of the International Atomic Energy Agency represents the Western World as well as the east.--naryathegreat 22:20, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

And I suggest that you go back to using Roman Numerals, that's more "Western". Oh, and don't use Algebra, and Trigonometry .... hmmm ... and no Algorithms either. Then rebuild your "Western World" and get a life and stay out of my talk page. My personal discussion page in Wikipedia is not a place for argumentative nerds. If you're itching for arguments try usenet. It's truly pathetic that you have come to my personal discussion page to start a stupid argument. --K1 04:29, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Then apparently, it is equally absurd that you should respond in kind, and attempt to threaten me. Not to spoil your big fat bubble, but the Greeks invented Algebra and Calculus long before your little middle east, they took it from the manuscripts, and your numerals? They're really from India. And please, confine personal attacks to Usenet, I may be a nerd, but at least I wear it on my face and do not cower in corners, screaming for what is tantamount to an Islamic state in the West (you didn't discuss the nuclear charge by the way).--naryathegreat 22:20, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

Flight 655

K1, I'm not chasing you, and I'm not imposing [3]. I've been watching the Iran Air Flight 655 article, and considered your contribution biased, needing some proof. Please do that in the discussiong page of that article. (BTW, please don't get emotional in the edits. You have wonderful knowledge of historical facts, but you get very angry in certain circumstances and use words that you shouldn't. Cool down a little, please.) Roozbeh 17:13, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hey K1, are you Iranian or what? You seem to be sold out that the USA did not apologize for the Iran Air incident. MAYBE IT IS YOUR NEWSPAPER THAT SHOULD STICK TO WHATEVER YOU LIKE, and I dont mean disprepect to your country, but your comments towards Puerto Rican newspapers was rude. "Antonio Mouth Tape Placer Martin"

GMT

Hi K1, I hope GMT turns out to be useful to you. I don't really know a whole lot about it, but I can try to answer questions anyway. I started using GMT to make maps for historical locations. I found Tus via a link to Ferdowsi. Regards, Wile E. Heresiarch 13:36, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Your vote

We may need your vote on deleting the three very pointed Persia-related articles. Please visit the VfD section and vote. [4]. Roozbeh 23:29, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I just cast in my vote on that. Thanks. --K1 00:04, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Your behaviour

I have raised your repeated personal attacks at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/--K1. Feel free to comment... Refdoc 18:02, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I thought I told you clearly on that talk page that I am done with you? Oh, I forgot, you constantly have comprehension problems. At least in one area you are consistent. By the way, my userid as you can see from this page is "k1" not "--k1" .... the two dashes are from my signature. Hehe, man, your IQ is so high you almost qualify to move into the White House. Anyway, do not invite yourself over to my personal talk page. You are not welcome here. Kindly buzz off. --K1 18:09, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)