Mouth breathing was trained out of me at a young age. There was some excuse given about it being health related, though from what I'm seeing here it may have been more a matter of social status.
Nose-breathing is actually better for your teeth, or so one of my old dentists said.
One of the things people overlook when they talk about computer implants is that it would take a surgical procedure to upgrade the hardware when/if you needed to. The more complex the technology, the more likely you'll want to improve it occasionally.
Too bad the federal goverment was as cosiderate for those of us on the anti-war side of the debate.
Well then gather a group of like-minded people and become a considerable voting bloc and powerful lobbying group. Then you can get politicians voted into office that support your views.
The big innovations, the ones that change our culture fundamentally are going to come at a cost that most people are afraid to pay. Namely religous beliefs.
Stem Cells, Cloning, Space Exploration, Quantam Computing, all these courses of study have the ability to alter views on creation itself.
What a bunch of FUD. Human Cloning has been banned on non-religious grounds, at the international level.
No Stem Cell research in the U.S. has been banned. It's just that abortions aren't being federally funded anymore, out of respect for taxpayers on the anti-abortion side of the debate.
And nothing religious has come in the way of Quantum Computing or Space Exploration at all.
10) Little mushroomy area in Desolace This is not a secret area, but when I got here it was completely unpopulated. Now it has some horde there. It's all the way at the southeast of the Desolace map, behind a centaur village.
They populated it a few patches ago. (With Twilights Hammer cultists, if I recall.)
The Geneva Conventions are outdated. They simply do not adequitely cover the fighting conditions in the last two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan.) I would think that war critics would be first in line to revise and update the Geneva Convention agreements.
I think the American people would be horrified if the nuclear option were invoked.
Eh, the only reason the public pays attention to it as much as it does is because of the sinister name "nuclear option". If said option is ever used, I would expect the media to go crazy for a week or so, but the public wouldn't get enraged.
Because, in the end, each judge is still being voted on by the Senate. And using obscure rules to block the vote sounds kinda fishy on the face of it.
The Average Joe's reasoning will go: "If there a truly bad judge is nominated, some moderate Republicans will vote against him and that will be that." And I'm not sure I disagree with Average Joe this time around.
Its funny how our American cousins have started attacking one of the great European nations, France, after some French politician tried to stop the current US government making a mistake comparable to Vietnam again.
Actually, France got us into the whole Vietnam thing in the first place. And, while there were many mistakes, clearly the biggest one was not following through with post-war support of the the south Vietnamese government.
And now France wants us to cut off support to the post-war Iraqi government? That's not surprising, since the French government has publicly stated that they'd like to "counter-balance" (weaken) the United States on the world stage.
And yes, this certainly is the post-war stage. No remnant of the former government remains, and the whole insurgency would collapse without foreign support.
Soldier Of Fortune, for whatever other merits it may (or may not) have had, was AFAIK only marketted as basically "hey, look, we have more blood and gore textures than before."
Actually, Soldier of Fortune was marketed for its very detailed damage models. Like if you shot somebody in the right knee, they'd act like they've been shot in the right knee (as opposed to just jerking in pain generically.)
These body models could also be dismembered in quite good detail, another selling point.
I was always taught that "isn't any worse than" was most definitely NOT the standard to which my country aspired.
Well look at our copyright laws, which are pretty much directly taken from their Euro counterparts. Or look at conformity in trade laws. There is such a thing as international precident, to an extent.
The stupidity of the right presents such a fantastic opening to its opponents, but they all seem to prefer to scream "brainwashed fascists!" instead of trying to actually win the debate. It's really pathetic.
Actually, many right-leaning political commentators think that this is George W. Bush's best talent. His mere presence in the White House seems to reduce potentially dangerous opponents into frothing zealots.
It's a crime in France to defame the president. In Britain certain types of "hate" speech are outlawed (and selectively enforced, to boot). Certain political groups are banned in Germany and Holland.
Is that the standard now? America - Land of the Not As Bad As Europe?
A lot of countries in the western world don't govern themselves by Sharia law, women in those countries vote, drive and dress immodestly; but they haven't been attacked by islamic terrorists nor are they hated by the islamic world as you americans are.
Terrorists are capable of setting priorities, you know. They know they can go after the foolish appeasers at a later date, as they pose no credible threat.
Not that steps haven't been taken against various European nations, mind you. Just look at all the ongoing turmoil in Holland following the murder of Theo van Gogh. Not to mention the state of muslim integration in France and Germany.
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Nose-breathing is actually better for your teeth, or so one of my old dentists said.
I'd agree with you, except:
A) I don't think Disney is the "Disney" of their market anymore. Maybe Pixar?
B) Nintendo doesn't have a stranglehold on innovation anymore -- remember Katamari Damacy, etc.
One of the things people overlook when they talk about computer implants is that it would take a surgical procedure to upgrade the hardware when/if you needed to. The more complex the technology, the more likely you'll want to improve it occasionally.
Well then gather a group of like-minded people and become a considerable voting bloc and powerful lobbying group. Then you can get politicians voted into office that support your views.
You know, like the anti-abortion people did.
Saddam Hussein, back in 1991.
Oh, you thought that war ever actually ended? Hint: You don't end a war by signing a cease-fire, then continually breaking the terms of it.
What a bunch of FUD. Human Cloning has been banned on non-religious grounds, at the international level.
No Stem Cell research in the U.S. has been banned. It's just that abortions aren't being federally funded anymore, out of respect for taxpayers on the anti-abortion side of the debate.
And nothing religious has come in the way of Quantum Computing or Space Exploration at all.
Either you're talking about China, or you are completely intellectually bankrupt.
They populated it a few patches ago. (With Twilights Hammer cultists, if I recall.)
Uh, when it comes to amendments, Congress isn't restrained by the Judiciary.
And also approved by the Senate -- a Senate which not too long ago had a Democrat majority.
And thus we ended up with Republican-nominated judges who supported the Kelo ruling, and other such nonsense.
Jesus H. Christ! You want the current pack of politicians to rewrite the entire Constitution from scratch?!
I wish I had that kind of faith in our elected officials.
The Geneva Conventions are outdated. They simply do not adequitely cover the fighting conditions in the last two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan.) I would think that war critics would be first in line to revise and update the Geneva Convention agreements.
Eh, the only reason the public pays attention to it as much as it does is because of the sinister name "nuclear option". If said option is ever used, I would expect the media to go crazy for a week or so, but the public wouldn't get enraged.
Because, in the end, each judge is still being voted on by the Senate. And using obscure rules to block the vote sounds kinda fishy on the face of it.
The Average Joe's reasoning will go: "If there a truly bad judge is nominated, some moderate Republicans will vote against him and that will be that." And I'm not sure I disagree with Average Joe this time around.
It's Shadow [b]of[/b] the Colossus.
Actually, France got us into the whole Vietnam thing in the first place. And, while there were many mistakes, clearly the biggest one was not following through with post-war support of the the south Vietnamese government.
And now France wants us to cut off support to the post-war Iraqi government? That's not surprising, since the French government has publicly stated that they'd like to "counter-balance" (weaken) the United States on the world stage.
And yes, this certainly is the post-war stage. No remnant of the former government remains, and the whole insurgency would collapse without foreign support.
Actually, Soldier of Fortune was marketed for its very detailed damage models. Like if you shot somebody in the right knee, they'd act like they've been shot in the right knee (as opposed to just jerking in pain generically.)
These body models could also be dismembered in quite good detail, another selling point.
Then why wasn't ITER built in Spain as originally planned? Oh, that's right, petty intra-european politics. Perpetrated by who? You'll never guess.
Seems there isn't much EUnity, even in "Old Europe".
I'm going to link to this post at some point. Great story.
Well look at our copyright laws, which are pretty much directly taken from their Euro counterparts. Or look at conformity in trade laws. There is such a thing as international precident, to an extent.
Look at the overthrowing of Saddam Hussein. Iraqis are glad about that, but most other muslim arabs are not. Same for the Taliban.
And then there was Kosovo, where the U.S. intervened to stop the slaughter of muslims there.
But I don't blame you for wanting to simplify the situation.
Actually, many right-leaning political commentators think that this is George W. Bush's best talent. His mere presence in the White House seems to reduce potentially dangerous opponents into frothing zealots.
It's a crime in France to defame the president. In Britain certain types of "hate" speech are outlawed (and selectively enforced, to boot). Certain political groups are banned in Germany and Holland.
Is that the standard now? America - Land of the Not As Bad As Europe?
Who are "them"?
Are you just lumping together all brown-skinned foriegners into one group? I think you are.
Slavery is long gone.
Same for Racial Oppression, really.
The Patriot Act isn't any worse than the status quo in most European nations.
Terrorists are capable of setting priorities, you know. They know they can go after the foolish appeasers at a later date, as they pose no credible threat.
Not that steps haven't been taken against various European nations, mind you. Just look at all the ongoing turmoil in Holland following the murder of Theo van Gogh. Not to mention the state of muslim integration in France and Germany.