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  1. Re:Only the incredibly naive... on Can Terrorists Build a Nuclear Bomb? · · Score: 1

    "Iraq Massacre of kurds"

    http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?articleid= 2434
    http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?ArticleID= 1920
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,140124 8,00.html
    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5744,12076716%255E1702,00.html

    It seems Iraq's guilt re: the gassing of the Kurds isn't as much of an open & shut case as people think it is. There is evidence that the gas was from Iran. Also, the case against the chemical supplier fell apart.

    I'm not saying Saddam was the best person ever, just that the above links are interesting reading and might get you thinking a bit more.

  2. Re:Two questions ... on Junkyard Wars: The Next Generation · · Score: 1

    According to this, the M1 won't fit in a shipping container in any direction. Damn.

    According to this link, however, it will fit the height requirement, but you'd still have to smash the hell out of it.
    www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm Here are the stats from another site:

    M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

    UNCLASSIFIED

    Crew 4
    Length overall 9.766m
    Width 3.653m
    Height 2.885m
    Ground Clearance 0.432m
    Max speed on road 72.5km/hr
    Range 500km
    Engine power 1,500hp
    Main gun 120mm
    Weapon Range 1,846m

    Not to mention the fact that the three teammates would be really busy doing the work of four soldiers. So NO, the M1 won't fit into a shipping container.

  3. The poll was already rigged (or worthless) on Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll · · Score: 1, Insightful
    The poll had the voters pick from the following (extrmely long) list:
    • .NET
    • JAVA
    • Both
    • Neither
    Well, that makes perfect sense. I guess Perl, PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, etc., don't count as web services. Since the poll didn't have a decent list of things to choose from, it was retarded from the get-go. It's like having a poll like the following: "Which car are you going to buy when you replace your current one? The Honda Civic or a Nissan Altima?"
  4. Re:a problem waiting to happen on Adcritic Shuts Down · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Uh, bugg.. Ad agencies pay stations to air their ads. Not the other way around. If stations paid for ads, then Fox would have nothing but beer, car, and bikini ads. (Sarcasm intended)

  5. Re:Its SSX on Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under · · Score: 1

    There IS a PS2 game called FFX. Final Fantasy X. X means 'ten'. This makes sense if you consider the last released Final Fantasy adventure carried the number 'nine'. So, there's SSX (Snowboard Supercross) and FFX (Final Fantasy Ten). Hard to understand, numbnuts?