Alright, I'm sick and fucking tired of this nonsense. Let's do a little math, so that even idiots like you can understand.
Jewish Population 1939 approx 17 million
Jewish Population 1948 approx 11.5 million
Jewish Population 2000 approx 13.2 million
Now, for the Palestinians
Palestinian Population 1948 approx 1 million
Palestinian Popluation 2000 approx 4 million
Wow, apparently Israelis really suck at commiting genocide, since despite what you claim to be a 50 year continuous genocide attempt, the Palestinian poplulation has quadrupled. By the way, this of course ignores the Palestinian populations that have been living in Jordan the entire time, so you probably should double that number. Well, you better get on the phone to Sharon right away and let him know they are way behind on the quota.
Seriously, you are an idiot. You might be able to claim ethnic cleansing (i.e. removal of Palestinians from Israel), but then you would have to not ignore the 200,000 Palestinians that didn't leave in 1948 and became Israeli citizens (their descendents make up roughly 1 million people and 1/6 of the Israeli population).
Well, it doesn't matter. Generally people that claim the Israelis are commiting genocide on the Palestinians don't let little things like REALITY interfere with their fanatical hatred of Israel.
No, the ISS has a 3-man Soyuz module docked with it at all times to act as a life raft (the Soyuz was to be replaced with the X-35, which could hold more than 3 people, allowing the full compliment of 6 or 7 people on the station, until it was canceled that is). If all else fails, the crew will abandon the station in the Soyuz after shutting as much of the functions as they can. Then we'll just have to wait until either the shuttles start flying again or the next gen craft come on line.
First X-men, then Spiderman, now DareDevil and the Hulk. So basically every Marvel comic book will now become a movie. Fine, I'm going to start camping out for tickets to the Power Pack movie. I dare anyone to admit they know what I'm talking about.
You are correct, the Spanish expletive is "Puta", which can translate to bitch or whore. The "la" of course is just the feminine form of "the" that precedes words, like in most romance languages (though of course they are different in different languages, el and la in Spanish, le and la in French etc). It is however ironic of this children's story can also mean bitch, since it does have a female lead character (or she is one of the two lead characters).
That's great, all I see in Amnesty International's quotes are "allegedly", "conditions reported", and "concerned by reports". I see no direct evidence or statements attributed to a credible source. In fact, based on the continual apologist bint that Amnesty International takes toward proven and accredited Palestinian terrorism (and of course, the zealous condemnation of Israel based on vague unsupported allegations), I generally ignore what they say. For a supposed human rights group to give certain governments and parties a walk while they (the certain governments and parties, that is) rape, torture, and murder their way through thousands of innocent civilians is just plain disgraceful. Unfortunately, that's just about all Amnesty International does now. I guess crying over an allegation that a murdering terrorist is a little hot or stubbed his toe in Gitmo completely overrides everything else. But maybe it just has to do with the fact that the terrorists in Gitmo are under detention by the US.
Hackers don't hack into hospitals. Microsoft would never have dreamed of recommending Windows 95 to run the computer inside of a dialysis machine.
You'd be suprised. That is a problem the medical industry is dealing with now, i.e. get some version of Windows to be reliable enough for medical systems in order to keep the "user friendliness", or go with a much more secure and stable system that is harder to use. The same argument has been going on in virtually every industry for quite some time, it just happens to be a much more important decision in the medical industry. However, MS security holes are easily avoided by not having your dialysis machine online, which it doesn't need to be anyway.
You see, that is where you are wrong. The LEGAL viewpoint that you should not be attacked or robbed, despite anything that you might be wearing, IS universal. Just because some thugs don't see it that way doesn't matter...because those guys are criminals.
If you show your wallet or use a cell phone in a bad part of town and are robbed, I'm hoping even in England, the police don't tell you that it is your fault and refuse to do anything. There is no double standard, just a number of bad people who prey upon their fellow man and who should be locked up. It's as simple as that.
Uhm yeah, duh. Okay, fine he can move in with your sister then.
Seriously though, if he serious did think that women deserve to be raped because of what they were wearing (which I'm sure he doesn't), then yes he should be removed from society, hopefully to where he could get help. You see, if he truly believed that, he would pretty much fit the definition of being mentally defective and could be adjudicated as such. Then when they've fixed his brain he could be let back out. Now, of course if he has acted on those feelings, he should be convicted and sentenced to a long jail term.
Wait, you mean American POWs are always treated properly. Hmm, lets see. WWII, Japanese death marches, nope. Korea, summary exectutions... nope. Vietnam, torture, executions, and being held after hostilities end (which they haven't in Afghanistan)...nope. Gulf War, prisoner's tortured into making confessions, one pilot possibly still alive and being held... nope. Somalia, well we know what happened there... nope.
Okay, so now that we've estasblished the American POWs are NEVER treated properly, I guess that really negates your point (I did leave out Panama, Grenada, and Haiti, cause I'm fairly sure we didn't have any American soldiers captured or at least not for very long). The US managed to put some of the men responsible for crimes against American POWs on trial, but no where near all, especially in Vietnam and the Gulf. On the other hand, the detainees in Gitmo are not being tortured, unless by being held in a pleasant climate and being fed every day counts as torture. They are members of the Taliban and Al Queida, groups we are still fighting (well, to be fair the Taliban guys are so thin on the ground, they are probably just linked up with Al Queida anyway), so hostilities have not ceased. They are also being released as soon as they are declared to not be a threat. Lets not forget that these guys are members of fighting forces that used murder, torture, and rape to maintain their power over civilians, so I'm shedding no tears for them.
Don't forget the German and Italian Americans were also interred in camps. However, in your orgy of hating American, try not to equate the illegal and regretful detainment of American citizens and the systematic seperation from the population and murder of 14 million people.
It's not a double standard unless the man has his clothes torn off and is raped, beaten, and then possibly killed, simply for wearing another team's jersey.
If you go into a bar, or hell, go to an away game dressed in your team's colors, and you are beat up simply for dressing that way, the person or persons who assaulted you would be just plain guilty. Now, on the other hand, if you are dressed in the opposite teams colors and spend 20 minutes taunting fans of the opposing side, while of course everyone is getting liquored up, then a jury might find that you provoked the fight.
If you think that a woman deserves to be raped because she is wearing a low-cut top or her pants are little too tight, then you have some serious problems and should be taken out of society immediately.
**Considering that in the U.S. a large percentage of the poor people tend to be black people**
Actually, that's not true at all. The correct statement, is that the African-American population has a much higher percentage of poor people (as does the Hispanic population) than Whites and Asians.
However, you are correct about the minute number of African-American Professionals who get national recognition, who are NOT in Entertainment or Sports (most of those that do get recognition are in politics).
I think what the guy was referring to was that Pearse's craft basically made an assisted glide DOWN a hill. Whereas, the Wright's craft took off from the ground and achieved a higher altitude (though not really that high). That's the difference. In other words, Pearse used his engine to sustain his glide a litle longer, but could not go higher (which is technically not flying, implying moving at will up or down in the air, against the wind as well, as opposed to gliding which is floating along with the winds, or at least thats what it appears they are saying the difference to be. Seems a bit murky). So, yeah, pretty much.
Add the fact George Carley's first flight [google.co.uk] predated the Wright Brothers by a hundred years.
Uhm, Carley's craft was a GLIDER. There were innumerable gliders used before the Wright's glider. We are talking about controlled flight under power. Otherwise, you might as well say a Pteradon invented flying 100 million years ago.
Well, actually, the post I was replying to was talking about the longevity of the system, but whatever. The reason I brought up quality is that, in my opinion, it is much better to have a shorter lived system (which of course is upgradable, unlike consoles) than a longer lived one with unexciting titles. But again, it is a matter of taste. To me, all these sports based games are virtually the same, maybe you can do some new tricks, or they update the names that are whoring for them, but they really are the same.
Also, I brought up Doom 4 because the post I replied to brought it up. I wouldn't hold the Doom series out as the bastion of FPS, in fact, I find it rather repetitive. If you want comparisons, compare the first Quake to Battlefield 1942. B1942 showed immense advancements in game play and new use of the genre (though it is a bit rough on a system and has needed several patches, but it is still probably the greatest game I have played). There is always a lot of repetitive titles in any gaming system. Though, really, I do have to say, it is much more common in consoles. Honestly, it is not fair to say "How many tycoon games are there" when they are all in the series. Now, comparing all of the fps is a fair statement, and there definitely is quite a bit of stagnation in the genre. However, console games have really been anything but fresh and new (with a few exceptions). One merely has to point to all the fighting games to see that.
If you can afford to keep up both a PC and console, great, you have the best of both worlds. I personally have 4 consoles, a nintendo, a super nintendo, an Sears brand Pong machine (made by Atari), and an atari 800 (okay, the last one is really a computer). I just lost interest after I beat Super Mario World for the third time
So, like I said, it is all a matter of preference. I use my computer to do all of my homework and to maintain various websites. So, since it serves a dual purpose, I find it more cost effective to put money into upgrading it. Aside from occasionally buying an original nintendo game that I remember from my childhood (Bionic Commando rocks), my consoles just sit there and collect dust.
I did in fact read the parent. However, I was merely commenting on the reply to the parent that falsely compared Televions to computers.
The problem is you are not taking into account quality of gaming
Many of the games for the PS2 (note: I say many, not all) could have been made for the PS1, in other words, they show absolutely no innovation or use of newer technology. The same cannot be said for the hypothetical Doom 4. The reason it will require much more powerful hardware is that the game will BE BETTER (in terms of graphics and features, I can't say the same for game play, but that can be said with just about everything). So you can keep your PS2, where you can play 100 new games that look like PS1 games, and I'll just spend that extra $150 to keep my machine running. An upgrade cycle of every 2 years is not that bad, especially since you don't have to replace everything. I can spend a couple of hundred dollars every year and half (which really isn't that much to me at least, and I make barely over minimum wage at the University I attend, and no, I don't live with my parents) and keep my PC cutting edge (though not bleeding edge).
I suppose it is really a matter of taste, but if I want bland graphics and repetitive game play, I'll just wait until the crappy console games are ported to PC, or use an emulator
Slow reaction? What game are you playing that allows for a faster reaction time than a keyboard/mouse setup. Maybe there is something wrong with the way you are playing the came, how you the controls set up, or something.
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The only game genre (new games that is, this does not include side scrollers like Mario Bros or all those old RPG's like Secret of Mana) that actually works better on a console than a PC are fighting games (in effect because the game controllers are adapted from arcade setups, which the fighting games are all derived from).
The real problem with this is that fighting games are the single most derrivative and boring games. Good fricking God, how many times can you play the same damn game over and over and over and over again? Please don't even try to tell me that the subtle differences in Tekken/StreetFight/whatthefuckever makes that one completely different from the others. I've seen the vast majority of these games, either in an arcade or on a console, and all look the same, except for slight differences in character design and different special moves (look in this game I can rip the guys face off, but in this one my pixelated chick spins around so you can see her underwear, yay).
Anyway, all I'm trying to say is that I really really hate fighting games.
Of course, I do realize that this rant could (almost) be applied to any genre, especially fps. However, I suggest you go play the original Mortal Combat and the lastest and greatest fighting game, then go play, say, Quake and then Battlefield 1942, and see if it still seems the same. The fact of the matter is, IMHO (and really, this is all merely my opinion), B1942 shows clear advances and improvements, where all the new fighting games have done is to upgrade the eye candy (and of course give the female characters, if possible, even skimpier costumes). If you want to see T&A watch skinemax or go to a strip club.
You are not playing games on your television, you are playing games on your console. Try playing a Sega Genesis game on your X-Box and see how far you get. Your assertion is nonsense. I have MONITORS that are 7 or 8 years and that work fine.
Well, they make these things called "DEMOS". Now, they're fairly new, so maybe you haven't heard of them. Anyway, they'll take my PC (AMD powered and home built, of course) when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
It's even funnier when you remember that Jean Luc Picard is supposed to be a friggin frog. So did England conquer France in the future or maybe the entire EU?
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Alright, I'm sick and fucking tired of this nonsense. Let's do a little math, so that even idiots like you can understand. Jewish Population 1939 approx 17 million Jewish Population 1948 approx 11.5 million Jewish Population 2000 approx 13.2 million Now, for the Palestinians Palestinian Population 1948 approx 1 million Palestinian Popluation 2000 approx 4 million Wow, apparently Israelis really suck at commiting genocide, since despite what you claim to be a 50 year continuous genocide attempt, the Palestinian poplulation has quadrupled. By the way, this of course ignores the Palestinian populations that have been living in Jordan the entire time, so you probably should double that number. Well, you better get on the phone to Sharon right away and let him know they are way behind on the quota. Seriously, you are an idiot. You might be able to claim ethnic cleansing (i.e. removal of Palestinians from Israel), but then you would have to not ignore the 200,000 Palestinians that didn't leave in 1948 and became Israeli citizens (their descendents make up roughly 1 million people and 1/6 of the Israeli population). Well, it doesn't matter. Generally people that claim the Israelis are commiting genocide on the Palestinians don't let little things like REALITY interfere with their fanatical hatred of Israel.
No, the ISS has a 3-man Soyuz module docked with it at all times to act as a life raft (the Soyuz was to be replaced with the X-35, which could hold more than 3 people, allowing the full compliment of 6 or 7 people on the station, until it was canceled that is). If all else fails, the crew will abandon the station in the Soyuz after shutting as much of the functions as they can. Then we'll just have to wait until either the shuttles start flying again or the next gen craft come on line.
First X-men, then Spiderman, now DareDevil and the Hulk. So basically every Marvel comic book will now become a movie. Fine, I'm going to start camping out for tickets to the Power Pack movie. I dare anyone to admit they know what I'm talking about.
You are correct, the Spanish expletive is "Puta", which can translate to bitch or whore. The "la" of course is just the feminine form of "the" that precedes words, like in most romance languages (though of course they are different in different languages, el and la in Spanish, le and la in French etc). It is however ironic of this children's story can also mean bitch, since it does have a female lead character (or she is one of the two lead characters).
Flame bait my ass. Read the Parent, since that is exactly what he said. Fucking pussy ass cowards, hiding behind mod points
That's great, all I see in Amnesty International's quotes are "allegedly", "conditions reported", and "concerned by reports". I see no direct evidence or statements attributed to a credible source. In fact, based on the continual apologist bint that Amnesty International takes toward proven and accredited Palestinian terrorism (and of course, the zealous condemnation of Israel based on vague unsupported allegations), I generally ignore what they say. For a supposed human rights group to give certain governments and parties a walk while they (the certain governments and parties, that is) rape, torture, and murder their way through thousands of innocent civilians is just plain disgraceful. Unfortunately, that's just about all Amnesty International does now. I guess crying over an allegation that a murdering terrorist is a little hot or stubbed his toe in Gitmo completely overrides everything else. But maybe it just has to do with the fact that the terrorists in Gitmo are under detention by the US.
Sorry about that, guess I over-reacted. I did read the parent post, and pretty much every other post in this thread (I have a lot of time to burn).
Hackers don't hack into hospitals. Microsoft would never have dreamed of recommending Windows 95 to run the computer inside of a dialysis machine.
You'd be suprised. That is a problem the medical industry is dealing with now, i.e. get some version of Windows to be reliable enough for medical systems in order to keep the "user friendliness", or go with a much more secure and stable system that is harder to use. The same argument has been going on in virtually every industry for quite some time, it just happens to be a much more important decision in the medical industry. However, MS security holes are easily avoided by not having your dialysis machine online, which it doesn't need to be anyway.
You see, that is where you are wrong. The LEGAL viewpoint that you should not be attacked or robbed, despite anything that you might be wearing, IS universal. Just because some thugs don't see it that way doesn't matter...because those guys are criminals.
If you show your wallet or use a cell phone in a bad part of town and are robbed, I'm hoping even in England, the police don't tell you that it is your fault and refuse to do anything. There is no double standard, just a number of bad people who prey upon their fellow man and who should be locked up. It's as simple as that.
Uhm yeah, duh. Okay, fine he can move in with your sister then.
Seriously though, if he serious did think that women deserve to be raped because of what they were wearing (which I'm sure he doesn't), then yes he should be removed from society, hopefully to where he could get help. You see, if he truly believed that, he would pretty much fit the definition of being mentally defective and could be adjudicated as such. Then when they've fixed his brain he could be let back out. Now, of course if he has acted on those feelings, he should be convicted and sentenced to a long jail term.
Wait, you mean American POWs are always treated properly. Hmm, lets see. WWII, Japanese death marches, nope. Korea, summary exectutions... nope. Vietnam, torture, executions, and being held after hostilities end (which they haven't in Afghanistan)...nope. Gulf War, prisoner's tortured into making confessions, one pilot possibly still alive and being held... nope. Somalia, well we know what happened there... nope.
Okay, so now that we've estasblished the American POWs are NEVER treated properly, I guess that really negates your point (I did leave out Panama, Grenada, and Haiti, cause I'm fairly sure we didn't have any American soldiers captured or at least not for very long). The US managed to put some of the men responsible for crimes against American POWs on trial, but no where near all, especially in Vietnam and the Gulf. On the other hand, the detainees in Gitmo are not being tortured, unless by being held in a pleasant climate and being fed every day counts as torture. They are members of the Taliban and Al Queida, groups we are still fighting (well, to be fair the Taliban guys are so thin on the ground, they are probably just linked up with Al Queida anyway), so hostilities have not ceased. They are also being released as soon as they are declared to not be a threat. Lets not forget that these guys are members of fighting forces that used murder, torture, and rape to maintain their power over civilians, so I'm shedding no tears for them.
Don't forget the German and Italian Americans were also interred in camps. However, in your orgy of hating American, try not to equate the illegal and regretful detainment of American citizens and the systematic seperation from the population and murder of 14 million people.
It's not a double standard unless the man has his clothes torn off and is raped, beaten, and then possibly killed, simply for wearing another team's jersey.
If you go into a bar, or hell, go to an away game dressed in your team's colors, and you are beat up simply for dressing that way, the person or persons who assaulted you would be just plain guilty. Now, on the other hand, if you are dressed in the opposite teams colors and spend 20 minutes taunting fans of the opposing side, while of course everyone is getting liquored up, then a jury might find that you provoked the fight.
If you think that a woman deserves to be raped because she is wearing a low-cut top or her pants are little too tight, then you have some serious problems and should be taken out of society immediately.
**Considering that in the U.S. a large percentage of the poor people tend to be black people**
Actually, that's not true at all. The correct statement, is that the African-American population has a much higher percentage of poor people (as does the Hispanic population) than Whites and Asians.
However, you are correct about the minute number of African-American Professionals who get national recognition, who are NOT in Entertainment or Sports (most of those that do get recognition are in politics).
Korean cars do ;-P
I think what the guy was referring to was that Pearse's craft basically made an assisted glide DOWN a hill. Whereas, the Wright's craft took off from the ground and achieved a higher altitude (though not really that high). That's the difference. In other words, Pearse used his engine to sustain his glide a litle longer, but could not go higher (which is technically not flying, implying moving at will up or down in the air, against the wind as well, as opposed to gliding which is floating along with the winds, or at least thats what it appears they are saying the difference to be. Seems a bit murky). So, yeah, pretty much.
Uhm, Carley's craft was a GLIDER. There were innumerable gliders used before the Wright's glider. We are talking about controlled flight under power. Otherwise, you might as well say a Pteradon invented flying 100 million years ago.
Well, actually, the post I was replying to was talking about the longevity of the system, but whatever. The reason I brought up quality is that, in my opinion, it is much better to have a shorter lived system (which of course is upgradable, unlike consoles) than a longer lived one with unexciting titles. But again, it is a matter of taste. To me, all these sports based games are virtually the same, maybe you can do some new tricks, or they update the names that are whoring for them, but they really are the same.
Also, I brought up Doom 4 because the post I replied to brought it up. I wouldn't hold the Doom series out as the bastion of FPS, in fact, I find it rather repetitive. If you want comparisons, compare the first Quake to Battlefield 1942. B1942 showed immense advancements in game play and new use of the genre (though it is a bit rough on a system and has needed several patches, but it is still probably the greatest game I have played). There is always a lot of repetitive titles in any gaming system. Though, really, I do have to say, it is much more common in consoles. Honestly, it is not fair to say "How many tycoon games are there" when they are all in the series. Now, comparing all of the fps is a fair statement, and there definitely is quite a bit of stagnation in the genre. However, console games have really been anything but fresh and new (with a few exceptions). One merely has to point to all the fighting games to see that.
If you can afford to keep up both a PC and console, great, you have the best of both worlds. I personally have 4 consoles, a nintendo, a super nintendo, an Sears brand Pong machine (made by Atari), and an atari 800 (okay, the last one is really a computer). I just lost interest after I beat Super Mario World for the third time
So, like I said, it is all a matter of preference. I use my computer to do all of my homework and to maintain various websites. So, since it serves a dual purpose, I find it more cost effective to put money into upgrading it. Aside from occasionally buying an original nintendo game that I remember from my childhood (Bionic Commando rocks), my consoles just sit there and collect dust.
I did in fact read the parent. However, I was merely commenting on the reply to the parent that falsely compared Televions to computers.
The problem is you are not taking into account quality of gaming
Many of the games for the PS2 (note: I say many, not all) could have been made for the PS1, in other words, they show absolutely no innovation or use of newer technology. The same cannot be said for the hypothetical Doom 4. The reason it will require much more powerful hardware is that the game will BE BETTER (in terms of graphics and features, I can't say the same for game play, but that can be said with just about everything). So you can keep your PS2, where you can play 100 new games that look like PS1 games, and I'll just spend that extra $150 to keep my machine running. An upgrade cycle of every 2 years is not that bad, especially since you don't have to replace everything. I can spend a couple of hundred dollars every year and half (which really isn't that much to me at least, and I make barely over minimum wage at the University I attend, and no, I don't live with my parents) and keep my PC cutting edge (though not bleeding edge).
I suppose it is really a matter of taste, but if I want bland graphics and repetitive game play, I'll just wait until the crappy console games are ported to PC, or use an emulator
Slow reaction? What game are you playing that allows for a faster reaction time than a keyboard/mouse setup. Maybe there is something wrong with the way you are playing the came, how you the controls set up, or something.
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The only game genre (new games that is, this does not include side scrollers like Mario Bros or all those old RPG's like Secret of Mana) that actually works better on a console than a PC are fighting games (in effect because the game controllers are adapted from arcade setups, which the fighting games are all derived from).
The real problem with this is that fighting games are the single most derrivative and boring games. Good fricking God, how many times can you play the same damn game over and over and over and over again? Please don't even try to tell me that the subtle differences in Tekken/StreetFight/whatthefuckever makes that one completely different from the others. I've seen the vast majority of these games, either in an arcade or on a console, and all look the same, except for slight differences in character design and different special moves (look in this game I can rip the guys face off, but in this one my pixelated chick spins around so you can see her underwear, yay).
Anyway, all I'm trying to say is that I really really hate fighting games.
Of course, I do realize that this rant could (almost) be applied to any genre, especially fps. However, I suggest you go play the original Mortal Combat and the lastest and greatest fighting game, then go play, say, Quake and then Battlefield 1942, and see if it still seems the same. The fact of the matter is, IMHO (and really, this is all merely my opinion), B1942 shows clear advances and improvements, where all the new fighting games have done is to upgrade the eye candy (and of course give the female characters, if possible, even skimpier costumes). If you want to see T&A watch skinemax or go to a strip club.
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You are not playing games on your television, you are playing games on your console. Try playing a Sega Genesis game on your X-Box and see how far you get. Your assertion is nonsense. I have MONITORS that are 7 or 8 years and that work fine.
Well, they make these things called "DEMOS". Now, they're fairly new, so maybe you haven't heard of them. Anyway, they'll take my PC (AMD powered and home built, of course) when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
Fast cars, snowmobiles, guns, boats, and hookers?
Good God, I've been wasting my money on food and clothes. Sign me up.
It's even funnier when you remember that Jean Luc Picard is supposed to be a friggin frog. So did England conquer France in the future or maybe the entire EU?
Uh oh, I better start eating beef before they come for me... wait a sec. Did you say New Zealand? Never mind.