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To CyricZ,
Freedom Fighters?
More like Stupid Fighters.
Lemme see. Totalitarian regime is toppled through a well meaning albeit severely decieved miltary force. Miltary force sets up government designed for and by the people freed from the Totalitarian regime. Miltary rebuilds destroyed infrastructure. Military force goes home.
Simple right. No.
Freedom Fighters who don't like the military force want them gone. So they start delaying the process for the miltary force to go home. SO THE MILITARY FORCE HAS TO STAY LONGER! DUH! Thus Stupid Fighters.
That's it. Yes, yes I know. I live in a fantasy world which believes the military would ever leave Iraq. Well, I'm a US citizen. When these goals are accomplished. I and ever other US citizen who is sick of this war is going to diplomatically go screaming apeshit to the Executive and Legislative Branches (cause you can do that in a Democracy/Constitutional Republic or whatever you want to call it) and demand that every one of our soldiers is pulled from Iraq, since it is no longer necessary for them to be there.
Yea, the US military invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Yes, the US military is currently occupying Iraq. Why would you halt the process that removes the US military from your country unless you are a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime, an Al-Queda operative, or someone with a bone to pick with the US military. When the military is gone, then do whatever the heck you want, since you have a stable government that yours!
As a US citizen I understand that the war in Iraq whether justified or unjustified is a moot point. We are required to stay there until the two afored mentioned goals are met. The alternative is leaving behind a great many empty promises to the Iraqi people (even more empty than the ones now) and create and unstable environment in which even more vitrol filled anti US terrorist organizations will be created to be thrown against us. Having alot of people jobless, angry and without utilties or food distribution is not a way to leave anyone.
As US citizen (if I haven't mentioned it numerous times before), a terrorists is someone who . . I dunno , SMACKS SOME PLANES INTO SOME OF BUILDINGS! **Haaaahhhh** okay got that off my chest.
I don't know what you relative perspective is, but mine is that the majority of our armed forces over there want to genuinely help people out. Aside from those assholes in Abu Ghraib. Notice this. If the US military is such as despotic occupying force then why is it that we actually punished those abuses instead of letting them go on like the former Totalitarian regime did?
Why are we as a nation concerned about that? Maybe because some people might actually give two shits? I mean even in this war for oil travesty, isn't the US military doing a better job? Albeit, if the miltary was doing a great job there wouldn't be any abuses what so ever.
I'm sure if you are in the knee jerk Anti-Bush viewpoint that you'll schluff this off and go on with your life. But I don't like Bush or his administration either. If you are in rational disagreement with what I have said I'm curious to hear your opinion and justification. I've barely mentioned many confirmed facts, so feel free to post any contrary credible information.
crazyeddie740 sez- I did find myself wondering why OWK didn't just kill DV on the lava slope. Not because DV is a Bad Guy, but because OWK's former friend and comrade is lying there, still alive, on fire, short all four limbs. Why not just walk down 10 feet, shove your lightsaber into his brainpan and wiggle it around a little? He'd probably thank you. I could see OWK bugging out because some burning debris was falling down or something, but no. OWK just leaves his evil former friend still alive, burning to death.
I think Jedi are stuck on not mercy killing people. Plus Obi-Wan the entire duel seemed to hold back a little bit even towards the very end. He didn't want to kill Anakin from the get go, and was trying that one last time to pull him from the brink. He had to let him die, but didn't want to do it himself. Not necessarily out of cowardice, but out of a last shred of friendship.
I'll start. I declare a third party called the Nationalists.
Our intention is to be a moderate party which will concentrate on being a proper representation of American citizens who feel disenfranchised from the two party system and are cynical of the political process in general.
OK. I work for a state environmental protection agency in a Green building. It's a new building which is about 1 year old.
The key thing with anything built either public sector or private isn't how much a CPU burns or how the power usage is. It's about getting the managers in charge of the building design to REALIZE it's an issue. Our building barely had any buy in to IT or network reform let alone thinking about "Green Computing" and we're the a state version of the EPA!
If there is no buy-in or communication from management, you need to bust in and either diplomatically request to be included on the IT design aspects of the building or you will find yourself in a world of hurt when you move in. Our server room was an afterthought! We had one 220 V outlet for for 10 servers. Were we permitted to purchase new blade servers to consolidate? No. Also there was no AC in the server room, let alone an energy efficient system. Also any modifications to use alternative energy is very expensive. Solar? Fagettaboutit! Wind? In a city? The best you can do is make sure you don't have generators that create new point sources for polution. (ie. no generator that starts putting out smoke or exhaust). Which puts you back on the power grid.
For you IT movers, shakers and decision makers out there. Get the buy in from management, otherwise your Green building turns from Environmental Pine Green to Monkey Puke Green.
Without buy-in the best you can do is to establish policies to have people turn of their monitors and shut down their PCs (unless you software push after hours) at the end of the day. But we all know how observant and steadfast users can be.
That little weasel would not know a voice activated phone if it bit him in the ass and tried to link him to the Matr. . . oh wait. Said too much. Mr. sigjuice
Am I funny, or am I offtopic? You decide.
Actually, voice activated cards. Let us setup the scenario. I am at the supermarket at the checkout line. I have to voice activate my card out loud before I tell the cashier kid with the vacant stare that I'm going to pay debit/credit. So now every drooling meathead within earshot knows my password. Nice security! Unless I can activate my card using sotto voce, or sublingually this card is very useless. Also, this applies even double when making a late night ATM withdrawal with some scumbag trying to scope my PIN number. He already knows my voice password!
Will all you shitbats stop arguing about what the plural of virus is?!!!!
Every fucking time a virus story comes up, the same (if not similar) group of pedantic twits posts about this. If the world didn't get it the first fucking time you posted it, they aren't going to understand it now!!!
I declare now once and for all time this will be the word for the plural of virus: Viruses
There. Is everyone fucking happy now? Can we now get back to discussing the topic and living our lives in a new blissful age now that the plural is definitively known?
Doesn't this movie just seem like a chance for a filmmaker to do something well in a technical sense. Sure the SF/adventure genre has been done to death, but for the story and genre how well did he do it? Like the example of great artists and painters who cut their teeth on replicating the works of the masters. Or gymnasts who go through the technical routine before peforming their own styles.
This might also be his opportunity to say "Hey, Film Industry! I can make a decent Hollywood A film. Hire Me!" Y'know something to put on the resume. For the kids.
Of course as other fans of the genre said, it might be nice to see the world again where the future is optimistic, and there are genuine heroes.
Mmmmmm yeah. uh . . . Neo . . we're gonna need you to move your desk back a little so we can move some more files into your cube and free up some desk space.
Oh, my stapler. Well, I'll just take that. *yoink*
C'mon. I Loved the Burly Brawl. Except for that collective ass kicking part. No sir, Mr. Anderson, I didn't like it.
I'm assuming by using this name that you might live near the Philly/King of Prussia area.
You ever hear of the frickin' Limerick Nuclear Power plant that resides damn near King of Prussia? And you know damn well that out of any nuclear power plant that Three Mile Island is one of the safest in the entire country because of all the damn oversight from regulatory agencies.
Junior, when you learn about real environmental issues you come back and then you might be able to talk with the adults.
If you were paying attention there is more pollution from mutiple emission point sources (ie. CARS!) than from a single point source like a power plant.
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To CyricZ,
Freedom Fighters?
More like Stupid Fighters.
Lemme see. Totalitarian regime is toppled through
a well meaning albeit severely decieved miltary force. Miltary force sets up government designed for and by the people freed from the Totalitarian regime. Miltary rebuilds destroyed infrastructure. Military force goes home.
Simple right. No.
Freedom Fighters who don't like the military force want them gone. So they start delaying the process for the miltary force to go home. SO THE MILITARY FORCE HAS TO STAY LONGER! DUH! Thus Stupid Fighters.
The US miltary/Executive Branch wants this:
Rebuild Iraqi infrastructure.
Setup stable democratic government.
That's it. Yes, yes I know. I live in a fantasy world which believes the military would ever leave Iraq. Well, I'm a US citizen. When these goals are accomplished. I and ever other US citizen who is sick of this war is going to diplomatically go screaming apeshit to the Executive and Legislative Branches (cause you can do that in a Democracy/Constitutional Republic or whatever you want to call it) and demand that every one of our soldiers is pulled from Iraq, since it is no longer necessary for them to be there.
Yea, the US military invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Yes, the US military is currently occupying Iraq. Why would you halt the process that removes the US military from your country unless you are a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime, an Al-Queda operative, or someone with a bone to pick with the US military. When the military is gone, then do whatever the heck you want, since you have a stable government that yours!
As a US citizen I understand that the war in Iraq whether justified or unjustified is a moot point. We are required to stay there until the two afored mentioned goals are met. The alternative is leaving behind a great many empty promises to the Iraqi people (even more empty than the ones now) and create and unstable environment in which even more vitrol filled anti US terrorist organizations will be created to be thrown against us. Having alot of people jobless, angry and without utilties or food distribution is not a way to leave anyone.
As US citizen (if I haven't mentioned it numerous times before), a terrorists is someone who . . I dunno , SMACKS SOME PLANES INTO SOME OF BUILDINGS! **Haaaahhhh** okay got that off my chest.
I don't know what you relative perspective is, but mine is that the majority of our armed forces over there want to genuinely help people out. Aside from those assholes in Abu Ghraib. Notice this.
If the US military is such as despotic occupying force then why is it that we actually punished those abuses instead of letting them go on like the former Totalitarian regime did?
Why are we as a nation concerned about that? Maybe because some people might actually give two shits? I mean even in this war for oil travesty, isn't the US military doing a better job? Albeit, if the miltary was doing a great job there wouldn't be any abuses what so ever.
I'm sure if you are in the knee jerk Anti-Bush viewpoint that you'll schluff this off and go on with your life. But I don't like Bush or his administration either. If you are in rational disagreement with what I have said I'm curious to hear your opinion and justification. I've barely mentioned many confirmed facts, so feel free to post any contrary credible information.
Well that's the Pol calling the Pot ... oh nevermind.
crazyeddie740 sez-
I did find myself wondering why OWK didn't just kill DV on the lava slope. Not because DV is a Bad Guy, but because OWK's former friend and comrade is lying there, still alive, on fire, short all four limbs. Why not just walk down 10 feet, shove your lightsaber into his brainpan and wiggle it around a little? He'd probably thank you. I could see OWK bugging out because some burning debris was falling down or something, but no. OWK just leaves his evil former friend still alive, burning to death.
I think Jedi are stuck on not mercy killing people. Plus Obi-Wan the entire duel seemed to hold back a little bit even towards the very end. He didn't want to kill Anakin from the get go, and was trying that one last time to pull him from the brink. He had to let him die, but didn't want to do it himself. Not necessarily out of cowardice, but out of a last shred of friendship.
Yup.
Mon Mothma: Many bothans died to bring us this information.
Mon Mothma: Many bothans died to inform us of these plans.
Mon Mothma: Many bothans died to
[cross the street]
[bring us coffee]
[sharpen some pencils]
Man, bothans might as well be goldfish or somethin'
so you're saying there is a middle ground?
Only more of a case for a legitimate third party.
We should start now.
I'll start. I declare a third party called the
Nationalists.
Our intention is to be a moderate party which will concentrate on being a proper representation of American citizens who feel disenfranchised from the two party system and are cynical of the political process in general.
The key thing with anything built either public sector or private isn't how much a CPU burns or how the power usage is. It's about getting the managers in charge of the building design to REALIZE it's an issue. Our building barely had any buy in to IT or network reform let alone thinking about "Green Computing" and we're the a state version of the EPA!
If there is no buy-in or communication from management, you need to bust in and either diplomatically request to be included on the IT design aspects of the building or you will find yourself in a world of hurt when you move in.
Our server room was an afterthought! We had one 220 V outlet for for 10 servers. Were we permitted to purchase new blade servers to consolidate? No. Also there was no AC in the server room, let alone an energy efficient system. Also any modifications to use alternative energy is very expensive. Solar? Fagettaboutit! Wind? In a city? The best you can do is make sure you don't have generators that create new point sources for polution. (ie. no generator that starts putting out smoke or exhaust). Which puts you back on the power grid.
For you IT movers, shakers and decision makers out there. Get the buy in from management, otherwise your Green building turns from Environmental Pine Green to Monkey Puke Green.
Without buy-in the best you can do is to establish policies to have people turn of their monitors and shut down their PCs (unless you software push after hours) at the end of the day. But we all know how observant and steadfast users can be.
/end rant
Oh c'mon we all know
In Soviet Russia, lightsabers build you!
And then make Beowulf clusters from the remains.
Okay. Now that's the lowest ID I've seen!
Holy shitbird! The elders HAVE return.
[Bow] Ommmmm! [Bow] Ommmm!
O old ID'ed one! Bestow upon us wisdom of the ancients! Please! Pretty please!
Holy Crap! You are the lowest ID I've ever seen. It's like elder races have returned. RUN!
So, we'll be growing people in square box apartments like Japanese farmers grow melons in glass boxes?
I live in Switzerland, you insensitive clod !
I live in clod you insensitive Switzerland!
That little weasel would not know a voice activated phone if it bit him in the ass and tried to link him to the Matr. . . oh wait. Said too much. Mr. sigjuice
Am I funny, or am I offtopic? You decide.
Actually, voice activated cards. Let us setup the scenario.
I am at the supermarket at the checkout line.
I have to voice activate my card out loud before I tell the cashier kid with the vacant stare that I'm going to pay debit/credit. So now every drooling meathead within earshot knows my password. Nice security! Unless I can activate my card using sotto voce, or sublingually this card is very useless. Also, this applies even double when making a late night ATM withdrawal with some scumbag trying to scope my PIN number. He already knows my voice password!
It's a sin for a parent process to outlive its child process.
Why must I be attached to the epithet "loony" just because I own a pet 'alibut!
Twister (Movie) and Tornado (TV Movie)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
(-ed stinky Kosner Movie remake!) and
Robin Hood (TV Movie starring Patrick Bergin)
Hollywood scraping from the same barrel? Could be.
But the question is: Can you think of something that hasn't been done before?
Will all you shitbats stop arguing about what the plural of virus is?!!!!
Every fucking time a virus story comes up, the same (if not similar) group of pedantic twits posts about this. If the world didn't get it the first fucking time you posted it, they aren't going to understand it now!!!
I declare now once and for all time this will be the word for the plural of virus: Viruses
There. Is everyone fucking happy now? Can we now get back to discussing the topic and living our lives in a new blissful age now that the plural is definitively known?
It's a new world people!
Doesn't this movie just seem like a chance for a filmmaker to do something well in a technical sense. Sure the SF/adventure genre has been done to death, but for the story and genre how well did he do it? Like the example of great artists and painters who cut their teeth on replicating the works of the masters. Or gymnasts who go through the technical routine before peforming their own styles.
This might also be his opportunity to say "Hey, Film Industry! I can make a decent Hollywood A film. Hire Me!" Y'know something to put on the resume. For the kids.
Of course as other fans of the genre said, it might be nice to see the world again where the future is optimistic, and there are genuine heroes.
Yeah I remember that one.
= s
Freewayphobia (1965)
http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=4254&p
When Mr. Walker who would never harm an ant turns into the vicious Mr. Wheeler!!
Lighten up, Francis.
I wonder what the Dot Product of the Matrices would be?
Could a Beowulf cluster figure it out?
Well, I'm going back to the grits ranch and say hello to the owner, Natalie Portman. I hear she's a bit sore. Kinda stiff. Almost . . . Petrified.
Meanwhile in the news, Soviet Russia does things to people.
Mmmmmm yeah.
uh . . . Neo . . we're gonna need you to
move your desk back a little so we can move some more files into your cube and free up some desk space.
Oh, my stapler. Well, I'll just take that.
*yoink*
C'mon. I Loved the Burly Brawl. Except for that collective ass kicking part. No sir, Mr. Anderson, I didn't like it.
IT
BEGINS
AGAIN!!!!
Let the Troll Wars of old start!!
The big question is who will replace a naked and petrified Natalie Portman?
King_of_Prussia,
I'm assuming by using this name that you might live near the Philly/King of Prussia area.
You ever hear of the frickin' Limerick Nuclear Power plant that resides damn near King of Prussia? And you know damn well that out of any nuclear power plant that Three Mile Island is one of the safest in the entire country because of all the damn oversight from regulatory agencies.
Junior, when you learn about real environmental issues you come back and then you might be able to talk with the adults.
If you were paying attention there is more pollution from mutiple emission point sources (ie. CARS!) than from a single point source like a power plant.
Good idea. think I'll try it.
Crayons and cardboard, here I come.