Scarlet Witch registers, ok cool. So the government now has her on file as a human (or humanoid really for the non human types as well) WMD. That's great. What the fuck does that do to stop a character, like old Scarlet, from going apeshit and destroying the entire fucking universe?
Actually, she did go apeshit and she did warp the reality at large. According to Marvel that this does play a role in this storyline but I don't know how because I haven't read either storyline.
In reality, he'd have been approached by the feds ages ago and offered the choice to either work for them or, more likely, some dirt would've been dumped on him to have the media label him the greatest threat to humanity since Saddam, then he'd been hunted down 'til he's dead.
It happened to Batman and Superman. Now mind you the President of the United States at the time was Lex Luthor but with Batman he was going after Bruce Wayne and accidently hired the only person who knew that he was a super hero.
To all you people rushing to say "Obscure comic company X did this in 1983 maaaan!"... just because some comic you read dealt with the issue of corrupt government before is not the same thing. This particular government is QUITE a particular government, and George Bush is named as the president in this Marvel series (according to TFA), which makes this a pretty specific attack on this very specific post-9/11 presidency and I think that makes this quite noteworthy. This isn't just about the fiction of it.
They are doing it in both universes so it isn't really all that noteworthy. I imnmediately thought this article was about the Ultimate Story Line which is a bit more drastic in that we piss off France, China, Russia, Syria, North Korea and Iran so much that they basically invade the Untied States with their own version of the Ultimates.
Try something more intelligent, people. Talk about the ISPs snooping on you, about the RIAA lobbying the congress, about the Patriot Act, DRM, DMCA and all that stuff that's being shoved down our throats.
But do it in the near future, present a fear-driven country, where all civil liberties are ALREADY lost. We want to see people being arrested for having analog TV's! For copying music in authorized formats! For using encryption in their e-mails! We want Big Brother! (in the comics, that is)
Try reading Identity Crisis. It's close to what you are looking for. Essentially, the plot deals with how far the DC comic book heroes were willing to protect the people that they care for. While it isn't exactly an oppresive regime brought on by the likes superheroes it does deal with issues that aren't entirely black and white.
f course, we all know they'll do The Right Thing(tm).
No... I'm not cynical about all my favorite comics, movies etc. being ruined by politically-correct mediocrity...;)
Have you even read any comic books lately? Let me tell you what has just gone on recently. Batman has had his mind erased by other superheros because he found out that Zatanna was presured into erasing the minds of villians by other super heroes. I just read a comic book where Giant Man is an abusive @sshole and sprays his wife (Wasp) with bugspray when they got into a fight. He then essentally helps another world faction of heros to essentially invade the United States. (Almost confused this plot line in the Ultimate universe with the mentioned in the article.)
I would have thought that honor would have been bestowed upon Staten Island. (Note: Read the headline to get the joke. Gamiest is a word but it's definition doesn't match anything related to video games.)
Just signed up. It works GREAT! Wonder how long it will last.
You can only listen to one song at most five times. Two million songs times five leads to ten million songs before it's useless. Give me iTunes free downloads any day.
A 360 is a complete revolution. To revolve also means to go around in circles. To go around in circles also means to make absolutly no progress. No progress in a next generation video game system is stupid. Note: This is a joke.
When will greenpeace end their days of hypocrisy and start sailing the seas in these nifty windpowered devices they call sailing ships? They use renewable energy, don't use polluting engines (much as greenpeaces current fleet does) and are arguably just about histories most proven technology.
You know what is even more ironic is that someone is actually developing sailboat freighters. I remember reading in a magazine (I don't remmeber which one) that sailboats might be a good way to move those huge ships around. I would like it if someone pointed me to some information about this.
They're either trying to win over the geek population or maybe hope their LEGO models will help the progress of human kind.
Actually, this was Lego's plan all along. They obtained the help of the most crazed Mindstorms hobbyists to help them design the product line. This wired article is probably the best one that involved the process behind creating the line. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69946-0.html
This means that when poor people get a disease like TB, whooping cough or bubonic plague, they can't get any effective treatment, and can't afford to take time off work. So they carry on getting the bus and coughing and sneezing through the day, and infect lots of other people.
TB has to be one of the most annoying diseases ever. Lack of treatment for some people is probably the result of the fact that they don't know they are at risk at developing the disease. A carrier of TB has no signs whatsoever that they are sick because they aren't yet. They only develop the infection if they contract a disease that affects the immune system like HIV/Aids. Very rarely does a person walk into a doctors office and ask that they have a test for a diease that affects only 41 people out of a 100,000 in the United States when they feel perfectly healthy.
Mazda Laputa: Will be heard as "Mazda la puta", or "Mazda the whore". "Mazda" also sounds like a female name.
Actually, Laputa is the name of the advanced civilization in Gulliver's Travels. It's debatable whether or not Smith actually new this meaning and intended it as a double entendre. The Japense aparently have no idea about this because the movie Castle in the Sky was named Laputa: Castle in the Sky in Japan. This obviously had to be changed in some markets.
Did someone just skim the article and think that someone thought you can read your thoughts?? Did someone instantl think of 1984?? That's not what they are suggesting. It's just a gage to the reaction to certain stimuli like how people react to the color red. Aparently everyone's reaction is different.
I think the building that caught my attention the most is this one: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid =ce29f8b2336ba53f89c520fb34a01ba6 Most notable for being heating the neighbors accross the street into the 90's and blinding drivers as they drove across the road. Anything else that catches your eye? It seems to be at this point a bunch of outdoor items like a birdfeeder.
Stargate et al is nice light comedy in the SF genre, but von Daniken presented as legitimate, well, give me a snarky G'aould any day.
Proves how much you know about science. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/warp/id eachev.html Read the first paragraph on how to create the wormhole. The description of the Stargate in the television series fits this description really well that the writers had to have known about this.
But paraplegics can still use their arms. If they break their neck because of this stupid thing, then they'ld be quadraplegic and need robotic arms as well as legs. Of course, that just means more money for the makers of robotic limbs, so I guess they'ld call it a feature, not a bug.
Notice how I said people with broken necks and then wrote paraplegic instead of quadraplegic.
A wheelchair may be inconvenient, but at least will not break your neck in case of a mechanical failure.
You see the plan is to market it to people who have all ready broken their neck. They really won't care if they break it a second time because well what are they going to complain about. They are all ready a parapalegic.
I can hyperextend my wrists to the point where a normal person's wrist snap. Im sure my extra flexible wrists will help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. As for figuring out how I had freaky wrists? Trying to break wrists in the martial arts.
This game relied on biofeedback sensors to preform certain activities. Aparently, the game is designed to help you meditate. I can imagine it being used in other games. Imagine a first person shooter where you have to remain calm and collected or else something bad will happen to the game. http://www.stens-biofeedback.com/products/wild_div ine.htm
Computer science and computer engineering are not the same. Computer engineering is related to electrical hence the reason why they are usually combined into dual majors. Even your university made that distinction and my universtity does also.
I'm a little curious as to how the card is going to notify the user the system may have been compromised. If it involves the host OS in any way (dialog box) it could be bypassed by the rootkit. Maybe an LED on the card will switch from green to red? How often are you going to remember to check it?
Your computer is beeping. Someone must have installed a bomb in it. Quick call the cops. Then again.... In all seriousness beeping would be the best way to go especially since it will pretty much piss off anyone who is working with that computer and ensure that the problem is sovled post haste.
Now we get to see Mario done by multipe studios! Go Nintendo!
Obviously, you don't know Mario very well. Let's count the number of second pary developers that have used Mario:
AlphaDream-Mario RPGs for GBA and DS
Fuse Games-Mario Pinball/Metroid Pinball (Not entirely sure if it is a second party developer)
Square Enix-Mario 3 on 3???? (More amazed that the makers of Final Fantasy is doing a basketball game)
Next Level Games Inc.-Mario Strikers
EA Sports- SSX Tricky in which Mario makes a cameo
You know whats really stupid. Halfway through typing this and I freaking realize that you knew this all the long and that's why you were modded funny.
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Wolfgang Puck's coffe cups were renamed Emril's Coffe cups.
Have you even read any comic books lately? Let me tell you what has just gone on recently. Batman has had his mind erased by other superheros because he found out that Zatanna was presured into erasing the minds of villians by other super heroes. I just read a comic book where Giant Man is an abusive @sshole and sprays his wife (Wasp) with bugspray when they got into a fight. He then essentally helps another world faction of heros to essentially invade the United States. (Almost confused this plot line in the Ultimate universe with the mentioned in the article.)
I would have thought that honor would have been bestowed upon Staten Island. (Note: Read the headline to get the joke. Gamiest is a word but it's definition doesn't match anything related to video games.)
You can only listen to one song at most five times. Two million songs times five leads to ten million songs before it's useless. Give me iTunes free downloads any day.
A 360 is a complete revolution. To revolve also means to go around in circles. To go around in circles also means to make absolutly no progress. No progress in a next generation video game system is stupid. Note: This is a joke.
I was wondering what was this program was about. Fortunately, here is there website. http://nptltracetool.sourceforge.net/
You know what is even more ironic is that someone is actually developing sailboat freighters. I remember reading in a magazine (I don't remmeber which one) that sailboats might be a good way to move those huge ships around. I would like it if someone pointed me to some information about this.
Actually, this was Lego's plan all along. They obtained the help of the most crazed Mindstorms hobbyists to help them design the product line. This wired article is probably the best one that involved the process behind creating the line.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,69946-0.html
TB has to be one of the most annoying diseases ever. Lack of treatment for some people is probably the result of the fact that they don't know they are at risk at developing the disease. A carrier of TB has no signs whatsoever that they are sick because they aren't yet. They only develop the infection if they contract a disease that affects the immune system like HIV/Aids. Very rarely does a person walk into a doctors office and ask that they have a test for a diease that affects only 41 people out of a 100,000 in the United States when they feel perfectly healthy.
Actually, Laputa is the name of the advanced civilization in Gulliver's Travels. It's debatable whether or not Smith actually new this meaning and intended it as a double entendre. The Japense aparently have no idea about this because the movie Castle in the Sky was named Laputa: Castle in the Sky in Japan. This obviously had to be changed in some markets.
Did someone just skim the article and think that someone thought you can read your thoughts?? Did someone instantl think of 1984?? That's not what they are suggesting. It's just a gage to the reaction to certain stimuli like how people react to the color red. Aparently everyone's reaction is different.
I think the building that caught my attention the most is this one:d =ce29f8b2336ba53f89c520fb34a01ba6
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mi
Most notable for being heating the neighbors accross the street into the 90's and blinding drivers as they drove across the road. Anything else that catches your eye? It seems to be at this point a bunch of outdoor items like a birdfeeder.
Proves how much you know about science. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/warp/i
Notice how I said people with broken necks and then wrote paraplegic instead of quadraplegic.
You see the plan is to market it to people who have all ready broken their neck. They really won't care if they break it a second time because well what are they going to complain about. They are all ready a parapalegic.
I can hyperextend my wrists to the point where a normal person's wrist snap. Im sure my extra flexible wrists will help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. As for figuring out how I had freaky wrists? Trying to break wrists in the martial arts.
This game relied on biofeedback sensors to preform certain activities. Aparently, the game is designed to help you meditate. I can imagine it being used in other games. Imagine a first person shooter where you have to remain calm and collected or else something bad will happen to the game.v ine.htm
http://www.stens-biofeedback.com/products/wild_di
If so then this is a hypocritcal statement. All three of those record the transactions that you preform with them.
Computer science and computer engineering are not the same. Computer engineering is related to electrical hence the reason why they are usually combined into dual majors. Even your university made that distinction and my universtity does also.
Your computer is beeping. Someone must have installed a bomb in it. Quick call the cops. Then again.... In all seriousness beeping would be the best way to go especially since it will pretty much piss off anyone who is working with that computer and ensure that the problem is sovled post haste.