woah, woah, woah.... your arguments are totally insenswitive and irrational...
So if your argument is that we should be putting more resources behind those things, I'd have to disagree. First of all, most of those deaths are caused by lifestyles in which we are fully aware of the consequences. Sure, not everyone gets diabetes because they eat poorly, or cancer becasue they smoke - but when you weed out those that do, your numbers become significantly smaller.
MOST cases of diabetes are not caused by lifestyle, just as smoke induced lung cancer is large, however it is nowheres near the #1 cause of cancer.... so based on that your argument is vastly flawed. if you were right by chance "signifigantly smaller" is still MUCH larger than the cost of terrorists. the fact is we will never rid terrorists, there have always been and always be people who will do these acts against those that they do not understand...just because there hasnt been an attack since 9/11 isnt cause of the money bush spent bla bla bla, you cannot make that corolation, thats like saying my house has not been attacked since i got my new computer... it must be the computer keeping me safe.
Yes, the number of people killed pales in comparison to the number of people who die on our highways, but people are dying on our highways because they're being stupid drivers, while people who die from a terrorist attack were ostensibly doing nothing wrong... they were killed because of their religion or their nationality, or as collateral damage from the killings of people for their religious beliefs or nationality.
this is so stupid i do not know where to begin.... people are dying on our highways because they are being stupid... did you really just type that?? the number of deaths of the driver who is stupid comes no where close to the people who die due to someone else driving stupid.... by your logic if i was drunk and hit you and killed you... its your fault for being there you must be stupid. come on buddy think before you type something.
how does this post get modded with a 4???
"We can use this technology to detect chemical and biological agents and also to determine if a country is using its nuclear reactors to produce material for nuclear weapons or to track the direction of a chemical or radioactive plume to evacuate an area," explained Paul Raptis, section manager. Raptis is developing these sensors with Argonne engineers Sami Gopalsami, Sasan Bakhtiari and Hual-Te Chien.
It seems as if this is good news, the ability to decide if they really are WMD's or just a new fuel source for some 3rd world country that he had no reason to invade. Perhaps this can be tested with the Iranian issues of today.
im surprised you didnt get it... it was a joke on the lines of not needing a concole, not needing to buy videogames, i guess it just went over your head all like WII!!!!!!
Gmail is still in beta, and still invite only.
HOWEVER if you have a cell phone that is SMS capable, you can get a free invite sent to your phone (like you dont have one...)
there was a reason for the "ultra" being dropped from the name the term was used by another company.
wiki: During the developmental stages the N64 was referred to by its code name, Project Reality. The name Project Reality came from the speculation within Nintendo that this console could produce CGI on par with then-current supercomputers. Once unveiled to the public the name changed to Nintendo Ultra 64, referring to its 64-bit processor, and Nintendo dropped "Ultra" from the name on February 1, 1996, just five months before its Japanese debut due to the word "Ultra" being trademarked by another company.
if anyone knows more to this please let me know
Eventhough some of the designs are flawed... it is still nice to see a sort of Spcae Race again, I am only 20 so i missed the first Space race, however i enjoy the prospects involved with the process, as well as the idea of making something that no one else has before. Remember the wright brothers, they had a few failing designs before the suceeded. Just because we are still in the early stages of development, flaws are to be expected, designs will crash and burn. But so what? isnt this what Space exploration is about?? learning and using what you have learned to further the learning??? I for one am thrilled that the spaceX foundation is doing great things, even if it isnt perfect. was the x1 perfect when chuck Yeagur broke the sound barrier??? NO. and neither will spaceX be perfect. Shit NASA still cant even get it right all the time.
Unfortunately that leave Nintendos Revolution only. if it can be on the gamecube side of pricing, with a more adult oriented gaming (more 3rd party DEVs) it whould take the cake
those screenshots look amazing, however screenshots almost ALWAYS lok better than grafix... Now lots hope that the gameplay is as good as the OG and it should be a hugh sucess.
It is kind of amusing that most people here hate M$ SO much in the world ofthe computer, however in the relm of the console's, everyone is backing the giant evil.
My friends and I use gameflyhttp://www.gamefly.com/ for our newer rentals, xbox, ps2, ETC. The service is great, I get my games promptly, and I can keep them as long as I like.
This is one gint step backwards for our rights. When a person who lets others know of posible corruption, and than get prosicuted for informing the public of so- called corruption, is that not corruption in its most simplelistic form???
So you are telling me John lennon was working for russa??? We spend millions trying to prove that one of our favotie artists was tearing thisa country apart... and guess what? He wasnt! Mcarthy was a dipshit plain and simple pushing out propaganda to further his agenda... sounds like someone else i know (cough cough BUSH cough)sorry bullshit makes me sick.I am a lib, as you can prob tell by my name... but the point is i love our country not because of whats good/bad in it but for how I have an option to make a difference... just because we disagree with your opinions.. ALOT doesnt mean we talk about you like you just did us, and you know what its your RIGHT to do so, doesnt make it right but to each his own. the beauty of our great country is that if we as a people feel things are bad in government (and we do in anywhere thats not ass-backwards...) we can fight to overturn it.. and you know what wait till we get the house back and watch how fast your beloved cronies get thrown out of office
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woah, woah, woah.... your arguments are totally insenswitive and irrational...
So if your argument is that we should be putting more resources behind those things, I'd have to disagree. First of all, most of those deaths are caused by lifestyles in which we are fully aware of the consequences. Sure, not everyone gets diabetes because they eat poorly, or cancer becasue they smoke - but when you weed out those that do, your numbers become significantly smaller.
MOST cases of diabetes are not caused by lifestyle, just as smoke induced lung cancer is large, however it is nowheres near the #1 cause of cancer.... so based on that your argument is vastly flawed. if you were right by chance "signifigantly smaller" is still MUCH larger than the cost of terrorists. the fact is we will never rid terrorists, there have always been and always be people who will do these acts against those that they do not understand...just because there hasnt been an attack since 9/11 isnt cause of the money bush spent bla bla bla, you cannot make that corolation, thats like saying my house has not been attacked since i got my new computer... it must be the computer keeping me safe.
Yes, the number of people killed pales in comparison to the number of people who die on our highways, but people are dying on our highways because they're being stupid drivers, while people who die from a terrorist attack were ostensibly doing nothing wrong... they were killed because of their religion or their nationality, or as collateral damage from the killings of people for their religious beliefs or nationality.
this is so stupid i do not know where to begin.... people are dying on our highways because they are being stupid... did you really just type that?? the number of deaths of the driver who is stupid comes no where close to the people who die due to someone else driving stupid.... by your logic if i was drunk and hit you and killed you... its your fault for being there you must be stupid. come on buddy think before you type something. how does this post get modded with a 4???
From TFA:
"We can use this technology to detect chemical and biological agents and also to determine if a country is using its nuclear reactors to produce material for nuclear weapons or to track the direction of a chemical or radioactive plume to evacuate an area," explained Paul Raptis, section manager. Raptis is developing these sensors with Argonne engineers Sami Gopalsami, Sasan Bakhtiari and Hual-Te Chien.
It seems as if this is good news, the ability to decide if they really are WMD's or just a new fuel source for some 3rd world country that he had no reason to invade. Perhaps this can be tested with the Iranian issues of today.
im surprised you didnt get it... it was a joke on the lines of not needing a concole, not needing to buy videogames, i guess it just went over your head all like WII!!!!!!
i dont need to wait for nintendo to play with my wii...
Gmail is still in beta, and still invite only. HOWEVER if you have a cell phone that is SMS capable, you can get a free invite sent to your phone (like you dont have one...)
yes... we "consumers" LOVE to save money on the dro.... 20 bucks a gram??? thats CRAZY!!!
there was a reason for the "ultra" being dropped from the name the term was used by another company. wiki: During the developmental stages the N64 was referred to by its code name, Project Reality. The name Project Reality came from the speculation within Nintendo that this console could produce CGI on par with then-current supercomputers. Once unveiled to the public the name changed to Nintendo Ultra 64, referring to its 64-bit processor, and Nintendo dropped "Ultra" from the name on February 1, 1996, just five months before its Japanese debut due to the word "Ultra" being trademarked by another company. if anyone knows more to this please let me know
i didnt realize that there were many stoner geeks like myself
Eventhough some of the designs are flawed... it is still nice to see a sort of Spcae Race again, I am only 20 so i missed the first Space race, however i enjoy the prospects involved with the process, as well as the idea of making something that no one else has before. Remember the wright brothers, they had a few failing designs before the suceeded. Just because we are still in the early stages of development, flaws are to be expected, designs will crash and burn. But so what? isnt this what Space exploration is about?? learning and using what you have learned to further the learning??? I for one am thrilled that the spaceX foundation is doing great things, even if it isnt perfect. was the x1 perfect when chuck Yeagur broke the sound barrier??? NO. and neither will spaceX be perfect. Shit NASA still cant even get it right all the time.
Unfortunately that leave Nintendos Revolution only. if it can be on the gamecube side of pricing, with a more adult oriented gaming (more 3rd party DEVs) it whould take the cake
those screenshots look amazing, however screenshots almost ALWAYS lok better than grafix... Now lots hope that the gameplay is as good as the OG and it should be a hugh sucess.
whatever happened to the great classic color of Gameboy Grey??? I want Gameboy Grey!!!
I concur. Dreamcast was a great system, with great games. Virtua tennis is still one of my favorite tennis games. House of the dead 2, awesome.
It is kind of amusing that most people here hate M$ SO much in the world ofthe computer, however in the relm of the console's, everyone is backing the giant evil.
My friends and I use gameflyhttp://www.gamefly.com/ for our newer rentals, xbox, ps2, ETC. The service is great, I get my games promptly, and I can keep them as long as I like.
Damn... I guess im gonna have to find another portal to play my belived pong now
This is one gint step backwards for our rights. When a person who lets others know of posible corruption, and than get prosicuted for informing the public of so- called corruption, is that not corruption in its most simplelistic form???
So you are telling me John lennon was working for russa??? We spend millions trying to prove that one of our favotie artists was tearing thisa country apart... and guess what? He wasnt! Mcarthy was a dipshit plain and simple pushing out propaganda to further his agenda... sounds like someone else i know (cough cough BUSH cough)sorry bullshit makes me sick.I am a lib, as you can prob tell by my name... but the point is i love our country not because of whats good/bad in it but for how I have an option to make a difference... just because we disagree with your opinions.. ALOT doesnt mean we talk about you like you just did us, and you know what its your RIGHT to do so, doesnt make it right but to each his own. the beauty of our great country is that if we as a people feel things are bad in government (and we do in anywhere thats not ass-backwards...) we can fight to overturn it.. and you know what wait till we get the house back and watch how fast your beloved cronies get thrown out of office