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Are MOW and SOZ games, or just noises?

Fair point. But he never hurt anyone ELSE. Moreover, without the guns do you think he'd still be alive? So you're saying you'd be fine with removing guns from law-abiding people provided those people had no police or army to protect them?

Spent the whole day putting the finishing touches on a project proposal. It's really weird doing this sort of thing since it involves basically magicing great things out of nothing. Absolutely exhausting.

I told you, Krezzie. I'm a freelance scientist. With guns. My stepfather lost 100k two days ago on some shares. Ouch. That's why I invest in information, and people. And beer, and snacks.

*sigh* Well, on the bright side, the fact that the average person can't understand second or third order dynamics means my job is secure at least. Assuming I'm not hunted down and burned as a witch.

No offence Rostere, but you may have a rather limited social circle. To misquote the late great Bill Hicks, what does it matter why someon has a gun if they don't hurt anyone with it? Hunter S Thompson had all kinds of crazy guns. I know I'm shifting stance here, but seriously. Finland has tonnes of guns, but apparently only 14% of homicides involve a firearm. Suggests to me that there may be some other factors at work as well as firearms.

Absolutely, ears eaten like tacos.

Several packets of small damage may be better than one big bash. I know I'd rather have twenty ten volt shocks than one two hundred volt shock. Ditto my business might survive a 5% drop in takings, but a 50% drop is very very bad. I don't know why the US bailout didn't go through. Was it dogma? Was it some a-hole putting impossible riders on it?

...dead.

My estemeed colleague, sitting on my right has just told me that Spore was cracked within 14 hours. And he also tells me he could beat an adult male chimp in a fist fight.

I use my face, generally. Yes. 'Beer bottles'.

Erm, a gun is also a tool. For example, how else is one to remove the tops of beer bottles?

I just find it bizarre and unnerving that I am so far removed from some portions of humanity. Those portions that find it desirable to hear a man telling them to **** off every time their phone rings.

O RLY?

I don't think so. I like this one: http://xkcd.com/479/

I just liked the picture. "Raaaargh! Crush your childish democracy I will!"

DRM is a feature of the games. If you had to wear a large stupid metal hat whenever you wanted to play, that's a legitimate fething negative feature.

I think on balance I'd buy a Obs game even with DRM. But I'd make a really annoying noisewhile doing so. A lot. And there would be no more dancing when I saw an Obs developer online.

...And we can tell lieutenant Kaposki he can keep his stinking badge.

Yeah, but the Muslim one is stupider by far. I mean, wtf? I can see how you MIGHT think banking was always evil, and somehow have failed to notice how mobile capital investment underpins both innovation and growth. But how could anyone seriously think that being Muslim made you wake up in the morning and - I don't know - get this glazed look in your eye: "Must destroy infidels" and go lurching off in search of explosives. Not to mentin the idea that killing one fifth of the world's population is a good idea. The smell alone would be appalling.

Gauntlet! Wow, that takes me back...

I think either way, we're looking at Palin running for President in 2012. Handmaid's Tale anyone?

OK, I'll bite. What's first? Dumbest statement ever: "All Muslims are terrorists, and should be wiped out." I mean, where do you start? A third of the freaking world is Muslim. Are they, like, really really lazy terrorists?

Had bizarre convesrsation with ex telling me about her recent one night stands. I had forgotten how jealous I can get.

You also run the risk of catching a piece of buckle or button or bone in the teth, which makes them kick all over the place. You have to plan for both kinds of zombies, to an extent. Although clearly the latter are far more dangerous. I'm only hypothesising, but I would guess that the more intact, and fresh the corpse, the faster it moves.