Walsingham

One example of that would be in times of food shortages. When the body has had a lack of food over a period of time, the mind reverts to that of a crazed animal. Instances of cannibalism has shown this. As already been stated in here, man would break down rather fast in the event of a catastrophic event like a nuclear war. Most of the survivors would not possess the knowledge and means to support themselves, we rely far too much on technology. I don't think there's anything wrong with relying on technology. The problem is merely that we don't teach backup procedures. No-one even keeps a larder for pity's sake. And that's both safe and economical.

I've read E.E. 'Doc' Smith, and I for one am not looking forward to the reign of sci-fi.

Well, i think it would be oversimplifying to say that the morning after they get nukes they be awake before dawn like kids at Christmas, itching to unleash fiery death. But between the years of hatred, and the nature of terrorist politics (like scissor paper stone, with moderation and increased violence as options - increased violence always wins) it would be simply a matter of time. They'd make more and more demands before convincing themselves that we'd not retaliate. They might be right, since the question becomes who are we retaliating against? Altogether not good under such circumstances. But don't fret, chaps. It's all just a neocon scare story. You can sleep safe and sound.

Hoo-ah!

I was discussing this with a lawyer the other day. Apparently in a UK court you can argue that a contract is unreasonable. So if a EULA obliges you to act as surrogate mother for IBM's CEO then our geriatric wig-wearers will see you alright. However, in the bright shiny rational New World* what you sign is what you get. BTW, on this subject has anyone checked the privacy section of Facebook? *This is me being sarcastic about America.

I wasn't being clear. I meant that if the jifascists seized power then they would have the nukes. And, you may still be right, because just like in an ordinary suicide bombing the self-satisfied 'scholar' ordering the nukes to fly will be thousands of miles away when he tells them to go.

She was a kind of womanly dude. I don't know much about her, but she must have been very special to command political respect in such a rambunctious country, being a woman. I don't believe it was Musharraf for two reasons: 1) Strategically Bhutto may well have been an opponent to Musharraf, but she was a firm ally against the Jifascists. She had no real choice in the matter since they had already sentenced her to death before she came back. Besides which, tehre's no way they'd let someone who believed in democracy and women's rights run around. Let alone get into power. 2) Tactically, the use of a suicide bomber implies jifascists. Well, jifascists or Tamil Tigers, but i think we can rule the latter out. My money is on Taleban allied members of the ISI. These guys have some seriously odd notions about being 'clever', like provoking wars with India, financing terrorists in Kashmir, running heroin etc etc. They probably think they win all round with this stupidity. ~~~ Kaft, not to put too fine a point on it, but when you say using nukes would be like committing suicide... we're talking about people who do that all the time. Like, just now.

I am what I eat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7061568.stm I'm sure you're all smart enough to see how.

I'd like to add: Lazy Media Dandies: Charges - Making a living by traducing serious debate to the level of schoolyard insults. Masters of the one line bon mot. Believing that reading a weekend supplement article on a foreign country written by another media dandy qualifies you to criticise it.Vilifying self-appointed moral crusaders in parallel with a moral crusade against poorly organised dinner parties. Telling us we should care more about the economy than celebrities when they neither care about nor understand the economy. Writing witty articles about fire while Rome burns. Being paid for all the above. Evidence: Coverage of the Darfur issue. Sentence: A solid day's proper work.

Assuming I wasn't supposed to I began reading them years ago. It's actually quite an education. My favourite was spybot S&D which insisted I accept the author's girlfriend was the best women in the universe. Luckily I had just split up with mine or there could have been ructions.

That's just bloody silly.

Same here, but that's because they keep poking pine-cones into my eyes.

Paul Bettany. Doesn't look like much, but in person he makes women melt like ice-cream.

They're n00bs, Walsy. However, n00bs = St00pid. Given that St00pid = English commensurate with You-Tube comments, It can be concluded that, n00bs = NO grammar and punctuation. -- We can't change the way there our dear Walsy - a fish will swim, a scorpion will sting, and a n00ber will be st00pid. All we can show is empathy... ...pike off mono-paragraphing n00b! Whereas of course neither of us were ever n00bs?

I agree with Morgoth, that humanity is far from the beast where it has been civilised. However, that civilisation is based on having leisure time in which to learn and contemplate. Much of our current leisure time arises from the highly complex and high energy systems around us. Disruption to these could be disastrous. Look t the 1929 stock market crash.

Women like unpredictable bastards. That is the sum total of what you need to know. When one considers that a meaningful relationship involves NOT being an unpredictable bastard, one begins to wonder if homosexuality is more sensible.

A bit politically one dimensional, but pretty good. I particularly liked number 9.

I was simply glad to have finished that appalling waste of time. It's just as well NWN2 made things all betetr betwixt me and Obsidian.

That's just about the most patronising attitude yet. Man, I could go for one of their chaps tied to a chair in a brightly lit room with a baseball bat. I mean seriously. What is the real commercial benefit of that? They're just run by freaking sociopaths.,

Cats steal your socks, Feng?

Women are mental. If they were not i would have never gotten any dates at all.

Check out the BBC documentary 'Threads'.

I have a temp of 101, so you'll understand I'm a little tetchy. But bearing that in mind can I ask politely WHAT IS SO DAMNED HARD ABOUT USING GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION? Every second new guy on here seems to feel it is an affectation for barbarians and the effete. If you want the devs to read your posts make it easy for them to do so. *wracking coughs*

My best present was having a large loan repayed unexpectedly. Enough to get a new graphics card ...and a house!