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Surely this should be in the military spending thread? Yeah, go see it. You will be entertained, and ghorrified. Which, given it is a horror movie, should make you happy.

SPAM! Now where did I put the eggs...

I'd recommend it. Very atmospheric, and truly unsettling in parts. Won't say more. If you really hate it, you can bill me.

Cornsarnit. Better get my ass out of the microwave, and unstrapping this elk from my head. And I was looking forward to spending the weekend as Canada Man!

Judge Dredd would have executed you, lawgiver style.

SAS better than Delta Force/ SEALS Frankly I suspect that most SAS men would argue they were better in their role as all-round special ops for four reasons: - They have a selection process that looks predominantly at other things than physical strength (without making them weedy) - They see far more, and far more varied action, developing their ability to be creative and versatile - The strategic and operational control of the SAS is far clearer and more professional than Delta and the SEALS, who have suffered in the past from interference from high commanders. - Historically, all US operations have suffered due to all services trying to get a piece of any strategically significant or newsworthy action. But the SAS would also acknowledge that US kit is superior, from boots to rifles to dedicated submarines. Moreover I don't think either side would relish taking on the other, beyond a grim satisfaction that people could then stop asking the same damn question of who is better. ~~~ As for nobodies... I'm not saying anyone doesn't matter. I'm just saying (see the hegemony thread) that someone would be doing it if not for them. So relax and let them have their fun.

Hey how about that absolute power. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If love were an absolute power why is it I know so many men who have pined away while possessing it in abundance? Surely they should've been shooting lightning from their fingertips or something?

True. But take the new smart rifles the US is looking at. 20,000 bucks if I remember rightly. I'm all in favour of high quality kit. But for heaven's sake! You all know I believe firmly in defence spending. But couldn't the US use a simple rifle (like the R4 or Galil, which are based on an AK) and spend a little of that money on educating the poor sods a bit? I meanthe US Army themselves are complaining that the standard of education on intake is too low.

Let's not get all hissy, gentlemen. Yes, things like time training, plenty of stores, and cutting edge tech cost money. The US is way ahead on all that. But I'd guess a large percentage of that spending comes from waste and mismanagement. On the other hand that military spending means that noone but noone is able to dictate to the USA on anything. They can and do ignore anything they disagree with. That's a cash benefit to business, and a lifestyle benefit to their citizens. Can you imagine what we'd all be telling them to do right now if they disbanded everything and went back to 100,000 men? Let them have their fun.

I'll have a double macchiato, and a biscotti. Cheers. Is there really any call for side quests? I could maybe write some. Also incidental characters. Oh go on...

And the rampant cancerous growths?

I am certainly of the opinion that the corrupt seek power, rather than power corrupts. _I_ for example, am an angelic loser... :D

*salutes casually* Sarn't.

I've thought a lot about this, and I've decided that time is irrelevant. Take that, Einstein! Sorry. Seriously, though. What I want is to be moved and shaken by the story. I can have this done to me in two hours at the movies. However, given the price of the games I expect more time. I also think that having gone to the trouble of building a game platform, and a main plot, adding in a host of side-quests need not be that hard. It could be done by auxiliaries and sub-contractors IMO.

Chimps are well known for their violent tendencies. I myself have been bitten on the achilles tendon by a chimpanzee. I did what any red-blooded Englishman would do: punched it in the face until it let go, and then threw it over a hedge.

I know this sounds daft, but have you tried googling the information you just gave us, accompanied by the word 'drivers'?

I've not read the books, but that doesn't sound very plausible. How would thi sdemocracy hold itself together and prevent breakaway regionalism. There's always some dingbat in a town somehwere who wants to lead the free republic of Cirencester or whatever.

For your own good, I wouldn't challenge what a moderator says. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't fret too much. We generally just burst into tears and go buy sweets. Any precise advice on Morrowind? And why get fixated on an axe?

KNO. YOU AREZ ALL STUUUUPID> LOL

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I have technical skills for toffee. I can just about manage helping come with possibly challenging fights, and I can script dialogue used by mobsters, military men, and morons. Very willing to chip in.

Oh yeah....

I think we should start and obsidian forums news service. Anchormen pelting each other with peanuts and other less savoury substances on air.

And this is related to global hegemony how?

As designated non-fruitloop may I point out that microwaves are bad and dangerous? Don't mess about with them. You can make yourselves very ill. And explosions of any sort should be avoided.