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Catering corps generals don't count. Well, I was planing on mentioning you, but that would be unfair. No one can match your title of General Faliure. I think it's rude to put me forward and not give some of my stellar achievements in that respect.

All one and a half of them.

The company that provided the interpreter has 'vanished' Hilariously, the minister appears to be defending her department by saying that the firm had been providing substandard services for some time. That's not an excuse. That means YOU should have known not to use them for an event with huge exposure. The Daily Telegraph has video and an analysis of what he was doing. It's just completely pantomime.

I should add that given the rape problem in India I'd have thought consensual sex of ANY kind was the least of their worries.

Dessek, can you have an avatar please? Your current picture looks like oby's and keeps freaking me out.

Az, if the US doesn't want oil - especially oil - to move into China it's very simple. By threatening action, and by pressuring reinsurers they can prevent oil being insured on the journey. At that point no shipping company is going to move one single barrel. Even if they only close the Malacca straits you are still talking about adding hundreds of miles to every single journey. Suppliers will not want to move oil with added delays, and China would have to pay a serious additional sweetener on top of direct costs. You do NOT have to lock down the entire Chinese coast like this was the 18th century. Bulk trade occurs through a handful of ports, and is only really profitable along a handful of routes. I'd really encourage you to look at the effect of shortages in non-democratic regimes to get a better handle on this. All it takes is a spark.

I can see your point but then musicians I know are seeing interesting - if not world shaking - returns on their content. They have to get paid so they have to have real life data associated anyway. As for the other stuff about ordinary users having real identities... someone has to pay for the ****ing service. I really can't stress that enough. And the model they have is that YOU pay by having your personal identity and habits sold out to any sweaty-faced entity that can stump up a couple of quid. YOU (collectively) have been accepting your data is sold to pay for your services for years. Don't act all ****ing surprised.

He'd have been far better off just saying that the stress got to him. He got overwhelmed by the occasion and failed. No-one really understands stress, and everyone reacts differently. However, being a proper charlatan he decided to opt for something provably false. I have to agree with other posters that choosing a much maligned disorder and trying to hide under it is not just pathetic, it's appalling and cowardly.

Let's not forget ****tails and ****pit. I mean, even Shirley Temple?! I guess it's dicktails and dickpits from now on, then. Can't say that seems much better. I really REALLY don't like the idea of going for a date in a dicktail bar.

How old are those blondes? They look about 14 years old to me. Creepy and weird.

That's simply playing to China's strengths! They need to emphasise areas requiring technical innovation, that are best in blue water (Japan's strength). This basically comes down to drones and subs. The Germans have some fancy new subs the Japanese could buy OTS.

Gentlemen, on behalf of the House, permit me to say "Homin ahomina homina"

Well, the man has balls, I'll give him that. I don't believe he's bloody schizophrenic, just because he says he is. And I'm alarmed at the notion we just have to take his word for it. I'm fairly certain that criminal courts are very used to judging sanity or insanity. I believe we'll find out he can't fake insanity any better than he can fake sign language.

Shh. We don't want them to know how stupid they look. I think, local forum members don't known too how racist they look. As if normal Indian wear that sort of thing all the time. You don't turn up to an anti-gay rally wearing what appears to be an embroidered shirt with pearls on it.

I have one, I just loathe electronic or any other kind of paperwork.

I figured Guard Dog and ManifestedISO would get a kick out of that It's not JUST about killing people. Marines also enjoy drinking, farting, screwing, and mud.

What if there is no magic, but an ergot like fungus has fused with the human mind. That is to say everyone's as high as a kite. And they THINK magic is everywhere. Not sure what the implications of that would be.

I saw this photo on the BBC. Anyone else see a bunch of flamboyant shrieking fellows wearing bright and ornate clothing?

Eh, I worry about work because it's the only life I've had for the past 2-3 years. This place hasn't been conducive to changing that aspect of my life, which is why I'm looking at getting back to an actual city instead of an old market square with a couple of buildings around it. No market square is complete without a disaffected lawyer pickin' at a banjo. From now on, whenever I'm in a market square, I'll always be looking for that lawyer.

Watching Horror Express (1972)

Noted.

Rice and tinned mackerel, with a little grated carrot. Hey, not every night can be special.

Having the same issue. I think I'm going to try to say Hi to my Grandfather. We have a common interest in CRPGs, although he's migrated to WoW pretty exclusively lately. He did quite like the IE games, so I'm hoping that a spiritual successor can pull him back. (If I had been willing to go the full 1K to design a character, it would've been him.) I've been slowly testing the waters with my boss with regard to casual banter and nerd-culture fluency. Today I dropped some joking 1337SP34K into an email reply. No response yet. He probably thinks it's a virus.

Don't look at me. I interpret our cultural dislike of sex to include any interest in where other people want their junk to go, provided both parties are consenting.

But, as you seem to be blissfully unaware, providing it via Steam or via GoG involves reaching commercial agreements with same, including PAYING them for providing the service. However I can see your point about Obsidian becoming defunct. If only there were some sort of thriving trade in copies of digital media independent of the official sources. I for one would be as happy as Jack Sparrow. Although I concede such a thing is a mad fantasy. However, to be serious, what you're asking for is weeks of legal and management effort on a limited budget, and when there are many other things those same people should be doing elsewhere.