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Not sure I follow. As long as a + b = c, your formula is true. Equating faith with Math is really not a good idea, as Math is exceptionally logical and has very firm rules.

No it's not. Because your statement is simply incorrect. Faith is belief without proof. It's not believing in something despite it being incorrect.

Uh...because they were expecting to be able to save that money? There's nothing saying they didn't feel they were losing a lot of money before the conservatives were in power. At the same time, the ability to communicate effectively so as to not have people misinterpret your ideas is useful, even outside of college.

Oilers win! As did the Foilers!

I reject materialistic philosophies because they cannot provide cvilizations with the strength needed to survive and expand. A great example is the west - birth rates are plummeting, fertility is declining, women are having children at continously later years. Chances are, within a few generations, what we know of as western civilization will cease to exist as immigrants from other civilizations overrun Europe and America. Religions like Hinduism unite people under common values, unite and build families, and through various customs/rituals/celebrations creates a cohesive and organic society. Whoa....since when is athiesm equated with materialism?

I have a feeling Mr. Role-Player was being less than serious when he made his statement.

Except that ME was kind of squeezed in between releases. It was easy to avoid purchasing ME because there was talks of Whistler already out there.

That's it?

I will forgive you this time.

I say suck it up and play on. My best memories from games like it and Jagged Alliance 2 were when I decided to no longer reload after something bad happens.

Well, when WinME came out, Whistler was on the horizon. Whistler was the codename for Windows XP. I'm unaware of any other consumer operating system in development by Microsoft at the moment.

My sarcasm was wasted It was a facetious comment since Poker Tournaments are shown on channels such as ESPN. If being shown on ESPN is all it takes to be a sport (according to that one chap), then Poker must be a sport! I do not feel that poker is a sport, and the logic used to denote that if something is shown on a sports channel, it must be a sport is false. Sportsdesk is a Sport!

I don't remember the exact numbers, but those were only the ones that hit. There were undoubtedly more planes in the air that missed! It was the Nagato though. I hate to see what kind of force he'd send out if he saw the Yamato!

Nah, I use the middle click because it's virtually every link I click on, including those that don't open up new windows.

Pfft. The cool dudes just use the middle mouse button.

I guess Halsey didn't want to risk it limping away

I hope so. The Contrast between the buttons and background is very, very sharp. The text on the buttons is also too similar. I imagine these things will change as things get ironed out.

Kill Frenzy!

I think that the reply screen is way too busy.

They air CS and Halo tournaments on the sports channels. It's a hand-eye coordination sport... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Since when does that determine whether or not an activity is considered a sport? Poker is a sport!

I'm unfamiliar with the technical aspects of older games, but was the source included with Ultima III?

Hong Kong has been liberated! In addition, Victoria Point, along the West Coast of Siam on the Bay of Bengal has also been taken. I currently have my surface combat fleet, with 6 Battleships, 3 Light Cruisers, and 6 long range Bagley-class Destroyers zipping around the Philippines Sea. I have 2 CVs and 2 CVLs following it around, providing air support. This arrangement is nice because if anything enters the same hex as the Carrier Task Force, the Surface Fleet moves to intercept. Now normally this isn't a big issue, as it's not uncommon for my Air Combat fleet to not be engaged by enemy vessels in the same hex, as they are usually transports. Carrier Task Force commanders opt to never put the carriers in danger, and don't seem to ever engage, but their escort ships seem to do a decent enough job of dissuading all but larger/better equipped enemy forces from attacking. That, and air missions are typically flown before surface combat is initiated, anything in the same hex as my carriers is often blown to smithereens. But! Sometimes weather sucks, or it is night time. While I don't usually get attacked, as it's frequently an enemy transport, I don't attack back either until the morning. So my Surface Combat Task Forces (with RADAR equipped ships) will instead pick them off. Numerous 14" and 16" guns, and an ungoldy number of 5" guns, make short work of anything I have encountered so far. It also protects my carriers from an unlucky encounter with an enemy Battleship fleet at night (which is possible, but has not happened to me yet). It also lets me save air missions, which I chew through like a maniac bombing every other ship in the neighbourhood. It's also a good way to "clean up" a damaged task force, so that my air units don't accidentally attack an already crippled ship if there are other targets nearby. It also seems to work nicely in term of baiting enemy naval bombers. Most of my Hellcats are set for CAP (Combat Air Patrol) to protect against enemy air attacks. They tend to protect the entire hex. So if they attack the battleship fleet, my Hellcats will protect it. Which means if by some fluke they haven't yet detected my Carrer Task Force, they may launch an attack against my Battleships. With every ship of mine having RADARs, including the very nice CPS-1 long range Air RADAR on my carriers, they can easily detect incoming bombers and scramble fighters. The end result is usually heavy losses (and sometimes total annihilation) of the enemy attack. The CAP of the Hellcats is very thick, especially since 4 squadrons (2x36 and 2x21 in size) from the 4 carriers can contribute. The only recent incident that had Japanese bombers even get torpedos away was when I faced a hundred or so planes off the coast of Tokyo. Most were shot down or buggered off, and only a handful of Betty's were able to drop the torpedoes, with no hits. One day, about 240 miles away from Tokyo, I faced a few raids from both Osaka and Tokyo, with no hits against. I shot down over 100 aircraft between air to air combat and FlaK fire that day. It was a good day. All this came a few days after I stumbled across BB Nagato steaming through the Philippine Sea by herself. 30 1000 lb bombs and 9 torpedoes hit in the airstrike against her, and she sunk.

Awww, too bad the destructable environment is "weak" in UFO. I loved going full auto with the autocannon in the original XCOM.

Hemsky is taking responsibility for the Czech-Mates line not playing well it seems. He had an article in The Sun today, and it was pretty interesting. Says he's not content with hearing that he's going to be a star in the league, but that he wants people to say that he is a star in this league. And not just by scoring points. 120 points but missing the playoffs is worthless to him. He'd much rather get 60 points and help his team make the playoffs.

Morale is very important in the Total War games. YOu have to keep your flanks covered, and try to get the enemy in theirs. Nothing ruins your day more than a full on Cavalry charge to the back of your unit engaged in combat. And unfortunately, fear is contagious. I've sworn at my computer on more than one occasion for the weakling serfs panicing and spreading general disorder throughout my ranks.