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You're wrong where it is important: while humans cannot synthesis 8 of the 20 amino acids we need to form proteins, we can get all 8 of those amino acids from plant sources. Lentils and rice is an example of the full amino acid complement. You don't even need to complement amino acids when choosing foods because your body keeps a short-term supply of them all, so unless you only eat a single type of food for weeks on end you're not going to ever run into problems. Only one, actually (but it's a pretty important one): Omega 3. You can get it from many plant sources but I concede it is more difficult. I take flaxseed capsules every day for this purpose (the only vitamin supplement I DO take). Nobody asked you to be. This logic is extremely troubling to me. Consider applying it to some other ethical dilemma like, to be extreme, cannibalism. Now you sound like a serial killer. When you die I am going to make tiny blades out of them. Well, it sure helps not to be stressed, but you're rather strongly exaggerating the benefits oh being happy compared to a good diet. Rather belittling. It's usually nothing like a childish squeamishness and more like a carefully thought out philosophical and ethical stance.

If I were a Brit I would swallow me pride and vote them in just one more time if it meant getting this done. ****ing unelected bastards. Mind you, I'm highly skeptical of unicameral legislature, but in this case it seems preferable. I guess ideally the best outcome would be for the House of Lords to be a proportionally elected house of review. The fact that this mirrors the Australian system is pure coincidence I am sure.

Deus Ex did it better.

Something tells me your gastric system is broken. Proper vegetarian diets are some of the best around - the only one that's healthier for you is a vegetarian diet with fish (I don't know the term for it). When I say best I refer to cancer risk, heart disease risk, lifespan, etc. Much of the goodness comes from the seed-based foods: nuts, lentils, cereals, fruit, though obviously the greens are extremely important too. Vegan diets tend to go backwards in health benefits, being not much better than a typical red meat-eater's diet (i.e. one of the unhealthiest around) at least in terms of life-span.

Spellforce 1 is good. And that answers the question how? Because Spellforce 1 is good.

I want to read this post.

This is a joke right? Sure MS could become irrelevant in the future(very, very doubtful), but as of now? No. Read the sentence more carefully. It has already happened that Microsoft's competitors - Oracle, Apple, Google - have already become roughly as powerful as Microsoft (and certainly as a combined force overwhelm Microsoft).

I don't think that was ever really an argument. The argument was that Apple just didn't care about gaming, which was true. The official "gaming" department at Apple was something like 5 employees. Apple spent the past year and a half helping Valve to make sure OpenGL on Mac was up to scratch, and helping Valve port their games.

That's more than a 'slight' change of thesis!

Beers!

What is the communism?А то вы тут такую ахинею пишите! Oh? Feel free to explain to us why communism ISN'T crap, mate.

Cuba is not a democracy. Cuba's HDI is equivalent to the worst of the developed nations (mainly by virtue of having many and excellent doctors), and their GDP per capita is $5,000 (Europe and the Commonwealth's are about $50,000 or so on average). In Cuba you get imprisoned for giving away laptops. It is considered a subversive act. In Cuba, hundreds of people rot in prison, and the official reason is 'dangerousness'.

Anyway, Gas Powered Games and EA DICE have said they are in lockstep with Valve on the move and will release all future games on Mac.

Oh, cool, another reason to hope Ubisoft goes bankrupt.

Spellforce 1 is good.

What it means is that the tired argument that the Mac isn't financially viable as a game platform is baloney and can be put out to pasture permanently. I know Obsidian probably still can't be bothered but meh.

I really wanted Beyond Good & Evil 2, but I flat out refuse to fund this sort of trash. There are many other good games out there, and trustworthy and loyal developers (Valve, Blizzard, even Bioware) such that I lose nothing by completely avoiding Ubisoft products.

lol. Oh wow you need a few history lessons.

But would it? Would it really? Or to look at it slightly differently would it collapse worse than what is going on now in slow motion? Yes it would. And yes, it'll collapse anyway unless everyone stops acting like total jackasses. What's it going to take? Another 40 million dead? Of course now it would be 10 times that. Um, what the feck are you talking about?

Where then do you turn when government is the cause of the shenanigans? Or the agent the business uses to cause trouble? You have three choices, and you'd choose depending on the situation and nature of said shenanigans: a) http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/ or similar in your country b) Use your vote. c) Court - government is typically a devolved entity, with most arms being independent or balanced by others... in Australia, you have councils, state governments, the federal government, the House of Reps, the Senate, an independent judiciary - with multiple levels of appeal in case of corruption or 'shenanigans', an independent reserve bank (RBA), an independent consumer watchdog (ACCC), an independent financial watchdog (ASIC), an independent government watchdog (option a above), etc. In Australia the states still hold a lot of power over various enterprises, so they also often have their own independent entities to deal with things like corruption, etc. E.g.: http://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/

Mate, you should probably get that checked out by a doctor.

Trust me, that'll be the best investment you'll make in 2011! Not 2010?

Yeah, I probably should have mentioned that to you. Oops.

The plastic manufacturers ship computer parts in is a special type of non-static plastic. Hopefully that gives you an idea how sensitive the parts are. For reference, when a human actually feels static electricity, that's above 2000 volts. Computer parts are sensitive to 1/10th that voltage. A hand-held portable vacuum is probably safe. A mains vacuum cleaner definitely isn't - they generate massive static.

Socialism in a heartbeat. Assuming it is democratic socialism. Otherwise anarchy, since it'd be easier to eventually form a government from an anarchy then it would be to regain democracy in a totalitarian state. Human nature says, that if you have everything handed to you on golden plate, you do not need democracy Why would you care about who is ruling over you, if he gives you everything you want and need without asking questions? What if he doesn't give you everything you want and need?