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We're hitting up Queenstown instead of Christchurch, but we'll have a day's stop-over in Christchurch anyway and sleep the night there. Hopefully we don't get shanked.

Oh come on, worth a poke if your telly's broke, yeah?

That's true. Or at least it is in an election where you only need quota (not majority) to win. I don't know if that little observation would hold in America's voting system.

Just need to smoke some jays aaaay

Dear God, a Kiwi! Everyone hide, your sheep are in danger! Zing!

lol.

I'm not buying the retail copy. No way I'm putting up with online activation bull**** like that. I'll buy the Steam version I think (assuming no 3rd party DRM). And maybe I'll buy it straight away at the ridiculously inflated price of $70, or maybe I'll wait for the price to fall below $50. Depends how good you guys say the game is.

Because the former constituent republics of the USSR aren't oppressive at all... wait... If Gorbachev had his way, the USSR would have peacefully socially and politically liberalized, rather than fracturing into a large number of right-wing dictatorships. I don't see how you think the historical result was a "good thing." I can vaguely (very vaguely) see it as a "good thing" in comparison to the continued existence of the USSR (though someone as ignorant as you is probably conflating the USSR under Stalin and the USSR under Andropov). But it really ****ed over everybody living there, and Russia still has 15% unemployment and a dictatorial President Prime Minister. Quality of life has gone downhill for pretty much everyone there. Agreed.

Regardless of the hopelessly romantic prism through which you are reviewing history, are you sure that using this guy as an example of what you are saying is a good idea? The guy who peacefully dismantled the Soviet Union? Yes, that might be quite the good example. Yeah, only that wasn't his intention by any stretch of the imagination -- American geopolitical and economic machinations were much more decisive in leading to the collapse of the USSR than he was. As a statesman, Gorbachev was pretty terrible, and he's actually a better example of what Hades said than of your own thesis. Of course, we love him because he sucked at being a bloodthirsty, power-crazed communist dictator, but that's a different story... Gorbachev wanted a much more free and open Soviet Union - that has never been in dispute. His original intention wasn't full democracy, although interestingly it is now.

Automatically? Still ****ing horrible. I hate limited activations.

My point was far more general. The first example to spring to mind is how Democrat lawmakers responded to healthcare. Edit: But that's off-topic. Israel's blatant disregard for any attempt at a peace process has really turned me off them. I quite like Israel as a country, but it is run by idiots ATM.

Yeah, this is ****ed up. When you hear Americans calling the Democrats 'left-wing', you have to have a bit of a chuckle.

Butter has unhealthy fats in it. Margerine has healthy fats in it - lots of them (and no trans fats, so I can't see the problem when people say "it's processed"). Certainly in my little corner of the world where my grandfather is a diabetic and my mum is a diabetes nurse, margerine is the superior choice for diabetics.

Normal. Give it a month for your stomach to adjust.

You'd buy it.

Nature: glaciers, caves, rainforests, climbing, volcanoes, skiing, etc. And alcohol.

Hey, all you Kiwis, give me some info... I'm travelling to South Island for 10 days on the 20th of June and am wondering about currency conversion (specifically, when to do it). Is your economy starting to get hotter yet? Are you still in recession? What's your unemployment and growth rate for the past few months/quarters? And most importantly, have you raised interest rates any yet, and are any rate rises planned? The NZD hasn't been this low against the AUD since 2000, so now is a good time to convert, but I wanted to know if it might go lower still. Also, what's good to visit on South Island? Edit - Looks like sooner rather than later is a good time to convert: http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?i...150&rf=true

ginji, not everyone lives in America. In New Zealand (and probably Australia), online is nearly always cheaper than retail. In many cases, significantly cheaper. And for older or less advertised games, it's much easier to find as well. In short, retail is more expensive with a limited selection - completely opposite to your guesses, it's rarely worth it. In fact I dont even know where you're coming from for some of this - download prices never drop? digital download has worse DRM than boxed copies? It's the opposite. Spot on.

There are some things which are best done by hand and not trusted to cylons. I mean scripts. Well if you code it yourself, or verify the source before using it, you'll be fine :D

well it's not like this is goodbye since you'll still post here, but good luck in your new job.

I'm pretty sure you're right. I have already admitted that this is my alt, on both accounts, I don't know why I keep up this act. This post was kind of silly but I can't edit it anymore, sooooo... Oh... you did? I wasn't expecting the truth.

I'm pretty sure you're right.

This is really good advice, btw. Fizzy drinks aren't just bad for your teeth.

It wouldn't be difficult to code a script to do it for you, so it's certainly possible and somebody has probably already done it.

You're a ****, so I'm pretty sure nobody cares what you think of how words are defined.