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  1. Gorgon
    Yes, Palestinaian cruelty is why so far the number of dead and injured on both sides is so euqal. Oh, wait, no it's not. Isreal quite often has to cave to international pressure to get the peace process back on track, these overtures are, arguably, started with the knowledge that it will come to nothing. Concessions are not in Israel's interest, they already have what they want. The Palestineans don't have a moderate leader capable of pressing the point.
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    Classy as always Oby.
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    I suppose I should pretend to do my mod job and point out that we can't have images with **** in them, or rather, the word ****. Funny though.
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    To be fair the effectiveness of the rockets isn't really the point. Do you know one country in the world , just one country, that would accept rockets been fired constantly into there sovereign territory? A direct hit by a rocket would kill someone and ther e have been fatalities in the past The rocket attacks are provocative and Hamas knows there has to be some sort of response. IMO this is part of there strategy and I have to ask how much they really care about there fellow Palestinians knowing there will be a response from Israel? They care about their 'cause' obviously. Quite willing to risk another Israli incursion to avoid looking weak, which is what they are. It's pointless though, same old story. We have been here many times before.
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    The rockets are basically terror weapons, not capable of hitting anything except by chance.
  6. Gorgon
    I just thought it was rather funny. Perhaps you have heard of Samsungs SSD line, the 840 EVO. Careful to get the model number right when you order, or they might send you one of these.
  7. Gorgon
    I just thought it was rather funny. Perhaps you have heard of Samsungs SSD line, the 840 evo. Careful to get the model number rigth when you order, or they might send you one of these.
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    Another tip. Save your ressurect scrolls. You won't get that spell later on. I was down to one mage last night and I managed to find two scrolls just by pure luck. you can't dump dead party members which means if you run out with one surviving party member you solo.
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    They were rather severely humiliated, on home ground no less.
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    I don't know if you are aware, but the term concentration camp doesn't actually mean 'compound for the industrial scale murder of jews'. It simply means concentrating a supposedly non friendly civilian population so you can control them. The Brittish did it in the Boer wars, in the US they were called 'internment camps' where they stuck US Citizens of Japanese descent. Now of course it isn't that, but there are similarites. Movement between Palestinean controlled areas is tightly controlled, the reality for many people is still crossing a checkpoint and being searched just to go to work, Ports are under the control of the Israli authority. In effect, Israel controls the economic development of the Palestinean areas... So they can control them. I mean they are even building another Berlin wall.
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    Crafting and blacksmithing is hugely complicated, which I don't mind per se, except that the reference is pretty bad. In stead of topics you get an assortment of random books, so you would have to read through them all to figure out how to make bowstring out of animal gut and ground trollpie. Is someone doing a wiki. Someone should do a wiki.
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    Nobody knew who Arafa was before the PLO started the high profile attacks. Besides, I don't think they could have mustered a Ghandi like leader in that climate. They definately gave up the moral highground in the process though. That could have been a powerful tool. A displaced people condemned to live in a giant refugee/ concentration camp. Powerful symbolism there given Israel's own history.
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    Say the attitude of the townspeople have dropped down below attack on sight because of previous attempted robberies and that after a roadtrip to the lighthouse you chose traits on several characters swapping out atttude adjustment for attribute points. Is there any way around that. A spell ?. Just one of my characters seem able to move around freely in town, the rest are hiding out to avoid detection. I don't know if it's possible to complete several main quests like this.
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    I'm a bit annoyed by the stat requirements for everything - diablo style. At least you can equip a lv 40 broom at lv 1 though. I chose a battlemage and I just know all the good greatswords I find at comperable level will be just out of reach of what I will be able to allocate. Similarly it is just not worth it putting any points into ranged weapons for a mele stat dependent character.
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    No, and no. I don't see how I am suggesting that universal coverage systems are competitive. They are though, to a point. In those instances where services covered by universal coverage, that is, taxes, are provided by private contractors. Hospitals are not private contractors in Europe, they are owned by local government. Private practitioners (as in a general diagnostician doctor's office) and some clinics are and sell their services to the government, and of course there is the entirely private market for optiomal cosmetic surgery and the like. In any case the end game for health ensurers is profit, and in the case of government owned hospitals, it is getting the most out of available resources. When I wrote universal coverage I assumed a government operated one, which might be wrong, obviously both European and US systems are hybrid and reasonably complicated.
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    Wow it is indeed very good. I wish I could have an extra partymember, there seems to be a lot for a thief to do and I don't have one. Found a ton of crafting manuals, clicked on them and tossed them, which might have been a big mistake seeing as there is no 'just do it' button.
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    Ensurers are middle men, they bring nothing of value to the system if they don't create an outcome where their cut is justified by increased efficiency and competition. If prices are higher than universal systems that would seem to be the case.
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    Also, behind the Scenes which also shows the car chase and how they did that shot. http://vimeo.com/88647499 I like how he disabled two henchmen by throwing empthy water bottles at them, you know the ones that go in water coolers. (not in this clip) Also he throws a claw knife in the final showdown. Claw knives can only be used one way, you know, like claws, which become obvious with one look at them. http://www.knifecave.com/fantasy/store/products/Master+Cutlery/Riddick+Saber+Claws+with+Black+Finish/DBMC2069.html
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    That pointless achievement like thing that spawns a badge on screen, ruining immesion. Kill it with fire.
  20. Gorgon
    So i probably should have got this during the steam sale, despite the hideous character design.
  21. Gorgon
    I'snt there still the problem of insurance driving up the price, it happens almost generically when hospitals bill the ensurers. All of a sudden this scan or that tests costs markedly more than in countries with universal coverage. If said ensurance includes a visit to the doctor, ie it's not just over the counter, having it covered by insurance could be a bad thing long term. You get price fixing in stead of competition.
  22. Gorgon
    They make less noise on vibrate though.
  23. Gorgon
    You know you can turn off the sound altogether on a smartphone and leave vibrate on. It's what I do.
  24. Gorgon
    Off-topic, and certainly not meant to disturb y'all's Indepence Day celebrations but... It really is ironic how that song with the lyrics... "Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A. Come back home to the refinery Hiring man said "son if it was up to me" Went down to see my V.A. man He said "son, don't you understand"" ... ended up seen by many as a tribute to the greatness of the USA. Not bashing, just... puzzled. That's precisely what makes it the perfect anthem. It satisfies both the sheeple and those fed up with the bogus crap that goes on in the US of A. So, whether someone's mindlessly 'Murica proud or "damn, ****'s kinda ****ed up" they can both sing the same song. It's perfect. To be fair he mumbles his way through the words to the point that everybody got the chorus, no one gets the rest. It's like Seargent Pepper.
  25. Gorgon
    The redcoats will be back. Enjoy while you can.
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