Gorgon

Alright, I suppose you can have that one. The Soviets did what every other major power does, spy on everyone else, and they were good at it. From spy network to America Communist revolution on the other hand, a rather immense gap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venona_papers Well. Is there supposed to be a discrepancy between what I said and your link ?. Where are the hundreds of infiltrators in government from McCarthy's famous list. What kind of double agent has a Communist party membership card. You don't find moles by grandstanding and serving your own ambitions in senatorial hearings. It's simply NOT a job for a politician. Double agens communicate with Moscow, not with American Communists. A good ol' fashioned witch hunt on the other hand.

I just hope they really learned the lesson of the DC metro. Backtracking again and again because the pipboy map is crap is just not very fun. If they keep it, definately lose the mazes.

Communists back then typically operated by infiltrating trade unions and working from the inside to instigate strikes. once the Communist party of the US were outlawed their operations became entirely underground. One of the most successful spies in ww2 was a Comintern double agent in Japan, Victor Sorge. The actual degree of infiltration of the government was negliable though. If I recall McCarthy thundered forth with a list of hundreds of known Communist infiltrators in government, the list was utter nonsense, and the actual threat did not warrent the level of persecution which followed. Especially not if the US wanted to continue to call itself a free and open society. The real irony of course is that Communism never really took root, not because of repression, but because Americans weren't buying it.

Communists back then typically operated by infiltrating trade unions and working from the inside to instigate strikes. once the Communist party of the US were outlawed their operations became entirely underground. One of the most successful spies in ww2 was a Comintern double agent in Japan, Victor Sorge. The actual degree of infiltration of the government was negliable though. If I recall McCarthy thundered forth with a list of hundreds of known Communist infiltrators in government, the list was utter nonsense, and the actual threat did not warrent the level of persecution which followed. Especially not if the US wanted to continue to call itself a free and open society. The real irony of course is that Communism never really took root, not because of repression, but because Americans weren't buying it.

Sci Fi isn't generally positive, utopia is a pretty boring story, and I'm sure ol' Ronny could have gotten an amendment through eliminating term limits.

I just dont get that immersed in a game I guess. To me, having a mechanic that offers no benefit (only penalties) and boils down to eat X every Y or you will die just becomes a busywork chore and detracts from the experience. I get that its more "realistic" but meh, I like my games to be fun, not work. Says the 120 level necromancer.

Further, if generational rifts that lead to radical changes are no longer common because the world is controlled by a cadre of immortals it would slow down or maybe even reverse progress in the organization of human society. If Brezhnev and Reagan had never left office, how long would the cold war have remained cold. 30 years, 100 ?.

Up to now the theoretical length of a human life is about 120-150 which is the extreme length of non renewable cells like those in the major organs. If we have cell regrowth for all cell types things solar radiation and exposure to oxygen, which starts to kill us literally from the moment we are born, would cease to be an issue. Those who could afford life long gene therapy to replace damaged cells could be immortal. I see promise for the second coming of LoF's Communist world revolution if money was the difference between life and death for everyone on the planet.

Remember Avatar, that really bad really pretty movie. In it genetic engineering was possible, for the very wealthy, who lived longer much healthier lives. Doesn't sound implausible at all.

It's disqualified for not playing fair, well in the case of the PC version anyway. No sane person would/should accept what the DRM is demanding.

I wonder if we are going to see a return of Kevin Michael Richardson (the voice of Sarevok)

Make it look like one of his girlfriends did it. Besides, the military complex is already in control. Can't hurt to try a toss of the dice.

I wonder if much thought has been put into assassinating Kim Jong Il. Might be worthwhile.

I head a North Korean expat commentator mention that in the calculation of the KPA and Kim Jong Il the south would not respond militarily as the population of South Korea would under no circumstances allow things to escalate to a war. It's simply a hissy fit directed at the new political line toward the North, a completely pointless act.

Well they cleared the riot zone, which may actually have been a boon to the red shirts as they were succeeding in nothing but turning people against them.

Does Assassins Creed 2 need 'always on line' on console ?.

I hope those things have zippers.

What's your take on it. I mean the fellow who the army says was corrupt was also the democratically elected president. Now it seems he is bankrolling the rebellion to some extent from exile. Doesn't seem like anything is going to come of it as the 'red shirts' have maneuvered themselves into a corner with their over the top activism, and yet they still have major support in the provinces.

I'm with Darque, if he managed to fly safely for 13 years he more pilot than fraud.

Lol, yes it's nice to have pictures with one's stories.

Yes, the book is ,among other things, a hardcore drug user's confession. I liked the 'animated' film version, but it would have been just as good without all the filters.

It entirely depends on how fast you lose water. No strenuous activity and cold temperatures would be a whole other story than hiking in the Sahara. The rule of thumb that I heard is a week or less for water, and a much as several months for food.

It looks like some random render. 50s, Vegas, Nuclear holocaust.. This whas the best they could do ?

The whole point of a 'who done it' or a grand plot is that there is an answer, an explanation that accounts for all the clues. Of course if you just chose not to worry about it you can string people along all the way to the last episode, which is where the big letdown inevitably happens. That all sounds pretty BSG to me, I have to admit.