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I guess maybe PST. Dionara and Annah, and also talking to D'akkon. I was really annoyed that that game had to end.

You know what annoys me about our great socialist health care system. I've only been in hospital once, I broke my arm when I was 8, and the last time I went to the dentist I had to pay 12000 kr. What did I get for all those years of exorberant taxes exactly, a cast ?. Free dentist treatment would have made me feel I got something back for my trouble. Everybody goes to the dentist, regardless of how much a drain they are on the hospital system. Given the choice though I prefer living in a country where you can get quality professional care regardless of your ability to pay Nothing in life is certain, but honestly, you pay all this money and when or if you ever get in serious trouble your HMO is motivated by the great invisible hand of the market to find a loophole in the contract and turn your claim down. I would want a medical professional who is paid to look out for me to make decisions on treatment.

Ohh I'm well aware they don't fly the flag to support slavery or racism, it's a statement of identity. A lot of people are very offended by it though, it's divisive even in the south, and the confederacy does have something to do with slavery. With all that you might be tempted to ask, why bother.

Also, how cool is this

The Higaran(s) My favorite moment was when the Bentusi sacrificed their harbour ship to allow the fleet to escape in Cataclysm. Great voice acting, great score.

Swine flu thrives on people with good immune systems. It's the young and healthy more than the old and frail who get it. I just knew all those years of smoking and no exercise would pay off.

I wouldn't call that an army, it's yet another peacekeeping force. NATO is not under the purview of the EU.

They have been talking forever about a common EU foreign policy and an 'EU army'. A foreign policy representing 27 countries, that would be about as useful for getting things done as the United Nations. It's never going to happen. The EU is about trade, although the political dimension also means giving up a sizable chunk of independence.

I wonder what it is though, this movement to reintroduce the confederate flag. This is not the first stunt of this kind. Several hundred years ago the south fought on the wrong side in the defining war of the country. That's not something to be ashamed of on it's own, but slavery is, and to most people the confederate flag says 'racism' much in the same instant recognition fashion that the Jolly Roger says 'pirates'.

They are private citizens right, they can do whatever they like. The NAACP can hang a giant stars and stripes next to it.

I'd say my favorite mech design is a shadowcat or a vulture, just purely from a perspective of aesthetics.

Well, better spiders than flies.

As opposed to what. The employer paying more value in money than the work is worth. I like it!. Do you have a word for that too, and where can I find these employers ?

How about 5 years in the slammer for suggesting the pope would get boinked up the arse by 'very active homosexual devils' once he died. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/f...icle4732048.ece This was in response to the popes position on contraception which is hurting AIDS campaigns in developing nations, and various other reactionary backwardsness after Ratzinger took office, or was appointed by god or whatever they call it.

Hakka nakka leinigen

Karl Marx mostly makes sense in a situation where a majority of the population slave away in factories and have to band together to do more than barely survive. It's not terribly relevant in the information age. History tells us that Capitalists systems are neither inherently unstable or headed towards implosion and revolution. Capitalism is merely the default organisation, a force of nature more than a system of government or ideology. Everything looked a lot different in the aftermath of the industrial revolution though.

Hmm. And who belongs to this "capitalist class", exactly? Scrooge Mcduck

It's a bit strange to me that it wasn't 'off with the head' for the emperor. When the king plays along with the wrong regime it has had that effect time and again. Fortunately the Japanese have taken to the post war constitution, and are the least worry in that region.

I think we, whoever that is in this instance, may be arrogant in only thinking that Ze Germans and the Japs could be so servile and unquestioning as to allow a ruthless fascist dictatorship to literally ruin the country with war. It could happen anywhere, and the lesson is to be on guard for it, always.

An update. Deciding to give the inside of the box a good cleaning I discovered that the filter on the big case fan situated next to the GFX slot was more a solid mass of accumulated dust than a filter. I took it out, and now the machine runs with quite tolerable noise levels. The R4850 has an only just capable cooler and doesn't respond well at all to bad airflow.

Nothing gets my blood boiling like people who profess to tell you what worlds you can and can't use. Language bullying is about a million times more annoying than swearing, which is merely childish except for those rare occasions where it seems to fit the occasion. By all means swear all you like, just don't expect that to do anything for the game on its own.

I think most of 'em look like guys in mech suits, which is also my least favorite mech design. Can't they just can those mechs and move on.

I heard someone mention bloodlines. Well, in that game you needed 4 or more points in guns for it not to be completely useless. The same is true of many builds that only come together at level x, regardless of the system used. The worst example I can think of off the top of my head is the witcher where the combat moves unlocked slowly and painfully, or not at all because there was no reason to advance both steel and silver styles. When I'm fiending for XP anywhere I can find them, it's usually because I'm trying to get to where my build starts to get fun.

What, it's free ? Is it mechwarrior 4 or 5. This is confusing. Also the Atlas looks stupid, they always have. As long as I can have my Madcats, Ravens, Vultures, Cougars and Daishis.