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No, the Americans have that market cornered in this region (USS Vincennes managed to shoot down an Airbus A300 with 290 people on board before it could release it's torpedoes against it, or whatever was the official Pentagon explanation at the time) As for the actual drone in question, the picture isn't particularly credible, because it just looks way too small to be the downed drone: "Global Hawks are massive surveillance platforms, in operation since 2001, with a wingspan of more than 130 feet and a maximum takeoff weight of more than 16 tons, equivalent to roughly seven shipping containers of cocaine. "

5 years of tanking on a PT and never got to do a nim ops with him. Shadow (thats the pub version of assassin) tanking almost feels like cheating

It's not like Bioware themselves had many choices at the time, when they were told to can Infinity Wars (the run of the mill RTS game they were pitching), but hey, maybe they could do a CRPG with the engine???

Yay, welcome Numbers! https://youtu.be/sAn7baRbhx4 ... 15 years and even an offered bribe at some point hasn't brought me closer to figure out the FLoSD.OBE thing

Not sure I disagree as much as just put a different weight of importance on some of the previous events in history. As I see it, the Middle East has two major sources of conflict at the moment. One is the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the other is the centuries old Sunni/Shiite conflict. Enough has been said the last 15 years on the former I think, but many people underestimate the hatred that Saudi Arabia is spreading in the region against Shiite's. The complete genocide of Iraqis, Iranians, the Houtis etc. all need to die, anything less will not make wahhabists in Riyadh happy and they will stop at nothing to instigate conflicts and distribute money to "special interest groups" like Isis and AQ to accomplish that long term goal. When they label Iran supporters of international terrorism, the irony is so bad it's not even funny. Hamas is a sunday school compared to the groups Riyadh is backing world wide. Trump thinks with his **** and his wallet and doesn't give a damn about ethics, so he'll say anything and support anything he thinks makes for better golf courses with the Trump brand on them. Why didn't he (Trump) call for international sanctions and a blockade of a regime that murders it's own journalists when they dare to reveal corruption? Well, my thoughts on the matter

Sorry, but those "credible" intelligence agencies weren't really that credible, even at the time. It didn't help that those in power took whatever musings they came up with as gospel because it was convenient for their own agendas at the time. Nothing but echo chambers. Just about the only intelligence agency I would trust to know what is really going on in the region these days is Mossad, and I wouldn't trust them to tell anyone outside their own clandestine circle what is going on

As good a motivation as any Edit: I wonder if my friends will buy it if I try to pass the complimentary wine off as complimentary "food"? I used to buy both South African and Chilean/Argentinian wines before I left Europe.

You really need to clear out your message box some day so people can message you

Judge away!

Hey, we're talking about a company who actually named a game 'Divine Divinity'. Anything goes

I worry about my love of red wine... I completely read that as cork conference

Or Microsoft... I'll still wait and see if/when a Steam key becomes available within a reasonable time frame. If not, the Microsoft store it is then.

Yeah, option 2 does indeed always seem to be the popular choice

If you see a guy who loves Trump, hates Hillary, makes bad jokes about women and black people in the humour thread, believing himself to be clever, you have found a candidate. People can change their appearances, but they can't hide from their personality, it always shows through the pretense. Sharp_One was never man enough to own up to his mistakes. Too much narcissism in that one, would be surprised if he stayed away. Something a bit more worthy of people's time, stuff happening in China and Hong Kong, is Tiananmen square v2 in the making? Will it become a drawn out test of patience or will Xi Jinping need to show he can crack down on dissent even more decisively than the protests in 1989? Bear in mind, this seems localized to Hong Kong at the moment, but it may spread to the mainland if allowed to remain unchallenged (my guess, pulled out my rear) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48577907

This On both accounts.

Went to a concert last night with a few friends. No good videos from yesterday unfortunately, so a recording from Perth in January will have to do...

I would say at his point, Tottenham is punching under their weight. They are one of he wealthiest clubs in the Premier League, so it's not because other teams have more money to splurge, it's just that Tottenham seems to sit on their purse and spend nothing (never mind a fantastic new Stadium). Unless they change their approach the next 3-4 years and start planning for a more ambitious future (like Liverpool did after FSG took over in 2010 when they were in a much worse position, heading for administration and possible bankruptcy), they will slip back into mediocracy again. Always a lot of potential, never quite living up to the potential.

You learn something new every day!

Actually, there is iirc. There is a slider for boob size for females and "endowment" (I think that was the word used) for male characters. You need to tick the "nudity" flag though. Neither comes with any jiggly or dangly physics built in.

Guild Wars 2 My Charr warrior wielding his giant chainsword... gettting ready for action. The eye next to him attracted some undead friends outside the camera view One of those insanely long (and tall!) jumping puzzles. I eventually made it all the way up there New map ("Dragonfall") and dailies and events and masteries and mounts added with the latest living world installment "War Eternal". People are all the world map these days, scrambling for the bits and pieces to get the new flying mount Dragonfall has 3 main areas, which is something the Elder Dragon tore out of the mist when plummeting back to the "real" world again. Each domain themed around one of The Six (Grenth - god of the Dead, Balthazar - god of Fire and War and Melandru - goddess of Nature)

I bought the game on a steam sale (50% off) a while ago and decided to give it a try over the weekend. Takes a bit to get used to. It felt very much like a 3D version of 'Don't Starve Together'. I know food and water are part of the game, but dang, I would love to just explore without having to worry about my food going rotten!

Ok, genuinely curious.... why exactly do you claim that Crimea belongs to Ukraine? What kind of justification would be behind that other than "Ukraine says so!"? As for history and revisionism... It originally belonged to the Tatars and later Moscow until Ukraine claimed it at the dissolution of the Soviet Union 1991 (**** started hitting the fan when Ukraine forgot about their promises about Crimean autonomy in 1995 (in return for the Crimean's acknowledging the government in Kiev's sovereignty).

It's not like logic has ever been an obstacle for Trump before. I would fully trust in his incompetence and start a war without any clue on how to deal with the outcome, thinking he can "wing it". If such a thing were to happen, watch Fox News for how it's all Hillary and Obama's fault and Trump's twitter blasting the fake news for spreading misinformation about a completely chaotic situation. He's nothing if not predictable.

My friend and I went and saw Kacey Musgraves live here in Melbourne last night at the Palais Theatre. Country and Western isn't normally my style, but the live performance was not just outstanding, but very much a mix of genres, ranging from classic C&W to Rock. Besides, her voice is stunning to listen to live. Can't find any recordings from last night, but maybe some day someone might empty the content of their phones on youtube

Oh, easy. Stop splitting athletes up in "men" and "women" and create categories for those above and below a testosterone threshold. They could even create a "super" league for those who don't mind pumping themselves full of performance enhancing chemicals, steroids, whatever. (edit: It wouldn't be that different from wrestling, boxing etc. where you have weight categories to even the playfield between contestants) On a less serious note, waiting for the first complaint about contestants trying to win races by using viagra (for getting those extra inches closer to the finishing line)!