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Lonewolf, read Walsingham and ~Di's posts. What he said. ^^ There hasn't been anything like that in this thread so far, but I've read lots of posts where people have done exactly what Walsingham describes, not only ridicule and insult those who have chosen to serve their country militarily, but also try to portray themselves as more courageous, even saintly, because they refuse to do so. Makes me nuts when I see stuff like that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If this still doesn't make it plain enough for you (whether you're suffering from poor elucidation skills or not); some of what you are saying is patently self-contradictory. Let me illustrate: (Not exactly, but...) Bingo #1 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You don't want to put yourself in harm's way (it's "crazy" man). Not condescending (I can tell that is your New Favourite Word), simply using laconic humour to point out the hypocrisy latent in his post. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How am I being hypocritical? If I want to avoid death for what I deem to be a pointless war, why am I the bad guy when somebody else decides they want to go fight in my place? Good on them. They see a reason, so let them fight for it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bingo #2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yet you are happy for others to do so on your behalf, so that you might enjoy their sacrifices. (Hint: that's the hypocrisy.) Then, when Numbers called you on it (which I would have done, if I were here), you tried and failed to wriggle out of it, flinging insults at him. Are you considering a future in firefighting? If not, that's hypocritical of you to say. I have no problem with people saying there's absolutely nothing in the world that they find worth dying for, mind you. As a matter of fact, I'm one of them, and I'm joining the military after summer. I do find it funny when people delude themselves, though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have to be a firefighter to run into a burning building when a woman's screaming about her baby still being inside? Don't need a uniform for that. You do, however, need a degree in idiocy. And there's a lot I'd die for, just not this particular thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To clarify: you are suggesting that you would put yourself in harm's way for something worthwhile, e.g. saving a baby from a house fire, yet you aren't backing up that comment with action (you aren't volunteering for fire service). So what are the "lot" you'd die for, because you haven't volunteered a single one (apart from a fantasy accident).

Nearly. M$ has always used its combined OS and desktop application hegemony to cajole corporates and squeeze out the competition. There are alternatives to Exchange-Outlook (IBM Lotus Domino, for example, which is much cheaper per seat, AND provides workgroup functionality that M$ is STILL playing catch-up to, nearly twenty years after Notes was released). Also, as well as M$ making some borderline anti-competitive practices (e.g. adding unwanted new "features" to Word and Excel document standards, that coincidentally are incompatible with the previous versions ... and competitors' products), and providing cheaper access to their own desktop applications, for customers who buy their OS, by making an "Office" suite that effectively sold for the same amount as a spreadsheet like Lotus 1-2-3, database like Borland Paradox, or a wordprocessor like WordPerfect, on their own. The main issue with a "corporate desktop" is support. M$ have (wisely) invested HUGE amounts into their supporting human resources' structure, so there exists an army of certified consultants who are readily available for corporates to keep their IT effective. Novell have started to address this; they have their own desktop application suite, and their own corporate distribution of Linux, which includes support. However, a LOT of developing nations

Mufti will be the death of militia!

1. It ended the war sooner. 2. I don't understand why you think three days in insufficient for Hirohito and his laughing boys to realise "O crap, we can't win!".

"DirectX" is a M$ standard. OpenGL is not.

They were the aggressors, they were being asked to capitulate to surrender (n.b. NOT ANNIHILATION, merely a ceasation of hostilities). And it wasn't like Japan was winning, either: they had been steadily losing since the Battle of Midway, and all that was up for debate was whether the Allies would have to invade the Japanese mainland.

You should become a tester: you have the aptitude and attitude already. ^_^

Not condescending (I can tell that is your New Favourite Word), simply using laconic humour to point out the hypocrisy latent in his post.

Dual boot.

Linux.

You're the moderator here. If you think he's breaking the board rules, give him a warning. Much more effective than writing an accusation within a spoiler tag, something which makes your own post look like trolling too. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's a polite, official public (as in care in the community) warning. *** END OF MODERATION DISCUSSION *** Thank you.

When did they add "harass the members" to the description? And yes; the game is broken on several ways; but the rest is just too good to be bothered with it... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was merely making an obsevation that YOU seem to be having a disproportionate number of issues with Oblivion; so much so that logic behooves us to conclude that the problem is not with the game, but with your setup, or something that you are specifically doing (or not doing properly). The humour was an added bonus.

The marketing was not very ... err ... stellar, either ... :D

Nice quotation from Bradley, though, Baley.

So you are saying that one of the greatest genrals of US history, Patton, is wrong. Interesting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're taking a direct quote from Patton's address to his troops (hint: individuals fighting the conflict) and applying them to countries. Hmmm, I wonder why that doesn't make sense ...?

That's called living in denial.

And that led to the US being delayed entering WW1, while they trained up sufficient recruits for the battle. Hence policy was changed to facilitate a standing army ... then it was thought better to be able to conduct war in two different theatres, simultaneously.

Where did you read about the physics chip? All I could see was that same crap about the power of the 7900GTX and how they'd be using that for physics calculations. I couldn't find anything about any actual new hardware being added? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Psst, MKreku .

Just about to play the demo (I can't seem to find it for sale, though ) ...

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I voted 196+

Wow, that looks pretty good.

But you're quite happy for someone else to die instead. Colonel Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, [Lonewolf16]? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for [strategic miscalculations and collateral damage], and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That [the collateral damage e.g. Hiroshima], while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Film it? And show it how? This was 1945: no satellite, no tv, and even in Wesern countries news was delivered weekly, via cinema ... oh, I know they could use their broadband! Your grip on geopolitics and historical perpective is very tenuous. Answer me this: what good would a delay do? It's not like the Japanese Imperial government held a referendum! It was still the decision of one man (Emperor Hirohito), possibly after convincing his war cabinet (<10 men), to surrender. That takes three minutes, not three days. Wait for the farmers to attempt a coup? Because that would result in less civilian casualties? 'Either quit or carry on fighting': that is a very big decision to make and it's not one man's decision either. People held meetings about this stuff. People who didn't really care that much for inncoent lives. Are the Japanese at that point any threat to the US? No. They have no oil to run their tanks and ships and all their trained soldiers are killed already. The only incentives for US to drop the bomb are: 1) show strength to the Russians who has become a threat and 2) avoid a land invasion of Japan, which they had no plan to start in three days after Hiroshima. The US had all the time in the world to wait for an response. Instead, they decided to drop another atomic bomb on another city heavily populated with civilians after merely three days. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Stop being an apologist for the militaristic Japanese fascists. Iwo Jima You seem to be very keen to give value to the civilians of Japan ... what about the Allied conscripts who were trying to end the war, that was started by the Axis, as quickly as possible for both sides? Their lives are forfeit because they have a gun?