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Forget civilians! My father was under some, during his WW2 service in the Mediterranean, and he was quite adament that those sirens placed on the wings were extremely effective ...

I'm sure it is but most of us are to busy to have the time to find it. And that is why we cling to religions created by other people, because it saves time. The funny thing is this one acutally is starting to make sense when compared to the other religions. Who would ever believe such a thing as a talking burning bush that tells you how to live your life... a gaint monster made of noodles is much more probable if not plausable. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WHITETEETH, is that you?

... depends on the holiday, doesn't it? PS Apologies to Swedes

Not a weapon for the un-initiated, it is. Only those who are versed in the gnostic mysteries of the FSM, and have been touched by the Macoroni and the Holy Sauce can even open the bullet-proof weapons' cabinet ...

Whip of Flagellation +3 to submissives, +1 to the wielder ...

Cape Horn.

Just reading and collating all the fine work that has been done Jags on the rule system. It's NOT a simple game, and the administration is about as complex as Diplomacy is compared to chess, compared to Diplomacy ... for example, each player will get their own map, because most players will not be able to see most players; and lots of other non-trivial gymnastics ...

Same here. Ever since I tried my hand on the Might and Magic series, the first person view has always seemed awkward. Especially if the game is party based. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So you weren't a fan of the KotOR series, then?

I wonder if the wizard pr0n is different to the others ...? "

Oversight committees tend to examine and convict a regime (and usually that attempt is itself political in goal), not the underlying moral issues. It certainly does not question the meaning of terrorism as Bush might have used it, nor the judgments of the moral majority and its relationship to reality. Only history can do that and only after the facts. By then, it's often too late. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought you might take my general term literally. I perhaps should have been clearer in my useage: I am not talking about the specific "Oversite Committee" of the US Senate. More a general political mechanism to rein in administrations who get too big for their legislative boots. I think the US government is far more opaque than you would like to believe. Just recently I was made aware of a long string of CIA operatives in Mongolia and Tibet attempting to stir up hatred towards China and to allow for the entrance of American propaganda. This about sums up the nature of what US foreign policy has been for the last sixty years, and about explains why other countries distrust us so. It's also frankly not going to change with a mere administration switch. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't doubt there is opacity there. It still is many times more transparent than the workings of the Taliban, for example ... even though both overlords seem to be getting instructions on the big red telephone from God ...

See? British film goers are the more discerning patrons ...

It's called "secret areas". Most good games have them: the early Tomb Raiders, the Dooms, etcetra. Not every corner has a secret area, but the secret areas are worth exploring for, because they have advanced weaponary / strategic value out of proportion to the cost of finding them, which is what keeps the gamer searching in the most unusual places, instead of running headlong through the game.

So "normal maps" is some sort of "High" Definition Rendering? I read that the HDR of Half-Life 2's Lost Coast is more Medium than High. Sounds fairly plausible, considering that it is software generated, like the earliest 3d rendering was done by the CPU before Voodoo cards were widespread ...

"Force Huddle", before a fight? Adds one quarter total hitpoints and additionally removes the first five hitpoints of damage from any attack, for sixty seconds (whereupon the Jedi must lead another "Time-Out" Huddle to re-inforce the initial effects). When the spell ends, all damage taken is restored, so if any party members are not at above normal hitpoints end up with dire loss of health.

Right. Herein I launch into a protracted point-by-point anhilation of your sulky, out-of-context, rebarbitive commentary on my reasonable responses to your weak hypothesis.

IIRC Quake II required more from the pc, relative to the time, than Doom 3 ever did. (E.g. it was the first game with bloom effects, afaik.)

I thought they were going to do that at the end. If I have one complaint, it's that the operative was too nice at the end. I thought they were about to kiss!

As long as there is a population to rule over, there will be power struggles. The end doesn't justify the means needs to be a closely-kept doctrine; but it is not unforeseeable that it may, at rare occassions, be broken. (Interesting tangent; we can discuss further, if required.) But that is what an "oversight committee" is for: the ability to perform a Root Cause Analysis function, to ascertain the why and then prevent future transgressions with legislation. But in all cases the mechanism needs to be transparent: justice must be seen to be done, otherwise humans tend to become proportionally corrupt to their relative power in the organisational structure. That said, the structure of the USA, for example, is in the order of a logarithmic multiple of the transparency of al Qa'ida; I can say with absolute certainty that "dubya" won't be pulling the strings in four years' time, and that means a new administration and their tacit ability, right and resposibility to investigate any abuses of power in the preceding term(s). I know which system is the least flawed.

I am a believer. Flimsy moral standards. Every friday is a relgious holiday. If your work/school objects to that, demand your religious beliefs are respected and threaten to call the ACLU. ur heaven is WAY better. We've got a Stripper Factory AND a Beer Volcano. " One of the most exciting developments in fundamental physics in the last twenty years has been the development of so-called "String Theory." In String Theory, all fundamental sub-atomic particles are visualized and described mathematically as microscopic vibrating strings. Although as yet unproven, many physicists believe that String Theory has the potential to become the long-sought "Theory of Everything," through which the fundamental physical nature of all matter and forces will become understood. Obviously String Theory IS correct, although misnamed (a secular humanist conspiracy perhaps?). As NOODLE Theory clearly unambiguously reveals, He has created the fundamental subatomic particles that form all matter in this universe in His own quivering image! You, me, the Earth, the stars...everything in the universe...are all built of trillions of tiny jiggling noodles, microscopic copies of our Divine Saucy Maker. Truly He is everywhere and in all things! Boy-oh-Boyardi and Ramen!" --Steve Lawrence, PhD

Reminded me of Ultima III, when I answered all the fortune-teller's questions truthfully and was incarnated into the world as a shepherd! But yes, that wasn't all-that-subtle; it seemed pretty obvious to me ...

I have decided to vote for the first opion, if only because I am an inveterate pyromaniac ... Edit: Pitifully Impotent

Congratulations!!! You are a proud member of the Norse Pantheon. Siding with the Norse puts you in the realm of the honor-bound, valiant warrior gods who are only strengthened by adversity. Never say die! Too much vision can lead to depression, but even though you and your fellow gods know your world is eventually doomed, your goal is to build your empires, fight your enemies and party with the greatest gusto you can muster up until the twilight of the gods. Your stunning Norse landscape of icy mountains and fjords, mysterious forests and rushing rivers will inspire you to great deeds of heroism. Majestic and magical, king god Odin has only to appear near a battlefield and the other side freezes in fear. By selecting Odin you have also gained a great intelligence team. Your two crows Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory) bring you the daily news from around the world. You have no compunction about wielding magic and mythic powers to gain your goals. Your wide view can sometimes miss the important details of everyday civilization building or the tactical details of a battle site; remember to look down as well as out. God Power: Great Hunt: Increase the population of a group of animals.

More like moral objections to Japanese, since the author is from China, probably the Nanking massacre and reluctance of the Japanese to publicly admit it. Still, not buying a Japanese product on principle is a lame idea. That's like not eating "French Fries" from McDonalds. The Japanese companies, like Canon, who make the best electronics in the world, like cameras, didn't participate in the military action. Anyway, stepping down from my high-horse, don't the Germans have a good high-end digital camera (6Mp+) ?

I answered all "spiritual" questions in the negative, all "study" questions in the affirmative, and I was somewhat aggressive, although the author didn't convince me they knew English very well; question nineteen "Are you a deceptive person?" might mean "do people underestimate you?", or it may mean "do you deceive other people?". I took it to mean the former, but I suspect the author meant the latter. Also, the questions were very basic, more like a poor attempt to get people to sign up to their stupid website, bringing ignominy to the website and the author, and also leading people to the conclusion that