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Yeah I think its sci-fi even if its dealing in a generic theme of Vampirism (albeit the film adaption called The Omega Man drops the vampirism angle in its infected).

Its as much sci-fi as the novel Day of the Triffids which 28 Days Later... resembles greatly...

Curiously enough that could be one the reasons why neanderthals lost to sapiens. It was really painful and potentially lethal for neanderthal women to give birth. They polled a lot of Neanderthal's in the maternity ward, did they? (Isn't normal homo sapian birth considered really painful and potentially lethal (if complications arise)?)

Forbidden Planet is awesome. I'd take Children of Men over AI, Wall-E, K-Pax or 28 Days Later.

1. I think this can only ever be decided by the situation and context. That's why most rules in schools about disruption don't spell out what can and can't be disruptive in totality so as to allow consideration of what is happening at that time. I think that logically we all agree that everyone should have been more than happy to express their pride in Mexican heritage and their pride as US citizens (or either one seperately) and that Flag shouldn't be seen as disruptive. But the reality of the situation is that (a) teens aren't always logical (nor are adults) (b) teens are often looking to provoke confrontations with adults and peers and © we don't know the context of incidents that may have preceeded this (ie there may have been other conflicts between students in the two groups that administrators was trying to prevent returning). There were many subtler ways to have dealt with the issue, and had they been used it'd have been a non issue. 2. Really shouldn't be; I think anyone angry enough about the flag being disrespected by the administrators who didn't allow the students to wear it should be upset over the fact the flag wasn't given its proper respect by being worn as a bandana and a t-shirt in the first place.

So you say they were making a statement. Even if they were, was it not fully within the bounds of the law, and apart from the bandannas within the rules of the school? If it was, there is no justification whatsoever for this kind of treatment. Arguably any non-disruptive clothing can be asked to be removed in a school setting if its deemed to be disruptive. This can be truely offensive shirts, shirts with bands that the school feel is disruptive or even a shirt with Sponge Bob Squarepants if there is a situation created deemed disruptive. Arguably a flag on a T-Shirt doesn't actually fit the rules for proper display of the US flag anyhow (although there's no specific law against it besides the Flag Code suggesting that its inappropriate to use the flag in such a way).

Ah, yeah. I remember now. Thanks. I kinda agree with Gromnir on this, myself. While there should be theoretically no problem with wearing the American flag, I think the realities of the situation have to be recognized and there were better and subtler approaches to defusing the potential problems in the situation - particularly given that there are plenty of teen boys and girls who are just one excuse away from a fight anyhow.

Isn't that what Killian was saying a few months ago...?

But will IE finally implement HTML standards right...?

*searches* Nope.

I never saw the appeal for Dogmeat. I suppose he was less inclined to shoot me in the back with a minigun like a certain FO2 companion I could name... But then I don't think there was any of the companions I really wanted to take along (although there's a certain perverse appeal trying to see if you can keep your S.O. in FO2 alive).

"It's all right. It's quite all right, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world."

I guess now we can combine "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" for science says it is okay!

The land of paranoid people who believe that people who ask for their location on the internet are stalkers who want to find them and have their way with them without at least buying them dinner first.

No. But I'm not sure your point. Are you saying it's just as likely for you to pull off the long range shot as the sniper? The article comments that the wind was pretty much a non-factor as it was a calm day. I dunno, I'm pretty impressed that he could hit 3 targets at that range No I'm saying that skill and luck combine. Wals seemed to be indicating that skill was the only factor in determining success rate. And what Grom seems to be saying is that while its more likely for the skilled guy to hit the shot than the unskilled guy, there's luck, chance, unpredictable elements that can't be accounted for in such success.

I think his argument is that any top class shooter - including those who've already made such amazing shots - would only be able to make those shots as a product of skill, environmental conditions at the time of the shot and blind luck. To use Grom's metaphor, a PGA tour champion will make a hole in one with greater odds than a casual weekend golfer, but give them both enough time and the right conditions both will be able to hit a hole in one - eventually. Give them the wrong conditions and neither will ever. This doesn't negate the skill level to be a champion PGAer, but it recognizes that some feats are as much luck (and situation) as they are ability. You mention the national lottery, so is a person who wins the national lottery better at winning lotteries than the people who didn't? Or was there luck at play?

But Howard WAS a Master of Quack-Fu.

There isn't, as I recall, any guarantee of Free Speech in private places, only against the government (as opposed to private parties) preventing you exercising Free Speech. As Obsidian owns these forums and requires us to register to have posting privileges, the argument can be made that this message board is a private place and just like you can't go to a nearby Mall and practice your Free Speech rights or into an individual's home and practice your Free Speech rights, you can't come here and expect the same. Ergo we all post at the discretion of the admin and mods, no Free Speech necessary.

That's a fair point about the Maker; and it is a big unprovable area in the Chantry's beliefs. But - from the perspective of the Chantry's beliefs - we never see anything about the Maker to cast doubt on their version of things. Yes we can construct possible explanations of the Chantry's story but in terms of what Dragon Age gives us, the Chantry story is mostly (if not entirely) borne out. I guess I'd have liked more doubt (and more options to express my doubt).

The Chantry organized an Exalted March against the Dales (the second homeland destruction; the first was at the hands of the Tevinter Imperium, IIRC) named after the Exalted March against the Tevinter by Andraste. Again it may just be me, but I wish there was more in the game to cast doubt on what they have to say. Yeah Wynne isn't evil-crazy (and Morrigan may or may not be totally evil) but it just seems to me the game doesn't do enough to establish more doubt (beyond basic lip service; sure people SAY the Chantry's story is old and steeped in legends, but if we see little hint its wrong...)

I've never taken Oghren to the sacred urn - what does he say? I guess part of my problem is playing a Dalish elf early on I got a lot of opportunities to dis the Chantry but as time went on it seemed like I could only praise the Maker. That combined with the following: The Urn of Sacred Ashes exist - implies the Chantry is right. The entire Gauntlet implies the Chantry is right. That the Mages turn to blood magic and demons run rampant through the tower - implies the Chantry is right about magic. That the Arl's son becomes bonded with a demon and kills a bunch of people - implies the Chantry is right about magic. There's no option (that I could find) to destroy that Dwarven Chantry dude's faith in the Chantry. The Dragon-Gods of Tevinter being the focus of the blight - implies the Chantry is right (or that the Chantry created the blight). Combine that with their less than noble deeds...I dunno I just kept waiting for something in the game to cast a big doubt on what the Chantry says and it just doesn't. Even for all the "Well the Chantry says but it might be legend" stuff, most of it seems to be borne out by the game.

Or take Wynne along and control her and in adition to fire resistance potions taken by the entier party, make sure she does the following: heal, heal, heal, drink lyrium potion, heal, heal heal, heal, etc. I played through Dragon Age again and I think I finally put my finger on what bugged me on my previous go through the game. Not that I disliked the game; I enjoyed it and have beat it thrice now. But something about the story bugged me as I played, and I think I finally got it. The Chantry is right. Now I'm not against religion per se, but the Chantry apparently thinks nothing of subjegating others (exhalted march against the elves, for example). This wouldn't be so bad if the Chantry was shown to be fallable, but they're right about everything - while a lot of play is given to the idea that the Chantry only has one view of what caused the blight, everything else in the game seems to back the Chantry's version up. Everything seems to back the Chantry's view of the master maker. Which in turn seems to tacitly justify what they did to the elves. And I think that's why I kept feeling uneasy during the game - subconsiously I was waiting for the Chantry to be shown to not be 100% right in their claims...but nothing in the game seems to show that they aren't right. Or maybe I'm crazy.

Heartbreak + (Sausage

I don't know - while I don't keep track of it myself (had to look up the information) - I don't suppose its that weirder than aviation buffs who keep track of air kills in WWI or WWII. I suppose its a bit morbid, but I guess its somewhat understandable in our fascination with man vs man or man vs nature (I know people who talk about famous explorers and their exploits - even those that got them and their entire group killed - with affection due to the man vs nature aspect of the attempt they were making).

That's a pretty impressive looking store! Glad the thief got caught.