Quote from Racer X NZ :

Oorstrolia

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The two of them, trailed by the Death of Rats, walked into Death's huge library. There were clouds here, up near the ceiling.

Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS -

Albert looked up and dived for cover, receiving only mild bruising because he had the foresight to curl into a ball.

After a while Death, his voice a little muffled, said: ALBERT, I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND HERE.

Albert scrambled up and pulled at some of the huge volumes, finally dislodging enough of them to allow his master to clamber free.

HMM... Death picked up a book at random and read the cover. 'DANGEROUS MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, JELLYFISH, INSECTS, SPIDERS, CRUSTACEANS, GRASSES, TREES, MOSSES, AND LICHENS OF TERROR INCOGNITA', he read. His gaze moved down the spine. VOLUME 29C, he added. OH. PART THREE, I SEE.

He glanced up at the listening shelves. POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

They waited.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT -

"No, wait, master. Here it comes."

Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up and caught the single sheet of paper.

He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side.

"May I?" said Albert. Death handed him the paper.

"'Some of the sheep'," Albert read aloud.

~ The Last Continent, Terry Pratchett

Quote from Hyperactive :

In the end the price to taxpayers may be measured in lives when the released breivik decides to do his thing again.

It's already been stated that he'll likely never get out.

As Moose says, it's a moral choice, you have to draw the line somewhere. If it means maying a negligible amount more tax to live by those standards then so be it. I daresay it would be cheaper to stop collecting and processing our domestic refuse, but I'm happy to pay towards a society that considers itself above living in its own shit.

Quote from Hyperactive :

When someone does something horrible the society must make sure he does not do it again. It has nothing to do with punishing or retribution. It is about incapacitation.

So would cutting off his arms and legs, poking out his eyes and sewing his mouth shut. It would certainly be cheaper than detaining him. But we don't because we are above that.

Oh yes, they probably will be fine. Just saying it's a lengthy process to ensure that as much as possible.

Quote from danthebangerboy :

not directly at either of them

Ah, with magic, turning bullets?

Quote from sermilan :

That has been trained a few years a go.

Trained, yes, but on Earth and on the ISS. No-one can entirely predict whether that'll be enough when you're 400 million miles and 6 months away from not just home, but anything that won't kill you if you step outside.

Not sure what it's like in other countries, but here you'd probably get away with killing someone if you can prove your life was in immediate danger. This is the only time I could ever justify killing someone - if, personally, at that moment it was either you (or someone with you) or them.

This is entirely different from seeing someone in your yard and coming out guns a-blazing. Tony Martin* take note.



*Shot a teenager in the back and then claimed 'self defence'

Quote from sermilan :

I don't think it would be too long, 20 years maybe (IF there's a solid interest in that). There have been preparations for this trip since long time a go. The main problem is oxygen and food, which they tried to solve with space-gardening experiments, to grow plants on the actual ship. A trip to Mars and back would take a bit more than a year and a half in optimum conditions (launch windows primarily).

A lot of the problem is radiation shielding as once you leave earth there's no magnetic field protecting you from the solar wind. Although it would be easy to just wrap the ship in lead plating, the problem is then getting the now very-heavy spaceship into orbit in the first place.

There's also the psychological effects of being in a cramped habitat with 4 or 5 other people for a year or so - it would take 6 months just to get there.

Quote from The Very End :

I did not know that the skating community had such great veiws on green movement, but nevertheless it's great hearing that! We need more people like that in today's world!

Intelligence and social responsibility is the new punk

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Yep, exactly that

hehe, my cat does that

He'll high five you too sometimes if you put your hand out to stroke his head.

Quote from Bean0 :

Easy except for...

The battles must have at least 4 SPGs in each team.

Which very rarely happens.

It will when everyone's driving theirs trying to get 500 gold. Although be prepared for some kill-stealing of breathtaking proportions

Test server's down for the moment:

http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/i ... -server-temporarily-down/

Did you make sure you installed it in a separate folder, not over the top of your original installation?

Also, make sure your graphics drivers and DirectX are up to date.

yeah, it's kind of a test-test-server so it's all in russian, and the only button that works in the garage is 'Battle' and the ones to select a tank.

I wonder at which point "They're going to be so pleased with me" turned into "OH MY GOD NO THIS ISN'T WORKING OH GOD OH GOD AAAAAAGHHHHH!!!!!"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cul ... with-DIY-restoration.html

Reminds me of:

Quote from Racer X NZ :

For legal reasons I wouldn't describe Farcebook ads as a scam,

What you honestly believe they'll 'come and get you' if you bad-mouth them on the off-topic section of an obscure racing game?

Best get another door for the bunker.