Quote from savagedude_25 :

this is quite funny, and interesting.

You dug up this old thread to say that?

Get bent.

Quote from BrandonAGr :

You do realize that Republican is the party of Lincoln, who freed the slaves. The ideals of a particular party can drift and change over time, which is why I hope there is a chance the current trend of Republican opinion can be changed.

The current Republican party has nothing at all to do with the party of Lincoln's day, except the name.

Note that the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the rebel states, not the Union ones. It was a military move, not a moral one. He deprived the rebel states of millions of laborers and thus hurt their war effort immensely.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

You know in the UK we don't have the right to free protest, we are arrested if we protest without permission from the police.

Often we in America don't either. Anti-Bush protestors at his inaguration were required to stay within designated 'free speech zones'. If any of them stepped outside of those zones holding signs the SS didn't approve of, they were promptly arrested. These zones were carefully chosen to be out-of-the-way and would never be seen on TV. Can't have anyone expressing disapproval of The Leader during his special parade, can we? :rolleyes:

Quote from Shotglass :

but the denfendant has already chosen to self incriminate himself on tv ! is that really so hard to grasp for you ?

And my point is that his confession alone is not enough evidence. There has to be something else, and there isn't.

Quote from Jakg :

...? It would require a LOT of code to do!

Really? Not that I'm complaining, but replay rewind/fastforward/etc has been a pretty basic feature in many games for years now. I can't imagine it would trouble Scawen that much considering how fantastic the rest of the sim is.

I just tried it and it works fine, so I'm not sure what the problem could be.

I'm using FRAPS version 2.7.1, build 5499.

Quote from Racer Y :

LOL or worse, could you imagine a Euro style government here?

How would you characterize a "Euro-style government"?

Quote from Racer Y :

His views conflict with the mainstream republican party as well as with the fundamentalists and the neocons, and since most of the party members are that, I don't see him getting the nomination.

Quote from Racer Y :

Back to Ron Paul.... If he runs as an independent, he would take potential republican votes with him - in effect nullifying any hope they had of keeping the Whitehouse.

These two statements conflict. First you say that because Ron Paul's views conflict with much of the modern Republican party, support from within the GOP would be minimal and insignificant. But then you say that those same people would be swung toward voting for an independent Paul campaign, which would take votes away from the GOP and cause a Democrat to win.

Either this voter bloc is significant enough to swing the election, or it isn't. Which do you think?

Quote from jayhawk :

And you must be an internet tough guy, if we are lowering ourselves down to broad based accusations.

Well you said I earlier that "I'm done arguing", which implies you are done arguing. Yet you're still here. Which means you aren't done arguing. It sounded as though you were quickly stating your opinion and then packing up your toys and going home before anyone had a chance to respond.

Quote from jayhawk :

What I meant was, if one person was to defend America in a thread, twenty will jump on them, and the rest will just cower. Why bother to argue until so many straws are split nothing is left but to bicker over dust?

Until so many straws are split? Way to completely butcher two different expressions. It's splitting hairs, not straws. The other expression is "clutching at straws", which is something entirely different.

If one person 'defended America' and got called on it by several people, chances are they said something completely daft and deserved it. There isn't much defensible about the current American government.

Quote from jayhawk :

long ago I sussed out that other forum members from everywhere but America have a blind, bordering on ignorant, hatred for the U.S.

I can honestly say I've never spoken to anyone outside the US who just hates the US, period. I know they're out there, but the ones I've spoken to have specific gripes that they can substantiate with facts: they hate America's deplorable foreign policy, despise the scum in our elected positions, and generally dislike the idea of a global superpower which seems to think it can do as it pleases. They generally like Americans, but dislike the American government.

Quote from jayhawk :

I stopped arguing long ago.

Then why post here at all? Just a little snipe that you won't come back to defend?

Weak troll. 2 out of 10.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I thought my summation was adequate, personally.

OK, if you stretch to definition of adequate to 'overly simplified'.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I learned that part from School House Rock.

That show kicked ass.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

That's what imperialism is. You don't just march into random parts of the world and say "This bit looks sweet, let's leave it completely alone". To be honest it's hard to feel any pity for the poor put-upon colonists when it's the natives who are the ones actually getting the shaft.

Why is it hard to pity one oppressed group because another group is being oppressed? Can't you pity both? They both deserved it. The ones who didn't deserve pity are King George and Parliament.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Anyway, my point was that it's funny to think that taxation was the driving force behind Americans fighting their war of independence and two hundred years later they're still not happy about paying taxes to their own government. There's just no pleasing some people.

It's only logical to be upset about paying taxes when that tax revenue funds war crimes, torture, murder, and nationalistic jingoism. The apprehension about current American policy has little to do with the reasons for declaring independence from Britain.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

That freedom can be taken away easily.

You said "depending on who gets elected". Who specifically do you think would take away liberty? Who if anyone do you think would not do so?

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I thought the whole deal was that you didn't like paying taxes to the British so you all got in a huff and dumped some tea in a harbour or something? And it's not like you're paying taxes now - not enough to keep your government's spending in check anyway.

You should really educate yourself on that whole situation.

It wasn't paying taxes per se, it was paying unjust taxes that we had absolutely no say over. We had no representatives to speak for us and keep the system even a little bit fair. People generally don't like being coerced into doing things. The colonists had their natural resources taken and shipped back to Britain so Britain could profit from them. Finished goods were shipped back to the colonies, sold at high prices, and then taxed at high rates on top of that. Colonization is about the exploitation of the subject country for the benefit of the ruling country, and is inherently unjust and immoral. The colonies were right to get upset and eventually revolt.

Of course, today America is the aggressor, yet most Americans don't realize it. People really don't learn from history.

And citizens paying taxes has precious little to do with the spending policies of the federal government. The current administration answers to no one but itself. It's full of criminals, is completely corrupt, and should be overthrown.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Lest we forget that the USA is a nation founded on the principle of not having to pay taxes.

Um, no it wasn't. At all.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

I thought it was founded on freedom and democracy

Again, no. The USA was founded as a republic, which is distinct from a democracy on many fundamental levels. If the US were a democracy we would have no Congress.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

although not for long depending on who gets elected in 2008

What are you implying?

Quote from Racer Y :

He has enough support to run as an independent, but all that really would do is put a definite lock on the Whitehouse by the democrats.

Eh?

Quote from Shotglass :

heres an idea ... next time try to actually read and understand what i said
the cab driver went on tv himself and clearly stated that he let someone without a cab licence behind the wheel of his cab
that is
a) a punishable offense
b) a confession by the one person who actually commited the "crime"

Again, no.

The plaintiff's only evidence is the verbal admission by the cab driver. The defendant has the right to not self-incriminate. What other actual evidence is there? None. If suit were brought, this case would be thrown out before it got to trial due to a complete lack of evidence.

Hahahaha.

OK, perhaps I should have said English style. There is little better in the world than a fine IPA on a summer evening. Or in the cold winter months, a nice stout is quite a treat (not Guinness though, all the Guinness I've had here has been crap although supposedly in some Dublin pubs it's great.)

Budweiser? I wouldn't even pour that swill to put out a fire.

Quote from Klutch :

If i remember correctly, TDU use to put his hand down onto the shifter a bit before it made its peak power.

Well then what happens if one forgets to shift? The driver is animated performing a gear change without one actually occuring?

LFS's current system is the most sensible, IMO.

Quote from Mazz4200 :

Lets face it we already believe they make the best beer

How dare you! Saying that Germany makes the best beer is an absolute travesty.

Belgian and English beer > German beer, because ale > lager.

That is all.

Quote from Shotglass :

id say bragging about it on tv and in newspaper interviews is enough evidence that the cab driver did allow someone else to drive his cab

Wow, lucky for us you're not involved in the legal system. Some idiot saying something is not evidence of anything.

I could go to the newspapers and say you took the driver's seat and drove recklessly. Does that in any way indicate that you actually did? Evidence would be a traffic camera which recorded it, or a police officer who saw it personally. Y'know, actual evidence, not hearsay and conjecture.

Quote from Mazz4200 :

Good god man this is the 21st Century, since when has a lack of evidence stopped the people in authority doing whatever the hell they like ?

Naturally, but I was putting aside my cynicism for the sake of this discussion.

Quote from Mako. :

It's called the autobahn...

Christ, do people honestly believe this?

Do you really believe that every single road in Germany has no speed limit?

30 seconds on Wikipedia would verify if such is the case, but instead people seem content to wallow in ignorance. :rolleyes:

Quote from beefyman666 :

Good ol' Midtown Madness 1 & 2. Very old games now but quite fun still.

There ya go. Midtown Madness 2 cops-n-robbers was an absolute blast.

Quote from Mazz4200 :

Schumy and the Taxi driver might face a fine.

How could they possibly find him guilty of any infringement without any evidence whatsoever?

Quote from batteryy :

Is there any way to see shifting? i mean it feels stupid when rider keeps hes hands on the steering wheel and gears just go higher or lower

How would that be done without a sensor on your (real-life) hand?

Think about it - the first signal that LFS receives to initiate such an animation would be your shift knob clicking. But clicking the shift knob changes gear, it doesn't start the animation. If the animation had to play first, all gear shifts would be delayed by a few tenths which would be completely unacceptable. Alternatively, we could have the animation play after the gear shift is already done, which doesn't make any sense.

Any solutions to this problem would be clumsy and time-consuming. There are more important things to worry about.

Oh and please make your thread titles descriptive.

I'm really looking forward to the CTRA servers on patch Y. Not to complain but I'm ready for new combos other than FBM / SO6. FBM on As Cadet Rev is fantastic when driving alone, with a full grid of good drivers it will be just unbelievable.

It will be interesting to see the changes made to SS1 / SS2 to accomodate the new car too.

Quote from Blackout :

Well I actually came across this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide when I was checking if I got the translation correct, and it says like that. But I guess if it's in liquid form it's toxic.

Hmmmm yeah. Interesting article. It's gaseous form is toxic - it converts into a gas in the body. I think, anyway.

Quote from Blackout :

Not all cyanide is toxic. I think. Yeah, but falling in a vat must suck though.

Cyanide is cyanide, there aren't different kinds.

Lethality is all about dose, however. A small amount of cyanide is harmless (apple seeds and some other fruit seeds contain cyanide), but a little too much and it'll kill ya quick.