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Great to hear. Was watching the news last night before I posted this thread. I was like dang. Trees, power lines, lots of rain think they said about 15" more due at the time. 4 people dead (mostly from falling trees). Most of the warnings were for the downed power lines and to stay indoors (well duh ). The first thought when I heard Ft. Lauderdale was oh no I hope SC bunkered down with life rafts on the ready. Lots of fun pulling a titanic on land. BTW: thanks for the topic change. Looks better now I was suffering writers block.

Remember this little gem guys for your own good: Never even insinuate a woman is fat

Seems Katrina gave Ft. Lauderdale a good 1-2 punch. Well you would know that personally. Just hope all is well. [ 08-26-2005, 07:30 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

CNN: FBI probes for Chinese cyber spies

I stand on the side of caution posting this here rather than in Science and Technology. It's both Political and Technology. ZDnet Government: U.S. military computer networks are under constant attack. And the rate of attack is skyrocketing, from 300 in 2003 to more than 75,000 last year. "Our adversaries are able to inflict a substantial amount of harassment and a measurable amount of damage upon DOD communications networks at practically no cost to themselves," says the director of technology for the military group responsible for defending networks.

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iraq's southern marshlands -- nearly ruined under the Saddam Hussein regime -- have been making a "phenomenal" recovery, a U.N. agency said Wednesday

quote:Originally posted by Tac: FREEDOM FRIES! I'm assuming you are referring to that silly knee jerk reaction to France and it's stance on Iraq. I don't know about where you live but it never took hold here in NY. Everyone still called them French Fries me included. It just didn't sound right as Freedom Fries or Freedom Toast. All a bit nerdy sounding to me. Besides, the fad was only sporadic and had a very very very short half-life. This thing with the cups shows a deeper systematic attitude toward a certain group that has been going on for centuries than those silly Freedom Fries.

Did you know he picked up the rights to make POSTAL.

quote:Originally posted by Grayfox: Bloomberg is a clown anyway, so im not surprised he jumped on the anti-game "me too" bandwagon. *** OFF TOPIC *** It's not that he's a clown, well okay I'll give you that, but he thinks every citizen is his employee. I use to think that having a business man run the city would be a good thing other than a career politician. Well I was wrong. You can't win either way. *** Back On Topic *** Anyway, glad to see some sense coming back to our courts and the lean on gaming.

Link quote: Made-in-Israel Paper Cups Used in Local Hospital Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News JEDDAH, 22 August 2005 ÔÇö Paper cups with Hebrew writing disturbed both employees and medical staff at King Khaled National Guard Hospital on Saturday. The catering subcontractor for the hospital coffee shops began using them on Saturday after their usual supply ran out. ÔÇ£We were shocked and angry,ÔÇØ said an employee. ÔÇ£How can Israeli products be allowed and how did they enter this hospital?ÔÇØ he asked. The Filipino employee who works in the Al-Musbah coffee shop asked: ÔÇ£Why is everybody mad about the cups?ÔÇØ He was told: ÔÇ£Because they are made in Israel!ÔÇØ According to hospital officials, the matter is being investigated and action will be taken. Saleh Al-Mazroi, executive director for operations at KKNGH, said the matter had been referred to authorities in Riyadh and was being dealt with. On the bottom of the paper cup was a website address and a telephone number. When Arab News looked at the website ÔÇö www.orion-rancal.co.il. ÔÇö it was found to be in Hebrew though there were a few words of English: ÔÇ£Israeli disposable paper, plastic and foam dinnerware supplier for restaurants.ÔÇØ Arab News contacted Ibrahim Al-Musbah, manager and owner, who said, ÔÇ£I thank you for informing me. I will look into it personally and the offending articles will be disposed of.ÔÇØ He added that the company has a supplier in the Kingdom from whom they buy restaurant supplies. According to Al-Musbah, the supplier might be unaware of the problem. Al-Musbah later contacted Arab News and said that the paper cups had come to his company by mistake. The cups were in a cardboard box that looked exactly like the ones his company normally receives and so the employees did not notice any difference. Al-Musbah added that the supplier was named ÔÇ£JeelaniÔÇØ and that he would supply Arab News with his contact numbers today. The paper cups were quickly withdrawn from use but might there not be other, less obvious, Israeli products in our shops and marketplaces? I mean come on they're only paper cups for christ sake.

It depends on what state you live in. Some are 16 and over and others are 18 and over. Usually, as long as no one complains about the age difference (such as a family member) and as long as you keep it platonic (again depending on what the state legal age of sexual consent is) there should be no problem aside from the maturity issue.

quote:Originally posted by Darkling: I once met a girl online shortly after divorcing my 1st wife. This girl told me that she was very Voluptuous and that all the guys thought she was totally hot. I told her that I didn't like very thin girls, but at the same time I'm uncomfortable with a woman who weighs more than me, and I weigh 160LBS, so I asked her, would I be uncomfortable, and she told me "DEFINITLY NOT". So the Romancing continued. 2 months later I met her and she looked like she weighed a metric ton... Seriously she looked like she weighed NO LESS than around 350 to 400 LBS. It turns out that the pics she sent was of her Sister, who weighed about 135LBS, so needless to say I was VERY dissapointed. When it comes to Online dating, you just never really know. Just be glad it was an actual woman and not some guy. There's a myth circulating on the internet that women do exist on it.

Farewell and thanks for making all the great music possible such as ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes etc... We all owe you much tribute.

quote:Originally posted by $iLk: but it's going to be hard to change that mindset. Yup, we humans can be a stubborn lot.

quote:Originally posted by Darkling: Hell Imigrants like myself and my brother probably each pay more in taxes per year than what most poeple EARN in a year. Did you come here legally or illegally?

Link quote: As a Ph.D. student in engineering physics at Cornell University, Moog -- rhymes with vogue -- in 1964 developed his first voltage-controlled synthesizer modules with composer Herbert Deutsch. By the end of that year, R.A. Moog Co. marketed the first commercial modular synthesizer.

Hamas: "we will abide by the cease fire until it expires in January." Hamas is also claiming victory over the gaza pull out. Sharon says this is the only land they are giving back. Anyone else see where this is going to go? Hamas will want the rest of what they claim is theirs. I can almost guarantee hamas will start in again to gain the other pieces of land in question.

quote:Originally posted by $iLk: i.e. Take it for what it's worth. True, very true. That also applies to everything we talk and debate about. I only make it available from a discussion aspect. I think we can all agree there must be a shift in Islam to the modern age and that it is up to them to stop the fanatics.

Make sure you read everthing including the discussion board. I like their thinking and hope it catches on. It's a lot of reading so take your time. Apostates of Islam

Hmmm, this is promising (sarcasm). In today's NY Sunday Times, there is a picture on the front page captioned "a rally by members of the military wing of Hamas yesterday celebrated the israeli pull out from Gaza." Strange thing is that there are about four of them in the picture and they still have on the trade-mark black hood of terrorists. I have a bad feeling Israel made a big mistake. Like the old saying, "give them an inch and they will want a yard next". I don't think the pull out is going to be the end of hostilities. Mostly on Hamas's part because they will want more.

There's nothing like a good old flame thread to stir up the pot. Is the male hater always that way?

Took you long enough to get in there and close it didn't it.

Congradulations!!! I have got to get rid of this NY accent!! I mean congratulations!!!

Iran finished nuclear plant while stalling EU quote: The European Union has made another sizable mistake, this one trying to negotiate with Iran regarding its aspirations to pursue nuclear technology. The Telegraph reports that the Iranian shell game worked perfectly: An Iranian foreign policy official has boasted that the regime bought extra time over its stalled negotiations with Europe to complete a uranium conversion plant. In comments that will infuriate EU diplomats, Hosein Musavian said that Teheran took advantage of the nine months of talks, which collapsed last week, to finish work at its Isfahan enrichment facility. ÔÇ£Thanks to the negotiations with Europe we gained another year in which we completed the [project] in Isfahan,ÔÇØ he told an Iranian television interviewer. Mr Musavian also claimed that work on nuclear centrifuges at a plant at Natanz, which was kept secret until IranÔÇÖs exiled opposition revealed its existence in 2002, progressed during the negotiations. This comes as no surprise to Slowplay.com. We pegged this six months ago, on February 7: Read: WeÔÇÖve tricked the Euros into a standstill with all of this talk. We know they wonÔÇÖt ever really do anything to us, so weÔÇÖre trying to broker some sort of sweetheart deal where we claim to be sensitive to their concerns and give them some concessions. WeÔÇÖll then ignore all the concessions and continue on our merry way. We hope that the United States doesnÔÇÖt take us to account and screw everything up by toppling our regime. Some EU heads must roll over this one. This is a complete and total disgrace. What in heaven's name is to be done with the EU? If I might use a current fashionable term, it certainly is a lame duck. And it's to America's shame that we acquiesced to the EU dealing with this issue. More to follow as I gather up more information. I'm watching something on this issue now and as soon as they post this I will make it available.

Oh, what a virtual world we live in: Computer characters mugged in virtual crime spree Counterfeit goods rock virtual world