LostInSpace

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Now I have to add a 10th planet to my game. Yup that too. Notch up your system requirements guys new planet coming through.

quote:Originally posted by Joel Schultz: I saw it going for $70+ somewhere on the 'net. That's ridiculous, especially for a game that old. I thought prices go down as a game ages... Yeah but now it's a classic and a collectible. But unless it's a first edition and signed, I wouldn't pay $70 bucks for it.

quote:The find should further stuff up modern astrologers I never gave that a thought. Their planetary alignment calculations are going to get more complex now.

I hope these birds don't do to our engines what they did to the discovery's: http://www.3000ad.com/pics/ucawa/08-03-05b/PHOTO038.PNG btw: I posted this over in science and tech but figured it really belonged here.

I hope these birds don't do to our engines what they did to the discovery's: http://www.3000ad.com/pics/ucawa/08-03-05b/PHOTO038.PNG

MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Moscow is barring journalists from U.S. television channel ABC from working in Russia after the channel broadcast an interview with Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. I agree. We keep giving these killers air time and they aren't going to quit.

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quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: when we all know that it was all an elaborate hoax and the reason they killed JFK to silence him. Dang it. You know us all too well.

Akk, time ran out. Here's the clincher: quote: The requested drug control budget amount for FY 2004 is $11.7 billionAnd it keeps going up: (in billions) 1998: 8,179.0 1999: 9,760.1 2000: 10,703.0 2001: 10,401.4 2002: 11,485.0 2003: 11,239.0 (hmm, it went down a little) Think of what better use that money could be put to if drugs were legalized and think of the tax revenue from it. Perhaps some of our Netherland friends here can help us with the statistics from their neck of the woods since I'm having trouble finding an english page for the Netherlands Ministry of Justice. [ 07-31-2005, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

quote:Originally posted by JUDGExKTF: Well I think the figures of LostInSpace speak for them self. The way I see it there are two possible sollutions to the drugs problem: -Legalize it, as the figures LostInSpace presented this works beter then banning it. -Forced drug rehab, like in Scandinavia. But just banning the drugs and spending milions of dollars of detaining people, tracking them down, etc. is just plain stupid. Here's a little more current info: White house drug policy quote: Drug Use Costs to Society In 2000, Americans spent an estimated $36 billion on cocaine, $11 billion on marijuana, $10 billion on heroin, $5.4 billion on methamphetamine, and $2.4 billion on other illegal substances. Projected estimates indicate that approximately 260 metric tons of cocaine and 13.3 metric tons of heroin were consumed by U.S. drug users during 2000. In 1992, the overall cost of drug abuse to society was approximately $102 billion. The projected overall cost reached $160.7 billion in 2000 So much for this so called drug war. It's a joke and wastes tax payer money. It's like the perverbial "Money Pit". Legalize and tax it and have done with the issue. This will also have the added benefit of protecting law enforcement lives: quote: Law Enforcement Officers Killed FBI data indicate that 51 Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty during 2000. Of these 51 officers, 3 were killed while investigating drug-related situations. From 1991 to 2000, a total of 33 law enforcement officers were killed as a result of drug-related matters. Fifteen of the 65 people identified for killing law enforcement officers in 2000 had prior arrests for violating drug laws.

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: Did I mention the explosions? Ooooo, explosions! Lots of explosions!

I came across these statistics. Although they are a tad dated, I found it quite interesting: quote: Last month use of cannabis (marijuana) by high school seniors: 18.1% in the Netherlands (1996); 23.7% in the U.S. (1997). (Sources: The Trimbos Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Monitoring the Future Survey, University of Michigan and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy) Any lifetime use (prevalence) of cannabis by older teens (1994): 30% in the Netherlands; 38% in the U.S. (Sources: Center for Drug Research, University of Amsterdam; Monitoring the Future Survey, University of Michigan and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy) Recent (last month) use of cannabis by 15 year olds (in 1995): 15% in the Netherlands; 16% in the U.S.; 24% in the U.K. (Sources: Trimbos Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Monitoring the Future Survey, University of Michigan and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Council of Europe, ESPAD Report) Any lifetime use of cannabis by 15 year olds (in 1995): 29% in the Netherlands; 34% in the U.S.; 41% in the U.K. (Sources: Netherlands Institute of Health and Addiction, U.S. National Institute for Drug Abuse; Council of Europe, ESPAD Report) Heroine addicts as a percentage of population (in 1995): 160 per 100,000 in the Netherlands; 430 per 100,000 in the U.S. (Sources: Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport; White House Office of National Drug Control Policy) Murder rate as a percentage of population (in 1996): 1.8 per 100,000 in the Netherlands; 8.22 in the U.S. (Sources: Netherlands Bureau of Statistics; White House Office of National Drug Control Policy) Incarceration rate as a percentage of population (1997): 73 per 100,000 in the Netherlands; 645 per 100,000 in the U.S. (Sources: Netherlands Ministry of Justice; White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy) Crime-related deaths as a percentage of population: 1.2 per 100,000 in the Netherlands (1994); 8.2 per 100,000 in the U.S. (1995). (Sources: World Health Organization; Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation) Per capita spending on drug-related law enforcement: $27 per capita in the Netherlands; $81 per capita in the U.S. (Sources: Netherlands Ministry of Justice; White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy)

Looks cool. Something about it reminds me of Hidden and Dangerous 2.

CBS: Senate Votes To Protect Gun Makers quote:"This bill says go after the criminal, don't go after the law-abiding gun manufacturer or the law-abiding gun seller," Now if they would take this ideology a step further and do it to the game industry.

quote:Originally posted by Cruis.In: it does, but will it really be addictive and fun One can only hope.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Such nonsense torques me off no end. To hear people say such things. What? You think that people join the Army, or make it a career because they don't expect to go to war? When you join the military, you are risking your life, this is a fact. There are MORE people killed in training every year, then have been killed in the Iraqi war. Our brave men and Women KNOW what their mission is, and are accomplishing it. I know 10 men who have come back from Iraq, and are VERY proud of what they have done. THe press of course does NOT cover these aspects because it would go against their agenda of hate Bush ALL the time, and Iraq is another Vietnam. Such total and unmitigated nonsense. for the billionth time.

Nah, I think Sasquatch is more clever than we give credit for. I'd say Sasquatch is lesving behind false evidence. Like tuffs of hairs from different animals and laughing at us as we collect it.

Lucasarts.com: New Trailer I usually don't like RTS's but this one looks most impressive.

Tenth planet found! NASA NEWS RELEASE A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.

quote:Originally posted by Teknocack Prime: Who has 3000AD.com as their home page? Ack, that's a little too creepy for me.

You can purchase this not at the low price of $49.99 or the low low price of $39.99 folks hold on to your hats but it's being offered at the insanely low price of $29.99. Get yours while supplies last. Ugh, I have got to stop watching those infomercials.

LMAO!!! How many times I wanted to do that every time I heard that damn thing.

Try this Link. Same news link SC gave but this one goes right to the article. No registration required.

quote:Originally posted by Marvin: Every tile is different. They would need to take a full set ... or, at least one of each of those tiles most likely to be damaged. I know. Each tile is specifically made for a certain spot on the shuttle's hull. I was just being funny.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Registration required...ARGH!!! Same here it's not just you. I think SC is trying to get us spammed.