LostInSpace

Super!!! Looks good. The actor playing Arthur Dent is from the BBC comedy "The Office". I recognized him right away.

Here we go again. Where the hell were the parents. What? Were they so busy they just plunked that kid (probably for years) in front of a game console (or PC) as the baby sitter and that was his only training on how to behave socially. Strange also that the perp in this episode is not mentioned in a law suit nor the Parents of the perp. You know why? It's the money. That family doesn't have any so guess what go after the millions and millions of the ones that do. The next item in this story I'm waiting for is the Parents of this person suing on behalf of him for the bad influence. That would be the cherry on top of the perverbial cake. Could be that this person may be more clever than he looks knowing he could absolve himself of all personal responsibility by playing the GAME MADE ME DO IT card. Knowing all too well that quite a few in the public will buy this. Where did he learn this, from the mainstream media. What do I base this one. Well have a read: KINGSTON, N.Y. - The man who opened fire in a crowded shopping mall with an assault weapon, wounding two, seemed to have a "lurid fascination" with the Columbine High School shooting, a prosecutor said yesterday. Where did this person learn about columbine? From saturating the airwaves day after day mont after month, story after story, on every news media about the columbine event. With some of the logic that I read in here, the victims of this shooting should sue the entire media world for exposing this person to the event of columbine. What was the culprit that initiated the columbine incident? The Matrix. So they should sue the film makers as well for starting this whole mess. Now with this columbine copy cat and the media playing it is going to cause more copy cats. I'm telling ya, this country is going to hell in a hand basket. No personal responsibility, losing personal freedom (little by little) etc....

Classic. What's the problem with people? Can't they find anyone where they live? Sheesh!!

Money.CNN: Workers with Web logs are everywhere, and they're starting to make corporate America very nervous.

Gamespot:Take-Two's newly formed label, 2K Games, continues to wheel and deal, making a name for itself in the gaming industry. Launched on January 25, 2K Games has already grabbed the rights to Bethesda's upcoming Elder Scrolls IV and Call of Cthulhu, Firaxis' Civilization IV, and exclusive rights to third-party Major League Baseball titles. quote:SCi also has a new Carmageddon title in the shop. Tentatively titled Carmageddon 4, the game will be released on the PC, PS2, and Xbox this fall. No details have been released about the game as of yet, but if stays with the series' trademarks, expect bloody fenders and vehicular violence. The original Carmageddon, released in 1997, made headlines for its gameplay that critics claimed contained gratuitous gore, mainly because gamers were rewarded for running over pedestrians.Ooooooooo, I just hope it's not like the third one but more like the second. I've played all three but I only still play the second. I also hope they don't tone it down.

Democrat.org: Remarks by Governor Howard Dean Accepting the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee quote:We will rebuild our Party because only we are the party of reform. Republicans can stop progress, but only Democrats can start it again.May I ask what Dean means by this? What is he basing this statement on? Stopping Progress? What progress? Social, political technological etc...? WHAT!? Actually, not matter what he is referring to it's a BS comment. I've been wathing the stuff on c-span since I woke up. I feel like I'm watching a whiners club rather than a self respecting national party.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan resigned Friday, saying the controversy over his remarks about the deaths of journalists in Iraq threatened to tarnish the network he helped build. Jordan conceded that his remarks at the January 27 World Economic Forum were "not as clear as they should have been." Several participants at the event said Jordan told the audience U.S. forces had deliberately targeted journalists -- a charge he denied

I keep telling you people but no one listens Feb. 7 issue - Workers for Weyco, a health-benefits administrator in Okemos, Mich., can now be fired for smokingÔÇöon or off the job. The company plans to randomly test workers at least once a year. As a business that pays claims for health plans, "we see some of the devastating effects of smoking-related illnesses," says Gary Climes, vice president of finance. "We're trying to avoid it." So are other corporations. While 28 states have passed smoker-protection laws since 1989, the others never made smokers a protected class. quote:Anti-smoking advocates counter that being overweight doesn't hurt anyone else; secondhand smoke kills about 38,000 nonsmokers annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.Where they come up with these figures, I have no idea. How can anyone differentiate second hand smoke to second hand car exhaust fumes or other second hand airborne pollutants I'll never know. Besides it's already (as I have pointed out in another thread) that the WHO study on Second Hand Smoke showed no affect but in their annual news letter stated that it does contradicting their own study. I think this is where the CDC is still getting it's info from. Read more here: freerepublic.com smokersclubinc.com quote:Health Care Company That Fired Smokers Also Targeting Fat Weyers Won't Fire Employees For Obesity January 27, 2005 A Michigan health care company that fired four employees for smoking is also targeting fat. Howard Weyers, the founder of Weyco Inc., said he wants to tell fat workers to lose weight or else, Reuters reported. Weyers brought in weight experts to speak with employees, according to Reuters. The company also offers employees a $35 monthly incentive for joining a health club and $65 for meeting fitness goals. But the company isn't planning to fire employees for unhealthy lifestyle choices, according to a Weyco news release. "Anyone concerned about limiting employers' rights to specify terms of employment should know that federal law protects people with conditions like obesity, alcoholism and AIDS. But there's no right to indulge in tobacco," the news release said. Four Weyco employees were fired after the company enacted a new policy this month, allowing workers to be fired if they smoke, even if the smoking takes place after hours or at home. The four employees were fired for refusing to take a test to determine whether they smoke. Weyers said the company doesn't want to pay the higher health care costs associated with smoking. An official of the company -- which administers health benefits -- estimated that 18 to 20 of its 200 employees were smokers when the policy was first announced in 2003. As many as 14 of them quit smoking before the policy went into effect. The company's Web site states: Weyco Inc. is a non-smoking company that strongly supports its employees in living healthy lifestyles.I'm getting really disgusted.

quote:The audience for great PC games hasn't disappeared; they've just become harder for some publishers to see. Amen.

quote:Originally posted by JerkFace: I don't think that you're ever going to see a court in the United States rule on the illegitimacy of steam or any of it's practices, largely as if I'm not mistaken, it serves as a great way to fend off piracy. That wasn't the issue. The issue was that STEAM was not mentioned in HL2 EULA at all and it is an essential part of being able to play the game.

quote:More interesting, perhaps, are the legal agreements that surround a purchase of Half-Life 2. One is that no mention of Steam is on the HL2 box or in the End User License Agreement, yet it is required to play. Hmmm, interesting legal issue (among the others that were mentioned about HL2). Steam should have been included in the EULA that came with the game.

I guess another thing from Star Trek comes true. First there were the personal communicators now we have cell phones etc... Now there's these immortal words "You will be assimilated, resistance is futile". quote:"Strength is irrelevant, resistance is futile. We wish to improve ourselves. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours." -The BorgSound familiar to anything going on today, heck yeah!!!

OMG, unbelievable!! quote:Nick Yee, a virtual world anthropologistYou mean one can get an actual degree in this. Hmmm.... I can see it now: Real world inmate #1: "Yo bubba what you in for" Real world inmate #2: "I was found guilty of raping a Sim online charater"

Well doing some online research about this the camps are split into a couple of groups: People that are dismissing this as a joke, People that are nit picking the statistics to death and what is meant by accidental death, People that think it could be factual, People who think it's factual etc.... I has no idea this info was garnishing so much interest (previous to me recieving it) as to whether it is true or not. The first two groups are probably in the Medical Profession. So far, I have found no conclusive evidence in either case. I guess in this case that the truth is in the eyes of the beholder.

Doctors: A: The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. B: Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000. C: Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171 Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept. og Health and Human Services. Guns: A: The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 (80 million) B: The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. C: Numer of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188. Statistics courtesy of F.B.I. Statistically, doctors are approximatetly 9,000 more dangerous than gun owners. Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has a doctor. A relative of mine sent this to me in an email. Thought I'd just share it with everyone.

When I got done reading this article, I laughed because it reminded me of a scene from a movie "Space Balls" where Dark Helmet was caught playing with action figures of the movie characters in his room.

I'm going to be fair and post this to those on the other side of the table. I don't know how credible or legit the documents are (citing the Dan Rather scandal) but here's the report: (CNN) -- Documents obtained by CNN reveal the United States knew about, and even condoned, embargo-breaking oil sales by Saddam Hussein's regime, and did so to shore up alliances with Iraq's neighbors.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Birds are not stupid and their brains are not primitive, so it is about time the scientific world gave them full credit, experts said on Monday.

(CNN) -- A photograph posted on an Islamist Web site appears to be that of an action figure and not a U.S. soldier being held hostage.

I'm labeled as a "Casual User"

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: Some of the footage I've seen come out of this looks absolutely amazing. I'm totally flabberghasted, I never thought they'd turn the Narnia books into proper movies. Ever. Can't wait to more of this. I think this is in part due to the success of LOTR. I wouldn't mind seeing a few more fantasy novels turned into movies (as long as they are done right).

Hmmmm, sounds kind of fishy to me.

Well the public schools which are government institutions have no motivation in teaching anything about First Amendments or the constitution because a good and obedient citizen is an ignorant one.

Phew, 2001:a space odyssey is not in that list.

N.Y. Daily News quote: BY LEO STANDORA DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER The fat's back in the fire in the McDonald's obesity case. A federal appeals court yesterday gave two hefty teens the okay to jump-start their stalled suit against the fast food giant for allegedly making them fat and sickly. Jazlyn Bradley, 19, of Brooklyn, has 270 pounds on his 5-foot-6 frame and Ashley Pelman, 14, of the Bronx, stands 4-feet-10 and weighs 140. The tubby teens claim they ate at McDonald's three to five times a week for years. Besides obesity, they allege the McDonald's menu caused them to develop diabetes, coronary disease, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and other maladies. Yesterday's decision vacated a September 2003 lower court ruling that tossed out their beef on grounds their lawyer failed to show McDonald's used deceptive ads to trick consumers into eating unhealthy food. It was the second time the suit had been tossed out. But the appeals panel found that attorney Samuel Hirsch's contention that McDonald's violated the New York Consumer Protection Act was worthy of "inspection" by the court. The suit alleges McDonald's failed - as it had agreed - to provide customers with free, written, easily understood nutritional information about its fast food. In addition, the chain was charged with failing to "adequately disclose that its use of certain additives and the manner of its food processing rendered certain of its foods substantially less healthy than represented." In a statement, the Oak Brook, Ill.-based company said "common sense tells you this particular case makes no sense." The statement continued, "Today's ruling, which is strictly procedural, simply delays the inevitable conclusion that this case is without merit." The teens said in their suit that they would have stopped or at least cut back on their visits to the Golden Arches if they had the straight dope on what they were eating. I refuse to believe these two got that way just from eating Mcdonalds. How much crap did they eat while not at Mcdonalds. That's the question. Sounds more like they ate tons of junk food (other than MCdonalds) and did very little exercising. Again, where the hell were the parents?