Im drooling.....

This is the low tech one... do yourself a favour and DL the high tech one from somewhere

http://grandtheftauto.yahoo.com/

Originally posted by EggFtegg

Originally posted by Razorback

 

Originally posted by cryora

They are not naive because they won't completely believe anything without solid evidence. They are not skeptics because they maintain an open mind which keeps them alert for new data or possibilities.

And there in lies the main reason that the answers will always be discovered by scientists and not theologins.

 

Science accepts the possibility of being wrong and leaves open the door to the possibility of finding out what is right.

Faith and the truth are dimetrically opposed. You cant maintain faith and entertain the notion you may be wrong at the same time, therefore you will never discover the truth, you will only ever wallow in your particular brand of ignorance.

You seem to be assuming that all theologians are dogmatic believers who take it for granted that all scripture is truth. That is no more the case than assuming that all scientists are always objective and open minded. You are also assuming (with no evidence) that truth can only be discovered through the scientific process, and I'm sure you would admit that there are things which science can probably never prove or disprove. If the scientific process is the only acceptable way to truth, then we may never discover the truth, and we all will only ever be wallowing in our own particular brand of ignorance.

Thank you for plunging neatly in to my logic trap, I was expecting to catch Powder... but youll do for a start.

So tell me... Are you prepared to admit in writing, right now that the christian faith is not necessarily correct ?

Im more than prepared (and so is dawkins Ill link the video if you like) to accept the notion that all of science may be 100% wrong. Are you ?

Can you state here and now that God may not exist ?

You see science doesnt have beliefs, it only has theories based on observational evidence. The truth is whatever the eveidence says it is. For "believers" the truth is whatever your told it is. There is only one truth, no other truth can be the truth. So your post is utter nonsense... and the best part is.... you probably cant even work that out.

But in any case.... just answer the question and prove your a true believer or join the ranks of the worlds agnostices by acknowledging that God is not a certainty.

I yawn with anticipation at your poorly constructed reposnse.

Originally posted by Stumpy26

 

Originally posted by Urza123

It is used for research and production of various things.

as well as Invention

 

Sorry to derail thread but did u repair your Medical bay in OE-4 yet :) ?

 

edit:-> lol in same thread as the guy who has the same avatar as me (I chose this avatar on purpose cos I thaught no-one else would take it lol)

Well I dont want to pull rank but... 04....  

Originally posted by runepl8

What does it mean the odd badword i don't get that part in the rules??

If however you type 2 lines consisting mostly of expletives, you can expect action against you.

Thats about as clear as it could be made.

And all this from someone who I can 100% guarantee you has never read any of the following :

Origin of the Species
The Blind Watchmaker
Red and Transmutation
Life on Earth
Science as a way of knowing
or
The God Delusion...

Even I have done my theist counterparts the courtesy of reading the bible 2 and bit times, the Dead Sea Scrolls in english and the Quran. I prefer to have some idea what Im talking about when I start a debate, a position you clearly dont concern yourself with.

Geebus Powder... linking a bunch of stuff you probably havnt read either, from websites written by cranks is not a construction of an argument. Your inability to argue any of the points you have made in a salient way is just embarrasing.

I suggest you take a few months to educate yourself using the booklist above then return when you can provide a challenge.

Right now your just highlighting the fact that Dreanor is one of the only people of faith on these boards with any claim to the ability to have a decent argument. The things you present are thrice debunked nonsense worthy only of ridicule.

Originally posted by cryora

They are not naive because they won't completely believe anything without solid evidence. They are not skeptics because they maintain an open mind which keeps them alert for new data or possibilities.

Science accepts the possibility of being wrong and leaves open the door to the possibility of finding out what is right.

Faith and the truth are dimetrically opposed. You cant maintain faith and entertain the notion you may be wrong at the same time, therefore you will never discover the truth, you will only ever wallow in your particular brand of ignorance.

The Premier of the State I live in was on morning TV this morning talking about the recent floods in some parts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/28/1964073.htm

At the same time major areas of the state are still considered Drought affected by the Government.

http://www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/drought

In 1890 somthing Dorothea Mackellar wrote a poem that goes a little like this :

I Love a sunburnt country
A land of sweeping plains
of rugged mountain ranges
of drought and flooding rains!!

The poem goes on to say other stuff. But the important thing is Dorothea wrote this poem after only a short visit to Australia after she had returned to England http://www.imagesaustralia.com/mycountry.htm

The comments of our Premier Steve Bracks this morning that made me want to leap through the screen and slap him up side the head so hard that parts of his tiny brain wouldnt stop bouncing in their empty vessel for a week were :

"this weather is extrodinary" and "people thought it would never rain again"

Well no Steve you gibbering imbecile... this weather is EXTRA-ORDINARY its so ordinary that someone not even native to this country observed it as being the NORM after one short visit over 100 years ago. In addition to say "people" thought it would never rain again... I will interpret for him since he only speaks gibberish and it reads..."stupid people with no conception of the random non linear nature of Australias climate and no grasp on history, thought it would never rain again"

I swear to $@#^&* GOD people's ability to reason and use history as a predictor of the present and future has all but evaporated in to a dark age mentaility of superstition and stupidity over the last 10 years or so...

You stupid people (and you know who you are) scare me to death!! 

I actually feel a bit sorry for you Powder...

Because when your brain's ability to reason finally activates, you will look back on your inability to seperate facts from beliefs with embarassment.

Im with you... I dont read many guides and the complexity and depth of EVE continues to blow me away.  I set up my main as a researcher but I havnt even started researching yet because Im building my wealth via mining, which will eventually provide the funding for my research. EVE is excellent.

I was a huge Police fan in my teens.... but I kind of feel like its a bit of a cash in this late in the piece...

It feels dirty... like Stephen Tyler creeping his wrinkly corpse around on stage...

Ewww...

Originally posted by EggFtegg

 

Originally posted by peaceandlove

Whocares what the world thinks of America, WTF are they gonna do about it? Nothing. Well, point and say "that's why you're hated".

Thanks for that, Dubbya

 

You honestly believe that America can "go it alone" and still continue with their current style of foreign policy?

After 9/11, you think that the answer to "WTF are they going to do about it?" is "Nothing"?

You think the US economy is in a good enough shape not to be hit by the negative impact that such an international attitude can have on exports?

Personally, I would put improving foreign relations pretty much at the top of the agenda, for whoever is the next president.

Maybe there is hope for yas yet.

Originally posted by Draenor

So basically...if you can sell shoes in Australia, you can decide who is allowed to stay in the country as well...good system!!

 

Almost none of our Federal ministers have industry experience in thier portfolios... They either studied politics and arts at University or they came from unrelated fields. Basically the treasurer and the attourny general are the only ones that you will find usually get appointed by having accounting and law degrees... the rest it is just a lottery based on how hard you suck up to the PM.

Originally posted by Draenor

Originally posted by Razorback

Originally posted by Draenor

I don't understand why this whole "will she pose for playboy" thing is even an issue...if anyone wants to see her naked they could go to google....

and my strong advice would be dont waste your bandwidth...she just isnt that worth looking at.

I've never found her particularly attractive...I've always found her sister to be the sexier of the two..that probably has a lot to do with her sister having a much better attitude too.

I always had a point of difference with most of my male friends growing up... they would be smitten by whatever super model was in fashion at the time and I always found it perplexing. I struggle to find anything remotely redeeming about a woman who would build a career on nothing more than the incredible luck of her physical appearance. I think women do themselves and thier sex a great diservice by having anything to do with the so called "fashion industry"..... For instance I was wtching a show about high school students and thier carreer aspirations the other day and this one girl said "I want to get into fashion journalism" and I was like..... jeebus.... cant you think of anything more vacuous.... like examining carpet fibres or taste testing tap water... FFS what a waste of a life!!

Originally posted by Draenor

I don't understand why this whole "will she pose for playboy" thing is even an issue...if anyone wants to see her naked they could go to google....

and my strong advice would be dont waste your bandwidth...she just isnt that worth looking at.

Originally posted by ViolentY
Yes, that's exactly what we need. The country's crackheads and general idiots running our nation directly, making all of the decisions. That'd be great. The real problem with politics (or at least the one I think you were trying to get at) is that the people are stupid and don't bother learning about politics. It's not THAT we have politicians; in fact, good things can come from specialization in careers (imagine if we were all still farmers. Where would we be?). It's that the politicians we have, on the whole, are doing a horrible job, and the fact that the people don't find people better for the jobs.

I think politicians skills and duties are dramatically over rated in terms of thier difficulty. I mean take Australia for example, our communications minister is a former legal secratary with no industry experience and our last immigration minister was a former shoe sales person. How fuggin hard can it be when its basically qualified and experienced public servants that do all the work anyway.

My understanding would be no...

You will see a good general improvement in performance in most ordinary 3d applications and your CPU will not be an issue in terms of holding back the card. Also your 2GB RAM will help a lot. Overall that is a rig that should play prety much anything with acceptable quality and performance.

Originally posted by WisebutCruel

 

Originally posted by Razorback

 

Originally posted by WisebutCruel

We could swat Chavez at any time we wanted to. If he wants to paint a target on his own chest, when we've left him alone for this long, he can be my guest.

Although, I say we send over Pat Robertson and let him duke it out with Chavez, since his self-important ass called for Chavez to be assassinated in the first place.

Well here I was all set to make a comment like "On form alone Chavez has every reason to believe his country would be attacked" just to draw out the right wing imperialists among you.

 

But you beat me to it in a way that actually makes my plan seem embrassingly understated.

Is this what some of you REALLY think ? That you have some sort of "right" or "destiny" to go about the globe "swatting" other countries because it suits you ?

Wise you are basically a dictionary defined example of why the US is so very disliked in so very many places. I sincerely hope you are the exception and not the rule or your country is in deep deep trouble. After Iraq the confidence people had in the US as a bastion of freedom, democracy and justice has been badly shaken. Attitudes like this are one of the main reasons for that loss of good will on a global scale.

Lighten up there, Razorback. I was replying to the notion of Chavez wanting to go to war with us (the U.S.). Were he to do so, we very easily could "swat" him (no maybes about it). Nowhere in my post did I say I advocated doing so. I only stated what he'd risk if he is that idiotic.

 

Hmm..... must be some new use of the word swatting Im not familiar with.

Originally posted by WisebutCruel

We could swat Chavez at any time we wanted to. If he wants to paint a target on his own chest, when we've left him alone for this long, he can be my guest.

Although, I say we send over Pat Robertson and let him duke it out with Chavez, since his self-important ass called for Chavez to be assassinated in the first place.

But you beat me to it in a way that actually makes my plan seem embrassingly understated.

Is this what some of you REALLY think ? That you have some sort of "right" or "destiny" to go about the globe "swatting" other countries because it suits you ?

Wise you are basically a dictionary defined example of why the US is so very disliked in so very many places. I sincerely hope you are the exception and not the rule or your country is in deep deep trouble. After Iraq the confidence people had in the US as a bastion of freedom, democracy and justice has been badly shaken. Attitudes like this are one of the main reasons for that loss of good will on a global scale.

Yeah I showed it to a friend yesterday who had never seen it before. He had just finished lunch and I swear I though he was gonna have a heart attack or something the way he was gasping for air...