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To EnsRegis: I really can't thank you enough (tho my wife hates you lol as I've spent the entire evening playing EV Nova). I've always liked Ambrosia's games - they're innovative, imaginative, compulsively playable, and CHEAP. 30 bucks for a game I know I'm going to play endlessly? Hell yeah. For those who don't know... Ambrosia Software is a small company producing games and other software (mostly) for the Mac. They pay no

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To EnsRegis: Thanks for pointing out the windows version. I never googled EV since, in the distant days of my Mac ownership, it was the policy of Ambrosia Software not to produce a version for the PC. EV Nova is a very much more developed EV - and I've already had two shuttles blown away... Thanks again.

Reply to Find out your inner Greek God/Goddess in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Hades ?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ?? brought to you by Quizilla

Reply to Realism in space-strategy games in GalCiv Journals JoeUser Forums

The world's best travel-around-the-galaxy-trade-n-shoot-n-shit game is utterly unrealistic. But it never (I played it for years, literally years) never plays the same way twice, is completely open-ended so that players can create their own additions using the simplest software, and even now is a game I miss sorely. It's name is 'Escape Velocity', published by Ambrosia Software, and is only available for the Mac. Scre

Reply to A question for the christian scholars in Misc JoeUser Forums

Never heard of the Royal 'We'? All Monarchs speak of themselves in the 3rd person plural.

Reply to A Question for the Mother of Brennan Hawkins in Misc JoeUser Forums

To ParaTed2k: When you are done calling people 'pathetic' (rather than calling their arguments pathetic), and when you are done referring to others as pompous (rather than their arguments) perhaps you will have time to consider this point - when an individual thanks God for some favor received, especially in a situation where thousands if not millions of others have asked God for exactly the same outcome but not received it (in this c

Reply to Lets blacklist all those who disagree with us! in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

^^ that was me again, LW. sorry for any confusion.

Reply to Lets blacklist all those who disagree with us! in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

I think Ryan's trying to say that the kid was pretty much clueless. Even the most educated child can make deadly mistakes when in a panic. As mentioned before, how many children, in spite of being taught repeatedly what to do in case of fire, fail to follow those instructions when the real thing happen

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Sorry LW you blew it on this one. The kid was a "boy scout". What is a main part of the boy scout motto? I can tell you..."Be prepared"! (little-whip here, using Hubby's account for the moment) I am aware of that, drmiler, but it was a warm day, why not wear shorts? Do you always carry

Reply to A Question for the Mother of Brennan Hawkins in Misc JoeUser Forums

To BakerStreet: JU is a site where thoughts are expressed, ergo.... Nothing in what I said implies that this kind of simple-minded self-congratulation, this kind of wilful ignorance, is in itself 'simple'. Just the opposite, in fact.

Reply to A Question for the Mother of Brennan Hawkins in Misc JoeUser Forums

To ParaTed2k: Wishing she were a better read and more thoughtful Christian is not calling her to task. If I were to call Christians to task for anything, it's the selective interpretation of the Bible in pursuit of self-justification. Hers is only a very minor and understandable example of this tendency, but it contains within it certain elements: of selective disregard for reality, happy self-congratulation for some apparent 'favor' received,

A Question for the Mother of Brennan Hawkins in Misc JoeUser Forums

Brennan Hawkins has been found. This is a good thing - since I imagine few of us took pleasure in the thought of a child dying alone in the wilderness, and his recovery will relieve (at least until the next missing child story) that low level anxiety that I imagine all parents feel for their children all the time and which must be heightened when a child disappears.<B

Political Infantilism in Politics JoeUser Forums

The USA is a democracy, a Republic, and currently the world's premier political, economic and military Power. What it is not is a civil society. To be civil is to understand the difference between the private and the public spheres. In the private sphere an individual is free to hold opinions (no matter how hateful others may find them), to engage in discus

Reply to Bring on the Pogroms, and do it soon.... in Politics JoeUser Forums

To kingbee: by 'my people' i take it you really mean the angles, saxons and normans since the departure of the romans--and the inability of the britons to unify their house subsequent to that--was exploited by those foreign invaders. the scots, irish and welsh have, at least, managed to survive somewhat intact.

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Bring on the Pogroms, and do it soon.... in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have just had my status adjusted from visitor/immigrant to that of legally and permanetly Resident Alien. This is a status that has to be renewed every five years. But in 2 years, nine months, and one day (from yesterday) I shall petition to become a citizen of the United States of America. I shall succeed in that petition, and I will count my citizenship an honor.<

Reply to Amnesty International in Politics JoeUser Forums

My, don't you all have your panties in a bunch? I saw the original newscast in which the Amnesty spokeswoman referred to Guantanamo as a Gulag. The comment was made by Irene Khan, Secretary General. Her exact words are "Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time." ( Link ) She did not say that Guantanamo is the modern equivalent of any of the Gulags of Stalin, Mao, or any other dictator. She di

Reply to This Ain't Montgomery and YOU Ain't Rosa Parks! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Letr's suppose that 'gay' in this context means 'gay American citizen' (as opposed to gay Resident Aliens, gay illegal aliens, or gay citizens of somewhere else other than America). Restricting the argument in this way immediately puts an end to debates over whether being homosexual is a matter of nature, nurture, or some combination of both. Whatever its origins, homosexuality is a form of sexual behaviour between citizens. As such, its natur

Reply to Christians are Suckers in Misc JoeUser Forums

To aeryck: you are, without a doubt, the most patronising, sanctimonious, self-satisfied, pretensious little fuck it's been my misfortune to encounter. You sad little man, you misunderstand, distort, transmogriphy, corrupt and blaspheme the very god you profess to believe in. Your arrogant self-delusion appals me. You have managed, without ever appreciating the irony of it, to turn a factual narrative concerning the impossibi

Reply to I wanna be independent, so you must help me in Politics JoeUser Forums

So, what this oxymoronic, or ironic, or whatever the word should be How about "moronic?"

Reply to Christians are Suckers in Misc JoeUser Forums

I have no idea why there is a quotation mark at the end of the last word of this article. I've deleted it four times and it persists in reappearing. You want to charge money for this site? Then fix irritating annoyances such as this, or don't count on myself or my wife as paying customers.

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Christians are Suckers in Misc JoeUser Forums

On another thread Texas Wahine posted these Bible verses: Matthew 25: 31-46 31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goat

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Gimme my hundred fucking dollars in Misc JoeUser Forums

Gimme my hundred fucking bucks ( for Sabrina ) I’m not a man easily confounded. I used to boast about it. Nothing surprises me, I’m ready for anything, and nothing takes me aback. That’s the kind of thing I used to say after a few drinks. What I actually meant was that I was complacent. Your every day hubristic man. I hate work.