Dan Greene

Reply to Man enough in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I believe it was in context as well. I don't like to share personal information about myself unless it is of some direct value to someone else, in this case, and in FEW others, have I made the effort or point to explain it. Gid is just perhaps pissed because I called him on his consistent negativism and attitude regarding life and reality. He has let it spread to this thread. He has also accused me of being a liberal, nazi, communist, and someone who doesn't know Americans, among other

Reply to Man enough in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Was I whining or just accurate describing my father in the context of the title of the article? "Man enough" Does a man choose to have children with a medical condition that is not under control? Does a man choose to abandon his medications and endanger his family? Does a man remove himself from his support structure and fight a custody battle for 2 years with his wife who is clearly by all opinions able to provide a better care for the children? Does a man cut him

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

"since it reaches into every part of our lives and goes completely unquestioned." It reaches in if you allow it, if you welcome it, and if you have no defense against it. I find that I am able to evade marketing when I recognize it. But the trick is to recognize it. I think for totalitarianism to work you have to have a willing populace with a set of conditions. In North Korea for example you have not only the unwavering support of the populace but the expectation that resistan

Reply to Do You Have Guns In Your House? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You don't know jack about who I am as a person, you know nothing of who I live with, who I take care of daily, how I grew up, what role guns have played in my history. None of that. Yet you presume to be more knowledgeable then you are. Let me show you where you assumptions have led you. "I know you were in high school when columbine happened." Actually upon review I was in my last year of middle school, on a trip back from hearing Colin Powell speak about his Red wagon progra

Reply to An analogy even a socialist could understand in Politics JoeUser Forums

"I didn't say he was giving them away. He was trading those crops to other farmers in exchange for a % of what they brought in." Well maybe you edited it what I read was... "produced far more vegetables than he would ever be able to eat" "he gave some of his vegetables away" I assumed he would eat the rest of those that he did not give away as it didn't say otherwise.

Reply to Man enough in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

"She was so alarmed at the "bomb" picture she called me right away to inform me." LOL. "Everbody knows there were no nukes used in the civil war." -comment by one of my french teachers in high school. "rifle in his truck and went to school" This is what they saw, and for good reason. Just not legal anymore. Columbine. "1973- Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack." 1973. Well it'

Reply to Do You Have Guns In Your House? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Gid you are a really losing it, and your tone of frustration is seeping through. I'm sorry things have been hard for you in life. Join the club of 6 billion people going through something called life. As you know nothing of my family situation, why don't you stop speaking on it. I'm further, not "chastise"-ing anybody, just pointing the facts out to you that you have chosen the effects of your situation by the causes. I have also pointed out that there are options in any situ

Reply to An analogy even a socialist could understand in Politics JoeUser Forums

Isn't when a king runs the land a monarchy rather then a communist/socialist state? I don't want to critize your story Brad but you lost me when you said, he "gave" away the extra vegetables rather then "sold" away how exactly did he raise the currency or barter necessary to provide for the necessities of life by which he could not produce?

Reply to National Guard and Reserves problem reflects only on... in Politics JoeUser Forums

"I am curious where you got that number." An eighteen month operation. Sure. Look at the statements made prewar. Greeted as liberators, we'll stand Iraq up and then leave, we don't want to be occupiers we are liberators. Not only that, but look at the pre-war and first 6 month lack of preparedness. Soldiers on the ground saying "we didn't wargame for this" How about the prison scandal? Where you didn't necessarily have bad troops working for you, but troops unequipped to deal

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

Thats interesting I see us there already in many ways, with the way the "real media" hypes news that is junk. Also how a lot of our products don't have a sustainable and renewable life cycle. We truly are expected to continue to buy things, and create our own need with the help of "marketing need" i.e. a trendy word for value. If we don't the whole system collapses so it is our interest to spend rather then save, utilize rather then acquire. Not sure how it all figures into government power tho

Reply to Why Britain should not withdraw its troops from Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Why would you want to shoot Mexicans because they are Mexicans?

Reply to Do You Have Guns In Your House? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I wasn't trying to be right. I could give a damn about you or your unvaccinated kids man. You or they are not my responsibility, they and you are yours. My whole point of writing was offering a reason a doctor might be inclined to have a privileged conversation with a patient and ask about risk factors including guns in the house. Where you choose to live is your business. If you don't look into the economics of the area before you move there that's also your business. When you describe

Reply to Supreme Commander in Real-Time JoeUser Forums

"litterly 1000's of units at your command" By the way the unit limit for games is 1000. Most games are played with a unit limit of 500 or 250 but 750 is also available. You cannot have more then 1000 units. Unless, in theory, you get them traded to you by an ally, but I have not tested that. Anything else you'd like to be inaccurate about?

Reply to Supreme Commander in Real-Time JoeUser Forums

"I'm guessing you are a former Bull Shitter that got better. Perhaps you can provide a twelve step program to my recovery?" Step one, find a toilet, kneel, dunk your head in it, Flush. Ahhh that felt better. Look man, I have noticed some slow downs in 3v3 games with higher then 500 unit limits. But you know what, I have also noticed that when all the players had great systems on LAN with my same system the game is fine. Bottom line, you can drop $4,000 of ja

Reply to The Socialist and the Capitalist in Politics JoeUser Forums

"i think the major 2 parties have both done good marketing where it comes to painting all 3rd parties as radical fringe groups or communists." "Whatever strengths a third party might add to a nation they are outweighed by the faults and weaknesses inherent with multiple parties." LOL. So how about if we just have a one party system. Oh shit we do. It's the party of I wanna stay in power forever and I'll say whatever is necessary to do that. Heaven forbid we have a lit

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

But do you think that the Federal government of the United States can actually go so far as to be truly one of a totalitarian regime? I was looking for more of a yes or no there.

Reply to Man enough in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

"I am sorry to read this Dan. We have something in common. My mom did the same kind of thing, except she never attempted to bridge any gaps. I don't hold any anger against her now (but you can bet I had a boat load when I was 25). I hope you get past your anger toward your dad." Nothing to be worried about. I just wanted to write that it does have an effect, emotional at times, but I can switch that off real easy. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/ju/T_JU/smiles/BigSmile.gif" border

Reply to National Guard and Reserves problem reflects only on... in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think if any single man deserves credit or responsibility for the status of armed forces both reserve and active duty it is President Bush. For it was President Bush who was president on 9/11/01. It was President Bush who recognized we were fighting a new war. It was president Bush who pitched an administration of "accountability" during his first presidential campaign, and it was President Bush and the Republican party that has largely held the car

Reply to Supreme Commander in Real-Time GalCiv2 Forums

"it's misleading Dan to tell people everything is peachy on a lowend system" Show me where I said that. I'll show you where I said this... "I will admit to play the game with all the fidelity settings at max, and expect a nice smooth experience then yeah you need a beefy system. But to play, you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED A KING OF HILL SYSTEM." It plays respectable on low fidelity or medium with a less then stellar system.

Reply to Supreme Commander in Real-Time GalCiv2 Forums

"Fact 2: You can run the game ok on the lowest settings and on small maps with low number of opponents if you have system that is above the minimum requirements." I can run any map, with any number of players on low fidelity settings. Unit limits can't be 1000 granted but they can be 250 or 500. It's playable. "Fact 6: If you want full graphical" Again the word Want, not need. "but merely saying that if you have a low end system relative to supcom's needs then you ca

Reply to Supreme Commander in Real-Time GalCiv2 Forums

You didn't say "IF you want good performance" You said... "Warning though: This game NEEDS a VERY POWERFUL system to run it. You should run it on nothing less than: Duo 2 core (or quad core) the game is VERY processor intensive. nvidia 7900 or better (512 or more video ram recommended)(game currently doesn't support sli) 2-3 gigs of ram on xp or 4 gigs on vista (large maps with 7 ai requires 3 gigs of ram) I'm not joking this game was designed for only the highest end sy

Reply to The Good, the Ugly, the Bad of DA in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

"After playing through the campaign I would have to say that my views are slightly less favourable to DA than before - while DA is an excellent expansion it's by no means the "best expansion ever" like people are saying in this thread" I think that has been firmly established.

Reply to [email protected] What a Joke... in Dark Avatar GalCiv2 Forums

Nice see some explanation for the situation as well as some help and resolution.

Reply to The 2008 "Wal-Mart" Style Presidential Election in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The election isn't for two more years, can we just wait about another 18 months before we demand more talk from these people. How about some action by the ones already elected to do something, before they start "running" for office.

Reply to Totalitarianism - where Power becomes Idealism in Misc JoeUser Forums

"But it is advancing, because every sacrifice of liberty to the Ideal of security makes every subsequent sacrifice that little bit easier." It's also advancing because the congress has put re-election in front of making real stands against what they see is abuse of that power. I.e. this damned war in Iraq, the democrats, and their henny-penny stands against, non-binding resolutions, support for the troops but not for the president's war. Even