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CobraA1. When I say "normal citizens", I mean people who do not invest in anything. Then there are the people who do invest. Now, the problem today is that in the last 20 years, the normal american citizen has started spending all the money that they earn, and yes in many cases they go into a lot of debt. But debt is not the biggest problem here. The biggest problem is that many investors today are investing their money based on how much their investment will gain in value. An

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[quote]The US's debt as a % of its GDP is less than most European nations or Japan. It's all relative. Technically speaking, the US is still currently on a relative ascension relative to the G7 average when one looks at economic and military might. China, Japan, etc. are very very far behind economically and of course militarily they're not even on the charts. All this hubris one way or the other about nation states is pretty baffling to me to be honest. Where one was born was a m

Reply to How good is EVE? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Last I heard there were close to 125,000 active accounts, usually with about 30,000 players logged at once during weekdays, about 35,000 during weekends To really experience all EVE has to offer, i say you need to spend at least 2 years, because of the time it takes to train the advance skills, about 10 months to really learn all the advanced and finer details (and poorly documented, sadly) of the features of the game. If you want to get involved in politics, i say about 1 yea

Reply to Ship to ship combat in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]I do agree with Eddison as well, it sucks that it doesn't look realistic b'cuz of no ship movement to actually simulate what a naval engagement would look like in a '0' gravity enviroment. One game that i've tried that does do this automatically upon engagment is EVE online.[/quote] LOL, really that made me laugh hard. espcially that part about eve. People, really, don't use the word "realistic" while talking about a space strategy game, it just makes us all look like do

Reply to What I think could happen to the US in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]I say just lock the thread, they just keep going around and around and around.[/quote] I second that, this thread has become pure flame and name calling, really sad Pony and damicatz. But before that... [quote]I realize it's all the rage for young Europeans and such to call the US imperalistic at the drop of a hat[/quote] Most people i've heard call the US imperialistic are from south america (Chavez comes to mind).Many South Americans consider the US i

Reply to Ship to ship combat in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Why do ships move? To engage and destroy the enemy. Why do they have to move? Because the enemy is over there, and they are over here. Why would the ships start turning or moving at all once the enemy is in range? To bring their most and best weapons to bear on the enemy. OK, then, once the enemy is in range, their best weapons are hammering away at the enemy, why would they have to move at all? They don't need to at all. Presently, navies move constantly bec

Reply to What I think could happen to the US in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]Also the thing about the Japense trying to surrneder before the bomb is full of it. It took TWO bombs to make them surrender, kind of tells you something.[/quote] So many arguments over those facts. One argument that I've heard (but not here) was that yes, SOME Japanese officials had talked about surrendering before the bombs were dropped (the other part wanted to fight), but it was only after the bombs that the ENTIRE Japanese goverment choosed to surrender.

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[quote]If I remember correctly the Russians proved quite well that if you throw enough bodies at somebody whether there more advanced than you or not that in the end it doesn't really matter. and[/quote] LOL thats true, although they were helped a lot by the weather. I wonder how many more bodies would it have taken if the weather hadnt helped? And what if the enemy had also thrown a lot of bodies against the Russians, would we still be counting the piled bodies? And the terror

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[quote]emo rant by DrathKar[/quote] You need to take a chill pill. Murder is not inhuman. Murder is in fact one of the things that makes us humans. Because of emotions, conscience and free will. Of course I'm speaking philosofically, so don't take it literally.

Reply to So I got banned from Eve. in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]You probably just got a few days ban. 3-4. It's what they hand out so it's a real joke. I never heard of any permanent bans, and why would they they want people to keep playing.[/quote] You ever heard of Kugutsumen? Hint: he had something to do with a very famous dev incident.

Reply to So I got banned from Eve. in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]But... what you can't do in Eve, apparently, is say the F word, or call a girl fat[/quote] There in lies the problem, while I must accept you did nothing except that which is quoted, you might have filled up the chat window of that other player with the F word. Still, I think the blurred line here are "Personal" attacks. Ganking a newbie in his noob ship is you attacking him In Game. Saying he is a fat brat whos mother sold him for money is a Personal attack. One is agai

Reply to Who hates EA games in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote]Half-life has been outsold by four games, WoW, Starcraft, and The Sims 1 and 2. It sold because it ran on everything....[/quote] While I know the number of copies sold is an important number. I, as a gamer, couldn't care less how many copies of the game have been sold. What I want is for the game to be fun and stable. And if it's a multiplayer game, that it has other people online and Lag to be minimum. Why do some people use that number in order to justify if its a good

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You need help psychoak. Seek profesional counseling as soon as possible.

Reply to What I think could happen to the US in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]I pointed you where to get the proof from a international body.[/quote] Link please. [quote]So instead of linking to a site which gives death % I have decided to link you to one which gives you the total expenditure and toll of obesity in the US in relative terms.[/quote] Thanks. Still, you initially spoke of numbers, not probabilities. And where are the numbers of the total death toll worldwide due to war(not including war related non combatant deaths such as

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[quote]Had the US not loaned europe money the US would have stayed in adepression and possibly could have even had cival war, been invaded by mexico etc. [/quote] Didn't the great depression end in 1939? WW2 was from 1939 to 1945. AFAIK, the US started giving the loans to Europe after 1945. [quote]Another thing is the US in conjunction with the Jewish State are guilty of the majority of all human rights abuse and war crimes in the last 50 years. [/quote] Proof

Reply to Will America always be a superpower? in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]None of those Nation will exist after ARMAGEDDON which most people think it will happen in our life time all the nation you speak of will be no more.[/quote] The armageddon came and passed long ago. You ever heard of the fall of the Roman Empire and the dark ages?

Reply to Future politics, what do think it will be like when we can colinize other planets and fight space battles. in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]For conspiracies sake why don't we include the Report From Iron Mountain for a future scenario WWW Link. The reason the "White Coats" imagine amazing scenarios of space-travel and colonization is because the reality down here is pretty grim and hopeless. Who doesn't want to imagine being able to leave it all behind?[/quote] The REAL reason is because they simply want to believe in it and imagine. It make them feel cozy and important.

Reply to This is crazy in Technical Sins Forums

The game works perfectly for me. Make sure your computer meets the game's requirements and that you have all the latest drivers and updates. Also service your hard drive (defrag/dskcheck) and clean your computer case, dust can hamper the computer performance. Have you contacted customer support? You could provide some specs about your computer here and describe the problem you are having in order to receive help. Maybe it is you who must find the solution. Think about it.

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LOL, the level of ignorance in this thread is astounding. Besides, there already another thread going with this kind of discussion.

Reply to A suggestion to reduce micro management in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Yes, the game needs a way to use the abilities of dozens of different ships in a easier/faster way. About strikecrafts, I say just assing prioritys, go after bombers or fighters first, for example. But avoid flak frigates? That might not be a good idea at all. As in many cases the flaks frigs will be very close to the other frigs and cruisers. Thus if fighters/bombers are set to avoid the flaks' firing range, they might just fly around the enemy fleet, never moving in to attack, simply

Reply to Will America always be a superpower? in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote]The term superpower came about more because other countries were exterminated on a large scale than by other countries rising in power.[/quote] Good point. I don't recall the term "Superpower" ever being truly used to describe a country before WW2. And initially, the two superpowers were the first two countries to develop nuclear weapons. [quote]Banks are going bankrupt because no one is paying them, but that doesn't mean no one is buying anything! With the cost of gas r

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[quote]...Most of us are part Chinese and share a common ancestry with that country and culture. At the very least many others have an affinity for it...[/quote] Don't underestimate other cultures' pride. [quote]What about the Ottoman Empire?[/quote] My mistake, I should have specified "foreign goverments/leaders". The Ottoman Empire was Turkish. Windstar, you are only looking at the small picture. X country win over Y country. But there also dozens of other c

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Total War......not a good idea when you don't want to anger a dozen other nations, beside the one you are fighting. Difficult for the US to have any allies in the middle east if it started decimating the population of the countries they invaded. Besides, looking at it from an historical and localized view, the Middle East, since the times of the Romans, have never truly being united under one goverment/leader. The people there, historycally, are not easily controlled by any foreigners.

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[quote]It depends on only one thing: If we move to a Democratic leadership, then yes, at least for quite a long while the U.S. will remain a Superpower. If we, however, continue down the path of the Warpublicans, the rest of the world will simply put us down- heck, they'll HAVE to- and we'll no longer have any prestige, control or respect.The answer to your question is directly related to if you vote for "more of the same/right" or "back on the correct path/left" in November.Eventually, once we

Reply to What do think will happen to the Middel East if oil is replaced by alternative fuels? in Everything Else Sins Forums

AJackal, interesting post. Its truth that our world will not be able to complety subtitute oil as the main source of energy, but it can be greatly reduced with the aforementioned alternatives. A very good option I've heard around a few times is to make each house in the US have solar panels and/or wind turbines. The aim would not be to make the house draw all electricy from the wind and sun, but rather to them being a supplement to the power from the normal utilities. And also, those sy