Pete_the_Viscous

How different is it to Vice City/GTA3? A lot of people said that Vice City was really new and different, but I thought it was pretty much the same as GTA3, really; same old "press jump and he jumps forwards a set distance" business. I hear, this time, that there's new controls and movements and things... is that true? That alone would make it worth playing, I think.

The age-old argument.... Anyway, I think that, most of the time, some manner of uniform is a good idea, for all those good reasons that people have already suggested (including the safety, etc). Those people saying that they would feel just as good wearing hand-me-downs and cheap clothing... good for you, but A) some people don't have the confidence that you do, and B) that won't stop "bullies" from making fun of people who wear that sort of thing. I say "most of the time", as it's obviously not always helpful, and it doesn't always benefit all people. Most kids don't have the foresight to realise that it's helping them--they just think of the present and how they look--which is understandable: it's not exactly the height of fashion. What would you think if you went to a huge department store and found that the staff didn't wear uniforms? How would you know who to ask for assistance or service? Another thing that uniforms do is let people know who goes to the school--if you see a child who isn't in uniform, they've either got some reason not to be wearing it, or they're not from the school; in either case they can be aprehended and, I don't know, beaten or something. I once went to a school where the uniform was this: (any) black trousers, (any) poloshirt/shirt, (any) black top, and (any) footwear. This way, everyone looked pretty much the same, and no-one was teased about what they were wearing (they had to be plain black, btw), and no-one felt that they were being forced to wear something ridiculous. I think there was some leeway, as well; girls could wear skirts, for example. Uniform doesn't eliminate bullying, obviously. It does however, remove some of the targets for bullying.

I don't remember ever winning anythingin that sort of competition. I don't enter many of them, either, but I've not had much luck in the few that I have. Come to think of it, I don't win much in anything. Not to say that "I'm a loser*", but I rarely come out on top in serious things. It's slightly frustrating. *though you may draw your own oppinion on that matter.

Tomorrow I have a Maths A-Level... the problem is that I don't remember if it's pure or statistics. ..... ..... Eek! I should be revising for that now.

Any idea how many Chinese people live in China? Man, they've got NO predators; maybe we should all go and kill a few Chinese people. I don't have a problem with people hitting deer with cars (unless they do it deliberately, of course)--I think I've been in a car when it hit a deer, once, but we weren't going fast enough to make it go 20 feet into the air...--I just don't think that that was good reasoning.

Was that the one where he clicks the button, then it stops time? That'd be a good one, too.

Both of them are, in a way, Gandalf clones (and he was a merlin clone, I suppose*). They are all the infinitely wise, infinitely powerful characters in their respective areas; A) it's not fair to compare them, like Greatsilverwyrm said, and B) I don't think they'd fight, as they're on the same side, effectively (i.e. the good guys). (In case you didn't get this from paragraph one, I think it would be a draw; sure, Yoda has uberForce powers--Dumbledore has magic of = power. It's like saying "who would win, yin or yang", "who would win, god A or god B".) *and so on.

I saw them performing some new thing on BBC1 tonight--it was quite good. Then I had to turn off, as some really annoying actress came on and started trying to make trouble, but only succeeded in making herself look bad*--it's so embarrassing to watch that sort of thing. *if you ask me; other people might dissagree, I suppose.

I know this isn't necessariyl true, but I found this, while looking around: I can't find anything that actually says when she would have been released... but a few other sources suggest that she was going to be released "soon", but then she died, obviously. I don't know much about the legal system... but they keep mentioning that she was imprisoned for 20 years... then 30... then for life. Now, usually I gather that life means "so-many-years", but she seemed to have been in for more than that*. *irony alert.

Well done :D . I don't know what people have against computer games... I've learnt tons from them, too.

Now I feel really selfish. OK, I'll tell you what: I'd ALSO use my ability to kill lots of people to force various governments into providing proper aid to various starving/disease-ridden countries.

Yeah..... that's true. I've seen it done properly, though--some people just have really long tongues and can bend that way. *Tries, and fails--looks like a fool, too.*

I don't think I'd wish for anything at all: how great would it be to be the guy who has a free wish, but doesn't have to use it. What's more, I'd try and use it to threaten people; the fact that I could still kill anyone with a thought is more useful to me than wishing I had a million quid--I'd just threaten to kill a million millionaires*. This way, life would still remain interesting; with infinite wishes, there's no risk, no challenge. *And, of course, all their loved ones, and their loved ones' pets, and their loved ones' pets' tennis partners. In fact, scratch that: I'd just threaten the universe itself, or something.

I looked, to see when; she's dead, it seems: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/452614.stm

I wrote a big, long explanation, but it was boring. Simple answer (not because I don't think you can take the complicated one :)): To the first question: If I simplify what I write, it's only because many people don't like it when other people use big words--perhaps they think it's "showing off". Saying that, I have, when it's really necessary, used "easy" words to get a point across; by necessary, I mean when the person I'm talking to obviously isn't yet fluent enough to understand what I was going to say--whether they be foreign or stupid, sometimes this happens (though I've not noticed it happen on these boards at all). To the second question: No. I spent AGES just now thinking whether I do or not, then remembered an occasion recently when I came across someone who spoke terrible English as it wasn't their first language: I just thought of them as having trouble speaking English.

I won't pretend that anyone would miss me if I went right now, so I suppose I can't say that I'm against dying because it would hurt other people. I'm interested in knowing what happens when we die, but, in case it's not a nice surprise, I'm not going to hurry things along--I don't mind living, after all. I don't live for any one reason... it's just something I do, I suppose (live, I mean). Don't get the impression that I don't care about things, or that I "have no meaning/purpose"---I'm just not going to dedicate my whole life to one of them in particular.

Yes, lots of people die from it; that doesn't mean they all got it from smoking. What's more, lots of people who smoke and die of lung cancer will have got it for a totally unrelated reason. Also, lots of people that smoke don't die of lung cancer. Figures don't mean anything unless they absolutely, completely account for everything. Not that I'm saying you're wrong (did you get that from what I said? :))--smoking is bad for you if you do it too much*, and in that I include all kinds of leaf. Frankly, though, I don't care if people smoke, and I don't really care if they do it around me--as long as they don't breath right into my mouth, it doesn't make any difference: it's not as if the smoke instantly fills any space into which it is breathed**. *which is usually "at all", but some people do it "every now and again", obviously. **outside, I mean; I don't know anyone who smokes inside.

Or Cradle of Filth, with their bacwards morals*. *I don't know what their morals are like, so I don't really mean that.

For "proof", read "evidence". I'm not going to pretend I know anything about this; nor that I care, really (not because I'm a heartless person*, but because lots of things like that happen every day). However, there are, as you said, any number of ways that she could have got that stuff, and many of them could have been orchestrated by her. True (I assume :)), but how often has she been caught with drugs in her bags? Some things that puzzle me: why would someone plant so much valuable stuff on someone? What do they stand to gain? After all, it having been found suggests it must have been easy to find (in a way). Would the people who planted it not have done better by taking it through hidden carefully somewhere else? If they were trying to get her into trouble, they'd have used a less costly amount, I'd guess. *which I am.

I thought, as I skipped down to the middle of them, that I recognised the style... then I looked at the top and saw I was right; it was Mitch Hedberg, whom I have only ever encountered once on anything.

I've not seen the new film yet, so, appart from in that one: Darth Vader. It's mainly because he's got loads of evil charisma, then turns good in the end; what's more, it's not some badly worked out, "and then he suddenly turned good" style good-turning, like I expect from Voldemort in the last Harry Potter book*. *maybe.

Ah, but this may be turned into a form of offense! They can be used to microwave an opponent's brain. To stop this being complete spam, I shall amend my list of ringtones by one: what I'm going to have to call Ludwing Van Beethoven - II Allegreto, because I've no idea what else to call it. I spent ages trying to find that music, then gave up; I found it by mistake recently. I'd take the good bit, of course.

OK, I'm about to be intensely hypocritical (I AM colourblind), but: I think you're the colourblind one. Those balls are yellow*--check them on Paint. *in that they're on the yellow side of the yellow-green area of the munsell color tree.

Another side effect of marijuana adiction would be the chronic lack of funds. I disagree that no drug can be good; what's wrong with drinking a little at new year to celebrate? If it's done in moderation, there aren't any harmful side effects; not even drunkeness. In some cases, I say that the pros of drug use are greater than the cons. Obviously I don't include alcoholism or lots of smoking, or anything like that in this.

Haha, good question. It's "English Lit", probably just to distinguish it from any other language.