BlueLancer

I had a wireless controller for Genesis back in 1995 :P Lmao, I remember that. We had 2 normal controllers in our home and one like that. It was so frustrating when I was playing a fighting/sports game against my friend and the controlled jammed or lagged even though I kept repeating those little buttons. It worked on a maybe 2 meter radius, anything over that and it severely lagged, misintepreted or ignored the commands. Genesis and Mega drive were cool, though Nes/Snes had way better games (generally, Gen and MD had very good games too) Aah! How many narrow minded fools can we get on this topic?! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF MARIO IS 'CHILDISH', AS LONG AS IT PLAYS WELL, WHO CARES?! I admit Mario Party got stale long ago, but the platformers are still good. GTA was okay, but not the best game ever, what people make it out to be. And why would you take Halo 2? Because it is the most unorignial, overrated game ever? Because it plays terribly? Because the levels and story are so poor it hurts? Come out of your narrow minded cage and see that Mario is still ace! Just one; You. Mario games don't "play well" at all, they're not fun, they're stupid, boring, and just put out to make money. GTA is a good game, if not for everything else it has, for it's replay value alone. I liked Halo simply because of it's multi-player. Other than that it was nothing special, just another FPS. Watch your name calling, just because I have an opinion doesn't make me "narrow minded", I've played all the moronic Mario games, they're lame. If you haven't played Mario games since the second you were born like a lot of us, then yeah you probably wont pay attention to the details or the magnificentness of some features.in the mario games (I can still remember every single music in Super Mario Bros 3 even though the last time I actively played it was when I was a little kid), so in that way Shigeru Miyamoto brainwashed a lot of kids into Nintendo loyalists. The appeal in Mario games is that usually it's 99% action and 1% talk which means the games are made for the exact reason games SHOULD be made for: Passing time and entertaining yourself/your friends/your family, not watching 10 minute video clips, remembering long sentences just to open a doorway in the game... And it's suitable for all ages so you can play it even with a 3 year old because it has practically 0% violence etc. I wouldn't say Mario is childish. Implying that is like saying 'adults can't watch cartoons'. It's just that some adults find watching cartoons amusing. It's entertaining and they're sometimes fun to watch. Some Nintendo games have that same appeal. But then again there is Resident Evil 0, Final Fantasy CC, and other "non-childish" games. I own all of the 3 major consoles of today (Xbox, Gamecube, PS2) and without any bias I can say most Nintendo games have more entertainment value than the games I've played on either Xbox or PS2. I would even rank PS2 above Xbox because XB was a great disappointment due to it's lack of good games (Halo was ok but it *seriously* needs more good content games). Replay value is also very important, and Xbox doesn't do too well in this category.

'Godwin's Law' states that-- Eric Raymond states that-- Thanks everyone (not just BlueLancer, by the way) for ruining the thread. Tigra, maybe reading other people's posts will help you actually make this a useful discussion, instead of just mindlessly trying to flame everyone who's Christian (which happens to include me). Your generalisation of 'Christianity' as 'pope-worshipping, Jesus-revering idiotic evangelists' is appalling and wrong, as people have told you before in this thread. Reading anything that contradicts you with valid arguments seems to be a hard job for you, I guess. As to not make this post complete spam, I already gave my view on the original topic (yes, far far back by now, as flaming Christians is surely more interesting than staying on topic) which is that the judge is blatantly wrong, about which, in case you didn't notice (fairly likely I'd say), about 90% of all the alleged Christians on this thread have agreed. Insane and all the other mods: thanks for trying hard to keep this thread civil. I guess some people are just a bit too die-hard about their own opinions to make this a reasonable discussion. I didn't even mention 'nazi', no? You're the same kind of people that call people "anti-semite", but if somebody is anti-christian or islam, it's somehow "less severe" and there isn't any fancy word for that even though christians and muslims have been far more severely killed and tortured during history than jews. I possibly couldn't have used any other example because that's the TRUTH. The german people had enormous unemployment, lack of food and supplies, and out of nowhere, this little man is already planning a reign of 1000 years. This has nothing to do with some "Godwins" law (what a controversial name for a discussion about religion by the way), sounds like a preppy kid in a school "Laws of probability say that your 4th sentence will contain a misspelled word therefore you automatically lose an argument no matter what". Get real. Anyways, Tigra, I wouldn't agree with Jesus being a lunatic. There are those people today that just sit at the mall and shout verses from the Bible and walk around in old robes, I don't honestly think even they are lunatics, they're just... 'Special'. If you read the Bible there are more indications that he's actually a person with far more REAL wisdom (the one you can't study from books) that only a few people have had in history like Gandhi, Mohammad etc., heck, even many religions (including islam) recognises Jesus as a prophet of wisdom and love. If Jesus actually performed miracles, that's up to you and your faith. Quite honestly it's impossible along with the statement that Jesus was born out of a virgin. Like Napoleon said: This doesn't mean all written history is a lie, it means that only selected things were allowed to be recorded and even then they were made to look better than they actually did (So if Jesus had a lot of bread and fish and then gave it to poor people, they wrote that "He fed the entire group with just one loaf of bread and one fish) And as I said it's up to you to believe all things said in the Bible, it's your faith. But you'll probably be disappointed in the future if technology and archaeology advance and there will be proof to show otherwise.

Back then people couldn't even read, 99% of them were farmers who never had any education. They spent all of their time getting taxed by greedy kings. The people were desperate for a new leader just like any starving and desperate people are (latest major example, Hitler, with the german people on the edge of poverty and starvation). If Jesus was reborn in the U.S., he could even be prosecuted because of blasphemy. If he was reborn into a poor country, the people would be probably far more tolerable and start spreading the word of him because they live in worse conditions and are grateful for every small thing. The thing is, there were no 'free' nations back then at all, every single country consisted of a small elite of a few hundred and a poor majority of hundreds of thousands, millions. Education, knowledge, languages, were limited to that elite.

Surely Google would object to such usage of the space? Not that I don't like the idea... I just want to keep my GMail account around, not lose it because I bended the rules a bit ;) Think about it: Why would they object to it if they volunteer to give you a 2gb 'harddrive' email in the first place? A lot of the harddrives on the google servers are a result of overestimation of google/internet site growth in 2001/2002 as the company bought thousands and thousands of hard drives it now doesn't need as it has enough for indexing and caching the current sites and spidering for more. So they're putting them to use rather than just dumping them in a warehouse.

You might want to read up some information on christians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_crusade http://www.halexandria.org/dward220.htm http://www.christianitytoday.com/histor ... jun13.html Seems like an overglorified cult to me, I have no idea how christians can still claim their purity and righteousness in history when their own history is filled with pretty much blood and nothing else? Did you even read my post? Applications mean absolutely nothing to Christianity. Sorry, I should've worded it better because I agree with you. I was judging the followers of the religion instead of the religion itself and implying that they are dishonest if they call themselves 'christian' even though they don't follow the basic principle of their own religion: tolerance and love.

So funny and so true.

You might want to read up some information on christians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_crusade http://www.halexandria.org/dward220.htm http://www.christianitytoday.com/histor ... jun13.html Seems like an overglorified cult to me, I have no idea how christians can still claim their purity and righteousness in history when their own history is filled with pretty much blood and nothing else? "Do we force our religion on you?" Don't be ridiculous, you know it's true. Even today in some schools you MUST learn the religion like I did. I'm not a fan of any religion but they shoved it down my throat. "Do we try to hide the truth in the Bible?" Well, first of all, would you like to point out where in the Bible does Jesus say that you will go to "hell" (a burning lake of fire) as a result of dieing in your sins? The only mention in the original hebrew version is 'gehenna' which means a garbage dump. And don't quote me any of those Paul etc., quote Jesus. "Do we try to make people's lives negative"? Hell yes. A lot of christians tell people how they can't practice their religion, how sinful they are and if they don't turn to the "right path" they will eternally burn and other pathetic scare tactics. If somebody reading this post isn't one of those christians I described in my post, then I'm glad for you. Sadly a huge amount of christians are exactly like the poster above, a big walking load of hypocrisy. I wish all christians were as open minded as you are... That's an utopia though with so many people being utterly stupid and filled with bull*.

The question "what color are tennis balls" is as stupid as "what color is hair". There is not one single official answer. Though, as pointed out on the thread yellow is the ball colour used in all professional tournaments and matches. Non-pro ones might be green ones, why does it matter? I'm not going to lie and say "it matters so that I can see it better on the tennis court". B.S... Even if it was 5x smaller than a normal tennis ball and it'd exactly match the color of the court, probably most people with good vision would see it. The color doesn't matter.

A pledge of allegiance (wether it be to a person or a nation, though the first option was more common in distant history though) means whatever you do, your master is always the first priority in all of your decisions and you will fight to death protecting it/him. In this case it would be a nation, America. I could safely estimate that 99% of people who say aloud the american p.o.a. have no idea what it stands for.

:lol: Guys, stop posting that HTML code on the forums. I can't believe you don't know you can't post html on 99% of phpBB forums. Anyways, I got

About 300 but then again at least 150+ of them I bought in Hong Kong a year ago since they all cost me a total of about $45 USD. They're real movies like The Last Samurai, Pulp Fiction etc. but I suspect they could've been stolen or pirated even though the quality is 100% authentic. But yeah, it was cheap, so I went on and bought them... In USA I'm lucky to get 3 DVD's for $45, lol.

There are a lot of sites that ship to all countries in the world including some you've never heard about. Amazon should ship worldwide and they sell literally everything, almost. You'd definitely find a GBA ARP and many other things there.

The movie was staged, but it's still funny nonetheless (though the concept of noobs running into a mob of monster not realising you're not supposed to do it and have all of them after you is quite worn out).

If you don't like it: #1: Get education for a job which is highly unlikely to get outsourced. Newsflash: Engineers, assemblers, etc. that are mass graduating by millions per year don't belong to this category. Get an education for something that requires brain and can't be done by just any moron walking on the street. #2: Employ yourself, start a business or become an independent investor. That way nobody can fire you and you usually even get better money than when slaving off to a company. You can't stop globalisation or outsourcing of jobs. Think, if in New York the workers demanded $2,200 a month for assembling cell phone parts and in New Jersey they demanded $2,800. When talking about employing thousands, even tens of thousands of people, which sensible businessman would NOT pick New York? In this example, it doesn't matter what you replace NY with, be it China, India, or any other place where it's cheaper. And "patriotism" isn't a reason, if all people were as stupid as to believe that, nobody would use machines and we'd still be hand manufacturing every single thing in groups of 50 when a single machine could do it all for cheaper.

Damn, I've never agreed more with a post as a whole with every paragraph. I actually agreed so much that I accidently spilled whiskey on my keyboard.

Since when did the number of processors make breeding grounds for a "good console"? For all I care, it could have 30 processors and the games could still suck. You can't buy creativity from Intel. I own the Xbox (original), and I must say that apart from Halo which is the only good game I played on Xbox, it was a disaster to the gaming world. So much hype about it being more "powerful" than GameCube and PS2, all in vain. Graphics don't have anything to do with a quality game. Yes, the new Xbox can draw about 6 billion triangles a second according to IGN.com and the screen rendering rate triple that of the PS2. But why does it matter? I would much rather have fun with the new Zelda game when it's being released, because it will most likely have depth to it. A console that processes 9 trillion megapixels a second better have good games, otherwise they're just wasting the resources. How much more realistic do the graphics need to get? It's about time that gaming companies start focusing on the CONTENT of the games rather than spending 10% of the time on the storyline and 90% on shadow and fog rendering programming. We've seen it multiple times and World of Warcraft proves it: People want games which are unique and fun, the graphics are just a side factor (as WoW doesn't have that superb graphics although very good nonetheless, yet in just a few months it outsells every other video game in history).

Can you say bull *? :roll: Anyhow lionheart, you should be fine. As long as your grades are half decent, and you have good manners/overall appearance/likeability, you'll get the job for sure. When I told the manager my average was 93, he hired me on the spot :wink: Lol, working at Wendy's, Mcdonald's etc. barely makes use of your academic skills. As long as you know how to behave and handle customers, they'll hire you. The salary might not be big but it should be enough for a 15 year old.

But are you ready to pay the price for "chilling and calming"? It's very ignorant to say "nothing will happen to me". That's what every smoker thinks until they get high blood pressure, lung diseases, or even lung cancer. Are you sure you want to inhale over 100 different toxins and several heavy metals into your body just to "calm"?

https://adwords.google.com You don't even need to create an account, let's take the keyword mesothelioma for example. Maximum per click of $43 currently will get you second position on the results page, with an average click value of $8 (getting you the position 1.7 currently). So that page might be outdated but the amounts are still huge and the proof is right in front of your nose. I did research on mesothelioma and it's a killing cancer of some sort, but the compensations you might get from a company to being exposed to materials that cause mesothelioma are so big (in the tens of millions) that I don't actually wonder how they can pay so high amounts per click on the internet.

Do companies like google get paid astronomical sums just to drive visitors to advertiser's sites. You've heard the pay-per-click ratios, $0.10 per click, and so on. Many people are making their own PPC search engines, some with more fortune, some with less. What's more shocking is this: http://www.4morebusiness.com/adsense_keywords.html Just look at the most expensive keywords. That's just wrong in a world where innocent children starve to death. But then again it's business... Imagine google directing just 1500 people to some of the most expensive keyword's advertised sites. You can do the math but I can say it's at *least* 5x the average american would make in 5 years, or what 360 people living in 3rd world countries would make in a year.

That's about 30 centimeters a year, in other words physically impossible unless you've had a HGH (human growth hormone) error since you were born. Are you sure? In the most extreme cases teens will grow 14 centimeters a year during their growth spurt.

Pain is one of the things that come naturally with almost all training that includes getting more visible muscles or adding mass to them. There isn't really a way to avoid it. If you feel a sense of "burning", that's not a bad thing, that's exactly what's supposed to happen. I don't know how big your 'beer belly' is, but if it's not that severe, you could get rid of it in less than 7 months with proper training. I'll write you a few you can use: Crunches Preferably use a mat and lay down on it, bending your knees slightly so that your feet are flat on the floor. Curling your hands behind your head, slowly lift your shoulders off the mat, squeezing your abdominal muscles with each raise. Be sure not pull your neck upwards; rather make it a natural, smooth-flowing motion. Reps: Do three sets of 30 reps, taking only a few seconds of rest between sets. Knee ups Sit on the edge of a bench, grasping on the sides of the bench with your hands to maintain steady balance. With your legs extended outward, slowly pull your knees into your chest, squeezing the abdominal muscles during the contraction. Hold this position for two seconds and then slowly extend your legs before repeating the motion. Try to keep the rocking and bouncing at a minimum. Reps: Do three sets of 25 to 30 reps. Knee Raises Make sure that your feet are not touching the floor. Trying not to swing, slowly bring your knees toward your abdomen so that your knees are locked at a 90 degree angle. Squeeze your abs and hold for a moment before slowly releasing your legs back to a straight position. Reps: Attempt three sets of 10-15 reps per set. Remember that a reasonable amount of ab training, just like with any muscle group, is 1 to 3 times a week maximum. Go past that and you'll do more harm than good for your body, ask any gym leader/couch/etc.

During his college days, George W. Bush was a cheerleader as well. I do have my own opinions on how he's doing his job as a president, but that's got to give credibility to male cheerleading. And he's not gay either. Ctrl+f "cheerleader" on this page for more info. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/democr ... ries/bush/

Wow, I was going to post that. A lot of teens talk about training their "ab muscles". When you want visible abs like you most likely do, you simply burn the fat which covers the abs (so that they aren't visible), not really the abs themselves. That's entirely different from, for example, bicep training. Yes, you can get good looking biceps simply by using training to get rid of the fat covering them, but most people will also want to add a significant amount of mass as well. If you want to add mass to your muscles, you must overload them. If you bench 150lbs for a month, try 170lbs the next month and gradually make it go higher. If you always stay at the same weight level, your muscles will have no reason to produce more tissue while you sleep. <--- Eat properly to make sure you have enough building materials in your body to really gain results.