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Lol Nick Kypreos just put his foot in mouth on twitter: Must have thought it was a pm :D

This is probably the best post on this topic :D

And Kessel with 4 points, Bozak with two goals. And Brett freaking Lebda scored. As heard on twitter: "Lebda has more goals today then crosby & malkin have had all month" :D

LOL Brett Lebda scored. They might as well just hand over Lord Stanley now.

I don't like the idea of being forced to do it anyway, and losing my youtube account is no big loss. I'll keep it in mind if I ever feel a need to link.

Yup, they forced me to link. RIP youtube account. Ahh well....

Well, I wasn't questioning you as well, but ok. I never said atheism causes people to become genocidal. What I do believe is that atheism allows people to become genocidal. The reason I'm not responding to you is because I don't feel like it. I don't expect you to be convinced by my lack of argument, but I have read somewhat into the history of the soviet union and other atheist states and I have come to the belief that atheism allows people to behave immorally - as peter hitchens puts it: I'm curious to see what qualifications a belief must have. As far as I'm aware, if you think something is true without being able to provide reasonable proof it is a belief rather than fact. As the existence or nonexistence of God cannot be proven, anything but agnosticism must be considered some sort of belief. I've never heard that a belief had to be inherently structured. Any argument I make that atheism is responsible for criminal actions is no more fallacious(indeed, markedly less so) then the common atheist arguments that religion itself is evil and immoral. There can be many purposes of discussion...in general I think most people, when entering into a debate, hope to persuade the opposing side that their argument is correct or at least valid. I haven't seen any attempt from anyone to clear up misconceptions on this thread. And now, a definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atheist The very definition of atheism dictates that an atheist has come to a negative conclusion regarding the existence of "a supreme being or beings". If you truly "are not sure", then agnosticism would be a much more appropriate label.

Yeah I know, just me daydreaming :(

I wouldn't mind seeing those picks go if we get a proven center under 25(tavares, duchene, stamkos come to mind, although I don't think any of those are for sale). I don't want to give up draft picks for richards - I'd rather sign him as an UFA at the deadline. I also kind of want evander kane as well. But the price would be steep I think...

It's entirely possible to appear to be in decent physical state but with terrible stamina - stamina is largely based on the exercise you get and not as much on your eating habits (although obviously they are important). Myself for example, never had any medical problems, BMI of 19 I think, fairly thin, eat pretty well, but my stamina sucks. Why? Not because I eat unhealthy or am overweight - just because I don't often get prolonged exercise anymore. However, if you were asthmatic that probably doesn't help.

See, wep, I think your problem is that you can't distinguish between logical and physical proof. God can make logical sense, but you're not going to find definitive scientific proof of his existence (just as you're not going to find the same to the contrary). I think you are quite comfortable with your belief(which is a belief by the way, since you cannot ever know if you are right, only agnostics can truthfully say they have no belief). You've demonstrated to me that you've no interest in actually looking at the situation objectively and therefore continuing to argue only serves to waste my time.

They're always suggesting I link, but I've always been able to opt out. I'll continue doing so until they force me to do otherwise, at which point I'll stop using an account for youtube.

There are two reasons I've stopped responding. Firstly, because I've been busy. Secondly, because it's obviously a waste of my time, as CGF mentioned, you're quite comfortable with your own belief.

Ah, fair enough. It's an easy mistake to make. Alright, if we're talking about military presences that are permanently in and from the middle east, yeah, nothing really beats Isreal's. When a country has seen that much constant conflict and tension, it's not really that surprising. Sorry, this is one of my pet peeves, but please try and spell Israel correctly next time. Sorry. I wonder why the spell-checker didn't pick up on it? Arabs are the number one fastest growing ethic ethnic group among computer programmers. ;) OT: Same old stuff, basically....I doubt anything will happen due to Israel's american backing. Still, I'm beginning to doubt peace can ever be achieved without a total invasion(of one side or the other).

I don't think it was that big of a mistake - schenn is still in the ahl at this point anyway so it's not like he's ready to go now.

I don't know how it works programatically but I'd assume it's because you "started" a pm topic when you started writing it, not when you sent it. I doubt this is easily fixed. No idea about #2 and #3.

No, I assume Stalin committed these atrocities because he was a communist. As atheism is necessary to the very ideal of communism (as there can be no authority higher than the state), yes, his atheism was responsible for the atrocities he committed. How is atheism not necessary to communism? I've yet to hear of a communist state that encourages religion.....

Wow, what a boring game. Still, at least we got the one point... And the blues traded erik Johnson :o

My mistake. I didn't realize Detroit had drafted that many players. That said, this "strip down and rebuild on picks" approach doesn't always work, as I've already demonstrated. For every team that has successfully won a cup by rebuilding with picks there are two that haven't. There's no single "right way" to rebuild. For example - Edmonton has been rebuilding just as long as Toronto has yet TO is much closer to being a playoff contender then Edmonton is. You also didn't answer my question about what made the islanders so hopeless. They've done precisely as you suggested and tanked many years to get good draft picks...and where has it gotten them, exactly? Philly was a cup contender last year and is even better this year, yet they've never undertaken a rebuild. It's been five years since atlanta started rebuilding and it's obvious they still have a ways to go. As I said earlier, van drafted the sedins 10+ years ago and they're just now beginning to be competitive. Using detroit as a standard for what every team can achieve is frankly unrealistic. ----------------------------------------------- Trades: Well Kaba's finally gone. Got a great return but a serious offence hole in the D now. Don't know how they're going to fix that.... I'd take brad richards, but I'd prefer as an UFA so we don't have to give up picks/prospects as the guy is starting to get old. If only stamkos was an UFA instead of RFA at the end of this season lol...

Detroit was built on draft picks? Lol. Edmonton's looking at at least another three years to make the playoffs. LA and Col have been "up and coming" for years - and Stl drafted Erik Johnson first overall....5 years ago. There is no single "right way" to rebuild. I believe BB knows what he's doing and toronto will be a contender within two years. But why exactly are the Isles a lost cause? They have a ton of first round picks... Also, the canucks started their rebuild ten years ago. They're only just looking like serious competition now. EDIT: Press conference today at 4:30. Looks like Kaberle to Boston for Joe Colbourne, 1st(BOS not TOR) and conditional 2nd. EDIT EDIT: Confirmed :(

Which does what, exactly? Puts a weak Toronto team into the the playoffs. Yay! :rolleyes: That's no better than the Harold Ballard days. Really. This has been the problem with Leaf teams every year since 1967. The fans don't care how good the team is, just so long as it makes the playoffs -- they will continue to buy tickets. <_< Toronto fans have got to stop this "we can make the playoffs this year" [cabbage], and start looking for a team that is serious about re-building into a cup contender. To do that, they need draft picks and lots of them. Toronto is rebuilding. That's why they're trading away all of their old players for prospects and draft picks. Just because we're rebuilding doesn't mean we can't hope for some reward. I don't understand this "must have high draft picks" attitude. It's worked for the penguins and that's about it. There are a ton of other teams who've gone that route with nothing to show for it (or no cup, at least0. Ottawa (way back), NYI, STL, LAK, COL...the list goes on and on. I think Burke is aiming to streamline the process a little bit by going for prospects and young players rather than simply picks, and it's too early to tell whether it's working or not. I've no delusions of cup victory for Toronto - I imagine that if they made the playoffs they'd be rather unceremoniously kicked out in the first round. Still, making the playoffs would be a sign of progress, which everyone wants to see. Kovi's cap hit is 6.6, lecavalier's is 7.3. Kovi is also significantly younger and with a much better production. It's not just about the money - for example would you call 10 years, $100 mil for sidney crosby a bad contract?

I was under the impression that he was going to be doing a very large amount of after effects and other rendering, and professional gfx cards meant for that stuff are up to $1000 themselves...

Anything on this page should work for processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%2050001157%20600005573&IsNodeId=1&name=Core%20i7 RAM, mobo and VC should all work fine together.

Ew hell no. Lecavalier's contract is probably the worst one in the league.

So -- using your logic here and applying it elsewhere -- if an altar boy gets raped numerous times by a priest, it's the altar boy's fault? Right? Really? Really? Well -- I am SURE the Catholic Church will be endorsing YOUR judgment any moment now ... :rolleyes: Wow way to go off on a completely unrelated straw man. The way I see it, there are many people at fault here. Firstly (obviously) the guy. What he did was inexcusable, sick and disgusting. He carries full blame for what happened. Secondly - the girl's parents. Good parenting involves staying on top of your kids and what they're doing - and if they'd done so this never would have happened. I don't believe you can really blame the girl much - while there may have been a certain lack of common sense, at that age someone just can't understand fully the consequences of their actions, and the common sense may not have been instilled by the parents.