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Member of task force 145. Elite of the elite military unit. 30 or so agents hand picked and individually trained. The very best people individually chosen from NATO special forces. People who are now it in were chosen from the top members of... -ArmyÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s 1st Special Forces (Delta Force) -The NavyÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s most elite Navy SEAL Team, DEVGRU -Air ForceÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s 24th Special Tactics Squadron -British paratroopers from the Special Forces Support Group -British Special Air Service ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅSabre squadron." -Members of the CIA's elite Special Activities Division paramilitary unit, So these people are essentially all James Bonds/Jack Bauers. Each is a master of building infiltration, sniping, explosives, and unstoppable at hand to hand combat. No one in the team has even been killed or even injured on the job. Now do their sort of work or be a professional soccer player or millionaire? For me, its hands down, the job with the action.

Elephant cookie A real treat, everyone likes your purple coloring, cute little pink feet, smiling face, and chocolate laced ears. Your a dependable thing to have at a birthday party. weird test.

OMG, there hiding something too! First off, that first "picture" of the sign Celt posted isn't a picture, its a graphic someone made. Secondly, of course they don't want photo's taken. Hmm, let's see... military base... top secret planes doing debut test flights... planes meant to be used in surprise attacks against counties with spies living in the US... Nope, not seeing any reason to prohibit photography. [/sarcasm]

I like this one:

So u r saying, that plane or watever it is actually flew in the sky or was actually made? Good question, no one knows. That's what they do at Area 51, top secret testing that no one can confirm. There are only speculations from the bits and pieces that are made public. That's what my post was getting at, Area 51 = top secret place, with top secret things. Not alien things, just advanced military technology. And to answer your question more directly, there are multiple eyewitness reports from civilians that mention a plane like this flying over the desert. So it is safe to say, that yes, at least one plane like this was built, and tested.

Umm, yea, thats CGI, not a photo. The Aurora Bomber (the prototype bomber that flies Mach 7+, can outrun any missile and penetrate any radar) is still completely classified in the true sense of the word. No pictures exist, we only know of it from: statements from the contractors, NASA's public testing of SCRAM-jet engines in the past, and the "off the record" testimonials from previous employees. In fact, it's actually now rumored that the whole project has been scrapped due to the high cost of the whole thing. Kinda sad really, it's been under work for the past 15 years :?

Things like this are the secrets at Area 51 Not infinite energy devices. Do you have any idea how little the government pays it's employees? Well it's constitutional law that these things are published by the Senate. This isn't 1944, there is no way a scientist that is smart enough to develop something like anti gravity would be content with a government job and in a place where he is unable to publish his work and get international immortal fame. All the big secret ingenious devices the DoD cooks up are done by 3rd party defense contractors. Were talking Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Boeing. These are the companies that built the previously top secret projects like the first nuclear subs, the F-117 stealth fighter, the B-2 Bomber, the SR-71 Blackbird, etc. In fact it was these very planes that created the extraterrestrial highway cultural movement in the 60's and 70's. Like I said it was these 3rd party companies that invent this technology and then sell it to the DoD. If one of the companies does invent something extraordinary they then tell their chief stock holders and then sell it to the DoD. The purchase order goes to the Senate where it is reviewed and then voted on. The senators are bound to keep trade secrets classified, like the development of stealth technologies and the like, but I think if something like floating alien technologies with 200% efficiency came along, these guys would say something. I mean look at them! I can't see these 70 year old guys with canes who only care about re-elections being part of this amazing scientific cover up. Another thing, the top physicists in the world say where they are doing their research. Look at MIT's theoretical physics PhD program, or Harvard's aerospace PhD students. The school is proud of it's students and in newsletters states where it's top students have been accepted to work. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Labs for example carry so much prestige that when any student is accepted to work there they are local celebrities in their college. My point is, if you sat down and looked at the numbers you can see where all the brains are at. The US Government isn't exactly bursting with top theoretical scientists on it's payroll

I actually have a friend in the air force. I remember he mentioned it to me once, he is a flight mechanic and was looking at all the different bases you can be stationed at, he was in his chief's office and he flipping through a base register table, something like 800 operational air force bases each with their name and then a sentance about it (location, operation type, division, etc) It was alphabetical and out of curiosity he asked about area 51. His chief lauphed and flipped to the page with the listing and then handed it over to him. It said something like "flight testing and heavy trails of developmental weapons" It went on to give some codes that said you need so and so many years of experience in your field, and you have to have been in the armed forces for more then 15 years due to the classified nature of the projects. You know, Aurora Bombers, SCRAM jets, final testing of the F-35s. Fun stuff. I doubt any aliens though : (

1.) That makes no sense 2.) IQ doesn't change with age, I don't know where people got this idea from 3.) Guaranteed 90% of the people who think they know there IQ, don't. If you haven't taken an official IQ test (a long timed written exam like the Raven, followed by an oral exam done by a licensed psycologist) then you can't trust any "IQ test" be it one done in school or, LOL, the internet ones. My brother took an official 2 1/2 test and was given "in the middle of the one hundred teens". The next month he took the online one you always see and was given a 139. I then proceeded to go through the thing and click all "C's". I was given a 132. I can't remember if I took a real test (I may have, can't recall), but I'd bet mine and most others' here are pretty inaccurate :-$ , especially looking at those figures. I got told that your IQ is your mental age compared with your physical age, so it can change, if your saying your IQ stays the same, what happens when someone suffers a serious blow to the head, pretty sure the IQ may drop a few points, if you study and learn more, pretty sure it can go up. IQ is mental age divided by physical age. True. "if you study and learn more, it can go up". False. You can maybe raise it by 1-5% if you familiarize yourself with the type of questions, but nothing significant. The questions are designed to test the way your mind processes information, not your knowledge. This isn't at all like a standardized test. And your IQ doesn't change significantly over time. Again 5% or so is expected but people don't go from having a 120 at age 13 to having a 150 at age 35.

1.) That makes no sense 2.) IQ doesn't change with age, I don't know where people got this idea from 3.) Guaranteed 90% of the people who think they know there IQ, don't. If you haven't taken an official IQ test (a long timed written exam like the Raven, followed by an oral exam done by a licensed psycologist) then you can't trust any "IQ test" be it one done in school or, LOL, the internet ones. My brother took an official 2 1/2 test and was given "in the middle of the one hundred teens". The next month he took the online one you always see and was given a 139. I then proceeded to go through the thing and click all "C's". I was given a 132.

Why would they want to wait until after Xmas on purpose? Because if people think the PS3 is going to come out in the new year, they won't buy other consoles for Christmas. If they knew beforehand that there was going to be a delay (a 9 month delay), many people would say "screw PS3" and go for the other console for Christmas. Yea 360 was out in November and selling like pretty good. Sony stated "the PS3 is coming out in three months" so most people didn't ask their parents to but a 360 for xmas since they all wanted the ps3 and most families can't buy 2 consoles in half a year. Christmas came and gone then Sony says "Ha, fooled you! It's coming out in November, not February! Lol :P " That was a [puncture] thing to do, plain and simple. Deceiving their fans and stockholders just to try and prevent some people from buying a 360. So the kids that told their parents not to buy a 360 for Xmas '05 were out a console for another year. This happened to my neighbor, but he ended up asking/getting for Wii for Xmas '06 so Sony's play sorta backfired.

As we all know, as you age your hearing gets worse. Fact is the first part to go is your high frequency cilia receptors. So you kids might not have a problem :wink:

Impressive. :D That sounds very interesting. ^_^ Yea, it's pretty interesting. I'm hoping we can publish before I graduate. old school techniques? Yea, I own a 32 piece lock pick set, plug spinner, silicon spray, fiber optic cameras... pretty much all the stuff you see in 70's CIA movies.

Nothing would have changed. We would still be trying to stabilize the country. Well except the fact that instead of being stuck in Iraq for 4 years now, it would be 16 years. It was smart that we left. If we didn't we would be were we are now, an Iraq in chaos and the US attempting to bring order.

-I'm doing research with two professors at my college that involves DNA analysis and the cloning of snails and parasites. -I am legally a citizen of both the United States and the European Union (Poland to be exact). I even have two passports, it's fun going though customs and choosing which one to show. -I can pick any lock you own. Exceptions include some high security locks (ATMs, banks, safes, etc) -I like shiny things

I actually feel sorry for Sony. I mean they spend all this money in R&D and achieve fantastic graphics, and now there totally in a rut. Tiny market share, bad PR, and expensive developing costs means 3rd party companies aren't exactly flocking towards Sony. Yet that's exactly what it needs to get out of this mess. Vicious cycle. Meanwhile Microsoft pays the 3rd party companies well and it has the market majority so it's doing fine. And then the Wii is selling beyond anyone's expectations and the games are easier to create so 3rd party companies are flocking towards it. :-s Well good luck Sony (you'll need it) and fantastic job Nintendo.

I do actually... My old friend is an NES fiend. He got a list of NES games and over the course of a year or so manually downloaded every ROM of every NES game. He gave me the 600MB file on a CD as a graduation present. Seemed pointless to me at the time but it was a great ice breaker with my roommate. Me: Ever play NES? Him: Yea, there was this sweet Where's Waldo game... I loved the music. Classic. Me: No kiddin... here it is. :D Picture of the folder (large file): http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7900/jacobbp8.jpg

I quit in early '05 after almost four years solid. For a long time I was as many of you are now. You can't believe you played that long. I preached that the game was/is a waste of time. Hours spent every day clicking on rocks instead of socializing. As the years passed though I realized that was a fun time of my life. I learned a lot from that game (a lot about how economies function, team strategy, basics of fletching, etc) and I find myself drawing on that knowledge much more often then I thought. Also I am still talk to friends everyday that I meant online. In Wisconsin I would never have made friends with people in Austraila, England, Russia, and California. I know people from each of those places and as we all quit RS and all now attend Universities, out friendship grows. Priceless experiences came from that game. I would do it all over again.

http://news.com.com/2061-10797_3-6155119.html?tag=tb Pie chart version of NexGenWars: http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=013107gv9.jpg Right so apparently Sony realized they're not doing so hot. They state they are thinking about a $100 price drop for the system. My question is, wouldn't an expected future price drop make current people even less likly to buy one since they know it will be cheaper in the future? A comment on CNET brings up some other interesting points: I am not sure I follow. In mid/early november of last year they built the consoles for a cost of ~$840, and sold them retail at $599. Of that $599 sale price, the retailer gets a cut, and there are other associated costs like shipping that likely drove their per console losses into the $280 range.Even after taking their cut of $60/game that number does not leave much room for a price reduction. The real question is, to what extent has the manufacturing cost come down since early/mid November? Assuming the numbers have not changed and they make $20/game profit, it would take selling 14 games to each console buyer to break even. A $100 price cut on the console would bring that number to 19 games. Most people don't have the cash laying around to go buy 19 PS3 games at $60+tax (a $1200 cost) and there are not that many good titles worth playing for the people who do. Another factor to consider though is that Microsoft was making ~$75 a console before the end of last year and could likely afford a price reduction. This would not be a good time for Sony to attempt a price war against Microsoft.

I am freakin pumped. I bought 1+2 and then 4 for the sole fact that I owned FF I, II, and III on the S/NES ages ago. I have FFVI on preorder, I love that game. The plot, the music, the characters, the anti-heroes... flawless. I am eternally gratefully to Nintendo for spending vast resources in it's quest to buy the Final Fantasy rights from Sony. Nintendo know owns the Crystal Chronicals line, the Final Fantasy Tactics line, and now has reclaimed numbers I-VI. :D

Only people smart enough to discover the OT forums are smart enough to talk here :wink:. Lol, no kidding. I think it may have to do with the average age. When people get older (17 or so) they play RS less and less or they quit. After they quit they still want to keep their friends they made on RS so they post here, in Off Topic. I always thought the average RS player's age being like 13, and the average age here like 16 or 17.

...right. You should probably cut back on the quicksilver and angel mist before bedtime

Auron is an unsent, not a dream of the Fayth. Tidus and Jecht were dreams of the Fayth. Hey, thanks for spoiling the entire plot for me there buddy! /not kidding

Holy cow, someone else actually played that game besides me!? :shock: Lol, good topic by the way. I would have to say hands downMafia for PC. Anyone ever play it? I'm not going to go into specifics or spoilers but it just blew me away. You see the game has this unforgettable original theme music, that you only hear in the title menu for like 5 seconds every time you load the game up. And you are kind of unconsciously waiting to hear the music in the game. It unexpectedly happens at the climax of the 8 minute ending scene. And the speech heard in the end? Oscar worthy. Simply unforgettable. *EDIT* Wow, I wasn't alone in my train of thought. Someone actually recorded it and GameSpot shows it: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/mafia ... Tfx5bMLvDM Recommended watch to anyone who has 5-10 minites and never plans on playing the game.

I remember it as it was yesterday as the saying goes. We were sharing current events in 1st hour history class (ironically). When someone who arrived late mentioned they heard there was a blast or something in New York, none of us thought twice of it. Suddenly we heard a yell from the room next to us and 30 seconds later our door was literally kicked open by the teacher from the next room; without explanation he just yelled "Turn on the TV, NOW! Were under attack!" This about 45 seconds after the second plane hit and people just realized what was going on. We watched TV for the next 20 minutes until classes changed. The hallways were abuzz with rumors and then we all got to 2nd hour were we all just kind of stood around for a bit with no one taking attendence. The P.A. turned on and the principal spoke in a grave tone "As many of you now know, the United States is under attack. New York city is getting hit... the Pentagon has been destroyed... please stay calm" Not many of my classmates knew what the Pentagon was (it was 9th grade) so everyone was just exchanging confused looks and then several of them looked and my and my bud: they knew we were both into military stuff. I looked at him and he nodded slowly and broke the silence "...We're going to war"