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Duke

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    what you are watching

    Top Gear's great. Doctor Who recently finished again here so we've gotta wait another 6 months after the rest of the world before we get it again. Holding out for next season of Spooks. Pirou is quite good. NCIS, used to watch that. Only program I really watch at the moment is Bones. I read somewhere they're making a Blackadder special this christmas? That'd be cool.
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    Screensaver Problem

    Ok. I wasn't sure lol. Dell 2208WFP. I installed all the drivers, and I can run the scr files like that. Screensavers havent worked properly even with my old monitor though so I don't think that's the problem... Anyone got any other ideas? Might do a reformat sometime anyway.
  3. Also the fact that on some of the *official* videos that have a higher quality option it DOES make for better viewing.
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    Chinese Democracy

    So here we go: My Review. All 1020 words of it. I've never reviewed an album before so tell me what you think? And then Digg it More.
  5. I actually noticed this today but then thought maybe it's been like that for a while and I just hadn't noticed :S
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    Conspiracy!

    It still makes for an interesting discussion topic as well as having people get really passionate in a forum. Rather amusing but quite good, we can try and be intellectual but let's see how we go. Moon landings? Did the USA land on the moon?
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    Conspiracy!

    Ok I don't think there's much more that can be added to the Twin Towers idea. How about this.... Moon Landing? Yea or Nay?
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    Conspiracy!

    My ban hammer is carefully locked away in my drawer. However the key is right on top of my monitor Besides, we're just having a *friendly* debate...no reason for anyone to go for their hammers unless something catches on fire causing...well FLAMES. ...
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    nazi zombiez

    I havent bothered with COD like Sonic, since #2. Which I still crank out occasionally. They made too many too quick! I have played 4 though and it did seem rather nice.
  10. I swear I thought you were ten years older!! :s

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    I'm baaaaack.

    Ahhh...Mister Hypnotist. We've been expecting you
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    Conspiracy!

    Bly, you still havent responded to this: Maybe instead of trying to tell us all about the scientific stuff that you pretend to - but obviously don't understand why not talk about purpose. Thank goodness for that!
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    Conspiracy!

    You have constantly, ignorantly and blatantly screamed FACTS at all this stuff you're saying and have stated on more than one occasion that you have RESEARCHED. You have not physically shown us one shred.
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    Conspiracy!

    It's a lot different to cover something up under a totalitarian regime than under a democratic government. In a democracy, such as the US the Government is *theoretically* answerable to the people. Thus a lot less things CAN be kept secret. Things do, naturally but it's a completely different ball game. Maybe you should also take a close look at your History. Firstly are we talking about Hiroshima and K...(something I can't remember) where the atomic bombs were dropped or the US bombing of Japan in general? I'm assuming you're referring to the Atomic bombs. I wouldn't go as far as to say it was completely unnecessary. There were other options but when Truman said that in doing that he would have saved hundreds of thousands of American lives. I don't doubt that to be the truth and however heartless as I may sound I think it was the best option from the US point of view in the war. It was still horrible nontheless.
  15. Pretty intense. He's just rocking out a little too much to be honest - just looks really silly (and forced). There's also a pretty funny shot when all the guitarists and the bassist are all standing in pretty much the same stance head banging at pretty much the same time...epic
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    McDonald's Sued Over Nude Photos

    Two Words: Oh Dear.
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    Adventures In Tech Support

    Absolutely 100% the same perception I had! Rofl. DD, i'm surprised you didn't just quit earlier.
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    Musical Musings

    Nice stuff! I'm more your rock musician: Guitar, Drums, Bass and a bit of Amateur Piano.
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    Conspiracy!

    Not everything in the world is logical, or makes sense to you. You can't just shout conspiracy as soon as you come across something that doesn't make sense to your mind. Often things are as simple as they appear, not always but a lot of the time. This said everything in the world is logical to SOMEONE. Everyone is wired so differently to each other something that might be absolutely preposturous to you might make perfect sense to someone else. Let's take your information about the Twin Towers'. Now I have not studied this or claim to be an expert in the field i'm just theoretically stating what's going on. I'm going to look at it from my thought engine which states: Hmm, so there are smaller explosions down the side, so what? A modern building rigged with all kinds of technological paraphernalia must have some sort of things that would explode, maybe it was a gas pipe that blew, I don't know. I'm not an engineer or physicist of any sort and so don't understand the precise workings of what would happen when a plane hits a tower. There might be a valid explanation as to why there would be these explosions, or there might not. It's not everyday that scientists go flying planes into buildings to see what happens, there's a possibility that something completely unexpected (scientifically) happened causing these so called explosions. But let's say i've explored all the possibilities, gone and done my double doctorate in physics and engineering, looked at all the footage from every angle, talked to eye-witnesses, examined the rubble and concluded that there would have had to be internal explosive devices not caused by a plane at all that were set off by someone. Ok so there we go, i've come to the conclusion that it was a conspiracy to some degree or another. BUT. For a conspiracy to come to light you have to have people to plan and execute it. Let's use a list. In order to successfully pull off bombing the twin towers you would need to: Have a reason to destroy the twin towers. Rig the building with explosives that can be controlled from a remote or some sort of 'plane sensor'. Successfully hide the bombs without any of the (however many thousands of people) that work at the twin towers every day. Find a few Al Quadian terrorists who know how to fly planes, have the know-how to get past security and hijack a plane, and want to take part in a suicide bombing. Sync the flying of their planes to coincide with detonation of the bombs. Fly a third plane at the Pentagon. Convince the Government, or Government agencies to be all for this plan. Even when it will seriously lower the US dollar hurting exporters and businesses all around the world. Have all the major media outlets in the country all for it to make sure they only show evidence that suggests that the towers were destroyed by hijacked planes. Make sure all he hundreds of people already involved in this scheme don't breathe a word of it to anybody. It's just too big. You just couldn't pull it off. Give me a valid theory how all the people i've just listed could be convinced to take part in the scheme without whispering a word about it to anyone all this time. People talk, people always talk. It's just too unlikely that there is any *conspiracy* behind it at all. It's just too big.
  20. So does YOUR FACE!

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    Musical Musings

    Ben, you call yourself the CNCNZ Muso, what do you play?
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    Job - Studying towards

    Well i'm currently still at high-school but am going to go from there to uni and study a BA majoring in English Literature and Media Studies to then complete the one year intensive post-grad course in Journalism. I do a lot of part time Sound & Audio work with a local firm and had seriously considered going the same way and did a bit of research into it but unless you really make it big by producing for a big band or something it's a pretty naff job to be doing for the rest of your life really.
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    Video of the day

    It's got Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Michael Palin in it who were all Python members. But that particular sketch was from one of John Cleese's own films: How to Irritate People. The only real difference being that the film was written by Cleese instead of the whole group.
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    McDonald's Sued Over Nude Photos

    There's always the chance that the photos had been taken off it before the staff had *secured it*...and because of that fairly substantial chance and no way to prove otherwise I don't think they'll get very far. Then again, your legal system does seem rather odd...
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