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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 3:33:29 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 3:34:34 PM   
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Tithe....same here.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 3:43:02 PM   
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You’ve got Whiners voice from whining, Squinter’s eyes, and chronic fear
I don’t know but you might have Fanboy rabies
But worst of all young man you’ve got WITP disease"
He wrote me a prescription he said "You are depressed
But I’m glad you came to see me to get this off your chest
Come back and see me later - next patient please
Send in another victim of WITP disease"



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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 6:02:30 PM   
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in my biz law class they combined law and ethics...


Is it wrong to cheat on this exam?



It's probably required!!

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 6:30:45 PM   
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in my biz law class they combined law and ethics...


Is it wrong to cheat on this exam?



It's probably required!!

Cheating is simply a matter of perspective. What is cheating to one person is simply retro-studying to another.

Edit: After all we must remain fair and balanced and recognize that there are two sides here.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 6:50:05 PM   
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Cheating is simply a matter of perspective. What is cheating to one person is simply retro-studying to another.

Edit: After all we must remain fair and balanced and recognize that there are two sides here.


Obviously a Lawyer Fanboy!!

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 6:52:36 PM   
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Cheating is simply a matter of perspective. What is cheating to one person is simply retro-studying to another.

Edit: After all we must remain fair and balanced and recognize that there are two sides here.


Obviously a Lawyer Fanboy!!

Or a Fox News Fanboy?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 6:57:59 PM   
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I love Fridays, its piza and beer night.

I once heard that there are more lawyers in Seattle than in all of Japan.

probably Bill Gates doing, it takes a lot of minions to staff an evil empire.


Just remember, Bill Gates knows what's best for you.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:01:27 PM   
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Ode to Wake Island Redux:

Hope’s dashed to the floor
And shattered Speedy's dreams
Invading Wake Island
Can make a player scream

(bridge 1)
That walk in the park can become a bad dream
Penguins are laughing and mocking my schemes
This is the only escape from it all:
Imitate the Leopard seal mating call!

(chorus)
Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
(Waiting for Speedy)
Oh, Wake Island is waiting

We don't need a plan
We've got nerves of steel
Speedy's troops retreated
Tell us what’s deal.

(bridge 2)
You’re bombing, you’re shelling, a freefire spree
I never want this to happen to me
Don't try invading, you're wasting your time
Wake Island’s waters are heavily mined!

Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
Oh, Wake Island is waiting
Waiting for Speedy
(Waiting for Speedy)
Oh, Wake Island is waiting

That walk in the park can become a bad dream
Penguins are shooting and firing at me
This is the only escape from it all:
Bombing those penguins until they fall.



Is it Redux or Reflux, Speedy?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:05:45 PM   
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I love Fridays, its piza and beer night.

I once heard that there are more lawyers in Seattle than in all of Japan.

probably Bill Gates doing, it takes a lot of minions to staff an evil empire.


Just remember, Bill Gates knows what's best for you.

OMG Mike, with current events, there are so many political motivated answers to this my head may explode!

So...moving right along. How's work going? Did they ever unchain you from your desk?



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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:10:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh yeah, I had the weekend off, sort of. The wife decided that the whole family had to go clothes shopping.

I haven't done that in years. Pain in the ass. Talk about a way to cause fights in the family.

Good news is that my opponent fixed his problem and our game is back on.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:15:22 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:16:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have learned that the way to speed my wife up when she is clothes shopping is to find the raciest thing I can and loudly ask her to try it on. If that doesn't work I start holding it in front of me and asking her how it looks.

I may get the cold shoulder but it gets us out of the store and gives me more time on the computer since she will shut me out for a few days.

You would figure that after a few years she would know better than to take me along.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:18:37 PM   
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Oh yeah, I had the weekend off, sort of. The wife decided that the whole family had to go clothes shopping.

My condolenses.

I can hear it now.
wife: "honey does this dress make my hips look fat?"
Mike: *looking desperate* "Hey what about this blue dress over here?"

Just kidding Mike. GF and I always close shop seperately. Its in out contract "And the party of the first part (the bf) and the party of the second part (the gf MkI) agree heretofore never to shop for clothing at the same time in the same location. Any breech of this agreement may null and void any prior agreements entered into..."

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Good news is that my opponent fixed his problem and our game is back on.

Praise the Thread!

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:55:36 PM   
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Myths - well OK, there are several common ones associated with the battle, which seemed to have arisen mainly from one guy (Fuchida) who had an agenda when he published his book that intorduced the myths to the English-speaking world:

2. Adm. Yamamota devised the Aleutian campaign as a diversion to lure the Americans fleet out of Pearl Harbor;


Really? Then what was the Aleutian campaign?


it was a plan forced on Yamamoto by Adm. Nagano, Head of the Navy, who was (supposedly) Adm. Yamamoto's superior. The Navy also forced carrier support of the Port Moresby operation, leading to the Battle of Coral Sea. The unavailability of 2 fleet carriers (and a CVL) was a contributing factor to the IJN defeat at Midway.


Okay, but why? What was Adm. Nagano expecting or hoping would result from adding the Aleutians to the operation?


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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 7:59:23 PM   
Mike Solli


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That's good Mike. What did he do to fix it?

Steven


He reinstalled Andrew Brown's map. That did it.

My hard drive is partitioned. I'm considering installing the Nik Mod in the partition just to mess with it. What map do you use?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 8:00:05 PM   
Mike Solli


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I have learned that the way to speed my wife up when she is clothes shopping is to find the raciest thing I can and loudly ask her to try it on. If that doesn't work I start holding it in front of me and asking her how it looks.

I may get the cold shoulder but it gets us out of the store and gives me more time on the computer since she will shut me out for a few days.

You would figure that after a few years she would know better than to take me along.


Gotta try that.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 8:12:56 PM   
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I have learned that the way to speed my wife up when she is clothes shopping is to find the raciest thing I can and loudly ask her to try it on. If that doesn't work I start holding it in front of me and asking her how it looks.


The first sentence is good, she might even buy it for herself!

The second sentence, however, definitely falls in the category of "Too Much Information".

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 8:25:46 PM   
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Myths - well OK, there are several common ones associated with the battle, which seemed to have arisen mainly from one guy (Fuchida) who had an agenda when he published his book that intorduced the myths to the English-speaking world:

2. Adm. Yamamota devised the Aleutian campaign as a diversion to lure the Americans fleet out of Pearl Harbor;


Really? Then what was the Aleutian campaign?


it was a plan forced on Yamamoto by Adm. Nagano, Head of the Navy, who was (supposedly) Adm. Yamamoto's superior. The Navy also forced carrier support of the Port Moresby operation, leading to the Battle of Coral Sea. The unavailability of 2 fleet carriers (and a CVL) was a contributing factor to the IJN defeat at Midway.


Okay, but why? What was Adm. Nagano expecting or hoping would result from adding the Aleutians to the operation?


I've always heard they did it for a buffer zone. If the allies establish bases out on the tip of the isalnds, it's a short hop across to Japan.

Another theory i have heard was psycological warfare. Take some of the enemy's home territory.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 8:54:15 PM   
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Myths - well OK, there are several common ones associated with the battle, which seemed to have arisen mainly from one guy (Fuchida) who had an agenda when he published his book that intorduced the myths to the English-speaking world:

2. Adm. Yamamota devised the Aleutian campaign as a diversion to lure the Americans fleet out of Pearl Harbor;


Really? Then what was the Aleutian campaign?


it was a plan forced on Yamamoto by Adm. Nagano, Head of the Navy, who was (supposedly) Adm. Yamamoto's superior. The Navy also forced carrier support of the Port Moresby operation, leading to the Battle of Coral Sea. The unavailability of 2 fleet carriers (and a CVL) was a contributing factor to the IJN defeat at Midway.


Okay, but why? What was Adm. Nagano expecting or hoping would result from adding the Aleutians to the operation?


I've always heard they did it for a buffer zone. If the allies establish bases out on the tip of the isalnds, it's a short hop across to Japan.

Another theory i have heard was psycological warfare. Take some of the enemy's home territory.


Shattered Sword claimed the first - buffer zone, as they were worried the Allies might advance along that axis...

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 9:09:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have Morrison's 15 volume history of the US Navy and have been reading about the Aleutions recently. The US did attempt the northern route through the Aleutions and discovered it was prohibitive. Their op losses were in excess of 90% of the total losses due to weather. Between that and the horrible weather reducing the available flying weather, they decided another route was preferable.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 9:13:01 PM   
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Shattered Sword claimed the first - buffer zone, as they were worried the Allies might advance along that axis...

I find this to be quite a usefull strategy in the game as well for both sides. In one game my opponent and I are jousting of Noaname (sp) atoll, for that very reason.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 9:19:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		I did some research on the Aelutians about 6 months ago as well when I was considering creating two scenarios for the Aelutian campaign (one historical and one "what-if"). Weather was a serious concern and was the main reason I didn't go forward with the plans for the scenario. Basically, I found that the weather there was far worse then what was modeled in WitP and it would be hard to do a realistic historical version. I considered some work arounds like moding the accuracy of the planes down, etc. but that wouldn't really work as some days, on rare occasions, the weather is actually clear and bomber accuracy would be much higher. Plus, it's a forgotten part of the war and finding OOB for the theater was tough. All I could find was information for Anchorage and the actual battles.

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 9:52:11 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:00:20 PM   
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Bingie-Bangie-Dingie-Dangie...

Further proof that spam is bad for you...it eats the brain

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:01:03 PM   
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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:20:40 PM   
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Je pas manger le

Nr, is u spam geworden en Nik is heritic

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:21:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		The roads are full of idiots... Case in point: I was almost in a traffic accident today.

I'm on the bus, morning commute to school. We come up to an intersection where my bus is supposed to turn right. Another bus is in the neighbouring lane, set to drive straight ahead once the lights change from red to green. Thus, there's a gap between my bus' front left and the other's rear right. When that gap is about 10 feet and diminishing, a small car zips in between the two busses. Just like that! And for what? So this f*cking idiot could be first in line for the lights to change.

What the hell is wrong with this sort of people?

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:24:26 PM   
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Je pas manger le

Nr, is u spam geworden en Nik is heritic


Most likely...

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RE: The Thread!!! - 5/15/2006 10:42:48 PM   
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What the hell is wrong with this sort of people?

Maybe too much spam?

Actually, I sympathize, I feel like I am living in a state that may have the worlds worst drivers (COlorado). Of course, what should I expect with a place that seems to be predominantly urban redneck. Two weekends ago when GF and I were in California, we actually noted how, compared to Colorado, the drivers were calm, curteous and attentive.

On that note I also had someone actually tell me the other day that they were proud to be considered an urban redneck - a new classification in our population. I asked them point blank if they proud to self-identify with a group of people that was stereo-typed as uneducated, ill-mannered and prejudiced, while simultaneously not possessing the ethics of hard-work, self-determination and responsibility that one generally gains having grown up in an actual rural/farm environment. At this point the "gentleman" just blinked at me and repeated that he was proud to be an urban redneck.

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