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    Star Wars Trilogy DVD set

    It was probably a change that occurred with the special edition and is not new to the dvd, but I missed the Ewok celebration music at the end. Its funny how fixing continuity issues in Star Wars is seen as bad when fans of every other series would probably invite such changes. If CR redid...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    I've read that pretty much verbatim from the Bush website. That could be a "flip flop" as you say, but you can also reconcile those statements. That said, I'd like to see more context to see if there is actually a shift or if the quotations used a spliced together to make it appear as though...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    I don't see a problem with going to Vietnam and then returning to the US wanting to pull forces out and speaking against the war. Serving in a war and being proud of your service to your country doesn't mean you have to support the war. He used some inexcusable words (like the Ghengis Khan...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    From what I understand, there was a conflict over how to fund the $87 billion. Kerry and other democrats wanted to repeal the tax cuts on the wealthiest 1% (when doesn't he) instead of putting it to deficit spending and were supporting an ammendment to the bill to do so. Not an economist...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Well, if its what day that's really bad. I'm not sure what to make of him, I think you'd probably have to study him a lot. He doesn't do the best job of expressing his positions susinctly in the style needed when all that most people hear are the sound bites. Is that because his positions...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Wow, now I want to respond in the mudslinging before the thread is closed (I give it 10 more posts, 20 max). I don't think any politicians have integrity. Its simple, all you have to do is take responsibility for both the good and the bad, and admit your mistakes. I can understand Clinton...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Word. So everyone else thinks the the Olsen twins are (individually) hot? I mean if I were single I'd go for them on the basis on street cred, but aside from being famous and sought after they are pretty average and really young looking. Plus, in my head they are still 8. It just seems so...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    I don't think Kerry's are even good from far and are clearly the worse looking than Bush's. That said, I've always wondered how anyone could think the Bush girls are hot. Granted, I also don't get that creepy Olsen twins obsession which way too many guys have so it may just be me.
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    I would doubt that because I don't see that being particularily cost effective for a war against terrorists where better intelligence would be much more useful than new weapon systems, but I'm sure the DOD has never stopped wanting to have weapons in space (at least not if cost wasn't a factor)...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Waste of money now, or in 600 years. Better missile defenses against the Kilrathi could save a lot of lives, why not start now? (This is all laughable, I know, the trick is to go with it and not point out the gaping logic holes you could fly a Hvar'kann through sideways) I think fusion...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Yeah, that could well be a result. The idea was that it was supposed to be _funny_ but then people go and get serious... Anyways, some more potential important issues and where the candidates stand (or, more precisely, where I think they stand). Stem Cells: Kerry might be dangerous, he...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Yeah, Bush proposed getting rid of the space shuttle by 2010 in favor of a different platform and establishing a moon base by 2020 as a base to eventually send people to the moon. However, he only allocated a billion dollars over five years to focus NASA on that task and did not specify where...
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    Who to vote for? (for US President)

    Every election year its the same thing. The candidates try to confuse us as to what the real issues are by distracting us with talk of the economy, healthcare, education, and national defense, etc. Talking about Iraq might be fun, but its so narrow it totally misses out on the big picture...
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    Star Trek Online?

    Yeah, I don't think it will be a game I want to play. I'm just hoping that something comes along and shows real promise for the genre. Granted, this wouldn't be anything like a space shooter, but it still potentially shares a lot of elements I would expect from a Privateer Online. But I guess...
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    Star Trek Online?

    Maybe we'll be lucky and the MMORPG will be a giant success, big enough to make EA revisit Privateer Online. Reading the specs reminded me of the expectations I had for Privateer Online back in the day. It sounds like they envision you being able to explore the galaxy on your own (ala being a...
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    I wrote a song parody.

    In the guy's defense, this at least had been news recently. Then again, he added absolutely nothing to the discussion so.... lets stone him!!!
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    velcro.

    To the people who have really nice watches... Are they sufficiently durable to not scratch etc or are you just very careful with them? I always scratch my watches but it may just be because they cheap, but I'm afraid to spend Rolex type cash when I'm afraid I could scratch the heck out of the...
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    Cruiser Confusion

    Oh, I didn't think about other ways my "lego" designation could be interpretted. I really just meant it struck me as a replicator ship, and since replicator blocks are a lot like legos the comment came out. On that note, I searched for pictures of replicator ships online but I couldn't find...
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    Cruiser Confusion

    I thought it looked familiar too, aside from the star trek-ish nacelles, and I just put my finger on it. It really has the feel of an SG-1 replicator ship. It has that hard kind of lego block feel, nondescript black color, and imposing look.
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    Babylon 5

    B5 movies scare me. The show maintained a great plot arch like no other (I own the 4th season DVD and should get the 3rd), but I always though the non-plot episodes were extra painful. The movies, aside from "In the Beginning" didn't connect to the story arch in a meaningful way and I found...