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  1. Warin

    Gun politics

    Dude... you have an issue that the VA could help you with but you dont want to get help because you are worried about your firearms? That makes me very sad.... your nation puts those programs into place to support the men and women that put themselves into harms way, and to not be able to access them... gah.
  2. Warin

    Gun politics

    Well, here is a whole bundle of crazy: NRA executive VP says that Obama NOT enacting stronger gun control is a sure sign that he is planning to. Gun nuts, or just plain nuts?
  3. Warin

    The Thing 2011

    Good heavens. A remake of a remake! Third time around... Crazy. I know a few people in a tiny little town here in British Columbia that have phone books saved from when they were filming there, as the actors all stayed in town and got phones and ended up being listed in thte directory.
  4. Warin

    Codemasters Guildford Studio to close!

    eems like a lot of justifiable schadenfreude in this thread! Even though I havent been active in the community for a good while, I made certain to correct my gamer friends who were excited about OFP products from Codemasters based on their positive opinions of the original BIS product. I refused to buy any of the CM OFP products because deep down I knew they wouldnt meet the standards that BIS set with the original. It is sad that the people in the studio have lost their jobs. However, I suspect they will not be unemployed long if they are competent designers, artists, and coders.
  5. Warin

    Which guns do you own

    I always find it amusing when Americans talk about the Democratic Party as "Lefties" The Democrats are far to the right of even the most moderate European or Canadian "leftist" party. :D I will save a discussion of Obama and the 2012 election cycle for the American politics thread so as not to derail the discussion here.
  6. Warin

    Which guns do you own

    I doubt it will ever happen. If it didnt happen under Bush II it just wont. As for Obama, I seem to remember a shriek fest that as soon as he took office all sorts of crazy anti-gun legislation would happy. Funny that it didn't, right? I think that Obama is well aware of the power of the gun lobby and has absolutely no interest in making trouble he essentially doesn't need. Up here in Soviet Canuckistan our gun laws are far more onerous, but I can buy a Norc, or if I want to shell out the big bucks, a TAR-21... both of which are unavailable in the US. Whats up with that? :) edit: Criminals can get pretty much any firearms they want these days, full auto or not... so arguing that a ban on new civilian full auto weapons keeps them out of the hands of criminals is disingenuous. The truth probably lies in LEOs and other government agencies wanting to keep full auto weapons out of the hands of those who are law abiding citizens but may want to "make a stand" at some point.
  7. Warin

    Which guns do you own

    Yeah, one of the Norc clones. The importer I want to buy from has a solid warranty on them and it really is a reasonable price, and most of the folks I have talked to who have bought one are generally happy with them.
  8. Warin

    9/11 10th Anniversary

    Giulliani is an complete moron as far as I am concerned. A statement like that completely takes away the sense of the despair and hopelessness those that jumped must have felt. It dishonours them as far as I am concerned. 9/11 was one of those moments that will be seared forever in the brains of those who were old enough to understand what was going on on that fateful day. I think it changed the world in a significant way and its repercussions are felt to this day. Whether the change is for the better or for the worse it will be many more decades along before it is understood.
  9. Warin

    Which guns do you own

    [quote name=suhsjake;2018504 Ruger 10/22 - Just plain fun to plink with - Fiber optic sights I would like to own a 7.62 AK or 9mm AR' date=' but those will be in the future.[/quote] THe 10/22 is one of the best rimfire designs ever made! I’ve wanted one of those for nearly 30 years now! Being up here in Canada, you need a special license to purchase and possess firearms. To get it you need to take the course and I have just never gotten around to it. I keep meaning to though! The 10/22 (or quite possible the SR22) would be my first purchase, followed closely by an SKS... one of the few Soviet bloc weapons you can buy legally in Canada. The entire AK series and anything that even remotely looks like it is entirely prohibited in Canada. I also want an M14 knock off of some sort and some sort of handgun. I really like the Ruger SR9 for a reasonably priced 9mm, but I’d also love a .45 1911 style as well.
  10. Warin

    PC Discussion Thread - All PC related in here.

    Umm... I cant remember. I dont have the budget sheet on my notebook right now. Hehe. It is, actually, two Mac Pro workstations with dual 30" Cinema HD monitors. Video editing work, so the Mac platform is much better (Final Cut Pro is awesome) in the same price range. We looked at Avid workstations, but for the same price the Mac systems are better.
  11. Warin

    PC Discussion Thread - All PC related in here.

    They could also be using attached storage of some variety, running only the OS and a couple of core applicaions from the onboard drive. I have two workstations coming, each one configured like this: Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" Processors 4GB (4 x 1GB) 667mhz DDR2 Memory 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI) 2 x 30" Widescreen LCD's
  12. Warin

    Halo Wars

    I agree on the Starcraft comment. It was one of the most balanced and enjoyable RTS games I've ever played. Of course, the story rocked too, and that has a lot to do with how good a game is. Most RTS games have a throw away story, really. It takes away from the cohesiveness.
  13. Warin

    The Iraq thread 4

    God, I hope not :P The ultimate way to cheapen a sacrifice like this is to use it so shamelessly.
  14. Warin

    The Iraq thread 4

    I see a Medal of Honour for this guy. Â I think it's exactly the sort of thing the award was meant for... the instant and selfless act intended to save your comrades. The cynic in me sees the Pentagon totally going to town making this guy into super hero as a propaganda ploy, which is sad.
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    Another attack?

    Even weirder is that he plane is equipes with a parachute system designed to save the airframe and passengers in the event of mechanical or control failure. Safety features also include loads of warning systems. I'd say that something pretty major happened in that cockpit, in terms of failure, if Lidle had no time to engage any contingency features.
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