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mateya

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  1. this is too funny to be missed

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/02/turkish.movie.ap/

     

    The film comes on the heels of a novel, "Metal Storm," about a war between Turkey and the U.S., which has been a best-seller for months.

    "The scenario is great," Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas told The Associated Press after the film was shown at a posh opening gala Tuesday night. "It was very successful."

     

    The movie's American stars are Billy Zane, who plays a self-professed "peacekeeper sent by God," and Gary Busey as the Jewish-American doctor.

     

    In the movie, one of the Turkish special forces officers commits suicide to save his honor. His farewell letter reaches Polat Alemdar, an elite Turkish intelligence officer who travels to northern Iraq with a small group of men to avenge the humiliation.

    There they find a rogue group of U.S. soldiers led by officer Sam William Marshall - played by Zane. In the bloodfest that ensues, the small band of Turks bonds with the people of Iraq and eventually ends American atrocities there, killing Zane and his men in the final scene.

  2. just for the record, "maverick" is a completely different user and person than myself

     

    so incase he gets punished, i do not wish to accidentally be mistaken for him, again :(

     

    I will back you up Mav - I couldnt mix you two up in total darkness, in the dark I would just follow your cursing ;) and besides, I have a date with maverick to eat that goat head of his - he said that he will bring the wine :)

  3. I can't see it as anything other than a benevolent tyranny' date=' where Nite is the one with ultimate power, delegated in lesser degrees to the moderators. [/quote']

     

    Does the tyranny still apply if you can freely go if you dont like it here? This place is truly a tyrants place, who he created and we are all guests here so to speak - so can this be called tyranny afterall (and is it as much improper as monarchy)?

    I always thought that the word tyranny is used when the land/place is forcefully taken and people cant escape the tyrant but this is not the case here..

  4. About the mods - If they are not necessary' date=' than we would still be without them, now wouldnt we? But obviously this is not tha case..[/quote']

    This is circular reasoning. You are concluding that the reason we have them is that they are necessary, and the reason they must be necessary is that we have them.

     

    Not at all. I was referring that there was a time when they were not present and when the situation progressed that moding was needed, it was introduced. If everything would be peachy all the time, we would still be without them, belive me. But alas.. We dont have mods around becose someone thought it was "cute" to have them :p

  5. Monarchy maybe. It wouldn't be a democracy obviously' date=' since Nite gets the final say in all things his. Some how I think if it was a government all us poor American fans would be forced to menial labor while the rest of the world's fans get to sit back and watch trek 24/7 >_<[/quote']

     

    Liberal monarchy where you watch trek 24/7? Im in ;)

     

    About the mods - If they are not necessary, than we would still be without them, now wouldnt we? But obviously this is not tha case..

  6. Have to warn you though' date=' Matrox is not the cheapest brand out there, they mostly specialise in professional high quality 2d equipment.

     

    Oh, yeah, I have Matrox and it was not cheap - but it works like a charm and it is the best for 2d graphics, if you need that (and I do).

  7. Like GlaC I saw Voyager first andi I always come back to Voyager as my favorite. As netshark puts it nicely, I liked "freedom due to independence of the Federation". I like DS9 too - very close behind on my list. The story arcs were just great in later seasons :)

  8. You scored as Enterprise D (Star Trek).

    You have high ideals and know in your heart that humanity will continue to evolve in a better people. No matter what may happen, you have faith in human beings. A rare quality. Now if only the Borg would quit assimilating people.

     

    Oh bummer, I would have to bear with Troi and Wesley - constantly..

  9. Hmm, a tough one..

    My top 5 in no particular order:

    McKay/Zelenka as a pair - hilarious :D

    Shep

    O'Neill

    Thor

    Teal'c

     

    Oh and as I am a designer, I prefer P-90 - they are way prettier ;)

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