I was saying in the first post that I see the Chinese government as enforcing torture in their correctional system, when governments are supposedly the ones who look after the people.

Yes, a bit naive. 

About why the Brits and Germans can't understand each other.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13545386 

"Their Operas go on for three or four days... and they have no word for 'fluffy'." 

That is a rather fascinating article. I will now talk to the Germans in British tones, and to Brits in German tones from now on. Linguistics is a fun subject, isn't it? :) 

Why did you post a 404 link to GMail? 

 

http://contest.thinkingwithportals.com/

Pretty simple, make a single test chamber for single player or coop with only Valve assets in like 2 weeks. 

That is a rather fascinating article. I will now talk to the Germans in British tones, and to Brits in German tones from now on. Linguistics is a fun subject, isn't it? :)


You needed 171 characters just to say that?

You guys really are unworthy of assimilation. I'm glad we overdesigned our equipment until we lost the war, because dealing with everybody's inefficiency 24/7 would be worse.

/humour 

Xenophobia is so beneath me.


However... overall, our level of historical cultural guilt is waaaaaay bigger than yours. 

I should give up on humour. 

Why you German?

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/31/pentagon-cyber-attacks-count-acts-war/ 

Cyber wars should stay cyber. Otherwise it becomes a very slippery slope. A criminal act, or an act of espionage, isn't the same as an act of war.

Sabotage might be closer, but cybersabotage is super hard to pin on someone (stuxnet). 

it maybe useful to attack anyone us want 

Hey don't need a reason. Examples: afghan war, iraq war, war on drugs, patriot act, &c. 

 

I think that's a bit sensational journalism because of 'THE INTERNET' factor of the story.

I'd say it's pretty obvious that an attack that targets and shuts down infastructure, no matter how it's delivered, would be an act of war in most country's books, which is what I think is what the Pentagon was actually talking about. 

Hey can a veteran do a playthrough of the old mod Blood mage? It seems pretty good but I am stuck on the second level. 

Also, does anyone have the Blood mage patch? 

Yeh. It's all about equivalence (their word, not mine), responding to damage caused with similar levels of damage even if by non-digital means.

Still, there's the dodgy blurring between civilian/government action but then that's not that different to espionage as it's always been carried out. Just now the spies are routinely carrying EMPs (effectively). But yeh, not that I agree with western military policy in the slightest, but this is no difference to the co-operation between MI6 and the SAS/military that's always occured in this country, just with computers.

Altho tbh, I just read the entire article as the US army wanting to bomb anon/4chan. Can't blame 'em there ;p 

OK, I'm on the team for RMQ, and I dont think it's going to be 'the future' so-to-speak. People will always like good 'ole Quake for what it is, and RMQ isn't gonna change that, just the same as Quoth didnt change that. And - yeah - it's a travesty that if you buy Quake on Steam you dont get the soundtrack!!!! How dare they!!! 

...not again :/ 

I mean RMQ is gonna be a great thing! Loads of added features to the original Quake, alterations and improvements, some hefty maps etc. But after Nahahra was born, Quoth, and other stuff like that - people still play the original, people still map for the original, you know - vanilla Quake has a great style in its simplicity. I dunno - I'm often grumpy or a pain in the ass in the mornings, I just didnt want people fighting again. 

been playing custom levels in my steam version of HL and soundtrack actually *is* included. For the record. Also, still have my Quake CD, so that's also covered.