Because they're FRENCH! Duh. Which basically makes them European version of Canadians.

ya'll been trolled


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Good...the French have it coming!

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I think any conflict between US and China is merely wishfull thinking on part of the hawks and bored gamers. The fact is despite their political differences the US and China are in bed together economically which prevent any real shooting war from ever busting loose. There is simply too much money at stake even with Taiwan in the equation, hell the Chinese and Americans more likely to go to war with the French long before they start spilling each other's blood!

Does anyone find it comical that Halsy doesn't even specify whom he's addressing? He may as well be talking to everyone, it wouldn't surprise me.

heh yeah.

But, I didn't come here (this time) for political discussion, but I would just say something about voxels:
I think the problems were several:
1)Early 3D accelerators set a trend for accelerating polygonal graphics, along with all the subsequent bells and whistles we are used to. Had voxel accelerators (which do exist!) become the norm we might be in a different place.
2) Early voxel engines had serious aliasing issues, and therefore looked ugly (whatever people thought of Outcast, it suffered terribly) in comparison to polygonal engines. Also, engine licencing became a big deal, and Carmack and Sweeney (among others) went off down the polygon route.
3) This was made worse by the fact that because voxels are quite computationally (if that's a word) expensive, resolutions had to be kept low. Outcast ran at a max of 512x384, IIRC (actually, I don't recall that sort of information at all, I looked it up). Of course, had accelerators taken off, this might not have been. But they didnt.

That is so much more information than anyone asked for, and I'm no graphics programmer, but it's a brief respite from the Israel/Palestine conflict I'm sure many are tiring of.

Anyway, carry on!!

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You obviously know zero about middle-eastern politics and history, but it's always amusing to hear from the peanut gallery. Try getting yourself an actual education sometime, scooter.

Does anyone find it comical that Halsy doesn't even specify whom he's addressing? He may as well be talking to everyone, it wouldn't surprise me.

~Steve

I will tell you the real truth, the truth that you can't see.......yet.

Israel will be attacked by China, Eurpope and the Middle East and guess what, it will WIN. The reason the vast majority of the world are against Israel is because they are GODS people and Satan wants them all dead.

Islam is Satans religon, they think they are worshipping GOD, they don't even know who GOD is, they are totally blind, Satan has them in his palm.

I don't expect anything but ridicule for this post, I don't expect anyone to take it serious. But just for a laugh, remember what I said and when the day comes you will remember it well!

Jesus Is the only way to Victory! And when u see the above events happen, call out his name and you will be saved.

You obviously know zero about middle-eastern politics and history, but it's always amusing to hear from the peanut gallery. Try getting yourself an actual education sometime, scooter.


"To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous."
- George Orwell

The History channel just had a program in which they discussed how Krystalnacht was orchestrated by Kosher Hot Dog vendors

I think maybe you misunderstood something.

http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/knacht.html

~Steve

it was customary at the time for kosher hotdogs to be served raw in a paper cub full of mayonaise

There is just something sooo perverted about that...

The idea of a "middle east coalition" is not terribly removed from reality. The idea of pan-arabism still resonates strongly in the arab streets. Osama Bin Laden is essentailly vieing with other middle east leaders (qadafi, arafat etc) for popular support under the banner of uniting the arab world and returning it to its former glory, under islam specifically in his case. (a widely sought goal and one essential to understanding the current anti-american pathos in the middle east). While most middle east leaders support the US, they do so contrary to what the poor disillusioned throngs around them want. Saudi Arabia needs our support to keep from falling into the hands of the wahhabiist mob/electorate that would be quite fond of a strong united arab world. And as for China, there is no reason to assume that they are benign just because they dont say much on the global stage. In their region, they are quite powerful and their political and military clout is felt by many small countries around them whose inhabitants worry that china may just up and decide to annex them. In either case, both hypothetical, they make for an interesting game and short-sighted ignoramuses should refrain from "weighing in" on non-issues they do not understand.

I agree on how "middle east coalition" is a bad decision for a name. Afterall, most of the middle eastern nations supported the US during the first Gulf War. And much of the war bill of that war was paid for by Saudi Arabia and eventually Kuwait. (85% of the Gulf War was paid for by foreign countries, according to the Dept of Defense) C&C Generals had the GLA: Global Liberation Army. Something like that is more suitable. Finally, why the heck is modern China constantly being shown as the new enemy in movies and games?! I feel like if you really look at what's going on over there right now, and then study China's 20th century history as a whole.. you find no reason to believe China will be attacking the US, or join the "Axis of Evil". That being said, the Chinese government *does* believe the US will eventually attack THEM. And there are decent amounts of history to show the US is quite capable of doing that. (Visit the National Security Archive's website and look for the de-classified documents where the Joint Chief of Staffs seriously consider using nuclear weapons to kill millions of Chinese civilians in the 1950s [collateral damage of course].. sheesh! It's been 50 years since such talk was acceptable, but 50 years is not considered a long time in many political circles.....)

The History channel just had a program in which they discussed how Krystalnacht was orchestrated by Kosher Hot Dog vendors upset over a city sanitary/public health ordinance that required that they cook hotdogs before serving them to customers (it was customary at the time for kosher hotdogs to be served raw in a paper cub full of mayonaise). The hot dog vendors went berzerk and began smashing all the store front windows and scaring local merchants who they felt were responsible for killing their business and attacking their culture. pretty interesting...

The definition of Judaism definitely goes beyond religion. That's why you can have secular Jews. I'm an atheist, but I'm also Jewish.

Jew ( P ) Pronunciation Key (j)
n.

1. An adherent of Judaism as a religion or culture.
2. A member of the widely dispersed people originally descended from the ancient Hebrews and sharing an ethnic heritage based on Judaism.
3. A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.

~Steve

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At least we can agree that Tony B. is a little bitch. Case closed.

Oh, yeah, and Neil Bush had a dinner date scheduled with the brother of Ronald Reagan's attempted assassin on the very night of the shooting! Small world...or failed coup d'etat!? GeeDubya's grandfather's funding of Hitler was shut down by the federal government over a year after Pearl Harbor under the Trading With the Enemies Act! And how can the Director of the CIA/Vice President of the United States somehow miss several massive and critical "mistakes" such as dissolving the Iraqi government and installing Hussein in its place, arming Hussein with chemical and conventional weapons, arming Osama bin Laden with conventional weapons, etc. etc.?!

Sorry.

Alright, alright, I'll bite.

Before I say my point. Judaism is a religion, but a Jew is also considered part of a race depending on who you talk to. The Tribes of Israel. It's a little of both and can get a bit murkey. The Caucaisians (Ashkenazi, as they are called) are real Jews, they've just mingled with Germanic and Plish people for centuries, while the Sephardim mingled more with the Spaniards. You have to remember the Jews were exiled from their land. They didn't just one day chose to adopt Judaism.

Now the point is, HAMAS vows killing every Jew. This is their official platform. It's what they strive to do.
Israel does not strive to kill every Arab. Nor every Muslim. There are Muslim and Arab Israelis.

Do you see the difference? It's not just semantics. It's a very important detail. I assure you, there's nothing more than any of these countries want is peace. But they won't get it, because these Wahhibists will never capitulate, or agree to peace. Russia is learning the hard way. China is too, but you wont hear much from that vacuum of freedom. India gets it regularly, Spain is just now tasting it (they were formerly Muslim land, so they are high on the list of People to Blow Up (tm)).

Yes, we are all small fry, no matter how the world evolves. We do our part. I disagree that Bush/Sharon/Blair are not loyal to their nation. Perhaps Blair a bit (he seems intent on selling it out to the EU) but the others are doing as much possible to avoid destruction. This is far from controlled chaos, it may look like it if you believe all that, but when you meet some of these people who think like the Islamic terrorists (I have), you will understand a broader picture. It's one devoid of people like you or I and it certainly isn't Bush or Sharon trying to kill us. The Wahhibists would love us dead, and I'm not joking.

Right. BF2, you know. Uh...shit. There's not really much on-topic fodder to discuss here, is there? Maybe they should think about coming up with a game concept that hasn't been done a million times already.

So I guess it will perhaps be, overall, a satisfactory game at least worthy of purchase, while not necessarily groundbreaking in any particular aspect. I also am hoping it includes this feature and that feature, and that it does not suck.

BF2 looks pretty sweet, eh?

Yeah, well, there's really nothing available to discuss concerning BF2, so fuck it.

Hey, here's some more:

B: What is your point? Judaism is also a religion, not a race. Semites are not Jews, they are those native to the Semitic language group (Hebrew and Arabic, among others), meaning more Palestinians are Semites than are Israelis. Many Israelis, in fact, are Caucasians with utterly no "biblical", god-granted claim to the territory they inhabit and expand; they happen to be decendants of peoples who simply chose to adopt Judaism ca. 1400-1500A.D.

That's all pointless, though. It's fucking bullshit semantics. It's splitting hairs with a jackhammer. The point is that the Israeli elite (regardless of the wishes of the Israeli populace), is the driving force behind the 40-plus years of perpetual slaughter. They don't want peace. The U.S. doesn't want peace. The U.K. doesn't. The Russians don't. Those who profit the most from controlled (by them) chaos in the "only coincidentally" most valuable location on earth don't much give a shit about those who live there or, say, those who work in New York skyscrapers.

It's not very comforting to accept that we're all just playing pieces, but human history has proven over and over and over again that we are. That's how it is. You and I are just lucky enough to have escaped being tossed into the grinder thus far.

There's no point defending oft-proven criminals such as Mr. Bush, Mr. Sharon or Mr. Blair. They're bad, bad fuckers dripping snakeoil, and they can't reflect on even the most trusting of us because they don't give a shit about us. They have no loyalty to any nation, only themselves.

P.S.: B, one friendly suggestion: consider utilizing seperate paragraphs to better convey your thoughts. Some people (or myself, at least) can't be bothered to glance twice at a massive block of solid text.

This comment was edited on Apr 20, 18:42.