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    posted a message on Do Aliens exist?
    Quote from "interception" »
    See, you can't understand it, nor can I :P

    The extra dimensions that physicists talk about all has to do with string theory and its parent, M-theory. Currently there are 7 extra "curled-up" dimensions arising from the theory's mathematical framework. They exist to give strings extra degrees of freedom to move in, and they exist at every point in the universe. String theory....I could go on but I'm already pretty much off topic :P
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    posted a message on Do Aliens exist?
    @xq-Style

    The Big Bang didn't occur at some point in the universe. You're imagining densely packed matter expanding outward into already existing space. That's not the case: space and even time didn't exist outside of the big bang, they expanded outward along with energy.

    There are different theories about the form of the universe. It could be finite but unbound, like the surface of a sphere. If that was the case, you could go in a straight line in space and eventually return to the point you started at.

    Anyways the most likely scenario given our current data is rather bleak. There's not enough mass to cause the universe to stop expanding so it will continue expanding and smoothing out until there is nothing left but a uniform radiation barely above absolute zero. Entropy 1, Existence 0.
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    posted a message on What would you do?
    Quote from "emilemil1" »
    The question is impossible to answer for me :( It is like asking:

    "What would you do if 1+1 suddently was 3?"

    It is impossible! But I guess it would mean that the balance in the universe would be shaken. Our world would collapse for infinity or have a eternal explosion. So the answer to the question would be: Die...

    Seriously. Mark my words, gentlemen: if Diablo 3 sucks, I will eat my own head.
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    posted a message on One Among the Few and Proud...
    Quote from "LinkX" »

    Waiver?...

    Yeah you can appeal for a waiver to get in. How serious was the medical stuff holding you back? If you can prove that whatever it is won't stop you from doing your job, you have a shot.

    My recruiter cut the hell out of his hand on a gutter while in the DEP, severing tendons...real bad. His recruiter was pissed and told him "good luck ever joining now." His hand heals up and a few years later, he randomly meets a master sergeant who tells him "have you tried getting a waiver?" Turns out all he had to do was go to MEPS and prove to the doc that his hand functioned. 5 minutes.

    Talk to a recruiter about getting a waiver for whatever it is. I don't know exactly what you'll have to do, but it's definitely worth a shot.
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    posted a message on One Among the Few and Proud...
    Quote from "LinkX" »
    I almost went to airforce...but then medical mumbo jumbo stopped me. :(
    *coughgoairforcecough*

    Are you not able to get a waiver? My recruiter was joining at 19, then screwed up his hand on a gutter and waited til he was 23 before he realized he could get a waiver :P

    Congrats Carloseus, you should be proud as hell to be a Marine. What will you be doing as a reservist? I mean do you just go in once a month for PT or something?
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    posted a message on Games to Watch For
    Quote from "dunhac82" »
    Borderlands www.borderlandsthegame.com

    A co-op fps with vehicular combat and rpg elements reminiscent of Diablo, as well as a beautiful art style? Sign me up.
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    posted a message on Games to Watch For
    What games are you looking forward to?

    Dragon Age: Origins

    From BioWare, the best rpg developer in the business and easily one of the top 3 game companies as far as I'm concerned. If Dragon Age turns out half as good as their previous titles (Knights of the old Republic, Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate, NWN...) we'll have something fun to play.
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    posted a message on Respecs can be expected (confirmed, i guess)
    You're all assuming respeccing will be easy to do on a whim. Fact is, we don't know how they'll implement it. It could be retardedly expensive, or limited (as in you can only move X points).
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    posted a message on America going to Socialism?
    Quote from "Lydeck" »
    And the Government HAS to do some things. There are FAR too many stupid people in this country for us to have a small limited government. We'd self implode. lol

    Oh, and Twilight Realm has a rather large aura of "Fail" all about him. I bet he watched Fox News.

    This perception is the problem with our country. We have no faith in ourselves as a society, so we leave it up to some all powerful, all knowing entity we call the government to call the shots.

    Twilight is right. He's not saying that Obama is turning us into a socialist state. He just pointed out that some of his views edge on socialism, which is true.
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    posted a message on America going to Socialism?
    Quote from "Number1SuperGuy" »
    but you still want to convince people that Obama is the devil for trying to implement them.

    I hope you didn't mean me, personally. I know you didn't mean me, personally. That would be stupid.

    I can appreciate the idea of fully nationalized healthcare because it obviously works for countries like Sweden (see above Daily Show link). However, I don't think it's right for America. We were founded on the idea of small, limited government. The government doesn't need to fit into every aspect of our lives.

    We've gone so far from capitalism that we've forgotten how a free market can make things work without regulation. The laws of economics are all the regulation we need.
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    posted a message on listen to this!!!!
    Yes. His hands are rather large.
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    posted a message on America going to Socialism?
    Number1, prices are only so high BECAUSE of government intervention. Just look at our school system. Shoveling government money at a problem fixes nothing. We SHOULD be able to pay for healthcare on our own, but we can't because of the government regulation. Market demand and other laws of economics should control prices, not government mandated third parties. It seems like a good idea on the surface, but just look around and you know the system in place is flawed.

    That said, I wouldn't necessarily disagree with fully nationalized healthcare. Just saying what we have now is fucked.
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    posted a message on Bashiok doesn't care about the Diablo 3 community
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    Don't take it so seriously. He was just being silly, not an asshole. We should be glad that we get as much involvement from the dev team as we do.
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    posted a message on America going to Socialism?
    The healthcare system is essentially nationalized already. Obama wouldn't be the only blame. HMOs were imposed by federal law. The government is already involved in the majority of health spending with Medicare, Medicaid, etc. All this has driven costs up through miles of bureaucratic red tape.

    People should be able to pay for the majority of their health costs out of their own pockets, using insurance for only the most serious illnesses and accidents. This means the doctor and patient both have a stake in keeping prices down. Having a third party negotiate the prices is just fucked up and helps no one.

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul339.html
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    posted a message on listen to this!!!!
    I definitely got into a Buckethead binge at one point :D

    He's so varied as an artist...metal, bluegrass, funk, hard rock, ambient, electronic...

    Here's a metal performance
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzCVLsAPhYU <---Botnus from album "Enter the Chicken"

    I like the feel of his album 'Population Override,' lot of nice jams.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ljioyR1I0

    He entered a song for a Guitar World contest when he was 19 which became a runner-up. Here's what they said about him:
    "An astonishingly skilled guitarist and bassist, he demonstrates post-Paul Gilbert speed and accuracy filtered through very kinky harmonic sensibilities. His psychotronic, demonic edge is very, very far removed from the clich?s of classical metal and rock. A real talent to watch, also known as "Buckethead."
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