RZ1029
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Did you check behind the couch?
I think you're doing it wrong, I'm just saying. Though looking in the back seat of the car may be worth your time.
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Yeah... I've had two cavities at separate times, it really isn't bad at all.
First they pop you with some legit painkillers that they inject via needle into the gums. Your whole face goes numb in minutes, and then they do their thing. I didn't feel much of anything at all after they popped me with the novocaine. Just sat back, relaxed and took it easy for... 30 minutes? 45, maybe, I forget how long it took.
Oh, and I drooled a lot, but I kind of do that anyways.
Sorry to hear about the drama, though. It's always... rough when parents fight, even over stupid things like who's going to pay for fillings. And totally don't worry about three tiny cavities. I honestly rarely floss. I do use a mouthwash though, which seems to work wonders, I've not had cavities since.
PS: The needle is just a little pinch for maybe... a half-second. It's nothing at all.
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And although Mrs. Obama's "vegie" movement is good and all, it won't do anything as long as the problem still exists. Or maybe they really don't understand/care since it is mostly cheap food that is bad for you.
Precisely. It's quite easy to say "eat healthy" as the personal chef brings out the fresh boiled cabbage, Alaskan salmon, mixed vegetables sauteed lightly in the low-fat, low-calorie, low-whatever-else butter for a hint of flavor. If I made a half-million a year and had a personal chef, I would probably eat a heck of a lot better than I do.
But, as for the original topic:
I do not think the government should, given their (absolutely wonderful /sarcasm) track record in regards to taking care of children who were taken from their homes because of their parents. That being said, in an ideal world where these kids are removed and given the absolute best caring and loving parents that ever existed, I wouldn't be too object to it, but ONLY when it became a severe medical danger.
I am loathe to say yes because I've seen what breaking up families can do to kids, even for (what seems like) a good reason. One of my best friends in high-school was taken from his parents Freshman year because his dad was a severe alcoholic and his mother wouldn't do anything about it. Wasn't an ideal situation, by far, but they were still his parents, and taking a child should be the absolute last, final, completely last-ditch effort, if nothing else has worked.
EDIT: Because I got ninja'd, I feel I must address the post immediately before mine:
We should break up a family... just to make sure the kid doesn't get diabetes? I'm sorry, I don't follow that logic at all. I'm talking, severely, morbidly, immediately life-threateningly obese.
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Oh my $(*(*($%($&@*&*(#&@(*&$(*#&$*(@($(*@#&$(@$. (Just fill that in with a creative string of expletives.)
I am tired of heat. WTB -10 degree weather, pl0x?
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Spend all of it buying tickets for all the other lotteries. With any luck my wealth would multiply exponentially.
Actually, this doesn't sound like a bad idea.
And yet... I get a feeling it wouldn't work. You'd end up turning a profit, still, but I don't think as big of one as you'd think.
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We never defined how big the murderer was, how old, what sex,or armed, that could change everything.
Speculate, good sir(s and madam(s)).
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You got this from PKA? :P
EDIT: Oh, and the answer:
Since I'm young, and I'm guessing the murderer is adult, I would have a bigger chance against the snake. Even if it bites me, I'm can finish it, then go to the hospital. (Assuming I get out.)
Indeed. One of the few podcasts I keep up with. Not the best show this week, but interesting topics, and I couldn't stop laughing when they were talking about this. The whole issue with Hutch was... meh, he's pretty chill, and they might have overreacted somewhat.
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Really? I was thinking the other way around.
I MIGHT manage to win against the snake, but it's so fast, I'll likely end up getting bit too. The murderer, on the other hand, I likely could take. Or, failing that, I could team up with and get out of the room.
Short of the murderer being a completely homicidal maniac, there's likely a good chance of me being able to appeal to their logic, that the real problem is the room, not me. Aaaand... if he's a homicidal maniac... when in doubt, break out the belt and pull tighter.... *cough* Anyways, yeah, I'm going murderer.
Also @deathwarrior -- come on, where's the spirit?
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Just, for the record... Description of the Debate forums: Political, intellectual or just plain stupid. Start mature debates here.
So... with that...
Would you rather be stuck in a room (12' x 12') with a (guaranteed to be lethal) poisonous snake or a murderer? And why, since this is the debate forums. I'm invoking the rights to start a mature stupid debate. (Oxy-oxy-oxy-moron?)
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Spend it all on chocolate andstrapping young men.
How kinky. what would you strap them with? lol :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
http://i55.tinypic.com/oh6yb4.jpg
So, more duration, less kinky?
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Build a large concrete cube to live the rest of my life in. With a solid roof you don't have to worry about zombie climbing up the walls!
Don't taxes kick in before you can donate any of it?
Dunno. That's what the money man is for, to tell me what the heck I'm doing. Probably so, though. Just nice to dream of screwing the government out of 100mil.
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Is it just me or does Dragonforce only have one song with minor lyric variations?
Confirmed. Could have told you that back when GH3 was still popular.
Listening to Muse - Stockholm Syndrome, was just listening to Skillet - Monster, ironically two of my favorite songs. Gotta love the mind-reading Pandora.
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I'm going to assume we're talking about the like, 250mil lotto, in which case...
Run straight to a financial adviser, because I'll never be able to figure this out on my own, then....
First, donate all I can to avoid paying taxes on it, if at all possible. Even if I give away half to avoid taxes, I'd rather do that than give the government any to squander.
I'll assume I've got, 150mil left after either paying taxes or donating. 100mil is going to be invested in low-risk investments with small returns of say, a percent or two. At only 1% return per yer, I would be gaining 100k a year.
From that last 50mil, 40m is going to charities, both local and national. The other 10mil is going to... my two nieces, and my nephew to pay for their college, buy them all three cars (decent ones, but no BMWs) when they turn 16 in two years. Then pay off my brother and sisters house, brothers car, and buy my sister a new car, sell my house and move back closer to family.
Finally pay back my best friend, who loaned me $500 when I needed it most, and refused the money when I tried to pay him back. Of course, it'll have accrued some very serious interest.
Hmm... my parents are pretty well set, I'd get my fiance one of these purses that costs like... $1000. Get her a new car, too...
1m + 200k + 2.5m + 1m + 5k... then I'd give the rest to charity. Because I honestly wouldn't know what to do with that much money. I'd upgrade to a nicer house, sure, and nicer car, maybe buy a boat, since I like being on the water so much, but there's honestly no way I would ever know what to do with that much money. I guess the rest I would just save. Then, if I had kids, I'd make sure they were set for life. If I never have kids, I'd just will it all to various charities upon my death with very specific instructions to make sure it goes to what I'm giving it to.
Maybe a little more thought out than you were looking for... but I think that's what I'd do. I might buy a few guns, too, expand my collection.
EDIT: Oh, build a firing range wherever I end up living, because I want somewhere I can shoot.
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Our congressmen know they are hurting the country with most of the s*** they pass, and they generally do it for money or personal reasons and rarely do things for morals.
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I tried to avoid using us, we, and the USA to avoid people thinking I am talking about citizens by the way.
I'm going to have to call some cynicism and paranoia above and beyond the call of duty there, Marharth.
That being said, their acts are often double-purposed and occasionally double-edged. The actions they have taken to 'police the world' are usually well-intentioned, and sometimes even helpful in the beginning, but over time rapidly degrade. It often begins with aid, then with some advisers, and before it's over with, we usually have troops on the ground. Sometimes with good reason, sometimes... not so much.
The US is really the only nation I know of that seems to take an active effort in putting their nose into someone's business on a regular basis, but on the bright side, they do it quite well. War almost inevitably breaks out wherever they intercede! Yep... I say job's done, bring the men and women who serve home, and keep 'em home.
We do?? Really?? Not so as I had noticed. Iraq is still a quagmire 10 years later.
It was sarcasm, I figured what was in purple made that kind of clear. My real opinion is expressed in the last half of the last sentence.
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Our congressmen know they are hurting the country with most of the s*** they pass, and they generally do it for money or personal reasons and rarely do things for morals.
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I tried to avoid using us, we, and the USA to avoid people thinking I am talking about citizens by the way.
I'm going to have to call some cynicism and paranoia above and beyond the call of duty there, Marharth.
That being said, their acts are often double-purposed and occasionally double-edged. The actions they have taken to 'police the world' are usually well-intentioned, and sometimes even helpful in the beginning, but over time rapidly degrade. It often begins with aid, then with some advisers, and before it's over with, we usually have troops on the ground. Sometimes with good reason, sometimes... not so much.
The US is really the only nation I know of that seems to take an active effort in putting their nose into someone's business on a regular basis, but on the bright side, they do it quite well. War almost inevitably breaks out wherever they intercede! Yep... I say job's done, bring the men and women who serve home, and keep 'em home.
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From what I've seen on TV these things in the US are appalling, is there a body over there responsible for child protection? The animals taking part in dog shows are treated with more respect.
Well Jim, we have the "fine" agency known as the Child Protective Services, who (in theory) respond to reports and cases of abuse or neglect of a child on the part of a parent.
That being said, they, like most other government agencies, tend to fail at their job. And in the worst ways. Just look up the investigation back in... 2004? I think, of the Texas Child Protective Services regarding the suspicious numbers of deaths, poisonings, rape and teen pregnancy of those put under their care.
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Well I'd love to get FO3 to work on my laptop, but it just runs for a second or two and them freezes up.
Apply more and more duct tape slowly until results are achieved. If duct tape doesn't fix it, it'll likely fry your motherboard, and solve the problem in a different way: just go buy a new laptop that can run it.
In my opinion, though, I like FO: NV better. FO3 was a little too non-linear for me, it felt disorganized. New Vegas always pointed you along well with smaller series of quests. Like, in FO3, I'd get a quest marker that had me going across half the map to the radio station. In New Vegas, I'd get a map marker to go inquire about something just a town away, which leads you to another town and a little more information, and again, and again, but filled with other quests along the way.
Also, I've beat both, but I highly doubt I've even hit 75% of the stuff, though I always find new things during each play-through. And I feel like New Vegas was just a little more polished in the end (making allowances for age difference and such). But I didn't get FO3 when it first came out, so I can't say how un-buggy it might have been. New Vegas had a rocky start for a lot of people.
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Well, I'm thinking you should go with the James Bond look. For reference:
http://www.newsalertstodays.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/casino-royale1.jpg
Then you can go around the forum saying, "I'm Calliton. The Calliton."
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Almost ten years ago... it doesn't feel that long, really. I was at school, in class. Third seat back on the left-most row in English class when they announced what had happened. We turned on the TV and watched it for the better half of the day. Quietest day in my entire life, I think.
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Honestly, if I get a foreign call center, I'm probably going to hang up 99% of the time before my problem is solved, usually due to frustration.
Usually I have a problem understanding whoever I'm talking to, or I've been directed to a support-by-the-number guy who really doesn't know what he's doing any more than what the manual could tell me. That's my biggest issues with foreign call centers. I have to give props to Blizzard for a minute, as they're the only company I've had extensive contact with via customer support.
I used to/still occasionally do play World of Warcraft. Back when I was still actively playing it, my account was stolen and I actually had the same guy helping me out the whole time through. I had to make three or four calls over the course of two or three days to either send information, get information, find out the status, et cetera, and I spoke with the same guy each time and didn't have to spend 10 minutes on the phone re-explaining the situation.
On the other hand, support for another MMO I used to play called Mu Online (formerly a Korean-based game, now I believe only available in Korea) had terrible support I waited an hour and a half to speak to, then spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what they were even saying, due to the language barrier, and then really got no resolution in the end.
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Here's the thought that didn't occur to them... If law enforcement can't even curtail illegal downloading and bootlegging of this media, how do they hope to stop streaming (which was actually leading to a decline in other forms of piracy and hurting people who actually make money off bootlegs)?
Nevermind the fact that this won't have any affect on anyone outside the US, especially after other countries see how badly it works. Have to wonder who they're really fooling here. :facepalm:
/insert proxy here
/insert ip change here
/insert any number of long-standing hacks/cracks/torrenting sites that've withstood numerous legal challenges here
/insert YT here
/insert Pandora here
Yep. Dumbest waste of paper this year, I think. And besides, at that, what are they going to do, "Oh, it came from your IP/MAC address, thus it must be you!" No. IP addresses and MAC addresses are so easy to hijack and or spoof. This'll probably go in the books with the 'piracy is bad' stuff. Derp-a-derp, but with no way to enforce it.
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Shoot first ask questions later.
That may actually work in some states, assuming they have a so-called 'Castle Law', which is basically you have the right to defend yourself and your house. I'll try and keep it brief, but Wikipedia has a fairly good article on it (with legal sources cited, as well).
In general, (one) or a variety of conditions must be met before a person can legally use the Castle Doctrine:An intruder must be making (or have made) an attempt to unlawfully and/or forcibly enter an occupied home, business or car.
The intruder must be acting illegally—e.g. the Castle Doctrine does not give the right to attack officers of the law acting in the course of their legal duties
The occupant(s) of the home must reasonably believe that the intruder intends to inflict serious bodily harm or death upon an occupant of the home
The occupant(s) of the home must reasonably believe that the intruder intends to commit some other felony, such as arson or burglary
The occupant(s) of the home must not have provoked or instigated an intrusion, or provoked or instigated an intruder to threaten or use deadly force
The occupant(s) of the home may be required to attempt to exit the house or otherwise retreat (this is called the "Duty to retreat" and most self-defense statutes referred to as examples of "Castle Doctrine" expressly state that the homeowner has no such duty)
In all cases, the occupant(s) of the home must be there legally, must not be fugitives from the law, must not be using the Castle Doctrine to aid or abet another person in being a fugitive from the law, and must not use deadly force upon an officer of the law or an officer of the peace while they are performing or attempting to perform their legal duties.
I hit the main points in red which are relevant to your case. Though, note, not all states have these laws. The ones that do currently are...
As of the 28th of May, 2010, 31 States have some form of Castle Doctrine and/or Stand Your Ground law. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming have adopted Castle Doctrine statutes, and other states (Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington) are currently considering "Stand Your Ground" laws of their own.For instance, where I live, North Carolina, we don't have a 'duty to retreat' clause. If I feel reasonably threatened or have (good) reason to believe that the intruder intends to cause bodily harm or commit a felony, I have the legal right to defend myself.
That being said, as far as my opinion, I think child abuse and domestic abuse is as bad as murder. That child and your spouse (husband or wife, it can go both ways) are your duty to love and protect as a guardian/parent/husband/wife.
As for the duty of the police, I think our justice system fails the ones it's made to protect far too often. I've seen someone who I believe (with very good reason to do so) was an accomplice in the murder and butchering of their daughter, a very young girl who had Cerebral Palsy (sp?). His wife is in jail and currently on trial, but her husband is off scotch-free so far, from what I've heard. I'd honestly shoot him myself if I knew I could get away with it, and I'd never lose a bit of sleep.
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@ RZ1029, this is not a form of exotic dancing. When English firemen got a shout, if they happened to be in an upstairs squad room, in order to save precious seconds, rather than use stairs they would slide down a pole. No-one had any problem with it, if anything it was a macho pride thing. However, the EU decided that it was more important to prevent injury to the trousers than to save vital seconds for a person at threat of being burnt alive.
Yeah, I actually knew that. It was more the 'why the crap would you pass a law about this' than a 'are these guys stripping' question. And also, @marharth: I've fallen down stairs way more than I've let go of a rope I was climbing/sliding down. Just saying...
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A line has been crossed, and I imagine 'Lulzsec' will likely regret crossing it. They just broke so many laws it's not even funny, and I guarantee they just won't let this slide. Going after game devs and random forums is one thing, but when you go after law enforcement agencies you're asking for trouble.
It's now a form of terrorism, and can carry the death penalty in some (very, very few) states. Or it could land you in Gitmo, as I think terrorism = terrorists = water boarding for some nerds.
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I will deny it, and I'm sure many will back me up. My spelling if flawlessly imperfect, I never make mistakes, I purposefully spell things wrong to make people feel better.
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