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I suppose we could just wall off those areas, and let the residents therein take care of themselves. Eventually, one of two things would happen, they would figure it out, and get a handle on themselves, or, they would all be dead. Either way, problem solved.

Civll war ended 150 years ago..... is this going to continue to be an excuse for poor behavior? Racism works both ways. The incidents of perceived 'police injustice' get lots of press. The incidents of black on black crime get glossed over. No one talks about that. What we end up with is a legacy of 'we hate everyone that isn't like us.' Not to mention that Mike Brown was a thug in general....... and probably still suffered from the delusion of the young, that he was 'immortal'..... (the "it'll never happen to me" syndrome.) Now, I will grant that racism has been around for quite some time, and really not a lot has changed, attitude-wise, since the civil war. But, it is NOT just the 'white slave masters' perpetuating it. Takes two to tango.

Nope. Didn't know that. can't find where to turn them on either.

But bringing people out of poverty is un-american. We can't do that, the democrats would lose votes...... If we wanted to bring people out of poverty, we wouldn't be exporting all of our middle class jobs overseas, nor would we be allowing 11 million plus illegals to stay. At this point in time, we are actually putting more people INTO poverty. Exactly the opposite of what the government tells us it wants to do. Too bad actions don't match words.... but then, it's about what I expect from politicians.

Or, a flamethrower, an atom bomb, and a broom and dustpan to clean up the mess afterwards.... then there would be any politics. :D

And for todays "WTF" moment..... we now have Ferguson protesters complaining that they aren't getting PAID! Isn't that novel. :)

Hhhmmm.... I don't speak Russian.... so, didn't get as much out of the trailers as I probably should have. Looks like some good action though..

The very term "dehumanizing" is a construct, meant to describe a behavior that folks would like to discourage. Of course, that assumes that folks take pride in actually being human..... which isn't always the case. Some folks actually ENJOY the pain of others, whether they inflict it themselves, or not. Does this make them any less human? Or, is it simply a human trait coming to the fore, that others suppress? After all, power over another living things does have a certain amount of appeal to some folks.

Probably came from folks not liking having it happen the them..... so, they figgered that nothing else liked it either, so, don't do it. This could go WAY back into history.......

I think the biggest thing about 'being human' would be not to inflict indiscriminate pain on any living being. Also depends on your definition of 'beating'....... Some folks think it's necessary for training....... "Do this, else you will feel my wrath!"...... I personally do not subscribe to that theory, and it works fairly well. My dogs HATE getting baths..... but, once in there, they will sit/stand there, and behave. If I want them to move, all I have to do is tell 'em which way to go, and touch them in the right direction, and they move. Now, they give me looks like I just killed their best friend..... but, do what they are told. (and still love me when I let them out. :) ) Sometimes, I think they are a LOT smarter than they let on...... other times, I am quite sure they are MUCH smarter than me. :D

Could also cruise on over to TES Alliance (link in my sig), and join the Voice Actors Guild there. :)

I rather like the way you think. :)

Trouble is, the racism (the underlying cause of the issues here) is coming from both sides. It isn't just one-way. There are some in both communities that simply don't WANT to understand the other. They want everything 'their way', and anything less is unaccpetable. Impasse. Oh yes, racism is alive and well in the US. No doubt about it. And the mass media is one of the major contributors to the problem. If a white cop shoots a non-white person, it is plastered all over the media. You will rarely, if ever, see anything about a non-white cop shooting a non-white, or a non-white cop shooting a white person. Why? Because that doesn't stir the pot of emotional reaction. You don't see rioting, and whole neighborhoods destroyed in those cases either. Not to mention the 'communities' banding together (intentionally, or not.....) and supporting a story that paints the cop in the worst possible lite. Recently, a cop shot an 18 year old non-white, who had ostenisbly fired HIS weapon at the police first. The community reaction? "The cop planted the gun, and the empty cartridges around the body, to frame the kid."....... And the Micheal Brown case as well. It was demonstrated that a fair few of the witnesses flat out LIED about what happened. Some of them, weren't even near the scene.... yet they saw what happened..... Unfortunately, I see this as a problem, that does not have a solution. At least, not something that would be acceptable to all parties concerned. This is a problem we have been poking at for decades, and quite frankly, not much has changed.....

:laugh: Now THAT was funny. :) Thank You.

If the UK is anything like the US in this respect, how is borrowing money from one country, simply to give it away to another country, with zero chance of it ever being paid back.... make any sense whatsoever? Especially when a fair bit of that foreign aid goes to countries that actually hate us? How is sabotaging our own national budget helping US??? I will grant, that its pretty much a drop in the bucket in the overall scheme of things.... (right about 50 billion per year for the US.) But, if we are going to borrow money, I am thinkin' that 50 billion per year could go a long way towards upgrading our failing infrastructure.......

Once you click "apply" to sort your load order, LOOT will generate a report. Just click on the 'details' tab, and it will tell you which mods need cleaned.

I had considered upping my system ram to like 64, or 128 gig, creating a "ramdrive" at about 35 gig or so, and have the entire game loading from ram. THAT would yeild some good performance. (at the price of waiting initially for everything to load to the ramdrive.) You *might* be able to bump settings, ugrids, texture res, when loading directly from ram... but, you wouldn't be able to load the whole game. As bben stated, the 32 bit architecture makes sure of that..... I would love to see an option for a 64 bit game engine in the next round of Beth releases..... considering most newer machines are going that direction anyway..... it wouldn't cut substantially into the customer base.

Well then, that was certainly convoluted.......

Now that, I don't know...... it's possible, but, I haven't heard anything about it yet. Probably DX12 isn't common enough for them to play with just yet. After all, it's a Win10 thing, and Win10 hasn't even made it to a "real" release yet. Probably within six months of that event though.... maybe. :)

Don't use quicksaves......

Nope. Skyrim uses DX9, it doesn't understand any of the new stuff in 12. (or 10, or 11.....)

conservatives giving away power? That's odd.... As for getting stupid with it........ Don't hold out a lotta hope there. :D

What makes a house "Green"? Is it a lack of walls you cant see thru? How much energy it uses? Where it gets its energy from? Is a greenhouse really green???

If there were any gangs/cartels nearby, I would agree with you...... Personally, I think someone higher up on the food chain in the police department wanted a "tank" to play with, discovered that they break when folks that don't have a clue play with 'em, and are hideously expensive to fix....... I live in a podunk little county, thats main source of employment, is farming...... (legal stuff.... for the most part.) I think we aren't big enough for any large organization to pay any attention to. (cartels) there are zero gangs, aside from some assorted bikers, but, they don't seem to be really into the drug scene... (from a money-making standpoint, using, on the other hand.......) Nope, there was no reason to have it, that made any sense to the casual observer.... (that wasn't hyped on testosterone anyway....) But then, I gave up expecting government to be "intelligent" a LONG time ago. In fact, the outright stupidity our government can demonstrate on too regular of a basis, has now come to be expected. Want to REALLY screw something up? Put a government agency in charge........

Your logic is impeccable. Again. So, I am going to go install another door in my window. :)