Posts by Flounder

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Your implied defense that xenocide was a valid, lawful, military mission which rates full treatment of participants for not joining in enthusiastically enough is truly reprehensible. That is the...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Providing security doesn’t mean she is required to participate in xenocide. Why does choosing to not fire on the people that they sought to attack mean that she can’t quit her...

I'd like to note that you are operating under a ridiculously constrained definition of the word "war." It doesn't take governments for their to be war. What we had was an armed conflict between two groups. That is a freakin...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism So she should be arrested for not doing a civilian job that was not part of her regular duties as a pilot? In a word, Yes. It was not a 'civilian' job in any normal sense. Sully et al. were not...

Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It needs to be 3100 °C / 5600 °F. Not an easy temperature to achieve. It's probably why the actually as much of a risk as people think it is. A butane torch achieves 1970 °C / 3578 °F. Any...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me I think that you missed by point. Aluminum's thermal properties make it a much better choice for a laptop than titanium. Titanium is stronger than aluminum, but its rigidity advantage over aluminum is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland I hate all you tablet heads. I'm not a tablet head, I just like to annoy you. 4 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes

Quote: Originally Posted by Olternaut How long is it till the keynote now?? \ 4 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin No one would say that though because it's like saying "I have to pick up some wax at the store" No, I'm sorry, you're wrong. I've heard it said many times. In fact, I have been given the...

To annoy Ireland a little, we now have 4 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes to go.