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by Surlethe
Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:29 am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Orbital bombardment
Replies: 31
Views: 10683

You don't even need ships equipped with mass drivers; you could simply nose up to an asteroid and then push it in the direction you want, or point your rocket's nozzle at it and nudge it with your exhaust in the direction you want. Really, the only thing stopping you from throwing rocks at someone i...
by Surlethe
Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:25 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Orbital bombardment
Replies: 31
Views: 10683

Does a radioactive asteroid count? I mean its more of a dirty bomb but hey radiation is radiation. A large asteroid will generate its own radiation upon entering the atmosphere: because it's traveling so quickly, it essentially heats the air in front of it so much the gas is superheated and ionized...
by Surlethe
Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:24 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: Happy New Year!
Replies: 26
Views: 4976

Elheru Aran wrote:-gentlemanly kisses the ladies' hands, and then heads upstairs with Imp...-
You two have LOTS of fun, y'hear? :razz:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:46 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: Fate vs. Free Will
Replies: 20
Views: 7721

Free will. I'm Catholic, BTW.
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:45 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: The morality of prostitution?
Replies: 85
Views: 27643

On the other hand, if a tech support guy is answering phones with a gun to his head, knowing if he doesn't answer a phone, he gets his brains blown out, then that job is unethical, as well. I don't see how you can extend the fact that direct coercion to do any sort of work is unethical, including p...
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:40 pm
Forum: Science & Logic
Topic: Nature versus nurture: XYY
Replies: 10
Views: 3308

55%-45%
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:35 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: The morality of prostitution?
Replies: 85
Views: 27643

As it currently exists, in the USA and the UK, it is unethical. Immoral? No, it's only sex, sex is a natural function, it's like stating that eating is immoral. Immoral? That depends on what one's moral code is, and so you'd need to hash out differences between moral codes to justify that statement.
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:11 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: The morality of prostitution?
Replies: 85
Views: 27643

And many people take jobs they really don't want to do just for the money to pay the bills. Are these jobs unethical too? But prostitution isnt like any other job. It is a job in which your right to bodily integrity is violated if you are unwilling to do it. If someone is forced into that by some o...
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:41 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Muffys Minionette Minimart
Replies: 138
Views: 37929

*surveys the fray; draws two flaming swords from forearms*





*flings self against the monsters*
by Surlethe
Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:36 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: The morality of prostitution?
Replies: 85
Views: 27643

Wrong as in immoral, or wrong as in should become illegal?
by Surlethe
Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:27 am
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Muffys Minionette Minimart
Replies: 138
Views: 37929

*steps back from the fray, remains calm ...*
by Surlethe
Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:45 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: The meaning of life...(pic intensive and potentially NSFW)
Replies: 29
Views: 6949

BOOIIIIIINNGGG!!!!

They're hawt. And I haven't ... released sexual tension ... in a week.

Predictable results ensue ... :razz:
by Surlethe
Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:35 pm
Forum: The Kitchen Table
Topic: Muffys Minionette Minimart
Replies: 138
Views: 37929

Madame, thou th'mate of that dragon considerest not, nor their children. We shall two angry vampiric skeleton dragons fight before long on th'path.
by Surlethe
Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:16 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: To Everyone...
Replies: 25
Views: 4650

MERRY CHRISTMAS (a little late).

PS- Caz, where didja find that pic? *innocence*
by Surlethe
Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:15 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: One Year Ago Today...
Replies: 7
Views: 1608

. . .
by Surlethe
Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:38 am
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: Bouncy bouncy bouncy...
Replies: 5
Views: 1421

Man, it's not boobies. :cry:
by Surlethe
Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:59 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Just watched Episode I - some thoughts
Replies: 6
Views: 1948

There was a good twenty years between I and III; couldn't Bail Organa have replaced Bail Antilles in elections?
by Surlethe
Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:57 pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Just watched Episode I - some thoughts
Replies: 6
Views: 1948

In-universe , my only guess is that he had a name change, perhaps through a death in the family or marriage. (Some) Alderaanian couples might chose new surnames altogether when they marry, as opposed to taking one spouse or the other's, for example. I just presumed the two were different people who...
by Surlethe
Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:52 pm
Forum: Philosophy & Theology
Topic: A leader fighting on the front lines: selfish?
Replies: 15
Views: 4931

Lead from the front? Hell, no. If I'm general, there's a reason I'm general, and that's because I'm the best at what I do. I'm not irreplaceable, but pretty damn close.
by Surlethe
Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:42 pm
Forum: News & Politics
Topic: V for VICTORY!
Replies: 5
Views: 1371

If I were gay, this is what I'd to to Judge Roberts:

:lickie:


Intelligent Design?

:banned:



:cheers
by Surlethe
Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:36 pm
Forum: Great Hall
Topic: A day in the Life Comment Thread
Replies: 25
Views: 4483

Nobody has the balls to try my day? Come on, people! :wink:
by Surlethe
Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:08 pm
Forum: News & Politics
Topic: Bush Defends Unconstitutional Wiretapping
Replies: 6
Views: 1787

Bush Defends Unconstitutional Wiretapping

linkza The article: (CNN) -- President Bush defended Monday a secretive program that eavesdrops on some international phone calls involving U.S. citizens, saying the United States must be "quick to detect and prevent" possible near-term terrorist attacks. At an end-of-the-year news conference, Bush...
by Surlethe
Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:05 pm
Forum: The Arts
Topic: Twisted Lyrics/ Parody's
Replies: 3
Views: 1149

Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg;
the Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker took ballet, hey!
by Surlethe
Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:46 pm
Forum: Gaming & Technology
Topic: Help! (Programming)
Replies: 16
Views: 2391

I reduced it to a single while loop to run just one value of n, but it only seems to work randomly. :???: I'm swiftly losing patience. #include <iostream> #include<cmath> using namespace std; int main() { int n; int l; float x; int y; int P; l=0; cout<<"Please enter a number"<<endl; cin>>n; x=n/(flo...
by Surlethe
Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:10 pm
Forum: Gaming & Technology
Topic: My connection is cutting out: any ideas why?
Replies: 3
Views: 1019

That happens to me all the fucking time: the router cuts out, and I have to run back to flick the power strip off-on; then, it works just fine. I have no idea why it does this, but it's been doing it for several months now. I didn't know anybody else's did the same thing.