Did you even read what I wrote? Do you lack reading comprehension skills and just love to rant?

I stated that Asian countries consider image more than the US. So for the commenter to pick out the US and its people is a form of bashing when most humans behave that way and Asian cultures more so than their American counterparts.

Second, form and style is one of the criteria of "merit". For you, it may be lower on your value and priority scale than it is for someone else. But to automatically label something penis envy is just as stupid as to buy an SUV because you think it's safer.

Maybe you misunderstood. It is ugly. And that is why people in Nepal would not buy it. Looks matter A LOT. However, even if something is ugly, if it can raise your status and image because it is expensive or rare, then people might buy it.

There are lots of motorbikes in India that are under $1000 USD. And they use regular petrol/gas so you can use them like any other vehicle. Pay a few hundred more and the bikes can go fast enough for highways. Bajaj Pulsar is one of the most popular models. This site has prices as well. But it's in Indian currency. You can use Google to convert INR to USD.

What the fuck is with this need to bash countries? Especially when it's so far off the mark.

People are MUCH more superficial and image conscious in southeast Asia than the US. I live in Nepal and you would be hard pressed to find one person to buy that based upon its looks. In Nepal, cars are damn expensive since they're taxed 250% as luxury items as imports. A "cheap" Hyundai would cost $18K-$20K. But the roads in Nepal are filled with middle class families buying cars for status.

If someone wants fuel efficiency, they'll buy a model of Hero Honda Splendor or Bajaj XCD. Both of them give over 60-70 km/l. But even then, people don't buy low powered bikes that save fuel.

Nowadays, in Kathmandu, people seem to prefer 180cc to 220cc even though they will never use the power. Personally, I have a Bajaj Pulsar 150cc. Based upon my own weight, road conditions, hills and so forth, I figured 150cc is plenty. I rarely go over 55 kmph since it's hard to find a straight stretch much less clear roads. During the day, it's usually 20-30 stop and go traffic and occasionally 40. While most of India doesn't have the hills of Kathmandu, it does have the congested traffic.

In India, you can get 10% interest from certain banks. What can you get in the US? What are the mortgage rates in India and how does it compare with the rates for education loans? So many important factors you've left out in your comparison.

And this doesn't began to cover issues like normal salaries and cost of living and how that relates to whether education is affordable or the job market competition afterward and ability to pay off loans. It's nice to have simple comparisons or explanations. But often, they're biased, grossly inaccurate or a small glimpse which is misleading.

I'm pretty sure Take Two is doing just fine, even considering this. Also, nothing says "edgy" like "we got sued for something that wasn't even part of our game, because we're just that badass."

Seriously, I'm sure the execs are laughing all the way to the bank. And the shareholders, well WTF do you expect if you invest in a company that makes games where you can get your money back after fornicating with a professional via vehicular homicide?

I enjoyed playtesting a (very unfinished) version of this system last summer with a local gaming group. I'm under NDA so I cannot say much, but I would recommend that anyone serious about science fiction RPGs check this out when it's released. If nothing else, you won't find the experience boring.

I know it sounds funny, but I have a friend who has been working on a homebrew system for Jane Austin PnP RPGs. Narrativist RPGs actually lend themselves rather well to this kind of thing, especially if the emphasis is on storytelling and social maneuvering, instead of THAC0.

I read this as "Perfect for PNP RNGs." I thought that using user input from multiple users just to generate random dice throws was a bit much, but... interesting at least.

Start a google code project for this, I'm sure you'll be surprised how much help you get. email me if there's anything I can do.

What disappointed me more was what he wrote. Because either he was dishonest about his reasons when trying to show honesty (which is worse than regular dishonesty) or he showed his first signs of stupidity saying this bill passes needed tools.

The real reason to pass the bill is simple. Because the country needs to move forward and look to the future. Sometimes, one needs to let bygones be bygones, even on such egregious crimes such as this. Even though Bush and Cheney deserve impeachment and many in this administration deserve to be brought on charges, that will only divide the country and the gridlock would be devastating (moreso on missed opportunity costs). Obama, above all, is pragmatic. If he wants to enact legislation, if he wants the country to change, then he can't have the country divided as it's been.

But I believe he was dishonest about why he is supporting the bill. Usually he laces his statements with nuances, so he can make minor shifts and I can understand where is he coming from (though most people don't take well to the nuances). However, here, he not only completely flipped his position, he later straight up lied about why. But he's still better for the US and the world than any of the other candidates.

They don't respond to electromagnetism, gravity, or the strong force.

IANAP (though I do have a physics degree), but you are completely wrong about neutrinos not being affected by gravity. Gravity curves spacetime itself (at least, if you accept GR) and therefore any ballistic particle passing through it will have a curved path, whether or not they have rest mass (which neutrinos seem to, as evidenced by spontaneous flavor changing). Heck, even :

Because it is an electrically neutral lepton, the neutrino interacts neither by way of the strong nor the electromagnetic force, but only through the weak force and gravity.

I'm not saying that neutrinos are easy to manipulate, but it's not as impossible as you make it sound.

Personally I think the late Dr. Thomas Gold's idea of aliens using excitation states in large nebulae such that they act as a MASER to fasciculate long-range communication is a much better solution, at least for broadcast purposes.