Taiwan is an island. Its governement is the Republic of China. Which is not to be confused with the People's Republic of China.

So there are two countries that call themselves China.

This post is not meant to argue with Parent Poster, but to make an effort into combating ignorance.

Was that a bird? a plane? no it's the SUPERJOKER!

With Supreme Commander 2 being the disappointment it is*, what's the need of 8-core? =-D

* It runs on XBOX. It's dumbed down and it looks and plays like SC&C ( Supreme Command and Conquer). Though the game is not all bad. It seems to be what C&C should have been.

Only three moves? That's pretty easy to beat! (even for me :)

This seems relevant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmotic_power#Possible_negative_environmental_impact

You may have misunderstood Captain Splendid.

Such an installation *may* have impact on the wild life (local ecology), depending on how obtrusive it is.

"The osmotic power plant guides sea water and fresh water into separate chambers, which are divided by an artificial membrane."

Seems like it could be done without harming local ecology, but I do not know. Do you?

Is 25% VAT absurd in your opinion?

Also, in addition to the hours spent watching porn, one have to add the time spent with the extra paperwork too ...

What Parent said

Supreme commander (with exp Forged alliance) is an innovative (OMG! using scroll wheel for awesome zoom!) RTS game quite unlike e.g. C&C. IMO it's a damn good war game.

The game stress your CPU a lot ( calculating arch from ammo of hundreds or thousands of units, the path of moving units, AI etc), you'll want a faster Intel Core 2 Duo or better.

I've never lived in a basement, but I do like darkness and loath the heat of the above-ground residents (windows, why do people put that in buildings?).

If I ever get to build me a house, it'll be all basement.
      Well, maybe a tower too, if I can afford it.

One option is to take the Mensa test.
If you pass it, you get access to your national Mensa forum. There you may find most kinds of people of both gender and different social events to join.
People there tend to be civil and tolerant and in general think before they post/speak (if sometimes only out of fear of being regarded as not-so-smart :)

You need to find the individuals you like, and to initiate contact with them.

Forgive me for posting anonymously.

Not to mention; it's possibly that the mosquitoes were male only.

It's only the female ones that are ready to lay egg that stings and suck blood.

DOSBox + Master of Orion II + either quakenet #moo2 or RL friends. Aaahh heaven.

Well, if only moo2 was slow real-time, or if I could punch people through internet.

http://dosbox.com/
http://masteroforion2.blogspot.com/2006/05/dosbox-guide.html