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by skar
Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:38 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Merkel Launches Campaign Against Schroeder
Replies: 11
Views: 495

i hope she'll make it. comment on german political system. probably inaccurate/wrong because i'll try to sum it up as simple as possible: bundestag - parlament elected directly by all citizens, selects the german chancelor and government. Right now the social democrats have a majority of seats toget...
by skar
Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:26 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: OpenCola
Replies: 22
Views: 800

it's fun - i'd like to try it too

the problem seems to be (at least for me) the 7x-flavor-stuff. The other stuff like caffeine and so on should be available in drugstores (at least i'm pretty sure it is over here...
by skar
Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:23 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: US people getting fatter, fast
Replies: 20
Views: 636

mybe i just know the "wrong" people, but amongst all the people i know (which i'd say are something like maybe 200-400?), there are actually 2 fat ones. And both of them are fat in a rather healthy way, meaning that they're pretty active, not just couch potatoes.
by skar
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:16 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Post your revolution control pad (maybe 56k beware)
Replies: 20
Views: 731

this pad features a whole variety of possibilities and is a real step towards more complex and innovative games.

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by skar
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:09 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: The Rock is to star in the DOOM movie
Replies: 21
Views: 612

too much action, not enough horror if you ask me... also way too much cgi, doesn't look real
by skar
Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:29 am
Forum: Homebrew Software and Indie Games Discussion
Topic: Any new homebrew to check??
Replies: 2
Views: 521

by skar
Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:08 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: i saw the pope
Replies: 24
Views: 682

"If it is pushed too far, religion becomes almost a consumer product," he said. "People choose what they like, and some are even able to make a profit from it. "But religion constructed on a 'do-it-yourself' basis cannot ultimately help us," he said. "Help people to di...
by skar
Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:19 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: i saw the pope
Replies: 24
Views: 682

Was he in the pope mobile? later, yes. first he just stood there and smiled and waved and... Was he rawkin' out? yes Sorry, I just dont see what is so amazing about the Pope. Im not trying to attack other peoples beliefs, but then again thats exactly what the pope did in Germany so...meh. he's the ...
by skar
Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: i saw the pope
Replies: 24
Views: 682

i saw the pope

just returned from the world youth day in cologne... hey i saw the pope, he was like 10 meteres away...
by skar
Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:58 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: roger sch?tz dead
Replies: 1
Views: 195

roger sch?tz dead

Brother Roger was stabbed to death during the evening prayer service in Taiz? on August 16, 2005 by Luminiţa Roxandra Sulcan, a 36-year-old Romanian woman. His throat was cut, causing him to bleed to death within minutes. The assailant was immediately apprehended by members of the congregation and ...
by skar
Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:13 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Another laptop thread
Replies: 15
Views: 287

depends on what you want to do with your laptop. if you want to use it as a pc at your home i'd suggest you make sure it has at least 512 mb ram, a good graphic card and possibly as well a dvd burner. also make sure the display gives good results. if you want to use it because of it's portability, f...
by skar
Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:56 pm
Forum: Games and Software Hacking, Prototypes, and Devkits Discussion
Topic: 7th Cross: Evolution
Replies: 14
Views: 530

level 1 and 2 are really hard, afterwards the game gets really interesting. Worth playing it, completed it some time ago (probably 1 year)
by skar
Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:06 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Console games ported to the PC
Replies: 8
Views: 349

trackmania / trackmania sunrise
by skar
Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:42 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: When you first learned to drive... ?
Replies: 26
Views: 551

once i got my driving license, my dad made me drive with him 2 or 3 times, correcting me sometimes, afterwards i was allowed to drive on my own. My father was pretty confident, on a longer trip (300 miles) while i was driving he decided to take a nap, woken up every now and then by my mother's hyste...
by skar
Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:12 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Can you touch type (type without looking)?
Replies: 31
Views: 913

i use about the propper technique (not for numbers, was always to lazy to learn that), not sure about a few buttons though. I attended some kind of seminar where we learned it 4 years ago... Basically you should learn to type with all 10 fingers without looking at your keyboard... It'll allow you to...
by skar
Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:12 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Free 3-d cad software *seems legit*
Replies: 18
Views: 995

dunno what it is... but hey i signed with my spam-email, won't do any harm i guess...
by skar
Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:38 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Scientists propose growing artificial meat
Replies: 29
Views: 968

anyone ever read otherland (sorry for the link but it was the fastest way to find it)

i read it about 2 years ago and was reminded because of the meat growing it refers to (although that's not what the book is about)
by skar
Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:26 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Whats the hardest video game you have ever played?
Replies: 96
Views: 3492

MDK2 possibly.
by skar
Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:30 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: London get the Olympics
Replies: 8
Views: 253

great... even more antipacy between france and great britain... i sometimes wonder weather a united europe will EVER exist...
by skar
Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Teachers debate how to handle evolution
Replies: 21
Views: 636

over here, evolution is teached in biology classes and creationism in religion classes... no big deal (and after all everyone's free to choose what he or she believes in, they just want you to know what it's all about)