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Hypothetical, but what if the package had been a bomb and police had shrugged it off. Or had gone to check it out and it exploded killing the officers and by-standers? You don't take that chance. This is why they have polcies and proceedures. Especially if you find several boxes with the same M.O. Oh and they have plenty of grounds for criminal and civil action. Trust me, as screwed up as TORT (civil) laws are here in the United States you can sue about anything if you have the money to hire a lawyer. Time Warner and the city will settle out of court and that will be over. The two that pulled the stunt will see some kind of probaition or community service. And here is the really sick part. I've worked around marketeers and many would KILL for this kind of publicity. If their goal was to make people aware of ATHF, they suceeded wildly. It generated "buzz". Now whether that is good or ill could be debated, but as the old addage goes: there is no bad publicity.

I personally would go with the basis for the mac os. which is linux. while it has a history of being difficult to use and lack of support for windows and mac programs, it has become very user friendly. I use suse linux enterprise desktop 10 on both my desktop an imac and my gateway latptop. it works wonderfully and without any learning curve whatsoever. it can be setup easily to look and behave like windows or mac. the support for windows and mac progams are slow in coming but are getting much better and in a few years linux most likely will be able to emulate windows and macintosh perfectly as far as programs are concerned.
The technical side of linux is easily taken care of in suse by very easy to use administration tools located easily on the program bar.

Wrong. The Core of MacOS X is BSD, which is UNIX not "unix-like". Technically it's freeBSD with Mach Kernel. Here is why I switched about four years ago:

My PC tower didn't work right. The motherboard hated the soundcard which hated the 3D drivers which hated windows and I was sick of it. I was doing a fair bit with linux based webservers and FreeBSD servers. It was okay, but my printer lacked drivers, so did my scanner, so Linux on the desktop still wasn't the best option for me.

About that time I wanted a laptop and was getting ready to leave out of the country for 3 months and finally wanted something that worked. So I got an iBook. Finally I had a single platform from which I could use Microsoft Office, Photoshop, plus do all my Unix work I needed to with MYSQL et. al., and ran handy mac only software like final cut.

Since then I've transitioned into video production which is dominated by tools like Final Cut Studio. I know of more and more people who are buying Apple laptops over everyone else. Desktops are still dominated by PC, but this past year I bought my dad an iMac to replace his old Windows 98 box that had crapped out finally.

I wasn't totally sold on the switch to Intel, but now with the software I need out in Universal, it's a good move. Especially since the rendering engine in programs like Lightwave are tuned for x86.

Now my Dad could run XP if he wanted via bootcamp, but why?

Yes Apple is a few dollars more, but it's also a far more flexiable platform at this time. The main reason why Linux has stayed in the server room is Apple. Most people like me switched from Linux to Mac early on because we saw the flexiablity and abilty to have a system "That just works". Those firmly in the Linux camp get off by having to configure everything and think that's cool. I used too as well, but then I got into the real world and discovered how valubale time was. I want a computer that just works with a minium of fuss. Macs do that.

I think people are starting to trend back towards Mac now with the iPod and iTunes. This new Apple TV device will probably help as well.

Try reinstalling the program. The data in saved files should be unaffected by this. I havn't used Access in a while since moving to Mac and using PostgreSQL as my primary DB, but I remember doing something similar once back in college. That machine loaded a fresh windows 2000 install every time it booted (from the network) and I just restarted the machine and everything came back.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/

they did an entire episode about this once. They figured out exactly what ingrediants worked the best. And if you want to try at home, use DIET COKE, not the regular stuff. Astpertaime gives it an extra kick.

I've used Schuland & Partner AG for 10 years now. (That's the German Company that owns 1&1) And I can't complain. We use them for our corporate hosting and dedicated servers at work. Very reasonable and I can't complain. But I work on sites in the US and in the EU and dealing with EU can be a different ballgame. (EU data protection laws and such) Whenever we make any server changes, we always plan for a 72-hour delay. Usually it's completed with in 24 hours.

First off let me say this: We don't have to send our kids to these places to die. Not when we have bombs, drones, and tactical nukes.

 

The US Mistakes in Iraq issue:

 

1- Going to war in Iraq without UN backing but against its will..

 

Outside of a relief agency, name one time the UN has intervened usefully since 1956? And even on the Humanitarian side of things they don't have a great track record. But they are better than nothing. The UN, like the US nuclear weapons policy, is a relic of the Cold War.

 

Gee...and when you're getting kickbacks, or your son is, from a little thing called the Oil-for-food program, you think that might sway the UN's opinion a little?

 

And if you want to get technical, as far as I can tell this was a renewal of hostilities from the 1991 cease-fire agreement. Iraq broke the terms of cease-fire. I don't hear anyone disputing that.

 

And finally: when you get the UN involved, all you get is a cease-fire...which does nothing but put things off till another day.

 

Call me old fashion, but I still like the days when it took an act of War from congress to go to war and the war didn't end until surrender/treaty.

 

 

2- Ignoring the investigation by UN inspectors about WMD.

 

The US found chemical weapons in Iraq. Most were stored improperly and inert, some wasn't, but the problem here was with the term "stockpile". What constitutes a stockpile? 5 chemical shells? 10? 100? 1000?

 

Furthermore, Saddam had all the gear to start up production again once sanctions were lifted.

 

3- Depending on information from on Iraqis in exile.

 

Yeah, that's the truth. Anyone else remember the stories of Baby's being pulled off life support in Kuiwait City in 1990? The stories proved to be complete lies, yet exiled refugees told them before Congress in 1990/1991. Also, the Clinton era orders on HUMIT (Human Intelligence) really hurt the CIA. The whole point of the CIA is to deal with bad people and do bad things...just make sure it doesn't wind up on the front page of the New York Times.

 

4- For a political reason they stressed that " Shiite are the majority " and stop. In fact this is not the whole truth. They could say that Shiite is the majority among Arabs in Iraq. But Shiites are not the majority in Iraq. Since the Kurds [who distinguish themselves from Arabs now day] are Sunni. Then the Sunni's from Arabs and Kurds are the majority. That why the president of Iraq after the invasion was either Sunni Arab or Kurd. Morever the American invasion brought many Shittes to Iraq [and many non Iraqis as Iraqis]

 

Now there gets to be a lot of arguement here, but the Sunni/Shiite split not only along religous, but ethnic lines as well. A vast majority of Sunni's are Arab (in that region...I'm not sure what Indoneasia is off the top of my head) while the vast majority of Shiite are Persian (i.e. the ethnic populus of Iran).

 

Basically I think this goes back more to ethnic lines than religon as those population groups have been fighting long before the founding of the Islamic religon. So in that regaurds, you have the Persians, Kurds, and Sunni. The single largest bloc of which are those siding with the Persian. (Again whether they consider themselves Arab or Persian I can't recall.)

 

I think our single biggest mistake here was thinking there was anything to hold Iraq together. There isn't. There wasn't such a thing as an "Iraqi" until the 1950's. Loyalities in that part of the world are much more to tribal/famliy/ethnic/religous lines. It may have been best to divide the country in three, pull US troops up the Kurdish areas (where we haven't seen a lot of problems and the local population was very pro-western) and then sit on the new Kurdistan/Turkish boarder to make sure they didn't start shooting at eachother. Then let the Sunnis and Shiite shoot it out.

 

 

5- Resolving the army. This make a huge vacuum. So the border can not observed and the internal security as well. Also it make all the former Army members without pension and without job . So most of them join the Resistance.

 

Which Army are you talking about? The conscripts? Most of them surrendered or just went home. They weren't there to fight and I doubt would have made an effective military force. Conscripts were not in uniform by choice.

 

Most of the "career" military folks, especially the trained units of the republican gaurd, were loyal to Saddam, not Iraq. That doesn't even include the "special republican gaurds" and the baathist para-military units. They were loyal to the regieme. That being said, there were no truely unifying leaders in exile for the country nor many calling for democracy on the streets. There was no Charles De Gaulle for the Iraqi people to whom they could rally behind.

 

 

6- Helping the Shiite to dominant the political institution in Iraq. Shiite will be affected by Iran without doubt. Most of them were in exile in Iraq. If they are not fighting USA occupation that because they happy that USA derived them to the power. They achieved that cheaply. They continue to not resist to strengthen their presence. Until arising contradiction towards achieving their goal, the will continue to not resist. But one day they will be in conflict with US and with backing of Iran will be disaster to US. This will be big trouble to USA By the dependent Shiite branch [El Sadr group] are making some trouble to US. But most of the other Shiite [The Hakim group] has Iranian relation and easy to be influenced by Iran.

 

The Shiite, if we use the typical definitions on Iraq, are the largest single bloc of people in the geographical boundries of Iraq. To quote (Adele Stevenson I think): "The Middle East is a problem with boarders". Some british guy in the late 1940's drew lines on a map and suddenly new countries existed. It used to be just "Arabia". When the house of Saud came along and gained power, it became "Saudi Arabia"...and a few smaller countries.

 

And you're right about Iran meddeling in the affairs. Why do you think the US let Saddam subdue the uprising in (1993 iirc)? It was so the Shiites wouldn't gain power because they would become a proxy of Iran giving the Iranians control of too much of the world's oil production. The Shiites didn't forget that either.

 

Why Al Sadr is still alive is beyond me. Again this goes back to basic rules of engagement. If Al Sadr is in a Mosque...blow up the damned Mosque. We blew up church bell towers in World War II when German snipers hid inside. I saw plenty of Churches, Catholic and Luthern, still with pot marks and rebuilt sections due to Allied bombing when I lived near Hamburg, Germany.

 

And one day they will have backing form Iran? That's already happening. What is going on now in Iraq is NOT an insurgancy. It is a proxy war being fought by Iran against the United States. Iran is using the Shiite Militias in Iraq much the same way they used Hezbullah as a proxy force against Israel last summer. Don't forget we captured a few Iranian special forces in Iraq a couple months ago...

 

7- Blessing of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sustani because he is not declaring war on the Occupation and the majority of Shiattis are influenced by him. But he an Iranian and has no Iraq's citizen. He is living in Iraq in what named Holly cities to the Shiite. He has the blessing of US since he is not call to the Resistance so far. While he has been scrupulously non-violent and restrained even in his speech, Sustani is extremely forceful  . It will be mistaken if American think that this will continue.

 

He becomes forceful: Kill him. Given the current world affairs, the Regaen era self-imposed restriction on state sponsored assassination needs to end. We know where theAyatollahs in Iran live...we have extremely accurate missles...and taking out the Iranian leadership without taking on the rest of the population...priceless. (It worked pretty damn well with Kadafi over in Libya.)

 

(Just like the next time Hugo Chavaz's plane flys over the ocean...it has mysterious mechanical trouble and is never seen again. SM-3's have a habit of doing that.)

 

Of course we need to get our troops out of the area in order to take a more forceful approach otherwise risk retalliation.

 

8- It is mistake to accuse Syria and Iran with allowing the terrorists to come in Iran. Never they accused Saudi Arabia where there are strong border with Iraq and strong acting of Al_-Qaeda in that kingdom. Syria and El_al-Qaeda are in odd. Iran is Shiite and El-al-Qaeda is Sunni, If anybody pass from Iran or Syria pass to Iraq is the same as terrorists are living and passing to USA or Germany. Any body can travel to another country by getting Visa for different purpose. He/she will not prevail what he/she is intend to do in the country. Moreover blaming other country to not secure their border to prevent illegal entering is not fair. The complaining country is who has the responsibility to protect themselves by their mean Moreover does USA can secure their border with Mexico to prevent 100% the illegal immigrations?

 

Syria and Iran are no friends of the US. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Take Afganistan against the Soviets. Bin Ladan was not our friend, but in the 1980's: the Soviets were both our enemys. Both Al-Queda and the Iranians have a common foe in the region: the United States.

 

This has more to do with Israel than Iraq. Iran ships weapons to Hezbollah in Lebenon via Syria.

 

9- Banning the Bath's party and their members in the new political system. Is that a democracy to exclude a huge portion of the society from the political process. Of course with their removal, the Constitution and the Parliament will reflect this shortage. This will generate a group working under ground and resist the outcome of these process.

 

Historically it worked in Germany. Granted Nazi's were only about 10 - 15% of the German population, but I don't think the Bath party was much larger than that. They just happened to rule the country by force for 30 years.

 

 

 

 

10- Supporting the Kurds for Seperation and this will upset TURKEY and the Sunnis. The armed militias of the non-Arab Kurds are real armies that have been trained and supplied for years in their autonomous homeland under the protection of the allied "no fly" zone. If anything threatens their important interests, Kurds could start resist the American.

 

Yes, but I think the Kurds could be reasoned with and told in no uncertain terms: okay we'll support dividing Iraq into 3 countries. You get a Kurdistan, but you have to regonize the border of Turkey. Furthermore: you get to have your own "national guard" to protect your streets. But there will be permanent US military bases and your army will be the US Army. Let them spend their oil money on building up their people, not trying to enlarge the land. If they want to welcome in kurdish populations from Turkey, let them.

 

To quell Turkey, offer some kind of pipeline deal where Turkey sees some oil revenue and the US continues it's support for Turkey's bid to get into the EU. After all, Turkey is part of NATO...but that didn't keep the Turks and Greeks using NATO weapons from shooting at each other back in the 1960's either.

 

11- The political events, the transitional Administrative Law divided rather than unified and create the divided Iraq. So the constitution follow that. The problem is that division is opposed by Sunnis[ and most of Arabic countries] but the desired unity threatens the Kurdish bottom line of autonomy from the Arabs and Shiiti dream to unified with Iran in future. The Sunni demand that they not be ruled by what they consider heretical Shia law.

 

Again, in hindsight, dividing the country up may have been a better solution. Not a perfect solution, but then we probably could have retreated to the north and then let the Arabs and Persians fight it out...then we deal with the victor.

 

12- Calling all the Resistance as terrorists. In fact wasn't any presence to them in Iraq in the former regime. Both are in odd. Even if Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was living there that not mean that there are cooperation between them. How many terrorists were and still living in USA, Germany, UK,...etc. Who acted in 11 September attack were living and training in USA. Who did London attack were born and living there. The same who did Madrid booming. So don't tell that Zarquawi was living in Iraq and this is to approval of the relation between Saddam and the Quadi group. As you can not say that because the deputy of Osam benLadin is Egyptian that mean Egypt is blessing the Al-Qaeda. .The same you can not say that because Osam Bin_Ladin has Saudi citizen and most of 11 September terrorists were Saudi, give you to decide that Saudi-Arabia is blessing the terrorism.

 

And the Saudi's aren't are allies. Not really. They are the ones funding folks like Bin Ladan. The way to deal with those folks is: Assassinations. We know who these people are, start killing them and not all to quitely. People seem to think twice when cruise missiles beging flying through bedroom windows. And it only takes a few before people get the point too.

 

The ole terrorist/freedom fighter debate. Not going to go there, because it won't end. Again, from what I see, what the US is fighting now is a proxy war with Iran...only we won't bomb Iran. We are going to have to do something about Iran. Personally, without an internal revolt, I see Iran getting nuked by 2010. Either by the United States or by the Israelis.

All OS's made in the US have to give their encryption keys to the US government before they be exported.

I have serious heat issues with AMD in the past. Personally I'm a fan of the PowerPC processor line, but I got my Dad a DualCore iMac for christmas. I did some rendering tests and was extremely impressed with rendering times for 3D animation. I'm not ready to abandon my Quadcore G5 for video editing and compositing just yet.

We had a scheduled power outage here today and I haven't had any problems since everything turned back on. I'll check the settings and see about setting the reset to 1440 and see if that helps.

4 years ago when I switched to Mac.

I have a WPA commerical key and as well as MAC address filtering (only my powerbook allowed). I'll try updating the firmware.

I went cheap and got a Belkin wireless router and it had to be reset every 2 mintues otherwise it would loose connection my motorola surfboard cable modem. The LAN still functioned, but....So I went out and got the Linksys 54g, which is the router I've set up at work and other places before, but now I'm having the same problem. The first day it ran like a champ, but now two days later I'm having to reset the thing about every 15 minutes. (Save config changes). I can still connect to the router and other computers on the LAN, but it keeps needing to be reset for a connection to the internet. This goes for wireless as well as wired (like my PS2) connections. Is there a setting I need to change. I've owned these before with high traffic areas and they only needed to be reset every week or so. Here is it just me, my roommate, and the PS2 that is conencted. And now that classes have begun again, the PS2 is hardly getting used.

We start liquidifngy coal to produce synthetic fuels. This isn't new technology. The Germans did it in World War two after they lost their oil fields to the Red Army. Problem now is that it is extremely expensive to do this on a large scale. But once oil hits $75 a barrel, it suddenly becomes economical. That's why when you see oil starting to hit $70 mark, you start to see the middle east begin to get ancy. Also, we'll see more energy from wind that sunlight. Some people may have to get over their NIMBY attudies about seeing the mills sticking outo f the ocean off the coast. Already your seeing a lot of these facilities in Kansas and the other plain states. The Dakotas are perfect for wind energy and farmers make a nice profit for their 3 acres of land the towers take up. And they can still farm AROUND the towers. 3 Acres of Corn @ 140 bushels an acre and $3 a bushel = $1260 Typically farmers get $30,000 up front + yearly land lease payment and free electricity for their home/shop. Just with what they get up front, your talking about farming that land for almost a life time to earn that much. Let's face it, solar power isn't going to do you a lot of good if you live in Seattle. Now if you live in Arizona or New Mexico, different story. Also, electric cars still pollute. They just shift it from their tail pipe to a Power plant's smoke stack or a nuclear reactor. Now, when I look at a new car in another 5 years or so, I'll be looking for a flexfuel hybrid. (Let someone else work the bugs out of both technologies).

It's an off shore platform. Last time I checked, you needed land to be considered a country. As it stands, it's probably more like "in international waters" than an actual country. That is why Vatican city is still technically the smallest country in the world.

Yes, it should run fine with boot camp. I bought my Dad a new Dual Core 2Ghz iMac for my Dad and testing out applications. Office works fine through rossetta, as does Photoshop (PPC version), but PS takes a tradmendous resource hit from rosetta. The dual core 2Ghz system isn't much faster than my 1Ghz G4 powerbook when rendering some PS filters. So far Dad's only gotten a couple minutes on the Mac as I've been hogging all the time setting everything up. He installed Turbotax and it runs smoothly on the intel mac as does office so he's happy. That's my update.

I read through Bruce Cambell's autobiography once over a cup of coffee at Barnes and Noble. Really an interesting book, especially if you have any interest in the indie film business. Really the book is more of a "How to do a low budget indie film" than an autobiography other than about his brief stints as a real hollywood actor.

Try using another tag, like embed, and see if that will then play on FF. That's normally what I use with Quicktime files. Yes, not fancy, but it plays on any browser.

Just been through this with my dad. I have cable at my condo, but it's a business account with 5MB/s both ways so I can run Xgrid through the internet and for business reasons. (There are days when I'm uploading 9GB of video and wish I had a faster connection).For him, the phone company offers a $20 a month 384k/384k DSL package. Which is plenty for him as the only thing he downloads now is OSX system updates and sometimes he is sent pictures or sends pictures he scans as he is scanning all the old photo albums into his new iMac. For general surfing, once you get above 256k, I've never noticed a lot of difference in terms of how fast a webpage pops up. If your doing a lot of podcast, video, and pirating of software (or other such stuff) that's the only reason to carry the faster service. I'm in video production and it is not uncommon for me to transfer several GB files to people half way around the world. Usually what slows that process down is their end. Of the six companies I do work for, only one has a connection where I actually get about 1MB/S transer rates. Most of the others are in the 100 - 200kbps range, most likely because of BW throttles on their end. As with anything, it depends on what your going to do with the connection.

Before i start i want to make sure you understand this is not a what OS is better this is a what is better at certain things and your reasons why. I would also like to know more about Linux because i'm slightly confused on it. Will it mess my computer up if i install it, dont like it, and uninstall it? OK on with the topic.

 

I own a Mac and work on one for many hours a day, but had always used a Windows based system since well i was 5 and i remember my father using DOS to run Duke Nukem haha. So i know my way around it. Here is my Pros and Cons list

 

Windows:

 

Pros:

Almost every game runs on it

Tons of programs run on it

More Cusomization on the computers is possible

Cons:

SPYWARE, VIRUSES, ADWARE GALLORE!

Not as "nice" looking

Error message after error message

Mac:

 

Pros:

Very sleek and clean looking

Never had any viruses or spyware yet and it's been over 4 months. (long time for a windows user haha)

Lots of great built in programs such iMovie which is a REALLY good Windows Movie Maker and Garage Band which is very handy for me who makes movies

If your a graphic designer like me you need one anyways haha

 

Cons:

Pretty much no games for it

Harder to find programs for it

Hardware you have to get through Apple most of the time and can't just go to Target and pick up a CD drive.

Linux

Pro's:

Most distributions are free (Open-source).

Good for servers.

Some distributions have good user support.

Some distributions allow you to test before installing (LiveCD).

Con's:

Some distributions require some knowledge of how Linux works to get the most out of that distribution.

Not many companies make programs for Linux.

It's a pain in the *bottom* to try to get Linux to run on a system with another OS already installed.

I do have to say though that Windows is great, but i like Mac better simply because Mac CAN run windows and it connects to Windows networks and runs windows keyboard and mouses and most of the stuff. I think that Windows should try to be more cross platform compatible also. It would make the world a better place haha. Unbuntu i have tried the live CD and i have tried over and over, but i can never seem to get to install it so i have a duel boot system. I have read so many tutorials then when i try to partition it wont let me. I loved the live CD though.

 

Macs:

 

Pros:

No virus, little spyware

Most Opensource apps for Linux run fine on OSX

You can find all major commercial software for OSX, including Adobe, MS Office, Quark.

Apple only apps: iLife, Final Cut Pro, Logic, etc.

Now you can run OSX and Windows on the same box

 

 

Cons

Price. Apple hardware comes a premium

Apple tends to nickle and dime you (remember, Ilife was once free!)

 

Most popular games are ported to mac, and now with the Intel boxes, I look for increased support. But the fact of the matter is most Mac users use their computer for work not play. They aren't playing games on their mac. In fact the only game I have is Stronghold and Vegastrike...and I rarely play either one. THat's what the PS2 is for!

I bought PS2 slim line at a pawn shop about a year ago for $120, and that was the system, memory card, 2 games, and 2 controllers. Cheaper than the used prices at other places. The prices for new games have already dropped by $10, but getting used games is the way to go. I will spend $20 for a "Greatest Hits" title, but $15 or less for a used game is usually more my price range.

Microsoft copy Apple...never...ever...ever...I still think it's funny Zune isn't compatiable with Vista

BBedit, but then again that's for Mac...

Xbox 360...the next gen Mac...Well, kinda....Microsoft went to PPC processors and Apple went Intel...go figure...Anyway, now with the Xboxes shipping at $200 below the PS3 with HD-DVD roms and lots of titles available, I think they have a decided leg up in the format wars. That being said, I think the Wii is still the platform to watch because it is different. In terms of game play, the PS3 is a PS1 with fancier graphics (and I guess limited motion sensor control), the 360 is basically an Xbox with better performance, but yet game play on both the PS2 and Xbox are evolutionary.The Wii is something totally different that I think invites a whole different crowd into gaming. It is more of a revolution in how one actually interacts with the game. Your no longer just mashing buttons. I've not played the PS3 yet, but I have the Xbox360 and Wii. Wii is a fun party machine. A group and stand around and play tennis and watch others make fools of themselves or strike swords and it's fun to watch...at least entertaining, kinda of like the DDR games a few years back or guitar hero for the PS2. I've said this before, I have no plans on buying a next gen console, but at $250...I could entertain the notion of maybe getting a Wii some day. But I don't play games enough anymore to justify spending $500 on a system and $60 on a game let alone $750. $750 buys me a copy of Apple Shake which I turn around and use to earn a living. Or it buys more RAM to make working easier...or pays for a month's rent. Is a video game system worth a month's rent....not to me.

Disclaimer: I am not a Lawyer...yet (just in law school) But more and more college professors are using paper checking services to catch cheating. As far as that is concerned, it is understandable, but what I do not like is my material being submitted to databases for future reference. No mater what your professor may like to claim, if you write it, it's your copyright (providing you are not infriniging on others rights) So make sure you always document and cite your sources correctly. Some professors, and even schools now, are wording it into their agreements that you must allow professors or the insistution do whatever they wish with the work. Read all such fine print carefully and never just sign on the dotted line. If you need a couple days to read it over, they may not like it, but they have to grant it. (If not, there could be serious doubt to the contract's validity and "good faith" of such a contract) Here is something that some of us have begun doing to our papers: creating a footer on everypage that reads:Copyright © 2006 By YOUR NAME.This material may not be copied or transmited in any form, including electronically, without express written permission of the Author. What does this mean? Well simple, EVEN THE ACT OF TRANSMITTING THE PAPER TO CHECK IT IN is in violation of the terms of copyright. Now I don't support plagurizing at all, but at the same time I have more of a problem with others submitting my works to outside sources without asking. So if your professor is in love with said service, and they never made you sign anything in the syllbus...use it...see what they do...

I enjoyed Halo 1, Halo 2 was just a rent for me. Frankly, played through the game and then it ended.