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What a load of baloney. Even if your theory is completely and utterly accurate on the USSR, the USSR alone does not have the capability to blow up, literally, the entire world with. IT does not have enough nuclear energy. The theory being that it takes up to 8 atom bombs of todays standard, at atmospheric level to set off to split the earth. Even then it will not destroy it. In 2012, I do believe some governments and organisations will take benefit of the Mayan prophecy, oh I don't know, maybe invade Iran for a change to spark some 2012 controversy. Or allow a Zion government to take over another middle-eastern nation with no army. BUT if you carefully consider the Mayan culture, their traditions and what kind of tribes they were, you'd be very silly to believe in their prophecies. They made made many prophecies, and out of pure luck, or magic, a few of them had some truth. They allowed their men to sacrifice their own lives, and even sacrificed their children, and blood for their 'Gods'. They live in poor conditions in the depths of Mexico. Do you really believe a small tribe with little knowledge of the educated world would predict a disaster that would end this world. Please feel free to google the Mayans. If you have an ounce of theological understanding, you'd believe that their is clear evidence that Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, all demonstrated some divine abilities which enabled them to prophesies, even if you aren't religious, you will find archeological and scriptural evidence of the existence of these people, even of Noah himself. Their prophecies have all come true or are shaping to reality, yet you find the Mayans prophecy more frightening. It's a real shame. I think people have given up on true forms of spirituality and theology, and have fallen for conspiracy. Thats my view anyway.

Relationships are not my forte. But honesty, which I believe Xisto is fond of - is.The truth of the matter is, by your long winded description, it is easy for one to assume that your relationship consisted of something overly emotional. A Hollywood love episode which slowly faded as the realities of this world hit you. Humans lose interest in one another, it is a normal feeling to suddenly turn off from one another, seek something else. It may seem extraordinary, but couples who have been married for decades, we're talking anything up to half-a-century here, barely use the word 'love'. The times they were bought up in, it was either arranged or what we now call a 'quicky-marriage' where by two people marry for financial or economical factors.One in however many couples will get divorced, the latter is usually 7 or less depending on where you're from. Out of 3 couples, all women will experience domestic abuse at least once. 1 in three however will suffer from long term abuse, these are the figures in the UK. This is far worse in the United States, considering there are more backgrounds to exploit for national statistics organisations.You cannot, by law, and in some cases morally, expect the same right as a married couple. You cannot be expected taken care for financially by your other half, and nor can you share debt and other assets. The law does not recognise two people who just live together, or are more than friends. Could you imagine how much it would cost the state to do that? They're lawyers out there who live of our tax money, could you imagine with all the cohabiting couples, the tax payer- paying for a state provided accountant to calculate your rightful assets?This is why, when it comes down to the matter, I'd just be glad I didn't waste more of my time. Move on, and just be more vigilant. If you want to pleasure the flesh, then you don't have to be committed. If you want a relationship, then decide and plan your future, and have a list, whereby you have a criteria, something to look for in a man/woman.Be glad you didn't waste more time on something you were already pondering over and wasting your life with.

Well, I do agree with most of the points you've put forward. But lets be reminded, there are people out there who have turned away from treatment, and rehabilitation. A person does not become a murderer over night. It is a slow and quite frankly, you say barbaric, and I bet it was a barbaric process. Often starts from drugs, to petty crime, moves on to violence and car theft, and one day, you manage to rid someones life. To a family member, I think God himself provides them a right to avenge or forgive. God no longer is involved in the judgement as far as this earth goes, that is the common belief in all the main religions. Otherwise God himself would seem unjust. God provides this option. And I suppose only one who loses a daughter, a wife, a son, mother or carer would understand the hurt. I don't believe someone has to die for a criminal to find the right path. If all criminals did that, this world would be a very different place today. And fair-do's to those who do find the right path after committing a horrific crime, but the state is NOT going to fund rehabilitation of a murderer, a serial rapist, especially one with a history of crime. It is after all our tax money that pays for such services, and to pay for a service, and lose a life, is too heavy-a-cost for many of the nations moral stand-point and financial cost. I hope you can understand what I'm trying to convey...

As I study computer science and Artificial Intelligence at one of the UK's top institutions, I can tell you that it has more to do with localisation than anything else. Obviously like you said there are many 'connections' or neural links a robot will have to make before it reacts. However this is all programmed, and using very common AI algorithms and search methods, it makes it a whole lot easier. Localisation is the process whereby a robot will simply move to a location, look around, and find where it is on a map. This theorem cannot however be applied to the Mars Rovers, one of my lecturers worked on this Mars mission himself at NASA. He explained how this search problem was different from regular search algorithms as there is no map. I recommend you read Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. You fill find that these 'zaps' are not really zaps at all but very careful algorithms and programmed structures. Some structures may overtake one another, i.e. the camera sensor may supersede the touch sensor, maybe because the camera sensor is found to be more accurate. We program mini-robots and get them to move on a large man made grid to see if they can follow a line, and find the shortest path on a grid using many of the available search algorithms. Right now, I can tell you, as smart as you think people like NASA are, they have not yet developed anything remotely close to human intelligence. Not even the the walking-dog robot which was funded by the military, as it depends on heave machinery and balance mechanisms to balance itself. I'd say there is a huge amount of computer science knowledge needed to part-take in anything such as robotics. We are having trouble just having to get the robot walk on two legs, or drive in a straight direction regardless of the rocky surface. We want it to balance itself, i.e. know when it needs to readjust behaviors. We need it to find where it is on the map. We may need it to react to its environment, and furthermore if it's going all the way to mars, we may need a power-plan! As you can see, I've outlined some of the very very basic concepts of AI, the challenges. And remember, Not 'Zaps', just simple programming and behavior architecture coming in to play. A load of sensors on a machine.

SO in Maths class the other day, my tutor explained how zero was an even number. -1 being an odd number, 1 being an odd number also, therefore 0 is seen as an even number. I wonder if it has any other properties, unknown to me - of an even number?Apparently according to WikiPedia, zero can be divided by two? Can someone tell me what that is. Also

Woah woah woah, so much MS Word dislike.Microsoft Word is by far one of the best word processing applications I've used. And I've only used three, MS Works, Open Office, and Word. Well actually 4 if you include Google Docs. I can only recommend that you look up on how to change the autosave settings in word. As for freezing up, all operating systems I've used have had problems with freezing up. It's inevitable. Even linux systems which people say is not prone to freezing, froze on me the other day while I was at university.Actually the best option would be to change your habit so you save every three paragraphs of text. At least every page. Be paranoid, when you're thinking, just hit that shortcut CTRL + S - it's literally painless...

Agreed! It's sometimes so hard to read, especially with the crappy capatcha code generators. Often it could take me up to three attempts.And also no capatcha security codes should be case sensitive. And I think if the user gets up to 5/6 characters correct, then the site should assume that it is not a script, and that the action was performed by a human. I think this is relatively easy to implement, and programmers are just being lazy!It's not so annoying right now, people may find it a stupid rant. But arrgh i hate wasting a minute on just capatcha codes!

I do believe in the civil existence of the death penalty. The issue arises when the subject is mentally unstable, and once proven, he is susceptible to the death penalty, both in the religion I believe in, and according to the western laws of civilisation.I once saw a documentary my social studies tutor in school showed me, where a group of men kidnapped and raped a young teenage girl repeatedly. During these episodes she died, and postmortem studies showed that she was repeatedly raped even after she died.Her rapists weren't caught, except just one. The girls father told the sheriff that he would shoot him - himself with his own shotgun if he was let free by the courts. Luckily for her father, the man was sentenced to death by the county. Even before he was shocked to death he smiled at her father behind the screen, when her father willed to see him die.People like that are not mean't to live with civilised people. People who pass various tests and psychiatry exams. People who are fit to act civil, but fail to. Religiously, forgiveness is above all, even for murder, forgiveness is ever great. And leaves the wrong-doer with an even bigger court sentence, also religion acknowledges mans guilt, and forgiveness and repentance can prove a good change for the wrong-doer. If the wrong-doer finds salvation in religion or spirituality, then the reward of it will pass on to you. However an eye for an eye tooth for a tooth, which both the Bible, Torah, and Quran provide option for, for family of the victim, is a permissible act. Today America supposedly bases its law on God, therefore keeping the phrase 'in God we trust' - alive. Therefore many of the states in the USA believe in the death penalty.

Rape scenes are quite uncommon actually. However, I do agree with the point that writing in rape scenes where it is not used to reflect the seriousness and wrongness of the topic, it is obviously wrong.For example, the move Clockwork Orange was criticised extensively for showing rape scenes excessively. However a foreign film Irreversible, was highly credit for an 8-minute long rape scene in which the cinematography featured was still and very unsettling for the audience. All you could really see was a distant struggle and the victims screams which were tightly concealed by her rapists paws. The scene was highly credited for its innovation of general cinematic techniques, however the rape scene is one of the key sequences that are shown today to in film theory classes where one studies 'shocking cinema'. I can understand your concern. But the truth of the matter is, the reality of rape (and not corny-porn rape), is that it is a very serious situation, and if the film/tv drama you watch does not reflect that, then write a review about it. But I think it's correct to stereotype films and tv dramas in general. I hope I was of some help. If you wish ask me something, then please do reply and I'll get back to you.

I know there was a time where only the newspaper/tv press had Mac OS as it seemed reasonable due to the amount of work in relation to creativity and design involved in their works.The PC is ideal for 'real' IT solutions, or business in general. There is nothing a PC can't do that a MAC can. I'm hesitant to say the opposite about the Mac. I have used to MAC for design work, and when I studied film at university, I used Final cut pro to edit sequences. As far as PC Vs. Mac goes, I suppose it depends on your needs. If you'll be doing work largely based on photography, film and design, then go ahead and spend that money on a Mac.BUT if you'll be doing that alongside reports, business memos, networking, management work - then a PC is a better option. It is also seen as more conservative. Today Apple charges its clients a huge sum of money on a product that would cost you up to half as less, with more flexibility options in the future. This includes upgrading the hardware components, and inter-compatibility. I'm afraid to say the Apple laptops and desktops are far more complex in design and even more costly to repair!The demand for Apple is getting higher, but I bet only a few of their clients are real enthusiasts, maybe including students who are interested in the 'looks' rather than whats in the junk.That's my view, I currently run an i7 laptop/PC. Mainly for photography and design work, inc. stuff I do for uni (programming/comp science)

Hi, I may be able to help you. I've dealt with similar situations, and I know how tedious it can be when you're unable to know the exact problem. As far as your adapter (charger) goes - - it does not matter whether the green light is on, just two days ago my cousins laptop charger wasn't working, but her neighbours worked on her laptop (they had same model laptops). Her concern was whether it was the laptop, as the GREEN LIGHT was on. The green light indicates that their is electricity flowing through the adapter. However, an internal fault with a resister or any other component can leave the charger useless. I KNOW WITH DELL - it will detect if you do not have a battery as it will show a RED 'X' on the battery icon, and a plug icon to say you are plugged in. My issue here is that the adapter seems to work, and that both batteries are not working. This further implies that your laptop charging facility, isn't functioning properly. You can call DELL for support however they charge as it is out of warranty. My advice would be to consult Dell, find out the possible problem and deal with it yourself.