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Don't worry, it looks like chambahs is posting shit about games like the clappers, so it's probably coming back. -Lynx

Just make sure that you're forcing encryption, then they can't actually push any charges because it's illegal for them to upload a file to log your IP. Also, if you're lucky enough to own a Mac and use Transmission, there is a very regularly updated list of 'bad sharers' to avoid. P.s. Rapidshare FTW -Lynx

Then the doctor should not state their morals, but send their patients to another doctor (or better yet, a family planning centre) that isn't against the morning after pill. -Lynx

Oh why shouldn't we... I read why don't we... Yeah, I'll type up some bullshit later, although it's going to just be like beating another dead horse. -Lynx

Because ~% of Americans are Christians, and ~70% of the United Kingdom are Christians. -Lynx

Some recent statistics show the state of British Broadband Speed - which could also be the reason as to why we own you all at this little 2D game. Note: How to win at Hockey Zone -Lynx

Do you have anything in higher reso, I'm using it as my desktop image too.

I don't think that's exactly the point she was trying to convey, although I see where you're coming from here. I find Polix's post rather confusing, as a prescription for the morning after pill is hardly logical - and is a very unreliable form of contraception, and if taken on a regular basis is very unhealthy. I believe she must have asked for a contraceptive pill, and had been declined (and there's no reason for her to ever get declined the contraceptive pill) - and sought the pill from another doctor which was also talking, what I believe, is utter crap to prevent her from taking said medication. You've got to remember, in this thread we're just dealing with opinions. Some people may believe that contraception is wrong, due to religious or moral beliefs - and therefore will not want to give out condoms. Others may believe it's wrong to hand out the pill to women to prevent them from having children. Others may believe the morning after pill is wrong, because it could actually terminate a pregnancy (even at a very early stage). Then, you get further and further into the argument. Just when is it okay to terminate a pregnancy, if it is okay at all? And if it is okay, under what grounds should we terminate a pregnancy. You may get the argument that 'Oh, this woman was raped and therefore should be allowed to terminate' but just because that babies father was an arsehole, does it mean that baby should have to die too? But, this is a whole other boat of bullshit that I think we should all avoid talking about, for now, at least. Back to the thread. From a completely neutral (I'm tired, so I'm saying that word very fucking loosely) and logical point of view, if you're going to practice in a certain profession, and you want to be efficient in that profession, you should understand what you're getting yourself into. If in your job description it says 'You need to hand out medicine, that may cause the termination of pregnancies' and you're against that as a professional, then you should seek a different line of work. This of course doesn't prevent you from doing that job, and many deluded prick lawyers have managed to dictate that religious view is now more important that providing a clear and clean service, so doctors don't have to do their bloody job. As some of you may have guessed by now, I'm not a religious person at all and I don't have any sympathy to any faggot who uses religion as a cover to not doing something at work - and I believe that in a very *very diverse world, we must all respect the wishes of each other. I, as the consumer, should have the right to go out and get the pill as I like, and do whatever I like with it as I am legally allowed to. I won't go to a doctor and say that I demand that *THEY give me the pill, however if I ask for the pill I *DEMAND that I get it. If that doctor doesn't want to give it to me (because they're being a bitch) - then they should pass me onto another doctor that isn't deluded with bullshit to give me the damn thing. It's as simple as that. On a side note, in reply to what Dav said - I completely agree. These stupid pressure groups that get one stupid idea into their head demanding 'fair treatment' really get on my nerves. I'd rather live in a house full of Aceflyers than have to spend a few hours with twats such as the CND or whatever other idiots came to my college to preach bullshit. Whatever, -Lynx

I've not actually got it myself, but I've played on it a lot. And yeah, it's an extremely good Oblivion mod, as it's basically Oblivion, but you've got guns. -Lynx

It's a great game, and uses the same engine as Oblivion, and Oblivion is amazing. Although, it's a little glitchy. -Lynx

People should be assassinated for dictating 'proper' morals to you. -Lynx

Just post in General Discussion instead, it's not like this place is thriving with posts and it's not like that even when people do go off topic you can't just post back on topic ... Mods saying "ZOMG OFF TOPIC" makes any real difference at all. -Lynx

I feared that you'd pick on an obviously made up figure. Don't be such an analytical twat... Or, yourself. Just use logic. -Lynx

Wow, that's really bloody good. Kudos.

Just don't bother talking about it, and do it. If it does damage, then don't be ignorant and keep stubborn with what you've done - ease up on the rules. At the end of the day, Subspace is dying, this forum is dying and there's not much to be offered from either anymore. There's not much point in excessively policing a wasteland. -Lynx

But for 95% of the cases that are diagnosed every day, they can simply be text-book diagnosed. The other 5% are what you might call an 'art' or whatever, but going by the whole 'computers can be doctors' analogy, that 5% of hard-to-diagnose cases is often hard to diagnose due to there only being a few other reported cases, or last known cases only occurring many years before, and therefore not exactly on the medical syllabus. The only reasons it makes it very hard for a computer to diagnose any problems is because 95% of people don't know what they're feeling, or they lie about embarrassing problems, or hide other facts for whatever other reasons. Doctors often catch out these mistakes and make decisions around this - to get a computer program to do the same is impossible. Does this make being a medical practitioner an art? Hardly, it just means that we don't yet have the technology to carry out these kinds of tasks, and even if we did it would be far too impractical to implement. Aside from that, the ethical reasons for this not being the case is far more apparent - not many people want to talk to computers, and that would be the case here. I think that you've missed the whole 'computers can be doctors' analogy, obviously we need doctors as there are so many other subliminal messages we get from people when we talk to them, and that's why doctors are much more proficient in handling diagnoses. You could weigh up the pros and cons of each argument, adding further entities and attributes for an eternity, and still have a pretty shit outcome. The day we have robot doctors is the day that the sky is no longer blue, the grass is no longer green and the water no longer flows downstream. (Not in our lifetime, anyway) -Lynx

Or that there's pretty much no reason to visit this forum anymore, other than habit.

I just think there's a lack of lulz. Internet is too serious now-a-days. Aceflyer: 1 Fun: 0 -Lynx

Just warn for excessive swears, or block the really bad ones like the one that rhymes with Hunt and starts with C.. The one that rhymes with Duck and starts with F should be kept though, because sometimes you just need to say !@#$%^&*. -Lynx

OMG RICK ASTLEY GOES TO THE GYM I WORK AT!!

Apple's Microsoft's Multi-touch screens! COOL! -Lynx

^^ Crappy analogy - if a football player said to me 'Hey, can you fix my three point shot' I'd be like 'Well, I'm no football player, so no', point of that is that I don't go around with a t-shirt saying 'I'm certified to fix your three point shot', the kids in PCWorld have t-shirts saying they're certified to fix my computer. The people on Microsoft Support website are "there to help you".

I did ask for the manager, but I just got another neanderthal. :/

Worst people I've had to deal with are the PCWorld Tech Support guys, or what the !@#$%^&* ever they call themselves. My aunt bought a laptop, however there was a problem with the RAM (I checked the error beep codes to match the BIOS, I could have fixed it but I didn't want to open it incase it voided any warranty) - anyway, she asked me to take it back and see what I could do... So I was like, fine - this is a pretty open/shut case, she's only had it a day - I should be able to get a new one. I drive to PCWorld, and I tell them that the RAM in this laptop is faulty, and I'd like a different laptop. Anyway, this greasy pizza-faced nerd takes the laptop and mumbles something about the motherboard before walking away with it, leaving me standing there like a lemon for ten minutes, so I call him back and ask him what's going on. He told me that he's going to re-install the OS. I say, well that's very nice but I'm not going to wait here for a couple hours staring into space while you *TRY* to re-install the OS on a computer that won't boot, give me a different laptop and you can just send that one back to the manufacturer, it's a textbook RAM error, and can be fixed easily but I've not got the time and since the thing was only bought yesterday - I am well within my rights to ask for my money back or have a replacement. He asks me to wait to talk to the manager. I wait.... And wait.... And lose my patience (after 20 minutes or so) - I call him back and say 'Well where is this manager of yours, I've been at the store for a half hour now and I've still got nothing to show for it, other than you trying to boot a computer that won't bloody boot' - before I could finish the manager comes over... He inspects the computer, and thinks it's the Hard Drive... I feel like !@#$%^&*ing !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&*inating this !@#$%^&*got. I explain to him... 'It's not the Hard drive, or the OS, or the motherboard, or the screen, or anything else... It's the RAM... It's a simple thing to correct, but it's not my job to correct it, it's yours. Now please, can you just give me a different laptop so I can go home' ... Anyway, he then gives me some story that he's not authorised to complete refunds or exchanges... I ask him 'Well who is?' he says... 'The manager'... I say, well who the !@#$%^&* are you, he told me you're the manager - then he tells me that the manger is on the phone out back, so I tell him to get his manager off the !@#$%^&*ing phone and out here... Thankfully, he listens. Within a minute of his manager coming out he says 'Ooh, the laptop - yeah, some have had to be recalled for faulty memory, just do an exchange' I was tempted to complain about his re!@#$%^&*ed 'tech guys' but felt too bloody smug about the outcome, so I left peacefully. But I know I'll never go PCWorld again. -Lynx

For something to be resurrected, it must have once been alive. This isn't the case here. -Lynx