Recent content by JakDRipa

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    Earth is invaded, then we win.

    It depends, are you asking what should we do or what would we do? I suspect we would subject them to the full fury of our revenge, we would be unable to restrain ourselves. Although, that of course depends on the nature of their occupation, if it was fairly friendly, maybe they'd survive us...
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    White Knights, the true enemies of sexual equality.

    A simple thought experiment: Rapists Executives who refuse women equal pay People who throw acid in the faces of literate women People who insist that women should be subservient to their husbands People who defend someone who is being treated unfairly on the internet One of these...
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    ME2 : A masturbation accessory

    I didn't really mind. First up, I didn't think it was as common or forceful as you suggest and second it always bugged me in sequels how after your character saves the universe once everyone isn't all: "holy shit it's that guy who saved the universe." Never made much sense to me so ME2 was kind...
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    For 5 minutes, you have the entire world's attention

    "Stop protecting local farms with taxes and subsidies. When your government subsidizes agriculture they are making you pay to slow the development of 1the third world and . Yes, some farmers from your country would have tough times ahead of them if you cut them but a whole lot of other people...
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    The Big Picture: Science!

    I'm planning to just watch the episode, answer what questions I can and post at the end 1. The problem with Jetpacks isn't managing the citizenry, it's fuel consumption. Also, I don't know why you're asking us scientists this, that's an engineering problem 2. Science is actually working on...
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    Australian Attorney General Calls For Violent Videogame Ban

    Short answer: no. Australia has an implied freedom of political speech but nothing for anything else. We also have a bunch of incredibly stupid restrictions on what porn is legal here :(
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    World Bank Examines Benefits of Gold Farming

    Guys, the World Bank's job is making money flow to poor people in the third world, and it's a job they've been doing for years, I think they've probably realized that sometimes money is not distributed equally by now. If it does turn out that gold farming isn't as big a help for the third world...
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    People don't give Avatar enough credit (James Cameron one)

    Dude, it was the single highest grossing movie of all time. I think it got the credit it deserved.