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    Awesome user with default custom title The Heretic Azazel's Avatar
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    I can't help but think of the people who worked their entire lives to bring a positive change to the world, so Obama can get it after accomplishing nothing in under a year.
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    That's about as ironic as Steve Irwin dying from a wild animal attack. The "I" word you're looking for is "inevitable".

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    Blind 7-Year-Old Boy Sees With His Ears

    Human Echolocation? That's pretty unbelievable. I always thought our hearing was pretty dud compared to animals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
    Blind 7-Year-Old Boy Sees With His Ears

    Human Echolocation? That's pretty unbelievable. I always thought our hearing was pretty dud compared to animals.
    There's a similar guy who uses echolocation with clicking sounds from his mouth:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA
    HOwever it was odd seeing him playing a NDS in a little scene lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6Zabuza9
    There's a similar guy who uses echolocation with clicking sounds from his mouth:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLziFMF4DHA
    HOwever it was odd seeing him playing a NDS in a little scene lol.
    I was just about to link to that, Zabuza. Everyone should watch that documentary. It's really great and seems really unbelievable at first, but then when his abilities are put to the test you find out they fall in a much more realistic range. That's from about 8:02 onward in Part 2.

    And yeah, that story about the DS is probably bullshit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Penner
    I count two ways.

    They should at least set up like, a live feed, or video demo of people walking through it or something. The article is lacking. Is the exit the same as the entrance?
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    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1255...=djemalertNEWS

    Obama finally gets around to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". He's out to earn that peace prize after the fact. Good on him.

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    He hasn't ended it. He hasn't even taken the first step towards ending that backwards policy. He just promised he'd do something about it. A promise from a politician does little to help the homosexuals forced into the closet in order to serve in the armed forces.
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    Making it a priority and making a public announcement that he wants to end it is taking the first step. Making it salient is the best thing he can do right now, and his promise to make good on his campaign promises is better than ignoring the issue altogether.

    He's the president, not a dictator. I don't know the process behind ending the policy, but he can't just change things willy nilly on a whim.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    If I was president my first act would be to declare myself dictator and rule with an iron fist.


    For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax
    If I was president my first act would be to declare myself dictator and rule with an iron fist.
    Mr. Animeniax, what do you know about the separation of powers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
    Mr. Animeniax, what do you know about the separation of powers?
    I know I'll separate you from your life if you question my omnipotence. Bow before me! Oh yeah, official language would be Japanese, and everyone is required to be within 5% of their ideal weight for their body type and size, or you get sent to the slave mines to assist you with compliance.


    For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?

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    Alright. Unless I can read from a reputable news source that Animeniax is the new dictator of the USA, let's keep this thread a bit more free of that fantasy. This is supposed to be about discussing real news.

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    I want to play a game.

    In the spirit of Saw VI coming to theaters near you, 18-year-old kid saws off his own leg.

    So hardcore.
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    I don't really want to imagine what it would feel like to try to amputate your own leg with a hoe and a trowel only to find out you can't cut through the bone. If nothing else, that dude had real nerves of steel.

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    well, i don't live there, but since The Governator went and signed OVER 400 NEW BILLS INTO LAW TODAY, I figured it should at least give us a glimpse of what's going on in part of America.

    Over 400 bills signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger

    I really like some of the laws. Lower the prison population. The DUI car breathalizer pilot (that one is obscure though). Stricter handgun ammo sales documentation. Quite interested what "and others" means for the paparazzi crime law. Also, how is "celebrity" defined?

    But, hell, even if I DID live in Cali, I don't think I could get through more than a handful of these actual laws to figure out what the hell they might mean...

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    Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
    well, i don't live there, but since The Governator went and signed OVER 400 NEW BILLS INTO LAW TODAY, I figured it should at least give us a glimpse of what's going on in part of America.

    Over 400 bills signed into law by Gov. Schwarzenegger

    I really like some of the laws. Lower the prison population. The DUI car breathalizer pilot (that one is obscure though). Stricter handgun ammo sales documentation. Quite interested what "and others" means for the paparazzi crime law. Also, how is "celebrity" defined?

    But, hell, even if I DID live in Cali, I don't think I could get through more than a handful of these actual laws to figure out what the hell they might mean...

    Governor calls out to wife: Arnold Schwarzenegger is upset with Maria Shriver for apparently violating a law he signed.


    What I'm more surprised about is that the law was only passed in 2008. It's been around for much longer here. The fine is also much higher. I guess I should be happy we value safety?

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