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I know what you mean, sorry :/ If you block 'em you'll have all sorts of troubles using the site, but posting a topic should be fine... it shouldn't rely on any resources being pulled from Google. I actually intended to shut down this forum because we have the scripts section, but you won't be able to use it or more features on the site because I'm using jQuery from Google's CDN and every submission is done via JQuery.

Someone else would have to take this own, coz this guy disappeared off the face of the planet :(

Noice. I reckon Bing needs a bit of a rebranding. At some stage or another Google needs competition or we're f***ed. We love Google, right? It's actually quite concerning that we source all of our information from the same company. The power Google has is really scary and I wouldn't be surprised of any scandals in years to come. So I support your challenge! I'm sure it won't be easy :P There's also Yahoo but the geez the company has gone downhill recently.

Ahh it's you :P Duno why I was thinking dolar, I was really thinking about you :) Yeah I thought the crime itself related to possession and not in fact smuggling into the country. 5grams, that is crazy. I'll briefly give me opinion as I'm not fully conscious. I believe that an eye for an eye is just (it is, all else equal, by definition, right?) and I have no problems with someone losing their life for intentional murder. However, no State should posses this power to end a life and such laws are flat out wrong. The reason for this is that a government cannot never be certain; the State must adduce evidence and its up to the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt (in our jurisdictions) that the person satisfied every element of the crime. For me, a life cannot be decided over reasonable doubt by an imperfect judge and perceptions of an ordinary jury. And I'm talking about murder here, not mere possession of drugs. To illustrate my point, 8 of 9 people were executed last night. One was spared because another person confused to planting the drugs on her. You see, you can't be certain and human life should not be subject to imperfect evidence and assumptions. Finally, there's not evidence for mine that the death penalty is the best way to go about a deterrent and managing Indonesia's drug problem. I'm not a psychologist but there's been studies into this sort of thing and I believe the current position is that there really isn't enough evidence to justify it as a deterrent. Secondly, Indonesia has pleaded with other countries to spare their citizens from their death penalty. Just as Australia did to it. I suppose it was ballsy of Indonesia and the President to stick by its guns (sorry for the pun...) and I think a country has to stand up for what it believes in. But I do think the death penalty, especially for this crime, is wrong and should be changed. From the outside looking in, I'd say if Indonesia wants to deal with its drug problem then it should get off its ass and hit the streets. It's easy to execute people, very easy. So I'll wait for Black Mage to tell me if that perception is wrong or not :) I haven't been to Indonesia but I've been to Borneo island and I know most people's point of view on this forum.... they probably won't understand the cultural differences of the south east Asians and the differences in cultural values and ethical behavior.

I don't know if you guys are aware but this has been in the news a lot recently as two members of the "bali nine" have attempted to save themselves from execution. Their crime was planning to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin from Indonesia to Australia (They're from Australia). There's been some diplomacy around it. Australia has tried its best to save the two ringleaders who are going to be executed in a few hours by firing squad. It has all failed however. Indonesia is a sovereign country and it has the right to enact its own laws over its own land (...the US and other jurisdictions have laws which, according to them, apply to everyone no matter where the crime takes place). The death sentence is there for a reason. Actually I think we have an active Indonesian member so I'll be careful what I say here because I don't know too much, but the law is there to stop the drug problems in the country. It's pretty much the most extreme disincentive to stop drugs coming into the country (even though these guys were taking it out). What do you guys think? A proportional punishment for a problem that is destroying lives? Or is that link far too remote to punish an individual with death to scare the others?

Or is the fishhead still good to cook and eat afterward

In retrospect, would you visit this site less if you knew how much time you'd eventually end up spending on it? :P

What is most favorite breakfast meal ever?

Uh huh.... Of course desktops are always better. Laptops aren't really designed for gaming... It's like sailing a car. I know there are gaming laptops and you can make a buoyant car, but I mean you pay a shitload more for a shitload less. My GPU is 4 times thicker than modern lappies.

Haha... You guys... GTAV isn't really for laptops. I guess you can run it though.

My friend is playing on his laptop ok. I'm not too good with hardware. I just got it back up and running this morning :D

Lol, twice as well ^.^" Noice. I got it on Saturday, had extreme major fun times, then my computer crapped out and wouldn't start. I'm not sure if the two are related. I think there's some hardware software problems (as in the software that is for the hardware). Sigh. I got that bitch back up runnin' though and gona try GTAV again soon. It also runs pretty good on my desktop, but my GPU has only got 1GB of memory T.T Though I did it for free like 4 years ago and it still goes good. I also have 16GB of ram so that's good

Got mixed up re Any which ways, I got the cracked version up and running on my rig. Really impressed so far. I'm pleased it's like the earlier games where you can just screw around and entertain yourself for ages :D I've done more messing than missions so far. Now I just gotta find time for it :/

@Kitsuki: Which country are you from? Just curious. You don't have to answer since you gave your full name :P My name is... Mark... I won't give my real since if you tried hard enough you could find out more than I want you ppl to know. It's a relatively rare name, at least where I live. Also I think my name is published in a few places with my qualifications.

Wow it must be good if you'd buy it twice. I hear a lot of people are doing that, actually.

Well it's great to have you back. I agree with Zahraa re: I have experienced something similar when I was teenager. Growing up generally your life and family are a constant, then suddenly when one or two leave or something bad happens (eg illness, separation), it feels like things aren't going to be the same and this seems to happen over night. It's a tough reality of life. It's great that you got all of things back together, but you should also be prepared for something similar to happen again.

Woot! Welcome back my brother from the same mother. #bros