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I'd say people probably disliked and distrusted the government even more in 1969 then they do today.

Freedom.

I can't imagine any situation where I would be happy but not free.

I don't think it was a hoax but a couple of things I still don't get...

I find it rather astounding that you can send a world-wide live television broadcast from the surface of the moon, with with the rather modest broadcasting equipment the brought with them.

I'm still amazed that not only did they land the capsule perfectly, they launched from the surface of the moon and managed to plot a tragectory that brought them back almost effortlessly, all with a pretty primitive set up.

I dunno about destruction of the materials if a "make awesome item x1" order fails.

Maybe my thinking is too industrial age, but I think lesser-skilled smiths would be better suited at mass production orders, they churn out 40 -Steel Swords- while if they worked normally they'd produce 22 Steel Swords, 10 -Steel Swords- And 8 +Steel Swords+ which would take 3 times longer.

A legendary craftsman would just be constrained by adhering to such demands for uniformity and while the'd produce decent stuff, it would be better to just let him do his own thing and craft at his own pace and ideas.

Alternatively, you could spend 3 times the construction time to produce a slightly better item. It should be only feasable if you are working with a rare material and you don't want it fucked up by having your Legendary craftsdwarf randomly crap out an -Adamantine Short Sword- when he usually churns out exceptional items.

Just my thoughts, so long as it isn't implimented in a horrible way like the new military menu insanity was.

As revenge for the mosque being built, I will mail them 30 un inflated balloons every day. With tiny needle holes in them so they can't be inflated properly.

Dear (insert higher deity here), man! Are you trying to cause a (Jihad/Crusade) here?!

insulting everyone because they're not fucking generals or scholars

Calling people out on their bullshit isn't really insulting, because its bullshit. You don't have to be a general or a scholar to contribute something meaningful. Spouting cliches and wild fantasy and being insulted when nobody accepts the value of shit for its weight in gold? Thats silly.

It doesn't take much to have a modicum of knowledge about the topic on hand. A wikipedia-level of understanding at the least would be a good fuckin start.

Which doesn't really make much sense anyways. History has shown that numberical advantage is more of a logicistical hinderance then a deciding factor. Massive numbers of soldiers means massive causalities. This is 2010, not 1860. Massed formations of troops is asking for a massed destruction of said troops. Trenches and machineguns rendered massed formations idioitic back in 1914. Its even more true today.

Iraq's million-man Army proved to be nigh useless a decade ago.

No, an ancient spearman in the mountains cannot destroy a battleship in the real world.

I really doubt that platform needed anything other then heat and gravity to sink it.

I also seriously doubt BP or any other corporation involved is competent and ballsy enough to even consider, let alone execute such an idea.

Their best plans of solving the problem is fodder for late night comedian talkshows. Nothing BP has done has indicated anything other then mass confusion and panic at their highest levels.