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Arnold is an Austrian immigrant, came over after winning Mr. Universe. In fact, his first movie the dubbed a different voice actor because his accent was too thick. (ah, random trivia!) He is an American citizen, but became one by passing the test and taking the oath. I can see why the founding fathers would've wanted only American born citizens as president, and I can see where allowing naturalized citizens could be a problem. But I don't think it's as big a problem as other things. You know, like lack of ability. *rolls eyes*

he's not a naturalized citizan, he's born citizen because his parents were both US citizens.... and i think having Arnold as president would be super special awesome...seriously...no one would fuck with the US then!

I think if he wasn't eligable, he wouldn't have gotten this far in the race. Even though he was born outside the US, he was born to two US citizans, which gave him a sort of double citizenship for the US and the country he was born in. From my understanding, at 18 he would've had to pick on or the other, but that may also depend on the country itself. But a naturalized citizan is one who wasn't born a citizen and took the oath to become one.

BOLOL! Ok, I found where I want to live now.

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how does that create the page numbers and links to them at the bottom?

Ok, here's the problem. On my graphics site, I have a TON of different things. I want to be able to display say 5 of them, but on the bottom, I want to generate a page number list (like page 1 2 3 with links). I can't seem to word that question in a way that I can find it through searching, so I thought I'd ask here. I've seen it before and it was pretty easy, but now I can't find it. ;

well, a lot of older homes have storm shelters......a lot of the newer ones don't bother with it, which is silly i think....at least have a basement to go into in case of storms....

they don't seem to be any worse down here....*shrugs*....this is the start of tornado season, where the worst tornados occur.... and it would be nice to be able to predict exactly where a tornado goes, but i don't think that's possible....there's too many variables that can change quickly and randomly....they are getting better at predicting tornado conditions, but that doesn't help if people don't pay attention.....or don't know what to do....

Arkansas does have an alert system. They test it every Wednesday at noon, provided it's not cloudy and rainy (so they don't scare people into thinking a tornado is coming when it's not). The problem is that tornadoes are so unpredictable that it's often hard to say when one is going to touch down and where exactly it'll go. All they can do is monitor storms that come up and warn when the conditions are right for one to touch down. Wait, that's a tornado watch. Tornado warning means a tornado has been spotted somewhere. May not have touched down, but one was spotted.

You mean the one I posted here?

go Google!

I'm not saying consoles aren't surpasing PC right now. I'm just saying don't write off PC gaming. It'll take hits, espically when three giants put out new consoles around the same time, but it'll even out again. It's not going away.

At the moment, yes. Development on better processors seems to have hit a little plateu. At least, I haven't heard about any new processors in a little while. But technology is still being expanded and continues to do so at an accallerated rate. Why do you think PC owners (ok, the ones that build their own) upgrade so often? My first PC i bought in 1995 and it didn't become obsolete for about 3-4 years. Now, when you buy a PC, it's obsolete before a year is up because something new will be released. At the moment, the Wii and other consoles are not reaching their potential and PCs have time to catch up. That will change, and I think it'll happen sooner then you think. That's why I give them all an average of 3 years before a next gen console is at the least being in a testing phase. And then the whole process starts over again. Eventually, consoles will have to be made as open hardware to keep up with new technology, and then the only thing seperating it from a PC will be the OS and what it can do.

I've never read the Sword of Truth series, though I've had it recommened a few times. Unfortunatly, I'm afraid it'll end up being the BSG drama fest or the Hercules-in-space Andromeda syndrome. ><

i wouldn't say the Xbox is a flop. With the ability to mod and upgrade it yourself, it did a great job for a first gen console. I still want a modded one myself. I don't know how modable the 360 is, so I can't comment on that. But the original Xbox basicly was a console for PC gamers. And I wouldn't say 6 years minimum for the newest consoles. Technology is improving much faster now than it was in the past. I would say about 3-4 years to reach their peak, then new consoles will be released that push the bounderies again. And that time will be less unless you can upgrade it yourself. By upgrading it yourself, you'll get more years out of it before it becomes obsolete. And GRX, I find that insulting. I'm just as crazy as everyone else here. I'm just better at hiding it.

at this point in time, they're really both needed. Console gaming pushes the boundries on what you can do with games, plus gives the computer-illiterate a way to play games they might not be able to figure out otherwise. But PC gaming constantly pushes the technology forward, forcing consoles to improve. The only problem with that is that the years between next gen consoles is getting shorter. Think about it, the SNES had games being made for it for almost 10 years. The first Xbox and the Xbox 360 had 4 years between them, and there's not many games that are made avalible for the original Xbox. With the time between console upgrades shrinking, you'll drop far more money into console gaming. Whereas with a PC, you can upgrade just your video card. Or add more memory. Your costs will be less overall, and they'll be spread out over time instead of in one lump sum.

the only problem with merging PC and console gaming is that when advances happen, it tends to leave the consoles behind....for example, FFXI. FFXI is mainly on PC, but is ported to PS2, Xbox 360, and now PS3 (i think). There have been many advances on graphics that the company and the players want to make happen, but they have to really program down for the PS2 to keep up. PCs can upgrade. Xbox 360 still has room to upgrade. The PS2 does not. So while merging PC and console games, espically MMOs, is a great idea, it's limited for expansion of technology (but not content).

Mythbusters! Science, explosions, and Tory doing stupid things and getting hurt. How can you lose?

baa-psh. We already think he's crazy, what else is new? I do think console games are becoming bigger and PC games aren't as popular. But something occured to me this morning that you're forgetting about PC games: the free modding community. I don't know anyone that makes mods for console games. The only possible exception would be the xbox, but it's more difficult to distribute them. As long as game modders out there want to customize their games and make new modlues and maps without having to pay anyone, PC gaming will still be popular. Maybe not as much as console, but it won't become obsolete.

as long as the Xbox is based on Windows technology, PC gaming will always be around. For minimual cost and effort Microsoft could release a game for both PC and Xbox to cover both groups of gamers. No other console can do that. Yes, console gaming is big and has apparently eclipsed PC gaming, but there will always be a good source of PC gamers.

actually, i don't have a problem with playing games at less than perfect of what they can do.....it'd be nice, but that's not a problem for me.....i mean, i'm only now at the point where my system (well, previous system) was unable to play the newest games.....and i had that system for about 4 years.....plus, i upgrade a little at a time, so it's easier for me to afford it.....*shrugs*.....i've always wanted a modded xbox, but i would rather put my money into one machine that will do everything i want instead of two machines that have to split it up.....don't get me wrong, i like console gaming....i like the controls and it's quicker to start a game up.....but i just can't afford both, so i stick to PC....

The only reason I don't do console gaming is the cost. It's just too damn expensive anymore. You gotta shell out $500 or so for the console itself, which will be obsolete in a few years, a lot of times you have to pay on online fee (xbox live, i'm looking at you!) for the system, plus the MMOs that have online fees, and then shell out around $80 for the games you want. I simply can't afford that. I have enough trouble keeping my PC somewhat current. ><

I'll tell ya though, it does bother me that they're getting a new cast to play old characters. I just can't see anyone else filling those shoes because a large part of Kirk and Spock and McCoy's personalites was provided by the actors. To me, they just won't be the same. And I'm really REALLY hoping they don't change the Enterprise's design!

Don't fell bad about defending it. If you like it, that's great. ^^ And if you can, get ahold of the manga. It explains a lot more and helps with understanding the characters a bit more. Espically Relena. I'm not a huge Relena fan, but the manga (and Endless Waltz) helped me not hate her anymore!