tim_the_corsair

Hahn Super Dry is my current go-to drop, although I am partial to most dry Australian beers and pale ales.

When I'm feeling a little more exotic, I enjoy a few different Belgian or German beers (had quite a bit of Franzikaner last weekend), and I don't mind Asahi and some other pale Asian beers either.

I also like stout, though I drink it rarely.

Hardest thing on my honeymoon in Hawaii was finding a decent beer to drink; where it didn't taste like beer flavoured water, it instead just tasted like water flavoured water. You know you're a depressed Aussie when the best beer you can find is fucking Corona.

@Tim_the_Corsair said:

I don't consider myself a socialist by any stretch (I am, overall, pretty much dead centre, leaning right on some things, left on others), but as an Australian I have been stunned by the opposition so many Americans seem to have to universal healthcare. While Obamacare seems to be a pretty poor attempt at it, I cannot see how anyone could be opposed to the idea of healthcare being available to all independent of where you work (which gives employers the exact sort of power over you everyone is terrified the government might have) or whether you are rich or not. I recently had to visit the hospital on my honeymoon in Hawaii, and while the standard of care was fantastic (it was just a minor check up so I could get some medication I had accidentally forgotten at home), paying near 300 dollars for something that would have been free/cost 15 bucks back home depending on whether the doctor bulk-billed or not just made me sad. We could afford that easily, but I know a great deal of people couldn't. While I understand the issue people take with "big government" (and as a public servant I see a lot of those issues confirmed first hand, even if Australia hardly has a large public service), but I cannot see the logic in entrusting government with things like the defence of your country, but not the well-being of your people.

because many people see it as that person own responsibility not saying that your way of thinking is wrong . but the other view isn't wrong either it comes down to how you view the world mostly. if a persons able bodied should they not have the sole responsiblity of taking care of their health?? .

If your concern is that he is going to work with you and then break off and rip off the idea, you should (in addition to the advice on copyright above) look into getting a contract drafted regarding the work, plot, characters, etc, being your intellectual property, and all rights revert back to you in the event of a split.

This is akin to telling an oil painter not to bother because their paint will be imperfect compared to something done in photoshop, or telling an author not to use slang in a story because it isn't the Queen's English.

"Mistakes", as you put it, can have an artistic value all of their own. Lens flare assists with that futuristic vibe, as well as aping the feel of cinema, which can add to the experience (just like grain, camera bob, motion blur, etc). That isn't to say that it can't be presented a different way, but nor does it mean that there is anything inherently wrong with lens flare either.

Sure it can be dumb if used incorrectly, but that applies to everything.

I forgot to mention earlier that I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with my wife when we had been going out for about 3 months, and she felt the same.

We both knew it was right; hell, we were in love with each other when we were still just friends.

Sometimes the right person just comes along and it just works.

I don't consider myself a socialist by any stretch (I am, overall, pretty much dead centre, leaning right on some things, left on others), but as an Australian I have been stunned by the opposition so many Americans seem to have to universal healthcare.

While Obamacare seems to be a pretty poor attempt at it, I cannot see how anyone could be opposed to the idea of healthcare being available to all independent of where you work (which gives employers the exact sort of power over you everyone is terrified the government might have) or whether you are rich or not.

I recently had to visit the hospital on my honeymoon in Hawaii, and while the standard of care was fantastic (it was just a minor check up so I could get some medication I had accidentally forgotten at home), paying near 300 dollars for something that would have been free/cost 15 bucks back home depending on whether the doctor bulk-billed or not just made me sad.

We could afford that easily, but I know a great deal of people couldn't. While I understand the issue people take with "big government" (and as a public servant I see a lot of those issues confirmed first hand, even if Australia hardly has a large public service), but I cannot see the logic in entrusting government with things like the defence of your country, but not the well-being of your people.

@Clonedzero said:

@Dagbiker said:

@SathingtonWaltz said:

@Dagbiker said:

@Clonedzero said:

i dont really care about addict numbers. people can be addicts if they want to be. its their choice.

whats the crime numbers?

yea, i wish the US would decriminalize drugs, we'd save billions.

Actually no, Being an addict is not a choice.

It's a consequence of ones own personal decisions.

Your right, but so is getting into a car crash or getting mono.

No one chooses to get into a car crash, and no one chooses to get mono.

theres a pretty big difference between driving safely and getting T-boned by some asshole. and going "yeah, gimme that spoonful of meth! thats a great idea!"

are you saying accidents and actual decisions are the same thing? theres something called personal responsibility. im sympathetic towards addicts sure, but im not going to say its not their fault.

I never said they were blameless, but no one chooses to be an addict.

Google.

I just married the girl I've been with for 9 years (since high school).

So yeah, I think they're pretty swell.

Hey guys, I work in government procurement, so naturally the 8 - 10 hours I spend at work are solely spent procuring shit, with absolutely no time at all for meetings, planning, reports, answering emails and phone calls, and the zillion other things required by my job for me to be considered to be doing it well by my government overlords.