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Michael Jackson!

lmao awesome

further down the page he appears again. *sighs* God love him.

Wow, that's funny.

I do like the new layout of their images too... makes finding an image a bit easier and more convenient.

Oh c'mon, dude, you could use a vacation. Just buy it! ;)



Waiting for a decade, or waiting for a decade for something like it?

In my opinion, SC is the greatest video game of all time. The last expansion pack was released in 1999. It took them this long to release a new game, yet there's been 3 versions Warcraft and 3 versions of World of Warcraft.



Blizzard has been letting their other games lag, primarily Starcraft and Diablo.

No one would blame you for taking that break.



Hell, the graphics look amazing as hell. It's impossible to resist!

A friend of mine claims that her time with her husband has been destroyed by SC heh.



Must people suffer so?!?



I've never played it. I know I shouldn't get those games anyway. VR steals enough of my time away.

My personal 2 cents.



The beta testing for this wasn't all that impressive.



Seemed like a rehash of Starcraft.



Though the play and graphics where done well.



If you do get it wait a bit til it's on sale.



As much as I didn't like it I am doing the same thing.

I thought i was the only one still playing Diablo. And yes it lags. online and single player.



Got to check out the game. lol

Wow!

This is awesome!

I remember the old days of Diablo and Satarcraft. Starcraft was so much fun in the multyplayer!

Protos were my favorites and a good turret in the enemy base if you were playing with the marines.

What was your favorite race in Diablo and Starcraft?

Scott's was a huge Diablo fan. I remember getting pissed I couldn't get him off the computer- that was before I dove into Blizzard myself :P

I'm not sure that's very accurate. I've read SCII plays on a LAN. And I can almost guarantee there is game chat.

woo Glad I'm not the only Diablo player left :) Good luck on withstanding the temptation.

I have never played Diablo or Starcraft.... I didn't get into gaming until like 2 years ago..... when you try Starcraft 2 let me know how it is so I can decide if I want to buy it or not.

Flying objects that we can't identify are real dammit!

Oh i see my ride is here lol

and I will never know... because I am too freaking lazy to click on that link.

you dont really believe in alien life forms do ya cancer? lol

O_o Unidenfied Flying Objects are real...Must be my ride they must have remembered where they left me lol

Wow that UFO looks exactly like a plane.

Does not! It's flying on a bed of light!

LOL beam me up Scotty, I wanna fly on a bed of lights :)

P.S. Don't claim it's a dry heat either. Anyone that says that has never spent a monsoon season out here. Roughly the last half of summer into early fall. It gets quite humid.

I happen to love the summer months, but if you're not use to or unprepared for extremities then the moaning is bound to happen.

The difference is that most European countries aren't prepared for weather like that, and thus most people don't have air conditioning, and elderly or fragile people who might take extra precautions living in the desert don't know what to do.



It's also a little different in NYC, where the smog and close environment turn a 100 degree heat wave into 130 plus in some places. I was there one summer during a really bad heat wave and some thermometers placed at the top of mid-level apartment buildings were reading 120-130. Combine that with the humidity, and yeah, you can expect a few deaths, especially amongst disabled people who can't manage to go some place air-conditioned and humidity-controlled.

That's not a valid explanation.



It would be no different than it hitting -30 here in the winter. Alaskans and Northern Canadians deal with that every season.



Would it be cold? Sure. But that's no reason to lay down and die. Adjust to your environment and do what you need to do.



The deaths in Europe, in my opinion, were mostly due to local governments that failed to adequately respond to the needs of their citizens. No different than when Katrina hit the US.



But this current eastern US thing, they're babies. No one is dying and it's not that hot out there. It was 95 when the headlines started up. Our homeless people out here put up with WAY more and manage to make it though every season.

Usually its the elderly who die up north when it gets warm.



I don't know.. It's the humidity that gets to me, but it hasn't been THAT bad.



I was in Arizona in... June, was it? Hot, very very hot.

very true, dont be a wuss about a lil heat lol

I don't like the heat anywhere, I've been living in New Orleans since '97. Not something you can really escape though... I just stay indoors during the day.



I've had summers here (too many) where my A/C has gone out for long periods of time. I just raised the windows, used fans, and drank plenty of water.



I also spent 8 weeks in 29 Palms, CA for desert training back in '94. I worked from midnight to noon- so I had to sleep during the hottest parts of the day, in a tent. I still survived (albeit uncomfortable) because I was in the shade, and hydrated. It was around 110 that whole time.



I'm thinking that water is one of the biggest things- people aren't drinking enough of it. They're drinking more soft drinks and other things.

It isn't about being a baby. Like Flannery said it is about being prepared. If where you lived only got to 80 in the summer and then suddenly it was up to 110 that is a big shift.



If you don't have that high a temperature on a regular basis you wouldn't be prepared for it. Why would the government prepare for something that isn't likely to happen?



You blaming the governments in European cities would be like there being a freak tornado in Alaska and blaming the government for not having tornado alarms and causing peoples deaths. Is it likely to happen? No. But that isn't the point I'm making.

As someone who lives in florida where the summer months are constantly HOT AS HELL but no where near as bad as where you are cancer.....I know how to adquately prepare for it.......I still complain that its hot but no where near as bad as these damn tourists....WHO ARE CONSTANTLY Bitching about the fucking heat......I say to them welcome to the sunshine state! and have a plesent day!

Also if you don't have air conditioning you can always go into a store or something like that. Major stores always have air conditioning.... I remember when I was in Chicago a few years back and people were dying from the heat.... The Government was Giving away free air conditioners and people were still dying because they were stubborn and thought *I can handle this*



I think it's not just the Government because Chicago's tried... It was the people in that case. And like I was getting at earlier, if you don't have air conditioning go to a mall, the theater, walmart or some kind of store and keep cool.

Well, there's 2 sub-discussions going on here. One about Europe a few years back and the other about the current status in the US east coast.



In regard to the US: It's not that hot, no one is dying, and they ARE being babies. It's already 109 here where I am (at noon), which means it's going to peak around 115 today.



Images is way right in regard to the water.



In regard to the former European situation:



This was a prolonged event and cannot be compared to a sudden event like a tornado. If I recall correctly the European heat wave lasted at least 3 weeks, it may have been longer. Death reports rolled out day-by-day. After the initial reports, it was a failure of government to serve its people. The government knew what was going on and didn't do enough to help out.



It's why I compared the event to what happened in the US with Katrina. Katrina was not a sudden event. We knew the hurricane was coming. We knew how strong the hurricane was. We knew of the aftermath damage and still, government was slow and lethargic in their response.



The same thing is going on right now with the oil spill in the gulf and the lack of government response. This thing could have been stopped in the first week if Obama had approved an underwater explosion. It would have turned the sea floor to glass and plugged the leak. The Russians have used this method at least 3 times in the past with total success.



Yet the leak is still spewing oil, almost 8 weeks later.



This is not to say that government (the US government is all I can comment on) is always this way. The US government performed, in my opinion, the very best it possibly could after the 9/11 attack. There was rapid response, and everything was done that could be done to save as many lives as possible.



Not true with Katrina.



Not true with the European heat wave.

I suppose I have to agree that the length of the heat wave makes it harder to quantify the governments response. But if you also look at the deaths. Most were people with underlying health problems such as the elderly etc...



Although I think if we keep this up your journal comment box will explode.

While I appreciate what Flannery and Daire state, I have to agree with Images. Most people simply do not drink water, myself included. When we finally do- often times it is not just the water that our bodies need but the electrolytes so our bodies are able to then USE the water.



Most people don't understand this was the original purpose behind both lemon aide and ginger beer- to help the body absorb water better. Much of our medicine through eating properly has been lost, and unfortunately even medical Dr's don't think to let their clients know that simply placing a wedge of lemon in their water will assist with dehydration if they have not been taking care of themselves.



Unfortunately I think the media likes to behave in this whiny manner because it sells papers by connecting with the reader's emotions/frustrations of the heat. Sensationalism especially in large cities sells, because the vast majority of people don't want real news, they want to be validated in their ignorance.

I grew up in Michigan, which has very similar weather to New York and the US east coast. As a child soda was rarely allowed, but as a young adult Dr. Pepper was pretty much all I drank.



In that type of climate you can live on that. Then I moved to the desert when I was 25. My body didn't want soda. It wasn't even a conscience effort, I just started drinking water, and only water, all the time.



I think people in more modest climates don't realize the differences between different types of liquids. The summer of 1997 was the longest summer of my life. I left Michigan on Labor Day (end of September) and 75 degree weather and moved to Phoenix where they were having 100 degree weather.



In Arizona the heat continued through Halloween, when temps finally got into the 80s. This temperate was about the norm, all through the winter and into the next Spring. Hence, from my perspective, the longest Summer of my life (May 1997 - November 1998, roughly 19 months).



1998 wasn't as bad, and by 1999 I had fully adapted.

I'm a cold lover I used to camp in a tent in the mountains and it would be 40+ below 0 with a windchill factor of 60 so 100 below 0 and it isn't pleasant but with a fire and a tarp set up against the wind and it's managable. Have you ever been to Hell? It gets to about 105 above in summer and 140 below with wind chill in winter, and because of chanuk winds it can be 30 below in the morning 75 above mid day and 30 below again by night fall. We dress in layers. Hell what a place to live. I am Ana and I am from Hell Montana.

I just want to make a statement.



Okay our U.S. Military mostly comes from the south and west coast no offense to the east but it is true.



Anyways our average max heat temp in the US is roughly 110 regular heat for the most part.



In Iraq during the summer it is 120 to 130 and yes it does rain so there is humidity as well and then with all our gear on it makes our heat go to about 140 to 160. Us as soldiers have tested this with therometers to verify.



And we jump thru this weather change right off the bat so there is no preparation it is just deal with it.

We get a month in our National Training Center in Cali but it is nothing to over there.



So people can survive if they want and choose to and age has nothing to do with it we have NG (National Guard) guys who are in there late fifties early sixties who deal with it to.



This is just my opinion so thanks for your time and have a good day ladies and gents.



-All so yes we have water to but some people just drink soda and energy drinks over there and are good to go to so that all-so doesnt factor.-

P.S. I am extremely tired had only about 8 hrs of sleep in almost 35 hrs of being awake and only about 3 to 4 of it was deep sleep so yeah.



If this doesnt make sense in some areas that is why.

I need to move there! We never get that kind of heat unless its once in a blue moon!! Not sure why people wine about it, I'd much rather have the heat than an ice storm you can't drive in, etc...

This is true. I admit, it has been 'warmer' then ussual. but one gets used to it. Honestly, not enough people 'sucking it up' going on.

I don't agree that service members in general mostly come from the South. People from Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are in HUGE numbers in the Marine Corps- it's something I always noted... those 3 states alone have a major repesentation in the Marines and it's far from a minority. They make it through just fine because they are trained like the rest of us to drink water. These particular Marines are mostly stationed in the Camp Lejeune area because it's closer for them to visit home on leave.

Why complain? The summer monthes are awsome. I like the heat it is a lot better than the cold. But weather is weather so why would anyone wanna be a cry baby about it. I like how the weather here in the mountains is. Never too hot nay too cold. but it has been known to be in the hundreds and sometimes in the single digets.

You don't have the humidity to deal with out there, either. When you're experiencing that temperature constantly your blood thins. People on the East coast experience more of a change in temperature with the seasonal changes. Throw in ninety percent humidity to your average temperature.



I like the Pacific North-West. Longer winters but decent Summer temps.

I have to agree the ones who complain are babies I lived in Tucson for like 5 years I live in Missouri now and believe me it gets soooo humid with high temps. yet, if you adapt to your surroundings and take precautions then you can make it, most are just whine-bags about the humidity and heat. I have asthma and I have been here for over 20 yrs.



It is the same as Alaska the temps drop well below frezzing yet, you adapt as you do where it is also daylight for many months and nighttime for many months up there, yet people do survive it, the ones who are wuzzies should move to a different climate. LOL if our homeless can survive pretty much anything then we who are priveliged should also suck it up and make due.



poor planning or no planning is what gets most people as well as our Gov. having poor planning for anyone who has been hit with disasters. I mean come on 5 days to get water to people that is totally uncalled for, in my opinion.



I mean if we got hit with a super ice storm cell I am sure many would not survive becaue they do not know how to or refuse to know how. Me I am a surviour LOL military will do that to anyone as well as common sense.

I feel I have both. LOL

i have to say, the governments in Europe are the most unprepared when it comes to 'extreme' weather situations.



in winter, 2009, for three or more weeks, the entire UK came to a halt because the government ran out of emergency supplies of grit for roads, including major ones. this had a knock-on effect for air traffic too which in turn affected mail, businesses etc.



c'mon, i ask you, there were fairly bad conditions in some areas but being prepared would have decreased the state of infrastructure meltdown by at least a half.



as for heatwaves, we get them sure, but not to extremes and folk just need to be better equipped.



folk just like to complain but a little perspective is necessary.

I know...I know. But I had to :)

too hot in AZ

Those deaths don't count. The people dying are not Arizonians.