Sheikah

Makes me feel glad I didn't have the real version.

Haha, scarred for life.

Of course hair colour is evolution. As a cell biology graduate I'd be pretty much made of fail if I didn't know what I was saying here. Evolution is the accumulation of mutated genes, ie. alleles (the same genes with slight variances, resulting in a different genotype) in the gene pool. Blonde hair resulted from the mutation of genes coding for hair colour; this phenotype (blonde hair itself) was then selected for by men to increase the number of these alleles in the gene pool. Evolution doesn't need to be something obvious like growing arms. It can be anything that gives a particular edge to fitness (ie. the ability to pass ones genes). In the case of blonde women in the past, it clearly assisted in passing their genes, increasing their fitness. Again, not true, as blonde hair is not the only example. The selection of traits also applied to physical features, not just something like hair. And like I've said, the de-selection of practically 'deformed' (or 'ugly') organisms led species away from breeding with those potentially ill-fated (or those that would produce 'bad' offspring). Right, with that I think it is time for bed. Yeh, 7:30AM isn't ideal. But games like spore have taken my time. Damn it.

Wow, I can't believe you are saying that. Obviously survival of the fittest governed evolution, but to say that physical traits played no part in selection? Every geneticist would laugh at you for saying that. One strikingly obvious example is blonde hair. Blonde hair grants no physical advantage, but it was selected for in the past by males. By this way, more blonde-haired people existed (particularly in European territories) due to the increase of these genes in the gene pool. Entirely irrelevant to the point at hand - you exclaimed that all beauty was insignificant, so I only needed to provide one point to disprove that. It had a significant effect in the determination of the human race. Actually, you just said beauty was insignifant generally, and the subject in question had begun to be applied to far more than just art. Besides, you've argued the toss about it here, suggesting you believe you are right in general too. Umm, take a look at the number of posts you have in this topic and how long they usually are.

You said (and I quote) "beauty has no meaning and is insignificant". But it was certainly significant in allowing the continuation of species and therefore has definite meaning. Beauty also invokes admiration and emotional response - works of art can also be deemed beautiful. I honestly can't grasp at why you insist beauty has no meaning.

I think anyone watching the HD channels nonstop would find it disappointing, but those who just watch the occasional episode (they usually get the best things to show on HD) would thoroughly enjoy it.

This is simply untrue. Many swords are styled, and expertly crafted and personalised, no different to a sculpture. In today's age, swords have no physical use (not these swords, anyway) and can only be used for viewing purposes. Making swords is a science? I missed that one on the school syllabus, sorry. And here is how I can 'factually' bring a hammer down on this comment. Beauty is actually an essential part of natural selection that has probably allowed us to survive until this day. The judgement of mates to be 'beautiful' in contrast to others millions of years ago resulted in selection, ultimately determining the species as we are today. Certain physical traits were selected for - this includes the desselction of deformities (those that would be ugly) in possible mates, that could have resulted in offspring that would have been unfit or possibly non-viable in comparison to the rest of the population. That shows the value of selection of beauty.

I wonder if this will apply to EU buyers?

Yeh, because no one wants to see that. :p Drumming gorillas, on the other hand...

XD I remember when Jimmy Carr was announcing something there and said something like: "Did you know only 1 in 10 people in America have a passport...they say that like it's a bad thing." He got booed to hell.

There's nothing like hard facts smiting the voice of ignorance on this forum. :p

You can't talk objectively about what art is. Sometimes the most pathetic paintings that consist of a few lines are considered art. You can't objectively say "this weapon was crafted without thought and there is no meaning behind it". The hell do you know if that's the case? It's as if you have a problem with discussing subjective things, and thus must categorise everything as objective. My opinions of weapons - I question the thought processes of the collector, since I see it no differently to Americans who find 'beauty' in guns. It's kind of wacky, but I have collected things like cards in the past, so each to their own.

I think the Mac and PC version are combined in 1 box?

That's all right, I'm half fish.

Hopefully no one will give you a sword for a fight. :p

The justification is always something like: "Every American has the right to protect their self!" "Against what?" "Err...other people with guns."

They played the Gorilla ad during one of the breaks while King Kong was on, which I thought was pretty good placement.

Yeh, it's a shame it takes so long for the next books to come out (I buy the books which are a collection of 4 chapters, so it takes ages to come out). :/

It's a shame these Freesat HD boxes don't have wireless built in for when they make use of the internet connection, as people in my house are a bit wire-phobic. The thing is though, on the ground floor we have a HDTV, and on the top I have my HDTV. I'd really like if we could get both linked up to freesatHD, but does anyone know if this would need 2 boxes? I've tried finding the info on the freesat site, but it sounded a bit vague.

Not as lame as grammatical injustice!

It's stories like this that make me question why America does not even consider banning firearms. Ok, the kid was a complete smacktard, but every kid surely enjoys pretending to use guns - if a kid got its hands on the real deal I'm sure they'd use it to play with. The parents are fools for leaving this around, but at the same time a country that allows their use is to blame too.

On the other hand, I have had BT for absolutely yonks with no problems. I've always had smooth online play, so maybe it's down to the area.

For the last time, I don't want to buy some speakers!

Hear, hear! Ding ding! Manchester rocks the pants off most places. The whole knife issue thing is overblown! Use a simple one liner to dispel any knife situation. I like to go with: "A knife? Are you planning to butter me a sandwhich, because I've just eaten!"* *May result in instantaneous death.

. . . I got nothing. :p