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*SPOILERS*

So... why do you think Desmond ran Locke down?  My first guess was that he wanted to give him a life/death experience that, like Charlie, would cause him to see/remember the other timeline.  Me?  I'd rather make-out with Libby at the beach... but whatever.

My workmate thinks that Desmond, somehow, is bringing them all to the Hospital.  Jack is there, Jin/Sun are on their way there, maybe Charlie is still there, Claire, perhaps Sawyer is taking Kate there.  It sort of makes sense.

C3PX said:

 

I feel the state government system America was designed to have was flawless. Too bad it is more of a joke now than anything else, and becoming more so all the time. Federal government has too much control. There is no such thing as medium or small anymore. It is XL, heading to XXL, and in turn, I have no doubt it will make its way to XXXL. Government obesity, the true crisis. I don't think governments really have the ability to shed pounds, at this point my interests are in keeping it as healthy as possible to prevent sudden heart failure... but then again, as big of a fan of chaos as I am, I actually think a massive heart attack would be great fun... but looking at guys like Ferris and other friends of mine who have a family and kids, I can't really do anything but hope for the absolute best.

 

Lots of things in life are Ebb and Flow.  When business is up, you hire new people.  When business is down (see: recent recession) you fire people.  That is business.  It's not always very nice, but if you don't do it... then the whole business sinks (see: lots of companies).

The Gov't, however, never contracts.  It expands when it finds new work... but it never lets those people go.  It only gets bigger. 

Thomas Jefferson didn't think the Federal Gov't should be in the 'money printing' business.  I'm not sure I agree... I think having a national currency vouched for by the Feds is a good thing... But that just goes to show the size of Gov't he was expecting.

I think C3PX should resign.

Sweet, me too.  How long are we going to do this?

Also:

I STRONGLY OBJECT to the THREAD TITLE CHANGING!

And by "the work" you mean all of our sarcastic forum posts?  (Like this one?)

Where do you think I post from all day?

I've come to accept C3PX's "thing" for GT... I mean... who can blame him?

He's taking it a little personally.

How did we do that?

But... I thought he didn't really.

So... do you really know who DGT was?

C3PX said:

bkev said:

You know, my question is this... why does WESHALLPRESERVE get all the credit for being a youngun? I was only 13 when I joined...

Did you end every post with things like, "just one 13 year old's opinion" or "you just got owned by a 13 year old!" or "I am just 13, and even I understand how badly the prequels suck" etc.

No? Yeah, didn't think so. WESHALLPRESERVE worked hard for his reputation.

 And please don't start... it's not a reputation worth having.

I've posted the RotJ quiz:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Timing-Quiz-How-well-do-you-know-Return-of-the-Jedi/topic/11424/

Same as before (http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Timing-Quiz-How-well-do-you-know-Star-Wars-1977/topic/11353/)

Put the events in order and then guess the time each event starts. The correct order is worth 10 points, and any item out of order will lose you a point. Guess the time (the hours, minutes and seconds on the clock) each event starts. Each time is worth 3 points if within five minutes, 2 within ten minutes, and 1 point within 15 minutes.

Times are taken from the 1983 version of the film (TR47 DVDs).

Feel free to post your answers below. The only prize is knowing how awesome you are, so cheating is, of course, a no-no.

If you haven't created your answers yet, you probably don't want to read below.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

*POP*

I guess the only thing I would say to that is this: I have friends that I respect.  These friends do not share my "core beliefs about the foundation or workings of the galaxy" but I still call them my friends and "love" them in that totally straight way that men love their friends.

So, their beliefs I tolerate or ignore, but the people I respect. 

Yep.

Good morning everybody, it's April 16th! So.. in my continuing IE browser adventures... the page buttons (next, previous, you know...) at the bottom of the page don't work for me currently.  I tried closing and opening a new browser... no dice.

I guess I'll just wait for this one to blow over like my "double back" problem...

EDIT: It seems that whatever is causing this is also causing my post to be dated 3 days ago.  I.E. April 13th, not today, which is April 16th.  Right after Frink changed his sig.  Weird!

Yeah, it seems that Star Wars and the OT doesn't really show us "War between two roughly equal forces".  It's more "hit and fade" guerilla tactics by the rebels.  The Empire acts more like an over agressive Space Police Force looking for lawbreakers/protecting against terrorists.

The rebels only survive because the Empire never knows who/where they are.

In that way, it is similar to the current War on Terror.  If the Americans, with their superior forces and technology, knew who and where all of the top terrorists were... the War would be over tonight.  Hiding your top men is always a priority in war... but in WWII for example, the Axis were reasonably sure where the American and British leaders of state were at all times, and until the end of the war, we had a pretty good idea where Hitler was.  At the very least, WE KNEW WHERE GERMANY, ITALY and JAPAN WERE. 

We met openly on the battlefield...  That kind of thing.  But that campaign, despite the presence and dominance of air power, was conducted on a 2D plane- You could form a blockade on the ground or the water- in cities, roads or whathaveyou, and be reasonably sure that you would intercept your enemy there if they wanted to pass.  A few soldiers may sneak past the blockade, but certainly not the entire army...  The army was loud, slow and large, so it was easy to spot.

In space, the army is roughly the same size but the warground is infinitely larger.  And since the travel is essentially fast, practically invisible (hyperspace) and not limited to any 2D planes... it seems you couldn't set up any kind of blockade that would be effective at all.  That means you couldn't stop the enemy forces at a place of your choosing... that means that they would probably drag right up to your HQ and try to take you out.  No "front" that has to be pushed forwards or backwards until you reach the ultimate goal... just jump to lightspeed and arrive at your ultimate goal.

So, the guerilla tactics in the OT seem to make sense- the rebels are hiding- therefore the Empire can't wipe them out...  The Empire is numerous- therefore the smaller rebel force can't take them out directly.  So they identify key targets (DS, DSII, whatever) come from hiding long enough to destroy it and cause financial setbacks, human loss, and morale loss.

I'm obviously still just having this conversation with my self... so I guess I will stop there.  :)

I doubt I could type out a word, let alone a sentance if Herr Bach was tugging on my... regions.

So... now I'm in a threesome with Gaffer and C3PX?  I guess that works for me.

As long as it doesn't have those creepy singing kids at the end of the film... I'm game.  That's the only part that freaks me out... and it shakes me to my bones.

It wasn't me.  I had strep throat and missed the whole coming and going of the fine Ms. Diet GT.

Can I still say waffles?  It's because it's maximized the cripsy fried surface area to "bread unit" ratio.

C3PX said:

ABC said:

So, who is the most important character ?

In the end? Gaffer Tape. It has always been Gaffer Tape.

 WHATT???

C3PX, YOU KNOW I READ OTHER THREADS BESIDES THE VIDEO GAME THREAD, RIGHT??!?