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I'm not saying this is entirely untrue, but I'm not seeing how, really. Former police states had national IDs, but having national IDs does not make a country a police state. As long as it's JUST a means of identifying a person, what (and this is an honest question, not a smart-ass remark) makes people think it will turn us into a police state? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I said it makes us closer to a police state, not an actual police state. It could just be a harmless identity card like you suggest. But stuff like the remote tracking thing can allow the Federal government to just as easily use it in support of a police state. But why is there even a need for a national card when the federal government already issues social security cards which are already our main identity card. The states should be capable of handling the IDs so why is the federal government now trying to step in? But I'm also paranoid and distrustful of centralized power so my opinions will obviously be skewed. But what a coincidence, my current outstanding issue in NationStates Big Brother anti-crime stuff:

Dude...identities can be EASILY stolen. Before internet identify theft, people stole it the old fashioned way with people's driver license (never let them put your social security # on your driver's license) and credit cards. And every database is crackable, everything. But the main issue is that this makes a country closer to a police state with even greater power concentrated in the central federal government. It's up to the states right now to issue ID cards because you live in that certain state.

Every state issues an ID in form of either drivers license or some other thing. It's up to the states to do that but this bill wants there to be a national card issued by the federal government.

I was performing my morning combing through Slashdot and came across this news article: It then links to this forum post where the author has this so say: It's be pointless to download it since it only works with Japanese PSPs (but I thought there was no region lock?). But this is a good start to put that PSP to some real use.

Well, you can always bring it back on track. Share with us your opinions and hopefully it will steer this thread into an intellectual realm (something I've always wanted here.)

Hehe, UE3 is one of the main reasons I didn't upgrade during this generation of graphics cards.

Ah yes, besides Taiwan.

I really doubt China will attack anyway since they need the global economy to survive.

But China has a huge work force and are able to get more by paying less. Also, their tech industry is booming. Another thing is that China can produce many of the goods we import. Their most important is oil which will soon be depleted thanks to every countries' over use. When the oil dries up, we're all flocked. Get ready for the return to agrarian society. I just hope it dries up after I die.

Well it doesn't have to be on computers, just anything weird in general. For example, I like to chocolate ice cream melt a bit before I eat it.

Umm...Drake, K'dash shares the same view.

You don't have to upgrade often if you upgrade wisely. A major upgrade every 2-3 years or a few minor ones each each.

It's like how 2006 model cars and sports games come out in 2005. I'm disappointed with the name, I was hoping they'd go for something better. Oh well, I read the article earlier and it's quite amazing. Those pics are badass. Conquest mode is going to kick ass.

Here is some more Shitbox 360 news: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/n...crosoft_xbox_dc

Played some more Rune.

System of a Down - Question! My favorite song on this album.

I like to watch movies and video clips frame by frame to look for errors and other strange things.

Well...I caved in and got the latest episode and the manga. Here's a spoiler. Amazing, ain't it?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/0...ection=cnn_tech You know...I don't think I'd ever want to meet the people who would hunt real things over the Internet.

I can only play FPS with inverted. Any other way is sin to me.

You know, cheating in a voting thing like this is unethical.

In the future please read the readmes and FAQs before asking questions. It'll make you look less like an idiot. Closed.

This is your second time at requesting a rom...I think you deserve a nice temp ban. Try it again and it will be permament.

Alright, well I guess it's not that big of a machine. This is the plug type:

Some files were added to the download system but weren't given a news post so this is a news roundup covering all of them. Whinecube Release 6 Whinecube R6 has been released. Here is the change log: »» Official Site: http://whinecube.emulation64.com/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] Project64 RDB 1.6x Beta 2 This is a ROM database for Project64. Here's what they have to say about it: »» Official Thread: http://www.emutalk.net/showthread.php?t=27562 »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] SSSPSX 0.0.13 A new version of the PSX emulation SSSPSX is out. Unfortunately the changes are in Japanese and I can't understand it. But that shouldn't stop you from downloading it and giving it a try. Also, if you know Japanese, it would be swell if you could translate it. »» Official Page: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Ebz7t-skmt/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] EasyMame 5.0.6 A new version of EasyMame has been released. It is a frontend for MAME. Obviously, it makes MAME easy. »» Official Site: http://www.mameworld.net/easymame/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] PocketNES 9.98 PocketNES, an NES emulator for the GBA, has been updated. Here is what was fixed: »» Official Site: http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] Winfellow alpha v0.4.4 build 2 This Amiga emulator has also been updated. »» Official Site: http://fellow.sourceforge.net/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] RomCenter 2.70 beta 7 RomCenter, a rom file manager, has been updated. Here are the changes: »» Official Site: http://www.romcenter.com/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server] ClrMamePro 3.64c ClrMamePro is another useful ROM manager and auditing tool. Here are the changes in the latest release: »» Official Site: http://www.clrmame.com/ »» Download it Now! [1Emulation Server]