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Originally posted by: teddyb4492 They may not have a Nuclear Bomb today. But if they do get one what in the hell do you think they are going to do with it? Sit and polish it?quote> They might just do that... it would certainly stop the US from attacking, since they wouldn't want to risk turning either Baghdad or Bethlehem into a radioactive crater. Nuclear bombs are as much a deterrant as a weapon... they've definitely kept the peace in Europe for the past 60 years... it was the only thing between us and a Soviet Invasion.

... btw did anybody get this... because I did... and i can't stop playing it... Nukez rool...

... just sounds like an overly expensive Habbo Hotel... If I can't kill, maim or Torture other Sims in the game it wouldn't really seem like much of an innovation... I hate MMPORGS anyway... WoW stole my brothers life from him (he's not dead but he might as well be since he never leaves the computer)... but, if Rockstar made an MMPORG GTA game... then maybe i'd think about it...

UPDATE - RADONNANOVA- GATEWAY TO THE OCEANS Dobry Den my Comrades! Sakhaliya is in the midst of a shocking Economic boom at the moment, the completion and opening of Radonnanova has brought unpresedented attention from oversea's investors... yet, as to not give in to the vulturous Capitalists just yet, any over sea's Corporation who wishes to out-source factories here must adhere to the Sakhaliyan trading code wich cite's that 'all Out-Sourced Factories must be appointed a Head Comissar to run all Sakhaliyan operations of the Companies interests' Radonnanova is Sakhaliya's one and only (at time of writing) Shipping and Naval Dockyard. Situated at the lower end of Sakhaliya, It plays a major part in the Economics and the Defence of the country, although, the town itself is small with a Population of only 40,000. Due to the lack of land in the hills of Radonnanova, most Industry is situated in the neighbouring towns of Byernosk 1 and 2 wich I'll come to later. The Industry that IS situated on the Docks however are Goverment ran facilities that produce Vehicles, Electronics and Ships, most of wich end up on boats to the rest of the World within hours of production. The millitary presence in Radonnanova can be felt even in the hills as hidden Radar Domes and Missile Battery's constantly scan the heavens for threats. Each City in Sakhaliya has a large millitary and Armed presence, in Radonnanova alone 25% (10,000) of the Population works either with the Army [The Red Fist], Navy [The Red Neptune] or Intelligence [The Red Nerve]. Also part of the Army is the Airforce [The Red Pheonix] but at the moment, all that consists of is a collection of 100 or so battered Russian Mi-24 Hinds and Ka-65 Kamovs stationed at various points around Sakhaliya. The Red Neptune consists of 1 'Kotlin Class' Destroyer, 1 'Sovremenniy Class' Destroyer, 4 'Neustrashimy Class' Frigates, 3 'B-39' Attack Submarines and 1 'Delta II' Ballistic Missile Submarine [Cruise Missiles at the moment, nothing Nuclear, although, it is equipt to deliver a Nuclear payload]. Shown here is the 3 'B-39's' taking a rest from Patrolling the Shoreline, while the Delta II is hidden in a SubPen elsewhere out of the prying eyes of the Public. The Governing office of Radonnanova is iconically in the centre of the town. As in most Citys in Sakhaliya, the office is called the 'Comrades Hall', its is where the Governing and most important Comissars of the Town deliberate over improvements to the services and infrastructure. To keep up with all these really tiring and unhelpful UN resolutions, Sakhaliya has to keep its waste dumping and Water pollution levels down dramatically. Since the Siberian meltdown, the UN has been exceptionally harsh on us down to the fact we want to build a Nuclear Plant of our own in order to keep up with the power demand. To show we're as kind to the enviroment as you can be when everybody throws their out-sourced pollutants our way, we've had to keep the Shoreline Sparkling and free of 'Radioactive' substances wich has meant a massive amount of spending on 'Western' means of Water purification... this cost Radonnanova 30% of its yearly budget but it seems to have done the trick. The benefits will outweigh the costs when we're running on the good old glow-in-the-dark. Anyway, that was pretty long winded and boring. Next time, I'll probably have some shots of the wonderous Byernosk 1 and 2 on the outskirts of Khabarovsk. Dasvidanya! Connorc24- Yep, I bat my own stuff... I'm glad to be in the USCN too btw, I should have my thread up soo (it means putting a HELL of alot of images together to get some people up to speed on Sakhaliya and the way it works) Penguin007- Argh, the forests are a nightmare. I would have had more pictures in this update but Byernosk 1 and 2 is just a mess... I deforested the whole map and now I have to plant all the tree's manually Jacqulina- Thank you! As I said to Penguin, the tree's are a nightmare to get right. Schulmanator- Yep, like the curiosity that has appeared in a Cats mind, it is very tempting... Glenni- I know, its kinda disturbing... it must be like living next door to scrapyard Suplado!- Yep, the colours are to make it look a little colder. In Siberia, I used brown... it made the place look murky but not cold... Godzillaman- I had to lot that myself since all the SNM Navy lots seems to lack nearly... everything dependancy wise. Nice to see somebody doesn't complain, unlike some people *cough*justintime*cough*... rofl. Zelgadis- Yargh, Stal-Mart, their arch rivals! Koekie01- And I have more! Its not much, more writing than pic's in essence but I need to line out the story somehow Giligonov!- Come back and give us more Nemonos! The solar plant means the Radar Station can still run on backup power if there's a war on and the Waterfront gets bombed... thats where the Power Plant is. KingTitan- Had to lot that, took me a while but I think it works well Bokrif- I'm not sure to be honest, but what ever class that Ship is, its a Sovremenniy Class Destroyer now!... I added it to my list of Ships for the Red Neptune. And yeah, I did modify that Dry Dock, I was missing pretty much all the Dependancies from the original lot but I fixed that because I felt the Dry Dock model was too good to waste.

Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Acctually... Burma has quite alot of untapped oil off its shoreline... I don't think the US wants to upset China though... occupation of Burma would make them a little jumpy.

... Some Islamic sects tend to believe that if they martyr themselves in a fight against the infidels, then they'll go to heaven where they will be treated like kings... I'd call that a greedy vision... I think its the main reason Suicide is a sin in the Bible is because their rightyfully should be no way of escaping your problems on Earth untill your time has come... to simply kill yourself is the ultimate act of greed, and I dunno if you've noticed, but greed is also a sin... so is loaning at Interest.

Default Judgement - Fear Factory

lol What shameful waste of good moose... I salute them

Yes, you hit the nail on the head. Greed is almost a re-pressive infantile gene that makes us yearn for more than we already have, I believe it could be controlled but you would need to teach children from an early age that being greedy is not acceptable. I guess most parents do do that anyway... but as they get older and possessions are easier to obtain as they make their own money, it`s hard to resist buying that forth car or twelvth house... the more a person has, the better they think they are. Greedy people are always perceived to be better than everyone else... sometimes I long for the day when your social standing is not determined by how much you own, but by what you do.

To be honest, I don't see the regime giving in to some Monks, no matter how restless the populace gets. They obviously want total control over everyone and everything; the first steps to that is eliminating all who oppose. The populace will only stay peaceful for so long before things start to spiral out of the governments control and they end up with complete anarchy. Another, possibly worse scenario for the Burmese people is they relise its a losing battle and give up... pretty much doomed to live in an opressive regime for the rest of their days. I bet China is cursing the Olympics at the moment...

Originally posted by: Micah N_O_Body is right; it is essentially all down to greed.quote>Not true. There is a deeper substance. Say that you remove all currency in the world, all possessions, etc. and yet there is still conflict. Why? It's called human nature. Not greed. quote> I was talking in a contemporary sence, but I understand what your saying. Wars are always over something though, remove all currency in the world, all possessions, etc and all you have left essentially is Land, Religion and mediocre differences to fight about... hate is simply something that makes us human and its also something that can't be quenched... by traditional means at least. We just need to learn to control our prejudices... wich has never been easy.

Aerials - System of a Down

Can Tho - Vietnam

Damn thats nice... Gazprom is evil but they at least know how to design a headquarters, lol...

N_O_Body is right; it is essentially all down to greed. nazaguy was wonders 'Why theres no clash between Western Society (America, Europe) and Chinese or Japanese societies?'... well, this is essentially down to greed too... and fear of a catastrophic war... I mean, World War 2 was bad but it was over in 6 years... we've been in Afghanistan that long. North America and Europe want an even better standard of living every given day, the world is so Globalized that even a hiccup in the US mortgage market can effect the Economy in the UK (like just a few weeks ago), ... if a large Industrialized country is invaded and has to fight a brutal war, prices of goods from that country will go up, less people will buy their stuff and their economy will slump... that coupled with massive millitary spending and the loss of infrastructure will make war (economically speaking) especially hellish... not only for the Invaded country but also their traders. If China was invaded by Russia you could wave goodbye to cheap products for a very long time... living standards around the world would decrease and no doubt and we'd wag our Nuclear fingers at the naughty Russians... but that seems to be a risk we take.

I've decided against the back wall being so close to the front, it makes the building look very narrow. I'd love to add a massive Stalinist Tower to this like like this- But, unfortunately, Gmax can only handle so much... main reason I lack soo much detail Request- I'd love to get BAT4MAX to work with 3DSMax 9 but I can't... If ANYBODY could help me, maybe over MSN, step by step to set up Bat for Max I'd be very very greatful! I've read the ReadMe many times and tried so many different things to set it up but nothing works... its totally doing my head in!

Originally posted by: aestivaAnyone who believes and wishes to enforce muslim belief on others is no different from from the Fascists and Communists in my world view.quote> Isn`t that what the US is doing with 'Democracy' and 'Freedom'? Forcing people to change? First the Communists, then the 'Terrorist' Muslim nations... you need to understand that different countries do things differently, their morals and beliefs are different and thats what defines them, if you go start making everybody the same we'll all start become part of the same old monotonous routine... variety implies individuality as not everyone is the same. In my view, to be intolerant of other peoples individuality is being a facist...

ToxicPiano- He`s fine... or as fine as you can be when your addicted to WoW. Its worse and more soul destroying than Heroin... rofl Jayo- I`m going to re-make them and then put them on Stex sometime soon... I can make them a little more realistic and detailed now i`ve got the hang of Batting Does anybody think that the Right side of the building looks shorter than the Left? It looks like it is but I dunno if thats just an optical illusion... edit- Argh, I forgot to add Unlce Joes!

I don't understand why he denys the Holocaust... if he hates Jews that much he should revel in the fact that it happened :s

Small update on that White building- I've decided that its going to be some kind of secondary Kremlin in the next large city I build...

Originally posted by: stereohype Hanson784 - oh yeah, can't wait for the Daily Show. There's a few things that bugs my bum about this. I'll just start the stream... I think it's bold of this man to enter this country a spew the same rhetoric. The dude's obviously not the brightest man in the world. But neither is Bush, so the clash is resounding. It's absurd to see how the network news plays into the propaganda machine. CNN had anchors saying the same things about this man that they said about Bush. Opinion polls may reflect differently in the coming months. Fox News parades around with their usual crass demeanor and called the intellectuals of Columbia names like children in after school care. All of it just spins a web of hate and it's starting to make sense why there's a war in Iraq - because a war with Iran couldn't of been fronted by just bases in Kuwait. sigh. I hear Argentina's nice Please, nobody respond to this ramble of mine. I won't read it.quote> Well I read it... and Yeah, I do belive Argentina is nice

Iran should be dealt with, but definitely not with force... alot a people underestimate the Iranian Armed forces, their Tech might be out dated Soviet crap yet 11 MILLION people are part of the Paramillitary... you'd be able to bomb the hell out of Iranian cities from the sea, yes... but you'll never be able to control Iran while they have such a massive Paramillitary presence. Obviously, the general concencus in the White House seems to be 'No more Iran, no more Terrorists'... umm, yeah. So when your occupying Iran and the Terrorists are coming over from Pakistan where Osama is... supposedly... what then? Invade Pakistan too? Oh, wait... nope, they have Nuclear weapons, so its too late.