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Well now your stretching. Watergate had absolutely nothing to do with freedom. Watergate tactics were used before and are still being used today the difference is they're not being caught. Well actually sometimes they are when they intercept an email between offices or such but that's beside the point, we're still free. Point is the President has every right to do what he's doing and I applaud him for it. Presidents before him used it and Presidents after him will use it. Being an Internet user you should know the only way you can be guaranteed privacy is by being in the dome of silence from Get Smart Your freedoms are much more in risk using the Internet than they are by President Bush listening to International phone calls, unless of course your a terrorist. Humans in the government are not sitting on the phone for hours listening to you talk to your grandma about the P.J.'s she bought you for Christmas. Echelon is listening to you and when you put the right kind of phrase together like I'm going to blow fill in the blank up on such and such day a red flag is raised then a HUMAN gets involved. THIS has been going on for at least 9 years that I know of maybe more. I as a regular Joe Blow have the ability to listen in on certain phone calls. It's a national hobby to buy a scanner and listen to cordless and cell phones. Are you worried about that? I'll agree that this government shows little common sense most of the time when it passes laws but you all are blaming this on Bush.. He didn't suggest the No-Fly list and he didn't enact it Congress did. Yes he signed it... do you think he's stupid? Oh wait... you do. Well the egg's on you because he knows what he's doing. If he wouldn't have signed the Nofly list into law you know what kind of hay day the press would have had with him. The press is the real problem in this country if you ask me. They'll tell any lie they can come up with as long as it sells newspapers or commercial spots on the telly. Hey wait a second it just hit me... You said you were from Britain.... You've got your government watching you pick your nose going down the street.... Talk about Big Brother....

Those morons as you put it are protecting you from Islam extremists. There's 3 things you have to understand when talking about the war on terrorism. 1. Islam extremists would rather kill you than look at you. 2. When you take a bull by the horns you better hold on tight and never let go until your finished doing what it is you wanted to do when you grabbed his horns. 3. When you grab his horns he's not just going to stand there, he'll fight back. I have no problem with the no-fly list. I know for a fact that in the states if your name is on the no-fly list and your pulled off you are checked out throughly and if it's found that your not that person you can fly. Maybe it's because this was Mexico and they don't have the resources needed to do that I don't know. I have no problem with echelon the computer that listens to phone calls and checks emails for key words such as bomb. With the word bomb in this post this very post will be red flagged by echelon and then possibly checked by a human to find out why that word was used. I have no problem with the President of the United States listening to international phone calls either. He's doing his job by taking any opportunity he has to foil future attacks which has been done numerous times. The latest that you may have heard about is the plot to take down the Brooklyn bridge. On a final note those that understand what we're dealing with do not believe it's racist to profile Muslims when it's the Muslims that are attacking us. Especially when the innocent Muslims won't speak out against those that are taking over their religion to justify their actions. Hi Big Brother! I know your watching me and it doesn't bother me in the least.

Your sims may need more transportation options. Not everyone can afford a car. Put in bus and subway stations. The road top mass transit lots are great for areas such as yours. Also try streets in front of the zones and have the roads going east west. You may not know this but when houses in the US are built on busy roads it's hard for the home owner to get out of their driveway because people just won't give someone a break.

Okay now I think I have a huge problem with the game. Someone said it should take 5-15 minutes to render a map depending on computer... Well it takes my 45-1:15 to render a map! Here's my puter specs Intel P4 2.4 ghz 533fsb, Asus MB, 1gb PC3200 micron ram, Gforce 6600gt 265mb, SB Live XGamer 5.1, 80gb 133 HD Does anyone with a slower set up render faster? If so what the heck? I will try my next render with shuting everything down but I didn't think I would need to. I don't have much running in the background to start with. Just the normal stuff... virus, spyware detectors and I just leave the room and come back so I'm not trying to do anything. I've never had a render not come out like it should.

Thanks for the comments I had fun doing this The story will be continued to include more of my region. Sloppet your right it was just one of those days... BTW your avatar is the funniest one I've ever seen.... I can't help from laughing everytime I see it. LOL

Hi Everyone! Please enjoy the antics of Abner , Crotchet and Pete . Farmers 3 from the town of Hitchcock in the region of My World. (All images hosted off site.) We find ourselves joining Abner , Crotchet and Pete at the beach for some relaxation. Abner and Crotchet are walking up to Pete where he's sitting by the cooler. Abner: Man I tell ya Crotchet I don't know what I'm going to do. That tornada plum took my house with it. Crotchet: Yea I seen the pictures in the paper I couldn't believe Floyd the copter pilot had the nerve to fly that close! Abner: Yea, He's got nerve alright! He seen that tornada heading right for me and didn't half the common courtesy of yelling at me with the bull horn. Pete: Oh don't hold it against the man Abner, he was kinda busy. Here take a look at these shots. (hands Abner the paper) Abner turns the page to see the mayors report. Pete: Heck fire Abner your house didn't even get a direct hit. Crowsnest drive took the brunt of it. Crotchet: Lucky for them they were having a block party at the motel. Abner: OH is that what they call it now days. Pete: Hey look at the bright side Abner the tornado beat your wife to it. Abner: To what? Pete: Well it took your house! Abner: Crotchet: Shoowee Pete that was cold. Pete: hehe Abner: Man kick a man when he's down. Ya best watch it Pete Karma ya know. Your houses could've been carried away just as fast. Pete: Karma Shmarma, That's the 1st big storm seen in these parts for 20 years. We gotta nuther 20 before something like that happens again. Crotchet: It shour was a bad one. There's nuthin worse than a tornada in this part of My World Pete: nope All 3 of them pop the top again and start staring out at the lake. Abner: Ya think those fish are still out there? Crotchet: Probly so, jest sittin on the bottom gettin fat. Out in the distance there's a rumbling in the sky. Pete: Hey you guys hear that? Crotchet: Yep sounds like there's a rain storm blowing in. Abner: 20 years eh Pete? Lets get out of here before we get drenched. They run for Pete's truck and head for home. As they were heading down Beaumont Bay Blvd. Pete started staring out the drivers side window. The truck veers and hit's a squirrel. Crotchet: Hell fire Pete watch where the heck your going you just waylaid that squirrel what the heck did he do to you? Abner: Not even enough for a bowl of stew. Stew... Hey I'm hungry Lets stop at the Taco shack. Crotchet: Gone.... Tornada 'member? Abner: Oh yea. Pete stands on the breaks throwing Crotchet and Abner toward the windshield. Abner: Hey ya crazy fool! Pete: Guys, do you see what I see??? (Pointing out the window) They all stare in silence for a second or two. Crotchet: Holy New Year's Eve would you look at that! Abner: What the H E doublehockeysticks?!?! Crotchet: It's heading toward our places! Pete: SamFlash Abner: Yea his too! Pete: SamFlash!, he must've got that Molecular Sound Warping Transducer working. Crotchet: Mole bound tarping what? Pete: That radidio thingamajig he's been playing with. 'Member? He said he was fix'n to find out for shour if there was life out there. Crotchet: Oh that thing, I told him he was plain insane, said if there was anything out there they would have visited us by now. Pete: Well, There Here Crotchet: Uhhuh..... Abner: Quit jabberjaw'n and get us home boy! Pete floors the truck turns down the old black top just in time to see IT hovering over Crotchets house. What is it? The MOTHER SHIP! A: Crotchets house B: Pete's house C: Abner's house. SamFlash lives between Crotchet and Pete. Crotchet: Hey what they doing to my house?!?! Abner: Maybe your wife's in there Crotchet: Shad-up, HELP ME! Pete: Help you... HOW? Abner: Getchyur guns Pete we'll blast it out of the sky! They all run to Pete's house grab the guns off the rack and head to the front porch. Pete: Holy Shiznit Crotchet yur house vanished! Crotchet: Lock-n-Load boys FIRE AT WILL! They start blasting bird shot and deer slugs at the Mother Ship. They could hear the ting tang ting of the slugs and pellets bouncing off the hull of the mammoth machine. Then they hear some clicking and sliding sounds coming down from the UFO. Abner: Run for it boys she's sending her kids after us! Just then SamFlash runs over to them. SamFlash: Not to fear gentlemen. I have informed the mayor of our situation. He will be here forth right. Pete: You crazy fool you talked to them didn't ya. Abner: What did you say to them Sam! SamFlash: I was merely conversing with them and somehow the subject of you 3 came to light. They were very displeased that you didn't believe in their existence. Crotchet: Displeased?!? I'd say they're plum tee'd off! Sirens and horns start blaring. The Gunslinging 2steppin mayor and his posse coming to the rescue (I never knew calling the cops and fire trucks would make the UFOs disappear but when I dispatched them WHOOSH the UFO fled FAST!) Until Next time boys and girls. PC DISCLAIMER: No Sims, animals, buildings or plant life were actually harmed in the portrayal of these disasters. I didn't save on exit so rest assured they're all fine. As far as they're concerned that horrific slot in their memory was just a dream.

High 5's to all the newbies.... Can a year old lurker call them newbies? Well I got sucked into the forums finally after being a member for almost a year. The last forum I was active on was one called KC's 4x4 Evo. I was a mod there... That's been like 3 years ago or so... man time does fly by. ANYWHO.... I'm a 39 yr married man, father of 2. I'm a truck driver by trade and BY CHOICE... I could do other things but I love being in control of 80,0000 lbs of metal barreling down the highway @ 70mph ( ) I've been playing SimCity since it's beginning. Started out with SimCity for the Super Nintendo then went on to the PC games. I've got SC2, SimCopter, That one where you could drive through your cities... I think it was Sim Driver... Can't find the disk right now. SC3 and NOW SC4deluxe. I'm not an expert like a lot on here I just like to build cities. I help when I can now or atleast try to help. My friends call me nuts for putting the time and patience it takes to build cities but hey IT FLOATS MY BOAT O.K.? LOL SO nice to meet Y'all and see you on the boards. Oh yea... IF by anychance your interested in learning more just goto my Yahoo 360 page http://360.yahoo.com/profile-ijtjR70_dKndJeEjUgt04N0Biwgp.g -- OR my Yahoo member page http://profiles.yahoo.com/noobienoob2000 BYEEE

This has been my Desktop for 2 years. Straight and to the point

Hi guys, been using the stex for awhile now and I REALLY NEED a mod or lot. I need a pedestrian walk under mono and elevated rails. I'd like it to be the game texture with the light pole but without the pole of course This would really help me and I'm sure 100's of other players greatly. Thanks in advance. Any questions you can email me.

Date: 12/2/2005 6:02:54 AM Author: dadyrghluv amd fx-53  2 gig ram 2X nvidia geforce 6800 ultra's in SLI mode sb audigy 2 zs platnium pro. dont rush through the game as such, enjoy it. u probably are sending ur cpu into a tizzy if ur working that fast. try slowing down to normal play modes and u should be fine. esecially if ur running onboard audio. that takes cpu usage too. i had this issue but it was my speakers being too close to my monitor. mine was fixed easily thank god. but most its a sound device issue and usually not the game. to me it sounds like a hardware issue, especially if its a sb card. they have issues left and right and arent compatible with alot of programs. although sc4 is not one of these, it sounds like u have driver conflicts. run dxdiag and see what happens when u test ur sound devices for conflicts of any kind. i hope this helps quote> Well I agree it's a driver issue with what info we have right now but I don't agree that SB cards have issues. Programmers write their programs with SB in mind. Most require SB cards or SB compatible cards to work right. If an SB card has an issue it's because of corrupt or out of date drivers. BTW Iakerr is the one asking for the help, my sound issue is user invoked

Well if it's only doing it in SimCity and is constant I'd say SimCity doesn't like your sound card or the driver for it. Try reinstalling your drivers for your sound card. Is this an on-board sound computer? Is the on-board sound sound blaster compatible? I'm sure it is if the computer is relatively new but you never know. Please tell us: If this is only an issue with SimCity... Can you play other games without any problems? Has this always been the case with SimCity? Meaning have you ever not had this problem with the game. Have you installed new hardware after installing SimCity? If this is the case re-install the game.

N_O_Body... I'm not rushing I play in turtle mode... But I still build fast. You know massive amounts of zoning and road building at once... Iakerr. The message your receiving is caused by deleting a lot or bat after you've placed it in your city OR not having all of the dependencies for a lot or bat that you've placed. This message has nothing to do with your sound issues. Is the sound issue constant or does a reboot fix the problem?

Every once and awhile I get an issue simular to yours. Mine sounds more like static though. It happens to me when I'm really building hard. I think I'm working to fast for my computer and files become corrupt because when I do a reboot everything is fine again. P4 2.8ghz 800mhz fsb 1gig ram nvidia 6600gt.... And I can STILL work faster than it can LOL.

Date: 10/6/2005 12:07:48 AM Author: wafgking How can Louisina screw up?  They are underwater, its dark, 100+ mph wind in almost the whole state.  Lousiniana couldn't do anything. I was in Panama City Beach, over 200 miles away at when Katrina made landfull.  We had sporadic electricity, high wind, and our beach under about 10 feet of water and extreme surge.  It totally reshaped our beach. When an event hits so many states it is the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT and ultimately the Presidents job to respond and help.  Bush could have helped when he started office by thinking of the enviroment.  Ocean tempatures have risen which cause more Hurricanes and more Powerful ones.  C02 increased the Greenhouse effect which is warming our entire planet.  Scientist call this this Global Warming. I've been to New Orleans and I love it.  It is my favourite American City.  But the main problems of that city where the poor people, that people forgot about and turned a blind eye instead of being compassionate and helpful.  Greedy and Capatalistic, just like Bush. New Orleans will rise again, we can't change the fact that New Orleans has fallen 8+ feet in some parts in its lifetime due to Humans interfering with mothernature.  But we can work to reverse the damamge by working on restoring the marshes, something the FEDEARAL GOVERMENT rejected years ago.  Marshes will help weaken and slow a future hurricane. #1 Learn the law before you make a comment. Bush couldn't do anything until ASKED. Blanco didn't ask for help until it was to late. Bush did all he could at the time by declaring it a disaster area BEFORE Katrina hit so federal money could start heading that way. He called Blanco the night before and tried to convince her to let him start emergency help and she denied him. Nagin is a complete idiot for not using his own evacuation plans. #2 Global warming is a complete farce there is no scientific evidence that we are causing global warming. The planet goes through it's natural stages and we pee-ons can not change them or alter them. This is not the most active hurricane season on record. #3 NO should have been a eutopia if you believe in liberal ideas and there shouldn't have been the number of poor. #4 I don't think NO should be rebuilt. It'll only happen again the next time a cat 5 hurricane takes a direct course towards it. You had a point about humans interfering with mother nature. We built a city in a delta and the Mississippi is actively reclaiming her delta.

Could I get the names or locations of the white skyscraper and the 4 story house? Thanks