Skywarp!

Izzard should have been higher. Why is Cedric the Entertainer on there at all? What does he DO? I would go even as far as to say they should cut him out of the list, move everyone up a notch, then stick one of the comedians this thread named but was omitted at 100. Even if it was Carrot Top. Carrot might have made me laugh once. I doubt it, though. All I know is, I've never laughed at Cedric in my whole life.

CNN:Europe: No deal with bin Laden LONDON, England (CNN) -- European politicans have ruled out negotiations with Osama bin Laden after a tape purported to be of the al Qaeda leader offered a truce to European nations if they pulled out troops from Muslim countries. "It is completely unthinkable that we could start negotiations with bin Laden. Everyone understands that," Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters. European Commission President Romano Prodi said there could be no negotiating under a "terrorist threat." (Analysis) In Britain the Foreign Office said there was no proof the voice on the tape was bin Laden. However, the message was being taken seriously. "We can't negotiate with al Qaeda," a spokesman said. "Their attacks are against the very idea of co-existence and conflict is their raison d'etre. "To hide in the face of the threat is not an answer. The right response is to continue to confront terrorism not give in to its demands." A German government spokesman said the country would not negotiate with "criminals" like bin Laden. "There will be no negotiations with terrorists and serious criminals like Osama bin Laden. The international community must continue the fight against international terrorism together. Germany will continue to contribute to that," the spokesman said. Arab language TV network Al-Arabiya aired Wednesday what it said was an audio tape from bin Laden, in which he threatened revenge on America, but offers a truce to European states. CNN experts who have listened to the tape say that the speaker sounds like bin Laden but there is no way for CNN to independently confirm the speaker's identity. Dubai-based Al-Arabiya declined to say how it received the tape, but the speaker referred to events that occurred less than a month ago. In the audio tape, the speaker threatens revenge on the United States for the death of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed March 22 in an Israeli targeted helicopter attack in Gaza City. He also refers to the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States and the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings as examples of actions al Qaeda has taken in response to attacks on Muslims. He offers a "truce" or "non-aggression" to any European country that stops "attacking Muslims," but excludes the United States from any such deal. The speaker gives a three-month deadline, starting April 15, for countries to stop attacking Muslims. He mentions Iraq but not in the specific context of the U.S.-led war. The last tape believed to have been recorded by bin Laden aired in January on Qatar-based Arabic language network, Al Jazeera. The CIA said the speaker on that tape was "likely" bin Laden, who describes the U.S. involvement in Iraq as the beginning of an occupation of Persian Gulf states for their oil. "Whoever made the tape," a CIA official said noting the Yassin death reference, it "clearly has been made in the last three weeks." Intelligence officials conducting a technical analysis of the tape expect to say "soon" whether they believe the comments are the voice of bin Laden. On March 25, Al Jazeera aired a tape believed to be from bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, calling on Pakistanis to overthrow President Pervez Musharraf.

Yeah, I played that map for about an hour and I feel like I got nowhere. I did have to cheat and go to gamefaqs for the solution to the grandfather clock puzzle, but I have no idea how they got that number from the memo of digits. And I find that the Hive is the best for splitting up your team (and also Decisions, Decisions), because when everyone gets into an elevator they might all pick a different floor.

If that's true, the "never loved each other" plot is horrible. There are plenty of tender examples from the series to defute that, so why did they go there? Also, there was a Groening/Family Guy feud? Expound, please.

Yes, that would be great. I mean, at least allow headset capabilities in the lobbies. I know that the point of not allowing it in the game is that veterans will just tell everyone how to solve puzzles. But then again, to play the level online you had to beat it offline anyway. Online play was the best thing that ever happened to Resident Evil. I really feel like I'm one of a party of people in a survival-horror flick as we get picked off one-by-one (especially in the Hive). And what's great is that people's personalities make the game different too. I've played with selfish types who hog items, loners who go off alone (that's me), bossy people who know what they're doing so they make you wait for them while they go collect items, people who suck at fighting so they get bit all the time, people that seemingly don't know where to go so they follow you around like a lost puppy, and people who are helpful and give you health items and weapons. This game rules.

Yeah, zombie teammates online are actually much scarier than other enemies because you're not dealing with A.I; they know where you went so they hunt you down.

Have you been playing Outbreak online? I've beaten the first 4 levels on easy, so far. And tonight, on Hellfire, for the first time, I had a team mate zombify and chase me. But I blew him away and went on to be the sole survivor of 4. Yes!

Official DVD News South Park: The Complete Fourth Season is officialy due out in stores on Tuesday, June 22nd. The box set includes all 17 episodes, along with mini commentaries by creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on every episode. We all know how much you little buggers wanted to have the Spirit of Christmas original shorts on this set, but alas, once again your little hopes have been destroyed. Maybe next time? 401: Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000 402: The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 403: Quintuplets 2000 404: Timmy 2000 405: Pip 406: Cartman Joins NAMBLA 407: Cherokee Hair Tampons 408: Chef Goes Nanners 409: Something You Can Do With Your Finger 410: Do the Handicapped Go to Hell? 411: Probably 412: Fourth Grade 413: Trapper Keeper 414: Helen Keller! The Musical 415: Fat Camp 416: The Wacky Molestation Adventure 417: A Very Crappy Christmas

Yeah, South Park only seems to get better as it goes on. Season 2 bores me, though.

I honestly believe that movies are the one place where critics are to be believed. I think they don't know jack about music, wherein taste is more subjective, and although the same arguments can be applied to film, I'm more of the philsophy that a bad movie is a bad movie is a bad movie, and most critics will recognize it as such.

Probably because you can start to whiddle down the sentence with good behavior. Even though it's a lot of years, it's not officially a "life sentence", or someone that can never, ever leave, no matter how reformed they get.

Weezer -- Weezer (1994) Deluxe Edition

In my book it is -- there was some great social commentary this season (Is the "nanners" episode the one with the South Park flag?)... Yes.

Hmm. I can only get the audio, not the video. But I'm with Kyle and Cartman...I don't get it.

Wow. I'm surprised this has been getting ignored.

The box art is purple, with the kids dressed in their FINGERBANG costumes. I can't wait to see "Pip" again. I caught it the first time it aired and never saw it again. What a weird episode.

BBC: Full text: 'Bin Laden tape' An audiotape purported to be from Osama Bin Laden has been broadcast by the pan-Arab al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera satellite channels. In the tape the voice offers conditional reconciliation with Europe. The following is the text of the tape as broadcast by al-Arabiya: Praise be to Almighty God; Peace and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and companions. This is a message to our neighbours north of the Mediterranean, containing a reconciliation initiative as a response to their positive reactions. Praise be to God; praise be to God; praise be to God who created heaven and earth with justice and who allowed the oppressed to punish the oppressor in the same way. Peace upon those who followed the right path: 'Oppression kills the oppressors' In my hands there is a message to remind you that justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them. The greatest rule of safety is justice, and stopping injustice and aggression. It was said: Oppression kills the oppressors and the hotbed of injustice is evil. The situation in occupied Palestine is an example. What happened on 11 September [2001] and 11 March [the Madrid train bombings] is your commodity that was returned to you. It is known that security is a pressing necessity for all mankind. We do not agree that you should monopolise it only for yourselves. Also, vigilant people do not allow their politicians to tamper with their security. Having said this, we would like to inform you that labelling us and our acts as terrorism is also a description of you and of your acts. Reaction comes at the same level as the original action. Our acts are reaction to your own acts, which are represented by the destruction and killing of our kinfolk in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. The act that horrified the world; that is, the killing of the old, handicapped [Hamas spiritual leader] Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, may God have mercy on him, is sufficient evidence. We pledge to God that we will punish America for him, God willing. Which religion considers your killed ones innocent and our killed ones worthless? And which principle considers your blood real blood and our blood water? Reciprocal treatment is fair and the one who starts injustice bears greater blame. 'Bloodsuckers' As for your politicians and those who have followed their path, who insist on ignoring the real problem of occupying the entirety of Palestine and exaggerate lies and falsification regarding our right in defence and resistance, they do not respect themselves. They also disdain the blood and minds of peoples. This is because their falsification increases the shedding of your blood instead of sparing it. Moreover, the examining of the developments that have been taking place, in terms of killings in our countries and your countries, will make clear an important fact; namely, that injustice is inflicted on us and on you by your politicians, who send your sons - although you are opposed to this - to our countries to kill and be killed. Therefore, it is in both sides' interest to curb the plans of those who shed the blood of peoples for their narrow personal interest and subservience to the White House gang. We must take into consideration that this war brings billions of dollars in profit to the major companies, whether it be those that produce weapons or those that contribute to reconstruction, such as the Halliburton Company, its sisters and daughters. Based on this, it is very clear who is the one benefiting from igniting this war and from the shedding of blood. It is the warlords, the bloodsuckers, who are steering the world policy from behind a curtain. As for President Bush, the leaders who are revolving in his orbit, the leading media companies and the United Nations, which makes laws for relations between the masters of veto and the slaves of the General Assembly, these are only some of the tools used to deceive and exploit peoples. All these pose a fatal threat to the whole world. The Zionist lobby is one of the most dangerous and most difficult figures of this group. God willing, we are determined to fight them. 'Reconciliation initiative' Based on the above, and in order to deny war merchants a chance and in response to the positive interaction shown by recent events and opinion polls, which indicate that most European peoples want peace, I ask honest people, especially ulema, preachers and merchants, to form a permanent committee to enlighten European peoples of the justice of our causes, above all Palestine. They can make use of the huge potential of the media. I also offer a reconciliation initiative to them, whose essence is our commitment to stopping operations against every country that commits itself to not attacking Muslims or interfering in their affairs - including the US conspiracy on the greater Muslim world. This reconciliation can be renewed once the period signed by the first government expires and a second government is formed with the consent of both parties. The reconciliation will start with the departure of its last soldier from our country. The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement. For those who reject reconciliation and want war, we are ready. As for those who want reconciliation, we have given them a chance. Stop shedding our blood so as to preserve your blood. It is in your hands to apply this easy, yet difficult, formula. You know that the situation will expand and increase if you delay things. If this happens, do not blame us - blame yourselves. A rational person does not relinquish his security, money and children to please the liar of the White House. Had he been truthful about his claim for peace, he would not describe the person who ripped open pregnant women in Sabra and Shatila [reference to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon] and the destroyer of the capitulation process [reference to the Palestinian-Israeli peace process] as a man of peace. He also would not have lied to people and said that we hate freedom and kill for the sake of killing. Reality proves our truthfulness and his lie. The killing of the Russians was after their invasion of Afghanistan and Chechnya; the killing of Europeans was after their invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan; and the killing of Americans on the day of New York [reference to 11 September] was after their support of the Jews in Palestine and their invasion of the Arabian Peninsula. Also, killing them in Somalia was after their invasion of it in Operation Restore Hope. We made them leave without hope, praise be to God. It is said that prevention is better than cure. A happy person is he who learns a lesson from the experience of others. Heeding right is better than persisting in falsehood. Peace be upon those who follow guidance.

Beastie Boys' new album comes out in late June, and the singles will become hits.

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"How You Remind Me" and "Someday" played in sync.

Great news about part 2. I was away for a week, but I'm back, and Online is pretty sweet. My handle is "Stevenson".

The game is released either today or tomorrow, depending on who you believe. Basically, I'm looking for opinions of the online mode that doesn't come from a Gamefaqs board.

It was released today, and bundled with "Final Fantasy XI" (which will also be sold separately) for $100. I'm not a Final Fantasy fan, and that's the only game that HDD fully supports right now (there are rumors of "SOCOM II" having new downloadable maps, skins and weapons, and "Resident Evil: Outbreak" will have faster loading times between rooms with it). I'm thinking of waiting to see if they bundle it with something else or by itself, which could take awhile. Also, people are saying the HDD itself costs $100 and that "Final Fantasy XI" is free of charge, so there's no use waiting for the HDD to come out by itself. But I have a suspicion that's all just hooey. But still, I'd like to hear what people who have it are saying about it. The HDD hardware review and the "Final Fantasy XI" review are both posted on ign.com.

If these games are all classics, then what the hell is "Xevious?"

There's a good reason for that. You don't want veterans telling you exactly how to solve a puzzle and ruining all the fun. I got the game today, but didn't get to play online yet. The server got overloaded with a huge wave of people who just got the game today. Who knows how long they'll be down for. Blech.