Posts made by raphjd

Considering you have 15 people downloading already, it's best to keep it as it is.

It depends on the type of upload.

We have some pretty big collection torrents here.

You could download just 1 series at a time.

You are all set.  :hug:

Ellen qualifies under the GLBT Theme rule.

As a side note for anyone reading this, while Ellen the sitcom qualifies as a whole, Ellen the talk show doesn't unless it's a specific episode relating to GLBT issue/topic.

That surprises me that a lesbian TV show wasn't approved here.

True, lesbian porn would never be approved, but a TV show about a lesbian still qualifies under GLBT themed.

If the girls don't get in on the act, as it were, then it's allowed here.

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1 March 2011

Intel has completed its $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee.

The completion of the deal, announced yesterday, follows approvals by the various boards of directors and stockholders, as well as reviews by the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and other regulatory groups.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee will become part of the company's Software and Services Group, run by senior vice president Renee James. McAfee president Dave DeWalt will report directly to James.

McAfee will continue to offer its own branded line of security products and maintain its own customers. The two companies said they're prepping the "first fruits" of their partnership to hit the market later this year.

The need for greater security across a greater array of devices was the driving force behind Intel's bid to pick up McAfee.
Pointing to the growing number of connected devices, from PCs to mobile phones to TVs to medical devices, the two companies have said that today's approach to security isn't enough. And with the mounting threat of cyberattacks, a new security framework that combines hardware, software, and services is needed.

Security itself has become a "third pillar of computing," according to the companies, on par with energy-efficient performance and connectivity as essential elements. Among other avenues, Intel is looking to bring security to silicon by integrating it at the hardware level before the operating system even comes into play. This core approach to security applies to both embedded products and mobile devices, the companies said.

"Security challenges put the future potential of computing at risk," James said in a statement. "The acquisition of McAfee adds not only world-leading security products and technologies to Intel's computing portfolio, but also brings incredibly talented people focused on delivering products and services that help make connecting to the mobile Internet safer and more secure."

Blogging about the completed acquisition yesterday, DeWalt said that Intel and McAfee will present a webinar in May to discuss how the two will partner to concentrate on security. McAfee will also have more to say at its Focus 2011 security conference in October.

Lance Whitney

Obama chose a gay guy to do the parties at the White House.

Was there any other sensible choice?!

But in this case, Breyer said, it would be wrong to "punish Westboro for seeking to communicate its views on matters of public concern."

There is no total right to say whatever you like.

You can not scream fire in a crowded theater no matter how much you want to.  Nor can you incite others to violence.  Nor can you make sexual or racial comments in the work place.

Free speech is not absolute, as countless Supreme Court cases prove, so why do they claim it is when dealing with homophobic hate speech?!

I like ID Pleasure.

It sounds like he went extremely over the top with the lube.  Just get him to use {from the what you said} a lot less of it.  Once the pair of you are in a rhythm and know each other's likes/dislikes, it will get a lot better.

Scented/flavored lubes tend to be sickly sweet smelling and gross tasting.

Scotland has deep fried candy bars, pizza and pretty much anything else you can think of.

Well, the starting premise is that we aren't good enough to have marriage, then it goes on that if we got marriage, we'd pollute it so bad that it would totally destroy it for the heteros.

It's basically the same premise as segregation in the southern US.

Regardless of what the UK government claims, hetero marriage and civil partnerships are not equal in all but name.  I've pointed out a few things in the forums; ie pensions and whatnot.

Civil unions {and the UK's civil partnership} are so 2nd class citizen.

The testimony led lawyer Valentine to ask, "When does a fish become a whale?"

When she's a bull dyke.  >:D

Section 2 that allows statesto discriminate against gays in marriage will still be defended, as part of "state's rights".  However, no one ever talks about how DOMA {specifically Section 2} killed the full faith and credit clause of the constitution all because of hate mongers.

Intelligence Squared does a series of debates every year on various topics and here is the one on "Is the catholic church a force for good?" from 2009.

This is the entire debate with the voting results, broken into 5 parts of about 9.5 minutes.  I'm not sure why, but some times you need to select the next part rather than it automatically starting on it's own.

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It should be noted that, while they do give a brief bit of info on Anne Widdecombe, they leave out that she is a hard core catholic convert and she often slags off the church for being too liberal.  She also claims to be a virgin for god, but it probably has more to do with how ugly she is rather than her religious beliefs.

@ fancydude

Well, I think we're just on opposite poles and aren't getting anywhere since you ignoring stuff is exponentially increasing just like your philosophical cohort Raphjd so I see no point in taking this further.

If we only said bad things about muslims,you'd be in the center of this thread and loving it.  However, since we also included christianity, you aren't happy at all.

If you were able to switch into unbias mode, you'd see that you are slagging off everything to justify the abuses by your religion.

And before you bitch about the cost of a helicopter, bitch about how much wealth your church has accumulated over the last 2,000 years that could help a lot of people.  And while you are at it, think how they got a lot of that wealth.

Maybe so, but does your country keep telling you how much equality you have and therefore should worship the government?

BTW, we're meeting with our MP today at 4:30pm to discuss the anti gay inequality that remains in UK laws.  Her name is Anne Begg and she was just made a Dame for championing the rights of the disabled.

The UK government loves to brag about how "equal" it's laws are.

Excluding the anti penis rules in the UK state pension system {and in countless other areas of law}, there are some homophobic rules that people should be aware of.

The rules regarding state pensions, such as top ups, spouse/partner credits, etc do not apply to gay MALE couples until April 2015.  Married women have always had these rights, and married men and lesbian couples got these rights last year {May 2010}.

Married women and lesbian couples get 100% of their spouse/partner's state pension when the spouse/partner dies.  HOWEVER, married men and gay men couples only get 50% of their spouse/partner's state pension upon death.

Women can get state pension credits by staying home and being a house wife, with or without kids.  This is not possible for men, so make sure your man makes enough to provide for you in your old age if you wnat to stay home and take care of the house.

While the law says that work and private {ISAs} pensions must go to the surviving spouse upon death, they are specifically exempted from this requirement for civil partnerships.  The law says that they may if they wish give spouse type survivor benefits to civil partnerships.  According to a recent study, less than 2% of UK businesses give pension survivor benefits to civil partnerships.

So when you are planning your retirement, keep these issues in mind.

Again, the UK government said it has no interest in revisiting gay equality as it deems LGBTs has already being equal under the law.

NOTE: While the above doesn't take into consideration any kids in the relationships, the rules are still very much the same as above when kids are included.

Where would you like to live- the USA (or most of Europe?) or Iraq?  Esp. as a Gay male?

Let's be fair about this and ask the question in a proper way.

As a gay man where would you rather live, Uganda (majority catholic) or Iraq (majority muslim)?

OR

As a gay man where would you rather live, Jamaica (mainly christian) or Turkey (mainly muslim)?

If you look, Turkey is very similar to the US in it's treatment of gays in virtually all aspects of life.