but i am contemplating minecraft :I

Why is Leroy Jenkins always the subject of peoples' ire?

I mean, is he a mass-murderer or somesing?

@morph- yeah, The Orange Box is a great deal. I actually spotted a copy in an Air Force exchange on Los Angeles Air Force Base.

Of course, the only reason I'm not super-interested in The Orange Box is because I already have Portal.

But I do have friends who don't have Portal, so meh, I could still gift The Orange Box copy of Portal to them once I get them to set up a Steam account.

Even I know leeroy

I'm just watching a show called "Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol" (surely they could've thought of a better name?) which is documenting the last 7-month tour of the HMS Manchester. They are, as the navy usually is nowadays, combating drugs smugglers. They've just found a small ship with a barge and the captain of the ship is making claims which contradict one another. The ship, however, is in US seas, so the Manchester can't do anything about it. However, the US Coastguards onboard the Manchester are about to.

I think it's pretty smart sticking US people on the ship in case they are in US territory. Saves time.

EDIT: Lol, the way they dealt with it when they got permission to board was to raise a US Coastguard flag. Smart.

UPDATE: The Coastguards found nothing onboard, but something was spotted floating in the ship's wake. Upon further investigation... it was a coconut.

Hey, did you guys know, that Blaziken100 created a Chatroom first, before Veers created his own?

The Chatroom, by GeneralVeers: created February 17, 2010.

Chatroom Game, by Blaziken100: created December 30, 2009.

"Your hands are slow, your movements sluggish, your lack of speed, just brings you anguish. Just take a sip, you will move faster. Just try it now! And speed is mastered!"

@morph-

GOG="Good Old Games". It's a site that sells DRM-free versions of old games like Freespace 2. Presumably, they have the Homeworld titles, though I haven't checked.

Anyways, a military exchange isn't actually like a mall. It's much smaller, and instead of having 'stores' that each specialize in a certain area of consumer goods, they have a single building that sells clothing, lawnmowers, weedeaters, televisions, video games, and military uniform supplies.

The main reason for an exchange's existence is to offer an inexpensive place for service members to shop at. Which is nice, since anything sold at a military exchange (or commissary, which is like the grocery store of a military base) has no state taxes on it.

to each his own?

Not quite half price, but it is quite a bit cheaper than the average retail market in the case of food.

For other stuff, probably not quite that much.

Well, I'm not really sure that the prices are so low that compared to prices in Greece the goods in the exchange are offered at effectively half-price.

But you're Greek, so I should probably trust your judgement here.

Whiskey, let me know of a few things' prices, and I'll tell you if they're half price. Even they're not half priced, I'm pretty sure its gonna be close, more or less.

Its ok, once we start mass producing cocaine and stuff (drug dealers), we'll be better

At least the common citizens, not the country.

(thats my prediction)

Being underage is awesome

Enjoy it while you can.

Did you guys know, that in Greece there is no law prohibiting underage people from consuming alcoholic beverages?

Which means that a 12 year old kid may drink as much as they like, and legally there are no repercussions for it. It is usually up to the parents to prevent their children from drinking alcohol.