I don't know what ODST is. BUT. Emilie Simon's new album is excellent.

Halo

Oh that. Yeah. I don't like Halo.

Pretty mediocre in my eyes.

Modern Warfare 2 will destroy Halo, anyway.

Halo 3 sucked, anyway. Halo 2 was good but Halo 3 ruined it.

I think they were all on a sliding scale between mediocre and sh[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]thouse.

[QUOTE=Efrim;17524063]what period of middle eastern?[/QUOTE]

patriarchal caliphate

[quote=whitesquares;17524317]Modern Warfare 2 will destroy Halo, anyway.

Halo 3 sucked, anyway. Halo 2 was good but Halo 3 ruined it.[/quote]


Yeah, it's so bad it's still the #1 played game on Xbox Live two years after its release. ****IN' SUCKS! LAWL


And last night at the Gamestop I went to, the guy was saying Modern Warfare 2 has 1.6 million preorders. That's pretty awesome. However, not as awesome as Halo 3's 4+ million. lol

[QUOTE=Mr. Pickle;17524374][B]Yeah, it's so bad it's still the #1 played game on Xbox Live two years after its release. ****IN' SUCKS! LAWL[/B]


And last night at the Gamestop I went to, the guy was saying Modern Warfare 2 has 1.6 million preorders. That's pretty awesome. However, not as awesome as Halo 3's 4+ million. lol[/QUOTE]

Shows how bad the selection of other games on xbox is... poor fools. :smash:

I enjoy the almost crusader-like fervour that Halo and xbox conjures up :p

ya no

[QUOTE=Raayl;17524333]patriarchal caliphate[/QUOTE]

Easily the most fascinating period of the middle east. I studied the rise of the Caliphate from the viewpoint of the Jewish communities in the middle east, and it was incredibly interesting.

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What's up, y'all?

[QUOTE=Efrim;17524392]Easily the most fascinating period of the middle east. I studied the rise of the Caliphate from the viewpoint of the Jewish communities in the middle east, and it was incredibly interesting.[/QUOTE]

right now im focusing on the transition from the patriarchal caliphate to the ummayad caliphate

specifically on the legitimacy argument of mu'awiya

I'll tell you what's better than Halo 3.

Batman.

I'm not just saying that because Halo is average-at-best; Batman really is the best game this year.

I'm just not sure [I]why[/I] exactly it is that Halo is [B]so[/B] popular, I mean it can't just be "hurr I bought an xbox and MUST justify this particular purchase by claiming this game is fantastic." It's just an average shooter set in space with poor characterisation and a generic story line combined with repetitive gameplay and moderately creative weapons. The rave reviews is what I really don't understand.

My main hypothesis is that it's simply because nothing better exists. All the other shooters are either utter crap, recycled WW2 games (ohh yay) or are "halo clones" and lack any creativity.

Having said that, I don't have an xbox and bought a ps3 in favour of it because the ps3 exclusive games seem to be better by comparison. And it's more powerful or something. Really I just like the controller.

[QUOTE=Raayl;17524396]right now im focusing on the transition from the patriarchal caliphate to the ummayad caliphate

specifically on the legitimacy argument of mu'awiya[/QUOTE]

Do you get to use truncated syllogisms to prove your point(s)?

































[SIZE="1"]The answer is yes because it's a basic literary persuasive technique.[/SIZE]

Wtf? I can't even pronounce that stuff, but you guys can converse about it on MX? What gives? I try to discuss things like the Poincare Conjecture and my posts get skipped.

I hate this place.

Especially Liam.

EVeryone can f**k off.

I'm going to put string-thru holes in my hipshot bridge tonight. Anybody know how wide I should make them?

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17524409]I'm going to put string-thru holes in my hipshot bridge tonight. Anybody know how wide I should make them?[/QUOTE]

Marginally wider than the width of the thickest string but not too big that the string ball thing doesn't slip through would be my best guess.

most important caliphs imo

Muhammad
Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman
Ali
Mu'awiya
Yazid I
Abdul Malik
Walid
Yazid II
Marwan II

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17524402]Wtf? I can't even pronounce that stuff, but you guys can converse about it on MX? What gives? I try to discuss things like the Poincare Conjecture and my posts get skipped.

I hate this place.

Especially Liam.

EVeryone can f**k off.[/QUOTE]

do you at least know basic stuff like the five pillars of islam

[quote=Raayl;17524419]do you at least know basic stuff like the five pillars of islam[/quote]

It's been a while since world history, but yes:

pray toward mecca 5 times a day,
pay homage to mecca at least once in your life,
accept Mohammad as the prophet,
charitable contributions,
ritual fasting.

I know each of the pillars has a specific name, but I'll be damned if I can remember them.

[QUOTE=Raayl;17524396]right now im focusing on the transition from the patriarchal caliphate to the ummayad caliphate

specifically on the legitimacy argument of mu'awiya[/QUOTE]

That's pretty awesome, history courses for that era and area are all taught by the Faculty of Islamic Studies at my school, so I have to do interfaculty mumbo-jumbo next year to take them unfortunately.

you know what i love

skinny guys who don't work out and make fun of fat people

its like bro

you're a fatass too

simply because you have the necessary genetics to prevent you from being fat while maintaining the exact same lifestyle as a fat person does not mean you are not fat

fat is an attitude and a way of life

so **** skinny guys. you're all fatasses.

[quote=Raayl;17524644]you know what i love

skinny guys who don't work out and make fun of fat people

its like bro

you're a fatass too

simply because you have the necessary genetics to prevent you from being fat while maintaining the exact same lifestyle as a fat person does not mean you are not fat

fat is an attitude and a way of life

so **** skinny guys. you're all fatasses.[/quote]

Or maybe he does work out, but just enough to stay skinny and mildly toned. Or maybe he just runs and does cardio, which burns the fat and keeps you healthy, but doesn't make your body all Raayl-Ripped. That's what I do.

Or maybe he's just a fat-*** [i]in cognito[/i].

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpSEl31Cc0&feature=related

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17524706]Or maybe he does work out, but just enough to stay skinny and mildly toned. Or maybe he just runs and does cardio, which burns the fat and keeps you healthy, but doesn't make your body all Raayl-Ripped. That's what I do.

Or maybe he's just a fat-*** [i]in cognito[/i].[/QUOTE]

no such thing as "mildly toned" thats a bunch of crap

and if all you do is cardio you're just as bad cause it shows how little you know about fitness

God, the ability to hit those quarter tones so well is absolutely amazing.

whats a quarter tone

[quote=Raayl;17524749]no such thing as "mildly toned" thats a bunch of crap

and if all you do is cardio you're just as bad cause it shows how little you know about fitness[/quote]

Is it really necessary for me to do more than that? I eat healthy and I lift and move around all day at work. I'd say my body is currently suited to the lifestyle I have. I'm more of a brain muscle than a skeletal muscle kind of guy.

I'm not the fittest or healthiest guy in the bunch, but I'd definitely put myself somewhere in the top 30% of America, because I don't sit around all day eating bonbons in front of the TV.

If you're going to criticize me for my overall health, the smoking and lack-of-tan are definitely better places to start.

[quote=Raayl;17524764]whats a quarter tone[/quote]
Western music uses a 12-tone octave whereas eastern music uses a 24-tone octave, so they have tones in between our semitones. They're generally referred to as quarter tones because there are 4 in every whole tone.