lol paul and i assumed that it was either you that was drunk or some random person messing with your comp. I didn't expect a hey there sexy message from you lol
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In Other news.
Taken from Theforce.net
Update on Clone War Animated Series
Thu, Nov 14, 02 07:58:21 PM EST
You may have seen the report on AICN about an animated series based on the Clone Wars being in the works between Lucasfilm and the Cartoon Network. Our independent sources checked into this rumor and confirmed that it is, in fact, true. Our source was able to add a little bit more info to AICN's report. It turns out that Lucasfilm created a pilot episode of the series and took it to the Cartoon Network recently for a pitch meeting. Our source was not yet able to find out who created the pilot episode, find out who wrote it, or find out what the Cartoon Network's response to the meeting was.
Now we venture into our own personal speculation. If Lucasfilm created the pilot episode in-house, that would indicate it was most likely computer animated. So could we expect this Clone War series to be entirely CG? Possibly. More to come....
AND from AINTITCOOLNEWS
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
CONFIRMED!!! CLONE WARS Animated Series on CARTOON NETWORK!!!
Hello believers in the force, Harry here... Well, since posting this story, some interesting things have happened. I've heard stories about Cartoon Network execs migrating north from Hollywood to LucasLand, hush hush whispers around the toony halls that this is indeed happening. The word I'm hearing is that the show will be about the 3 year gap between the last film and the next film, as the rumor has it that the next film begins with the last major battle of the Clone Wars... The show would purportedly show us the rest. Now TheForce.Net has been doing some confirming of their own, and have found that indeed AICN, Me and my source were dead on correct. HOWEVER, they found out that in addition, LucasFilm independently and on their own have created a full pilot internally!!! That pilot could only come from either ILM or LucasArts game division... I'm betting ILM. Is it possible that we'll be seeing a high grade CG animated series from the wizards of Marin County? We'll have to wait for announcements - or the next installment of leaks to TheForce.Net or myself or one of the other cybersnoops online! Exciting... Isn't this?
Hey folks, Harry here... As always my spies in Lucasfilm, well... pretty much they kickass. I love em, because as always they provide me with the ability to see and hear things far before the average person. So much so at times that the news seems made up, but in reality... It's just out there waiting for the rotation of the earth to pass round the sun enough times to catch up to the news.
This came from a source that I ABSOLUTELY TRUST, he/she/it has been providing news to AICN for years out of Lucasfilm - and he/she/it doesn't drop the ball. I'm told that very very few people know the following bit of info, so getting confirmation on it will most likely be a bitch, but since this sort doesn't tickle the jewels without following through, I'm going with it.
There have been top secret meetings between Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network, and they are in ADVANCE DISCUSSIONS to do an immense animated series called CLONE WARS. The time frame is still being discussed as either starting the year before Episode 3 hits theaters, or the Summer of Episode 3. Lucas is negotiating for a huge 50-60 episode order!!!
I just hope that they get smart and get some of the talent that worked on DROIDS a billion years ago that has evolved into somebody super great at the Animated Series... How cool would it be if they brought on Paul Dini to be a Writer/Producer for this? Can you fucking imagine? Ok, that's me being a fanboy, but dammit, nobody writes better toons on TV! NOBODY! This news will most likely be denied till Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network are ready to Announce, but you heard it here first!
So i thought it was quite obvious it would be CG animation considering this is Lucas...but this seems like it could be great i just hope so
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Apocalypse Now, or Alottanukes Soon
November 15, 2002
By Pepe Escobar, THE ROVING EYE
At a time when a tape handed over to the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television station has received widespread expose for its purported comments by Osama bin Laden in praise of recent terror events around the world, another al-Qaeda message released to the same station has received little coverage.
Al-Jazeera was granted an interview with one Mohammed al-Usuquf, allegedly al-Qaeda's number three. Al-Usuquf is said to be a doctor in physics and to hold a masters degree in international economics. A copy of the interview was sent to the prestigious Arab-language daily Al Quds Al Arabi, edited in London, but it was not printed.
Asia Times Online has obtained a copy of the interview, and reproduces excerpts here, with the caveat that the identity of the man has not yet been confirmed, nor has his membership within al-Qaeda.
Al-Usuquf says that al-Qaeda's Kuwaiti spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, and bin Laden himself, suggested that he grant the interview. Bin Laden, he says, is "alive and healthy, along with his commanders Mohammed Atef, Khalid Shaik Mohammed and Mullah Omar".
Al-Usuquf starts by criticizing Washington's disrespect of the Kyoto Protocol on climatic change, the International Criminal Court and the Palestinian cause, as well as the "financial greed" engendering speculative gains over Third World countries. He also criticizes the manner in which America wastes wealth, like US$80 billion a year on gambling. "They [have] lost the notion of spirituality and only live in sin."
For this reason, America must be destroyed, and al-Usuquf insists that "aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and spy satellites will be worthless in the next war".
Al-Qaeda, according to him, has 5,000 first rank operatives and around 20,000 all over the world. Of all the prisoners in the US, only "20 or 30" are al-Qaeda, and all of them "second-rank". Confirming Asia Times Online information, he swears that there are no first-rank prisoners in Guantanamo in Cuba. Al-Usuquf says, "We have more than 500 first-rank and 800 second-rank [operatives] inside the US." "First rank" are considered ones that have lived in the US for more than 10 years, most of them married with children. "They have an idea about the plans, and they are just waiting for a call." "Second-rank" operatives arrived in the past five years and "have no idea about the plans". They are all willing to die.
Al-Usuquf insists that September 11 "was just the beginning. It was a way to call the world's attention to what's going to happen." He then details a plan to destroy the US by "attacking the heart of what they consider the most important thing in the world: money".
"The American economy is an economy of false appearances," says al-Usuquf. "There's no real economic weight. American GNP is something around $10 trillion, but only 1 percent comes from agriculture, and only 24 percent from industry. So 75 percent of its GNP comes from services, and most of it is financial speculation. For someone who understands economics, and apparently America's Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill does not, or cannot, the US as a whole behaves like an immense dot.com, and dollars are its stocks. The value of stocks from a given company is directly proportional to its profitability. When a company only provides services, but does not produce goods, the value of its stocks depends on its credibility. What I'm saying is if US credibility is affected, its stocks - the US dollar - will fall at tremendous speed, and the whole American economy will collapse."
Al-Usuquf is absolutely positive, "because, in a smaller scale, this is exactly what big financial conglomerates do with Third World countries to collect profits in one month that no Swiss bank would guarantee in four to five years". Al-Usuquf says that al-Qaeda could do the same by "provoking a deficit of $50 to 70 trillion, the equivalent to five to seven years of the GNP of the US". How? By "destroying America's seven largest cities and some other measures". The means? "Atomic bombs." Al-Usuquf's most startling revelation is that the bombs "won't be launched, they are already there". "Seven nuclear heads have already been positioned on American soil, before September 11, and they are ready to be detonated. Before September 11, American security was a fiasco, and even later, if we needed, we could position the bombs there. They arrived through seaports, as normal cargo. A nuclear head is not bigger than a fridge, so it can easily be camouflaged as one. Thousands of containers arrive at a seaport every day, and even with very efficient security, it's impossible to check and examine each one of them."
Al-Usuquf says that the bombs were bought on the black market: five from the former USSR and two from Pakistan. The five Russian heads "are from T-3 missiles, also known as RD-107, and their power is around 100 kilotons each, that is five times the Hiroshima bomb. The Pakistani ones are less powerful, something around 10 kilotons each."
Each of the Russian bombs would have cost around $200 million. Al-Qaeda was able to raise the money "because we have many sponsors. Many countries sponsor us, and also some very rich people." And not all of these are Arab countries. "Some European countries as well are also interested in the fall of the US." As to the "rich people", they are "people who are also tired of seeing the US bleeding the rest of the world."
And Iraq's Saddam Hussein, says Al-Usuquf, is not one of these people, "but just a collaborator, represented by Abdul Tawab Hawaish, his vice prime minister and responsible for Iraq's arms program".
Al-Usuquf says that the bombs cannot be detected by US authorities. "Even if they are old, they were modernized and are very well hidden. Even if they were located, they have autodetonation mechanisms in case something or someone gets close. Even an electromagnetic pulse is not capable of deactivating them." The bombs allegedly cannot be detected because "they are enveloped in thick layers of lead". They could be detonated "by various methods - cellphone call, radio frequency, seismic shock or by their regressive clock".
Al-Usuquf details the whole plan. "First, one head would be detonated, which would cause the deaths of 800,000 to 1 million people and a chaos never seen before. During this chaos, two or three planes, which are now disassembled inside barns near empty roads in the US countryside, would take off in suicide missions to pulverize another two or three big American cities with chemicals. Once the disease was identified, all seaports and airports would be quarantined. Land borders would also be closed. No plane, boat or car would enter or leave the US. This would be total chaos." The first target would be the city "that would offer the best conditions, for example bright sky and winds of eight or more miles an hour blowing towards the center of the country, so radioactive dust can contaminate the largest possible area".
This attack would not knock out the US, recognizes al-Usuquf, "But the process would be initiated. As with the World Trade Center, it would be just a question of time for the whole economic structure to be turned to dust. If the objectives are reached with one bomb and diseases, probably we will save the lives of other people, but it's risky, and probably six more bombs will be detonated, one a week, and more attacks with chemical weapons will be launched." According to estimates made by al-Usuquf "and Ayman al-Zawahiri", al-Qaeda's number 2, about 15 million people would die, victims of the bombs and the radiation. Among those contaminated by diseases, "25 percent will die, a figure around more than 5 million, plus many others due to the chaos and disorder".
Al-Usuquf does not fear an American military response. "Even if five or 10 cities are chosen at random to be destroyed, it will still be a small price to pay. The problem is that the economic despair will be so great that even if it saves [money] by not using weapons, American liquidity will be near zero, and the US will make more money selling a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to Turkey or Italy for $5 billion, because they will urgently need to recapitalize. But it will be too late. Moreover, what will remain of an American soldier's morale to fight knowing that his whole family died and his country ceased to exist? To fight for what?"
The world economy would not collapse, says al-Usuquf, although "in the beginning, it will be very difficult. But without the US the world will soon rise in a more just and fraternal manner. Nothing can stop the plan."
And whatever America does, "it's too late". When will the attack begin? "I can't tell."
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11/14/2002
josh with trig hit the following target cools ville 22:24 or if anyone wants hit him hes got 678 acres at 44k newtworth and in the forums hes like how to i get bigger nw how do i get defences?
fuck not to mention THIS JUST HAPPENED March 12th
Forces from Emerald Massasuaga (31:25) came through and ravaged our lands! They captured 130 acres!
We lost 6 Soldiers, 459 Archers, and 52 Knights in the struggle.
lol u must have broken his defence by a point or solely on bonuses
Fuck all is not going well my kingdom is declaring hostilites any minute now and that usually takes about 1 hour to go to a full fledge war (stupid amazingly active kingdom efficiency)
Papa will have 1300 acres by 2 am tonight. Whitemeat has 1458 as of right now. I'm gonna catch up to him. ihave 9k swordsmen and 3200 elites. if all goes well the the first wave will begin tommorow night.
"I kill crazy people." - Heero Yuy.
"I can argue with you about romance and love and chilvalry.. but the one argument I want to lose you agree with me" - JT
I think that should count as one down.
11/13/2002
11/12/2002
Your forces arrive at Le Repurgateur (37:13), and battle begins quickly...
Your troops march onto the battlefield and are quickly driven back, unable to break through!
We lost 204 Warriors, 4 Ogres, and 3 War Horses in this battle. Our forces will be again available on February 16th, YR3.
We killed about 90 enemy troops. Your vacation mode request has been cancelled due to aggressive actions.
OOOPSSS!
I hit vacation mode again but doens' seem likey i'll survive another hit. Josh u need to send me soldiers ASAP release some i fyou have to. If you send me soldiers tonight and u see i'm not responding to AIM login and explore. login is 2224 u know the password
Your forces arrive at TheOtherWhiteMeat (37:13), and battle begins quickly...
Alas, Mr. Pyrrhus, it appears our army was much too weak to break their defenses!
We lost 44 Soldiers and 334 Heros in this battle. Our forces will be again available on February 8th, YR3.
We killed about 330 enemy troops.
Your forces arrive at TheOtherWhiteMeat (37:13), and battle begins quickly...
Our army appears to have failed, Sir Papa sam. I am truly sorry.
We lost 504 Swordsmen, 52 Knights, and 216 War Horses in this battle. Our forces will be again available on February 4th, YR3.
We killed about 640 enemy troops.
Just got back from Chicago. Damn nice trip. I don't do much work, so it's pretty easy for me to disappear for nearly a whole week most weeks of the semster. The only limit on travel sadly, is money. I really hope every semester is like this so I can do serious travel in the future. Chicago and New York so far, let me see if I can squeeze another trip in the next month or two. Anyway, Chicago had awesome weather this one weekend only, and Chrissy was able to put me up for the long holiday weekend. The loyola campus there is nice, and they really don't lie when they named them "The Great Lakes." That was one friggin' awesome lake. MY GOSH. Huge. I couldn't believe it. Yeah, Chrissy was a great host, and I got to meet a lot of nice people. Nothing in particular to come back to Boston for, but there is some work in the middle of this week I could not avoid, but may possibly end up not doing, so back where I started.
11/11/2002
Well, Sour, I succeeded in getting one of two things out of the underpants. The nerds don't taste half bad.
I think some people have doubts as to whether you "produce enough G" that one would need to buckle up for it. The "Must be this tall to ride" sign is not very high.
Yep, a whole year for the blog. Hey, remember when that fruit used to be here? That did not last long.
11/10/2002
LOL
There's nothing like waking up, and looking next to you in bed to stare into a wonderful pair of, uh, feet. Yeah, that's what my life is missing. More beautiful toes.
Sour, cuddling is difficult when you are sleeping head to foot.





