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Even if I did go on there, I have Nod32 and shiz... I'm good.

Illegally. Unless you want to pay a couple hundred bucks for it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6289519.stm China admits satellite shot down China has confirmed it carried out a test that destroyed a satellite, in a move that caused international alarm. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said a test had been carried out but insisted China was committed to the "peaceful development of outer space". The US backed reports last week that China had used a ground-based medium-range ballistic missile to destroy a weather satellite. It was the first known satellite intercept test for more than 20 years. Several countries, including Japan, Australia and the US, have expressed concern at the test. Until Tuesday, China had refused to confirm or deny the reports. Taiwanese concern Liu Jianchao told reporters that China had notified "other parties and... the American side" of its test. "But China stresses that it has consistently advocated the peaceful development of outer space and it opposes the arming of space and military competition in space," he told a news conference. "China has never, and will never, participate in any form of space arms race." The magazine American Aviation Week and Space Technology reported that a Chinese Feng Yun 1C polar orbit weather satellite had been destroyed by an anti-satellite system launched from or near China's Xichang Space Centre on 11 January. The test is thought to have occurred at more than 537 miles (865km) above the Earth. The report was confirmed by US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe last Thursday. He said at the time the US "believes China's development and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of co-operation that both countries aspire to in the civil space area". Japan and Australia also spoke of their fears of a possible new arms race in space. The test also triggered alarm in Taiwan, which relies on US satellites to monitor Chinese deployments. There are already growing international concerns about China's rising military power. While Beijing keeps its defence spending a secret, analysts say that it has grown rapidly in recent years. Debris fears China is now only the third country to shoot something down in space. Both the US and the Soviet Union halted their tests in the 1980s over concerns that the debris they produced could harm civilian and military satellite operations. While the US may be unhappy about China's actions, the Washington administration has recently opposed international calls to end such tests. It revised US space policy last October to state that Washington had the right to freedom of action in space, and the US is known to be researching such "satellite-killing" weapons itself.

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Haha, uhm... I don't really know any specific ways to learn how to change chords faster/cleaner, since I really don't know how to properly play guitar (i'm self taught) but yeah... your hands will hurt at first. There's a pretty noticable difference between my left hand and my right hand now--my left hand's finger tips are really calloused :laugh3: but playing guitar hasn't hurt for me in a while. Sometimes it still does, even with the callouses. It helps if you know your chords really well too. If you're not really sure where to put your fingers, you'll change chords really sloppy or slow because you're not completely sure where your fingers go. Just keep practicing. :)

:D And no--I haven't actually! :freak:

I'm gonna see Muse in April! :wacko:

I think you're right. :) Wait... now that I think of it... when Chris and Gwyn were in australia, that was 9 months before Apple was born. :laugh3: :uhoh: okay, I'll shut up now. :laugh3:

hehe :blush:

hehe :blush:

apple wasn't born yet, was she? :uhoh: it's from the sun I think. and I never heard of steven spielberg being involved. :uhoh:

felt like posting random surfer chris pics. :P excuse me if I double post--I swear, it's not me! :laugh3:

felt like posting random surfer chris pics. :P excuse me if I double post--I swear, it's not me! :laugh3:

WTF?! WHY DO I KEEP DOUBLE POSTING?! :freak:

okay, noowww.. what I meant to post. :laugh3:

okay, noowww.. what I meant to post. :laugh3:

WOW. my computer is going friggin' crazy. :laugh3:

ARGH. oops.

Now that I'm going to a Muse concert in April, my Matt obsession is just growing more. :laugh3:

Hahaha, my hair goes crazy when I skate apparently. :lol: Well, this is a picture of a failed ollie. My cousin didn't get any others. :/ It's pretty hard to ollie on the squishy playground stuff since the tail just digs into the stuff rather then bounce off of it.

Hahaha, my hair goes crazy when I skate apparently. :lol: Well, this is a picture of a failed ollie. My cousin didn't get any others. :/ It's pretty hard to ollie on the squishy playground stuff since the tail just digs into the stuff rather then bounce off of it.

:stunned: That sucks. :( Damn trolls are hard to ignore. :bigcry: I wish I could ban them. :bigcry:

Sorry, I'm really retarded when trolls come alone WHILE I'm pissed off, haha. That whole Muse thing put me in a freakishly bad mood. O.o

I was flipping through our new HD channels and whaddya know! Coldplay is on MTV HD! :D They showed the Coldplay Day MTV live thing, and they ended with the Fix You music vid. Ahhh... it looks so awesome in HD...