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- Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:54 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
Valin, I'll convo you in game soon. Nice to see a blue, since Woodchip is red to me :) Woodchip, it's funny how the CSM seems to have backfired on CCP. Man, the community is riled up. Of course, it's just the 5% of eve players active on the forums and blogs who are riled up, so CCP is probably still ...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:18 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
Yes, Eve can be as much of a waste of time as WoW! I've had to tone it down though since I got married. Woodchip, I've been the victim of a Pandemic Legion Fist. (heh) They killed 4 of our dreads and we got only 3 of their T2 cruiser hulls. Very effective. But not originally invented by them from ...
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:15 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
Woodchip's answer is correct, for his large 0.0 alliance. You have a lot of other options with much lower expectations on your time. Pirate corps go hunting with whoever is logged in at the time; could be 3 to 20 people. You can form your own 1-man corp, or just stay in the newbie corp (in which you ...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:53 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:41 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:41 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
For some reason I wrote this giant introduction to Eve document. Then I realized nobody would want to read all of it. So I'm posting it anyway. Maybe someone with too much time on their hands will get curious. --------------------- Eve is the most elite of MMOs; it is to other MMOs as Descent is to ...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:32 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
Woody and Battlebot, I'll look you guys up. I'm in the remnants of the SYS-K alliance in the south, having been one of the few to survive our failcascade. Richard, I'm good! I've been in Ithaca for 5.5 years. I got married in February (just to prove to Stresstest that I'm not gay). Been working in ...
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:01 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6091
Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Wow, you guys are still going pretty strong! I haven't touched Descent in about 5 years, but still have awesome memories. This was my first online community and I've never gotten highly involved with any others since. Besides saying hi, I'm looking for anyone currently playing Eve. Would be fun to ...
- Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Obama's Slapdown
- Replies: 70
- Views: 6427
Re: Obama's Slapdown
Well you're always going to piss someone off.
Which half?Will Robinson wrote:OK, but lets be fair, they are a very small percentage of voters and since half of that small minority have to strap on their "nutsack"
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:09 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: You must service Obama...or else?
- Replies: 153
- Views: 12827
Yeah, Woody, you did good (really). The tough thing is your public service was more likely to cause death (your own and others') than the kind Obama might be proposing. Also, it'll be nothing compared to the Israeli's public service. After the election, a friend of mine said \"well, it's time to put ...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:01 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Audiophiles Welcome
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2729
My next receiver will be a Marantz. Basically high-end Denon. I demo'ed the 6001 a couple of years ago and was very impressed.
http://us.marantz.com/Products/172.asp
http://us.marantz.com/Products/172.asp
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:52 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Some cosplay photos that I found on Mektek
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2752
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Interesting, and a "VPNSFW" would've been nice.... last thing I need is to be booted off the school's computers... Oops, sorry. What does the "VP" mean in your acronym? Although I gotta wonder what one expects to see in a cosplay thread. I mean, its not like a big part of anime isn't overly ...
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:51 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Some cosplay photos that I found on Mektek
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2752
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This one is OKSirius wrote:Usually I hold them in quite a bit of contempt, but sometimes (see above) they can be pretty good.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellechere ... 8/sizes/l/
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:29 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Sarah Palin
- Replies: 326
- Views: 25551
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In the wiki article that tunnelcat linked, going to reference 38 and reading the Anchorage News report, Palin distinctly states that - In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms: "I don't think ...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6277
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Comparing terrorist threats with health threats? Are you out of your mind? Heh, health threats among others (drunk driving, gun deaths, lightning strikes, suicides, etc.) Death is bad. If we can spend our money to avoid 100 deaths by other causes for every 1 death by terrorism, that might be ...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6277
Bet: Security cameras are ineffective statistically, but with some good success anecdotes to make them sound appealing to the uninformed. See crime statistics in Britain related to their security camera infrastructure for details. Woody: you state the government has limitations on how they may use ...
- Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:21 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6277
Well, Spidey, I saw no indication in your post that you had understood my points, since you didn't reference my main point at all and appeared to misunderstand my second one. I didn't read your response as a counter to mine so much as parroting my own point back at me, minus the extrapolation I was ...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6277
I was trying to make two points, but you missed them both. Probably my fault. My mention of the legal system is an example of how things are (or used to be) done right to protect the innocent. The legal system is now being bypassed and/or modified, so no, the system doesn't work. But my main point ...
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
- Replies: 55
- Views: 6277
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I don’t really percieve all these so called loss of freedoms, etc in my daily life. Me, neither. You and I are in the majority. And since the majority aren't even inconvenienced, there's very little resistance to the new legislation. We have to ask ourselves if we care about the minority. There are ...
- Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:14 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Chalk another up for \"global warming\"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6018
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What's your timescale for that?MD-1118 wrote:This planet will repair itself as it has in the past.
- Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:35 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Killing time in Washington DC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1407
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:14 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: So what's everyone reading?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4366
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Here's your answer, fishbulb:[]V[]essenjah wrote:Anyone read, Steven King's, Dark Tower series?
What's your take on it? Thought about maybe reading it.
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- Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:46 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: So what's everyone reading?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4366
Why People Believe Weird Things I've mostly stopped arguing with folks here on .net and on .com because I've come to realize it's generally futile. Instead I've decided to spend my efforts on figuring out what's wrong with people's mental wiring. Unfortunately, despite its promising title this book ...
- Mon May 26, 2008 3:21 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Making a FAT32 partition on a WD Laptop External HDD?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1254
- Fri May 23, 2008 6:49 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: D3 video probs - help!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2186
- Sun May 04, 2008 8:44 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Congratulations Palzon!!!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2890
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:35 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Going 'GREEN' is the new platitude.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7340
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I will sell you carbon credits! You'll find my prices very reasonable.Will Robinson wrote:Anyone want to sell me some carbon credits?
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:08 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Going 'GREEN' is the new platitude.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7340
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:39 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: 5 second delay = rape?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 11530
girl: \"strmph\" guy: \"uh..what?\" girl: \"stop\" <guy pauses thrusting> guy: \"what, am I hurting you?\" girl: \"yea, just stop!\" guy: \"OK, sorry!\" <guy pulls out> elapsed time: 5 seconds Just an example of how it might take more than a split second to \"withdraw\" from an intimate situation. I ...
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:58 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: Women abused in the name of religion
- Replies: 75
- Views: 6665
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I would be VERY remiss if I didn't bother to point out something ... They call themselves "Fundamentalist" Mormons... but the truth is that they are so far from the fundamentals that just about the only similarities remaining are in their choice of names for their so-called "religion". Please don't ...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:22 am
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: The Global Warming Hoax...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1291
Re: The Global Warming Hoax...
F. William Engdahl is a Research Associate of the Center for Research on Globalization and author of the recently-released book, Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation (www.globalresearch.ca). He also author of ‘A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics,’ Pluto Press Ltd ...
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Winter tires mandatory
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2440
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plus the harder (no, not softer) rubber compound reduces traction on dry pavement. And they are noisier that regular tires. Winter tires are softer! They are designed for lower temperatures. In summer, they wear down faster due to increased abrasion. As long as we're picking apart technical details ...
Here's a really nice summary of what it means:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008 ... years-old/
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008 ... years-old/
It's all a test of our faith! Do not trust your instruments or deductive reasoning! Here's the real history of the universe:
http://io9.com/363755/the-science-vs-sc ... y-timeline
http://io9.com/363755/the-science-vs-sc ... y-timeline
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:14 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Lunar Eclipse Tonight
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1775
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This is the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010. I think total ones are rarer than partials? Anyway I'm tuning in with my binocs.DarkHorse wrote:Lunar eclipses aren't too rare, there was one just earlier this year.
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:56 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: High definition disk format war...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1848
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Barely. This battle wasn't decided by market forces at a consumer level. It was decided in back room deals between corporations. It had nothing to do with which format people were buying.d3jake wrote:It's called Capitalism.
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:53 pm
- Forum: Ethics and Commentary
- Topic: This is why Bush is in power, and Hillary might be next
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3658
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The Creation Museum was started by a man named Ken Ham , who came to America from Australia in 1987. He has a bachelor's degree in applied science (with an emphasis on environmental biology) from the Queensland Institute of Technology and also holds a Diploma of Education from the University of ...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:04 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Think Apple's designs are new?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1161
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I hardly think so. Explain to me how these two are so similar, that any simularity is not just a matter of following the same, common design philosophy: But of course, Rams has always been credited as an influential designer, and certainly the designers at apple where aware of his works... It's ...