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- Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:36 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: The Witness
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4377
Re: The Witness
I really, really like this game. I think it's a bit unfair to say that the game throws you to the wolves re: puzzle concepts; with one very specific exception* the game has a "training wheels" type area for every symbol you see. And to be honest, the fact that those areas *aren't* forced o...
- Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:03 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
A while back I wondered what would happen if a spell had Deathtouch, like Puncture Blast has Wither. It took me on a really long trip through the history of Magic the Gathering, but I eventually came out with the solution :P First, get an Ogre Slumlord . Then use Artificial Evolution on it, changin...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:23 am UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: I AM GROOT! (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 23141
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy
Sweet, thanks! Off-hand I remember that but I could be wrong.
Spoiler:
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:56 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: I AM GROOT! (Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Replies: 87
- Views: 23141
Re: Guardians of the Galaxy
So this is great etc etc. Anyone happen to know the order of the songs used in the film? Amazon has "awesome mix vol 1" for sale, but it's for sure not in the correct order because it has a song not even in the film, and the song used in the first scene is definitely not the one listed on ...
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:10 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1146: "Honest"
- Replies: 98
- Views: 22805
Re: 1146: "Honest"
The line in the second panel is really awkward sounding. Is it a reference to something? I can't imagine a real person ever lumping "trying really hard all the time" in with being "confused and scared" like that. This comic hit home pretty hard for me. I can understand why you'd...
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:32 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The Liquor Thread
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 241073
Re: The Liquor Thread
Seconding/Thirding/Fourthing/whatever Hendricks as a really good G/T. Personally it's my favorite G/T, especially when you add a slice of cucumber.
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:56 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
dhokarena56 wrote:hideous festival of debauchery and wanton perversion known as Anthrocon
aaaaaaaaaaaaand foe'd.
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:05 am UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Create a Card: MTG
- Replies: 3761
- Views: 354338
Re: Create a Card: MTG
Er, actually, it doesn't work because the additional cost on the first ability isn't affected by the second ability... Move along, nothing to see here!
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:36 pm UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Create a Card: MTG
- Replies: 3761
- Views: 354338
Re: Create a Card: MTG
Another for the Scorching Mist implementation pile: Scorching Mist - U/R Instant As an additional cost to cast Scorching Mist, you may pay U/R. Each mana spent to pay Scorching Mist's mana cost must be a different color. If you spent U to cast Scorching Mist, counter target activated ability. If you...
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:37 am UTC
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Books you had to read for school that you could not stand
- Replies: 778
- Views: 197704
Re: Books you had to read for school that you could not stan
miedvied wrote:Your participation in all aspects of school pre-uni are compulsory
Speak for yourself? About half my classes towards the end of high school were elective.
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:06 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0993: "Brand Awareness"
- Replies: 232
- Views: 60768
Re: 0993: "Brand Awareness"
So the beer cans come closest, but everyone else screaming "GAWD my country already does this" doesn't make any sense to me. Most of the stuff that's been posted is nowhere close to the concept presented in the comic.
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:14 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
if there exists some number Y such that X = Y, we can show X = Y and Y = X, so X = X. That doesn't work, because it assumes Y = Y. Reflection of equality is a Peano axiom, transition of equality is a Peano axiom, and symmetry of equality is a Peano axiom. None of them can be used to prove the other...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:12 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
Oop, sorry, my memory is rusty. Yes, addition of natural numbers is defined as:
a + 0 = a
a + S(b) = S(a + b)
where S is the successor function.
a + 0 = a
a + S(b) = S(a + b)
where S is the successor function.
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:08 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
adho wrote:Edit: Hold up, how can you not assume x - x = 0? How do you prove that something is equal to itself?
These two questions are different. "x = x" is an axiom; "x - x = 0" is not, and, in fact, neither is "x + 0 = x". These are provable statements.
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:00 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7262907
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:37 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:07 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Dungeons and Dragons (and other tabletop RPGs)
- Replies: 2086
- Views: 375748
Re: Dungeons and Dragons (and other tabletop RPGs)
I think you mitigate (possibly eliminate) the risk of being too obvious by staying away from the song lyrics themselves, possibly to the point of deliberately avoiding the words used to describe the scene in the song. Don't say "mirror" or "ceiling", say "reflection" an...
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:50 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Dungeons and Dragons (and other tabletop RPGs)
- Replies: 2086
- Views: 375748
Re: Dungeons and Dragons (and other tabletop RPGs)
Oh man, you totally need song references everywhere too. Empty wine bottles, full champagne bottles, mirrored ceilings.
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:43 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The Liquor Thread
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 241073
Re: The Liquor Thread
I just got my scotchy scotch scotch back, and I has a happy. Finished off what was left of the Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or last night.
So much scotch... I'll have to take a picture and throw it up here at some point
So much scotch... I'll have to take a picture and throw it up here at some point

- Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:48 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
My 'favorite' is "I'm not going to argue with you." The impression that the word "argue" was negative took me years to shake. In fact I'm still not sure I've shaken it.
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:54 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The Liquor Thread
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 241073
Re: The Liquor Thread
Cocktails involving scotch: Rusty Nail.
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:21 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
"SO" doesn't imply being engaged. "Fiancé[e]" does.
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:13 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Board games anyone?
- Replies: 908
- Views: 194845
Re: Board games anyone?
Just played Race for the Galaxy this weekend. Not a bad game.
- Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:35 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2828571
Re: Pant Thread (because we need more panting)
Pant: iTunes is reading comments in my hosts file. I want to update my phone to iOS 5, but iTunes claims it can't contact the software server. Googling the problem leads me to tons of links where people are suggesting adding the line "# 127.0.0.1 gs.apple.com" to your hosts file to fix the...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:32 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Portal 2 : Princess No-Knees 3 : Jump Harder
- Replies: 833
- Views: 157208
Re: Portal 2 : Princess No-Knees 3 : Jump Harder
There are a ton of co-op levels in the base game that can be done with one player. People on speeddemosarchive had a field day with that.
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:23 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Strange but delicious combinations (Merged: Weird Snacks)
- Replies: 256
- Views: 45827
Re: Strange but delicious combinations (Merged: Weird Snacks
Sweet potato chips (parsed as [sweet potato] chips, not sweet [potato chips]) and hummus.
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:19 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
Amusement of the day was someone managing to get Ludevic's Abomination out, only to have me keep tapping it with my Avacynian Priest. That's one badass priest. I love that card so much. At my prerelease I got triple Avacynian Priest. Tappy tappy! I tapped down someone's trampler-mill-yourself-for-t...
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:57 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
This is important so even though it's been said I'm going to repeat it: So for some reason my revised lightning bolt is super different from an M12 lightning bolt, requiring me to purchase a new one No no no no no no no no no. You can play your revised Lightning Bolt anywhere cards named "Light...
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:36 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: magic cards dumped; general magic discussion ensues
seems sub-par in control decks compared to something like Consecrated Sphinx or Sun Titan. You're probably right. The one thing it has going for it over those cards is that it costs 3, which means you can play it and have backup earlier than you would those other cards. I don't have enough metagame...
- Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:15 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7262907
Re: Screechings of the Great Unwashed (Meander to the Morgue
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=31 OH GOD. DO NOT OPEN THAT PAGE. DO NOT READ THAT STORY. DO NOT SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY. DO NOT HAVE YOUR EARPHONES ON WITH VOLUME HIGH WHEN YOU SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY. Unless you're not easily scared, that is. I mean, it's not that scary if y...
- Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:36 pm UTC
- Forum: Logic Puzzles
- Topic: My write-up of the "Blue Eyes" solution (SPOILER A
- Replies: 1368
- Views: 399782
Re: My write-up of the "Blue Eyes" solution (SPOILER A
While you can mathematically deduce from the 4th wall (you can see everyone with blue and brown eyes and count them.) and create a mathematical model, they can not. Incomplete information does not make producing a mathematical model impossible. Since they are all perfect logicians (and everyone kno...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:20 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: magic cards dumped; general magic discussion ensues
12 Island 8 Plains 4 Seachrome Coast 4 Geist of Saint Traft -- 1WU 2/2 hexproof; attack=make tapped+attacking 4/4 flying token, exile token at eoc 4 Sundial of the Infinite 4 Ponder 4 Think Twice -- reprint from TSP 4 Mana Leak 3 Mental Misstep 4 Negate 3 Apostle's Blessing 4 Dismember 4 Snapcaster ...
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:01 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD
- Replies: 10893
- Views: 2042095
Re: INTRO THREAD THE THIRD
Felstaff wrote:core tenant
Dammit, I actually left the page before I realized what you said here.
- Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:59 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7262907
Re: Screechings of the Great Unwashed (Meander to the Morgue
I'm at this stage in my life where lots of my friends/acquaintances are getting engaged/married. I'm happy for all of them but I can't help but feel weird about it. Maybe because I still feel pretty young at heart. Ditto. One of my friends is married, has a 1-year old, and has another on the way. I...
- Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:51 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7262907
Re: Screechings of the Great Unwashed (Meander to the Morgue
Famous Amos needs to stop changing (or maybe just screwing up) their gorram recipe. The other day my cookies were underbaked. Now they're flat and overbaked. They were perfect for years!
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:38 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: magic cards dumped; general magic discussion ensues
Also, it just doesn't work in draft and the official line is "never mind". Here's how I imagine the conversation going. Concerned Drafter: "But in draft, everyone will be able to see the back of the card in the pack, and possibly in my draft pile unless I hide it somehow." Desig...
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:46 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Magic : The Gathering : The Thread : The Rename
- Replies: 1691
- Views: 270454
Re: magic cards dumped; general magic discussion ensues
They're printing on the backs of the cards.
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Words. There are none.
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Words. There are none.
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:14 pm UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: counterintuitive results on risk of ruin and covariance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1241
Re: counterintuitive results on risk of ruin and covariance
1.: The standard deviation for each hand is still the same, as the game did not change. The only thing where it gets more complicated is the standard deviation for the sum of both hands. Your calculation is strange, as it scales the result with the square of the individual standard deviations. Var(...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:47 pm UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: counterintuitive results on risk of ruin and covariance
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1241
counterintuitive results on risk of ruin and covariance
Two things. 1. There's a particular casino game that when played a particular way yields a player advantage. I know the expected value and standard deviation of the game in terms of initial bet. I also know "the covariance" of the game -- that is, I know the value cov(X, Y) where X and Y a...
- Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:56 pm UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: variance of a population given characteristics of subpops
- Replies: 0
- Views: 557
variance of a population given characteristics of subpops
For some population P of size n, I have mutually exclusive sub-populations P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , ..., which collectively represent all of P. I know the number of elements n i in each subpopulation, and I know each subpopulation's mean and variance. Computing the mean of P is easy; a weighted average of ...