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- Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 623
- Views: 86203
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
Tried my first gas cloud harvesting in Eve . It... didn't go too well. Probed and found an unstable wormhole, and jumped right through it. Being in -1.0 sec, it sure does feel lonely to be in unreachable space. I remembered (this time!) to save the wormhole's location, so I wouldn't end up drifting ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:48 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14445
- Views: 2105033
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 12:28 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 623
- Views: 86203
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
Speaking of Lord of the Rings Online , here's my Hobbit burglar earlier today, aside my pet horse, next to a downed oliphaunt, with the partly-ruined Minas Tirith in the background, just after the battle of Pelennor Fields. http://i.imgur.com/pXdNGEo.png The destroyed Mordorian siege ordnance lies s...
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:48 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Gamergate
- Replies: 700
- Views: 127545
Re: Gamergate
Interesting read on how the tactics of Gamergaters should have been seen as a template for the emergence of the alt-right movement . Looking back, Gamergate really only made sense in one way: as an exemplar of what Umberto Eco called “eternal fascism”, a form of extremism he believed could flourish ...
- Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:13 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
↶ 1. Is the BBC a good source for Real News? 2. Do you think Don J. knows what weight reputation has in the hearts and minds of people from Asian cultures? ⋅ The BBC, in being a taxpayer-funded enterprise, in its news must demonstrably show impartiality towards all political parties, as g...
- Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:03 pm UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: The "Thread Necromancy" Game
- Replies: 17131
- Views: 1393503
Re: The "Thread Necromancy" Game
I just need to get over that 3000 hour mark. Only then, then, it will all be over.
- Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:07 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)
- Replies: 197
- Views: 32064
Re: Where Aren't They Now (Obituaries)
The CIA finally made good on their fifty-five-year plan to assassinate Castro, through a process of allowing him to age naturally.
- Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:01 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
↶ May I ask? Felstaff; Why did you ask the question? He's giving it the big I am . Like Trump. Reasonable people (generally) can't stand him. Like Trump. Older people (generally) laud him for speaking his mind. Like Trump. He wants to become the unofficial ambassador to the US. Appearing not dissim...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 5:10 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1759: "British Map"
- Replies: 193
- Views: 29869
Re: 1759: "British Map"
↶ For example, hearing the presenters of Top Gear pronounce Dacia was weird to me, because to me it has always been [ˈdat͡ʃi.a] (thanks, Wikipedia). Wait, you mean that's not how everyone pronounces Dacia? The advertising on UK television pronounces it " datcha ". Like Cleopatra, comin' a...
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Great Steam Deals (And other Online Distribution Systems)
- Replies: 2580
- Views: 441393
Re: Great Steam Deals (And other Online Distribution Systems)
I need a SteamLock, an invention I just made up, to stop me buying everything on Steam, right now. I just bought Mass Effect--a game I already own --for £1.99. I'm thinking the SteamLock should be a physical room, with no doors or windows. Just a hermetically-sealed box. The texture mapping is simpl...
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:27 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 623
- Views: 86203
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
My 5-day old Eve character managed to simply orbit some kernite for a few days... I haven't encountered any other players in my little 0.4 enclave. My 11-year old Eve character has lost their name! They're simply "Gallente Citizen 21956747". I got a mail saying my PLEX expires in -4,057 da...
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:45 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 9:05 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14445
- Views: 2105033
WE DIDN'T ALL GO TO GUDGER COLLEGE
Sableagle wrote:↶
I still don't know how I'd draw "dignity" though.

Do you want me to show this to the cat and have the cat tell you what it is? 'Cause the cat's gonna get it.
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 8:59 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
Genuine question: do USAians give a shit about Nigel Farage? Do they even know who he is?
- Thu Nov 24, 2016 9:38 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1759: "British Map"
- Replies: 193
- Views: 29869
Re: 1759: "British Map"
chrisjwmartin, your noisome immaturity and mule-like whingeing is annoying. Take your tear-streaked face and throw your toys out of another forum's pram (i.e. no more posting in here for you).
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:53 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14445
- Views: 2105033
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Round 1: Draw shark
Round 2: Draw flamingo
Round 3: Draw marker pen
Round 4: Draw dignity
Round 5: Draw peanut
Round 6: Draw skirt
It didn't recognise round 4, even though I drew it perfectly:

Round 2: Draw flamingo
Round 3: Draw marker pen
Round 4: Draw dignity
Round 5: Draw peanut
Round 6: Draw skirt
It didn't recognise round 4, even though I drew it perfectly:

- Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:25 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Language fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 76
- Views: 15056
Re: Language fleeting thoughts
Sometimes, I find writing
Really can boustrophedonically
Alter the meaning of
Gibberish writing up end you so things
Really can boustrophedonically
Alter the meaning of
Gibberish writing up end you so things
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:09 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: News in brief
- Replies: 178
- Views: 35714
Re: News in brief
It's topic-generic, the others are topic-specific. Helps users filter. Standard stickeroo fare.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:40 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: News in brief
- Replies: 178
- Views: 35714
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Found a cure for the etc. problem of the humorous news thread: New sticky thread created. And you're all in it!
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:08 am UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Three words, one solution
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6296
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:55 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1759: "British Map"
- Replies: 193
- Views: 29869
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:47 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
I'm sorry that you judge a man's character on one public speech, but it turns out, he's actually spoken words before.
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:06 am UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Three words, one solution
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6296
Re: Three words, one solution
Surely You're Joking Mr Gewoonm.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:54 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0074: "Binary Sudoku"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16135
Re: 0074: "Binary Sudoku"
Again, read the rules... There's even a picture--at the top!--explaining how to list threads numberifically.

I should really add this link in there, too, to make things simpler.
I should really add this link in there, too, to make things simpler.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:28 pm UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: The "Thread Necromancy" Game
- Replies: 17131
- Views: 1393503
Re: The "Thread Necromancy" Game
As I'm here, I'll grab a few hours.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:15 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0074: "Binary Sudoku"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 16135
Re: 0074: "Su Doku"
↶ http://www.xkcd.com/74/ Shouldn't there be a 0 in the first row first column and a 1 in the second row one so that each rows' and columns' sums equal 1? ↶ (Not sure if you've checked the accepted format for Comic threads starting. I see you've been adding a few recently.) Yes. Monox, please read ...
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 2:00 pm UTC
- Forum: Forum Games
- Topic: Three words, one solution
- Replies: 53
- Views: 6296
Re: Three words, one solution
My guess is Kiwi.


Also, this is fun, but will be more at home in forum games, so I'm shifting it there.



Also, this is fun, but will be more at home in forum games, so I'm shifting it there.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:46 pm UTC
- Forum: Serious Business
- Topic: Fellow religionists. The non-affiliated and secular people mean our religions no harm. Why do you choose to kill them?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5061
Re: Fellow religionists. The non-affiliated and secular people mean our religions no harm. Why do you choose to kill the
reported post wrote:This thread is dumb.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Lock'd.
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 12:34 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Blistering blue barnacles
- Replies: 28352
- Views: 2823652
Re: ANGRY NATTERINGS
↶ It said, "The State will no longer pay for Opiates as pain relief for cancer patients;" "Because; That population of people die in greater numbers than the general population." I don't get it. The death rate is 100%. http://i.onionstatic.com/onion/2614/original/304.jpg
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:46 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7240619
Re: Random natterings
The key is to let the tank draw the aggro.
And in this case, by 'tank', I mean 'tank'.
And in this case, by 'tank', I mean 'tank'.
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:52 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14445
- Views: 2105033
Re: In other news... (humorous news items, etc)
I'd like to know which Chinese tourism company advertised Kidlington, of all places, as the epitome of picturesque England. Everyone knows the real most-Englandy village is Little Whinging.
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:43 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
This week's This American Life has a delightful song sung by Neil Patrick Harris about Paul Ryan's internal monologue.
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:46 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14445
- Views: 2105033
Re: In other news... (humorous news items, etc)
↶ I'm pretty sure this is the most random news article ever. Kidlington 'mystery tourists' baffle Oxfordshire village. Basically, bus groups of tourists are appearing and taken pictures of people's random houses. They are even the modern ones, rather than the oldey timey ones. Mystery solved .
- Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:44 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7240619
Re: Random natterings
↶ There is a building somewhere (I don't feel like googling right now) whose side is all glass (windows) and concave, and at the right time of day, it concentrates the sun's rays on the street. Cars parked there have been melted. Architecture fail. (Or architecture win, depending on which side you'...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:36 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7240619
Re: Random natterings
So I've just finished work. It's been a hectic all-hands-on-deck Friday, and crucial people had gone down the pub. I told my team to down tools, go join their colleagues for a tipple, and resume on Monday. I logged off, and went outside in my garden to get a moment's meditation and peace. As I stood...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:20 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
lorb wrote:↶addams wrote:And! Dangerous!
Did we mention how dangerous politics in the U.S. is?
Please elaborate? What dangers are awaiting aspiring politicians at the local level, except frustration and boredom?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lee_Loughner
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:19 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
↶ I've stopped reading the rest of your linkdump. I'm 7 links in and you have linked absolutely nothing remotely interesting. From what I've read so far, apparently some rich guy who writes for the Huffington Post wants to put Hillary Clinton in a good light. It essentially shows Hillary Clinton ha...
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:04 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
Re: 2016 US Presidential Election
SecondTalon wrote:↶zhi wrote:Mods here don't seem to care about any of them either, I doubt I'll be here long.
Have you tried reporting things?
That helps. A lot.
Yes, which I closed without further action. Not due to me being uncaring, but to not seeing anything wrong with the reported posts in question.
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:58 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: 2016 US Presidential Election
- Replies: 8482
- Views: 863637
All hail President Lrrr of Omicron Persei 8
Isaac Hill wrote:I did vote for Obama in the 2008 primary and Sanders in the 2106 primary
I can't believe he lived that long and still didn't get to be president.
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:27 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1748: "Future Archaeology"
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9414
Re: 1748: "Future Archaeology"
RFlaum wrote:↶
If they have so few records, how does he/she/it/whatever speak English so well?
Babelfish.