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This was one of those late evening updates that became an early morning update, thanks to what Stan Lee would call the Dreaded Deadline Doom. So, 90 minutes = one day. Excelsior!

A couple of folks have written in to point out the Launch Links dealie was busted... I actually busted out the JavaWrench and fixed some JavaScript myself, in spite of being somewhat of a JavaMonkey. Should be working now, though who knows what sort of JavaWreckage I've left behind...

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64. Re: Call me stupid. Nov 9, 2004, 15:12 Gandhi
 
I remember reading a great marxist account of the original Star Wars

What's funny is that I remember reading something that compared Star Wars to the Wizard of Oz. Just oges to shoe that some people, given enough time, will manage to connect anything to just about anything else

You cannot make anything fool-proof. The fools are too inventive
 
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You cannot make anything fool-proof. The fools are too inventive

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63. Re: Bloodrayne ad Nov 6, 2004, 13:40 Ray Marden
 
The print advertisements are just as stupidly perverted "respectful." It shows the character's belly and breasts quite openly. At least they show her face, right? Nope, it has been covered up with an image of the character's corset being slowly unzipped...
T&A - the only things they know a woman as.
Thinking it is quite sad,
Ray

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Anna. Anna? Anna...is that you?
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62. Re: Call me stupid. Nov 6, 2004, 11:39 Sixis
 
"Long distances cooped up in a ship that isn't the antiseptic plastic looking environment of Star Wars but more like a sea-going cargo ship of today."

I remember reading a great marxist account of the original Star Wars as a great work of class warfare, with succeeding entries in the expanded universe developing this theme. Kinda funny how all the SF universes with extended timelines end up with social structures that are less and less egalitarian...
 
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61. Bloodrayne ad Nov 6, 2004, 08:05 Tango
 
How sad is that advert? "A couple of other features worth noting"... pan down to CG tits. Which retard actually thought that would sell an extra copy?!

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60. Re: No subject Nov 6, 2004, 00:59 Propagandhi
 
...and plantpot are mine!

Right, man, "plantpot" for "gardening." There's no need for the double speak here, Blue's News is actually a clever euphamism for "sweet, sweet virtual dopes and their virtual production."
 
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59. Re: Episode 3 Trailer? Nov 5, 2004, 23:47 Warhawk
 
Never mind - finally got it...


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58. Re: Episode 3 Trailer? Nov 5, 2004, 23:27 Warhawk
 
Anyone else having trouble downloading the trailer this evening?

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57. Re: Console Gaming Nov 5, 2004, 22:41 AirWreck
 
Long live the game wherever she dwells. Station, cube, box, wintendo, I love you all.

Check out Ninja Gaiden Xbox guy. And Riddick.

Don't forget Katamari Damacy on PS2, bandwagon fellow. A great change of pace (roll a ball and pick up stuff). Greatest Hit price from the get go.

 
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56. Console Gaming Nov 5, 2004, 22:16 c r i s p y
 
I too recently jumped on the console gaming bandwagon (I bought a PS2). My strategy is just to shop in the 'greatest hits' collections, thinking that I'll let millions of other people figure out of it sucks or not at $70 a pop, then I'll skim off the creamy titles for $29.

Ratchet and Clank is kickass.
 
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55. No subject Nov 5, 2004, 19:25 Chipper
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3978775.stm

Makes a change from digging up 2000 year old bits of pottery, pretty incredible if you ask me...
 
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54. Re: No subject Nov 5, 2004, 18:57 sauron
 
You can buy a pot plant in FFXI?

You buy the pot, then grow stuff. Depending on the pot, seeds and crystals you use, and the phase of the moon, the plant that grows can be beautiful or ugly, and produce fruit that is expensive or worthless.

Makes a nice change from slaying orcs sometimes.

 
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53. Re: Polling: XBox Must Haves? Nov 5, 2004, 18:34 complicity
 
I just need a bar-fridge neer the couch, clearly
Didn't you just finish saying you have a gf?

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52. Re: Episode 3 Trailer? Nov 5, 2004, 16:46 nin
 
It's low-rez, but NOT shaky-cam. See it first, then pass judgement


Quite good, for 10 meg...

Thank you, again!




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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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51. Snuh? Nov 5, 2004, 16:41 Ray Marden
 
Fabulastic Dantastic:

DIE HORDE SCUM!!!!!111111
Die all non-dark elves, too!
/bark
/slap
/spit

To MF/general:

As for game collections, I have completely gutted mine. I currently have no console games and only ten or so PC games.
Anybody want UT2K4, Doom Collection, or Far Cry?
Of course, I have already pre-ordered and paid for all seven of my holiday/November games.

Halo 2. Monday. Midnight. EB. w00t

Really just wanting a cable modem for Christmas :D,
Ray

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Anna. Anna? Anna...is that you?
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50. Re: So are we done with politics? Nov 5, 2004, 16:38 Heather
 
And the Dakotas are very conservative... the entire Midwest is. Particularly when you start talking about family values and economics.

No kidding. When we were in South Dakota back in '02, the number of anti-abortion signs just blew me away. Here I was thinking that Georgia was conservative...it didn't even come close to SD.
 
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49. Re: No subject Nov 5, 2004, 16:38 FatalTourist
 
You can buy a pot plant in FFXI?
Nice.

 
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48. Re: Call me stupid. Nov 5, 2004, 16:20 Zathrus
 
Taking the first and last part of that paragraph results in something ohh soo true about be!

Which is pretty much what I was shooting for

 
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47. Re: Call me stupid. Nov 5, 2004, 16:13 Enahs
 
That's what Enahs wants... ... die in spectacularly stupid ways.

Taking the first and last part of that paragraph results in something ohh soo true about be!

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be...me....eh...whatever...


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That’s a deep kiss too, like the Europeans. You know the French they have to unhinge their jaw to show love.
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46. Re: Call me stupid. Nov 5, 2004, 16:02 Zathrus
 
Long distances cooped up in a ship that isn't the antiseptic plastic looking environment of Star Wars but more like a sea-going cargo ship of today.

Well you basically have 3 space-going scenarios:
1) No FTL (faster-than-light) travel. Doesn't matter that space is big, the area you can get to in a reasonable amount of time is small. Even with "hypersleep" or some other hibernation ability it's likely to be only very large vessels taking entire colonies to places. It's just too expensive otherwise -- even if you can make the ship for nothing, time is money.

2) FTL, but expensive. About like what you say -- ocean going vessels or even modern airline industry is the best analogy.

3) FTL, and cheap. That's what Enahs wants... probably the best analogy is the discovery of the New World in Europe or the opening of the West in the US. Most people stick to population centers, but some strike out into the great unknown. Either to setup their own colonies (ala Puritans or Mormans), to make it rich (Columbus, Conquistadores, Gold Rush), or other reasons. And the end result will probably be the same -- civilization will expand to the first two groups and a large percentage of the third group will die in spectacularly stupid ways.

 
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45. No subject Nov 5, 2004, 15:59 sauron
 
In other news, I made 6000Gil in under 2 hrs last night on FFXI. Yay! New armor, sword, shield and plantpot are mine!

(The plantpot's for gardening, in case you were wondering)

 
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