You know at NASA there's some SW geek who's thought this plan through.
1.Get on the LLIS (Launch Lightsaber Into Space) Program 2.Acquire or fabricate reasonable facsimile. 3.Play switcheroo with copy and real one 4.Watch as fake launched into space. 5.Mount real lightsaber over headboard 5a.(more likely) Mount real lightsaber over stairs leading to basement.
Example - my brother burnt me a CD a while back with an irish instrumental I just love. No idea who it is, haven't heard from him yet about it. I was thinking it'd be neat to be able to search for say, a match to maybe 10 seconds of the chorus.
Been playing BF2142 since January - remember the controversy with the in-game billboards for this one? Honestly, in this game, since the IGA started, I think I've noticed the ads twice. Just too much going on for me to take note of the ad. Maybe it'll work subconsciously or something. Maybe it says something about the game - I'm paying enough attention to what my squad is doing, trying to work as a team - I think the game does work well as far as encouraging teamwork - so well I don't have time to read the ads.
Back in '95 or so, a coworker got me into a wargame run by a tabletop gaming store - called something like Conflict of Nations - weekly turns, the store owner collected the turns NLT say, Tuesday by 6pm, resolved the actions, and you went into the store the next day to get the results. When you signed up to play, you were put on a phone roster, so you could call the other "country leaders" to coordinate actions, make alliances/deals, etc. Once I called a number and realized the player was some 10 year old (I was 20) - that was it, I was done - just seemed a little too creepy. Now at 33 and a parent of a one year old, I can't say I'd want 20-30 year old gaming geeks calling my boy some years from now. For similar reasons, the FPS clan I'm in (sas-clan.net) has a strict 18 and over policy for members. Some of it is perceived maturity issues with the younger crowds, some of it is also CYA. Don't want little Johnny telling Mommy he learned the f-bomb on teamspeak playing Battlefield with his "clan friends".
Turkish Coffee. Definitely my favorite, but rarely make it these days. I get mine from this site: http://www.natashascafe.com/ Finely ground, boil a couple times. My small "ibrik" makes about 3 espresso sized cups per batch, but trust me, that's all you need. Unfiltered too - you end up leaving a sludge at the bottom of your cup.
In regards to the original question, I've seen the coffee fool site, haven't tried starting with unroasted beans. I have had the best luck, drip coffee wise, using this: http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/product.php?produ ct_id=14&item_id=34&cat_id=3 and grinding the beans fresh. There's definitely a difference to me using freshly ground vs. pre-ground. Cleaning the coffeemaker every couple weeks by running vinegar through it, then a couple carafes full of water helps too.
When the ring is destroyed, the server "resets" and we start again, now knowing alot more than when we first played. I would consider playing the game if this were the direction the game was headed. Good point - let's go one step further. What if there was the possibility, at the end, of failure. Maybe Frodo puts on the ring, Gollum doesn't succeed in biting off his finger, and ultimately, Sauron gets the ring. Everybody loses. Server reset for the next iteration. Of course, that brings PvP to another level. Naturally, you'll have the players that WANT Sauron to win...Asheron's Call has some server wide events - actually across all servers, where players had to go pvp to release the major Sauron-like antagonist (been too long, forgot the name) - players went pvp to either fight to free the evil one, or keep him locked up. IF I'm recalling correctly, all the servers freed the guy, except one, where the defenders were keeping up a 24 hour defense - it raised the question of, given player-driven events, could a "storyline" unfold differently on different servers? Ultimately, (I think admins had to come in to help), the evil one was released and the storyline moved on.
What about A Tale in the Desert (ATITD)? Explained from the start, the game was to run for what was it, 9 months to a year in real time - called the First Telling. After a coupel months, everything starts over from the beginning in the 2nd Telling, with some engine changes I think, some gameplay changes (I only played for a short while in the first telling). I think they're on the Third Telling now. Any ATITD players have more insight?
Basically, the kind of gear a soldier carries affects the kind of small unit tactics that can be used, and in this situation mobility is the most important thing. Unfortunately, the army is currently stuck on Second Generation tactics rather than Third Generation tactics. Excellent point. As someone who is working in this area of "Net-Centricity" for a defense contractor, the tactics question, or to make it broader, "policy" is starting to be the question now. The technological issues are getting hammered out - interoperability on the GIG, services that the GIG will provide to the warfighter - all technically possible. But now, the question from the warfighter becomes "How will this help me perform the mission better"? Well, with a new set of capabilities, you need that new set of tactics. Complicating matters to an extent also, is the fact that frequently, when a new system is fielded and brought into widespread use, the warfighter discovers ways to use the system that the designers may never have thought of.
From TFA...
On March 22, FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin said he would recommend ending consideration of lifting the ban on cellphone use aboard planes because a two-year investigation into possible interference with ground towers had proven inconclusive. It also drew more than 8,000 consumer complaints. Anyone want to guess how many more consumer complaints will be received because of sitting next to someone yapping on their cell loud enough to be heard on the ground for 5 hours straight?
Where's the squirrel or possum? My wife tells me (she's from Lancaster PA, so she's a little bit country) that it isn't real Brunswick stew unless there's some ingredients you get from "varmint huntin'"...
"where can I find professional blouses or button downs for large busted, small waisted women?"
Bet on how many answers take the form of:
"Please submit pics so I can properly answer your question"
I call 283...
I'm not a metalworker, so I'll ask a stupid question here...
If you're chiselling a piece of metal, aren't pieces of the metal going to flake off? I'm just thinking of the orbiting debris issue - would the specks be too small to worry about?
Amen Brother!
I'm doing some work in ontologies myself - but as the article points out, eyes glaze over with many of these concepts. You've gotta have the right people working these types of projects - people that can explain to the "non-crackpots" that this such-and-such new concept just isn't a whiz-bang pipe dream. The big problem is, getting that translated from a "visionary" whose view is at 50,000 feet to being understandable to the people in the ditches building hardware/software.
I used to play this - not too shabby either. Maybe not quite as involved as Eve Online, but fun regardless. Bit more arcadey - really needed a joystick, but actually attempted to (very loosely) model some physics - inertia for example. Actually, as I recall, the inertia was used as part of the prediction functions of where a player should be x msec from now - was one way to deal with latency.
"So, I think in international law, Entropia could claim statehood."
But could Entropia claim sovereignty, by international law? Could they establish their own code of laws? What happens if say, in Entropia, pyramid schemes are legalized. Now let's imagine I'm sitting at my computer in the USA (let's say, pyramid schemes are illegal here - I'm not sure of the technicalities here presently), running a pyramid scheme in Entropia. Where is the scheme taking place? Is it occuring in Entropia where the money is changing hands, and thus legal? Or is it taking place where I'm physically typing in commands, in the USA, thus illegal?
I know when you travel, you're subject to the host country's laws. But in this case, not only would there be a possible case of dual citizenship (you become a citizen after agreeing to the Entropia EULA for example), but being in two countries at the same time. That's gotta complicate international law!
It was a few months after being listed, in 1995 that the admins started charging, and the Free Internet Chess Server (where I enjoy playing) spun off...
I'm 5 years older than my wife - no big deal, but there are times 5 years is a big deal..."What, honey? They never played 'Every Rose has its Thorn' at your prom???". Or when I realize when I graduated HS, she was 13...
But when yesterday, I realized my wife was only a few months older than the UNIX girl from Jurassic Park, I felt like a dirty old man...
I'm a bit behind you, we've got our first, he's 5 months old. Certainly finding out how much I have to ration my free time now. (As you said, a commodity) Given the time between coming home from work, taking care of Junior and conversing with the wife (yeah, we do talk...) as far as actual down time - one hour, maybe two on rare occasions. Do I spend that web-surfing, reading, playing with linux, hopping on WoW for some battlegrounds, play around with the LOTR beta, or mess with oh, four or five single player games I've barely scratched the surface of?
Games in 15 minute increments...I love that idea. Everyone knows about WoW's endgame - there is no endgame unless you're either raiding or PvPing, both of which take amounts of time out of reach for the casual gamer. How many games coming off the line are MMOPRG, with eventual large time sinks in the endgame? I just don't see how you could combine a huge epic gaming experience with 15-30 minute increments.
Gotta give a nod to Battlestar Galactica on Fridays. They've had their slow spots, even some of the deus ex machina endings to wrap up a storyline in the space of a single episode, but it's still gotta have some of the best writers I've seen. I love the show.
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You know at NASA there's some SW geek who's thought this plan through.
1.Get on the LLIS (Launch Lightsaber Into Space) Program
2.Acquire or fabricate reasonable facsimile.
3.Play switcheroo with copy and real one
4.Watch as fake launched into space.
5.Mount real lightsaber over headboard
5a.(more likely) Mount real lightsaber over stairs leading to basement.
I'd hate to see how much they charge for the in-room bar...
Example - my brother burnt me a CD a while back with an irish instrumental I just love. No idea who it is, haven't heard from him yet about it. I was thinking it'd be neat to be able to search for say, a match to maybe 10 seconds of the chorus.
Been playing BF2142 since January - remember the controversy with the in-game billboards for this one? Honestly, in this game, since the IGA started, I think I've noticed the ads twice. Just too much going on for me to take note of the ad. Maybe it'll work subconsciously or something. Maybe it says something about the game - I'm paying enough attention to what my squad is doing, trying to work as a team - I think the game does work well as far as encouraging teamwork - so well I don't have time to read the ads.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IsFfBB2W7IA
Back in '95 or so, a coworker got me into a wargame run by a tabletop gaming store - called something like Conflict of Nations - weekly turns, the store owner collected the turns NLT say, Tuesday by 6pm, resolved the actions, and you went into the store the next day to get the results. When you signed up to play, you were put on a phone roster, so you could call the other "country leaders" to coordinate actions, make alliances/deals, etc. Once I called a number and realized the player was some 10 year old (I was 20) - that was it, I was done - just seemed a little too creepy. Now at 33 and a parent of a one year old, I can't say I'd want 20-30 year old gaming geeks calling my boy some years from now. For similar reasons, the FPS clan I'm in (sas-clan.net) has a strict 18 and over policy for members. Some of it is perceived maturity issues with the younger crowds, some of it is also CYA. Don't want little Johnny telling Mommy he learned the f-bomb on teamspeak playing Battlefield with his "clan friends".
Turkish Coffee. Definitely my favorite, but rarely make it these days. I get mine from this site:
u ct_id=14&item_id=34&cat_id=3
http://www.natashascafe.com/
Finely ground, boil a couple times. My small "ibrik" makes about 3 espresso sized cups per batch, but trust me, that's all you need. Unfiltered too - you end up leaving a sludge at the bottom of your cup.
In regards to the original question, I've seen the coffee fool site, haven't tried starting with unroasted beans. I have had the best luck, drip coffee wise, using this:
http://www.cuisinart.com/catalog/product.php?prod
and grinding the beans fresh. There's definitely a difference to me using freshly ground vs. pre-ground. Cleaning the coffeemaker every couple weeks by running vinegar through it, then a couple carafes full of water helps too.
What about A Tale in the Desert (ATITD)? Explained from the start, the game was to run for what was it, 9 months to a year in real time - called the First Telling. After a coupel months, everything starts over from the beginning in the 2nd Telling, with some engine changes I think, some gameplay changes (I only played for a short while in the first telling). I think they're on the Third Telling now. Any ATITD players have more insight?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsFfBB2W7IA A short written by Kevin Smith for the TOnight Show I think. Or for you anime fans... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRHetKH4MQ
Where's the squirrel or possum? My wife tells me (she's from Lancaster PA, so she's a little bit country) that it isn't real Brunswick stew unless there's some ingredients you get from "varmint huntin'"...
That being said, looks like a fine recipe.
"where can I find professional blouses or button downs for large busted, small waisted women?" Bet on how many answers take the form of: "Please submit pics so I can properly answer your question" I call 283...
I'm not a metalworker, so I'll ask a stupid question here...
If you're chiselling a piece of metal, aren't pieces of the metal going to flake off? I'm just thinking of the orbiting debris issue - would the specks be too small to worry about?
Amen Brother! I'm doing some work in ontologies myself - but as the article points out, eyes glaze over with many of these concepts. You've gotta have the right people working these types of projects - people that can explain to the "non-crackpots" that this such-and-such new concept just isn't a whiz-bang pipe dream. The big problem is, getting that translated from a "visionary" whose view is at 50,000 feet to being understandable to the people in the ditches building hardware/software.
I used to play this - not too shabby either. Maybe not quite as involved as Eve Online, but fun regardless. Bit more arcadey - really needed a joystick, but actually attempted to (very loosely) model some physics - inertia for example. Actually, as I recall, the inertia was used as part of the prediction functions of where a player should be x msec from now - was one way to deal with latency.
"So, I think in international law, Entropia could claim statehood."
But could Entropia claim sovereignty, by international law? Could they establish their own code of laws? What happens if say, in Entropia, pyramid schemes are legalized. Now let's imagine I'm sitting at my computer in the USA (let's say, pyramid schemes are illegal here - I'm not sure of the technicalities here presently), running a pyramid scheme in Entropia. Where is the scheme taking place? Is it occuring in Entropia where the money is changing hands, and thus legal? Or is it taking place where I'm physically typing in commands, in the USA, thus illegal?
I know when you travel, you're subject to the host country's laws. But in this case, not only would there be a possible case of dual citizenship (you become a citizen after agreeing to the Entropia EULA for example), but being in two countries at the same time. That's gotta complicate international law!
It was a few months after being listed, in 1995 that the admins started charging, and the Free Internet Chess Server (where I enjoy playing) spun off...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freechess
She's 27:
http://imdb.com/name/nm0000611/
I'm 5 years older than my wife - no big deal, but there are times 5 years is a big deal..."What, honey? They never played 'Every Rose has its Thorn' at your prom???". Or when I realize when I graduated HS, she was 13...
But when yesterday, I realized my wife was only a few months older than the UNIX girl from Jurassic Park, I felt like a dirty old man...
Better yet (for the 24 fans) Bring in Chloe O'Brian - she can break through a poison-pill firewall using a level 4 protocol!
I'm a bit behind you, we've got our first, he's 5 months old. Certainly finding out how much I have to ration my free time now. (As you said, a commodity) Given the time between coming home from work, taking care of Junior and conversing with the wife (yeah, we do talk...) as far as actual down time - one hour, maybe two on rare occasions. Do I spend that web-surfing, reading, playing with linux, hopping on WoW for some battlegrounds, play around with the LOTR beta, or mess with oh, four or five single player games I've barely scratched the surface of?
Games in 15 minute increments...I love that idea. Everyone knows about WoW's endgame - there is no endgame unless you're either raiding or PvPing, both of which take amounts of time out of reach for the casual gamer. How many games coming off the line are MMOPRG, with eventual large time sinks in the endgame? I just don't see how you could combine a huge epic gaming experience with 15-30 minute increments.
Gotta give a nod to Battlestar Galactica on Fridays. They've had their slow spots, even some of the deus ex machina endings to wrap up a storyline in the space of a single episode, but it's still gotta have some of the best writers I've seen. I love the show.
Plus, the eye candy isn't too shabby...
"So Say We All"
"Why don't they ban "tag" while they're at it, a game which encourages *actual* attacking of another human being in the game." We're one step ahead of you... http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-26-rec ess-bans_x.htm
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061018-114713- 2243r.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/art icles/2006/10/18/attleboro_elementary_school_bans_ tag/