My WoW-playing was/is somewhat similar. I don't have any interest in PvP or raids. I did enjoy playing each class and learning the tactics, talents, techniques, etc of each one (within the parameters of their specializations). I have 4 70s and 5 in the 60-64 range, and these days I only occasionally log in and dust one off and do a quest or two. I'll probably play more once WotLK comes out - unless WHO takes me away completely...
Holy crap, I had never heard that story before. I used to live in the same subdivision as the radioactive house, and probably delivered newspapers to it. That was back in the early 80s before this kid's activities, luckily.
We had to chase the teddy bears into their cuddle bunkers, and then tickle them out with machine hugs and fun throwers. They say the more soldiers you tickle, the easier it gets. Well, sir, it doesn't.
I spent a few months working in Corbin, KY (claim to fame: site of first KFC restaurant) and pretty much every street corner seemed to be either a church or a 'tobacco outlet'.
Freemasonry traditionally requires belief in a deity.
It's expressed as 'belief in a Supreme Being', at least in my area. And the reason given is because otherwise no oath would be binding upon the person. (I don't fully agree with this, FWIW)
Ah, ok, I wasn't sure which body you had been referring to previously. In my town, the Lodge is most active; the Chapter used to be pretty active but the half-dozen or so very active people moved/went oversees/passed away.
I hope you enjoy your term as W.M. - mine was stark terror for me (though when I've sat in since then it has been ok):-). I can't even imagine what it must be like with a family/children...
Q: Do you want to give up being a Mason? Think carefully. Think... Think...
A: No.
(smashed repeatedly by giant hammer)
Wrong, wrong, wrong! Bad, bad, bad!... or something like that. It's been a long time since I saw that Monty Python.
But seriously, there's no prohibition against talking about being a Mason, at least not where I'm from. In my state we can't invite new members; they have to come to us. And of course we don't talk about the content of ritual work. That's it, though.
The Commandery (which culminates in the Order of the Temple, i.e., Knights Templar) are Christian-only. Neither the Free & Accepted Masons (which one must belong to in order to join any of these organizations) nor rest of the York Rite (until you reach the Commandery degrees) have that restriction. I'm not familiar enough with the Scottish Rite branch to know whether they have any particular requirements other than being a Master Mason.
That's correct information. I'm one (though not very active).
I don't know who the "Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani" mentioned in TFA is, and their website http://www.osmth.org/ seems down. Google cache doesn't seem to have anything useful. Not sure whether these people are associated with the organization I belong to or not.
Agreed. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who would actually use this program to play the game for them, but I have just as much for Blizzard for attempting to stifle release of the source code. I applaud Blizzard's attempts to keep bots, cheaters and spammers out of the game in the first place, though.
I've often thought that Blizzard (and other MMORPG-type companies) should set up one or two 'anything goes' servers. Want to use aimbots, hacks, etc? Great. But keep it in the sandbox with other people who want to, or don't mind it.
This would be beneficial to the company, because they'd get to see how people abuse the system (and could then fix the problems, on the regular servers at least) - it would be a sort of openly acknowledged honeypot. And people would be able to hack up their own AI without fear of banning. I for one would love to try to program a bot to Warlock as well as I do, to try to distill my techniques into code, etc.
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My WoW-playing was/is somewhat similar. I don't have any interest in PvP or raids. I did enjoy playing each class and learning the tactics, talents, techniques, etc of each one (within the parameters of their specializations). I have 4 70s and 5 in the 60-64 range, and these days I only occasionally log in and dust one off and do a quest or two. I'll probably play more once WotLK comes out - unless WHO takes me away completely...
It's what you'd play at a Blanket Party.
Holy crap, I had never heard that story before. I used to live in the same subdivision as the radioactive house, and probably delivered newspapers to it. That was back in the early 80s before this kid's activities, luckily.
I suspect the AC was making a joke about folding something 10 times resulting in a 2**10 increase.
We had to chase the teddy bears into their cuddle bunkers, and then tickle them out with machine hugs and fun throwers. They say the more soldiers you tickle, the easier it gets. Well, sir, it doesn't.
(Grandpa Simpson)
A better headline might have been "The Sega Saga".
Stop touching yourself, you'll go blind!
I spent a few months working in Corbin, KY (claim to fame: site of first KFC restaurant) and pretty much every street corner seemed to be either a church or a 'tobacco outlet'.
> bend spoon
I can't see any spoon here.
>
"BIL", two 'ells' for officers only... :-)
Fun book, I haven't read it in probably 30 years...
They really weren't in it for the money, though. They wrote the game for the good of all of us - except the ones who are dead.
Freemasonry traditionally requires belief in a deity.
It's expressed as 'belief in a Supreme Being', at least in my area. And the reason given is because otherwise no oath would be binding upon the person. (I don't fully agree with this, FWIW)
Did all the other CEOs tell him he was daft to build a rocket in a swamp?
In a semi-related anecdote, a friend and I used to go bowling and kept score in hexadecimal.
Where is John Titor when you need him?
Ah, ok, I wasn't sure which body you had been referring to previously. In my town, the Lodge is most active; the Chapter used to be pretty active but the half-dozen or so very active people moved/went oversees/passed away.
I hope you enjoy your term as W.M. - mine was stark terror for me (though when I've sat in since then it has been ok) :-). I can't even imagine what it must be like with a family/children...
Q: Do you want to give up being a Mason? Think carefully. Think... Think...
A: No.
(smashed repeatedly by giant hammer)
Wrong, wrong, wrong! Bad, bad, bad! ... or something like that. It's been a long time since I saw that Monty Python.
But seriously, there's no prohibition against talking about being a Mason, at least not where I'm from. In my state we can't invite new members; they have to come to us. And of course we don't talk about the content of ritual work. That's it, though.
The Commandery (which culminates in the Order of the Temple, i.e., Knights Templar) are Christian-only. Neither the Free & Accepted Masons (which one must belong to in order to join any of these organizations) nor rest of the York Rite (until you reach the Commandery degrees) have that restriction. I'm not familiar enough with the Scottish Rite branch to know whether they have any particular requirements other than being a Master Mason.
The Degree work is very interesting. My local Chapter is down to only a handful of members, unfortunately.
That's correct information. I'm one (though not very active).
I don't know who the "Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani" mentioned in TFA is, and their website http://www.osmth.org/ seems down. Google cache doesn't seem to have anything useful. Not sure whether these people are associated with the organization I belong to or not.
Too bad those of us who aren't Princes of the Universe can't harness radio telescopes, even for One Vision.
I'll be disappointed if the command to begin the attack isn't:
GIFAR, kree!
Agreed. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who would actually use this program to play the game for them, but I have just as much for Blizzard for attempting to stifle release of the source code. I applaud Blizzard's attempts to keep bots, cheaters and spammers out of the game in the first place, though.
I've often thought that Blizzard (and other MMORPG-type companies) should set up one or two 'anything goes' servers. Want to use aimbots, hacks, etc? Great. But keep it in the sandbox with other people who want to, or don't mind it.
This would be beneficial to the company, because they'd get to see how people abuse the system (and could then fix the problems, on the regular servers at least) - it would be a sort of openly acknowledged honeypot. And people would be able to hack up their own AI without fear of banning. I for one would love to try to program a bot to Warlock as well as I do, to try to distill my techniques into code, etc.
Could you imagine something like American Idol taking off, say, 30 years ago?
In those days, all we had was The Gong Show, which at least wasn't serious.
Microsoft's bass-ackwards inyerfaces
Hah, that's either very clever or a very appropriate typo. Possibly both :-).