I've played D&D for four or five years, started in 3ed, but at one point i did roll a 2ed character for a campaign played via instant messanger. I honetsly dont see how you 2e players manage (3 seems so much more streamlined to me, but perhaps mostly becaues i'm familiar with it)
Anywho, I work at a bookstore, and we'v been getting materials for giveaways and displays from WotC for a while now, and in our fantasy section (which is my domain) there's a small display with forgotten realms novels and some D&D stickers and whatnot (sadly, we don't stock the game materials for two reasons: owners afraid to attract ultraconservative attention and they just wouldnt sell well)
And by the way...if you think vi vs. emacs is a religious war, try 2ed vs. 3ed...guy I knew totally violently slammed 3 for being "simple" and overpowered and whatnot...too bad he didn't have half his facts straight/me shrugs I WILL say this though,the 2e treasure and monster manuals (esp the demons and devils) were absolutely badass, and my group translated those into 3e as needed for extra kick
3.5 Almost seemed to me what WinME was to Windows....some of the errata seemed to work well, but there were other things (didn't they reintroduce a form of 2e Kits?) seemed to be unbalanced (or else targeted at simple hacknslash campaigns) ---if i'm wrong please tell me, but from what i've read/heard....
Oh, and there was that part where (again as far as i know) if you have 3.0 core books you have to buy brand new 3.5 books all over again (not a drop in the bucket to a college gamer)
To me Forgotten Realms IS D&D just about...I started D&D with the FR setting (improvising, just using maps, not the acutal FR campaign setting) and I really love it..there's so much back-material that a DM can incorporate and so many places and whatnot. Some people may call me unoriginal for not wanting to create my own worlds, but frankly I don't think that a campaign suffers much from having a ready body of terrain and culture to take from...
Either way, down one for Ed Greenwood (and pray his books come out in paperback faster!)
Is my phone the only one on the planet that has "Vibrate, then ring"?
It may well be. My venerable Motorola Startac has a vib then ring option. My new LG doesn't (sticking with the motorla wasn't an option), and I don't know of any of my friends' phones that have the option either.
I like the LG and I'm satisfied with it EXCEPT for that, the one phone feature I probably used the most
Professors who make policy like that tend to be anal retentive assholes. Sure, phones are annoying, but it's ridiculous to lower someone's final grade by that amount (easily a pass or fail margin) because they forgot to turn their cell off once. That takes a grade A asshole. The only prof I had who ever said a word about turning cells off...get this, she asked nicely. It wasn't ever a problem.
I keep hearing about professors that do that, I wonder what they do when a student says "Fuck you I'm not handing over my phone" or complains to the department. Granted, if they're tenured I imagine nothing at all happens (which is a shame in its own right) but it would be mildly amusing to see some jerk done for assault because he tried to take the phone from the student.
You could have used the software that came with the CD burner, or downloaded a demo of nero and done it in 10 minutes instead of dicking around with the windows inbuilt "feature"
Infact, if the computer was a brand name odds are it already had SOME kind of software on it to do this. It's not the fault of the operating system neither you nor the user knew what software was available to do the job.
As opposed to taking your license and registration back to his car and getting all the info then? Please.
By the way, take some time to actaully read other people's experiences with RFID. They don't work unless you are close to the reader, which implies the officer has your license already.
Locally, an environmentalist group sabotaged a lumber mill for a couple million in damage. This was not random vandalism, it was done specifially to ruin as much equipment as possible.
I use Spybot and Spysweeper, as Ad Aware typically only finds trackng cookies and such like as opposed to spyware (in my experience anyway)
I also make sure to use Spybot's TeaTimer and ActiveX blocker.
Installing Firefox is a good way to keep it clean;-) If it's an option at all on the computers you work on, go for it. It also tends to render a LOT of browser hijackers totally irrelevant.
As for cleaning the hijackers themselves, I'd reccomend googling for the process name if you know it, odds are you'll stumble on an info site with detailed removal instructions
There's a brewery in Asheville NC that produces some good stuff, notably an oatmeal stout that I adore; name of the place is Highland Brewing, heard of it?
Personally I'm loving life after about 4 pints of Guinness (180lbs not much alcohol tolerance) But I've watched people get fairly tipsy knocking back Bud Ice and "Malt beverages" on several occasions.
IIRC a stout or dark ale has at least the same ABV% if not more, doesnt it?
Well, where I live (largest city in the state) It's alot easier to buy beer at a supermarket (especially if you're underaged) than get anything at a liquor store, as the supermarket may or may not card you while the liquor store usually will.
Plus for the cost of a bottle of bourbon (Let's say 20$US) one can get quite a bit of bud or miller or other cheap beer
Slashdot Mirror
Did you see the credits run? What was that? Once? Then it had one ending.
I've played D&D for four or five years, started in 3ed, but at one point i did roll a 2ed character for a campaign played via instant messanger. I honetsly dont see how you 2e players manage (3 seems so much more streamlined to me, but perhaps mostly becaues i'm familiar with it)
/me shrugs I WILL say this though ,the 2e treasure and monster manuals (esp the demons and devils) were absolutely badass, and my group translated those into 3e as needed for extra kick
Anywho, I work at a bookstore, and we'v been getting materials for giveaways and displays from WotC for a while now, and in our fantasy section (which is my domain) there's a small display with forgotten realms novels and some D&D stickers and whatnot (sadly, we don't stock the game materials for two reasons: owners afraid to attract ultraconservative attention and they just wouldnt sell well)
And by the way...if you think vi vs. emacs is a religious war, try 2ed vs. 3ed...guy I knew totally violently slammed 3 for being "simple" and overpowered and whatnot...too bad he didn't have half his facts straight
3.5 Almost seemed to me what WinME was to Windows....some of the errata seemed to work well, but there were other things (didn't they reintroduce a form of 2e Kits?) seemed to be unbalanced (or else targeted at simple hacknslash campaigns) ---if i'm wrong please tell me, but from what i've read/heard....
Oh, and there was that part where (again as far as i know) if you have 3.0 core books you have to buy brand new 3.5 books all over again (not a drop in the bucket to a college gamer)
I only wish the parent was being funny, rather than insightful.
Don't ever underestimate the selling power of being "trendy" (iPod mini is case and point)
To me Forgotten Realms IS D&D just about...I started D&D with the FR setting (improvising, just using maps, not the acutal FR campaign setting) and I really love it..there's so much back-material that a DM can incorporate and so many places and whatnot. Some people may call me unoriginal for not wanting to create my own worlds, but frankly I don't think that a campaign suffers much from having a ready body of terrain and culture to take from...
Either way, down one for Ed Greenwood (and pray his books come out in paperback faster!)
+1: Quoting awesome voice actor
If no one knew they were undercover agents why were their pictures being distributed?
Well, if you're attempting to spread the identity of an uncercover officer, it may very well be illegal.
I've got a VX 3200 (i think) Whats yours?
Is my phone the only one on the planet that has "Vibrate, then ring"?
It may well be. My venerable Motorola Startac has a vib then ring option. My new LG doesn't (sticking with the motorla wasn't an option), and I don't know of any of my friends' phones that have the option either.
I like the LG and I'm satisfied with it EXCEPT for that, the one phone feature I probably used the most
Professors who make policy like that tend to be anal retentive assholes. Sure, phones are annoying, but it's ridiculous to lower someone's final grade by that amount (easily a pass or fail margin) because they forgot to turn their cell off once. That takes a grade A asshole.
The only prof I had who ever said a word about turning cells off...get this, she asked nicely. It wasn't ever a problem.
I keep hearing about professors that do that, I wonder what they do when a student says "Fuck you I'm not handing over my phone" or complains to the department. Granted, if they're tenured I imagine nothing at all happens (which is a shame in its own right) but it would be mildly amusing to see some jerk done for assault because he tried to take the phone from the student.
All 50 of them in that state?
I'd say aggrivation could be measured in slashdots
its worth a shot. HOwever if it was a posting to a straight dating site the other guy might not have shut up so readily.
You could have used the software that came with the CD burner, or downloaded a demo of nero and done it in 10 minutes instead of dicking around with the windows inbuilt "feature"
Infact, if the computer was a brand name odds are it already had SOME kind of software on it to do this. It's not the fault of the operating system neither you nor the user knew what software was available to do the job.
...as he walks to your car
As opposed to taking your license and registration back to his car and getting all the info then? Please.
By the way, take some time to actaully read other people's experiences with RFID. They don't work unless you are close to the reader, which implies the officer has your license already.
Treehugger hippies do some pretty nasty shit
Locally, an environmentalist group sabotaged a lumber mill for a couple million in damage. This was not random vandalism, it was done specifially to ruin as much equipment as possible.
Do you realize how ridiculous you sound trying to use "genuii" as the plural of "genius" ?
HijackThis isn't anything more than a glorified msconfig is it? (Serious question, I used it maybe once, and couldn't see much difference)
I use Spybot and Spysweeper, as Ad Aware typically only finds trackng cookies and such like as opposed to spyware (in my experience anyway)
;-) If it's an option at all on the computers you work on, go for it. It also tends to render a LOT of browser hijackers totally irrelevant.
I also make sure to use Spybot's TeaTimer and ActiveX blocker.
Installing Firefox is a good way to keep it clean
As for cleaning the hijackers themselves, I'd reccomend googling for the process name if you know it, odds are you'll stumble on an info site with detailed removal instructions
It's not so much that he has a hobby, it's that he's pretending he's getting super-useful cool machines out of it when that really isn't the case.
There's a brewery in Asheville NC that produces some good stuff, notably an oatmeal stout that I adore; name of the place is Highland Brewing, heard of it?
Personally I'm loving life after about 4 pints of Guinness (180lbs not much alcohol tolerance) But I've watched people get fairly tipsy knocking back Bud Ice and "Malt beverages" on several occasions.
IIRC a stout or dark ale has at least the same ABV% if not more, doesnt it?
Well, where I live (largest city in the state) It's alot easier to buy beer at a supermarket (especially if you're underaged) than get anything at a liquor store, as the supermarket may or may not card you while the liquor store usually will.
Plus for the cost of a bottle of bourbon (Let's say 20$US) one can get quite a bit of bud or miller or other cheap beer