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  1. Re:Oh please. . . on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    4E was not a video game, or even remotely like one. The interrupt and reaction stack cannot be modeled in a modern CRPG.

    No, 4E was a CCG. Dungeons & Dragons: The Gathering.

  2. Re:5thed is irrelevant. on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    Is anything after the Model-T a Ford?

  3. Re:What really happened... on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 2

    "Blackleaf! Noooo!"

  4. Re:I still don't get it... on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    From my understanding, they had an option to purchase more shares (if this works like ESO's), and they exercised those options to purchase shares and then sell them to Lorraine Williams, giving her controlling interest.

  5. Re:5thed is irrelevant on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    13th Age is pretty great as a grab bag of awesome ideas to pull and slap onto your game of choice. I may never play a game of it, but it definitely inspired me. As for 5E, the best review I heard was: "The simplicity of OD&D, the quirkiness of AD&D, the versatility of 3.x, and the balance of 4E." That sells me, as those are my favorite aspects of those editions.

  6. Re:5thed is irrelevant. on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    So you're saying GURPS is the best game for a Dragonball Z campaign? Six seasons later, the flaming dragon-fist punch finally lands...

  7. Re:Easy on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    Is that 1st Edition, 1st Edition, or 1st Edition you're talking about? I only played 1st Edition, I never played the other two 1st Editions.

  8. Re:Easy on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 1

    This is what I get for coming into D&D as a 3tard. Thanks for the correction. :(

  9. Easy on How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D · · Score: 5, Funny

    He lost a Will save.

  10. You forgot the missing ingredient: on ScummVM 1.7.0 Released · · Score: 1

    PEPPERONI!

  11. Correction on UEA Research Shows Oceans Vital For Possibility of Alien Life · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Vital For Possibility of Earth-like Alien Life"

    A lot of assumptions there.

  12. Re:US wars with Congressional approval since 1945: on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    Semantics. The Korean War was not a "police action." Neither was the Vietnam War. Funny how both of those have "war" in the name. Both, BTW, had congressional approval.

  13. Re:US wars with Congressional approval since 1945: on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 2

    The implication of the statement: "US wars with Congressional approval since 1945: 0" is false by the common sense understanding of the word "war". That it is defensible only by a technical legal definition of "war" that does not, in fact, include real, actual wars means that such defenses are picking nits to win debate class, not proffering an actual point.

  14. Re:US wars with Congressional approval since 1945: on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    If you want to talk about whether formal declarations of war should precede any military action, that's a different discussion. The GP intimated that all US military conflicts were done unilaterally by the executive, without consultation of the legislature, and that is demonstrably false.

  15. Re:US wars with Congressional approval since 1945: on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 4, Informative

    13, actually. But please, continue with your rant.

  16. Re:If you can't figure out your web site's font is on Meet LibreOffice Volunteer Robinson Tryon (Video) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does your webmaster do all your coding, as well?

  17. Re:Ah. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1

    I think we can squeeze one more "way too high" reply. Any takers?

  18. Go ahead and pay him the RIAA way on Manuel Noriega Sues Activision Over Call of Duty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Send him truckloads of unsold "Panama" single cassettes.

  19. Re:This will die in the senate on US House Passes Permanent Ban On Internet Access Taxes · · Score: 1

    Back then, though, the drop-dead date was usually the modern retirement age; so yeah, it could be pushed back a little bit.

  20. This will die in the senate on US House Passes Permanent Ban On Internet Access Taxes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They'll never pass up an opportunity to squeeze more money to fund pet projects back home. Hell, they're already talking about tapping the untouched potential of my 401(k).

  21. Re:WTF on Led By Nest, 'Thread' Might Be Most Promising IoT Initiative Yet · · Score: 2

    In laymen's terms, they've found a way to upding the samoflanges by a full quarter millithingy while preserving the quantum resonance of the flux capacitor. Theoretically this could mean you get an extra bar on your WLAN while sitting in the dining room. Could be the biggest thing since token rings.

  22. Re:Anyone have Cliff Notes? on With New Horizons Spacecraft a Year Away, What We Know About Pluto · · Score: 1

    You're not giving us enough credit. We pioneered the nuclear technology that enables these craft to run for decades, and we've been improving that tech ever since. For instance, New Horizons runs on a third of the plutonium of Cassini-Huygens. We got a jump-start in rocketry, yes. All great men stand on the shoulders of giants. Our advances in computing and nuclear power are themselves a giant the rest of the world's space programs may stand on.

  23. His epitaph in future years: on Prof. Andy Tanenbaum Retires From Vrije University · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Microkernels are still better, you little punk!" With an engraving of a shaking fist.

  24. Re:Brasil futbol is national disgrace. on Mathematicians Solve the Topological Mystery Behind the "Brazuca" Soccer Ball · · Score: 0

    Dude. I don't wanna see what happens when one of those guys gets steamrolled by 300 pound refrigerator in a jetpack. Because that's what it's going to be like.

    Ok, I lied; I do want to see what happens.

  25. Don't mention the tree-planting thing! on The New 501(c)(3) and the Future of Open Source In the US · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll only give them ideas.