Why not create a.torrent file that contains a list of servers. Have a few people (that are held in high-esteem in the community) moderate it and circulate it. Other people could be added as moderators as they proved their committment to promoting the torrents.
That's actually what I'd assumed Exeem was going to be - it's the natural and logical successor to a moderated torrent list like Suprnova. But don't worry I have a feeling that it's one of those ideas that's too good not to happen sooner or later. Probably sooner. Meanwhile it's fun watching the **AA chase its own tail around and around and around....
As well as that console fiasco, don't forget the fact that in 1996 3D'oh (as we used to call them) bought up and subsequently trashed Meridian 59, which is now widely accepted as the first commercial graphical MUD and a forerunner to the MMORPG industry. Trip Hawkins was handed a glimpse of the future and did everything he could to squeeze the service to destruction within around three years - completely handing their slice of the market over to the 'newcomers' - UO, EQ etc.. Ranting aside, this guy has done very -very- little to expand the industry and has experienced even less 'consistent product success'. IMHO people should receive honours and awards for outstanding achievements ONLY and not simply for being part of the scene for long enough.
Oh and let's not forget the way this guy handles his critics.
It's a pity that this sort of uninteresting pseudo-science keeps cropping up on/.
I'm not a scientist, but surely there are more interesting things going in the world than this?
I couldn't agree more. And I'm pretty confident that Jesus would also agree wholeheartedly if he were alive today. I suspect he'd be dumbfounded as to why God's children still seem to be mesmerised by idols and symbols when they should really be focussing on all the death, torture, war and oppression in the world. We'll spend money on investigating a dirty old piece of cloth but we're not prepared to stop all the prejudices and greed-fuelled, self-interested warmongers in the world. I'm not a Christian btw (far from it in fact) - but I have zero time for anyone claiming to be a Christian that actually has no idea what Jesus Christ's own ideals were.
Please excuse the rant but really - even Jesus himself would mod this story down.
What we want is MMORPG where the Christian meetings have to be held in secret for fear of all the attendees getting crucified and/or thrown to the lions. Oh wait, there already is one and it's in my sig!;-)
I wouldn't be surprised if the entire story was a hoax dreamed up by the EA marketing department. Either that or it's an elaborate way of using Reuters to set up the cheapest and biggest focus group they've ever had. Probably both.
I'd have to agree. I've been watching it regularly over here in the UK since it started. It's actually bloody good.
I was a total skeptic, having become completely disillusioned with Sci-Fi TV in general. I used to love Sci-Fi TV when I was younger but the genre has really been flogged to death over the last decade or so. When I heard about the BSG remake my colleagues and I all had a good laugh at its expense.
Many months ago I came across the torrent for the mini-series premiere and downloaded it for no apparent reason. Very late one night after a long work session I fired it up pretty much out of boredom. By the time the first part was over I was absolutely hooked - not to mention stunned that even someone with my initial perspective had been conquered by it.
I hate TV. I dunno what it's like over there in the U.S. right now but given the state of it when I was last visiting, I can only assume that it's even worse than it is here - full of remakes, so-called 'reality TV' and unoriginal nonsense. Even the 'educational' stuff and documentaries are patronising and ill-informed. Anyway, my point is that over the last couple of years I've become aware of two - and only two - programmes worth watching. The Daily Show is one of them and BSG is the other. Without these two programmes I could quite happily throw my TV out the window. Actually come to think of it, I have to download my Daily Show so BSG is the only thing saving the TV set.
Of course this series still has some low points but there are a helluva lot fewer than any other Sci Fi series we've seen in recent years. Huge huge thumbs up. I strongly recommend that even the most hardened cynic puts aside their fears and check it out.
What I want is an MMORPG with all the basic ingredients of an MMORG, I just want the damned experience/leveling/skill/treadmill systems and the combat systems stripped. Gut the damn MMORPG and fill its innards with a Half Life 2/FarCry/Thief style engine. Imagine if your thief character really had to sneak around like you were Garret from Thief. Imagine if swordplay was fast paced like Jedi Knight. Imagine if your archer snuck around firing and running like in FarCry. Then imagine after a hard day of fighting you could go kick it back in a bar or craft Puzzle Pirates style. Maybe for the economically inclined there could be an economic game like Rail Road Tycoon (or whatever) underneath. Perhaps there is also a A Tail in the Desert style player senate and politics. Maybe there is even a little Command and Conquer style tactical commanding
Sounds like you're looking for Roma Victor. It's historical, aimed at a more mature player, has twitch combat, politics, crafting like ATITD, no levels, and lots of resource management.
My bias is of course declared in my sig but it does sound like exactly the kind of thing you're looking for.
It is indeed another resounding blow struck against democracy. For a nation-building nation that appears to be set on exporting democracy at gunpoint, one would think that its own state of democracy would be setting a better example.
Iraqi politicians should start taking Diebold management out to lunch, if they haven't done so already.
(As always, any loathing contained in this post is not directed at Americans in general. It is directed purely at the current administration, the neocons and all the moderate Republicans that sat back and let them and their christian fundamentalist armies take over a nation I used to admire.)
I disagree there - no surprise heh - The Daily Show presents fake news, satire and comedy. If you think satire directed at the administration is left wing spin whereas satire directed at, let's say, the Democrats is not then we need to have a talk about subjectivity.;-)
Additionally neither Penny Arcade nor The Daily Show claim to be authoritative news sources - they're satirists. My point was not necessarily that they are more trustworthy than the regular news channels, but that they are perceived by the public to be so. This isn't so much an endorsement of PA and TDS as it is a slamming indictment of the regular news channels.
Oh and I never said that there was no spin on TDS - I simply implied that its sole purpose was not to regurgitate spin like say, Fox News does.
I think the Penny Arcade Vs. 'establishment' games media argument has striking parallels with the Jon Stewart's Daily Show Vs. 'real' news networks argument.
Penny Arcade has people light-heartedly talking about the way it is, not simply regurgitating obvious nonsense just like the games companies and corporations would like.
The Daily Show has people light-heartedly talking about the way it is, not simply regurgitating spin and propaganda just like the administration and its supporters would like.
I think the positive upshot of that is that the great unwashed, the mainstream public, the consumers, whatever you want to call them, seem to be finally wising up. If you publish or broadcast nonsense, spin, marketing drivel or a barrel load of cliché then it's pretty obvious that your audience is starting to leave you in favour of something more intimately connected with truth and public opinion.
This just goes to show that even Google can be stoopid every once in a while - and they're usually such an insightful bunch too.
Actually their naughty word filter betrays a more significant problem. It would have to be a much more aggressive (and therefore probably much less useful) list for it to be safe.
I don't like the idea of my kid doing his homework research, trying to look up information about the assyrian empire, mistyping the first four letters and then coming to me asking what assrape is. I'm sure you people with more time on your hands can come up with better examples and I'm absolutely certain that the spammers, promoters and other SEO queens are already working on it.
Leave autocomplete alone please, Google - or at least leave it to the client until you're finished building your own OS.;-)
Another nice idea. The trouble is that right now most spammers are reading this particular/. thread with interest, including your post.
Therein lies the problem. We fix it, they'll work around the fix.
<RANT>Tell you what though, I wouldn't mind a bit of positive action from the various authorities around the world. It seems to be too much to ask that the American, Russian, Nigerian and Chinese authorities* would actually follow up, masquerade as customers and clamp down hard on those organisations that enable spammers to make money.</RANT>
* And the rest I know - but these are the sources of most of my spam
After all anyone that plays MMORPG's has bumped into more than their fair share of characters named Legolas, Gandalf, Drizzt etc. Is every MMORPG developer going to have to censor player characters in case they bear a resemblance to a character portrayed somewhere in popular fiction? IMHO Marvel should shut up - CoH has helped feed the ongoing superhero zeitgeist, which is much more help than hindrance.
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 20 seconds to comply."
"But... I don't have any! I never had any! I don't understand what you..."
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 15 seconds to comply."
"Listen, I'm a western journalist - I'm just here to try and find out the other side of the story..."
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 10 seconds to comply."
"Hmm, it's obviously targeted me in error - is there any way to switch it off?"
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 5 seconds to comply."
"OK now hold on a second - can I communicate with your operator somehow? I mean seriously I'm not anything to do with this and I doubt there were ever any......"
I resent that. Here in the true 51st State (Britain) we know and understand why this province isn't allowed to vote. Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die. My tax pounds and the lives of my countrymen are required to support the Emperor at all times. To believe anything else would be unpatriotic and downright barbaric. Now please continue to build us those lovely roads and bathhouses. Senatus PopulusQue America!
I'm sick of hearing this stereotype because all one has to do is look at a globe and it becomes obvious why we're not so fluent in other languages. It's not most of the USA can drive in a day and land in a country with a different national language. With the exception of Mexico (which gets so much tourism from us that English is relatively well understood) we have to hop on a plane at >$700 a ticket to visit a non-english speaking country. That's no small chore. I've been to Brazil twice, and each time it cost me $1,200 just for the ticket AND 24 hours transit time.
Sorry but geography is a pretty poor excuse. You could always have tried harder at school. =P
Seriously though, from my experience it is more a matter of education than geography.
Being English, English is surprisingly my first language. But I picked up much more French and German at school than I ever did in my adult life despite latterly travelling to both countries and indeed working and living in both for a time. And with a half-decent background in Latin I find most languages with their roots in Europe to be pretty easy - and that applies for countries I've never been to such as Brazil, for example. Learning something is never a handicap - not learning something is.
Personally I think it's a cultural problem faced by the U.S. as a whole. As an observer it seems to me that American schools revere sports much more than they do anything else. You need to worship jocks less and geeks more IMHO, but surely that's de rigueur here at/.;-)
Here are some epigrams I have to hand: When the cats fall asleep, the mouse rejoices and leaps from his hole. (When the cat's away the mice will play)
Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro
What a woman says to her fond lover sohuld be written on air or the swift water. Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua -Catullus
There's nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair. Calvo turpius est nihil compto -Martial
If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it. Si post fata venit gloria non propero -Martial
There is nothing so absurd as not to have been said by a philosopher. Nihil tam absurdum, quod non dictum sit ab aliquo. -Cicero
There is nothing more friendly than a friend in need. Nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius -Plautus
Nothing is sillier than a silly laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est -Catullus
A bad vase doesn't break Malum vas non frangitur
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. From: Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes -Plautus
There is no smoke without fire. Semper flamma fumo proxima -Plautus
'to swim against the tide' contra terrentem brachhia dirigere -Juvenal
All that lives comes from the egg. omne vivum ex ovo 'every cloud has a silver lining' inter vepres rosae nascuntur
To err is human. Errare humanum est -Cicero
A rolling stone gathers no moss. -Pubilius Syrus
Lovers remember everything. Meminerunt omnia amantes -Ovid
Now or never Nunc aut nunquam
Forwarned, forearmed. Praemonitus praemunitus
Time flies. Tempus fugit
No sooner said than done. Dictum factum
The part of life we live is really short. Exigua pars est vitae quam nos vivimus -Seneca
Let nothing but good be said of the dead De mortuis nil nis bonum
While I breathe, I hope Dum spiro, spero
Hard work conquers all things Labor omnia vincit
Justice for all Justitia omnibus Nothing without providence Nil sine numini
Through hardship to the stars Per ardua ad astra
The people rule Regnat populus The voice of the people is the voice of God Vox populi, vox dei
And of course NASA's take on: Fortune Favours the Brave Audentes fortuna juvat
If you're interested, you could do worse than swotting up on Quintilian, Livy, all the above mentioned et al.
I am one of the 1 Million people who would rather go to jail then carry a card.
I can understand why you would want to license drivers and I can understand the need for a passport. But I refuse to accept I need a license to walk down the street in the country where I was born.
Took the words right out of my mouth. See you in there mate. Shall I bring the scrabble?
Call my cynical, but Iranians wanting in on rockets capable of doubling as ICBMs worry me.
I won't call you cynical. But I will call you an ignorant, paranoid, xenophobic and war-mongering fool - no offense.;-)
Not everyone in the middle east would like to 'nuke' America - not yet anyway. Give it time, and consistency of US foreign policy and maybe... but even then you'd have to count on finding some fanatical middle eastern people with millions of dollars to spend on something insanely overt, huge risk and incredibly open to public and global scrutiny. And anyway, everyone knows the best delivery system for a nuclear warhead these days is a suitcase.
Slashdot Mirror
Why not create a
That's actually what I'd assumed Exeem was going to be - it's the natural and logical successor to a moderated torrent list like Suprnova. But don't worry I have a feeling that it's one of those ideas that's too good not to happen sooner or later. Probably sooner. Meanwhile it's fun watching the **AA chase its own tail around and around and around....
As well as that console fiasco, don't forget the fact that in 1996 3D'oh (as we used to call them) bought up and subsequently trashed Meridian 59, which is now widely accepted as the first commercial graphical MUD and a forerunner to the MMORPG industry. Trip Hawkins was handed a glimpse of the future and did everything he could to squeeze the service to destruction within around three years - completely handing their slice of the market over to the 'newcomers' - UO, EQ etc.. Ranting aside, this guy has done very -very- little to expand the industry and has experienced even less 'consistent product success'. IMHO people should receive honours and awards for outstanding achievements ONLY and not simply for being part of the scene for long enough.
Oh and let's not forget the way this guy handles his critics.
It's a pity that this sort of uninteresting pseudo-science keeps cropping up on
I'm not a scientist, but surely there are more interesting things going in the world than this?
I couldn't agree more. And I'm pretty confident that Jesus would also agree wholeheartedly if he were alive today. I suspect he'd be dumbfounded as to why God's children still seem to be mesmerised by idols and symbols when they should really be focussing on all the death, torture, war and oppression in the world. We'll spend money on investigating a dirty old piece of cloth but we're not prepared to stop all the prejudices and greed-fuelled, self-interested warmongers in the world. I'm not a Christian btw (far from it in fact) - but I have zero time for anyone claiming to be a Christian that actually has no idea what Jesus Christ's own ideals were.
Please excuse the rant but really - even Jesus himself would mod this story down.
It's all in the font. It's a dubya can't y'all see that!?
V\/V
Please excuse phoney U.S. accent. =D
What we want is MMORPG where the Christian meetings have to be held in secret for fear of all the attendees getting crucified and/or thrown to the lions. Oh wait, there already is one and it's in my sig!
I suggest deleting this story and forgetting someone ever submitted it.
That's funny. Whenever I accuse the church of adopting that strategy I get in trouble.
I wouldn't be surprised if the entire story was a hoax dreamed up by the EA marketing department. Either that or it's an elaborate way of using Reuters to set up the cheapest and biggest focus group they've ever had. Probably both.
Sigh.
I'd have to agree. I've been watching it regularly over here in the UK since it started. It's actually bloody good.
I was a total skeptic, having become completely disillusioned with Sci-Fi TV in general. I used to love Sci-Fi TV when I was younger but the genre has really been flogged to death over the last decade or so. When I heard about the BSG remake my colleagues and I all had a good laugh at its expense.
Many months ago I came across the torrent for the mini-series premiere and downloaded it for no apparent reason. Very late one night after a long work session I fired it up pretty much out of boredom. By the time the first part was over I was absolutely hooked - not to mention stunned that even someone with my initial perspective had been conquered by it.
I hate TV. I dunno what it's like over there in the U.S. right now but given the state of it when I was last visiting, I can only assume that it's even worse than it is here - full of remakes, so-called 'reality TV' and unoriginal nonsense. Even the 'educational' stuff and documentaries are patronising and ill-informed. Anyway, my point is that over the last couple of years I've become aware of two - and only two - programmes worth watching. The Daily Show is one of them and BSG is the other. Without these two programmes I could quite happily throw my TV out the window. Actually come to think of it, I have to download my Daily Show so BSG is the only thing saving the TV set.
Of course this series still has some low points but there are a helluva lot fewer than any other Sci Fi series we've seen in recent years. Huge huge thumbs up. I strongly recommend that even the most hardened cynic puts aside their fears and check it out.
What I want is an MMORPG with all the basic ingredients of an MMORG, I just want the damned experience/leveling/skill/treadmill systems and the combat systems stripped. Gut the damn MMORPG and fill its innards with a Half Life 2/FarCry/Thief style engine. Imagine if your thief character really had to sneak around like you were Garret from Thief. Imagine if swordplay was fast paced like Jedi Knight. Imagine if your archer snuck around firing and running like in FarCry. Then imagine after a hard day of fighting you could go kick it back in a bar or craft Puzzle Pirates style. Maybe for the economically inclined there could be an economic game like Rail Road Tycoon (or whatever) underneath. Perhaps there is also a A Tail in the Desert style player senate and politics. Maybe there is even a little Command and Conquer style tactical commanding
Sounds like you're looking for Roma Victor. It's historical, aimed at a more mature player, has twitch combat, politics, crafting like ATITD, no levels, and lots of resource management.
My bias is of course declared in my sig but it does sound like exactly the kind of thing you're looking for.
It is indeed another resounding blow struck against democracy. For a nation-building nation that appears to be set on exporting democracy at gunpoint, one would think that its own state of democracy would be setting a better example.
Iraqi politicians should start taking Diebold management out to lunch, if they haven't done so already.
(As always, any loathing contained in this post is not directed at Americans in general. It is directed purely at the current administration, the neocons and all the moderate Republicans that sat back and let them and their christian fundamentalist armies take over a nation I used to admire.)
I disagree there - no surprise heh - The Daily Show presents fake news, satire and comedy. If you think satire directed at the administration is left wing spin whereas satire directed at, let's say, the Democrats is not then we need to have a talk about subjectivity.
Additionally neither Penny Arcade nor The Daily Show claim to be authoritative news sources - they're satirists. My point was not necessarily that they are more trustworthy than the regular news channels, but that they are perceived by the public to be so. This isn't so much an endorsement of PA and TDS as it is a slamming indictment of the regular news channels.
Oh and I never said that there was no spin on TDS - I simply implied that its sole purpose was not to regurgitate spin like say, Fox News does.
I think the Penny Arcade Vs. 'establishment' games media argument has striking parallels with the Jon Stewart's Daily Show Vs. 'real' news networks argument.
Penny Arcade has people light-heartedly talking about the way it is, not simply regurgitating obvious nonsense just like the games companies and corporations would like.
The Daily Show has people light-heartedly talking about the way it is, not simply regurgitating spin and propaganda just like the administration and its supporters would like.
I think the positive upshot of that is that the great unwashed, the mainstream public, the consumers, whatever you want to call them, seem to be finally wising up. If you publish or broadcast nonsense, spin, marketing drivel or a barrel load of cliché then it's pretty obvious that your audience is starting to leave you in favour of something more intimately connected with truth and public opinion.
This just goes to show that even Google can be stoopid every once in a while - and they're usually such an insightful bunch too.
Actually their naughty word filter betrays a more significant problem. It would have to be a much more aggressive (and therefore probably much less useful) list for it to be safe.
I don't like the idea of my kid doing his homework research, trying to look up information about the assyrian empire, mistyping the first four letters and then coming to me asking what assrape is. I'm sure you people with more time on your hands can come up with better examples and I'm absolutely certain that the spammers, promoters and other SEO queens are already working on it.
Leave autocomplete alone please, Google - or at least leave it to the client until you're finished building your own OS.
Another nice idea. The trouble is that right now most spammers are reading this particular
Therein lies the problem. We fix it, they'll work around the fix.
<RANT>Tell you what though, I wouldn't mind a bit of positive action from the various authorities around the world. It seems to be too much to ask that the American, Russian, Nigerian and Chinese authorities* would actually follow up, masquerade as customers and clamp down hard on those organisations that enable spammers to make money.</RANT>
* And the rest I know - but these are the sources of most of my spam
After all anyone that plays MMORPG's has bumped into more than their fair share of characters named Legolas, Gandalf, Drizzt etc. Is every MMORPG developer going to have to censor player characters in case they bear a resemblance to a character portrayed somewhere in popular fiction? IMHO Marvel should shut up - CoH has helped feed the ongoing superhero zeitgeist, which is much more help than hindrance.
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 20 seconds to comply."
"But... I don't have any! I never had any! I don't understand what you..."
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 15 seconds to comply."
"Listen, I'm a western journalist - I'm just here to try and find out the other side of the story..."
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 10 seconds to comply."
"Hmm, it's obviously targeted me in error - is there any way to switch it off?"
"Surrender all your weapons of mass destruction. You have 5 seconds to comply."
"OK now hold on a second - can I communicate with your operator somehow? I mean seriously I'm not anything to do with this and I doubt there were ever any......"
Boom! pump,click.
Second, if George Lucas fucking about with his own ideas and creations affects your childhood in some way then you are a truly sad individual.
There's a lot of us out there you insensitive clod!
I resent that. Here in the true 51st State (Britain) we know and understand why this province isn't allowed to vote. Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do and die. My tax pounds and the lives of my countrymen are required to support the Emperor at all times. To believe anything else would be unpatriotic and downright barbaric. Now please continue to build us those lovely roads and bathhouses. Senatus PopulusQue America!
I'm sick of hearing this stereotype because all one has to do is look at a globe and it becomes obvious why we're not so fluent in other languages. It's not most of the USA can drive in a day and land in a country with a different national language. With the exception of Mexico (which gets so much tourism from us that English is relatively well understood) we have to hop on a plane at >$700 a ticket to visit a non-english speaking country. That's no small chore. I've been to Brazil twice, and each time it cost me $1,200 just for the ticket AND 24 hours transit time.
/. ;-)
Sorry but geography is a pretty poor excuse. You could always have tried harder at school. =P
Seriously though, from my experience it is more a matter of education than geography.
Being English, English is surprisingly my first language. But I picked up much more French and German at school than I ever did in my adult life despite latterly travelling to both countries and indeed working and living in both for a time. And with a half-decent background in Latin I find most languages with their roots in Europe to be pretty easy - and that applies for countries I've never been to such as Brazil, for example. Learning something is never a handicap - not learning something is.
Personally I think it's a cultural problem faced by the U.S. as a whole. As an observer it seems to me that American schools revere sports much more than they do anything else. You need to worship jocks less and geeks more IMHO, but surely that's de rigueur here at
Nor will the historically authentic MMORPG, Roma Victor
I believe the mini-mmog Runescape uses Java for its 3D engine - although it's pretty primitive.
Informative post - burned all my mod points so I'll just have to contribute.
Actually "pithy mottos" are epigrams.
Here are some epigrams I have to hand:
When the cats fall asleep, the mouse rejoices and leaps from his hole. (When the cat's away the mice will play)
Dum felis dormit, mus gaudet et exsilit antro
What a woman says to her fond lover sohuld be written on air or the swift water.
Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua -Catullus
There's nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
Calvo turpius est nihil compto -Martial
If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it.
Si post fata venit gloria non propero -Martial
There is nothing so absurd as not to have been said by a philosopher.
Nihil tam absurdum, quod non dictum sit ab aliquo. -Cicero
There is nothing more friendly than a friend in need.
Nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius -Plautus
Nothing is sillier than a silly laugh.
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est -Catullus
A bad vase doesn't break
Malum vas non frangitur
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.
From: Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes -Plautus
There is no smoke without fire.
Semper flamma fumo proxima -Plautus
'to swim against the tide'
contra terrentem brachhia dirigere -Juvenal
All that lives comes from the egg.
omne vivum ex ovo
'every cloud has a silver lining'
inter vepres rosae nascuntur
To err is human.
Errare humanum est -Cicero
A rolling stone gathers no moss. -Pubilius Syrus
Lovers remember everything.
Meminerunt omnia amantes -Ovid
Now or never
Nunc aut nunquam
Forwarned, forearmed.
Praemonitus praemunitus
Time flies.
Tempus fugit
No sooner said than done.
Dictum factum
The part of life we live is really short.
Exigua pars est vitae quam nos vivimus -Seneca
Let nothing but good be said of the dead
De mortuis nil nis bonum
While I breathe, I hope
Dum spiro, spero
Hard work conquers all things
Labor omnia vincit
Justice for all
Justitia omnibus
Nothing without providence
Nil sine numini
Through hardship to the stars
Per ardua ad astra
The people rule
Regnat populus
The voice of the people is the voice of God
Vox populi, vox dei
And of course NASA's take on:
Fortune Favours the Brave
Audentes fortuna juvat
If you're interested, you could do worse than swotting up on Quintilian, Livy, all the above mentioned et al.
I am one of the 1 Million people who would rather go to jail then carry a card.
I can understand why you would want to license drivers and I can understand the need for a passport. But I refuse to accept I need a license to walk down the street in the country where I was born.
Took the words right out of my mouth. See you in there mate. Shall I bring the scrabble?
Parents are trolls.
Get your Hafnium fix here.
Call my cynical, but Iranians wanting in on rockets capable of doubling as ICBMs worry me.
;-)
I won't call you cynical. But I will call you an ignorant, paranoid, xenophobic and war-mongering fool - no offense.
Not everyone in the middle east would like to 'nuke' America - not yet anyway. Give it time, and consistency of US foreign policy and maybe... but even then you'd have to count on finding some fanatical middle eastern people with millions of dollars to spend on something insanely overt, huge risk and incredibly open to public and global scrutiny. And anyway, everyone knows the best delivery system for a nuclear warhead these days is a suitcase.