Not true. While I haven't done much in the way of "pissing and moaning", I fully intend to boycott Starcraft II over the LAN play issue. I know others who feel the same.
I do not own a Kindle DX and I never plan to buy one, either.
I have pre-ordered an Always Innovating Touch Book: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/
Based on what I've read on their site it can do a whole bunch more of what I'm personally looking for.
Philosophically, it appeals to me more because the software and hardware are open source.
Technologically, it appeals to me because I plan to tinker with it.
Also, I've downloaded a bunch of free books from the net to see how it works as an ebook reader.
This is my opinion. YMMV.
In this timeline Data's head should still be in the cave. It would rock if someone (Old Spock?) found it and recreated Data's body. He could join Kirk, Spock, and the new crew!
What I meant by pacifist is that in 3.5E you could build a character without taking offensive/combat oriented feats and spells -- in 4E every class is a combat machine and you get combat abilities like it or not. You cannot swap out combat abilities for utility abilities. I'm not saying that combat balanced classes is necessarily a bad thing, but not everyone wants their character to kick butt. If combat heavy/balanced characters was an option and not hard coded into the system that would be great. I've seen (and played) a number of awesomely diverse characters over the years, and unfortunately, most cannot be replicated in 4E due to it's heavy combat bias and limited flexibility.
D&D 4E seems more of a miniatures combat game (with computer friendly rules) than a true roleplaying game. It is very much designed to sell 'Core' books, Miniatures, and subscriptions to D&D Insider -- roleplaying almost seems an afterthought. D&D 3.x had it's flaws but I could design a character I wanted to play. 4E gives a bunch of options, but isn't really flexible -- try designing a pacifist cleric of a god of love with 4E rules to see what I mean. I think if designing a truly awesome RPG was the goal they could have fixed the problems with 3.5 with some of the good ideas of 4E without reducing the roleplaying potential. Oh, and the multiclassing rules royally suck.
This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but SellaBand.com has a lot of free streaming music from good artists looking to 'make it.' Some music is downloadable as free samples. Other songs are downloadable for $.50 a song, or download a whole album for $1.00 to $3.50. DRM free! There are over 8000 artists on the site. You can make a playlist of what you like, so you can listen to your favorite SellaBand artists whenever you're online. Twelve (12) artists have raised a budget of $50,000 through the site to make/distribute/promote their album. While their may be some duds on the site, the artists pulling in the cash/support of fans are certainly a cut above the rest.
http://www.sellaband.com/
Ha. I remember the Hero 1. Some geniuses in my high school electronics class soldiered the IC chips into the circuit board instead of the sockets the chips were supposed to go in. I don't think anyone ever got that thing running.
Have you Slashdot folk heard about SellaBand http://www.sellaband.com/? It's seems some ex-recording industry guys wised up and got a new business model that is very much unlike the RIAA. SellaBand gives away three free songs from every album. Songs are available for online sale, can be downloaded individually, and are DRM free. Also, "Believers" (fans/investors) can get in on a piece of the action -- their site clearly explains How It Works http://www.sellaband.com/site/how-it-works.html. They've even have an introductory "Movie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSBIuil3eXU.
The idea is pretty young, and they haven't produced that much music, yet. I think once/if the idea catches on it would be quite a blow to the RIAA. Personally, I think it's an awesome idea and was wondering what you folks thought.
Slashdot Mirror
Something like it, but top level.
I propose a .safe or .kids domain that are porn free and child safe. Let the rest of the Internet do whatever it wants.
I hear there are some great ones on Gnome-Look.
Not true. While I haven't done much in the way of "pissing and moaning", I fully intend to boycott Starcraft II over the LAN play issue. I know others who feel the same.
You are what you eat!
I do not own a Kindle DX and I never plan to buy one, either. I have pre-ordered an Always Innovating Touch Book: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ Based on what I've read on their site it can do a whole bunch more of what I'm personally looking for. Philosophically, it appeals to me more because the software and hardware are open source. Technologically, it appeals to me because I plan to tinker with it. Also, I've downloaded a bunch of free books from the net to see how it works as an ebook reader. This is my opinion. YMMV.
In this timeline Data's head should still be in the cave. It would rock if someone (Old Spock?) found it and recreated Data's body. He could join Kirk, Spock, and the new crew!
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Or Macross Plus.
McCain used to use the number of houses he owns as a password, but he kept forgetting it. ;-)
I've heard the number of Usenet users has tripled in the last six months.
What I meant by pacifist is that in 3.5E you could build a character without taking offensive/combat oriented feats and spells -- in 4E every class is a combat machine and you get combat abilities like it or not. You cannot swap out combat abilities for utility abilities. I'm not saying that combat balanced classes is necessarily a bad thing, but not everyone wants their character to kick butt. If combat heavy/balanced characters was an option and not hard coded into the system that would be great. I've seen (and played) a number of awesomely diverse characters over the years, and unfortunately, most cannot be replicated in 4E due to it's heavy combat bias and limited flexibility.
D&D 4E seems more of a miniatures combat game (with computer friendly rules) than a true roleplaying game. It is very much designed to sell 'Core' books, Miniatures, and subscriptions to D&D Insider -- roleplaying almost seems an afterthought. D&D 3.x had it's flaws but I could design a character I wanted to play. 4E gives a bunch of options, but isn't really flexible -- try designing a pacifist cleric of a god of love with 4E rules to see what I mean. I think if designing a truly awesome RPG was the goal they could have fixed the problems with 3.5 with some of the good ideas of 4E without reducing the roleplaying potential. Oh, and the multiclassing rules royally suck.
I too am using Windows Me, and as long as I can continue reading Slashdot with it, until December 22, 2012, I'll be happy.
I, for one, need to know when to set my Easter Bunny traps.
This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but SellaBand.com has a lot of free streaming music from good artists looking to 'make it.' Some music is downloadable as free samples. Other songs are downloadable for $.50 a song, or download a whole album for $1.00 to $3.50. DRM free! There are over 8000 artists on the site. You can make a playlist of what you like, so you can listen to your favorite SellaBand artists whenever you're online. Twelve (12) artists have raised a budget of $50,000 through the site to make/distribute/promote their album. While their may be some duds on the site, the artists pulling in the cash/support of fans are certainly a cut above the rest. http://www.sellaband.com/
Ha. I remember the Hero 1. Some geniuses in my high school electronics class soldiered the IC chips into the circuit board instead of the sockets the chips were supposed to go in. I don't think anyone ever got that thing running.
How about saying, "You can't wrap fish in Craigslist." :-)
The idea is pretty young, and they haven't produced that much music, yet. I think once/if the idea catches on it would be quite a blow to the RIAA. Personally, I think it's an awesome idea and was wondering what you folks thought.
Virtual RapeX? http://www.rapestop.net/
So, where can I get a patch for my Pharaoh PC game? My subjects are still building external spiral ramps.
Yes, but if true, now they can go swimming. :-)
How about A Very Brady Hobbit. Instead of dwarves, the Brady Bunch shows up at cousin Oliver's. Alice as Gandalf. Sam the butcher as Beorn.
Brad posted an entry called "Sponsored Confusion" to explain things and unruffle feathers: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/237699.htm l
I used to tell my roommate that the lock on my bedroom door was for his safety -- the traps in my room were for mine. :-)