LadyCrimson

You saw my shrunken head collection, didn't you? I told you not to open that drawer.

I don't have any forums that are "my" forums. One month I post here, another month I might post there....I guess I like variety. Plus whatever I happen to be into at the time dictates frequency, and I'm very mercurial in that regard. But I will admit that there are two forums (including this one) that I tend to drift back to on a semi-regular basis, even after 8+ years.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/vie.../1861-Predators "Are there, like, vegan Predators who protest this & think they should leave the humans alone?" ...I haven't seen it, but from the 7.9 from 1200+ votes on imbd and 77% community rating on RT I'd guess if you liked the original first one a lot, it's at least a decent bet to see the new one. I always saw the 1st one as a watchable time-passer B movie & nothing more.

So do you get Forum Dollars for recruitment there, or something? I guess it's hello again...and goodbye again?

A six inch nail? Well, that's one way to jury rig a circuit I guess. I've seen even worse on those home improvement shows where they tear open a wall and find all kinds of horror. Amazing what some will do.

VRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!

I've been there. Pleasant place. It's where I took the pic of the tired lemur & meerkats that I probably posted here ages ago. Do they still have those? :D Yesterday a big black crow decided to whack itself against our front window several times. I've had tiny songbirds do that, but never a bird of this size before. Glad it didn't break a window pane, they're not very strong. It was so dazed it stumbled around the front patio area for a long while, as his buddy in the trees cawed & laughed at him. Today I'm waiting for some test results. Waiting always makes me nervous. And I have a headache.

Uh...well, I suppose this would depend on your definition of buzzed vs. stoned. And your personal biological chemistry. But I don't know anyone in the circles I was in who would have agreed with that one bit. Especially as (street) weed became stronger and stronger. It's not like having the ability to drink only 1 beer, which vast majority wouldn't find to make them even tipsy. Hubby I used to discuss this possibility at lot, Gorgon. That there's an "addictive" genes or whatever other genetic aspects make one more prone to being addicted to something, at least once exposed to it. And obviously, if you're hanging around someone who has influence over you, who's pushing you to do other stuff, that's never helpful. But I wouldn't call weed a gateway drug in general. I haven't seen/heard anything to indicate that. (edit: but then, my actual experience may be influenced by things like area & financial & drug ability of the area).

Notice they say "at this time...", leaving themselves (of course) the possibility to change their minds again. No, I'm not saying that's a bad thing. It's a business, have to cover bases. But it is there. But this is a nice 'victory' and shows they're at least listening. However....optional or not, between RealID/Facebook deals+Activision influence (I've been info-gathering) I'll wait and see what they do next before I declare never ending Blizzard love again. I already canceled my 5 and 3 year long WoW subs & this won't make me renew them. We'll see.

My family still thinks I'm nerdy. They're probably debating the social pariah part.

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Zombieland. It was cute. The beginning was awesome/promising. But I guess I was expecting a little more. ...netflix is so great for catching up on a movie or series here or there in the middle of the night.

That's kinda my stance on it. To me it doesn't seem any worse than alcohol so I have no problem with it being legal, since alcohol is legal. But I wouldn't say using weed on a regular basis is completely harmless or without possible consequence, either.

I'm not an big audiophile or 'surround' sound fanatic but I can be really picky about my sound in certain instances. ...It's not hot today or anything, but I'm terribly tempted to shave my head, or at least the next closest thing. Sometimes hair is just too much hassle. The only thing that stops me is that unlike, say, some female singers, I doubt the look would be sexy on me. Still...I'm tempted.

Oh, yeah, silly me. Where you live would influence it a lot, if you have a very short growing season/too cold or something. Artificial lights are more of a pain in the arse to get right. Around here you can just germinate seedlings then toss them out in the backyard. I think (it feels like) half the illegal CA crops that cops like to raid, when they discover them, are people just growing them in obscure woodland park clearings.

Isn't that strange? I don't understand that either. Even if you're anonymously venting one shouldn't put in too much specific info that someone might recognize. And yet...I can kinda see the disconnect, because of the screen vs. face. I think sometimes people just forget.

Yeah, you're probably right...at least, in that most people wouldn't want the hassle of growing it. I mean, I don't even care about growing tomatoes or salad stuff in my backyard (hubby does, and keeps trying, heh). In terms of difficulty growing quality weed yourself, unless you're into all the cross pollination stuff, that's largely dependent on whether you can get the seeds from quality plants in the first place. (edit) Have you ever tried to grow it? Really...not that hard to grow "good" stuff. Mags try to make it sound complicated but it isn't. Anyway, for some users it might be an easy way to have a steady supply & then that corner store stuff would be an occasional treat, or something. Like hamburger at home and a steak on Sat. Re: the fact some people are more affected by/affected differently by weed than others... Well, that's just body/brain chemistry or something. It's no different, probably, then people who have 1 or 2 drinks & they're blotto and those who seem to be able to drink a bottle of hard liquor in a short time & still seem fairly unaffected. Every body is different...how weed affects one isn't going to be the same for everyone across the board. I knew several, in my growing up years, who could smoke weed literally all day long and still ride a bike everywhere, hold coherent convos, and do manual labor jobs with no issue. But I've also known those who could barely get off the floor/would fall asleep in an hour after a couple puffs and would complain they felt tired/foggy for three days after. heh P.S. This probably all makes me sound like a heavy user or something, lol. I tried it/short phase in my youth but haven't since then. It just makes me sleepy & stupid. But a lot of the young adult crowd I hung around were really into the stuff (instead of beer-parties they had pot parties), so I observed a lot. ;p

Huh? What does this have to do with the topic? Those examples aren't new, and stalkers aren't either. I fail to see how posting on a message board under your real name (btw, this isn't new, I've seen it in other boards where it's customary, not enforced) is a sudden qualitative jump wrt privacy risk, unless your privacy is already exposed to some degree. Chances are that the guy that's going to rape or kill you is somebody you know, not some teen asshat from the other side of the world. You guys must all be really interesting/important people. I wish I also had masses of would-be stalkers biting their nails at the chance to get my real name. You seem to have missed where I wrote: I like to think most here aren't actually all that concerned with being murdered - that would be extremely rare indeed - but I certainly don't want a plethora of angry or practical joker gamers trying to call my phone 24 hours a days, or whatnot. Do I think some irate gamer is going to hunt me down and shoot me? Well, while it's remotely possible, the odds sure are against it so I'm not worried about that really. But harassment takes many forms, not just physical harm ones. This isn't a matter of a small circle of workmates or friends or University employees/colleagues or the occasional curious person, it's random thousands, hundreds of thousands, on an open entertainment fora often filled with immature folk who might think finding your info than mailing/calling is fun revenge because they don't like your posts...or whatever. Is such life threatening? Nah. But it sure would be bloody annoying, eh?

I'm so glad I don't have a Facebook. Well, actually I do, when I created one so I could look at a Twitter friend's Facebook photo she posted, but I used a fake name and haven't logged in since.

Exactly. It's up to each person to protect their own privacy. This much should be obvious, no? So online we can't even share our age on a public fora because in combo w/real names that exposes us to too much potential stranger-harassment risk? Ridiculous. I'd rather be able to share more info/converse more freely and skip the name than the other way around. Let me decide if I trust someone enough to then give them my name/info/meet. Also, you're still missing the point that sometimes it has nothing to do with what YOU put on the web yourself. I have another friend who in 2003 had family obituary printed in a local newspaper. They put it online, and it's still there. Some careers/schools may require certain info to be public domain because of needing updated licenses etc. Should we all now never put obituaries or wedding announcements in the paper because it's too much risk w/all the 'net info/don't know when they might decide to start putting it online to 'modernize' their archives?

You definitely can't find tons of personal/abusive info on "everyone in a few minutes"....or even hundreds of minutes. But as I tried to point out before, you don't have to have a Facebook account etc. to be able to find out something, if there is anything to be found. First+last name + the usual "I'm 24/from Boston, where are you from?" + "I just got a scholarship to Yale!" or even "here's my (owned domainname) website URL" type of posts are great places to start potential stalking/harassment. I like to think most here aren't actually all that concerned with being murdered - that would be extremely rare indeed - but I certainly don't want a plethora of angry or practical joker gamers trying to call my phone 24 hours a days, or whatnot.

Room acoustics are definitely a big factor. Settings too, of course. But I'm also talking about the sound systems in theaters. Which again, isn't to say it always sounds bad...it's just completely different. The bass is loud, but it does not 'thump' deeply in the same way. Also, my ears are very sensitive to treble/high pitch and since somewhere in the early-mid-90's many theaters now seem to have it set to a point where it feels like I have broken glass bouncing on my eardrums. ...today I'm doing almost nothing. Which is kind of nice.

I have no way of knowing the entirety of Blizzard's methods for banning forum users, but I can say that no method is foolproof, if someone is determined and has either tech knowledge and/or funds. For one thing, with the way it is now, the simplest thing to do is buy another copy of the game (for a CD key), create a new account and start posting again. What I'm seeing on the fora is a lot of people canceling their accounts/subscriptions, either claiming it's for good, or in order to start over with a new account/disk/etc to try and circumvent the real-name issue. Yeah...it'll really stop the trolls, all right.

Multiple monitor kitty.

I just looked at our dryer circuit, and it's rated at 30amps. So again, it depends on your circuit capacities. It's possible that more modern buildings would have 'general purpose' circuits that are more than 15amp these days. EDIT: lol, ditto. I think my basic concept is correct, but there may be more info/details to consider that I know nothing about that could mean better or worse in terms of the question. heh