Everything posted by Walsingham
- Non-romance dynamics in games
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Movies You've Seen Recently
Be fair. New things are being tried all the time. But big money goes for formula that work. It's about making 'hamburgers'. Cheap ingredients, well known formula, given good packaging. Hamburgers sell. I'm going to go off on one and suggest that piracy has played a big part. If any of you remember Football Factory, it was an independent film, sweat blood (literally) and tears went into making it. Result very positive. Millions of copies sold. Unfortunately almost all of those copies was a bootleg. Blockbuster crowd pleasers can still get big returns by theatrical releases. Successful 'grower' films just get pirated.
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What you did today
Whatever you do, don't propose. He'll need the Amulet of Mara for that, silly. OMG! I can see that now, she's coming over tonight and the moment she walks in "Is than an amulet of Mara you're wearing?" How would I explain that to Lydia my Skyrim wife? Shout her off a cliff. It's how I got rid of that fething munchkin death horse.
- What you did today
- The general firearms thread!
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This George Zimmerman thing
And upon White Americans, at that. Hah. Well, I was painfully reminded of that scary sh** LoF/Cycloneman etc used to post about rights being constructed not inalienable. I guess I'd say they arise from a universal sense and logical foundation. But I can totally see why it would seem like God for exactly this reason. Still, they were won for the Americans in blood. I'm not sure it was actually worth breaking with Britain using blood. We're not so dissimilar now. But then maybe we wouldn't have been if the political establishment hadn't been traumatised by losing America. I have a generally Churchillian and affectionate regard for our cousins. And now I want waffles. And brandy. And a cigar.
- The (hopefully) attractive women thread.
- The general firearms thread!
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What you did today
Yeah. I'd pitch it a different way and say: You know how much fun you've been having with this one? then coming home afterwards and contemplating that fun on your own in peace and quiet... It's a winning formula. Don't mess with it. Terms and conditions apply. Walsingham is a lonely old bastard. The value of Walsingham's advice may go down as well as up.
- The (hopefully) attractive women thread.
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Jesus walks the earth again?
If I were feeling unkind I might ask if - given the popularity of being Jesus - this doesn't say more about your federal agencies.
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What you did today
I would advise them to call a registered tech-priest as the soul of the machine-servers appears troubled. I would also advise putting some gothic flying buttresses on your desk.
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Scientology and the Internet
Query: The interwebz seems pretty united against Scientology. But why? It's not as if anyone acting in their name has shot any schoolgirls for wanting to learn to read. My personal view is that yes, they are a cult, not a religion. But I find it fascinating that we get all conflicted and debate-y about just about every other issue. But Tom Cruise rallied everybody at once.
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The Science of Why We Don't Believe in Science
I'm siding heavily with Ros here. I mean when repeating rifles first became available - and breech-loaders before them - many armies turned them down. Fiddly, complex training, expensive etc etc. But ultimately, the negatives were ironed out, and the fundamental benefits won out. Comparing modern nuclear plants to ones built in the 50s as like for like is no more sensible than comparing aeroplanes built over the same time span.
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What you did today
This weather can continue as long as it likes. I feel as if I'm thriving in all the sunshine.
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Scientology and the Internet
I like the last quote. It sums up the whole sodding article. Actually I think you'll find that without the movie V for Vendetta, there wouldn't be people marching around in those masks. You fething moron.
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This George Zimmerman thing
With genuine respect, I don't believe those rights were bestowed by God. They were bestowed in blood. By Americans. Upon Americans.
- Renewed unrest in Egypt
- The general firearms thread!
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What you did today
Anyone turn in any heretics?
- The general firearms thread!
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Kids react to interracial Cheerios commercial controversy
Racists were upset at it featuring a mixed-race couple. I have decided on the strength of this that I am going to begin wearing mixed race slippers.
- The general firearms thread!
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This George Zimmerman thing
I have to agree that 'warning shots' are a dangerous fiction Hollywood should answer for. In statues of golden bulls or something. However, I'd like to zoom in on this point about race. Isn't the real issue which keeps being mentioned that the dead man was black? And isn't the newsworthiness of that issue to do with the issues surrounding colour in the USA? Underachievement, drugs, incarceration rates and so on. I personally take the view that anti-black racism in the US isn't the same as the educated in kind I'm more familiar with through apartheid South Africa, or even the five pints of lager racism that bubbles up in English pubs. I think it's an emergent property of a culture with strong Darwinian tendencies and that frequently judges on appearances. Black people in the US are poor, so they get judged as poor. And I swear I had a point, but I've forgotten it.
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Jesus walks the earth again?
Are you going to tell Julian Assange, or shall I?