Walsingham

I simply shout foul mouthed abuse at Dr Who these days. I'm listening to the BBC's radio version of The Jungle Book, and it's hard to conceive a greater contrast in 'childrens' stories. rantrantrant.

Yes. Sorry to hear that. Tried to think of something comforting to say and all I got was "badgers". Which is silly, not comforting. But hopefully it will make you laugh.

I got taught to fish and was nearly drowned by a riptide. Nevertheless you are correct that I feel I ought to be able to do this myself. Your kind offer is gratefully declined. I don't fancy using Adobe. Adobe are always occasion to use that marvellous word 'execrable'. Viz that business with them prosecuting some fellow who had tried to make their reader more secure. I'll let you all know how it goes tomorrow.

Sorry. I didn't check the video. I have some direct experience of de-desertification programs and biotech startups. No-one's interested any more. Not even the bloody UAE, and they've got money to burn AND a desperate need for land. *two paragraph investment capital rant snipped* I'm not against research into cheap, robust, reliable alt power. I don't begrudge a penny of my taxes which goes towards cold fusion. High risk, high reward. But I begrudge every broken button which goes towards technologies which are not economical and are unsustainable. The numbers have to add up. And they currently don't. I'm not anti-green. I'm anti-idiot. I'm anti solutions which window dress, like the buiofuels you yourself mention. I'm anti solutions which only apply to the 10% of the World that can afford to indulge its conscience. I'm anti solutions which defy mathematical logic. But most of all I'm anti solutions which take longer to deliver than the problem they are meant to solve. And my understanding at present is that warmists are telling me I need to make a three second jump using a twenty second parachute.

I'm trying to do a groovy cover for some work I'm on. I want to do a merge of three images, one a flag .PNG, and the other two some photos of relevant scenes. I'm currently using the free package Paint.NET after a recommendation from these forums. thanks again, BTW. I'm fairly sure that Paint.NET should do the job, I just don't know if it can. If it can then I'm willing to learn by trial and error, I just don't want to go insane trying if it won't.

I was reading this post by Nordicus and it got me thinking: Rather than have a static cap for players using a free trial, wouldn't it make more sense to have the trial level cap linked to what you'd been doing? I don't have any idea of what would be in your game or what the technology would be, but from the player perspective the aim is to have them actually doing stuff, and stuff which makes life more interesting and fun for paying players. If you tweak it right then you will have the free players both improving the in-game experience for the paying punters, and building their commitment bias so they will eventually convert to paid people, taking their lovely good attitudes in with them. Super good or super evil people might even attract mod attention and get given free access.

Not tl;dr. Although you could have made such a large bit of text a bit easier to read with some headings. Maybe a picture of a girl in a bikini. I accept your point about European cars being more fuel efficient, but as you say the US isn't built around fuel efficiency at any level: not even 'local' stores are always walkable. If you raise taxes on fuel you're going to get 3-6 years (guess) of hurt to the peopel and the conomy before you see infrastructure catch up, and people concentrate slightly. That's a longer period than the election cycle so I wouldn't expect any sane significant number of politicians to put it forward. I'm more convinced by your point about leveraging nice things like sex-ed and women's rights to boost a slow down in population growth. But those things historically accompany economic growth. Which in the developing world is fuelled by cheap power, and wobbly democracies. Green power isn't cheap power. Wobbly democracies don't add to their worries by doing things their citizens aren't asking for. They have a hard enough time doing the things their people DO want. This brings me to my main point which is that alt power just doesn't cut the mustard across the lifespan of the system. It's expensive, space hungry, it's vulnerable to environmental damage, and it doesn't match demand easily. None of these things are what you want your economy to rely upon. Your only 'world' solution offerred is 'investment'. But this can't possibly occur in the next ten years given we're recovering from a serious economic blow out. Governments aren't going to have the money full stop, and business won't invest heavily in something which relies currently on government protection and subsidy. Your point about personal engagement is - forgive my being blunt - utterly ridiculous. Macro level changes have to have more to go on than a small percentage of individuals with a personal commitment.

Go for a walk, old boy. Fresh air. No one ever got better lying in bed. Feel free to ignore.

Hot damn!

It's a good point to clarify. I didn't say AI was easy. But we're a couple of baby steps away if we put the industry onto it full on. EDIT: Actually, that gives me an idea...

1. NEVER worry about retconning stuff or being consistent. Just use the inspiration you mentioned. 2. Just use the inspiration you mentioned. 3. Just use the inspiration you mentioned. 4a. Youtube has many cthulhu audiobooks read by fans. Some are veen audible. Just use these. 4b. The great difficulty with mystery and horror is pacing. The players won't move throguh the mystery at a consistent pace, so they won't experience horrific things at a consistent or predictable pace. This means you need to plan multiple 'arcs' in your story. I learned everything I know about arcs from watching Hill Street Blues.

My right eyebrow went so high up my forehead that I may need to pull it back down with a block and tackle. What the _****_ have I just seen? Why would you want to watch that show? Throne of Terra! Why do I never have a targeting link to a gothic class battleship when I need one?

JFSOCC, you seem pretty genuine so this is a genuine question: In what way _could_ such measures as I describe put into action? What's the roadmap you see in your head when you say it's possible?

We get Warthog in South Africa, its similar to Boar but not as aggressive or big. What specific animals are you allowed to hunt in the state that you live? Welshmen.

Note that he tactfully neglects to mention how many ugly ones...

Donizetti, L'Elisir D'Amore I'm going through a phase of really enjoying Italian opera. More so than usual even. I listened to La Traviata this morning.

OK, so, leaving aside the debate of whether anthro-warming is happening or not... Does any member believe we are going to see effective (as defined by warmists) action taken in the necessary timeframe? EDIT: To explain: Assume significant action equates to a moratorium on new coal fired energy generation, and the future requirement generated by wind. Does any member believe such action will be taken or could be taken at a global level?

I haven't tried it since college either. Not everyone gets along with it, but I enjoyed it, then very deliberately left it the hell alone. I get my altered consciousnesses through ethanol, exercise, disease, and meditation; in that order. Your wife could try it in food - when it becomes legal. I remember thinking it tasted like a nuttier oregano. I wonder what it would taste like sauteed in butter and black pepper, then served over fresh asparagus? LOL. I've probably entirely mis-remembered after all this time, anyway. Probably tastes like old socks.

Roast in the oven, singing a few old classics, and waiting for the beer to cool, sipping hot green tea. I can't concentrate for ****, but luckily I plan ahead for this sort of thing and have a list of tasks to be done when incompetent.

Only evil and/or not-human characters are allowed to be topless, y'know. And tribal women in National Geographic. If I may say so you're taking a rather 19th century view of female sexuality. . Only evil women can go topless? Didn't NYC approve topless women roaming around just this week? In Southern Africa maidens quite unselfconsciously go about topless. With spears. Indeed for men also in hot climates, wearing armour is either inappropriate for fatigue or is considered weakness. A shield suffices. Maybe a lack of armour could be compensated for by perks?

You just reminded me that I was wondering if a fire suppressant system (CO2 based) could be used to deny bits of your house very effectively. Not to mention being pretty sly at putting out house fires. You'd need oxygen masks, but again these would double up for fire safety. Any break in, just start shouting 'fire' and set the bastard off.

Wals, your on the internet. People will be hostile over children's cartoon shows. Yeah, so YOU say, buddy! Ai!

Weather's too nice here to have an ignore the world day. I am, however, debating making excuses not to attend a Eurovision 'party', and just doing some more work. I have roasting lamb on standby in the fridge, and a stupendous array of bottled beer on hand. Plus a stack of books two feet high. Pretty unequal decision.

Playing at boarding school. Dwarven Trollslayer. You can't beat a trollslayer. They're the roleplaying equivalent of smores. See bad guy, run at bad guy with axe. See no bad guys, get drunk and sulk.

Frying pan. *spang* Man I need to sleep.