Walsingham

If Hades were still here he'd tell you it's simple. The one that sucks more, that's reality.

My God. When did Krez become such a raving health fascist? Leave. Me. The. Funt. Alone. They're my bloody arteries. Back off.

OK, I really sounded like a prick there. Sorry Zor.

Back to work after the relaxing weekend. Annoyingly stuck behind thick curtains to concentrate on the computer screen. I shall have to find some papers to read later and sneak out for a coffee in the sunshine. Weather should be back to a revolting English normal tomorrow!

Tunnellers are probably my favourite enemy so far. Yes, they are deadly, and they occasionally make me quit in disgust. But more than any other enemy they require through understanding of the battlefield, and reward careful planning, yet occasionally make a mockery of planning. My only real objection to Lonesome is that Ed-e is almost completely pointless in any other capacity than as a decoy. But maybe that just makes one feel more powerful.

I follow your reasoning, but I'm sick of the whole 'dead America' meme. I want to see what the commies were up to, bamboo-side. Surely the rotted dreams of the Great Leap Forward are just as juicy as Mom's Apple Pie.

I haven't tried the bozar yet. Character is a plasma spaz.

I can't tell if you're serious or not, Prosper, but on the offchance you are: stream of consciousness postings aren't really going to impress anyone. If you're trying to present yourself seriously you need to streamline what skills you've been developing and evidence them. Stick to just a couple at once. However, I strongly suspect you are just arsing about. In which case, more power to you!

Zor, you're a smart guy, but you're talking through your hat. Can you honestly tell me you've read a single book on Al Qaeda's history and methodology?

I've only actually faced Turk organ guns once. Surprised the crap out of me, and unluckily for my AI opponent my fight response kicked in. The entire army bore down on the luckless battery. Only got off one more salvo. Did very little gaming this weeked. Sleeping in the garden and reading, mostly. Still coughing up green chunks. Hopefully won't last much beyond today.

I've read a couple of Hemingway. I can see how when they came out they were very important. But now... I can get the same 'hit' from Fleming, but with racier plots and more nudity!

By not provoking them? If I thought it would do the slightest good I would spang myself with a frying pan. 'Provoke them'? You do realise that AlQ argued originally that NON intervention (Balkans, Chechnya) in the muslim world was proof we wanted to destroy all muslims. Then when we did intervene they said that proved it even more. Now we 'provoke' Al Qaeda simply by existing. By having a sense of humour, by voting, by insisting on equality for women. You want to stop provoking them, and you can kiss it all goodbye.

Scrapping Human rights = bad Scrapping the act written at one time to protect those rights, and which we now understand to have been grossly badly worded = up for debate It makes me very sad that so many opportunists are calling the govt. 'evil' and 'nasty' for wanting to reject the act. We've got convicted child rapists using the 'family life' provision to claim asylum here! And what doesn't help is that it's being adjudicated by a European court which has not a single democratic tie to this country. I can see some benefits in having a transnational authority to adjudicate on grosss abuses of human rights. But forcing the UK to provides homes and support to people who commit grotesque crimes against the rights of people in the UK is complete insanity. It erodes the rule of law, and the entire foundation of the state.

It's pretty straightforward. After playing three ubisoft games that took me two days to set up because of 'anti-piracy' BS, and one game which simply failed to work because of 'anti-piracy' I no-longer buy ANY ubisoft games. Well done, fellahs. Way to make sales happen and protect your business.

IIRC from the Fallout wiki it is every 24 hours. My advice is keep an eye on the clock and just be ready for them. I use staging posts for travel, rather than direct travelling everywhere. Stash a 'nade launcher and plenty of ammo. You arrive, tool up, stroll out, kill the assassins, come back, stash equipment, move on as normal. EDIT: If you handle it this way, with weapon repair kits, you'll make at least 5k a day off the basatrds. Which is always handy.

I disagree further because of Afghanistan. We're bugging out in the next couple of years, and I don't see the infrastructure or social structure to resist Talib/Al Qaeda influence. Althugh whether it will generate substantially more terrorists than Pakistan is breeding is another matter. We've got another challenge right here in the west. Plenty of people - and I include many non-muslims - hate what we stand for. Whether from a maudlin 'liberal' self-hatred, or a strident neo-fascist urge among young muslims, it doesn't much matter. AlQ is a very advanced movement for taking advantage of that hatred. I don't think it could really be much better evolved to operate in such an atmosphere. How do you kill that?

It's like arguing with a cat in a sack! I don't think I've said a single one of those things, but you're obviously enjoyng yourself. Crack on.

Do try harder, Volo.

If you look in the PDF version of the Adeptus Titanicus manual there are all sorts of bored asides.

If you look at the fall of the communist-ish terror groups of the 60s and 70s it was a combination of factors. In fact I think it HAS to be a combination of factors. Trouble in only one sense just provokes them to fix it. i.e. move countries or hire more people. If they get all sorts of problems at once that's when they give up. It must be pretty dispiriting for AlQ about now. I'm not talking islamism in general, which is still nuzzled close into the fold sof western society like a particularly hairy leech. But true desert dwelling AlQ is having its upper echelons pummeled. What is it? 5 major players dead so far this year?

Is it weird if I say I'm a non-smoker and I actually rather like the smell of good tobacco? Must be associative, I guess.

Terrible night's sleep. But gorgeous daya here, and out into the garden with Dr No in hardback. I always forget how good Ian Fleming's writing can be. Two of my associates sat indoors all day. One working on a work side project. The other is my housemate who has been tidying the divide in Lonesome Road. Only just got my PC back. The alternate has gone out for beer. My housemate has declined. I suspect he just wants to stay close to the PC, so I threw him off.

I certainly hope you are right. I think, however, that AlQ is going to surge forward as the new 'democracies' fail to deliver. Look at the upsurge recently of islamist action in Egypt. Weapon stockpiles are being formed, attacks on gas and government targets.

Interesting point about vehicles. I've lived in several major cities where I'd wake up with a nose full of black gunk from the pollution. Leaving aside other factors from more complex chemicals. I guess what I'm now arguing for is consistency. Democracy is free to chose any deicison framework it likes, but inconsistency within that framework is probably a bad idea. In this context my original objection was that we argue that prohibition is intended to save lives. I am suggesting that there is evidence that not only does it fail to save lives at our end, but it actually costs more lives at the source end. Am I getting any clearer or am I simply chasing my own tail like a happy puppy?

That all sounds fine, Hurlshot. But what about other activities which smell? Barbecues? What if I cook a strong curry? We live in cities, we tread on one another's toes. We breath each other's armpits. I say this as a pretty reserved and private person. But I'm also a townbug. I can't cope out of the city. I actually MISS all the intrusions. The companionable annoyance of it all. I'm drifting off my point. I believe this debate - not so much here but in general - is being driven entirely by inconsistent emotional tides, and simplistic moral codes about evil and good. That doesn't strike me as a healthy way of creating policy!