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OK. Data security is an issue, but I'm more interested in being able to physically remove the drive when I'm out and put it in the safe. It's not a massive issue, but if I do get a break in it simplifies things considerably.

Surely you just buy two? Have them clean each other. Or wait for the Phillips/Norelco* self-cleaning model which you can use in the shower. *You have to admit it's getting better. It's getting better all the time! I'd just take mine to the drive-thru carwash. The way I always clean my girlfriends.

I'd even argue that in a lot of cases traditional tabletop math isn't fun in tabletop games. For example, the emphasis in pre 4.0 d&d on success or failure being the major scaling aspect of your character at low levels (fancy way of saying you miss a LOT) on single actions that make up your entire turn really hurts gameplay even in tabletop sessions. It certainly doesn't help PC games, either. Fallout handled this really well by letting you opt in to higher difficulty challenges (called shots) so you could scale as you gained levels without making you miss all the time in order to provide a sense of progression. Well, that's true. I designed board games for a while, and I often felt that dice themselves were the problem. I know my codesigners hated the fact that we had to use D6 all the time, mainly because of the way 2d6 forms such a consistent distribution.

OK, it's still not what I'd imagine, but I'm satisfied that it makes sense. And in any case it's YOUR damn universe. I was mainly just concerned that there might not be enough conflict to hold people's attention. I suppose, leading on from that, that a standard adventure hook would then be keeping the peace. I mean in the broadest sense, including tackling corruption and injustice to prevent growing resentment in the colonies (I'm thinking you should read Robert Harris' Imperium book), getting between ethnic groups, and punching the nuts off terrorists. There will ALWAYS be terrorists btw, as there's never any shortage of ideology-boiled college boys trying to find a way to get chicks. This could prove more interesting than the average dragon bashing since these tasks would emphasise non-combat skills more than normal.

I'm also pleased to see you back, Diogo.

Surely you just buy two? Have them clean each other.

It's fething snowing again! WTF, England?

There's no limit to what humanity can do when they put their mind to it. Me and a guy at work had a theory that God is just humanity from the future that had advanced its technology to the point where they could travel time and manipulate matter with their mind, etc. That does it. i want a 'Team Human' fans t-shirt.

It's like someone made a flow chart of all my relationships.

We could sell bags with celebrity heads on them. We could make millions. Edit: I think it

That's not the Taliban, tho is it? I do think the common factor here is not Islam but being a bunch of hill dwelling goat-botherers. The Welsh are very similar.

Since actual Tokamak reactors are huge, this wouldn't happen. Further, fusion materials are not actually explosive, so would actually happen (if somebody miniaturized a Tokamak and stuck it in a car) would be the car melting as the heat escapes. You need to watch more Hollywood movies, everybody knows that cars explode violently half a second before impact BEFORE impact? Or when they're tapped with another car I thought that made them flip over like lovable puppies.

Been done in the comic 2000AD.

Since actual Tokamak reactors are huge, this wouldn't happen. Further, fusion materials are not actually explosive, so would actually happen (if somebody miniaturized a Tokamak and stuck it in a car) would be the car melting as the heat escapes. You need to watch more Hollywood movies, everybody knows that cars explode violently half a second before impact BEFORE impact?

I don#t want to sound negative, but a future without any grand conflicts sounds rather far fetched. I accept your point about expansion taking the place of fighting over existing assets, but surely we're getting to Firefly style secessionism? Further, what about organised crime? It sounds as if your political class is likely to be well entrenched, and quite bureaucratic. I'd expect Aurelio Zen style intrigues between these bureaucratic bodies as they attempt to empire build, combined with the inevitable corruption which attends on quangocrats. Financial fraud, toxic waste dumping, medical research etc etc.

Check out my gravel pit... Unh unh

I was thinking about buying Mass Effect again, and was wondering why I hadn't until I was about to buy and remembered the DRm. What the **** EA. Give it up, you wankers. We are not the bitch of you!

I was going to say Anne Widdecombe, but I think she's dead.

i don't see it as a strong paradox to accept that something is always wrong, yet accept that more can be done to avoid it happening. Regional coding is just greedy nonsense. Lose it and move on. You fight to win, you don't fight on points you can't win.

She looks like whatsername from Dr Who. Donna something.

That is an outrageous slur, sir. Yes, in Thailand they have a strong acceptance of prostitution as a profession, but it they are deeply prudish as a culture. If anything it is reminiscent of Victorian England. We have never had such high levels of the activity, but you wil have to work very hard to convince anyone that we were permissive. Which is surely the point.

I recently came to the conclusion (which I may have already mentioned) that to me women are as mountains to a mountain climber. One loves them, one strives for them, one will go to tremendous lengths to be near them. But the mountain climber does not live on a mountain. To my great chagrin I read today that if I DID live on a mountain I would in fact be less fat. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthne...-slim-down.html

Oh, er... yes thanks.

Surely the fact that they putup costs and seek to maximise return should be a reason for them to stop funting everything sideways? Why is it that the simple lesson of not power-micro-managing from on high needs to be relearned by every fething human endeavour every ten minutes?

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...-says-wife.html I just love that she considers it an unfortunate side-effect of his association with Pompey!