Raithe
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So something I stumbled across the other day, and I was curious. How many of you folks know about it? Anyone tried it yet? http://bitcoin.org/
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"There is nothing new under the sun. Even inside the sun it's pretty much the same old hydrogen-fusion routine..."
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I would say... Quirky.
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What book are you reading that captivated you so much? A slightly whimsical semi-steampunk/alternate history style novel called "Etiquette and Espionage". In early Victorian England (in a world with steampunk and vampires and werewolves involved in politics), a young girl with a certain tomboy flair is sent off to finishing school. Only to find said school is a caterpillar-like dirigible, and the finishing school includes lessons on; poisoning, intelligence gathering, knife work, how to faint in a manner to attract a target's attention at a ball and no-one elses, how to manage the house-hold accounts so you can order the steak and the strychnine on a low budget, and other such assorted things alongside the more normal posture, dance, history, fashion and culture. "At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but the also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course."
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Well was one of those nights where I wasn't getting to sleep, so I made the mistake of thinking to read a couple of chapters and then plan on attempting sleep again. Enter finishing the book and realising it had gone past 5am...
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I have to admit, I can't really make up my mind on that one. It is nicely crafted and nicely acted, but... While there are some really good sequences in it, the whole thing just doesn't hang together for me to make it a really enjoyable Bond film. I don't know if it's the overbundance of "hollywood hacking" or the incredibly incompetent paranoia that the good guys have - I mean, they know these machines are hacked and it's absolutely vital for the storyline that they leave them fully connected to the Internal networks for days/weeks after.. The shout outs were both good to see but wince inducing at the same time even as I was amused to see them. It just feels a little bit bizarre. And the ending left it feeling as if half the point was just to introduce us to Fiennes character.
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"The victim, a pro wrestler, was found in the ring with third degree burns covering over half his body. The only evidence we found was a half-used matchbook." "Looks like he finally..." ( •_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) "Met his match."
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Kept waking up from weird frakking dreams through the early morning. Now I seem to be facing the day with one of those grinding headaches behind my eyeballs....
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Been dabbling on SS2 tonight. First time in a few weeks I've managed more then 20 minutes or so at a time of gaming. Currently just hit Operations level...
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And System Shock 2 is now currently available from GOG... the countdown has ended..
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If we're going with mead.. http://youtu.be/Z_DBa7L361o
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As the midnight hour passes across into V-Day..
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Important safety tips..
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The original AvP played in the dark..with surround speakers.. That could get chilly. They really had the atmosphere ramped up.. Especially when you were moving around and could just hear that facehugger scuttling in the shadows...
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Action game would either be larger than life or just smaller and would feel wierd at nearly life size. It would feel wierd to me. A strategy game at least my mpire would seem huge Can you imagine the original Aliens vs Predator game on that at the dead of night under a full moon...
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Got to sleep some time post 3am. Woken up by dogs barking, dozed a lil off and on, with more dogs barking and a work related phone call. Head and stomach seem to be rebelling in assorted ways. I have a feeling I'm not going to be achieving much of practical use today....
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Oh the nostalgia for The Goonies?
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I play on Shadowlands, and I've had a subscription from the release of the game.... and I have to admit, I don't have those issues. Lag only crops up now and again, and rarely for any serious length of time. Occasionally I'll get caught on a transfer screen when I've been bouncing around a lot of planets and I'll have to restart the game, but that's not a repeat, every day occurence. The only people I know who have been regularly suffering something is windows 8 users, who for some reason, a batch of them seem to get sudden disconnects and game crashes.
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"A New Hope..."
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Dang it, I can't seem to get my gaming mojo back. Of late I just seem to get in the odd 10-15 minute attempt at gaming before I have to give up since my mood just hasn't been in it.
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Dealing with the inevitable mix of cranky, grouch, hurt and depression that springs forth each year due to not being able to forget a certain anniversary, or how it's the week before valentines. It gets a little awkward when nothing you try seems to get you past the recognition of the moment. Keep myself distracted to a point and kind of forget the time..and then it'll be "oh crap, it's that start of february" and it jumps back on with both feet.
