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I stumbled upon this and read it.. which gave a wth moment.. Since it's related to books and authors I thought I'd share it here.. (and yes, it relates to the SW Expanded Universe) The Mandalorian Mistake What strikes me most about it is that an author would take part in writing books for a known universe, and that they had never read any of the other books written and disaproved strongly of the principle character groups. The other, is that Lucasarts, known for their strict control over the Star Wars EU.. actually let it get written where the story trashed around so much canon and let the author put in so much personal bias...

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A little bit amusing.. but strangely "aww" at the same time.. Lost penguin ends up on New Zealand beach..

How Eidos Made the World of 2027 Today A behind the scenes video, with some new footage, and assorted people from the development team speaking. (Most notably Mary DeMarie) Nothing too new and groundbreaking, but it's there for those needing their DE fix before August rolls around..

Wals.. I hate to break it to you, but it was about a lot of other things that they called you MAAAAAAD!

It's even funnier if you've worked with IT support in any form..

Key note to self : Avoid using Gilbert & Sullivan pop-culture references. The songs will loop in your mind and not let go.

For the totally random.. quirk of the UK or worldwide.. In bars, you tip.. in Pubs, you dont...

To further derail the thread, I imagine it's a cultural thing. To the Americans, guns are an issue. They don't often see knives as one.. Especially in heavy urban areas with gang issues.

I have to admit, I have a weakness for the blades from Cold Steel I used to have a luvverly 4 inch ti-lite that was damn useful. Heh, funny story, I had it with my when I was in America for a friends wedding. Bachelor party hit a stripclub, and the guy at the counter was all "right, no weapons or cameras allowed" so I did a. "oh, does my pocket knife count?" The guy asked to see it, then bulged his eyes and went "thats a pocket knife?!" All the brits in the party looked at each other and were "um..yeah..." He still insisted it got left at the counter with a ticket stub... I will say this.. night clubs in San Diego will pat you down for guns as you enter, but they totally ignore the blades. Especially if you have an English passport..

When you stumble onto him storing his porn on it?

Having one of those annoying mornings where I can't seem to figure out what I actually need to do... or the focus to actually do it if I could figure it out in the first place.. That and I can't seem to shake the tired. But at least I stopped the puppy from trying to eat the cat.

Hm, reading a few of the things that cropped up about the new Hitman game at E3.. They want to make it simpler for the "average" gamer to feel like a suped up killer, rather then only a select few who are really good at the game.. Methinks I might worry somewhat. I mean, I know they have to balance it out against all those AC fans who haven't really encountered Hitman in the.. wow..5 years since the last game. But still... part of the fun was figuring out some of those really obscure ways to kill targets and complete the missions. If they start holding hands and putting big neon signs for how to do those sneaky kills...

hm, two articles that might be of some interest.. U.S. military sharing secret cyber threat info with defense contractors and Cyber war sabers rattle The former is about what it sounds like, the latter concerns how a formal Pentagon strategy is looking at defining specific types of digital sabotage as acts of war that could demand military retaliation.

When your antivirus has been doing a full scan for a bit over 6 hours..and has hit the 2.5 million items scanned mark and is still going strong.. Yeah, it makes you start thinking you might want to start deleting things... Heh, and yes, my sister did order herself an Alienware laptop...and now she keeps glaring at me as she awaits its delivery. I've found myself looking at the various SW:TOR stuff that was shown at E3.. that has me pondering on playing it when it's released.

Heh, perusing some reports and stumbled on this Microsoft Rings Alarm Bell on Fake Windows Support Calls Which amuses me, because I've had about 20 of these calls over the last year. It's always funny to listen to the opening spiel of "I'm calling concerning a Windows problem on your computer" and then reply to them something along the lines of "Really? Which one, there are 4 pc's in this house and I work in IT security".. The sudden "um, sorry, wrong number" you get from them before the abrupt hangup..

With the Great JF as he is known to mere mortals... DE:HR Q&A

The other key dividing line in England is half an hour north of the Watford Gap....

It's kind of surprising the sheer amount of Love/Hate that goes on within Europe..

There's always the point of saying "yes, I can live a long and healthy life..but I won't be doing any of the things I enjoy doing while living that long" There's that need to find the balance point...

I have however set a new background to my pc. A rather funky picture of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcano eruption.. with mass lightning flashes around the ash plume... Although I am now pondering whether it might be a touch too red to comfortably enjoy for long periods of time no matter how groovy the multiple lightning streaks around the volcano's eruption is...

You can't still be dreaming. You're late for your exams. But I didn't study!

I got caught in one of those really odd circular dream sequences.. I'd get up out of bed, brush my hair, get dressed , all that malarkey, get to the door of my room and realise I was still sleeping..and it would happen all over again.. and again.. and again... I'm hoping I'm still not actually dreaming...

Well tis a cold and grey sunday, I still feel as if I haven't fully woken up... Had a moment pondering on how people can perceive you.. I mean, I've had people tell me I'm all sorts of different things : I've been told by some I act a couple of decades older then I am, I've had others tell me I'm juvenile and need to grow up.. I've had various people comment about me being mild and quite laid-back, whilst from a few people I hear that I'm angrily repressed.. I have a couple of friends who are into the whole D/S lifestyle who in the middle of a conversation told me that I carried myself and spoke like a natural Dom. I've had one girl call me a cold-hearted sociopath and others tell me that I'm a charming gentleman.. I find it curious that just being myself seems to be perceived in so many different ways by different people...

One of the big reasons why we've been kicking and screaming to keep the Pound and not get fully dragged into the EU... And the politicians from all parties seem to keep trying to get us in through the backdoor while the public resists..