BruceVC

Having the same issue. I think I'm going to try to say Hi to my Grandfather. We have a common interest in CRPGs, although he's migrated to WoW pretty exclusively lately. He did quite like the IE games, so I'm hoping that a spiritual successor can pull him back. (If I had been willing to go the full 1K to design a character, it would've been him.) I've been slowly testing the waters with my boss with regard to casual banter and nerd-culture fluency. Today I dropped some joking 1337SP34K into an email reply. No response yet. That's awesome that your grandfather plays RPG's

Tale for president !!! Tale for president !!!

I've got to ponder on how to refer to myself for the in-credits thanks as well. Forum name, real name, some quirky amusing thing or what... A sagacious sorcerer who suffers not from somnolence ?

I think that would be cute

That was very clever and an absolutely astute observation, nice one

Wow that was a good post, it really made me laugh But you've raised some relevant points. All I can say to make you feel better is lets wait till the first demo of combat for Torment and then comment? It will be more constructive that way

....that was good

Nice, there can't be a few things more frustrating than a long trip to and from work

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25329065 Seriously WTF The Indian supreme court has now passed a law that criminalizes consensual same sex. They have based it on a 150 year old colonial law that states " a same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence" and punishable by a 10-year jail term" I hope the Indian parliament overturns this as I think this an egregious violation of the humans rights and dignity of India's gay population. The Indian supreme court should be embarrassed and ashamed by this ruling IMO it demonstrates more Homophobia than what the Russians did recently with there anti-homophobic laws

Well thanks for contributing towards the conversation, that's more important than not being aware a topic has been discussed IMO

Eh, I worry about work because it's the only life I've had for the past 2-3 years. This place hasn't been conducive to changing that aspect of my life, which is why I'm looking at getting back to an actual city instead of an old market square with a couple of buildings around it. I hear what Walsie is saying and I get what he means but I don't think you can understate the importance of a healthy work environment, especially when we spend a lot of time working. Personally I love my job and since work is one of the things in life that I do believe defines us if you aren't happy at work then you need to fix that and take it seriously Also Nep you are in a fortunate position due to your education and experience where I assume you can get work in other cities, many people are stuck in a job they hate and they can't get another decent job even if they wanted to

Yes we have been discussing this on this very thread But thanks for the additional information

http://allafrica.com/stories/201312101528.html http://www.newsdzezimbabwe.co.uk/2013/12/mugabe-cheered-zuma-booed-in-soweto.html http://ethiopianewsforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67817#p412315 Looks like these people IRL not so easy can be fooled by colonizators as International media try represent. I think everything is only began in SA, real fight begin in future. Its irrelevant the raucous applause Mugabe received. He is one of the last of a dying breed of African dictators. His only legacy will be the fact that he destroyed the Zim economy. His policies won't be followed in other African countries as they are tantamount to economic suicide

Truest thing you've ever written. Suits, pins and them not treating it like a Catholic service, heh. And now, the sign language person was a fraud apparently - http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nelson-mandela-ceremony-sign-language-interpreter-a-fake-1.2459469 Yeah this sign language fiasco is a real disgrace. All the radio stations are trying to track the guy down, apparently he wasn't signing at all and was just waving his hands. Its really shocking how he conned the organizers of the memorial service that he was qualified to use sign language In fairness what kind of ****ing halfwit goes on a globally televised performance not knowing how to do the job? especially when not knowing how to do it means you are going to take the piss out of the most loved man in national history. Although having said that, it shouldn't have been hard to at least check his references. So more news around this charlatan. The various government spokesmen don't know who hired him and neither does any other government department. But he will get tracked down eventually. You may be wondering "how could a person who can't sign get through security checks to be appointed as the official sign language interpretor of the memorial service ?" Well to be fair to the organisers there were hundreds of other security, logistical and organisational checks that had to be done for the memorial service so this one just slipped through the cracks. But it is embarrassing so this person really needs to be charged with some kind of criminal offense once he is identified

Truest thing you've ever written. Suits, pins and them not treating it like a Catholic service, heh. And now, the sign language person was a fraud apparently - http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nelson-mandela-ceremony-sign-language-interpreter-a-fake-1.2459469 Yeah this sign language fiasco is a real disgrace. All the radio stations are trying to track the guy down, apparently he wasn't signing at all and was just waving his hands. Its really shocking how he conned the organizers of the memorial service that he was qualified to use sign language

like some sort of Frenchman "like some sort of Frenchman" Okay that was funny

To put this in context, we Englishers have been reflecting on the selfie in recent media. Ah now it makes sense, so basically you are doing what Englishman are renowned for ....complaining when there is no real reason to complain

That's how Dell operates with there warranty but the reality is there support is not good on software problems. So my advice is either get some competent OS person, it may be you, to confirm its not a software issue and if its not then Dell will replace the problematic hardware component. The thing is those laptops do have a fairly good hardware diagnostic program that can be configured to run on startup. So if its hardware this should have been picked up?

Without being pedantic, it wasn't a funeral it was a memorial service and these events are suppose to also be about the celebration of the life of the person. So singing and laughing wouldn't be considered incongruous

I assume it's the taking a "selfie" thing, which was what Walsh's link a few posts above was about. That or the notion that Michelle might have been jealous. I don't understand the "selfie" thing myself, as long as they weren't doing it in the middle of someone's eulogy speech or something. But I didn't see it, so...whatever. Yes good points and I agree. Also the memorial service was done is African style, which meant people were singing and also celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. So I don't see the issue with people taking a "selfie" Mandela would have wanted people to celebrate his life and death in a way they felt was appropriate. Another consideration is what was Obama suppose to say to the Danish PM..." No thanks I don't want a photo with you and David Cameron".....now that would have been rude and against the principles of what Mandela stood for .

Okay thanks for explaining, I didn't know what DSPS was but I looked it up and now know

Explain to me what is wrong with Obama talking and joking to the Prime Minister of Denmark? If you want to gossip about something substantive you could mention he shook Raul Castro's hand, the president of Cuba, but that is understandable considering the circumstances and the occasion. Edit : Oh I assume you mean Michelle's look, I believe she is trying to be serious for the service

Good one

I was able to logon and access my pledge information no problem, so its definitely an intermittent problem

Wowzers that doesn't sound pleasant, what is causing that kind of insomnia?