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Heh, Wasteland 2 turned out a thousand times better than I expected. I really went in thinking it was going to struggle with gameplay and be unpolished, but it is a gem. It actually probably is enough to convince me to buy Torment when it comes out.

My wife is Catholic, and I attend with her somewhat regularly. But I really recommend meeting with a priest. I've had meetings with a couple different deacons, and both were a delight to discuss church history with. They had some great insights that really helped me in my own teaching.

I am thinking something along the lines of a Monastery or Priory, although I did like The Common Hops from Lexx. I also was contemplating something along the lines of The Classroom or something else suitably historical to fit my personality. We have a place called Liquid Bread down the ways and I like that type of name. Fermented Friars? Babylon Beers? This is hard.

I am thinking about starting a craft beer bar in my town, and I need a decent name.

In 1494, the population of Hispanola was over 3 million. In 1508, it was 60,000. This was under Columbus' direct governorship. It has gotten so bad that Queen Isabella removed him from power, in part because he would refuse to let the Native Americans to convert so he could keep them enslaved, and also due to repeated complaints of gross mismanagement (which were found true by de Bobadilla). Thus, you cannot say that Columbus was just a man of his time- he wasn't, because even his contemporaries thought that he was horrible. The Bobadilla report confirms it http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=ELAI0029&SID=2&DatabaseName=Ancient+and+Medieval+History+Online&InputText=%22order+of+Calatrava%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=Bobadilla%2C+Francisco+de&TabRecordType=All+Records&BioCountPass=1&SubCountPass=2&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=3&AmericanData=&WomenData=&AFHCData=&IndianData=&WorldData=&AncientData=Set&GovernmentData= Columbus' defenders really should learn some history first. Have a very nice day -fgalkin Your statement has nothing to do with mine, which was actually a response to an entirely different statement.

That's an easy one, Aztecs and Incans lives in large population centers while the tribes of North America were often nomadic and lived in smaller settlements.

The genocide label is fairly ridiculous, it implies that Columbus somehow knew that European diseases were going to rip through Native American populations. If you really want to go all out on this campaign, you should go after Cortes and Pizarro first.

Oddly enough I was talking about this with some fellow history teachers. We don't get the day off work anymore, but most of us find ourselves defending Columbus. The guy was by and large a product of his times, and he kickstarted the exploration of the Americas. Was he a terrible person? Probably, but that's not really why he is in the history books. He was at the helm of a major historical event. But hey, I'm also just bitter that I don't get an extra three day weekend.

My dentist has massage rollers in the backs of the chairs. But yeah, it's still a terrible experience.

If it makes you feel better, his name is at the top of the test I give on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Although I usually just get rubbish answers like "He moved the capital 850 miles to the east." Congrats, you can memorize fairly useless facts.

Yep, I dropped the settings down a couple notches when I typically run at full steam for everything. It doesn't even look that different.

Sorry to hear that Woldan, take care and we'll hopefully hear from you soon.

i played it for 6 months to see if it was worth it,it wasn't. i tried nearly every storyline,the Sith Warrior was the only one that i liked a bit and finished to level 50.after that,i abandoned TOR the JK story is an injustice to Revan so i will never start it. but there's too much crap between,the levelling is slow and it's a grindfest,i got bored pretty quickly the companions are boring and shallow lack of innovation is what this game suffers the most from there aren't many things to do and many are grinding mobs,immersion is broken easily it's a terrible game aside from the ****ty treatment of both KOTORs,of course agree on story classes,though,it's the only thing that actually TOR didn't screw up It took you six months to realize you didn't like the game? You got all the way to level 50? Oddly enough, I agree with most of your complaints, and I probably played about as long as you did (although I rarely played past the first act with most of the classes.) But the game did keep my attention for a decent amount of time and so I think it's weird to bag on it. I enjoyed it for what it was.

I am sitting in a boring class on iPads, but I need the credits and it is giving me a chance to experiment and learn how to use this stupid tablet on my own. They gave us like an hour to create a 10 second video, I made mine in about a minute and spent the rest of my time creating a vacation book.

Hm, thats news to me, what makes you think that they're drugged up? Would explain a lot though. That was certainly the case with many of the Taliban fighters.

It's always weird when I hear people attack academics, as if having an education is some sort of terrible character flaw.

You may not believe you're a Democrat, but when was the last time you actually voted for a Republican for a nationwide office? And for your information, I do read different sources, you're the one with a phobia for conservatives. I evaluate everything objectively and am well aware of biases on either side. Trust me, I check out every link I post to the best of my ability. The last election. I have no interest in voting for Diane Feinstein. I vote for who I believe to be the best candidate for the job. I also tend to vote against anyone who has held an office for too many terms. Lifetime politicians suck. I don't have a phobia for conservatives (in fact I love conservative talk radio, it's hilarious) but it is largely the only stuff you post, so excuse me if I assume that is where you get your news.

90% of mainstream journalists are democrats? Please, you probably think I'm a democrat. You put entirely too much faith in right wing media. Personally I don't put all my eggs in any single basket, I like to read as many news sources as possible and develop my own opinions.

Not at all. It would be a case of incompetence; not murder. Failing to save some one is not murder. If you have the ability to save someone an intentionally choose not to, than yes it is murder. Btw, the deputy who was hospitalized yesterday was tested and is OK. Under that line of thinking, we should be sending all resources available to Africa in order to help people, given our advanced treatment capabilities.

Do you read any mainstream news outlets? Do you understand that the ones you keep sighting have a very specific agenda?

Well, I am a southpaw, but I injured my left hand a few weeks ago playing hockey and it's super weak. The doctor seemed unconcerned, just said I'm getting old and need to rehab it.

I don't hate TOR, and given the longstanding TOR thread in the general gaming forum, there are a number who enjoy it enough to play. It's not a great MMO unfortunately, but it does a good job building on the universe. Honestly story is the only thing it has going for it.

Way to kill the thread This is basically no man's land.

Does anyone actually use Dell products? From what I can tell the general consensus is that they are pieces of ****. Dell owns Alienware, actually. But I would imagine it just depends on what you buy from them.

ToR is definitely canon, and it's very well developed. Of course it has its hits and misses like everything Bioware, but the lore is really one of the most redeeming qualities of the game.