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It would be nice, but I don't think it would be a democracy any longer? I would love to do a social experiment where the system is a meritocracy with a democratically elected oversight body. Edit: Since Warhammer 40K was brought up, I believe the EU would be the equivalent of the Adeptus Administratum Edit2: With the Germans being secret followers of the Omnissiah

A friend and I spent the Saturday afternoon playing bowling... i feel really butt-hurt today and I mean that in the literal sense of the word I was trying to remember when I played bowling the last time, which I think was 17 years ago. Arms and shoulders are fine, but my poor lower back was just not used to the slightly "crouched" movement before letting go of the ball.

I sometimes wonder if those two were like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When one disappeared, the other did too...

Asking people what they want can be dangerous. I still remember 1992, back in Denmark. People (including myself) voted no in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. The 'Yes' position had been advertised by just about every establishment figure, celebrities, industrial leaders and a rare, almost unified parliament (except the odd protest party or two who was against anything EU related). Yet, people voted No and you could hear the wails of despair coming out of the parliament building. Their fix at the time was to get the treaty amended with phrases that effectively left Denmark out of key areas (and obligations) of the treaty and then hold a second referendum on the modified treaty. People at the time had the feeling the politicians had lost touch with reality and would simply keep holding referendums until they got the desired result. It was also the last time that Denmark suffered major riots and police shooting people in the streets (11 people got shot by police in Copenhagen). The second referendum ended up in favour of 'Yes' with a fraction of a percentage. The politicians got what they wanted, even if was now only a treaty in name only. Politicians however lost just about any credibility they may have had left at the time and I always thought it would be a race between the UK and Denmark who would be the first to leave the EU (both countries also never adopted the Euro currency.

Has congress passed a budget for the building of said fence?

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It's a bit hit and miss. Last two "aaa" titles I bought at full price were Witcher III and Overwatch. Loved the former. The latter... a complete waste of money for me. Best full price title investment for me would be Borderlands 2. I got my moneys worth with outrageous interest from that game

I tried a few hours of "Don't starve together" last night with 3 other people. It was surprisingly fun, but it does have a slightly steep learning curve the first few game days. I managed to get killed right away (not recognizing the hunger, health and sanity gauges for what they were), but luckily one of the other 3 is a bit of a veteran of the game and resurrected me. Haunting rocks and rabbits is only so much fun We made it to day twenty something, having a nice little camp, which in hindsight is probably too close to a spider nest. Days are getting shorter (and colder!) and nights are getting longer. What can I say? "Winter is coming!..."

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Start of old thread End of old thread A bit in the same boat. I've got GOG, Steam and Origin games (the latter being a few Bioware games). Also a lot of games from Gamersgate, although I guess download clients and updaters in the end won out,

I make my living as a developer (software). Been doing it for 25+ years. I always wanted to pursue biology, but that sort of never materialized.

Pfff..., couldn't help laughing a bit. The article went fine until the 'conservatism' part came out of nowhere, not related to anything in the article really. I guess asking someone to define 'conservative values' is as futile as asking someone to define what makes a crpg a role playing game. I finally did find out what the heck a maga hat is though. Google ftw. Edit: I guess reading the article was sort of like Uh huh... Sure... Yeah... Humm... ... Say wut???

As much as I would love a Kotor III, I just don't see it happen. At least not in something that is comparable to a 10+ old format. Despite your aversion towards the MMO, I would probably recommend trying it out. It's free to play and if you play the Jedi Knight story (solo, don't need to team up with people), it's more or less a continuation of the story.

I tried out something called jackbox games the other night. One friend was hosting it and sharing her screen via teamviewer, the rest of us using our mobile phones as remote controllers. It was fun. I really am awful at 'drawful' though

Define "better"?.... Well, at least it works in a place like Denmark. They currently have 9 parties in parliament. I do remember from my childhood and teenage years that there used to be quite a few more. I can remember at least 5 parties from top of my head not on this list. It has happened that the major parties actually formed governments across the "left/right" divide (something that might currently be unthinkable in the US) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Denmark Is it efficient? Probably not. But, it seems to work. Many views gets represented and extremes generally gets avoided. Mind you, haven't been keeping tabs on the old country the last 17-18 years.

Based on bad memory, but iirc. he didn't even want this fight in the first place until he felt encouraged by a number of republicans, after which it became this all or nothing, poorly thought out (typical for Trump) bar brawl with the democrats and partial government shutdowns. It's like the fight is more important to him than the cause and the results.

More Guild Wars 2.... "The Desolation". One of those days where I'm quite happy without the full virtual reality experience. Those wastes and boiling pits are sulfur. Anyone remember from chemistry class what boiling sulfur smells like? Yeah, the rotten egg stench would probably have made my nostrils bleed!

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I was a late comer to PC My first email address was indeed gorth@soemthinguniversity.dk in 1991 but my computer at home for many years (and my first internet capable computer) was ye olde Commodore Amiga. I did get TCP/IP for my old Commodore 64 too, but never got to use it. The Amiga however was active on the net until it got retired. It was actually Fallout (the official demo that got released) and Tomb Raider that was to blame for that. Couldn't run properly on the PC Emulator I had I *think* my first PC was a Pentium II that I built. Edit: I had email address at uni before that, but it was the first with my old gamer name (Gorth as in, the chosen one, saviour of the universe, slayer of Doomdark etc. is from around 1982)

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8.7 million views in less than 2 months. Not bad for a non triple a title I guess

Yeah, those planes had both a left and a right wing... Edit: That's it, I need more sleep. Dang heat is starting to get to me

Experiencing "global warming" up close and personal I think it's going to be one of those days today indeed. 35 degrees when I got out of bed this morning (that's 95f for North Americans). Forecast says 45-46 in the afternoon (113-115f). I saw pictures from South Australia where people were baking cookies on rocks outside their home.

I'll admit my infatuation with the BBQ (A "Baby Weber" special edition) is because it's practical. Little cleaning required afterwards and no food smell lingering indoors for the next 6-12 hours. Most meats (steak, fish, chicken) can be cooked in 10 minutes. I usually give the fish (I love fresh salmon sides) a bit longer. I do have a "flat" plate for things like fish and vegetables (grilled pumpkin is good). Potatoes... well, they do need almost a full hour at low heat. Wrapped in aluminium foil with a bit of olive oil and herbs, served with chicken, creme fraiche, corn or whatever you like to add for flavour.

Were your parents by any chance French? I remember working on a project outside Paris for a while.... the local places seemed obsessed with boiling otherwise perfectly good meat Meat belongs on a BBQ dammit!