Gorth

So, the killing of innocents is perfectly acceptable collateral damage to you?

Muahaha... the only thing left, when everything else is done, will be that one minor issue

*Running in circles around a hole in the ground, yelling "28!" repeatedly...*

"Next time, I will hold the map!" "Oops, forgot to tell you, the warranty on the autopilot expired last week..." "How could that oversized thing squeeze itself out of that tiny wormhole?!?" "Join the Jedi, see the Universe blah blah blah... note to self: Never volunteer for anything again!"

If any non British people wants to participate in the game, they should go look for a copy of Little Book of Mornington Crescent by Tim, Graeme, Barry and Humph on e-bay (I doubt you can find it on Amazon.com anymore).

Ebon Hawk: "This is the Ebon Hawk calling the Death Star... We have you surrounded and the Force is with us, you have no chance. Surrender and we will show you leniency!" Death Star: (sound of a switch being flipped) Bzzzz.... HUMMM.... *CRACKLE!*...

Been seeing too much Clockwork Orange again, have we?

It has Boobies in it Btw. I don't quite get the subtitle of your thread, isn't it CANT Does, not CANT do? Congratulations and may you have a long and interesting career in the world of entertainment I can definitely appreciate it when people takes chances and do things with their lives, instead of just sitting around and daydreaming about it. I've been told stuff like that made the country you currently live in

Lowpoint: Caught a cold. Feeling feverish and a headache the size of, well something very big Highpoint: The weather is nice, the sky is blue and the sun is shining. And, I pre-ordered Tombraider - Anniversay for PC

You could learn something from Singapore then. They have the death penalty for arms possession, drug possession, kidnapping etc. I don't know the numbers, but I would guess they have very few repeat offenders.

There is always Guantanamo bay... On a more serious note, I've always felt uncomfortable with the death penalty for the simple reason that the system is not perfect and innocent people sometimes gets convicted falsely. Sometimes they get released again when proven innocent after all. Very hard to even partially apologise to/recompensate a dead man. Accepting the killing of a few innocents here and there as collateral damage just to "get back" at serious offenders is not good civilised behaviour in my book. As for the actual case, I would like to say that castration and a tattoo on the forehead would do, if it wasn't for the fact that is just as permanent damage to a man as the death sentence. Separating him indefinitely from society does seems like the best solution, but thats just an (my) oppinion from somebody whose only encounter with the legal system is a speeding ticket. Since speeding sometimes is putting other peoples lives at risk, somebody out there would probably also think that it is worthy of the death sentence :ninja10:

Don't nod if it's project Georgia...

Spent Monday and Tuesday working in Sydney all day. Got bored with the Hotel and the entertainment there Monday night, so went for a night walk down to the harbour and a trip around the Opera House. Not sure what the crazy birds flying around over the building were doing, but it looked rather amusing when they were in the upwards pointing spotlights, gliding around in the air. Looked a bit like those old WWII documentaries where they show night bombers being caught in the searchligts. Flew to Adelaide tuesday night and grabbed a rental car, off to the countryside to stay and work for a few days. Im Westen nichts Neues...

Isn't there an option in Windows (possibly depending on version) that allows you to see icons on your desktop or not? Maybe it got toggled somehow? Just speculating on what could match your description.

I installed Kotor2 again... Now just waiting... I'll be a good boy... promise...

Arghhh! That reminds me of my first encounter with Kiwi Cuisine (although that toxic green glowing gunk was called "Vegemite") It would be nice if they just called it by it's right name and said: "Here is our very own most belowed PC games that we can remember right now.". Admittedly, it doesn't sound quite as catchy, but at least it would be honest. If they wanted to be serious about it, they need to separate genre and list a set of rules and criteria up front that they judge each games merits on. As it is, it's just as good as any Obsidian Forum Poll

Heh, nothing a Google search couldn't fix. Seifer seems to be the proper spelling... http://www.ffshrine.org/ff8/ff8_chars.php Can't say I ever got into the games. The FF8 demo for PC years ago being my only experience with it, totally put me off.

Whats a "Seifert" ? >_

My thoughts exactly when I ran into that "feature". As it turned out (somebody pointed out to me) what happens is, in the scripted encounter/party changes (i.e. outside the Flagon), it sends a "Hold your Ground" message to your party members when done with the selection screen. The work around is to select you character and then broadcast a "Follow Me" command. Watch them wake up and follow you again

That is not what they are doing. In the end the cat lands on its feet. In anti-grav. That's pretty amazing. Actually, it looks like it doesn't. Assuming that cats land on their feet and assuming that there is no "down" for the cat to land on, it should go into an ever increasing spin until it reaches infinite rotation speed. Thats what it looks like is about to happen in the video, if it hadn't been for human intervention when one of them grabs the cat again If they didn't interfere, would the location of the cat turn into a singularity?

Custom builds... Just couldn't imagine buying a computer which I didn't know inside out. Going to build a new one in the near future. I had to "cheat" a bit to get a Windows XP Pro for my new computer to be. The retail stores claim that they don't have XP on stock anymore and all they wanted to sell me was Vista. Time to find a less than legit version of XP and make it fail the genuine windows test thing. Microsoft then offers you to buy a legit version shipped directly from Microsoft (and much cheaper than the old retail store price). I am such a crook. Ironically, I had to do it twice because the first one I found passed the check. I'll wait for Windows Vienna (at least, thats what I think it's code name is) which should be out in two years time.

Which is more than you think Edit: As for New Reno in FO2, it felt out of place, I still liked though. It would just have been more appropriate for a 1920-1930 organised crime type crpg...

I saw an Uwe Boll movie... Stuck in hotel room late at night (and I couldn't be bothered to do any more work), it was either "Bloodrayne" or some generic adult movie. I should have gone for the xxx one, at least the acting, directing, story, camera, lighting, plot and music would have been better

Are the parents wealthy and/or in a position of power/influence? It could be blackmailing. A disgruntled patient of the cardiologist? It could be an opportunistic hotel employee, trying to make a buck (selling the girl to the highest bidder). Or just someone unrelated hanging around the tourists waiting for something with a sufficient perceived market value to get his hands on. It could be one of the parents. Maybe they are not happy people? Too few facts at the moment to do anything but speculating wildly.

I really have to try this one some day When I feel particularly brave that is...