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That's an absurd and non-sequitur comment. Mr Boll was defending his work. He didn't kidnap (ha ha!) the critics and force them to do battle with him. Though I agree he should have used freedom of speech / right to pursue happiness as mandated under the US constitution, rather than "bear ams". )

Goodnight Gracie.

Boomer is teh sexy, too: smart, strong women. mmmmm. And, Yes, gorramit!, after watching the "extras" on the BSG miniseries (i.e. the making of featurette), my cherished memories of the original series had their rose-tinting cruelly stripped. I watched the series again, then went out and bought the first season. And the writing gets much, much better towards the end of the first season ... so much so that I was pleasantly affirmed and even occassionally surprised with the plot ... and now I might have to go and buy the second series ...

Aren't both the images of males?

I'm going to try the Penetration Half-Life 2 mod.

And your PC and three companions can have companions. And your PC will be a general in a battle, too.

Why would female leads bother you? It is now standard procedure for women to be deployed in the frontline, so it makes sense that our fiction mirrors societal realities. Also, good, strong female leads are much more interesting to watch than lots of men running around pretending to be space-heroes.

Just watched World Trade Center. Worth a look just to get a different perspective on the whole disaster (from the Water Police). One gets to see the good in people, which helps balance the tragedy of the event. Lots of screentime with Cage not moving in the dark, though.

What about the Intelligence that is created by the A.I.? And so on ...

AI is set to surpass a single human's intellectual capacity within 30 years. And the total capacity of humanity in about 35. The humans are in good hands, as the children of humanity will take good care of them. :D

Of course. That would be good, yeah. I suspect it would be a little difficult to write the script, however. Here's how I would start: the general particulars of the way the character died (fighting whom and where) and (presumably the PC would survive!) the sucessful conclusion of said battle could even be named after the martyred character ..! And the evidence is: Yes. (Though you can still loot the body ... )

Well, I suspect they have bigger plans for the retail version. Can the Official Campaigns be modified, or are they locked?

Why would you want it to end?

Uhm.. what? Hasn't AMD been manufacturing 90nm dies from early this summer already? They're about to start manufacturing their first 65nm by now. Yup, they have: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190400017 More news about AMD's manufacturing plans: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20060926PR215.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, sorry about that: typing from memory. Replace "90nm" with "65nm". The R600 (ATi DX10-generation GPU) is delayed until 2007, and ATi are working on combining the Northbridge and Southbridge on one chip on mobos.

I thought you didn't read anything written before you were born?

So that's why it looks so much better!

Dark-skinned elves alert! clickie

Um, it was.

Thanks! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What is remarkable is that that character model is better than Oblivion's. :D

Hmmm ... *contemplates playing BG2 with a Paladin ... * <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I really can't stress how great that Dungeon-Be-Gone mod is. As soon as you get out of your cell a little dude pops up who will whisk you to the exit of the dungeon, picking up all the XP and gear you would have got from trudging through it yourself. So if you ever think "I'd rather just start out in Athkatla," you should probably pick it up. Pocket Plane hosts it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm ... thanks for the linkie ... I don't mind the dungeon that much ...

Yes.

Excellent contribution to the discussion, Hades. I doubt very much we'll see 80-core chips in stores in five years, though the 45nm die (that must be the physical limit of visible EMR to print the circuits on the wafer) and new info on laptops is interesting.

AMD's got a four core solution, though not the same as Intel's one. There is a column in this month's PC Format by the dude who runs Voodoo saying that AMD's four cores on a chip would be useful for instancing; in other words one could load four instances of, say, WoW and have the characters interact between each other. Also, there was a rumour in this month's Custom PC that AMD's 90nm dies might not be as far away as we have been led to believe. "

Yeah, my understanding is that "Lawful" refers to an external, societal law. After all, a character would be completely irrationally unpredictable if they didn't adhere to some sort of ethical framework, even if it was just that their good overrides all other concerns. So Paladin Prada would sooner renounce her knighthood than break a code of law, even if that code of law would result in greater good for everyone. The corollary is that a Chaotic person will do whatever is required for an ultimate requirement (good, evil or cosmic balance), rather than to just follow a code of ethics. Now the dilemma is that Dirty Harry / the Punisher are trying to defeat evil by any means necessary ... but it might be for ultimate good OR for spite to prevent another evil being from prospering ... it's all in the intent. So the characters could be Chaotic/Neutral Good OR Lawful Evil/Neutral, I think.

lol Third Echelon, it's in the remit of the people in Fifth Echelon ... "