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Dang those monuments!

I see my sarcasm avoided your detector.

It's more a philosophy than a religion. I think I shall choose to be offended by the implicit insinuation that my posts aren't normally informative and contain nice gestures. Oh, except I will forgive you because it's Buddha's birthday.

Isn't this his wife's parents, too? Yes. I shouldn't type after 26 hours without sleep. It makes sense, because the subject was the wife's sister ... I was just being pedantic. You can get a personal shopper to handle it all for you ...

Parental Guidance recommended.

I agree. Saving the game when you need to save is far better than saving points. It really irks me if I have to re-play some parts all over again just because there wasn

I'm not following your logic. If certain players group together (as they do now), then what harm could be done if they had some of their own special (non-magic) items. More like "diary icons" than weapons, if you follow my meaning.

And thus, the third sign of the apocalypse ...

I can't wait for the bees.

I read an article in the Sunday Times a few years ago (still have it here, somewhere) about how Margaret Thatcher called up the French President and demanded the deactivation codes for the French arms sold to the Argentines ... otherwise she would use nuclear weapons. :D

Isn't this his wife's parents, too?

I just took my friend through the first four (Director's Cuts) Star Trek films; it's a long story, but the short version is I wanted to show her David Caruso's acting inspiration: William Shatner. Having promised some over-the-top, stentorian staccato deliveries, I must say Shatner's acting wasn't as totally ham as it was in the series (which has been replaying here in Britain). I don't know if I'll ever watch them again.

Certainly an elephant gun wouldn't be out of place.

CGI monkeys FTW

Yeah, hence my analogy with both Christmas (celebration of the birth of Christ). It's more about controlling desire, rather than destroying it, as far as I am aware. Personally, I'm all for any philosophy of peaceful coexistence.

Maybe some of the more absolutists need a bit of relativistic guidance ... Congratulations (really?) to Rosbjerg is extended from all the modsqaud, and (as during selected representative) from the whole Obsidian forum community.

While I think it would be nice (and the benefits are self-evident) to have convictions graded for confidence, judging by the parlous state of the legal system as it stands, I doubt this is a realistic and attainable goal, at least in the short term. Whilst the legal system is subject to ludicrous abuse by the most wealthy, for one, it is only ever going to be a way of removing the poorest convicts. Then again, at least a rich person has more to lose, and might not be so willing to commit said heinous crimes in the future ... a sort of de facto disincentive to recidivism ... although the richest are always going to be above the law.

Dreadnought or super-dreadnought class? (There's about 10-20% extra tonnage in the super class, which is a couple of extra Jaegers ...)

I would also add that, as you are less than two weeks into the new role, I would doubt that any manager would expect any measurable amount of work from you; this is more a period for oritentation. You could screw up royally and I doubt they'd be concerned (it might give them cause to watch you closer than the others, and give the others some ammunition to call you names, but it shouldn't worry them overly, as you are still becoming acquainted with the company and its particular work ethic and methods).

Stop, it's too much.

In case anyone is interested, today is the Vesak, which is analogous to Christmas and Easter, only for Buddhists. (Some countries celebrated the first Full Moon in May, some the last full moon, so some countries celebrated Vesak on 2nd May this year, because of the two full moons in May this year.) Suffering: Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering. The cause of suffering: The craving which leads to renewed existence (rebirth) (the cycle of samsara) The cessation of suffering: The cessation of craving. The way leading to the cessation of suffering: The Noble Eightfold Path; namaste

There is a fine balance between making death less trivialized, with permadeath, and making the game increasingly irritating for the sake of "realism". Especially with insta-savegames and quick-reload.

Does a skeleton need its head? After all, it's not like it uses its eyes to see ...

I see you've been spying again.

Bank!