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Tv footage of the rioting in Lebanon had the Imams upbraiding and physically intervening with the extremist troublemakers. The biggest issue, I feel, is not the current brou-haha; it is the lack of protests from the Islamic community after extremists commited unspeakable acts of violence (9/11 and 7/7) in their names. The poor PR of Islam is either due to a lack of compassion for their adopted host societies (doubtful, but the criticism can be alleged by miscreants) or a complete na

But there is one beyond that... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep. I wasn't interested in resurecting the old thread, which I was contributing to when it was live two months ago. But thanks for adding the link for to assist the newbies in completing their prep. Quiet you. The duel: "... Well, I'm alright." Serenity (Innara): "Because so few men are." (one of the very few insights into her motivation) One of my big gripes is the assumption (prime-time US tv pre-requisite? :ph34r:) that Christianity will outlive / subsume / absorb all other monotheistic religions. I would have let him off if there wasn't a direct reference to "The Bible" (when River is "fixing it"). Everyone knows you can't fix the Bible.

μ? μ, what? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, iirc, that was my first reaction, too. You Greek-alphabet-and-SI-unit cognizant science geek!

Calvin and Hobbes FTW!

Can I have a blue-haired manga cyborg-alien-human super pre-pubescent girl with two chest-implanted cannons and a fiendish hatred for small insectivorous furry marsupials and burrowing spine-covered monotremes (but not the fluffy duck-billed ones)? That has a prediliction for betting on rooster fights and an unfortunate habit of detonating as a thermonuclear explosion?

Not exactly a cash flow problem, but... http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/02/technology...onic_arts.reut/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ... EA -- which in December warned that results would be "well below" estimates without giving specific profit guidance -- said net income in its fiscal third quarter was $259 million, or 83 cents per share, down from net income of $375 million, or $1.18, in the year-earlier quarter ended Dec. 31. Revenue declined 11 percent to $1.27 billion from $1.43 billion. ... Gee, my condolences to them. This is a perfect example of the problem. Now I'm no communist-socialist-pinko-fabian-leftie-weirdo: I'm a big fan of, and all for, captialism. But when the medium controls the message, when the tail wags the dog, when the ULTIMATE GOAL becomes money and not quality product, then these guys should go join a bank where they can work with an end product that is money, and not screw around with my games! :angry: Incidentally, blind Freddy's deaf guide dog could have predicted that Xbox 360-related earnings wouldn't meet estimates with the second division line-up of games.

I don't buy the argument that reliable revenue forecasting necessarily prohibits creativity. You can't tell me that EA, for example, has a cash flow problem. They have enough market leverage and large muscular international finance representatives standing behind them that they can do an SKG or Pixar. Instead, good game development is stymied by the rapacious greed manifested from the principle-agent problem anomaly currently plaguing the Wall Street corporate frontier. Except by companies that, ironically, are openly mocked (by trade magazines who are coincidentally bankrolled by advertisements from the same Gecko-inspired avaricious dysfunctionoids ) for placing design above seasonally-forecasted marketing-dictated deadlines, like VALVe and 3d Realms. Just a thought. "

So it didn't matter so much who won the 2012 Olympic bid, then? :D Pity London won it then ... ... still, Britain was only interested in winning when they found out Paris was the favourite ...

Can we put it to a vote? I vote no. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I no vote.

Forget the comics, I want the bunnies ..!

I agree that the technology is near to a point where it is possible for authors / artistic designers / developers to take over from bitsmiths pushing the resolution of the anisotropic-filtered, pixel-pipelined envelope. I think companies like Bioware and OE can take a bow for creating the story-making magic boxes like NwN and NwN2 (and VALVe for Steam, too), which provide the stage, lighting, soundstage, special effects generator and acting troop for the budding Spielberg-Scorsese-Kubrick-Fellini-Barlasts of the RPG noir / surrealistic movement / cin

The Civ 4 demo is particularly well designed and will take one through all the bullet points of Civilization godliness. Don't get to hung up on the details, just watch the effects of decisions ... Next, read the manual

It's certainly better to have the ability to create the new models ... we can just hope that the toolset is as easy to use as it is FEATURE-PACKED!

Is that when Cthulu is due to appear?

It looks a little off-kilter, like it is in the middle of a psychopathic rage (differently-sized irises = indicator of systemic cerebellar impariment, donchaknow) ... :ph34r:

Sigh. Temperament of a Jedi he has not. And too old to begin the training, he is.

Yeah, it's good. But I guess we're all now unsuitable for players as you've just explained the entire "hidden plot" device to us.

I like the Sith Bunny, btw.

Let me throw a few character at you. Captain Malcolm Reynolds. Perfect embodiment of leader caste. Takes precisely the correct action to obtain the best result for his responsibilities (i.e. his crew and their welfare) in every situation. Like clockwork. Perfect avatar / exemplar. I also like the Wash-Zoe relationship. Not a boring clich

The current Next Big Thing in British music (the Artic Monkeys) gained their groundswell of popularity via the free filesharing sharing / downloading mechanism of the internet ... the first they were aware of their popularity was when the audience started singing their song lyrics ... better than they knew them.

Mr Whedon let the cat out of the bag in his commentary of "Objects in Space": he says (just as Keeley and Simon are about to kiss and Shepherd Book appears, stage left): "Hey, don't stop them, they canned the series, so they don't get together later!" (or words to that effect). Sounds like the studio decided not to indulge Mr Whedon past the initial dozen episodes. :D Anyone care to name their favourite scene / episode (and why, of course)?

Ugliness has no constituency.

Um, I don't see an overwelming problem with using an obsolete / coining a new word for a concept that has no equivalent transliteration in the host language. After all, that's what English does all the time. Schadenfreude. (I'm currently ruminating through a book called "Tingo", which is a collection of foreign words that have no equivalent in English. The premise of the book is to gain a glimpse of the various peculiarities of cultures that have specifically named odd events and things. The eponymous noun is an Easter Island word for the process of gradually borrowing more and more items from a friend's house, until nothing remains, for example.) To use an existing word that has completely the wrong connotation, without some sort of priming, seems to be a little silly. Or lazy. Or both. :D

:meta: casts Resurection, Level 7 Don't poke it, it may bite you! There will be some news about this game shortly. If anyone is still interested in playing ..?