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Why would home computers go away? Is the commercial and professional world switching to tablets too? AutoCAD iOS version maybe? Eventually I think all the radio/tv/console/computer/media stuff will merge into one sort of thing What do you mean, "eventually"? You can already do all of that on a stinkin' normal PC today. Not in the way I mean it, but essentially yes I think that something akin (but not quite like our current PC concept) will be used to interface with entertainment options that are not held on a computer in your house; there won't be a need for separate anything as between the "PC" and the outsourced data you'll have at your fingertips a way to control all of your entertainment and possibly a lot of your general living experience with the "PC". We've taken huge steps towards it but not to the degree I predict it will go.

The moral I learned - don't watch documentary's about sci-fi films of the 50s before going to bed. "Why?" you may ask. Because sci-fi films of the 50s tended to be grimly nihilistic (it happens when you think a nuclear bomb is going to be dropped on you at any second). Naturally, with such images poking through my head, I promptly went to bed and had apocalyptic dreams. Various kinds of decay and destruction and annihilation, either societal, personal or professional.

Going to see this next week. I was rather disappointed in who was chosen to play Jace. But I'll wait and see how it plays out. I saw it, never read the books. It was okay but could have been better. Edit: Also re-watched THE INCREDIBLES - lovely fun superhero film FORBIDDEN PLANET - best sci-fi film of the 50s, IMO.

Why would home computers go away? Is the commercial and professional world switching to tablets too? AutoCAD iOS version maybe? Eventually I think all the radio/tv/console/computer/media stuff will merge into one sort of thing (which, I suppose, could be looked at as a home computer, but I think it'll be more expansive than our current concept of a home computer).

Eh...eventually all of the consoles will go away (as will home computers). But, I'm a bit wary about the console market not really having any competitive spirit, though.

Well depends, you still need something wide enough to cover the dome as the teepee would narrow. Wigwam would fit better, to be honest, with its curved structure over an igloo.

Its a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

At moments like this, I like to think to myself "What would gfted1 do?" Which I think is to give the fellow a throat chop. Seriously, while I understand where Wals is coming from, sometimes having people always picking you up off your ass just further enables a person to deny responsibility for themselves. On the other hand if he's not completely lost to the idea of hardwork, Wals suggestion may have merit. Two questions come to mind - is there really no work in his field, or is that claim masking perhaps that he doesn't want to work in his chosen field but has no clue as to what he should do or even how to extricate himself from expectations that his field was what he would do (in essence a bit of career related existential angst; "If I can't be my Career I am nothing")

But where are you going to get a conical tent of the right size to fit a house in?

I believe that's "driven off the cliff of off-topic mountain, plunging Hollywood style in an exploding car through the thread", to be fair. (just kidding, I was enjoying the debate) That said, China Miéville, an avid RPGer at one point, is often accused of swiping large parts of the PLANESCAPE setting of Sigil for his first novel, PERDIDO STREET STATION. Planescape was the setting used for BIS' PLANESCAPE: TORMENT which used Bioware's Infinity Engine which was also used for Baldur's Gate which Dragon Age: Origins was said to be the spiritual successor to, of which Dragon Age: Inquisition is the second sequel. There back on topic.

To be fair, Kilmer's film just FELT like two films, rather than actually BEING two films. The big problem, really, is that the studio felt that it was the dark tone of BATMAN RETURNS that led it to not be the same kind of success that BATMAN had been. So they did a 180 in tone, allowed the director to do two bright, candy color modern take on the 60s pop art / campy Batman with truckloads of ridiculousness. That said, I'm neutral on casting Affleck. He has some acting ability, so the question to my mind turns to the script and direction of the movie.

Get well Nep! Also I can't believe there was a debate about whether KainParker should go for women in their 20s or their 30s and not one of you suggested "both at the same time". I'm ashamed at the depths you lot haven't sunken to.

Eh, even as someone who likes action games of its type (Champions of Norrath, BG: Dark Alliance to some degree) my memory of it is that it suffered from poor loot poor character progression mediocre level design mediocre villains mediocre quests and little impetuous to complete them That doesn't mean every complaint against the title (which received a lot of bad notices for many, many things during its development) was valid. But I forced myself to beat it once and then sold it.

I've seen people screwed over by family and by friends and by strangers. The family and friends one are worse, because the person who is screwing up usually defends their actions with a "but we're family/friends you should forgive me/understand!" Moral of the story - I wouldn't loan money to anyone with the expectation to ever see it again. Sargy - maybe my biggest problem is I didn't have a message board with which to chronicle my exploits on.

Eh...ME3 was okay. That said, I really think ME3 builds heavily on what ME2 set-up and I think ME2 breaks heavily from what ME1 promised. For me ME1 is the superior concept and ME2 and 3 go off in another direction with varying results.

I used to know all the words - and be able to sing - "Dentist!" from LSoH. Yeah I watched the movie a few too many times... I don't have many cat stories unless we go back to my childhood and I tell stories of how my cat jumped over a fence onto the back of a doberman that had wandered up to the gate. The Doberman didn't know what had happened... ...hehehe...we's jus' too old fer all that foolishness now, 'Tep...jus' say ya was wild in yer former years an' now yer jus' wistfully reminiscent...hehehe... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... I'd agree to that, but when I wistfully reminisce, I discover I was a bit of a drip as a youth. Nothing fun happened to me then either. I can't even afford a good mid-life crisis now...

I hate posting to this thread because of all these various crazy exploits that get posted. Bastards the lot of you (you know who you are). From now on I'm just making **** up about my life and posting it here.

Planescape, Al-Qadim and Ravenloft are the settings I liked best as well (one day I'll finish off getting the remainder of their published material).

Rebecca Sanabria (the original female voice #3 in SR2 and 3,) was the best. It's funny how they've cleansed SR's female player cast of all ethnic minorities. So now it's middle/upper-middle class WASP, WASP doing a fake french accent and Paula Deen. Frenchie is the least bad of the selections, but all of them are bad to me since I can't import my SR2-3 character anymore, since she was a muy caliente chica for two games and suddenly now all hispanics and blacks sound like white people. Ditto. I created a new character to use in SR3 with an eye to SR4 so I don't have to break my SR2-3 character's continuity. That sounds sadder typed out than it did when I thought of the idea when replaying SR3...

Sounds like quite the Odyssey there...

On the plus side, you do have an avatar now.

Ah, I never played on Nightmare.

I hate when games I want to play cluster...I still haven't beat Dragon's Crown...

Her being able to resurrect party members was how I got through the Flemeth fight first time through... He was alright. He was a wimp, though. He couldn't take a hit worth a damn. I too forgot to equip him with armor after freeing him from his cage and adding him to the party...

Yeah DM's initials were DM, but he was also a DM so it all kinda worked.