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by Genghis
Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:54 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Valin, I'll convo you in game soon. Nice to see a blue, since Woodchip is red to me :) Woodchip, it's funny how the CSM seems to have backfired on CCP. Man, the community is riled up. Of course, it's just the 5% of eve players active on the forums and blogs who are riled up, so CCP is probably still...
by Genghis
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Yes, Eve can be as much of a waste of time as WoW! I've had to tone it down though since I got married. Woodchip, I've been the victim of a Pandemic Legion Fist. (heh) They killed 4 of our dreads and we got only 3 of their T2 cruiser hulls. Very effective. But not originally invented by them from wh...
by Genghis
Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:15 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Woodchip's answer is correct, for his large 0.0 alliance. You have a lot of other options with much lower expectations on your time. Pirate corps go hunting with whoever is logged in at the time; could be 3 to 20 people. You can form your own 1-man corp, or just stay in the newbie corp (in which you...
by Genghis
Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:53 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Yeah, I'm working on a TL; DR for the thread on dbb.com

:)

Oh, and I bolded the topic statements at the beginning of each paragraph. So you can just read those to get the general idea in about a minute.
by Genghis
Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:41 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Annual alliance tournament. There have been 8 of these, sponsored by CCP. Huge amounts of ISK and unique ships are given as awards. The entire tournament is broadcast live online in ESPN-like fashion. CCP choses PVP experts from the playerbase and flies them to Iceland to act as tournement commenta...
by Genghis
Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:41 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

For some reason I wrote this giant introduction to Eve document. Then I realized nobody would want to read all of it. So I'm posting it anyway. Maybe someone with too much time on their hands will get curious. --------------------- Eve is the most elite of MMOs; it is to other MMOs as Descent is to ...
by Genghis
Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:32 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Woody and Battlebot, I'll look you guys up. I'm in the remnants of the SYS-K alliance in the south, having been one of the few to survive our failcascade. Richard, I'm good! I've been in Ithaca for 5.5 years. I got married in February (just to prove to Stresstest that I'm not gay). Been working in s...
by Genghis
Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?
Replies: 30
Views: 5274

Hello old friends; anyone playing Eve Online?

Wow, you guys are still going pretty strong! I haven't touched Descent in about 5 years, but still have awesome memories. This was my first online community and I've never gotten highly involved with any others since. Besides saying hi, I'm looking for anyone currently playing Eve. Would be fun to h...
by Genghis
Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:00 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Obama's Slapdown
Replies: 70
Views: 4732

Re: Obama's Slapdown

Well you're always going to piss someone off.
Will Robinson wrote:OK, but lets be fair, they are a very small percentage of voters and since half of that small minority have to strap on their "nutsack"
Which half?
by Genghis
Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: You must service Obama...or else?
Replies: 153
Views: 8981

Yeah, Woody, you did good (really). The tough thing is your public service was more likely to cause death (your own and others') than the kind Obama might be proposing. Also, it'll be nothing compared to the Israeli's public service. After the election, a friend of mine said \"well, it's time t...
by Genghis
Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:01 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Audiophiles Welcome
Replies: 28
Views: 2284

My next receiver will be a Marantz. Basically high-end Denon. I demo'ed the 6001 a couple of years ago and was very impressed.

http://us.marantz.com/Products/172.asp
by Genghis
Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:52 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Some cosplay photos that I found on Mektek
Replies: 13
Views: 2304

Re:

Interesting, and a "VPNSFW" would've been nice.... last thing I need is to be booted off the school's computers... Oops, sorry. What does the "VP" mean in your acronym? Although I gotta wonder what one expects to see in a cosplay thread. I mean, its not like a big part of anime ...
by Genghis
Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Some cosplay photos that I found on Mektek
Replies: 13
Views: 2304

Re:

Sirius wrote:Usually I hold them in quite a bit of contempt, but sometimes (see above) they can be pretty good.
This one is OK

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bellechere ... 8/sizes/l/
by Genghis
Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sarah Palin
Replies: 326
Views: 19523

Re:

In the wiki article that tunnelcat linked, going to reference 38 and reading the Anchorage News report, Palin distinctly states that - In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms: "I don't think...
by Genghis
Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
Replies: 55
Views: 4999

Re:

Comparing terrorist threats with health threats? Are you out of your mind? Heh, health threats among others (drunk driving, gun deaths, lightning strikes, suicides, etc.) Death is bad. If we can spend our money to avoid 100 deaths by other causes for every 1 death by terrorism, that might be someth...
by Genghis
Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
Replies: 55
Views: 4999

Bet: Security cameras are ineffective statistically, but with some good success anecdotes to make them sound appealing to the uninformed. See crime statistics in Britain related to their security camera infrastructure for details. Woody: you state the government has limitations on how they may use t...
by Genghis
Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:21 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
Replies: 55
Views: 4999

Well, Spidey, I saw no indication in your post that you had understood my points, since you didn't reference my main point at all and appeared to misunderstand my second one. I didn't read your response as a counter to mine so much as parroting my own point back at me, minus the extrapolation I was ...
by Genghis
Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:47 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
Replies: 55
Views: 4999

I was trying to make two points, but you missed them both. Probably my fault. My mention of the legal system is an example of how things are (or used to be) done right to protect the innocent. The legal system is now being bypassed and/or modified, so no, the system doesn't work. But my main point w...
by Genghis
Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The War on Terror , abuse of power and old wisdom
Replies: 55
Views: 4999

Re:

I don’t really percieve all these so called loss of freedoms, etc in my daily life. Me, neither. You and I are in the majority. And since the majority aren't even inconvenienced, there's very little resistance to the new legislation. We have to ask ourselves if we care about the minority. There are...
by Genghis
Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Chalk another up for \"global warming\"
Replies: 53
Views: 4801

Re:

MD-1118 wrote:This planet will repair itself as it has in the past.
What's your timescale for that?
by Genghis
Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Killing time in Washington DC
Replies: 6
Views: 1294

I saw an article that said on the day handguns became legal in D.C., only one person showed up to register. He was turned away because he didn't bring his gun with him to register. (I'm not sure how it was legal to carry the unregistered gun to the registration office)
by Genghis
Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:57 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Batman
Replies: 15
Views: 2105

No brainer: Adam West.
by Genghis
Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: So what's everyone reading?
Replies: 32
Views: 3385

Re:

[]V[]essenjah wrote:Anyone read, Steven King's, Dark Tower series?

What's your take on it? Thought about maybe reading it.
Here's your answer, fishbulb:

viewtopic.php?t=7145&highlight=
by Genghis
Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:46 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: So what's everyone reading?
Replies: 32
Views: 3385

Why People Believe Weird Things I've mostly stopped arguing with folks here on .net and on .com because I've come to realize it's generally futile. Instead I've decided to spend my efforts on figuring out what's wrong with people's mental wiring. Unfortunately, despite its promising title this book...
by Genghis
Mon May 26, 2008 3:21 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Making a FAT32 partition on a WD Laptop External HDD?
Replies: 8
Views: 1101

My 400+ GB drives are formatted FAT32; I did it using Linux. Just boot your system using a Linux live CD and format your external HDD using fdisk.
by Genghis
Fri May 23, 2008 6:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: D3 video probs - help!
Replies: 13
Views: 1849

Um, Matt, didn't you just get married? Shouldn't you be doing other things at the moment? :)
by Genghis
Wed May 14, 2008 2:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hunt over
Replies: 8
Views: 1235

Is it a teapot orbiting the sun between earth and Mars?
by Genghis
Sun May 04, 2008 8:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Congratulations Palzon!!!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 2374

Alright! congratulations, Matt! Enjoy the bliss!
by Genghis
Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Going 'GREEN' is the new platitude.
Replies: 67
Views: 6265

Re:

Will Robinson wrote:Anyone want to sell me some carbon credits?
I will sell you carbon credits! You'll find my prices very reasonable.
by Genghis
Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Going 'GREEN' is the new platitude.
Replies: 67
Views: 6265

As long as we're ranting, I'll complain about \"greenwashing\" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwash I'm sick of companies, stores, products, etc. claiming to be \"green\" just as a marketing gimmick when in fact they're, well, not. If you trace products back to their roots and ...
by Genghis
Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:39 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 5 second delay = rape?
Replies: 129
Views: 8152

girl: \"strmph\" guy: \"uh..what?\" girl: \"stop\" <guy pauses thrusting> guy: \"what, am I hurting you?\" girl: \"yea, just stop!\" guy: \"OK, sorry!\" <guy pulls out> elapsed time: 5 seconds Just an example of how it might take more than ...
by Genghis
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Women abused in the name of religion
Replies: 75
Views: 5088

Re:

I would be VERY remiss if I didn't bother to point out something ... They call themselves "Fundamentalist" Mormons... but the truth is that they are so far from the fundamentals that just about the only similarities remaining are in their choice of names for their so-called "religion...
by Genghis
Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:22 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Global Warming Hoax...
Replies: 10
Views: 1154

Re: The Global Warming Hoax...

F. William Engdahl is a Research Associate of the Center for Research on Globalization and author of the recently-released book, Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation (www.globalresearch.ca). He also author of ‘A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics,’ Pluto Press Lt...
by Genghis
Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Winter tires mandatory
Replies: 24
Views: 1875

Re:

plus the harder (no, not softer) rubber compound reduces traction on dry pavement. And they are noisier that regular tires. Winter tires are softer! They are designed for lower temperatures. In summer, they wear down faster due to increased abrasion. As long as we're picking apart technical details...
by Genghis
Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: WMAP
Replies: 4
Views: 919

Here's a really nice summary of what it means:

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008 ... years-old/
by Genghis
Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:42 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: WMAP
Replies: 4
Views: 919

It's all a test of our faith! Do not trust your instruments or deductive reasoning! Here's the real history of the universe:

http://io9.com/363755/the-science-vs-sc ... y-timeline
by Genghis
Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Replies: 14
Views: 1403

Re:

DarkHorse wrote:Lunar eclipses aren't too rare, there was one just earlier this year.
This is the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010. I think total ones are rarer than partials? Anyway I'm tuning in with my binocs.
by Genghis
Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:56 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: High definition disk format war...
Replies: 16
Views: 1538

Re:

d3jake wrote:It's called Capitalism.
Barely. This battle wasn't decided by market forces at a consumer level. It was decided in back room deals between corporations. It had nothing to do with which format people were buying.
by Genghis
Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: This is why Bush is in power, and Hillary might be next
Replies: 37
Views: 3107

Re:

The Creation Museum was started by a man named Ken Ham , who came to America from Australia in 1987. He has a bachelor's degree in applied science (with an emphasis on environmental biology) from the Queensland Institute of Technology and also holds a Diploma of Education from the University of Que...
by Genghis
Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Think Apple's designs are new?
Replies: 7
Views: 1014

Re:

I hardly think so. Explain to me how these two are so similar, that any simularity is not just a matter of following the same, common design philosophy: But of course, Rams has always been credited as an influential designer, and certainly the designers at apple where aware of his works... It's jus...