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The new pope seems like a pretty cool dude from what I've read about him. Not that i care. Catholicism is highly marginal in my country, here we have to contend with greedy, arrogant orthodox priests. And they seem to get dumber by the day.

I hated DS9 and Voyager. With DS9 i could only force myself to watch the first season, and with Voyager i couldn't even do that.

Hama wrote:

Jessica Price wrote:

Hama wrote:

Yeah, as long as i respect the laws regarding copyrights (no multiplication, presenting the work in it's entirety or parts thereof as my own), it's mine. If they sell me a license, I'm not going to buy. As simple as that.

I assume you don't use Windows, then.

We are talking about video games.

Why are video games different from any other type of software? Or any digital content, period?

Well, regarding video games and Windows, windows is an operating system and thus necessary for computer operation. A video game is entertainment software and thus unnecessary.

I don't have to by a game from a company whose moves or policies i dislike.
But since i don't like Linux i have to use Windows for my day-to-day stuff. And that means having to suffer through buying a license for Windows.

Also, yeah, scale matters.

But i understand where you're coming from. Both of you.

Hama wrote:

Yeah, as long as i respect the laws regarding copyrights (no multiplication, presenting the work in it's entirety or parts thereof as my own), it's mine. If they sell me a license, I'm not going to buy. As simple as that.

I assume you don't use Windows, then.

We are talking about video games.

DM_aka_Dudemeister wrote:

If you can't see how not owning the things you pay for is a problem then there isn't much point in continuing this conversation.

There are plenty of things you pay for but don't own. I'm sure you can think of some of them. If you can't, you're right; there isn't much point in continuing this conversation.

Really, name some please.

Oh no, a woman is seen in her undies, because Kirk is a lecherous bastard. Curse on the movie producers and their sexist ways.

PC will however never die off, it's too good and multipractic.

What about people who get offended by international family day and want to celebrate the former?

Han solo shot first!

Anyway, where is it shown that Kirk doesn't get that his cockiness cost him his ship, his mentor and nearly his crew? That moment when he

The fact that he survived doesn't mean that his life is charmed (we know it is, but he doesn't). It just means that he was lucky this time. And i think that he learned that he might not be lucky next time.

Not just that. Time of troubles didn't nuke Toril into complete unrecognizability(i know it's not a word). They just changed a few things. 4th ed pretty much changed everything that people loved, mostly for the worse.

Some people enjoy upgrading their rig...

It just concerns me as a rizing trend. First one school in Canada...then others, then an official ban of mother's and father's day. Because it might hurt or offend someone.
It's just like Russia banning the pride because it offends their government. It's bigoted and wrong.
I for one embrace diversity. Yes, there are people with two moms or two dads, or people who've lost a parent. But, why is it wrong for people to celebrate something because others cant?
Of course, if a kid doesn't have a dad nobody,in their right mind should be telling them to make a,father's day card. But teachers know their kids, i'm sure they would help those less fortunate.
I have a friend who lost jis dad in Bosnia. So when father's day came (we were kids then) he would brood in a corner. So all of us made father's day cards, went with him to his dad's grave and put the cards on the grave.
You don't ban something because someone might get upset over it. You help them work through that.

This for god's sake

While i understand the notion i have several gripes about this.
1. Those holidays happen on weekends AFAIK. How can a school forbid students to do things outside of it?
2. Banning a specific holiday because it might offend someone is ridiculous. If we do that we must ban all religious holidays then. I'm sure that someone finds Easter or Ramadan offensive.
3. Because a kid has two moms or doesn't have a dad, other kids with dads shouldn't celebrate father's day? Really? That is stupidity of highest order. I have broken all relations with my father (long story, irrelevant to the discussion), and thus i should get miffed at my neighbor who celebrates father's day by taking his awesome dad out for a night of fun?
4. You just cannot appease everyone, because you are trying to appease humanity, and that is impossible.

What i see here as the main problem is that Durngrun uses the term 'Rude' much too loosely judging by the opinion of everyone else on the thread.

Standing up a friend to save the life of your spouse is not rude. If he got upset over it, it is he who would be considered rude.

Standing up a friend to go watch a movie is rude.

The main thing that determines the rudeness of an action is CIRCUMSTANCE. An action in on itself is not inherently rude.

I really don't want to pay a crazy amount of money for a glorified remote control for my TV, oh and, yeah, it can play video games too.
It's a freaking video game console! VIDEO GAME. Once you loose the video game centric part of the console, it completely looses the appeal. I don't need another remote. I have one, next to me.

Plus

Yeah, as long as i respect the laws regarding copyrights (no multiplication, presenting the work in it's entirety or parts thereof as my own), it's mine. If they sell me a license, I'm not going to buy. As simple as that.

Most of what you said, i have no counter argument against.

I can't think of a single reason to be honest, except that they want MOAR MONEYZ! (which i, in part, understand, since the only reason that they make consoles is to earn money, but some things are ridiculous)
Name a few more reasons if you have the time, i would like to read them.

You still sidestepped. If you respond, you respond in full or not at all. picking out stuff from a post is pointless.

Most people whine that it can't compare to Wrath of Khan. It can't. It purposefully tries to be a different take on the Khan thing. I for one loved the acting and the bromance.

Sweeping generalizations are so awesome.

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Okay. Why is it evil?

Because it's my game. I bought it, thus i own it. As long as i respect copyright by not multiplying it, i can do whatever i damn want with it. If that means giving it to my friend so he can play it, it's mine, thus nobody's business what i do with my things.

As for Joe, in his defense, he has been up for 40+ hours and pissed out of his mind. I'm sure a more coherent video is coming. But his point stands. PS4 is going to murder Xbox one. Murder.

Used Kinect several times on a friend's console. Not impressed. Kinect was the fastest selling consumer electronic device because it was pretty novel and well advertised. It turned out to be pretty much rubbish, but mostly because of software running motion recognition. The device in on itself is very cool.

What does keeping my hard drive has to do with the fact that games today go from 10GB and up? and that a 500GB hard drive is going to fill up. Fast.

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This video sums my thoughts perfectly

Second install fees means that you can't borrow your game to a friend without him paying money for it. That is evil.

People don't like kinect.

500GB is nothing. I have filled my 2TB hard drive to the brim with stuff.

Nothing could ever lure me away from being PC first. But, the thought of sitting down in front of a big TV, popping a disc in the console and just playing seems more and more appealing as i grow older and have less and less free time.

Quoting myself:

Rynjin wrote:

So, the Xbox One:

It's not backwards compatible.
It may require mandatory installs and "second install fees" (not confirmed).
It requires Kinect to be attached at all times
Its name is stupid.
Its hardware is decent, but nothing groundbreaking.
It's not going in my house.

Seconded.

I found it a nice change and a much better performance then

TriOmegaZero wrote:

It is not rude to leave an event because your spouse is ill.

It is but I can't think of anyone who would hold it against you.

I was going to say what TOZ said, but no need.

Don't remember when was the last time i actually bought soda and snacks inside the cinema. I refuse to pay two thirds of the ticket price for flat soda and cold popcorn.

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I also cant see a Drizzt movie ever being approved. First its about D&D wich has limited audience, then you want the main protagonist to be black and Hollywood tends to believe that this also creates limited audience. (I dont see why, last time i checked the Blade trilogy had pretty good numbers but Hollywood wont see it that way). So now in your pitch you have two things that would limit audience, do you really thing they would back this project?

Will Smith is considered one of the most bankable actors in Hollywood (probably THE most bankable, alongside Cruise). Jamie Foxx is also pretty highly-rated, though not at the same movie-opening level. So that's not a major problem. Also, Drizzt isn't actually the major protagonist in THE CRYSTAL SHARD. It's more of an ensemble with Bruenor, Regis and especially Wulfgar getting a lot of stuff to do. It was the positive reception to Drizzt from the first book that saw him later made the main protagonist of the series.

To be honest, a much bigger problem is the lack of a strong female role in the film. Cattie-brie's still quite young and doesn't do much. It's not until STREAMS OF SILVER that she emerges as a stronger protagonist. Of course, you can easily solve that by aging her up a couple of years and giving her a more prominent role.

Sorry, neither of these guys look like drow, unless you use heavy prosthetic and CGI.

You can be justifiably rude. Leaving a game in the middle of the game is rude. (Also, leaving a party because you're not having fun is very rude.) Now, you may not care you're being rude for various reasons (poor manners). You're rudeness may be justified (acts of violence, sexual harrasment, etc.). The group may understand and forgive your rudeness (have to work, family emergency, etc.). None of this changes the fact that it is rude, it's just that sometimes being rude is the lesser of two evils.

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Poor manners are not the only reason people are rude.

In my business we have two possible words for people with this attitude...Unemployable or Boss.

Then i am really glad i am not in your business, whatever it is.

Thankfully i work at a company where people are not a-holes and actually treat each other with respect. And since our boss, the owner of the company did all the work that we do now and know what kind of people we interact with on a daily basis, he is very reasonable and understanding. I've gotten offers for better payed jobs, but i remained with this one, simply because i love the atmosphere.

So everyone involved - you, your friend, and his neighbors - are felons. Good to know.

Most people are...

Hama wrote:

I work as a cable guy and i install wireless routers as an extra service (i charge that, since it's private work). If a person is vile to me while i install the equipment, i tend to pass by their building a few days later, connect to their network with my phone and change their wireless password.

I do it only to really horrible people though. And i change it back a week later.

Your an ugly person then... i hope someone at your work read this and fired you.

if you don´t have the service, then you need to seek another option

Doing that is worst than the fact that they treat!!
sorry, my thoughs :P

I assume someone has done this to you?

I am sorry, but i am a human, not a robot. If i do my job well, and everything works as it is supposed to and i have the strength to smile and be pleasant after a 12 hour shift of mostly horrible people, the least i expect is some common courtesy. If you can't muster that little, i will not care.

Could you please give a link of that thread?

I work as a cable guy and i install wireless routers as an extra service (i charge that, since it's private work). If a person is vile to me while i install the equipment, i tend to pass by their building a few days later, connect to their network with my phone and change their wireless password.
I do it only to really horrible people though. And i change it back a week later.

Just food. And nothing valuable too. A chocolate bar, a soft drink, a chocolate drink carton, stuff like that.

Would you do something out of vengeance if you found out?

I know. I told him so. Hopefully, he will stop it. And the milk is not the only thing he took. The only reason i have not reported him to the police already is because we are childhood friends.

It's partially his fault because he made an easy password because he is forgetful. But the neighbor didn't just use his wi-fi to browse the web. He used it to download stuff. At the same time my friend played some important online matches, some of which were lost due to LAG that downloading caused.
So my friend, aside from changing his Wi-Fi password to something much more difficult, also (stupidly) knows that there is a window that can easily be opened from the outside and then closed back without anyone noticing has began to go inside his neighbor's house and raid his fridge whenever his neighbor and his wife are at work and the kids are in school.
We just heard neighbor and his wife in a screaming match over who drank the last carton of chocolate milk, my friend hefted a glass full of said milk and with a smug grin began to drink it.
I told him that is a very stupid passive-aggressive approach to things, not to mention highly illegal too. I hope he stops soon, or i might have to intervene.

What would you do if you found out that a douche has been stealing your wifi and messing up important stuff for you, aside from changing the wifi password of course.

Mate mate mate mate mate mate...oh wait, we have shark heads...omnomnomnom

Haven't been listening to anything. Dunno why.

He'd be crazy to.

Well, a cock is the name for the male chicken...
Although i get what you mean.

Here is a horsecock

In my country we have a single name for all kinds of squirrel. So the difference is lost on us unless we become biology majors.

Ambrosia Slaad wrote:

Meh, I'd bet a swarm of spider-squirrels would eat one in under a minute.

(And there's a lot more where that came from.)

That's a spider chipmunk actually.

And the difference is?

Paizo have gone for purple-tinged drow, which hels with the black=/=black thing.

They haven't. It is clearly stated in their fluff that their skin is jet black. But you cant draw it like that, it would look ridiculous, so artists use purple highilghts.

It's an omage.

Mine too. I was present when my godfather's daughter stuck her fork in his eye. He is ok now, but it was terrible to behold him getting up all quiet and calling the ambulance all the while the fork sticking out of his face. I still shudder when i remember that.
He is ok now, she actually didn't damage anything vital and he can see again.

1. Everyone who can afford it brings snacks.
2. Moochers are forbidden from eating snacks if they don't contribute. (moochers are those who can afford snacks but don't bring them)
3. No alcohol. Ever.
4. Nothing too greasy or sticky so no cheetos unless that player also brings a lot of wet hankies with him/her.
5. A home cooked meal is lovely and everyone chips in. (we made barbecue a few days ago in a friend's yard. It was glorious.
6. If enough people are hungry, we order takeout mid session. (anywhere from 6 to 8 hour affairs), again, we know who can't afford it financially so we buy them food. They can make something at home and bring it once in a while.
7. Soda is awesome and the nectar of the gods. Bring plenty. And then some.

I actually met Nathan Fillion when i was visiting the U.S. He was incredibly polite and charming.

No problem :D

It looks silly to me personally. I don't give a damn if somebody looks at us and thinks we are silly. Your sarcasm wasn't appreciated, and i see no reason for it.