528 posts? Sorry, no will power to go back that far.
3 days of setting up/self-learning a new software program fraught with bugs so my brain is mush. Perfect for a baby zombie.
Oooo, that smell! The smell of death surrounds you!
Throwing MAD 20's on the dice roller the last couple days.
Aside from a batch of 20 d20 rolls on one post to see if something funky was going on, I think I rolled 3 natch 20's out of the last 5 rolls.
Hudak is majorly pwning epic heinous ownsomeness.
Oooo, that smell! The smell of death surrounds you!
Yes there are lots of mackeral in here. I got it. ;)
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Those polluted rivers are a pain. THANKS COLORADO.Hmm. You'll have to sometime.FIFYSuch a wonderful state to be in.Where the flock did all the bird come flipping in from!?!?!Missouri, I believe.:)We're "Where the Rivers Run" now. It's nowhere near as awesome. We used to be a state of skeptics. Now we're proud of our super polluted rivers. Thanks KANSAS.
*grins at CJ*
It's not polluted when it leaves our area. I don't know what you're talking about.
he who smelt it dealt it!!!
I always make sure to check the cheeks. UH HA HA HA HA HA.Mmm...Galadriapple cheeks...Tolkien PIE!Now with more Galadriapples.
Not these kinds of cheeks, you don't, George.
huzzah!
Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Think of it as my biggest *click* so far.
A new title for the kiddies: The Post Monster and the Very Biggest Click of All.
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I gave a little rant a couple days ago about new legislation that is affecting loan officers. I found this analogy that fairly well describes what has happened in mortgage lending. It's kind of cute and depressingly accurate.
Damn, it's hard to get Sharoth to check his FB.
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It's not polluted when it leaves our area. I don't know what you're talking about.Those polluted rivers are a pain. THANKS COLORADO.Hmm. You'll have to sometime.FIFYSuch a wonderful state to be in.Where the flock did all the bird come flipping in from!?!?!Missouri, I believe.:)We're "Where the Rivers Run" now. It's nowhere near as awesome. We used to be a state of skeptics. Now we're proud of our super polluted rivers. Thanks KANSAS.
*grins at CJ*
Looks wonderful in Colorado Springs...... shortly thereafter, not so much.
*blink*
Evening folks!
Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Think of it as my biggest *click* so far.
Hmm, I guess it'll be a good time to catch up on early Spring gardening! =)
Oh, and as an aside, Gary, would you do me a solid and shut that stoopid thread I started about WoW RPG? Somehow it has morphed from an interesting news item into an edition war.
Monkey away!
*blink*
huzzah! huzzah!
Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Think of it as my biggest *click* so far.
The Great *Click* of 2011!
waah!
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so yeah....
In J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins became extravagantly wealthy by looting the treasure of the dragon Smaug (which he split with the dwarves). In today’s value, how much money was that? Forbes‘ Michael Noer ran some calculations and came up with $8 billion:To keep the math relatively simple and to avoid complications like integrating the partial volume of a sphere, we can approximate Smaug’s bed of gold and silver to be a cone, with a radius of 9.6 feet (1/2 the diameter) and a height of 7 feet (assuming the weight of the dragon will smush down the point of the cone by about a foot).
Now we can calculate the volume of Smaug’s treasure mound:
V= 1/3 ? r2 h = 1/3 * ? * 9.62 * 7 = 675.6 cubic feet
But, obviously, the mound isn’t solid gold and silver. We know it has a “great two-handled cups” in it – one of which Bilbo steals – and probably human remains, not to mention the air space between the coins. Let’s assume that the mound is 30% air and bones. That makes the volume of the hoard that is pure gold and silver coins 472.9 cubic feet.
We know that Bilbo eventually takes his cut of the treasure in two small-chests, one filled with gold and the other filled with silver, so it seems safe to assume that the hoard is approximately ½ gold and ½ silver, or 236.4 cubic feet of each metal.
A billionaire Hobbit.
And the mithril shirt alone could have bought and sold the Shire. Somebody use the magic weapon rules and figure out the value of Sting...
Damn, it's hard to get Sharoth to check his FB.
Farcebook is evil. Plus I can't check it at work. Plus Karen treated me out to diner.
What should I be looking at leafy?
What should I be looking at leafy?
Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012
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I'm always anxious for ways to reduce the tabletop footprint. You need so much STUFF to play sometimes, and the clutter dries me nuts. This is working out for you then?Actually it is working out very well. I used it last weekend for gaming and it was really useful for looking up rules quickly.I am back from deadly illness! (ok it wasn't really deadly, but I thought it was for awhile).Welcome back!
How's the iPad 2 working for you? I'll be getting mine in a couple of weeks, but I was curious.
Other than dice rolling and the battlemat, my games have been run from the iPad lately.
So far it is. I do realize I need a copy of the core rulebook and the APG at the table so others can refer to them. I also realize I need to learn the rules better, so I don't have to "look up" stuff during the game.
More work related annoyances. ** spoiler omitted **
I'm trying to figure out the 14-letter swear word you're masking. :)
Sorry you're having to deal with crappy people.
Drop bears wait until they can fall through the roof of your car, right? Don't drive with your top down!Nasty buggers the old Drop Bear
- Drop Bear Attack Caught on Film - New Zealander Mauled . They are repelled by the smell of Vegemite, that is why all Australians eat Vegemite do you think that we would feed the tar black yeast extract left over from the brewing process to our children if we had any choice.
When we are out in the bush walking our pet kangaroo's we rub some behind our ears and the drop bears stay away. If you are driving rub some on the radiator.
This is what one looks like from a documentary made in 1984...Link....
;-)
Knowing is half the battle.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012
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WE'RE DOOMED!!! DOOMED I TELL YOU!!!!Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Naw, it's the classic "Engineer overestimates the time to look like the hero when he's done in 1/10th the quoted time." Paizo will only be offline for 30 minutes or so.
Worst case scenario: Things will be up and running by PaizoCon.
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Throwing MAD 20's on the dice roller the last couple days.
Aside from a batch of 20 d20 rolls on one post to see if something funky was going on, I think I rolled 3 natch 20's out of the last 5 rolls.
Hudak is majorly pwning epic heinous ownsomeness.
The legend grows.
Have to hate blasphemy though - we're all paralysed even if we did save. I don't want that hezrou to do disgusting things to me ...
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*blink*
Evening folks!
Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Think of it as my biggest *click* so far.
Hmm, I guess it'll be a good time to catch up on early Spring gardening! =)
Oh, and as an aside, Gary, would you do me a solid and shut that stoopid thread I started about WoW RPG? Somehow it has morphed from an interesting news item into an edition war.
Monkey away!
*blink*
Tried to head that off at the pass for you Pat by flagging one of early posts that was heading in that direction ... no avail.
Question on the PIE sill.
Senior Software Developer
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Whoa. I'm getting twitchy already. What time (roughly) does that kick off?Gary says that Paizo will be down saturday for new servers.That's true. We're still finalizing the schedule but downtime is likely to be around 14-18 hours if everything goes well.
Think of it as my biggest *click* so far.
Six a.m. Pacific time.
I want an Extra Special Friday blog to make up for this Sat. outage.
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Senior Software Developer
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Naw, it's the classic "Engineer overestimates the time to look like the hero when he's done in 1/10th the quoted time." Paizo will only be offline for 30 minutes or so.Worst case scenario: Things will be up and running by PaizoCon.
I wish. We're starting early because it's going to be a very long process and I want to finish before midnight... And in case things don't go well I'm not still trying to fix them at 2 am or something.
I get up 6:20 am Central, but I don't even bother checking the blog anymore. :(
I wish. We're starting early because it's going to be a very long process and I want to finish before midnight... And in case things don't go well I'm not still trying to fix them at 2 am or something.
Naw, it's the classic "Engineer overestimates the time to look like the hero when he's done in 1/10th the quoted time." Paizo will only be offline for 30 minutes or so.Worst case scenario: Things will be up and running by PaizoCon.
Zoiks! Have the wife bring you pizza and beer and pie and...
Ah, it's standard life in IT. They'll be fine. :D
What should I be looking at leafy?** spoiler omitted **
Ummm... no?
Mmmm, yeah.
That. Sucks.
That. Sucks.
Ooo, sucks. Yeah.
Ummm... no?What should I be looking at leafy?** spoiler omitted **
Yep. I can see it from my side. It's there, waiting for you to reply.