Bulldrek v3.0

TheScamp

Actually, I ended up going with pretty much the system you put together for Jeff, at least for most of the major components. Our requirements are pretty similar (low noise, moderate cost, upgradability, etc), and I've started to come to grips with the fact that I'm not the hardcore gamer that I used...

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I'm just about ready to order everything, per 32's basic build plans. However, I'm considering an SLI capable motherboard, just in case I want to stick in another video card sometime in the future - I'm just not sure if SLI worth it at this point. What's the cost-benefit like if I plan on maybe usin...

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Christ, the Ninja is friggin' huge! Now, by 'ruggedness issues,' I assume you mean the danger of cracking the mobo when moving the PC around, yes?

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And actually, I've decided to use pretty much the same parts list in upgrading my current computer. It's been years since I've done so, and it's now basically crap for gaming. Now that my finances have finally stabilized, I figure it's time. I'm only changing the parts list in two primary ways... I'...

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Jealousy, you are a beast that lives within me.

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The way Blake answered the phone gave Roger a few pieces of information. First, he stated just the one name, which meant that he was not interested in excessive formalities or pleasantries. It was possible that the man was using his first name, but the simple “Go ahead,” order made him think otherwi...

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I know I've been a doodie head - things have been a bit busy here with the new house and all. I'll have a post up by the end of the day.

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I'm so much of a doodie head, I had to say it twice.
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I know I've been a doodie head - things have been a bit busy here with the new house and all. I'll have a post up by the end of the day.

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It wasn't exactly an issue that someone had found him. He hadn't taken any precautions to hide himself. Hell, he was still using is own legitimage SIN, for the most part. In fact, he had kind of been hoping that someone might take notice of him. The last few months in Seattle had been wicked slow. T...

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Yeah, my bad. I'll try to have something up today.

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I'll be gone most of today, so I won't have anything to post until later tomorrow sometime. I'll also have other specifics as far as our emails are concerned, Jeff.

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Goodbye everyone, Since there has been discussion regarding whether or not my posts to this community are relevant, I have decided to no longer post here. Well I tried pleasing everyone and it's just waisting my time. If I were a hacker, I swear to Goddess you people and your stupid forum would be d...

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If we really need some decker work, I could tweak mine to bring that in. It wouldn't be a dedicated decker, but I could squeak in enough to get by, especially in corporate systems.

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Jeff, I'm still waiting for that response.

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...and I'm back.

Good to hear that you got the email, Jeff. I sent it almost a week ago, and was starting to wonder.

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I am definitely still in. I will, however, be incommunicado for the next 48 hours or so. Moving tomorrow, and the fiber installation isn't until Friday.

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Man & Machine, p115.

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I'm pretty rules complete at this point. I've got a lot of the background in my head - just need to work on typing it out in a workable form. Jeff, I'm going to email you what I have for stats at this point and a rough background to give you some context for the numbers. [edit] Jeff, check your emai...

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Sylar may well be dead, though I do like how they made it uncertain whether he went down that manhole himself or was dragged under by something else. There was also some strange tentacle or sludge that that was oozing up through the manhole after they showed it, which leads me to believe that somet...

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The law doesn't say you may kill someone because your family honor was offended or someone attacked you. Well, the law in general doesn't say what you may do at all. It describes what you may not do. Maybe it's a technicality only, but it changes the whole perspective to me. "Technicality only...

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That's the same legal mechanism - it's not _legal_ to kill someone. But it is legal to kill someone. To use your example, killing someone in self defense is perfectly legal. Sure, often a trial takes place to determine that it wasn't an illegal killing (and thus murder or some variant thereof), but...

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Sweet mercy. The zergling rush in the artwork video is a thing of beauty.

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Yep, I'm still here. Concept still the same. I've got most of the numbers worked out, and a solid foundation for the background. I'm slowly working out the details.

I'm using NSRGC. Do you want me to send you the file for what I have so far to take a peek? It's numbers only at this point.

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Just about to start the new Guy Gavriel Kay novel, "Ysabel". Holy shit, I didn't know he had anything new out. I'll have to pick that up. I've read everything I can find of his, and am never disappointed. Currently reading "Dragon Avenger" by E.E. Knight. The second in a pretty ...

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Technically, both of you are wrong.

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I'm probably going to be taking my character in a slightly more combat-oriented direction. He certainly won't be a 'borged-out attack machine by any means, but will be something a bit more than the pacifist taser-flinger that I had originally imagined. Still very light on the cyber, mostly senseware...

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Well, it sounds to me like you're advocating the addition of aggravating and/or mitigating factors to existing laws, and I'm not sure how that's different than most hate crime legislation.

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If the penalty for assault isn't enough, why can't we just increase it?

Um, wouldn't we have to pass new a law in order to do that?

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Ok, going with Jeff's most recent cast list, here's what I have as general archetypes for the players: lordhellion - decker Kai - pysad/social adept 3278 - aspected spellcaster Deev - undisclosed magic type Scamp - physical security expert Reika - demolitions/techie Now, I don't necessarily see anyo...

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Hellion's working the decker angle. I could also work in some light decking skills if I go with the security guy. Non-rigged wheelman is a possibility, as well. I'm looking at a lightly cybered transplant who's relatively new to the Seattle scene, and a bit old to work his way into a new city's unde...

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Currently, I've got the beginnings of a washed-out security expert running through my head (physical, not matrix or astral). However, I also note that we don't yet have anyone working the guns n ammo side of things, which is a role I'm more than willing to slip into if necessary.

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Schweet!

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Grappling requires more rolls to resolve. However, it also provides some other combat options. A normal unarmed attack is made just like your generic attack roll: d20 + modifiers vs target's AC. To start a grapple, you have to first make an unarmed attack roll vs the target's touch AC, not their nor...

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Looks like I'm a spectator, unless any of the 3 maybes becomes a no. Curses!

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The Coast Guard also was ready and swung into action immediately, and had assets coming in the moment it was clear. Well, that's a part of the problem (or the bonus on the CG side). The CG is a relatively autonomous entity. A couple days before the hurricane even hit, they had rescue choppers on th...

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My guess is no, especially after seeing the bonus stuff from the DVD. Joss basically says that the series is dead, and hints at an "upcoming project" (aka: Serenity) that he feels will tie the story together nicely.

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It's great. Make sure you watch them in the right order, though. Pilot first. Fox originally aired them kind of out of whack, as I recall.

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Sweet. Please tell me you're going to keep it all blackwork.

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*cough*

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The opposite of what?

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One of the problems is that history always gets taught in the wrong direction. School systems start way back in the beginning and work their way forwards instead of starting now and working backwards. When you start from "the beginning", you lose all of the cultural tie-ins that make the i...

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The pope. In addition to being the head of the Catholic church, he's the head of the Vatican City, a UN-recognized country. The pope has a lot of political power, certainly enough to rival many other heads of state. Where has Mr. Ratzinger professed an acceptance of those two other book titles you ...

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But that's just it. If they said "all magic is bad", that would be internally consistant. They're not, as Narnia (and to a degree, LotR) demonstrates. What they're effectively saying is: "All magic is bad...except when it's not." That's a scarily inconsistant view to be held by ...

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Radley?

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Katie Holmes is out for the sequel(s). Pretty much everyone else is back in.

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Agreed. I would, however, have liked it if you could actually see what little of it there was. For a movie about a guy that spends a fair amount of time running around beating the crap out of people (however quickly), a bit more effort put into fight coreography and execution would have been nice.

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- For some reason, Bale thinks he needs to do a funny voice when he's in the batsuit. While it does make him sound more like Michael Keaton, it's kinda weird, like he's posing instead of being. Personally, I found that to be a huge ass plus, because he is kind of posing when he's in the costume. It...

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If you're looking to something that's about as close to plausibility as can be managed while still remaining a comic book super hero story, it's absolutely fantastic. I've read that some people don't like Bale once he actually gets in the suit, but I completely disagree. He really puts the Dark in D...

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Personally, I don't think it had much to do with "star power". I think it had more to do with prosecution witnesses not testifying how the prosecution expected, and the job that the defense did portraying the kid's mom as a sketchy, scheming con artist.

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