Old Man

Re: I have a dream. (and MAN was it wierd!)

Re: A Game Of Questions Isn't it a wonderful high? Don't you feel positively buoyant?

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Not enough sleep... post lunch crash... must... stay... awake...

Re: The (possible) dearth of habitable terrestrial worlds explained!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "When flying a twin, if you lose an engine, the other engine will take you directly to the crash site."

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Re: Okay Class: Make me a Fighter. Interestingly, it looks as though my account has been fused with Shadowpup's. That's funny, because while Pie was a sock puppet of mine, Shadowpup wasn't. And we haven't worked in the same office since last year. I'll have to ask what happens if he tries to log in.

Re: Okay Class: Make me a Fighter. Oh stop it, you cad.

Re: Okay class: Make me a rogue. I'd forgotten that rogues tend to wind up as bag o' skills type characters. One of these days I'll have to pick up TUSk and see if it helps with rogue creation. In the meantime, good stuff everyone, keep 'em coming!

Re: "Neat" Pictures Profound. Although as a practical matter I doubt it would work.

I came across Chad's old "Make Me a Fighter" thread and it occurred to me that the hardest character type to design, for me anyway, is the rogue. Partly because I have trouble playing morally flexible characters, and partly because rogues seem to always play second fiddle to fighters and mages in combat and recon, respectively. So... show me some rogue package deals. I dare you. Bonus points if you can do it in a way that's hard for other game systems to emulate.

Re: Okay Class: Make me a Fighter. Bump.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread I thought it was the vulnerability to sunlight?

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. "Dad! Let's play hide and go seek!" "Okay." "You hide in the bed!" "Yeah, uh, let's review the rules of the game, okay?

Re: The cranky thread Nah, just train it into a warhorse and then you will have more heavy cav than any of your neighbors. What's theirs is yours!

Re: The cranky thread Um. Can't horses eat grass? Can't people eat horses?

Re: The (possible) dearth of habitable terrestrial worlds explained! That makes sense. The thing about planetary simulations, though, is that they are highly sensitive to initial conditions--in other words, they're chaotic. If there are any discrepancies or errors in the model they're using, their results could be significantly off. Still, it's a very interesting result.

Re: The cranky thread You know, I've eaten Purina Dog Chow before. Once. It was really dry and bland. I'm surprised dogs eat it, but then again, dogs eat shoes. And feces.

Re: The cranky thread Yeah, but the sodium in those will kill you. I know that "bachelor chow" was the idea behind the Dilberito, which IIRC actually got produced, but I've never eaten one.

Re: The cranky thread Thanks for the well wishes, all. One of the things that makes me ashamed to vent about this stuff is the fact that I still have my health. The stress is undoubtedly taking years off my life but at least I'm not ill or in and out of the hospital like some other NGDers.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I count sixteen steps for this damned company to order equipment on receipt of the PO. And then management wonders why customers complain about the time it takes to order equipment.

Re: The cranky thread It is really, really difficult to keep my productivity up in the face of this long running case of burnout. I've been on this new job for two months and my to do list just keeps getting longer and longer despite the ten-hour days. It pays just enough to barely cover my expenses, to the point where I'm looking for freelance work to do on the side, but if the union strikes then I'm supposed to put in twelve-hour shifts six days a week, which would prevent even that. I wake up at 4 A.M. and start thinking about work and the mortgage, and then I can't get back to sleep. Five months after the layoff, I'm still in a position where a car breakdown or prolonged illness would cost me the house. As it is, I'm watching that house slowly disintegrate because we can't afford to fix or replace anything. I see people around me who need help and I can't do anything for them at all. And through it all I try to keep up appearances. I can't show weakness at work and I can't frighten the family at home. I hate to whine and be negative, but the fact is that I've been living in a state of constant, growing terror for years.

Re: "Neat" Pictures I think it's interesting that he got through all those biology-related classes and still regards evolution as "a theory that's supported by some."

Re: Zeppelins In general I think blimp crashes are not very interesting now that they are not filled with flammable gas. Intact blimps are more fun to watch. I can't think of any other vehicle type for which this is true.

Re: Cybernetics and Bioengineering: what are YOUR limits? How about bulletproof skin?