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Re: A Thread for Random Videos All of these are childhood faves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxiXRF2bH0&feature=BF&list=PLCAA89AFFE7143570&index=30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg&feature=BF&list=PLCAA89AFFE7143570&index=34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJUC5rYJWI&feature=BF&list=PLCAA89AFFE7143570&index=35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0yeP_we7eM&feature=BF&list=PLCAA89AFFE7143570&index=38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqOT-wEUDL8&feature=BF&list=PLCAA89AFFE7143570&index=42 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bBpDNRP5qQ

Re: A Thread for Random Videos And now for something truly odd:

Re: A Thread for Random Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cov9RM1zsIo&feature=related

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Unsold pilots for Lost in Space and , on Youtube.

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Re: Strange events...what do YOU (not your character) do? I have motorcycle helmets and warm clothing. First thing I wanna do is find some place to fly and then fly! Since I live near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, it would be easy for me to drive to a secluded spot, suit up, and start exploring my abilities. Fortunately I already possess a rudimentary form of "bump of direction" so that would help with navigation.

Re: Alignment makes perfect sense The explanation given for each facet of alignment seems a bit easier to grok than lawful/chaotic, good/evil. If I were to use alignment in a fantasy campaign, I suspect this terminology would ensure everyone was "on the same page". Heck, I just figured out that most of my characters should have been "neutral good". Good find, Narf the Mouse! Repped.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos Sometimes I watched The Electric Company if I were home sick (or cutting school -- even I wasn't a paragon of virtue back then ). It was pretty hip for the day and the humor made it infinitely preferable to Let's Make a Deal or any soap opera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVC9TayQIh8

Re: "Neat" Pictures My FLGS sells that.

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Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Good catch! Someone posted a similar image to the one below in another thread, but this one is much less jarring:

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Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore Pre-cook the bacon until it's almost done, but still wobbly enough to wrap around the Twinkie.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos There's a whole bunch of these on youtube: Foul-mouthed cat spoilered for language Unsold 2004 Lost in Space pilot episode (1 of 5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT4tjjzOCk

Re: If I wind up in a comic book . . . Just watch and learn (Robot Chicken clip spoilered for language and subject matter):

Re: Superpowers and Ethics I think there's a bit of confusion because people might classify someone punching someone else as "wrong" without considering whether it's ethical. Others assume that any mental coercion is automatically "unfair" and therefore unethical by default. The lawyers among us can express it better and cite better examples, but in common law it's recognized that it's legal to break a law so long as it is in the course of upholding a greater law. To put it another way, it's permissible to cause harm, but only when a greater harm can be prevented thereby. Personal example: I was visiting my Uncle Tom in Placerville when he went to help a neighbor by cutting down a tree on their property. As we were cutting the tree down, a branch fell on my uncle's foot, breaking it. I was fifteen and had no driver's license, but since my uncle was unable and this was before cell phones (and even before 911 was widespread) I drove him to the emergency room for treatment. Under ordinary circumstances, it was illegal for me to drive, but allowing my uncle to suffer while one of us kids (my cousin was there, too) ran for help to a distant house of unknown location was a greater harm. In addition, my uncle was the one who directed me to drive him to the hospital. If we had been stopped by a policeman I'm sure he would've arranged for swift transport for my uncle and no-one would have been in trouble. Example two: Shooting other people with a firearm is bad and, of course, illegal. Under some circumstances, it is legal to shoot a person. Usually it is legal when failing to shoot that person will result in immediate serious injury or death to the shooter or a third person. Therefore, I suggest it's legal to use mind control to prevent immediate harm to ones self or a third person, and is functionally equivalent to restraining another person to prevent them from throwing a punch or using a weapon. The threat must be immediate (by which I would suggest this means the harm will occur before legally-constituted authority can reasonably be expected to arrive) and the harm averted must be serious enough to warrant restraining someone against their will. Still kinda vague, but at least I'd be comfortable with a mutually agreed-upon standard (provided we can agree upon one) defining what circumstances warrant mental coercion. Does anyone agree that, vague as they might be, the above guidelines are a good starting point?

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Lost in Space: The Next Generation

Re: A Thread for Random Videos A quick recap of some of my favorite Saturday Morning diversions (when I was eight years old): Now... is it any wonder my preferred genre is Superheroics with a dash of humor?

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Re: A Thread for Random Videos I've always felt that the Comet was a beautiful airplane, and that if the designers had been aware of the potential dangers of metal fatigue in a pressurized air craft, it and derivatives of it might be the standard of today.

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