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- 2012-04-30 01:15am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Star Wars: Broken Empire
- Replies: 165
- Views: 59007
Re: Star Wars: Broken Empire
Wow, good for Baen for letting you know their reasoning. I expect most publishers to just reject without ever giving a reason.
- 2012-04-20 01:11am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: The Shadow State *11 May - Ch5 added
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15113
Re: The Shadow State *13 Apr - Ch4 added
Definitely recognize some of the characters, and I'm glad that you're using fleshed-out unknown characters instead of using the ones we know. Definitely the sign of a good writer in this circumstance.
- 2010-11-12 02:55pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Favourite Varieties of Tea
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2311
Re: Favourite Varieties of Tea
Tie guan yin is also one of my favourites. I've got specific teas for specific times of day as well: Yerba mate in the morning for caffeine. It grows on you, and it's easier than making coffee (no, no instant coffee for me!) Peppermint tea, sencha, or tie guan yin for my after-school/work tea. It's ...
- 2010-06-24 07:37pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Starcraft: Perseus
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1954
Re: Starcraft: Perseus
Looks good so far. Nothing glaringly bad.
- 2010-06-16 04:43am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Recommendations for Dawn of War Mods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1337
Re: Recommendations for Dawn of War Mods
I liked the Annihilation mod. Good installer, fairly balanced units, and no crazy shenanigans like a 200-unit limit.
- 2010-01-13 09:00pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Wolfhounds
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4840
Re: Wolfhounds
Highly interesting. I've been interested in fantasy myself where there it's more military-oriented, or at least an escape from the usual heroic stuff. Even something like featuring an organized professional army (a la the Roman legions or the Mongol horde) would be alright. There was one story on AH...
- 2009-12-12 08:05pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Domestic Abuse "game"; hit a girl for points.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4186
Re: Domestic Abuse "game"; hit a girl for points.
Don't know about you, but I accidentally moved the mouse when I first saw this game, and the woman "recoiled." There was this huge shock of disgust-"HOLYFUCKWHATTHEHELL???"-horror that went through me. That shit ended quick.
- 2009-06-09 04:06pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Dissent in China -A stab at reform
- Replies: 1
- Views: 536
Re: Dissent in China -A stab at reform
Historically, it has usually been the local government in China that has been doing the oppressing. 'Robin Hood' type stories are really popular. China's a big place with lots of people, after all, so it would be logical to rely on local governments to do the ruling. Unfortunately, most local politi...
- 2009-05-25 10:38pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: The Salvation War: Pantheocide. Part Forty One Up
- Replies: 3618
- Views: 782603
Re: The Salvation War: Pantheocide. Part Two Up
A labor force of 40 billion... that doesn't need to eat, sleep, rest, go to the bathroom... I can't imagine the boom that this can cause. It would pretty much wipe out the market for cheap third-world manual labour by undercutting it all to (ahem) hell. Taiwan etc would still be in good shape becau...
- 2009-05-19 06:24pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Deadliest Warrior-Spetsnaz vs Green Beret
- Replies: 188
- Views: 22433
Re: Deadliest Warrior-Spetsnaz vs Green Beret
It's on Spike. That channel is chock-full of stupidity and stereotypical "men." Ever watch MANswers? GAH! GAHGAH!! Stupidity turned up to 11! And yeah, pitting a gladiator (glorified half-trained wrestler with handicapped weapons) against an Apache warrior makes historical accuracy not. A ...
- 2009-03-14 02:41pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Santa Claus versus Sinter Klaas: Don't be late for Klaas
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1778
Re: Santa Claus versus Sinter Klaas: Don't be late for Klaas
Sinterklaas would be the Dutch origin of our "Santa Claus". 'Claus' is the shortened version of Nicklaus, I think.
BTW, will Grampus be making an appearance? He'd fit this story quite nicely.
BTW, will Grampus be making an appearance? He'd fit this story quite nicely.
- 2009-03-05 01:42am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Dieties and Personifications that Survived Christianity
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1510
Re: Dieties and Personifications that Survived Christianity
Well, and this is mainly going off of hearsay, apparently the tradition of angels being men with wings comes from the Assyrian/Babylonian spirits you can see on royal motifs from those cultures, and the tradition that demons have goats horns and hooves comes from Pan and satyrs. I'm not so sure abo...
- 2009-03-04 03:02am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Dieties and Personifications that Survived Christianity
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1510
Re: Dieties and Personifications that Survived Christianity
Old King Cole had a merry old soul, dontcha know? Umm... the days of the week in English aren't exactly based on Anglo-Saxon tradition. The names are, for sure (except Saturday), but the day and the god they are referring to were copied from Roman traditions. To answer your question though, many sai...
- 2009-03-04 01:14am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: The Open Door (megacrossover)
- Replies: 1628
- Views: 395007
Re: The Open Door (megacrossover)
Dammit, that was one of the most interesting SW time travel bits I've read, and you just stop? More, I say! More!
- 2009-02-11 02:49am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: The Open Door (megacrossover)
- Replies: 1628
- Views: 395007
Re: The Open Door (megacrossover)
Gott in Himmel, Mosegi's back! Hell yeah!
- 2008-11-26 12:58am
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: Nazi/Soviet Stargate Fic (Work in Progress)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3122
Re: Nazi/Soviet Stargate Fic (Work in Progress)
Just went over and read that fanfic. Pretty good for a foreigner, but it seems real Russian names and surnames are a bitch for people to invent. :D I always fail to see why people even try, most of the time; it is just so unnecessary to look like a '50s pulp/comic book writer (and expose oneself as...
- 2008-11-24 09:15pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: The Open Door (megacrossover)
- Replies: 1628
- Views: 395007
Re: The Open Door (megacrossover)
I'm wondering how law and order would play out in this universe. People actually know that there is a reward or punishment after they die, so wouldn't people try to behave as well as they can? I can see the logic in near-anarchic laws, since there's no point in going overboard with making laws, right?
- 2008-11-19 04:24pm
- Forum: User Fiction
- Topic: [Armageddon] Don't wake me while I'm quiet
- Replies: 77
- Views: 26568
Re: [Armageddon] Don't wake me while I'm quiet
And now the problems start. A good story that nicely contrasts the original.
- 2008-11-11 07:45pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Waaaah! Neoliberalism wasn't Given a Chance!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4074
Re: Waaaah! Neoliberalism wasn't Given a Chance!
Didn't laissez–faire exist, at least for a while, during the 1800s in Britain, and again during the Gilded Age in the States? Britain cracked down with various labour laws. The same argument could be used for Marxism (note: not communism, exactly), since it was tested out too, and poorly-implemented...
- 2008-11-02 03:35pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Voting Democrat? You vote.. Yea, Nov /5th/, that's the one.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3878
Re: Voting Democrat? You vote.. Yea, Nov /5th/, that's the one.
Wasn't there a college thing in the States about students needing to vote in their home... whatever (riding? district?) or else their financial aid would be cut off? When money's on the line, guess whcih people will try to save first.
- 2008-11-02 03:30pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Boys need HPV vaccine, too
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1766
Re: Boys need HPV vaccine, too
"Anal cancer"????
Geez... that's just scary.
Geez... that's just scary.
- 2008-10-04 01:51am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Former Publisher of the Nat Review: A Conservative for Obama
- Replies: 3
- Views: 827
Re: Former Publisher of the Nat Review: A Conservative for Obama
To me, such views are what true conservatism is all about. From when the Republican Party actually stood for small government and small businesses (as evidenced by policies made in the early 20th century). The roles have shifted, it seems, but people haven't seen that shift. What really confuses peo...
- 2008-09-29 07:00pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Wealthy Teen Gets Book Thrown At Him.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5237
- 2008-09-01 08:38pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: USA POTUS Candidates' stances on science & tech
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2211
Both seem fairly decent on most of the issues. Obama takes the lead, though, on sex ed. With regards to health care, I see McCain's plan as an SSDD thing. Obama's is more of a compromise: It doesn't go too far into UHC zone (I'm fairly sure a lot of Americans don't support this), but it changes thin...
- 2008-09-01 08:27pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Canadians Likely Face Fall Election
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2790