[quote who="GmOOnii" reply="11" id="2126546"]Something called freedom of speech.[/quote] this probably one of the most misunderstood concepts of modernity, as well as one of the most misused (typically by trolls). free speech does not apply to private property. if you were to go to disneyland and start shouting profanities through a bull horn, you'd be promptly escorted out of the park, and this would not be a violation of free speech. websites are private property, and you
[quote who="clanlindsey" reply="3" id="2125364"]...highlighting words at random throws the rest of us off and frankly becomes irritating, especially for us older people who have become fossilized in our ways of using language[/quote] it also plays havoc with my dyslexia. [quote who="clanlindsey" reply="3" id="2125364"]Individualism has it's place but so does convention.[/quote] the worth of one's individuality is pretty insignificant when formatting is the only unique
[quote who="AdriansCamaro" reply="15" id="2123296"]The guy who kept saying that Ireland was HIS island, WAS Irish. He joined up with the Scots so he could kill some English. But William Wallace (Mel Gibosn) and the other guys wearing dresses were all Scottish.[/quote] IIRC the irish were wearing kilts too, but it's been a long time since i've seen that movie. in any regard, the kilt is semi traditional attire in ireland as well as scotland, it's just that irish kilts don'
[quote who="Cypher" reply="21" id="2125613"]Wow! Take a look at Motti's karma! Congrat's on breaking the 100 mark Motti! That's awesome!!![/quote] it's definitely nice to see the people who really deserve karma getting it.
hmm... i went to my senior prom in a kilt (in a blackwatch tartan, since it would've been hundreds of dollars to rent a hay tartan kilt). does that qualify me for second? as for a tattoos... i think i could win if it were tattoos that prove you have the biggest balls... i won't say anymore than that, though the folks who've seen my myspace probably know to what i'm referring.
why do i suddenly crave burnt coffee? [e digicons];P[/e] (in other words, your crest reminds me of the starbucks logo, motti... though much cooler and auspicious)
aye, a quarter on my dad's side, clan hay . i have to admit though, i don't understand most of the scotspeak other than what i can garner from context.
i might throw a spare character in here, not because it's a ToA club, but to show some support for my fellow fightin scotsman just gotta figure out which character to move. and do it. i'm feeling lazy today. PS: WHS is a lousy acronym for this empire. it makes me think "windows home server."
i don't feel the same about the dark influence building as being over powered, by the same logic that SS used regarding the atlas components. the influence bomb is dropped easily enough with 3 or so influence mining resources, and the planets that won't flip with that usually need a few SBs to turn. my last MV game was won via culture flipping, and i played as the korath: i didn't feel having dark influence in my arsenal really gave me much i didn't have before. actually, it was much more use
oddly enough, i just finished watching the B5 series. also, the shadows didn't stand for chaos, they stood for survival of the fittest; still a good comparison to the kzinti though.
damn neilo those are some mean lookin spiders. i was reading a cracked article the other day... 7 Terrifying Creatures You'll Never See Coming . amusing quotes: "Ah, Australia. You knew it would turn up on this list. Why? Because it's home to things like the f**king stonefish, that's why." "We're just going to say it now; between dingoes eating babies and the lack of a
[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="22" id="2113816"]Also a valid point-the only thing against it is that it's easy enough to get a large enough military value to make the AI bend over backwards without them.[/quote] true, but i think you're also looking at it from a point-farming perspective. i've played more classic games where i neglected to stay competative militarily, or just didn't try and hammer out my domination immediately -- and in those cases building a military force suddenly an
well, i'm satisfied this little strategy i originally suggested for TA is in fact bunk, at least with regard to its effect on military score--which is a shame, really. it's the sort of thing i'd request they change, but i feel it'd fall on deaf ears. while there's still at least one update on its way, i don't get the impression the devs would be interested in a way to open up still higher MV scores. i don't wish to be insulting, so this shouldn't be read that way: the past pattern has been to
[quote who="Ferrel" reply="12" id="2112261"]@BSG. I'm just glad I got an ending. So many serial dramss I've gotten into, in the past, have been cancelled prematurely. Firefly/Farscape/Jericho/Deadwood/Carnivale. I have a real track record going here. I thought the whole "higher entity" just screwing with them was a bit of a cop out. Baltar said It wasn't on anybody's side. So why did It want the humans and cylons to break the cycle? Why would It care? If there was a father/child re
[quote who="KzintiPatriarch" reply="7" id="2111999"]It was very surprising, at least to those of us not in CA, that prop-whatever passed banning it. CA is always thought of as on the cutting edge of progressiveness.[/quote] the general consensus is that prop 8 passed due to timing: many people came out to vote for (and for that matter, against) obama who don't normally vote, and much of that population is more socially conservative than the californians who vote consistently.</p
[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="23" id="2112056"]Cool idea. I hope you don't mind me stealing it from you. I did a fade and reduced it to 100 pixels. I like.[/quote] not at all [e digicons]:grin:[/e] i already commented on it over at ToE -- looks good!
motti, when i saw you'd switched to a xperent circle, i almost openned up gimp and did a faded version for you (so that it'd blend into any colored background). but then i got hit by the urge to do something else. c'est la vie.
i'll hold off on that move for the moment. if CA assembly bill 390 passes, it'll be of more immediate concern to me. gay marriage is good in theory, but for it to be of practical value to me, i'd need to have a man i'd want to marry in mind.
[quote who="KzintiPatriarch" reply="23" id="2110816"]Vermont has actually become a very liberal place. The current debate in the state legislature is a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, which I support 100%. There already exists a civil-union law that has been in place for almost a decade.[/quote] sure, rub it in [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e]
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