Aran

(Thanks again Sylae!)

Sy's plotting to take over the forum and turn us all into ponies. But everyone knew that already, right?

the ridiculously implausible one

Well, who does? I think that's the reason why it's required by law.

"Hey boss, seems like some applicant just managed to check the Bill-by-mail option you told us to hide." "HAAAACCCKKKEERRR!!! Throw her in jail for a bazillion years!" --- Did you end up going with them, by the way? If they pull stunts like this on their website, I don't want to imagine how they'll cheat you if you ever need to make a claim.

They are also both Tullegolar, obviously, as well as Imban.

Yeah, the steel is apparently just glued and infused with bronze. They could get objects strong enough for industrial use by sintering or laser melting, but that kind of technology is probably not affordable for ordinary users.

For a moment there I thought it was actually Eddie, and then I looked at the profile link and got all disappointed.

Hm, too bad. Waited too long with the whole archiving thing. Though I understand that all content of that forum lives on (in a very mangled form) in this current version.

Wait, that would make Samwise the one with 30 teeth; ie. "half-wise".

Am I just too tired to parse this? How do you request permission to do something without permission? Or was the response without permission - hence, a denial of the request? (Also, my copy is on loan to my sister, and hunting down the quote online pretty difficult, with the movie interfering. )

Having done that for years now (all my life if you include school and software developer training), I find the prospect of a real job kind of appealing. The TA positions are occasionally fun, but they're mostly stressful, barely paid, repetitive and (worst) they don't come with an office. And worst, I can expect at least another decade of that if I want a PhD. You know the people who say that academia is its own reward? Screw that. It's its own punishment.

After reading Jennifer Government back in 2006, I finally bought two more books by Max Barry; Company and Syrup. The latter has yet to arrive, but I read the former in a single night last week. Same thing happened back then. They're just impossible to put down. Edit: Syrup's here, and I just ordered Machine Man to complete my collection.

<- should have learned by now not to open spoilered images. Congratulations, Tyran.

Teeth, precious. Though we only has nine.* (I don't know where the "30" came in, but it seems likely that it's a mutation swapping "32" with "30 white".) Found this while delving into the oldest Google hits for "thirty white horses", from 2000. I have no idea if this riddle is older or not; aside from their first line and their solution, they don't seem to be connected.

Hey congrats on that btw. Have some virtual coffee.

I've actually managed to get TF2 running on Ubuntu natively via the Steam beta, though even on the lowest graphic setting I still can't aim properly. (Which is totally the fault of the computer and not me sucking at first person shooters. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) However, since my desktop died I'm about to put together a new computer - which is not the beast I was hoping for, but still more powerful than anything I own. Once classes are over in a few weeks, I'll be happy to join in the fun.

Sad to say I got that, and barely managed to restrain myself from posting it myself earlier. (Though at least I can claim I only knew it because of xkcd.)

^ Though lately I've worked on breaking that trend, rearranging work load to the point where all-nighters become an occasional occurrence rather than a weekly one. I'm officially mid-twenties now. Have to get my health up if I want to last another half-century. Interestingly, how refreshed I feel on waking up has next to nothing to do with how long I slept, but depends on the time of day. I feel better waking up at 7:00 after three hours of sleep than at noon after eight*. Could be psychological.

I know hardly anything about medieval weaponry, but I got the impression that pole arms were longer than this, relative to the size of the blade. Though maybe that's just one giant blade. In any case, these drip with coolness.

grep'd the dump for damascus. This is in A2 and E2 (and it is indeed about Demonslayer). It's not much of a description, but the distinctive appearance of Damascus steel should give you a good idea to draw from.

I can't find a mass estimate for AO10 (the current candidate), but I'd have a few reservations about pulling an asteroid into low orbit around our only inhabited world; particularly since this maneuver has never been attempted before.

Note that even the "right" Ryan Lanza is the shooter's brother, while the shooter is already dead. How does that even...

The two I mentioned would be Alorael and myself. The next would be Tyranicus and Dikiyoba. Rounded up to five in case I missed anyone.

Some were, but really more like 2-5 depending on how you define "part of" (mod, active poster or registed member). The concept of "the" SW satellite is a relatively recent invention. While Desperance, Polaris, Shadow Vale and Calamity Refuge are the most memorable and long-lived satellites, only the latter two were the only ones in their time, and none of them were ever recognized on the SW forum in any official status. For the precise reason those satellites existed in the first place: To communicate more freely than an official company forum permits. (Specific Blades communities are a different story of course. I'm pretty sure the Lyceum once had a place in the BoE forum header.)