A less presumptuous name.

Originally Posted By: FnordCola Au contraire, mon petite fromage. While Slarty's comment on pronoun gender is correct, the actual mistake in this post is the gender of the adjective. Fromage is masculine, so both the pronoun and adjective must be masculine. It should read Quote: mon petit fromage.

Originally Posted By: Lilith Originally Posted By: Kelandon It seems as though you're saying that people shouldn't be able to learn about a wide range of topics because it's such a great expense and so taxing on our educational system that it's preventing people from dealing with poverty, etc. Maybe you're being so vague that I'm misunderstanding you, but that sounds pretty ridiculous on the face of it. I read it as saying that people shouldn't be required to learn about a wide range of topics because it makes courses longer and more expensive, which makes them more inaccessible to the poor. I agree with that interpretation, although I couldn't get to it on my own. Gen. Ed. requirements should be kept to public primary and secondary education (before college/university for those not in the States). While there are benefits to Gen. Ed., the costs outweigh the benefits if there are more than just a few simple requirements.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Bottom line: the absurd breadth of North American higher education is maybe the least broken thing about it. I don't think there is anything wrong with the wide breadth of our system, some people (me included) like to get a taste of everything. Also, regarding these wonderful stories of starting one place and ending up on a whole different planet, I don't think that's related so much to the education system as it is to the nature of life. Things change.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Some schools even allow you to do certain pairs of subjects as a double major. The two subjects don't even have to relate, really. As long as you meet the requirements for both, you get both degrees. My brother will be graduating this year with a bachelors in both music (I forget the specific area) and economics.

I went to a black sash test for a friend in Kung Fu, and the head of the school and one of the older black sashes did a demo. The head was dual wielding swords. And it was major BA.

Also, Geneforge wiki(s) already exist.

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES So ANYTHING that ANY significant minority consider "unsuitable for the family" qualifies as not family friendly? Where do you draw the line? There are an awful lot of different things that different minorities think are inappropriate... I have to agree here: Geneforge games have bottles of wine, which could upset a family that condemns alcohol. However, there is a difference between that and a game focused around alcohol (why you would play a game like that is beyond me...). Each individual has their own values and definition of "family friendly." The best any group, such as the ESRB, can do is establish general guidelines that focus on majority ethics and leave them as recommendations.

As a cashier at a grocery store that serves 150% of the elderly people in the area, I can say that current old age sucks. They sit there spending my tax money on groceries, have me keep the bags light because they haven't had good muscle tone in 30 years, and they can't here a word I say. I suppose that's not exactly old age, but degeneration caused by old age. There are still wonderful elderly people out there, and I certainly wouldn't go killing all of the disabled people in the world, but they do irritate you after a while.

It seems that Spiderweb has come down with a severe case of RAS syndrome.

Originally Posted By: FnordCola Battle For Wesnoth has elements of this. The main character in each campaign both recruits an army and is usually one of its stronger combat units. Makes for some interesting strategic decisions, especially in smaller missions, since the hero can add substantially to your force's strength in battle, but also causes a game over if s/he dies, and can only generate more troops from certain terrain types (keeps), which are usually far from the action. It's also completely free, which is a plus. Because I didn't have enough to do already, I am now addicted to that game. Thanks.

Originally Posted By: Droid Many European universities offer exchange student semesters, so that a student can take a little part of his education in another country. Do US schools have such programs? I know of at least one college that requires at least some study abroad.

It may be my youth, but I don't see what the big deal is. They're prequels, of course some people will like them and others won't. That's life, pick a side and move on. Darth Maul and Grievous are cooler visually, but Vader finds your lack of respect for him disturbing. I love the effects in the prequels more, yet I respect the original story.

Back on the original topic, my mac, at 7+ years of age, can run for weeks without needing a reboot (although the spell-check on my AIM client tends to die after 14 or so days).

Originally Posted By: Erasmus I miss having an unlimited amount of saves You can still have unlimited saves, it just takes more work. You have to copy a save file to another location and replace it with an empty one. You can only access a certain number at a time, but you can have as many as you want in a different location.

Originally Posted By: Lilith whoa look who's back 'Tis an honor.

Originally Posted By: The Mystic Oh, and happy birthday, Dikiyoba! Well how 'bout that! A birthday and a new post count! Does the good of the birthday cancel out the evils of the post count?

I decided to reread the Chronicles recently. His writing style is definitely not what I'm used to, and I haven't gotten far enough for the story line to compensate, but then again, I'm only two chapters into the first book.

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES On the other hand, Erasmus's avatar needs no citations and is simply full of win. This But I'm not one to just comment on a comment. In order to contribute to the conversation, I agree with Alorael. Who is in concurrence with the teacher who taught me about Marxism and Communism.

Jeff wouldn't release it solely on Steam, would he? And he wouldn't make the game (the non-Steam version) intel-only, would he? All this talk of Steam is worrying me!

I'm a native of Wisconsin. Trust me, I've seen some people who can drive in snow.

I'm pretty sure you're just getting lucky. People have, I believe, actually done empirical tests and shown that luck has no effect on item drops.

The school system here in Maryland released an hour early. The forecast called for a whole inch of snow. Then again, Marylanders can't drive to save their lives...

Originally Posted By: Triumph Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity "Star Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back" Actually, ESB is Star Wars Episode V, not II. Triumph, you are indeed young. ESB was the second produced. Hard core Star Wars fans use the order of production.

Originally Posted By: FnordCola In which case, in a game that had balanced enemy offense and defense, enemies in said area would also do too much damage. Once again, this is less a problem of enemies having too many HP per se (since one can easily adjust that down by decreasing the difficulty), and more a problem of enemy HP and damage figures being out of proportion. Adjusting difficulty modifies enemy offense and defense, and so the 'right' amount of HP may not correspond to the 'right' amount of damage. I think you missed a few pages of posts.

Originally Posted By: Treddalske —Alorael, who is already on page five. You and your excessive posts per page! Page one. I always miss when there are more pages, so I set it to a large number of posts per page.