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Originally Posted By: Ephesos Originally Posted By: Oviraptor Probably a sandstorm. Whether the sandstorm was migrating or just taking a stroll is anyone's guess, though. Sandstorms are non-migratory! Perhaps if you put it on a line...

Also Edward Bernays - not exactly a psychologist but led the way in building the consumer society we live in using psychological techniques.

Are there any dinosaurs that have non-terrifying names? Mouseyadon, or trichocatops perhaps?

The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse. Excellence as usual from big Hermie.

Originally Posted By: Erasmus So how would you stop dictatorship taking over a communism? Establish a Constitutional Democracy whereby economic activity is heavily regulated? The working classes constantly have to fight for their slice of the pie.

Since you mentioned the crappy bows in this game, your Nephilim get free Throwing Weapons skill. Javelins do way more damage early game and you find them pretty much everywhere as pick-ups. They become kind of redundant later in the game.

Someone else could confirm this but I think increasing Mage/Priest skill also makes spells more effective. A character with only 1pt in a discipline - say, to have Bolt of Fire or Minor Heal - would benefit from purchasing extra pts. Don't quote me on this tho'.

I agree with your perspective, Krata. The more complex the financial system becomes, the larger the regulatory system needs to be to monitor what is happening. Big business = big Government. Corruption is the cancer of society - whether it be corporate, political or institutional

Hey SC. The illusion of radio is that millions of people could be listening - if I'm currently your only listener then I don't want you to tell me.

Originally Posted By: Masquerade Ok, yesterday it was 34 degrees celcius and today there is thunder, lightning, rain and hail stones raining down from the sky. yeah, turns out you can have a white christmas in Australia, even if it it results in car damage and melts after 10 minutes. Is the weather as crazy everywhere else as it is here? www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/20/3097248.htm Nature strikes back.

Rum and eggs - some people would do anything for a sneaky nip at breakfast.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity I've heard there are some fancy elevators that sometimes move sideways. Does anyone else have nightmares involving having to ascend ridiculously high buildings in ridiculously rickety or unstable elevators? I get these maybe only once every few years, but by now I've had enough of them that I recognize the genre. Yes. I've dreamed this occasionally in recent years tho' the dream setting is a building that is under construction. Makes me shake just thinking about it.

Originally Posted By: VCH I thought you were a professor in the USA. He is, and Herr Professor in Germany.

btw a wonderful doco called The Power of Nightmares follows the conservative movement in the US and the rise of the NeoCon, and parallels this with the Fundamental Islamist movement since the 1960's. It's available to watch online for those interested tho' it's quite lengthy.

The Republican platform for the last 2 years has seemingly been about obstructionism. When details of the first Obama stimulus package was being announced a curious piece was singled out by the GOP - that being the distribution of free contraception to low income earners. If this isn't a truly clever and effective piece of anti-abortion policy then I don't know what is. Actively seeking to reduce the amount of unwanted pregnancies is surely win-win. Conservatives made a fuss and it was, sadly, canned. Just one example. Another clever piece of maneuvering by the GOP was to distance itself from the calamitous Bush II era. The national debt and financial crisis (among a long list) were a product of W's watch as was the squeezing of publicly funded institutions to feed his buddies operating the military machine. Tea partyists in particular want this all fixed yesterday but don't seem to be prepared to pay for it. One can't have it both ways.

No wonder rhinos are endangered...

Or, if you get enough of them, you can make a lemmingtonne.

Originally Posted By: CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES http://lemmingexplodes.ytmnd.com/ Is that from the Disney doco? The music is kind of cool.

Verbal abuse is easily the most effective punishment for children and has a residual effect that punishes the child long after he or she has passed childhood.

What she read shocked her - how could her father propose such a thing with so much at stake!

On her guard in an instant her feet gripped the cold stone floor, weapon in hand and heart in her mouth she rapidly assessed the unthinkable scene revealing itself as her eyes adjusted to the pale pre-dawn light.

Celebrating with a tube of industrial strength craft advhesive? Woo-Hoo! *hemorrhage*

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Hmm. As a moderator maybe I'm supposed to give you a two-week ban for hateful remarks about goblinkind. But that would be sort of hypocritical, since even if I didn't actually enjoy smashing the goblins, I still did it. In fact, I did it just to complete a job board quest, and that's arguably even more demeaning to goblinkind. What to do, what to do. You know what? I reckon goblins aren't buying any of Jeff's games anyway, since Jeff pretty much burned that bridge when he put in all those smash-the-goblins job board quests. So, forget 'em. You're good. Thanks SoT. I don't think the goblins would mind too much - they seem to equally love smashing adventurers.

Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity But I think he may be limited by the fact that some fraction of his customer base just loves smashing goblins, and he has to keep them happy. Smashing goblins makes me happy.

btw Originally Posted By: Lilith hi. let's not fight. ok peace out. Two people looking into the same hole from different sides may clash heads occasionally. It's not my intention to fight with anybody. Peaced out.