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Redbeard wrote: I don't know anyone who would rather get in the car and drive to a bookstore, hoping they have a book in stock, than just download it to their eReader, or order it online.
While I agree with the rest of your post I have to clear my throat for this one. I absolutely hate trying to read anything in a book format from a screen, and I've never been one to purchase anything online that I couldn't get at a brick and mortar store, even if I had to order it. Including GW stuff even though you can get great online discounts. I dread the day when you can't go to a bookstore anymore; The experience is only surpassed by the library, where you can read for free indefinitely.
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
2011/02/19 02:06:41
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
In all fairness, up until Animaniacs, there was nothing that could compare to it, and after it, there's still nothing that can compare to it. It did so much that you just can't normally do with children's cartoons because it had the balls to do so. It's not a sign of an exceptional generation, it's a sign of an exceptional studio and production team.
Good point.
Are you Pondering what I'm Pondering?
Yeah, more studios need bigger balls.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
That's one thing I don't miss; I swear I got given more female happy meals than male ones when they were around =/
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2011/02/19 02:20:08
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
In all fairness, up until Animaniacs, there was nothing that could compare to it, and after it, there's still nothing that can compare to it. It did so much that you just can't normally do with children's cartoons because it had the balls to do so. It's not a sign of an exceptional generation, it's a sign of an exceptional studio and production team.
Good point.
Are you Pondering what I'm Pondering?
Yeah, more studios need bigger balls.
Thing is, Animaniacs had Steven Spielberg to back them up. Most studios don't have that kind of executive power behind them.
2011/02/19 02:24:09
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
I will cut you and stab you and flay you alive. I will tear you limb from limb, and feed each piece to alligators. I will then kill and burn the alligators, and bury them miles below the surface of the earth.
That is your fate and just punishment if you ever mention the name 'Micheal Bay' ever again.
2011/02/19 02:44:58
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
I will cut you and stab you and flay you alive. I will tear you limb from limb, and feed each piece to alligators. I will then kill and burn the alligators, and bury them miles below the surface of the earth.
That is your fate and just punishment if you ever mention the name 'Micheal Bay' ever again.
Sorry
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Redbeard wrote:They didn't get into eReaders early enough
Considering they've sold the Sony e-reader(at least in California) since Sony released it, this statement makes no sense to me. Are you sure you're not thinking of Barnes and Noble, who only got in with the Nook in the past year or so?
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You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
Redbeard wrote:They didn't get into eReaders early enough
Considering they've sold the Sony e-reader(at least in California) since Sony released it, this statement makes no sense to me. Are you sure you're not thinking of Barnes and Noble, who only got in with the Nook in the past year or so?
But that's the difference. Borders sells Sony's eReader. Amazon sells Amazon's Kindle. Barnes & Noble sells Barnes & Noble's Nook. I think that the money in eReaders is not in selling the device, which is small potatoes, it is in locking the customer in to your distribution system, and ensuring that you get the sales. I don't think Borders did that.
Lordhat wrote:
While I agree with the rest of your post I have to clear my throat for this one. I absolutely hate trying to read anything in a book format from a screen, and I've never been one to purchase anything online that I couldn't get at a brick and mortar store, even if I had to order it. Including GW stuff even though you can get great online discounts. I dread the day when you can't go to a bookstore anymore; The experience is only surpassed by the library, where you can read for free indefinitely.
Every library I've ever gone to had a closing time when they kicked you out. On the other hand, with an eReader, you can access Project Guttenberg, and read for free all day, and all night, and all the next day, and, really until there's nothing left to read. I mean, I know what you're saying, and I'd be sad if there were no more bookstores, but as a distribution mechanism, it really is a dated concept.
Chalk Zone, Dexter's Lab, and Angry Beavers. My favorite cartoons, and they are gone too.
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Thunderfrog wrote:
+1 Str for like 5 points? To autocannons or assault cannons? Hell yea. Then the Reinforced Aegis upgrade for free AND the ability to ignore stunned shaken.. pretty much for free..
Other Dreadnaughts should just go somewhere and be a toaster.
Mattieu~~~~ It's not that eldar are bad, it's that they require a lot of intergration between units. Also, that doesnt prove anything other than GW has a huge hard-on for marines, and, given the option between making a xeno the best psykers or making a marine the best psyker, they will 9 times out of 10 choose the marine.
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Tzeentchling9 wrote:Mephy can't be swept. He is still a marine so he has the, "And They Shall Never Get Removed From The Table After Losing Combat Like Everyone Else Because They Are The Poster Boys" special rule.
2011/02/19 08:02:02
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
..remember all that waiting for the new/next Guns 'N' Roses album ? All the rumours and line up changes and stories of their entire back catalogue having been remixed by Moby and.. and....
..yeah....
Seems really, really weird to me that ther's no ongoing Star trek tv series of any sort at all.
Oh and of course : in thUK anyway, we can no longer smoke inside pubs/bars etc etc. On the whole that's been an improvement I guess, but it still seems weird even after ..what.. 5 or 6 years. It also means that people no longer acquire pub ashtrays to use at home... where the hell do you get them from anyway ?
I feel old when I wind up drinking with people who've never been out and about when one could smoke in a pub, gets even worse when I recall that as a teenager we could even smoke in parts of MacDonalds ... those crappy little golden foil ashtrays.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Redbeard wrote:They didn't get into eReaders early enough
Considering they've sold the Sony e-reader(at least in California) since Sony released it, this statement makes no sense to me. Are you sure you're not thinking of Barnes and Noble, who only got in with the Nook in the past year or so?
But that's the difference. Borders sells Sony's eReader. Amazon sells Amazon's Kindle. Barnes & Noble sells Barnes & Noble's Nook. I think that the money in eReaders is not in selling the device, which is small potatoes, it is in locking the customer in to your distribution system, and ensuring that you get the sales. I don't think Borders did that.
Ah, ok. Yeah, I get what you're saying now. You essentially mean they should have developed their own device to sell their own books instead of letting Sony reap all that e-cash.
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Kilkrazy wrote:I've been teaching my wife and daughter to say "omg". It's much cooler than Oh Em Gee.
Zomg!
Rochronos wrote:
FUTURAMA!
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Season 6 returns in June.
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You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Teenagers that aren't total idiots
Never existed. We all like to think our generation was different as teens, but we weren't. Ask your parents.
You know you're really doing something when you can make strangers hate you over the Internet. - Mauleed
Just remember folks. Panic. Panic all the time. It's the only way to survive, other than just being mindful, of course-but geez, that's so friggin' boring. - Aegis Grimm
Hallowed is the All Pie The Before Times: A Place That Celebrates The World That Was
Well at least gamers haven't lost their virginities yet.
amirite?
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Teenagers that aren't total idiots
Never existed.
I can name a good number of people i've met who can be put into the categories "Idiotic Teenager" and "Mature Teenager". I wouldn't say non-idiotic teenagers never existed, only that the differences were subtle, as opposed to today's teenagers (myself included) who are easier to split into "Idiots" (zomfglolomgroflmao-gimmie-a-cigarette-a-shag-and-a-bottle-of-vodka!!!111) and "Mature" (basically the opposite of the "Idiots" example).
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
In all fairness, up until Animaniacs, there was nothing that could compare to it, and after it, there's still nothing that can compare to it. It did so much that you just can't normally do with children's cartoons because it had the balls to do so. It's not a sign of an exceptional generation, it's a sign of an exceptional studio and production team.
I presume you never saw ren and stimpy? that was a great cartoon.
2011/02/19 20:31:40
Subject: Re:Things we've lost in the last few years
Good cartoons. Now I know someone is going to say "Your just looking through rose tinted glasses", but I am going to Internet Slap anyone who says that Sponge Bob compares to Animaniacs......
In all fairness, up until Animaniacs, there was nothing that could compare to it, and after it, there's still nothing that can compare to it. It did so much that you just can't normally do with children's cartoons because it had the balls to do so. It's not a sign of an exceptional generation, it's a sign of an exceptional studio and production team.
I presume you never saw ren and stimpy? that was a great cartoon.
Agreed...I loved Ren and Stimpy, Animaniacs as well...
Personally I don't care for the " Anime-esque" trend in most recent cartoons.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
