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There have been numerous discussions on the effects of automation in the long run in this forum, so I am not going to repeat other people's arguments. We are already living in a lesser version of it right now where the bulk of people work in service industries for the lucky few who get to move...

Simple mental exercise. Name ten CEOs. Name ten NFL players. Name ten music artists. Now name ten scientists/teachers. See how long it takes the average derp to do each of those things. And its worse than simple ignorance. Ask people to name fictional characters of the same sort of...

I am not the one with unrealistic expectations on how effective a civil uprising could be in the modern era. Look to pre-WW2 German history for a good roadmap on how this will play out. There is not going to be a sudden "oh shit, git yer guns!" moment where everyone magically rises up as one...

This is because we as a society do not value science and knowledge, mostly because those at the top of the pyramid know that to do so brings unwanted scrutiny upon the elite. If there is any reason (other than sheer greed) that our nation has fallen from the top, it is because we stopped being...

@Araysar- Agree in principle, but we are not the Iraqis. We are a bunch of spoiled fat fucks with too much money and not enough sense who get in line to kiss off our rights the first time our native soil was attacked directly in nearly a century. The US Government also has this whole data...

Who exactly is going to hold the guns stopping the National Guard? And when the transition to automation finishes later this decade, work stoppages won't mean shit either. You guys are greatly underestimating the selfish self serving culture that has been cultivated in this country for the...

Anyone thinking that armed rebellion is even a possibility at this point has seen Red Dawn one too many times. First off, there is such a technological and training disparity between the modern military and armed rednecks that any actual armed conflict would end very badly. Also, after Vietnam...

Can you two either fuck and get it over with or take it to PMs? The dick waving is cluttering up the thread.

The rematch of goblin douchebaggery vs the invincible super treemen. Last time, a couple well placed bombs sent Whatsa packing. Seriously doubt I will be that fortunate this time around....

If we are talking celestial bodies with no future terraforming potential, then absolutely pollute the shit out of space. No one should give a fuck about an airless rock out in the main belt, unless we are pig piling so much radioactive shit that it breaking up could be a contamination hazard...

Is Gav playing again? I heard he dropped. -edit- He states that he dropped out in this thread, actually, along with Sean, so I am guessing that would essentially give Adam and I byes?

You don't need insane amounts of energy, just the initial burns to establish trajectories and to decelerate on approach. That being said, we really need something more efficient than chemical based boosters to do this safely and profitably.

Move forward. Lets get this season done and pare things down to the people who want to play and build from there. Leagues always see these kinds of fluxuations in size over time. I would rather have a smaller league with people committed to getting the games in, personally.

Whats the playoff breakdown?

Obviously not corn, I am guessing.....

Yet another draw between the Elves and Nurgle. Game was rough on Skeil, but the only permanent damage was a self inflicted dodge death.

No sign of skids. I did get my summer league done. Fucking win8 update kept forcing surprise restarts and I wasted Monday night.

Don't forget number 3: Don't stick your dick in the crazy.

No sign of Skids.....

Skeils and I are set for tonight. No sign of skids for stunty tho....

I have seen Oblivion and Moon. If I had to rank them, I would put Moon easily the best of the three, Elysium second, and Oblivion a close third. I enjoyed all three, immensely. My preference probably has more to do with my man crush on Sam Rockwell and a general preference for high concept...

I am curious what you felt was so nuts about my post. But I will bite the troll bait and address a couple specific points: The impression I got (and inferred from real world aerospace navigation) was that the shuttles were using guidance that was provided by Elysium to achieve the correct...

Trying to ping Skids, but have not seen him on the board or in IRC in a while. Has anyone played him recently?

Well one thing with this director/writer, is he likes to let people fill in the blanks a lot with their own imagination. D9 did that and this one did it more. I guess, as was stated earlier, another 20 minutes of fleshing out background might have helped some people, but then you have problems...

Liked the movie a lot. I can't help but notice that a lot of the same people hating on this one are the ones who were jizzing themselves over Pacific Rim Job, which is hilarious to me. The tech was pretty much in the realm of believability, as was the human behavior in it. Shakeycam got a...

Skeil, I am going to poke my head in Friday afternoon. Otherwise, I am open to sunday all day or evenings on Monday or Tuesday. The high powered Nurgle pass offense vs the beatface elven defense: Who will win? You should have my personal email, if not pm me and I will relay it to you.

Meh, tried to contact Addle, but despite being online on the board he has not responded..... Do what must be done. I will try one last time to get ahold of him tonight. Shame too, as I am enjoying the Goblin team a lot.

Cyrus, what time were you thinking? Been looking for you....

Yeah because its usually the latter who are the issue. Of course, the way a lot of low level derps end up with those admin rights is because the sysadmins are too fucking lazy to do certain basic tasks and hand them out like candy to lackeys instead.

I never argued it was effective. I was merely underlining why the drones have drawn as much ire as they have from enemy and friend alike. It will obviously not break the enemy, because drones are not capable of occupation any more than the traditional army. But not being able to retaliate...

I don't disagree with this, but really warfare being conducted solely by drones is a relatively new development (as opposed to the drones supplementing existing forces in a specific theatre) and the outrage has gotten pretty intensified since. Its a lot different being able to run in with a...

Also, looking at it from the side of the insurgent, the risk of getting turned into a smoldering crater is the same whether it is a drone or a manned aircraft. But it is a lot more demoralizing when they risk life and limb (or suicide attack) against a drone and the only consequence is...

They hate the drones because they represent risk free remote killing. With a manned aircraft, the pilot is potentially at risk of being shot down and captured/killed. Drones create a feeling of powerlessness in insurgencies. There is also the element of detachment that makes the choice to...

The NES game did not exactly involve a lot of stealth and alarm evasion, either. I don't think that is an element that can find its way into this sort of turn based game, especially on a kickstarter budget. I am pretty happy with what I got for $20, though. I look forward to seeing what comes...

Yeah, I am going to repeat what I said earlier on this IRS topic. If you are establishing groups (in this case Teabagger PACs) with the sole intent of abusing the law and go out of your way to verbally and publicly shit all over the IRS, you are stupid if you think that you are not going to...

Foraskin's brain does not work that way, which is why he believes in space lizards and Jesus, among other fictional things.

I enjoyed the hell out of both plays of the main campaign (first as Elf Gunner/Mage, then as Troll Rigger/Decker) but after messing with some of the user content there definitely needs to be some bug tweaks done. The me from ten years ago might have sat down and banged out a long adventure in...

Any evening should work, except Saturday. Daytime Friday would work too. Do you still have my email?

I am more concerned about a goof with inbound objects fucking with other smaller shit we cannot see, but is capable of causing real damage. Also consider that the moon is moving relatively slow, but trucking even a small sized rock towards our planet at a speedy enough rate to get it here in a...

The potential for a major fuckup is too great, I would think, for them to reel one in to earth orbit. Hell, even dragging one around the inner solar system risks fucking with orbital dynamics and/or deflecting a random celestial object (eg Comet or other small body) in some unforeseen way...