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  1. Ukerric

    The Sci-Fi Book Thread

    Yup. I had skipped on it when Amazon put it on my recommendations, but went back when recommended here. Didn't regret it. Not sure I'll read the 3rd book as soon as it comes out, because I have currently a hefty backlog... (on the other hand, I'm on track to beat the "75 books read" reading...
  2. Ukerric

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    By the way, I saw an article today (can't find the link again) about mathematical analysis of the interaction of the characters and scenes vs chance of death before the end of the series. They had done it last year based on season 1-5 (and the results weren't too surprising, and a lot of...
  3. Ukerric

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    And who's going to have the last laugh as she sits on the throne of the North after all the others end badly???
  4. Ukerric

    Guild Wars 2

    Let's be simple. I did log almost daily (save for a few stretches where I had really other stuff keeping me busy) since GW2 came out. I stopped logging about 2 weeks after HoT, and logged in exactly once per living season chapter (since that unlocked them for free) "just in case, maybe one day".
  5. Ukerric

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    So the protomolecule fell on Westeros from that comet in the sky? Shit, they're doomed now! They should ride dragons and burn it fast before it... ... hmmm, wrong fantasy universe...
  6. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    They do? Whoa, I totally skipped them on every alt, because it was not worth doing (since I don't need rep because I fly, and I don't need shards because Iksregeed give me free stuff, and I don't need anything else anyway, it's a non-raiding alt). But if it counts...
  7. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Same here, because that was always happening during intermission... Now, it's much better.
  8. Ukerric

    Poll The Great Telemarketing Avalanche of 2016/2017

    Doesn't work in France. Does that mean we're out of EU yet? There is an official "do not call" registry. Made no difference. Btw, this thread made me decide to junk the voicemail (on land line). It only gets telemarketing calls anyway, so that's not a loss.
  9. Ukerric

    Poll The Great Telemarketing Avalanche of 2016/2017

    Same thing. Unless the phone displays the name of someone on my contact list, you're going to deal with my voicemail. That's mostly on my landline. The only marketing calls on my cellphone are my phone operator who wants to sell me new plans or bundle my cell with their internet fiber offer...
  10. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That's because you're a shitty Lich King minion. As a minion of the Old Gods (Shadow Priest, as my blade likes to remind me regularly, when she's not complaining that the fight is boring) my T20 4-piece would probably make me pick a LFR cloak over my legendary (which is the 2nd BIS legendary) if...
  11. Ukerric

    Lumi's Batshit Insane Thread

    God no! Vaccines cause autism, don't you know?
  12. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's "training". Basically, most of the bosses have a few trash or other stuff just before them to showcase the important mechanics you'll face in the fight. In this particular case, the infusion and lane running between Maiden jumps.
  13. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Only Maiden in ToS. Her weapon is obviously there for xmog, which is... slightly stupid since it takes a loot slot for non-loot stuff.
  14. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    They didn't had the technology for hotfix back in Vanilla. Any modification to the game, including server-side required to stop and restart the realms, so it was always deferred to maintenance day unless it was game-breaking (read: too exploitable)
  15. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Go Broken Shore (the scenario isn't very hard even at low ilvl), unlock Broken Shores, get nethershards and buy a couple 850 tokens until you've unlocked LFR/heroics. Don't forget to do the goblin treasure quest line (5 quests over 5 days), which unlocks a 3-day WQ where you spend 100...
  16. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "Apparently", they're dropping some hints in 7.3 about the possible expansion, which means we might see it unveiled at Cologne's Gamescom, like they did before. There's also rumors of a post-Argus patch as well, but probably not a major raid given how the Antorus raid wraps the story. So...
  17. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The same way transmuting a Blood of Sargeras costs a dozen days of transmutations. It's almost certainly not the primary source of Primal Sargerite.
  18. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Assuming Argus the Unmaker is really a codename, rather than the real reason Sargeras came there. Because the alternative theory that's now floated is that Argus was a proto-Titan, like Azeroth, and Sargeras did double dip by destroying a proto-Titan and enlisting some of the most powerful...
  19. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    You get a heroic ToS chest for this week's quest (4M or M+). Not bad.
  20. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    Now, that's a nebula that's... looking
  21. Ukerric

    Wonder Woman (2017)

    Apparently, there's a pretty big easter egg hidden in the middle of the movie. If you wondered why the Chief's presentation to Diana isn't subtitled, and only people speaking Blackfoot can understand it, it's because there's a lot more going on than you realize (beware, the URL spoils).
  22. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It is one, but then, you have to fear the transition back to the next expansion's gimmick. Because we're not going to carry those artefact weapons with us. Heck, they've said in their dev interview that our legendaries essentially shut down at 120. No effects anymore.
  23. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    The next expansion is called The Universal Crusade, and this time, WE are the ones leading the purge of every single trace of void gods so that the universe is finally safe for the birth of Azeroth. (which does sounds suspiciously like Azatoth, one of the lovecraftian old god figures)
  24. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    At the moment, doing that a bit is useful since you'll want to upgrade your current legendaries (unless they're shit, and you hope for the new ones). I made so many alts because our guild needed to get the class/race combos for achievement (back then), plus I wanted to cover all professions and...
  25. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    That's part of Genomic Medicine 2025, a large and extensive plan in France to get every cancer patient in 2025 a full sequencing of its tumors, and a treatment that is entirely targeted to its exact tumor mutations, not "generic soandso cancer". (designing the security for the main datacenter...
  26. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    The liver is a good first start, because it does regenerate. If you can introduce your modified cells, then in a controlled manner depress/kill the non modified ones, eventually you're ending with a liver that's almost entirely your new cells. There's a couple parts in your body that would be...
  27. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    See an old post of mine where I was exactly describing this. Embryo selection a-ok, but you're not allowed to select based on a number of characteristics. The reason why it's forbidden isn't because we don't know how to do it. The reason it's forbidden is that it's "Eugenics", and Eugenics...
  28. Ukerric

    The Expanse

    Amazon notified me of the upcoming novella in the Expanse universe. Since they're usually incorporating the stuff from these in the series, it's probably spoilerific, but given the timeline, it would impact the series much later (S04 at least). Amazon.com: Strange Dogs (Expanse) eBook: James S...
  29. Ukerric

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    The presence of a cash shop is a given these days. The problem isn't a cash shop, it's what its effects on the game are. That's kind of my original point. Maybe you're thinking your game is awesome, and the subscription money is going to keep you afloat for decades. Then, one day (usually at...
  30. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Maybe not Old God stuff; she's got enough chip on her shoulder to go all psycho without even going the "lolcorrupted" usual path. Since Metzen left, that opens also some serious avenues. Like having Thrall going up against her because he knows her, and she ending up slaying him, which convinces...
  31. Ukerric

    Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?

    It is when the information you want to protect using secret keys is extremely sensitive, and you do not want a third party to get it. The problem with communicating a secret key is that, if it's intercepted and copied, the information exchanged with that cryptokey is compromised. Quantum...
  32. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Perfect transmog, I see :)
  33. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    I had a look at Space X's schedule, and we have a busy end of week: launches/manifest - spacex Friday: 2017 Jun 23 [18:10 - 20:10 UTC] Kennedy Space Center launch of re-used 1st stage for Bulgarian satcom Sunday: 2017 Jun 25 [20:24:59 UTC] Vandenberg launch of another Iridium block And it...
  34. Ukerric

    The Astronomy Thread

    That reprocessed flyby was gorgeous (seen it on youtube last week). The full flyby has artefacts (you can see the holes in the photos remapped on the full sphere of Jupiter), this one is more artistic. But shorter.
  35. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's now something like 6 hours per level? And yes, once you have AK40, you can insta level any 110 alt to AK40.
  36. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I think the level "cap" is the 2nd highest ilvl toon. Getting the Legionfall champion (preleveled to 850) doesn't change your mission mix. People have also reported missions drying up completely at 900, but having only one 900 champion and all others at 895 seems ok.
  37. Ukerric

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Sub-based games are very difficult to launch and sustain. Games like WoW are still above the critical mass where they can justify a sub. Almost every game had to bite it, and move to a non-sub model. I probably said that before, but you need to design your game from the ground up as being a...
  38. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Also, had flying when I got the quest, so it's not really needed.
  39. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I'm using my nethershards as a source of possible xmog stuff that I missed. Apparently, you can get any item from Broken Shore (seems that you only get normal raid difficulty, I think). Alas, when you get PvP stuff, they're not obliterable for pvp currency to buy additional stuff. If you're...