[Tsundoku]

Loki, on 03 June 2012 - 02:06 PM, said:

Adjutant Stormy, on 03 June 2012 - 11:37 AM, said:

Cyphon, on 03 June 2012 - 11:07 AM, said:

Sombra, on 02 June 2012 - 03:04 AM, said:

Surgery yesterday. Feeling a bit sore and delicate today. Apparently this will continue for at least the next 2, possibly up to 7 days.

On the bright side, work gave me convalescent leave until June 11th. Which just happens to be the Queens Diamond Jubilee public holiday here, so I'll go back on the 12th. And none of it is coming out of my own leave.

I hope you have got m'lady Sombra nursing you back to health.

Sombra is probably the exact OPPOSITE of a lady.

I think Cy was referring to Mrs Sombra

Hmmm ... yes.

She has a nasty cold/flu at the moment - no sexy nurse fun for me

[worry]

I inhaled some chlorine fumes (not chlorine gas, mind you, just fumes from some granulated pool shock) and now I've got a sore throat.

[Macros]

New away kit is fucking awful.
That what I get for mocking uniteds strip

[Abyss]

Loki, on 03 June 2012 - 04:35 PM, said:

Late night ninja attack - woot

worrywort, on 04 June 2012 - 02:04 AM, said:

I inhaled some chlorine fumes (not chlorine gas, mind you, just fumes from some granulated pool shock) and now I've got super powers.

edit to make it more interesting.

[worry]

It's true, it's all true!

[QuickTidal]

The lack of organization at my work on the part of others. Why am I always having to sort out the random-est of crap for idiots?

[Loki]

E3 has yet to 'wow' me.....

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 04 June 2012 - 07:30 PM, said:

The lack of resistance at my work on the part of others. Why am I always having to sabotage out the random-est of crap for the evil aristocracy?

Loki, on 04 June 2012 - 08:39 PM, said:

E3 has yet to 'mindwipe' me.....

fixed to be more conspiratorial.

[Loki]

Abyss, on 04 June 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 04 June 2012 - 07:30 PM, said:

The lack of resistance at my work on the part of others. Why am I always having to sabotage out the random-est of crap for the evil aristocracy?

Loki, on 04 June 2012 - 08:39 PM, said:

E3 has yet to 'mindwipe' me.....

fixed to be more conspiratorial.

I'd prefer to be mindwiped - would be less painful.

[Abyss]

Lucifer, on 01 June 2012 - 04:10 AM, said:

Gah!
Fuck you overly expensive and unjustifiably shit public transport.
I was in a good mood this morning, despite sleeping horribly and feeling like crap on and off.
Got some friends coming round tonight to start getting our Fantasy Craft game ready to play, which I am thoroughly looking forward too. Was also going to be meeting Shiara for lunch, and I always look forward to seeing her.

Instead because of public transport i ended up driving around the city for 2.5hrs not letting the speed drop below 80mph or else a bomb would go off...

Slow Ben, on 01 June 2012 - 05:08 AM, said:

Getting ready to leave for a 9 hour drive to go to a wedding.
And it's midnight, I got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and I'm wearing sunglasses.
This'll be fun.

Loki, on 01 June 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

It's my mum's birthday today and I had organised an entire evening for it but my brother decided he'd invite his friends over tonight as well and so did my younger sister so now none of my plans are doable and it really annoys me since i made a point of telling them i'd be planning something. Involving a machete and a hockey mask.

Loki, on 02 June 2012 - 05:32 AM, said:

My sister woke up covered in measles which means she was infectious the last two times I saw her which means I could possibly be infected which will most likely have me sick just in time for my friend's wedding......hopefully I'm not infected because I'd hate to spend the next six weeks in quarantine while a rage measles epidemic wipes out civilization.

Darkwatch, on 02 June 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

My toilet and my bath are clogged.
Currently waiting to see if the Exorcist will do his job.

Fixed to be more cinematic.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Abyss, on 04 June 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 June 2012 - 05:08 AM, said:

Getting ready to leave for a 9 hour drive to go to a wedding.
And it's midnight, I got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and I'm wearing sunglasses.
This'll be fun.

... etc.

Fixed to be more cinematic.

Epic.

[Cyphon]

When spinning too many plates, don't take a weekend off.... sheeesssh.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Long story short, I volunteered to be the lead editor for the scripting of a game project that one of my friends started. The rest of the staff are nice people, but one of our writers writes like English isn't his first language (that's entirely possible). It's gonna be a long few weeks, slogging through this bastard's dialogue.

Fortunately, I'm not writing the plot, designing any of the characters, or working on the game mechanics (though I did say I could code some if they needed me), so whether the game succeeds or fails is entirely not my problem. I'm just here to make sure it sounds coherent, consistent, and literate.

[worry]

You gonna get rich offa that?

[Adjutant Stormy~]

As I said, I did volunteer. I'm not getting paid, but we'll see what happens once the business end gets decided.

We've gotten all of the staff on board pro bono, at the moment (including a really spectacularly talented artist). Funds are coming from somewhere (it might get kickstarter'd or something) for development hardware and software. But I don't know, it's not my problem.

[worry]

Can't put this in the SCIENCE thread since that is so partisanly biased towards a PRO-science stance. Here's good news for those you who are ANTI-science:

http://www.usnews.co...ead-in-the-sand

[Centzon Totochtin]

Wait - there are people who are anti-science? This messes with my groove!

[Illuyankas]

"Who are young earth creationists, Alex?"

[Loki]

Centzon Totochtin, on 06 June 2012 - 02:48 AM, said:

Wait - there are people who are anti-science? This messes with my groove!

There is science based off emperical/historical data and then there is science based off guesstimation and possibility.

I like how the argument against the bill in the comments involves the whole 'when their buildings get swallowed by the ocean they won't be so quick to dismiss global warming'. Because you know it'll happen so quickly that things will be swallowed and yet only using historical data from after 1900 is unreasonable because the changes aren't linear and it isn't occuring at a fast enough rate for it to be well documented from just the 1900's onwards.

Sure it may mean that by 2100 certain buildings may need to be knocked down and/or relocated but why not make the most of the land we have while we still have it. Compromise - don't allow hospitals, nursing home and the like to be built on the lower oceanfront areas. If people want to invest in property that might one day fall to the ocean then let them.

This post has been edited by Loki: 06 June 2012 - 04:23 AM

[Obdigore]

Loki, on 06 June 2012 - 04:19 AM, said:

Centzon Totochtin, on 06 June 2012 - 02:48 AM, said:

Wait - there are people who are anti-science? This messes with my groove!

There is science based off emperical/historical data and then there is science based off guesstimation and possibility.

I like how the argument against the bill in the comments involves the whole 'when their buildings get swallowed by the ocean they won't be so quick to dismiss global warming'. Because you know it'll happen so quickly that things will be swallowed and yet only using historical data from after 1900 is unreasonable because the changes aren't linear and it isn't occuring at a fast enough rate for it to be well documented from just the 1900's onwards.

Sure it may mean that by 2100 certain buildings may need to be knocked down and/relocated but why not make the most of the land we have while we still have it. Compromise - don't allow hospitals, nursing homehomes and the like to be built on the lower oceanfront areas. If people want to invest in property that might one day fall to the ocean then let them.

Because that bill is a governmental body saying 'we are going to ignore science because we don't like it' If the oceans rise 39 inches in the next 90 years, that is a huge issue for those counties. But instead they want to say 'you cant tell anyone and we refuse to plan for it because we want money now'.

If the law stipulated that 'no state or federal buildings will be built within this danger zone, but anyone else is free to, even though we don't agree with this other governmental body who are the actual experts', then I really wouldn't care.

Loki, you seem to be treating it as if in 2099 the Ocean is suddenly going to increase by 30-something inches, after negligent growth before that. Nearly all studies indicate that the ocean is covering more land, and due to global warming and the melting of polar ice, it is going to continue in a non-linear pace. It is going to speed up.

This post has been edited by Obdigore: 06 June 2012 - 04:26 AM