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The Sakura Taisen seems to have cooked something up just ofr me to buy a PS3. Damn it.

OK, I thought I'd better split this off as a general purpose thread. Hopefully, those of us with far more experience will help those of us (myself included) with little to no experience in putting together characters in the GURPS system.
I personally have a few questions:
1) Is there a list somewhere that contains various Talent and Wildcard Skills packages? I've done some further experimentation in putting A.C.'s stats together and my lists are getting a little long.
2) Are there any advantages, disadvantages, skills, etc that we could put into a sort of Fenspacer racial template or we accept as given in the world?
3) Should we try and put together some advantages, disadvantages, and skills for use in the setting (e.g. an Handwaving skill (IQ/Hard?) or similar?)

Louisiana Senator David Vitter (Republican) is a hypocrite jerk-off. Yes, Vitter has been in the news a great deal lately. He is a big supporter of abstinence education and strongly against same sex marriage. He upholds the sanctity of marriage and was very, very stern with Bill Clintons adultery with Monica Lewinski. Big fan of the Christian god too.
He also frequents prostitutes; while married; and presumably used birth control; lied about it until elected; and then let it slip when he could no longer cover it up.
Hypocrite.
Well it just keeps getting better and better. It has just been revealed that laughing boy has been trying to break down the wall separating church and state. He did this by earmarking significant funds to the Louisiana Family Forum to, as was stated, to develop a plan to promote better science education.
Yes. It is another attempt to drive creationism into the forum of public education. Teach the controversy. Teach the alternate theories.
How can I put this succinctly I know - Fuck you in the neck motherfucker!
First off. Creationism/intelligent design is not an alternate theory. It is not even a theory. It is not even science. Irreducible complexity is a fancy way of saying dont know, dont want to know, Goddidit! It makes no predictions; offers no evidence as to an external agent; and every time it tries to bring up an example of irreducible complexity it is met with published, peer reviewed papers that explain that which was thought to be irreducible.
Second off. Teach the controversy is bullshit. There is no controversy among scientists. There are mountains of evidence supporting natural selection. Intelligent Design lists a handful of peer reviewed papers but review of the review process and the contents of the papers quickly put and end to that line. The controversy between Natural Selection and Intelligent Design is the same as the controversy between homo sapiens sexual reproduction and avian delivered parthenogenesis (the Stork Theory.) Alternately it could be compared to the controversy between homo sapiens sexual reproduction and the theory of brassican-interlocation theory (cabbage leaf theory.)
Third off. A deeper look at the parties involved will demonstrate that the Louisiana Family Forum is not only devoted to a religious interpretation of creation (masked in Intelligent Design); but also has significant ties to Vitters political campaign (Vitter employed several Forum employees during his political campaigns.)
Why he hasnt been tossed from office is a wonder (no it isnt it has to do with the succession of his office and the balance of the Senate)
Shayne

These days, it seems like there are a lot of authors whose websites have disappeared, and even with the internet archive, finding things can be difficult.
So, since I spent a lot of time looking for this, I thought I'd share it.
web.archive.org/web/20051...?pageid=11
Here we have the page for "The Virus". Most of these stories I'd managed to find other places, but one I couldn't find (because I couldn't remember the title or author) was "Interpersonal Effects" by Siaru.
(Though it also turns out to be on the author's website here. Wouldn't have found it until after I knew who the author was though...)
-Morgan.
"I'm not a vampire, but I play one on TV."

Oxford Scientists mathematically prove "many worlds" quantum theory. It also improves the chances that time travel will work, too...-- Bob
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One of the primary differences between the Left and the Right is their attitude toward the Future. The Radical wants the Future to have gotten here yesterday. The Reactionary wants the Future quietly shot and the corpse buried where no one can find it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

...just by answering a few questions. Questions here.-- Bob
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One of the primary differences between the Left and the Right is their attitude toward the Future. The Radical wants the Future to have gotten here yesterday. The Reactionary wants the Future quietly shot and the corpse buried where no one can find it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Been poking at this most of the weekend, might even be done with it by Monday or Tuesday. Here's a short bit from a much longer file (forgive wiki markup, etc.):

Ship Name: Candy's Cane
Hull: The hull of the Cane appears to be a pair of twisted colums, one red, one white. Slightly tapered at the tip and slightly flared at the base, the hull resembles a piece of candy, anodized in bright, flat red and white. The Cane has a detachable 'crook' at the tip, which contains two luxury 'waiting rooms' and the bridge and AI modules.
Drive: Speed drive, Max 0.075c.
Purpose: Recreational barge/Ultra-VIP transport.
Crook:
The Crook is a limited-duty shuttlecraft, capable of parking in two conventional parking spaces.
Drive: The Cane has a small Adjusted Mass reactionless rotor, capable of a massive 65mph at maximum overload thrust. normal speed is between a slow crawl and a 'brisk' 55 mph.
Purpose: Ultra-VIP parking shuttle.
Candy's Cane is a failed construction attempt. The structure is not suited for the sort of 'extreme manuevering' that a combat or rescue vessel will encounter. Damage to the ship will result in a tearing of the joint between the two 'candy' stripes, causing compartments to vent.
Quirks:
Spin It!: the Candy does not provide an artificial gravity field, unless it is spinning - if it is spinning, it provides a nice, flat, 1g field, no matter what the spin is. The field includes the 'crook', allowing VIP customers and crew to occupy it without suffering from rotational torque stress.
Ladies First: The Candy will respond to _any_ female operator before it will respond to any male operator.
I'm not _straight_ candy: When the 'Cane' is detached, the Candy does not move, aside from station keeping and very basic manuevering (such as for parking).
Crew:
The Candy Cane is owned by Candy, of Candy Red's, and is 'bound' to Candy herself. Normally, Candy acts as captain and primary hostess, and the ship is piloted by one of her lieutenants.
AI: TBAWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

In the thread I started, "Some feelings I need to vent," I told you about my friend's loss and that I would have some more details. Well, here they are:
All right, I have that information....
Amanda Stair, writer of Bubble Gum Crisis: The Next Generation, A Fairwell to Arms, and co-writer with Bert Van Vliet and myself of Three Knights, lost her Brother Friday, September 14th. Her Brother, Joseph Benjamin Stair, comitted suicide, leaving behind a wife and two small children.
www.legacy.com/Denver/Obi...d=94683103 -- on-line copy of Joe's obituary.
www.myspace.com/yumekochan -- Amanda's blog, which has all the details -- "Joey Killed himself", "More Details" and "Saying Bye".
In part, the obituary says, "In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Aleah and Joseph Stair Education Fund." I now have an address to which any contributions can be sent. It is:
The Aleah and Joseph Stair Education Fund.
c/o Amanda Stair
7097 W. Frost Pl.
Littleton CO 80128
I know the family will be happy for any contribution
Craig

Okay - stop me if this has been answered already, but...
What are the Scientologists doing while this is going on?
- They're an enormous cult with a significant powerbase, and some rather odd ideas
- They definately have some eyeballs looking to the stars, and they tend to read certain very specific kinds of science fiction... well... religiously.
- They tend to be moderately-to-heavily brainwashed, and not react well to dissent. (Apparently, this goes so far that one of their rules actually forbids meaningful discussion on interpretation/explanation of their rules. They actually aren't allowed to say "Rule A says this, Rule B says that, that doesn't make sense to me, please explain." They aren't allowed to let nonmembers know what the rules are in the first place.)
- They don't always feel welcomed where they're at.
Clearly they'd be doing *something* in response to handwavium - but what?