Here's something no magic MM should be without:
/macro "ala" "l You have displeased me!$$em alakazam$$petsay "
Target your minion and watch the fun
If you're in a crueler mood, substitute batsmash and batsmashreact.
--Sam
"Well folks, there you have it: a day in the life of a superhero and his sidekick. It's a very long day, the tights are uncomfortable...I think we covered that before. Map light: convenient and essential. A lot of working with villain motifs. Crime has a bossa-nova beat. Leap before you look. Remember, dnouement. Other French words: inconvenient, not-essential. Well, I could go on and on and on, but time's a-wasting, and evil's out there making handcrafted mischief for the swap meet of villainy. And you can't strike a good deal with evil, no matter how much you haggle. We don't need to look for a bargain. Goodness is cheap, because it's free, and free is as cheap as it gets. CUT!!"

Seen on The Register, but this link's to the Daily Mail article: "Armed police raid home after mistaking Lara Croft dummy for gunman"
Oopsie...

-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

New name/concept. Cool or Stupid?
So... one of my favourite concepts in the comic book world... is the powersuited hero. The armoured vigilante. Iron Man, MACH-1 to MACH-IV. Anime-wise, I'm also a fan of Bubblegum Crisis.
But I don't have an armoured CoH character that I play regularly. I've tried to make some in the past, notably Flu Shot on Infinity, but they've not worked out too well for whatever reason. In Flu's case, I've realised I don't like playing an Ice/Ice Tanker. And the whole "coated in ice" thing doesn't seem too power-armoury anyway, even if I technobabble about pirated Crey Cryo Tank technology.
So.

Here's my latest effort. Elec/Elec Blaster. I've got him created on Infinity under the name "Circuit-3"... but I'm thinking of turning it into an acronym. Rerolling in all-caps. CIRCUIT-3.
Is that a good pun, or a hideously bad one?
Also, is it clever or stupid to have him be the same guy as Flu Shot, just wearing a different suit? The idea being that Crey Industries shut him down. They sued, you see. Unlicensed use of their cryo technology.
...is that a good idea? I'm serious, I really need a second call on this. =P
-- Acyl

Profile on UT's new coach, Gail Goestenkors.
I realize not many people share my passion for women's basketball here but Goestenkors is one of the classiest women and coaches involved in the sport. She's highly respected and she's just an awesome person.
I'll excerpt one of the funniest parts for me:

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Before last season, Goestenkors cooked dinner for each class on her Duke team. Her players were shocked because Goestenkors doesn't cook. Her freezer is filled with frozen dinners.
"I am always telling my players to get out of their comfort zone and challenge themselves," Goestenkors said. "So that's what I decided to do."
Players got to choose what Goestenkors cooked. For her freshmen, she cooked steak and crab legs. For her sophomores, it was steak. For her juniors it was lasagna, and for her seniors it was spaghetti.
"We chose spaghetti because we figured she couldn't mess that up," Harding said. "But she still burned the garlic toast."

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Dave had recently gotten himself a top line street racer. I believe it was a Ducati 916, or something very similar. And he'd been riding it for about a month at the time of the story, just letting the engine "break in". Nothing crazy. Normal driving. Then he went to visit some relatives down in Houston over the weekend. On his way back, he decides, since he's got all day to get back to the Dallas area, to take the opportunity to test the bike. He gets off the main highway and starts looking for some good back roads. Old two lane highways and such that aren't used much anymore since the interstate went through. He soon finds what he's looking for.

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I promised more information when it became available... well, here it is.
The important bit: Sunday at 9:00 pm on CBC-TV, right after the airing of Strange Brew (at 7:00). Canadians, set your TiVOs or VCRs...
(And, thanks to my new widescreen HDTV, I just discovered that CBC broadcasts in 1080i widescreen in Ottawa. Too bad I don't have anything that'll record in that resolution...)

-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

"I could have sworn this was City of Heroes, not Dungeons and Dragons Online..."
--Sam
"I don't know the meaning of the word "surrender!" I mean, I know it, I'm not dumb... just not in this context!"

This was in one of my NASA newsletters.
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One of the companies NASA works with has developed a camera software system that lets them determine which way a person's eyes are actually looking at up to 30 feet away.
They talk about using it to determine how much an advertiser needs to pay. But I seem to remember reading back in the 1990's about a adaptive advertisement system that used adaptive computer software and displays to try and keep a persons attention focused on the advertisement by modifying the image in realtime.
One of it's major disadvantages was that the person needed to wear a sensor that watched thier eyes to give the software the feedback it needed.
I wonder how long it will be before somebody digs up that old project and mixes it with this new developement?
Perhaps we should all start wearing mirror sunglasses in the malls.

howard melton
God bless

Jerry Falwell is dead. He shall spew hate no more. He is a stiff. Bereft of life, he decomposes.
While there are days that I feel like an eminent sociopath towards Falwell, Robertson, Hinn, Haggard and their loathsome ilk; they are still humans, and their life; any life; is precious. This is the one chance we have and no one gets out alive.
Having said that; we should celebrate his life and the end of it with his own words. To truly appreciate the width, breadth and depth of his completely fucked up take on life, the universe and everything. From his support of apartheid to his repeated attacks on the rights of homosexuals, women, teletubbies, and anyone not agreeing with his bilious biblical bullshite.
Heeerrres Jerrrry!

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Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals
The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country
If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being
Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America
[homosexuals are] brute beasts...part of a vile and satanic system [that] will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven
(re: 9/11 attacks) "...throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools, the abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked and when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad...I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who try to secularize America...I point the thing in their face and say you helped this happen."
I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!
I listen to feminists and all these radical gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That's all they need. Most of the feminists need a man to tell them what time of day it is and to lead them home. And they blew it and they're mad at all men. Feminists hate men. They're sexist. They hate men - that's their problem.
It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.

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So a few of us are planning a Hess/Burkholder TF on Infinity.
Minimum level 25.
Time: Tuesday May 22 2007; 7pm EST
Server: Infinity
Minimum Number Required for TF 6.
Any other takers?
-Cindy