I really like my Blackberry smartphone, because it has a physical keyboard and security wasn't an afterthought when it was designed. But it's looking more and more like Blackberry (the company) might disappear, although I really hope not.

If I can't get a Blackberry, what do I want, keeping in mind the reasons I gave above?
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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

Well, Ko Ko does anyway.


This song is a little odd. It's from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado,' and it's meant to be adapted to local and contemporary issues. Because of this I think that depending on when and where the version Doug uses was adapted and sung he gets an instinctive understanding that sticks with him of who the contemporary government would like to rid themselves off. It defaults to government kill lists, but a Mikado adapted to the boardroom or a crime families would see the effect adapted to similar organisations.

Is anyone else getting add boxes when not logged in?

Bob, does the account need to be topped up again?

I couldn't find an old thread, hence me making this one.

Yeah, I'm probably one of the players that's made X-Com 2 the way it is due to starting some games back in the day and just stopping. I suspect having a Chryssalid drop in on Zhang's recruitment mission was my 'nope!' moment. So as some may've noticed my steam status indicating I'm playing it again, on a new 'easy' game and it's early days for me 4~5 missions in with only 1 dead trooper & recruiting Zhang went so much smoother this time. The dang mobile spawn point met overwatch LMG, a rocket & sniper shot. Everything else overwatch or normal shooting resulting in a pile of Thin Men & Sectoids.

Though I do think another early Chryssalid appearance will trigger another rage quit.

Edit: and I completely forgot that I've got it on 360 as well, so add another incomplete play through to the count.

Interesting fact I just learned: The Ministry of Magic pays the tuition of all Hogwarts students:

Quote:@emmalineonline1 @micnews There's no tuition fee! The Ministry of Magic covers the cost of all magical education!
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 17, 2015

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/17/467111258 ... -just-fine

Quote:"Is your effort to connect with Latinos dead if Trump's the nominee?" Siegel asked.
"I don't think our effort is dead at all," Preibus said. "These candidates will talk to those communities, will answer questions, will have plenty of time to campaign and obviously tell them why they'd be a better choice than Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. And it's gonna be up to them to make sure that that ship is put on the right course."

Quote:Preibus said today's political back-and-forth will not be a concern to voters in the general election.
"Next month will feel like next year," he said. "And June and July will feel like 10 years from now. This will be just fine, and we will move on. And we'll get to a nominee. We'll go to the convention, and we'll be unified, and we'll beat the Democrats."

I was just browsing through my bookmarks and I visited the http://www.fanfiction.net/u/90351/Kenko]fanfiction.net page where a lot of Rob "Kenko" Haynie's stories are located.  On at least one occasion in the Dead Fic thread at the top of this board, it's been claimed that this is actually a page that was set up by a fan of his work as an archive.  And the fact that it hadn't been touched since 2010 sort of supported that.
Except this morning, there is a new entry -- one of Kenko's oldest stories, "The Lunch Counter", was added to the page a week ago.  And the description text reads

Quote:This was, actually the first fic I ever wrote- and I found it on the
net, searching on a whim. Maybe you'll enjoy this. (I used a different
pen name back then.)

argument fails as sports penaltieshttp://imgur.com/a/QDbyt#0
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

We've all agreed to the setting rules. We've also agreed that no one character can do everything allowed by the setting rules - or, for that matter, everything that would be convenient for that character. The meta reason is that being able to do everything is boring from a story perspective (ref. "http://allthetropes.org/wiki/So_You_Wa ... a_Mary_Sue]So You Want To/Avoid Writing a Mary Sue").

But what if each character could do everything in his, her, or its field that's allowed by the setting rules?

This could lead to some serious power escalation - and some serious character clashes. But it could also lead to some fun...

Exhibit A: Noah Scott can build any android, not just meganekko based on fictional characters. "Hello, I'm the vice-president of Stellvia Corporation, these are my bodyguards, and I'm here to discuss that merger you seem to not want."



Any more?
--
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

15 minutes ago, Peggy and I were an hour into a showing of "Deadpool" when some idiot decides to pull the fire alarm. I've never had to evacuate a theatre before, least of all in 20-degree weather (F). But we're back in the theatre and waiting for the film to resume now.

BTW, so far "Deadpool" is a lot of fun.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.