I seem to recall we had a thread some years ago about Fenspace's "super-rich," but we never got around to saying exactly who they were.

So here's my candidate list.

• At the top is Chris Marsden (owner and CEO of Greenwood), followed closely by Noah Scott (owner and CEO of StellviaCorp).
  
• A slightly-distant third is Padraig O'Niell (owner and CEO of CHOAM).
  
• After these three comes Don Antonio Esposito (who ... *ahem* ... operates a Family business).
  
• Then there's The Jason (the preeminent Mad Biologist/Geneticist of Fenspace).
  

It's been a while since we've done one of these, and this is the capital city of one of the Major Factions. The page is on both the stub and "requires cleanup" lists, so it's a prime candidate for the Fenwiki DeStub Project Here's what we know so far, laid out in the standard Wikipedia format for a city.

1. Does Setsuna ever know that the Pluto was downgraded?
2. Is there a planet X beyond Pluto in the 'verse? The NEOWise survey just came out recently and and data analysis  does not reveal a Saturn or Jupiter sized planet within 0.1- 0.2 light year from the earth.
 http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... lanet.html
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

Okay. I've been patient with Windows 8.1 after a catastrophic HD failure and inability to find my Windows 7 installer... until I'd forked over the bills for the disc, etc etc...
And apparently MikeyShaft doesn't like folks building their own computers or daring to "upgrade" without being a bleeding edge OEM consumer.
My drivers are a mess because apparently Plug-and-play is no longer a thing: anything that depended on MS drivers is pretty much dead in the water, like a MIDI Keyboard Controller, to try to do some electronic music, for example.
Thus, as soon as I get an extra HD RAID'ed into my box, I'm Dual booting Ubuntu Studio 14.xx. Sunk cost fallacy and all, I've got too many things I've heard don't play well with WINE that do work on Win 8.1...
So. Yeah.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/0 ... ce-debris/

Quote:AMERICAN SPACE Agency NASA announced today a $2bn scrappage deal with an Irish Traveler family to collect over 4,000 dormant satellites orbiting the earth.

John Anthony Connors from Limerick and his 14 brothers Jamsie, Paddy, Micky, Joseph, Mikey, Peter, Mick, John Paul, Aiden, Steven, Joey, Jamsie and Michael will travel to a special training facility in Cape Canaveral in Florida to undergo an intensive six month course in space exploration.

NASA spokesperson Todd Chambers told WWN the Connors family actually approached them about the floating space debris.

“They were very insistent on the phone and the conversation took quite some time as they were all talking at once. It was quite disorientating.” recalled Chambers, a test-pilot turned public relations manager for the space agency. “We eventually arranged a meeting in county Limerick and before we knew it we struck a deal by spitting into our hands and shaking. It happened very fast.”

The Irish travelers, who have over 50 years experience in dealing with scrap metal, believe the mission to last “well over a year” and are expected to dispose of the orbiting junk themselves.

“We have plenty of places tha’ will pay top dollar for that kinda gear.” explained John Anthony Connors, who appointed himself as project manager after a brief scuffle with his brother Peter. “Don’t be worrying where we puts them at’ll. We have all that sorted now to be true.”

Concerned for ‘live satellites’, NASA forced the group to sign a contract stating they will stay clear of objects like the International Space Station.

“We wouldn’t touch them now cause there be payple in them.” said the 35-year-old traveling man. “T’wouldn’t be fair on ‘em like, ya know?”

The Connors’ first mission into space will launch on the 19th of October 2014.

Just what it says on the tin: 
So let's see what that does with William Jordan (My actual RL name)

Xaleal Diphda
... that sounds like a really bad disease. >.>

But Logan Darkighter (Already a Star Wars name if ever there was one) gets... 

Rectwe Spiralburn
BWAHAHA HEE HEE HEE!! 

Okay THAT's amusing! Trying to Star Wars a Star Wars name confuses the thing TERRIBLY! ^_^

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/low_ ... _name.html
Example :
Sherlock Holmes = Scarlett Hayzes
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

So rather then toss one of the trauma packs on the old thread, I'd start a new one.
I just completed the new DLC for Shadowrun Returns... apply named Dragonfall. 

Let me just say... wow. Now this is a story. Used the four characters that were given me and well there were a few surprises along the way. 

I'm annoyed that I missed the Kickstarter for this, but still I completed this all the way through without having to resort to cheats as a Elven Sharman with a side of Mage. 

How did I finish it? 
 - The opening 3+1 survived ... which is good. Considering the stakes and what we went up against. ("Berlin is still standing. I'll count that as a win.")
 - Freed APEX 
 - Got Glory to open up and learned her backstory (if ever there was a hook for a story or sequel its there)
 - Learned about Eiger's past and got her respect.
 - Got a civic center named after me

Spoiler

- and released the dragon

I'm having a really frustrating time finding a reasonably priced replacement bracket hinge for my Toshiba Satellite L875D. The right hand side one snapped off close to the base, where it connects to the hinge assembly. Last thing I need when hunting a job is having a laptop I can't close
and take with me when want to go somewhere I can do some quiet job
hunting at.
Have found it at notebookparts.com in Hagerston Md about hours drive away from where I live. However when I've tried calling them to verify if they have the part on hand nobody picks up (front desk does but they merely connect you to the parts desk phone). Left a voicemail and waiting to see if they will call back.  (A full 30-40 dollar difference in price versus getting it elsewhere)/
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."

The consensus is that http://huvrtech.com/ is a hoax and probably viral marketing for something else entirely, but what? And who's behind it? Considering the famous names who appear in the "BELIEF" video below, it's someone with deep pockets... What happens in December when the counter on the website catches up?
    //www.youtube.com/v/A4vE_vpkr90?version=3&hl=en_US   
//www.youtube.com/v/wqExe69CEg8?version=3&hl=en_US
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.