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  Play Katamari Damacy on Google
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-13-2023, 04:01 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

Go to Google.com and search on "Katamari". A little bouncy ball will appear in the right-hand info panel. Click it and you will be able to roll it all over the page, picking up page elements. You can use the arrow keys or mouse clicks to direct it.

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Question If you could have a copy of one publicly-accessible database, which would you take?
Posted by: robkelk - 06-10-2023, 07:38 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (8)

This is almost a Just for Fun question.

If you were marooned on a desert island with a solar-powered laptop and an offline copy of one publicly-accessible database, which database would you take?

The size of the database doesn't matter -- assume the existence of a multi-petabyte drive in the laptop. (If you really want the Internet Archive as your database, that's fine.) It does need to be legally accessible by the public without charge, though, so please provide a link to it.

Also, the laptop's radio is busted and you're marooned -- once you've chosen your database, there's no updating it. Other than that, you get the standard I/O devices on the laptop.

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  Looking for a song
Posted by: classicdrogn - 06-09-2023, 05:01 PM - Forum: General Chatter - No Replies

Last week some time I heard a brass cover of Link Wray's Rumble on the radio that was really good, but I can't find any sign of the existence of such a thing on the internet. Anyone have any ideas for where I could play it again?

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Question V&V question
Posted by: robkelk - 06-06-2023, 01:12 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (3)

I've misplaced my copy of the rulebook (I know which room it's in, but not which pile on which desk)...

How strong does a V&V character need to be to be able to dead-lift 800kg? And then walk with it for a couple of meters?

(Asking for a scenario. Fun fact of the day: a catalog briefcase, like this one or Yomiko Readman's, can hold 800 kg of gold... until it splits its seams because it's not designed to carry that much mass.)

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  Image Thread 26
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 06-06-2023, 12:42 PM - Forum: Archived Image and Video Threads - Replies (299)

Old thread is here.

And let me just start the new thread with a couple pics I've got laying around.

   
   

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  Fanfiction.net is not down
Posted by: Ebony - 05-30-2023, 08:14 AM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction - Replies (10)

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  Vivi says "hi!"
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 05-29-2023, 10:00 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (2)

So here in the US it's a three-day holiday weekend, and as usual for Memorial Day, we're spending it with my wife's family. Which includes our niece Vivienne, AKA Vivi, who is an amazingly large ham when she knows a camera is pointed at her. That said, all I need to add is, look at the niece. <grin>

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  Fic Updates 50
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 05-23-2023, 09:09 PM - Forum: Archived Fanfic Recommendations - Replies (294)

The fiftieth Fic Update thread... that's some milestone.

Number 49 is here.

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  So I guess an apology is in order...
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 05-20-2023, 09:06 PM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (2)

I've been reminding myself recently that I needed to log in to COH and just make sure everything in the Legendary is running on an even keel. I couldn't remember how long it had been since I last logged in, but it wasn't that long, was it? I was sure i remembered the most recent Halloween and Christmas events, so it could only have been, what, a couple months, right?

Well. After spending an hour getting my launcher and game files updated tonight, I discovered it had actually been exactly 301 days since the last time I'd logged in. The events I remembered were from 2021. How I'd gone so long without playing and not noticed I have no idea, but I did, and I want to apologize to all the members of the Legendary for apparently abandoning the group -- especially after having to ask for my leadership position back last time.

I'm going to make a point of not vanishing again.

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  D&D 5e books on sale (probably as a movie tie in?)
Posted by: classicdrogn - 05-17-2023, 09:24 PM - Forum: General Chatter - No Replies

I don't look at the them too often, not having a group to play with and not really being interested in class & level systems in general these days, but if there's any of the books you don't have and want it looks like they're around 40% off cover price line-wide on Amazon at the moment. I'll admit I was really tempted by the updated Spelljammer and Xanathar/Tasha/Mordenkainen sets until I reminded myself of the above factors.

Of course, there's also your gaming politics to consider if you care about that, with the whole OGL retcon attempt and its fallout. Given the general attitudes here I'd actually expect that to carry some weight as well... and even on sale, they're still more expensive than Paizo's various "Pocket Edition" TPB size reprints Wink

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