Doing some wiki maintenance, and discovered that there were six pages that pointed to the deleted page "Tyger Tyger". I deleted the redirect page altogether and the links from the two Talk pages, but I don't want to mess with http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... yger_Tyger]the other three pages - two of them are content pages (one by Warringer, the other by HRogge), and the other is Dakota's User page (and I have no business messing with somebody else's User page).

What do folks want to do with these references?
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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

After 14 years of eligibility, Rush has finally joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Oh, and Heart, Public Enemy, Quincy Jones, Albert King, Randy Newman, Donna Summer, and Roxy Theatre owner Lou Adler are also being inducted tonight.
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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 think it's safe to say this week has been horrible. Hell - this entire MONTH has been horrible. While you're sending thoughts/prayers/well wishes to the survivors of the Second Boston Massacre (seriously - that's what it's becoming known as already) perhaps you can send some to the survivors of the West Texas Explosion. 
The blast was horrific. And many are still missing - may remain ever missing. The last time there was a blast of this magnitude it destroyed a port town on the Texas Coast. This could be of similar magnitude. 

Edit: Perhaps the ONLY saving grace in all this is that rain showers came through just hours after the explosion and helped cooled down the heart of the blaze and kept the fires from spreading into massive grass fires that could have devastated much more than just the initial explosion. 

So I've played and greatly enjoyed antichamber (steam page, webpage).
It's the first game I've played that tweaks with your preconceptions about reality. It's all about exploration and discovering how the world works.
The UI is minimal to the point of zen (something that matches the aesthetic of the world), this game has been polished to the point of a high shine.

It's currently 1/2 off ($10) until the 18th.
If you like puzzle games, it's well worth the money.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

I just heard about the explosions at the Marathon's finish line. I hope no one was there.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

Apparently at least two bombs were set off as runners began crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
NY TimesLA TimesHuff Post
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

I'm in the middle of playing it right now... I think I'm fairly close to the end, if the other two games in the series are anything to go by.  (I pretty much shotgunned the first two games sequentially before going on to play Infinite.)
Now, even more than the other two Bioshock games... this has a palpable sense of bad going to worse all the time.  In fact, I'm pretty sure that any of you who play this will have a series of "Oh FUCK" moments where the F-bomb becomes increasingly emphasized in fervor with each major plot point.
Bioshock's Good End was indeed a good end.
Bioshock 2's Good End was bittersweet and a borderline tearjerker.
I am hoping that Inifinite's Good End doesn't rip my heart out and stomp on it.

Saw this 3D model, and thought "Roughriders base"... but it's a bit pricey so I don't want to buy it if you don't agree with me. What do you think?

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/suprastation/55965




--
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

What do you think, someone building the small vehicle T.C. uses for Fenspace? Maybe as a short ranged scout or even a sports vehicle.
(without the guns of course)

(edited title)

We've been down this road before. 

Don't be fooled. Gun confiscation has already begun in NYPOSTED AT 11:31 AM ON APRIL 13, 2013 BY JAZZ SHAW

We've heard it over and over again, particularly on shows like Morning Joe. Anyone who thinks that the government is "coming to take your guns" is a paranoid loon, watching for black helicopters and guarding their sheep from soldiers. Unfortunately for those formerly right leaning, Second Amendment minded folks who bought into this story, reality has come screaming up from behind well ahead of schedule.
Following the passage of "The SAFE Act" in New York State, Big Brother got busy pretty quickly grabbing up the guns. Of course nobody was reporting on it very much until they managed tocollect them from the wrong guy and a judge made them give them back.

Quote:BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thursday, a state Supreme Court Judge ruled guns seized from David Lewis, 35, must be returned to him after he was incorrectly identified as violating the mental health provision of the SAFE Act.
"We know that from the health care agency to the State Police, there was some kind of breach," said Lewis' attorney, Jim Tresmond.

Quote:Tresmond says his client was ordered to turn in his weapons last week because he was once on anti-anxiety medication, which is a violation of the SAFE Act. Wednesday, State Police informed the Erie County Clerk's Office that it made a mistake when it said Lewis was in violation of the state's new gun law.

Quote:The NY SAFE Act requires "mental health professionals, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, to report if an individual they are treating is likely to engage in conduct that will cause serious harm to him- or herself or others."
If such a determination is made, "the Division of Criminal Justice Services will determine whether the person possesses a firearms license and, if so, will notify the appropriate local licensing official, who must suspend the license. The person's firearms will then be removed."
The law has come under fire from gun-rights advocates as well as mental health professionals, who fear the new law discourages people from seeking professional help for mental health issues.

Quote:The SAFE Act in particular seems to me to be overly broad in defining what qualifies as a reportable condition. It's one thing for a person who is delusional on the level of a Seung-Hui Choi or Jared Loughner to be caught up in the net, it is quite another for someone who was apparently merely on an anti-anxiety drug to have their Constitutional rights limited. If taking that kind of medication is enough to get you on a list, then what about the millions upon millions of Americans who are on some form of anti-depressant or who take medication that alters their mood in any manner? Are they going to get put on a government list too, and what, exactly, is the government going to do with that list? History is replete with examples of psychiatry being abused by the state, and the danger of abuse becomes even higher when the law broadens the number of conditions that are reportable to the state.

Quote:Number one question for those who favor "universal background checks" – how do you enforce them?In other words, how will authorities know if an individual who possesses a firearm submitted to a background check?If they can answer this question without needing to resort to a database, or a registry, then I am all ears.

Quote:Finch: "...It's like I could see the whole thing, one long chain of events that stretched all the way back... I felt like I could see everything that happened, and everything that is going to happen. It was like a perfect pattern, laid out in front of me. And I realized we're all part of it, and all trapped by it.

Dominic: So do you know what's gonna happen?

Finch: No, it was a feeling. But I can guess. ...someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty. And then...