Maybe you could treat it with a nice dose of Power Pool Customization!




http://city-of-heroes.livejournal.com/3552905.html


The Coffee Talk reveals keep making i24 ever more delicious and moist with changes we've wanted for a long time. Also, making Medicine Pool less useless! Powers that buff or debuff depending on if the target is friend or foe! New Leadership buffs off dead enemies as well as Venge-bait allies!
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

Gremlins by Leslie Fish.  I'm mind-boggled that it took me this long to think of it -- and that nobody else had posted it.  Do I need to spell out what results it's likely to have on any bad guys' mechanical/electronic devices in the area of effect?
CHORUS: Humans, humans, pay your dues;
Just two paths that you get to choose:
Feed us right or fight and lose--
Gremlins everywhere!
Little sprites of the ancient woods
Used to come to the door;
Get paid off with a bowl of milk,
But not anymore.
Watching humans make machines
And treat the Wild with scorn,
Little sprites swore a great revenge;
Thus were gremlins born.
CHORUS  
Woods cut down and farmlands spoiled;
What should gremlins do?
They all moved to this brave new world,
Seeking pastures new.
They found a home in machinery
Among the whirling gears;
They moved all their families in
And they've been there for years.
CHORUS
Gremlins love coal, iron, and steam,
Copper and glass and steel.
Dumb machines have no defense--
They can't think or feel.
Gremlins feast on rubber and oil;
Plastic makes their lunch.
Silicon wafers heated well
Are what they love to crunch.
CHORUS
So if you're bugged by machines that break,
Best thing you can do
Is make peace with the gremline horde;
Make them work for you.
Drop some oil on an incense coal,
Sacrifice antifreeze;
Ask 'em to leave your stuff alone,
And go bug your enemies.
(Are you kidding?  It worked in World War II!)
CHORUS
Yeah, gremlins everywhere!
The line "Dumb machines have no defense--They can't think or feel" may in fact mean that AIs are immune because they can think and feel.  Also, if Doug's subconscious feels like giving him a hard time, he may have to perform the ritual offerings described to keep this from zapping friendlies' equipment as well as the bad guys.
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

They're making a new Ultima game.

NEW ULTIMA GAME.

Anyone needs me, I'ma gonna be over here going Squee for the next few weeks.

In case you haven't already been informed, James Jacobs of Paizo likes your work and might be interested in having you write for Pathfinder.
(Of course, I've been away from the forum for like a year and have no idea what your current job situation might be, so... ^.^)

 After a few minutes of tired rambling on CoH I'm going to try and run a Admiral Sutter Task force tomorrow the 19th. I'm hoping to get started around 5-6 mountain time so 7-8 EST.
For anyone interested/available just bring any character who's level 20+ so go ahead and post if your interested!
....oh yes its the WST so come get your notice/xp!

The Minna no Evangelion Fan blog posted images of the 18.5-meter (61-foot) long figure of the Neon Genesis Evangelion character Rei Ayanami on Wednesday.
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I got nothin...

-Logan
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Mmmm... Tang...
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There are a number of games NWN2 and Mass effect that create folders in the "My Documents" area.
I REALLLY REALLLY hate this. It messes up my file arangement.
Is there any way to get them to stop or create folders somewhere else?

http://blogs.ocweekly.com...il-a_anti-gay_stance.php

At last. One place I can point to, rather than having to dig up donation tracking links, to indicate to others WHY I won't eat there.

(Only posted in Politics because I would be surprised if we weren't 100% on the gay rights side here.)
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor

I've put "Arthur's Caught" on the Fen wiki:
http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Arthurs_Caught
This constitutes the first 'Chapter' (five stories).
Now with added references! [grin]
And, Fenspace dates on all the stories.
It's not accessable by the Season 0 Stories, yet, and has lots of dangling references, but I thought I'd better see if people thought it looked OK.
Thanks.
((OK, because I can't leave well alone, 'Rule', the second chapter is up as well.  And the're both in the 'Season 0' index.  And...))
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind

Randall Munroe is answering hypothetical questions - a different one every Tuesday.

So far, he's told us:

• A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch", and would be eligible to advance to first base. (Compiler's note: Not "able," but "eligible.")
  
• ... the odds ... are worse than the odds of every living ex-President and every member of the main cast of Firefly all being independently struck by lightning … on the same day.
  
• ... it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands.