http://vimeo.com/1165693

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/26/copyfraud]Corporations and fraudsters alike are stealing from the public domain. 
The section about Creative Commons trying to set itself up as a licensing authority for the public domain particularly upsets me.  Dammit, I respected Creative Commons!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Right from the forums:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat ... =0&fpart=1

Without further comment:



And one suitable for an Avatar with a bit of tweaking:


''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://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/michael+ja ... 92773.html]Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, by Michael Jackson, from the album Off the Wall, copyright © 1979 Epic Records.

Metasong - once it takes effect, the effects of the next song played (if that song is started within a minute of the ending of Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough) will continue past the end of that song, as long as Doug is still actively using the effect (no "holding effect in readiness just in case"). The 24-hour period between effect uses starts at the end of the effect, not the end of the song.
--
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

First Farrah Fawcett and now -

Michael
Jackson.

Hard to believe. I couldn't be considered a fan, especially with the insane crap of his the last couple of decades, but he was part of the cultural
background, and I wouldn't have some of Weird Al Yankovic's best
videos without him.

(yes, I know it was mentioned in the Farrah Fawcett thread, but I thought it deserved a thread of it's own.

Complete restart of the concept, allowing some of our more prolific writers access to the "shinies."
ETA: Also, It seems that I am currently de facto editor-in-chief for this, so please accept that I can and may veto story points if they don't "fit" the mood we're trying for.
July 5, 2009, 10 pm Eastern Daylight Time -- City of Heroes MMORPG, Virtue Server
[The Legendary] Terrence Knight: Fox! Hurry up! ITF!
[The Legendary] Valles: Bring ninja.
[The Legendary] Kaeda: Yeah, we need Ninja Trio
[The Legendary] Foxboy: Iunno, I JUST got Misty able to Cim last week... and she hasn't been on an ITF yet...
[The Legendary] Sweno: Well, it might be nice to see if the new changes to Doms help any. We *have* plenty of support
[The Legendary] Foxboy: Right! Crosslogging
[The Legendary] Valles: I STILL can't believe how awful Dacia's luck is in Chrono Racer...
10:30 pm EDT
[Team] Sachie Hanagawa: [I can't believe how fast we got through those mishes]
[Team] Misty Hanover: [I can't believe I blew through 15 wakies already]
[Team] Terrence Knight: [Like we said, Smashcakes and Pancake lol]
[Team] Misty Hanover: Man that road is bright. *winces*
[Team] Misao Kagetsuki: [Crashy McCrashington : ]
[The Legendary] Foxboy: [WB, K! You're jsut in time for Lag Hill!]
[The Legendary] Valles: Hail!
[The Legendary] Valles: Hail!
[The Legendary] Valles: Hail!
[The Legendary] Foxboy: *grumbles and takes his crown... LAGSPIKE Gah!
[The Legendary] Dark Seraphim: this lags getting to bad for me im gonna log for now...
[The Legendary] Sweno: Bye
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Night, DS
[The Legendary] Foxboy: LAter DS
[The Legendary] Foxboy: Huh. That's weird.
[The Legendary] Valles: ?
[The Legendary] Foxboy: My graphics look a lot better after that spike. Weird..
[The Legendary] OpMegs: Don't knock it, free gfx upgrades rock.
10:37 pm EDT
Simultaneously, at the three thousand computers logged into the Virtue server, eldritch energies leapt from the various screens and bathed whoever was at the keyboard, changing their lives forever.
These are their stories.
''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

Farrah Fawcett passed away 25 minutes ago from cancer. I shall bow my head and be thankful that she is free from pain now.

--Amanda
"Hey, it's not like dying is on my schedule for this week."
--Yumeko Asagiri, Bubblegum Crisis: The Next Generation, part 3

Super Tailor Feature:

When visiting the Tailor or Facemaker in City of Heroes or City of Villains, a new NPC is available. The NPC will allow you to change the inherent body type of
your character. You can choose Male, Female or Huge body types. Additionally, you will be able to change your character's height. So characters can change
from a short, skinny civilian to a HUGE powered brute!

... OMFG O_O

I'll just drop a link to a pic from this week's Empowered, volume 5.
Trés freaky, non?
In particular, I like the twins.
''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