File-sharing sites

Printing Press and Gutenberg Bible

Antagonists: OMG! If you read books published by the printing press, you'll throw the Engraver's Guild out of work!

Eventually: The local library now has requestable copies of books.

Cassettes

Antagonists: OMG! if you buy recordable cassettes, you'll throw all those songwriters and live musicians out of work!Songwriter's Association of
America.

Eventually: cassette/radio clocks allowing you to record as many songs as you wanted from the radio.

File-sharing websites.

Antagonists: OMG! If you download files, you'll throw all those authors and artists out of work!

Eventually: ??? Who knows. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

The fix for record companies is pretty simple. Throw in souvenirs that can't be downloaded. For example, movies giving out imprinted 3D glasses for 3D
movies or a shirt with my favorite band's picture on it. Have a different picture for each CD one releases. Plus it's free advertising for the record
companies when worn.

So, everyone knows there's a lot of exterior material outside the Nanoha anime series expanding on the universe. However, two such sources that
don't require knowledge of the Japanese language are available if you know where to look, namely two manga series
that bridge the gaps between Season 1 and A's, and A's and StrikerS, respectively.

A's Prologue

StrikerS Prologue
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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."

... for playing COX.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

blackaeronaut Wrote:

Quote:It appears that it is possible for a modded person and an unmodded person to have children together, at least if it's a minor biomod. I was approached by the expectant mother (who is in her early second trimester) last week for medical advice. It's still too early to tell whether the child will inherit the mother's biomod, but both parents have agreed to let this pregnancy be written up for the medical journals so look there for more information over the next seven months.

Gina's going to be keeping *very* close tabs on this, to the point of having an RSS feed in her field of vision.

Some folks on the Legendary Channel were interested in what little's actually known about the latest Evangelion AU, a series of light novels named
"Evangelion Anima".

So I'm posting my source for anyone curious.
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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."

So, in between the wonderful dishwasher issues I've been having, I've also had a bad cold. Fairly typical cold for me - Sore Throat proceeds to Nasal
Congestion proceeds to Cough That Lasts Forever. That cough is aggravated by a case of pneumonia I had 15 years ago - ever since then, when I start to cough,
it *always* gets so bad I tear up my throat at least once before I start to get better.

Well, this time, in the truly bad cough period, I feel a sort of pop in my lower abdomen. It wasn't bad, and didn't bother me aside for some minor
discomfort. Of course, my wife immediately thinks it's a hernia.

I call our provincial health line, and they panic over the phone and tell me to see a doctor right away. So I go see my doctor (who is a good friend to my
family), sees me, and tells me:

"It's a torn muscle. It's go away in a couple weeks. Tell the f***ing health line to f*** off, and stop diagnosing things over the phone."

At which point I laugh so hard I fall out of the chair.

I wanted something special for issue 10.

Not only do you get Simon and Naoko from IST paragon joining in, but Cosmic pigeon makes a first appearance. There may be even more surprises lurking.

For the record, while I have Simon and Naoko built in COH - the ones in this comic are the canon versions from the Thibor stories. No spectacular abilities
per se.

The whole comic can be downloaded from http://www.whatsupdark.com/3.html

Enjoy.

Shayne

Uni and I were discussing in-game sounds and one thing led to another. This thread on the official forums turned out to be a lifesaver. So I'm sharing
it.

How to silence specific game sounds

(or, How I Learned To Love My Game Again)

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

I especially love the guy's mask
''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

Has anyone considered the effects of long-term, low-grade exposure? I was considering the fact that, since almost every vehicle and habitat in Fenspace is
treated with 'wavium in some fashion or another, whether or not such exposure might cause subconscious biomodding, of a minor degree, in people. Nothing
extreme, but perhaps a "housecleaning" effect. People who spend a lot of time around 'wavium find themselves less prone to minor health
difficulties (allergies, headaches, etc.). These changes aren't noticeable, or if they are, people attribute them to things like "clean living."
As 'wavium effects, they are dependent on the type of person they are; they have to act "in character" or the mods break down.

Opinions?
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

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