it was only a matter of time....

Yeah, doesn't take long after the ubiquitous cries of, "game has PvP? omgz GRIEFERS who are sociopaths who only want to destroy my game, ahhhhh!!!"

What's the point of misrepresenting reality?

Ale

[The Payolas]

Lots already mentioned, but I don't see any love for Canadians so far. So, I'll add:

Strange Advance
The Spoons
The Box
Men Without Hats
Gowan
Honeymoon Suite
The Payolas
Rock and Hyde
Haywire
Saga
Roman Grey
Frozen Ghost
Idle Eyes
Parachute Club

Ooh, I love Eyes of a Stranger. Didn't know they were Canadian. Did you purposely omit Loverboy?

Ale

Snap, I forgot to mention the Talking Heads. I love Fear of Music and Remain in Light.

Also, I dig "Paul's Boutique" by the Beastie Boys.

OK, so let's break it down a little further. Which album should I start with for these artists?

Prince
The Clash
Adam Ant
Peter Gabriel
The Smiths
Joy Division
The Police

1999
Give 'em Enough Rope (London Calling close second, but I think GeER is tighter and more focused)
Friend or Foe
Security
Meat is Murder
Closer
Can't choose between Zenyatta Mondatta or Ghost in the Machine

They're not 80's, but Talking Heads: 77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food are both superb.

Ale

That's ok, I forgot The Clash, but then saw you had it 

Ale

U2
Husker Du
Dead Kennedys
Circle Jerks
Joy Division
The Plimsouls
Modern English
The Police
The Pretenders
Blondie
The Motels
TSOL
Oingo Boingo
The Cars
Talking Heads
Iron Maiden
The Scorpions
Adam Ant
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Minutemen
R.E.M.
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Echo and the Bunnymen
X
The Smiths
New Order
Camper van Beethoven
The Violent Femmes
Wall of Voodoo
The Pixies

and many, many more.

Ale

There is an enormous amount of good music from just about every genre. It's really one of the most diverse decades of music I can think of.

I'd suggest one of the 80's stations of the music streaming services as a start. Do you have a predilection for any particular genre?

Ale

SunDog: Frozen Legacy
Earth Orbit Stations

Ale

I've had one for over two years, and make 3 to 4 bottles of bubbly water per week. The only flavors I've tried were Lemon-Lime and Tonic. They were OK. It mostly gets used for the bubbly water, which we drink a lot of. I'd really like to get the one with the glass carafe, but it's so much more expensive.

Not really sure why they are cloning the Mammoth,is it 'because we can'?..which is fine by me,i am not going to go all Jeff Goldblum ...one thing does concern me is that mammoths are a lot bigger than Elephants,so surely when its born it will be bigger than a normal baby elephant,unless they genetically mess about with the size,it doesn't sound good for the elephant who's womb this is going in

if it is 'because we can'...why don't they do the Dodo bird?,we discovered that bird and then 80 years later it was extinct,at least it would deserve a 'second life',as it was us who made it extinct in the first place

Sarah Palin has hunted, killed and eaten every single game animal in existence.  It's only natural that her vast fortune now be funneled into the creation of new, more dangerous prey.  If she and Trigger (or whatever the kid's name is) aren't feasting on Mammoth Burgers by this time next year, the terrorists have won.

I don't think her womb is big enough, either.

Ale

They should, as should African Americans with their pants at their knees, wearing red or blue bandannas.   

So should all white men who appear on the People's Court, and all doctors of famous people, and all catholic priests, and all college football/basketball coaches, and all Mexicans driving low-riders, and all 16 year old kids who advertise on Craig's List, and all white girls who text during a trip to the Governer's Mansion, and all people who use the the term "logic". We can add to the list as more crimes are committed. That would be the type of country I want to live in.

Profile everybody! It's the only way we'll be safe.

Ale

Please don't kill the messenger.

When has anyone cared about the feet or yards in a mile? Great, now I know it takes ~ 1800 steps to walk a mile. Woooooo!

And sometimes I wish more people knew that a pint (16 oz) was a pound (16 oz). (But how many grams to a cm^3?  )

My pint of molasses is more than a pound. My pint of whiskey is less.

Ale

Army vet 82-88

Thank you.

Ale

I also have keys for ARES, Nimbus and Sanctum.  

I'd like the one for Sanctum, please.

Thanks,
Ale

Man, some of you guys are really mean.

She's not here to read this stuff, so how is it mean?

You've got an odd notion of what it means to be mean.

Ale

I have a distinct disdain for the celebrity types who continually break the law then simply thumb their nose at the courts, which has basically been Lindsay's MO for the last 3-4 years.  If any one of us had done even half of the things she did (i.e. DWI, drug possession, hit & run accidents, theft, failing to comply with a single court order, etc.), we'd be in jail for years, yet she is out partying and posing for Playboy. 

Agreed, but I blame the CA court system.  Seems to be two different set of rules

True, but I see why they don't really want to deal with the celebrities though.  The jail system is already so woefully understaffed and underfunded that they simply can't handle the circus that something like Lindsay going to jail would bring.  Knowing this, celebrities like Lohan simply use it as an excuse to do anything and everything they want, instead of simply being decent citizens like the rest of us.

Yeah, I agree - My apologies, no idea why this struck a chord with me. I am now going to do something never seen before on the internet.

I apologize for my temper and rudeness!

I don't think you were out of line, whether Lindsay is 'here' to read it or not.

Ale

A black superhero.. with a flat-top haircut? Auesome!

Word up.

Ale

Even better - did it come from Sim City?

Long before Cain was running for president and getting attention for his 999 plan, the residents of SimCity 4 -- which was released in 2003 -- were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes. (That is, of course, if you didn't use the cheat codes to get unlimited money and avoid taxes altogether.)

The campaign staffer who came up with the plan had no comment.   

You really think Herman Cain couldn't come up with that idea on his own?

I think not letting Muslims in his administration is all his.

Ale

Most excellent.

[Spoiler]

Amazing photo from NYC Police Aviation Unit of 9/11 that I had not seen before.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Wow, Semendinger. That must have been rough.

Ale

It was fantastic. I can't tell which I am more impressed by - the bicycle kick, or the first touch he made that helped set it up.

I'm more impressed by the touch myself, wow.  He is so young too.

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I think the second touch was just as awesome. It was like he passed to himself.

Ale

Reading glasses are just basically magnification lenses for the condition that typically starts in the 40's where small, close, objects and print get hard to see. I started needing them a couple of years ago. I use the 1.5. I got a pair with little LED's for reading in bed at night.

Ale

almost forgot the update is supposed to be out today, may have to fire this up obver the weekend to check out the new prettiness.

Mine wouldn't start after the upgrade. Haven't looked into it at all yet.

Ale

I think it's fake, because nothing is "Made in the U.S.A." anymore.

Ale

I see it's time for me to weep bitter tears over the abuse of the word "isometric" again. 

This is where it comes from in regards to video games:

Isometric Projection - a method for the visual representation of three-dimensional objects in two dimensions

Sure, I know what video gamers think it means, and why they think it means exactly that. It still doesn't mean I need to sit here and accept it. 

Why would you not accept something that is accurate and properly used? 

Ale

[Spoiler]

Does everyone see why this is funny? 

Spoiler for Hiden:

FWIW, I think he's unloading

I think I would be, too.

Ale

Funny but incorrect on several counts.

To make the image true, it would need to read: " Without the Oxford comma: we invited the strippers JFK and Stalin."

You'd need to lose both commas, and uppercase their names. Odd that Oxford is uppercase. I suspect that this is simply trolling since one who knows of the Oxford comma would surely not make the mistakes they did.

I think it's correct as is, comma-wise, any way.

Ale

Let me guess, you don't like Christine O'Donnell either? You sexist bastard!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/27/christine-odonnell-craziest-quotes_n_718328.html#s140474&title=Masturbation__Adultery

Invisible XBOX.

Ale

I sure hope Canada eventually develops a post Agrarian society and makes that leap to Industrial!

I'm pretty sure our percentage is a little better than yours in terms of population %.

Birchbark may be versatile for both starting fires and underwear lining, but it sucks as a WiFi router.

Listen pal, we let canada exist for one reason and one reason only:  to keep Bryan Adams in check.  you stick to your end of the deal and we'll let you exist in peace.

Didn't they already break the deal?

Ale

I had trouble getting it to work. No text in buttons, etc. Sorry I don't remember what I did, but I played it for 20 minutes and realized it just didn't hold up well and haven't played it again.

Ale

And for the record, Paleo and atkins are not the same thing. Paleo advocates no grains of any sort, along with no dairy. The reasons for this aren't directly related to calories or body weight, but that's really a separate discussion that I wouldn't want to derail this one with.

Correction: (AFAIK), dairy *are* allowed on the paleo diet, as long as you are not lactose-intolerant. Along with sugar and the ilk, the amounts has to be controlled, however.

The bad guys in the Paleo diet are grains and legumes.

Nope. Genuine paleo calls for no dairy. Eating dairy is the most common 'cheat' for paleo eaters however, because it doesn't have the same drastic effect on them that grains do after not eating them for a while. Even then, most hard-core paleo people will cheat with cream in their coffee, the idea being that cream is mostly fat and contains very little of the proteins that are in dairy that are considered 'bad'.

If they drink coffee, they're not on the paleo diet.

Coffee are made from coffee beans, which are legumes.

I did some Googling, and you're right; some paleo diet interpretations eliminate dairy, while some others accept limited amounts of dairy.

They all, however, say that grains and legumes are out. So if you eat legumes... sorry.

Whether it's allowed on the Paleo diet or not, coffee beans are not legumes. They are the seed of a fruit.

Ale

Larger version here- http://vorpal.us/img/waveofthefuture.jpg

Ale

My largest beef with Netflix is that they NEVER have new movies available for streaming the day that they're released. I wanted to watch "Troll Hunter" this week and it is only available via physical disk. 

Who has them available for streaming day of release?

Ale

Nice interview. Looking forward to the rest. It's interesting to see how much they can do with Excel. What did you think of the original hacking game? Did it really seem too complicated?

Ale

Looks ambitious, but unfortunately seems more like Second Life or Entropia Universe than a traditional MMOG.

Ale

What kind of roaster do you have, Z-Corn?

Ale

PM sent.

Ale

The real money AH is going bring the account hackers out in full force.  Now instead of just gaining access to your account they can actually buy a bunch of stuff on your "method of payment" as that is directly linked to your AH purchases.  Someone is going to get their credit card absolutely raped by this. 
 Its going to be real interesting to hear the fallout when someone has their account hacked and the hacker uses their cc to buy $1500 worth of crap, that the hacker listed on the AH just for that purpose.
 Of course anyone one who plays this game without an attached authenticator is a fool but worry not, the world is full of fools.  Besides Im not completely sold on the security those authenticators provide, at least where a skilled determined hacker is concerned.

Not quite that bad

Ale

Very nice, but why did you draw them upside-down?

Ale

How does other people buying max level characters or whatever affect anyone elses enjoyment of the game?

Not sure about the max level characters thing, but competing in PVP against people who are buying better weapons than you feels a little unfair.

Is it more unfair than me competing against people that can afford to play 8 hours a day while I can only play one hour?

Ale

We make a gallon of sun tea every two or three days with a mix of black tea and a peach blend we get from our local tea purveyor.

Ale