Good point. But they do it for the love of it. Now I'm all in favour of open-source, of course, but don't you think development will at least slow if there isn't a profit motive? --A This is why I'm in favor of copyright laws which're poorly enforced. This way I keep keep patching games from japan ...

Sticking to English-language graphic novels (there are a bunch of good Swedish ones but I'm pretty sure you've never heard of them)... Several of my favourites have already been mentioned. Watchmen is great, a long-standing favorite - I supposed I would enjoy it even more if I had any real interest...

The constant threat of destitution has forced me to abandon that kind of scruple, burgs. If someone wants to pay me for my work, I'll sell it, even if it's crap. But not even for money would I sell something as derivative and ill-crafted as Eragon . It would only jeopardize my ability to sell anyth...

I'm telling you right now that I can log off this computer, drive 15 minutes to BWI airport, buy a ticket, board a plane, and either bring it down or be arrested/incapacitated/killed in the process of taking it down, and no one would be the wiser. You can't tell me that anyone can differentiate a t...

not sure how they minimised risks. seems budget was more a consideration, is one controller the norm? Actually, you bring up an interesting point. One of the side effects of Reagan's stepping in during the Air Controller strike back in the 1980's was a decrease in the number of air controllers; the...

i do not believe in the death penalty. i do believe in life sentences for murder, rape, child abuse and many major felonies. and life for habitual criminals. Do you mean life sentences like, they're in jail and they don't get out? Or just "life sentences" like 20 years or whatever? And fo...

This is a current events forum. :lol: Always a tragedy. I see there was a single survivor, and that they still don't know what caused it, but they're pretty sure it wasn't a "security" issue. These things happen unfortunately, and always will. Implicit in our use of modern transportation ...

Cail: 2. I'm left-handed (not really, but that is a good example of a trait I'm powerless to change). I'd be incensed if the law treated me differently because of this. I'd refer to it as discriminatory. On the other hand I'm a voter, this is something I can control. I would be alright with the law...

Sorry for long post, but I took the liberty of actually reading the entire post (and also the liberty of removing a few of my responses, since the issues were addressed). It's also my first in the infamous tank, so if it's poor, all I can say is forgive me as best you can. I guess that means beat me...

I picked it b/c i thought it contrasted well with the rather silly looking picture of Lord "Mhoram" from Fantasy bedtime hour. And he has a really big .... sword. :wink: Oh, that. Ya, actually I'm fairly sure that's one of the things the sword represents. Also, apparently my bro heard som...

I don't think it's a "moral", just something that gets expressed in the telling of the Gap story. (That's why I ask, are we discussing "moral of the story", which is what you might learn from it, or "morality", which is the ethics that the story promotes.) img291.image...

I don't think it's a "moral", just something that gets expressed in the telling of the Gap story. But humanity, as it is, is worth something. And there's a point where we can lose it...or at least, in SRD's world, there is, and the benefit of doing so is to be able to improve ourselves, co...

AS stated above...I kind of saw it as a gianish version of Kastenessen's story...about being banished. -I can see why people didn't like it though, it seems a little corny for SRD's standards But, but... He flailed at whales all the night. [/b] EDIT-If that doesn't evoke some ancient, powerful emot...

Now now, why would we apply revisionist history to Mhoram? There are several key things that set Mhoram apart from his peers on the New Lords Councils, past and present: His prowess as an oracle, his wielding of the krill , his relationship with Covenant, his defeat of the Giant-Ravers, and his pol...

But what about cases where it would be undone? Would he have had a different opinion if he'd known that it was the Land or the girl? You know, somehow, I don't think so. Still, much as I agree, I might have a different view if I was responsible for a whole bunch of people... --A I think Mhoram migh...

What is the worth of an individual versus the survival of a community, and how far can we push our humanity before it is worthless? These are two of many questions I've found worth asking from my readings of science fiction, especially after reading the works of Donaldson (the gap) and Reynolds (Rev...

He never burdens any of the lords with his worries, holding himself back while taking on the emotional burdens of all the other lords. True enough, but ultimately Mhoram did share his greatest burden - his knowledge about the RoD - with his colleagues. That helped free Mhoram from being dragged dow...

I'm behind the times, since I still play Civ III, and apparently out of touch enough not to have noticed that Civ IV was out. Even better than Civ is an old DOS game called Master of Magic. Now Abandonware, it is a Civ TBS set in a fantasy realm. As the controlling Wizard, you research and cast spe...

:LOLS: I like the combination of the two that the Total War series gives. I've always found RTS in the style of Red Alert, Empire Earth, etc to be significantly lacking in the strategic, (and even more so in the tactical) aspects. While turn-based games like Civ, (which I loved and played extensive...

Wow, Ali G's alterego (well, one of them) is getting his own film. Nice.