Hah! "Racist" does not require the subject matter to be "marginalized or subjugated".

Wow, that's sad news. He was one of my favorite authors from 15-25. I particularly liked the concept of the "Net Force" books, though obviously they were written to a much younger level.

On the other hand, putting it live would have probably been the only way to convict the guy if it was real. If it was real, saying "it was just fiction" would pretty much put any investigation to a stop. Putting it up live gives a way for victims to recognize information and come forward. It was a judgement call,…

Just because I'm not sure if you're thinking I'm an idiot or something, but my own personal experiences were not based on the advertisement specifying "girl". Anywho, by your logic anyone specifically advertising "counter girl" would almost automatically find themselves on the wrong side of a court case and... well,…

I can't believe that no one has mentioned Sliders. Very similar to the end of Quantum Leap, only with more "doomed".

Presumably, but I don't go cold-calling at "help wanted" signs wearing a wire, so I'm unsure how someone convinces a legal aid office that there is enough evidence to proceed.

I'm always curious how these people (a) prove this in court (b) can afford to take it to court, especially when they're already job-hunting. I've been turned down for a few jobs in the last 6 months (reception, PA, retail) explicitly because I wasn't female and while I probably wouldn't have wanted the job anyway…

"I really believe 10 never wanted to say 'I love you'"

True, but I have to admit it has some kind of "Yeah, man, I got the goods. They're in the briefcase" style. I wish I could have found all of these things 5 years ago when I was using micro sd more frequently.

I've still got my watch-phone kicking around in one of my drawers. It's very convenient to pair with a bluetooth device for voice-only usage. I might bust it out again soon as a 2nd device.

Hah. Please tell her thanks, but no thanks. My english lit degree just had to back a few shots to calm down. Still, props for creativity.

Queerios? Is that word a "thing" now? Because if not, I might have to burn the whole planet and salt the scorched earth. :-/

People like to forget that a lot of original "hacking" had absolutely nothing to do with "insert teh viral codez" and more about "wait, you mean this phonebox can be manipulated by a $2 cassette player?"

1. Yes, but nWoD sucked.

Fair enough. Assuming that they are being honest about why there are no women this time around, is there something you feel they could have said that would have not upset people? Or is this a "no women = problem" kinda scenario?

No offense taken. While I was more trying to make a point that the UK is a fair smidge better than most countries in the world (far better than the US, arguably it's closest analogue, and better than what I gather from other EU nations but I can't say much from lack of personal experience), "better" doesn't…

For me it was when the NWoD got brought about, but it was mostly due to interacting online with a couple of the assclowns that worked there and a couple of the non-assclowns that worked there telling even more assclown-ish-behaviour by the assclowns.

I still haven't finished 13. I don't dislike the game itself, and the characters/story are good, but I reached this big open field area that afterwards you go into a tunnel with death-attack monsters and... the difficulty seemed to be cranked? The only comparable thing I've come across was the Yunalesca fight in 10,…

I believe that was with the older versions of the game; an extended trip (weeks) would get you to the outer borders where terrain generation just stopped functioning (notably, bedrock would not be formed as a smooth bottom layer, which can be bad if you fall). In the current versions I believe that this no longer…

Also known as WoD 2: The Quest for More Money.