I live in Portland, so it is the same for me. Obviously, we see Gus around pretty often. He is the only person in Oregon we allow to have an entourage lol, but he is nice and mostly keeps to himself. Linus Torvalds lives in Lake Oswego still, you can actually hang out with him sometimes at Moonstruck Coffee over…
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I have no bad celebrity stories. I mostly avoid them, but I have met Matt Groening, Linus Torvalds, and Patrick Swayze, all of who were lovely people.
Mr. Swayze in particular. I met his wife at TradeWest, not knowing who she was and we struck up a conversation. Mr. Swayze then asked me to come for lunch, while I…
Yeah, look. The Pianist is a piece of shit, directed by no one of note, except perhaps to serve as a warning to pedophiles. The film is a gross travesty when compared to the majesty of the book, completely missing Władysław Szpilman's entire point only to serve its own mere "story." Really, this is why he resisted the…
Yes. Because Konami is actually the NSA, working to make games that subtly promote the space-lizard agenda. I simply cannot believe that anyone is buying this nonsense.
Look, Mr. Ashcraft, I understand you are frustrated, but please remember that the vast majority of this story was invented by the press itself. When that happens, please do not act indignant when Konami refuses to comment on a made-up story.
The Gamespot piece that most of this is based on is a single-source article. .…
That's true. It was single-source, and there are all sorts of problems with that. For the most part, ethical standards demand multiple sources when dealing in anonymity. There are of course exceptions for things like reporting from war zones or cases where the source's life is in severe danger, but none of that…
I just re-read that WSJ piece, and it seems that the writer only has one source. Well, I guess this is what you get when you publish single-source material. On that note, there I quite a few things I could say about that Gamespot piece on Kojima. . .
Klingon is actually a piece of shit linguistically. It really is a laughing stock among serious linguists, so no, only in the eyes of the popular culture did it 'get away with it.' Personally, I don't mind the non JJ Abrams Star Trek, even though I don't consider myself a fan. But, Klingon itself is likely the most…
No, it is demonstrably English, from a semiological perspective, as is Klingon and Elven. Also, making up languages never stopped Tolkien from actually using proper grammar and treating his readers with respect, so these people are apparently vicious idiots.
Loan-words are not English. That is what makes them loan-words. . . Also, it is the same in French and Old Norse. German, Irish, Scottish, and other major influences on the language don't use the apostrophe very often. The language I know of that does not follow this is Arabic, and Arabic never uses a soft "C" when…
It is not following the rules of French, either. The 'L' prefx is a shortening of the word "Le," but is only proper to use in proper pronouns when they begin with a vowel, such as "L'Arc," when beginning with a consonant it is kept whole and separate. Also, "Le" is roughly equivalent to "The," making it meaningless:…
At the same time, a separate fleet was charged with a sneak attack on the Vermillion Peristylium. A l'Cie accompanied this task force. Using a l'Cie to invade a sovereign state was a direct violation of the Pax Codex, a treaty created by all four Crystal-States of Orience. The besieged peristyilum attempted to repel…
No kidding. That was more or less the entire point of what I said. Could you elaborate on what fanfiction is then? what philosophies and thought-patterns should I be aware of to help me understand it? Honestly, from my perspective, it simply seems to be a slew of self-indulgent nonsense, with its slovenly text as…
It is not the typo, per se. It is the environment in which the typo exists, and the typo itself as only a small part of a larger, infinitely expanding spiral of terror that is the known universe of erotic fan fiction.
"Well… Ok, send you asked nicely. I'll be there in about 4 minutes"
53. Who invented printing?
You are absolutely and completely wrong on Zardoz. I have seen the film twice while completely sober, and enjoyed it thoroughly each time. I find it particularly insulting that drug references are often used to "explain away" strange storytelling techniques in the fashion of this article. Really, Zardoz is not what…
She said she'd "bought into the bogus myth that, in order to be a real gamer, you had to be playing GTA or Call of Duty or God of War or other testosterone-infused macho posturing games which often had a sexist, toxic culture that surrounded them. So even though I was playing a lot of games—these kinds of games—I…
Lol. That is all your statement is worth.