I shall with certainty. I really like Lem.

It's been some years many of the old gear would be beyond repair by then. Given that the rebellion started gaining some pretty good wind the fighting would have only intensified. Issuing new gear is not a choice and why not make a simple redesign, then?May be to make it less menacing so people will be more likely to…

This is way past hilarity already. I'd categorize this as grotesque.

I think the best candidates for the first actual robots are the Japanese karakuri, made from the 17th century.Certainly the first robots that were produced in numbers. I guess there were earlier automatons, steam powered songbird and such, but they had not completed an actual task.(Serving tea in a karakuri's case)

I've only played Vampire: The Masquerade once. I was in an all Tremere party which I maintain is the coolest clan, but didn't get to do much magic. Our party acquired a stash of various submachineguns early on, so what little we couldn't accomplish with diplomacy and hacking stuff, we solved with unloading guns at…

So history flies?Viking clothing! Vikings didn't wear rag tag clothes of muted, earthy colours as they are nigh universally portrayed wearing. More well off people preferred bright blues and reds and valued intricately pattern trims,braids,pins,straps and belts. .According to some sagas, to battle, they often worn…

Well it's still just as anonymous as the service providers you use in connection with it. ISP, bit coin exchanges, etc... That's waaay better than credit cards for sure, but cash is way better than bc, that can't be done at a distance though.

No it's designed to protect from too strong sunshine and the helmets are crammed with optics and all sorts of sensory gizmo.

It always warms the heart to see legal trolls defeated. There should be some system in place to screen lawsuits that are so ridiculous. They are just costing time and money for everyone and cluttering up courts with junk. Really there shouldn't be any surprise that courts are less than efficient until lawsuits like…

I've read enough about it, thanks.(For starters, unless one uses special mining equipment, the profits will be barely over the costs,iti is volatile and only about 21million will be generated until 2140.That means if it becomes mainstream it will become useless) As for the dollar yes that is maybe about another 5-10…

Probably less. You are consuming electricity and computer parts to produce currency. A massive amount of such which is not going for any useful purpose. Generating actual money in digital form probably costs nothing. A dollar bill takes about 5.5 cents to make. What does it cost to generate a bit coin?Probably a lot…

I think not I expressed some of my concerns in my other comment, butostly because there is no way to be certain about these things. This can predict suicidal ideation with 91% certainty. That sounds like much and it is form a certain POV. But ideation and actually committing suicide can be far from each other.

Magic Item: Weighty Tome of Troll Trashing. +1 attack bonus and +1 bonus for Law contests against trolls for every creature in sight which can comprehend Legalese.

That is what I really don't like about bitcoin. It's value is based on waste. All that computing power, all that energy expended for nothing of immediate material value. It might not go away, but it is "fictional" in a sense other currencies are not-(please note I don't know anything about economy just my…

This certainly is great news, though part of me worries whether this will have side effects such as people who are diagnosed as having "possible suicidal tendencies" will face some kind of discrimination in the medical/life insurance system, or possibly supposed suicidal tendencies sidetracking the treatment of a…

Aaand it's white. So the whole muddy look has no sense to it. It'll still be damn obvious if it's not in pristine condition.

These photographs really are amazing. Thanks.

For unwinding and pure, unadulterated escapism, it's definitely Stargate, both SG-1 and Atlantis.

Well, looking at it that way... As for the names, indeed,any other choice would have certainly been less fitting.

As much awesome the ATV is, I always thought having an eventually self-destructing craft bear one's name is a questionable honor.