Finally. (2003/11/26)
So, in 1996, I was a real jerk. Some newbie posted what he intended as helpful advice to comp.lang.c. I insulted him at some length. A while later, he posted pointing out that I had been right… but a phrase stuck in my head.
[read more...]Metanoia update soon (2003/11/23)
I have to go scan the pages, but pretty soon, we have the long-awaited metanoia update. If the secret to a happy ending is knowing when to stop the story, well, we just missed our chance.
[read more...]I'm getting old. (2003/11/18)
So, Sunday, I moved some furniture.
[read more...]He says he doesn't want to fight. (2003/11/16)
He says he doesn’t want to fight.
[read more...]Creating worlds is always slow starting. (2003/11/13)
The problem with D&D is that it’s fun to have a good, detailed, world, but it’s a lot of work to make a world interesting enough to play in, without building into it The Conflict which, once resolved, leaves you with nowhere to go.
[read more...]200,000 pieces of spam. (2003/11/12)
Sometime this week, I got my 200,000th piece of spam. Actually, this is not precisely true. It’s my 200,000th piece of spam since I switched to the MH mailer in October of 1997. I’d gotten a bit before then.
[read more...]The design flaw with the GameCube. (2003/11/12)
I got a GameCube a while back. It was cheap, and it had neat games, but most importantly (for me), it lets me play GameBoy games on the Big Screen.
[read more...]A little light reading... (2003/11/07)
So, one of my habits is genre fiction. I love genre fiction. I know it’s not “real literature.” I don’t care.
[read more...]Sprint is totally and utterly incompetent. (2003/10/27)
So, the most stunning thing about this is the sheer bulk quantity of massive, total, incompetence. I can’t imagine how they managed to end up with so many people with totally different claims.
[read more...]Another formal debate coming up. (2003/10/24)
Well, I’m a total sucker, so I’m arguing Problem of Evil. I’m arguing that it ends up not disproving anyone particularly interesting. My opponent is arguing that it does. Here’s the debate thread. As of this writing, no posts yet. My opponent should have something up in the next couple of days, I’d guess, and I’ll get back to him on it eventually.
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