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195 pages, and you're STILL in chapter one??? How big is this book, anyway?

Diasporata? :)

I believe the point was, people prefer to buy items they can touch and see. People prefer CDs over downloaded music because CDs just seem more real. Sure, you can get most of the songs online, either legally or illegally, but you can't get the inserts that come with the CDs.

I think the primary draw of wma is, you probably don't need to install a new program on your work computer to play them. I know that, at work, they've rightly restricted the right to install programs. And with them soon opening up "dumb terminals" to 70% of the workers soon, it could get even...

The problem with CDs (and DVDs *sob*) is that the media won't generally survive more than a decade. They're degrading even as we speak. So even if we WANT to avoid buying everything again in a new format, by necessity we'll have to. :( I've two document-boxes of DVDs and about 50 CDs, and...

Then you probably don't want to read "An Imaginary Tale," the history of the square root of negative one. Or "e: The Story of A Number," the story of, well, e=2.71... Both of those go into all sorts of proofs and history. The former left me with a severe headache: I couldn't follow the...

And sex and swearing. Trust me on that...

I'm still around, just not posting too often. I post a heck of a lot more on Nothingland. :) I hear you've recently started posting, as well. Welcome back!

(WARNING: NON-TECHNICAL GUY EXPLAINING SOMETHING TECHNICAL HE ONCE HEARD) I've heard that a few browsers support multiple codes for the same letter. For instance, an "a" can be formed by code (pulling numbers out of a hat) 29 in standard English, but in Russian codes it's 63. So some scammers...

I almost got busted for going through an intersection (where everyone was lined up to turn left), then going through the gas station to bypass the stop sign. I found out, after the cop pulled me over, that that counts as running a stop sign. Nice guy, though: he let me off with a warning. But...

It depends on two things, in my opinion: How close am I to the yellow light, and how close is the person behind me? If I'm approaching the light, and I'm not within braking distance, I'm going through that intersection. I'm in almost as much trouble if I end up idling over the crosswalk or...

Why do women send mixed signals? Simple. Because they can.

I have no problem with Nothingland. Just with EN World. Maybe if I clear out the cookie?

Every time I visit, I click on a thread and get to exactly the same point each time. It doesn't update. Another dozen posts may have been added, and we may have gained a page or two, but I still end up at the exact same post. :( Is anyone else having this problem?

Huh. My Wolf Clan sourcebook disappeared when ThomasBJJ stopped answering his email... Oh well. :) (Or rather, he disappeared with about 70% of my collection--a collection that ran into about 1100 items.) Have you tried going to the Classic BattleTech webpage? I'm pretty sure that the Wolf...

Much thanks. I would have loved to have seen that episode. :( I think I've got the episode queued up for next week, assuming Cartoon Network doesn't change the schedule again.

The two stories don't mesh well. The Mongol leader wasn't killed by the actions of a defender. Tyra Miraborg, right?

Twice, I messed up the recording for this show. So I won't get to see it until it hits reruns. Can I get some spoilers on what happened? I've watched all the JLU since the start, and I'd hate to miss some story arcs.

The Muscovite Empire (based on Moscow) was founded by a Viking tribe called the Rus, I believe. Perhaps that's the Vikings SHARK is talking about? And by this time, they were Greek (or maybe Russian?) Orthodox, no longer pagan. But they were still descendants of the Vikings. Oh, and the...

I hate to disagree with you, Shark, but the two branches of the Goths were the Visigoths, who took over the western and southwestern portions of the Roman Empire, and the Ostrogoths, who took over the eastern portions. I think the Visigoths ended up in Spain and North Africa, while the...