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Say I'm using my computer to read ENWorld. I decide to send an email. Does sending the email cause an increase in the power (electricity, nuclear, steam, whatever) usage for the computer? I assume that if there is an increase in power usage, it's probably miniscule. But is there actually an...

My pre-WWII restriction was to avoid current political issues into the discussion. Bullgrit

What are some historical real world examples of a objectively good end justifying a terrible means? For "historical," we should probably look back to pre-WWII history. Bullgrit

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Is Robocop a robot? Human face and hand, yet has "robo" in his name. How about a mech/jaeger? Full human pilot. Must a robot be autonomous, or can it have a crew? Internal crew, or remote crew? A bomb-disposal "robot", or flying drone, or a tank? I bring this up because isn't that image above...

Now define "giant". And how mechanical does a body need to be to be considered a robot? Does Steve Austin count? Bullgrit

Especially since I also think some of them are sort of teaming up to troll. I think some of them are taking an us-versus-them tactic to troll ENWorld in general. There's a very good example of the tactic going on right now, and I bet everyone recognizes it. Bullgrit

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I've noticed this happening in the past many days (weeks?). Sometimes the Quick Reply box won't let me type in it to respond in a thread. When this happens, the box looks slightly different -- it's not flat black like normal. I haven't seen a pattern to when I can and when I can't post. I have...

You've invoked this name about three times in this thread. Who hates who most: he hates the Royals, or you hate him? (I'm only presuming he has some problem with the Royals, because you keep bringing him up in this context.) Bullgrit

Yeah, I was disappointed last night to see they were airing the first episode again. This is just the, what, fifth week into the season? The episode they advertised at the end of last week's ep, (and again this week), looks like a scary/ghosty/Halloweeny plot. It would make sense airing this...

Maybe this is just pointing at the pink elephant in the room, but... Is it my imagination, or is there a marked increase in attempts to troll around here? At least in the Miscellaneous Geek Talk forum, (the only one I regularly read). It seems to me that some of the "new guys" from the WotC...

No, you don't understand. It is not so bad that it's good. It is simply bad. Not even laugh-at-bad. Just stare at the screen thinking, This was actually scripted, cast, filmed, and presented on television? bad. Seriously, there are long stretches of minutes where I was just, like, this? What? I...

I saw it a few years ago online somewhere. It truly is abysmal. Really not worth the time to watch. But it's one of those things that you have to see to understand how badly you don't need to see it. Bullgrit

This being the season for costume parties, I'm seeing some news items lately that show various people in what the media (or someone) label as "offensive" or "insensitive". One article showed a white celebrity costumed and apparently made up to look like a black character on a TV show. Her make...

Though I disagree, at least you've now said something more than just that you disliked it. Bullgrit

Why do you suspect that? Everything Cap says in the trailer is him opposing the fascism. Everything Cap has done in the comics has been to oppose fascism even in his own country and organizations. (He sided against the registration act and became a fugitive in that stand.) Bullgrit

I agree with this. I think Cap was overshadowed by Iron Man in the Avengers movie, and that's saddening. I particularly dislike how Cap was being beaten up by Loki, and then Iron Man shows up with guns popping out and Loki surrendered. I wish they had the fight go with Cap outfighting Loki but...

I use the curved/bladed side of the knife to spread, but I just saw a short video where a person used the flat side to spread peanut butter. It wasn't an instructional video in any way, but it did make me think, Hmm, the flat side matches the flat surface of the bread. Bullgrit

When you use a butter knife to apply something, (butter, nutella, jelly, etc.), to a slice of bread, which side of the knife do you use? Bullgrit