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I'll need to choo on that one for a while...
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If you're not careful, there could be a domino effect.
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This daily post is really starting to go off the rails.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Ha Ha Ha Ha - That's worth remembering. 
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Not bad. One of the better ones, IMHO. +24
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I have been playing this game[^] since it first game out as a board game[^] many years ago.
Used to be you could play over GameSpy but the shutdown the A&A servers.
I'm looking for any dev's here who have played, or want to play.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I still have the board game Shogun[^] which was released in the same series. A game which features a Ninja for hire can't be so bad 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That game is great! Playing as the Germans was the way to go, due to superior tanks and V2 rockets.
I used to play over LAN with some friends in college, but it's been a couple years.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: Playing as the Germans
Who is playing?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I play Germany all the time for that very reason. Once you get all the techs, it's hard to stop them.
I play LAN with a friend of mine fairly regularly. Are you interested in playing?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I have played this game since it first came out as a board game as well - also "Shogun" now known as "Samurai Swords" or "Ikusa" so as to avoid confusion with an inferior board game with the same name.
I used to have a copy of the original games but donated long ago to a games club I was in while working in Germany. I recently re-bought both games ...for nostalgia purposes, I suppose.
I occasionally play the PC version of A&A although I always play without weapons development to make it less biased towards the Germans. I think the AI cheats on the rolls to make up for the fact it is an AI. I haven't played either game online.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I was browsing books at a local bookstore the other day and stumble upon the Black Widowers[^].
It is a series (70-ish) of small mystery novels written by Asimov in the 1970s.
It is quite different from other Asimov Science Fiction books and quite enjoyable.
Rant/Discussion:
There is nothing on the internets that can better browsing real books in a real bookstore; even the website of that particular independent bookstore does not offer an interesting free-browsing books experience.
Is there a good model of website where book browsing is good? (amazon and others are crap for browsing and discovery new books IMO, but good for buying).
M.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I bought a copy of this, the Foundation series and I Robot a couple of years ago from a marvelous little bookshop in Edinburgh. You're right, you cannot beat browsing around a bookshop.
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I'm pretty sure I've read every book/short story he published at least once (I've read the Foundation series many times) and still thoroughly enjoy them. He is, imo, the greatest sci-fi author, bar none.
Asimov [^]
Pretty badly done site but does contains a complete listing of all of his works.
Since it is dad's day this week I must thank mine for introducing me to sci-fi and Asimov in particular, almost as soon as I learnt to read. Thanks dad.
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I like Amazon's "Look Inside" feature.
It lets me get an idea of what is in the book. However, it is limited and frustrating. I don't think the web can offer a book browsing experience, because users can just read/screenshot/copy whatever they want from the feature.
I am a bit of a technophobe. I still like books and hate e-readers - I write in the books, flip back and forth between pages for comparing. I still like CDs instead of downloading music. I still prefer to be "off the grid" and avoid social media.
With small kids... I was a bit upset this past Christmas... it seems toy stores have disappeared, and I blame the current generation of electronic gadgets and entertainment. Buying toys for kids now is very frustrating and expensive as the companies don't have a good outlet for reaching consumers. Even at the big box stores... toys are junky and crammed into 1 or 2 small aisles.
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Just wanted you all to know. 
Custom code maintenance for some SSRS reports. Gotta love it.
-- Having the time of my life. 
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Good luck and God speed!
veni bibi saltavi
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For some reason the compiler doesn't like "&&" and ";"
Silliness I tell you, just silliness.
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you can use a ; simply put a ' in front of it, nobody will notice
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There's an easy fix for those pesky compiler complaints. Start every file with this line:
On Error Resume Next
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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And do you have a point Or are you just moaning?
veni bibi saltavi
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Ernst Stavro Blofeld wrote: Doing a little VB coding currently
Sorry for your luck. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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VB is easier to code in so congrats. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No time to grab your coat - just run for the door as fast as you can! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It is not easier to code in if it is not something you regularly do. So, I have to disagree.
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