Recent content by Exile714

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia#Terminology From the page you referenced: The word phobia may also refer to conditions other than true phobias. For example, the term hydrophobia is an old name for rabies, since an aversion to water is one of that disease's symptoms. A specific phobia to...

One of the lighting techs on Avengers: Assemble was a homophobe... so basically you're all hypocrites.

It's more than a little ironic that people are telling a guy he needs to play this game BECAUSE the message is important. And of course, that message is: shooters only give you two choices 1) commit atrocities or 2) don't play the game. I get the need to put realistic weight into shooters...

If Michaelangelo had gotten to the end of the Sistine Chapel and said "You know what, I'm just going to draw God as a stick figure," what would the church officials have done? They would have scolded him and made him finish the damn ceiling. Mass Effect (the series) is a work of art with a...

I walk until my feet bleed. Takes a few days. It's ok, I own a tent. I do not recommend.

Sex is important to me, but not as important as it was 10 years ago when I first had it. Oddly enough, it is also much, much better now than it was 10 years ago. Kinda helps that I've been with the same person that whole time.

You know, all this discussion about the ending is only drawing attention from a more serious matter. The fact that an entire character (Jarvix, or whatever, the African alien... I obviously didn't buy him) was created for the game but left out so they can squeeze another $10 from gamers. It's...

CrystalShadow, I think the reason people are confused is not because of the science, but because there is a logical fault in your concept. Assertion: transgendered people cannot change their genetic sex. Refutation (your premise): most people do not know whether their genetic sex is normal...

OK, so the alternatives are 1) American refers to US Citizens/Residents/Expats and 2) American refers to a citizen/resident/expat of any country in either of the American continents. Can anyone give me an example of a time in a conversation when you would need to lump every person from Canada...

Well, now hold on there a second. Sure, compared to the PER UNIT strong and weak nuclear forces, gravity is weak. But gravity has a strength you're wholly ignoring. Gravity is long distance and cumulative. Sure, gravity on Earth isn't anything to compare to the nuclear forces, but what about...

This, the original article, and several other posts on this thread worry me. As a lawyer, I know how to the law works and where it does not. I know there are problems with copyright law, but I also know that it's 99% perfect because 99.99% of cases turn out exactly like they should. You may not...

Every wifi device in my house is named after a corresponding ship in Homeworld. Naturally, my desktop is called "Mothership" and my laptop "Carrier." Also: iPad-Battlecruiser; iPhone-Destroyer; External Hard Drive-Resource Controller; Printer/Scanner-Resource Collector; SLR Camera (wifi...

You're not looking at this from a property law standpoint. Every person owns the IP they create, but they sell it to their employer. The fact that they are working under an employment agreement simply changes the timeline of this exchange, not the fact that IP is changing hands. An employee...

I don't see how forcing someone to read the cliff notes to Catcher in the Rye and listen to music through algebra lessons is going to improve their life. The problem isn't getting them into the room, it's getting the information into their thick skulls. We have a problem with a society (or...

You know what irks me about the current state of the "Copyright War?" It's that companies like to pretend like copyright was meant to protect their intellectual properties, but it really wasn't. Copyright was meant to allow innovators to profit from their inventions, giving them an incentive to...