Recent content by w00tage

I can be sure you think I should be building a case against your indefensible blanket statement that the Hugos were never about quality. Which is not going to happen because my time is not yours to waste.

There was a time. One example: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/

Allow me to suggest that you steer away from scary / horror / adult content things for the moment? Just because she can read at a higher level doesn't mean she's ready for the more emotionally impactful content she might find therein. The important thing is to let her experience for herself...

With fond nostalgia. It holds up as exactly what it was made to be - an epic space adventure for children. I'm not sure whether I can count Voltron or Grandizer as anime, but if not, then Star Blazers was my first one too. Now the next one - Robotech - holds up well in the underlying story...

Wow thank you for this information. I am very surprised to not see EFF or FTFF all over this. This seriously looks like Microsoft is teaming up with the government to enable the CISA Act. Put these two things together, and anyone who files a National Security Request or legal action will be able...

I Like Big Butts by Sir Mix-a-lot.

According to the environment I grew up in: 1. Any guy who does not actively seek to go out with any available woman for the purpose of having sex with them is gay. 2. Any guy who does not go to bars deliberately seeking to have sex with any woman he can is gay. 3. Any guy who does not do...

I think his point was to put your phone inside it and probably run an app to simulate the display. Also, injection molding is cheaper than 3D printing AFTER you pay the 20-30k for having the molds made and then run enough of them to offset that cost. (Of course then you have to replace them...

Yeah same here. I think the movies may have ruined the chance to see the "real" Conan. I mean, after seeing that kind of portrayal, who would believe that he could be such a GOOD guy? He literally would rather die (or more to the point, fight you to the death) than betray a friend (Queen of the...

Not to jump in on your discussion, but I have to say that was my thought too. The flashback(forward?) scenes of chaos and destruction work better as high (low?) points in the lives of the survivors, which of course are the first things to come to memory. Also for depth of gameplay, human...

The problem with the stereotype is that it's not a stereotype. Attractive women are actual targets for sex abusers, since getting one to accept the abuse is more gratifying to the ego of the abuser than getting an unattractive woman to accept it. And the kind of deep dependency necessary to...

Good points, but I'd like to address one premise you make - "in order for society to work we need authoritative figures". I believe the real issue there isn't authority or behavioral programming. It's the choice of a hierarchical organizational system that dams up the distribution of...

FINALLY. Software used to be covered under consumer protection laws like every other product. It used to be a box product you could return at the store. It was when companies managed to lobby their way into being exempted because computer technology was the future and they just needed some time...

Just playing FO:NV for the first time. .... thanks for reminding me what I have to look forward to :( I'm up to 7 mods already trying to stamp some stupid out of the game so I can get on with the gameplay. (can't fill bottles with water. In the desert. Because...? ) I guess I'll just park the...

The big draws for me are 1) not to be limited to 3 exploitative console monopolies masquerading as "choice", and 2) separating my specialty requirements from my productivity PC so I can have the best of both worlds (by separating the worlds). However, launching the Steambox with Linux limits...