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Comment Re:Retail WoW is a joke and has been for some year (Score 1) 253

If you're not max level, mana is rarely an issue. Back in Cataclysm, 80-83 was pretty much like before, but then in the level 83 dungeons, mobs started hitting a lot harder and tank had bigger health pools. It's pretty much the same in Pandaria except 85-88 is easy 88-90 can be a kick in the seat.

Comment Re:It's an effect of the system (Score 1) 253

The reason for Flex raiding (10-24 characters) was if you had 12 people ready to raid, in the past 2 people had to sit out. Now you can invite the extra two and all get to play.
With 12 players instead of 10, the boss gets another 20% more HP and there's a 20% chance for an additional piece of gear to drop. They worked hard at avoiding breakpoints (the jump in difficulty from say 12-13 is not much, but due to mechanics 13-14 is a big jump)
In my book, Flex raids are a big success.

Comment Re:I blame textbook monopolies. (Score 1) 161

Form many, many direct observations, I have seen kids being "tortured" with standardized curricula though these were kids with strong artistic senses, or strong scientific senses, etc. Why, on earth, does a kid who loves STEM and is really a high-flyer in STEM, need to do well in Arts, Sports, and other topics in order to continue school/high-school/college? Same is true for kids who love Arts, Sports, or so who are tortured with STEM?

The ace STEM kid and the future art major needs sports to stay in shape.
The star varsity athlete needs to take history and government to be a good citizen.
All students need the Arts to give them a richer life, It's not necessary, but it makes life better.

They can specialize post-secondary. For the truly talented, there's "Fame" schools and private elite sports schools.

Comment Re:Can't Plan For What You Don't Know (Score 1) 199

Then he'll know what his guys are getting into, and he knows if he should call the Governor for reinforcements.

I have no idea if the volunteer Fire Chief actually has the time to learn enough to digest all the info that's in the report, but small town governments don't actually have much to do except bitch about might-bes, and in a state like ND the governor's job is to make small towns happy, so they'll get their reports eventually.

Strangely enough, the current governor's family farmstead is a few miles east of Casselton (accident was on the west side of town). I'm sure they have his direct number.

Comment Re:This happened monday (Score 2) 199

I grew a block and a half from that line that goes through Casselton ND and have lived most of my life within a mile of it, It's one of the main lines from Chicago to Seattle and there's trains about every 20 minutes. There is a derailment around Casselton about every 15 years or so (usually there's no giant fireballs).

I think this story gets attention from the right who want to criticize the environmentalists delaying the XL pipeline expansion. Other criticisms fall on Warren Buffet/Berkshire Hathaway who is/are major investors in BNSF and stand to lose a lot of money if it gets expanded.

The horribly tragic story from Canada last year is still fresh in some people's minds. I listen to CBC radio at night and the story is much worse than just the explosion & deaths; the chemicals were so nasty people couldn't go back to their homes, bodies could not be recovered. That seemed to be a completely avoidable incident.

There was a big stink about 20 years ago about BNSF not wanting to slow down for the residents in Casselton, but residents complained that when they go through at full speed the vibrations actually break windows. I've had to live with the effects of BN/BNSF most of my life. It took years of work and negotiations to get Fargo ND/Moorhead MN whistle free but the side effect was fewer crossings. There's also the effect of the Dilworth MN switching yards causing unnecessary traffic stoppages in Moorhead (Train starts moving west, sets off the sensors that trigger the traffic lights to go into a special mode; Trains slows/stops/reverses direction before it reaches the intersection).

I realize that both Casselton and Fargo/Moorhead wouldn't be where they are without the railroad going through it, but I have to deal with its existence pretty much every day.

Does anyone else have a similar story?

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