This change is actually saving me money. I just received my email from Netflix. I currently pay $41.99 a month for unlimited streaming plus 6 discs out. The plan split is (for me) $7.99 for streaming, $32.99 for 6 discs out, which comes to $40.98 a month.

I've no complaints. Email says the changes will go into effect on or after Sept 1st.

whatever ID is calling theirs these days, maybe lithtech, if they are still around

id has come out with the Tech 5 engine. See the game Rage for details

For Pop-Culture's sake, I think this would be more appropriate....

WOPR, Landru and SkyNet walk into bar.........

River is on The Cape
Kaylee was/is on SGA
Inara is on V

It's good to see you two getting along. This bickering has been going on for too long.

It would be damn-near impossible to earn 250 million ISK durig the trial period, even if you were mining 23/7. It takes time to make that kind of ISK. Even with planetary interaction, you need the ISK to purchase colonies to create P4 items. 3.7 milion for the command center, and roughly 1.5-2 million for the colony. then it takes time to produce the items.

I run three accounts and use PLEX to pay for two of them, so I'm actually only paying for one account with RL money. It's handy, but it took time to get to that point.... owning a decent corp, having the right skills to stay alive and keep producing....

With 3 accounts, I have 9 characters who process materials from planetary colonies. I can make roughly 20 million a day just by letting the colonies run, freeing up my characters to do something that's actually fun like PVP. Plus, by owning a corporation, I get to tax everyone in my corp, and make ISK off of their missions.

So it IS possible to never spend a dime playing EVE, but it takes time, skills, and patience.

Need a vascectomy? Fly the friendly skies instead! The more miles you log, the fewer kids you'll spawn!

What I've always found amusing is the language that is substituted to allow swearing on television.

Take "frak" for instance. It obviously means "fuck". When a character on BSG says "those motherfrakkers", he/she is obviously saying "motherfuckers". When Mal or Jayne say "gorram', they are obviously saying "goddamn". Everyone knows what they are really saying, and it's allowed. The FCC has no problem with people on television swearing, as long as the swear word is spelled and pronounced differently. Spike can say "sodding", and "bugger", and here in America we know he's saying "fucking", or "fuck it in the ass" (i think). But since it is British slang....it's allowed.

And where did "heck" and "gosh" come from? My children say them all the time, in public, and never get in trouble. I know that "what the heck?" is the same as saying "what the hell?", "oh my gosh" is "oh my god", "oh poop" is "oh shit". They mean the same thing, don't they? but if my 7-year-old daughter suddenly said "Oh my god! What the hell is going on?", people would freak! "What the Heck" and "Oh my Gosh" obviously stem from someone still wanting to be able to convey "what the hell" and "oh my god", but have it be acceptable in society. It's all the same thing.

Fornicate means Fuck, why not just say fuck? Who does it hurt?

Sticks and Stones, man. Sticks and Stones.