Archive for February, 2003

Web Copyright Continued

Saturday, February 15th, 2003

Finally, a site with an intellectual property policy I can stand behind:

Blatantly copying this site design will result in you being beaten to death by the intellectual property gnomes.

This policy captures the very essence of intellectual property law. Let us never forget the gravely serious nature of copyright and patent rights.

Online Debates

Friday, February 14th, 2003

A recent discussion on a web forum has lead me to digging through my old Philosophy resources, and I found a rather nice listing of the common formal fallacies.
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.Hack//infection is out

Thursday, February 13th, 2003

Please peruse the evil Flash-based Official Site for one of the neatest ideas to come around in the gaming industry for a while: make the cartoon, the video game, and the comic book together.

As opposed to past situations where a game was written to mimic and existing cartoon or comic book, this was acutally actively the intention for Project .Hack from the start. How well does it pan out? I dunno yet. I intend to finish watching .Hack//Sign before I pick up .Hack//Infection or Liminality.

IK Errata Posted

Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

It’s up, Errata for the new Lock & Load book from Privateer Press.

This includes a number of minor detail fixes (kudos on some excellent attention to detail, folks!) as well as the ethnicities map for the Southern region. It only took them a month, and it has every mistake I thought I saw fixed, which is only 1/10th of what they fixed.

Nationstates

Monday, February 10th, 2003

Today on Nationstates.net:

While effusively praising Big Fire’s leadership and bowing repeatedly, a delegation has humbly requested that the government take a more “modernistic” view in the future.

The Debate
The High Minister for Finance, who also happens to be your brother, dismisses the claim. “What these people fail to realize is that you know what’s best for them. The alternative is anarchy! I say stick to your course. And execute these wackos for treason.”

“Perhaps the people could be given some more political freedoms,” muses your Chief of Staff, who is your sister. “Is there really such harm in allowing public discussion of ideas? We could even have a real Opposition Party. One that isn’t just full of your puppets, I mean.”

Three guesses which one I went for…