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written Monday, April 2 2007 05:02
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Yes. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 1 2007 19:53
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quote:This disturbs me even more than it did this morning. All sorts of images are coming to my head, none of them good. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 1 2007 19:48
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My links page can guide you to stuff that you need. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 1 2007 05:54
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"Get ready to face the walls"? :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, April 1 2007 05:39
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quote:Well, there's no point in talking to you when you're obviously trolling. But here, I think people are asking you real questions, not rhetorical ones. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 11:52
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quote:Your ideal society might not be able to reproduce, though, if you remove that third division in society. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 11:43
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By the way, Excalibur, the guy you've been calling "Protocols" is actually known around here as "Alec," and I'm actually known as "Kelandon" (or just "Kel" most of the time). People's displayed names change all the time on Spidweb, so we have to have constant names to refer to people. I didn't want to point this out at the time because I thought it might sound petty or something. :P [ Friday, March 30, 2007 11:44: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 11:25
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quote:AHH I MAY NEVER RECOVER -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 09:31
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There are plenty of awful things the current administration has done. Are we supposed to debate Watergate and the Gulf of Tonkin incident as well? I'm all for holding people accountable when they have done wrong, but there just isn't any convincing evidence that higher levels of government committed anything worse at Waco than a few errors of judgment, errors of judgment that shouldn't have been made, but errors of judgment nonetheless. Look, you want someone to do a point-by-point at you? I'll do it. quote:This has already been debunked in this thread. quote:A quick Google search on Glen Stoll gives me every reason to distrust everything that the man might ever say. quote:You remind me of the Snopes link. I'll presume, just on the basis of the pattern in your thinking, that there exists some obvious reason to bulldoze the site, a reason that you either haven't bothered to look up or that you aren't aware of because you haven't even thought to check the most obvious relevant details. Just stating that something is suspicious doesn't prove anything. You haven't even provided evidence of anything. You've just shown a lack of evidence. quote:I might equally write an open letter to George W. Bush challenging that he was lying about he reasons for going to war in Iraq and, upon receiving no response, shout, "WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?!?!?!/1/1/1/1" Some idiocy doesn't deserve being dignified with a response, and apparently this was how the FBI viewed your "source." quote:Again, this has already been debunked. Wikipedia is a good first check, but it's not the definitive answer on everything, because, after all, it is edited by people like you and me. I could go on Wikipedia right now and edit it to say that it is obvious that there was no government wrongdoing in Waco. Would you then believe me? quote:Don't be stupid. Koresh wasn't physically restraining them, but can you say that their prophet didn't have power over them? They were part of a messianic cult. Besides, in emergency situations like this, people tend not to have all the information ("That way is collapsed, but this way is still open, and we won't get shot — either by our own or by the FBI — if we run out this way") and tend not to be able to make really logical decisions. Even the most rational people would've had trouble figuring out how to stay alive when smothered in tear gas and surrounded by armed men and flames, and let me remind you again, we're talking about the members of a messianic cult; they were not all that rational to begin with. Maybe some of them preferred to die, and maybe some of them weren't given a choice by those around them. quote:I'm not sure that anyone has relied on the specific testimony that you're talking about. I fail to see the relevance of this point, other than, again, that we lack evidence for some things. But lacking evidence doesn't prove anything. quote:This, too, has been debunked. Are these "pyrotechnic" devices or not? That's a technical point. Besides, they're gas grenades, not the standard fragmentation or concussion grenades, so they don't explode. They didn't ignite the fires. quote:Um, the full line is this: "The FBI has also admitted to using incendiary flares during the stand-off to illuminate areas at night, but claims not to have used illumination flares during the assault, all of which took place during daylight hours." Flares during the night, you dolt, not incendiary devices to burn the place down during the assault. quote:This, too, has been debunked. It's actually you lying, not the FBI. You have really only made two claims: 1. The FBI set incendiary devices that caused the fires that ended up killing most of the cult. 2. The FBI shot at people specifically to prevent them from getting out of the fires. Both claims have been debunked in this thread already, so there really was no need for a point-by-point, but you've got it here so that you can't complain that no one is addressing your points. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 08:51
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How is it not relevant? Virtually none of the people involved are still in the U.S. government now. That's how it's not relevant. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, March 30 2007 07:11
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It might be worth noting that socialism and communism are not exactly the same thing, too; while communists have a really bad record on human rights, socialists have a pretty good one. I know that communists have a pretty good (though certainly not perfect) record on race relations, but I'm not as sure about socialists. (And here under "socialism" I'm including e.g. Britain's Labour Party and France's Socialist Party, and under "communism" I'm including e.g. the old U.S.S.R.'s one party, China's one party, and France's Communist Party.) Of course, the United States doesn't have a good socialist party, as far as I can tell. We have to choose between the Democrats (not nearly left enough on economic issues to be socialist), the Greens (mostly good but a little ineffectual, and Nader's kinda out of touch), and the SWP (rather quite a bit too communist for my tastes). [ Friday, March 30, 2007 07:12: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 21:03
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I think I liked the old graphics better, at least as far as I can tell from the screenshots. The awkward color of the grass in Nethergate was part of the charm, I think. And vahnatai floor in Nethergate just seems out of place. Meh, I'd probably get used to it after about half an hour of playing and never think of it again. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 17:35
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EDIT: Darn it. Never mind. Eh, well, let me at least use this post to remind people that calling for a thread to be closed is usually a less effective way of getting the thread to go away than simply not posting in it. [ Thursday, March 29, 2007 17:38: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 16:43
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quote:Awww! I must make use of this in some context. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 16:30
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Ah. I had forgotten about that little feature of UBB. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 15:49
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quote:That's not a normal typo. o_O -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
A2: Test of Patience in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 14:45
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I'm going to cut this off right here before anyone says anything unpleasant. Iffy, I'm assuming that your posts were made in good faith, but it's usually best to do some sort of checking before you give help. This poster made just about the best request for help that one can make (complete with screenshot), so telling him not to be a "newb" is not really useful. Tyran, go easy on Iffy. Neither of you have done anything particularly wrong, and I'm shutting this down before anyone does. Let no one complain that the mods are too slow to act! Anarch, my impression is that your question has been answered. If you have a further one, feel free to make a new topic. :) -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, March 29 2007 12:51
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Um, don't mind Iffy (Infernal Flamming Muffin). He's new and clearly doesn't remember this part of the game. Wander a bit north and west. You'll find a wheel with a chain. Turn it until there are stairs that you can just push the boulder up. (You'll have to turn it again a couple of times to get the orientation in the next room right.) [ Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:55: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 18:19
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I suppose I should add that I'm not saying that I'm against giving people standardized tests as one measure of their knowledge in a field or aptitude for something. I'm just against it being the sole (or even the primary) factor. Practical necessity makes it inevitable that admissions offices use numbers (GPA, test scores) to judge applicants, but designing an entire society that way is probably a bad thing. As far as getting people into the right jobs, though, I think that vocational education needs to come back in a big way. Becoming a carpenter or a mechanic is just as legitimate a career choice as becoming a lawyer or doctor, even if the money is not quite the same. (If I'm not mistaken, I've made this point on these boards before.) [ Wednesday, March 28, 2007 18:24: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 09:43
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quote:This brings to mind the more salient argument against this, which is that standardized tests are very bad at measuring in individuals what they are purported to measure. The SAT is intended to predict a person's freshman grades in college, which it more or less does, on a broad statistical basis. However, it completely fails with certain individuals. Any standardized test will do the same. A society based around placement tests may have some broad statistical fairness, but it will be horribly unfair to individuals. (This is the reason why, by the way, colleges don't judge you solely on your test scores.) quote:This is harder than you might think. You're intending to test the same skills, but you want to test them in substantially different and novel ways at all times? You've set out a formidable task indeed. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 09:01
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quote:Test prep is an inevitable consequence of the existence of standardized tests. The SAT is supposed to be an aptitude test (they still call it the Reasoning test), but there is an incredible amount of prep available for it. The LSAT is much nearer to a real reasoning test, and it is extremely prep-able. Make a test, and companies will offer prep for it. It's just that simple. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, March 28 2007 08:14
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We might want to fill all the boards to their maximum moderating level, so that every board has four moderators (or at least three). We might also want to replace a moderator or two who have been inactive and pretty much left Spidweb. I move that Tech Support, BoA, BoAE, Nethergate, BoE, RWG, and Subterra all get additional mods. All of these forums have empty spots (or at least would if we replaced Brett Bixler, who doesn't really visit Spidweb at all anymore — and while we're at it, although Ash is here on a regular basis, I don't think The Creator is). We could just add Alo as an extra mod to any forums he doesn't already mod (Tech Support, Subterra, Nethergate, maybe the Blades boards), and find another mod for the Blades boards (gee, I wonder who might be qualified for that). Since even after adding Alo, Nethergate would still only have two mods, we'd probably want to add another one there, too. [ Wednesday, March 28, 2007 08:17: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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quote:You just enunciated Henry Chauncey's most fantastical dream and my — as a good Princeton Review teacher and earnest devotee of John Katzman — worst nightmare. Aptitude tests are a dangerous thing, especially when test prep exists (and it is an inevitable consequence of the existence of these tests). As a standardized test teacher, I am acutely aware of the limitations of standardized tests, and I wouldn't want to throw the fate of a society into the hands of ETS any more than we already have. Besides, why should people be forced to do only things that they're good at, not things that they enjoy? And what do you do about people like me, who are good at many things? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 20:05
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Man, what's with everyone falling in love? I guess I'm no exception, but I register my indignance nonetheless. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, March 27 2007 18:34
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Last before the lock, maybe? For the record, obviously, I like Avernum better, but the margin is getting thinner all the time. [ Tuesday, March 27, 2007 18:35: Message edited by: Malakos the Freshly-Plowed ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |