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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, April 16 2008 23:13 Profile #121
quote:
Originally written by Jumpin Salmon:

I made a simple batter of dark porter and flour. All I did to the fish was rinse, lay it on a paper towel, and then sprinkle with salt and Old Bay seasonings.

Note: Very important to use Old Bay, and not Old Spice.
That sounds nice. I have to look if I can get Old Bay Seasonings over here|the land of chocolate, since it's not easily available in Europe for all I remember. To be honest, I had totally forgotten about its existence since my high school year in Canada. And that's a long time ago. Thanks for bringing back a fond(haha) memory.

Old Spice should obviously only be used for marinades.

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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 written Wednesday, April 16 2008 22:49 Profile #119
Curious. I would have thought halibut too fat a fish to be made into a 'fishstick'. I really love smoked halibut in a avocado-cucumber sushi roll (I know that's not Edo style, but it tastes mind-bogglingly delicious).

What kind of batter did you use?

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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 written Tuesday, April 15 2008 00:12 Profile #101
Well, thank goodness for that, dear.

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, April 15 2008 00:05 Profile #99
Were you force-fed, dear? What did these people do to you? I'm worried.

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, April 14 2008 23:44 Profile #97
I've just been fished to death and all you can think of is that sweet taste in your mouth?
Self, self, self... (endless headshaking accompanied by a quiet (not mute) tut-tut-tut)

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, April 14 2008 23:07 Profile #95
aaaaaarrrrrrrrgh...

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While We Wait for the Next Chapter in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, April 14 2008 22:16 Profile #93
Too bad I've stumbled across this only now, when the fishsticks have become stale already (as a topic I mean). Otherwise I would have added this:

Over here|in the land of chocolate we don't get any cod-fishsticks, since the Portugese catch them all and dry and salt them before tossing them back into the ocean. It's only after this that the English drag the sorry mess out of the ocean and batter it into their national dish number one. Therefore, no cod-fishsticks for the rest of us. We only get the Alaska pollock (or pollack) ones.

This is what I would have shared with you. Too bad the topic has shifted again.

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What have you been reading recently? in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Friday, March 28 2008 05:49 Profile #44
I've just read 'The Curious Incindent of the Dog in the Night-time' by Mark Haddon. I recommend this book to anybody who likes... uh... to read.

Before that it was 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Jonathan Safran Foer, an equally heart-breaking and heart-warming story. Also by the same author, the wonderful 'Everything is Illuminated', made into a fine movie with Frodo Baggins. Lovely.

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Geneforge 5 - March Update in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Thursday, March 27 2008 00:15 Profile #44
quote:
Originally written by Azuma:

quote:
Originally written by Spidweb:


I have completely redone the tutorial system. I think experienced players will be very happy with it now.

- Jeff Vogel
Glee! No more forced tutorials for the veterans!
I hope this it what Jeff meant, considering he called this 'very unlikely' that in his March 8th letter. But I keep my fingers crossed that this wasn't premature glee-ing.

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Return to dark castle in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Saturday, March 22 2008 15:21 Profile #3
Today life is good!

A couple of weeks ago I was trying to explain to a friend what a great game Dark Castle was. Coincidence?

DC was my first game on my first Mac (SE, 20MB(!) HD) way back in the late 80's. I'm absolutely thrilled. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, even though I still suck at the game.

Marvellous.

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A Question in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, March 19 2008 13:41 Profile #26
quote:
Originally written by Journey On:

I've always found my desire to converse far more limiting than my minutes.

—Alorael, who sometimes considers responding to text messages with snail mail.
If only I had your home address, I'd send you a letter. After I'd written it, obviously. Stupendously solemn remark, Alorael.

edit: Considering how I've used irony in my past comments I like to stress that I mean this.

edit2 (or pps): I like texting people when I'm not in the mood of talking to them, or anybody. This happens quite frequently which is why I like 'simsing' very much. It's less, or even non-committal.

[ Wednesday, March 19, 2008 13:49: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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Spiderweb Demographics 2008 in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, January 28 2008 05:59 Profile #11
quote:
Originally written by Diphthongos:

Atheism is definitely a religious belief. [...]
If you say so... after all, you made the poll. Who am I to argue with that.

quote:
Originally written by Diphthongos:

Now, back to the regularly scheduled topic please. If you want to have a huge argument about science and religion yet again, do it in a topic without a poll, s'il vous plait.
I respect your wishes, O-Grand-Master-of-what-is-definite.

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ACS - TNG in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, January 28 2008 05:50 Profile #38
For what it's worth: Jeff has mentioned his post-current-franchise plans in this interview. While he doesn't reveal anything earth-shattering, it's still good to see that he is absolutely aware of what he does best. We're in good hands here, I think.

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Spiderweb Demographics 2008 in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, January 28 2008 04:03 Profile #9
quote:
Originally written by Lt. Sullust:

I'm fairly sure atheism does count as a religion. I don't really understand why it bothers you that much. Almost any scientific field can be called a religion. There's no definitive proof that these things are true, they just seem to happen all the time when we test them. Do you have faith in gravity?
It bothers me so much because it is contradicting what this sort of world view is about. Science (as in natural science) is not based on the belief in a supernatural power or agent. The means of proving things are much more sound and solid than just an opinion. It's not so much the difference between 'I believe in God' vs. 'I don't believe in God' but 'I see no reason/evidence/hint/indication for the existence of a god (or any god for that matter)'. To me that's not religion as it's not like atheists believe in a non-god.

And, no, I don't believe in gravity either. I see it happen. I think the theory makes sense, as do the rather fitting pieces of evidence, which don't just seem to happen when we test for them. They happen, again and again. And they cause themselves to happen, again and again.

I don't have faith in gas - I've cooked too much with it.

I also don't believe in margerine. Does this make me a dairy-ist, or an a-margerinist, or just somebody who respects food?

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Spiderweb Demographics 2008 in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, January 28 2008 01:31 Profile #7
quote:
Originally written by Ephesos:

quote:
Originally written by Locmaar:

Atheism clearly is no religion at all.
Yessir, you must really hate them atheists. If it helps you sleep at night, think of it as merely "one's opinion of religion".

But in all honesty, I'm pretty sure atheism counts as a religion. What about it specifically irks you, or is it just a knee-jerk reaction?
Oh dear. I don't hate 'them atheists' at all. It's just that I think applying a religious view of the world to people (like me) who don't have one is a bit odd.

What specifically irks me is this: if you count atheism as a religion, you're infact defining my view of the world by what I don't have (namely faith), or what I don't believe in (namely some supernatural power and/or authority). By that rationale, you could also call me a non-milk-drinker after inquiring my favourite beverage. So, in all honesty, whether you believe atheism counts as a religion or not, doesn't change that.

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Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Sunday, January 27 2008 23:30 Profile #2
I'd really like to point out that I find myself in disagreement concerning question 9. While I'm having a hard time finding arguments for agnosticism being a religion, I can sort of bend my mind around that one.
Atheism clearly is no religion at all.

Apart from that I enjoy these polls as much as I enjoy being surprised by what kind of people lurk behind their online identity.

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Hei! in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Thursday, January 17 2008 07:50 Profile #67
quote:
Originally written by Thralni:

Does anybody have that problem, that when he wants to speak/write stuff in a different language than his mother tongue, he starts thinking in German, therefor producing only German words? I seem to have it all the time, especially with French.
I used to run into that with different second languages (huge bin :P ). Depending on which language I mainly converse in at any given time, my mother tongue might get mixed up in there as well. Makes me feel unbound, though not in the Geneforge sense.

[ Thursday, January 17, 2008 07:51: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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Locking in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, January 8 2008 01:38 Profile #21
quote:
Originally written by Arancaytar:

... WTF?
I sure hope this spells out 'Where's the fun' or 'Wotan tries frolicking' lest it violates the CoC.

quote:
Originally written by Drakefyre:

+ Using vulgarity and/or obscenities in any language (whether it's in the open, masked, or abbreviated)
;)

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Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, December 19 2007 13:32 Profile #11
:eek: flabbergasted... overwhelmed... full of awe... congratulating! :D

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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 17 2007 21:03 Profile #374
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

[QUOTE]And you think that what he "was trying to get at" is that homosexuality is wrong and immoral, and that was the point of all of this?
Sad as that may sound - yes. But it fits nicely with what he was doing last time, when he was telling everybody how wrong evolution is, luring us into Behe's dark realm. He would even have read us 'Of Pandas and Men' or some other ill-begotten piece of drool.

Please, don't get me wrong. It's a good thing to try and debate with people who don't share your point of view. But with Stillness it seems to be a different case altogether.

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Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 17 2007 12:51 Profile #372
Thuryl, yes, that's part of what I mean. Of course it's more polite to play the ball, as long as everybody's doing that. But if somebody starts cheating, gets caught doing so, is confronted with this fact, and still continues, it's time to call it off. That's not polite, it's futile. Staleness is probably laughing his butt off by now.

PS: I almost laughed my butt off after reading this sentence:

quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

... Stillness isn't arguing in good faith..
That's funny stuff. :)

[ Monday, December 17, 2007 12:57: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 17 2007 11:23 Profile #370
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

quote:
Originally written by Locmaar:

I think your explanation of what you think he was trying to get at sounds nice, but I don't share your assessment.
You still aren't understanding, I think. I'm not saying that Stillness supports gay marriage (he doesn't). I'm not saying that he's not horribly biased and prejudiced (he is). I'm saying that he has claimed not to take a stand on the gay marriage issue here, and his arguments here regarding the issue that he's attempting to address have not made any point about whether gay marriage is right or wrong; they've addressed its comparability to other forms of discrimination.
I understand very well what you are saying, even though I feel like you don't quite understand my point.

First off: you can compare absolutely everything. If you don't compare apples to pears you won't find out the difference. I feel quite positive you know this already, but there's a reason why I'm bringing this up. Once you've stated these differences you can finish your comparism and come to a result. They are both fruit and grow on trees. They might taste different, but then again no breed of apple tastes quite like another, nor does any kind of pear.

Eventually you have to reach a conclusion, right? Now after your conclusion (fruit, eadible, trees, taste) somebody (who's had an apple once that made him ill) says: "Wait! You're wrong. You can't compare them because they are different. Apples are no fruit. Just because they grow on trees and taste like something, they are completely different and can't be treated the same. Pears, on the other hand, are fruit, so let's stick to that."

I don't know many people who would subscribe to this point of view, and I still don't know if this illustrates what I'm trying to get at any better.

I don't think Stillness meant to compare these two. It has been pointed out to him way too often that his arguments don't make sense, and why. The only reason I can see is that he just doesn't like apples.

So you're right with your summary of what Stillness said, but not with what he was trying to get at, I think. That's what I was trying to point out.

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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 17 2007 08:26 Profile #367
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

quote:
Originally written by Locmaar:

Edit: As regards to my being obtuse (better: now being really obtuse): Alec at least had the courtesy of explaining to Safey why he is an idiot. What's your story?
I did. It was the following sentence. Confusing my opinions with Stillness's is pretty bad.
Even when I didn't?
I thought I had explained that in my follow-up.

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The only point that I made in the preceding post was that one could think that banning gay marriage is not comparable to Jim Crow discrimination but also think that banning gay marriage is wrong.
This is the logic I was referring to. Obviously a lot of us didn't actually get what Stillness was getting at. I think your explanation of what you think he was trying to get at sounds nice, but I don't share your assessment.

If I have insulted you in any way by making the impression I thought you and Stillness were arguing the same case, then I apologize. I'm not that mean.

[ Monday, December 17, 2007 08:35: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
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Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 17 2007 07:19 Profile #365
quote:
Originally written by Fernication:

No, it's not.

Stillness has said that he believes that, but he has explicitly avoided using it as an argument for anything.
What is not?

I never said he was. But it's the basis for him getting started in this discussion. From there he was trying to argue, which is why:

1.) he broke his chain of reasoning by his own terms every now and again

and

2.) he didn't make sense some of the time.

I ask you now: What's so difficult to understand about this?

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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
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 written Monday, December 17 2007 06:35 Profile #363
I know what you were trying to do and that is what I was referring to: your explanation of Stillness' reasoning. If you think I'm confusing your explanation of his reasoning with your own thoughts and opinions, then you clearly misunderstood me as much as you misunderstood Stillness' ambition.

quote:
That's not the topic under discussion.
It isn't for you, nor most other people on the board, but for Stillness it is. That's my point.

Edit: As regards to my being obtuse (better: now being really obtuse): Alec at least had the courtesy of explaining to Safey why he is an idiot. What's your story?

[ Monday, December 17, 2007 07:14: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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