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Sol . I've been puzzled by how one can dwell in all the satelites, planetoids, and planets in just our own solar system. Without resorting to Newtonian Physics bending/breaking "hand-waves". My basic assumption is that technology will slow down as cultural development becomes the core concern of people in Earth, given that such a huge population in such a small planet should learn to get along and live with one another peacefully. One of the other premises is that Life support tech and radiation shielding was perfected. Anyway, Gravity was my main concern. Even with gene-therapy and advances in drugs low gravity can ravage much of how the body works over time. I was able to solve gravity problem in a High G habitable worlds like Venus, Uranus and Neptune but low gravity is a major problem for me. I find it easier to develop Satelites and Planetoids into 1G by causing it to rotate much faster, turning these habitations inside out. Solving the problem with Low G worlds like...

Epson C79 . I've must have printed less than 2000 pages and the printer has started saying its at the end of it's rope (“parts are at the end of their service life). I was expecting it to last about 10k pages before konking out on me. Now that it only started (a week ago) printing at FINE quality without the discoloration bands. Now that the color is working its printing to one side of the page and not centering. Ugg, that means the bands have to be recallibrated? or something. With the numerous complaints about this printer Save Time and Do So Much More Fast printing speed of up to 22ppm 22ppm? A very MISLEADING claim. I clocked the average page at 1 min at Text, 2.5 mins at Fine, and 5mins at Photo! Not to mention that at the Fast Print option color saturation is at less than 10%. So you can barely read what you've printed at 22ppm. Unsurpassed Economy for the INKdividual™ Minimise printing expenditure More cost-effective printing at home New r...

I don't know what to eat . Health vs Cost vs Effort. The food has to have Fiber, I should try to spend less than a hundred a day, if possible NONE. It should not make me lose concentration from what I'm doing. It should not take too much time. The decision making process is getting worse and slower. I don't want to throw my health away for the sake of work but I don't want to get all caught up cooking instead of working :( Can't wake up early enough. Been sleeping at 12 and i just can't make myself sleep at 10. :( anyway

Polygamy . I don't like the Series big love. What I mean by Don't like is I get really annoyed when I know its on in the house. Its just wrong. There are people who say homosexuality is wrong, for me my stance is against Polygamy. Polygamy existed because of shortages of males and improved comfort of a female in a chauvinistic society. In the modern world where many basic needs are met, there is education and finding your own answers, and a choice between Religion and Science, its one of those things I dislike very much. The nerve it pinches is not the ability to LOVE a number of women, but loving them all in the same time. I'm for devotion and Polygamy ain't part of that. The thought of its existence makes me worry about hypothetical scions who will fall for that kind of trap. Its ok to have MULTIPLE partners in sex but swearing you devotion to multiple recipients (at the same time) raises the matter of the ONE Master Debate. If you can't choose between t...

Kimchi in my burger . I like pickles in my burger, and pickled zesty lettuce (kimchi) kicks ass in a burger :D. Try it with a Jolibee Champ, WOW ZING! Learned to make Jajangmyeon . Basically bean paste, small sausages or beef cubes (any not strong tasting meat or vegemeat), onions, shaved carrots (cause i like it soft) and a raw egg cooking in the heat of the dish. YUM! Although I have a tendency to use wheat pasta for fiber (i can't make it aldente for the dish, doesn't taste good that way). Brothers Burger has really gone down hill . P85 for their basic burger and it sucks compared to the champ :(. Mcdonalds Mayo . Its really different from regular mayo, and its P8!?

An Idiot Imposing his Real World POV when I wasnt even asking . I admit that I don't like some peoples POV on realism and GMing BUT I don't go around imposing my POV. A classic example of someone trolling. I'm the original poster and this guy is pissing me off implying I don't know my basic firearm tactics. Notice how I didn't say anything in the first stupid post, a BIG leap in personal will power and crushing a stupid comment. I guess the exhaustion of patience comes after reading a lot of stupid remarks and bottling up the responses.

Awakening . Actually I'm happy about whats happening in the context that the country is really maturing. People don't fall for the same tricks anymore. These are the bad things that happen to provoke a positive change. Its better to think of what this does to the country down the line. No one will believe GMA, because she just had too much to gain from the bombing: 1) Divert Attention to the new allegations 2) Bring in more troops to pacify 3) Stabilize the Peso for the OFWs Seeing more soldiers are standing up against her is also what makes this seeds of a better tomorrow. The soldiers are a good... a very good sign. Faith in our armed forces not to be made to mere pawns is what we are suffering. Their corruption is one of the big elements that keeps us feudal. Imagine that if these seeds grow, it doesn't just benefit the 10% of the population in Metro Manila, but will allow for a more centralized government justice system, eliminating the FEUDAL hierarchy in the province ...

My tita said I just had a nerve pinched . Terribly painful pinch. My right shoulder muscle had this terrible ache. It was less painful when i worked it and my other limbs felt a bit hyper. Its like I had an irresistible urge to tap my foot. Arson . Nooo not turning yellow (And I've got Ul + ra +ech)! Still It could be the loss of sleep being my first suspect. I haven't lost sleep for a LONG time and weaknesses and irritability with its loss seems to be worse with my age and lack of exercise. In my light workout I could have pulled a long unused muscle. Then there is the Icecream and milk. Dairy tends to give me funny side effects like hyper-acidity, lactose intolerance after effects, gassiness... etc. It kicked in fully around 5-6 and was pretty unbearable. Anyway, the pain was bearable by 7 about 30-1hr after taking ponstan 500mg. Anyway, I try not to take painkillers when I begin my work outs but this was an exceptional case of pain. Hopefully thats the last of it when i get ...

I'm in alot of muscle pain. I don't know if its the cup of milk that set me off, the lack of sleep, or something I ate but I'm the pain is triggering my legs to move and my nerves to be agitated. Where are the pain killers? well thats my excuse why i can;t work.

Kinda under the weather . Will get some work done but feeling under the weather. Figured out my answer.

Not the TV Show . Some lessons learned: 3CPs before starting . Will make it 1CP, the rest must be earned. 1CP for role-playing all relevant disadvantages or at the expense of an advantage, 2CP for well-rounded RPing, 1CP for cleverness and puzzle solving, 1CP for helping make the GM's job easier and 1CP for forwarding the Plot. CP influencing Success . 1CP per player, per session and an additional 2CP which can only be used for personal protection. Stress Rules . Basically 16 hours of consciousness does not translate to 16 hours of work. 8 hours of work earns a Stress token and 16 hours of rest and relaxation buys away a token. Workaholics have an Role-playing reason to overwork/overtime BUT requires double the time to de-stress. Stress tokens increase severity of mental disadvantages, lowers will power, and may increase the frequency or degree of physical disads. The rule encourages characters to spend points on Hobbies and Recreational Skills. Also Too bad I won't run a game ...

TV raves . Yay! A new cast for house and Kal Penn (or Kumar from Harold and Kumar Goes to White Castle) is part of it. I feel like my demographic is right on the show. Anyway, I'm happy for a new cast. What I like about the show is it really grow and takes a number of casualties. The casualties being a new Team.

One of the things I first got confused about in GURPS is the Task Difficulties. 3rd ed didn't describe it as clearly and this made a wide discrepancy in the challenges different GMs would send. Unlike skills described in other systems (like d20) there were only very few examples of average tasks to save on space. A criticism is that it would give a description what the skill but it would rarely give examples tasks to roll for, and very rarely examples of various other tasks w/ different difficulties. So a common problem would be that different GMs may have widely different standards for a "Roll". I know its a bitch of standardization problem but it's not a big deal unless you are like me. Usually the problem is what is the GM's definition of Professional . The Skill Check. B171 "Your base skill measures your odds of success at an 'average' task in a stressful situation where the consequences of failure are significant." Each GM have a standard by...

You know what is stupid in Tagalog ? Check the comment of G-money. Out of the Blue a Racial Slur against Filipinos.

Sci Fi . I know what you mean about artificial gravity, I meant the thing they use in interstellar hard science ships. Traveller is pretty hard sci but the gravity plates and the myriad reactionless thrusters just get to me. Its like me playing fantasy or watching starwars, there are a bunch of BLEEPS that flash "WRONG" when I see it. Like in Starwars episode 2 where the Jedi storm in to save Anakin etc. for beings with INCREDIBLE forsighte they're DUMB as bricks. Modern military tactics and wisdom just marks alot of decisions in red (Not just the creative ones). CLone ARMIES, why not RAT armies. Why clone a HUMAN when a race similar to rats would be more effective as Grunts. And the losses to the Jedi, the cost to train a Jedi compared to a simple soldier stretches my suspenders of disbelief. Its like a kid plugging 110 into 220, its all the same to a kid but its going to screw with his hard ware plenty. Hindsight . B171 your base skill measures your odds of success at a...

Why not just accept more Filipino Immigrants ?

Anyway . Its that time of the year where my brain buzzes with sci fi. Feel like designing a freighter of about 500cubic meters. Wing design that spins to create centrifugal force to for the ships life support system. I was discussing it a bit in the forums and its more likely people will remain using this technique instead of making artificial gravity plates given the complexity of such a contraption and the difficulty to repair it if anything goes wrong. Very Small Pet Peeves . Some GMing habits that get to me When to roll . Rolling EVERY TIME the character does something can get really weird and unusual. Especially when certain modifiers are forgotten like Non-hazardous actions (+4 to the roll)... the equivalent to Taking 10 in D20. Even in the task modifiers, in the Basic Set, says that A Car Chase is a Challenging roll with no modifiers and Driving Down the Street is a +10 (where i was asked to roll every time). Asking a player to keep rolling every time he does something and p...

Constantinople . Ended... I'm not that very good with endings especially since gaming has few opportunities to see the game through given the responsibilities adult life thrusts upon us. Anyway, glad I capped that well and moved on. Next Time I'll work on a better ending and better prep... for now I'm happy to focus on my Comic work. Hard Sci Fi . I can't understand all those physics breaking tech that allow faster than light travel, artificial gravity or portable HIGH energy weapons. A lot of sci-fi geeks aren't economics geeks so i guess the concepts of infrastructure and practicality eluded them when they thought up these things till now. Now a days there is a more sober look at future tech given such understandings. Like Lasers or portable high energy weapons . The cost and complexity to build a laser gun will never outweigh the simplicity, ease of maintenance, and economic advantages of a gun. Its more practical to send export AK-47 to another planet than Laser...

Comic . finished most of the first page, just gonna add BG. Got emailed by a small gaming company interested to get some of my art for their RPG book in return for Bio and Adspace. Busy right now, will get back to that, comic is a priority. Looks nice to me (at least). Game . Well Ben-g will be running Eberron some time in the future... although I'm more inclined to play Hyborea since its a lot simpler for me when I work on realistic parameters. Planning to play a human fighter in the game and just Role-play. Will not optimized... after being HARD-wired to GURPS its hard going to back to DnD especially when they are having 4th ED by next year. Cinematic . is not good for me... possibilities are ENDLESS. When you break realistic limits, its like the center of a black hole... every law begins to fall apart. Its about matching your view of the world with your GM, which is a bit difficult. When you get to my experience, narrowing expectations SAVES time and complications. I understand ...

Bumped into a neighbor . Was in line in the grocery where i was asked to watch someones grocery cart while they got stuff they forgot. After being dropped off by chat, I bumped into this person again, who happens to live in the same condo. Just awkward for me cause I didn't have anything to say. Just "Um, hey you were the one in unimart." and some awkward silence since I have a hard time trying to feign neighborly care/interest. Even my neighbors greet "How do you do." I'm flustered to say fine, how about you without sounding SO scripted. Fucked up eh? :))