darkmonki

Jeez! I didn't even bother to scroll down that far. Come to think of it, I don't think I managed to finish reading a single page. I guess being "underground" means you're not really supposed to be able to read what the guy has to say...

You clean your kitchen?

eech- yuck...

I agree Rockwolfe. Unfortunately, if you read up on history, it wasn't just us Euros who were "holding the Yanks back from invading Iraq". Bush legally could not invade Iraq without the consent of Congress. He only had a mandate to free Kuwait. And even Colin Powell, pussy-whipped liberal that he is (read: last sane person in Republikan government) refused to allow more soldiers to die needlessly in an attempt to kill one man. That's all it is, one man. A nation of 270+ million people versus one man. And that one man has a documented 38 other men who are employed to look just like him. I for one would rather not see any more British or Canadian ground troops killed by US friendly fire in the attempt to kill this man. I honestly think that we should just walk to him and shoot him. And if we didn't get him that time, just keep walking up to him and shooting him. If the US are going to flout international law, might as well do it right.

"Well, he is the man who tried to kill my daddy..." - George W. Bush.

You know, the real reason why no one is supporting this war is not because of lack of evidence or even an unwillingness to go to war, it's really an unwillingness to follow Dubya into the field. He's no Henry V, let me tell you. He's barely even Lyndon B. Johnson. He simplifies a complicated situation so badly, and sounds so stupid projecting his beliefs that we simply can't trust him. In actual fact he speaks to the world like a dad talking to a 3 year-old. Saddam is "evil" and a "bad man", why? You wouldn't understand. He's just bad. Like the devil. Or the guy in the black hat in those cowboy movies. Or Wile E. Coyote...

Coo-ul. Always wondered what happened to Gentech. They were a most excellent band extraordinaire.

Practicality is not mandatory. Being able to see vaguely is. I don't mind wearing shades in a nightclub and being mostly blind, but seeing everything in virtual blackness through the eyes of a fly is downright dangerous to my physical person. Especially on, say, the second floor at the Slimelight. Besides, I used to enjoy looking a little like the denizens of said Slimelight floor, I don't think I'd be too happy if I bought a pair of those and looked just like every single breathing rivethead there. I have a little individuality left. Just a tad, but it's there. I did used to have a pair of shades that had a wire grill that swung down over them, tho, and they were tres cool, as you could actually wear them without the fly-eye thing if you wanted...

"Why don't you just walk up to him and blow his ####### brains out? That's what you want, isn't it?"

- John Vocovich, To Live And Die In LA

All very good... But where is Paris's stats?  

I agree that Monkeys are cool. My Monkey, however, Abu, is not. I got my nickname for how I look when I puff my cheeks out. Between Monkey and Pob, I chose the former...

Ah yeah... But can you see thru them?

Halo In Reverse kicks butt. Me likey lots. They do sound JUST LIKE NIN, however, even though the lead singer denies it emphatically...

Hmm... Not that I'm a proponent for Hussein and dictatorships in general, but if I had the most powerful country on the face of the planet bearing down on me and wanting to steal my main source of income, I would be rushing out trying to buy as many big guns as possible, too...

Historically, the Western mindset has always been to wait until a country attacks another country before you declare war upon them. We didn't touch Iraq before they invaded Kuwait, and then we had a mandate to free Kuwait. Nothing more. If the coalition had a mandate for invading Iraq back then, when they were stronger, we would have done it. Why, after 11 years of UN trade embargo, we all feel we have a mandate to invade Iraq now is what's in question. What is it that makes Bush feel that Iraq is more of a threat to the US now than, say, 3 years ago? Or last August?

Personally I believe that 1 American life lost in a fabricated war is too many American lives lost. And I'm British. So your argument may seem a little strange, yes, they did say that about Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, and I still it was too many American lives lost. It's this kind of interference in other country's dirty little business that put us all in this position in the first place. Britain created Palestine, before handing it over to the Israelis, The US bolstered support for Hussein and the Britain helped out Iraq with weapons and technology during and after the Iran-Iraq war, back when Iran was our enemy. The CIA trained Usama bin Laden. If we just stayed the hell out in the first place, none of this would be slapping us in the face now.

As for peace protesters... The day we're heading towards a war and there's no-one protesting against it, is the day I realize just how fecking brainwashed we've become.

"The entire military might of the United States versus a cave dwelling maniac and a one eyed Muslim cleric! This is like Rambo versus the Hobbit."

Oh, and Baron Samedi... The scary thing about this thought is that the Hobbit's team won.

Oh... And getting back on topic... For my last game, which was based on all the pc's having a Yakuza affiliation, I gave them all a certain amount of stuff at the beginning, some cash, a vehicle worth up to a certain amount, a medium-sized apartment (based on Shadowrun's fantastic Sparawl Sites book) and two contacts. They were then able to trade these up or down for extra cash, more contacts or closer friends, a larger or smaller apartment, etc. That way everyone had the same thing and could tailor it to what they wanted. Some went for the larger apartment, one dumped the apartment, bought a larger vehicle and slept in that. It all worked out pretty nicely, and everyone got pretty much what they wanted for the level of campaign they were playing in.

Beyond that, a friend of mine living in Richmond just bought a house she'd seen on-line only. Literally saw the pictures, called up the realtor and set up an appointment there and put the down-payment on it. She didn't even see the thing until she had the paperwork done. It's a cool place, too. Maybe that's the best way to look for an apartment... You just jack in, take a tour of the place in a virtual room online, and if you like it, transfer the funds...

Or... For really high end games one could use some of the ideas from this article... Such as the idea of prefab penthouses on top of already existing buildings, or, indeed, living in the Burbs and commuting in. I'm kind of keen on the idea of a bunch of seasoned Edgerunners living out in a development somewhere and driving into Night City each day to do the next run...  

Me too, and I agree. Which is why I live in an Irish neighbourhood in Queens and drink Stella Artois. If I'm heading to a party, I usually try to bring Bud Ice, which doesn't taste too bad and is about 5.3%. If I'm out and all there is is Coors Light, I'd rather stay sober. I'm British, after all... But not so British as to have to rely on Bass at every pub I go to...

Shame, if I knew you were coming over, I could have taken you out and gotten you pissed.

How about the war on terror and the Axis of Evil leaves the US broke?

Glad to hear you finally beat the local council. Heard you were here in NYC last week? Do anything exciting?

My simple Xmas Wish List. Growing everyday...

1.   Nine Inch Nails Live - And All That Could Have Been DVD

2.   The Attraction to All Things Uncertain ~ tweaker; Audio CD

3.   Warriors of Virtue VHS

4.   Skull & Bones ~ Cypress Hill; Audio CD

5.   Stacked Up ~ Senser; Audio CD

6.   Come Clean ~ Curve; Audio CD

7.   Oil & Gold ~ Shriekback; Audio CD

8.   Songs to Learn & Sing ~ Echo & the Bunnymen; Audio CD

9.   Sanjuro - Criterion Collection DVD

10.   Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection DVD

11.   Yojimbo - Criterion Collection DVD

12.   Kagemusha VHS

13.   Battle Angel DVD

14.   Strange Days DVD

15.   Starship Troopers (Special Edition) DVD

16.   Akira (Special Edition) DVD

17.   Swingers (Collector's Series) DVD

18.   Koyaanisqatsi/ Powaqqatsi - 2 Pack DVD

19.   Near Dark DVD

Or as Jessie Ventura put it, career politicians have nothing but their own careers to think about. Let's face it, most people will happily toe the line to save their job, nobody likes geting fired for being radical within a company, and such is the situation with 99% of all career politicians nationwide. As for the five arabs vs. five white dudes fight... I'd be more likely to arrest the white guys in this current climate. But then, I like to walk around with my eyes open, too...

Force my peeps to finish all sentences with "Da Shiznit."

Sounds just like Starbucks to me.

Or Microsoft.

That be Yoda, then...

Serioulsy, though, if you're going to present this kind of thing to Lisa, you may want to ask just how much you're going to change before you're basically creating something that isn't Interlock anymore...

More movie quotes.

Nemesis...

Max: How are we gonna get you through the airport metal detectors?

Alex: Piece by piece.

Strange Days...

Jeriko One: You love that red, white, and blue, but you hate that black, black, black.

Max: Cheer up. The world's about to end in ten minutes anyway.

Lenny Nero: This is not like "TV-only-better" ... this is life.

Lenny Nero: Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with.

Lenny Nero: Look ... everyone needs to take a walk to the dark end of the street sometimes, it's what we are.

Lenny Nero: Bullet-resistant?! What ever happened to bullet-proof??

Tick: One man's mundane and boring existence is another man's Technicolor.

Philo Gant: Paranoia is reality seen on a finer scale.

Max: The issue is not whether you are paranoid, look around you Lenny, the issue is whether you are paranoid enough.

Lenny Nero: Right now his frontal lobes are like two runny eggs.

Lenny: I am the magic man. I am your link to the subconscious. I have what you want. I can get you what you can't have.

Blade Runner...

Batty: Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes

Tyrell: "More human than human" is our motto.

Batty: Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.

Deckard: Sushi. That's what my ex-wife calls me - cold fish.

Deckard: I have had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming.

Leon: Wake up! Time to die!

Rachael: I'm not in the business. I am the business.

Tyrell: I'm surprised you didn't come here sooner.

Batty: It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.

Tyrell: What could he do for you?

Batty: Can the maker repair what he makes?

Batty: That was irrational of you... not to mention unsportsmanlike.

Batty: We're not computers, J.F., we're physical.

Roy: We've got a lot in common.

Sebastian: What do you mean?

Roy: Similar problems.

Pris: Accelerated decrepitude.

Videodrome...

Barry Convex: You'll forgive me if I don't stay around to watch. I just can't cope with the freaky stuff.

Max Renn: Long live the new flesh.

Minority Report...

Dr. Solomon: Now, you understand I can't just give you new irises. Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear.

John Anderton: I'd like to keep the old ones.

Dr. Solomon: Why?

John Anderton: Because my mother gave them to me.

Dark City...

Mr. Wall: Do not fret, Anna. I will give you some more pretty things soon.

Emma Murdoch: I'm not Anna.

Mr. Wall: You will be soon, yes.

Mr. Hand: I have become the monster you were intended to be.

Terminator II...

John Connor: We've got company.

Miles Dyson: Police?

Sarah Connor: How many?

John Connor: Uh, all of them, I think.

All I can think of right now...

Someone said they thought quotes would be good.

From Mad Max...

Toecutter: Take your hat off.

Station Master: Anything you say.

Toecutter: Anything I say. What a wonderful philosophy you have.

Nightrider: I'm a fuel injected suicide machine.

Grease Rat: Like the sign says, "speed's just a question of money. How fast can you go?"

Goose: You've seen it!... You've heard it!...and you're still asking questions?

From Mad Max II...

The Gyro Captain: Lingerie. Oh, remember lingerie?

The Gyro Captain: I got a recipe for snake. Delicious. Fricassee of reptile.

Humungus: I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war.

Max: I got all I need here.

Papagallo: You don't have a future. I could offer you that.

The Gyro Captain: They've got you wrong. You're not a coward. STUPID, maybe. But not a coward.

Mad Max III...

Aunty Entity: Congratulations! You're the first to survive the audition!

Aunty Entity: And what did you do before all this?

Max: I was a cop, a driver.

Aunty Entity: But how the world turns. One day, cock of the walk. Next, a feather duster.

Max: I ain't Captain Walker. I'm the guy who carries Mr. Dead in his pocket.

Aunty Entity: Remember where you are - this is Thunderdome, and death is listening, and will take the first man that screams.

Dr. Dealgood: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... dyin' time's here!

Johnny Mnemonic...

Johnny Mnemonic: You can't shoot me.

Takahashi: Not in the head.

Johnny Mnemonic: They'll negotiate; they're corporate.

Jane: So's the Yakuza.

From Heat (not cp, but very good anyway)...

Neil McCauley: He knew the risks, he didn't have to be there. It rains...you get wet.

Neil McCauley: Maybe we should both be doing something else pal.

Vincent Hanna: I don't know how to do anything else.

Neil McCauley: Neither do I.

Vincent Hanna: I don't much want too either.

Neil McCauley: Neither do I.

Michael Cheritto: Well ya know, for me, the action is the juice.

Vincent Hanna: I say what I mean, and I do what I say.

Neil McCauley: I am double the worst trouble you ever thought of.

Charlene Shiherlis: It's like risk versus reward, baby.

Vincent Hanna: I keep my angst here, I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be.

Neil McCauley: I'm talking to an empty telephone, 'cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fuckin' line.

More later...

Rid.