lolad

Merry Christmas to all

Found this today and thought you guys might be interested

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/07/renault-kwid-car-drone/

I have a similar concept for the Scramble that I'm slowly putting together

[bit of trivia.... the orginal Night City Scramble and the Tokyo Scramble was thought up by my players who planned it originally as a distraction for a bank job, then realized it would be more profitable and less personally dangerous to just focus on the race... not a single pc took part in the race, but they wanted me to describe it in detail...... this led to three straight hours of me monologuing race commentary, mixed with brief pc roleplay as they mingled with the gamblers...

This is what has caused me to attempt to create a shortened racing version of the SRT.

And crew it.

And organise pre race security, and in-transit refueling trucks, and... and...

Ugh. Me and my overactive brain

My Avatar is from the cover of part my favourite unfinished book series "The War Against the Chtorr"

While my signature is a couple of quotes that made me laugh so much I almost shat.

Plus they also show MythBusters 

 

Looks at lolad's quote

 

Somehow I just knew you'd bring that up.

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Glad to be of service.

looks at SBS

Good on them. They've gotten themselves a second feed and are showing different shots of the Pope's funeral, where 9 and the ABC are both using the same video feed, but their own commentators, of course.

There is also SBS, our 'ethnic' broadcaster. Given that everyone is of some ethnicity or another, you'll understand how loaded the statement is. Let me rephrase... SBS is the network established for people of a Non-English Speaking Background. (Political correctness isn't all bad) They don't have anywhere near the resources of the ABC but put together what I feel is the best news wrap. They focus on global stories for much more of their bulletins, covering events no one else would touch.

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They also re-broadcast news services from overseas. Mostly not in english, but they do broadcast The Journal from Germany in English, as well as what i believe to be a version in german at a different time.

Plus they also show MythBusters

(in no particular order)

TV:

Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf, The Good Life (Good Neighbours to the yanks), Stargate, The Muppet Show, The Bill

Movies:

Tron, Black Hawk Down, Series 7, Mad Max, eXistenZ, Gattaca, Back to the Future, GiTS, Matrix, Pitch Back

And in the "its really bad but I still like it" category:

Judge Dredd, Waterworld, The Big Bus, The Postman, Australian Idol Uncut (like a bus crash, you don't want to watch but you can't look away), Hackers

The bookshop is in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Bowral in fact.

And that list is whats there.

He didnt say 'please take them' but he may have been thinking it  

i also have two books for sale on ebay

Cyberpunk 2020 Cabin Fever

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3169175465

Cyberpunk 2020 Bonin Horse

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3169175465

Hi all

I went on a 2 day holiday and found a little second hand bookshop with a few cyberpunk books

And when i bought a few the guy behind the counter asked if I would be interested in more and showed me more.

Lots more

Here's a list of the ones i didnt buy, but can get sent to me and then on to others if anyone wants any of them.

Corporation Report 1, 2 & 3

Chromebook 1 & 4

Eurosource

Eurosource Plus

Eurotour

Rough Guide to UK

Live & Direct

Rockerboy (2 copies)

Stormfront

Shockwave

Guide to the Net

Brainware Blowout

Home of The Brave

Deep Space

Tales from Forlorn Hope

Blackhands Street Weapons

Sub Attica (alt reality adventure book)

Dark Metropolis

Playground

Dream Park

They'd all be about 5 - 8 dollars (AU of course) plus postage

and, crucially, looked to be in good or better condition

I was wondering if anyone agreed with me and thought that the efforts of previous years was better than the light show on the old coathanger as shown tonight?

Lights are nice and all but i was expecting more like Eternity from previous years and similar

just a thought

Congratulations on being the creator of a new

Evil Plan ™!

Your objective is simple: Criminal Activities.

Your motive is a little bit more complex: Madness

Stage One

To begin your plan, you must first assassinate a military general. This will cause the world to realize something is wrong, confused by your arrival. Who is this nightmare beyond comprehension? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good in classic black?

Stage Two

Next, you must vaporize that Opera House in Sydney. This will all be done from a abandoned church, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will die in a way you just don't want to think about, as countless hordes of the undead hasten to do your every bidding.

Stage Three

Finally, you must covertly move your armies of destruction, bringing about an end to sanity. Your name shall become synonymous with insanity, and no man will ever again dare roll his or her eyes. Everyone will bow before your mind-boggling insanity, and the world will have no choice but to restore your credit rating.

The following is best while singing to the tune of

'On toppa spagetti'

It rolled down the drive-way,

And under a bush,

And then my cyber op-tic

Was covered in mush.

Sorry but I had to add my .05 eb after almost spitting all over my PC too

my copy of Night City had the map disappear after I lent it to someone. unfortunately i didn't realise until a fair while later when it was a little too late

I'd always thought it was Otto, but only cause it rhymes better with blotto :-)

but i will admit that somedays I would love to drive with as little regard for other as he does.

Especially when I've had to jump on the brakes after someone treats the bus like it's not there  

But I've done alright so far, only 1 'incident' in just under 4 years of daily newcastle (au) rush hour

All this talk of bad jobs make me realise that my job isnt all that bad at the moment

I drive a School bus for disabled children (it's a 22 seat sized bus), which has crap pay, but i get school holidays off (but no pay) and yet at the end of each year i don't know if I'll still have a job the next  

And now that the kid who would daily attempted to kick in the dash and throw his shoes at me has been transferred to a taxi (poor driver) it could even be considered good.

And I am so so glad I don't have a child who strips naked and throws her clothes out the window each day

I have always thought that the ankle was a great location for interface plugs, especially for use in vehicles.

If you're plugged in your feet wouldn't move much so there wouldn't be any problems with the cables, at least thats the way i see it.

And of course if you're trying for cinematic style you could always use plugs in the ankles for controlling a bike and another set in the wrists for hand held weapons and look good while you're at it.

Unless you fumble and end up shooting your bike and end up slightly flat underneath a truck