http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6942 BACKED. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:22:13 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6942 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6941 I think this is a good place to put... this. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:34:58 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6941 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6911&msg_id=6920 I love Neil Young, but that Pono player can go fuck itself. Physics (and physiology) are important to consider in the purchase of these kinds of devices. conrad@idkfa.com (conrad) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:24:12 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6911&msg_id=6920 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6911&msg_id=6911 Since I listen to A LOT of music, I think a lot about formats and such. This is a pretty great summary of mp3's. I might start cataloging my favorites in a lossless format after all, even if mp3's are mostly okay ;) BUT STILL NO PONO FOR ME Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:55:32 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6911&msg_id=6911 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6905&msg_id=6905 Heard a story on this paper on NPR: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2466040 From the abstract: Research shows that evidence-based algorithms more accurately predict the future than do human forecasters. Yet, when forecasters are deciding whether to use a human forecaster or a statistical algorithm, they often choose the human forecaster. This phenomenon, which we call algorithm aversion, is costly, and it is important to understand its causes. We show that people are especially averse to algorithmic forecasters after seeing them perform, even when they see them outperform a human forecaster. This is because people more quickly lose confidence in algorithmic than human forecasters after seeing them make the same mistake. In five studies, participants either saw an algorithm make forecasts, a human make forecasts, both, or neither. They then decided whether to tie their incentives to the future predictions of the algorithm or the human. Participants who saw the algorithm perform were less confident in it, and less likely to choose it over an inferior human forecaster. This was true even among those who saw the algorithm outperform the human. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:17:45 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6905&msg_id=6905 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6903&msg_id=6904 Sadly, everything games, gaming, or boardgame related is blocked at my work, otherwise I'd try to track this down, but this reminds me of another fun case study someone did with Sim City. The guy also studied for a while, and figured out the perfect balance and/or repeating grid to effectively fill every inch of the map, and have that megalopolis be self-sustaining up to 50,000 years in game time. FULL STOP. Found it: http://www.vice.com/read/the-totalitarian-buddhist-who-beat-sim-city From the article: Technically, no one is leaving or coming into the city. Population growth is stagnant. Sims don’t need to travel long distances, because their workplace is just within walking distance. In fact they do not even need to leave their own block. Wherever they go it’s like going to the same place. [...] There are a lot of other problems in the city hidden under the illusion of order and greatness--suffocating air pollution, high unemployment, no fire stations, schools, or hospitals, a regimented lifestyle--this is the price that these sims pay for living in the city with the highest population. It’s a sick and twisted goal to strive towards. The ironic thing about it is the sims in Magnasanti tolerate it. They don’t rebel, or cause revolutions and social chaos. No one considers challenging the system by physical means since a hyper-efficient police state keeps them in line. They have all been successfully dumbed down, sickened with poor health, enslaved and mind-controlled just enough to keep this system going for thousands of years. 50,000 years to be exact. They are all imprisoned in space and time. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:48:12 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6903&msg_id=6904 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6903&msg_id=6903 Is SimCity homelessness a bug or a feature? In which some people take their video game WAY too seriously. This is an article about a guys 700 page book about this. Also read the comments. The guy in the first few comments is a master level troll. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/is-simcity-homelessness-a-bug-or-a-feature lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:20:19 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6903&msg_id=6903 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6892 My sister was also famous in her family for her semi-crude names left on headstones. Her goal was always to kill off everyone in her wagon as soon as possible. It was to her great dismay that the game wouldn't let you leave without buying any food. But you could buy 10 pounds of food and immediately dump it. lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Indiscernible from Magic Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:03:57 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6892 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6891 Pre-Internet, though? Pre-Internet was a different story. I think it was... 96? 97? When we first got the Internet. Pretty sure I'd been watching my Dad, my grandfather, and my uncle play Sierra, Lucasarts, and other assorted adventure games since ~90. Watching playthroughs nowadays, I'm fairly sure I had no clue what was going on. Maybe that's why they let me watch them play Leisure Suit Larry until my incessant questions would drive them to madness. Daggerfall was a bizarre game, but it was one of the first sandbox games and for the computers we had it was at an incredible scale. As a DOS / early Windows game, it contained ~15,000 towns with ~750,000 unique NPCs (not that they were all unique, most were just procedurally/randomly generated). I mean, you could follow the thin story missions, but they were boring, formulaic, and you had to read. Instead, it was much more fun to just roll a new character and pick a random town on the map to terrorize. We would roll characters, and see how long we could survive, or even get past a single dungeon. However, at some point we figured out the user interface for the character building screen was broken, such that even though the "increase stat" button would disappear when you couldn't "increase" it anymore, you could still click the button and it would increase your selected stat. With god-like abilities at level 1, the game was effectively broken as the game couldn't decide what level of difficulty you were at, or what random events you would be presented with that would try to drive the story. As such, rather than contend with the game, the game we made was to enter a town naked (it was one of the few games where stripping all items from your character would result in a nude avatar, male or female), and just go nuts. The first step was usually finding the brothels where the pixelated naked woman sprite would face you no matter where you were at in the room. After giggling at kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:39:34 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6891 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6890 In 1993 I caught my sister convincing my parents to purchase Oregon Trail at the Fairbanks Fred Meyer. Requiring parity, X-Wing, a Star Wars space combat simulator, made it onto the conveyor belt. But that's not what this story is about. Everyone in my household eventually dabbled with Oregon Trail. The over sized box was torn apart and the discs within were inserted successively into the old Gateway machine that replaced an aging Apple product. After my sister had her fun, I commenced with playing the shit out of it - and left a trail of bodies in my wake. As the game became too easy - repeated expeditions fine tuned to maximize survival - I intentionally ramped up the difficulty with my own cruel rules. Purchase only bullets and oxen at the start. Never trade for food or medicine. Carry nothing extra. Grueling pace. Always. Never stop. For anyone. For anything. Meager rations. Always. Ford every river immediately. Acquire only axles or wheels as necessary. The cart must always move. Hit every rock on the mini-game river-float at the end. Only the strong survived. Disease and "food" was the Darwinian method for parsing out the weak and feeble. The Trail was the great judicator. I think I quit playing when I completed my ultimate goal - survive to Oregon sans a family. So many times my parasitic wife or children would survive cholera and starvation, reaching the promised land a shell of who they once were, but alive. Those fruits of the west coast were to be mine alone. However the best part - and main catalyst for remembering all of this - is that my mother would also play. The game stored information beyond high score. When your quest failed (as mine so often did, under such despicable conditions), the game left a headstone where you finally capitulated. Mommy stumbled upon the fabled Butthead Expedition, and Butthead's tombstone. She was at first appalled the developers had such crude tastes at Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:12:29 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6890 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6889 The iphone version of SimCity and Oregon trail totally made me crazy happy. lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:59:40 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6889 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6888 yup, I can't wait to start playing legit shitty oregon trail again. Katy is going to die of dysentary so many times. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:12:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6888 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6887 Shit, man. Just bring in the old beater laptop and get your Oregon Trail on. Banker and Bullets fo' life. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:09:02 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6887 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6886 This pretty much just made my day at work. Except our lame IT lady just told me I can't download and play while I'm actually at work, on my actual work computer. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2 MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:00:01 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6886&msg_id=6886 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6831 Pay no heed to the gnome. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 22 Nov 2014 01:56:31 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6831 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6830 I'm a welder. I can weld. tangywhisko@idkfa.com (tangywhisko) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:54:02 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6830 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6820&msg_id=6820 ESA Rosetta's Stephan Ulamec: "We're on the comet." [drops mic] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dObxzn5Hi08 kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:11:43 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6820&msg_id=6820 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=6687 BAHAHAHA Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:10:44 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=6687 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=6686 I woke up this morning, trying to remember something. "What was that show... where the alien races thought that humans were idiots because they kept rebuilding things after they were repeatedly destroyed? And the humans thought it was an admirable quality? And the writers thought it was somehow thought so, too?" It took me a while. It was season 1, after all. But it was Babylon 5. It haunts you. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:51:14 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=6686 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6681 Fascinating, and a little scary for a follow-up. The Heartbleed bug was used to steal ~4.5 million medical records from healthcare provider Community Health Services. As the article comments point out, their intrusion started only a month or two after the Hearthbleed month was publicly announced, well within what I've experienced what a large company's patch turnaround might be. What's interesting, also, is that the affected device was a router (a specialized computer which sits at the edge of a large network and merely routes traffic according to defined rules), not a server on which the data would have resided. And this is why I patched my shit within 24 hours. Though, I'm pretty sure I still have a few unpatched non-essential machines sitting at home. Behind an age'd WRT54G. (sigh) kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:50:42 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6681 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6660 Holy shit. Where does the guy find the time? Or the money? One of those kids *better* be an astronaut. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:01:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6660 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6659 Have you seen this insane spaceship this guy built for his children? Between us we have the ability to do this. Dave has the woodworking stuff. Josh can program stuff. Who has a soddering iron and welding abilities? Also who has four spare months to do this? http://makezine.com/video/making-fun-kids-room-spacecraft/ lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:51:55 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6659&msg_id=6659 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6570 Yesh, it was a little silly, glad you liked it. Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:09:12 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6570 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6569 I had no idea what I was clicking on. I was pleasantly surprised. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 20 Jun 2014 02:34:58 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6569 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6566 It begins!! The Steam summer sale is upon us! Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:35:22 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6566&msg_id=6566 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6367&msg_id=6369 Why did that guy go to Union AND RPI? It's like stabbing himself in the back! kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 06 May 2014 11:58:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6367&msg_id=6369 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6367&msg_id=6367 Goddamned magic: Watson constructs two sides of an argument in realtime. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 06 May 2014 02:40:14 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6367&msg_id=6367 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6352 Monthly Robbie sighting. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:35:19 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6352 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6351 Well, it was awkward conversation that I hoped would lead to sex, but that's pretty much every conversation I have. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:26:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6351 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6345 Is this like a weird sex thing or something? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:46:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6345 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6344 I am curious about this exchange. sexretary@idkfa.com (sexretary) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:01:33 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6344 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6323 Agreed. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:29:59 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6323 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6322 Thanks! I had a hilarious interaction with your mother at one point. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:30:51 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6322 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6321 Good work on your 120 seconds, Scrotor. sexretary@idkfa.com (sexretary) Indiscernible from Magic Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:36:48 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6321&msg_id=6321 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6292 "Often popular explanations of security bugs require the issue to be simplified a lot and to leave out a lot of details. But in this case the bug is actually that simple." -http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1354 kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:09:07 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6292 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6291 I'm sure it's more complicated than that, but I'm glad I have some sort of idea what was going on. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:05:55 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6291 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6290 XKCD explains the Heartbleed bug: kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:37:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6290&msg_id=6290 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5951 My favorite line from that write-up: Science is performed by reflecting laser light from the vehicle's 426 retroreflectors. Reminds me of a Dresden Codak comic. I will do science to it. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:27:18 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5951 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5950 definitely a funner alternative, since it has the potential to RAIN DOWN FIERY FIRE upon a future civilization on re-entry. long-distance, long hang-time artillery? that's probably not what the scientists were thinking when they put it up in orbit. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:33:59 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5950 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5949 Fun alternative. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:19:46 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5600&msg_id=5949 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5943 DELETE FACEBOOK kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:46:13 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5943 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5940 Pretty sure it's all-or-nothing, at least on my version of Android (2.3, and the latest is 4.X). kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:14:16 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5940 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5939 You could just have it NOT read your text messages, right? But as for Google Hangout: yes. Although I do like IMing while I poop. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:08:36 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5939 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5937 You don't get to be on my phone anymore, Facebook: Why Does Facebook Need to Read My Text Messages? Google Hangout: You stay signed out until I need you. Which might be never. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:57:38 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5937&msg_id=5937 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3485&msg_id=5880 Still bitter: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/01/18/263485395/still-texting-omg-thats-already-so-old-school kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:34:39 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3485&msg_id=5880 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5871 I will learn from their mistakes so I may not repeat them. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:15:58 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5871 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5868 ...if only you could demolish your memories of Babylon 5 as well, amirite? Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:01:21 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5868 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5867 Following in tradition, here are a few of my thoughts around watching Babylon 5. Spoilers to follow. Though, honestly, I know nobody is watching. The show starts off in a strange place. The known, unaligned worlds of the galaxy have survived a long bloody war, and as a result, collectively decided that building a massive space station was the best way to build diplomatic relations. Actually, they built five stations, and as of the start of the show, the previous four have been destroyed or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Babylon 5 is the fifth attempt, and the pseudo-militaristic beauracrats that run the place are the galaxy's "last, best hope for peace." A quarter of a million beings live in B5, and is, oddly, largely staffed by humans, who among the known races are probably the least sophisticated, least advanced, and most war-like. The ambassadors from the larger, older worlds resent the humans, but tolerate them so far as they don't get in their way. The galaxy is filled with the relics and mysteries of the "Old Ones," races that date back to the birth of the galaxy itself. And from the outset, telepaths have a mysterious, critical function in the workings of the universe. It's a weird place to start. For instance: how would the unaligned worlds have ever gotten to the point where they could agree to build a space station, no less five of them? And if they can build five of them, why aren't there more stations like it? And why build it in orbit around a strange, mysterious planet on which no one is allowed to set foot? Anyhow. There are at least a few interesting questions to answer. Add a few compelling characters, decent acting, intriguing world building, and solid plot narratives, and you could go far. This, sadly, did not happen. The acting is mostly terrible, the dialog is cheesy and stilted, and the only interesting plot narratives dry up completely 3.5 seasons in (out of 5). It kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:06:22 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5867 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5865 Well, it's known that the last part of any experience greatly weights how you perceive the experience as a whole... so maybe they're making up for lost time? Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:41:27 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5865 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5863 B5, "Objects at Rest", S05E21 Styooooooooooooooooooooop. Stop having characters make interesting, flawed choices at the second-to-last episode. Just stop. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Indiscernible from Magic Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:29:45 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5101&msg_id=5863