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Interesting trailer, certainly sparked interest, but the end of the Jedi line did bug me. However, one thing we have to remember is that the new films are already altering/retconning the Force. Before TFA the words "Light Side of the Force" were never once spoken in any of the previous six...

This is a thread I've meant to respond to many times, and somehow never got around to. Anyway, if you need a FED fleet and are not joining one of the big fleets (Reddit has a total of 4 fleets and has a number of my toons in them) I have invite rights to a largely inactive (aka doff, dil and mark du...

Age of Ultron teaser trailer

Short, sweet and looks pretty good.

Edit: Opps, meant to post in fantasy, if a mod could move please

What server did you end up rolling on? I play FFXIV a bit (been too busy this summer to play) and ended up on Excalibur with some folks I know. FFXIV is not a sequel to FFXI except so much as they are both MMO's. All the final fantasy games share some common themes, enemies/npc's names/traits, and e...

From further reading, it does look like the reason the regulations (remember, the requirements for the types of birth control in question were NOT included in the text of the ACA, but were in the HHS regulations written as a result of the ACA) were found invalid is because there are other less reli...

Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they’re private corporations, immune from open records laws According to the ACLU, the LECs (Law Enforcement Council) are claiming that the 501(c)(3) status means that they’re private corporations, not government agencies. And therefore, they say they’re immune from o...

I have seen it mentioned in a couple places now that Russia's response to this crisis may well end up being less then advantageous to them. First because Russia has a stock market now, which is not reacting (down 12% one day, up 6% another) all that well to the situation. Secondly, and potentially m...

I wonder if this crisis will reopen interest in liquid natural gas being exported from the US (which wastes large amounts of NG by burning it off when fraking) to Europe via ship. The idea (iirc) was considered unworkable due to cost of new ships/port terminals which couldn't compete with NG from Ru...

I think this actually shocks me more than a mass shooting, because stabbing someone has always felt more personal - you have to get in very close to the victim, and it can take a lot of effort to overpower them and drive it home. For 10 guys to do this to roughly three people each is just horrific....

New York Times push around 9:30 am EST just said "Putin asks Russia's Senate for permission to send troops to Ukraine". Looks like things are about to get even more interesting and not in a good way.

Simply pulling the gun when they were in their vehicle and posing no threat = Murder 1. The 1st degree murder charge was for killing Davis, who by that point had stepped out of the car. You will note that a)none of the people in the car were killed, and b)Dunn was convicted on a bunch of charges re...

Besides, the Republican playbook for dealing with inconvenient regulations (regardless if it be of the financial industry, industrial safety, or public services) for decades now has been to starve the department that is supposed to enforce them of funds, if they can't outright kill the department/re...

It's not quite full loot. Shooting someone in the chest ruins their shirt/vest and randomly damages some items in their backpack. But still, enough survives to make it a valid tactic. At this point its a balance issue. Ease of gearing vs advantages of a group is currently weighted heavily in the sho...

All that said, college football and basketball are a farce with the NCAA at the head. The NCAA trots out lines about "student-athletes" to give themselves a noble air, but it's nothing but a money-making enterprise. A money-making enterprise where everyone but the people (players) who mak...

I always thought the 2015 release was just too short a time period if they didn't have a decent script already well in hand. Personally I would have pushed it back to 2016 at the least since if Disney proves they can do Star Wars well (which they need to prove with the first movie) then they have a ...

While Zahn has a couple decent books and ideas, if your going to clean house on the expanded universe, really clean it. Nuke it from orbit and rebuild from the ground up. That way you don't have folks cherry-picking their personal favorite book, character, idea, etc and trying desperately to shoehor...

I would be playing this if my graphics card hadn't taken a shit; I'm waiting for EVGA to ship out the replacement so I can play modern games again. As the game stands (or stood around Xmas when I last played), human nature plays only to get you killed. Ease of gearing up with weapons + lack of endga...

One of my buddies has been drooling over this thing since the dev kit was available. Hasn't broken down and gotten one yet (the production model is rumored to be 1080p, so significant improvement over the dev) but he wants it for War Thunder and Star Citizen.

How much money did Fort Lee lose? Besides the lost money, from what I read at least 4 EMS calls were severely delayed by the traffic snarls, including a 90+ year old women who later died. Whether a faster response time would have done anything in these specific cases I don't know (calls took 7-9 mi...

Yeah, I read somewhere that scientists wish they called it "climate chaos" rather then warming even though the overall trend is the world getting warmer.

Well, surprise and shock, here is an early Xmas gift for DayZ fans. Rocket has finally gotten around to releasing the alpha for the long-awaited DayZ standalone. Seems to still have numerous bugs and problems, but is both selling well and being enjoyed. Anyone here jumping on it, I got it but will l...

Yeah, BF4 even more then the previous games in the series seems to come and go in streaks. Last night in one match in particular I couldn't kill anyone with my carbine, missing or only wounding regardless of range (the netcode has not been kind lately) but my SRAW couldn't seem to miss, I downed 2 c...

I have to admit, I haven't played historical much in War Thunder, but its quite interesting with the lack of lead indicator and the more realistic flight model (I have seen B109's lose wings diving too fast in historical mode). And you could feel the strain when my fully loaded Hellcat struggled dow...

For my sky fix, I've been playing War Thunder when I have the time especially since they are running bonus missions right now for access to their ground combat beta. I tried World of Warplanes early in the alpha and found it uninspired and the flight models more akin to thrown rocks with no performa...

That depends on the state Federal Duder. Check out question 11.h. on the 4473 . I suppose he could buy a gun on armslist or sumshit but he would be in violation of the GCA. That looks like it is a form if he's trying to buy new guns, not taking away the guns he already owns (which it sounds like Zi...