http://www.killtenrats.com a group of adventurers on an epic quest Sat, 17 May 2008 13:33:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lori Drew has been indicted for using MySpace. If you haven't heard of the case, she allegedly created a false profile as a teenage boy, started an online relationship with a neighbor girl, then drove her to suicide. I turn to Orin Kerr for the gamer-relevant part: To ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/17/tos-violation-as-federal-crime/ I will not play Age of Conan or Warhammer Online on launch day. I am taking a wait and see attitude on new games. Prove to me you are worth playing and I will play. Blind faith and hope are not rewarded. There is no rush. A good game will be ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/15/wait-and-see/ When using caffeine, your target dose is 100mg. This may vary based on body size and tolerance, but 100mg is an average effective dose. You get this from one cup of coffee (mug-sized), one espresso, three cans of cola, two cans of Mountain Dew, or ten candy bars. ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/15/c8h10n4o2/ (I was so tempted to make a "Return of the King" rhyme, but managed to hold back. Thank me later) Ah, long has passed since I last had enough time to post here, and much has happened. In a good and bad way, perhaps, most of this has ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/13/hobbits-on-parade/ If you want to trade x for y, it means that you have x and wish to acquire y. To take the classic Settlers of Catan example, if you have wood for sheep, that means that you have lumber which you wish to exchange for someone else's livestock. ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/12/prepositions/ No, you don't know who Jalum is. He's an old friend from Asheron's Call, one of the big PvPers on Morningthaw from back in the day. He tried out the Age of Conan "beta after it has gone gold." He was not pleased. While I don't think we've ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/12/jalum-reviews-conan/ The Shire juts into the next zone. Oatbarton is on the Evendim map but counts as The Shire, a little agricultural village on the edge of danger. It explains so much. Back south, there is a deed with the Crop Saviour title for killing oversized flies. ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/11/oatbarton/ I am enjoying The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, but I find myself not reading all the quest text. At first this was because I had read it during beta, and I needed to consciously remind myself to stop and read new stuff. Habit is ... http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/05/10/on-not-reading/