A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
Cloud computing is the idea that there is computer resources (clock cycles, servers, memory) that are available by task rather than by renting the physical machinery. Amazon and Google are currently doing this, renting out time and resources from their server farms. Cloud comes from how computer resources are usually illustrated in org charts (as a cloud) but also represents that it is as accessible as air.
The fiction applications of it is that if you have the money, you can rent out as 'big' of a computer as you need, need a supercomputer to crack the encryption on a message? Hope your credit card holds up...
Also, cute to watch a board full o' guys flailing around in obvious need of a phrase to correspond to "OMG MY OVARIES!!"
Yeah. I hear something very different in meaning from "OMG MY TESTICLES!!"
Attention: I have the D&D 4E books. That is all.
BT, I want your thoughts on the new system as soon as possible.
Current thoughts: I like the typeface.
Further thoughts as warranted.
I like the typeface.
You might want to try crossposting in Minearverse, then.
You might want to try crossposting in Minearverse, then.
Does he have the books too? The Minear life is a sweet life.
Hee. No, they had a huge font-geek fest in there a little while ago. I figured you could state your case for serif vs. san serif fonts as used in gaming media.
I really have to go read that discussion soon.
