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Piatzin

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  1. They changed 'liked' to 'reacted"

    Oh boy.

  2. Whoop WHOOOOP! 

    400 reputation meter points three weeks after 300 rep! I'm either really good at internet's or I just make a fool of myself. Hey, what's the difference?

  3. Important message from beach doggo:

     

  4. Continuing to grade, I came across this gem in a student's term paper. The course is World Civilization to 1500:

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    People from various religions would and still to this day travel to teach others about there religion. They are never forcing others to believe in what they tell them they are just telling their beliefs and practices to others in hopes people see the importance they see.

     

    There is so much wrong with this statement. So much wrong...

  5. Lingua Latina mortua est
    Mortuus est esse.
    Primo Romanos interfecit
    Num occidere me, et nunc est.

    1. Piatzin

      Piatzin

      I have eighteen notifications because of you guys XD

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  6. Hey guys :)

     

    Do you think I should make a thread for this?

     

    Anyway, 1 week until I'm a legal adult! :o

  7. Lingua Latina mortua est
    Mortuus est esse.
    Primo Romanos interfecit
    Num occidere me, et nunc est.

    1. Piatzin

      Piatzin

      I only understand the first line

      And google translate doesn't translate the rest properly. I think :D

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  8. If a story has fictional animals, fictional human races and cultures, and a fictional map, but has no magic, would it still be of the Fantasy genre? And if not, what would it be?

  9. Hey guys :)

     

    Do you think I should make a thread for this?

     

    Anyway, 1 week until I'm a legal adult! :o

  10. An helpful suggestion from your friendly forum professor:

    Just because you live in the same apartment complex as your professor, do not think that when you see them outside it is an invitation to come and see what they are doing.

    Also, do not think it is okay to go over to your professor's dwelling with a family member to discuss your grade. Within the United States, we have a law (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) which prevents your professors from disclosing information to any third party - and in the case of my university - without written consent. It never ends well for the student.

    So, can a student go to their professor's house? Yes, but only when an invitation by the professor has been extended. Since 2004, I have held five student events at my abode. Why, you ask? Three were because I had students who had earned service learning awards AND I was their advisor. The other two were to celebrate certain milestones (when I was awarded my Ph.D., I invited the students from my three courses who were in Phi Alpha Theta) and when I was asked to chair a senior history conference on the Cold War.

    Spoiler

    In today's adventure, the student verbally told me, in front of his father, he did not want me to discuss his grade. According to FERPA, even IF the parents are paying for the student's university education, I cannot legally disclose any information about their course performance - to include attendance. So, when this kid told me not to discuss it, I legally cannot.

    Dad wasn't too happy, either.

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  11. Am i the only one who realized that they mixed up Ganymede and Callisto in the google maps?

    https://www.google.ru/maps/space/ganymede/@37.6825891,87.8382244,19628250a,48.4y,212.6h/data=!3m1!1e3

    (look at the pictures to the left)

  12. This counts as status updates? Ok... Sick. 

  13. This counts as status updates? Ok... Sick. 

  14. This counts as status updates? Ok... Sick. 

  15. Holy crap 300 reputation. Not sure if that's good as the only 2 reputation 'readings' are neutral and excellent...

  16. I spend more time on this forum than I do the other social media places I belong. Sure, I have a Facebook account and I'm also on another forum called Simtropolis, but by far, my on-line home is here. I've not been as active on here for the last month for a couple of reasons - and just so everyone knows, I'm not going anywhere. I had to take a step back to keep my violations on the forum low.

    With the new DLC and the new version of KSP, there has been a subtle shift in the forum. The division between the PC players and the console players have always been there. But it seems, from my perspective, the DLC and ongoing issues with the console version have made the division worse. Then there's the influx of new forum members striving to make their mark on the forum. But this is where we all need to remember the "golden rule of Internet decorum": on the forum, treat others the way you'd want others to treat your grandmother. This unofficial rule has seemingly either been forgotten or simply ignored.

    This forum has been my escape from the real world. And I have made a lot of good friends here. But because of the shift in the forum's general attitude (in many threads, there is almost non-stop insults and personal attacks from folk), I took a step back. I teach at the university level and endure this attitude in real life on the campus. I have never been about silencing people, but about having open dialogue. But on the campus, there are those, as I am beginning to see here, who attempt to silence folks they disagree with through profanity and personal attacks. They also expect others to do their will, and if not, belittle and again, use personal attacks.

    Recently, there was a situation arise where I felt I had no alternative to report a post. Believe it or not, being the free speech and individual rights person I am, I don't like reporting posts. But this forum has been, since the very beginning, designed to where your grandmother can read over your shoulder and not be embarrassed over what she is reading. And for this, I commend @SQUAD and the entire moderator team. 

     

     

  17. JiymqwD.jpg

    I spent half an hour messing around with my Rocinante replica, Kronal Vessel Viewer, and GIMP, and got this. Imgur has horribly degraded the quality, unfortunately.

  18. Hey guys. Safely in NYC. I'm writing this in a Hotel on Times Square with bad Wi-F

    on a Phone the size of a wallet. Please excuse grammar. The Intrepid visit is Tomorrow, but half a foot of snow is in store apparently. Wish me luck, the best coat I have is a wool trench coat that looks like it was leftover from WWI.

  19. I wonder what this post box does...

  20. OK, I need to say something. Until today I have had absolutely no problem helping anyone with a question about the game, including what little I can concerning issues with 1.4.2 and the DLC. 

    But from here on I am NOT, repeat NOT going to chime in or help on any threads, not if they're just going to turn into a squad-bashing nightmare!

    I've had it, and I will put up with no more. If someone wants my help, then pm me... I'm done trying to help on here, only to have my comments twisted around into some thinly veiled insults about @SQUAD.

    Don't try me, you'll be preachin' to the wrong person, and I'll just hit the "Ignore" button, and forget you exist.

    :mad:

  21. ...Can you guess what day it is? :D

  22. We're still looking for a third player for the space race if anyone would like to join - some info is in the previous status update (still on page 1 of my profile) and the rules (debatable) can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mYflL8vWogz32tTiIh-SRe_xSs-wjk3KPrX5kI-fOh8/edit?usp=sharing

    We don't specifically need a third person, but it would be nice if we had one.

  23. POLL: 

    Should I start a thread for lightly modded passenger/commerical aircraft?

    YES/NO

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