I have seen the future, and it was well designed.
Yes, friends! I have seen the future, the world that is to come but is not yet here! It was truly a glorious sight; everything seemed streamlined and designed for a specific purpose. Some kind of benevolent overlord was speaking to the masses, praising this new world's creators for the effort they put forth in making their beautiful vision a reality. I could recognize structures from the past, landmarks that all would recognize, yet they were somehow modern, changed to fit this future's aesthetics.
But underneath this facade was a horrid truth! For though this world was clean and color-coordinated it actually denied us the ability to interact. Even worse it showed us the existence of conversations past, mocking us with the reminder that we once were free to speak and were now denied! Even the overlord's speech, when I tried to get closer to hear the nuances of it, was denied to me as I was forced back by some unseen wall.
Truly it was an unenviable world for all its beauty. I offer this vision to you in the hope that this future can be avoided. I believe in you, my fellow citizens, and your ability to force a great community, a wondrous society, upon the radiant but empty vessel that I saw. Together we shall have that future, but with the content that makes us what we are. The content that makes us great.
Good luck to us all.
-Brian
XBL ID: bnpederson PSN ID: bnpederson Steam ID: bnpederson IRL ID: Brian Pederson
Remember, only by treating everyone with dignity and respect can we maintain the element of surprise for that inevitable day when we wipe our
What nonsense froths from this man's mouth? What madness tumbles from his tongue? The future is unknowable because it does not exist! Don't listen to him, everything is fine. Just fine. Really.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
So you like to travel through time, eh ?
This thread does not scale to my level.
Oh god I have gone crazy. What I saw was not reality? Lord help me I have finally reached the breaking point! REPENT YOUR SINS! THE END IS NIGH! I BLAME ERIC AND JEFF!
McChuck wrote:
Its your kids Marty! Something has to be done about your kids!!
"We don't care how we get the money as long as we get it!"
- Eric Hartness, Electronic Arts
Manure !
I. HATE. MANURE !!
This thread does not scale to my level.
Are you referring to the imminent rise to power of Mecha-Steve Jobs? Because if so, I'd fight, but well, my iPod is so shiney, and [zombie voice]it just works[/zombie voice]
xbl y3llow5 | steam yellow#5 | PSN ForrestTheWicked
Dem ood lla erauoy.
IronClad Online: PurEvil
Maybe it's going to only be visible certain times of certain days. Like that castle in Krull.
Letters to the Internet
Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant.
Fletcher wrote:
This is a very sterile way of saying no nookie in the future right? Truly the end of times is upon us! I better go get some nookie before it's too late.
Irongut starts jogging towards the upstairs, dropping clothes along the hallyway enroute, calling out to his wife, "Honeybunny, it's an emergency! Someone's seen the future and.... oh, there's just no time for explanation...."
Xbox Live: Irongut | Playstation ID: Irongut_GWJ
"You can't go home again." - Thomas Wolfe
Rat Boy on Newlywed Ackbar wrote:
This just sounds like the rambling of a mad man!
- eric
Who are these people you refer to with such strange names?
Doogiemac on: Xbox Live | Steam | WoW | PSN
Obviously some pets or silly nicknames one reserves for friends and enemies alike.
I'm an Uncle!!! -8/20/07
Scrub wrote:
ICO: General Fancypants l Steam: Grenn[GWJ] l WoW: Goquelyrslf, Grendwar l XBLA: GWJ Grenn
What is happening to my world?
I accrue pens like Hefner accrues bimbos. -- duckideva
I agree on the balls. Not a fan of the balls. -- wordsmythe asserting himself in OOC Theater
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
I don't know what's going on, but I'm breaking out in a cold sweat. Won't somebody tell me its going to be alright?
I'm an Uncle!!! -8/20/07
Scrub wrote:
ICO: General Fancypants l Steam: Grenn[GWJ] l WoW: Goquelyrslf, Grendwar l XBLA: GWJ Grenn
So the site redesign won't have threads, just content?
...Nor is there anyone who loves pain itself, since it is painful, except that occasionally circumstances come in which, through work and pain, great pleasure can be derived.
Elysium: The democratization of the web ... has installed an illusion of a digital first amendment that protects speech no matter how poorly spelled or stupid.
XBL: E Munnie
elementsofmeaning.blogspot.com
Last night I got to see the new site around 3am after coming back from a long night of gaming. It started to load from the intarweb slowly as the banks of gerbils on their madly spinning exercise wheels powered the SQL server to serve up tasty bits of newly reconstructed websites. It was ohh so Web 2.0 it made me very happy to be apart of the future!
I as got to post on a comment thread along with Legion on a news item proclaiming the future before the whole website went crashing down asking my to read the SQL manual if I was having any issues displaying something. But even the SQL error page had that friendly, we will get your crack back to you in just a few moments while our trained staff of emus aligns the dilithium matrix and calibrates Mr. Fusion web 2.0ness.
Cant wait for the new site hopefully you guys will fix the back end issues you must be having.
Xfire: Pharacon
Tempest says: "A team hat doe snot communicate and talk to each other about what the next move will be is going to lose."
Mex is my hero = "f*ck it, I'll do it. WE'LL DO IT LIVE."
The future is already here; it's just not widely distributed yet.
The future is in my pants. Come and see!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Miniaturization!
Elysium: The democratization of the web ... has installed an illusion of a digital first amendment that protects speech no matter how poorly spelled or stupid.
XBL: E Munnie
elementsofmeaning.blogspot.com
Nanotechnology!
The man wears a bucket of KFC on his head. I wouldn't expect anything less. - Pred
He's a witch.
He turned me into a newt.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
One word son "Plastics"
Xfire: Pharacon
Tempest says: "A team hat doe snot communicate and talk to each other about what the next move will be is going to lose."
Mex is my hero = "f*ck it, I'll do it. WE'LL DO IT LIVE."
A newt?
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That explains Vera then.
I accrue pens like Hefner accrues bimbos. -- duckideva
I agree on the balls. Not a fan of the balls. -- wordsmythe asserting himself in OOC Theater
Hmmmm, clearly the mob has turned against me. Feh! Feh, I say!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
I don't know if it's intentional or not, but that seems like a Civilization Tech Tree to me
Fletcher wrote:
Quintin of the Americans demands the secret of pants!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote: