The side-quests in Sacred 2 are lame. The usual go-there-and-kill-a-few-monsters and the standard errand boy stuff. I'm quite sick of these, so I've stopped playing it. Installed The Witcher Enhanced Edition instead, but kinda expecting the same sort of quests, except more fun. The battle system is more exciting, at the very least. The sex conquests are also another draw. Gotta catch'em all!
Found this article of this parent who refuses to let her 14-year-old child have his computer in his own room.
First of all, it's weird - it's a laptop. Can't have it in his room? Can't really stop him, can you?
Second, I won't say it's wrong. I'd agree it's a very important thing to do, preventing a young teenager from having complete freedom to the net. Parental controls? I don't trust them. Anyone who goes to websites like 4chan and totse would know how to bypass anything. Anyway, those are precisely the websites I wouldn't want anyone to visit till they're 17 or 18. But 4chan is one of the most popular websites on the internet, there's little chance to avoid knowing about it, given enough time.
Third, it's not a waste of time to surf the net. It's more of a waste of time when you pray to God than to surf the net. At least there's a chance you'll learn something interesting when you lurk in forums. Praying to God is a one-way thing, there's no info going to you. If God replies, you better visit a shrink!
Fourth, computer games are better than soccer. You don't get injured playing Red Alert 3, except maybe carpal tunnel.
Fifth, Facebook is a waste of time. Every month I lose about 5 mins of my life to Facebook that I will never get back.
Sixth, this is going nowhere. I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Seventh, do we need an eighth?
The 6th episode of Tenchi Muyo! 3rd OVA was somewhat confusing in the beginning. It started in the middle of a battle that made me wonder if I was missing an episode.
So Naruto is going to released for free by VIZ. Legal and free. The only catch seems to be the week-long wait after the release, but that's not a problem. Wonder if they allow IPs from all over the world.
The Zimbabwean dollar is a joke. Literally. Its inflation rate is so crazy it's actually funny. The rate of inflation is actually inflating exponentially. LOL! After it revalued its currency in Aug this year, making its exchange rate to 1780ZWD to 1USD, it has risen to 13 quadrillon ZWD to 1USD on the 12th Nov 2008.
And you thought those Banana Notes were worthless during WWII. Hell, it's probably cheaper to burn their 10ZWD notes than charcoal. As of 14 Nov 2008, Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate is at 89.7 sextillion percent.
People, I have never seen the word "sextillion" before.
A quick check shows that this word is being used by Americans in the report, which means 21 zeroes (British sextillion has 36 zeroes). A billion has 9 zeroes. A trillion has 12.
89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000%
Damn, it's actually cheaper to wipe your ass with money than with toilet rolls in Zimbabwe. The paper itself is worthed more than any banknotes below a billion now, I think.
Prices there are estimated to rise by a factor of 175-200 per week. Means anything that costs 1ZWD today will cost about 175-200ZWD next week. Then at least 175^2ZWD the week after. Then 175^3, 175^4 and etc.
Why hasn't their government collapse yet???
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