I think it was the way that exploration felt like a grind that made it so “meh”. A whole universe to explore, and you’re either going to come to a barren rock planet, or find the same enemy base/outpost 5 times in a row.
For a game where space exploration was one of the main selling points, it felt remarkably unlike exploring at times.
If you can’t afford to pay for one of the raw materials required to make your product, then you don’t deserve to have a business selling that product.
In any other scenario would this even be in question?
Standing in the street outside your crushes house, flag in each hand, trying desperately to remember the proper way to signal “will you go out with me” in semaphore.
The original mini had a wheelbase of just over 3m
The wheelbase was just over 2m, but the total length was just over 3m.
I’m not going to pretend I know better than the people who are buying them if they offer any real utility, but it’s not like they’re new. The Hilux has been around donkey’s years. It’s only the last couple of years they’ve started to catch on big-time. I don’t understand what’s changed that’s pushed a lot of lads away from the likes of a Transit into a Ford Ranger.
Although I’m sure there were plenty of people driving Land Cruisers before who are in Rangers now, and are carrying precisely the same amount of absolutely fuck all in them.
XKCD 2501, basically.
The only people that read xkcd are those that can understand it
If that was true, there’d be no need for ExplainXKCD.com.
And even then on some of the more physics-y ones I just give Randall the benefit of the doubt that it’s funny.
Surely if you’re sending someone on a 3000 year journey, you’ve prepared for the possibility of making a faster ship in the time between them leaving and arriving at their destination!?
I’m more surprised they didn’t try to corner the thieving and grifting market for their own.
I think they’ve over corrected on the suits thing, wearing those tuxedos all the time is probably overkill.
Ah cool, I checked the App Store as well and didn’t see it, but didn’t think to check for android.
Does water fox have a mobile app? I only see desktop options on their website.
A spokeswoman for Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) said that when Irish researchers collaborate with the US, the Irish side of the project is usually funded directly by SFI with the US picking up the tab for their side.
That sounds good. How do SFI get their funding? Irish government?
To be fair, I think that’s to check if their reflexes include unknowingly using magic to protect themselves. That should only work if they’ve perceived the danger, like putting out your hands to stop a fall.
Shooting someone would (if they’re being properly ambushed) usually result in them being shot before they realise it, so it wouldn’t matter if they’re magic.
But if they do realise they’re being shot at, then why defence magic at all? Just use your innate magical reflexes to avoid death!? Why the need to learn how to block spells?
So either guns would work, or they wouldn’t and it’s not explained at all.
Also Hermione slaps Malloy at one point. If his innate defensive magic reflexes didn’t kick in then, no reason to think they would if he was hit with both barrels from a shotgun to the chest.
Yes, you’re right, I think I’ve mixed that up with the mention that Sirius had a gun when he ”killed” Pettigrew. There doesn’t seem to be any mention that guns wouldn’t work on wizards, other than maybe Hagrid’s lack of fear of Vernon Dursley’s gun when he got to Harry.
I think there’s a bit in the first book where Harry says his parents were shot, and Hagrid laughs and says no muggle gun could have killed them.
But like, why not? It’s never explained. I’m sure if they survived being shot, magic medicine would sort them out pretty quickly. But there’s no reassign to think a gun couldn’t kill them. Wizards struggle to react fast enough to block spell s most of the time, and bullets seem to move faster than that.
I think the hardest part would be successfully ambushing Voldy, but no reason to think a gun wouldn’t fuck him up if you can hit him.
It’s still 12.5%. I don’t think it was ever as low as 7 or 8. I don’t think it’s gone up to 15% yet either, but it was being talked about for sure.
Marah Sichelle Gellar?
Funnily enough, Shawn is the anglicisation of the Irish name Seán, so spelled for the reasons outlined in the OP.
Oooh, imagine how good a bowl of next-day soup from the replicator would be the next day!