Takuta-Nui

One down, a few more to go. And it's very flattering for me to be called "renowned..." I certainly would like more reviews for the stuff I post from now on, so I hope this helps. I will of course try to review as much of the members' writings as possible.

You're only ugly by your own standards. MacBook - ooh. I approve. What kind is it? I'm slightly surprised that a school would just hand out such premium laptops even with parental controls enabled. Do you go to an upper class school or...?

As an Apple user, I suppose it's fortunate that they are so immune to viruses, so that would lessen the keylogger virus threat. Plenty of hackers know how to get into Macs, though, but it's good that I've been employing said keybanging strategy ever since I went online. One thing I'd like to add to the caution against using text files to save one's password - on Mac, if one is familiar with its features, one can have an "alternate screen" called Dashboard where you can have a calculator, dictionary, google searcher, various metric converters, local weather reports, ad infinitum. You can also have a digital sticky note there where you can type in whatever needs to be. About a year ago, I changed my BZP password and didn't have a piece of paper handy at the time, so I put it on such a sticky note. DO NOT COPY MY STUPIDITY. Fortunately nothing happened and I finally wrote it down after a couple of months and deleted the sticky. I never leave my Mac open and logged in, and one always has to type in the password to wake it from sleep. Even so, it was a ridiculous risk, and despite bones' warning to not do this with text files, I thought this was a enough of a difference to merit mention.

You think it doesn't make sense for an Admin to have access to every place on the site? PMs are personal - it's not like they run around reading every single message sent. They would be read only if there was good evidence that illegal or highly objectionable material would be found within.

Thank you, but I politely decline. It isn't because of time constraints or anything like that - my This World Series and the other works currently and to be included in The Absolutity stand together - I do not wish my material to become part of a greater collection. I am honoured, though. It says a lot.

Ooh, nice preview of what early 2003 BP story will look like.

People should start using Howlers.

Even though you appear to have already decided to continue here, I feel I should say what I would have said had you not edited your entry. Starting out as a writer on BZPower, I definitely wasn't good at it. You can just look at my earliest works to see why I often cringe when I reflect on my early work. But just because they're cringe-worthy doesn't mean they're worthy of being retconned and vanished. If I followed that logic, I would have to rewrite Agent Within This World five years from now because I will definitely be much better then than now. Rather, I do my best to ignore my regrets and thoughts of "I should have put more effort into that!" and the like, and instead treat each piece as a marker of my writing progress. I make myself proud of how far I have come instead of pretending that I was always this good - besides, who would believe that? Not implying that you wanted to deceive us - just saying that rewriting everything up to the present is quite unnecessary when you can do so much better with a new plot and cast because then you would enjoy it. Just think for a moment - would you actually be able to drag yourself through three whole stories that you know by heart and can't surprise yourself like you would when writing on the fly? I know I couldn't. So I'm glad you won't be attempting this, and I look forward to resuming my readership of your series.

Since I've already determined that this is perhaps one of the best movies we'll get this year, I'm content to wait for the subtitled DVD release and get to reading the novel until then. My friend made me promise him to read the novel first because it should heighten the experience (and I believe it), so I'm in no hurry. It sounds awesome, though!

I had no doubt.

I want one for an earring. Live.

One needs only so much freedom as one needs in order to employ logic to its fullest. When logic is employed in full force, it is inevitable that rules that are logical remain and those that are illogical be eliminated. Thus one can construct the necessary framework in order to maintain a human society with no excess of control. Ah, perfect worlds.

d'awwww <3

Ha ha, I ask much more penetrating questions. Especially if I have a specific objective in mind. ; ) Like "Obama or McCain?"

Yes, a tragedy. It is a shame that such things happen. Maybe they have to, maybe they don't. In any case, this blog post is appreciated, and I hope you can work through your grief. My thoughts will be with you.

A test? Apparently LEGO set designers are not to be trusted with several million dollars worth of plastic in one room and eight hours daily on their hands. But I do look forward to reading those answers. Advance "thank-yous" from me.

That's exactly why some should be concerned. America is too dependent on Chinese goods. And considering the recent quality control disasters we've seen, that can't be good. I wouldn't say the Cold War still exists, but we certainly have some tensions going on. Who knows - perhaps in fifty years they'll give this time period a war name.