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Reply to Ramble on... in Misc Stardock Forums

If I may ask, how did you perform in your undergrad? I'm at a point in my life where I'm also thinking about graduate school, but I spent most of my undergrad thus far in a major I hated and didn't excel. I recently switched to Physics and am happy as a clam but fear I have irrevocably damaged my GPA. Do you also have a professional career under your belt at this point? How do you feel that's helped your chances? My hope is that once I get established as a professional, I'll have some ex

Reply to Digg.Com - wow in Internet Stardock Forums

Digg is a good concept marred by the people who use it. You know those older relatives you have who have just discovered the internet and forward you all kinds of stupid shit like "Hey guys, I just found this really amazing thing on the intarwebs called Dancing Baby, have you seen it?!" Well that's about 50% of the digg population. The other 50% are borderline illiterate Obamaniacs who spam the front page with endless hordes of Huffington Post articles. I still check it though because everyone o

Reply to firefly/serenity in Everything Else Sins Forums

it's dead. i think its creator attempted to revive it, but it never got off the ground.

Reply to Why playing online sucks in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The problem I have is not just the lengthy time investment into a game, but how easily it can become worthless. Like when you're playing a big game, and 2 hours into it half of your team drops. If the other team has any idea how to play the game, you basically have no hope of winning, so you just wasted 2 hours of your life. Another troublesome problem is that there's a pretty clear point where the game is "over" but the opposing team will do anything they can to stall you just to drag it out an