Not to mention, that lady's not even purple. She's grey.
*gasp*
Yet ANOTHER Dunmer/Quarian similarity. I wonder if in ME:N, the Quarians are ruled by there immortal Quarians who command a floating island.
Are the Quarians even confirmed to make an appearance in ME:N? I think QMR would make stuff go boom if the Quarians don't show up.
Not to mention, that lady's not even purple. She's grey.
*gasp*
Yet ANOTHER Dunmer/Quarian similarity. I wonder if in ME:N, the Quarians are ruled by three immortal Quarians who command a floating island.
Your political machinations in conflating your species with the Master Race are transparent, Dunmer. They are also unnecessary.
Are the Quarians even confirmed to make an appearance in ME:N? I think QMR would make stuff go boom if the Quarians don't show up.
I've already written an ideological manifesto for such an eventuality. Should it come to pass, there will be a call to arms, and Biower will drown in the blood and tears of an army of rabid Talimancers equipped with suicide vests should they make such a foolish mistake.
You reading this Mac? Yes, that's you.
Your political machinations in conflating your species with the Master Race are transparent, Dunmer. They are also unnecessary.
I think I've already heard a similar line somewhere before... Doesn't Admiral Xen say something along those lines when Shepard speaks to her during Tali's loyalty mission in ME2? Without the Dunmer part, of course.
Is this an me4 leaked photo or something?rabid Tali fans tend to be butthurt that her face is actually a stock photo, and make up their own using this photo as evidence that we're all purple
which is racist. And stupid, because no one picks the green ending so it's not canon.
Is this an me4 leaked photo or something?
No, it's a picture from the Synthesis ending of ME3 SP. You know, the green ending. The one no one ever picks.
I think I've already heard a similar line somewhere before... Doesn't Admiral Xen say something along those lines when Shepard speaks to her during Tali's loyalty mission in ME2? Without the Dunmer part, of course.
Oh? Sounds to me like Admiral Xen should be renamed to Admiral Xen'wah!
I've already written an ideological manifesto for such an eventuality. Should it come to pass, there will be a call to arms, and Biower will drown in the blood and tears of an army of rabid Talimancers equipped with suicide vests should they make such a foolish mistake.
You reading this Mac? Yes, that's you.
Haha, be careful with comments like that. I got a warning point and a suspension for saying something similiar, because that is BioWare's reaction to "death threats". I wonder if I'm on some kind of watchlist now. 
I think I've already heard a similar line somewhere before... Doesn't Admiral Xen say something along those lines when Shepard speaks to her during Tali's loyalty mission in ME2? Without the Dunmer part, of course.
To those that, to my mind, are downplaying the import of the internet, let me ask you a few questions.
First a statement; the internet, in the time frame of technology and humanity, is still in it's infancy. We're still laying/shooting up into orbit infrastructure to get it everywhere, and miniaturization to aid in that endeavour. What we're seeing during our entire lifespans, is the beginning of the internet.
In a hundred to three hundred years how many people do you think will have access to the internet?
In a hundred to three hundred years how much do you think that mass networked information that's already being used to deliver digital goods in the billions and trillions is going to evolve and improve?
Few examples to help spark some ideas...
Khan Academy: And Those Like It.
A free online education that is already trying (And doing, er, reasonably well) to obtain true accreditation. Imagine not living in one of the few countries in Europe and yet having access to a completely free post-secondary education. Not something your parents paid for. Not something you worked 3 jobs and lost your life to for four years. Not something you got a scholarship for that the other 9999 applicants didn't. The model of learning they use is already being taught to children in California, it's actual curriculum to real people. Their lives are being directly altered, for the better. I hope this goes to amazing places and would bank on it.
Financial Impact:
-Journalism. okay, you can argue that the advent of the blawgh is doing more harm than good but the impact it's having isn't irrelevant. Traditional newspapers have to adapt, and they are. But not before they lost revenue and continue to do so.
-Blockbuster, a store many of you might remember.
-Online Piracy, In the net's infancy this place has become a haven for piracy. I'm certainly not above it. We've all probably seen lots of numbers thrown around, I typically see 200-400 million a year from North America. But tracking the real numbers is so ridiculously impossible I'm fairly comfortable just saying, it's a big number.
-Online delivery of goods. Here's something on my doorstep. I work in a post office. Simple job. Interesting seeing how it's progressed in the past five years that I've worked for em though. The decline of lettermail sure seems like a big deal to them, but last year parcels shipped in the US and Canada went up 30%. That's, actually a disgustingly huge number in respect to what it's referencing. An already super-massive industry just went up by a third. It's believed it will jump that much again this year. (No clue if it will or not. That's second hand speculation) This will only increase, and it's not just clothing or exchange student's leaving things behind that's getting shipped anymore. Hell I'm often sending DNA samples now for genomic testing. You can order direct from your local farm now. Me and my old roommates paid to cut out the middleman grocery store for fresh produce delivered to the door from the farm up north of us. This is a trend that will increase as more farmers realize the potential gain. It's the middle man that's getting worked out here. And there's a lot of middle men in the world.
Cryptocurrency, Ex. Bitcoin:
-A single bitcoin in the past month or so has fluxuated from $312CAN to 275ish. Not great no, but good lord that's to buy a single coin. If the blockchainers get the idea out of their heads that it's going to rocket up to 1400 again and finally start to circulate it instead of saving it that currency will explode. And it's only mined two thirds of it's total end circulation. (We're near 14 mil and it will plateau at 21 iirc) I mean, the internet has it's own bloody currency and it's worth a lot more than ours... That might prove pivotal in a hundred years. It might flop, but that's the fun of the future. Hell it might flop back.
Social Impact:
-TedTalks, just watching em gives me hope for the future of our otherwise regrettable existence.
-Online dating. Tried it twice, it's stoopid and ridiculous. I'd never do it again. (Don't have to either but that's a tangent.) My jaded perspective on it belies the couple I know that got together because of it, and the married couple I know that wouldn't have gotten together without it from the generation above mine. (I'm 32 fyi) Yeah I get it, online dating, what a joke. This isn't evidence of anything but desperation. How many people did you, or do you know that are desperate growing up?
-Bookface, but more than bookface. More than skype too for that matter. It's all of them, taken as a whole it's doing a lot more than phones and telegraphs have ever done. The premise is simple, it's doing more because you can't conference call 400 of your friends, but if you post you got married it's going to hit a lot of em.
I had a friend online during high school that lives in Australia. I still remember google-mapping the roof of our respective houses. The world got a lot smaller for me at that moment.
As it stands right now for some people the internet has completely changed their world, for many it's just mildly improved it. You can fall back on the argument that it hasn't impacted a lot of people, but what I'm getting at, is that do you believe those numbers are static and won't grow in leaps and bounds by the time Mass Effect was dated for? It's a cultural upheaval that's still only really tremors for now. But it's the laying of foundation in my eye.
As a complete aside this thread really went a variety of... places.
But some of the opinions are actually rather interesting reads.
To those that, to my mind, are downplaying the import of the internet, let me ask you a few questions.
First a statement; the internet, in the time frame of technology and humanity, is still in it's infancy. We're still laying/shooting up into orbit infrastructure to get it everywhere, and miniaturization to aid in that endeavour. What we're seeing during our entire lifespans, is the beginning of the internet.
I don't think anyone here is arguing that the internet isn't important. You might as well argue that television isn't important, that printed word isn't important, and that underwear isn't important.
But it's hardly been necessary for human civilization. Yes, it is a tremendous boon, and its value will only increase, but necessary? No.
I don't think anyone here is arguing that the internet isn't important. You might as well argue that television isn't important, that printed word isn't important, and that underwear isn't important.
But it's hardly been necessary for human civilization. Yes, it is a tremendous boon, and its value will only increase, but necessary? No.
I'm sort of hitting between the argument of necessity in favour of import. I agree with everything you said. When you pare it down to black and white one's going to be win and one's not. I just still believe there are some that are downplaying the import of it to weigh against "necessary". Obviously I do not agree with that part, Reginald. 
I would, b00g13, but my tear ducts ran dry when you put me down so hard with your LOOO...OOOL.
It's so OP, you should be ashamed to use it.
Good. It was really embarrassing to watch.
The dumbest thing I read here is that lag is caused by geographical separation.
Apparently in the 21st century it's not considered necessary to understand how computers and networks function.
Wot is this thread? I don't even...
marksmad pls, I remember we joked about how we couldn't have lag on each other's host because we live in the same city Should I check my origin history to see if I find something comprising there? xD
The bonus was that the Dada version made more sense than the original
This thread makes no sense whatsoever, but believe me, I've read worse gibberish in my life. 
Mark perhaps you should take a break from posting and process everything that happened here. Come back after a couple days with a fresh attitude. Taking a beating to the ego like that can cause you to get worse if you don't take a break and give yourself time to properly recuperate. I'm not joking
Caine, I find your concern to be very kind. What happened here is that a couple of posters suffered severe outrage at my answer to the OP's question. Why? That remains a mystery. As to a beating to the ego, well, I don't really believe that I need to go back and fix Poincarés or Lamport's papers on synchronization simply because a couple people here dislike me. I do really understand where you're coming from.
Good. It was really embarrassing to watch.
More rhetoric with no content. Besides, you were already reduced to your ultimate argument of "LOO...OOL", so the rest is just that echoing through the empty corridors.
Wot is this thread? I don't even...
marksmad pls, I remember we joked about how we couldn't have lag on each other's host because we live in the same city
In the absence of answers to some of the questions posed, it is not possible to figure out what this thread is. The answers haven't been forthcoming. The working hypothesis is that it's something of the form "I dislike you and therefore whatever you say must be wrong".
And yeah, we did joke about having no lag because of being in the same city. And equally, last time we played when you were just over the border, we had enough lag to fill a swimming pool.
When are you gonna carry me again, BTW? 
Wot is this thread? I don't even...
marksmad pls, I remember we joked about how we couldn't have lag on each other's host because we live in the same city
Aha, so everyone is wrong: Lag is contagious!
Caine, I find your concern to be very kind. What happened here is that a couple of posters suffered severe outrage at my answer to the OP's question. Why? That remains a mystery. As to a beating to the ego, well, I don't really believe that I need to go back and fix Poincarés or Lamport's papers on synchronization simply because a couple people here dislike me. I do really understand where you're coming from.
More rhetoric with no content. Besides, you were already reduced to your ultimate argument of "LOO...OOL", so the rest is just that echoing through the empty corridors.
I'm not sure you're demonstrating mature and civil behaviour here, Kenny. 
I'm not sure you're demonstrating mature and civil behaviour here, Kenny.
Just pointing out that we've got a crybaby over here. That's all.
Everybody just calm your ******. All this anger is gettin out of control 
Everybody just calm your ******. All this anger is gettin out of control
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