I love learning new things Kasper, so thanks for the info you provided. I have no knowledge of how websites actually work so even basic stuff like this is VERY interesting. Not that I could do anything with it but it helps me to understand a bit of what Nick and other website developers have to deal with on a continual basis. I usually end up learning enough to do whatever work I need to do but not enough to do anything other than probably create a lot of damage if I ever tried to actually make changes to the functionality of something. But I learn quickly, so if someone has the patience to explain what I need to do, I can accomplish it! ;)

jeebus crust, 1 gold, well, guess that means I'm going to have to save then if I want a back slot item.

I agree with this, seeing as I too have a RL job that doesn't allow me to have a lot of time to play during the daylight hours.

Seeing as I go to work at 3:30 PM and I don't get home till some time around 11 PM, maybe even later than that if I have to work late. I may even have to work weekends some times. For example, I'm going to have to work the 15th this month(a Saturday) because we will be striping and waxing a large area of floor in a Mentally Challenged Workshop, a place where Mentally Challenged people go to, to learn how to work in a day to day 9-3 job.

So, yosh, I agree, RL jobs comes first before gaming.

I agree whole heartedly.

This is probably more information that anyone really wants to know. But I couldn't resist given the topic.

As far as the Internet goes, people talk to each other about Internet locations in regards to URLs (ie. google.com) Computers on the other hand talk to each other about Internet locations in regards to their IP addresses (ie. 8.8.8.8) DNS is what translates the URL into an IP address.

A properly formated basic URL is {domain}.{TLD} with domain being the site name such as "google" and TLD being a Top Level Domain such as .com, .edu, .org etc. In most cases, a domain is pointed to an IP address by what's called an A record typically an @ symbol or other format to denote the base A record for the domain.

Another type of record is called a CNAME record. A properly managed domain should have the base A record pointing to the site's IP address. Then, there should be a CNAME for the subdomain of WWW to point to the same IP address. Sometimes, the WWW CNAME record points to the domain itself so that if the site IP address needs to change, then only one record change is needed. Of course you can have a CNAME point to another site hosted by another provider altogether. For example, newbies.stonewallgaming.net can be pointed to an IP address of a server hosting a baking website in another country. You wouldn't typically do something like this, but it is possible.


Of course there are other type of DNS records. But, these are some basic type of DNS entries that allow a site to work. Also, I think things are going to get interesting in a few years when ICANN allows corporations to oversee newly approved TLDs such as .home, .app, .work and so forth. I can forsee having a .com in the future being so passe.

Originally I went with locales important to me, cities, suburbs, so on. Now (as a Mass Effect obsessive) I am using a lot of Asari names; Aria, Liara, Thessia, T'loak.

Next up is the Benezia.

I haven't typed "WWW" in ages. Typically, in either IE, Chrome or Firefox, if you type in something like "stonewallfleet.com" and it is necessary, the browser will take me there anyway.

The only time I did need it is if I was typing a web address into the run command (windows key+R in XP/Vista/7). Typing non-WWW addresses into it gets you an error. Typing in a WWW address has it pop open your default browser with the web page you wanted. (if you want a non-WWW address to run that way, you'll have to type in "http://" at the beginning.)

Not a huge reason to use that run command normally, just something to do if you're having some issues with the home page in your browser (home page gets changed by some malware that sends you into a spiral of uncontrolled redirects or pop ups). Gives you a chance to get into your settings/options to make corrections, if necessary.

I'll admit, I am "old school" as they say and wasn't aware this was no longer required. But I have already switched my bookmarks to those without the www so I don't have to figure out why I keep getting logged out.... :laugh: Us old folks can learn new tricks! ;)

I was messing around with the guild Emblem and came up with this hope you guys like it

Nope, GW2 players, I'm not talking about World vs World vs World. I'm talking about our URLs!

Way back in the day when networking computers first started, there arose many large networks that contributed many important technologies what would one day become the Internet. One of those networks was the World Wide Web and we can still see its presence in the Internet today in those three letters, www, in-front of website domains.

Though, today that WWW is largely legacy and isn't necessary for websites to load or be accessed properly. In essence, it's treated as a subdomain that automatically directed to the same location as the domain. For us, having the WWW just complicates matters and since we're now using a subdomain for Stonewall Fleet's website, only complicates its further.

For that reason, I've removed the WWW from our domains. From now on, when someone travels to one of our domains with WWW preceding it, they'll be silently redirected to the same page without the WWW.

Those of you who regularly use WWW, you'll find yourself unceremoniously logged out from the site and you'll have to log back in again, but after that, the functionality should be identical.

For me, the electric attunement-scepter, specifically (arc lightning)1 and (lightning strike)2 do the most damage against single target boss encounters. On the scepter, fire is good for adding a burn or for aoe damage. Though I switched to other attunements when recast timers were down or to get boons- fury (+20% crit), might(+dmg), toughness. I also get a temp boon (+ might for fire; +toughness for earth) by casting the heal-elemental harmony in the corresponding attunement. I am learning more and more that you really have to work hard as an ele to output damage(if that’s how you want to play) by stacking boons like might through attunement switching and combo finishers.

This is from one of my first story quests.


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Episode 718 - Enterprise - "Awakening" - 11/26/2004

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=5408

Archer & T'Pol find T'Pau and T'Pol's mother and learn that Archer is carrying Surak's katra.

Enjoy!

Wow! That looked so exciting...I haven't experienced a dragon yet but I can't wait to do one. I noticed in your video you switched back and forth several times mostly between fire and air...what do you remember about the event that made you change from one to a different element and then back again? I saw you use earth once...what was going on there for you to use that one?

Details! LOL It's great to understand the method behind the madness. :)

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Oh and just in case there's any need for clarification in regards to my personal stance on the matter: The blood waters of Gre'thor will turn to Triexian Bubble Juice before I set foot in Champions Online!

You and me both!

This really and truly breaks my heart. This game was my first MMO and I've had an active subscription since September 2005. It's a dirty, underhanded tactic that PWE is pulling and they're hurting a lot of people doing it but I'm sure to them it's just business, well.. gamers aren't mindless cyber junkies that are all going to automatically go over to CO just because its the only option left available to them, and if that's what they do think then their little market projections are seriously in error. I don't think they realize the ramifications of alienating an entire player base like this.
I will definitely miss this wonderful game and hope that they do find a way to bring it back or even to product a sequel MMO like GW2 but with a completely redesigned proprietary engine.

Oh and just in case there's any need for clarification in regards to my personal stance on the matter: The blood waters of Gre'thor will turn to Triexian Bubble Juice before I set foot in Champions Online!

Hey everyone, thought I'd share my first encounter with a dragon. Had no idea what to expect but ended it with a Gold Metal. Vaevictus is also in my group.

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Here's mine.

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The defining part of what makes Guild Wars 2 so special for me is scale. No matter where I end up I always feel like I'm part of a massive world filled with...

Don't look strait up Hal, there's more to the scale thing than I think you realize....ROFL LMAO!

rotfl.. I can't believe I just found this thread, because it contains a lot of the same ideas and concerns that we're discussing now for the kdf side of the house.

In fact, your last point Nick, is precisely my main concern, that we avoid the 200k dil/5 prov projects, even to the extent of holding off on posting new projects. It's highly unfortunate that this thinking wasn't applied on the kdf side, we could have avoided choosing 4 of them since you made that post!

Sounds like there's been a big strategic gap between the kdf and the fed side. I assume you'll find a way to ensure that the lessons you feds have been applying so successfully (e.g., nicely staggered tiers and staying away from inefficient projects) can be applied on the klingon side of the house?