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GNU Sir Terry Pratchett

28 April 1948 - 12 March 2015

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“A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken.” ~ Going Postal

file under: words to live by

The important thing is not to shout at this point, Vimes told himself. Do not… what do they call it… go postal? Treat this as a learning exercise. Find out why the world is not as you thought it was. Assemble the facts, digest the information, consider the implications. Then go postal. But with precision.

– as opposed to whatever it was Moist was doing | Terry Pratchett, Thud!

"Apple has more cash than the US Government"

What a fucking stupid comparison.

While Apple are busy mugging gullible hipsters for their cash, the US Govt are trying to pick up the pieces of what the previous administration left behind. W spent 5 trillion dollars he didn't have on pursuing his various policies and Obama has had to spend 1.4 trillion on repairing the damage, given that the world is in recession and yet idiots with more money than sense are still throwing their cash at Apple, what a fucking surprise.

I really do feel sorry for Obama, if he wasn't picking up W's left behind crap, and wasn't having to cope with a hostile house, he could be doing so much good for the US - but hey, people never want things that are good for them, right?

Day Six - Recommended Books

I used to spend quite a lot of time reading books, so here's my highlights;

Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)

The Truth (Terry Pratchett)

Carpe Juguluum (Terry Pratchett)

The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett)

The Janus Man (Colin Forbes)

Snow White and the Seven Samurai (Tom Holt)

Magic Kingdom For Sale - SOLD! (Terry Brooks)

The Bible According to Spike Milligan

Puckoon (Spike Milligan)

The Northern Lights (Phillip Pullman)

The Founding - A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Dan Abnett)

Of Mice & Men (John Steinbeck)

Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga) (Hiromu Arakawa)

I've had the pleasure of reading pretty much all of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett and I would happily recommend them to anyone that likes fantasy comedy. If you haven't read one of his books, do it! (And then read the rest... and tell them Nik sent ya)

Nik

The Book of Names lists each person murdered at Auschwitz

via m1n3cr4ft

when did you start playing minecraft?

October 2010 - back when Minecraft was only 10 euroes

how did you find out about minecraft?

Mostly through Owlet (a friend of mine) and after I watched a video he put up on youtube I knew I had to give it a go...

what was the first thing you built on singleplayer/multiplayer?

I built a castle on singleplayer - I've only recently starting playing smp and I don't tend to do so very often

what is your in game name/username in minecraft?

they call me darkora... *dramatic chords*

what was the biggest thing you ever built?

I'm currently in the process of building a huge trading post which will easily be the biggest thing I've ever built

what is your next project/creation?

I have no real idea... whatever strikes me next I guess...

what do you mainly build in minecraft? (for example: treehouses, minecart systems, etc.)

I couldn't say I build one thing more than any other, I guess if pressed I'd say bases, a variety of them...

which do you do that most: explore, kill mobs, or mine?

I build mostly really, though I do enjoy sperlunking trips... except when I run out of torches

last thing you built involving redstone?

I use redstone a lot, though I do tend to cheat because I use Ali4z's Wireless Redstone along with Feanorith's Redstone Advanced - last big thing I built with redstone was a gate system (several times) for my trading post 

favourite ore and why?

I like diamonds the most - mainly because there's the whole adventure of trying to find them

least favourite ore and why?

hmm I suppose Gold is my least favourite ore, it doesn't seem to be anywhere near as useful as the others

do you often go to the nether (or aether if you have the aether mod)?

recently I've started going into the nether more and more - since Better Than Wolves gave Netherrack a host of uses, I've more reason to go there

what mods do you enjoy using?

Better Than Wolves is my favourite, though I tend to use an absolute ton - I think my current homebrew modpack involved something like 25 mods - I won't list them all here but if anyone wants to know they can drop me an ask

favourite texture pack?

I tend to switch through several - I like the stylings of the painterly pack but I also love Carlotta4th's Modified Portal textures - I plan to make my own at some point, but that may have to wait.

favourite mob and why?

Wolves, definitely would have to be Wolves

least favourite mob and why?

gorram creepers, they need to stop destroying my stuff

name some of your favourite minecraft blogs/websites

I only really use the minecraft wiki and the yogiverse along with the minecraft forums

who is your favourite minecraft commentator on youtube? why?

I'm not sure if they count as commentators but I follow the yogscast quite closely - I'm definitely a yognought though I also follow Etho

what are you looking forward to the most in the 1.8 update?

I suppose it would have to be the added depth to the game that notch puts into most updates, I'm glad to see the game expanding

what are your thoughts on minecraft being available on the xbox?

I think it should be good, not sure exactly how it'll work (and I daresay I won't buy it myself) but I'm glad that minecraft is getting the attention and expansion it deserves

sum up minecraft in a five-worded sentence.

"get excited and make shit"

a minecraft survey!

Why do you even care about trans women? You're not even one of them.

words cannot express just how much I enjoyed FMA Brotherhood