OceansOfThought @ June 1, 2010 # Comments Off on On What RPG truely Means
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. – Abraham Lincoln RPG. Remember when that used to mean something? Role. Playing. Game. Role playing. Immersive, complete, take over Role. As much as a love a good MMOrpg , and the […]
OceansOfThought @ November 2, 2009 # Comments Off on On Internet Trolls, and the (Hurt) Masses
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.” -Abraham Lincoln The Masses, those who have come to the internet now, the late adopters have recently run into something us long time users know: their are trolls amung us. I bring this up because i’m starting to see more and […]
OceansOfThought @ June 22, 2009 # Comments Off on On Pretending to be a Democracy
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their Constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it.” – Abraham Lincoln Iran with its unrest here in the June 2009 is learning a lesson […]
OceansOfThought @ March 18, 2009 # Comments Off on On Technology Destroying the Court
“When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted.” Abraham Lincoln There seems to be a problem with phones, and information in the courts. This article is astounding, more so I’m astounded by the silliness and stupidity of the courts. Let’s go back […]
OceansOfThought @ March 17, 2009 # Comments Off on On Bailouts and More Bad Laws
“There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law” – Abraham Lincoln Congress is pissed about the AIG bonuses (March 17, 2009), so am I. You should be pissed too, but let us be clear: The law of unintended consequences states clearly; (paraphrasing) if you use a […]
OceansOfThought @ September 15, 2008 # Comments Off on On The Turn of the Tide
The Stormy Present We here have not written in a long time, there was not much to say, nothing we had not written or was reflected in print otherwise. We, this grand expiriment was not about repeating news, but to be enlightened about the stormy present, a belief which said, ” Change course, or crash.” […]
OceansOfThought @ August 27, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Defense of Monsters, and Patriots
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell Any civil country most maintain Monsters, whose sole purpose is to maintain the civility and freedoms of that society – by any means necessary. These means are not acceptable by […]
OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off on On Teams and not Committees
“Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.” – Colin Powell A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. while a committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some […]
OceansOfThought @ August 18, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Accident of Birth Order
Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me. – Lord Chesterfield I sometimes think it is a terrible thing we do to the oldest of those who are born. Being born of this wholesomely unlucky number of being the […]
OceansOfThought @ August 11, 2008 # Comments Off on On A Bold Strategic Move by Russia
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. – Stalin Let’s get something factual before we begin. Georgia (as in the Republic of Georgia) poked a bear (Russia) and the bear didn’t just swat at Georgia, it went after it full force. Full invasion is smart […]