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[IronyOwl]

Reading narrative format X-Com (old and new) LP's has made me want an X-Com TV show more than I already did. I doubt it'll happen, the fervor seemed to die after newcom 2. Dunno what the plot would be except the same damn thing that has happened in every main X-Com game to date (kill -> research -> kill bigger thing, until you kill the biggest thing and win). I'd still like to see it, though.

X-Files style investigative duo trying to figure out what's happening and how, if at all, their strange findings relate to the alien menace and their nature and goals. I may have just described Supernatural.

[Frumple]

Something focused on rooting out infiltrators might be pretty solid. Kinda' like a crime drama/spy thriller thing except more blaster bombs and snake people. Most of the normal x-comy stuff would be more backdrop than focus, probably. If you want real bonus points, you could ditch nucom and set it in the apocalypse setting. That comes with a fair amount more built-in hooks for intrigue, entire new backdrop points like racial tension and corporate shenanigans, all sorts of mess.

[TD1]

Did a dance of death with a wasp. Lost. Now huddling in my chair in a thick coat and hoping the stinging needles of doom don't descend from their kingdom by the light.

((In other words, I tried to capture the wasp in a crisp packet to get it outside. Killing it goes against my personal philosophy of killing nothing. When I failed, I think I made it angry.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz))

[wierd]

2 words.

vacuum cleaner.

suck up the bug, release from canister outside.

[TD1]

That sounds like it would hurt the wasp?

[wierd]

shopvac silly. The impeller fan is behind the dust filter. Uses air pressure alone to get stuff into the canister.

[CABL]

I kill flies/wasps/bees/annoying bugs by using an old-fashioned method: The Palm of Death! But yea, try vacuum cleaner if your religion/morality doesn't allow it.

[heydude6]

I kill flies/wasps/bees/annoying bugs by using an old-fashioned method: The Palm of Death! But yea, try vacuum cleaner if your religion/morality doesn't allow it.

Don't wasps sting you if you hit them with their hand? How do you avoid getting stung?

[CABL]

I kill flies/wasps/bees/annoying bugs by using an old-fashioned method: The Palm of Death! But yea, try vacuum cleaner if your religion/morality doesn't allow it.

Don't wasps sting you if you hit them with their hand? How do you avoid getting stung?

Unpractical/Risky method: Apply extreme pressure and smash the insect into the wall/window/surface.
Practical method: Use The Rag of Death, and then crush the bug. I need to experiment with leather glove one day.

[TD1]

Mission: Leave for Class and Hope it's Gone When I Return seems to have been largely effective.

However, I am now highly suspicious of everything in my room.

[Frumple]

Ah, that's a familiar sensation these days, though more with spiders, for me. Be glad the wasp is real, and doesn't have friends of a dissimilar nature.

[itisnotlogical]

I'm trying to clear out My Documents so I can actually put things in there, yet also have a chance of finding them again.

This is harder than I expected, because almost every game and large application I own puts all their shit in there without asking. Rather than a sensible place like the install directory or AppData, saved games and config files all get dumped in My Documents next to all my essays, sheet music, programming, book scans, and other things that actually belong in My Documents.

[TD1]

Why not just make documents on your desktop and stick essays and things in there? That's what I do.

[TheBiggerFish]

...Why not make folders?

[itisnotlogical]

There's already several folders that I can't get rid of or move, because they contain active saved games for Fallout NV, Mass Effect trilogy, OpenXCom, various ARMA games, as well as data for Skype add-ons, Adobe Premiere and FL Studio. So, abundance of folders is the problem.

Why not just make documents on your desktop and stick essays and things in there? That's what I do.

My desktop is my temporary workspace. Things I don't intend to keep long, go on the desktop.