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[wkelly42]

If the PM didn't want to make a big deal about the whole alternaverse thing, he'd have played it off when it was first mentioned. If nothing else, it's an interesting side to the game.

And you're right, I was assuming that the POD was in '04. It seems like at some point 9/11 was mentioned in-game, but I could be wrong. I am getting old, after all.

[Satire]

You're probably thinking of this line from JC's second email:

[Nereus_Theophilus]

You guys don't mind if I play his reality eh?

[Satire]

[Nereus_Theophilus]

[Satire]

Skype is actually a really great program: I don't use any of the other messaging services anymore, and I've converted dozens to using it.

They charge you for outside phonecalls now, but back when they didn't it was a real dream. The price is still low enough to make it worthwhile if you've got a good mic and some bandwidth.

[Nereus_Theophilus]

[wkelly42]

I can't really put the cat back in the bag at this point, unfortunately.

I did learn something interesting, though. At about 1AM my time (when I was asleep) JC sent me a message. To give the context, I'll copy my last one to him:

[mistress_arkitect]

ugh

[wkelly42]

[godai]

http://blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2006/04/05/569389.aspx

as if we didn't have enough ambiguity.

The writing of Arabic numbers by G. G. Neill Wright in 1952.

The symbol was written by a Papal Chancery hand of the 15th century.

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0007-1005(195311)2%3A1%3C91%3ATWOAN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K

Anyone on a university computer that can access JSTOR?

Thats a review of the book from the British Journal of Educational Studies.


http://tinyurl.com/2p4nu5

Amazon page for the book. Not available though. heh

Antiqbook.com has a copy though.

WRIGHT, G.G.NEILL The writing of Arabic numerals.
First edition, London, University of London Press, 1952. A very pleasant copy in the original cloth, gilt, with the lightly used dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author, and with a couple of slips and labels in his hand (one initialled) loosely inserted.
AUD 150.00 = appr. US$ 112.50

[petunia]

Wow, this is awesome. I'd dropped this when it got too close to "reality", plus the curtain-dropping issues, but this is looking much better now. Kerry's president? As long as we don't have to mess too much with any real-life bad guys, I'm in... have to start catching up again!

For your chats w/ JC, I think you can still ask him some "common knowledge" questions while still playing in his reality. Just say you don't really pay attention to the news, have a bad memory, have been out camping in the mountains for a long time, went on a bender, had finals, had mono, ... whatever. For the Bush/Kerry confusion, I'd probably try to convince him that I was drunk/high/off meds/Nereus paid me to do it, then apologize profusely and agree that Nereus is a sneaky bastard. *duck*

It'd be really nice to know if JC's "important thing that happened 6 years ago" is the same as our 9-11-01. Of course it'd be even better to know exactly where the POD is, but getting that out of him directly could take a ton of direct questioning and blatant "I am not from your reality"-ness, and the chat logs give me the impression that freaking JC out that much is not in our best interests.

[Rogi Ocnorb]

[godai]

Heh, i'm tempted to drive the 30 miles to the nearest copy.

Maybe if I have time this weekend, I'll have to ask my coworker about security at that campus library. heh

[Salsaman1991]