The Last Starfighter |
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The normal nomenclature for{and}is "open-brace", "close-brace", or "open-curly", "close-curly". From this day forth, I propose a new nomenclature. From now on, it shall be known as "open-mustache", "close-mustache."
OK, admit it -- you were at least peeking at the "snow panic" manual hidden underneath the coffee table.You know, the one that gives protocol on how fast to drive to neighborhood food stores to stock up on potato chips and doughnuts (because calories don't count in a snow emergency) and raid the sterno isle as you make sure to keep your arms raised above your head and sway side-to-side as you yell in panic, "I saw a snowflake on my windshield!"
Yes, for the first time since mid December, we're seeing a few snowflakes fly in some spots around the Puget Sound area. Snowflake reports have come in from the greater Tacoma area, Bellingham, Oak Harbor, Federal Way, Shoreline and even the U-District. And I guess we can be forgiven a little excitement since at this point, Houston is still ahead of us this winter in the snow accumulation department (1"-Trace, if you're keeping score.)
Here's a version that asks you for your name, then says hi. (Note that 'yo' is a Like, Python keyword but the interpreter actually understands real Python syntax, so the 'yo' in the input string works just fine.
#!usr/bin/python uh from sys import exit # Grab the user's name. ok so like name = raw_input("yo! what's your name?" ) right # Make sure they entered something, then say hi. if name.strip() is actually like "": toootally just exit() else: um yeah print like "Hi %s, nice to meet you." % name
Wow. Check it out at http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/
This Python script connects to BGG, downloads the collections of all users named, and chooses a random game for people to play.
It can handle constraints, as well: How many players are available? How much time do you have to play? What's the lowest (self-)rated game you're interested in playing?
In the EDH variant, each deck is led by a legendary creature designated as that deck's general. The EDH variant uses all the normal rules for a Magic game, with the following additions.
An EDH game may be a two-player game or a multiplayer game. The default multiplayer setup is the Free-for-All variant with the attack multiple players option and without the limited range of influence option. See rule 805, "Free-for-All Variant."
Each deck has a legendary creature card designated as its general. This designation is not a characteristic of the object represented by the card; rather, it is an attribute of the card itself. The card retains this designation even when it changes zones.
Example: A general that's been turned face down (due to Ixidron's effect, for example) is still a general. A general that's copying another card (due to Cytoshape's effect, for example) is still a general. A permanent that's copying a general (such as a Body Double, for example, copying a general in a player's graveyard) is not a general.
Each EDH deck is subject to the following deck construction rules.
Example: A deck has a white-blue general. Each mana symbol in each card in that deck must be white, blue, white-blue hybrid, or colorless.
Example: A deck has a white-blue general. It may include basic Plains and basic Islands, but not basic Swamps, basic Mountains, or basic Forests.
At the start of the game, each player puts his or her general face up next to his or her library. The generals start the game in the command zone. Then each player shuffles the remaining 99 cards of his or her deck so that the cards are in a random order. Those cards become the player's library.
Once the starting player has been determined, each player sets his or her life total to 40 and draws a hand of seven cards.
The EDH casual variant uses an alternate mulligan rule. Each time a player takes a mulligan, rather than shuffling his or her entire hand of cards into his or her library, that player exiles any number of cards from his or her hand. Then the player draws a number of cards equal to one less than the number of cards he or she exiled this way. Once a player keeps an opening hand, that player shuffles all cards he or she exiled this way into his or her library.
If mana would be added to a player's mana pool of a color that isn't in the mana cost of his or her deck's general, that amount of colorless mana is added to that player's mana pool instead.
A player may cast a general he or she owns from the command zone. Doing so costs that player an additional {2} for each previous time he or she cast that general from the command zone that game.
If a general would be put into its owner's graveyard from anywhere, that player may put it into the command zone instead.
If a general would be put into the exile zone from anywhere, its owner may put it into the command zone instead.
The EDH variant includes the following specification for winning and losing the game. All other rules for winning and losing the game also apply. (See rule 104.)
The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather than a real computer as a kid, I’d never be a programmer today.
Music-related stuff *only*, as well as new tracks and albums.
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