hello fellow tri-area furries. Was anyone interested in going skiing/snowboarding this season? I have a season pass to Bear Creek and don't want to go alone. (only child thing sucks) But anyway also In January and March Preston and Steve will be holding the "Day off on the Slopes" at JFBB if anyone would be interested in going to that please tell me. tickets are only $9.33 that day. That really all I have to say. If ya wanna try any other mountains hit me up. I"ll see what I can do because I can ski and board and rather well at that. If you want to just try it i'm cool with that, take a lesson and I"ll stay with ya for the day. But anyway hit me up if interested.

cross posted too BTW

Hey everyone. I'm down here in lower Maine and basically Southern NH and Northern Mass. I'm looking to see how many furs in the area might be up for a big fur outing. I was thinking a ski trip or something simular. Also looking to do something on Sundays if people are free. I guess a local spot might be somewhere like Portsmouth/Newington NH. Corner point of Maine, NH and Mass. Looking to get replies from all you guy s to see what we might wanna do.
I know from having lived in Portland and Manchester NH that there are plenty of us out there, we all just need somewhere to go and be ourselves and have a BLAST! So lets here it. If anyones heading to FC maybe we should have a precon meetup and realize how many of us furs travel out there. Car pools could be developed. Who knows.
Just cause winters here doesn't mean we all need to hibernate like the real animals. Non COn season means more local parties. So lets do it up huh?

Hit me back here or at my emails or aim.

youngpup87@yahoo.com
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Hi, this is a repost since i now know what fur i need. I need a yard of hunter green,please post images of what you have since theres different styles of hunter green, I also need 20by12 of sherpa.

I will be hosting a post-holiday gathering on Saturday the 26th at 2:30 PM. The location will be at my apartment in Seymour, CT and all are welcome.

The plan is to hang out, do some shopping, get dinner, and a movie (or bowling). The plans are flexible.

If you are planning to attend please send an RSVP off-list to wallyfox98 at hotmail.com by 12/24/09 and I will send out my address and phone number.

If anyone plans to arrive later in the day (after 4pm) let me know so we can arrange another meeting spot (as we may head out as a group).

I only have crash space for Saturday night into Sunday and if you want it please let me know asap as space is limited (first come first serve).

I will be posting reminders and if anyone has questions just email me at the above address.

Happy Holidays!

I will be hosting a post-holiday gathering on Saturday the 26th at 2:30 PM. The location will be at my apartment in Seymour, CT and all are welcome.

The plan is to hang out, do some shopping, get dinner, and a movie (or bowling). The plans are flexible.

If you are planning to attend please send an RSVP off-list to wallyfox98 at hotmail.com by 12/24/09 and I will send out my address and phone number.

If anyone plans to arrive later in the day (after 4pm) let me know so we can arrange another meeting spot (as we may head out as a group).

I only have crash space for Saturday night into Sunday and if you want it please let me know asap as space is limited (first come first serve).

I will be posting reminders and if anyone has questions just email me at the above address.

Happy Holidays!

Good News: We're all ready to go on our end. We have the IPs, we've got the rack setup at our new colo. All we need to do is move our servers into the facility, update the IPs and config the DNS. That'll take maybe 30 to 45 minutes.

Bad News: Switch and Data (hey, remember them?) were not able to process our badges in time, so we're not able to get into the colo. Yet. Fuck. You may proceed to queue the "BADGES?! WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKIN' BADGES!" quotes, because... that's the only thing holding us up. THE ONLY THING. Only thing. Yep. That. That thing? That's the only thing. THE. ONLY. THING.

Only thing.

Good News: Net-cat and myself (and maybe Dax) will be meeting at the colo at 5:00PM EST tomorrow to setup, install, configure and bring Fur Affinity online. We had hoped to do this today, but Murphy's Law is a fickle bitch unfortunately the paperwork pushers didn't pushpushpush.

Bad News: I'm out of Cherry Bawls. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Hey Guys,

Unfortunately with our last release, and its instability, we were forced to roll back releases. Unfortunately in doing so, it would seem that our notification system has been broken somehow. Our engineers are working on this issue as quickly as possible. We hope to have a patch within the next day, so we can deploy our code and fix the notification system at the same time. Please *bear* with us ;)

Currently all notifications are being queued up so they can be processed as soon as the fix is pushed and verified to be working correctly.

Thank you,

68 years ago today. Time flies when the world is burning, eh?

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Well, the EPA will do it today. They are going to declare CO2 and other "greenhouse gases" as "Dangerous Pollutants" at 1:15PM EST.

This despite them being normal parts of the atmosphere, being emitted by the planet itself, by every living creature, etc.

This isn't a first. Years ago they declared salt and dust in the air pollutants, sending seashore and desert communities into a no-win battle to meet air standards.

It shouldn't come as a surprise. Months ago they tipped their hand with the finding that dogs were worse carbon emitters than SUVs, the Great Satan of "environmentalists."

This means that the EPA will now be able to directly regulate each person's activities and possessions, including their animal "load". Carbon "fines" will be assessed on anyone who exceeds the "limit" they will establish. Businesses will be the first hit - including farms.

This comes despite the debunking of climate research 2 weeks ago and the resignation of prime "scientists" in the scandal. Obama and the EPA clearly hope to strike before the Copenhagen conference and before anyone can block their moves.

This will be the most drastic and major move in history as it affects EVERY activity we engage in, down to breathing.

We were warned but media and many idiots supported it. They bought the panic and refused to see the danger.

On their heads be it.

Here's two newslinks, both displaying the same Associated Press story

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5joOOsTVD57lFwm_InpZY_nRbg4KQD9CDRVOO0
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_open_government

First line of the story "It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openess is closed to the public"

Thoughts? Wondering because it doesn't make sense to my why a workshop on government openess would be closed to the public.

Sorry but.. what is going on here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fursuit-Bunny-custom-fullsuit-NEW_W0QQitemZ110465768717QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b845dd0d

Obviously that same suit is being sold RIGHT NOW by DHC:
http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232354465

I really don't think it's in Australia..
Kinda sucks for the people bidding on the ebay auction.

Just a note:
Net-Cat drove over to my place tonight and we did pre-maintenance on FA's servers (Tiamat, Bahamut, Trogdor and Novastorm) and all systems are good to go. We updated some of the software on Novastorm (VMWare) to the latest version.

As of right now, everything is solid on our end. We are currently waiting for the colo facility to process our paperwork and get the billing process started. That's our only hold up right now. :) No, we do not have an ETA at this time, but we're still on track for our original forecasts. Again, everything is good to go on our side.

At this point it's all paperwork.

Out of curiousity, what would be the average price for pay/charge for a pair of one or two color hand paws without pawpads and claws?

In Eisenhower's 1961 farewell address, his warning against the military-industrial[-congressional] complex is well known. However, in the speech, he warned of two possible threats arising, the second being a scientific-technological elite. Here is what he said:

Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.

Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers. The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present -- and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.

It seems that Eisenhower's fears have come to pass in the current furor over global warming where world leaders, including our President, are to meet this week in Copenhagen to agree to placing restrictions on economies over fears of a warmer world. The fact that the head of the primary institute cited in the IPCC AR4 for the surface temperature instrumental record was recently exposed as having issues with committing scientific fraud does not seem to have even given the conference attendees the slightest bit of pause is astounding. Perhaps it is time that we demand from Congress that they heed Ike's other warning.

Well I'm very much enjoying Tales of Vesperia. There are aspects of the game I feel could be improved of course, particularly the spell ring used in dungeons, though the battle system could use a subtle tweak here and there as well. The games biggest strength is the simple fact that the characters are actually likable and expressive. The story doesn't seem unusual, the music is pretty standard and the battle system is only a step or two above average, but in the presence of characters you actually enjoy watching every other aspect feels fresher as a result.

Anyhow, I'll probably put off Shattered Memories for a few weeks to give myself more time to focus on Vesperia. Knowing myself if I try to split my focus between two games at once, neither will receive the attention they deserve.

In other news, I managed to grab Final Fantasy Dissidia for fifteen bucks this week as a part of a, I would assume, cyber-monday deal. I haven't played it yet, but I'll take a look at it once I have a few other titles out of my way. In the meantime I've been enjoying the sample soundtrack that came with it, it doesn't seem like anything particularly special, but it'll give the purchase some value until Vesperia and Shattered Memories are out of the way.

Anyhow

I know it's early on all fronts except for portables, but I'm wondering what everyone is expecting from the next generation of gaming hardware. More specifically, when the PS4, DS2 HDWii or whatever finally come out, what features do you expect to see in games to make it all worth your money? I mean, Whether it was a jump from 2D to 3D, vastly improved visuals or online connectivity each generation has offered something new over the previous. So basically, what "new," features do you hope to see next time that just doesn't seem possible with the current hardware?

Anyhow, yeah once again I know its early to be asking these sorts of questions, but I really enjoy this sort of speculation.

http://www.furbid.ws/cgi-bin/auction/item.pl?item=232354508

Custom ears and tails...