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That it's a collection of books, comics and games telling stories set in the Star Wars galaxy that, by and large, fit under a single universe*.

* I use the word universe instead of continuity because the word 'universe' is more likely to be understood to mean that there is a single-line continuity in place, rather than a multiverse, since that's often the term I hear comics spoken in/of/with/about.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

EUC Staff Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 1204 Location: Nirn

What's 4G? Embarassed

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There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

You shall learn that history is an intricate weaving of many events. No one thing can be understood without the proper context.

The best techniques are passed on by the survivors.

Four gigabyte, I think.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

No, it's something else. It refers to the fourth generation of wireless technology, I think. There's probably some technical specifications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
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It was the year of fire… the year of destruction… the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth… the year of great sadness… the year of pain… and the year of joy.
It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed.
The year is 2261.
The place: Babylon 5.

"I believe in justice, as long as I'm holding a knife at the throat of the judge." -Caine
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I heard someone say that our current bout of warm weather is due to the recent solar flare. Is this true?
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

Not really, no. It heats up the atmosphere, but not in a great way.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Oh, okay. I was wondering.

Question: Is it bad that I'm more interested in (esp. pre-16th century) history than current events?

I was talking about it today and I think the reason is my strong dislike for being fooled with. Politicians, PR people, journalists etc. will all attempt to mislead you. Historians can be mistaken, of course, but very few will attempt to intentionally mislead you.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

True, true. I think there's still significantly less intentional misleading by historians though. I mean, a historian's goal is to shed light on the past, not obscure it. A politician's goal should be to take care of their country and its population, but I get the sense that more politicians are after their own agenda and are more willing to obscure the truth than historians are.

For example, Historian A might believe that the island of Thira is the basis for the legend of Atlantis and Historian B does not. Both will try to find evidence that will support their theories, but neither are trying to mess with me. They honestly think their theories are right and they're trying to prove it. If their theory is wrong, they might still mislead me but not intentionally.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

EUC Staff Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 1204 Location: Nirn

Anyone know if I get get emails on a Hotmail account to be automatically forwarded to a gmail account.

Basically I just set up a Minecraft account, but I already had one active with my gmail account, but I forgot the password. I didn't really like the username and couldn't be bothered changing the password, so I set up a new account with my parents email address. So can I get the emails to land in my parents hotmail and bounce into my gmail?

TIA
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There's always a bigger fish - Qui Gon Jinn.

You shall learn that history is an intricate weaving of many events. No one thing can be understood without the proper context.

The best techniques are passed on by the survivors.

I read this in a Drew Struzan interview, had to share.

Knight Joined: 07 Feb 2012 Posts: 358 Location: USA

I need a biased website or online article for an assignment. Anyone know a good one?
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

"Rather fail with honour than succeed by fraud." - Sophocles

This has been one of my favourite quotes for a while now, but I never knew who said it. I just saw it on Twitter.
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
There is the utter east.

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