In western culture one of a pair of socks is popularly understood to disappear, usually at some point during the washing and drying process, leaving the owner with many socks without mates. There are any number of humorous theories to “explain” the disappearance.
Wormholes open in the dryer, sucking socks into a different part of the universe, a planet that closely resembles ours except that socks mysteriously appear out of nowhere, while coat hangers vanish.
Socks are the larval form of the coathanger. This neatly explains why there are always too few socks and too many coathangers.
Socks are by nature cannibalistic, but they only eat their mates.
Read more humurous stuff about sock lore at the Sock Wiki page
I have a level 56 Night Elf Hunter on a PVP server in a fairly new, mostly raiding guild. It’s my first ever character in World of Warcraft, and it’s been a challenge, super fun, irritating, and fascinating. The world is so detailed and complex, and the player - player interactions never cease to astound me. So when I came across PlayOn and Terranova - projects that seek to examine the development of virtual worlds - needless to say I was quite fasincated by the accured data and analysis they had done. They cover all sorts of topics from how a new AH in Stormwind & Darnassus affect city population to discussion of avatars & Orcs. One day I need to roll characters on PVE servers and RolePlaying servers to get a feel for how different the game becomes given those fundamental changes in game structure. I’ve tried Second Life but it just didn’t cut it IMHO. Anyone remember The Palace from back in the late 90s?
The PlayOn project at PARC is an investigation into the social dimensions of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and virtual worlds - extensive, persistent 3D environments that are populated by thousands of players at any given moment. We have explored several virtual worlds including Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest Online Adventures, Second Life, World of Warcraft, and EverQuest II. These and others represent the most successful virtual worlds to date and are laying the foundations for future environments which may be used for more than entertainment and sociability. In our studies, we are generally concerned with three basic issues: community, interaction, and culture.
Don’t be fooled by this four or five slot bag, it can hold much more than four potions or your epic fire-resist gear. This bag will conveniently hold all of your goods but disappear on your body while wandering throughout the barren lands killing Wild Boars. This Bag of Holding will set you back 27.99 gold pieces at the nearest vendor or at the auction house.
Now go forth, artisan. Roll 1D0 for your chance of getting a girlfriend with this Bag of Holding.
This crazy structure might seem like sci-fi fantasy, but the Atonium is a real building in Belgium shaped like an iron molecule. It was built for the 1958 world fair, and has recently been renovated and is now a hotel for kids. I want to know what there definition of kid is, because I have a mental age of about 12 (some might say less) so I think I qualify to stay a few nights
I first saw CrabFu’s steam machines at a robot expo. He makes steam powered vehicles that are not only technically amazing, but also look totally slick. Makes me want to go watch SteamBoy again!
