I see that under most, if not all users nam es there are usually five stars. Sometimes they are green, others are golden. Explanation? ???Yellow/Golden = Regular user
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http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=37523 lol very annoying*facepalm*
Total Categories: 4
Shhh! It's a secret! :lol:Quote from: StatsTotal Categories: 4Announcements, General, Content, and... OMG, what is the fourth categoty???
Or shoot it with your handy-dandy sniper rifle, whichever you prefer!I've got a pellet gun. Is that good enough?
Heh, I agree about the sig.go see a doctor and if he sees it get a tank
Out of curiosity, and as a method of testing your mental stability, please answers this following question:
-A battleship comes down the street. What do you do?
I was reinstalling the Windows at the weekend, so while I was updating the drivers, I made a new desktop background for WinXP
function counter() {
var counter = 0;
counter++;
if (counter = 3) {
window.location = "nextpage.html";
}
}
However, when I run it, I get redirected instantly. I think that it is just doing the counter++ endlessly from a single click. I want one click to bring the counter up one. I tried many things, including spliting into seperate functions or manually adding one (counter += 1) with no success. Any help is appreciated (and plesae test before submitting an answer).I need help with a javascript thing I was making for a webpage. It was supposed to activate a link after three things are clicked.I haven't written Javascript lately, but I think you have to have == instead of = in if.(= is assignment, == is equality testing)Code: [Select]function counter() {However, when I run it, I get redirected instantly. I think that it is just doing the counter++ endlessly from a single click. I want one click to bring the counter up one. I tried many things, including spliting into seperate functions or manually adding one (counter += 1) with no success. Any help is appreciated (and plesae test before submitting an answer).
var counter = 0;
counter++;
if (counter = 3) {
window.location = "nextpage.html";
}
}
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var count = 0;
function counter() {
count++;
if (count == 3) {
window.location = "nextpage.html";
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Click me!" onclick="counter()" >
</body>
</html>
Have you guys tried to remove the color on the particle_proj files on units that attack with arrows?And harder to see.
It looks much cooler without those white lines, and more realistic.
Everytime it has to ask for a password, it won't let me type anything.If that is on the console then it is intended. Just type and push enter.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Contact</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td>Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="name" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="email" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Text:</td>
<td><textarea rows="4" cols="60" name="text" >Put your message here.</textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
// Get forms data and variables
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$text = $_POST["text"];
$to = "omega99999-^-gmail.com";
$subject = "Contact Reply from " . $name;
$headers = "From: " . $email;
$message = "This is a confirmation that the message was sent. It contained the following data: " . $text;
if ($to!=NULL && $name!=NULL && $email!=NULL){
echo "You cannot have a blank area";
}
else {
// Mail
mail($to,$subject,$text,$headers);
// State that the message was sent
echo "Thank you" . $name . "Your Message has been sent.";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
if ($to!=NULL && $name!=NULL && $email!=NULL){
echo "You cannot have a blank area";
}I think you mean $to==NULL , etc.I think you mean $to==NULL , etc.But isn't NULL basically a false value? Wouldn't a blank be a null? I just wanted it to check to see if its blank in the form, in which case to return an error. After uploading it online, I realized that that isn't going to work would
$to != "" work?Wouldn't the PHP script have to be in a seperate file than the html? Or else it will be sending the mail the second the page loadsWhen you load the page the text edits will be empty and you are going to check for that before sending. So in that case it won't but you can make sure it doesn't by checking for a submit button press (but you need to add it first with a name).
if($_POST['submitName']) {
// add code here
}
But isn't NULL basically a false value? Wouldn't a blank be a null? I just wanted it to check to see if its blank in the form, in which case to return an error.That's right. The way you had it before would give the error if there was text. != NULL would return true ("" might work if NULL doesn't).
if (bool expression) {
// code for true condition
} else {
// code for false condition
}I need some help making a script to read cookies. I just need to read the cookie value. I have the cookie set, and I know how to delete it, etc; but I need to read it properly. Many of the scripts for that are Regular Expressions, which are NOT my strong point, so could someone give me a good code with comments and tell me how to use it?http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.cookies.php
Also, I'm curious, how do I view the PHP source of a page? Whenever I choose view source (in FF), the PHP seems to be filtered out. I consider hands on experience to be the fastest and easiest way to learn something, so I want to see the source unfiltered, but (if possible) still with the synastix highlighting?You can't because PHP runs on a web server, which means that server sends only results(HTML, not PHP code).
speaking of off topic..................
by the way i have something to say to omega...Quoteyou can blame my stupid school, they load me with homework all the time
Awe come on... Don't you think that's a LITTLE harsh. I mean, how are you gonna learn other stuff without school?
here's my answer:just to let you know MORE than 50% of everything i know was learned out of school
in fact i could read pretty well when i was about 5 years old, i learned most of my vocabulary from my Dad the internet and other various sources besides school. Besides i'm only in 6th grade, and they give you really easy stuff, i'd estimate that about 70% of the stuff they so-called "teach" is stuff i'll either never use or most likely already know. AND one more Rediculous thing! In language arts i did a poetry book(which was just a big waste of time) and i had to write about 26 poems in 26 days, i worked it out easy, but had to rush a bit in the end to get it done, and now guess what, were going to be doing ANOTHER poetry book in art class, and guess again!...it's the same poems all over again!
The teachers know and they think it's going to "help me learn tons of new stuff"!
You know i'd give quite a bit to have a school that actually knows what learning means, and doesn't load you up with all this rediculous homework, that ONLY wastes a lot of time.
sorry to kind of blurt all this out, i'm not trying to sound offensive, it's just the truth
and also moderators please don't lock this topic i just wanted to respond to what omega said
i'll try to stay on topic in the future!
Off topic again:
I completely agree with you archmage101. I ended up doing 2 university units while in my last year of high school. Fortunately I was spared the large amount of poetry. If you can, try to link outside projects with your school projects. For example, if you have an essay to write and have some flexibility. That way you can get marked on it and get what you want to do done. I did a video of Glest mods for one of my school projects. School is a really good place to test ideas and experiment.
MORE than 50% of everything i know was learned out of schoolUnfortunately, society seems to be moving farther away from that all the time, from the extensional (learn by experiencing) to the intentional (learn by being told). The problem with that is that you get a lot more out of experiencing something yourself than just being told about it. It's like in that movie where some kid is trying to drive a car and somebody asks him "Have you ever done this before?" and he says "No, but I've seen my dad do it lots of times!" Seeing and knowing something leads to a completely different kind of understanding than experiencing it for yourself. I'm reminded of an old saying I read not too long ago. "What is greater than all the teachings of the Buddha? Sesame cake." That is to say, no matter how wise or insightful someone's teachings may be, they're no substitute for something that is real and tangible. (I'm not Buddhist, but I still think there's some wisdom in just about any belief system.)
i learned most of my vocabulary from ... the internetNow that's a scary thought.
Quote from: archmage101
i learned most of my vocabulary from ... the internet
Now that's a scary thought.
#include <headers>
using namespace x;
int main(){
<display intro video (logos, etc;)>
<load>
<custom crosshair cursor>
<display menu>
}
void functionForMainMenu(){
<main menu code, simple background video>
<images placed at specific locations with mouseovers>
<upon button clicks, new functions are loaded>
<close button with function Close(), simply done>
}
void functionForNewGameButton(){
<new game screen code>
<start level one after button is clicked>
}
void levelOne(){
<load all media required for level>
<video, set delay so game will not start until video is completed>
<level one code>
<when complete, move to level two>
}
void levelTwo(){
<load all media required for level>
<video, set delay so game will not start until video is completed>
<level two code>
<when complete, move to level three>
}
...
void lastLevel(){
<load all media required for level>
<video, set delay so game will not start until video is completed>
<last level code code>
<when complete, play ending video, then credits video>
<return to main menu>
}
void functionForContinueGameButton(){
<gets the info from all xmls in the saved games folder>
<places information, and allow loading>
<places you at the start of a level, as determined by a tag
in the XML>
<gives you the weapons(s) as determined by a number in the XML>
}
void functionForOptionsButton(){
<code for forms which write to an xml (don't know how to properly place in an ini>
<when clicked the complete button, return to menu>
}
/**
My code will not take the undocumented path that Glest has. It will be documented to
Doxygen standards, and the comments will probably end up to be the majority of the file
size in the code!
*/
I've been working with JavaScript a LOT lately, so ignore any possible errors and terms. Would this work? If so, where would I put the AI code (code to make them move, face me, and attack. Take cover if any is in the area, etc;)? Would it be new function, or even in the main()? The loading of the units and stuff would be in the levels function, so should I repeat that throughtout each level or make it a new function and call it from each level?Windows has the program advantage. Also, some MS programs do that verif check to make sure you have a legimate windows OS. Many games might not work on Linux, and WINE is not guarenteed to work. Windows is also the target for most software that modifies, and more. And I admit, I'm a sucker for the flashing lights and bells (eye candy) of windows Aero.Linux has just as much if not more eye candy. Take a look at compiz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz) or Enlightenment desktop system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_(window_manager)) and even KDE 4 is quite stylish.
I am also pretty good at reducing my lag. While XP isn't bad, Vista does have some advantages. XP just happens to be more stable (but like I said, I haven't crashed for a while). And why do you hit ctrl+alt+esc? I never have used that key code. Ever. If an app freezes, I give it a few seconds, then open task manager and shut down the process directly (just closing the app make lag). My biggest foe is IE, which crashes when trying to open some images (even with DEP [Data Execution Prevention] completely disabled). Then again, that IE, not vista.
Vista's biggest problem is too much security. If I could, I'd turn the entire security system off and let my custom antivirus and firewalls do their work. Another problem is DEP, which is a big cause of lag and crashes. Unfortunately, windows doesn't let you turn it off in any part of the UI. I googled until I found a command line function to permanently shut DEP down. For good. Best thing I ever did for Vista!
Glest runs slow because it renders the entire map all at once, including any particle systems you may not even see! This is a necessary bug that needs to be fixed.Then shouldn't it be in Bug Report? Besides, you can't talk about Glest in the off topic! :D
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you look like a... ah, forget it!happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you smell like a monkey, and you look like one toooooooooooooooooo.........
-stomping noobs onlineI do this too in MMORGPs, but I'm a more friendly player, who has never violated a TOS, and I don't call people noobs because we all are at one time...
in the legend of zelda who can tell me what i should do after i beat the 4th boss?Beat the fifth one, of course. :P
in the legend of zelda who can tell me what i should do after i beat the 4th boss?Which LoZ? Is it Twilight Princess? I beat that 3 times, and in one save, I clocked over 120 hrs, unlocked all hearts, got everything, all golden bugs, magic armor, and went through trial of ordeals twice!
i'm on the part where you use the boomerang to hit the switches on the posts to open a door and get the big keyLOL, that's the first dungeon! Wait until you hit the water temple before you cry uncle.
test this:That is so much fun! Thank you soooo much Titi. Who ever thought pushing a big red button could be so much fun???
http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf
@omega: i'm on the third templeAh, I can't remember the numbers... I think the water one? That's a tricky one. Took me three hours, of which probably 1 was spent wondering around... Can't help you unless you get a LOT more specific though. (and I recommend a good guide, look on google or gamefaqs).
Ha, nothing. I have two saves, I went through the entire game, got all the heart pieces/containers, all the golden bugs, every feature that could be done, I did, I got all the golden bugs, all the poe souls, got roughly 130ish hours, I have the biggest wallet, maxed out of course, and magic armor (w00t). I also have unparalleled skill, have unlocked all the hidden attacks, went through the cave of ordeals twice (the second time has more monsters), unlocked all the fairy springs, allowed access to fairies tears, and more!
when did you first beat the game?I can't remember when I first beat it. I know that I got it the christmas after it came out, and beat it in less than two weeks (~1.5).
i beat the 3 heart challenge once it was so easy beat that! :P
This is glest not Legend of Zelda.
Why are you talking about that here?
ok i just killed "Usurper King Zants" but fat butt
wow that was fun ;D
How can I get this gameAny Walmart should do.
im srry to say this but you guys are starting to make me hate zelda and 360 is better with fps like halo3 and GRAW2 and Left 4 dead and portal(best puzzle ever)' some non-fps games 'like GoW2 and Army of 2' plus some of the best arcade games ever and the 360 version of Soul Caliber 4 has Yoda 'go yoda'I actually agree. While I like the Wiis controls, the games are often too casual for hardcores like me. i really like my 360, but hate having no internet (need broadband, wah!).
Hmm, I had never heard of it before. I googled, but most links seemed to be unofficial. Do you have an official website?
hey guys i just got a full sized sword: The Master Sword ;D ;D ;D
i'm not joking i'll post some pics some :)
yeah, it looks like yellow plastic. ???Notice it's color is different in the first picture? The late sun (long striped shadows - it's sunset time!) is applying a heavy orange/yellow glow to everything in the picture, even more so in the second image. I lived in a house for a while where the sun would shine right on our sun-room right until it went over the horizon and everything would be a bright golden color. I called it the Midas time.
Do we really need photo analysis?! I believe him. If he was lying he wouldn't have made such a big deal about it.
Ya, but well, I think if you want to fight with swords you should do that sport that I forgot the name, the one with thin sowrds and white clothing.fencing
This:
http://www.teleantioquia.com.co/Programas/CajadeSorpresas/Imgs/DibujosYLetras/Esgrima1.jpg
dad got in World War 2 from a Japanese officer he killed.
I've never used Safari or Chrome so I can't give any opinion on them. I'd be interested in how they compare with the new Firefox when it's released.
Firefox 3.5 prerelease (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fastest/?utm_source=gsnippet&utm_content=fastfx&utm_campaign=s060109) is out. It's meant to be 2x faster than the previous one.I have the 3.5 beta 4 (at least I think that's what it is, the about screen seems to be behind). It doesn't seem that much faster though. However, it got some negs to it to. For reasons I do not know, some themes and add-ons don't work... But who needs a theme when you got Personas? PS: The one called Mozilla Firefox (with the eye, and the fire) is by far the best, though I don't like the status bar image, because it gets in the way of the text, and it becomes harder to read).
PS: My acid 3 test for Firefox 3.0.10 got 71Hmm, mine got 72, which is odd because I remember that wikipedia had a picture o it in the high 90s...
If there is a separate track for the vocals, this is easiest! Just delete the vocals!
it doesn't prove the user is not a bot.
I happy, my Dad made me a sudo user.Me too!
I've been fixing stuff up and playing around with all the KDE4.2.2 settings.KDE 4.5 is nicer and more stable from my experience ;)
Quote from: archmage101 on July 09, 2009, 00:05:07
I've been fixing stuff up and playing around with all the KDE4.2.2 settings.
KDE 4.5 is nicer and more stable from my experience Wink
Besides, Linux is FREE!!!Ya I have ubuntu and it is way beter then windows. (I have my own computer and I change it how I like.
If you think Windows has good graphic effects on the Desktop and stuff, your quite mistaken, they are poor effects and they slow the computer down too much.
ubuntu, on the other hand has awesome effects, that are selectable and easily customizable.
You have to admit Linux is a much better operationg system in terms of graphics.
Nice pics, can't wait for tileset ;DYou're gonna have to. I've got enough on my plate already. :P
During July, I believe, most of Europe takes a vacation...
??? Really, because i did a persuasive essay on germany, and i was planning to use that one month vacation as a selling point, but i saw that italy, france, germany, sweden, finland and england all have a one month vacation according to wikipedia, my textbook and several blogs. But even with all that i would still not consider myself formidably knowledgeable in european vacation science... :-\ :DDuring July, I believe, most of Europe takes a vacation...
Yep its completely true folks, during July all of Europe goes on holiday for a month, its like a ghost continent.
Only Joking its just the French actually :D
Yes, it is a desktop. And I don't know why you say $2000+. HP computers are pretty inexpensive. I saw a computer in an add yesterday that was all that, just 500 GB HDD, and it was only $849.I think HPs are pretty decent. Just don't get a Dell. Everyone I've known who's ever had a Dell thought it was a horrible piece of junk. That might just be laptops, though...
The worst computer deal i ever saw was on that show where you have to guess the price of a certain vacation or appliance. (I can't remember the name). There was this huge dell with really crappy specs and i was thinking $500-700, but it actually was like $4000! i couldn't believe it, but i then thought 'Oh, this must be a rerun from like 2001 or something'."The Price Is Right"?
Whats your guys worst computer deal story?The aforementioned Acer laptop has gotta be my worst. The specs were awesome for the price (about the same as the $2000 laptops, for half the cost) but it was the most unreliable thing I've ever owned. According to the guy at Circuit City when I went in to get it fixed, certain parts like the webcam tend to just stop working for no apparent reason and with no apparent way to fix it. -.-
Yeah, I think so. I just couldn't put my tongue on it.QuoteThe worst computer deal i ever saw was on that show where you have to guess the price of a certain vacation or appliance. (I can't remember the name). There was this huge dell with really crappy specs and i was thinking $500-700, but it actually was like $4000! i couldn't believe it, but i then thought 'Oh, this must be a rerun from like 2001 or something'."The Price Is Right"?
I'm glad I bought the additional 2-year accidental damage warranty, because after it stopped working properly, I accidentally dropped it down the stairs a couple times so they'd replace it.Nice ;D I've heard plenty of stories from classmates about how they buy cheap acers and compaqs and then are surprised at the piece of junk they have.
I'm glad I bought the additional 2-year accidental damage warranty, because after it stopped working properly, I accidentally dropped it down the stairs a couple times so they'd replace it.
http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/ (http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/)Hypothetical(http://www.start-flying.com/new%20site/images3/down%20arrow.jpg)
http://www.wwwdotcom.com/ (http://www.wwwdotcom.com/)
:D :D :D
if you don't own Microsoft Office, this download includes programs which create, view, edit, save, print, and more things too.Even if you do own Microsoft Office, this download still includes programs which create, view, edit, save, print, and more things too.
This is free, and if you don't own Microsoft Office, this download includes programs which create, view, edit, save, print, and more things too.YES! Another OOO user! OOO is by far the best free word processor, and I strongly recommend it to everyone.
http://www.openwith.org/programs/openoffice.org (http://www.openwith.org/programs/openoffice.org)
if you don't own Microsoft Office, this download includes programs which create, view, edit, save, print, and more things too.Even if you do own Microsoft Office, this download still includes programs which create, view, edit, save, print, and more things too.
EDIT// I just noticed your ackward link. Why not go official?Gosh so many people are trying to correct me ;D! I thought the list of formats it could open was pretty impressive, so I linked to that.
http://www.openoffice.org/ (http://www.openoffice.org/)
http://www.sun.com/software/openoffice/index.jsp (http://www.sun.com/software/openoffice/index.jsp)
No, regardless of whether you own Microsoft Office, the download allows you to open formats which you might not be able to, unless you get the premium Office version.That's what I was getting it. I was just poking fun at your conditional statement that actually doesn't depend on anything. :P
OK cause it's kind of hard to tell without smilies :PNo, regardless of whether you own Microsoft Office, the download allows you to open formats which you might not be able to, unless you get the premium Office version.That's what I was getting it. I was just poking fun at your conditional statement that actually doesn't depend on anything. :P
I just played this last night, and I thought it was a pretty interesting take on game making, one where there is only one level, played over and over in very different ways. You'll see what I mean.Definitely creative. But the music is super annoying.
http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level
Lets eat, Grandpa.LOL, this is priceless. Here's a few:
Lets eat Grandpa.
Bad grammar kills.
Where to begin? Okay, so last night my landlord accused me of being racist because I don't want to talk to him and he happens to be Indian. Then he told me has was going to break my neck. Maybe that's why I don't wanna talk to you, eh? Also, he doesn't have the money to pay me back my full deposit. I've had some bad landlords before, but this is the first to actually tell me he was going to murder me. *sigh*Try not to get killed, if at all possible. I'm not in favor of death :P.
Vec2i startLocation ( faction )
Returns the start location for a given faction.
Parameters:
faction - the index of the faction [0-3, Player1=0]
Example:Code: [Select]createUnit ( "someunit", 0, {startLocation(0)[1] + 5, startLocation(0)[2]} )
This would create a unit 5 cells east of startLocation 0.
I was looking at the wikia page for lua today. I got to startLocation (faction), but it didn't make sense to me. I quote it below:It's really quite simple. Assumin you understand everything except the {startLocation(0)[1] + 5, startLocation(0)[2]} part, then I'll explain that part. It is {x,y} in format, but startLocation(0)[1] returns the x value of faction 0, while startLocation(0)[2] returns the y value of faction 0's start place. By adding 5, it can assume that we will try to place the unit at 5 more than the X pos of the faction's start location. So if the factions start location is {21,33}, then the above code will be the equivilant of {26,33} ({21+5,33}).Quote from: Glest Lua WikiaVec2i startLocation ( faction )
Returns the start location for a given faction.
Parameters:
faction - the index of the faction [0-3, Player1=0]
Example:Code: [Select]createUnit ( "someunit", 0, {startLocation(0)[1] + 5, startLocation(0)[2]} )
This would create a unit 5 cells east of startLocation 0.
I get most of it. I'll talk it through.
"Create the unit "someunit" from player0 (really player one) at five tiles to the right of the start postition on the x axis and zero up or down"
But what I don't get are the braceted numbers after the startLocation(0)'s. Why is it [1] and then [2] ???? Could someone please explain?
I tried to find out how to uninstall IE and Windows Media Player, but there's really nothing.I'm 95% sure that you can't. They're integral to the operating system, so it's a little like saying "I'd like to keep my body, but why can't I get rid of this darn liver? It's so annoying!" ;D
Yes, I understand what you mean. But that only goes so far; if there were a better liver out there, like say, Liverfox... :DI tried to find out how to uninstall IE and Windows Media Player, but there's really nothing.I'm 95% sure that you can't. They're integral to the operating system, so it's a little like saying "I'd like to keep my body, but why can't I get rid of this darn liver? It's so annoying!" ;D
It's really quite simple. Assuming you understand everything except the {startLocation(0)[1] + 5, startLocation(0)[2]} part, then I'll explain that part. It is {x,y} in format, but startLocation(0)[1] returns the x value of faction 0, while startLocation(0)[2] returns the y value of faction 0's start place. By adding 5, it can assume that we will try to place the unit at 5 more than the X pos of the faction's start location. So if the factions start location is {21,33}, then the above code will be the equivilant of {26,33} ({21+5,33}).I understand that, but I was just wondering about the bracketed numbers [1] and [2].
Good Luck! :)English, Spanish, and french, right? I didn't know the second word of the second line, but buenos is good. I know chance is luck in french...
Buenos Suerte! :)
Bonne Chance! :)
Dunno why you hate this feature so much. I use it lots on my windows laptop. It's quieter for when you need total silence (ie: some one asleep literally three feet away) and usually faster for me. Of course, I use a wired laser mouse 95% of the time, so I may not notice it that much!I realize that it makes clicking a lot easier, but it's so sensitive that I accidentally click on things all the time. If I could configure it so I had to tap a lot harder for it to register as a click, or maybe just tap on a certain part of the touchpad, then I'd be all for it, but as it stands I don't think there's a way to do this. I'd definitely look into getting an external mouse if I weren't almost always away from home when I do my computing. That might change soon, though, since my laptop is sitting at home right now hacking my neighbor's wifi. ;D
I consider Canada to be the best place in the world. There's no place I'd rather live. We are well known as the friendliest country in the world, and are also one of the most peaceful.I've been told it's really clean, too...
We are probably the only country where every citizen can happily sew their countries flag to their back pack.I would think the Libyan flag would be the easiest.
Sorry americans, but comparing canada to USA is contrasting rich to poor. Your country will be indebt for at least a millenium from this year alone at the way it's going!Individually, Americans are still some of the richest in the world, though with our economy who knows how long that's going to last. It's mainly just our government that's broke, and our real estate market.
Your president attacked our HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, one of the best in the WORLD!Hmm... not sure that putting people on long waiting lists and rationing out the best medications/care is the way to go. It would be even worse in the USA if we adopted a similar system, because we're always having a massive shortage of health care workers. If suddenly everybody got free medical care, every doctor and nurse in the country would probably have to start working 90 hours a week to keep up. As it is, some procedures already have to be scheduled months in advance. While I really do like the idea of universal health care, it's a very hard system to implement, and even harder to get right.
@Silnarm, what are you a duel-citizen of? Canada and Australia?
Hey does anybody know how to get rid of Sticky Keys on Kubuntu 9.04.I think it's in your system tools menu and I seem to remember that it's not under keyboard, so try under accessibility or universal access, whatever the thing for people with disabilities is called.
It's annoying, I was modeling this building for the roman faction I I held down shift a little to long and it's just soooo annoying.........
lol, the second joke is nasty...
I gotta show my dad those, Cheesy Cheesy Cheesylol thanks why don't you guys continue by posting your own? ;D
I'll play my mod again sometime next week, and fix it up some if I find any problems.what do you mean 'do some modeling'? You don't mean you're gonna release another version are you?
Also I might do some modeling for it.
You played with the XML, because I know that I did not set it like that.Of course I played with the XML!
BTW, good joke! (Glad you now understand the BTW! ;) )thanks Omega !! : :) Im glad that I understand btw too lol ;)
I should mention I am only 15, and could do modeling at the age of 14I have been modeling since about a month ago, and have not yet learned texturing. I spent a year trying to learn how to model with that old tutorial you released that only contained how to unwrap a UV. THEN, I got titi's tutorial, and that almost got me there, and while I was still monkeying with my blender I got yours, and that really got me started. You could say that omega's was more helpful I guess because before I got his I hadn't yet made a textured model.
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I'd expect more from the world's biggest beer drinkers!Unless something happened in 5 years Wikipedia disagrees with you. Canada comes in at number 19 in 2004. Australia at number 4, although Canada has higher consumption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita
No offense, but your banks are TERRIBLE! Canada has some of the strongest banks in the world (and the smartest).
Dude, XHTML is just a stricter HTML. Technically, HTML 5m is the equivilant of XHTML 2. It's even stricter to my knowledge.XHTML also has the benefit of not speeding towards being obsolete nearly as fast. If I remember correctly, the W3C has already said that the new version of HTML will be the last.
Is Heroes of Newerth not free, or is it just in development. Can someone give a description of it please, because it looks cool.Same developers as Savage but it's not free. Currently it's in open beta so you can play for free until it is finished. It's basically DotA built with a different engine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_the_Ancients
Edit: This is so similar to Savage: A tortured soul. Is there a connection?
btw we start physics in grade 9 and I HATE it - because our teacher can't even speak a proper English sentence while explaining!! he gives notes in exemplary english though (indicating he just by-hearted theories and didn't understand them fully) and when he gives a law or formula, he just tells what it states and doesn't tell when to use it, how, etc! Even the textbook sucks ...I know what you mean. Last year I had physics (in college) and my professor had such a strong accent that I understood barely anything he said. I've had professors from Morocco, Jamaica, Italy, Russia, India, and probably a few other places I'm forgetting, and I understood all of them just fine, but this guy was incomprehensible. I ended up failing the first exam and dropping the class.
Well I got 89 % in physics in the first terminal exams - thanks to my father. Though a pediatrician(doctor of children) he still remembers physics! :Dbtw we start physics in grade 9 and I HATE it - because our teacher can't even speak a proper English sentence while explaining!! he gives notes in exemplary english though (indicating he just by-hearted theories and didn't understand them fully) and when he gives a law or formula, he just tells what it states and doesn't tell when to use it, how, etc! Even the textbook sucks ...I know what you mean. Last year I had physics (in college) and my professor had such a strong accent that I understood barely anything he said. I've had professors from Morocco, Jamaica, Italy, Russia, India, and probably a few other places I'm forgetting, and I understood all of them just fine, but this guy was incomprehensible. I ended up failing the first exam and dropping the class.
anyway what do you mean by 'dropping the class'? I didn't quite get youIt just means I withdrew from the class and didn't get a grade for it. I still had to pay for it, though. There are a lot of Indians at my school, both students and professors, because we have one of the best colleges of engineering in the country. I recall hearing somewhere that India has the highest percentage of engineers of any country in the world. I can normally understand Indians if they've been in America for a while because the accent gets more Americanized. My last landlord was from India, but he barely sounded like it at all.
and I study in an all Indian school so all teachers are from India - and Indian accents can get VERY difficult to understand
Physics is good, i totally hate chemistry..sucks. i like math and i hate english...cause its so bad...I always thought math and all of the sciences were really interesting by themselves, but the actual classes were pretty awful. I've never been a big fan of English class, or the English written language. Personally I think the whole English phonetic system needs to be remade, since it doesn't make any sense at the moment, which makes it really hard to figure out any word you've never seen/heard before, especially for dyslexic people. A lot of dyslexics have no problem reading and writing Spanish, for example, because the phonetics in that language are really consistent.
btw i love the english language :P
Yeah, english is the largest language in the world.ahem where did u get that from? if u have ever seen arabic u'll be amazed. English is but nothing. Well if u meant that English was the most spoken language in the world i agree but largest - I don't think so. u know in Arabic THERE ARE NO SYNONYMS! NO 2 WORDS MEAN THE SAME THING! (there are more words that english already)
I like science and math, but my real fascination is social studies and history. I just love to learn about athens and rome, especially.ewww ugh History? Mark I can't believe how u can learn history! I can read history - so long as i just have to read and not remember it ;D
For his birthday, I was planning to give him that hero model, fully animated, and well textured, but I don't know how to texture, and Hectate never finished the one he started(time, I understand), but I think it's make a good Christmas present. Hectate, I must thank you, because I believe you left me in a place where I can continue work on the texture.
just out of curiosity, how does homeschooling work? Like what's the... kinda concept behind it?I was homeschooled as well. Our family moved frequently for my dad's job, so homeschooling was the most efficient method of taking care of my education (as well as my siblings). I did also attend a couple of private schools, when we knew that we'd be around long enough to complete a year or more - but my education was mostly at home. I will say that being a textbook learner (my mom couldn't always teach some of the more advanced subjects) teaches you to be self-sufficient. That's why I like tutorials so much, it suites my learning style. Oh, and in the USA people pretty much expect home-schoolers to not have a high-school diploma - but that's not necessarily the case. I was officially enrolled in "CLASS", which is Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools - their homeschool program. They set an official curriculum - requiring certain books and subjects - and graded about half of my work (mom did the other half). As a result, when I completed the necessary requirements, I got an actual diploma from them. My wife did essentially the same thing through another program called A Beka Book.
like does a teacher come to your house or something?
Canada may have some of the most powerful or smartest banks in the world but the reason that America's banks suffered the most is coz the WHOLE HEART OF THE AMERICAN BANKING SYSTEM was planned by the Jews-not that they're not smart, they are the smartest recorded race. But it had a flaw, which they tried to hide but it all came out now and the whole structure crumpled like tinfoil. The American banking deals with EPIC amounts of interests and a very ridiculous concept(no offense) called 'Virtual money' which while explaining seems very practical indeed but when put to practice doesn't seem applicable at all. America is controlled by Israel if you don't know. When a Jewish guy was asked(in private and not in News Channels) "do you think Obama will continue the siege and masacre in Iraq and Afghanistan?" he replied with 100% confidence, "Of course he will! We brought him to the White House for being President or for sweeping the floor?"
I know this I'm not blabbering
PS and enough of this - I hate America for what it has done to Muslims coz I'm one though now that Obama is doing something to decrease my hatred a bit but I still hate America.
Americans give more to charity, per capita and as a percentage of gross domestic product, than the citizens of other nations.
The civil war had nothing to do with slavery.
@John.d.h.: I just followed your links to your sites. Congrats on getting your online businesses running!Thanks! :)
We have the hottest girls in the world. Beat that.
We have the hotest girls in the world. Beat that.You may have the hotest girls, but there is no way you have the hottest girls. Ever wonder why all the international models are american or european?
I dunno, I suspect there are quite a few supermodels that hail from Southern America (think Brazilian, for example).We have the hotest girls in the world. Beat that.You may have the hotest girls, but there is no way you have the hottest girls. Ever wonder why all the international models are american or european?
True, but Southern America isn't canada. :PI dunno, I suspect there are quite a few supermodels that hail from Southern America (think Brazilian, for example).We have the hotest girls in the world. Beat that.You may have the hotest girls, but there is no way you have the hottest girls. Ever wonder why all the international models are american or european?
Does anybody have this pet peeve?I do. Even though I don't post that myself. I always try to have a good description though.
It is when someone posts a download and doesn't give a description or a picture? I really wish people would post that stuff.
Well, I guess that is true because Omega no longer supplies us with his infinite writing proficiency. Then again, he really isn't on the forums now.QuoteDoes anybody have this pet peeve?I do. Even though I don't post that myself. I always try to have a good description though.
It is when someone posts a download and doesn't give a description or a picture? I really wish people would post that stuff.
I don't think animation would be a problem since interpolation can be done fairly efficiently with maths ??? Also Silnarm made a topic about improving rendering and didn't mention it. https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=4628.0 But we won't really know unless it is tested.Thank you for the information, because my idea is just a idea I had come by in my head. I might have seen that thread, but I really cannot sort through all that code in GAE fast enough to get everything.
Does anybody have this pet peeve?
It is when someone posts a download and doesn't give a description or a picture? I really wish people would post that stuff.
Omega no longer supplies us with his infinite writing proficiency.What do you mean?
And who says I'm 'not really on the forums now'?!?I do. You only seem to be posting on your Glest Guide topic. Like it or not, you aren't really on the forums anymore.
You don't remember me saying 'DESCRIPTION' at the top of my lungs? Or at least the top of my fingers...Umm, well when I say...
Well, I guess that is true because Omega no longer supplies us with his infinite writing proficiency....I mean that you are no longer posting your menacing threats about mean things occurring.
Uh, well again, I mean that you no longer post those terrible warnings.QuoteOmega no longer supplies us with his infinite writing proficiency.What do you mean?
Off topic is for when you have something to say, OK?
Edit: dannylee won the quote competition. The quote was by Frank A. Clark. The new quote is: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.". Do you know who said that anyone?
that is ridicules (or however you englishmen spell or say it), they sell the models you guys (i don't know who, but somebody from glest, titi or someone) made for a lot of money, don't you have copyright on it? sue them, they didn't say it comes from you (the creators) they didn't say where it comes from, from who, and they charge 50$! if you guys put that under copyright, and nobody gave permission to them to sell it, than you can sue their A**es of (sry for my english, but this makes me really mad). I mean, thats the biggest crap i have ever seen, guys, you should sue them, you have every right, and if you are lucky, you might even make a lot of money by suing them, go for it guys, go for it, i would be more than happy to act as a witness or something, even if it means for me to leave canada and fly to states (i am serious)Oh, gosh, well I don't think we can sue him. Besides, be made the models, and I am too grateful to actually care, really, even if he is illegally selling the stuff. Those files are not actual glest files, they are his .max files. As far as I know, he does what he wants.
You see at the top of the page where it says "3d Products by Tucho"? Tucho is the artist who made the original Glest models. He's the one selling them on TurboSquid (if I'm understanding things correctly). They're his work and he has every right to make money from it. However, he's also kept them available for us to use for free. Presumably he's selling them under a different license, so that people who want to use his models in commercial games don't have to abide by the GPL, but anybody who wants them for free has to keep it open-source. That sounds like a great arrangement to me.oh ok sry, I thought he was stealing them, I thought that titi or someone from gae team made them.
You see at the top of the page where it says "3d Products by Tucho"? Tucho is the artist who made the original Glest models. He's the one selling them on TurboSquid (if I'm understanding things correctly). They're his work and he has every right to make money from it. However, he's also kept them available for us to use for free. Presumably he's selling them under a different license, so that people who want to use his models in commercial games don't have to abide by the GPL, but anybody who wants them for free has to keep it open-source. That sounds like a great arrangement to me.Yes, I knew he was the texture artist, but I really can't imagine myself liking another game using glest's models. But he can do what he wants with the models, they are his.
Thus why I hate Saudi Arabia. I support freedom, and thus I'll take this one step further...its frm the glest story creator topic but i have a long answer and i dont wish to interrupt...
Maybe the united states once were a nice and free country and maybe they will change back to this one day, but currently ( thanks Mr bush ) for me its a country where I don't want to live. There is too much control of the human population and for me its a paranoid country which always believes it's threatend by terrorists. Its the same kind of thing thats coming up here in germany! Secret services like CIA and others get more and more power and do what they want. The whole public communication with internet/telecommunikation is completly controlled and filtered and some strange power obsessed people get more and more influence ....I love u Titi! :)
Maybe there are terrorists, and maybe there is a real threat, but the damage they may cause is nothing compared to this huge loss of freedom the US currently has. Its the same problem here and its getting more and more worse every day. I hoped that obama would change something here, but it looks like the people in the background get more and more power.
You can't defend freedom by giving up your freedom!
Beside of this the US have a completly uncontrolled banking system that will cause the next crash soonand the politics of the US in general have completly lossed the controll of their economy in my opinion.
its for all those who think like u...
I think the issue here is not the clothing itself, but rather that it is being forced. I'm not saying it's wrong or right. It's not really my issue to judge.Absolutely. You must understand that in a country founded right out of a fight for more, just rights, it is nearly impossible to look at a restrictive religious laws in parts of the world that are not considered great allies and think 'Nice!". People care that women are forced to wear body-hiding clothes. The idea of women wearing it in my opinion is perfectly fine, just mandating its wear is completely ridiculous.
Lemme ask u a question. Suppose there are 2 twins - each equal to the other in beauty except for the fact that one is wearing the clothing mentioned above and the other wearing the western clothing - mini skurts, tight shirt, etc and there is a hooligan jus around the corner waitin for a catch, which one would he choose?Where did you hear that? I suspect your Muslim PROPAGANDA! I can deduce that you haven't visited the US in a long time if you think that is a common enough occurence for a law. People don't just sit around in cars looking for girls in pantyhose' and miniskirts to snatch. :P
I can give a very detailed answer if u give the exact things the western media ( largely the American media ) has made u believe - this isnt only for u- its for all those who think like u...Well, extreme law such as yours is not often mentioned, just when Sarkozy tried to ban bhurkas in pools... But what I believe is that it is a largely benevolent law that seems normal to you, but not to people who's ancestors died by the thousands to get those rights.
and u say protecting woman's rights is the opposite of freedom? so i would guess the way the western women dress up showing many parts of their body and showing it as a fashion is liberating??? what are we doing here??Uh, it is not a right (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/right) that you can't wear certain clothing, it is a law (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/law). Try taking a look at our 'propaganda' (dictionary.com) and tell me what you want to correct in that statement. But you make a strong point, that women should not wear those clothes. I don't know how widespread this belief is, but some things need to be changed in society rather than in the laws and regulations. If society could be changed to look down upon mini skirts we may have less teenage pregnancy among other things. If a law were passed like yours, there would be defiance, veto efforts and (oh, I forgot, it is unconstitutional in america). A law only works where the people are united under a factor such as religion, creed, previous law system, etc that favors/doesn't have a problem with that law. In this case, Saudi Arabia is a good place for it as far as how popular it would be, but not the US where the above factors are so varied and likely to change quickly (because we allow it in america, in saudi arabia you have to say you are a muslim, according to every tv and paper news source I have read.
I can give a very detailed answer if u give the exact things the western media ( largely the American media ) has made u believe - this isnt only for u- its for all those who think like u...
USA has one of the largest crime rates in the world...
on the other hand, Saudi Arabia has one the lowest.
If u put the islamic law in US, there may be protests, all those as people are not used to it but what im asking is will the crime rate go up or be same or go down?I'm pretty sure that wouldn't pass in any state of America, and even if it did the people would feel oppressed, and group together to fight back, the crime rate could easily go skyhigh! Although I don't know very much at all about Islamic law so.........yah just from what I hear about Islamic law, it sounds awfully grim compared to Americas laws.
America will eventually recover.It said on slashdot that America can never pay off its debt.
If u put the islamic law in US, there may be protests, all those as people are not used to it but what im asking is will the crime rate go up or be same or go down?
The nightmare must end. Sharia oppresses the citizens of Islamic countries. Islam must reform, but the legal hierarchy in Islamic nations will not do this because the judges and legal scholars understand the cost: many passages in the Quran and the hadith must be rejected, and this they cannot do. After all, the Quran came down directly from Allah through Gabriel, so says traditional theology. So how can Islam reform? But reform it must. It can start by rewriting classical fiqh (interpretations of law). Again, though, that would mean leaving behind the Quran and Muhammad's example. How can the legal hierarchy in Islamic nations do this...It is true that the Enlightenment teaches tolerance, but it also teaches critical thinking and reasoning. Sharia cannot stand up under scrutiny. It is intolerant and excessive, and Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics teaches the West that excess is never just.
One of my spys heard Obama and his officers talking about the new world order and U.S.C.A.
1- USA is a large country.I think what he means is that there are more acts of lawbreaking commited in a ratio to citizens. If you take a look at this (http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top-ten/countries-with-highest-reported-crime-rates.html), which may be have been outdated since 2008-09, not even mentioning the stricter laws that may exist in those countries whereas in america the same thing might be a misdemeanor or warning, but America is not in the top ten. But arch, what you might be saying (I really don't know, I am trying to keep an open mind in order to have the most intellectual discussion), is that america has a complicated system of law enforcement because we are a country of 300 million people. From this map that I have yet to ratify as being one of good source, canada is either a more criminal country or it has strict laws. I would LOVE to look into that. Jeez, isn't that so interesting?
2- We have a large population.
So overall it's natural that the USA would have a higher crime rate.
Well, suffice it to say that no country or empire has been the leading world power uninterrupted for more than a century since probably the Roman Empire. The Dutch had their century, the Spanish had theirs, the British, etc. Not to be arrogant or anything, but the USA has been the most powerful nation in the world for the past century or so. The US has become stagnant, our economy is bankrupt, and our education system and scientific advances are not keeping up with countries like China and India, which are making forward leaps in biotechnology and computer science all the time. Sad to say it, but our century is over. :-\We really were not too dominant until after WWII when the competition had been ravaged of population, crops and structures, (i.e. Britain, France, Germany and USSR were competitor but they got some-shall we say minor- damage, which put them down low for a couple decades), and we were booming in industry here in the good old US of A. And we really only got 65 years of it, because around the turn of the century the whole problem of jobs going to India and China came around with a vengeance even the seemingly 'unstoppable' american economy couldn't handle, and then plop, the housing bubble goes bye bye and with it the entire western world's economy. I anticipate it being about even, and then fate might put India and China battling it out for economic power. This may or may not happen, but it is well recognized that this will start to happen very soon if america doesn't overhaul our education system which is falling behind globally. Ponder this: India has more honors kids than america has kids. This is sad, but americans can only blame themselves.
Its to bad a boy like him believes in Global Warming they are brain washing you.
Any way they saw that Global Warming was not happening so the name is changed to climate change, and the climate will always differ.
Are you talking to me? You can't be.......Why I can't.
Its to bad a boy like him believes in Global Warming they are brain washing you.to me?
Any way they saw that Global Warming was not happening so the name is changed to climate change, and the climate will always differ.
Moving on to the issue of: Global WarmingUsually when initiating an intellectual discussion, you present your argument for your reasoning for your beliefs.
I do not believe in the Global Warming lie.
we actually PAY the teachers well. From what I hear, some other countries don't pay the teachers very well. In fact, on that subject, I want to be a teacher. The pay is good (~55K), the hours are perfect, summers and holidays are free
Tenured upper tier K-12 teachers in California - dependent upon school district - may earn close to 100k per year. Upper tier = 15/20+ years.Impressive, still 15-20+ years is a long time...
The way I see it, it doesn't even matter if global warming, global climate change, global climate destabilization, or global climate clusterf**k (whatever you want to call it) is actually going on or not. Any way you look at it, reducing reliance of fossil fuels is a worthwhile goal.Well, I envy your high temperatures (where do you live?) and I guess I fully agree with you there. Especially points 4 and 5. Fortunately, Saskatchewan (where I live) has enough uranium, potash, and petrolium to keep itself going for a long time. It's basically a resource haven. Alberta (which is just beside it) has tons of petrolium too (though no uranium, etc;). Unfortunately BC is undergoing a domestic terrorist who's been blowing up gas pipes. F***ing idiot...
- Fossil fuels are terribly inefficient; the majority of the energy produced in a gasoline reaction is wasted.
- They produce smog, air pollution, and acid rain, contributing to environmental and health damage.
- There is only a limited supply of fossil fuels, and with the Earth's population constantly growing, there's no way of knowing how long they'll last.
- The countries that produce petroleum in great quantities (OPEC) are a downright extortionate conglomeration that borders on monopoly.
- Some of the biggest producers are way too friendly with terrorist organizations.
- Reducing fuel consumption (obviously) reduces expenses, and research into alternative fuels creates jobs.
Oh, and just for the record, it was 85 degrees here today (29 Celsius) and it's the beginning of November. :P
In the study, the volunteers are told that they're conducting an experiment on learning and punishment, so one is assigned to be the "teacher" and the other is the "student". The student is asked to recall a pattern and every time he gets something wrong, the teacher shocks him. It starts off with a very mild voltage and increases each time up to a maximum of 450 volts. For comparison, an American electrical outlet is 110-120 volts and a European one is 240. The twist is that the student is actually an actor and isn't really being shocked at all, which is a good thing because over half of the "teachers" continued shocking the students up to 450 volts (fatal) even after the student feigns unconsciousness. This study was originally done in the 60s and over half of the participants went to the maximum voltage, but the study was replicated recently in the UK and the results... well, I'm not going to spoil the surprise. You just have to watch and see. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5CC7F7D6054E7428&search_query=milgram+experiment+2%2F3+2009 (http://server6.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/snlffhcn/snop/p1/view_play_list?p=5CC7F7D6054E7428&search_query=milgram+experiment+2%2F3+2009)
You have to follow orders because you'll maybe get a bullet in your head if you don't.You just need to be the one with the gun. :D
Science is all about inquiring into the way the universe works,So is religion.
Indeed, the entire premise of irreducible complexity, one of Intelligent Design (ID)'s cornerstone argument (which is quite easily disproved)Okay then, go ahead. ;)
Scientifically, the belief in God is a hypothesis, not a theory, since there are criteria belief in God does not meet, such as testability.A hypothesis is a testable prediction. The belief in God is a belief, not a hypothesis.
The God hypothesis, however, creates more problems than it solves. The Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Boeing_747_gambit) explains that the belief in a god as the creator of the universe forms an infinite regress. ... Once you have identified that god's creator (God B), you must determine the origin of God B. This pattern continues ad infinitum.You're making two huge and baseless assumptions about space-time here. Can you guess what they are?
Since all creators are assumed to be at least as complex as their creationsAnd why would we assume that? Given current technological progress, it's only a matter of time before we create something more complex than ourselves.
Which choice should we choose: pure chance (of a vastly more complex being than ourselves, which means it becomes unfathomably improbable)Huh? Trying to figure out the probability of a god existing is like trying to figure out the probability of gravity. Probability can only be assigned when you have factors that influence the outcome, but God/gravity either exist or they don't. They're not outcomes of any process or reaction.
One who has taken a close look at the anthropic principle, an argument commonly used to argue for the presence of a deity, is actually suggests quite the contrary. The anthropic principle says that if the universe were a horrible, vicious soup of stars and gamma rays and asteroids, there would be no life. Because there would be no life, no intelligence would exist within the life, and, Wallah!, nobody would observe it. By this reasoning, the only universes observable from within are those which support life, and so we should not be surprised to be living in a habitable universe.But why should such a universe exist for us to be able to observe it? If there's only one universe (and we don't have anything even remotely conclusive that suggests otherwise), why would that one universe happen to be balanced the way it is? It's a little like betting all your money on one roll on a giant roulette wheel (and by giant, I mean one having possibly billions of numbers) and winning. While not statistically impossible, it's pretty unlikely to say the least. I say we should be surprised to exist.
ID proponents will look at the universe and say "My, how complex it is! I cannot imagine another way life could be (argument from lack of imagination)::) Condescending much? To assume anyone who thinks differently from you only thinks that way from lack of imagination (or intelligence, education, understanding, yadda yadda) is arrogant and close-minded in the extreme. Besides, I think we should all know by now that I'm nothing if not imaginative. ;)
Scientists have found about six "settings" the universe must have or it would be vastly different. The strength of gravity, the strong force, etc. all determine whether the universe will be habitable. Some scientists say the six are linked together, and so they must be this way.Don't forget anti-matter. There's no apparent reason why there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe, and if they were equal, the universe would explode in a perfect 1:1 conversion of matter to energy. (Yeah, anti-matter is pretty badass like that.) ;D
Regardless, it is likely (but admittedly not for sure only because such a simulation is far far far beyond today's computational capacity) that the numbers were formed during the big bang. Like an accordion, the universe might condense again, and reform the numbers.Pure conjecture. While it is often proposed that the universe will collapse in on itself and form another big bang, there's no reason why this should change the laws of physics or quantities of anything, especially since it's going to be exactly the same amount of matter and energy as it was the last time (assuming there was a last time) because of conservation of mass and energy, meaning the reaction should be virtually identical. The explosion might go in a different direction or a different shape or something, but all the same stuff is going to be there.
God Hypotheses, however, having no evidence, rely on social proof, like teaching in Sunday school.Ugh... there you go again with this "you only feel that way because you don't know any better" nonsense. Knock it off already.
The reason why people believe in evolution is because they don't want to believe that there is a god, Why? because if there is a god then you have to obey him or go to hell, and you want to live you sinful live full of pleasures.Well at least it's not only Modman doing it, then. ::) Don't presume to know why anyone believes what they believe. You have your reasons for your beliefs and they have theirs. It's not necessarily because they want to be hedonists. :P
Anyways, evolution is a heavily flawed theory...........And this goes to prove the existence of God how?
To take it further, how can you say that the same chaotic randomness that could eventually create an observable universe AND observers (us) could not have instead (or also) created a "higher power"?Hmm... interesting notion. It's a little "out there" if you ask me, but still interesting. ;D
They are not exclusive, just opposite. I can't KNOW that God exists (unless He drops by and says hello, I suppose), but I can believe that He does. Does my belief in God affect my knowledge of truth? No. Yes religions over the years HAVE influnced peoples views and ideas of what is true. But the fact remains that, well, the facts remain. We live in a time where we are constantly learning more about our universe, and I like that. Evolution - also a hypothesis by your definition - has too many contradictions, at least ID is a "Grand Unified" take on things.I wouldn't say they're opposite. They're each a search for truth, but they go about it in different ways. They both start with "okay, so here's what we know..." and progress to "so here's what we think that means". Each makes observations, collects data, applies logic, makes conclusions, etc. Basically the only difference is verifiability. Science can be tested empirically, where religion can't. That doesn't make it any less valid, though. Here's another thing we can't test empirically: "Does your mother love you?" There's no way to find out for sure, but that doesn't mean she does or doesn't, and we can make inferences based on what we see to conclude whether we think she does or doesn't and take it on faith. I'm totally okay with the fact that we don't have everything figured out for certain, and I think that's one of the things that separates science from religion. Science can't accept anything without absolute proof, whereas religion can.
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Anyways, evolution is a heavily flawed theory...........
And this goes to prove the existence of God how?
This may be one of my last posts hereThat's unfortunate for us all, considering I was attempting a civil debate...
This may be one of my last posts hereI don't recall giving you personally a website, however I showed the Wikipedia page. I would consider Wikipedia to be secular.
modman about the website u gave me its a christian website and u would get a similar result if i showed u one of the Christianity websites.
Some freedoms are not good. and thats why I said USA has one of the highest 'crime' rates but however i didn't mean 'crime' when i said that hoping u would understand.Yes, some freedoms are not good, like the freedom to kill, steal, commit arson, etc. However, I believe that the rights laid out in the American Constitution are good ones to have, and this is because the framers knew history. I don't want to go into specifics, but theocracies tend to be especially difficult to have positive foreign relations with.
This may be one of my last posts hereIf you read this, Kung Fu Panda, please understand that Catholic (as in Nuns), does NOT equal Christian. No offense to any Catholics, but there is variance between the definitions. There are as many differences between different Christians as there are between Muslim and Catholics.
modman about the website u gave me its a christian website and u would get a similar result if i showed u one of the Christianity websites. About the "Islamic laws are old" dude u're giving me the feeling that ur not grown up at all no offense i swear. Some freedoms are not good. and thats why I said USA has one of the highest 'crime' rates but however i didn't mean 'crime' when i said that hoping u would understand. See, even christianity has laws that are even worse than some punishments in Islam. Why do nuns where full dresses? they are commanded to do so. Same case here only thing is all women are commanded to wear full dresses. and i CLOSE THIS HERE its gettin us nowhere
I wouldn't say that. I think that a better way to say it would be 'there are nearly as many differences between non-catholic denominations of Christianity as there are between Muslims and Catholics.' Or, you could elaborate, because I know catholic can mean the whole christian church, not just Roman Catholicism. I mean, there are also some people who will not accept similarities (or even implications of similarities, like yours, because protestantism and roman catholicism are seen as very similar especially to other religions, apparently) between Christianity (especially catholic christianity) and islam. This is because everybody with some knowledge of history has heard of the muslim european jihads (the ones that captured parts of italy, sicily, turkey and the holy land), the terrible crusades that were caused by those jihads, battles for mediterranean fought between italy and spain and the ottoman turks, and the various (and tediously innumerable) small attacks by both sides in the 20th and 21st centuries. Because the conflicts were almost exclusively between catholics and extremist muslims (note: I understand that not all muslim peoples are war mongering and can't be contributing members of the global economy), and this apparently makes the muslims (at least the ones I know), hate (or at least despise at the same level) all christians. My point here is that muslims see chistians (plus the other way around) as entirely different because of the conflicts, even if they aren't. So try to take that into consideration, because it is hard to understand what he is saying without doing so.This may be one of my last posts hereIf you read this, Kung Fu Panda, please understand that Catholic (as in Nuns), does NOT equal Christian. No offense to any Catholics, but there is variance between the definitions. There are as many differences between different Christians as there are between Muslim and Catholics.
modman about the website u gave me its a christian website and u would get a similar result if i showed u one of the Christianity websites. About the "Islamic laws are old" dude u're giving me the feeling that ur not grown up at all no offense i swear. Some freedoms are not good. and thats why I said USA has one of the highest 'crime' rates but however i didn't mean 'crime' when i said that hoping u would understand. See, even christianity has laws that are even worse than some punishments in Islam. Why do nuns where full dresses? they are commanded to do so. Same case here only thing is all women are commanded to wear full dresses. and i CLOSE THIS HERE its gettin us nowhere
Why do nuns where full dresses? they are commanded to do so.This is irrelevant because no one is forced to become a nun. In your country every woman has to wear the same thing.
and i CLOSE THIS HERE its gettin us nowhereIf I am sounding hostile, tell me. I would not want to sound hostile. And the reason this is getting us nowhere is that the argument has just begun, so to speak. Maybe you should try presenting your stance in a different way.
I could not have said it better. In a theocracy, one can expect laws which infringe on the rights of people, and unevenly, and for this reason is it, shall we say, behind the times. And forgive me for calling Islam old, for Christianity is a third older, but it is old. What a religion does is transports values from the time it began to the present day, and often dogmatically, at that. :PQuoteWhy do nuns where full dresses? they are commanded to do so.This is irrelevant because no one is forced to become a nun. In your country every woman has to wear the same thing.
in Darwin's book "The origin of species" he himself says that he does not fully believe in the theory.Please use a direct quote from the book. This would be more convincing, especially when coupled by page numbers ;). Also, I am not concerned with personal opinions of scientists. If you're concerned about personal opinions, only 7% of those belonging to the National Academy of Sciences believe in a personal god, and 99.85% agree with the theory of evolution. Please don't get me wrong, though: Science is done by facts, mathematics, observations, and, ultimately, evidence, and so is not concerned with popularity. Everything has to start somewhere, right?
a more effective argument would be 'If Monkeys became humans, why are there still monkeys?'This is because monkeys are able to survive. I know it sounds stupid, but if monkeys were unable to cope with Homo Sapiens, there would be no monkeys! Additionally, we did not evolve from monkeys. We have a common descendant with monkeys. It's like saying you came from your sibling, whereas you came from your parents (please excuse the fact that two humans are necessary for offspring). So, in a very loose sense of the word, we are brothers of the monkeys. See http://listverse.com/2009/01/05/top-10-signs-of-evolution-in-modern-man/ (http://listverse.com/2009/01/05/top-10-signs-of-evolution-in-modern-man/).
Then they say that it was some radiation that caused it. There was a famous experiment scientists did on fruit-flies. They exposed them to different types of radioactive radiations. All they ended up with was flies with 2 heads, an extra or missing limb or wing, etc - totally not desired.Radiation is part of the cause, the other being miscopying of DNA. You say 'all they ended up with' like it is undesirable. What was important was the principle, not the immediate result on the (fruit?) flies. Because of the mutation, which is required by evolution (by the way, if you're looking to disprove evolution, finding no effect here could be part of it, but of course there was an effect), natural selection can occur. Those flies which had multiple heads would most likely die, and so not produce offspring. Thus the "bad" flies are eliminated, while flies able to reproduce create more like them. Additionally, the flies which are able to reproduce more effectively also are benefited. I don't have time to explain the whole process, but I am presumably not the only one here who understands it.
What a religion does is transports values from the time it began to the present day, and often dogmatically, at that. :PI disagree. Christianity went against a lot of the established traditions and values of the time, so to say that it was transplanting the values of circa 29AD would be very misleading. In fact, a lot of Jesus' teachings would be considered progressive even today, almost two millennia later.
Only a fool can look at the world and say there is no God.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.In the beginning, everything is without form and the whole universe is a big mass of indistinct matter, much like what scientists believe it was like right after the Big Bang. Then God sorted through the mess and formed it into distinct things. Our understanding of the Big Bang is that it threw a big mess of matter and energy all over the place, and it gradually coalesced into distinct things like stars, nebulae, and planets as gravity took hold. You follow so far? I could go on with the quotes, but I'm sure you can look them up yourself (and probably a more modern translation than the KJV). Basically, God goes on to separate things even further and form the Earth. Notice that life is specifically stated as coming from the seas, much like our scientific understanding says. Then the walking creatures, cattle, beasts, and creeping things develop on land. Then after the rest of the animals, along comes humanity. Overall, I'd say Genesis sounds about like 21st-century science from the perspective of someone who lived thousands of years ago. Basically the only allowance you have to make is that time in the Bible is a lot different than how we think of it.
Do I believe in evolution? How could I not?It's good to know that I'm not the only one who defends this crucial point. It is important because we can get explanations for things attributed to religion, like morals, directly from evolution.
It seems like a stretch to me. I don't think it matches up that well. Additionally, you would have to assume that "earth" from Genesis means the entire universe. That verse seems more to me like an assertion that the Earth always existed, and then God shone light on it (um, and why is it necessary to separate light from darkness? A Newtonian understanding of light is far more than necessary to know that darkness is nothing at all, just an absence of light). Assuming that is what it really means, it also says that it was void, meaning nothing. I don't remember how to achieve something from nothing...Additionally, although I may be pressing a bit too hard, it asserts that the "earth" (the word has lost considerable meaning by now) had water on it in "the beginning", which scientists believe to be impossible due to the heat of the earth at the time.Quote from: Holy Bible, KJVIn the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.In the beginning, everything is without form and the whole universe is a big mass of indistinct matter, much like what scientists believe it was like right after the Big Bang.
>:( >:( >:( That is completely unhelpful, and to add insult to injury, it is in need of citation, meaning there's no one to say you didn't make that up yourself. It is at best misguided and without explanation, and at worst insulting. For a case in point, replace "there is no god" with "the name of god is Allah". Your life would be at risk (of course I mean far more than it is normally). Or, to see my point of view, replace it with "that god had a son who was born of a virgin and was executed but came back from the dead after 3 days in order to be a scapegoat for the sins which man committed or was yet to commit."QuoteOnly a fool can look at the world and say there is no God.
Overall, I'd say Genesis sounds about like 21st-century science from the perspective of someone who lived thousands of years ago. Basically the only allowance you have to make is that time in the Bible is a lot different than how we think of it.It is too generic to be thought of that way. Obviously, we should not expect people of that time to understand the Big Bang, but something mentioning evolution later on would have been nice. I was brought up as a Christian, and so I know Genesis in a general sense. And I know a literal interpretation of Genesis is Creationism (for which ID is a Trojan horse). I think it would be possible to find this effect in other creation myths. For example, the Chinese creation myth:
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Only a fool can look at the world and say there is no God.
Angry Angry Angry That is completely unhelpful, and to add insult to injury, it is in need of citation, meaning there's no one to say you didn't make that up yourself. It is at best misguided and without explanation, and at worst insulting. For a case in point, replace "there is no god" with "the name of god is Allah". Your life would be at risk (of course I mean far more than it is normally). Or, to see my point of view, replace it with "that god had a son who was born of a virgin and was executed but came back from the dead after 3 days in order to be a scapegoat for the sins which man committed or was yet to commit."
*facepalm* You cannot just ignore my previous post! You reply nothing to my comment that agreement with Eliminator's comment arrogantly calls every atheist a fool, without any justification. Now, my tone may have been arrogant before, but it was nowhere near calling of names...I would recommend you both recant, in the form of deletion of posts, before I feel the need to assume it wasn't a mistake.(Note: Your link is broken to me modman - proxy page or something?)
Actually, Bertrand Russel, in his teapot analogy (http://server16.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sjsoqcwzyn/sgy/p1/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot), asserts the burden of proof falls on the theist (or deist, for that matter, although atheists tend to get along with deists well) for proving their deity exists. Additionally, in all fairness, they should also be required to prove it is their deity, not the god of the Aborigines or the Aztec.
OK, I will strike a bargain. I will as soon disprove the existence of Yahweh as you disprove the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Oh, and for a list of arguments which attempt to disprove God, follow this link (http://server16.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/slxv/sjsoqcwzyn/sgy/p1/wiki/Existance_of_God#Arguments_against_the_existence_of_God). Feel free, in fact I encourage you to, look at the arguments which attempt to do the opposite, but you will find none I could not demolish.
Because I think what you are doing is not debating, Arch, you are waiting me out, considering nothing I say, and slinging mud in the process. All that accomplishes is that it gives you muddy hands and solidifies my belief that few theists are able to engage in civil debate, using logic, not politics. This suggests they are not interested in changing their beliefs, should appropriate amounts of evidence arise, but to the contrary. Please try to improve this behavior. A suggestion would be that you present some evidence to support your position. It shouldn't be that hard, given it is "obvious" as Eliminator asserts.
"Just a week after Unity announced its engine is now available forCode: [Select]http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity2.6-press.htmfree to indie users, Epic Games has revealed a free version of http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61138 its popular Unreal Engine technology. Called the Unreal Development KitCode: [Select]http://www.udk.com/(UDK), it is a free edition of UE3 that allows community, modder and indie users more access to the engine's features and is available for all. Epic said game developers, students, hobbyists, researchers, creators of 3D visualizations and simulations plus digital filmmakers can all take advantage of the UDK for non-commercial use. The UDK site also offers detailed product features, technical documentation http://udn.epicgames.com/ , commercial licensing terms and support resources."
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"Just a week after Unity announced its engine is now available forCode: [Select]http://unity3d.com/company/news/unity2.6-press.htmfree to indie users, Epic Games has revealed a free version of http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61138 its popular Unreal Engine technology. Called the Unreal Development KitCode: [Select]http://www.udk.com/(UDK), it is a free edition of UE3 that allows community, modder and indie users more access to the engine's features and is available for all. Epic said game developers, students, hobbyists, researchers, creators of 3D visualizations and simulations plus digital filmmakers can all take advantage of the UDK for non-commercial use. The UDK site also offers detailed product features, technical documentation http://udn.epicgames.com/ , commercial licensing terms and support resources."
I'm really excited about this. The cool thing is that (supposedly) it would be possible to port or remake Glest in the Unreal3 engine! Additionally, the engine has support for so many features that we've only ever dreamed of having, even in GAE. Please, discuss!
[url=http://www.passionplay2010.org/?cat=2]here[/url].Rather than attributing that city’s apparent immunity to their prayer, might it also be possible that they sincerely had a medical advantage? Why is it that as the credibility of an account proclaimed to be a “miracle†decreases with the (for lack of a better word) amazingness of that miracle actually happening? Basically, it’s an inverse relationship between credibility size. Additionally, why can miraculous behavior not be reproduced? Finally, how much prayer is required to heal my friend’s amputated leg or bring my grandma back from the dead? Prayer can supposedly do just about anything, so…Jesus once said, "if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could tell a mountain, move from here to there, and it will do so." I guess you aren't faithful enough. Of course, you aren't Jesus.
I'm giving a presentation tomorrow in one of my classes on image-based advertising, and we came across this video that we'll be showing. I thought I'd share it with y'all as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6p5NLXxvY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6p5NLXxvY)
Jesus once said, "if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could tell a mountain, move from here to there, and it will do so." I guess you aren't faithful enough. Of course, you aren't Jesus.Hmm, you have correctly placed me within the correct two millennia! But to get to your point, there was something called the Great Prayer Experiment, which I might have talked about before (can’t seem to remember). Anyways, using a double-blind test, it concluded that the prayer has no effect, but the knowledge of the prayer does. But you think you can move mountains…If you literally think you can move mountains and do other miraculous feats, why are there no famous non-disputed miracles? Why don’t you go on national TV and “ ‘if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could tell a mountain, move from here to there, and it will do so.’ I guess you aren't faithful enough. Of course, you aren't Jesus.†I know that was a low blow because nobody in history moves mountains by praying, but I’m tired of these insults. Seriously.
Many of the smartest, most powerful, wisest men are religious. Many scientists are. I am, many people I know are. Most were all wise people who were even professionals in their areas, yet they did not doubt the existence of god?The answer is simple. People do what will most benefit them, to save their own skin. Galileo is a good example. If you recall, he was put on trial for *daring* to question the Church. Not only that, but he had no choice but to recant his statements. After that, he was put under house arrest, after which he promptly died, a broken, sad man. Could you imagine what they would have done to him if he had instead questioned the foundations of God like I do now? I’ll leave you to your imagination. Later, there were less severe punishments/consequences; they were mostly social, just like those faced if you dared to expect equal rights as a woman, proclaimed to be gay, or later, expected equal rights as an African American in the South US (admittedly not alike, but you get the idea).
Should I trick myself into believing that evolution doesn’t occur?
I haven’t seen anyone yet who understands evolution yet doesn’t believe in it.
Try reading Hawkings’ A Brief History of Time, and you’ll understand much more than I could tell you in a relatively short post.
God is far more complex than the universe. But…wouldn’t whatever created God need to be at least improbable if evolution doesn’t occur?
Where did our universe come from? “Duh, God!,†the Creationist retorts. Where did God come from? “The Bible says God always was and always will be.†And so it seems so very hard for them to understand that it is possible that the matter always existed and was not created, but they are convinced that God always did. See the problem?
Additionally, I bring on the full wrath of the Ultimate Boeing 747 Gambit.
We make airplanes, correct? Just making sure, and ignore your conviction that God makes everything. Seriously, if God makes everything, then how come we only have had airplanes for the last century?
Anyways, we, the creator of airplanes, are vastly more complex than our creation, the airplane. I think it is a fair assumption to say that everything anything created is less complex than its creator.
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Talking about what you're going to do doesn't create or deliver any value. Nor does thinking about it. At some point you have to engage your creative energies and take action. Do whatever it takes to make a daily habit of creating and delivering value to people, even if you feel you're only able to offer a small amount of value at first.
The Russians used a pencil.
The problem of tin whiskers has new resonance as restrictions on lead have manufacturers struggling to non-destructively inspect these micron-sized crystals.
Tin whiskers are small and hard to detect and inspect. Typically no bigger than 1 to 5 microns in diameter and as much as several millimeters in length, they are small, but powerful; capable of short circuiting pacemakers, radar systems, fuses, relays and GPS receivers.
(http://www.ndtmag.com/NDT/Home/Images/0207ndt-whisker-ft-2.jpg)
In April 2005, a tin whisker, sprouting from the lead of the diode on a universal logic board that had too high of a tin content, caused a short. The short gave a false low-pressure reading that tripped automatic safety protocols and forced an unplanned, emergency shutdown of the Millstone Power Station, a nuclear reactor facility in Southeast Connecticut, USA.
Tin Whiskers can take many shapes, can bend and kink during growth, and grow to lengths that could be disastrous. Their length becomes a problem as they grow and come in contact with leads and short out electronics. This is believed to have been the cause of a range of product failures including the disabling of the Galaxy 4 communications satellite in 1998.
As can be seen in the Millstone Power Station case, lead is a key ingredient. Gedney says that while the tin whisker problem has been around for 50 years, it was essentially solved decades ago by infusing the soldering material with as little as 3% lead.
Hey, anybody who believes in evolution.Sorry Archmage. While it would be undoubtedly interesting, this conversation was ended by all other parties involved. In the meantime, who likes the mechwarrior games? Anybody think a mod might do well in that vein?
I dare you to prove evolution!
In the meantime, who likes the mechwarrior games? Anybody think a mod might do well in that vein?That could be fun.
Hectate -whats up with Eaglestone (https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=4360.0)?
I don't often read fictionWHAT! Go read Eragon or the Sword of Shanarra (and eventually, the elfstones of Shanarra, the best book in the series) and your tastes will change.
When I tell people I don't watch TV besides movies and other stuff from DVDs and tapes, they flip out and wonder how I'm alive, and personally, I'm glad I don't watch TV, it's such a HUGE waste of time.
John: I was going to participate in NaNoWriMo this year - I even signed up - but WAY too much got in the way.Yeah, same here. Well, I didn't sign up, but I was fully planning on it.
Is your friend's novel online to read if he wouldn't mind?I'll ask next time I talk to her.
And next time I'll not assume it's a he - even if the word is the gender-undefined version of an already indefinite pronoun. lolIs your friend's novel online to read if he wouldn't mind?I'll ask next time I talk to her.
I hate song with words, spoils it for me. Just music.:o :o :o
I hate song with words, spoils it for me. Just music.Hmm... interesting. I've always thought the vocals were the most important part of any song. Even if all of the instruments sound amazing, the voice can be what makes or breaks a song for me. In fact, it's technically not a song without singing, but that's neither here nor there.
And next time I'll not assume it's a he - even if the word is the gender-undefined version of an already indefinite pronoun. lolI'd estimate that about 95% of my friends are female, but I wouldn't expect you to know that. ;)
WTF are you god damn kidding me. Global warming is not a scam!!!!! Science proves it to be true as well as
1) Its heating up have you noticed or do you have the ac on.!!!!!!!!!!
2) The ice caps are melting!!!!!!!!!!!!
3) Everything thing is mans fault we do not help the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) Carbons emissions destroy the ozone!!!!!!!!!!!
5) What the Heck you still want more proof!!!!??!!!
1) Its heating up have you noticed or do you have the ac on.!!!!!!!!!!Don't have AC, in fact last year we had a record snowfall.
2) The ice caps are melting!!!!!!!!!!!!That is a complete and flat-out lie, that was obviously plopped in your head by a school.
3) Everything thing is mans fault we do not help the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!It is impossible for man to effect the earth like this!
4) Carbons emissions destroy the ozone!!!!!!!!!!!You know, I'm pretty sure that's a flat-out lie as well.......but I'll have to ask my dad, he's a bit more knowledgeable about Global Warming than I am......
5) What the Heck you still want more proof!!!!??!!!You call that proof?!?! Those are just quotes from dummies like Al Gore. :P
Hey, anybody play Dynasty Warriors?I used to play the old X-box version. I think it was DW4. I always thought the music was funny, just because it tried to be way too epic. Sure, the game is kinda fun, but not worthy of constant dueling guitars. :D
I'm thinking about getting the PC game, all I have now is a demo for the PC game and a game-boy advance version, both are cool, and done in the same but different styles. :D
<global warming rant goes here>Okay, now you've both dropped down to the level of childish bickering. Can we let this go already? ::)
You call what you can't defeat childish..........I wasn't trying to defeat you. I don't debate with people whose arguments consist largely of "You can't prove that! Whoever told you that must have been an idiot!" You don't listen or consider other people's arguments at all because you're so convinced that you're right. That's childish.
That's childish.
when we buy petroleum, some of the money goes to governments that support terrorist organizations.I support you so much for that John! This is why to buy your oil from Canada. Particularily Alberta and Saskatchewan. This is why I support Sask's environmental minister's statements at Copenhagen!
I wasn't trying to defeat you. I don't debate with people whose arguments consist largely of "You can't prove that! Whoever told you that must have been an idiot!" You don't listen or consider other people's arguments at all because you're so convinced that you're right. That's childish.Very well put. It is possible to win any argument based solely on asking the other person to prove it is/isn't true (or does/doesn't exist). Ever read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? There's a good mention of that scenario in that (great book BTW).
I don't believe that Google is the best company in the world, they have internet bots that go around probing things, I saw one on another forum.
Besides, I honestly don't care if global warming is happening or not. Either way, we're pumping toxic exhaust into the atmosphere at an alarming rate, causing things like smog and acid rain. On top of that, when we buy petroleum, some of the money goes to governments that support terrorist organizations. Like your gas-guzzling humvee? I hope you also like murder, because that's what you're paying for. Alternative energy is a must, whether global warming exists or not.QuoteI really have to agree. I think both the US and Alberta should subsidize Alberta-harvested fuel for two reasons: 1) Canadians buy a lot more stuff from America than Venezuelans, mexicans, or Saudis. So give more money (by buying their oil) to canada, it comes right back and helps us in the US of A. 2)Why would we put money in the Saud princedoms? They have enough already. Their domocile is in a country ruled by a a controlling theocracy. It is hard to get in there unless you have very special papers, unless you happen to be a muslim. Also, as John said, the Saud princes and the whole government has been linked to Al qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremist organizations. Yet we buy a whopping 14% (can you believe it?! That is HUGE) from Saudi Arabia. Seriously, americans need to stop. Now. We should make our own or buy more from canada. Also, we buy a lot from mexico, which cannot even keep corruption from everywhere in its government, and can't control the drug traders.
a coupon for a snow-tubing placeTubing eh? Have you ever skied before? It is far more fun. Great sport.
Have you ever skied before?Yah, hated it. I fell over immediately! ::)
If you say you came form a ape like ancestor then where the ape come from?
It would be like saying your brother is your dad.
Evolution is racistA lot of things that are racist are true, though. :P
Where did you come from?As with any prehistoric event, the most we can do is gather evidence of what we think happened, and make an educated guess. Personally, I don't know where I came from, nor do I particularly care.
Ok were do you think you came from then.I came from my mothers womb. People love the idea of coming from a higher/better place. Perhaps it gives them a greater sense of purpose.
And were do you think you will go wen you die?Um.. you die.. as in your brain stops and you cease to exist. All human conciousness is just a electrical/chemical reaction in the brain.
I hope you all know that Evolution lead to Hitler, and the Holocaust.I find this:
and who said God had to be created.........So your saying that something just existed? by itself? with no cause? Even Tomas Aquinas thought that god must have had a cause.
You explain in the greatest detail you can, how evolution works, and I will point out every issue I can.Well, normally, if you claim something to exist, you have to come up with the proof for it.
Actually, in a way he's right. Look up "eugenics".I hope you all know that Evolution lead to Hitler, and the Holocaust.I find this:
A)Offencive
and
B)Wrong
Hitler was supposedly a Christian (Roman catholic to be precise), and what the hell did a Nazi regime have do with evolution?Hitler alternated between claiming to be a Christian, and claiming that Christianity needed to be wiped out. Sample quote: "We have no sort of use for a fairy story invented by the Jews." Like nearly all politicians, he said whatever the audience wanted to hear at the time. He opposed both the catholic church and atheist movements. He didn't want his people to be loyal to any cause other than national socialism.
You're assuming that God exists within our understanding of space-time. There's no reason to assume this.and who said God had to be created.........So your saying that something just existed? by itself? with no cause? Even Tomas Aquinas thought that god must have had a cause.
Well, normally, if you claim something to exist, you have to come up with the proof for it.I second that.
Hitler alternated between claiming to be a Christian, and claiming that Christianity needed to be wiped out. Sample quote: "We have no sort of use for a fairy story invented by the Jews." Like nearly all politicians, he said whatever the audience wanted to hear at the time. He opposed both the catholic church and atheist movements. He didn't want his people to be loyal to any cause other than national socialism.OK he wasn't strictly an evolutionist or a Christian.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1699/was-hitler-a-christian
You're assuming that God exists within our understanding of space-time. There's no reason to assume this.Well, I can't see how something could exst without a cause, but I suppose you could argue that "god" just was.
Well, normally, if you claim something to exist, you have to come up with the proof for it.I third that, and you've yet to provide any proof, I posted the name of a movie that's loaded with proof.
I second that.
You people don't seem to get how f*cking large the Human Genome is, if you put it in word/numbers, it would be at least 5000 times as long as the current distance between the moon and the earth. Now let's take the Glest source-code which is microscopic compared to the Human genome, so let's say you scrambled the Glest source-code. You really think it would be bug free, and have improvements! I think it wouldn't even run!
So the way I see it, EVOLUTION CLAIMS THAT EVERYTHING I AM CAME ABOUT BY RANDOM CHANCE! That doesn't seem to add up for me.......
You want any more proof against evolution or are you going to back down?
I third that, and you've yet to provide any proof, I posted the name of a movie that's loaded with proof.Yeah, I might watch that, I'm into comedies.
Evolution led to an understanding that certain people were not as valuable as others, that's racist.Great imply that everybody who believes in evolution is a supporter of murder. Nice one. Lot's of evolutionists are against abortion too, so stop trying to drag in other issues please.
I think evolution is one of the reasons for abortion, evolution gives the idea that life is worthless!
Abortion is the MURDER of babies before they're born.
I have to say Assassin that I am offended by you saying sentience is just a chemical reaction, I know I'm sentient, I know I know how to 3d model, I figured that out because of my will to learn.OK, your a chemical reaction which thinks it's sentiment. You'll have a hard time trying to prove any more than that to anyone else though.
The theory of evolution as I understand it:Or rather, don't understand it.
A solar ray hits one of the sperm inside a male animal/Human and scrambles the genetic code, and then when he impregnates a female that little sperm gets to the egg first, and that female has some offspring that are different from the rest of it's species.No, no, no, no, no. Your argument is somewhat typical of people who are ignorant of evolution trying to argue against it. Evolution is saying that life is a very rare occurrence (We only know of it occurring once). And then life changing in small ways most of the time. for example, a two inch longer neck might allow a herbivore to get at more leaves, making it more successful and having a better chance of breeding. Life has had billions of years to evolve into humans. If think about it, it's not so amazing that some form of "self-aware" beings came into existence eventually.
Now I really don't see how scrambling the genetic code would bring about any improvements.
You people don't seem to get how f*cking large the Human Genome is, if you put it in word/numbers, it would be at least 5000 times as long as the current distance between the moon and the earth. Now let's take the Glest source-code which is microscopic compared to the Human genome, so let's say you scrambled the Glest source-code. You really think it would be bug free, and have improvements! I think it wouldn't even run!
People have calculated what the chance is of the evolutionary process actually happening
So the way I see it, EVOLUTION CLAIMS THAT EVERYTHING I AM CAME ABOUT BY RANDOM CHANCE! That doesn't seem to add up for me.......
You want any more proof against evolution or are you going to back down?So your saying that I'm going to back down from defending one of the most important ideas in existance just because you swear about a lot?
You call what you just said proof, you obviously don't know much about evolution or genetics!(Or logic)
There is no way to prove that God exists except if you experience him yourself, or he tells you.Well then, I believe in the flying spaghetti monster. Try to disprove his existance.
God is omnipotent, and omniscient,Ohh.. Nice paradox.
How can an omniscient god find the omnipotence to change that which he already knows?
Can God create a rock so heavy that even he cannot lift it? If he can, then the rock is now unliftable, limiting God's power. But if he cannot, then he is still not omnipotent.
I can't prove God to youThem why the hell do you believe in him? doesn't seem like thee act of a "sentient" or "intelligent" being to me.
, but I can try to disprove evolution. The only problem is you guys have to much faith in evolution!I don't call it faith. I call it certainty.
Proof for evolution is everywere. if a human baby is born, will it then look exact like its mother or father? most likely it will be completely different. w0t? evolution happened?!?!?! reight here? omg?
Ok, it's hopeless to argue with you, you just don't listen to me.I don't think we're the ones not listening. You have offered no proof whatsoever yet for god.
Your faith is too great to swayIf you mean I'm not going to listen to a twelve year old who is pretty arrogant about his belief without even giving the reason why, then you'd be right.
, you call the truth comedy, you support Barrack Obama which is DESTROYING THE COUNTRY!!!That's right, I find these attempts for creationist Americans to justify what they only believe because there parents made them downright hilarious. And so creating a society which cares about poor people is bad is it? Hmm, ever actually read the bible?
I will listen to your claims of evolution....if you can provide any real proof.Interesting the way you seem only to be reading the parts of our posts which suit you.
Like maybe, instead of saying your wrong tell me what you think is right.
Questions to everybody: HOW DOES EVOLUTION WORK? PROOF? EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COULD POSSIBLY HELP?Having an open mind?
calm as hell... not rely calm? you seem totally desperate...I'm calm........just trying to prove some points.
how can i explain evolution more than i already have done!?!?
Omega, I played your game. Nice, but why not 3D?
Guess what happens when microevolution occurs continuously over a longer period of time. ::)We get speciation, which is evolution!
Anybody here read "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins? It was a very interesting read.
John, what you're talking about is "micro-evolution". When the species reproduce things change, yes, that's combining the genes that already exist, but getting a totally new species out of micro-evolution is not possible, no completely new genes get created, so the species will very a lot but no matter what, you will still have some kind of deer.
Anybody here read "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins? It was a very interesting read.
Guess what happens when microevolution occurs continuously over a longer period of time. Roll Eyes
Evolution is complete BULLSH*T.
Evolution is racist, evil, and you know what, why don't you watch the movie: "The Mysterious Islands"..........After you watch that you should be able to understand how completely wrong Evolution is.
A few other things about Jesus:
Jesus says that those who have been less fortunate in this life will have it even worse in the life to come. Mark 4:25
Jesus sends the devils into 2000 pigs, causing them to jump off a cliff and be drowned in the sea. Clearly Jesus could have simply sent the devils out, yet he chose instead to place them into pigs and kill them. This is called animal abuse. Mark 5:12-13
Jesus kills a fig tree for not bearing figs, even though it was out of season. Jesus must not be as smart as Christians would have us believe, for he was retarded enough to do something this silly. You’d think the son of god (god incarnate) would know that trees don’t bear fruit in dry season. Mark 11:13
Luke 12:47 Jesus okays beating slaves.
There's another useless thrash. ::)
there would be tons of intermediate species, but there aren't!Err... you mean like these?:
* (A) Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee, modern???
* (B) Australopithecus africanus, STS 5, 2.6 My
* (C) Australopithecus africanus, STS 71, 2.5 My
* (D) Homo habilis, KNM-ER 1813, 1.9 My
* (E) Homo habilis, OH24, 1.8 My
* (F) Homo rudolfensis, KNM-ER 1470, 1.8 My
* (G) Homo erectus, Dmanisi cranium D2700, 1.75 My
* (H) Homo ergaster (early H. erectus), KNM-ER 3733, 1.75 My
* (I) Homo heidelbergensis, "Rhodesia man," 300,000 - 125,000 y
* (J) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Ferrassie 1, 70,000 y
* (K) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Chappelle-aux-Saints, 60,000 y
* (L) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Le Moustier, 45,000 y
* (M) Homo sapiens sapiens, Cro-Magnon I, 30,000 y
* (N) Homo sapiens sapiens, modern
read a book or two: Unweaving the Rainbow and The God Delusion, both by Richard DawkinsThose books seem like a good read from what I read on Wikipedia. I'm curious if you have read any of the responding books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion#Responding_books).
Jesus says that those who have been less fortunate in this life will have it even worse in the life to come. Mark 4:25I'm not sure that you have actually read Mark chapter 4 (http://kingjbible.com/mark/4.htm) (or the others). He is talking about parables and the foundation of understanding. Mark 4:21-25 is really a summation of Mark 4:13-20
Sorry to say it, but because evolution conflicts with creationism, religious leaders sometimes tell flat-out lies about it to small children who don’t know the difference.People may use evolution to explain away a God and religious leaders may be deceitful because of their belief in creationism but I don't believe one cannot exist because of the other.
* (A) Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee, modern
* (B) Australopithecus africanus, STS 5, 2.6 My
* (C) Australopithecus africanus, STS 71, 2.5 My
* (D) Homo habilis, KNM-ER 1813, 1.9 My
* (E) Homo habilis, OH24, 1.8 My
* (F) Homo rudolfensis, KNM-ER 1470, 1.8 My
* (G) Homo erectus, Dmanisi cranium D2700, 1.75 My
* (H) Homo ergaster (early H. erectus), KNM-ER 3733, 1.75 My
* (I) Homo heidelbergensis, "Rhodesia man," 300,000 - 125,000 y
* (J) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Ferrassie 1, 70,000 y
* (K) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Chappelle-aux-Saints, 60,000 y
* (L) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Le Moustier, 45,000 y
* (M) Homo sapiens sapiens, Cro-Magnon I, 30,000 y
* (N) Homo sapiens sapiens, modern
QuoteThere is no way to prove that God exists except if you experience him yourself, or he tells you.Well then, I believe in the flying spaghetti monster. Try to disprove his existance.QuoteGod is omnipotent, and omniscient,Ohh.. Nice paradox.QuoteHow can an omniscient god find the omnipotence to change that which he already knows?
Can God create a rock so heavy that even he cannot lift it? If he can, then the rock is now unliftable, limiting God's power. But if he cannot, then he is still not omnipotent.QuoteI can't prove God to youThem why the hell do you believe in him? doesn't seem like thee act of a "sentient" or "intelligent" being to me.Questions to everybody: HOW DOES EVOLUTION WORK? PROOF? EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COULD POSSIBLY HELP?Having an open mind?, you call the truth comedy, you support Barrack Obama which is DESTROYING THE COUNTRY!!!That's right, I find these attempts for creationist Americans to justify what they only believe because there parents made them downright hilarious. And so creating a society which cares about poor people is bad is it? Hmm, ever actually read the bible?
wth ! First how the hell do you there human and there are only 14 found in the hole world so those cud just have misformed humans for al we know
and can we just stop posting over such useless stuff . If you believe in evo then fine thats your pro and if you do well still thats you pro just get on with it already and get over it .
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God, you guys have made two pages while I was away. Now, can we please please please end this discussion? While I am a creationist myself (dunno how arch originally thought otherwise), right now, I'll let others choose as they will. Believe what you want, and I'll believe what I want.
I know that religion and the theories that acompany it are a well known topic for discussion and wars HAVE started (and are still going on) over it, but let's please push those differences aside and end this discussion, since this will not end if you keep going on. Religious discussions NEVER end!
Remember that I did make the topic and CAN lock it for a day or two if you guys can't be more civilized (though I don't intend to).
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Concerning my game (which is burried back two pages, thanks to this):
@Arch: My game is a classical style RPG meant for fans of Final Fantasy since that was a big influence. Expect a killer storyline in the final along with much changed gameplay. Note that I probably will change the battlestyle to sideview, though it would be much later, since that's a very big change!
The next version has Battle Backgrounds, various battle transitions, a few bug fixes, and a drastically changed balance system, since the biggest problem with the demo is that it is too easy. It also has the damage for enemies pop up on top of the foe rather than a dialogue box (great!). The storyline is the same as the demo, as this is demo beta2, but the changes are very noticable and great. I'd release it now, but I'm not at home... (BTW: Old saves aren't compatible with the new version because of something that was changed when the battle transitions were done).
I will need beta testers as developement goes. Anyone want to volunteer?
I know that religion and the theories that acompany it are a well known topic for discussion and wars HAVE started (and are still going on) over it, but let's please push those differences aside and end this discussion, since this will not end if you keep going on. Religious discussions NEVER end!
Believe what you want, and I'll believe what I want.Thanks, but people do not "choose" beliefs, at least not usually and without great effort. It is not easy convincing yourself of something which is false based on facts you have and observations you make. Besides, that's a pretty good argument to do just about anything, no matter how barbaric, like headhunting, for example.
Now, can we please please please end this discussion?We can make an alternate thread instead, if you want, but since this is off topic here, I don't see a problem. Besides, who can argue with @kukac@?
Talk is free. :)The man knows what he is talking about. :) I agree!
i hate christianity, what does anybody say to me about that!?!?!!?!?
Quotei hate christianity, what does anybody say to me about that!?!?!!?!?
That's why you believe Evolution!!! :D >:( :P
Like Elim I would like to see some nice proof.
"Creationism" refers to the religious belief in a supernatural deity or force that intervenes, or has intervened, directly in the physical world. Within that broad scope, there are many varieties of creationist belief. Some forms of creationism hold that natural biological processes cannot account for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on earth. Such "anti-evolution" creationists have been leading opposition to the teaching of evolution since the 1920s.
For more than two decades, the National Center for Science Education has been opposing efforts by creationists to weaken or block the teaching of evolution. This section of our website offers articles about anti-evolution creationist movements, critiques of creationist writings, and collections of materials on the leading lawsuits over efforts to teach creationism or to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Please note: the term creationism as used in this section refers to anti-evolution creationism. For perspectives on meanings of creationism in theological contexts, please see the Science and Religion section.
In the biological sciences, evolution is a scientific theory that explains the emergence of new varieties of living things in the past and in the present; it is not a "theory of origins" about how life began. Evolution accounts for the striking patterns of similarities and differences among living things over time and across habitats through the action of biological processes such as natural selection, mutation, symbiosis, gene transfer, and genetic drift. Evolution has been subjected to scientific testing for over a century and has been (and continues to be) consistently confirmed by evidence from a wide range of fields.
The National Center for Science Education is the only national organization devoted to defending the teaching of evolution in public schools. This mission is vital because of evolution's central importance to the conceptual foundations of the modern biomedical, life, and earth sciences.
I think the government did the 9-11.So basically you'll believe a conspiracy that has only the absolute most circumstantial evidence (government did 9-11), but not an established scientific phenomenon that's been observed and recorded for decades (global climate change)? That's cool, man.
but not an established scientific phenomenon that's been observed and recorded for decades (global climate changeThat is not scientific, and it's a pack of fraud so Al Gore can play hero. All the real stuff that's not what Al Gore promotes and defends, points to another Ice Age!
Re: Terrorism, I read an interesting comment the other day along the lines that we ('the west') attempt to engage Islam with liberal argument 'I dislike what you say but defend your right to say it' and Christian values 'turn the other cheek, love thy neighbour'. Islam understands and respects neither. They rule through fear and achieve power through violence.
The US goverment did 911 LOL Strangely enough I would have an easier time beliving that Elvis shot JFK than that 911 was a government conspiracy. At least the former conspiracy is even slightly possible.Are you saying the US government doesn't have the means to demolish 2 buildings and buy planes? You didn't say why it wasn't possible.
Another example, Florida FROZE! I laughed so hard when I saw the noobs in florida having trouble with the weather.Honestly, that's one of the biggest examples of why I think climate change IS happening. I've lived in Florida for about 14 years and I have never seen a cold snap even remotely close to that. Just looking around my area, there is more dead vegetation than I can ever remember seeing before at any point in my life. Records were broken that hadn't been even remotely approximated since the 1800s. This goes a long way to demonstrate the effects of climate change because, in Florida, this DOES NOT HAPPEN. When something happens to trip up the cycle of the global climate, things get all out of rhythm. It isn't just about the world getting warmer, but about the way that messing with one thing (like average global temperature) throws the entire system into turmoil. I'm sure most everybody on the forum has heard the term "chaos theory" before, but maybe not everybody knows what it means or how it came about. Chaos theory, which was originally applied to weather, is basically the idea that extremely complex systems are unpredictable because a.) there are way too many variables to keep track of, and b.) there's no way to classify or rank these variables. When one variable changes, a system that was already pretty unpredictable (meteorology is in no way an exact science) becomes damn near complete chaos. I think it's a bit hard to not notice that weather across the world has gotten a lot more unstable recently than in decades past. Hurricane Katrina was not only one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United States, but it also came in the middle of one of the worst hurricane seasons in recorded history. Droughts in Africa have increased and seasonal cycles that had remained stable for centuries have stopped. Need another example? A girl I know took this picture a couple weeks ago at her home in northern Florida. I think it speaks for itself.
What is there to gain?
The commonly claimed motives are to justify the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, leading to subsequent US control of their vast oil resources;[7] to facilitate increased military spending; and to restrict domestic civil liberties.
Following the attacks, President Bush's job approval rating soared to 90%.
I need sum info from you gays for a project i got at school.
1 . Wat is your worst subject ?
2 . Would you use a program tht will improve your understanding of that subject?
3. How must the program look like ?
4. Wat must the program be able to do ?
sorry wat is LA dont' know american school subject abreviationsHe means what he said earlier, LA or Language Arts. Essentially the same thing I stated - English Grammar (although the scope of the class may be different than a strict Grammar class)
Boy Steals Grandma's Car (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4&feature=fvw)Ha!
lol :D
Quote from: Sir modman on January 25, 2010, 23:49:07Ha!
Boy Steals Grandma's Car
lol Cheesy
Ha!
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIeLRD1L9yY) is a vid I for evry one to see.That was actually really interesting! He presents thought-out arguments with evidence and citation, and does so in a rational (instead of hostile) manner. I think that's what was missing from the "creation vs. evolution" debate earlier.
Regarding computer maintenance software, I recommend Glary Utilities (the 1-Click Maintenance feature is very handy) and Auslogics Disk Defrag. Both are free (as in no-cost).Yeah Auslogics Disk Defrag is great.
@Ultifd, that link is expired, but thanks so much for that site. Never realized such a thing existed. Will definately have to check in there daily!Yeah, it gives away different software every day...For a 24 hour period.
That reminds me. Hectate, did you choose your name because "Heck Tate" is the sherriff in Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?Nope, it's actually derivative of Hecate (patron of witches and goddess of the underworld in Greek (?) mythology). I was in 11th grade when I started paying for broadband internet access (mom and dad were fine with dialup, arg!) and I needed a name to use. I grabbed the nearest book, opened it to a random page, stuck my finger down and then looked for the closest name to where my finger was.
federal court's conviction for tax evasion
Yes, but in the USA there is no law saying you need to pay income tax.Do you want to retract your statement?
I really cannot understand why people voted to put this dufas in office, he's not even eligible for presidency.I must agree with you there. I'm not american, but he certainly is a terrible economist. And with the world's markets so closely webbed...
I consider myself a bit of a strategist, which means I don't want to dilly-dally, I want to plan and strike, 'sorta-speak'.
You can debate this guys arguments, I will probably take a look at his arguments sometime soon, but yah, I'd like to debate the core, not what another guy thinks.
Evolution as I understand it:Maybe that should read "Evolution as I don't understand it", because that's really not it at all.
A solar ray(or whatever) hits one of the sperm in some male life-form, and scrambles some or all of the genetic code......ok.
Then the life-form goes and reproduces, and somehow that partially or totally scrambled sperm makes it to the egg first.
You do know that the theory of Evolution is extremely flawed, and a lot of the evidence you use to support it makes little to no sense, or can be used to support creationism/ID.Nothing in the universe is random! (excluding quantum mechanical processes) And again, we're not talking about abiogenesis (maybe you've confused abiogenesis with evolution?), so why talk about whether life is a random occurrence?
Ok, for the first video, all I can say is that that guys has quite a lot of things wrong.Ignore the first factors, like the scientific method, that the man talks about. They have a more complex relationship with evolution denial than some of the things later in the video. What I was hoping you would get out of it is the evidence presented later in the video. I don't think you watched the whole thing, personally, for two reasons:
Being a bit of a creationist myself, I know that that guys says we must deny a lot of things, but a lot of them are things we don't at all have to deny, in fact a lot of the stuff he says we deny, actually would deny evolution, and is heavily supported by me and many other creationists.
For the second and third videos, the guys seems to not understand much about anything except evolution...Doesn't sound like a problem to me, because that's what the videos are about, proving evolution!
...and even then he's got a lot wrong.Like what? I expect that you would cite specifics, because you can throw this on the impalpable pile (score one for my crappy alliteration)!
what's the probability of that all happening, and then what is the probability of it helping the life-form?
Evolution has an enormously large chance of screwing up the life-form rather than helping it in any wayThese go together. Arch, you should read up on mutation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation#Beneficial_mutations), especially since it isn't in the "evil zone" for you. The percent who survive after a mutation depends on the species, but for sea turtles it is about 0.3%, and for lobsters about 0.1%. BTW, I found those facts in the videos I linked to, so you either didn't understand what he was talking about, or didn't watch that part.
All considered Evolution pretty much says: "life is just a random occurrence", but if Evolution is random....then it can't be logical.You solved your own problem! I don't know why you keep repeating it (maybe he's playing a war of attrition), but it is getting exceedingly annoying. Evolution is not random. Evolution is not random. Oh, and BTW, evolution is not random. Genetic variation is the "random-ist" process in it, but the natural selection process is not random at all, and is based upon the traits acquired through mutation and their effect, if any, upon the survival rate of the individuals who possess it. If you think evolution is a random process, read this paragraph again, because I'm tired of answering that!
THE UNIVERSE IS LOGICAL. Roll Eyes Although in favor of both sides, Evolution has a 'nanoscopic' chance of occurring, which tells us that Evolution isn't random.
BTW, how does this natural selection thing work, it sounds like a bunch of crap, but I'd like to see what you have to say for it...There are a couple of things fundamentally wrong about this:
Happy now?No, I'm a bit hungry. Thank you very much for your concern of my well being, though. :P
So don't go telling me I've got it wrong. ::)Don't be blaming others when you got things wrong. What John posted was true, and he is not responsible for how you interpreted it. Also, whether or not he described micro-evolution or not, your own description of your knowledge of evolution is more of an extreme corruption than a manifestation of (but more likely not even derived from) his description.
and you can't have something out of nothing!Ah, taking the atheist side, eh? Finally realizing what atheists realized a long time ago?
Did all you guys know that no one crated coke-a-cola?, some guy steped on the side walk the wrong way and poof a coke was there, HA ha. ;D
Ah, taking the atheist side, eh? Finally realizing what atheists realized a long time ago?
There is so much undoubtable(I know it's not a word, but you get what it means right?) proof that the physical plane is not all that's here, there are souls(maybe not exactly as we imagine, but they obviously exist.
I want to make this clear.Then add an alpha channel to it! ;D
Why do you make assertions like this in a debate atmosphere? Where is your undeniable, irrefutable proof? There is none.
QuoteWhy do you make assertions like this in a debate atmosphere? Where is your undeniable, irrefutable proof? There is none.
Oh there is you just ignored it!
exactly. evolution is believed to be a gradual process and so where are the missing blocks of the jigsaw?Really not sure what the missing jigsaw blocks are, but I have to comment that whatever Newton thought personally about his law of gravitation, it was correct (for the most part). So whatever Darwin thought about evolution has nothing to do with whether it is right or not.
Plus, even if the author isn't so confident in his theory, how can we be?
logically, if something came into existence following another, does it necessarily mean that the latter came from the former?No. Neither cars nor trains are living. They are not subject to natural selection. They do not reproduce. They cannot pass DNA to their offspring. They are not subject to mutation. And they are known to be man-made. Animals are known to be born from their parents, not "made" so much as birthed. Every generation is a new mix of DNA.
eg: Suppose a train is invented after a car, (or vice-versa) it doesnt mean that trains were invented from cars does it?
a very simple argument: If humans came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?Because...there is no reason that monkeys would die out. Also, we did not evolve from monkeys. Why are creationists still asking about humans evolving from monkeys again? I answered that already! And seeing as though I am (nearly) the only evolutionist here willing to answer these repetitive questions, I'm a little tired of it. Monkeys and humans evolved separately.
Am I bad American because I didn't know the Superbowl was tonight? ;DNo, just a little removed. ;D I normally don't watch football, only baseball.
No, we don't need any of your super complicated crap!You might be disappointed to know that evolution is complicated. You're the one who thought to take down a huge theory, while at the same time dodging all requests for evidence.
There is a huge amount of vital proof missing on your part!That hardly qualifies as a rational response to my prompt above. You are ignoring the question. On forums designed for debate, there are moderators who will ban users for doing what you are doing: repetitively dodging, and giving one-line responses (especially after I typed all that!)
Where are all the interspecies?!?!Before getting all hyped up with a double exclamation mark, you might want to check your vocab. Interspecies is not a noun. "Inter-species" refers to activities within a species. In fact, Firefox doesn't even recognize interspecies as a word.
Everyone take one step back.Thank you for your opinion, but no one requested salvation here. I do believe in freedom of thought (of course!), but I also think some thoughts tend to lead to actions which are violent. The US is not fighting a war on terror, but a war on extremism! Muslims are willing to turn themselves into bombs because of their beliefs. They are convinced the acts of violence earns them a seat in paradise, along with 72 personal "dark-eyed" virgins.
Regardless of "evidence", the Christian faith is first and foremost based on "Faith" in God.
I personally believe that regardless of "evidence" of any kind, unless someone really wants to know the truth, simply presenting it will do nothing. So for example if you start the dialog with "there is no God" then you already have what you want. If a communist wants to believe communism is best, or a Nazi wants to believe his thing is best, they don't want something else.
Until a person is unsatisfied with what he has, then there is the possibility to show him something else.
So even if a person feels they believe in some "evidence" they may still not believe in God, that requires more than science, that requires a relationship.
Much more could be said, but the key element here is that a Christian (and Creationist) is "Saved by faith" not by evidence. Evidence is nice, but "without faith it is impossible to please God".
Thanks
I personally believe that regardless of "evidence" of any kind, unless someone really wants to know the truth, simply presenting it will do nothing.I strongly agree with this. Most people have a very strong confirmation bias, especially when it comes to politics and religion. When you present a point that threatens someone's beliefs, it threatens their very identity, and people are very afraid of letting go of the beliefs that make them who they are.
I personally believe that regardless of "evidence" of any kind, unless someone really wants to know the truth, simply presenting it will do nothing.I strongly agree with this. Most people have a very strong confirmation bias, especially when it comes to politics and religion. When you present a point that threatens someone's beliefs, it threatens their very identity, and people are very afraid of letting go of the beliefs that make them who they are.
Modman, you accuse me of dodging all the requests for evidence while you point out spelling errors to dodge requests, I gave you evidence that you need to check out, you ignored it, your turn, now please provide us with the huge block of evidence that you need!No. That is simply not true. In fact, I again believe you misunderstood my last post:
ATI is better because it works well on all systems, nVidia brags to much, and then craps out if your not on Windows.I think you mean them the other way around. nVidia has always had better support for Linux in my experience.
Down-load some stuff here (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/blog/?page_id=44).What is it? Virus? :P
Posting is a great way to raise your post count? What a concept. ::)lol! :D
I found this :)
http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Artists/tucho?referral=tucho
maybe, but what I wanted to show is that they sell something thats available for free :)
After that we (the Glest Team) began to work on a web game based on the glest universe, but we stopped the development because some of us are really bussy too, here (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showpost.php?p=623468&postcount=28) you can see some artwork that I made for this projet.
[URL=http://img709.imageshack.us/i/greenishstars.jpg/][IMG]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9418/greenishstars.jpg[/img][/URL] ::)
[URL=http://img19.imageshack.us/i/sderu.jpg/][IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1742/sderu.jpg[/img][/URL](1 Hidden)Hmm... ::)
Should I spoil it for him, or keep him wondering?Answer:
Spoil it! :P:) Me?
[URL=http://img15.imageshack.us/i/43443.jpg/][IMG]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6259/43443.jpg[/img][/URL]
[URL=http://img96.imageshack.us/i/234234f.jpg/][IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8967/234234f.jpg[/img][/URL]If you're trying to be funny, that's not funny at all. :P
That's just kinda childish.....
If you want to prove Evolution, you're gonna have to come up with all the interspecies, and explain where all the lifeforms with genetic failures are! :P
Who was talking about evolution?
Who was talking about evolution?
The problem, though, is that while I was making a simple joke and poking fun at the surprising truth to the viking's statement, you somehow drew a connection to religion.Uh... somehow drew a connection? I'm pretty sure when the picture has "Christianity" and "God" in it, the connection to religion is already there. Just sayin'. ::)
The problem, though, is that while I was making a simple joke and poking fun at the surprising truth to the viking's statement, you somehow drew a connection to religion.Uh... somehow drew a connection? I'm pretty sure when the picture has "Christianity" and "God" in it, the connection to religion is already there. Just sayin'. ::)
Why do you say he was banned? I know he hasn't been around much, but I can't imagine why someone would ban him.
[URL=http://img705.imageshack.us/i/kukacbanned.jpg/][IMG]http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4755/kukacbanned.jpg[/img][/URL]I think it's just his "custom title" though... :P
Yeah, what is it? ???
Pretty neat. Concerning Kukac, I checked his personal text, don't find it offending, but a decent laugh. I think whoever banned him was way too strict and would like to know who that was. I see nothing in the rules against having a joke about windows 98 in your personal text being illegal. I strongly recommend he be unbanned immedietly or at the very least, a good explaination to why he is banned.
YES! Canada Womens hockey takes gold, utterly owning the poor americans! Honestly, can you americans not smile?!? Even the bronze-taking Finnish were all happy, but the americans were cwying... :P Even when getting their silver medals there was rarely even a smile. Are you guys always like this?Agreed. Even though I'm kinda "American..." ::) :P
Honestly, can you americans not smile?!? Even the bronze-taking Finnish were all happy, but the americans were cwying... :P Even when getting their silver medals there was rarely even a smile. Are you guys always like this?As an American, I think our nation has gotten pretty spoiled when it comes to a lot of things, including the Olympics. We're so used to having the biggest and best stuff, that when we come in second place we gripe about it and say it's unfair, or just outright deny that we've been bested. An example would be how a lot of Americans claim that we won the "space race" by landing on the moon first, when the Russians had been in space for years. It's like we changed where the finish line was halfway through the race so it would look like we finished first. In a lot of places, if one of us says anything that might suggest that we're not the greatest country in the world, it's downright un-American! "If you don't love it, leave it!" That's another thing that bugs me. Calling someone un-American assumes that there is some core set of values that you have to have (including excessive nationalism), or else you don't belong in the United States.
CRABS are VERTEBRATE! So are shrimps, ...*whew* I was worried for a moment! At least I got to spend some time reading up on arthropods on Wikipedia. I haven't read a book in years, but when I get started on a good wiki article, I can spend days reading related articles.
You're thinking of molluscs (invertebrate) AND crustaceans (vertebrate). ;)
EDIT: Erm, nevermind. I just made a complete fool out of myself! ;D ;D ;D
Crustaceans ARE INVERTEBRATE. ;D
Improving but still incomplete picture of the fossil record.Incomplete, when I ask will it be complete? NEVER! This is no proof of anything.
How many of Colonel Mustard's fingerprints do you need on the lead pipe to know that he beat Professor Plum to death with it?Your accusation is not valid because you didn't say in which room this alleged event took place! I myself have strong suspicions about Ms. Scarlet with the rope in the Dining Room! Show me your evidence!
There are three intrinsic properties of life (at least three, I guess). All organisms that possess these properties will evolve. This is a fact.
1) Everything that is living will die.
2) Animals who are unsuited to their environment will die faster, meaning they produce fewer offspring.
3) Child generations are different than their parents.
Do you deny any of these properties? If so, which ones, and most importantly, why?
The reason that watches and everything else which is created (i.e. not life) does not evolve is simple: watches do not die or reproduce, and are thus not subject to natural selection.
You are right there, but the problem for you is that Evolution itself doesn't work! :P
the burden of proof still lies with the ID proponent... and why do you say that?
The burden of proof is on whomever is making a claim. You're making just as much of a claim by saying evolution exists as someone saying God exists, so you have just as much of a burden of proof.
Does anyone know why the reason we have like 60-50 guests on and 5-7 users all day?Because...Glest is not that popular, if it is people would rather not open up a account and post...
I don't think this one was made with blender, but it is still an amazing indy project. It's called Pigeon Impossible and is very funny. It took a guy five years for six minutes of video. No dialogue, but great audio and fantastic *VERY* professional animation!It was very cool. :) 8) :P
I too, am not a fan of cartoons, but this made me laugh, even on the third view. ;D
it looks good Tongue:P We need a another kind of smiley for ":P". :)
Regarding soymilk, it has been shown to have far more health benefits than risks, such as reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease (http://www.goveg.com/common_questions.asp#soy), and I think you should be a lot more worried about the ridiculous levels of cancer-causing bovine growth hormones (http://www.preventcancer.com/consumers/general/milk.htm), fat, cholesterol, antibiotics, and pus (http://www.ejnet.org/bgh/nogood.html) in cow milk. On top of that, cow milk actually contains more female hormones (http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/jeremy_piven.php) than soy milk, leading to gynecomastia (http://www.goveg.com/contamination_hormones.asp), or breast development in males. So if you're really worried about growing moobs (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=moobs) and crying when you watch "The Notebook", you're better off replacing your bovine secretions with soy, almond, or rice milk.
I remember a short mention of some growth hormone for cows in "The Corporation", a documentary.I think I saw it. Or another documentary that was talking also about corporations... So if I saw it before, it was a long time ago...maybe a few years? I better re-watch it when I have some time. :)
I liked that documentary by the way. Anyone else see it?
I think that as a rule of thumb, if you want to continue a specific subject in OT, you should create another thread. ;)True, but that would create some problems... and that's why I didn't really want an off topic board. :-\
Ugh...slaughterhouses :'( >:( :-\ <---a mix of these.lol Some of those PETA videos are downright high octane nightmare fuel (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HighOctaneNightmareFuel).
:P We need a another kind of smiley for ":P". :)Yeah, that face is pretty bad, and the regular smile looks like he wants to kill me and eat my corpse. Something about the beady little eyes and creepy smile.
I like original flavor or vanilla soymilk, but when it comes to almond milk I think the vanilla is a bit too strong, so I prefer the regular kind. Rice milk is okay, but it's a bit watery for my tastes, like bovine milk.Oh, I forgot about almond and rice milk. :Pish They are ok. :)-ish
I've never seen "The Corporation", but "Supersize Me" was very good. I already hated McDonald's down to the very core of my being, and that just gave me more reason. There are a bunch of documentaries I've been meaning to watch but haven't gotten around to, including "Food, Inc." and "Fast Food America". "Fahrenheit 9/11" seems a little too conspiracy-theory-ish for my tastes.Yeah...documentaries! :D-ish
Nowadays, I only eat meat if somebody offers it to me, like if I'm at somebody's house and they cook something. I do take some supplements with fish ingredients, though. I guess I can't quite claim to be a vegetarian, but I figure I'm close enough to be able to call myself an environmentalist. WinkThat's good. :)
lol ::) sometime PETA goes too far. They are sometimes right though. ::)QuoteUgh...slaughterhouses Cry Angry Undecided <---a mix of these.lol Some of those PETA videos are downright high octane nightmare fuel.
Yeah I know, and agree. :P-ish... add an "-ish"... ::) :P We need more Smileys! kinda...QuoteTongue We need a another kind of smiley for "Tongue". SmileyYeah, that face is pretty bad, and the regular smile looks like he wants to kill me and eat my corpse. Something about the beady little eyes and creepy smile.
Nowadays, I only eat meat if somebody offers it to me, like if I'm at somebody's house and they cook something. I do take some supplements with fish ingredients, though. I guess I can't quite claim to be a vegetarian, but I figure I'm close enough to be able to call myself an environmentalist. WinkFor real?!?!?!?!? Ugh. I admit, I dislike people when they refuse to eat normal meat (for what reason). I know american beef isn't that good, but still, it's not that bad, and man cannot live on fish alone (and supplements aren't natural...). Generally I usually meat (pardon the pun) vegetarians who don't eat meat because they are dieting or something, in which case, I can usually recommend EXERCISE rather than vegetarianism :-X
First It's john, not me... ::)Nowadays, I only eat meat if somebody offers it to me, like if I'm at somebody's house and they cook something. I do take some supplements with fish ingredients, though. I guess I can't quite claim to be a vegetarian, but I figure I'm close enough to be able to call myself an environmentalist. Wink
Nowadays, I only eat meat if somebody offers it to me, like if I'm at somebody's house and they cook something. I do take some supplements with fish ingredients, though. I guess I can't quite claim to be a vegetarian, but I figure I'm close enough to be able to call myself an environmentalist. ;)Then
I can usually recommend EXERCISE rather than vegetarianism :-XI recommend both. The only con of being veg is that it is harder to get Protein, and that a lot of people aren't veg, so it's harder to actually be veg...for some. in my opinion
and man cannot live on fish alone (and supplements aren't natural...).what else do we eat...doesn't have to be... :P
Generally I usually meat (pardon the pun) vegetarians who don't eat meat because they are dieting or something,not for me, when I meet people who are vegetarian, it's more because they just don't like meat...or other reasons. Being veg does not necessarily make people slimmer... ::) My sis is veg. :)
For real?!?!?!?!? Ugh. I admit, I dislike people when they refuse to eat normal meat (for what reason).::)
Smiles that need to change:Hmm? Why is that? Other opinions?
:) , ;) , ??? , :-\ ,
First It's john, not me... ::)Sorry, I just quoted his message without realizing he quoted you in there. ???
I recommend both. The only con of being veg is that it is harder to get Protein, and that a lot of people aren't veg, so it's harder to actually be veg...for some. in my opinionMeat power! Meat contains literally TONS of VITAL nutrients of VARIOUS kinds that are NECESSARY for human SURVIVAL (emphasis, anyone?). I can't imagine trying to play sports without meat. I don't know a lot of vegetarians, but the few I've met weren't athletic at all... And one was goth :o
Smiles that need to change:Well...cause they're weird. Like :P :P :P :P :P :P ::)
:) , ;) , ??? , :-\ ,
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Hmm? Why is that? Other opinions?
Sorry, I just quoted his message without realizing he quoted you in there. HuhI know :) I was just pointing it out. :D
Meat power! Meat contains literally TONS of VITAL nutrients of VARIOUS kinds that are NECESSARY for human SURVIVAL (emphasis, anyone?). I can't imagine trying to play sports without meat. I don't know a lot of vegetarians, but the few I've met weren't athletic at all... And one was goth ShockedAnd the same for other stuff. Goth? ::) :P
Repeat after me: Vegetables are bad mmmkay ;)Very, very good Wciow. You are making me hungry.
Nothing beats frying a big slab of meat! :P (Well maybe melted cheese, but thats not the point)
Even my life long veggie friend loves the smell of bacon frying mmm!
Cheesesteak is the ultimate in food, cheese and steak together genius! The two greatest foods combined into one animal based uber-meal :P
p.s the new wink smiley is slightly disturbing ;)
Repeat after me: Vegetables are bad mmmkay ;)Uh-huh. ::)
Nothing beats frying a big slab of meat! :P
Ok Ill give a reason.Basically, Yep. ::) and
:) mouth looks strange.
;) also mouth looks strange.
??? needs to have ? marks like the old one.
:-\ do you need a reason for this one? [The old one look better and could be used for more purposes that just undecided... -- Archmage]
That's true Ultifd, you need some vegetables, but only enough to balance out that steak (BTW: Use saskatchewan steak spice for optimal flavour!).Meat lover. ::) :P
Ok Ill give a reason.Um, arch can you stop editing my posts? (Unless you have a good reson.)
:) mouth looks strange.
;) also mouth looks strange.
??? needs to have ? marks like the old one.
:-\ do you need a reason for this one? [The old one look better and could be used for more purposes that just undecided... -- Archmage]
Yeah I'm looking around. or maybe researching? :P ::)Very much so! :DQuoteThat's true Ultifd, you need some vegetables, but only enough to balance out that steak (BTW: Use saskatchewan steak spice for optimal flavour!).Meat lover. ::) :P
:D-with a side grin
Margaret Thatcher, yes that's it! :D
Here's the joke:
Margaret Thatcher and some other important men go to a restaurant, the waitress asks Margaret what she'll be having, she says roast beef. Then the waitress asks: "what about the vegetables?", and Margaret says: "Oh they'll have roast beef too".
:P
Um, arch can you stop editing my posts? (Unless you have a good reson.)
Um, arch can you stop editing my posts? (Unless you have a good reson.)He's playing around with his new powers. ;D
Why does it bother you, it's not harming you in any way, I edit posts as necessary, and I also will add any minor comments I have to someone elses post so I do make an unnecessary microscopic post.It is an inappropriate use of moderator powers to alter someone's post merely to comment upon it. A moderator's ability to edit others' post is designed to permit administration of the forum's rules - not infringe upon freedom of speech.
[We gave our names to it. We didn't edit your words, unless it was necessary (it's about me, I don't know about the others). So what's the problem not making +30000 bytes for a new post? - @kukac@]
How does this compare to other games?+ Glest has multilayer
We are aware of several other open-source RTS games. Glest has reached 'stable' status and is set in a medieval/fantasy world, with less complex gameplay and graphics but with AI opponents (which are not yet implemented in 0 A.D.).
It is an inappropriate use of moderator powers to alter someone's post merely to comment upon it. A moderator's ability to edit others' post is designed to permit administration of the forum's rules - not infringe upon freedom of speech.
One good reason is that those edits don't show up in your last posts. In a way you don't "own" the post since you're piggybacking off another's post, so they can remove it with your reply in it. It's like having someone in a conversation read out words from a piece of paper instead of speaking for yourself. If you're going to join in the conversation you should do it properly with your own post. They're my thoughts anyway.
Second, as mentioned before, it is an abuse of the moderator's power. The purpose of a moderator's power is not to streamline communications with others. It's purpose is to enforce the rules. Edit when edits are required to maintain order, not when you find them convenient.
Third, if your reply isn't worthy of an addition to your post count, "+30000 bytes", or whatever other criteria you deem necessary to be post-worthy, then don't bother posting it. If your additional editorial commentary on my post can't stand on it's own it shouldn't exist at all.
Fifth and Final, if my posts are edited for reasons not related to rule violations I will find somewhere else to spend my time. I am an adult and am insulted that somebody else find it acceptable to alter my posts, no matter how trivially. I have spent exactly ZERO time (pick your preferred unit of measure, it'll still be zero) modding or playing Glest in the past 5 months. The reason I am still here is because I enjoy the community interaction with people of similar interests. Reduce my enjoyment in this way and I'll find a different community.
I am completely serious about this. I hope that you value my presence here and will respond accordingly.
Totally agree with Hectate on this.
Glest is still a relatively small community, excessive and bad moderation will see the community drop like flies.
Arch, I had a lot of misgivings about you being appointed as a moderator in the first place, and I think it's turned out pretty much how I expected. Personally, I never had a problem with Kukac's edits, as they were tasteful and unobtrusive, but what we don't need is a big red edit when somebody posts something you don't like, especially when you're the one who diverted the thread in the first place.
In short, don't be a jackass.
Ok. I see that I should lighten up on Eliminator, it's just that he seems to be attacking me...and my......I don't know....will to fight back I guess........is slanting my posts toward a more angry approach, I'll back off, that won't happen again.No I am not attacking you, just asked you not to edit my post unles you realy need to. (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/smiles/cry.gif)
How does this compare to other games?+ Glest has multilayer
We are aware of several other open-source RTS games. Glest has reached 'stable' status and is set in a medieval/fantasy world, with less complex gameplay and graphics but with AI opponents (which are not yet implemented in 0 A.D.).
That comment was made when I believed that you had actually altered his post. It was my mistake to assume so and I apologize for that. I agree, you didn't infringe on his freedom of speech by way of your edit. That being said, it does not change any of my other concerns with such actions.QuoteIt is an inappropriate use of moderator powers to alter someone's post merely to comment upon it. A moderator's ability to edit others' post is designed to permit administration of the forum's rules - not infringe upon freedom of speech.
Infringe upon freedom of speech?!? I just added a tiny comment, in agreement, I didn't change what he was saying.
Yes, what's done is done. At this point I don't expect you to go back and remove your edit, nor am I asking for you to do so. I've expressed my reasons for concern and it stands that your action was an inappropriate use of moderator privileges. No comment of mine was intended as an attack toward you - I can not speak for anybody else. The cause for making it a "big deal" is to ensure that it does not continue to happen.QuoteOne good reason is that those edits don't show up in your last posts. In a way you don't "own" the post since you're piggybacking off another's post, so they can remove it with your reply in it. It's like having someone in a conversation read out words from a piece of paper instead of speaking for yourself. If you're going to join in the conversation you should do it properly with your own post. They're my thoughts anyway.
It's kinda late to say that, I can't add a post way back there, what's done is done, I could take out my minor comment and edit my closest next post, but seriously, what's the big deal with a little comment, I mean Eliminator himself has told me he would mind being a moderator........I feel like I'm being attacked, I mean seriously, why are you guys making such a big deal out of a little thing like a comment?
You are absolutely correct that Kucac has also made unnecessary edits. In fact, his edit (and not you) of one of my posts is what sparked the one that you quote above. Again, I am not attacking anybody - that includes both of you - but I felt it very important to make it absolutely clear that I would not tolerate such edits and for what reasons - no matter who was involved.QuoteSecond, as mentioned before, it is an abuse of the moderator's power. The purpose of a moderator's power is not to streamline communications with others. It's purpose is to enforce the rules. Edit when edits are required to maintain order, not when you find them convenient.
So are you also attacking Kucac? I have no doubt we can all agree that he's a great moderator, but he's made edits to posts that had nothing to do with enforcing the rules.
Again, the reason it should not have happened is that it was an inappropriate use of moderator privileges.QuoteThird, if your reply isn't worthy of an addition to your post count, "+30000 bytes", or whatever other criteria you deem necessary to be post-worthy, then don't bother posting it. If your additional editorial commentary on my post can't stand on it's own it shouldn't exist at all.
Jesus Christ! Does it really matter all that much, look at the scale of the edit, did I obstruct his post in any way? NO!
I really do find it insulting that somebody would find it necessary to alter my post. Imagine, if you will, if someone were to take a mod you've developed and insert commentary without your prior permission or knowledge. Sure, you could remove it - except that if they really feel like it they can just put it back in anytime they like. You may never even know that they did. How would that make you feel?QuoteFifth and Final, if my posts are edited for reasons not related to rule violations I will find somewhere else to spend my time. I am an adult and am insulted that somebody else find it acceptable to alter my posts, no matter how trivially. I have spent exactly ZERO time (pick your preferred unit of measure, it'll still be zero) modding or playing Glest in the past 5 months. The reason I am still here is because I enjoy the community interaction with people of similar interests. Reduce my enjoyment in this way and I'll find a different community.
I guess I'll try and remember that.
Thank you. Again, I am not attacking anyone.QuoteI am completely serious about this. I hope that you value my presence here and will respond accordingly.
I do value your presence here, I just wish I could make minor little comments on a post about something as trivial as emoticons without everybody firing off bio-weapons at me.
While I can't speak for wciow, I don't see this as being the current case. I see it as merely a comment on the potential for the future. This is about prevention.QuoteTotally agree with Hectate on this.
Glest is still a relatively small community, excessive and bad moderation will see the community drop like flies.
Bad!? This is ridiculous....
QuoteArch, I had a lot of misgivings about you being appointed as a moderator in the first place, and I think it's turned out pretty much how I expected. Personally, I never had a problem with Kukac's edits, as they were tasteful and unobtrusive, but what we don't need is a big red edit when somebody posts something you don't like, especially when you're the one who diverted the thread in the first place.
In short, don't be a jackass.
Ok. I see that I should lighten up on Eliminator, it's just that he seems to be attacking me...and my......I don't know....will to fight back I guess........is slanting my posts toward a more angry approach, I'll back off, that won't happen again.
Guys you got to give me chance to settle into a new level of power, I'm not perfect, and emotions, ego, and all the other stupid things the Human body has.....make it impossible to just move to the new level and be perfect from the start. Seriously, all I'm asking from you guys is give me a few chances, and constructive responses so I can adjust better.
Just please don't all pile on me, I'm already very depressed, and the thought of deleting my account here crossed my mind while reading these posts...
I'm not mad at anyone here, I'm just much more depressed...
For a while, I was conflicted about what web browser to use, because I like the streamlined interface of Google Chrome, which makes excellent use of my small laptop screen by skipping the status bar and merging the tab bar with the title bar, and I like just about everything else about Firefox, like the extensibility, security, and the fact that I don't have to worry about Google looking over my shoulder and using me for advertising research. I don't really think Google would install spyware/adware into their browser, but with a closed-source program from a for-profit corporation, you never know. The solution I found was to use Firefox and install the add-ons "Chromin Frame" and "Personal Menu", and then hiding the statusbar, so the interface mimics Google Chrome almost perfectly.My brother pointed out something called Iron (ironware?) which is a fork of the chrome code that takes out all the privacy issues. But FF sounds like it's working for you, so I digress.
Regarding operating systems, I use Windows Vista against my will. My previous laptop had XP, but when I umm... accidentally dropped it down the stairs and cashed in on the accidental damage plan, they replaced it with this Vista-equipped one, much to my dismay. The one good thing about that is that if Vista weren't so bad, I never would have started experimenting with Linux. ;D Anyway, I had various Linux distros installed on this machine from time to time, finally settling on Ubuntu, but lately I've been having a lot of trouble with my hard drive, and it keeps eating the area where my computer puts my Linux partition, so I'm basically stuck with Vista until I get a new HDD (and probably a new computer altogether), which won't be for quite a while since I'm more than a little bit broke at the moment. I've tweaked a whole slew of settings to keep it running at a decent speed, like turning off all of the useless visual effects and indexing, so it's relatively tolerable at the moment, but I certainly won't be mourning its loss.
You spelt Kukac's name wrong :o, he's going to eat you now. Just joking, but seriously it's Kukac not Kucac.
Second, as mentioned before, it is an abuse of the moderator's power. The purpose of a moderator's power is not to streamline communications with others. It's purpose is to enforce the rules. Edit when edits are required to maintain order, not when you find them convenient.
So are you also attacking Kucac? I have no doubt we can all agree that he's a great moderator, but he's made edits to posts that had nothing to do with enforcing the rules.
You are absolutely correct that Kucac has also made unnecessary edits. In fact, his edit (and not you) of one of my posts is what sparked the one that you quote above. Again, I am not attacking anybody - that includes both of you - but I felt it very important to make it absolutely clear that I would not tolerate such edits and for what reasons - no matter who was involved.
Sorry, read it wrong earlier and it just stuck.You spelt Kukac's name wrong :o, he's going to eat you now. Just joking, but seriously it's Kukac not Kucac.
Yeah, I will eat him! (kukac means worm).
Feel free to attack me, since I'm also violating several rules and laws with it :P . And I never asked anyone to like me (if someone dislikes me very much, I will just simply punch his face :D ).I never attack, because it's not constructive. This is just a learning experience and it appears to be resolved as far as I'm concerned. Thank you for the apology, and yes, all is forgiven.
This is a right place to ask for forgiveness for abusing my moderator powers. Sorry Hectate!
I really do find it insulting that somebody would find it necessary to alter my post. Imagine, if you will, if someone were to take a mod you've developed and insert commentary without your prior permission or knowledge. Sure, you could remove it - except that if they really feel like it they can just put it back in anytime they like. You may never even know that they did. How would that make you feel?
Arch, you're a good person from everything I've seen out of you on this forum. The same goes for Kucac. Please realize that I also value your contributions to the community and do not want to see you leave.
I think you need to realize that you haven't been "moved to a new level of power". You've been given additional responsibility. This is an important distinction because the Glest forums are not a RPG that you just leveled up on. If you're a moderator you have a job. The simple fact is that if a rule hasn't been violated and nothing needs to be adjusted (such as moving a post to an appropriate board) there should be no reason to use any kind of moderator-specific abilities. Consider yourself as an undercover cop. You're just here to post and read like everyone else - until you see a law broken.
I don't consider this too much to ask of you.
Quote from: hailstone on Today at 04:16:05
You spelt Kukac's name wrong Shocked, he's going to eat you now. Just joking, but seriously it's Kukac not Kucac.
Yeah, I will eat him! (kukac means worm).
Sorry, read it wrong earlier and it just stuck.
I would beat that persons brains out. Tongue [Just try it Cool - @kukac@]
[I'm better than you this way Smiley - @kukac@]
[kukac=worm, and in hungarian, you pronounce @ as kukac (in the end, my name in hungarian is: kukac kukac kukac) - @kukac@]
I so miss that old cheesy smiley, it was so sarcastic. :Pdo you mean this one (http://glest.org/glest_board/Themes/default/images/post/smiley.gif) this one (http://glest.org/glest_board/Themes/default/images/post/cheesy.gif) or this one (http://glest.org/glest_board/Themes/default/images/post/grin.gif)
We would have some realy cool smiles!Yep. ;D(click to show/hide)
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lol Awesome.
Glad to have gotten everyone's minds off the moderation... While you were paying attention to the smilies, I edited ALL your posts! :OOh, I really thought you did. :look: :bomb: :P
Just Kidding. :bomb:
The old eye roll was way better...Yeah, I know... ::) wait I wanted to...[/size ]
I only replaced the ones with the awkward lips that everyone seemed to dislike. I think I'm nearly finished with them now.I know, but some of them were ok/better than Eliminator's ones... ::)
Quote[I'm better than you this way Smiley - @kukac@]
How do you mask yourself, I don't have a clue how to do that. :D
Yah, but how do you get it that way.
And why dose it say banned under your pic?
Looks like you still don't know me well enough ;DWhat do you mean?
:O :O :OGoog job :thumbup:
I wiped it out. Duh duh duh duh! :P
Nevermind...Wierd... windows right? ::)
I'm using CamStudio, and how the heck do you record a game in fullscreen, and Camstudio lags my game, and then I pause Camstudio and my game runs fine?
Do you guys know ways around this?
[URL=http://img6.imageshack.us/i/cs1yj.jpg/][IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1368/cs1yj.jpg[/img][/URL] [URL=http://img638.imageshack.us/i/cs2o.jpg/][IMG]http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6083/cs2o.jpg[/img][/URL]These are my settings...the best that works for me at least...maybe higher for you?[URL=http://img265.imageshack.us/i/cs3.jpg/][IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7379/cs3.jpg[/img][/URL] [URL=http://img265.imageshack.us/i/cs4r.jpg/][IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6900/cs4r.th.jpg[/img][/URL]Good Luck. ;D :O :bomb:
I was going to say that, for camstudio, a lot depends on the multitasking ability of your computer. Dual core/processors really help.Yeah, that's true.
you use i7? that is a true multitaskers... 8)where did you get that? :O ::) :bomb:
ulti! your vids are raped with lag! seriously...So, at least they are better then all other other videos on youtube. ::)
i belive effects can cover YOUR lag, and i think there is a way to smooth videos with lags..Well, you are the only person that ever say that it lags...
Nevermind...Wierd... windows right? ::)
I'm using CamStudio, and how the heck do you record a game in fullscreen, and Camstudio lags my game, and then I pause Camstudio and my game runs fine?
Do you guys know ways around this?
I always use CamStudio...it works perfectly fine... ::) Very smooth :thumbup: :bomb:
Make sure you edit CamStudio's settings... and probably use a different codec than if you are using... :bomb: :thumbup:
Are you using the beta or the "stable" version :confused:
See? Full screen...Code: [Select][URL=http://img6.imageshack.us/i/cs1yj.jpg/][IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1368/cs1yj.jpg[/img][/URL] [URL=http://img638.imageshack.us/i/cs2o.jpg/][IMG]http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6083/cs2o.jpg[/img][/URL]These are my settings...the best that works for me at least...maybe higher for you?
First I use this codec x264vfw - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec: http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/
Install it... then these are the settings I use...Code: [Select][URL=http://img265.imageshack.us/i/cs3.jpg/][IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7379/cs3.jpg[/img][/URL] [URL=http://img265.imageshack.us/i/cs4r.jpg/][IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6900/cs4r.th.jpg[/img][/URL]Good Luck. ;D :O :bomb:
Well, what version do you have Ultifd?Version 2.0 (stableish) and Version 2.5 beta... I use both. ::) :bomb: :thumbup:
Wow... the spam is getting way worse. :SSame old Same old... ::) :thumbdown:
hey does anyone know to instal Cedega packages on ubuntuhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cedega
TIM TIME APPLE SQUARE DARE! (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/html/tim_time/home.html)Wow, that was really frustrating, but kinda fun. At first I thought the squares were going to be randomized, but that would be too evil. :wicked:
Not at all. When you move your mouse over any picture, then you will see a link "down there" (I'm not quite familiar with the English names...), when it's x then it's a fail, when it's a number, then you can click on it.I realized that, but that would have taken all the challenge out of it. :P
:O :O we are underUh huh.... :O
Glest > Off Topic > Off Topic > Off Topic - Main
So I think OT stuff is ok here.
BTW: try out TIM TIME APPLE SQUARE DARE! (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/html/tim_time/home.html)
Why annoying?:O :O we are underUh huh.... :O
Glest > Off Topic > Off Topic > Off Topic - Main
So I think OT stuff is ok here.
BTW: try out TIM TIME APPLE SQUARE DARE! (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/html/tim_time/home.html)
That was fun...but annoying... ;D
Because of the repetitive failing, and then the blue "outlining" of the boxes... :| ::)Why annoying?:O :O we are underUh huh.... :O
Glest > Off Topic > Off Topic > Off Topic - Main
So I think OT stuff is ok here.
BTW: try out TIM TIME APPLE SQUARE DARE! (http://www.soft-haus.com/jacob/html/tim_time/home.html)
That was fun...but annoying... ;D
Can you think of a way to fix this?I thought you made it that way. :| ::)
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Out of fun: I used a javascript debugger and made everyone an apple. What a nice way to win!:O
... :|:OHay arc don't juts post a smile. :angel:Oh come on, Ultifd already quoted it and put the same smile, I'm just laughing at what he's laughing at. :cheesy:
]Hmm, not really. Anyone heard any good jokes recently?
Hmm... it would be interesting if someone spammed smileys... I mean like bots...not people... ::)
Hmm, not reallyI just think it would be more interesting, compared to just links that bots spam, or stupid pics. :|
Anyone else want to share their favorites?I'll see. ::)
]
Hmm... it would be interesting if someone spammed smileys... I mean like bots...not people... ::)
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/linux_user_at_best_buy.png)
If you want to be horrified, watch this: http://www.fat-pie.com/dogofman.htm (http://www.fat-pie.com/dogofman.htm). Note: not for anyone overly-sensitive to violent cartoon imagery or extreme creepiness.Watched it... Hmm... :|
Oh, wow, I didn't notice the new smiley, since it was in the "more" section.. ::) sweet. :thumbup: :scientist: :wicked: :scientist: :wicked: :wicked: :scientist: :wicked::O :O :O :O
EDIT:
Somewhat true... ::) :O
(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/linux_user_at_best_buy.png)
I didn't get the last one.Well, it's a programmers lingo one. I'll try and explain. The guy is deleting pointers, and in a comment, he states that he wishes forgetting was that easy (eg: breakup). Then in the last frame, he puts in an assert statement (a statement generally used to debug, since it simply checks to see if the statement passed through is true (ie: 2+2!=5). Hmm, I think I just took the funny out of the joke with that lousy explaination...
In addition, one of the security flaws is based on arguably the most ridiculous product placement in a movie ever, and another is from Lord of the Rings.I didn't get the last one.Well, it's a programmers lingo one. I'll try and explain. The guy is deleting pointers, and in a comment, he states that he wishes forgetting was that easy (eg: breakup). Then in the last frame, he puts in an assert statement (a statement generally used to debug, since it simply checks to see if the statement passed through is true (ie: 2+2!=5). Hmm, I think I just took the funny out of the joke with that lousy explaination...
Oh for crying out loud, Google has got to be one of the least "evil" corporations you're likely to find. It's not like Google Earth is invading anybody's privacy, since the only things it's going to see are things you're doing outside in public. ::)I agree...with most of what you said. :|
With that said, I trust Google more than just about any other corporation out there, but you still won't find me using Chrome simply because I don't trust any for-profit advertising/information-based company to not put spyware in their closed-source browser, and they really don't need to know what gaming forums I spend way too much time on, who I facebook stalk the most, or what the password to my bank account is. However, I use Google Docs to do literally all of my document editing other than coding. Even if they came out and said "We're tracking everything you do on Google Docs and reading all your documents", I wouldn't even care since the most private stuff they'd be reading would be my anthropology papers, and I think I could easily sacrifice that for the convenience. :P
Considering Google's two biggest competitors are the sad joke called "Yahoo!" and the legions of Hell... err... I mean, Microsoft... I'd say Google is definitely the best choice of the three by a wide margin.
Speaking of ABC, has anyone here seen that new show "Food Revolution"?I haven't seen it yet, but I have heard of it and I also saw the trailer... ::)
answer to life, the universe, and everything
I have a right to privacy, and Google should respect thatIf you use Google, you consent to their privacy policy. Simple as that. You think Bing and Yahoo don't (try to) track you just as much? Ever order a pizza from Domino's? You can bet the store has your name, address, and phone number on file.
http://masterplanthemovie.com/Thanks, watching it. :) :thumbup:
I think Arch's foil hat must be scrambling his brain waves.Indeed. Look's like the truth is out Arch! Seriously, you are being far to paranoid.
I mean we already have plane scanners that show people nakedSpeaking about that, I personally think that people are too worried about terrorist attacks, especially in Canada. Yes, they are terrible, yes 9/11 was horrid, but airports and the like are now far too restrictive. Everyone is far too oversecure, and that's not a good thing. Especially on the Canada/US border, which isn't as open as it should be (IMHO). I distinctly remember a town cradling the border is being split up because some idiot american decided it's a security risk.
I mean we already have plane scanners that show people nakedYeah, it is a bit (or a lot) overboard, but then at least there is a lesser possibility of a... ::)
I think I'm going to lock this topic, Google is bad, and if you don't agree, well I'm gonna lock this topic. >:( :scientist:April Fools! :O :cheesy: :zzz:
No really, I know you trust me! :DWe do??? Just kidding, april fools to all (except those in UTC+6 or later, as it's no longer april fools there...)
A hilarious and possibly unsettling article that is a must-read for anybody involved in MMORPGs.Interesting...ish. :|
http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html)
I'm not saying you shouldn't play them or anything like that (I myself am a big fan of Atlantica Online, as some of you may have gathered), but it's a bit eye-opening to see what's really going on.
PS: As with anything on Cracked.com, prepare for foul language and crude humor.
A hilarious and possibly unsettling article that is a must-read for anybody involved in MMORPGs.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html)
The slogans used to advertise the game also frequently included references to a "queen" or a "lover" to save, although there is no queen or lover within the game. Additionally, they frequently state that the user can "play discreetly".
Triple Post for the Win, eh, Modman?
Other browsers featured in the week's news include a minor update to Firefox 3.6.3, a commitment from Mozilla to speed up development of hardware graphics acceleration, Firefox's last update to Firefox 3.x, and 10 emergency security patches for Internet Explorer.I love how when Mozilla is updating and improving their browser, Microsoft is busy desperately trying to keep theirs from killing your computer with malware. ;D
:OQuote from: CNETOther browsers featured in the week's news include a minor update to Firefox 3.6.3, a commitment from Mozilla to speed up development of hardware graphics acceleration, Firefox's last update to Firefox 3.x, and 10 emergency security patches for Internet Explorer.I love how when Mozilla is updating and improving their browser, Microsoft is busy desperately trying to keep theirs from killing your computer with malware. ;D
Is he dumping the stuff off the shelf...?... :O
Before I read that it was an earthquake, I thought the guy was going crazy. :O:O
:OQuote from: CNETOther browsers featured in the week's news include a minor update to Firefox 3.6.3, a commitment from Mozilla to speed up development of hardware graphics acceleration, Firefox's last update to Firefox 3.x, and 10 emergency security patches for Internet Explorer.I love how when Mozilla is updating and improving their browser, Microsoft is busy desperately trying to keep theirs from killing your computer with malware. ;D
Well, the latest update for Firefox was to cover the exploit found by that recent hacking contest. ::)
Firefox for the Win! :O :thumbup:Is he dumping the stuff off the shelf...?... :OBefore I read that it was an earthquake, I thought the guy was going crazy. :O:O
I love Firefox its my favorite browser and its works really well on my computer plus i know its stupid but i love the name very creativeDitto. :O :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I love Firefox its my favorite browser and its works really well on my computer plus i know its stupid but i love the name very creativewhy is it stupid?
Stupid that she loves the name of firefox, firefox...??? ::)I love Firefox its my favorite browser and its works really well on my computer plus i know its stupid but i love the name very creativewhy is it stupid?
Ice Weasel, now THAT'S a dumb name for a browser.
Oh crap... now my windows tells me that support for sp1 is outdated within a wekk or so....Me too :P Why do yu think I use ubuntu. There is no competition.
then it is sad that sp2 is unable to install....
can`t play any games...
how much i hate windows...
<em:maxVersion>3.5.0.*</em:maxVersion>Just change the number and save. With 7zip and Notepad++, I could edit the file within the archive, but if for some reason you have to extract it to edit it, you can just recompress as a *.zip and change the extension to *.xpi. Open up Firefox and drag the archive into your browser and it should install on its own. Note that sometimes an add-on is incompatible for a good reason, but sometimes it's just that the developer doesn't maintain the add-on anymore. This is the case of Chromin Frame, which is supposedly not compatible with v3.6 or later, but which I'm running just fine on the latest version of Firefox.Oh crap... now my windows tells me that support for sp1 is outdated within a wekk or so....Me too :P Why do yu think I use ubuntu. There is no competition.
then it is sad that sp2 is unable to install....
can`t play any games...
how much i hate windows...
If you could play games on Linux it would`ve been awesome...Why can`t you play games.
I've never understood service packs, I've never actually done anything with them......Well, for some Windows...(s), the service packs were very important... ::)
Speaking of Firefox, I found a way to get some add-ons working with version they're supposedly not compatible with. 8)Well, I knew (ways) to do that a long time ago... ::)
@Concerning Windows Update: You know, it is possible to get a service pack without windows update. Back on vista, an unknown update was totally screwing my computer up, so I couldn't get Service Pack 1 (which was a requirement for Windows 7). However, I found an exe file that installed Service Pack 1 on my computer meant for people who had to do updates on a large number of computers (naturally, it recommended to use windows update for single computers, but since when do I heed microsoft's advice?). I'm sure there'll be one for you, whatever OS you're on.Yeah I did the same thing. But uh, it was for Windows XP. (SP3)
so I couldn't get Service Pack 1 (which was a requirement for Windows 7)Windows Vista. Although, M$$ wants to say/acknowledge that Windows 7 is Windows Vista, that Vista never happened... ::)
@John, that method does work well (I've used it in the past for the extensions people forgot to update). Of course, every now and then one won't work at all because it relies on a removed/changed part of FF.Yeah, one thing is ietab. Ever used it? :|
Having extreme computer troubles? Back everything up, format the HDD, reinstall windows from scratch, add on the files from backup, but reinstall the programs manually. Will take a good day, but works like a charm. Oh, and turn off windows update and screw those horrid auto-update programs (if I really want to update, I think I'll do it myself ;)).Yep, that is what we have to do when we use Windows... ::) :O
Concerning not being able to play games, that should NOT be related to the SP. I tried to update my SP when I had GAE troubles, but it didn't affect it. Only when I updated my graphics card (from the computer manufacturer, not the graphics card manufacturer or windows update).Ultimately true. :| :thumbup:
BTW, I just saw a horror movie yesterday called 'Midnight Movie' and it was quite good. Any of you guys seen that?No i have not seen that but I love horror movies so i'l check it out what is it about?
About a guy in a movie who comes into reality.QuoteBTW, I just saw a horror movie yesterday called 'Midnight Movie' and it was quite good. Any of you guys seen that?No i have not seen that but I love horror movies so i'l check it out what is it about?
The sp2 is required for a lot of win7 games...I've never heard of ONE. Please demonstrate.
Yep. :thumbup:The sp2 is required for a lot of win7 games...I've never heard of ONE. Please demonstrate.
Nice! :OI know, right? I mean, if that really happened... ::) :O
Nice! :OI know, right? I mean, if that really happened... ::) :O
Well, imagine that.
But uh, I also wouldn't really want to be responsible for the lives of many others... :|
Still cool. :)
xkcd is so nice... :thumbup:
Yep. :thumbup:The sp2 is required for a lot of win7 games...I've never heard of ONE. Please demonstrate.
Nice ones! :D:thumbup:
Yah, especially the literally one. :OAre you sure you ________ meant that? :O
I lke the earthquake its so believeable because people actually do say on internet we have an earthquake here but maybe not right awaySomewhat, yeah. ::)
Not me, I don't own a cellphone, and I don't want one.True, but people still have their comps and such, and then they will tweet, then... :|
ha where do you get those they are funny :)http://xkcd.com/
watch the grownups one :DThis one, right? :|
That's a joke making fun of Jesus, which is not smart, because, there's tons of proof for Jesus existing.
I just found this game a day or so when a glest video had it as related...kind of 2d wannabe 3d graphics...True, but it is more professional then Glest. ::) Have you actually tried it out? Post some screenshots then... ::)
geeze? it might be your connection or hardware which is causeing the videos to be a complete hell of lagg...connection...probably not.
Lookup some HD videos and watch them in HD and then think of upload your videos in HD :)
1080p would be niceK, I will try, if you try and succeed first, k? ::) :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
But the lagg might scare people, and i ahve an idea, go machinima! rawr!
my dad refuses to pay the internet speed i need, well, i can let it upload for a week and then go online again but NO WAY! so my video is too big for the moment, everything is awesome edited and so on but it is just too much, 156GB....Well, that is 154 GB over the limit on youtube, eh? So no use...
I just found this game a day or so when a glest video had it as related...kind of 2d wannabe 3d graphics...What game?
0 A.D. ::) Check before you... :|I just found this game a day or so when a glest video had it as related...kind of 2d wannabe 3d graphics...What game?
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php)Yeah... I did. ::) :O
Ever heard of the Flat Earth Society? :O
But there is no link shot or name? is his post.Yes, but the post before it states that... ::) oh well. :| He was responding...to... ::)
http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/
And it is kinda smaller then megaglest... ::)
I will try it out...later. ::)
Today (April 20th) is Adolf Hitler's birthday.HAPPY BIRTHDAY HITLER! HOPE YOU ENJOY IT :D
Today (April 20th) is Adolf Hitler's birthday.Yeah...and a bunch of other people too ::) I mean others... ::)
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php (http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php)
Ever heard of the Flat Earth Society? :O
Well, that's one date you won't find marked on anyone's calendar. :PUnless it is somebody's birthday. ::) :O I mean besides his... ::)
I am strongly against all copyright, patenting, and trademarks. Why? Because I believe they were created so that the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. ONLY the creator of the patent, copyright, or trademark benefits. All the consumers (which is probably 99.9% of the people) LOSE! Monopoly is BAD, freedom of merchanting and the right to be able to offer all people the same product in their own way is GOOD. Competion (business-wise) is healthyI disagree. ::) Mostly. Kinda what John said... ::)
How about the issue of same-sex marriage and such? I am not against it, or against people who are... Although I probably will never... ::)I am. It is against the way god made us (it was the first man and woman, not the first two gay men) as well as plain disgusting (are you gonna marry your goat too!?)
Well, I kinda feel the same way. But I am not really against it...either. ::) Oh well. As for being...I am ok with people who are like that too...unless... ::) :|How about the issue of same-sex marriage and such? I am not against it, or against people who are... Although I probably will never... ::)I am. It is against the way god made us (it was the first man and woman, not the first two gay men) as well as plain disgusting (are you gonna marry your goat too!?)
lol
- W00T!
- Working lists!
- At last!!!
^Yeah, that was kinda pointless, so I'll give the post a point^
BTW, found a crazy patient. See here: http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science//item/crazy_patent_wearable_bird_feedierlol...but in regular "stuff" it is usually not like that...right. :/ ::)
The new what?"pictures" ::)
Did you hear about the new... ::)Would you actually finish a thought for once? :P
Well then you people can guess and actually think... ::) :ODid you hear about the new... ::)Would you actually finish a thought for once? :P
aren`t there always coming new pictures of the sun?Yeah...the new pictures of the sun... well these are kinda special... ::)
Well then you people can guess and actually think... ::) :ODid you hear about the new... ::)Would you actually finish a thought for once? :Paren`t there always coming new pictures of the sun?Yeah...the new pictures of the sun... well these are kinda special... ::)
how r dey specs?multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet
to something completely different, if you`ve played runescape, you know the "code-language" they use like:I just started playing and getting into it ha I'm horrible at it though
Oh comon you'll get better, I'm helping you and giving you lots of stuff, you have a good start. :thumbup:Yep, add the name 'hofmic'. I'm usually on for a few hours sometime inbetween 7 - 10PM Central Standard Time (GMT-6). I've been in a dungeoneering craze lately...
In a couple weeks I may be wearing the best non-member armor in the game. :D
Stephanie, I'm making like 50,000+ gold a day now, so if you need anything I'll buy it. 8)
Hey Omega, I'm back into Runescape(kinda obvious.... :P), are you still playing it?
BTW, anyone else playing it?
Stephanie, just, guidance, do not train your defence, it is completely useless, focus on str and range and you will be unbeatable.BAD ADVICE!!!!!! :bomb:
BAD ADVICE!!!!!! Bomb
Honestly man, you're worse than those pures (ten to one you are one). Yes, defence does NOT reduce the damage you take, but reduces the chances of hitting them (otherwise powerful players could be invincible to some degree. However, try fighting a simple monster, say a ice warrior with no armor (and no defense), then try fighting it at lvl 60 def (like me) wearing full dragon. Insane difference. Also, higher combat levels = respect, and defense contributes almost 1/3 combat level per defense level.
You will NOT survive long without good defense. Try doing desert treasure (a VERY long and difficult quest) with 1 defense. Trust me, overal well roundedness will be your best friend in the world of Gielinor (that's what the world of Runescape is called).
Contractory to what Gab said, not raising defense (known as being a pure) is NOT recommended for your first account. If you need help, I'm welcome to give you a hand (add 'hofmic'). I am hardly the best or the highest leveled, but my knowledge of the world (and its history, etc;) surpases the average player (and not by a small amount). Either way, enjoy. Once you get used to it (there can be a big learning curve, though Jagex has added a lot since when I first joined) it will be a very exciting game. Enjoy!
Dude, defense it CRITICAL, you cannot survive without it!Agreed, fully and completely! 8) Although you underestimated one point. The defense level will make less difference than the armor. For example, having 60 def and full dragon will net you better defense than 99 and no armor (MUCH).
Try killing a guy with 99 defense, and he has no armor, good luck buddy, it's going to take a while. :thumbdown:
Stephanie, pay no attention to Gabbe, he has no clue what he's saying.
hitting 30s with eese30's??? 30's??? Dude, you obviously haven't played for a while, have you? They changed the HP. Renamed it some lame nonsense name and multiplied it by 10. 30 now is equal to 3 before... :scared: Besides, 60 attack isn't good enough for a god sword or whip.
Agreed, fully and completely! Cool Although you underestimated one point. The defense level will make less difference than the armor. For example, having 60 def and full dragon will net you better defense than 99 and no armor (MUCH).
Dude, defense it CRITICAL, you cannot survive without it!Agreed, fully and completely! 8) Although you underestimated one point. The defense level will make less difference than the armor. For example, having 60 def and full dragon will net you better defense than 99 and no armor (MUCH).
Try killing a guy with 99 defense, and he has no armor, good luck buddy, it's going to take a while. :thumbdown:
Stephanie, pay no attention to Gabbe, he has no clue what he's saying.hitting 30s with eese30's??? 30's??? Dude, you obviously haven't played for a while, have you? They changed the HP. Renamed it some lame nonsense name and multiplied it by 10. 30 now is equal to 3 before... :scared: Besides, 60 attack isn't good enough for a god sword or whip.
Also, pures DON'T make so much money. In fact, it's much harder to make money because you can't kill anything without a lot of skill or pure luck. Try killing mith dragons (in my opinion, one of the hardest normal foes in RS, not counting one-of-a-kinds like the KQ or KBD) at 1 defense. Getting the dragon full helm would be quite nasty there.... :(
I've played a couple MMOs in my day. I think the first one I tried was Martial Heroes, but I couldn't really get that into it. It's basically like any generic MMO, and set in ancient China.
Then I played Eudemons Online for a while, which is kinda like a cross between Diablo and Pokemon (hard to imagine, but if you played it you'd get what I mean). I got pretty frustrated with how the PvP system works, in that somebody one or two levels higher can kill you in one hit, made even worse by the fact that paying players had such a huge advantage that free gamers like me stood no chance in PvP and everywhere except the starting map and the insides of towns are freely open to PK (without warning, too, so you tend to get ambushed). Plus, there's a serious lack of quests and the game is in perpetual beta. Apparently development has been abandoned in favor of a newer project, which is really just the same game with a futuristic spin on it. The only really fun part of this game was raising and training your pet monsters.
I tried Talisman Online for a little while, but I couldn't really get that into that one either. One of my friends got me to play Runes of Magic with her a couple times, but once again it just didn't draw me in.
Atlantica Online has been my only MMO for a couple years now, and I play off-and-on. I like that there are a ton of quests, so it's not all that grind-heavy, and the cooperation is so much better than in the other games I've played. There are always people wanting to form parties or inviting you to guilds, and playing with other people is always more fun than playing alone. Additionally, the combat system is dramatically different (and better) than the other games, kind of Final Fantasy style. Instead of managing one character, you manage a group of up to nine (you start with about four and then get more as time goes by), and you can swap them out for new and better ones as you gain levels and complete quests. In this way, you can customize your group to extraordinary level (Want a group of nine spearmen? Not a good idea, but you can sure do it if you want!). The combat itself is turn-based but there's a 30-second time limit on each turn, so that keeps it moving fast. There are also PvP tournaments several times a day, where you're matched against players of a similar skill level (based on win-loss record). Paying players do have a pretty big advantage, but not enough to spoil the game, and you can beat players with higher levels and better equipment if you're good/lucky. Also, the auto-move and teleportation features make travel so much easier, especially since the world is really quite big. I've never tried running from Angkor Wat to Alcatraz, but I'm guessing it would most of an hour if you didn't teleport. The market system is the best I've experienced, and is driven by supply and demand because you put your items up for sale and you only receive money if/when another player buys it. The crafting system is quite nice, too. Basically, Atlantica is the only online game I've played that got just about everything right.
You also have to notice that the guy has an awesome weapon, without that weapon he would do half the damage.
when I was a member I could hit 17's
that guy isn't showing the part where he gets his butt kicked by a guy with defense
i would try to stay pure as logn as possible, but of course, quests fun, pvp is the core...I think it was like 10-15%???
I would be happy to see how many customers jagex lost when they removed pk system lol
Too bad, NASA... :| At least this time it was a balloon... sucks for the people who invested their time and who made it... :| :( Reminds me of the other crashes...but at least this one is not so severe... ::)That's true. Remember the challenger? (I think that was the name). :bomb: :bomb: :bomb:
What does a "douchebag" or "douche" mean?It's an insult meaning your an idiot or the like. Just know that it means someone flamed you.
cause when i win at mw2 i get called a douche or douchebag in the lobby...Bad losers. Just ignore em.
That's true. Remember the challenger? (I think that was the name). :bomb: :bomb: :bomb:Yeah, unfortunate. :( RIP People...
so basically they're calling you a vagina cleaner
Yeah, well, the good thing about game filters, is that it saves things from getting "ugly"... ::)
I mean, some games don't ::)have filters, and it is kinda...uh...bad. :|
I've been trying out runescape yesterday, it was ok... ::)
Yeah, well, the good thing about game filters, is that it saves things from getting "ugly"... ::)
I mean, some games don't ::)have filters, and it is kinda...uh...bad. :|
I've been trying out runescape yesterday, it was Super-Awesome!!!!... :o
For once I agree with Gabbe.It is ok... ::)
Great news, got my new laptop at last.
HP Pavilion
17.3" screen
1600x900 resolution
4GB DDR3 RAM
500 GB HDD
Blu-Ray Disc Drive w/ SuperMulti Burner
1GB ATI HD Graphics Card
Full 101 Key Keyboard
Windows 7 64 Bit
Intel Duo Core Processor (2.23GHz)
Insanely nice, very large laptop that makes me feel like a kid again!!! Very good deal for its price of $1000 (with taxes and environmental fees). The processor isn't the best, but its way better than my 1.87GHz last one and good enough for me. I'd like to update to an i5 or i7 sometime. Anyone know much about how that works?
I would go for a i5 if you game, but go i7 if you play 5 games at once...I tested glest in the highest settings, and easily reached my max frame rate! I also played through assault cube, Nexuiz, and Scorched3D at the highest settings at 1600x900 resolution with flawless gameplay. I'm in love. Dunno why anyone would want to play FIVE games at once though.
oh god, were can i get one? if i don`t mess up with the currency, thats 60000NOKAssuming I have the currency right, that's abhout 5 300 NOK. HOWEVER, this was refurbished AND on sale. I'd be hard pressed to find it cheaper. It's a HP Pavilion d7 (Can't remember the exact name... Stupid 5 digit Alphanumeric mixtures. You'd think manufacturers could name their stuff better).
Now Military can be updated... ::) ::) ::)Yep. I need a few more days to finish installing programs and getting it all ready (makes me feel like a kid again! :D :D :D), but then, yes, it's back to military.
Quote from: ultifd on May 04, 2010, 19:37:27
Now Military can be updated... Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Yep. I need a few more days to finish installing programs and getting it all ready (makes me feel like a kid again! Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy), but then, yes, it's back to military.
For specs, I'd prefer a 32 bit OS because I'm more familiar with them and I have NO 64 bit programs and doubt I'll go beyond 4 gigs of RAM. My minimum specs are:I guess you changed your mind...eh? :O
200 gig HDD, preferably 250+
roughly 15" screen, not too large though, but not too small either
ATI graphics card, I'll really have to look up more specifics on this
Wireless N built-in WiFi reciever
At least 4 USB ports (I use every one on my current laptop)
Battery life of at least 2 hours, preferably 3+
2+ gigs RAM (DDR2 or DDR3)
Yeah, I know the processor isn't all that good, but my tests have had all shown it quite nice, and it is better than my last, and not all that much worse than the i5 of a different computer I saw.Yeah I think it is at least "good enough"... ::)
Sweet. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :bomb:Now Military can be updated... ::) ::) ::)Yep. I need a few more days to finish installing programs and getting it all ready (makes me feel like a kid again! :D :D :D), but then, yes, it's back to military.
What is that? My school blocked it as 'adult' catigory. I'm probably in trouble now.... :bomb:Well, school filters are usually not very good...or maybe there was a pornography ad... :|
Dude, the american dollar is virtually euqal than the canadian dollar. Here's what google tells me:Who are you talking to? If me, yeah I know that. ::)
1 U.S. dollar = 1.03640046 Canadian dollars
http://www.indavideo.hu/video/Gyoz_a_siralyhaha that cat was like so confused
:o
What is that? My school blocked it as 'adult' catigory. I'm probably in trouble now.... :bomb:ha its a video; today in school i was on school laptops for a project for health and i was bored and i knew school blocks out almost everything like facebook, youtube, ect. anyways i tried getting on here and it worked i was so surprised but unfortunately i couldn't remember my password at that time so i couldn't go on lol next time i get a chance i will
And you forgot that every new window that it loads, it loads a new process... great right? :OYou wish. Microsoft will never do that, that way if one window crashes, they ALL go down! :scientist: :scientist: :scientist:
Yeah. I guess.
What are you talking about?!
IE is great!!!
Here's why:
-It only takes 1-2 years to load a webpage
-It's easy on your computer, and hogs lots of RAM
-It comes with Windows, everyone's favorite OS!
-It has an E button!!! That makes it the internet!!!
-It's closed-source and has no add-ons!!!
-It's from microsoft, the company who made the wor- best OS ever!!!!!
-I hat- like it...
-It's so friggen popular at school, and everybody ha- loves school!
-It's definitely stu- cool!
Quote from: -Archmage- on May 10, 2010, 20:38:37
What are you talking about?!
IE is great!!!
Here's why:
-It only takes 1-2 years to load a webpage
-It's easy on your computer, and hogs lots of RAM
-It comes with Windows, everyone's favorite OS!
-It has an E button!!! That makes it the internet!!!
-It's closed-source and has no add-ons!!!
-It's from microsoft, the company who made the wor- best OS ever!!!!!
-I hat- like it...
-It's so friggen popular at school, and everybody ha- loves school!
-It's definitely stu- cool!
haha nice one very creative! (I hat----- love it)
And you forgot that every new window that it loads, it loads a new process... great right? :O
Yeah. I guess.
[I kinda squeezed that in with the hogging lots of RAM ;D -- Arch]
What are you talking about?!You forgot crashing all the time. That's the best part! Plus, it's what everybody's grandma uses, so you know it must be cool.
IE is great!!!
Here's why:
Quote from: -Archmage- on Today at 12:33:49 AM
What are you talking about?!
IE is great!!!
Here's why:
You forgot crashing all the time. That's the best part! Plus, it's what everybody's grandma uses, so you know it must be cool.
I don't use add-ons for firefox or anythingWell, that is ok, but one of the best features of firefox is it's addons... ::) just sayin'
And of course Adblock Plus, but that hardly needs to be mentioned. That one should come as part of the default installation, imo. ;DYeah, it would be really nice...but then Mozilla would have problems regarding the issues of ADs itself...I think the developer of Adblock Plus had that issue one or a few times already... ::)
This is the past...
Yeah I still have a 2000, and I think a 95... No Opinion
-It's from microsoft, the company who made the wor- best OS ever!!!!!
my opinion vista werent bad, keeping it for apps and suchs...Well, I would say at least when they first released it, it was kinda bad...
I like all oses, and if i could choose, i would want a LINWINBSD OS without the problems of the OSes
I would like a mac, I don't have one, but I've used one before...And don't. Even windows is better than the puny macs. They suffer from the same compatibility problems with most programs as Linux (notice how there's no Mac version of glest), but their emulator also costs MONEY! They also are just radically different in ways that make them inferior in my opinion. Stick with linux/windows.
Actually there is somewhat of a port, like the linux port... ::)I would like a mac, I don't have one, but I've used one before...And don't. Even windows is better than the puny macs. They suffer from the same compatibility problems with most programs as Linux (notice how there's no Mac version of glest), but their emulator also costs MONEY! They also are just radically different in ways that make them inferior in my opinion. Stick with linux/windows.
I just got Windows 7 on my new machine, and I don't really see a difference between it and Vista. They didn't even change the icons and system sounds. :PThat's because you just...got...it ::) just depends on the person... ::) :O
In fact, I'd say it's even worse because of the idiotic way the taskbar is set up and the annoying "action center" that pops up all the time telling me what to do. "Back up your files!" I don't HAVE any files yet, Bill! They did improve Paint, at least. ::)
Suffice it to say, I'm in the process of installing Linux as we speak.
Lol, how? Arch is an unbeatable spambot :D :O :OI don't think arch is a spambot he posts stuff that is worth reading it is just alot he posts per day and many people can't post as much because he actually comes on and deicates himself to the forum and posts alot
It was a joke :O :O :O
lmao okay.
I just had to get my 700 post really quick....Oh right, OT King... ::)
i know its sad, i want the title SPAMBOT! ;) ;)As a punishment for wanting this, I changed your personal text to SPAMBOT. Feel free to change it back once you realize the title isn't as good as you hoped.
Why I'm so angry with GLest and FreeOrion? Well, it's simple: This games are not playable only because of the bad drivers from Intel. GLest needs OpenGL 1.3, FreeOrion needs OpenGL 2.0. The GMA500 GPU has native OpenGL 2.0 support but the driver from Intel has only support for OpenGL 1.1! :evil:Too bad...then again, how would glest look like on an tablet??? :| :O
EDIT: ultifid joined after me and look at his count....That is because he was on more and posts in all threads.
people only spam because they like to have a high post count to look important and well known and really it does not matter.... like look at me i come on here alot and post but not spam or post alot and im kinda known or... oh wait nvm people completly ignore me or don't know me too well :P
if i wanted to i could post everywere.IDK.
So no i am just ok :( oh well then i must work harder with my reputation (post count is like a milestone on your reputation right?)
BTW: i am just okay and not good pure coz your vids lagg and im only one dare to say :D
if i wanted to i could post everywere.Then do it...it isn't hard...just provide valuable feedback and such, while still having fun in the OT section I guess... :|
why did you quote yourself?
Don't question the power of STEPHANIE!
Eh, just found this...kind weird ::)Yah, what is that?
http://glestocorporation.com/
I don't know :|Eh, just found this...kind weird ::)Yah, what is that?
http://glestocorporation.com/
High post count doesn't give you reputation. Who has more reputation, Arch or Titi? :D
arch got great opinions hes lieka grand old modder!
Of course we will Arch grand young old modder. :D :D :thumbup:
Anybody want to see my latest animation work? Cheesy
if i gave you a fully rigged aweosme model, could you animate it for me like, realistic and stuff, a real high polygonal count?
Yeah Arch's work is good Thumb Up
Arch(Bomb) or Omega(Thumb Up)?
Uploading my latest work...........in like an hour........
Arch(Bomb) or Omega(Thumb Up)? ultifd( Roll Eyes )I personally say none of the above, Omega has the really cool military mod and participates in other work, Arch did some nice tutorials and participates in several factions, Ultifd makes Glest movies that are fun to watch, and he gives a lot of advice, I'm not sure about his other work though
Maybe someone could help me make a gif or something for non-Blender users like Stephanie.https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=4454.0
Great model Thumb Up Thumb Up Thumb UpWhen I said this I meant everything including animations
No way arch. That'd ruin it completely! :bomb:What?
Pacman! And, Miss Pacman... ::)
Fun, fun, fun, I guess... ::)
(http://www.google.com/logos/pacman10-hp.png)
Eh, google... ::) :O
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http://www.google.ca/logos/swf/pacman10-hp-sound.swf ObjectThen click save as.
You can download it. Frist go to google click on the game so it comes on, then click tools button on the top bar of your browser. Under that press Page-Info. In that window select media the click on:yeah, i thought of that...Quotehttp://www.google.ca/logos/swf/pacman10-hp-sound.swf ObjectThen click save as.
You can download it. Frist go to google click on the game so it comes on, then click tools button on the top bar of your browser. Under that press Page-Info. In that window select media the click on:yeah, i thought of that...Quotehttp://www.google.ca/logos/swf/pacman10-hp-sound.swf ObjectThen click save as.
but it doesn't work, as it shows a light blue screen...right> :|
thanks but im on a laptop and it doesn't show any tools stuff but anyways thanksHe means...like in firefox... ::)
haha now it works... um that never happens to me (that i know of)thanks but im on a laptop and it doesn't show any tools stuff but anyways thanksHe means...like in firefox... ::)
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4200/ss72.jpg) (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/ss72.jpg/)
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god I kinda don't like it when unread posts do not show up... ::)
haha now it works... um that never happens to me (that i know of)well, if you actually successfully save it...then we can always "play" the game...
also can you play the game after you save it or would it just keep the picture?
haha now it works... um that never happens to me (that i know of)well, if you actually successfully save it...then we can always "play" the game...
also can you play the game after you save it or would it just keep the picture?
but it seems we can't...
I guess we have to use the waybackmachine some other day... ::)
[Fixed quote -- Arch]
O yah... It normily works..You can download it. Frist go to google click on the game so it comes on, then click tools button on the top bar of your browser. Under that press Page-Info. In that window select media the click on:yeah, i thought of that...Quotehttp://www.google.ca/logos/swf/pacman10-hp-sound.swf ObjectThen click save as.
but it doesn't work, as it shows a light blue screen...right> :|
ofc google is dumb, thats why they have such a oversimplified searchengine.Which is why they are #1 of the top 3, and that they had issues with the censorship of China...
BTW, that will NOT work. That only saves a sound archive. Google has nicely hidden how it works to keep people from downloading it... :(smart smart smart. Why wouldn't they want people to download, it is cool
deyr hoarders!!!? um weird......
Well you two aren't really beating the "smart" real spambots... ::)
they are kinda smart now...somewhat.
they try to say something related...then they put the links... ::)
Gratz, your almost as much spambot as me!um yea ALMOST! :O
Um...ok.
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Oh wow...so fast...
Super Mario Galaxyyy 2! :O
Sweet...
The other one was cool too, but really only for some multiplayer action... ::)
Cool.
put them in the reprot games topic ;)
And no, it wasn't random...we don't have to continue on about any subject...since this is the main, Roll Eyes
And no, it wasn't random...we don't have to continue on about any subject...since this is the main, ::)Um...ok.? random much
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Oh wow...so fast...
Super Mario Galaxyyy 2! :O
Sweet...
The other one was cool too, but really only for some multiplayer action... ::)
Cool.
NOOOOO! i had a window with it open and then now it is gone?!?!?! NOOOO!If you are talking about Googl Pac, then yeah...people will find a way...maybe there already is... ::)
Too bad, Google Pacman is gone ::)yah I know I saw I was sooo sad :( nooooooooooo the world has has to an end without pacman
You can still play the Google pack man here (http://www.google.com/pacman/)... And you can play pacman here (http://www.freepacman.org/)...
Easy, just ask for a hamster, then bring back a baby citten* then it grows up and they`ll learn how cute they are :PYou were close. It's "kitten".
*IDK? cat? baby cat?
thanks ;)Wait theres a list? Who's on it am I? Can I see
:o soon im at the top 10 list of whos been online the most!
Wait theres a list? Who's on it am I? Can I seehttps://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?action=stats
Yay, achievement for the spambot(s)... ::)Wait theres a list? Who's on it am I? Can I seehttps://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?action=stats
Here for people that check it for that type of stats...
I check it usually for the other stats... ::)
Yay, achievement for the spambot(s)... ::)*Looks up top ten posters* Hmm, perhaps it is time for the spambot reward to be relocated? :O Nah, I'm kidding, too much red tape, sorry arch.Wait theres a list? Who's on it am I? Can I seehttps://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?action=stats
Here for people that check it for that type of stats...
I check it usually for the other stats... ::)
On a related topic of google's pacman, this was quite interesting:Well...the is the Google Effect. Probably. ::)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005958-52.html
Did you know people spent a total of 4,819,352 man hours and $120,483,800 in lost productivity playing pacman? Amazingly, some (jackassed) businesses temporarily blocked google's homepage to try and stop it (though I bet the people who were supposed to be blacklisting google ended up playing their share of pacman first!).
*Looks up top ten posters* Hmm, perhaps it is time for the spambot reward to be relocated? :O Nah, I'm kidding, too much red tape, sorry arch.Well, just wait for the future, cause uh...we still seriously get more and more bots every week ::)
*Looks up top ten posters* Hmm, perhaps it is time for the spambot reward to be relocated? Laughing Nah, I'm kidding, too much red tape, sorry arch.
Google is fast...
Chrome stable versions already for linux and mac! Roll Eyes
http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac&hl=en
http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux&hl=en
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/05/stable-channel-update.html
I don't have either, but still cool...
Even though I mainly 98% of the time use Firefox...Chrome would basically be my second choice. Roll Eyes
After all, it is basically the best in speed... No Opinion
On a related topic of google's pacman, this was quite interesting:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20005958-52.html
Did you know people spent a total of 4,819,352 man hours and $120,483,800 in lost productivity playing pacman? Amazingly, some (jackassed) businesses temporarily blocked google's homepage to try and stop it (though I bet the people who were supposed to be blacklisting google ended up playing their share of pacman first!).
My source is that link that you just quoted :O.
I better get started with spamming or i will loose my title...1post...2posts....3post....4posts...5posts....6posts...7posts...8posts...
hehe just joking folks, anyways, yes, at my rate i will evetually reach arch and omega, but ultifid, your rate?
Well, it's version 1.4.1 that needs to be uploaded if you have it.Yeah...so I'll try again later.
Thanks, but yer going a little offtopic, aren't you....... :|this IS the off topic- main
There isn't really "offtopic" for offtopic. Anything can go. :P 8)
*Brings back the REAL offtopic (though anything goes)*
I just read recently what I've written when I was young. Yes, I wasn't a very intelligent lifeform, when I was 13 years old :)Wow, that was... akward, We all have stuff like that. Me especially... (but don't go looking).
https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=2609.0 :thumbdown:
xx that guy was CRAZY and it seemed he was..kinda..uhm..you know..when someone take drugs they reveal theri true personality..like...
ALl vids were funny! and all love college humour!
many on youtube is..and Bieber too...
Yet another reason we need energy alternatives.
Alright, how about that oil spill... :(
I'll say more after I get over after being kinda >:( and :( ...
Yet another reason we need energy alternatives.
This is even worser than Exon (did i spell that right) thats where this ship was carrying oil in the Alaska or Atlantic area (i can't remember) anyways it hit something and the whole thing spilled i think it was in the 1970'sActually, it was 1989... ::) A year for a lot of stuff... ::)
why are you angry and sad?Why can't I be? ::) There are many reasons to be like that... Think... ::)
Okay, so we just had quite possibly the biggest man-made environmental disaster in the history of the world, and the fact that I'd rather it didn't happen again is somehow not okay? Do you ever take your head out of your own ass long enough to actually think before you type, or do you just repeat whatever bigoted garbage you last heard from Bill O'Reilly and/or Rush Limbaugh?QuoteYet another reason we need energy alternatives.Are you one of those dummy environmentalists?
A 2009 Harris/Decima poll found 82% of Canadians preferred their healthcare system to the one in the United States, more than ten times as many as the 8% stating a preference for a US-style health care system for Canada while a Strategic Counsel survey in 2008 found 91% of Canadians preferring their healthcare system to that of the U.S.
In response to environmentalism topic going on, can someone explain what exactly happened? I know that an oil rig somehow exploded, but what caused this? It seems to me the best way to save the environment is not to blow up oil rigs in the first place, no?I saw an interview with one of the survivors from the rig, and I think they hit a methane deposit or something. If we had better energy sources, we wouldn't have to worry about oil spills/explosions at all. :P
In response to environmentalism topic going on, can someone explain what exactly happened? I know that an oil rig somehow exploded, but what caused this? It seems to me the best way to save the environment is not to blow up oil rigs in the first place, no?I saw an interview with one of the survivors from the rig, and I think they hit a methane deposit or something. If we had better energy sources, we wouldn't have to worry about oil spills/explosions at all. :P
- Military attacks on civilian activists are completely unacceptable. We are shocked by the news that Israeli naval forces have attacked ships with humanitarian aid to Gaza, "Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in a comment to a table of aid convoy to Gaza.
- An independent international investigation of what actually happened to take place as quickly as possible. Foreign Minister will take this up today with UN Secretary General, "said Stoltenberg.
Norway has repeatedly called for to lift the blockade.
There are Norwegian citizens on board the convoy. Norwegian authorities are monitoring the situation and is there to endeavor to assist the Norwegian citizens.
Great...huh? not really.
Re: SmokingYah thats what I was trying to say I forgot it was the 18th Amendment. Anyways (lets say we made it illegal)What about all the people that smoked before then. Should them and only them be allowed to smoke so the people who is hooked won't be misable and have a hard time
Making it illegal would be like the 18th amendment...and in the end would be like that... ::)
It would be hard...
Promoting non-smoking would be the best, and if you don't start in the first place, then that is already very good...
the bad thing is if you get a lot of second-hand smoke... :(
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Heh, gabbe, your sig is kinda bad...(the length)...oh well... ::)
are you like what they call EMO or Emotional? just kick him in his precious family jewels and tell the teachers it was a accident...
Heh, gabbe, your sig is kinda bad...(the length)...oh well... ::)I agree. It's pretty obnoxious. You could put everything on like two lines and it would fit just fine. ::)
Yah thats what I was trying to say I forgot it was the 18th Amendment. Anyways (lets say we made it illegal)What about all the people that smoked before then. Should them and only them be allowed to smoke so the people who is hooked won't be misable and have a hard timeIf the world did, then for those people, a lot, it would be the same thing, and since it is kinda hard to stop, but not impossible to, it would...be the same thing for them...that's why making it illegal would be worse probably, and in the end there would be no point... ::)
Bye-bye Gabbe's sig....... :thumbdown:Yah, it quite big. You should down size Gab...
Since we're talking about sigs......Good idea! (Done).
Elim, I recommend making the MegaGlest logo part of the link. :thumbup:
just wanted to say OZZFEST!!! I can't wait I'm so excited because its actually in my state and there's more of a chance of letting me go. Even though alot of older people are there. I been really wanting to go for years but i was never old enough. I'm 14 I should be able to go except for the fact theres lot of people drugs and huge crowds but if if wasn't for that I would have been able to go much younger. Hmm i wonder if i can go with my 22 year old sister
Anyways for people who don't know about OZZFEST its where a bunch of rock/metal people perform (i can't really explain it) and the main atraction is ozzy osbourne hes is SO AWESOME.
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Did you just quote yourself? (Again) :Ojust wanted to say OZZFEST!!! I can't wait I'm so excited because its actually in my state and there's more of a chance of letting me go. Even though alot of older people are there. I been really wanting to go for years but i was never old enough. I'm 14 I should be able to go except for the fact theres lot of people drugs and huge crowds but if if wasn't for that I would have been able to go much younger. Hmm i wonder if i can go with my 22 year old sister
Anyways for people who don't know about OZZFEST its where a bunch of rock/metal people perform (i can't really explain it) and the main atraction is ozzy osbourne hes is SO AWESOME.
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yes random much from what we were just talking about but yea... off-topic board so it can be random
Did you just quote yourself? (Again) :Ojust wanted to say OZZFEST!!! I can't wait I'm so excited because its actually in my state and there's more of a chance of letting me go. Even though alot of older people are there. I been really wanting to go for years but i was never old enough. I'm 14 I should be able to go except for the fact theres lot of people drugs and huge crowds but if if wasn't for that I would have been able to go much younger. Hmm i wonder if i can go with my 22 year old sister
Anyways for people who don't know about OZZFEST its where a bunch of rock/metal people perform (i can't really explain it) and the main atraction is ozzy osbourne hes is SO AWESOME.
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i resize sign!
ultifd i could put vids tere if that clears your concerns...
nah you don`t everyone except americans will understand ;D joking... :O :O :D
BTW, does you in US/Canada consider yorself european?
we have a different political system than you americans..still democratic i think...
thanks arch, but that was not from media, that was from our prime minister in person. It was intel brought to him and then he decided to publish it.
That's pretty sweet Ultifd! Though I agree, I prefer the minimalist view. Loads faster too.Yeah, I know right... ::)
[URL=http://img27.imageshack.us/i/ss121u.jpg/][IMG]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6636/ss121u.jpg[/img][/URL]Huh, from our comp... ::)
[img]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4556/88024568.jpg[/img][img]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2522/megaglestgoogle.jpg[/img]:thumbup: Could be a little bit better in this case, but I do not really care much...for now at least. ::)Well...huh, ::)Please tell me that was sarcasm..... :o
That's why you are supposed to never fully trust a GPS, google maps, yahoo maps, bing maps...etc. ::)
OMG! Have you guys seen this: http://www.pcworld.com/article/197752/article.html?tk=nl_bex_h_topstoriesI hate to keep bashing on my own nation like this, but a lot of Americans have this sense of entitlement, like if something bad happens to them, then it's their fundamental right to be compensated for it, because nothing they ever do is their own fault.
Some idiot woman used google maps, walked across a street, got hit by car, and now she's trying to sue google. Can't wait till this hits court! It'll be better than the time a woman slipped on a piece of popcorn in a bowling ally and tried to sue the ally for negelecting to place signs warning people of popcorn on the floor! :O
Why do people sure for such stupid things? Is it because they're too ashamed to admit they are complete idiots?
Yah, totally ridicules, people suing for the dumbest reasons...Yeah, also like that woman who tried to sue an airline service after leaving her alone...while she was asleep on the airplane, after they landed...or something like that. ::)
Well said john! Pretty much every country has its idiots.Yeah...a lot. ::)
Well...huh, ::)
That's why you are supposed to never fully trust a GPS, google maps, yahoo maps, bing maps...etc. ::)
you can't fully trust anything electronic because they can make mistakes too
I would rather trust neither of those two... ::)Quoteyou can't fully trust anything electronic because they can make mistakes tooI would rather trust a fully programmed robot than a human :|
I would trust me, but thats usually not enough...
I would trust me, but thats usually not enough...
I would only trust me fully because you can never fully trust anyone or thing
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when can it not be done?Let's see, if you have a problem, and if you have an answer, and then sometimes you can trust that it is right...
I would trust me, but thats usually not enough...
I would only trust me fully because you can never fully trust anyone or thing
sometimes we do...people depend on their jobs...and they trust the people giving them jobs...coz without...well...and people living it cities trust the farmers to make food...fully...because noone in a city can live without being sustained by farmers...
farmers can farm lone for themselves, and then people living in cities will have nowere to get food ::) and how can farmers strike when they live on the farm were they far? they have a own company for themselves.You really don't know any farmers, do you? Mosdt farmers in my area have a second (sometimes a "main" job) other than farming. Farming can pay well, but equipment can run into the hundred thousands+!
To discuss quickly, I'm thinking of purging the entire database of every user that is older than 2 weeks (28 days) and has not posted at all (zero posts). I see no problems with that. I'll give a few days to object for some reason then perform it (after a backup, of course :)). This will reduce the database size, making backups easier, give a more accurate count of the current number of forum accounts, and stop the bots from hogging all the server space!Good, more than 3,000...though... ::) But :thumbup: Please do...
Hmm...I just checked, and at least (aprox.) 3130 "members" of this forum are bots...are at least "people" who have not posted a single post...0. Maybe some of them are real people, who just created an account...but probably most of them are not...people.
Well, let's see...I'll round it up. 3000 out of 4600 members.
That's around 65%...so...at least above 50...
Maybe sometime, someone can "clean up" this forum... ::)
Wow...z. :|
I probably will soon, since I see no reason not to, though you gotta admit, bye bye big numbers of people on the board... Wow, 1600? :(Yeah, basically the only "CON"... ::) :(
Search engines needs to find glest*Well, for one reason, or many reasons...I'm not replying to that...or maybe later.
now it is some pink pigs here..I know, before it resembled the BP thing... :|
Search engines needs to find glest*OK, I'll reply...somewhat.
hmmm didn't i already post something here.... about removing the people with less then 1 post. I guess it got deleted too bad :(Repost it then, :| ...
Archmage is officialy jealous at me because im spending more money on a metal box than he did on his laptop.Hm did he spend and what good is a box? Also Hm are you spending?
Mac`s for noobs, thats why it doesn`t improove.Well, that's too bad, we need more developers for that noobie apple... ::) For glest related stuff. ::)
Mac`s for noobs, thats why I don`t bother use them
Mac`s for noobs, thats why it have no applications working on it
Mac`s for noobs, thats why it want support for windows files
Mac`s for noobs, thats why less than 10% use it
http://www.noob.us/humor/extreme-rice/Very funny kukac!
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What i`ve noticed is that the souther you go, the more screaming is it in the humour, atleast in norse we have only humorous with people doing really weird things, that you might consider not so funny. I don`t know what kind of humour you have in Canada though..When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300°C.
http://www.noob.us/humor/extreme-rice/:O
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The problem with that is that the graphite can get in the machinery. That normally wouldn't be a problem, but when you're in zero gravity and dealing with extremely precise gadgets, it can be a problem. (I really don't think it was $12 billion either.)Please tell me that was sarcasm! It's a joke after all!
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?”
The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard.
The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?“
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”
“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes” replies Watson.
“And what do you deduce from that?”
Watson ponders for a minute. “Well, Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe.
But what does it tell you, Holmes?”
Holmes is silent for a moment.
“Watson, you idiot!” he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!”
Well, people can always relate to...jokes...you know... ::)The problem with that is that the graphite can get in the machinery. That normally wouldn't be a problem, but when you're in zero gravity and dealing with extremely precise gadgets, it can be a problem. (I really don't think it was $12 billion either.)Please tell me that was sarcasm! It's a joke after all!
Omega: Love the first one :O But I don't get the second, why dose it keep saying bullet???I think Omega copied it, and so it was like
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.Ok, there. Fixed.
Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.â€
“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes†replies Watson.
“And what do you deduce from that?â€
Watson ponders for a minute. “Well, Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe.
But what does it tell you, Holmes?â€
Holmes is silent for a moment.
“Watson, you idiot!†he says. “Someone has stolen our tent!â€
Yes eliminator, what about it?You said that you would stop changing your pic every day...
It is not every day, still close, but it is not every day.Did you change your image twice today? And yeah, I saw that movie. Pretty good. While we're on war movies, have you seen "Thin Red Line"?
the last pci posted by Omega, i rerlate to it, it happens everyday, it helps me imgine, and i write about it at school and get A+
anyoen watched black hawk down? amazing movie...sad too..
Yes eliminator, what about it?You said that you would stop changing your pic every day...
Hi everyone haven't been on in a while. How are you all. (I'm finally in summer now. Yay no school)Yes eliminator, what about it?You said that you would stop changing your pic every day...
Well I still think you change your pic way too much even if its not everyday anymore but its close enough. Well look at me I never changed my pic or name since I joined. well that explains alot about my creativity (bad)
im feeling like people hate me because i got so many pics...I don't think anyone hates you (at least on the forum) maybe annoyed at most...and probably not that reason...
Welcome back XxCatMysteryxX Smile
no we remember usually...
http://www.youtube.com/editor?popart=681928oh well.
Hmm...Youtube has an editor now...they quietly released it or so... Cloud Cloud Cloud...
Basically it only crops...and stuff... :|
But it is going to be useful for everyone... ::)
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-video-editor.html
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/06/adobe-extends-online-video-remixer-to-youtube-and-mtv.ars
this one though, the old one, that I don't remember, had more functions, but supposedly it was buggy...
EDIT: Here
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007866-264.html CNET... ::)
im feeling like people hate me because i got so many pics...
So no one thinks the youtube editor is doing any good now? Or people did not see my post... :|http://www.youtube.com/editor?popart=681928
Hmm...Youtube has an editor now...they quietly released it or so... Cloud Cloud Cloud...
Basically it only crops...and stuff... :|
But it is going to be useful for everyone... ::)
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-video-editor.html
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/06/adobe-extends-online-video-remixer-to-youtube-and-mtv.ars
this one though, the old one, that I don't remember, had more functions, but supposedly it was buggy...
EDIT: Here
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007866-264.html CNET... ::)
Still got a few days of school then *finals*. Look
I saw your post but didn't reply. I guess its ok even though you can edit better on other editing sitesThat's fine...but...examples? :|
So no one thinks the youtube editor is doing any good now? Or people did not see my post... :|Oh, i saw your post, but why bother replying? What use do I have for an online editor? I'm hardcore, I got my programs for that! My videos aren't limited to what windows movie maker has (lost track of how many videos on youtube have distinctly window movie maker titles).http://www.youtube.com/editor?popart=681928
Hmm...Youtube has an editor now...they quietly released it or so... Cloud Cloud Cloud...
Basically it only crops...and stuff... :|
But it is going to be useful for everyone... ::)
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/youtube-video-editor.html
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/06/adobe-extends-online-video-remixer-to-youtube-and-mtv.ars
this one though, the old one, that I don't remember, had more functions, but supposedly it was buggy...
EDIT: Here
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20007866-264.html CNET... ::)
I'm fine with changing image every now and then (please though, not more than once a month, except to get rid of an offensive image), but I don't support name changing at all. Not in the least bit. You chose a stupid name and don't like it? Too bad. Better make a good choice next time. Tongue
Oh, i saw your post, but why bother replying? What use do I have for an online editor? I'm hardcore, I got my programs for that! My videos aren't limited to what windows movie maker has (lost track of how many videos on youtube have distinctly window movie maker titles).Oh, I see, I just thought people did not see it.
imagine if i were admin of the forums lolz!!
Dose any one play Xmoto?
imagine if i were admin of the forums lolz!!It would be heaven. or... ::) JK. :thumbup:
Dose any one play Xmoto?Hmm, looks cool, googled it.
It would be unimagineable.Not really...seriously.
OH COMON! atleast it wouldn`t be seriously, it would be jokes every friday and new theme every second and random editing and dleeting of posts, and clashing thorugh the boards and like like! you gotr no idea what i would do...i`ll probably change the names of everyone atleast every day and i would force you to change pic every sunday or your acc would get renamed to something idiotis and and and... :D :D :D :D :D :| :| ::) ;) ;) ;) ;) :O :O :O :POh dear, oh dear, :O :O :O that might be why your not made into admin ::) ::)
OH COMON! atleast it wouldn`t be seriously, it would be jokes every friday and new theme every second and random editing and dleeting of posts, and clashing thorugh the boards and like like! you gotr no idea what i would do...i`ll probably change the names of everyone atleast every day and i would force you to change pic every sunday or your acc would get renamed to something idiotis and and and...
Well, actually, if you did, I don't think it would be too bad, cause maybe you would get a message in your head to be a role model for others?I guess I would be wrong. :|
I'm afraid you would ultifd dear chap :| :|OH COMON! atleast it wouldn`t be seriously, it would be jokes every friday and new theme every second and random editing and dleeting of posts, and clashing thorugh the boards and like like! you gotr no idea what i would do...i`ll probably change the names of everyone atleast every day and i would force you to change pic every sunday or your acc would get renamed to something idiotis and and and...Well, actually, if you did, I don't think it would be too bad, cause maybe you would get a message in your head to be a role model for others?I guess I would be wrong. :|
I'm afraid you would ultifd dear chap :| :|People can change...though...right? :|
yes sometimes and I think Gabbe would abuse his power for about a week before he got bored, lost his position, or was yelled at by everyone else so bad that he would have to behave better, still he could become responsible I supposeI'm afraid you would ultifd dear chap :| :|People can change...though...right? :|
OH COMON! atleast it wouldn`t be seriously, it would be jokes every friday and new theme every second and random editing and dleeting of posts, and clashing thorugh the boards and like like! you gotr no idea what i would do...i`ll probably change the names of everyone atleast every day and i would force you to change pic every sunday or your acc would get renamed to something idiotis and and and... :D :D :D :D :D :| :| ::) ;) ;) ;) ;) :O :O :O :P
BTW when GAE is released, then with 16 player support, then we could probably have a huge match with all of the active forum members. Everyone gets to choose their own faction and then let someone trusted balance them out, whatcha think?Thats a great idea though I'm afraid I'd beat everyone here :P :P :P
BTW when GAE is released, then with 16 player support, then we could probably have a huge match with all of the active forum members. Everyone gets to choose their own faction and then let someone trusted balance them out, whatcha think?Nah, at first it is 12 remember? and about 1/2 or more of people's comps can't handle it, others want to stick with MG, and probably others have something else to do in there life.
I think GAE have plans for developi9ngs a same server system as MG IDK though. I managed to make a tic tac toe on c++ visual basic!GAE multiplayer: no, I'm pretty sure...but we'll see. :thumbup:
BTW when GAE is released, then with 16 player support, then we could probably have a huge match with all of the active forum members. Everyone gets to choose their own faction and then let someone trusted balance them out, whatcha think?I would be so choppy from the start.. Imagine when we got far into the game...
Dose any one play Xmoto?eh not my type of game...
OH COMON! atleast it wouldn`t be seriously, it would be jokes every friday and new theme every second and random editing and dleeting of posts, and clashing thorugh the boards and like like! you gotr no idea what i would do...i`ll probably change the names of everyone atleast every day and i would force you to change pic every sunday or your acc would get renamed to something idiotis and and and... :D :D :D :D :D :| :| ::) ;) ;) ;) ;) :O :O :O :P
BTW when GAE is released, then with 16 player support, then we could probably have a huge match with all of the active forum members. Everyone gets to choose their own faction and then let someone trusted balance them out, whatcha think?Thats a great idea though I'm afraid I'd beat everyone here :P :P :P
Nah, at first it is 12 remember? and about 1/2 or more of people's comps can't handle it, others want to stick with MG, and probably others have something else to do in there life.
I like 8, but 12 or 16 is cool too I guess.
But since I think GAE uses the old vanilla Gest system for multiplayer, then...I'd stick with MG. ::) I remember it was really bad...
okay, btw, now there is catmystery and hairy cat lolz ::)
What do you think of my new picture I really like this one
if you change name...everyone is going to shout at you in every topic you post in...trust5 me...i`ve been through that...
I was also thinking of changing my name soon but idk to what maybe something like MySTeRyKilLErZ (better not take my idea)lol AlTcApS? Please no. :P
Lol I have no life I would so wanna do itHmm, ok, cool... (not the no life part, that you are up for it... ::) ) ...
you mean the two companies that have a brutal war in the gaming industry?Maybe. :P
PS3 FTW!
PS3? Was cool... but they just copied Nintendo basically... :| Oh well, still cool I guess...
Games that are more real then life? :|
Cool. :thumbup:QuotePS3? Was cool... but they just copied Nintendo basically... :| Oh well, still cool I guess...I just reasently got a PS2
Games that are more real then life? :|
Cool. :thumbup:QuotePS3? Was cool... but they just copied Nintendo basically... :| Oh well, still cool I guess...I just reasently got a PS2
Games that are more real then life? :|
Although I was talking about what they showed, etc... but, :thumbup:
yah I just wanted to say though. My favorite game is Final Fantsy XII. Oh I also got an elelctric guitar and a haircutPlease tell me you're kidding me! As interesting as the battle styles were, Square Enix RUINED final fantasy starting with this game. Viva la Final Fantasy IX!
:thumbup:yah I just wanted to say though. My favorite game is Final Fantsy XII. Oh I also got an elelctric guitar and a haircutPlease tell me you're kidding me! As interesting as the battle styles were, Square Enix RUINED final fantasy starting with this game. Viva la Final Fantasy IX!
Zelda's the best!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:I agree. :thumbup: Awesome, too bad they had wireless problems... :|
Wireless problems?I know, I am talking about the conference at E3... they had wireless interference, which made the gameplay look worse or bad...
I played both on the GameCube, no need for wireless, which is not healthy for the body anyway.
Please tell me you're kidding me! As interesting as the battle styles were, Square Enix RUINED final fantasy starting with this game. Viva la Final Fantasy IX!haha im not kidding its awesome im so far in it too. But FFXIII is by far the best then second FFXII
Zelda's the best!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I beat Wind Waker(once) and Twilight Princess(more than two times), LOVED THEM BOTH!!!!! :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:
Speaking of the Zelda series, anybody tried the "three-heart challenge"?:dead: I would be...no ::)
Speaking of the Zelda series, anybody tried the "three-heart challenge"?
Not... joking? Have you played Final Fantasy IV and VI-IX yet? That, my friend, is how Final Fantasy is meant to be! XIII is ok, it has a decent storyline (better than XII at least!) but totally nixed the battle style, as well as the level up style, and is continuing the awful tradition of having only weapons and accessories as equipment. It also makes gameplay way too linear for the most part, not letting you have anything optional until you reach gran pulse, and it's still limited there. Another big problem is the overpoweredness of the monsters, since it doesn't matter how much of your party is alive. It's game over when the leader dies, not the entire party (even XII did better than that, if your 3 characters were defeated, you could switch to your reserve 3). When the party first lands on Gran Pulse, some of the enemies are literally capable of one hit KOing you!Please tell me you're kidding me! As interesting as the battle styles were, Square Enix RUINED final fantasy starting with this game. Viva la Final Fantasy IX!haha im not kidding its awesome im so far in it too. But FFXIII is by far the best then second FFXII
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Legend of Zelda is great, though I still prefer twilight princess because it has everything we know and love, plus more, not to mention gorgeous graphics. True, graphics aren't everything, but with TP's great gameplay, its double the awesomeness!Well, I think Skyward Sword is going to be great. Looks great, and I can have some fun or memories from Wind Waker... ::)
Emulators are fine IMO, since they let you play games on outdated consoles that are hard to find. How many people can still switch to their N64 to play Legend of Zelda?Yeah, I agree. But, sometimes they ruin the fun by having cheats, or it just doesn't feel like you are playing the game...compared to the game's original platform. But, it's still cool. , OoT, I'm lucky...I have that gamecube version of it... :) and I still have my super Nintendo, along with a Dreamcast that I don't play much.
Not... joking? Have you played Final Fantasy IV and VI-IX yet? That, my friend, is how Final Fantasy is meant to be! XIII is ok, it has a decent storyline (better than XII at least!) but totally nixed the battle style, as well as the level up style, and is continuing the awful tradition of having only weapons and accessories as equipment. It also makes gameplay way too linear for the most part, not letting you have anything optional until you reach gran pulse, and it's still limited there. Another big problem is the overpoweredness of the monsters, since it doesn't matter how much of your party is alive. It's game over when the leader dies, not the entire party (even XII did better than that, if your 3 characters were defeated, you could switch to your reserve 3). When the party first lands on Gran Pulse, some of the enemies are literally capable of one hit KOing you!Hmmm maybe I will try the earlier ones by Square Enix. :thumbup:
Fail Square Enix, Fail.
Well, I think Skyward Sword is going to be great. Looks great, and I can have some fun or memories from Wind Waker... ::)I been looking forward to it. I can't wait, acourse i would have to get a wii first (either wait til birthday [september] or buy it myself sooner) . Hmm more games that I would have lol ::) My friend says I have to many game systems and too many games and I play too much. He has a wii and a Nitendo Ds and he sold his xbox (which i wanted to buy) but his mom doesn't let him play video games that much CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! THATS TOURTURE!
Also, I heard they are re making OoT for 3DS... :thumbup: :|.
Well, if are going to get a wii, get it for a good deal. Sometimes, you can get it for 30 to 50 bucks cheaper with an extra game :)Well, I think Skyward Sword is going to be great. Looks great, and I can have some fun or memories from Wind Waker... ::)I been looking forward to it. I can't wait, acourse i would have to get a wii first (either wait til birthday [september] or buy it myself sooner) . Hmm more games that I would have lol ::) My friend says I have to many game systems and too many games and I play too much. He has a wii and a Nitendo Ds and he sold his xbox (which i wanted to buy) but his mom doesn't let him play video games that much CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! THATS TOURTURE!
Also, I heard they are re making OoT for 3DS... :thumbup: :|.
Well, if are going to get a wii, get it for a good deal. Sometimes, you can get it for 30 to 50 bucks cheaper with an extra game :)well im really good at school and i do focus i just like to have fun sometimes not just always work work work (no wonder why he was a nerd so much smarter than me)
Not playing video games? I can believe it. I mean, the main problem is that you get addicted, you don't focus on school, and etc...
sometimes WoW is a very fun game to play, i play it when i feel like going on a adventure...thing is, i get bored after a week...Probably better, most people (and some I know) get hooked on it...so addicted for some reason...
WoW is addictive, it appeals to the human instinct of survival and the need to bypass others, become better than others, the competition, and all that gets so interesting that they can`t quit, one of WoWs original authors said so.Well, everyone knows that, but I wonder why...like did the authors try to...make it addictive... :|
Also, I heard they are re making OoT for 3DS... :thumbup: :|Indeed, that has been confirmed. Can't wait, though that would mean I'd have to buy another system... I put off by using my original DS since the beginning of time. I didn't consider buying a DS Lite, DSi, or DS XL simply because I didn't need them. But the 3DS will be a whole new line of systems, so I suppose it's necessary. Makes you wonder if they can keep prices to the same as it was to the original DS?
I see, thanks for telling me. I only saw spoiler images... ::) :thumbup:Also, I heard they are re making OoT for 3DS... :thumbup: :|Indeed, that has been confirmed. Can't wait, though that would mean I'd have to buy another system... I put off by using my original DS since the beginning of time. I didn't consider buying a DS Lite, DSi, or DS XL simply because I didn't need them. But the 3DS will be a whole new line of systems, so I suppose it's necessary. Makes you wonder if they can keep prices to the same as it was to the original DS?
I believe video game addiction exists. When I first got Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, I played for 12 hours in one day! I also can easily play runescape for hours without noticing the passing time (that is, until I lag and see a glimpse of the clock at the bottom!).Yeah, I am somewhat the same. I can even be like that with Glest... (general, not posting on the forums, but playing...)
However, they don't impact my school work or the rest of my life. That is for the weak-minded.:thumbup: Yeah, too bad we are all humans...we're just so weak...besides in glest! :P :O
If you've ever been addicted to a game or known someone who was, this article is really freaking disturbing. It's written by a games researcher at Microsoft on how to make video games that hook players, whether they like it or not. He has a doctorate in behavioral and brain sciences. Quote:
"Each contingency is an arrangement of time, activity, and reward, and there are an infinite number of ways these elements can be combined to produce the pattern of activity you want from your players."
Notice his article does not contain the words "fun" or "enjoyment." That's not his field. Instead it's "the pattern of activity you want."
Good idea. Though I must admit that I still did enjoy some of FF XII's elements. Namely the battle against the ultimate mark: Yiazmat! Took my 6 hours to take the brute down! 50 million HP? Who was square kidding? Still, best monster fight I've ever had!Not... joking? Have you played Final Fantasy IV and VI-IX yet? That, my friend, is how Final Fantasy is meant to be! XIII is ok, it has a decent storyline (better than XII at least!) but totally nixed the battle style, as well as the level up style, and is continuing the awful tradition of having only weapons and accessories as equipment. It also makes gameplay way too linear for the most part, not letting you have anything optional until you reach gran pulse, and it's still limited there. Another big problem is the overpoweredness of the monsters, since it doesn't matter how much of your party is alive. It's game over when the leader dies, not the entire party (even XII did better than that, if your 3 characters were defeated, you could switch to your reserve 3). When the party first lands on Gran Pulse, some of the enemies are literally capable of one hit KOing you!Hmmm maybe I will try the earlier ones by Square Enix. :thumbup:
Fail Square Enix, Fail.
me too...and that it had to download and upgrade a whole pack of programs...mhm john, maybe it is some kind of "smart" of the designers to do it, like they are forcing us to do something boring and then get us some fun, atleast that is what i think RS is based on..
Alot of the fun RS has to do with the people on; like if your friends are on the better or nice and cool people it makes it funner,other then thatIts basicly doing the same thing all over again but whenever and whatever you wantYeah, but usually that only applies to members...for F2P, you can't really be better...not by a lot, usually... ::)
Yeah, well the actual Gamasutra article is kinda creepy considering it's basically a scholarly review of how to manipulate and (in some ways) coerce players into doing what the designers want. I guess it's just disconcerting to know we're being tricked, and how many aspects of games are designed completely without regard to fun, rather just to keep us metaphorical rats pulling a lever. I'm kinda glad I haven't played any MMOs in a long time.Indeed john. That's all to true. Not really much of a spoiler IMO though. It's no secret that Square Enix is ruining the franchise, and the game IS surprisingly linear until a certain point of the game (too little and too late). You can only control the one party leader, and if he/she dies, it's game over, and since some foes are strong enough to OHKO you, it can be an instant game over (of course, that's what the Sentinel, FF XIII's tank class, is for).
Oh, and regarding the latest Final Fantasy:(click to show/hide)
me too...and that it had to download and upgrade a whole pack of programs...mhm john, maybe it is some kind of "smart" of the designers to do it, like they are forcing us to do something boring and then get us some fun, atleast that is what i think RS is based on..
Alot of the fun RS has to do with the people on; like if your friends are on the better or nice and cool people it makes it funner,other then thatIts basicly doing the same thing all over again but whenever and whatever you want
lol sqaure enıx only hype up theır fans wıth a super traıler and then leave ıt to them...Unforunately so. My biggest beefs are the extremely linear gameplay and the fact you can only control one person (ie: if my party is set up as a melee fighter, a healer, and a buffer, in one occasion, I might want to focus on strong melee attacks, so I'd want the buffer to make my melee attacker stronger. In a different occasion, I might want him to focus on making the healer's magic stronger, so that she can keep up with strong enemies. You can't control that person unless hes your leader, and then you'd have to pass up your control over the fighter...)
Yeah, well the actual Gamasutra article is kinda creepy considering it's basically a scholarly review of how to manipulate and (in some ways) coerce players into doing what the designers want. I guess it's just disconcerting to know we're being tricked, and how many aspects of games are designed completely without regard to fun, rather just to keep us metaphorical rats pulling a lever. I'm kinda glad I haven't played any MMOs in a long time.Me too, not the best memories...although they can be fun too, I guess...
Yeah, well the actual Gamasutra article is kinda creepy considering it's basically a scholarly review of how to manipulate and (in some ways) coerce players into doing what the designers want. I guess it's just disconcerting to know we're being tricked, and how many aspects of games are designed completely without regard to fun, rather just to keep us metaphorical rats pulling a lever. I'm kinda glad I haven't played any MMOs in a long time.Me too, not the best memories...although they can be fun too, I guess...
Besides, Runescape, I don't really count it though... :|
Good thing Glest is not...like this...right? I hope...
MMO? you could wrıte MMORPG but ıts too long, fancy sayıng 'massıve multıplayer onlıne roleplayıng game'?I agree. With some exceptions of course! For example, they take more priority over stopping RWT over making the game as enjoyable as possible. I mean, I loath bots and real world traders, but I don't think any fixes should impact our ability to have trade. I'm all for the trade counter which shows the balance of the trade, to keep new players from being scammed, but I don't like caps or limits.
BTW JaGex ıs a good company that treats theır customers well, and unlıke other games, they care for theır communıty, dıd you know the norwegıan communıty ıs developıng a quest on the forums? It ıs confırmed to be ın the game whenb fınıshed.
MMO? you could wrıte MMORPG but ıts too long, fancy sayıng 'massıve multıplayer onlıne roleplayıng game'?RS is a MMORPG it says it on the site. OH well its still fun i guess ::)
Runescape's economy is goıng bad?Hmmmm :look:
(Waitıng forlol :OkukacOMEGA WAS HERE to rid my post of capitals...)
Well if you want to make that argument, then how does Magic recruit Daemons and Ghosts? (and the more important questions like "Why does Tech's Swordsman have a leather armor type when he's clearly wearing chainmail?" or "How does the Ornithopter hover? What kind of steroids is that pilot doing and where can I get some?"):thumbup: Nougth' said... or is it? Probably so...
Happy kinda late Canada day!dito.... tee hee
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hahahahahahahaha Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing, buuuuuuut I'm not surprised, how many girls are active on the glest forum other then mystery cat Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Quotehahahahahahahaha Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing, buuuuuuut I'm not surprised, how many girls are active on the glest forum other then mystery cat Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
One. Me!
Jk, I'm a guy. :P
It is indeed cool! :thumbup:Quotehahahahahahahaha Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing, buuuuuuut I'm not surprised, how many girls are active on the glest forum other then mystery cat Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
One. Me!
Jk, I'm a guy. :P
haha Are you sure about that? lol jk. hmmm yea im like the only active girl well i don't care its cool
How Offtopic Thread was born: A long long time ago, in a forum board far far away, we got offtopic, I was having windows troubles, and posted a few humourous comics for it, which later was split off and moved to general discussion, where it was renamed to Off Topic. When I created the offtopic board, I moved it here and renamed it Off Topic - Main. Wow, history is cool!:thumbup: Thanks, :O It is.
Does anybody care that it's Independence Day here in the States?I did. :P Was awesome...though for some cities, there might not be any fireworks anymore...if not now, later...oh well :|
That's kinda just the online community though, alike to Glest... :|Code: [Select]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs013.snc4/34004_403155192831_501807831_4339436_3705910_n.jpg
haha Are you sure about that? lol jk. hmmm yea im like the only active girl well i don't care its cool:thumbup: Yeah, you won't be the only one...or so, soon I guess. :|
One. Me!Hmm...well... :o oh...just kidding, :O
Jk, I'm a guy. :P
that stuff looks awesome :o :o, I have a tank model thing but its not the same type, what the pic shows looks like an artillery vehicle, whats the shield thing :| :|, I wish that stuff had come out :( :(Yeah, me too. Maybe someway you could, or we...we'll see.
who knows, global warming maybe :| :|Don't start, not for me, but for others...
http://www.amway.com/JohnHarvey-----------------------------------------------http://soloubuntu.com.ar/2010/07/glest.html
Yeah.You bet I do!
So john...you sell these products? err... or... :|Code: [Select]http://www.amway.com/JohnHarvey
Weird, found this post. I think that is the sun and moon faction... err...Solunar? I think that is an old model now... :| though.Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!? :o It is! :confused: Weird.Code: [Select]http://soloubuntu.com.ar/2010/07/glest.html
Cool I think I heard of them before... Or...something similar to the name...anyways do you make income? Or is it like what I hear, a scam...err...pyramid scam and such. :| Maybe not...but has it actually done "wonders" for you? etc.Yeah.You bet I do!
So john...you sell these products? err... or... :|Code: [Select]http://www.amway.com/JohnHarvey
Yeah. :confused: How is the progress though? Might as well talk about it here now that we are discussing about it I guess... [weird, maybe they grabbed a random pic :| ]...QuoteWeird, found this post. I think that is the sun and moon faction... err...Solunar? I think that is an old model now... :| though.Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!? :o It is! :confused: Weird.Code: [Select]http://soloubuntu.com.ar/2010/07/glest.html
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From the site right? yeah :OQuoteFunny! :OCode: [Select][img]http://www.difundefirefox.com/files/banners/otros-ff1.gif[/img]
Any of you guys with the hot dry weather want to trade? We are having record rain falls this year (another 3.5 inches today!!!) and places are actually flooding (I swear, Yorkton is turning into an island!)...Not really. It isn't like we don't get that too, just at different times or less...etc. :|
Cool I think I heard of them before... Or...something similar to the name...anyways do you make income? Or is it like what I hear, a scam...err...pyramid scam and such. :| Maybe not...but has it actually done "wonders" for you? etc.There are a lot of people who think Amway is a pyramid scheme, but those people all either have no idea what a pyramid scheme is or have no idea how Amway actually works. It's a legitimate company, approved by the Federal Trade Commission and a member of the Better Business Bureau. Unfortunately, there are a lot of organizations that have latched themselves on like leeches and pretend they're part of the company but aren't (Yeah, I'm looking at you, L.T.D.), and they're usually the ones making all the false promises because they're the ones who charge membership fees. I stay away from those groups because, well, 1.) they're dishonest, 2.) they don't really provide any information or help that I can't get for free from the company, and 3.) they're creepy as Hell! You should see their meetings; they're like a cult. :look: So really, most of the bad things you hear about Amway are lies, misunderstandings, and/or mislaid blame. However, a lot of the good things you hear are too. Sure, there are a lot of people who have become millionaires through the business, but those are a small percentage. I make a couple hundred bucks here and there in my spare time, and considering how little time I actually put into it, the dollars:time ratio is pretty darn good. I don't expect to ever become a millionaire at it, and I fully intend on getting a "real job" when I graduate and only continue my business in my free time (much as I do now) for extra spending money.
Yeah. :confused: How is the progress though? Might as well talk about it here now that we are discussing about it I guess... [weird, maybe they grabbed a random pic :| ]...Well, for the first faction, all the buildings are modeled and most are textured and animated, but there's still some polishing to do. As for other units, I have five left to do before I can make a release (adding the heroes later), and some of the others need new/improved textures or animations. Come to think of it, I haven't even started on icons or sounds. There's definitely a lot done, but quite a bit to go before I release. I can generally knock out an entire unit in a day if I've got several hours to kill, so any timetable just depends on what else I have going on in my life.
Any of you guys with the hot dry weather want to trade?It's been hitting triple-digits Fahrenheit lately in my city. You sure you want that?
There are a lot of people who think Amway is a pyramid scheme, but those people all either have no idea what a pyramid scheme is or have no idea how Amway actually works. It's a legitimate company, approved by the Federal Trade Commission and a member of the Better Business Bureau. Unfortunately, there are a lot of organizations that have latched themselves on like leeches and pretend they're part of the company but aren't (Yeah, I'm looking at you, L.T.D.), and they're usually the ones making all the false promises because they're the ones who charge membership fees. I stay away from those groups because, well, 1.) they're dishonest, 2.) they don't really provide any information or help that I can't get for free from the company, and 3.) they're creepy as Hell! You should see their meetings; they're like a cult. :look: So really, most of the bad things you hear about Amway are lies, misunderstandings, and/or mislaid blame. However, a lot of the good things you hear are too. Sure, there are a lot of people who have become millionaires through the business, but those are a small percentage. I make a couple hundred bucks here and there in my spare time, and considering how little time I actually put into it, the dollars:time ratio is pretty darn good. I don't expect to ever become a millionaire at it, and I fully intend on getting a "real job" when I graduate and only continue my business in my free time (much as I do now) for extra spending money.I see...hmm...that's good for you I guess, a few extra bucks... :thumbup:
Well, for the first faction, all the buildings are modeled and most are textured and animated, but there's still some polishing to do. As for other units, I have five left to do before I can make a release (adding the heroes later), and some of the others need new/improved textures or animations. Come to think of it, I haven't even started on icons or sounds. There's definitely a lot done, but quite a bit to go before I release. I can generally knock out an entire unit in a day if I've got several hours to kill, so any timetable just depends on what else I have going on in my life.I see, polishing is important. (some of your models looked good, I think, from the other thread , not sure...) 5? hmm, I think I guess we will get a release by 2011 Jan. has it been so fast? :| which is good actually...just a prediction. :| I think.
Hmm...I don't think Omega would be used to that. I would...I hope...to be ready for it. :| ugh...Any of you guys with the hot dry weather want to trade?It's been hitting triple-digits Fahrenheit lately in my city. You sure you want that?
Er, I guess I'll take the rain. The other day though, it rained so hard for about 10 minutes that I had to pull over. Couldn't drive through the rain, since we could see only about 10 metres in front of us! :P:O
that stuff looks awesome :o :o, I have a tank model thing but its not the same type, what the pic shows looks like an artillery vehicle, whats the shield thing :| :|, I wish that stuff had come out :( :(
I wona post my Tank and TankGarage models for Tech's.Actually from this person. But uh, that uploading service closed down. Now we could try to email...the email, but that is a last resort... :( too bad...a lot of older models/mods were like this. Or are.
Tank ned more work, i post later final model.
For contankt me send E-Mail taran-^-ko.if.uaCode: [Select]http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2476/garage18kf.jpg
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How Offtopic Thread was born: A long long time ago, in a forum board far far away, we got offtopic, I was having windows troubles, and posted a few humourous comics for it, which later was split off and moved to general discussion, where it was renamed to Off Topic. When I created the offtopic board, I moved it here and renamed it Off Topic - Main. Wow, history is cool!AWESOME!... but this was ontopic being you were talking about offtopic on the offtopic board so it wasn't offtopic lol :P
Does anybody care that it's Independence Day here in the States?I do... I saw awesome fireworks... well on the 3rd and took really great pics of it maybee once i upload them maybe in 2 weeks I'll show them to you
Yay! It's the 4th-a July!!!Actually to be honest Connecticut's fireworks anywhere suck well most places depends were you go you get desent ones.. this years like last year I was at near a miltiariry place those were pretty good.. maybe one of the best i seen. My mom said the best she seen was when she was pregnate with me they were so loud I kept kicking her lol
I just have to tease you guys......... :P
The Portland fireworks were practically the best in the US, we had our awesome city symphony orchestra play lots of American classical themes!
At the end all you could see was a huge mass of colorful fireworks. :o
Hmm, with AC you are either choosing to help yourself and kinda hurt the earth, or the opposite...Even if there is no global warming, I don't really want to discuss about that, because some people can't handle it, it doesn't bring good either...etc.I can say alot of things about this topic but im not gonna get started....
But yeah, it is kinda hot sometimes. Not everywhere though.
Every year it is getting hotter or colder at places. I wonder why.
Happy belated birthday, my American friends!I would prefere rain over hot.. plus i like cold over hot. Hmmm Omega where do you live anyways... We have okay weather its been around 95 F for about 3 days in a row the most was 112 F but that was in my car with the windows and doors shutCode: [Select][img]http://planetsmilies.net/flag-smiley-7376.gif[/img]
Any of you guys with the hot dry weather want to trade? We are having record rain falls this year (another 3.5 inches today!!!) and places are actually flooding (I swear, Yorkton is turning into an island!)...
112 :o :o, the most we've had was 105, tough that was in general, not in a baking carit was a white car too hmm i feel sorry for any black cars they would have been so much hotter. we also had plastic bottles in the car... I was suprised it didn't melt cause we forgot to bring them inside... I been lucky I don't have to deal with the heat that much cause i been staying inside in the nice cool AC and I like it that way. I only go outside at the end of the day like 6 or 7 o' clock P.M. and when i do I mostly just run around play frisbee or skateboard.
That tank model is quite old, there were a lot of updated versions of that (with war painting, a bit altered body, etc.). Quite a problem, that if some filesharing sites go down, these files are also lost. (poor Ka...)Yes. We need backup for everything now. :) :( :|
I wanna take archery too! :D :D :D :D :Dwell the modelling parts not much of a surprise since you work on glest, though I'm experimenting with other games and trying to make a short film, archeries been fun so far, not to mention that you can go to one of the clubs nearby and shoot for free as long as you have equipment and pay for the target(1$ or so ;D ;D)
But I'm gonna have to wait until Christmas or somethin'........ :|
What a coincidence, I like CGI modeling too!
Ok, I know that erasmusw is a bit unpleasant, however, there are currently 3 active mods, so don't worry. We have to wait for one of the admins, and there is no reason to report him anymore, neither post into his topics, as they are getting deleted :) And I don't think that it is a bot.Ok thanks to all the moderators, still it would be nice to see him eliminated, [Ask Eliminator 8) - @kukac@] why don't you think its a bot
test this:OMG, Fun. :OCode: [Select]http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf
Why he isn't a bot?
He registered at the morning (when I was online), and I checked his profile immediately. Perfectly clear. Later he updated his homepage, and since then I knew he was a spammer. He constantly sent his spam for the whole day, but it takes him about 5-10 minutes to post a topic (not the time interval between new topics!) (heroes of copy and paste).
Is a bot you mean. :| Just search the nicknames...What mods? Yeah, definately missed something....
Hmm, AKA wait for Omega. So Omega, please just install those mods, at least that should help. :|
Ugh...no point to reporting to mods anymore.
Hmmm Omega where do you live anyways...Oh Canada,
What mods? Yeah, definately missed something....Hmm, SMF Mods. Check the Board Changes topic. :|
Maybe, anyways...lol that can keep you entertained for hourstest this:OMG, Fun. :O
http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf
Oh Canada,Um... ok. Canada was enough for you to say. Well thats cool I always wanted to live there.
Our home and native land!
True patriot love,
In all our sons command!
Maybe I'm not sure if its that accurate though :| :|
The US just come when its forced to such as WW1 or WW2 or unwanted like in Iraq/Afghanistan
Check owt mai blayyyzzin fast intarwebz, you guize!Awesome. :o
That isn't the normal speed though...right John? :|If it were, I'd be able to post maybe once a week if I was lucky. ;)
That isn't the normal speed though...right John? :|If it were, I'd be able to post maybe once a week if I was lucky. ;)
Check owt mai blayyyzzin fast intarwebz, you guize!
A note about the war in the middle-east: We're fighting the Taliban, not the Iraqi'. No Opinion
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A note about the war in the middle-east: We're fighting the Taliban, not the Iraqi'. No Opinion
Guess who used to rule the middle-east?
Canadians are famous for WW2 for several reasons not least because they had some of the best soldiers, except for maybe Australian and elite units in England Germany and US, and they took part in several disasterous or heroic actions, the raid on Dieppe was mostly Canadian and though it failed the Canadians showed great courage, during D-day they got a whole beach to capture and they captured the most ground on the first day June 6th I do believe that they also took part in the raids on the heavy water factories in Norway, and they succeeded to a limited degree though they never permanently put the stuff out of action. The heavy water was being used for atomic research by the Nazis so thats why it was important to take the factory out, Nepal, Bhutan, and many other nations "fought" but very few of them got involved in the fighting, with most countries sending a couple of troops or airplanes to show that they fought, Norway got conquered because of bad allied leadership, In my opinion, I think the most heroism goes to Poland and Finland because Poland lasted a whole month against two of the most powerful armies in the world at the time, Soviet Union and Germany, and Finland because with an army of about 200,000 little if any artillery and tanks, held off the Soviets for half a year before being defeated, worst fighting for major involved countries is probably France and Italy, France collapsed in a month against just Germany, and Italy surrendered before ever being invaded not to mention that int 1940-1941 the British beat a 200,000 strong Italian army with about Oh 30,000 troops, sorry for the long post but I just felt like giving my opinion.Brain overload.. on this topic :bomb:
:dead:The US just come when its forced to such as WW1 or WW2 or unwanted like in Iraq/Afghanistan
mhm, maybe in the WWs, in the middle east, that was purely bush work...like you can`t call germans nazis because of hitler..
Brain overload.. on this topic Bomb
That's what my post originally said. Even though I used that spelling as a joke, I didn't want to set a bad precedent, so I went back and edited it. ;DQuoteCheck owt mai blayyyzzin fast intarwebz, you guize!Where's this a quote from.......... :look:
K, was just wondering. :OThat isn't the normal speed though...right John? :|If it were, I'd be able to post maybe once a week if I was lucky. ;)
History classes in the USA are a sad joke.
I'm 14. I'm just horrible at history and it bores me. Plus I hate reading very long wording. But I already learned a bit about WWI AND WWII but forgot most stuff about it.QuoteBrain overload.. on this topic Bomb
How old are you? This is the kind of thing every teacher tells us in history class/ society class?
Nah, just that you can learn more with other ways...or so I hear.QuoteHistory classes in the USA are a sad joke.What is so bad about them? they teach the wrong things?
For me, medieval would probably qualify to be the funnier subject, BTW, did you know norway got the dumbest pupils? So i hear...Hahaha why do you have so many political parties
Here is the crap we have to learn:
Christian knowledge and religious and ethical education
Norwegian
Mathematics
Social Studies
Art and Crafts
Science and the Environment
English (is compulsory from the primary level)
Music
Home Economics
Physical Education
Compulsory additional subjects
OH btw, did you know that nearly all our politicians have NO EDUCATION AT ALL, and with 15 "parties" to choose...it is too much, compare like this:
US: 200 million, 3 parties
NO: 5 million, 15 parties...
English (is compulsory from the primary level)You know what's dumb about American schools? We have to take a foreign language in high school. You know, once our brains are past the stage where we can actually learn new languages. Simply idiotic.
US: 200 million, 3 partiesWhile we technically have a bunch of political parties in the USA, only two of them really matter. Occasionally an independent will get elected to an office, but there hasn't been any presidential race where an independent has had any real chance of winning.
NO: 5 million, 15 parties...
Forgot, :o :o :o I think the World wars are the best subjects.I agree! Unfortunately, my class doesn't do the World Wars in history until next year, but I'm way ahead of that. Thanks to wikipedia, I learned that long ago! ;D
US: 200 million, 3 partiesIMO, more political parties can be better, as it gives more choices, however, that would make electing a leader harder, and getting a majority government (which I consider a good thing) much harder (assuming, of course, the norway is like Canada in electing a leader, where the leader of the party with the most elected representives becomes Prime Minister (even if he didn't win his riding, though I've never seen that happen)).
NO: 5 million, 15 parties...
Thanks to wikipedia, I learned that long ago! ;DWell, I do hope you check your sources. :O
In other news, I passed my road test today! Yes! Freedom starts now! :D :D :DGratz.
Yeah, we're required to take 2 years of a foreign language in high school, and I'm having to take two semesters again in college as a graduation requirement. That's a bit of a pet peeve of mine: I'm getting a degree in Communications, and I've already taken all of the communication-related courses I need, so why do I have to stick around and take more classes that have nothing to do with my field? I can understand needing to take Spanish, since that language is a requirement for communicating in this part of the country, but they're making me take extra classes just to fill a quota for total credit hours. I could take ballroom dancing, for crying out loud! >:(Yeah, it is annoying...but at least people get something out of it...usually.
Yeah, we're required to take 2 years of a foreign language in high school, and I'm having to take two semesters again in college as a graduation requirement. That's a bit of a pet peeve of mine: I'm getting a degree in Communications, and I've already taken all of the communication-related courses I need, so why do I have to stick around and take more classes that have nothing to do with my field? I can understand needing to take Spanish, since that language is a requirement for communicating in this part of the country, but they're making me take extra classes just to fill a quota for total credit hours. I could take ballroom dancing, for crying out loud! >:(LOL :O :O, maybe ballet :D :D
If you think thats stupid I started learned a different language (spanish) in 7th grade and have to all the way up to my last year in high school. I hate that it would have been easier to learn as a little kid but nooooo they have to torture people. I'm horrible at spanish too I don''t get it....English (is compulsory from the primary level)You know what's dumb about American schools? We have to take a foreign language in high school. You know, once our brains are past the stage where we can actually learn new languages. Simply idiotic.
Guns should definitely stay legal, war is the partially the only way to maintain peace, the army shouldn't be limited by the budget(were gonna stop making f-22's because of the stinkin budget ::) ::)
Guns are way eseyer to get and are cheaper in the USA, in Canada you need to get this huge license and they are quite expensive.i don't know its probably true. :)
Guns should definitely stay legal, war is the partially the only way to maintain peace, the army shouldn't be limited by the budget(were gonna stop making f-22's because of the stinkin budget ::) ::)Your opions are complete oppisite to mine. I think guns should be ILLEGAL to common people. Only millitary and hunter should be able to use them but i think they should make it harder to become a official hunter cause they killing animals. But i think guns should be illegal to common people because there is no reason to own a gun even for protection people use them in the wrong way and used in so many crimes its too easy to get a gun and kill someone.. tsk tsk tsk
Shut up about us being barbarians
Whatever ::)QuoteShut up about us being barbarians
The dramaturgy of the thing has fallen because of that smiley :P
Barbarian is a term for an uncivilized person, often used pejoratively, either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. ...
I should mention I'm leaving for a bit, and will be back in about a week. Don't cause too much trouble! :OAlright. I also hope there won't be too much trouble too. :O
The ability to get guns in Canada actually often depends on the type. A hunting rifle is easier to get and has less restrictions, but if you have a handgun, it has a large number of restrictions and you'd have to notify the RCMP every time you take it somewhere, even if just to go to a shooting range.Our laws differ depending on the type of gun as well, and they vary depending on the state. Florida is fairly free when it comes to guns, and Texas is famous for being trigger-happy. California is the opposite (which should be no surprise to anyone who knows American politics), with ridiculous gun control laws that are apparently arbitrary. For example, they have a so-called "assault weapon" ban that keeps you from owning a rifle that has a pistol grip, collapsible stock, or bayonet lugs. Obviously, none of these things have anything to do whatsoever with a gun's lethality, but they're often found on military-style rifles.
I should mention I'm leaving for a bit, and will be back in about a week. Don't cause too much trouble! :OWahahahaha! :scientist:
But, john, in the US, a lot of people can`t make a living = forcing them to steal, then i wouldn`t reccomend everyone having guns with them..That's exactly why we do need guns. How desperate do you need to be before getting one of these put through your head seems like a worthwhile risk to get your drug money?
If I can't defend myself, then who is going to defend me? If the government takes away our ability to defend ourselves, then they assume full responsibility for doing it. If I can't own a gun, then they'd better have a policeman stationed at my front door. Also, take a look at some of the countries that don't let regular citizens own guns, and look at their crime rates. Some of them, like Britain, have significantly more violent crime. In Switzerland on the other hand, gun ownership is very common, and they have very little violent crime. The reason for this is actually pretty simple if you think about it. Who's going to break into my house if they know I might keep a loaded shotgun in my closet? When everyone is armed, attacking another person becomes an almost suicidal proposition.
The ability to get guns in Canada actually often depends on the type. A hunting rifle is easier to get and has less restrictions, but if you have a handgun, it has a large number of restrictions and you'd have to notify the RCMP every time you take it somewhere, even if just to go to a shooting range.
I support the right to bear arms. I agree with John.
I should mention I'm leaving for a bit, and will be back in about a week. Don't cause too much trouble! :O
No bully would attack a little kid when a teacher is around, but would if the kid didn't have a teacher or other adult around him
Crime rates in Norway are very low. The increasing use of weapons in robberies is a worrying trend. Norway is a popular destination for asylum seekers; the Norwegian government is working to tackle people smuggling.
The increasing use of weapons in robberies is a worrying trend.
QuoteNorway is a popular destination for asylum seekers; the Norwegian government is working to tackle people smuggling.
Oh yes we are rich, thanks to US and UK yaya! Too bad US is the poorest :(Yah, the US can never pay off their debt.
About making guns illegal: That would send crime rates up! NEWSFLASH: CRIMINALS DON'T FOLLOW THE LAW, WHY DO YOU THINK WE CALL THEM CRIMINALS? What's to stop criminals from committing all sorts of crimes, they know that no one can stop them if no one is armed!What's to stop a very sucidal person from killing themselves if there family owns a gun and he/she has good excess to it :scared:
Dictatorship vs Democracy: Dictatorship only works if you have a good leader, if you have a bad one, you're screwed. Democracy works very well until some idiot(like Obama) get's elected and breaks the rules.I think anything will work if you have a good leader. like *cough cough communtisum or anarchy cough cough cough. I think i'm getting sick here ::)
If I can't defend myself, then who is going to defend me? If the government takes away our ability to defend ourselves, then they assume full responsibility for doing it. If I can't own a gun, then they'd better have a policeman stationed at my front door. Also, take a look at some of the countries that don't let regular citizens own guns, and look at their crime rates. Some of them, like Britain, have significantly more violent crime. In Switzerland on the other hand, gun ownership is very common, and they have very little violent crime. The reason for this is actually pretty simple if you think about it. Who's going to break into my house if they know I might keep a loaded shotgun in my closet? When everyone is armed, attacking another person becomes an almost suicidal proposition.Well most criminals wouldn't mind being killed after they killed another person before dieing cause thats an achivement for them that they killed atleast one other person
I should mention I'm leaving for a bit, and will be back in about a week. Don't cause too much trouble! :O:angel: see I'm good! muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :scientist: :bomb: :bomb: :bomb: :bomb: NOT
I think anything will work if you have a good leader. like *cough cough communtisum or anarchy cough cough cough. I think i'm getting sick here Roll Eyes
They drop it at the right place in the US, then lot of crap happens and the country runs into anarchy, then the russians come knocking at the door, THE END.
What's to stop a very sucidal person from killing themselves if there family owns a gun and he/she has good excess to it Scared
Well most criminals wouldn't mind being killed after they killed another person before dieing cause thats an achivement for them that they killed atleast one other person
Angelic see I'm good! muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Mad Scientist Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb NOT
What's to stop a very sucidal person from killing themselves if there family owns a gun and he/she has good excess to it :scared:What's to stop very suicidal people from killing themselves if their family owns a knife they can slit their wrists with, or a bottle of sleeping pills they can overdose on, or they live near a tall building they can jump off of, or they have a rope they can hang themselves with? Do you want to get rid of all of those things too? Besides, if you're really deathly afraid of somebody in your house shooting themselves in the head, load it with rubber shot. A 12-gauge at close range will still ruin anybody's day, and likely break some bones, but the odds of killing anybody is fairly low.
lol In anarchy, you have no leader. That's the point. :P Anyway, any system is broken if you have a lousy leader. Some just have more checks and balances in place in case that happens. For example, we've got congress and the supreme court in case the president gets mad with power. Of course, that's not much of a defense if they're just as crazy as he is. :look:QuoteDictatorship vs Democracy: Dictatorship only works if you have a good leader, if you have a bad one, you're screwed. Democracy works very well until some idiot(like Obama) get's elected and breaks the rules.I think anything will work if you have a good leader. like *cough cough communtisum or anarchy cough cough cough. I think i'm getting sick here ::)
Well most criminals wouldn't mind being killed after they killed another person before dieing cause thats an achivement for them that they killed atleast one other personYou're kidding, right? I don't think you understand how criminality works. Very, very few murders are actually committed by psychos who just feel like killing somebody. Don't worry about the psychopaths. Worry about the drug addicts breaking into your house to steal your belongings and sell them for crack money. Worry about the muggers who want to rape you and take your money. Worry about the gang crossfires you might get caught in the middle of. Worry about insecure men in your life who can't handle their anger and have no way of settlings conflicts except through violence. Those are the people who are likely to kill you, not some insane serial killer who's doing it just for fun.
Very true john I agree completelyWhat's to stop a very sucidal person from killing themselves if there family owns a gun and he/she has good excess to it :scared:What's to stop very suicidal people from killing themselves if their family owns a knife they can slit their wrists with, or a bottle of sleeping pills they can overdose on, or they live near a tall building they can jump off of, or they have a rope they can hang themselves with? Do you want to get rid of all of those things too? Besides, if you're really deathly afraid of somebody in your house shooting themselves in the head, load it with rubber shot. A 12-gauge at close range will still ruin anybody's day, and likely break some bones, but the odds of killing anybody is fairly low.Quotelol In anarchy, you have no leader. That's the point. :P Anyway, any system is broken if you have a lousy leader. Some just have more checks and balances in place in case that happens. For example, we've got congress and the supreme court in case the president gets mad with power. Of course, that's not much of a defense if they're just as crazy as he is. :look:QuoteDictatorship vs Democracy: Dictatorship only works if you have a good leader, if you have a bad one, you're screwed. Democracy works very well until some idiot(like Obama) get's elected and breaks the rules.I think anything will work if you have a good leader. like *cough cough communtisum or anarchy cough cough cough. I think i'm getting sick here ::)QuoteWell most criminals wouldn't mind being killed after they killed another person before dieing cause thats an achivement for them that they killed atleast one other personYou're kidding, right? I don't think you understand how criminality works. Very, very few murders are actually committed by psychos who just feel like killing somebody. Don't worry about the psychopaths. Worry about the drug addicts breaking into your house to steal your belongings and sell them for crack money. Worry about the muggers who want to rape you and take your money. Worry about the gang crossfires you might get caught in the middle of. Worry about insecure men in your life who can't handle their anger and have no way of settlings conflicts except through violence. Those are the people who are likely to kill you, not some insane serial killer who's doing it just for fun.
Very true john I agree completelyWhat's to stop a very sucidal person from killing themselves if there family owns a gun and he/she has good excess to it :scared:What's to stop very suicidal people from killing themselves if their family owns a knife they can slit their wrists with, or a bottle of sleeping pills they can overdose on, or they live near a tall building they can jump off of, or they have a rope they can hang themselves with? Do you want to get rid of all of those things too? Besides, if you're really deathly afraid of somebody in your house shooting themselves in the head, load it with rubber shot. A 12-gauge at close range will still ruin anybody's day, and likely break some bones, but the odds of killing anybody is fairly low.Quotelol In anarchy, you have no leader. That's the point. :P Anyway, any system is broken if you have a lousy leader. Some just have more checks and balances in place in case that happens. For example, we've got congress and the supreme court in case the president gets mad with power. Of course, that's not much of a defense if they're just as crazy as he is. :look:QuoteDictatorship vs Democracy: Dictatorship only works if you have a good leader, if you have a bad one, you're screwed. Democracy works very well until some idiot(like Obama) get's elected and breaks the rules.I think anything will work if you have a good leader. like *cough cough communtisum or anarchy cough cough cough. I think i'm getting sick here ::)QuoteWell most criminals wouldn't mind being killed after they killed another person before dieing cause thats an achivement for them that they killed atleast one other personYou're kidding, right? I don't think you understand how criminality works. Very, very few murders are actually committed by psychos who just feel like killing somebody. Don't worry about the psychopaths. Worry about the drug addicts breaking into your house to steal your belongings and sell them for crack money. Worry about the muggers who want to rape you and take your money. Worry about the gang crossfires you might get caught in the middle of. Worry about insecure men in your life who can't handle their anger and have no way of settlings conflicts except through violence. Those are the people who are likely to kill you, not some insane serial killer who's doing it just for fun.
Giving everyone full acces to weapons could quickly become anarchy
http://english-social-studies.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-my-korean-friends-about-weather-in.html (http://english-social-studies.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-my-korean-friends-about-weather-in.html)LOL I'll say thats pretty stupid :O :O
yeå it sure is, and the guys doesn`t realize it is a joke...Even havign a polar bear as a pet would get you in jail for a long time. rididng it in the road to the school, yeah right, there woudl probably be military there in minutes...Not if they allow it and only aniamls that aren't wild and behave
And my teahcer have met some thinking Norway is connected to the northpole and that we ride on polar bears instead of cars.lol OMG thats such a good idea. It would stop polution of cars too!
Quote from: Gabbe on July 16, 2010, 20:08:25
And my teahcer have met some thinking Norway is connected to the northpole and that we ride on polar bears instead of cars.
lol OMG thats such a good idea. It would stop polution of cars too!
Not if they allow it and only aniamls that aren't wild and behaveperfect example of what i was just saying, right wyvern? Sorry, but this is the rela world and ridding elephants isn`t going to replace the cars for a long time, neither will horses...too little of them..
Riding a polar bear would be fun, you'd probably have backpains for rest of your life though.
Car pollution isn't a problem.Please tell me you're trolling.
Car pollution isn't a problem.Please tell me you're trolling.
lol for the irony! ;DLOL
Atheist are lying again, right? Everything is perfect.:O Good one! Must be the same liberal media behind the JFK "grassy knoll" cover-up. ;)
QuoteQuote from: Gabbe on July 16, 2010, 20:08:25
And my teahcer have met some thinking Norway is connected to the northpole and that we ride on polar bears instead of cars.
lol OMG thats such a good idea. It would stop polution of cars too!
Car pollution isn't a problem.
Riding a polar bear would be fun, you'd probably have backpains for rest of your life though.
Either way, try sucking on the exhaust pipe of a running car and see if car exhaust causes no problems. Actually, don't do that. It would likely kill you.
Either way, try sucking on the exhaust pipe of a running car and see if car exhaust causes no problems. Actually, don't do that. It would likely kill you.
It may be a gift of god to send us to heaven quicker XD
Either way, try sucking on the exhaust pipe of a running car and see if car exhaust causes no problems. Actually, don't do that. It would likely kill you.
It may be a gift of god to send us to heaven quicker XD
Not if you try to kill yourself sooner...
CatMystery is atheist as far aS I KNOW, lets not get into that :PSorry :-[ :-[
Why do you bring up logic and reason?!?!?!? are you intentionally trying to confuse the theists!?!?!?
CatMystery is atheist as far aS I KNOW, lets not get into that :P
Why do you bring up logic and reason?!?!?!? are you intentionally trying to confuse the theists!?!?!?
I see a lot happened while I was gone.........Thats why I stopped posting even though I stalk the forum and read everything everyone has said... but even so whats so wrong with them, they are fun.
I refuse to debate, because this is a civil forum and our debates never go anywhere besides a flame-wars match. :|
I see a lot happened while I was gone.........Thats why I stopped posting even though I stalk the forum and read everything everyone has said... but even so whats so wrong with them, they are fun.
I refuse to debate, because this is a civil forum and our debates never go anywhere besides a flame-wars match. :|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos:O ...
Funny as hell, and it is true too XDOMG I'm so sick of hearing that song it brings back too much memories of school. And I don't see whats so funny with it or how awesome it is it just says a bunch of names of people and stuff doesn't make to muhc sence. Anyways wanna hear something even more funny and awesome
The vid is private!??!What vid? :|
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu and "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, "Peter Pan", Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
CHORUS
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, "Ben-Hur", space monkey, Mafia
hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go
U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
CHORUS
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs Invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
CHORUS
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon, back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollolah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune" , Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller Cola Wars, I can't take it anymore
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
Hes talking about what omega postedThe vid is private!??!What vid? :|
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Hmm, just noticed that Firefox got updated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhN0gh0kjY
What? How can you possibly not like that song? Billy Joel *is* awesome!
What do these words mean? Simple, its history of sometime in the mid 1940-around 1980. Its basically every big name or event that happened. Memorizing the lyrics of this song is guarenteed to help you ace history class. Of course, singing this would take a lot of practice, since on the first run, I recall I couldn't pronounce half of the names! :O
Hmm, it has been updated... 3.6.7 now. Only a matter of time before v4 is no longer a beta too. :D
I just think its stupid plus he only got famous for that no creativitly there. And I just don't like billy joels music:o :o :o
Hes talking about what omega postedOh, ok. I guess they changed it...whatever.
Hmm, it has been updated... 3.6.7 now. Only a matter of time before v4 is no longer a beta too. :DMeh, not so fast. I mean it should still be a long time. :P
Just sounds like your a big time fan..... even thought he won many things like many of the people i listen to doesn't make him great... I listened its okay i guess.. not reallyI just think its stupid plus he only got famous for that no creativitly there. And I just don't like billy joels music:o :o :o
You... don't like THE Billy Joel?! :'(
Really though, thats lots of creativity, and haven't you heard his other songs? He has dozens of songs, most which he wrote single-handedly. 33 of his songs were in the top 40s for USA, and he is the 3rd best selling solo musician of all time in the USA!
You should listen to some of the other songs. Some of my favs are:
-Uptown Girl
-You may be right, I may be crazy
-Sometimes a fantasy
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I didn`t get your video xcat? what is the point? music? funny? anyways, the music i think was boring ;)>:( just music that to me is funny and its not boring to me. Try listen to it for a whole day repeating (i had to b/c this person was on drugs and my mom had to take care of him he listens to so much music all that time)
Omega your pro pic isn't working...Yeah, the server that "hosts" it is down...currently.
Omega your pro pic isn't working...Yeah, the server that "hosts" it is down...currently.
http://img13.imageshack.us/
Weird.
I noticed and gabbe pic too... funny pic OmegaYeah
How come you didn't notice it its been on for a while, seriously ::) ::)It takes me awhile to notice things. 0.0
:O :O :O :O,it was on when I joined this forum four months ago :O :O :O, LOLHow come you didn't notice it its been on for a while, seriously ::) ::)It takes me awhile to notice things. 0.0
Sure :D :D,JK, no but I just thought it was funny that someone didn't notice that smiley ;D ;Dwell no ones uses the cry that much 0.0
don`t they? :'( how sad and depressing :'( such a good smiley :'(lol good one! yes how sad :'( :green: :zzz: :silence:
I saw commandos Strikeforce somewhere and considered buying it is it a good game? :)
Battlefield1942 is amazing especially the addon with the experimental weapons of WW2
maybe but I usually don't care for FPS much and I prefer past over future so its just my opinionI saw commandos Strikeforce somewhere and considered buying it is it a good game? :)
Yea, it's a lot of fun, good graphics, fun campaign(sneaking, and open battles! :thumbup:). I definitely recommend it! :DBattlefield1942 is amazing especially the addon with the experimental weapons of WW2
Battlefield 1942 is ok..... but it's nothing compared to crysis! :P
Glest is really the only RTS I play.Same, most of the time. I guess I just like free, and also open source games. :O Some are even better than commercial, or more fun... :|
Well, we've spent significant resources on creating and improving our state-of-the-art Content ID system and many other powerful tools for copyright owners. Now, all of the major U.S. movie studios, music labels and over 1,000 other global partners use Content ID to manage their content on YouTube. Because of the success of these ongoing technological efforts, we are able to increase the upload limit todayHmm, cool I guess. 11 minutes was the limit before. I wonder though, is 15 the limit or 16... :|
didi you try whait i said? hold down left key until you can play snake :) only works with transparent videosSorry, I kinda ignore double posts... Well, I wish I could. Joking...
The best RTS ever was Cossacks - Back to war.Yeah, too bad I can't remember my favorite RTS...I mean before Glest, you know.
It's such bad that cossacks II is such a big fail...
Dude the best war rts is Battle for middle Earth 2. Its more tactics that resource management.
THe counterpart (resource management) rts would be AOE 3+ ep 1+2
Hilarious!! XDD watch it, only a few secs :PHAHA.
Hey, does anybody know of good fantasy book/series selections? I have read LOTR, some Lloyd Alexander (don't really like him), Suzanne Collins, Eragon and other basic ones... if you can find it in the middle school library, I have either passed it by (sometimes unjustly), or read it. Mostly read it. But if you know of any good fantasy involving orcs, elves or dwarves, or magic, I would like to know. I Know that many are longer, harder to read books, but I read The Two Towers in one night, so I can read the longer ones. I also know that there is a book or series similar to LOTR (similar characters, conflicts), but I don't know what it is called.TERRY BROOKS! Any book by Terry Brooks (that's the author). He is a master. Start with his first series, the Sword of Shannarah (sp?) and all his books basically take place in the same area at different times. Either way, he is probably one of my favorite writers, and my dad and some of my friends will certainly agree with me! This is probably the closest thing EVER to LOTR, and should NOT be overlooked. Dunno how many books he has, but I own at least 10 and have read others from libraries/friends.
TERRY BROOKS! Any book by Terry Brooks (that's the author). He is a master. Start with his first series, the Sword of Shannarah (sp?) and all his books basically take place in the same area at different times. Either way, he is probably one of my favorite writers, and my dad and some of my friends will certainly agree with me! This is probably the closest thing EVER to LOTR, and should NOT be overlooked. Dunno how many books he has, but I own at least 10 and have read others from libraries/friends.I don't know if you are saying that Terry Brooks is the author I was looking for or you were clarifying yourself. I think my schools library has some of his books, though I have never seen his name... funny. I will look into him. Thanks.
Bleh. I don't care for Terry Brooks. "The Sword of Shannara" copied way too much from LotR for my tastes. Take the main group for example. What do we have? A dwarf (Gimli), an elf (Legolas), two quaint peasant folk (Frodo and Samwise), a ranger (Strider), a human warrior (Boromir), a wise old magic guy (Gandalf)... yeah, the only difference is that the main protagonist and his brother aren't hobbits. Plus, it was way longer than it needed to be, in my opinion. I read one of his later books (the one with the airships) and it was decent, but not something I'd go out of my way to find.Do they really have the same names for the exact same characters? That is interesting, though not necessarily a turn-off. A mark of this authors originality, maybe, but not the entertainment the book will provide.
Harry Potter may seem like an unlikely choice, and may not be waht you have in mind, but don't pass it over, the series is excellent.I have read some of it. It seems to have a very unlikable character (though many books start out that way). Also, I never understood why Harry Potter decides to wear huge glasses forever when he has magic at his disposal! ::) Also, I would say that the target audience is girls, not boys, and certainly not 13 year-old kids. More like 8-9 years old.
Okay. I suppose I failed to convey my opinion of Lloyd Alexander. I only remember one of his books (the high king), which is the last book in a series (I didn't read the other ones because this book was a gift), but I think I have read several others by him. The High King was good, but way to short. I also had trouble with the Gothic namings e.g. Gwythaints (Hawks), Caer Dallben (A city), Fflewddur Fflam (A bard), and Dyrnwyn (The magical sword). However, I think all fantasy books should have at least some Gothic names cause they sound 'kickass' if I may borrow your speech style. I want to read the rest of his books too. The reason I don't like Lloyd Alexander as much is because his books are shorter than other books that I like to read.A ton of the names are straight out of Celtic mythology, many of them Welsh. Wales has, shall we say, "interesting" phonetics. The books are probably kinda short, as I remember reading the whole series of five books over a four-day span, back when I was something of a bookworm.
Do they really have the same names for the exact same characters? That is interesting, though not necessarily a turn-off. A mark of this authors originality, maybe, but not the entertainment the book will provide.No, I meant that they were essentially the same characters as in LotR, just renamed and less interesting. I can't actually remember what any of them are called.
Interesting... Google... phone?Hmm, I think started last year, but now it is integrated to Gmail, nice.
http://www.google.com/chat/voice/
Hey, it has free Canada/US calls, I gotta try it sometime... Though I wonder how good VoIP technology would work on my internet...
Hey, does anybody know of good fantasy book/series selections? I have read LOTR, some Lloyd Alexander (don't really like him), Suzanne Collins, Eragon and other basic ones... if you can find it in the middle school library, I have either passed it by (sometimes unjustly), or read it. Mostly read it. But if you know of any good fantasy involving orcs, elves or dwarves, or magic, I would like to know. I Know that many are longer, harder to read books, but I read The Two Towers in one night, so I can read the longer ones. I also know that there is a book or series similar to LOTR (similar characters, conflicts), but I don't know what it is called.Drizzt Dourden is pretty good and all the forgotten realms books
Jee, back to school. First day today, so I'm boggled down with this schedule:
That's just semister 1... No history till Sem 2... :'(
How's your guy's school starting (if it has started yet)?
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Birthday to me. I'm 15 now :D.Happy birthday! Sorry for the late reply, late since I think its around 11:00 PM on the east coast, but...whatever.
There were about a million John Harvey's, and Michael Hoffman's.........Probably because my name isn't hofman ;).
Probably because my name isn't hofman Wink.
Cool! Are you gona drive. :O
Happy birthday Stephanie! ;)
My friend finally got me to join facebook. :P
I found Elim(can't add as friend for some reason), Tiger(can't add as friend for some reason), Softcoder, and I might have found Gabbe, but I can't be sure... Can't find anyone else... There were about a million John Harvey's, and Michael Hoffman's.........
Feel free to add me..
Cool! Are you gona drive. :O
Yea, probably, Mom's too young to drive... We're taking a plane down there actually...
Uh kind of stalkerish idk how you found most ppl on here with last name and all. i just think thats a little creepy.
John: Gabbe sent a friend request to a guy he thinks might be you...Not me, unless he's going by "Beverly" these days. :O
John, well his username is his initials(not 100% on that though),and his Youtube username is his name(if his name is John Harvey).Correct.
Omega, signed some posts with Michael Hoffman.You're close, but not quite. ;)
Omega, signed some posts with Michael Hoffman.You're lack of reading ability disturbs me. Go to the Glest Guide, or military's read me, whatever, and I'm sure you'll find my proper name there ;). But, hey, you were close!
Quote from: -Archmage- on September 04, 2010, 13:27:57
Omega, signed some posts with Michael Hoffman.
You're lack of reading ability disturbs me. Go to the Glest Guide, or military's read me, whatever, and I'm sure you'll find my proper name there Wink. But, hey, you were close!
Ok, most of you won't get this. Basically, the tutition costs in texas are apparently so high that college students are migrating in swarms to the cheaper northern states.Huh... okay. I just took it to mean how everybody thinks of Oklahoma as something like Texas' little brother. ;D
In a candid interview by the Norwegian men's magazine Alfa, a group of Norwegian soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan claim that 'fighting feels better than sex' and that they only enlisted for a chance to participate in 'real' battles. 'This is exactly how it should be,' one of the soldiers said, 'you only ship out to Afghanistan in order to get a taste of real war, you don't go there to save the world.'Oi! Though, there's no denying that some people do just want to join the army and stuff simply to participate in a war. You can blame the addictive fun of COD for that.
The magazine also claimed that the Norwegians were looking to avenge the deaths of their fallen comrades, and had painted death-threats on the housewalls of those Afghans they suspected of collaborating with the Taleban. It was rumoured that some Afghans had already been killed in retaliation for the deaths of Norwegian servicemen.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence admitted that the soldiers' comments were 'devastating.'
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/browse_thread/thread/823afa1ce770d4ef
Oi! Though, there's no denying that some people do just want to join the army and stuff simply to participate in a war. You can blame the addictive fun of COD for that.Or consider that "America's Army" is a free game made by (duh) America's army as a recruitment tool.
In a candid interview by the Norwegian men's magazine Alfa, a group of Norwegian soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan claim that 'fighting feels better than sex' and that they only enlisted for a chance to participate in 'real' battles. 'This is exactly how it should be,' one of the soldiers said, 'you only ship out to Afghanistan in order to get a taste of real war, you don't go there to save the world.'Oi! Though, there's no denying that some people do just want to join the army and stuff simply to participate in a war. You can blame the addictive fun of COD for that.
The magazine also claimed that the Norwegians were looking to avenge the deaths of their fallen comrades, and had painted death-threats on the housewalls of those Afghans they suspected of collaborating with the Taleban. It was rumoured that some Afghans had already been killed in retaliation for the deaths of Norwegian servicemen.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence admitted that the soldiers' comments were 'devastating.'
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics/browse_thread/thread/823afa1ce770d4ef
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ruqAY7DpwMeh, 3DSMax... Besides, I learn new things about blender every time I check out their wiki (or even from our tool board).
Purely awesome 3d work, I cant wait till i get to teeside, if i get there tho :P
Im better in blender than 3ds, but i have to learn 3ds as it is what the market uses. and my education is game design.
Depends which version and which economic state your at. As a student, i got it for free lifetime from my uhm.. academy? high school? wte..Interesting... Though, Blender is free, and I'd rather support a free program than a commercial program. May the open source forever rule!
Depends which version and which economic state your at. As a student, i got it for free lifetime from my uhm.. academy? high school? wte..Interesting... Though, Blender is free, and I'd rather support a free program than a commercial program. May the open source forever rule!
Depends which version and which economic state your at. As a student, i got it for free lifetime from my uhm.. academy? high school? wte..Interesting... Though, Blender is free, and I'd rather support a free program than a commercial program. May the open source forever rule!
Me 2 supportz blender! But i need to make a living 2
wrong question, I have to find a university that teaches blender, surely i would want blender to be the preferred program and the best, but i have to say that mudbox zbrush and 3ds max free license is better than one blender. No doubt, i would like blender to be the leaders right now it is 3ds, and there aint much universities here in norway, and then i dont think i would find one that teaches 3d in blender.Depends which version and which economic state your at. As a student, i got it for free lifetime from my uhm.. academy? high school? wte..Interesting... Though, Blender is free, and I'd rather support a free program than a commercial program. May the open source forever rule!
Me 2 supportz blender! But i need to make a living 2
Well, then how about finding gaming companies that let you use blender... :P
youll have to export the 250 file into blender 2.49 and then animate it there so it should work fine.The same applies for the programs in overall. If you check out the galleries of Blender art and compare it to galleries of 3DS Max art, you'll see that both are capable of creating the same level of detail.
It doesnt matter if blender can match 3ds max, even with anim8or you can make stunning stuff, it just requires a skill with the program, like we can all agree right that 3ds max does beat blender because it got more stuff that it can do automatically, though of its 1Gb size -.- I got better skills with blender, so i get better results with blender. If i knew anim8or better, i would make better with anim8or.
Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
Youtube is bigger! And WoW covers 70% of the MMO market!That's not necessarily true. While youtube is probably much bigger, runescape is the biggest MMO in the world, according to the world records...
Yes but WOW IS BORING! There is only ONE SKILL and one way, you get to lvl 80 (90 after cataclysm?) and then its stop for you, nothing mroe to do. On rs, there you have 20-30 skills you can train! Its like a loadpack of more ways and paths you can take, each thing affecting another.
Edit by omega: Language please...
Hi all, I've sumitted my last assignment. Only a presentation for my game that I need to turn up to and a couple of exams to go.Awesome hailstone!
OMG = Oh my GOD!http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Slang_dictionary
OMFG = Oh my *** god!
rofl = rolling on the floor laughing
roflmao = Rolling on the floor laughing my arse off
Lmao = Laughing my ass of
BTW = By the way
LOL = Laughing out loud
brb = be right back
GF = Good fight/GirlFriend
HF = have fun
GL = Good Luck
GG = Good Game
yh = yeah
cya = see you
Cow Level= noob
newb = noob
nub = noob
any more?
Haha i was thinking on the internet in general, i wonder how internet language wil develop in 10~ years from now :D probably, we will have game language and related msn language.I don't see it changing to be honest... We have acronyms for the most commonly used phrases. Any more than that and all conversations will end awkwardly because nobody will know what an acronym means, and be too embarrassed to ask.
"Hi! Wanna do something?"I swear, if people start talking like that online, I will ignore them.
"Hi wna do sumthing?"
"H wna d som?
We've added some addsense adds to the web, I hope they nobody gets angry about it, the main point of it is to pay the domain and hosting expenses we've been having, if we get some extra money we will probably spend it in alcohol.:O But I really don't think that they would have money left over from those ads... maybe (hopefully) the ads pay for 1/4 of the cost...
HAXXOR = Hacksaw:O :O :O
LOL = Lemon , Olive , Lettuce ; Recipe of a greek salad.
WTF = Went to France
BRB = Big Red Ball
STFU = St.FU = Saint Fu, Holy leader of ninjas
and what kind of armor is made of "leather"? anti-thrown spoons? or does it suck up some energy from kicks and punches? lolTry stabbing a knife through the bottom of a leather boot. Hard, isn't it?
Hmm...if anyone wants to, they can get Age of Empires III: complete collection for 10 cents...Wow... Now there's no excuse to use an illegal version... If you can't afford a dime, you don't deserve a computer.
link (http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-CA/Games/AgeofEmpiresIII/)
Leather is susceptible to mainly to blunt force blows and piercing wounds. When the crusaders fought the Seljuks and Saracens, they were regularly confronted by archers and scimitar-wielding infantry. The scimitars were not effective against the crusader broadswords, but the arrows were. Even knights who had full hauberks of mail fell from arrow wounds in unprotected, or weakly protected areas. And the scimitar-wielding muslims would simply stab into unprotected parts of a mail hauberk, like the armpit, where the scimitar could pierce the hardened leather jerkins.Actually the bows of the time were very weak and relied on the mass barrage hitting vulnerable points in the face or arms, the leather was more then enough to stop them, several accounts tell of soldiers marching unhurt with arrows sticking in the leather jerkins. Also the scimitars were more for slashing so their stabbing ability is in doubt, though I do agree that knives and spears could penetrate the armpits, neck and other non mail protected areas of the knights armor.
And about the experiment with the leather shoe, I would imagine the leather not giving at all, or at least making the job incredibly difficult. But, with the full swing of an arm and the momentum of a horse's body carried with the hunk of metal, the leather wouldn't necessarily do so well. And magitech does note this. I don't know the numbers, but I know that if you had an enemy swordsman coming at your unit, all other things being equal, you would counter the swordsman with a piercing attack. The multiplier handles leather well.
We all know stories are completely accurate, objective accounts, especially in the crusades, when emotions were fiery... ::) No. And anyways, the short bows you talk about were composite bows. The seljuk turks made a living shooting guys up with arrows and stealing their gold. When they consistently beat the western powers it was when they did not engage in melee, but did parthian shot techniques, and similar movements. And I think you are talking about padded jerkins, or brigantines. Crusaders sometimes wore them as a cheaper alternative to mail hauberks. Brigantines especially could absorb huge damage from slashing or piercing, because they were so tough and thick. Yes, scimitars were for slashing mostly, but the tip was always sharp. I do not think it would take long for an arab army to put two and two together and stab the knights in vulnerable spots.Leather is susceptible to mainly to blunt force blows and piercing wounds. When the crusaders fought the Seljuks and Saracens, they were regularly confronted by archers and scimitar-wielding infantry. The scimitars were not effective against the crusader broadswords, but the arrows were. Even knights who had full hauberks of mail fell from arrow wounds in unprotected, or weakly protected areas. And the scimitar-wielding muslims would simply stab into unprotected parts of a mail hauberk, like the armpit, where the scimitar could pierce the hardened leather jerkins.Actually the bows of the time were very weak and relied on the mass barrage hitting vulnerable points in the face or arms, the leather was more then enough to stop them, several accounts tell of soldiers marching unhurt with arrows sticking in the leather jerkins. Also the scimitars were more for slashing so their stabbing ability is in doubt, though I do agree that knives and spears could penetrate the armpits, neck and other non mail protected areas of the knights armor.
And about the experiment with the leather shoe, I would imagine the leather not giving at all, or at least making the job incredibly difficult. But, with the full swing of an arm and the momentum of a horse's body carried with the hunk of metal, the leather wouldn't necessarily do so well. And magitech does note this. I don't know the numbers, but I know that if you had an enemy swordsman coming at your unit, all other things being equal, you would counter the swordsman with a piercing attack. The multiplier handles leather well.
Hmm...if anyone wants to, they can get Age of Empires III: complete collection for 10 cents...It ended on the 21st. :'( When will they do another program like this?
link (http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-CA/Games/AgeofEmpiresIII/)
It ended on the 21st. Cry When will they do another program like this?
Wow, it's December already. :o Time pasts by really fast...
I see you always, you play steam version! :PWow, it's December already. :o Time pasts by really fast...
:P It's 07:27 here, I'm a zombie because I stayed up all night playing mw2 with a random new friend.
I see you always, you play steam version! :PWow, it's December already. :o Time pasts by really fast...
:P It's 07:27 here, I'm a zombie because I stayed up all night playing mw2 with a random new friend.
You just need a file transfer device or something ;) on the other hand, more news from AlterOps ! ye :D
I just discovered the most amazing site today, and thought I'd share it with everyone else. It's the first (and so far only) computational knowledge engine, and to be honest, half an hour of playing around had me truly amazed. Basically, it's a smart type of information engine.It's powerful, but not that powerful... (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=4796*29348756*2345*2452*24524*34*365*12*3*245243%2f4596.3457942*35.29835467&asynchronous=pod&s=21&incTime=true)
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
For example, I started off by throwing it one of my earlier chemistry questions: "27mg of FeSO4" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=27mg+of+FeSO4) and it gave me the molar amount that I was looking for, and much more. And then clicking on that molar amount (which was in millimoles) gave me another page (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.178+millimoles&lk=1) which contained more information including the amount in the base unit moles that I was looking for. In fact, it even knew what the chemical formula was, even though I only knew it as "Iron (II) Sulfate". And trying something later, I realized simply typing "27mg of FeSO4 in moles" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=27mg+of+FeSO4+in+moles) would have given exactly what I needed, that's how smart that engine is!
As nerdy as it sounds, it was a lot of fun to use, simply because of its amazing power.
So then I decided to test it with something not related to chemistry:
Searching "cyan" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cyan) gave me Hex codes and RGB codes for the color, along with other information such as complimentary colors, etc.
Making up a random quadratic equation, "y=(x-(2/3))^2+3" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=y%3D%28x-%282%2F3%29%29^2%2B3), it managed to convert the computer type into mathmatical form and plot it out.
Making up another random math question, "2x+23/sqrt(16)=2" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2x%2B23%2Fsqrt%2816%29%3D2), it converted it to mathmatical form, removed the square root, solved for x, and graphed the formula.
Searching the my birthday, "may 30" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=may+30) returned notable events, the time difference, holidays (that I never knew existed), and sun rise + sunset of my location, fine tuned down to my city.
Searching "canada" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=canada) gave me no shortage of information from land size to unemployment percentages, to maps, to the internet code!
A search on "omega" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=omega) refered to the character, including the language and unicode number.
Making a random string of ones and zeros in hopes of being intrepid as binary, "1010111" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1010111) got me the decimal number, a number line, and some very intesting facts of it (it cannot be written as the sum of 3 squares).
Searching "the sun" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=the+sun), got me information on sunrise/set in my location, distance from the earth, temperature, estimated life expectancy, etc;
Searching "google" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Google) got me the stock value, number of employees, web site address, location, annual revenue (that's a lot!), and a dozen other stuff you have to be a stock trader to understand (it does say that it's a "strong buy" though).
Searching "michael" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=michael) (my name) told me it's the 3rd most popular name but expected to rise to the number 1 spot in the USA eventually.
And of course, the crown jewel, searching for "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=the+answer+to+life%2C+the+universe%2C+and+everything) got me 42.
How "smart" that engine was surprised me... Mathmatical questions I've never seen a computer done, it performed instantly...
Have fun.
Wadda ya mean "not that powerful"? It calculated that fine for me:Yea, it gives the result but it didn't give anything else, I thought it was supposed to give more than just an answer. It says "Computation timed out. No more results available.".
1.670075723... × 10^31
I stayed up till 4:45'ish tonight, and I kept dozing off and waking up in bed, then I realized I felt really woozy. Ended up spending my morning puking out slightly burnt blueberry-apple crisp. :green: Now it's 6:00, bleh.Hmm...try to get some more sleep. :thumbup: I should too...a few days ago I slept at 6ish and woke up at 7ish. I guess it was more of a nap for me... :dead:
At first, it think Glest is an airport in Spain, then as a word, it things it is old english :DThat's because its a computational engine, not a search engine. It searches the internet for information and smartly analyzes it, and Glest doesn't really fit into that at all, nor is it really well known enough to appear in the engine.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Glest&a=*C.Glest-_*Word- (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Glest&a=*C.Glest-_*Word-)
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Glest (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Glest)
Cool tool though, definately helps when Im having to prepare for school stuff :D
news topics has been locked, i want to know the news here, whats the news and eventsWhat news topic? :confused:
news topics has been locked, i want to know the news here, whats the news and events
the admins pillled it up with an another topic, check locked topics in offtopic section, ABOMNATION AND TREACHERY!I found no hint of any topic like this merged into another here, and never heard of the original topic you refer to. Please control yourself, and prove a reference.
the admins pillled it up with an another topic, check locked topics in offtopic section, ABOMNATION AND TREACHERY!Warlord, most of the locked topics are locked because they are inappropriate, the members argue too much on it, or it is completely OT and could be posted in the general Off topic section, honestly, with the exception of a few, most of your topics were things that can be posted in the general OT section.
like talking crap of "my topics igniting relegious and national stuff" and saying "they're all the exact same" what does soundtrackshas to do with news? and what weather has to do with games? sheesh. seriously this pisses me off to know they left an other topic like mine roling. this was personal.... not otherwise "responsbility"Which topics? Examples go further than just ranting.
but i seek just an answer and more then that. i'll consider nothing happened if i get an answer about why this occured
https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=6184.0That's the topic you were refering to? That was locked for violating one of the OT board's most important rules: Stop These Kind of Topics (https://forum.megaglest.org/index.php?topic=5816.0)
Dragon? But you hate Dragons ;)
Gratz, I guess.
I meant Romanian Dragons...Dragon? But you hate Dragons ;)I hate dragons?
Gratz, I guess.
I meant Romanian Dragons...Dragon? But you hate Dragons ;)I hate dragons?
Gratz, I guess.
i realy want that history topic unlocked now! i dident propaganda! i was answering the angry dude's question, evreyone has something to follow! keep your noses out of my territory because i diden't bother angry you for what you are! free that topic.No part of the board is "your territory". Your attitude right now is not helping the situation. It will remain locked until we decide it should be unlocked, if ever. This is the GLEST board. If you just come here to talk about things other than Glest, let me redirect you to another forum (http://www.offtopicz.com/).
You can just look for a troll in that "OT Forum", there's your fun.
Happy Birthday, The Legend of Zelda.
My house had a power failure today. I wonder what caused it.
sorry for the late replie but, my territory isnt your site, you must understand me before you dare make comment-unworthy words, that i said bieng a guy who considers hitler his idol, ok so? i like him, but THATS MY TERRITORY! and when some angry brainless fool shows up saying "you ffollow the reich???????????????" i say "yes" then he starts bieng angry of me for actually no point, he dident read up some history, knew facts, he is 100% a typical person, most likely american, they speak blah all the time.You're not helping your situation...
i respectfully request adminstrator archmage to unlock my topic, appearentlu it was locked by will's acts of rude. nor i was spreadimng propagnda.I can assure you it was very much you who got the topic locked, not will.
sorry for the late replie but, my territory isnt your site, you must understand me before you dare make comment-unworthy words, that i said bieng a guy who considers hitler his idol, ok so? i like him, but THATS MY TERRITORY! and when some angry brainless fool shows up saying "you ffollow the reich???????????????" i say "yes" then he starts bieng angry of me for actually no point, he dident read up some history, knew facts, he is 100% a typical person, most likely american, they speak blah all the time.
How come it says Will is the last poster in this thread but I cannot see any post from him?I agree, and for the record, while I did argue, I would far prefer a historical topic where you can post facts about history, this would be fun for history lovers like me and useful for people making historical mods since they could find data there
Anyways, glest board should not be a place where people openly support Nazism, if it were allowed to continue it could stain the community and the game
OK Omega I guess you better remove the troll description...that gives them an excuse, I guess.Heh, the Gabbe title was just for fun. In all honesty, I have other plans for the membergroup. As it is, it doesn't restrict any user rights. No reason to say it won't always be like that...
OK Omega I guess you better remove the troll description...that gives them an excuse, I guess.Heh, the Gabbe title was just for fun. In all honesty, I have other plans for the membergroup. As it is, it doesn't restrict any user rights. No reason to say it won't always be like that...
Users in the troll membergroup cannot view the off topic board. They have all their regular permissions except for the complete inability to use the offtopic board.
Actually, it didn't work. For some reason, they could still post, as seen by the now banned Warlord of the Reich.
It wasn`t homophobic when they could perfectly be a male and a woman lizard.. I think OT/ hereWell, perhaps so. But, I think some people of the community are homophobic, so it would be then...
It wasn`t homophobic when they could perfectly be a male and a woman lizard.. I think OT/ hereWell, perhaps so. But, I think some people of the community are homophobic, so it would be then...
Yes, it is really, sad. Especially me would want to disguiss what is going on in the arab world but i guess I just talk to archmage on it on skype :)Yeah, well oh well...the OT section will just always be boring
...if you don't mind my asking, what does your name, "Ultifd" mean?Nothing, I just made it up one day.
Looking at the Board rules and how many times he broke them, we really need to enforce them better. Technically, he should have been banned long, long ago.Well, technically a lot of members should have be banned...even some moderators themselves. But, I guess we'll just turn over a new leaf...
And i always think of ultifd as UltimateF(something)D(Something) :PYeah, I thought ulti=ultimate and I'm not sure what F and D means. I think my nickname is pretty nice though...ulti F D :P
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1HMRv2uMM
[/youtube]Hopefully Hagekura is OK...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUyF28nzULQ[/youtube] :-X
That earthquake got me worried; "No!!! The japanese mod will never be finalized!?!?".Don't worry, as long as my body and my PC is secured, finalization of the mod is assured. :thumbup:
You'll get it back in about six months.Yeah, after all time does past fast.
2012 is coming...ITS COMING AND ITS OVER 9000!!!!
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=425253
Very...juicy...
[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110314/ts_yblog_thelookout/japans-earthquake-shifted-balance-of-the-planet]Source[/url]Quote from: -Archmage- on March 11, 2011, 15:22:20
That earthquake got me worried; "No!!! The japanese mod will never be finalized!?!?".
Don't worry, as long as my body and my PC is secured, finalization of the mod is assured. Thumb Up
Due to the potential nuclear fallout from the Fukashima Nuclear power plant, my family and I fled China. Given the information about the potential for full melt-down and/or release of nuclear contaminates in the atmosphere, we felt that our children's health was at great risk especially since they are infants.Ok, that's actually a bit extreme. Experts say that even the nearby city of Tokyo will only experience very minor radiation and laughed at people in North America panicking about possible radiation there.
That isn't a bit extreme, because if I was living in China...I wouldn't take any risks. True, experts did say that...but you never know...all we can do is pray.Due to the potential nuclear fallout from the Fukashima Nuclear power plant, my family and I fled China. Given the information about the potential for full melt-down and/or release of nuclear contaminates in the atmosphere, we felt that our children's health was at great risk especially since they are infants.Ok, that's actually a bit extreme. Experts say that even the nearby city of Tokyo will only experience very minor radiation and laughed at people in North America panicking about possible radiation there.
http://www.psrast.org/mobileng/mobilstarteng.htm (http://www.psrast.org/mobileng/mobilstarteng.htm)Yup, they will say anything for money.
HMMMM.......
Omega, I can't believe you'd take something by the World "Health" Organization for granted..... You simply can't trust big companies, they are ALL in it for the money.
The World Health Organization is not a company. It is an agency of the United Nations.
The World Health Organization is not a company. It is an agency of the United Nations.
But socialism is good, so is communism, just in a democracy and a small country. :'( to many people hate communism for what they don't know, It's like being blind and asians even though you have no clue WTF they are, Well besides midgets with tiny eyes and wierd hats if thats what your friend told you,The World Health Organization is not a company. It is an agency of the United Nations.
QFT
but...
You have so many companies after the direction that it is impossible to keep track of anyway, for example, all that will be in one of these companies are state police so it comes as a contest between the FBI and another organization that do the same work. I do not know anything about wages but if they receive wages and cured the disease then it may be something in it that ArchMage said. (Is it owned by the state? OMG That Means america is now socialist! :-X)
My best friend's a Korean. :PBut socialism is good, so is communism, just in a democracy and a small country. :'( to many people hate communism for what they don't know, It's like being blind and asians even though you have no clue WTF they are, Well besides midgets with tiny eyes and wierd hats if thats what your friend told you,The World Health Organization is not a company. It is an agency of the United Nations.
QFT
but...
You have so many companies after the direction that it is impossible to keep track of anyway, for example, all that will be in one of these companies are state police so it comes as a contest between the FBI and another organization that do the same work. I do not know anything about wages but if they receive wages and cured the disease then it may be something in it that ArchMage said. (Is it owned by the state? OMG That Means america is now socialist! :-X)
Are we going into politics again? Really? Let's not.Whoa...........Gabbe......
Are we going into politics again? Really? Let's not.Yeah, discussing anything that is really controversial will probably be impossible to do on this forum. Don't they teach people how to discuss things maturely and etc these days? Maybe high school? :angel:
Ugh... No Opinion No comment.
Nicehehe....legshouse...
Earth. And you?
Obviously, im on Aiur, though you terrans stay on Earth mauahaha..
Haha you lIke portal too? :PEveryone likes portal. I was gonna buy Portal 2, but was hinted I'd get it for my birthday... :|
I dont hate the protoss, they are cool, terrans however...most imba sh*t you`ll ever find, pump rine, pump rine! DANCE RINES DANCE! And stimpack at those marauder = goodbye base. how many SECONDS(!!!) does it take four marauders to kill of a hive?
I`ve had a ton of english and american friends making the same mistake...My norwegian friends doesn`t even know or talk about it..lol..They probably haven't been strip-searched every time they go to the airport for the past ten years. :P
(Okay, I'm probably exaggerating. The security before only two flights I've ever had was actually a breeze.)But they made me toss out my water bottle! I was drinking from that!
Barack Obama + Osama Bin Laden = Obama Bin LadenNot for Americans, at least and there's the broadcast delay too... :angel:
Not hard people to mix up... :P
They probably haven't been strip-searched every time they go to the airport for the past ten years. :PAll in all, I guess it's OK. It's just not for people who have metal...casts and etc? in them...
(Okay, I'm probably exaggerating. The security before only two flights I've ever had was actually a breeze.)
I knew osama have his kagemusha, whose name is Obama bin laden.Well, what do you expect. :P
For a Media Studies project, I must create an ad campaign for a fictional golf company (dubbed "TurboDrive"). Unfortunately, I need some type of big idea that would really "sell" the product, and it could potentially be carried across the multiple types of ads (from commercials to paper to pamphlet to web) that we'd have to create. Anyone happen to have an interesting, novel, cool, etc idea that one could use to sell golf clubs?
They probably haven't been strip-searched every time they go to the airport for the past ten years. :P
kinda scary if your from a county without guns.
Also there were security guards wandering around tooled up with semi-automatics, pistols and body armor as if WW3 was about to break out. In a British airport you might see the occasional policeman with a weapon but its pretty rare. In American even the lowliest security guard had a pistol, kinda scary if your from a county without guns.
I'm from England, its like Australia but colder and with more ugly people SadHehehe.
At least they weren't on red alert.
(http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2009/12/30/450x364-alg_airport_soldiers.jpg)
^ National Guardsmen at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Hurray paranoia. :| I guess we can look forward to more of this in the near future. :thumbdown:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42929460?__source=otbrn%7Coutbrainext20110511140344%7C&par=otbrn (http://www.cnbc.com/id/42929460?__source=otbrn%7Coutbrainext20110511140344%7C&par=otbrn)
Happy Belated Bithday to titi! (Well its the 12th already in Germany)
Happy Belated Bithday to titi! (Well its the 12th already in Germany)
Woot woot!!! :swordman:
I don't do anything other than post replies and topics. Do not play games, or use any apps whatsoever... Im worried about everyone else though...
I don't do anything other than post replies and topics. Do not play games, or use any apps whatsoever... Im worried about everyone else though...Yep, same thing. Maybe I'll answer a question every now and then. And delete some spam.
I don't do anything other than post replies and topics. Do not play games, or use any apps whatsoever... Im worried about everyone else though...Yep, same thing. Maybe I'll answer a question every now and then. And delete some spam.
Farmville? Sucks.
http://betterfacebook.net/ makes FB a lot more awesome though. Greasemonkey/addons FTW.
I don't do anything other than post replies and topics. Do not play games, or use any apps whatsoever... Im worried about everyone else though...Yep, same thing. Maybe I'll answer a question every now and then. And delete some spam.
Farmville? Sucks.
http://betterfacebook.net/ makes FB a lot more awesome though. Greasemonkey/addons FTW.
So what's the right word for people like this? Or word(s)?I can think of a few, but I think they're all against board rules. :P
:P Right, of course. I'm pretty sure I thought of those too. I meant the ones that aren't inappropriate...I think. :OSo what's the right word for people like this? Or word(s)?I can think of a few, but I think they're all against board rules. :P
One reason i don't play multiplayer games of any sort. Cant stand people when they become rude, unruly, and outright annoying like that... That's why Megaglest now has the ability to ban people.:-X Well I still think you should play multiplayer games, at least with megaglest. After all MG does have the banning function, and it's just a few certain people. Yep, but in my case the annoying guy is not on my server, we were both on someone's else. Tom123 was a bug reporter but he had some issues. He changed his nick then... Perhaps you're thinking of tomeyn?
Tom123 y does that name sound familiar?
No I remember seeing his name before. I looked it up cause it bothered me that much, and now i remember who and what happened. =P:P Right, of course. I'm pretty sure I thought of those too. I meant the ones that aren't inappropriate...I think. :OSo what's the right word for people like this? Or word(s)?I can think of a few, but I think they're all against board rules. :POne reason i don't play multiplayer games of any sort. Cant stand people when they become rude, unruly, and outright annoying like that... That's why Megaglest now has the ability to ban people.:-X Well I still think you should play multiplayer games, at least with megaglest. After all MG does have the banning function, and it's just a few certain people. Yep, but in my case the annoying guy is not on my server, we were both on someone's else. Tom123 was a bug reporter but he had some issues. He changed his nick then... Perhaps you're thinking of tomeyn?
Tom123 y does that name sound familiar?
Anyways, yea maybe ill give multiplayer another shot, when i have an os that any version of glest works on... -_- Plus i want to try Annex multiplayer! :DFor sure! You should really join #glest on freenode (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=glest) sometime.
For sure! You should really join #glest on freenodei/url] sometime.First i need my PC to work...
(http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=glest)
Well it does use FaceAPI. Looks cool. Johnny Lee? Oh yeah...a lot of cool stuff.
Have you tried their game?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybfxs4QYcvE
I'll go on Saturday
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The forum are made for trolling?!?!? WEHy can't I troll it, Seth did you get a ban for your troll also?
-Pages to Never Create-
-Hitler
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We do not in any circumstance support trolls, thus, we do not talk about it here.I thought we just didn't support trolls here. :P
Fridya Friday, we we so excited, oh wait...
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Japan company sells Robots for personal use. Pic related:
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Japan company sells Robots for personal use. Pic related:Nice Exo-suit!
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U mad Omega? :P :P
No way I'm using a site like fb made, hosted, and controlled by google. :-XGoogle already controls your soul anyway.
I've figured out Google already knows most about me than some of my closer friends anyways :angel: Think about it, it knows about all my interests, it knows where I live, it knows what country I am from, it knows even what music I like! I haven't uploaded any videos or photoes at any of their sites but i wouldn't be suprised if they knew how I looked. Then again I suppose I trust Google with most of my stuff anyway... :|
http://www.circlehack.com/
Circles but for FB. Eh, meh.
You payed $60 for Portal 2?! :OBuying games on the day of release is always expensive, and downloading is not an option on my internet. It would take over a week of straight downloading, assuming the download doesn't break halfway through. At the moment, I am attempting reinstall #2 after wiping the registry (sad how uninstallers fail to clean up their own mess most of the time). It seems to be going better, but the update needed for Portal 2 is taking forever. :-X
Have you tried talking to Steam/Valve?
Is that legit?[lmgtfy]circle hack (See news..)[/lmgtfy]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMN2c24Y1sNever a better thing to support. After watching the collateral murder video, it's hard not to support WikiLeak's (and Anonymous's) cause, and the blockage of donations by credit card companies is an outrage.
Okay so latley was playing MegaGlest, cause it seems other versions (types) of Glest refuse to be stable on my laptop. Glest, GAE, they no longer work. MG does, but I have this one lil issue. When it loads, everything works, but the resolution isn't too clear. Words are slightly blurred, and the font sizes are a bit smaller than normal. I can't figure out how to fix it, and my current screen resolution supports the game. I don't trust myself to fiddle with any settings, but still, it's a small issue that's become annoying (to the point I stopped playing MG). Any advice guys? Also, I did uninstall the whole thing, I'll need to download a fresh copy, some new add ons, try to start over, but I just don't trust MG (or the others) right now. I've already had some game crashes (they just shut down and go to my desktop) which is making me rather weary of the games. I do not want to kill my laptop (or screen) but Glest in its entirety is the single best (free) Real-Time Strategy game I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I don't want this experience to end. Can you guys help me, please?Two things: firstly, you actually went off topic in the offtopic board, if you wish to continue after this post, do so on either the MG or GAE boards. Secondly, update your drivers, most crashes are the fault of that. If that still doesn't work, you likely have rather bad hardware, and should put some serious thought into buying a new computer.
I have updated all my drivers, I dunno if it'll fix the issue cause I haven't gotten around to re-downloading everything. Also, sorry if I went off-topic in an off-topic section (didn't know that was even possible). Also, this laptop isn't even mine to being with (belongs to me mum) and she hardly uses it, ergo I'm it's primary user. It has some kind of chipset, in lieu of a video card. I looked that up online, turns out it's welded to the motherboard, so it can't be replaced. All I can do, like you mentioned previously, is update drivers. Hopefully MG will run smoother now, cause I even updated my adobe flash. I'll try it out and let you know the results.Okay so latley was playing MegaGlest, cause it seems other versions (types) of Glest refuse to be stable on my laptop. Glest, GAE, they no longer work. MG does, but I have this one lil issue. When it loads, everything works, but the resolution isn't too clear. Words are slightly blurred, and the font sizes are a bit smaller than normal. I can't figure out how to fix it, and my current screen resolution supports the game. I don't trust myself to fiddle with any settings, but still, it's a small issue that's become annoying (to the point I stopped playing MG). Any advice guys? Also, I did uninstall the whole thing, I'll need to download a fresh copy, some new add ons, try to start over, but I just don't trust MG (or the others) right now. I've already had some game crashes (they just shut down and go to my desktop) which is making me rather weary of the games. I do not want to kill my laptop (or screen) but Glest in its entirety is the single best (free) Real-Time Strategy game I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I don't want this experience to end. Can you guys help me, please?Two things: firstly, you actually went off topic in the offtopic board, if you wish to continue after this post, do so on either the MG or GAE boards. Secondly, update your drivers, most crashes are the fault of that. If that still doesn't work, you likely have rather bad hardware, and should put some serious thought into buying a new computer.
John Carmack said recently that he expected the next generation of integrated cards to overtake discrete cards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hapCuhAs1nAI doubt they'll become more powerful, though likely are more common (or will become so) since the vast majority of people don't need to run the game at maxed graphics at 1080p. I bet less than 10% of computers are even used for gaming. Pretty much nothing else needs a discrete graphics card. Admitingly, a good integrated graphics card could probably outdo a low-end discrete graphics card, especially at the rate technology processes.
Dedicated GPUs are always ahead of their integrated counterparts. Always.
Dedicated GPUs are always ahead of their integrated counterparts. Always.
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Steve Jobs is dead. The Computer technology world lost an important man :(The creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system also died recently. (according to games.on.net (http://games.on.net/article/13981/Dennis_Ritchie_Passes_Away_Aged_70_-_Programming_World_Mourns_the_Loss_of_the_Father_of_C_and_Key_Developer_of_Unix))
It's actually kind of disappointing how death of the creator C, one of the most important programming languages of all time, can't rack up the kind of headlines an MP3 player can. Goes to show the impact that good advertising can do. While not an Apple fan, personally, Apple definitely was top of its game for generating hype.Steve Jobs is dead. The Computer technology world lost an important man :(The creator of the C programming language and co-developer of the Unix operating system also died recently. (according to games.on.net (http://games.on.net/article/13981/Dennis_Ritchie_Passes_Away_Aged_70_-_Programming_World_Mourns_the_Loss_of_the_Father_of_C_and_Key_Developer_of_Unix))
True jobs was good at generating hype for his products butAFAIK the mouse and the gui were developed by Xerox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto). Jobs visited Xerox and stole the idea.
Jobs is also credited for inventing the mouse and gui for operating systems, thus makeing home computers more desireable / assessible to the general public.
I feel bad for Steve Jobs, but not for Apple, to be honest, their products rely on good looks and hype rather then serious quality :|I'm inclined to agree. People tend to believe that macs are incredibly faster than windows, but if you build a custom windows computer, for the same price you paid for that mac, you could get something quite a bit more powerful. And between the operating systems themselves, Linux is faster than both (though I personally prefer windows if only for the familiarity and compatibility).
Apple products very much embody the personal clarity and vision and completely locked down OS of Jobs. Most programmers i know use macs , popular term is "Locked machines", with no ability to change hardware OR software, did i forget they lack support on nearly all software? at home - a fairly new trend.
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Well, back from a trip to the states. I must say, I do not like whatever law in California lets restaurants force the gratuity on parties of "x" or more... Still, a good vacation.Tipping is part of the culture and economy there. It was alien to me also, but you get used to it. Wages for restaurant staff are low, so they rely on tips. What pees me off is when the waiting staff chase customers who don't tip them, that's just rude.
I'm a bit surprised that they don't tip in Canada. Here, wait staff are some of the only employees who can get paid less than minimum wage because it is expected that they will make it up with tips. I actually like the idea because it gives them an incentive to provide good service. Your waiter sucks? Let your money do the talking. Give a lousy tip.Wha? We tip in Canada, it's just not mandatory. I've never seen any restaurant force you to pay the tip - dunno if it's legal or just widely unaccepted. In some of the places I ate at in the US, the service did suck, but we couldn't give a crappy tip, since they already took out a massive 18%. And not trying to be cheap or something, but I can't afford to tip 18%. Usually my family (and most others I know) just tip around 10% or so; 15% if they thought it was exceptional service.
What I found strange was at the Tony Romas, the inside of the bill folder tries to explain the gratuities to their international guests, stating that no gratuity was added to the bill yet... when it very much was. :O
Thanks. Happy Thanksgiving to all! :)
To my friends in the States' Happy Thanksgiving!Psh, Thanksgiving was so last month (for Canada, anyway). :P
I FINALLY upgraded to 2.64. Wow what a difference. Hard to find a thing. But with time I'm sure I will. :thumbup:Pro tip: hit spacebar and type in what you want to do (it searches all possible functions).
Why bother going beyond 8, or even 6, gigabytes of RAM?
Hello !Epic necro my friend, on steam.
I want to ask, where do you guys buy video games?
Thanks !
Yes, happy new... er, what?
But hey, what's going on in everyone's life? I think it's been a while since I've shared any deets. Let's see... I'm married now.
To an American, so I get to deal with immigration fun.
Yes, happy new... er, what?
But hey, what's going on in everyone's life? I think it's been a while since I've shared any deets. Let's see... I'm married now. To an American, so I get to deal with immigration fun. I currently work at a machine learning shop. Mostly with Python, but recently my focus has been on a parsing project that is written in C++ (for performance reasons). On one hand, I love working with languages. On the other hand, it's a pretty messy codebase (I didn't start it!) and refactoring is currently limited because we got multiple tickets that all touch this component and nobody wants merge conflict hell. Also, I still don't like C++, even with the shiny new features. I also did have a successful interview with a big 4 company, which I'm very excited about going into the new year!