Forum: General Discussion
12-01-2008, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 521
Re: iPod running out of juice?
You'd need the right voltage to avoid frying the iPod, but that should be marked on it somewhere. Then it's just the matter of chaining enough onions, and maybe adding a resistor somewhere along the...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-14-2008, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 856
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Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2008, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,667
Re: What do you like to eat?
Making a delicious meal out of anything you happen to have lying around. You know, using common ingredients in new and creative ways. Or old, true and tested ways, whatever, but generally making food...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2008, 03:12 PM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
Well, yes. They do. That I find obvious. Where does game theory come into it? Or is it used in testing violent tendencies? Compare people's scores in Prisoner's Dilemma before and after two hours of...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2008, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 856
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Forum: General Discussion
08-12-2008, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,967
Re: Russian Georgian War
Have they even stopped warring with Chechenya yet?
Eh, I hope for a swift, and if possible, peaceful solution to this. War during the olympics? What will the future historians think?
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Forum: Miscellaneous Games (RPG or not)
08-09-2008, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 681
Re: Anyone here play Dwarf Fortress?
I usually dump the extra stone into magma. When magma is available, that is. Some more automation would be very nice, yes. According to the developement notes, it's coming eventually.
And finding...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-08-2008, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
You changed your position later? Sorry, the thread was too exhaustively long to re-read. I suppose Firestormalpha was right, then.
But it sort of feels that you're singling out video games....
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Forum: General Discussion
08-08-2008, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
I think Cerek's post at the beginning counts, actually. Can't think of any reason it wouldn't. And many here have called for some kind of regulation, which, I think, is "anything of the sort".
And...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-08-2008, 07:09 AM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
Yorick: What was that first post about? The first quote seems to say, behind all the psychological terminology, that people can learn from example. The second seems to state that psychologists do not...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Games (RPG or not)
08-06-2008, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 681
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Forum: Miscellaneous Games (RPG or not)
08-06-2008, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 681
Re: Anyone here play Dwarf Fortress?
Oh, yes, it can be a bit tricky. In the same way that building a jigsaw puzzle with your feet can be a bit tricky. The guy who designed the game used to be a mathematician.
It gets a bit clearer...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-06-2008, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
Can you prove that in some way? Provide a link to a study showing that there is a correlation between violence in video games and violence in the real world? I've known several people who have played...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Games (RPG or not)
08-06-2008, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 681
Anyone here play Dwarf Fortress?
Just expressing curiosity regarding the personal habits of my fellow forum members.
In case no one here knows what I'm talking about, imagine a mix of The Sims, Dungeon Keeper and a roguelike, and...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-06-2008, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder
Young adults are still adults. They can vote and everything. A child of 6 can understand that violence is not an acceptable way of solving problems, and a child of 18 must.
Here in the Glorious...
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Forum: General Discussion
08-06-2008, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 146
Views: 7,931
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Forum: General Discussion
06-02-2008, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,138
Re: nuclear energy
There is quite a lot of money to be had in selling functional solar power. There's a lot of money to be had in selling cars, and those are at least supposed to keep working for a long time. Good...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-02-2008, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 862
Re: What? Iron Man is *REAL*?
I mostly think of the alien-wrestling forklift exoskeleton from Alien. I hope there's enough demand so they can start mass production eventually.
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Forum: General Discussion
04-15-2008, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,354
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Forum: General Discussion
04-15-2008, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 612
Re: GLaDOS on my GPS?
I'm not sure if adding GLaDOS' personality on anything is a good idea.
"There is no way to your destination. Make no attempt to reach it."
"You will not be monitored during the next intersection....
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Forum: General Discussion
03-29-2008, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 460
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Forum: General Discussion
02-29-2008, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,218
Re: ANIME:suck or not suck?
I think I'll go for not suck. I do not care much for it myself, but I recognize that this is just a personal and possibly misinformed opinion. And it does have exeptions. I still like Totoro.
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Forum: General Discussion
02-28-2008, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 627
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Forum: General Discussion
02-26-2008, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,070
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Forum: General Discussion
02-26-2008, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,579
Re: HD DVD is dead
Yeah, right. CDs were more expensive than magnetic tapes regardless of the lower production costs, because that way the music producers could get more money. The next format is always more expensive...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-22-2008, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,579
Re: HD DVD is dead
I liked the name HD-DVD better. It sounds functional. A product called HD-DVD might not be very pretty, but it does what it's advertised to do and doesn't break easily. Whereas BluRay sounds like a...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-10-2008, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,861
Re: What my coworkers have taught me...
At least snot's mostly clean. I think that instead of ducking I would commit all available resources to digging myself out of the shit. And then shower for a week.
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Forum: General Discussion
02-04-2008, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,286
Re: Flashlight "Weapon"
Whoah. I wonder what it does to people with photosensitive epilepsy. Glad to see that the fascinating science of death rays is advancing, with that microwave heat gun and now this. We'll have Tesla...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-03-2008, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,738
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Forum: General Discussion
02-01-2008, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 884
Re: "Psychic" Sylvia Brown Needs to Stop
If my mother/grandmother/aunt/whatever fell for it, I would feel very irritated at my mother/grandmother/aunt/whatever for believing silly things. I guess the emotional response would be rather like...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-01-2008, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,445
Re: US 193
Eh, probably not worth it. The odds of something falling randomly on earth and damaging something you know or care about are hideously small, and missiles are hideously expensive. Although, it would...
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Forum: General Discussion
02-01-2008, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 884
Re: "Psychic" Sylvia Brown Needs to Stop
Bungleau: What do you mean by "taken advantage of"? People choose to give her money, knowing that she is a psychic. She then takes the money, and gives the customers knowledge that she claims to come...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-30-2008, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,619
Re: Photoshop? Illustrator? What?
The <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a>, already mentioned by Spirits Reborn, is free and probably has all the functions you will ever need. It supports all the usual image formats and most of...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-25-2008, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 910
Re: The great list of useless spoilers!
She's actually your sister.
Press down while on the white block.
It's actually your diary.
He's actually your slave.
He only dies if you leave through the window.
You can climb over the fence....
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Forum: General Discussion
01-25-2008, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,016
Re: Jnes & nestopia emulators
There should be something they could do. Under the Berne Convention, which Canada has (according to Wikipedia) signed, cinematographic works are copyrighted for at least 50 years after first showing....
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Forum: General Discussion
01-24-2008, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 798
Re: Of
I don't think it's a new thing. Two of the three Lord of the Rings books were Something of Something Else.
Possibly it gives some kind of cheap personality and uniqueness to whatever it is applied...
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Forum: Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal
01-24-2008, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,769
Re: What was the REAL criterion for NPC's,,,
Besides, this is just basic eugenics. You shouldn't have children with the mortals, that would dilute the divine blood. The ToB NPC has lost his divine essence, and the rest pretty much attack you on...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-24-2008, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,016
Re: Jnes & nestopia emulators
<a href="http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey English Version.htm">JoyToKey</a> converts joystick input into keyboard and mouse input. It should let you control pretty much any application...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-24-2008, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,123
Re: Best MMORPG ever
The concept looks nifty. Remove grind from mumorpugers by making the game require no input whatsoever. It runs on Wine, apparently, and I just rolled up Garlinner, a Half Man Inner Mason. He started...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-20-2008, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,291
Re: Silly songs
I think '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI&feature=related">Still Alive</a>' constitutes a silly song, so I'll pick that one.
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Forum: General Discussion
01-18-2008, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,120
Re: Snow delights residents of Baghdad
Nothing wrong with a little bickering among friends once in a while. :)
I find the climate change quite feasible. And if it does happen, it might have consequences. The planet, life in general and...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-18-2008, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,507
Re: Tom Cruise is Insane
I suppose Tom can afford it. If giving all his money to a pseudo-religious organization gives him a peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment, he can do it if he wants to.
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Forum: Entertainment (Movies, TV Shows and Books/Comics)
01-12-2008, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 482
Re: New Terminator TV show starts tomorrow
I liked it better when the robots were inefficient, time travel was alien, and plots had definite ends. The writing just seems to be getting worse and worse.
I think I'll be on Skynet's side from...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-12-2008, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 582
Re: Parted-at-birth twins 'married'
Oh, the inbreeding doesn't start showing for several generations. I think some egyptian royal lineages were at it for hundreds of years, at least.
And while adoptions may increase, so will...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-06-2008, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 595
Re: Sporadic Space Photo
Looks pretty much like any zero-rainfall desolate wasteland you might find on Earth. Less windy, maybe. Humanity is doing quite badly indeed, if terraforming that into a livable climate is starting...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-06-2008, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 913
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Forum: General Discussion
01-03-2008, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,175
Re: Insults
Insults are personal. And none of the people here know nothing of him/her. So devising powerful insults is a difficult task indeed.
Befriend the subject for a few years, after that you will...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-03-2008, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,952
Re: How can you tell if someone is lying to you?
How 'bout asking them? :hehe:
If you really, really want to get to the truth, and don't care what the potential liar thinks about you, you could try verifying the truth content of the potential...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-31-2007, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 438
Re: Chinese symbols
Since very, very few* people can actually read those, it doesn't really matter what they say. It could say something to the tune of "fried banana with ice cream $1.30" and none would be the wiser!...
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Forum: Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal
12-30-2007, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 721
Re: A Musical Poll
The skald would probably sing actual sagas. Something about a brave barbarian warrior defeating all his enemies and then drinking lots of mead. Or maybe of the fantastic adventures of some god or...
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