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| Displayed name | Zeviz |
| Member number | 24 |
| Title | Nuke and Pave |
| Postcount | 2649 |
| Homepage | http://www.geocities.com/zeviz1/ |
| Registered | Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Monday, October 3 2005 08:21
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Is this the let's-all-interpret-Dolphin's-dream thread? :) I guess I'll join the fun: You've recently bought something at a student store. You like pet fish. You are afraid that one of your pets is sick. You set your alarm a bit later than you should (or, you are always afraid of being late, or there is some homework you should be working on now instead of reading this :P ). You like getting complements. (Who doesn't?) As for my own dreams, I usually don't remember them. Even when I do, they are very easy to interpret even without mighty chicken gods, because they are reflections of thoughts and feeling I had before going to sleep. (If I was thinking about friends, I'll see them in the dream. If I was afraid that I am late at doing something, I'll be late (not necessarily in doing that thing) in my dream, etc.) [ Monday, October 03, 2005 08:24: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Monday, October 3 2005 08:08
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Looks like somebody is bored. Or, rather, a lot of somebodies are bored a lot. I am also bored, so here is the contents of my vallet: - driver's license - student ID (I should have taken it out almost 2 years ago, but never got around to it) - a couple of [my] business cards - proof of car insurance; mechanic's business card; AAA card (a service if the car breaks down) - debit card - instructions on turning off alarm at work - medical insurance card; doctor's business card - 2 credit cards - 4 dollar bills -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| MASSIVE IGUANA! MASSIVE IGUANA! in General | |
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written Thursday, September 22 2005 19:36
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Here is the literal translation of the Russian version. [The words in braces were added by me to account for grammatical differencies between languages: In Russian, subject or verb can be dropped if they are obvious.] [They] won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch, won’t catch, won’t catch... Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Just say and then [there will be] only the two of us. [There will be] only the lights of airport. We will run away. [They] won’t catch us. Farther from them, farther from ???. Our guide, hide our shadows. Beyond the clouds. Behind the clouds. [They] won’t find us, won’t change us. They can’t reach the stars with their hands. The sky will drop the night on the palm. [They] won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. Sky will drop night on the palm. [They] won’t catch us. Wont’ catch us. Sky will drop night on the palm. [They] won’t catch us. Wont’ catch us. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us, won’t catch. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us, won’t catch, won’t catch, won’t catch... [They] won’t catch us. Won’t catch us, won’t catch, won’t catch, won’t catch. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us, won’t catch. Won’t catch us. We’ll run away. Everything will be simple. Night will fall. Sky will drop. And emptiness. And emptiness on intersections. And emptiness won’t catch us. Don’t speak, they won’t understand. Only without them. Just not to miss. Nothingness is better than [going] back. Just [to be] without them. Just without them. Just without them, them... [They] won’t catch us, won’t catch, won’t catch. Won’t catch us, won’t catch. Won’t catch us, won’t catch. Won’t catch us. Won’t catch us. The sky will drop night on the palm. [They] won’t catch us. ... There might be 1 more verse, but by now I have a headache from listening too long to this monstrocity. (Maybe if I liked this kind of music I wouldn't care how stupid the words are, but since I don't like the music either, the only thing I get from listening to this song carefully enough to understand and translate the words is a headache.) From what I heard of the English version, they've tried to make the text less random and more meaningfull, however the original Russian is as random as what you see in my translation. [ Thursday, September 22, 2005 19:39: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 22 2005 08:24
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quote:I'll listen to it again when I get home in the evening. The only part of it I remember is constant repetition of the phrase "we can't be caught" ("nas ne dogonyat") -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 22 2005 08:21
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quote:Says the person who compiles the monthly top 10 list and is proud to be #1. :P If you make a list, some people will naturally want to get to the top of it. (There are some pretty useless things in the Guiness book of records.) However, I agree that this obsession with statistics is getting rediculous, which is why I decided to see how much I can post, while posting only on this thread. [ Thursday, September 22, 2005 08:26: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| Ok, help me start out... in General | |
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written Tuesday, September 20 2005 09:30
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The main changes between Exile and Avernum were the engine (how skills and spells work) and graphics. I personally prefer Exile's graphics, but like some aspects of Avernum's engine better. The engine differencies: Exile has much larger variety of spells and spell types. Many of them are useless, but some are missed by Avernum players. Avernum has more advanced skill system with secondary skills that depend on primary skills and tetriary stats that depend on primary and secondary skills, as well as some special skills. However, the skills themselves are very similar in both name and functionality to their Exile counterparts. [ Tuesday, September 20, 2005 09:31: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 20 2005 09:12
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It actually wouldn't be that hard if I started when the thread was first posted and replied to every single post. Or I could take it completely off topic and start referring to other threads. For example, I could mention that if you know Russian, Ash's iguana song sounds even dumber in the original. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 20 2005 08:41
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I would also recommend trying Exile. Some people like it more than Avernum. (The storylines are exactly same. The only differences are in graphics and engine.) -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 20 2005 08:25
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I think it would be amuzing if somebody's posts for an entire month were made exclusively on previous month's statistics thread. Maybe I should try this while I am in the lurking mode. :) -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| Is it still a crime if... in General | |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 13:26
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quote:Is that database publically accessible and does it include permanent names, in addition to ever-changing screen names? Back on topic of dystopias, the one I found most disturbing after my good Soviet elementary school education was "We". It described the perfect communist society that we were supposedly striving for in USSR, but that society didn't look like a very nice place to live. By the way, "We" was the founder of the genre of dystopia and was a big influence on Orvell. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| Happy birthday to me!! in General | |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 13:01
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Happy birthday. :) I don't think there was anything special about my 16th year. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Friday, September 9 2005 12:57
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Looks like I forgot most of number theory. However, I still remember how to answer Khoth's question #4. Here is a hint. Let's look at a quadrant in coordinate plane. The points in it have coordinates (0,0), (0,1), (0,2), (1, 0), (1,1), etc. We can fill this quadrant with natural numbers if we do it 1 diagonal at a time: 0 1 2 3 4 ... <- x-coordinates 1 1 2 4 7 2 3 5 8 3 6 9 4 10 | y-coordinates This method, extended to all 4 quadrants, shows that |N| = number of points in Cartesian coordinate plane. However, I completely forgot how to prove that some infinities are smaller than others. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| Radiant where are you? in SubTerra | |
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Nuke and Pave
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written Friday, September 9 2005 11:28
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Radiant is still active on Crystal Shard's forums: http://www.drod.net/forum/viewboard.php?BoardID=17 He doesn't post his e-mail address anywhere on the web, because he had serious problems with spam attacks. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
| If you had 3 wishes... in General | |
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 08:41
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quote:A free guide to stealing an unstealable watch, using only 3 magic wishes: 1. I wish that nobody else would be able to use magic wishes, or any other form of magic to perform any action that would have a direct or indirect effect on me. 2. I wish that Eldibs' watch would become indestructible and unalterable by anybody other than me. 3. I wish to alter Eldibs' watch to make it grant wishes to me, instead of the wearer. :P [ Thursday, September 08, 2005 08:42: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 8 2005 06:53
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Misc was the last of original forums, because Mariann didn't want it at all, so it took some time for Drakey to convince her to let him make it. A3 forum was made before Misc, because at that time A3 was being worked on, so the forum was made in advance. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 22:01
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Perhaps you'll make more impact if you post in the existing suggestions for G4 thread: G4 suggestions thread Jeff doesn't read these forums, but if there will be a petition for G4 features, the petition will probably be based on suggestions from that thread. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 22:03: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 21:54
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To reset your pro-rebel/pro-shaper opinions, you can use cheatcodes "iloveserviles" or "ihateserviles". To use a cheat code press Ctrl+d and type in the code. To see various endings without having to play through the game many times, you have to play around with SDFs. The instructions are in these posts: instruction post #1 instruction post #2 Summary of several SDFs: list of SDFs There might be more ending variants, but these are the only ones I've seen on this forum. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 21:57: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:44
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My answer to this hypothetical situation is that the one person should tell the others that the victims are being killed, rather than temporarily sedated. If after hearing the explanation, the society is still fine with the practice, it's their choice. However, the setup described sounds very Orvellian. If it's really that tribe's custom to kill the weak and the old, why do the rulers need to lie? -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:36
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EDIT: Sorry, about the first question. I've removed it. Just consider the questions in the next paragraph instead. Would your answer to my hypothetical situation change if the attacker was targeting one of your friends, instead of you? Would it be the same answer if the attacker was shooting at random children in the schoolyard, rather than at your friends? PS And let's assume that the disabling isn't an option, because the guy just keeps shooting despite the pain of wounds from your gun. Or let's assume that the only thing you have is a "death ray" that instantly kills the target. Saying "I'll shoot but not to kill" avoids the moral dilemma. EDIT 2: My point is that for most of us there is a situation in which we would be willing to kill somebody. The only difference is where we draw the line. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:55: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:18
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EDIT: Accidental double-post. Please remove. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:48: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:15
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1. Some people think that Exile games are better than many of the ones produced now. :) If you like good gameplay and don't care about graphics, games like Exile still look appealing. Fun gameplay is still fun gameplay and good story is still a good story whether the game was made yesterday or 10 years ago. 2. This is the first time I've heard of Exile games being "freeware". Who told you that they are? Maybe they meant that Exile is "shareware"? [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:19: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 10:07
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I didn't play Command and Conquer, so I don't get your joke. :) I guess killing Hitler is too cliche. Let's suggest a more realistic situation: You are walking down the street with your best friends. A man starts shooting at you and your friends and he is not missing. You have a gun in your pocket. Do you kill the attacker? [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:09: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 09:18
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I think this consulting is very helpful, because if some parts of my scenario are horribly cliche or look pointless, I'd rather find it out before I've coded them, while things are easy to change, instead of releasing a weak scenario. Another benefit is that it gives people more incentive to finish the scenario (or, in my case, to start coding the scenario) to avoid wasting time of people who gave you advice. :) As for your scenario looking like it was made by your adviser, you just have to have enough of your own ideas to be able to address all criticism without having to ask your adviser for specific scene details. Sure, the scenario will be in the style that your adviser likes, but that's true about all scenarios inspired by work of others. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 09:19: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 09:01
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Alex, your cartoons are hilarious. Thuryl, congratulations with your 5074 posts. It's pretty impressive that even your "congratulations to me" topic contains useful information, instead of being just an excuse for everybody to boost their postcount. -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 7 2005 08:53
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To those who are adamant that the answer to both questions is 0, what would you do if you had a chance to go back in time and kill Hitler in 1932? I know that I am completely reversing the question, but look at this situation: if you could prevent 100 murders by killing the murderer and don't do it, are you responcible for the 100 deaths? With that reasoning, here are my answers: A) All leaders of terrorist groups that murder civilians (soldiers are fair targets) and all cerial killers. I am guessing it will come out to about 1,000 - 10,000 people, depending on whether I want to include all suicide bombers in training. (Picked 1000 in the poll, because I would prefer to think that the number of people like that is on the lower end of the scale.) B) 0 I wouldn't murder a random person even if I got a million dollars for it. [ Wednesday, September 07, 2005 08:57: Message edited by: Zeviz ] -------------------- Be careful with a word, as you would with a sword, For it too has the power to kill. However well placed word, unlike a well placed sword, Can also have the power to heal. Posts: 2649 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |