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| Displayed name | Or else o'erleap. |
| Member number | 335 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 14579 |
| Homepage | http://www.polarisboard.net |
| Registered | Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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| wikipedia forever? in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, January 20 2007 14:16
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The uses of Wikipedia have already been stated here. If you want good information on the facts of science or, with a little more risk, history, it's fine. If you want anything original, go elsewhere. Citing Wikipedia or other "unofficial" internet sources isn't a problem solely because they're unreliable. It's a problem because you won't get anything worth citing. If you can support your work with Wikipedia and nothing else, you haven't actually really done research or written a paper. Peer reviewed articles aren't always high quality, but they're always of an entirely different type from Wikipedia. You can cite them to support your point or cite them to dismantle their arguments, but Wikipedia is by its nature not supposed to have arguments that you can defend or dispute. —Alorael, who also thinks that some schools that apparently ban all internet sources are missing the point. There's really no inherent benefit to having a hard copy of a book or journal when so much information is available online that's exactly as good. This isn't much of a problem now, but as a few journals are experimenting with online-only content it could very easily become an issue for the more Luddite educational establishments. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Registration... in The Exile Trilogy | |
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written Saturday, January 20 2007 14:10
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You get a discount when you register Avernums after having registerered Exiles, but it doesn't work vice versa. Go figure. —Alorael, who can't really see how Jeff could discount three games any more. It's six dollars and change per game! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| What have you been reading lately? in General | |
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written Saturday, January 20 2007 14:09
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Yes, root is Root. At least you saw it coming! I really want an explanation for that guy in one of Stephenson's books, though, because he's really the only sci-fi/fantasy around in the books that aren't obviously sci-fi. IOUN stones, deodands, and forlorn encystments don't need to be explained. In a short foreward to Nightfall Asimov wrote that he could have filled the book with alienspeak, but he didn't because it doesn't help. Miles can be miles and computers can be computers. Vance works that alienness for all it's worth, and it's worth a lot. —Alorael, who likes The Deed of Paksenarrion. It's not quality literature, but the first book does well with military fantasy. All of it has two distinctions as well: it's one of the best, believable adaptations of D&D fantasy (not Tolkien fantasy) and the story is really never driven by sex, lust, or romance that serves as a thin disguise for them. That's sadly unusual in its genre. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Let The Evil Creativity Flow! in General | |
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written Friday, January 19 2007 14:37
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But Dante didn't write the Bible, now, did he? No, that was left to Milton. —Alorael, who is pretty sure Satan would have sympathy for traitors. Well, he should, anyway. You know, what with him being the first one and the biggest one and all that. Honestly, you'd think that he's just not a nice guy after all. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 19 2007 14:29
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Jack Vance does this all the time, and it's perfectly okay because you can figure out what you need to know. In the Dying Earth, at least, everyone else is just getting by too anyway. —Alorael, who wonders if there's a genre or subgenre term for books that throw made-up terms and words around without any explanation. Maybe it could even be subdivided into those that do it well and those that do it to seem complicated (see technobabble). Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Statistically Happy New Year! in General | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 20:51
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Meta is two carbons away on a phenyl ring, of course! —Alorael, whose meta-reponse to your meta-question meta-exposes the meta-overuse of meta-prefixes in meta-discussions meta-everywhere. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 20:45
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The Doomsday Clock was just moved up a couple of minutes two days ago. We're now only five metaphorical minutes away from annihilation, although now it's a race between hot war and global wawrming to get us there. —Alorael, who finds it very strange that the majority of human beings alive today (probably the majority, anyway) have lived their lives under the threat of nearly instantaneous annihilation. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| American - Canadian Relationships in General | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 20:39
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I'm sure Canada has many other languages besides English and French, but I don't think they're official languages. —Alorael, who certainly doesn't think any third language is as, ahem, vocal as French or English. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Killing innocent people in Avernum 4 | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 20:33
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It's generally a bad idea to kill anyone in an area you haven't cleared thoroughly yet. It's also not a great idea to kill anyone in an area you think you'll return to, like the Castle or Fort Avernum. Beyond that, rampaging through Avernum is really okay. —Alorael, who doesn't even think there are any terribly essential things you miss by killing everyone before you can finish quests. The best loot is all found, not received. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 14:31
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quote:No, I think Canada is better. With a few noteworthy and very vocal exceptions we speak their language. We very obviously do not speak both the languages of los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica. —Alorael, who finds French dead more acceptable than Spanish dead. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Research? in General | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 14:27
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Shouldn't it be while(1==1)? For that matter, would you more quickly anger the Random Number Gods with (1=2)? —Alorael, who supposes programming could become much more interesting with wooly logic and fuzzy math. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Statistically Happy New Year! in General | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 14:26
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Refusal to end with prepositions is nonsense up with which Churchill will not put. That said, it really should be whom, although that's also something that gets less and less attention nowadays. —Alorael, who in fact considers posts about posts more dignified than totally worthless spam. After all, you can prepend meta-, and meta-anything is always superior and probably snooty. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Vale of the Sould in Nethergate | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 14:18
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I think the Puzzle Box is an evil trick and Jeff knows it. But hey, it's all part of the Nethergate ambience. —Alorael, who is equally sure that the Puzzle Box has a use that unlocks a whole new and interesting section of plot. [ Thursday, January 18, 2007 20:33: Message edited by: Ultimate Airspace Violation ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Warrior...... Utterly Useless? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Thursday, January 18 2007 14:13
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Not exactly true. The problem is that the class exchanges the warrior's weakness for a strength, or at least adequacy. Serviles excel at fighting even more than warriors and do better at the far more useful magic skills. —Alorael, who is sure shaping will rise again! Maybe even Shapers, too. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Infractions! in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 21:00
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You can't be guilty of it because it is not, in fact, against the CoC. —Alorael, who assumes that's why Imban is still around. Well, that and the fact that he has majority opinion on his side because he is the majority. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Statistically Happy New Year! in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 20:57
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Oh, please. You can't blame UBB bugs. When the UBB has bugs, they are glaringly obvious and tend to bring everything down in metaphorical flames. —Alorael, who means flames like crashing and burning. Spiderweb has plenty of flames of other sorts without the UBB's help Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 20:54
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quote:I am baffled by what this could possibly be. Explain? —Alorael, who has found that most Christians approach electronic media much like anyone else. Some approach them with torches and pitchforks, but that's probably because their Luddites, not because they're Christian. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Living items in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 20:49
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I suggested the chitin from turrets because turrets are fungi and fungi have chitin. I didn't suggest that the chitin should be grown on trees. Everyone knows chitin doesn't grow on trees! —Alorael, who thought that Agent Robes (and Infiltrator Cloaks) were made by young, impoverished Agents (and Infiltrators) forced to work long hours in dangerous conditions for little pay. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Let The Evil Creativity Flow! in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 14:18
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I'm pretty sure the Earth isn't held together magnetically. Nevertheless, all attempts at geocide should be nurtured. —Alorael, who hopes the new and more intelligent style of Evil Overlordship has tips for dealing with the complete destruction of the world upon which you are standing. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| A Statistically Happy New Year! in General | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 14:08
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I'm not even in the top ten! I blame this on being (very briefly) banned. It took the wind out of my sails. —Alorael, who will not explain his banning except that he intends to wave it around self-righteously as often as possible. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Living items in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 14:06
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Going by item names, the chitin is at least sometimes grown in a vat. I suppose the clawbug could be grown in a vat too, but growing the chitin without more than a very simple organism to spew it out seems well within shaper capabilities. —Alorael, who can even see chitin growing on a more plant-like creation, possibly a variant of the turrets. Actually, the thorns could be chitin too. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| The Adventures of Onan the Barbarian in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, January 17 2007 14:03
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I have nothing useful to add, but I find the name hilarious. Is the first part relevant or just funny? —Alorael, who now has a new name for this kind of game. It's going after the Win of Onan! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 16 2007 22:14
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If your trowels are unsellable you have no choice but to stockpile? —Alorael, who will be avoiding all gardens now. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| Infractions! in General | |
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written Tuesday, January 16 2007 22:07
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You have no idea how tempting it is to arbitrarily lock this topic, or start deleting people's posts, or something. In fact, if the UBB offered half-way decent moderation tools, I'd be having a field day with this. —Alorael, who supposes you can count yourselves fortunate that it doesn't and he isn't. Instead, he thinks he'll note that it is more or less impossible not to commit infractions unless you restrict yourself to monosyllabic answers to game questions. The real test is how often you've been called on your evil ways. (Bribes don't count!) Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
| OK JEFF in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Tuesday, January 16 2007 21:58
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It doesn't even really rank that high on the list of odd Spiderweb topics. There are no Probentai. There is no melonsex. No eggs are laid. No post-natal abortion is embraced. —Alorael, who really has to say that it's quite tame. You could share this thread with your puppy, really. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |