Profile for Albus Dumbledore
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| Displayed name | Albus Dumbledore |
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| Title | Warrior |
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| Registered | Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, November 26 2004 00:08
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I remember Prazac (deliberately?) makes the Empire evolve into a semi-democratic bureaucracy leaving the monarch with little beyond ceremonial power. Of course some *cough*Arena*cough would have the Empire develop into an iron-fist regime again later on, but directly after A/E3, it is not. Also, it is generally assumed that the Exiles build their own cities on Valorim (hints point to Karnold Province) and take an active part in government. To have an Emperor exile them all again would be pretty tricky to fit with history. Besides it would make it look like a cheap second rerun of the same story. "Avernum Episode MCCXIV: The Avernites are Exiled Once Again." -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 24 2004 01:41
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Thought so. :)  -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 24 2004 01:39
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Wasn't Monoroe renamed Monroe in Avernum 3? I distinctly remember the name Monroe Province for some reason, and I'm sure it wasn't a misread. -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 23 2004 02:30
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Intriguing. Any more stunning revelations on this company? Oh, and kudos to everyone here for running this thread so long; I've had over a dozen visitors linking to the encyclopedia from here so far, almost as much as from Drakey's site. :) -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, November 21 2004 23:48
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Mmmh... I don't see any ambiguity about direction here. You don't suppose he changed his name after Jeff Vogel named the wizard Bojar? :) -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, November 21 2004 22:48
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Jordan Bojar? :P A little heavy for coincidence. Mmmh, let's see... Edit: Google - "E. Jordan Bojar" is definitely a real person. quote:Oh, and of course he's part of Studio Foglio, which drew all the rest of the graphics. [ Sunday, November 21, 2004 22:57: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, November 19 2004 00:02
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I wonder if shipment fees are entered into the 10% off as well. Guess not, though... [ Friday, November 19, 2004 05:29: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 18 2004 06:27
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I always wonder why we Germans are constantly stereotyped as unable to pass up on correcting other people's mistakes. :P -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 18 2004 04:49
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Heh... here they are about to pass a law forcing everyone with an internet connection to pay fees for TV. Supposedly, you can watch TV by stream download. I'm awaiting the day when Jeff Vogel demands payment for all his shareware games from anyone with an internet connection. After all, you could download pirated versions of those games with any connection, so it's only fair if the price of them is included, right? Well, at least his games would be worth it. I'm pretty galled that I might be taxed to pay for the kind of collective population-dumbing that passes for TV programs here. :rolleyes: [ Thursday, November 18, 2004 06:28: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 18 2004 03:53
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*rolls a die* GM: The acronym VRAM goes beyond your current level of tech-savviness. Me: Mh. Can anyone else explain it to me then? :) [ Thursday, November 18, 2004 03:55: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 18 2004 00:00
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128 MB is meager these days... I've seen laptops with six times that much, and more. -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 16 2004 04:06
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Once again, I am in total agreement. Barring PHP (which doesn't work on most free hosting spots), there is no way to make a site dynamic except with Javascript. Some people like static html better, but consider this: Every page you load is about 5-10 KB. If the pictures are reloaded as well, it quickly goes to 50-100k. If you have a slow connection (or for that matter a meager traffic allowance from your provider), you want to cut down on your transfer. And each time a site is modified via Javascript rather than reload, you save a few seconds and kB. Plus, the site becomes very clumsy to handle, since you will probably have to repeat modifications on several identical sites (unless you use an html coder, but that's not programming, is it?) Edit: Why is it only now that I get what that name means? Walker... Texas... I'm slow on occasion. :P [ Tuesday, November 16, 2004 04:08: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Monday, November 15 2004 08:18
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JavaScript is also not there. It is definitely a separate language, and not just a variant of Java. (much more separate than, for example, C and C++). -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 11 2004 05:32
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If there is to be any grabbing, it will likely revolve around the $900 Million that Arafat left on private accounts. -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 11 2004 03:58
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Edit: That shall teach me to read posts more closely... Edit 2: I was responding to Dastal, Alec. :) [ Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:47: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, November 11 2004 03:34
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quote:Probably ate something wrong. Anyone in such a position should be very careful about their food. Other than that, rest in peace. I think it's disgusting how people will keep discussing political points and good consequences when he's dead. I don't like Bush; do you see me running around wishing he died of a stomach virus? :rolleyes: -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 10 2004 06:09
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Neither of the two systems used during the Cold War was working as it should have, and both were excessively dictatorial... The problem with both systems is that their theory makes them out to be simpler and more reliable than they are, while in practice one is as utopian as the other. I can't really say what I think would be the better system, much like I can't decide if it would be better if humans had wings or were immortal. -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 10 2004 04:20
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Are all the misspellings in their names intentional? -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 10 2004 04:18
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There is hardly a difference between that and communism, apart from the fact that the corporations get all the money. Then again, the corporations are the ones who make the government decisions now, so you might effectively call them the government now... So it seems what we effectively have here is the corrupt kind of communism where the party officials enrich themselves at the expense of the population, only they aren't called "party officials" but "CEOs". Ironic, yes? :P -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 06:05
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How about waiting in the past for perhaps a couple of years so you'll be less queasy about it? :P Of course that applies only if this Gorzax fellow isn't highly guarded all the time and this isn't your only chance. Otherwise, in the time machine case, I'd say yes. You know what's going to happen, you've seen it. Under any other circumstances (ie if you're just guessing what will happen in the future), no. Well, this is saying that it'd be right to do so; not that I'd personally be able to. -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 05:43
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Now which of you two should *really* be named Captain Obvious? :P -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 05:43
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Now which of you two should *really* be named Captain Obvious? :P -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 05:36
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Spamming unrelated sites is annoying, especially if you give no description of any of these sites (and no, I'll die before giving them traffic). On most forums such threads are deleted on sight. Here it will probably only get locked. :rolleyes: -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 01:10
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Heh, if I wanted that kind of thing, I'd go to freerepublic.com. Or just skip it all and go insert my head in a blender directly. I haven't hung out at Chance for ages, I think... :P Is it really like that nowadays? [ Tuesday, November 09, 2004 01:11: Message edited by: I Am A Puppet Account ] -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, November 9 2004 01:06
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You cannot mathematically define the value of one life as "1", and the value of a thousand lives as "1000". Once you compare the value of people, you will also fall into the trap of evaluating the persons involved. Now, earlier, it was said that it would be right to kill Hitler, to save thousands of people. I know there are still thousands of people who think like Hitler, who would go on to do the same were they given the opportunity. Now imagine there is one person, a person who might cure cancer (just to make it more extreme), whose death would prevent the death of one neo-Nazi. Is his life worth more than the other's? If the answer is yes, it can become a slippery slope - eg. the life of one Christian vs. one Muslim, one Fundamentalist vs. one Atheist, one pro-choicer vs. one pro-lifer, one Republican vs. one Democrat. Once you discriminate between these, the system has obviously failed. So where do you draw the line between objective value, and subjective value? -------------------- "Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it." ---Thomas Paine Posts: 156 | Registered: Thursday, January 8 2004 08:00 |