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Originally written by Dintiradan:

It's similar to the way Kel made the dialog different depending on the size and race of your party in Bahs; it's a nice touch, but probably far too much work for the payoff.

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Originally written by 84,000 Stupas:

You still have to construct a curriculum. That takes time. Even if the exact specifications of what you have to teach are pre-decided, you have to figure out exactly how you're gonna do it.

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Originally written by The Stew Boy:

If you had to spend a romantic evening with any sw member, who would you pick?
— Nicothedes

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Originally written by Retlaw May:

ncp's

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Originally written by Of Out:

what happens to a ship carrying ten elves and ten humans when it reaches the point at which the curvature of the Earth and the uncurvature of the Earth become noticeably different.

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Originally written by The_Other_Guy:

I understand what they think they're doing, but I fail to see how mice brains are any substitute. Mice are entirely different, whether or not some human DNA is added.

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Originally written by Lazarus.:

Koko the chimp

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Originally written by Thuryl:

carbon dating is only useful for objects going back from a few thousand years to a few tens of thousands of years, because if something's been dead longer than that, the carbon-14 has decayed to the point that accurately measurable quantities are no longer present.

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Originally written by wz. As:

A half-formed wing is pretty useless for flying.

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Where did this number range come from?

Counting the lifetimes of the generations from Adam to the modern times gives you about 6000 years. So how do you come up with the 8,000-15,000 number?

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Presumably because he doesn't quite have the balls to deny that the ancient Egyptians existed.

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Originally written by Josty:

To Kelandon: a difference between linguistic and biological evolution is the relative importance of network effects in linguistic evolution. If a subgroup of the population makes some changes to its language, the other members may not understand the `new' part of the language. If I decide that from now on I will call a chair `stoel', then that only works if you understand what I mean by `stoel'. This may be less important in biological evolution.

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