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| Title | Off With Their Heads |
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| Registered | Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 8 2006 12:36
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If the western border of Germany really was that poorly defended, and if France could've taken it as easily as you say, then why didn't they? They were already at war with the Germans when the Germans were invading Poland. It's rather hard to attribute that entirely to stupidity. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Monday, May 8 2006 12:30
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quote:If you can't name two African-American civil rights leaders, you probably don't know enough about history to be participating in this discussion. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| Question 3: Disease in General | |
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written Sunday, May 7 2006 19:54
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Slartucker: Because they tend to evolve so intelligently, we tend to place too much agency in diseases. A disease mutates randomly — randomly — and turns into more or less deadly forms. A highly deadly or highly contagious form can come about at any time, because these mutations happen randomly. Most highly deadly diseases are not terribly long-lasting, however. A second round of infections from a disease tends to be less deadly than a first, not merely because the host population has built up immunity, but also because the disease itself has evolved to kill slower in order to spread further. Zeviz: No disease that I've ever heard of has been deadly enough to kill its entire host population. No disease is 100% infectious, even if some are very nearly 100% deadly. [ Sunday, May 07, 2006 19:58: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| Question 3: Disease in General | |
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written Sunday, May 7 2006 09:44
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Humans cannot rely on evolution to allow us to beat disease. Bacteria and viruses evolve much faster than we do. They have massive advantages in that regard. The only reason that we survived before the advent of modern medicine is that diseases needed us as hosts to stay alive. If it had been in their interests to kill us, we'd all be dead. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Sunday, May 7 2006 09:40
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The coordinates are, indeed, the same. I am told that it is impossible to get coordinates in-game in the Windows version of BoA. However, one could simply open up the scenario and the appropriate town in the editor (preferably the 3D Editor) if one were really desperate. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| The Abominable Photo Thread IV: A New Hope in General | |
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written Sunday, May 7 2006 09:37
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quote:Heh. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| Yom HaShoa in General | |
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written Saturday, May 6 2006 05:25
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quote:Yes, in September 1938. Alec was replying to a post that talked about what the Allies could have done when Germany invaded Poland. The options had changed rather dramatically just a year after the Munich Agreement. quote:Er, the military strength of Germany at that time was pretty darn enormous. This sentence in your post is where you lose me, and I fail to see how it or the sentences after it relate to anything. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Saturday, May 6 2006 05:16
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Procrastinator: As a favor for those of us who are trying to read your posts, please stop hitting "return" after just about every sentence and write real paragraphs instead. Your posts look excessively long in part because you've inserted too many line breaks. When you do insert a line break, make it a double one, as I'm demonstrating, and otherwise keep your paragraphs together. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| Question 3: Disease in General | |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 16:44
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quote:Which leads me back to my main point: Black Death caused the Renaissance. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| The Abominable Photo Thread IV: A New Hope in General | |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 16:42
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quote:Tell that to the Grammys. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 12:47
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quote:I'm sure Led Zeppelin did this at some point. I think they used synthesized flutes more often, though. Oh, and Jethro Tull must have used recorders at some point. quote:Don't worry, honey: I do it carefully. There's a narrow threshold of force with which a hand hitting skin will create a loud smack but not harm anything, and I have become pretty good at finding this threshold. It is useful in a variety of circumstances. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 07:04
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quote:*facepalm* In the post that had the picture of him, no mention was made of which one he was. I believe that he was simply clarifying who he was in that pic. quote:I'm actually a big fan of metal with synthesizers. Keyboards have been a big part of hard rock since the acid-rock electric organs of the late 1960's (best known from The Doors). I'm trying to think of a famous metal song in which the keyboard was actually used for a piano sound. I think Guns N' Roses did this regularly. Civil War is the song that comes to mind. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| If You Were President... in General | |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 06:55
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quote:But that fails to capture the fact that racially (but not ethnically!) they're the same as Europeans. For those who don't know, I'm talking about the difference between race and ethnicity. In ethnic studies, one talks about the two things separately: there are essentially three races (white, black, and East Asian), and there are dozens of ethnicities (Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Indian, etc.). Anyone from any race can be a member of any of the ethnicities: most obviously, Hispanics are often white, but many are black. What I was saying in my post above is that one of the problems in talking about race is that there isn't a set of terms that is both logically consistent and politically correct. quote:I said there aren't many famous black scientists and businessmen (outside the context of the entertainment industry). I still can't think of "the black Bill Gates" or "the black Albert Einstein." -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
| Piercing crystals anyone? in The Avernum Trilogy | |
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written Friday, May 5 2006 06:40
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If you're talking about A1, there's a merchant west of Cotra who sells them. There's also a miner west of Fort Draco who sells them. There's also a guy in the northwest corner of Spire who sells them. For exact locations, check out Avernum Annotated Maps. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 21:29
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Especially not a dude. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 21:26
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quote:Um, no. That's ethnicity. There's a difference. Speaking of which, I'm not sure that there really are politically correct and accurate equivalents for the old "Caucasoid," "Negroid," and "Mongoloid" terms. There's "white" and "black," but "yellow" has kind of fallen out of fashion, and "Asian-American" is far too vague, since people from India and the Middle East are by most standards "Caucasoid." I'm not aware of a solution to this linguistic problem. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 18:31
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Good to know. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 15:44
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Well, if you don't believe in evolution, there is very little problem. I just heard an interesting talk about avian flu the other day, and the fact is that avian flu has only been encountered in two forms so far: one that is highly contagious but can only infect birds, and one that is not at all contagious but can affect humans. Both forms are very deadly, but humans don't have anything to worry about unless the "highly contagious" trait mixes with the "can affect humans" trait. Without evolution, that's impossible, so creationists — intelligent designists — have nothing to worry about. As far as dealing with disease in general, prevention is usually cheaper and easier than curing, so we should probably focus on that when we can. Also, environmental factors (air and water quality, for two) play a role in physical disorders, so we should do what we can about that. But "disease" is about as huge a topic as "the global economy," so it's hard to give more specific answers without a more specific question. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 15:31
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quote:The Warriors are my local team. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Thursday, May 4 2006 15:30
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Alorael's point a long while back has been ignored by some, and it shouldn't have been: affirmative action, in this day and age, does not mean choosing a less-qualified applicant because of race. It means choosing between two equally qualified applicants in part because of race (making race a tie-breaker). No one is arguing that quotas should return (although I think they had their place at one time, though no more). There are at least two much stronger arguments for affirmative action than past discrimination, one lesser and one greater. The lesser is that racial prejudice still exists, and although we may not see it every day, and although we may not talk about it all the time, it is still a fact of life for most people of color. The stronger reason, though, is that there is a lack of adequate role-models for young African-Americans. Black kids identify with black adults, and the black adults whom they see are athletes and rap stars at best and drug addicts and in jail at worst. It's hard for me to name a prominent African-American businessman (a black Bill Gates) or a great African-American scientist (the black Albert Einstein), which makes it very hard for smart young African-American kids to have someone to look up to. So, all other things being equal (a critical proviso), a black person might be better in an academic position or a position of leadership or prestige because that person can serve as a needed role model in a way that a person of European descent could not. Economic affirmative action also has its place, and I think we need to go beyond that: at universities in particular, having a diverse community (in every sense of the word "diverse") is important, because we learn as much from our interactions with those around us who are unlike us as we do from teachers and classes. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 3 2006 20:55
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quote:This is one of the funnier posts I've read on Spiderweb. You, sir, deserve an award. EDIT: This may not have been intentional. That saddens me. :( [ Wednesday, May 03, 2006 21:20: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 3 2006 06:50
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How Thuryl ever won an election is beyond me. :P -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, May 3 2006 06:36
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quote:I stand by my statement, and I think the facts bear me out. EDIT: All I'm saying is that, if I suddenly had an identity transplant, I think I'd be better off becoming an Israeli than a Palestinian. [ Wednesday, May 03, 2006 07:42: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 21:28
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quote:This is the statement that I cannot believe. I cannot believe that the Palestinians as a whole are morally inferior to the Israelis as a whole. The Palestinians may overall support more hard-line rhetoric, but they're in a more desperate situation, which almost invariably leads to more desperate attempts to get out of it. I'd look closer at an argument that Arafat and other members of the Palestinian leadership have been, individually, miserable human beings, though. That argument may have some merit. Individual people can be evil, but characterizing entire ethnic groups as evil tends to be wrong and leads to really, really bad things. quote:I do realize this. I'm not arguing that there are multiple truths to be had here. There are facts that cannot be disputed. However, interpreting these facts is not as trivial as you would make it out to be. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 2 2006 18:17
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Stareye, would you mind putting in a word or two about the cost-effectiveness of building nuclear plants? I read an article in the SF Chronicle once that claimed that, at present, it would be cheaper just to increase the efficiency of our car engines and light bulbs and all other energy-consuming devices (and thereby reduce consumption) than to go nuclear, but it provided no references or statistics to back this up. Do you know to what extent this is true? [ Tuesday, May 02, 2006 18:17: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |