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Displayed name	Ephesos
Member number	4153
Title	Law Bringer
Postcount	4130
Homepage	http://www.freewebs.com/ephesos
Registered	Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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A. Micael : I must be stupid! in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, October 8 2005 09:52 Profile Homepage #36 EDIT: Groan... sorry, I hadn't noticed the second page, and I was responding to post #24, not realizing the discussion had moved on. In short, I'm an idiot. Ignore this post. [ Saturday, October 08, 2005 09:54: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
A. Micael : I must be stupid! in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, October 8 2005 09:52 Profile Homepage #36 EDIT: Groan... sorry, I hadn't noticed the second page, and I was responding to post #24, not realizing the discussion had moved on. In short, I'm an idiot. Ignore this post. [ Saturday, October 08, 2005 09:54: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Beta Testing Testing One Two Three Four in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, October 8 2005 09:49 Profile Homepage #13 Well, I just wasn't sure if I'd missed something. I have little experience sifting through legal documents... the NDA took about 15 minutes for me to really grasp. quote: Originally from NDA: Such confidential and proprietary information may be disseminated within the Receiving Party's own organization only to the extent reasonably required for the proper evaluation of the Disclosing Party's products. From this, it appears that we can consult each other. After all, I believe all testers would constitute the "Receiving Party's own organization." -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Beta Testing Testing One Two Three Four in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 22:19 Profile Homepage #10 Well, then in that case, I can stop holding back the fact that I got accepted. Victory is mine! -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Politics and Beliefs in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 22:05 Profile Homepage #51 quote: Originally written by Synergy67: I’m breaking my replies out into discrete threads of their own and anyone else can run with them or ignore them as they like. Please, don't that'll just make things even more complicated, because there will be multiple discussions about the same topic in different threads. quote: Originally written by Synergy67: When people ask me if I am left or right, I like to say neither. I choose the vertical axis. I like to rise up above the two-dimensional thinking of left—right limited choices. We have three dimensions to work with (at the very least) and when you step up above the political plane, you can have a new perspective with new possible solutions entirely. I've always liked the idea of a third direction on the spectrum. Very nice point. As for the rest of that post, well... wow. I agree completely about the politics part, and mostly about the nature of the poll. (applauds) -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Politics and Beliefs in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 21:58 Profile Homepage #49 Muji... your theory definitely suggests that you need sleep. And yes, the future is uncertain. Who knows, we could end up proving that we all evolved from a highly-intelligent form of tapioca pudding, and that the process was begun by the godly equivalent of a game of checkers. (Upon reflection, it appears that I need sleep too.) -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Politics and Beliefs in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 21:26 Profile Homepage #45 Yeah, I've got to agree with Muji there. Creationism is bogus, but Evolution by Design could be interesting... as a theory. In practical terms, it sounds fairly ridiculous and impossible to prove. EDIT: Stop yourself before it's too late, Ash! [ Friday, October 07, 2005 21:27: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Beta Testing Testing One Two Three Four in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 20:50 Profile Homepage #8 Are testers even allowed to reveal that they're testers? -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Remember when everyone celebrated the year 2000? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 20:46 Profile Homepage #2 Congrats, Ash. I was wondering when we'd see a celebration thread from you. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Politics and Beliefs in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 20:42 Profile Homepage #39 Congrats on 1k posts, Ash Lael! Should we look for a celebration thread? (EDIT: Okay, saw the thread, never mind) Wow, so much to respond to. This could have been in 10 different threads, honestly. (I just wish the debate section of Polaris was this active) quote: Originally written by chicho: wow there is some complicated questions in there! someone maybe should do a poll about religion or something This has been done before in various forms: HERE and HERE and HERE. The second and third ones might be interesting to resurrect. Particularly the informal poll in the second one. quote: Originally written by Muji: All this energy we spend on abortions vs. no abortions could much better be spent trying to make sure people don't end up in a situation where they'd want to get an abortion. No? Agreed. But for those who do end up in that situation, abortions should be easily accessible, both geographically and economically. The idea of raising prices to restrict abortions would cause more harm than good: then you end up with more unwanted children being born into already-poor families. In fact, that's one of the reasons why I consider myself pro-choice: it's better for everyone (the mother, family, would-be-child, and society at large) if children are actually wanted by their parents. quote: Originally written by Ischii: By and large I hate all politics, since it's all villains wearing different masks trying to bamboozle people into giving them more power. Different powermongers like to push conservative buttons, others liberal buttons. But their aims and desires are the same — black hearts through and through. Partial agreement there. Far too much of politics is devoted to winning the next election, instead of improving the way things work while people are in office. However, I don't think they're necessarily that evil. It's just that the ones we could call positive forces usually get run out of office because their ads weren't vicious enough. And now that I've responded to a few major ideas, I'll present my answers to the poll: 1. [b]Answer: Liberal.[/b] However, I identify myself as Independent. I think it's best to keep an open mind about political (and really, any) issues, so choosing an ideological side is too restricting for my tastes. That said, many of my beliefs do end up on the liberal end of the spectrum. 2. [b]Answer: I disagree, but we should stick it out.[/b] We've done enough damage that we really ought to try and fix it before we leave. I don't advocate hunting down every single terrorist in the Middle East, as the Bush administration seems to think it can do, but I do support helping Iraq recover from the damage we inflicted. 3. [b]Answer: Yes, in all cases.[/b] I'm pro-choice because I honestly think it's the woman's choice. Also, (see above) criminalizing abortions hurts society in general, particularly those who are already in economic trouble. However, I do agree with the "prevention before abortion" idea put forth by Eldibis and Muji. It's just that when prevention fails, there needs to be a safe and accessible alternative. 4. Answer: It should be allowed. Again, it's a matter of choice. The Catholic church can prevent gay wedding ceremonies all it wants, but the government (and the church) shouldn't try to deny homosexuals the right to marry in a legally-binding sense. Any who disagree should lay aside their pre-existing notions and try to empathize for half a second... imagine what that'd be like, to be denied the right to marry just because you chose another lifestyle? 5 & 6. Answers: Neither Creationism nor Intelligent Design are equal to evolution, and It has no place in schools. Science and religion will remain separate until further notice. Creationism and Intelligent Design seem to have been created just to twist existing evolutionary evidence around to support religious positions. And to be perfectly honest, public schools are run by the state. Church & state will also remain separate until further notice. (Thus, I guess it'd be okay in private schools) 7. [b]Answer: It should be raised to between $5 to $10 an hour.[/b] Honestly, I don't know enough about this to have a very informed opinion. It just seemed better than leaving it blank. 8. [b]Answer: The lowest 25%.[/b] I agree with Kel that undoing the tax cuts would be best, and it might level the playing field a bit. But until the U.S. gets a liberal majority (read: when the Inferno freezes over) in the government, I suppose it'd be best to give the tax cuts to the people who need them (what a novel idea). 9. [b]Answer: There should be a few more limitations.[/b] Again, I don't know enough about the issue to justify a full "Yes, many more limitations," but what companies like Enron et. al have done to their employees is unacceptable. Somebody should be watching that kind of stuff closer. 10. [b]Answer: Yes, there should be more regulations on emmissions and development.[/b] I'm a hippie and proud of it. The main problem with the whole idea, however, is that the environmental movement has been turned into a special interest group, and has thereby lost a lot of power. A bit of reorganization before the political ambition would help. Environmental scare-tactics don't work, but gradually changing people's opinions will (i.e.: people are slowly realizing that SUVs are a bad idea). That said, some new regulations might help speed things up a bit, and maybe we could go back and get in on some of the anti-pollution agreements we've rejected repeatedly. Whew... that was longer than usual. Anyway, my compliments on the design of the poll. Very well done, except for the omission of "Independent" and "no more tax cuts for the love of god." I'll be happy to argue more if/when people respond. EDIT: Wow, this is moving quickly. [ Friday, October 07, 2005 20:48: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Beta Testing Testing One Two Three Four in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 19:41 Profile Homepage #6 Wait... how would being a beta-tester spoil anything for us Mac users? They're only betatesting the Mac version right now, and Jeff hasn't said anything about Windows testing yet. -------------------- Thuryl: "Runescape: for people who are too stupid to save their games." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What happened to Silver's Annotated Maps? in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 19:40 Profile Homepage #21 Actually, the maps were of rather high quality. However, I don't think there are any other really good map sites for Avernum out there. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
What happened to Silver's Annotated Maps? in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 14:49 Profile Homepage #19 Hm... never even thought mod-ing Avernum was possible, much less worthwhile. But no, we were talking about the more-or-less official site for maps of Avernum, which has been down for quite some time. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Lag in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 14:46 Profile Homepage #3 Hm... wouldn't expect that from an iBook. I've got an 800Mhz G4 and BoA runs just fine... Have you checked for potential viruses? A bit of a long shot since it's a Mac, but you never know. Actually, I just remembered a similar problem my family had with an iMac (G4). Everything had suddenly slowed down incredibly, and we finally figured out that Virex had been constantly running exhaustive scans on our entire hard drive, and that was killing our RAM. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Politics and Beliefs in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 14:37 Profile Homepage #2 quote: Originally written by spy.there: 1 communist? hm ... >_> <_< TM? back in disguise? Well, even if it is, TM's going to have fun with this thread once the discussion picks up. And it will, most likely. Yes, very nice to see some fellow pro-environment people, as well as a general tendency towards free-thinking. Interesting that the answers on individual issues (the Intelligent Design ones in particular) don't follow the pattern that the rest of the results do. Still, I would've preferred to see an "Independent" choice on pol. beliefs. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
A. Micael : I must be stupid! in Blades of Avernum Editor
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 10:59 Profile Homepage #16 I believe there's an entire section devoted to splitting up the party in the BoA Appendices. Look there first. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
A. Micael : I must be stupid! in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Friday, October 7 2005 10:59 Profile Homepage #16 I believe there's an entire section devoted to splitting up the party in the BoA Appendices. Look there first. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Terror's Martyr in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, October 4 2005 19:20 Profile Homepage #13 A valid point. I wonder how he'll respond to the spam floods we've been having lately... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 16:18 Profile Homepage #300 OoC: Pardon my error. My post has been changed to reflect that information. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
what the hell is this? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 16:10 Profile Homepage #45 (Grammar and Punctuation Police Report) We just don't know what to make of this one, chief. --------- But seriously, chicho, no offense meant. It's just that you've racked up quite a bit of posts lately, a number of double posts (I know most of those were unintentional). I honestly just mean, try not to spam. I wasn't insinuating that you had. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
ASR: Empire vs. Rebels in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 14:56 Profile Homepage #1 Ultimately, you can only work for one side, and you just wind up killing the other's leader in the end. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Vahnatai Creationism Theory With A Twist in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 12:06 Profile Homepage #4 I imagine that Drakefyre would be interested in this. Either that or he's already thought of it. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Olga's fortune teller kiosk in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 12:05 Profile Homepage #45 Well, I was slightly disturbed by the idea of an 8-ball with "die well" as a fortune. Thus, I searched for another one. However, it appears that it will be less than helpful. Q: Are you the one and only, all-powerful and all-knowing 8 Ball? A: Very Doubtful. Q: Are you just testing my faith? A: Very Doubtful. Q: So I shouldn't believe anything you say? A: It Is Certain. Thus, all I could think of was how much of a ripoff that was. Like the whole iGod conversation (in which I managed to get God to admit to his own nonexistance). -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
iCome, iSpam, iWin in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 09:41 Profile Homepage #135 Well of course this thread is still alive, you just revived it! And there was never a continuation of the iguana thread. Nobody ever got around to Photoshopping Tatu into the iguana pic. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Shipwrecked beta in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, October 3 2005 09:37 Profile Homepage #33 Well, I just hope Seletine considers my advice before releasing the next version. Otherwise, I'm not going to have the patience to continue testing it. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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