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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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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 22 2007 10:01 Profile Homepage #121 quote: Originally written by Stillness: The thing is that humans don't know it all. So by extension, neither do you. So, how can we believe that you're right when you say that humans don't know it all? But then if that's incorrect, then humans might know it all, so you could be right. But then by extension... You lose. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Seek to Obtain the Meaningless Approbation of my Fellows in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 22 2007 09:54 Profile Homepage #0 ...everyone else is doing it. And I happened to look down at my post count today and see it at 3499. :P -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I broke my game, argh ;) in The Avernum Trilogy
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, August 21 2007 08:02 Profile Homepage #2 Okay, first thing is you need to make sure that when you hit 'Save Changes', which you did, so that's good. Next, the changes probably won't take effect until you load up the town again (like if you were to leave and re-enter). So, I recommend using the Take Out of Town option in the character editor, then going back into the town and seeing if it's still hostile. And it's worth noting that when you use Take Out of Town and load up your game, you won't actually see your party anywhere in the outdoors, because you're still on the space where the town is. So you'll have to walk out away from the town as soon as you load the game. EDIT: Curse you, Dikiyoba. :P [ Tuesday, August 21, 2007 08:03: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
I Seek to Obtain the Meaningless Approbation of my Fellows in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, August 21 2007 07:19 Profile Homepage #6 It's the comedy rule of threes. Joke once = funny. Joke twice = meh. Joke three times = funnier than the first time. (Oddly enough, multiples of three work. But it's hard to get to nine repetitions.) -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Start the Fire? in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, August 21 2007 07:00 Profile Homepage #25 There's only so much tangential conversation that your average thread can take. So, -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The final battle with Rentar in Avernum 4
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Sunday, August 19 2007 16:37 Profile Homepage #3 Using the shade shards helps a lot, as CandyStick said. So if you haven't defeated the three shades, do that. Other than that, Arcane Shield and the other buff spells do a lot of good. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, August 18 2007 21:50 Profile Homepage #86 EDIT: Topic moving too quickly... Synergy: TM has a reply to that, and you can probably guess it. To me, anyone is as likely to be full of it as anyone else. Yet my gut tells me that Al Gore and other folks are on to something, while it tells me that the "This is within normal variation and we shouldn't worry our pretty little heads about it" school of thought isn't worth acknowledging. You see, what bothers me about this is that we seem to share some views: quote: I'm more concerned how we are poisoning our environments and bodies on an immediate level. I am disgusted that we have indulged a century and counting on an ancient, inefficient technology—the internal combustion engine, when computers have advance light years in half as much time. We should be doing better and being better stewards at this point. We could avoid much pollution, wars, and ugly city skylines among other things. But somehow, it ends up as some crazy alternate universe point of view. Because if relying on all that lovely polluting out-of-date technology isn't doing anything appreciable to the climate, then does it all just boil down to aesthetics with you? Granted, it all kind of does boil down to aesthetics with any kind of argument like this, because so much of people's opinions are based on their own perceptions and biases (and therefore, to some extent, what they see as good and acceptable). But still... I feel like there's some sort of disconnect here. These CO2-theory supporters are trying to do something that should theoretically fall in line with what you said you care about. quote: Originally written by Synergy: There is a mythology of the scientist, I perceive. Just as much as there is a cult of the new-ager, the anti-scientist. The one who believes that they, instead of the mainstream scientists, has the real answer to everything. The one who fervently clings to an alternate explanation of the universe in an attempt to convince themselves that their beliefs are closer to 'reality' than anyone else's. So really, it just boils down to a basic shouting match, or a popularity contest. Either way, it's more or less pointless, as both sides of the conflict are vulnerable to these types of analyses. With that in mind, I don't think they constitute a logical reason to doubt the C02 theories. [ Saturday, August 18, 2007 21:58: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, August 18 2007 21:16 Profile Homepage #81 Right, this article is just as one-sided and dogmatic as anything written by CO2 alarmists. But two things: quote: The fact is we are in a "warming trend"; this will be followed by a "cooling trend". It always has been, and it always will be. ...how can we say that? If it's arrogant to think that we can significantly alter the course of climate changes, how isn't it arrogant to think that we understand warming/cooling cycles perfectly? Thing two: quote: That is the threat of aligning with a false cause. Our resources are far from finite and stretched far enough. As are our liberties. To which all I can say is this: quote: Originally written by Synergy: Evaluating the reliability of any institution, person, or source may require something more along the lines of intuition than any kind of absolute, certain measure. And my intuition, good sir, says you're just as full of it as anyone else. You say your cause is any more worthy? EDIT: Clarification. [ Saturday, August 18, 2007 21:26: Message edited by: Ephesos ] -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Question in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, August 18 2007 20:40 Profile Homepage #4 Hunh. That's odd... I swear I included the Windows files when I submitted the scenarios. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Saturday, August 18 2007 10:05 Profile Homepage #67 quote: Originally written by Synergy: This earth has been through untold dynamic change in the past. It is marvelously balanced to correct and maintain itself with feedback cycles. Again... yes, the planet tends to regulate itself one way or another, but sometimes those corrections involve a mass extinction. We might not live through one of those. Other than that, I'm seeing your point(s), and just unsure that I can agree with it. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Pets in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, August 16 2007 20:34 Profile Homepage #37 I agree with Dikiyoba. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, August 16 2007 12:02 Profile Homepage #45 Synergy, you amaze me. You just completely switched the topic, didn't you. I like how Zeviz basically rewrote Pascal's Wager for climate change... and I agree wholeheartedly with his analysis. Even though there are many, many scientific claims that support taking some sort of action (and I acknowledge the loaded-ness of the term scientific), that simple bit of logic really sums it up. When you come right down to it, it doesn't matter who is right. And I agree with Synergy that every source of information has its biases and faults. The point is, stuff is happening, and we're not entirely sure what's causing it. It might be us, it might not. But either way, trying to do something, anything about it seems to be a prudent course of action. So there. :P quote: Originally written by Jumpin' Sarcasmon: I still predict that after the next worldwide ice age there will be an explosion in human population. Well, yeah... after the massive die-back. :P -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Away in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Thursday, August 16 2007 11:35 Profile Homepage #4 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: I hope whatever's wrong gets better, whether it's you who's not well or someone you're visiting there. Seconded. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Pets in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 14:24 Profile Homepage #18 ...right. Nevermind. Pick any name you want. The last pets poll was started by Nalyd. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 14:19 Profile Homepage #18 quote: Originally written by No more muffins: I thought it was that pollution rise up in the air and deplete the ozone layer. That way, the radio active rays of the sun enter and warm up the earth. That also melts the ice caps which changes the amount of fresh water vs. salt water. That is the cause of our extreme weather. That is what I know. Close, but... actually, not very close. But big, big points for knowing that the salt content of the oceans has the potential to screw things up. Basic format here: -Sun's rays enter the atmosphere. -Some rays reflect off the cloud layer and back into space, some are absorbed by the planet and re-emitted as heat. -The emitted heat tries to leave through the atmosphere, and sometimes gets bounced back by atmospheric gases. -Repeat. The ozone stuff generally had to do with chlorofluorocarbons, aka CFCs. They would cause the decomposition of ozone molecules (O3), molecules which ordinarily help shield the planet's surface from ultraviolet radiation. The hole in the ozone is more associated with rising rates of skin cancer, because UV radiation + human body = bad. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Pets in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 14:11 Profile Homepage #16 quote: Originally written by No more muffins: quote: This shoulda been a poll. If you remember correctly, my last two (three) polls sucked. While it's clear that Salmon is just trolling for polls, the last poll about pets was just kinda stupidly incomplete. Nobody ever thinks about fish. quote: Oh, and I thought that I said that my obsession with muffins was over. And the number of times the word 'muffin' appears in your PDN, signature, and profile is 4. :P -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Pets in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 13:24 Profile Homepage #14 At home, my family has a hamster. Her name's Tula, and she's a Russian dwarf hamster, a breed of pet which I highly recommend. She's spoiled rotten by my mom, and to a lesser extent my sister. She normally gets a little piece of whatever we're eating. As for myself, I have a ton of plants, and a pair of bettas, named Yoshimitzu and Betty. Got 'em as a gift, and yes, the names were chosen for me. (Can't find a picture right now, sadly) -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Traveling Internationally in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 13:16 Profile Homepage #10 Enjoy the trip, wz! Being someone who's never really traveled abroad, I can't give much in the way of really pertinent advice, but I'll second the idea of packing light. Knowing that you have the basics makes you less likely to worry, in my opinion. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 13:12 Profile Homepage #12 (slack-jawed and dismayed) This topic makes me weep. I don't know what consensus the original post refers to, but it's irrelevant. And as for this: quote: Originally written by Synergy: A century+ ago when we were cranking massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere with early industrialization, there was no correlating rise in earth temperature There's a lag time! With a system as large as a freakin' planet, you honestly expect that there won't be some sort of delay? Also, the poll is misleading at best. 'Cause' isn't the issue. Humans aren't 'causing' global warming. Global warming is an emergent property of the system, and we can't directly influence it. What we can do is contribute to the lesser parts of that whole, and then the more complicated stuff takes over. CO2 emissions are more than likely a part of this, but there's also a ton of other particulate junk that most industrial processes spew into the atmosphere, whose effect on the system isn't always known. But the basic point here is, even though CO2 may not be the only 'cause' of global warming (and heck, it almost definitely isn't), it sure ain't helping. More importantly, it's something which we can actually show to have a correlation (note: not causation) with the warming trend. So, it's a freakin' starting point, which gives us something that we can try and do about the problem. Of course, that lag time comes back again to haunt us, and basically ensures that even if we were to cease all industrial CO2 production now, the average global temperature would continue to increase for decades to come. But, and this is important, if we wait, things will probably only get worse. And I for one am not comfortable conducting an experiment of that magnitude, particularly when I happen to inhabit the system in question. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Outpost Valley is out in Blades of Avernum
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Wednesday, August 15 2007 12:58 Profile Homepage #8 ...the Mac file is absent. Please fix. :) -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Random name generators in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, August 14 2007 10:54 Profile Homepage #8 I'll take "Stonebloom". Though "Wetdouse The Drowned" is the most redundant evil name I've ever seen. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
Game consoles in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Tuesday, August 14 2007 10:49 Profile Homepage #5 You forgot every handheld system ever. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00
My arms are starting to hurt! in General
Ephesos Law Bringer Member # 4153	written Monday, August 13 2007 19:12 Profile Homepage #6 My sig has changed. And ghosts? They make an acceptable plot device, and generally go above and beyond the normal role of undead. So in my book, they're okay. -------------------- TM: "I want BoA to grow. Evolve where the food ladder has rungs to be reached." Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. Posts: 4130 \| Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00

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