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| Registered | Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, November 12 2007 00:46
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quote:What about just reducing the amount of people down here on earth? It would be much easier than sending significant amounts of humans to other planets. Think of it; how many people can you realistically send on a several year journey to another planet? For Mars to be a solution for overpopulation, we would need to be able to send millions of people on one ship to accomplish anything. I don't think it's going to happen. Seriously, I am convinced that any problem we have here is best solved, well, here, and will be much cheaper than shooting excess people to space. If all else fails, we can always start a war... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, November 5 2007 03:07
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My PDN has always been Frozen Feet. Actually, since I joined these boards I've used Frozen Feet as my nickname everywhere and haven't touched accounts with other names. There are few variations stemming from necessity, but this user name is basically a second name of mine. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Saturday, November 3 2007 08:55
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Maps we have... enough, I think, but maybe we should get them into a single place. Maybe the beginning of the next OOC thread. I'm worried UBB will eat this any second now. A timetable, though, we definitely need. I'll give it a shot within the next few weeks. Blame NaNoWriMo for my hurries. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, November 1 2007 22:58
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Nalyd, your post was fine, but there's one thing I'm uncomfortable with: quote:Fifteen thousand. Do you see what's wrong with this? Here, I'll give you a hint: quote:Combine this with the fact that I have hinted that the demon war took place relatively early in the era of gods, and that Mangroankeen was imprisoned one thousand years ago. So I guess it's safe to deduce that even the oldest gods (such as Tuoni and Sliross) are only between one and two thousand years old. So, you just might want to divide Seoth's age with ten. Plus, this is something I want clarity about, did your character fight in the original demon war? 'Cause if he was born roughly around the beginning of the era of gods (lets say ~1500 years ago) and became a god some sixty years later, he was definitely there. Just trying to retain a logical time line here. Sorry if it causes you trouble. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, October 31 2007 03:05
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I was wondering when this would pop up again. Anyways, I'm still in. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 19 2007 04:21
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I finished Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick a while ago. Now I'm reading random TV tropes from the appropriate wiki. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, October 19 2007 04:18
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Slept, ate, played Battalion Wars, walked my dog, ate some more, made some calls regarding my coming driver's license, went to computer class to write stupid forum replies like this one... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 16 2007 04:43
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Beautiful. Now I just have to understand what the heck does this mean. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, October 10 2007 02:22
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i have to say that i'm gay. i think that many of this website's users are stupid losers, and dont have any kind of life. so go out and do something clever, instead of playing with your little brother at home. **** you nerds. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 9 2007 23:51
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I firmly believe the answer is 'yes', and I hold myself as a living example of it. Those who claim otherwise I see as singleminded, or even sort of war-mongerers. Then again, I also feel that the question is a bit flawed, mainly because I never quite understand what the asker mean by religion. I tend to make a big distinction between religion and faith; you can be religious without ever believing in heavenly tooth-fairies, or you can hate the church from the bottom of your heart and still believe in supernatural. But then again, this might be a bit beside the point... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, October 2 2007 06:13
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quote:Good ventilation never hurts. Inhaling lots of metal oxides will never be good for anyone in the long run. If you use rods (electrodes for 111), then good ventilation is especially important 'cause they DO let out some really nasty substances when they burn. Check the packaging; for the really noxious stuff, you'd better have pressurized masks. If you're using TIG or pulse MIG/MAG, it isn't that big a deal. [ Tuesday, October 02, 2007 06:16: Message edited by: Frozen Feet ] -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, September 30 2007 02:27
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What about "non-Christian"? -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Sunday, September 30 2007 02:21
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I have glasses, and pretty strong ones too; without them, my range of accurate vision can be measured in centimeters. If I took them off now, I couldn't read what I'm writing without sticking my nose to the monitor. As it is, I don't have contact lenses, and probably will never have. The reason is, my job includes lots of electric arc welding. If you look at the arc with contacts (and without a mask), the UV-rays can melt them into your eyes. Besides, normal glasses are handier anyway. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 25 2007 02:51
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quote:We're not talking exactly medieval here. I don't remember when firearms became common in China, but I'm quessing somewhere around 17th - 18th century. And I believe paper has been relatively abundant in China for more than a thousand years. Of course, it was not the same kind of paper we use today; I think it was either rice or silk paper. About the cheapness; I don't think it was exactly cheap, but could have easily been cheaper than metal. And, I think, definitely easier to work with. quote:The italicised part was the key idea, if I remember right. It also had something to do with the flexibility of layered paper. I am also skeptical about the historical accuracy of paper armor. What buggers me most in this thing though is that I don't remember where I read about it in the first place; that account certainly was detailed, and would be good starting point for further research. If you find something through google, please tell me. I'm more comfortable searcing through real books. Sometimes a good encyclopedia beats internet 10 - 0. [ Tuesday, September 25, 2007 02:53: Message edited by: Frozen Feet ] -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, September 24 2007 00:17
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quote:The reasons were that 1) paper was cheap and 2) a thick paper armor was very effectice protection against early fire arms. If I recall right, one chinese general won several battles against fire-arm possessing enemies because of this trick. If you have a spare 1 - 2 inch thick book lying somewhere, you can try stabbing a knife through it. That'll give you a picture how good paper was for armor. Of course, maintaining such armors must have been a pain. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 23:32
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Tales of Symphonia is one of my all-time favorite RPGs. While in its core it is pretty linear, there are lots of side quests and small choices that have minor impact on the plot. I've played the game through six times, even though it takes about 50 hours for one playtrough, just to see all the possible pairings. Linearity can be as much of a boon than a bane. It all depends on how well other aspects of the game support its way of storytelling. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 23:04
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One thing that crossed my mind: you can make decent lamellar, or maybe even palte, armor from other materials than metal as well. The pictures I've seen of japanese armor seem to indicate that lamellar was favored is samurai armor, and many armorsuits I've seen don't look very metallic (although it might be due to the armors being painted or something). So maybe the reason japan, for example, didn't go for heavy iron armor, was that 1) the iron they had was better for weapons and/or unsuitable for making good armor and 2) there were other materials beside iron that were better at making armor for their needs. Thoughts? -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 20 2007 03:47
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Also remember: from the amount of iron you need to make a full platemail, you could also forge a dozen swords or so. This in part can also explain why metal-poor civilisations went for offense instead of defense. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 19 2007 04:52
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quote:This made me laugh. 25 kilogrammes isn't much at all; I can certainly carry that much stuff on my back and still move around relatively freely. It would be even easier if that weight was evenly distributed like in armor. And 25 kilos isn't much steel at all; assuming the armor will be about 4 mm thick, you'd get a metal sheet of 2,5 m x 2,5 m. That ain't so much when you think about all the parts you need for complete plate armor. (...though I don't think all the weight came from iron parts.) If you want to experiment, find a large-enough sheet of paper and spread some of your clothes on it. You'll see what I mean. I noticed Lazarus already (kinda) replied to this, but I felt the need to speak up myself as well. As a funny sidenote (about that "worth using" bit), Guy Windsor, one of the few swordmen here in Finland teaching medieval martial arts, has lectured me that many knights were actually bankrupted and lost their status because buying and maintaining armor and weapons was so costly... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 18 2007 08:38
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quote:Hmmmm... a 80 kg guy wearing another 25 kilos of armor, plus the horse and its armor (I'm estimating 450 kilos here), all traveling at the speed of what, 50 km / h...? Pretty much, I say. And all that force is concentrated to the tip of the lance... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 18 2007 07:50
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I just *have* to make a comic of this RP at some point of my life. And it definitely would make good material for music videos also. Eph, I'm still hoping you will post next. No hurry, though. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 18 2007 07:47
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Hum hum. Let's see what Jussi's to-do list is like: - make new rookies "feel like home" - keep on training the old ones - gather up all idle iron in the fort area - go and meet the captain of the old garrison - intimidate the good villagers of Somala Plus, he might meet a curious smuggler in the meantime. Seems like he's gonna have a busy next day... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, September 18 2007 07:44
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It was near nightfall when Jussi finally returned to his tent. The day had been good; the boys had endured the run to lake Suvanne well, and they had finally managed to clean the third sleeping cabin. Varis had almost forgotten about the early messenger when his eye fixed on a lonely letter sitting upon one of the storage boxes. He dully noted it had the imperial seal on it. Ah, now i remember. Told Stone to bring it here he recalled and sat down sighing. Not very hopefull about the news it would bear, he broke the letter's seal and began to study. What he read quickly ruined his good mood. Sighing again, Varis put the letter down. Should've paid more attention to it this morning he thought, while wondering what to about the orders the letter had contained. The people of the old garrison were probably already on the move; that place always got the news first. I have to go & meet captain John about it. I need to know what they've done already. Scratching his chin, Varis threw the letter to the fireplace. He would come to regret it later, but at the moment it helped to clear his thoughts. New rookies will arrive tomorrow, he pondered. Good. Might as well put 'em to work when they get here. That door can go first. And now I finally have use for that old wagon lying behind the supply store. Jussi made a mental note about notifying Stone about his thoughts later that evening, and then opened the storagebox to find some flint and steel. He proceeded to light up the unfortunate orders, almost hoping doing so would make his problems really go away... -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Monday, September 17 2007 20:51
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1. Pirate Vs. Ninja Hmmm... drunken bandit versus a highly trained assasin? Oh, I know, Ninja! 2. Viking Vs. Spartan The viking is surely an intimidating enemy, swinging his axe in mad bloodlust, but spartan's spear has more reach. Unless the viking manages to bash it aside, the battle could end quickly with the viking's less armored parts pierced by the spartan. Otherwise, the battle is quite even, but I'm going for the spartan this time. 3. Shaper Vs. Wizard If the shaper is allowed his creations, then the wizard must be allowed his buffs. And afterwards it's no contest; the wizard will be nigh-invulnerable, having so much speed that he can probably act even before the nastiest high-level creations, and wielding so much firepower that he can probably cause serious damage to the whole opposing party in one turn. Sure, the creations can take it - but their puny little master can't. The wizard wins. 4. Samurai Vs. Knight The european lance is, to my knowledge, longer than the japanese yari, so the knight has an advantage there. However, the samurai has a bow. Now, it is questionable whether his bow could do much harm to the heavily armored knight, but why should he be aiming for the rider? Of course, knights tended to armor their horses to some extent as well, but a well-aimed shot could cause the horse to tumble and after that the samurai would have the edge. Just for spite, I'll go for the japanese guy. 5. Aztec Vs. Celt The celt would win the battle due to sheer spike-haired shamelesness. And even if the aztec managed to kill him, he would die of some nasty european disease afterwards. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |
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written Friday, September 7 2007 08:22
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I encourage rest of the participants to write their beginning ICs as soon as possible. -------------------- Life is a neverending carneval where everyone has multiple costumes. I just hope mine are pleasing to the eye. Posts: 617 | Registered: Tuesday, April 13 2004 07:00 |