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Ghana knock US out of World Cup in General
Alex
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 written Thursday, June 22 2006 12:04 Profile #7
quote:
Originally written by Alex:

Almost as good as Senegal-France in 2002.
Come to think of it, the French could very well get kicked out this time as well. Mon Dieu!

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Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Ghana knock US out of World Cup in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Thursday, June 22 2006 07:55 Profile #1
Almost as good as Senegal-France in 2002.
Did you actually watch the game?
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Thursday, June 22 2006 01:04 Profile #93
quote:
Originally written by Kelandon:

As for the suggestion raised here that the government stop granting "marriage" licenses and start granting legal statuses that are equivalent but called something else, I agree, but I worry about how to convince the American people that this is a good idea. How could one sell this solution?
Those who are worried that only religious marriages would be officially called marriages would probably want a religious marriage anyway.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Civil Unions disallowed in ACT in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 04:07 Profile #14
quote:
Originally written by Hurling Frootmig:

quote:
Originally written by Thin Air:

quote:
Originally written by Sprung:

A proper marriage, IMO, would be against the tradition that marriage was built around.
What tradition was this exactly? Kids?
That can mean a result with a family being a full functional element of society. The same-sex marriage hasn't prooved yet to be one. May be they didn't have time to do that, or may be it is unprovable. I didn't want to offend somebody, btw.
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The voices tell me they don't like politics, same-sex marriages and blending both. They like RPG.
Straight marriage is a safe haven for pedophiles and hookers. :rolleyes: I didn't want to offend anybody.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Viva Italia !!!!!!! in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Wednesday, June 21 2006 03:51 Profile #89
quote:
Originally written by Hurling Frootmig:

England - Sweden 2-2. WHAT!? Becham, what a shame! :P
Mr Posh Spice (Beckham) is the Paris Hilton of football - famous for being famous. :P

The English team played better for most of the match. Sweden became more active in the second half, continuing to rise from the weaker previous matches.

The WC 2006 is more commercial than ever. Here there are some gimmicky special offers of the type "buy this overpriced LCD TV and get your money back if Sweden wins the tournament!" Also, you supposedly can't film your own videos of the games on site.

The RoboCup 2006 also took place in Germany. How many years will it take for robots to become better than humans?
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Ghosts of Stalin in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Sunday, May 28 2006 07:15 Profile #27
The Soviet bloc was an example of a mafia dictatorship's failure and its transformation into a nominally capitalist mafia society. Socialism + democracy is something that has not been tested in any developed country. The closest thing might be 1980s Scandinavia.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Finland > Eurovision! in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Saturday, May 20 2006 23:44 Profile #10
The worst and most Americanised Eurocrap contest I've seen so far. The Americans are still best at being American.

The Greek nationalism was sort of amusing, too - for example, instead of videos presenting the contestant countries, they showed Greek tourism commercials and some smiling Greek...models.

Thuryl, the contest itself may be old, but the songs can still remind a viewer of more modern contests. The French hairdresser/singer in particular reminded me of some dreadful karaoke stuff.

Memorable participants:
Lithuania, for mocking the contest by singing "We are the winners of Eurovision". They came in 4th place, if I recall correctly.
Finland, for being different.
Ukraine, for having the hottest singer, albeit not the most scantily clad one.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
The Afterlife in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 12:25 Profile #41
I thought about this recently, making a comparison with sleep. We don't remember dreamless sleep - how do you experience being unconscious? My thought was that if you cannot experience the (presumed) nonexistence after death, your subjective experience might get stuck in the moment of death, i.e., you experience yourself dying extremely slowly, ever more slowly...forever. Eternal death, or eternal dying, actually. Sounds pleasant, doesn't it?
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Question 1: Energy in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Wednesday, April 26 2006 11:59 Profile #42
quote:
Originally written by Strontium:

Solar - not a dense energy source (i.e. you couldn't generate enough solar energy to replace fossil fuels if you blanketed the earth with cells) and precious metals to make panels are in scarcity already.
How did you calculate this? We have several orders of magnitude more surface area than needed.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Zoophilia in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Tuesday, April 25 2006 12:55 Profile #38
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Do-er of Stuff:

quote:
Originally posted by Alex:
Come to think of it, the thing that I find scariest about pedophiles and zoophiles alike isn't their peculiar fetishes, but the fact that they have little or no interest in emotional or physical intimacy with adult humans.
Not necessarily. There are bisexual people after all. Who's to say a person can't have multiple
fetishes?
I'll remove that inaccuracy by stating that I meant True Pedophiles and True Zoophiles, for whom my previous statement is true by definition. :P
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Power Corrupts in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Tuesday, April 25 2006 12:14 Profile #141
quote:
Originally written by Kuranes-:

I think we might have had this discussion before. "Holy" means filled with holes.
Does this mean women are holier than men? :(
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Zoophilia in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Tuesday, April 25 2006 12:03 Profile #29
quote:
Originally written by The Almighty Do-er of Stuff:

Alec, I don't see you taking that attitude with TM, who is openly pedophilic. Why is that?
You know, some people consider hebephilia to be distinct from pedophilia. :P

Some people apply the "consenting adults" rule to zoophilia as well, claiming that animals can't give meaningful consent, hence it is immoral to have sex with them. However, animals don't have the same legal rights as humans have; animals are used in medical experiments and slaughtered without their consent, too

EDIT: Come to think of it, the thing that I find scariest about pedophiles and zoophiles alike isn't their peculiar fetishes, but the fact that they have little or no interest in emotional or physical intimacy with adult humans.

[ Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:11: Message edited by: Alex ]
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
What style of graphics would you like to see in Avernum 5? in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Tuesday, April 25 2006 11:55 Profile #2
If His Jeffiness actually makes some more character graphics, as promised, the Averforge 4 graphics might just catch up with the earlier Avernum graphics.

I wouldn't mind seeing the graphics of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, though. ;)
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Death Penalty in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Tuesday, April 25 2006 06:36 Profile #32
I once saw a Swedish TV documentary on the custom of giving people convicted to death a last meal.

A particularly gruesome case was when the last meal was...the person herself. The victims were slowly cut to pieces and fed their lavishly prepared flesh. This was illustrated metaphorically by rotating kebab meat (don't know what it's called - the thing they slice meat off). Not sure how long it lasted or what the actual cause of death would have been - infection, blood loss or something else? I also don't remember when or where this took place, but it might have been in medieval Asia, and the victim(s) was perhaps a group plotting to overthrow the ruler, or a wife caught cheating on him.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Descriptions in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Thursday, April 20 2006 00:46 Profile #33
quote:
Originally written by Divals:

She is tall (5'11"), blonde, and beautiful. She weighs approximately 335 pounds.
When someone repeatedly (see homepage) tries to convince others of the beauty of his partner, I start to wonder whether he is actually trying to convince himself. :P

EDIT: OMG 911 POSTS I R BIN LADEN!

[ Thursday, April 20, 2006 00:47: Message edited by: Alex ]
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
"Ash is Banned" chat. in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Saturday, April 15 2006 04:06 Profile #7
Thanks for posting that, I had a good laugh. :D
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
If you had to pick... in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Friday, March 10 2006 10:22 Profile #46
A sandwich? Usually involves copious amounts of cheese.

A vacation spot? Any warm and sandy beach.

A position? Erect.

A hobby? Posting nonsense.

A sport? Stopping monster plagues.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
The Boy From the Bush is Back in Town in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Friday, March 10 2006 10:17 Profile #41
ASH LorAEL...hehe.

Welcome back, man.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Testing in General
Alex
Lifecrafter
Member # 59
 written Friday, March 10 2006 10:10 Profile #26
Gimp (freeware and open-source) has an add-on for animation, although I haven't used it.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Keyboard shortcuts? in Avernum 4
Alex
Lifecrafter
Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 13:36 Profile #4
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

I think that hitting the spacebar will end a character's turn early.
I think Alt-F4 works, too. :P
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
First aid in Avernum 4
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 13:34 Profile #1
It can be spread out.

The manual seems to be right on this one. ;)
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
What the heck just happened? in General
Alex
Lifecrafter
Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 13:24 Profile #25
13715 people signed this petition:
"On the 14th of Janurary 2004 goatse was robbed from the on-line community in a direct act of disrespect to all believers of free speech. As a form of protest we have signed this petition and wish to see this internet icon restored to its original domain."
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
The Question to... well, just a question really... in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 13:15 Profile #17
Alex wants pictures. Plenty of them.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
What the heck just happened? in General
Alex
Lifecrafter
Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 12:24 Profile #22
quote:
Originally written by Nessus City Planner:

Djur was kicked off for posting a dictionary definition.
I'd love to know which definition he posted.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Should the admins bring back Misc.? in General
Alex
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Member # 59
 written Sunday, March 5 2006 03:23 Profile #3
Why not? People are using General as Misc anyway.
Posts: 950 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00

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