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A Statistically Happy New Year! in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 20:47 Profile #103
It still doesn't work. I was hoping to see the current rankings and my individual page to see if I wanted to opt out anything.
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Episode 3 Continued in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 20:04 Profile #144
I wish I had a copy to post of an old cartoon. I believe it was the New Yorker, but it was posted on a door that I passed regularly.

A patent examiner and applicant are standing at a window. The examiner is holding a raygun plug into an outlet and pointing it out the window. Examiner says, "Death ray, fiddlesticks. Why it doesn't even slow them down."

[ Friday, January 26, 2007 20:52: Message edited by: Randomizer ]
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Mitochondria and Cancer in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 20:00 Profile #21
quote:
Originally written by Keladon:

Just to be clear, if the drug has side effects that are more severe than its demonstrated benefits, it doesn't get FDA approval, so what you're saying is exaggerated.
Actually you'd be amazed at how many make it through because the original clincial trials for approval are 6 weeks, but the patients after approval are given it for years. That's why Merck got in so much trouble with Vioxx over the cutoff date on their trials.

The second trick is to divide adverse effects into so many subcategories as to make the chance of an adverse effect seem to be less than 1%. Flip through the Physician's Desk Reference and see how many ways digestive bleeding can be listed by site.

Unless you get fatalities you can usually continue to sell drugs with major problems. Thalidomide is making a comeback as long as it doesn't go to pregnant women. Most anti-ulcer drugs that are now over the counter, Tagamet, Zantac, and Pepcid, are now known to cause memory loss and other brain damage. Some antidepressants can cause mood changes making the users violent to the point of murder.
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George Bush in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 19:46 Profile #19
In regards to whether Israel will attack Iran over it's nuclear program -

The US gave Israel an ambiguous response so we can cheer or condemn them based upon the result. It's similar to the one LBJ gave Israel before the 6 Day War.

Israel denies rumors that it is sending bombers on training missions to Gilbraltar in preparation.

The problem with troop surge is that there is no indication that they will be used effectively. Plus there is already an equipment shortage for the troops that are already there,
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problem getting into formello in Avernum 4
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 19:30 Profile #8
That's only because Jeff kept revising the game to prevent people from wandering around and doing too many things out of order. When you find gates that won't open it's a good sign that this isn't where you are supposed to go at this point in time.
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Mitochondria and Cancer in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 03:30 Profile #13
Drug makers spend lots of money sending representatives to visit doctors and convince them to prescribe their drugs. The side effects and the fact that their drug maybe no better than a placebo (sugar pill) are usually minimized.

They also like to push off label usage where they claim that it will help for other diseases that haven't been approved by the FDA. Sometimes these case are pure fraud and only harm patients. An example is antidepressants to elderly for dementia where it doesn't help and can increase the chance of bone fractures.
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Custom titles in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Friday, January 26 2007 03:22 Profile #22
For when the boards flood. Haven't you been reading?

Actually the panic button was disconnected long ago, but left behind to reassure mods who think there is something at the other end.
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Saving Games in Tech Support
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 22:34 Profile #2
You can copy the save game files to a flash drive if you have progressed enough to want to keep them. Archive them if you have a lot. When you restore the game you can copy the files back and replace the blank ones.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Mitochondria and Cancer in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 20:33 Profile #8
You always have government funding for research that isn't profitable for companies, but might have real potential.

Microsoft writes buggy software because they steal code from other companies and don't spend time of writing good code. Only recently was their a penalty for writing bad code and it still only made a slight improvement.

I think back for Windows 2000, the Wall Street Journal wrote a story about a typical day for Microsoft programmers. They start the morning getting the overnight bug report from the beta testers. They spend the morning fixing yesterday's work. After lunch they write new code if they finished fixed their old mistakes. Then they go home and the beta testers get to find out how many new bugs made it into the program. Eventually the product is sold with whatever bugs leftover for the next upgrade.
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The SpiderWebWorld in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 20:21 Profile #149
I'm wondering why Bismark* doesn't want to be know as the whole Turkey, but only part Turkey?
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The Halo Suit of the Modern World - Fraud? in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 20:17 Profile #63
Now there is a high tech way of giving a hot foot.
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Episode 3 Continued in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 20:15 Profile #131
quote:
"But... I want to spray acid more rats!" Randomizer said.
Perfect. ET is more damaging to our side than the perfected rat.
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Custom titles in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 20:03 Profile #13
Considering the last mod compiled a massive database about these forums, it really helps to have something on the other mods. Not that I'm implying that Aran did anything underhanded since he may have just used old fashioned bribery to gain his position.

So just send me model number, color and delivery information so you can get yours.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
The State of the Union in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 19:57 Profile #2
I used the speech as a good time to catch up on my crossword puzzle. It's amazing how long some one can talk without saying anything useful.

Most of the proposals were a rehash of earlier statements. As Webb pointed out the alternative fuels have been proposed for several years and not much has been done for an item from a State of the Union address.

Darfur isn't going anywhere since the US doesn't have ground forces it can spare for an oil poor area. The UN isn't able to get permission to do anything. The Arabs aren't going to go against one of their own to help out black Africans. Genocide as usual.

You can tell how much even the government thinks about it by who doesn't show up. You used to get all the Supreme Court justices and this time only 5 and those were mostly Republican appointees.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
I'm feeling sadistic in Blades of Avernum
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 19:38 Profile #11
It would make the game more interesting since you would have to think more coming into a major encounter. No more let's see what happens and if I die well I'll just reload and use the information to do better. If you have to replay a significant portion of the game, then you will plan ahead.
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bestiary in The Avernum Trilogy
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Thursday, January 25 2007 19:32 Profile #15
They also have those cool smoking jackets.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Episode 3 Continued in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 22:20 Profile #109
quote:
Originally written by 7Synergy7:

Looks like we've been reunited, Randomizer.

-S-
It wasn't quite like how I'd thought we'd get back together again.

Nice to see the rats forming their own factions. Although they aren't as divisive as our factions.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
The Halo Suit of the Modern World - Fraud? in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 22:13 Profile #60
Criminal history isn't a problem in today's army. They'll consider your sniping skill a plus and ignore that little skribbane problem. After all they are taking skinheads and training them so they can cause more trouble when they get out.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Join the Club? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 20:44 Profile #10
The Southforge Citadel Geneforge was made by the drakons to create cannonfodder for the Rebellion. It appears to be deliberately weak so those serviles and humans that use it won't be a real challenge to the drakons. Also considering the side effects even without using a canister, it wasn't well made.

I think this is a drakon plot to sow chaos by creating a large number of unstable people and then release them into the world. Meanwhile the drakons stay back in safety making their army to attack when the shapers are weakened.
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wikipedia forever? in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 20:35 Profile #43
That's because the US is going metric with the same resolve it's using to win the war on terror. There is no concerted effort to require people to switch so we get to stay out of step with the rest of the world. The metric system is only used where it is convenient.

[ Wednesday, January 24, 2007 22:23: Message edited by: Randomizer ]
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The Halo Suit of the Modern World - Fraud? in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 20:28 Profile #58
quote:
Originally written by Serial 11532A-96M56E:

The government is not, as a rule, good at tight control of anything. But seriously, from factory to shipping to warehouse to more shipping to some supply depot to yet more shipping to the point I am trying to make, you don't think there would be a few suits siphoned off or just plain misplaced here and there?

—Alorael, who could also see the suits being made for private use. The inventor has no real vested interest in making them available exclusively to military personnel. Unless the contract stipulates government use only, he's got nothing to lose by making and selling impressive armored suits to perfectly
legitimate buyers.
Considering the amount of military equipment that makes it to the street, there are enough people in the military supply chain going into business for themselves with the government inventory. Besides once the general idea is known, there will always be people willing to make knockoff copies that will be good enough for criminals. If there is demand for them, then they will appear.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
A New Series in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 20:19 Profile #25
The only one I really had trouble talking to was Guardian Kantor in Valeya when I wanted credit for killing the Maddened Trall. As a lifecrafter or shocktrooper I had to block his path with creations so he couldn't pass until he talked. I tried to catch him at the points where he stopped, but that never worked.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
The SpiderWebWorld in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 20:13 Profile #138
quote:
Originally written by Bismark*:

As my country has suffered a dreadful demise, I choose to be mount Ararat, if it was good enough for Moses it's good enough for me.
Actually Mount Ararat was Noah after the flood. Seems kind of useful since Dikiyoba is flooding the forums.
Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Episode 3 Continued in General
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 19:52 Profile #98
I see I died. At least I've got a lot company down here in Misc. It beats the long fight up to General forum with the perfected rat. Although I would have liked to have cast enough spray acid to build up a sustained damage long after I'd died.
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Turabi Gate/Master Drex's Letter Anomaly in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Randomizer
Law Bringer
Member # 6785
 written Wednesday, January 24 2007 19:44 Profile #2
No, I let the little bootlicker live. I think that it's because there are two sets of flags. One controls the letter and the other that you have talked to Trint even though you haven't got the quest yet.
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