Profile for Randomizer
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| Displayed name | Randomizer |
| Member number | 6785 |
| Title | Law Bringer |
| Postcount | 4643 |
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| Registered | Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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| draky psychology in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, December 16 2006 06:37
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After drayks were created, in GF1 there is some mention when you meet one, it was decided that they were too intelligent and independent. Thus drayks were barred as a new creation, but existing ones were sometimes allowed to continue out their natural lifespan in isolated regions like Sucia Island. By GF2, the drayks had used shaping techniques on their offspring to create the first drakons. These drakons both bred and used shaping to create the ur-drakons. It is the ur-drakons that were responsible for the Rebellion. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Sentinel Grove in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, December 16 2006 06:30
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That's the spot. Maybe you missed seeing the thing at the back that you have to talk to there. If you managed to pacify the patrol creations by using a living tool in each pylon, then you can attack them without being attacked. You have to use attack button at the bottom each time, but the golems usually cough up some gems as they die. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Monarch in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Saturday, December 16 2006 06:26
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There is a spare control baton hidden in a cabinet in Monarch's quarters. But even with the baton you need leadership of 7 and usually more to have a real chance to gain control. Unless you have lots of health to ride out the attacks using major healing pods, you need some friends. Either your own creations or some allies recruited from Captain Ellesworth back in Rebel Camp Aziraph. Using essence shackles to slow Monarch down, strong daze to stun the newly summoned creations, dominate or terror on the creations, or at least wrack to keep them from bothering you is needed to keep from being swarmed. Once Monarch is killed the summon creations are gone. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Happy Hanukah in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 15 2006 22:04
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The next day the airport put the Christmas trees back up and the rabbi withdrew his threat of legal action. He just wanted to balance out the holiday symbolism. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Happy Hanukah in General | |
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written Friday, December 15 2006 20:30
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Any holiday not listed in the first five books of the Old Testament is generally considered a minor holiday in Jewish tradition. After all those were the ones that God had chosen to be commerated. I'm not sure when it started to move up in importance to compete with Christmas. [ Friday, December 15, 2006 20:32: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Physics Background in General | |
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written Friday, December 15 2006 20:01
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quote:Ah, the old physics for nursing majors class. Just kidding, but that was the way a group of introductory classes were refered to by the type of student they got. So there was physics for nurses, architects, music majors, and physical education majors (jocks). I'd say more but almost all that I heard about that class would violate the CoC due to extreme sexism and lack of political correctness. For the record I was an engineering physics major for my undergraduate degree (I got to skip the foreign language requirement) and a physics major for graduate school minoring it relativity since that meant no more exams or classes needed for a minor. My graduate advisor was happy because it meant only 10 minutes to fill out the paperwork for graduation with no more meetings to discus progress towards my minor. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Happy Hanukah in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 15 2006 19:54
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Happy Hanukah to everyone out there. As we start off another round of holidays. Jews get to celebrate a minor holiday elevated to commercial importance due to its closeness to that other one. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| 1000th in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 15 2006 19:16
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Maybe mods should occasionally go back and lock topics to prevent necromancy. While most topics die natural deaths, there have been some popping up recently and getting locked because the new posts weren't useful additions. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Spiderweb Games Engine Preferences Poll in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 15 2006 19:11
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You left out the change from earlier Exile and Avernum games of the wait command. It let certain characters pause their actions to see how lower dexterity character actions turned out. So in Exile the fighters could go in and kill anything left after the mages used shockwave. Jeff usually improves the games as he adds new features and removes things that were a problem. The Avernum 4 map lacked a true sense of proportion. The days of travel between cities was reduced in some cases to a few steps that could be done in a few rounds in fight mode. The starting area seemed about right, but by the time you reached the Eastern Gallery it was too small since Jeff didn't want to program all that area. The Great Cave was even worse. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Essence Orbs Q in Geneforge Series | |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, December 15 2006 18:40
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That was one change in Geneforge 4 where you get to see the amount of damage that is being resisited. You find that against magic resistant targets most of the damage is resisted inspite of your abilities. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Physics Background in General | |
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written Friday, December 15 2006 05:55
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There is a difference in how material is presented at the different academic levels. High school physics usually is done using pre-calculus mathematics. Depending upon the college level course it can range from a high school level approach to an extremely rigourous one using mathematics well past calculus. Going outside physics there are several departments that use parts of physics as specialized classes such as civil engineering classes like statics that just looks at forces in rigid bodies or astronomy. Reading about physics without taking a class is even harder to quantify since some books are not that well written to start in order to simplify material. The Feynman Lectures was an extremely well written series of books that explained college level physics without needing to use mathematics to get most concepts. Then there are textbooks that are used in college that have so many errors that you will have trouble without knowing a lot about the subject before reading them. Two cases were one where the publisher printed a 3rd edition because the 2nd edition had so many typos it wasn't worth publishing an errata and another that averaged one mathematical mistake per page. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Sentinel Grove in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Friday, December 15 2006 05:42
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There is a very narrow path through the woods that curves around to the place where you will get your answer. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Physics Background in General | |
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 21:55
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Just a quick poll on the level of education in physics among the Spiderweb community. After the quantum mechanics posts in Synergy's last thread I wondered what the results would be. [ Friday, December 15, 2006 18:47: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Poll Information This poll contains 1 question(s). 40 user(s) have voted. You may not view the results of this poll without voting. function launch_voter () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=vote;pollid=jrNxTKkMZsBO"); return true; } // end launch_voter function launch_viewer () { launch_window("http://www.ironycentral.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=poll;d=view;pollid=jrNxTKkMZsBO"); return true; } // end launch_viewer function launch_window (url) { preview = window.open( url, "preview", "width=550,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status,menubar=no,scrollbars,resizable,copyhistory=no" ); window.preview.focus(); return preview; } // end launch_window   Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| House Unshaperlike Activities Committee in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 21:44
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Grim's view is that only creations are shaped. People are born pure and gain power by training. The artificial crutch of canisters and the geneforge only serve to lower people down to the level of creations and not to improve them. I don't agree with that view since some improvement can occur without the madness that comes from the geneforge and canister abuse. The Trakovites have some good points in that if hundreds of years of Shaper rule has regulated shaping to prevent it's abuses then there has to be a better way to stop it. Still the Trakovite ending is worse for the common people since it perpetuates the war. If either side had won than at least the land could return to a state of normalcy under one dictatorship or the other. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| House Unshaperlike Activities Committee in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 20:26
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ET since you have used or will use the Geneforge you are now classed by the Shapers as a creation and must obey all Shapers. Otherwise you are a rogue creation to be destroyed on sight. From Creation Rights Shaper Grim states,"_Of course. You are a creation. In my eyes, you are to be commanded, not aided, or parleyed with. Only your special utility to our cause gives you a measure of independence._"; Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| 8000: Pseudoscience Postravaganza in General | |
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 19:29
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There are also the perpetual motion devices that extract energy from a resistanceless electrical systems so the current constantly recharges the battery. How about patent # 6,960,975 was issued to Boris Volfson of Huntington, IN, wherein the device is described: quote: A cooled hollow superconductive shield is energized by an electromagnetic field resulting in the quantized vortices of lattice ions projecting a gravitomagnetic field that forms a spacetime curvature anomaly outside the space vehicle. The US patent office issued a patent for a warp drive. Although a patent can't be issued for a device that has already been published and for devices that defy the laws of nature. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| I Have A Beef With You All in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 19:21
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The reason Synergy got skewered about quantum mechanics is that there are several physicists that regularly post on the boards. After spending that much time having to learn it, we get a little upset seeing it mangled. A few months back I was upset about the erroneous information on carbon-14 dating as it applied to the Shroud of Turin. When wrong information is presented then we should make an effort to get it corrected as soon as posible so we can have an informed debate. Also since there are several college and post college posters here, we get hung up about terminology. Words have definite meanings and using vague generalizations makes it extremely hard to understand what is being presented. It's worse than bad spelling or grammer since you can't be sure about the post's point. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| So this is goodbye in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 19:06
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I just googled "dancing ninjas" and got 1720 results including YouTube videos. You just need to look for them. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| House Unshaperlike Activities Committee in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 18:50
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quote:Try attacking one as a beginning character and see what type of damage they can do. Anything can be abused if you really work at it. It's just shaping has gotten out of control and created a large population of mentally unstable people who are abusing their power. Monarch is given as a extreme example who besides his creations was gearing up for germ warfare. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Golden Forge in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 18:42
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Some rings can be enchanted. It depends upon the base item so save before testing. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| Serviles and Canisters...??? in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 18:38
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Jeff remembers less about what happens in his games than we do. In order to use canisters in GF4 you have to be a player since Tyrol got to use canisters before reaching the Geneforge. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| 1000th in General | |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 22:02
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Depends upon how Jeff wants to deal with the glut of junk that has been posted especially during the recent spamfest. There are several topics that got locked in the last week that if deleted would never be missed. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| House Unshaperlike Activities Committee in Geneforge 4: Rebellion | |
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 21:57
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Trakovites view existing technology that can breed itself as acceptable. So living tools, batons, spores, and pods are fine. All creations that can replicate themselves are also within doctrine. They draw the line at shaping people and serviles either by Geneforge and/or canisters and the out of control creations of new and more powerful creations. They want to continue only with magic and what is currently in place. Shapers view shaped creations and people as rogue creations that must submit to their control or be destroyed. Rebels think everyone should be free with no real limits. ET thinks as long as he is in control whatever force he rules is right. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| 8000: Pseudoscience Postravaganza in General | |
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 20:40
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There's always Flat Earth, the Moon missions are fake, canals of Mars (there was a report last week about recent water flows in the last few years), and my favorite Von Danikan books about aliens visiting Earth and creating the major monuments like the pyramids. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
| I was afraid this day would come.... in General | |
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 18:45
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TM has gotten some people to occasionally relay insults and messages to the Board so he knows some of what happens here. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |