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Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 10 2007 06:12 Profile #125
quote:
Originally written by Douglas Adams:

everything that happens, happens.
everything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
everything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.
it doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
I see a pattern here, I just can't point my finger at it.

quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

I show people definitions when their arguments indicate ignorance of them. Unfortunately, sometimes they still don’t get it.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. If your personal freedom does not allow for this canonical piece of logic you'll be having serious trouble in any community.

quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

Well, I was getting sick of this discussion anyway. I think this is my cue to creep back into the shadows. *creeps*...
Cute. Thanks for the talk.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Monday, December 10 2007 04:52 Profile #120
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

quote:
Originally written by Locmaar:

when you get injured and someone calls an ambulance, this very ambulance may not be able to save somebody else's life, because of your odd definition of freedom.

If you think this sounds a wee bit constructed you should probably take a deep breath and contemplate the difference between forbidding people to marry one another and wearing a seatbelt for your own protection. You might as well decide not to wear your seatbelt at all - it's just a matter of paying the fine.
Dictionary.com
freedom
1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

Laws requiring seatbelt usage restrict freedom by definition. Everyone has the same restrictions in this state.
You've quite lost it now, haven't you? A seat-belt is physical restraint? What about the confinement of your car? Oh, wait: You chose to sit in that car in order to enjoy your personal freedom/confinement?

If it wasn't for the fact that your argument is just another one of those 'hey-I-looked-it-up-you-are-wrong'-statements that you seem to be so agreeing of, I might actually get upset. But, hey, go and read ET's signature. There's infinite wisdom to be found.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Saturday, December 8 2007 12:55 Profile #58
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

quote:

Originally written by Locmaar:
It's about people wanting to live their lifes vs. other people telling them what to do. There's the difference.
I have to wear a seatbelt in my state. That restricts my freedom even though I don’t risk hurting anyone but myself. Why should the government be able to tell me what to do?
Thing is, when you get injured and someone calls an ambulance, this very ambulance may not be able to save somebody else's life, because of your odd definition of freedom.

If you think this sounds a wee bit constructed you should probably take a deep breath and contemplate the difference between forbidding people to marry one another and wearing a seatbelt for your own protection. You might as well decide not to wear your seatbelt at all - it's just a matter of paying the fine.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Saturday, December 8 2007 10:33 Profile #55
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

If you think same-sex marriage should be allowed but your right-wing-Bible-thumping neighbor disagrees, does he have less of a right to vote his beliefs than you? I’m apolitical, so I don’t have an opinion either way. It’s just that I’ve been seeing what I view as a trend towards Secular Extremism and I’m very curious about it.
I think that same-sex marriage should be something that two people of the same sex who find each other stupendously attractive have to worry about. If that upsets somebody - anybody - they should reconsider if it's any of their business at all. The 'right-wing-Bible-thumping neighbor' has nothing to do with this unless one of his own sex forces him at gunpoint to marry him.

It's about people wanting to live their lifes vs. other people telling them what to do. There's the difference.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Omaha Mall Shooting in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Friday, December 7 2007 03:36 Profile #21
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

...I think the government is pretty secular. What are you saying?
:eek:

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Endeavour in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, November 27 2007 12:44 Profile #21
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

Supergluing coins to the floor to watch them scramble to pick them up was always a favorite.
Say, did you do anything like dollar-bills on a string as well? And is trying to pry coins from the floor something innate and exclusive to 'undergraduate minds'?

Yet, I have to agree. It's a laugh, innit?

edit: why is it that you only see your mistakes after you posted and never when you preview your post? Actually, I should have written I when I wrote you.

[ Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:46: Message edited by: Locmaar ]

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Avernum 5 ? in Tech Support
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, November 27 2007 04:37 Profile #1
I can only do some guessing here, since I never tried it out, but still:

1.) Avernum 5 runs on Mac OS X and doesn't really care if it's OS X on a PPC or Intel platform (it's Universal Binary) - BTW: OS 10.4 has been coded to run native on both platforms. It's not emulated on either.

2.) If you can get OS X to run on a PC (albeit with emulation software) I don't see why Avernum 5 (or any other Mac OS X compatible Spiderweb game) shouldn't.

3.) The endian format is something the emulator has to handle (and has been doing since the dawn of virtual PC). Performance may be sluggish due to this 'translation' on the fly, but it should run on a decent platform.

4.) When in doubt try it out. Download the demo and hack away.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
HELP - "Sound Error 2" on Launch of Avernum 5 Demo in Tech Support
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Friday, November 23 2007 11:15 Profile #1
I am afraid you will have to wait a couple of days, since Jeff is away on a little vacation.

In the meantime you might want to have a look at this:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305779

I know that this is not exactly your problem, but perhaps it might help solve your issue.

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
The Political Compass (Armed and Dangerous) in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Thursday, October 11 2007 21:49 Profile #24
Mmmh... well, I'll be...

Economic Left/Right: -7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49
Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Avernum 4 Observations in Avernum 4
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Friday, October 5 2007 07:34 Profile #26
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

[No, Jeff does it deliberately to have a good laugh at his players. I just found a canister in A5 hidden behind a pillar 3 days ago that you can only find by moving the cursor over the hidden areas (you need the item inside to finish a quest easily). Get used to the idea of scanning the entire map this way whenever there is the slightest possibility of something being hidden by an object or wall.
I stumbled across an alternative I had forgotten about. If you hit 'u' for 'use' the secret little things will show up with a letter of the alphabet conveniently placed beside them. That sure helped me a lot.
Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
noob info in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, September 12 2007 01:52 Profile #109
quote:
Originally written by Gauldoth Half-Dead:

I've been on about a dozen forums. Some small, some large and some so massive there are 200 new members each day (Not attempting to boast) and on most of them I've started out like this.
Why anyone would even consider boasting about being a member of a forum with 200+ new members each day is so far beyond me that I think I will have to lie down for an hour. How on Earth did you make it into that elite circle, I wonder. Teacher's pet?

:confused:
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Why I Will Not Play Avernum V in Avernum 4
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, September 12 2007 01:42 Profile #2
Mmmmh...

You sure went through a lot of trouble just to explain why you were unhappy with Avernum IV. You lost me along the way why you can't stand looking at uncle Gene no more. I sort of understand some of your notions though and would like to comment on them, if you don't mind.

I remember going through a different yet similar stage after I finished Nethergate (ye olde). While I found it was innovative, intriguing, amusing, etc. I missed ye olde Exile feel of things. When I bought Avernum I was very disappointed, not because I thought it was a bad game - it isn't. But it felt different than Exile, different rhythm, different way of haunting me at night through closed eyelids after playing way too many hours.

When I quit playing Spiderweb games (just before Avernum 2 came out) I noticed how much time I had on my hands I I was very happy about that. (Okay, that changed with Diablo 1 & 2, but still).

It wasn't until Avernum IV that I came back, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sure, the plot wasn't entirely stunning, but I really liked the interface, the way things looked and felt. It was a very rewarding gameplay (after all: I did enjoy the Diablo series and let's be frank: Avernum IV runs circles around them story-wise).

I realize that this experience was partially due to my long absence from Jeff's games, but I liked it a lot. Afterwards I played Geneforge 3 and liked that even better. I realize, of course, that this particular Geneforge sequel is considered the Avernum IV of the Geneforge series, but I disagree. It matters a lot whether you've played the other ones before or - like I have done - afterwards. And guess what: I liked Geneforge IV even better.

To sum it up:

When Uncle Ave starts behaving oddly it might just be that you've seen enough of him for a while. Uncle Gene all of a sudden getting on your nerves, too? Stay away from family parties for a while. Take a break. But go easy on the vows that never ever again will you talk to these annoying people. You might miss them eventually.

PS: Before I go I should like to point out that I don't think it fair to accuse Jeff of cheating his customers, even though it happened very subtly and probably wasn't even meant like that. I think he's really keen on pleasing them.

Edit: fixed typos

[ Wednesday, September 12, 2007 01:43: Message edited by: Locmaar ]
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Vlish Thorntons Ruins in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, September 5 2007 07:02 Profile #1
You do realize there is no right one? IIRC they get a turn at being the right one. You have to find out who is the right one at the right time and blast it to smithereens.

If you can't kill it with what you've got, you probably don't have enough to throw at it in the first place.
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What have you been reading lately? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, September 5 2007 06:58 Profile #478
Believe it or not - I just finished Children of Hurin by the Tolkien family.

What a depressing story... well worth the read though, especially if you don't know the story but would in theory enjoy The Silmarillion, even though you haven't read it, because if you had, you'd know the story, which, perhaps, might on the other hand be an advantage...

Did I mention that it's really depressing?

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Posts: 183 | Registered: Sunday, March 19 2006 08:00
Stuck. in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, September 5 2007 03:34 Profile #2
The Battle Alphas are tough this early into the game. There is a way by stealth involving coming from the west and tinkering with the controls on the bridge, though.

The shapers in shardfield? I presume you're talking about the shaper camp south of shardfield: forget it. It's not meant to be beatable, especially not before you've reached the end of chapter 4.

I'm not sure what bombs you're talking about. There are mines in the northeast of Cairn Gates, but if you can't disarm them you should probably find a way of taking down the forcefields emanating from the pylons. Search for a control panel in the eastern part of Cairn Gates.

There is nothing north of the Boiling Caverns (well, apart from the Sea that is)

Edit: It seems I'm a wee bit late :mad:

[ Wednesday, September 05, 2007 03:36: Message edited by: Locmaar ]
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# of games bought from jeff in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, September 4 2007 03:58 Profile #34
Let me see:

Exile 2 & 3, BoE
Nethergate
Avernum 1,3 & 4
Geneforge 1,2,3

That's ten already... oh dear

Edit: PS: I think they were all for Mac but I could be wrong.

[ Tuesday, September 04, 2007 03:59: Message edited by: Locmaar ]
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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Sunday, August 26 2007 02:32 Profile #168
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by Locmaar:

Another way of putting it: we need a language like math to describe the principles of logic, that exist outside the human mind.
Ah, but that's the crux of the issue, now isn't it? If you're not a Platonist, you don't necessarily believe that the principles of logic do exist outside the human mind.
:eek:

But you don't have to a Platonist to find the very idea of things existing outside the human mind appealing. Either way, math as a language is a human invention, the principles behind it are at best human discoveries... I think... eh...

:confused:
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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Sunday, August 26 2007 01:50 Profile #165
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

quote:
Originally written by SkeleTony:

Neither is math and yet math is still a pretty solid method for determining that 2 + 2 does in fact = '4'.
Ah, now this brings up a question for which I never got a straight answer out of you last time we talked. Are you a Platonist or not? Because your sentence as it stands is contradictory: either mathematical objects are purely human constructs and the only reason that 2 + 2 = 4 is that we define "2", "4", "+" and "=" so that it must do so (in which case saying "2 + 2 does in fact = 4" is vacuous, because you could just as easily define it to equal 5), or mathematical objects do exist independently of human agency.
Out of curiosity: aren't you, infact, shifting goalposts here? I usually find your train of thought quite sound, but in this case you are confusing linguistic philosophy with the logical properties of the language we call math. The logic behind 2 + 2 = 4 exists no matter what we call each number or what sign we use to interpret it.

Another way of putting it: we need a language like math to describe the principles of logic, that exist outside the human mind. The rest is confusion along the lines of: how do I know that my blue is the same blue as your blue? An interesting thought experiment when intoxicated, but little more.

@ SkeleTony: Thanks for your upliftig post.
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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, August 22 2007 07:36 Profile #117
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

Truth is reality. Your words let me know you don't get me. If you did you would know that I believe in non-negotiable absolutes. The thing is that humans don't know it all. Anybody thinking otherwise is deluded.
Amen, brother.

But you sorta do know that only divine revelation can be true?

BTW: Reality is that which surrounds us, even without anybody knowing the truth.

[ Wednesday, August 22, 2007 07:39: Message edited by: Locmaar ]
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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, August 22 2007 06:26 Profile #114
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

You misunderstand me [...] By the way, I know exactly what a theory is. On divine revation, please note I said "truly." The implication being that it is information from God which would be absolutely and wholly true, unlike scientific knowledge. If you are a disbeliever, of course you don't believe in such things, but that is really beside the point.
As a matter of fact, I do not misunderstand you. It is just obvious that we have a disagreement on what truth is. And since your view on truth is not negotiable - again: the easy way out of any discussion - entering any form of discourse seems utterly futile.

Somehow this reminds me of something. I just can't put my finger on it. Hmmm...

[ Wednesday, August 22, 2007 06:43: Message edited by: Locmaar ]
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The Sky Is Falling...? in General
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Wednesday, August 22 2007 00:07 Profile #109
quote:
Originally written by Stillness:

This is why I'm not troubled by dissenting opinions and find no need to belittle someone with different views. Unless you have a truly divine revelation, you don't really know. When something moves past theory and really starts working, then you may be onto something. But all sides on this warming issue are theorizing. If we cut back carbon emissions and things seem to cool in decades to come we can say, "Maybe we were right."
But isn't this - again - the easy way out of any discussion? That we pray until the solution comes along, because some scientists are opinionated rather than scientific? So let's not bother with all this scientific gibberish and make up our minds based on... well, on what?

And one other thing you repeatedly seem to ignore: A scientific theory is not, infact, an unproven idea about how something works. Divine Revelation, on the contrary, is!

Just in case you want to look up what a scientific theory is:
scientific theory

Apart from this:

If the global warming issue, which has been presented repeatedly since the 70s, only it wasn't on any political agenda but the Green Partys' in a few countries across the world, now has become a political issue, by which Synergy means - correct me if I'm wrong - that it is now instrumentalized against the truth, I wonder: What's their mission?

To deprive humanity of CO2?

It's not like Al Gore came up with any of this. I know a lot of people (scientists, environmental activists who are really ticked off by Gore's hype, because he's making it appear as though without him mankind is doomed. That probably is his agenda.

Alas, it would seem to me, that the critical question at hand should not be: What if they are wrong? (Answer: We will have cut down our CO2 output.)

Instead we should be asking ourselves: What if they are right? What could all this extra CO2 possibly do? This is the sort of scientific and critical question we should have been asking ourselves before we started dumping enormous surplus(!) amounts into the air.

And, please, remember: Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition!
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Ornks in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 09:09 Profile #7
Only if you want to provide for an extra challenge, as in: don't let the ornk die or play it til level thirty or whatever comes to mind. It most certainly isn't a useful companion, unless it snows and you need something to grid the path with.

But they are sooo cute - and loyal. :D
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Ornks in Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Tuesday, August 21 2007 06:08 Profile #3
sure. why else would you use it?
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Custom-made potions in Avernum 4
Locmaar
Warrior
Member # 6934
 written Friday, July 13 2007 03:16 Profile #1
Schrodinger's Walkthrough should provide the answer to this question. In future posts, could you possibly refrain from dysvoweling your poor words, even when you're in a terrible hurry? thnks :D
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