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Human cloning in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 18:24 Profile Homepage #52 I suspect that trying to rescue endangered species by cloning would lead to fairly disappointing results. In general, by the time a species becomes critically endangered (only a few hundred or thousand left in the wild), its population is heavily inbred, severely lacking in genetic diversity, and prone to both hereditary and acquired diseases. In the long term, such a population has a poor chance of surviving in the wild, and raising population size through cloning may only make matters worse by increasing competition for limited habitat space and food supplies. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
souls to take in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 15:29 Profile Homepage #23 The trouble with Ur-Basilisks is that it costs more than twice as many SP to Simulacrum them. In general, I'd rather summon two Basilisks than one Ur-Basilisk, and the former would cost me less SP. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Human cloning in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 15:18 Profile Homepage #46 In case Kelandon's reply did not make it horribly obvious already, he was being sarcastic. (Mind you, I've heard similar views expressed seriously. A nice old lady who lives down the street from me was once asked to take part in a vox pop poll on what should be done with surplus embryos from IVF procedures. Her response? "I think they're unnatural and we should destroy them all".) -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 02:39 Profile Homepage #154 quote: Originally written by Marvin, the paranoid android: Bu you can use the call cr_what_stat_adjust also for priests? How do i know the game really gives ONLY mage spells or priest spells and not priest AND mage spells? What you have to do is give it Mage Spells skill if it's a mage, or Priest Spells skill if it's a priest. For example, to make a mage which can cast all mage spells up to level 8, include the following lines: The reason for the number 11 is that Mage Spells is skill number 11. You can find this out from the Appendices. To make a priest that can cast all priest spells up to level 15, include the following lines: Again, the 12 is because Priest Spells is skill number 12. Now, if you want to make a monster that can cast mage spells up to level 8 and priest spells up to level 15, you can use two different stat adjusts, like so: Each monster can have up to 4 different statistics adjusted in this way, by the way. Just follow the pattern above, with cr_what_stat_adjust 3 and so on. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 02:39 Profile Homepage #154 quote: Originally written by Marvin, the paranoid android: Bu you can use the call cr_what_stat_adjust also for priests? How do i know the game really gives ONLY mage spells or priest spells and not priest AND mage spells? What you have to do is give it Mage Spells skill if it's a mage, or Priest Spells skill if it's a priest. For example, to make a mage which can cast all mage spells up to level 8, include the following lines: The reason for the number 11 is that Mage Spells is skill number 11. You can find this out from the Appendices. To make a priest that can cast all priest spells up to level 15, include the following lines: Again, the 12 is because Priest Spells is skill number 12. Now, if you want to make a monster that can cast mage spells up to level 8 and priest spells up to level 15, you can use two different stat adjusts, like so: Each monster can have up to 4 different statistics adjusted in this way, by the way. Just follow the pattern above, with cr_what_stat_adjust 3 and so on. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Do we still have to pay? in The Exile Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, August 6 2005 02:30 Profile Homepage #1 Yes, you still have to pay to register the Exile games. Spiderweb Software hasn't stopped selling them, and, judging by what Jeff's said in the past, customers haven't stopped buying them. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Say your prayers... in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 19:18 Profile Homepage #39 quote: Originally written by stranger: *My arguement was that if religion had never occured, then marriage as we know it would not exist. Morals and etc would have taken longer to be established.* Not buying this argument. Most societies have some form of marriage, but not all of those societies connect marriage to religion, and often when such connections do exist it's clear that marriage and religion existed as separate institutions before being connected. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
We Are Not Alone in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 19:15 Profile Homepage #20 No. The Exile games are still shareware, and you still have to pay for them if you want to legally acquire the full version. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Human cloning in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 19:14 Profile Homepage #38 quote: Originally written by ben XIII: You'd think they could manipulate the DNA to give cloned people "perfect genes." Eventually anyway. But it doesn't sound that appealing. Think about what attributes you'd actually want a genetically perfect person to have, and suddenly the idea of creating perfect humans seems a lot harder even in principle. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Random software question in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 19:10 Profile Homepage #1 The problem with .avi is that it isn't really a format as such; two .avi movies can be in completely different formats, and sometimes those formats are nonstandard or otherwise peculiar. All I can really recommend is that you download as many different media players as possible, and if a particular file doesn't work in one of them, try it in the others. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
hey, the oldest sign in here in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 19:06 Profile Homepage #6 chicho, please don't feel as if older members are trying to belittle those with fewer posts; they're just celebrating their own membership. Celebrating one's 40th birthday isn't meant as an insult to people under 40, is it? Everyone else, uh, please don't spam. This topic isn't very good and has the potential to get a lot worse, so I'm closing it now. [ Friday, August 05, 2005 19:06: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Favorite car in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 14:46 Profile Homepage #7 I drive an old Daihatsu Applause. Ideal cars: Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Beetle, Popemobile. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Bridging between scripts? in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 14:36 Profile Homepage #3 You cannot use teleport_party to send someone to a different town. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Bridging between scripts? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 14:36 Profile Homepage #3 You cannot use teleport_party to send someone to a different town. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
"Nephilim Mystery" Questions in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 14:32 Profile Homepage #9 quote: Originally written by Jeros: Hmm...I'm checking the scrips myself and I see only the first part of the text description, but not the second part. So how in the world did I get a Dread Curse then? Presumably you got it somewhere else in the scenario. quote: By the way, how do you get rid of a Dread Curse? Well, the good news is that Dread Curse automatically goes away by itself every time you leave a scenario. So if you can tough it out until the end of the scenario, you'll be fine. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 14:18 Profile Homepage #118 It was a sound bite, you know. You can't really expect it to distill all the complexities of the issue into a single sentence. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 04:51 Profile Homepage #112 quote: Originally written by KernelKnowledge12: Really? I don't think I've even heard of this argument before now. You wouldn't happen to know of any places where I could read up on this particular outlook, would you? Read a few Republican or libertarian blogs and you'll come across it soon enough. Actually, just googling the phrase "a republic, not a democracy" produces a fair number of interesting results along the appropriate lines. Some of them seem really weird, but that's kind of the point. Note that by no means do I claim that such views are predominant among Republicans (they hardly could be, since most people who vote for mainstream political parties haven't thought about the issues deeply enough to encounter such ideas). However, they do represent a significant conservative viewpoint. [ Friday, August 05, 2005 05:03: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 03:40 Profile Homepage #109 quote: Originally written by KernelKnowledge12: What do you mean by completely democratic? As in mobrule? Although I would contend that is more of an expansive oligarchy, I can see where this viewpoint comes from. I don't, however, get what this has to do with my post. Please explain. Actually, now that I think of it, I can't seem to think of any examples of a nation in a state of "complete democracy" (unless you are referring to direct democracy, which is another matter alltogether) that is not in essence an autocracy. Take, for example, the well-known French Revolution. It began as a democratic endeavour, but rapidly turned into an authoritarian fiasco. Is this what you mean by completely democratic, or am I just not understanding? Well, it's not what I mean; it's a view that I've commonly seen among Republicans. Essentially, the argument is that the American government is not and never was meant to represent the views of the people -- that elections are simply a way of making sure that bad governments are removed from power, and the fact that they favour governments that promise to do what the people want them to do is merely an unfortunate side effect. These are the kind of people who say "America is a republic, not a democracy, and it's a good thing that's the case". Some basically regard "democracy" and "mob rule" as synonymous. I'd probably better leave it to someone who actually supports this argument to explain it, because I don't think I'm doing a very good job of it. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
What's your religion? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 03:28 Profile Homepage #7 atheism 83% Satanism 75% agnosticism 54% Paganism 33% Judaism 29% Buddhism 29% Islam 21% Christianity 17% Hinduism 8% -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, August 5 2005 03:06 Profile Homepage #106 Kelandon, there's no need to repeatedly reply to tell us all why you're not replying. If you can't say anything nice... quote: Originally written by KernelKnowledge12: When Bush speaks to the people of the United States, he is the representative of that nation's government. As such, he CANNOT endorse a religion, not because it may alienate some of his constituents, but because religion, in its developed form, is naturally undemocratic. By praying while on the job, Bush suggests the U.S. government is one of God's peons. This is not only wrong, but an insult to demcoracy in its entirety. A democratic government serves neither God nor Devil. It is a direct construct of the people and so, only serves the people. The moment religion is directly integrated, to a level of any effect, in a government, the government can no longer, in principle, be called democratic. Not that it's a view that I personally endorse, but there are plenty of people who'd say that too much democracy can be just as bad as too little; that it's neither necessary nor desirable for a government to be completely democratic. [ Friday, August 05, 2005 03:09: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 4 2005 19:53 Profile Homepage #85 quote: Originally written by Zaiu: It certainly isn't illegal for him to discuss what he ate for dinner last night, or what color his pajamas are, but for some reason he doesn't feel like mentioning those aspects of his personal life before each State of the Union. Why should his religious beliefs be any different? You and I both know that the answer to your question is that talking about his pyjamas wouldn't win him any votes. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Poor Man's Starbound? in Richard White Games
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 4 2005 19:44 Profile Homepage #57 I think that was partly deliberate; FH's designer was more or less explicitly trying to create a believable universe rather than just a setting for a plot, and as such it wasn't necessary for everything to fit neatly into everything else. I believe the story actually started out as a novel; unfortunately, although I've read the novel, I remember little enough of it that I can't venture an opinion on whether it all held together better in that form. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Poor Man's Starbound? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 4 2005 19:44 Profile Homepage #57 I think that was partly deliberate; FH's designer was more or less explicitly trying to create a believable universe rather than just a setting for a plot, and as such it wasn't necessary for everything to fit neatly into everything else. I believe the story actually started out as a novel; unfortunately, although I've read the novel, I remember little enough of it that I can't venture an opinion on whether it all held together better in that form. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A quick question borne out of inexperience... in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 4 2005 19:29 Profile Homepage #4 Actually, the skill you want to put points into to reduce encumbrance is Defence, not Hardiness. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Our President in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, August 4 2005 19:20 Profile Homepage #82 Food for thought: to those of you saying that Bush shouldn't have prayed before his speech, what do you actually mean? Simply that it was inappropriate for him to do so and he should have known that, or that it should actually be illegal for him to do so? If the latter, what penalty do you consider appropriate for such an action? -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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