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Mad Ambition help in Blades of Avernum
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You *can* use the old saved game with the updated scenario, but if you've already triggered the bug it might not help you.

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Can anyone figure out this riddle? in General
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Of course, if he is a liar, it's also possible he won't answer any questions at all. In which case you'll just have to wait for someone else to come along.

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Just In Time For the Elections: Political Compass! in General
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1.The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

What direction this is supposed to indicate is clearly beyond my imagination.
Essentially it's meant to indicate whether you believe politics should be driven by idealism or pragmatism.

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2."From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.

Getting kind of uncreative, by simply putting in word for word a central tenant of communisim
"Uncreative" and "uninformative" aren't the same thing. :P

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3.The rich are too highly taxed.

This is questionable as it is partly based on where you live. Someone may think the rich are too highly taxed in your country, but in another countries tax system think they get off too light.
Yeah, this is a fair enough criticism. The test is British, so it assumes a political and economic system similar to the British one.

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4.The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.

Which way this would indicate is dependant on what you think the alternative prime function should be (is it to instill obedience and moral/religious values, or is it to provide person enrichment and encourage creative thinking?)

5.The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.

Again, this ones effect would be dependant on what the alternative most important thing is.
I think the first of these is an economic question and the second is a social one. #4 is admittedly pretty questionable -- holding the view that preparing people for employment through the education system is important doesn't necessarily imply a free-market ideology. #5 is fair enough, though -- there isn't really anything more overtly authoritarian than teaching children to accept discipline for the sake of discipline.

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6.Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers.

If someone disagrees with the first part, rather than the second part it would skew the wrong way.
This is true. I suppose at this point the test makes the unfounded assumption that the person taking it is not a complete and utter loop for one side or the other. If they are, their answer to one question won't substantially affect the results anyway.

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7.Astrology accurately explains many things.

Do they disagree with astrology because they reject any sort of spiritual or religous thing, or because it contradicts the teachings of thier particular religion (I've heard people say that astrology is un-christain).
Yeah, I'm... not sure about what they're thinking with this one either. Presumably they're relying on the correlation of a belief in astrology to certain sets of political views.

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8.It's fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it's going too far.

Again, what if they disagree with the first part, rather than the second part.
Fair enough. See #6.

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Overall, the most basic problem is that these labels are just convient things used as certain groups of beliefs tend to overlap, though it is seldom always the case. The only true indicator of a person political belief is the entire set of all distinct beliefs they hold.
One can also accurately summarise the views of some people by the systems of political and ethical thought on which they base the beliefs they hold. At least, this works for people who have systems of political and ethical thought to base their beliefs on. And such people usually have a fairly good understanding of their own views already and thus wouldn't particularly benefit from a test anyway.

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Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General
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Seems I'm off by a decade.

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9. When were 1c & 2c coins taken out of circulation?

The last one cent coins were dated 1990 and the last two cent coins were dated 1989. They were progressively removed from circulation starting in 1992.
-- from the Royal Australian Mint's website.

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keygens in General
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Only if you think that forcing games to be produced on smaller budgets is a bad thing for the gaming industry.

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Just In Time For the Elections: Political Compass! in General
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Originally written by Walter:

But which of the two parts you disagree with will determine weather it goes to the left or right.
What you have to remember is that the questions aren't meant to be "questions" in the strictest sense. They're leading statements. You're meant to feel as if some of them are trying to manipulate you into giving the answer they want -- and when you feel that way, you disagree.

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Differences between countries, cultural and otherwise. in General
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Australian 1 and 2 cent coins were phased out relatively recently -- late 90s or early 2000s. They're still legal tender, but only in groups that add up to a multiple of 5 cents. They're coppery in colour, and the 2 cent coin is quite a bit larger than the 1 cent coin.

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spell damage in Geneforge Series
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We did a little test when Geneforge 1 first came out and found that Agents' spells appeared to be significantly more accurate and damaging for Mac users than Windows users. It's possible that these differences still exist in Geneforge 3.

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RW is Alive! in Richard White Games
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Originally written by ben III:

I like the part on really enjoying his games. Do you really? That's pretty cool.
Sir? Please notice the part before the quote in his post about "false statements". :P

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Potara: The Fusions in General
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Originally written by Walter:

I'd fuse all republicans in important political offices with fat, ugly people with drug addictions and a history of violent crime.
I'm not sure we'd notice any difference.

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Mad Ambition help in Blades of Avernum
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Um, yeah, this is a bug that crops up on Windows boxes but not Macs. Try updating to the latest version from TM's site:

http://tm.desperance.net/MadAmbition.html

You may have to leave town and re-enter, or return to an earlier saved game.

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Just In Time For the Elections: Political Compass! in General
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In general, questions phrased like that are designed with the expectation that you'll answer "Disagree" unless you agree with the whole statement. The FAQ explains this.

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Geneforge features in Avernum 4 in The Avernum Trilogy
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I actually don't mind #3. Anything that makes travelling from place to place take less time and effort is A-OK by me. Which is what makes the realtime walking in Geneforge so puzzling, really. At least in Fallout you could run.

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Exile III - Those Darn Riddles... in The Exile Trilogy
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It was a ghast, wasn't it?

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Avernum I: The Movie in General
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Better still, we could make it into a reality TV show. Reducing the population of people who are willing to appear on reality TV shows can never be a bad thing.

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Avernum I: The Movie in General
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*ahem*

If they can make that into a movie, Avernum would be a breeze by comparison.

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Avernum 4 Complete Wish List in The Avernum Trilogy
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Originally written by VCH:

Tea totting
I'm just guessing here, but it is possible that you mean "teetotalling" (that is, they do not consume alcohol) rather than "tea-toting" (that is, they wield tea as a weapon).

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Great Debate Live? in General
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I should be able to make it most times, provided that it is not the middle of the night again. Early-to-mid afternoon for you (note: 11 am is not "afternoon"!) would be just fine for me.

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SPOILERS- item recipes in Geneforge Series
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According to this topic, it's in the Creator's Hall on Dhonal's Isle.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum Editor
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If all else fails, try using GraphicConverter for final preparation of your graphics instead of whatever program you used. I've used it for a long time and experienced no problems with borders.

It may also be that the resource editor you're using to make the graphics sheets BoA-compatible is the source of the problem; I've experienced weirdness with ResEdit on occasion. Try ResFool instead.

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Orb of thralni in Blades of Avernum
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If all else fails, try using GraphicConverter for final preparation of your graphics instead of whatever program you used. I've used it for a long time and experienced no problems with borders.

It may also be that the resource editor you're using to make the graphics sheets BoA-compatible is the source of the problem; I've experienced weirdness with ResEdit on occasion. Try ResFool instead.

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Great Debate Live? in General
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At least I have an excuse for not showing up; I was asleep, on account of it being the small hours of the morning for me.

I think we need at least 3 days' notice if we're going to do this -- not everyone reads the forums every day.

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Two envelopes paradox in General
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The seeming contradiction made the prisoner hold out hope that he wouldn't be hanged at all. As soon as he starts doing that, of course, he can be hanged on any day of the week, even the last day, without contradiction, because if he doesn't know that he will be hanged, he certainly doesn't know when he will be hanged.

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Economic: -4.75, Social: -4.21.

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Old physics question in General
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The affliction can extend to other parts also. A dire sagot is essentially boneless.

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