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Displayed name	Thuryl
Member number	869
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Postcount	9973
Homepage	http://thuryl.desperance.net/blades.html
Registered	Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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Global Warming or Global Cooling in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 20:45 Profile Homepage #37 I'm not a geologist, but it wouldn't surprise me. Titanium's a very common metal in the earth's crust; extracting it is the tricky part. Remember, a couple of centuries ago aluminium was worth more than gold. Napoleon III, it is said, allowed only his most esteemed guests to use his aluminium cutlery. [ Saturday, June 04, 2005 20:54: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
cheats don't work in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 20:29 Profile Homepage #3 So you're doing everything correctly? You press shift-D to bring up the debug window, you type the cheat command into it, you press return, and nothing happens? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm stuck in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 20:26 Profile Homepage #1 Sounds like you've been allocating your stats suboptimally; one creation isn't really enough for a Shaper. What abilities do you have? You should be allocating lots of skill points into intelligence and shaping skills, a bit into blessing magic, enough Leadership and Mechanics to get by, and not much into anything else. By the way, you'll have to take sides eventually. You'll likely find yourself increasingly disadvantaged by tying yourself in knots trying to avoid doing so. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
leadership and mechanics useful levels in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 20:21 Profile Homepage #2 Note that that requirement includes item bonuses; if you find all the equipment that raises those stats, the actual amounts by which you'll have to build them using skill points are significantly lower. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
HELLLLPP!!!!!!! in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 20:16 Profile Homepage #1 Sometimes SW's servers have problems. See if it works tomorrow. Alternatively, try downloading with a different web browser (Mozilla instead of Internet Explorer, for example). [ Saturday, June 04, 2005 20:17: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
te_anim_steps problem in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 16:41 Profile Homepage #3 The first thing to check is your game speed in the preferences. If it's set to Fast, terrains won't animate. If this is the case, try setting it back to Medium. [ Saturday, June 04, 2005 16:41: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
te_anim_steps problem in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 16:41 Profile Homepage #3 The first thing to check is your game speed in the preferences. If it's set to Fast, terrains won't animate. If this is the case, try setting it back to Medium. [ Saturday, June 04, 2005 16:41: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
APF help in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 16:37 Profile Homepage #1 There's a power source next to the portal. Move the mirrors so as to direct a beam into it. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Summer jobs anyone? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 16:28 Profile Homepage #39 The Harvard comma is good style, but the examples in that link are pretty poor examples of why it's so. I'm surprised they didn't use the classic example, which, while humorous, makes the point as well as any: "I'd like to thank my parents, Ayn Rand and God". -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Custom Ability Problem - FIXED in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 02:33 Profile Homepage #1 Have you actually given the party the custom ability at any point in the scenario? Remember, the default number of uses of a custom ability is zero. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Custom Ability Problem - FIXED in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 02:33 Profile Homepage #1 Have you actually given the party the custom ability at any point in the scenario? Remember, the default number of uses of a custom ability is zero. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Karma? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, June 4 2005 01:21 Profile Homepage #2 Well, it isn't really better, in that high karma doesn't let you do anything special and most people generally ignore it anyway. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A Perfect Forest??? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, June 3 2005 22:05 Profile Homepage #5 Uh, there's no town called Erarl in the scenario. The first proper town you encounter is Vikida. You have to kill some guards to get there, and you'll be taken prisoner for doing so, but all of that is supposed to happen. If the town is called Erarl, you're still playing the old, incomplete alpha version of the scenario that was accidentally included with a previous version of BoA. Delete it from your scenarios folder. [ Friday, June 03, 2005 22:22: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
A Perfect Forest??? in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, June 3 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #3 Ah, I remember that. ilh, while you're here, be sure to download the patch to the latest version of BoA as well. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Geneforge Over And Over in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, June 3 2005 02:17 Profile Homepage #1 If you're expecting Jeff Vogel or anyone else who actually works for Spiderweb Software to read this, you're going to be disappointed. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Name in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 23:23 Profile Homepage #1 This is one of those obnoxious UBB bugs that occasionally crops up. Not much anyone can do. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
GF3 out for WIN in Geneforge Series
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 22:28 Profile Homepage #1 You're a bit late. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
What's your sex? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 21:18 Profile Homepage #60 As far as I'm aware, Room 3 hasn't seen any activity for a long time. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 17:46 Profile Homepage #158 Can I just point out that we don't actually have many previous examples from which to know how a building collapses when hit by an aircraft? Modelling can only tell us so much. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Spidweb Tables updated (finally) in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 17:32 Profile Homepage #6 quote: Originally written by Thurylandon: Uh, for those of us who missed it, what exactly happened? They were updated, and a TM scenario or two got dropped off? If so, which one(s)? NTH isn't up. Bandits II is up, but it's on First Efforts. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ok, I'm being a pest. (glowing doors in Mage school) in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 17:23 Profile Homepage #8 The spiders have it. You need to talk to the Vahnatai to find this out, then go back to the spiders and do a quest for them before they'll let you have the stone. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Who are you? and What's your IQ? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 17:00 Profile Homepage #143 quote: Originally written by Zeviz: I guess the question is: what is the goal of undergraduate education? If the goal is just to train technicians, computer programmers, etc, it would be more efficient to just give people a few classes in the things they'll be directly working on. (Even in a high level programming job I'll never use most of what I've learned in college.) If the goal is to prepare people for research (work that generally requires graduate degrees), then why are so many people taking these undergrad classes? Most engineering students will not go on to get Phds. The only practical goal of undergraduate education appears to be making a "well educated person". If that is the goal, current system is fine for providing a lot of random information. I'm developing an increasing suspicion that the purpose of tertiary education is not to teach you specific things, but to prove that you're capable of being taught the sort of things that you'll later need to learn. Essentially it's a long and elaborate testing procedure. The trouble with on-the-job training is that this is usually done at least partially at the employer's expense, so they don't really want people who aren't likely to benefit from it. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 16:40 Profile Homepage #154 quote: Originally written by ef: Professionals around here have their doubts. Kerosine fires reach temperatures between 1110 F to 1740 F (950°C). Steel melts at 2890 F (1588°C). The usual forging temperature for steel lies between 2000-2550 F (1400°C). The quantity of gasoline does not heighten a fire's temperature. It burns longer with more gasoline, but not hotter. Aviation fuel burns hotter than ordinary fuel, though. Having said that, the Empire State Building has survived a plane crashing into it. So even if there was no conspiracy, someone has a case to answer as to why the WTC collapsed. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Where do we all live? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Thursday, June 2 2005 04:11 Profile Homepage #4 Eh, just vote for Denmark or something. Close enough. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Who are you? and What's your IQ? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Wednesday, June 1 2005 22:06 Profile Homepage #123 Whoa, Zeviz. It's been a while. Uh, hi there. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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