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How much dosh? in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Tuesday, October 12 2004 00:04 Profile Homepage #7 Yes, that's the idea. When you need the gold back, you put it back in and cross one off your tally of increments acquired. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 21:51 Profile Homepage #57 An aging population is a problem we're going to have to deal with eventually; continued population growth isn't indefinitely sustainable. It's not the end of the world if people have to keep working into their 60s or even their 70s. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Stem Cell Research in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 21:48 Profile Homepage #3 So far, embryonic stem cells have worked better in some applications and adult stem cells in others. The advantage of embryonic stem cells is that they tend to be more versatile and easier to differentiate into a variety of different cell types; the advantage of adult stem cells is that they could often be taken from the patient who's being treated, eliminating the possibility of rejection by the immune system. I believe embryonic stem cell research is legal in the USA, but only on pre-existing cell lines; no new embryonic stem cell lines can be established. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Can't save scenarios in BoA Editor!! in Tech Support
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 21:45 Profile Homepage #1 Make sure you don't have any other programs running at the same time. Also make sure there's plenty of free space on your hard drive. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nitefall Help in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 15:56 Profile Homepage #5 If you're on a Mac and have Clarisworks/Appleworks, you can open RTFs in that. If you're on Windows, I'd seriously wonder why you don't have Word. You can open it in a normal text editor, but it'll probably look a little ugly. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Exile Online? in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 15:55 Profile Homepage #3 I think I recall that as well. I don't think it was related to this Exile. There have also been MUDs called Exile, some Exile-related, some not. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Weapon bonus damage in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 14:21 Profile Homepage #10 I'm pretty sure it's 1d5 + (8+6)d5, for an average damage of 45. [ Monday, October 11, 2004 14:22: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 14:12 Profile Homepage #55 quote: Originally written by Coffee, Eggs, Hash Browns, & Toast: Morgan I am not going to back off the intelligence thing. I used Catholics and Islam as examples not because they were specific to what was being said. I do believe in most cases which I've run into when people talk about people having too many kids, they are referring to having too many kids which are not like them. A statement like all people should have not more than three children under any circumstances regardless of who they are would have eliminated my picking up on bias. At this point, if we weren't going that way by choice already, I'd support a mandatory one-child policy in most developed nations. In the long term, I suspect a sustainable global population will be something significantly less than 1 billion. Personally, I'm not planning to have children at all. By the way, in the interests of full disclosure, I am a cautious supporter of some forms of what you'd probably call eugenics, but I'm not a racist. Genetically, there's no such thing as distinct races within humanity; there's more genetic difference between any two breeds of dog or cat than between any two humans of different "races". [ Monday, October 11, 2004 14:15: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, October 11 2004 04:59 Profile Homepage #46 quote: Originally written by m's devotee: If a bunch of kids were raised together from their birth w/o any outside influence would they all just be sociopathic killers? Obviously any experiment of this kind is entirally too inhumane to do but the results would be interesting to know about. Any morality/ethics that they had would be the result of some inate "instinct" for lack of a better word. This "experiment" was actually conducted repeatedly (if unintentionally) in certain badly-run orphanages a century or two ago, where staff provided food and water while avoiding any emotional contact with the children to the greatest extent possible. The result was that the children all stopped developing physically and mentally, refused to eat and died. Whoops. quote: On evolution though the stupidity thing seems like it would eventually lead to a weaker/less durable species. wouldn't that defeat the point. Mice are weaker than elephants. There are more mice in the world than elephants, and they're more widely distributed. Being weaker isn't a problem if you also breed faster. If stupid people aren't more likely to reproduce, why is education inversely correlated to number of children? [ Monday, October 11, 2004 05:03: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Music?? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 22:57 Profile Homepage #40 I suspect Alec harbours a dislike toward any band that can be described by a genre, particularly if all their songs share the same themes. [ Sunday, October 10, 2004 22:57: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Call to Action. Alexandria needs your help. in Blades of Exile
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 19:11 Profile Homepage #11 No. If SW were half-decent at storing scenarios, we wouldn't need Alexandria, now would we? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Weapon bonus damage in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 19:06 Profile Homepage #5 It would be, but since the poster was apparently not familiar with dice notation I didn't want to confuse the issue. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Weapon bonus damage in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 12:16 Profile Homepage #2 It's one bonus level per level of strength plus one bonus level per level of melee weapons. So in your example, (1-5)8+(1-5)5. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
How to get skill points or fine lockpicks? (VODT) in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 00:27 Profile Homepage #22 I said "please"... -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 10 2004 00:18 Profile Homepage #36 It's unavoidable. You can never prove anything true; you can't even prove that a formal system (such as logic) that you're using to prove something doesn't contradict itself. The only way to consistently do so is to resort to the use of a different formal system, which itself then has to be proved consistent, and so on ad infinitum. Study a little formal logic; it'll do you good. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
There's no walkthrough, so I started this faw :) in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Saturday, October 9 2004 14:05 Profile Homepage #1 Actually, there is a walkthrough. It's in the manual. Chapter 12, "Hint Book for the Demo", starting page 45. The instructions scroll is in Pangle's hut, outdoors to the SW. You can break the staticky barriers with piercing crystals when you find them (use them wisely); you'll find an item later that you can use for the green barriers. [ Saturday, October 09, 2004 14:07: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Exile vs. Avernum in The Avernum Trilogy
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 18:15 Profile Homepage #8 I obviously need to signal my sarcasm better. Every single one of the topics he mentions has been discussed repeatedly on these boards. [ Friday, October 08, 2004 18:16: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Nephilim=reptiles? wtf in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 14:10 Profile Homepage #7 Care to cite a reliable source on that? -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Stuck in Death at Chapmans... in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 14:05 Profile Homepage #3 Use the Death Charm while standing next to the wizard. Something interesting will happen. [ Friday, October 08, 2004 14:05: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
How to get skill points or fine lockpicks? (VODT) in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 14:02 Profile Homepage #15 Um, please don't revive topics which are 3 freaking months old? -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Unwanted magic teleporter!!! in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 14:01 Profile Homepage #1 I believe this bug has been reported before. Try moving the town, and come back to see us again if it doesn't work. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 07:35 Profile Homepage #14 Well, AM, I don't know about you, but I am. Clearly, not all morals are "laws" in the sense in which that word is normally applied, in that, say, telling lies isn't likely to get you brought before a court. Likewise, not all laws are morals, or at least not morals of the societies to which they apply; this is clearly shown by the fact that many obscure or obsolete laws exist about which the vast majority of people neither know nor care, yet which are still technically applicable. A social contract isn't a magic wand for carrying out the current will of the people at all times. [ Friday, October 08, 2004 07:38: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 06:52 Profile Homepage #11 Sarachim, I don't deny that conscience is largely shaped by morality, and also by social approval, which is probably not quite the same thing (we may disapprove of things we don't explicitly call immoral). But conscience doesn't determine morality; the chain of causation is the other way round. Conscience also doesn't provide an absolute reason for doing anything; people can and do act against their consciences all the time. m: Connecting God to morality has always felt like a distraction to me. How does the existence of an omnipotent being create an absolute morality? Nobody has ever answered this question to my satisfaction. Unless you want to grant your God the power to make 1=2 and construct square circles, it's not within his power to make a single definition the only true one. The very nature of a definition is that it has to be accepted by those who use it; morality is a linguistic term, and language is democratic. If your answer is (as it seems to be) that God has the power to punish anyone who does something he doesn't like, well, firstly, that doesn't seem like any sort of morality that I'm familiar with, and secondly, it still relies on the subject of his decrees being susceptible to reward and punishment. Sociopaths are almost impossible to reason with precisely because they're virtually immune to the normal effects of reward and punishment; they don't desire anything, they simply react. People with damage to the frontal lobes of the brain (such as from a lobotomy) sometimes behave similarly. Toast: Some people don't want some or all of the things you list. What about recluses, with no family or associates? What about severe depressives, who don't think they're worthy of happiness or don't think that happiness is possible? Again, what about sociopaths and individuals with frontal lobe damage? Any attempt to create a universal morality will fail, because there's too little that's universal to all conscious beings for any common foundation to be built on it. Also, if you really believe people don't worry about ethics when they're starving, you've clearly never been someone's guest in a poor country. Many people will provide guests with food and shelter even when it means going hungry themselves, because that's accepted behaviour in their society. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poor people, on the whole, are more generous than wealthy people. (If I were a more cynical man than I am, I'd say that's why they're poor.) AM, I'm familiar with the ideas of Hobbes. I don't disagree with them as such. There's still the fact that in practice, individuals can and do benefit from transgressing the moral codes of their society; any moral system leads to everyone ignoring the parts they don't like to the extent that they can get away with doing so. For most people, this is only perceived as a problem if others seem to be getting away with more than they do. [ Friday, October 08, 2004 07:05: Message edited by: Prince Albert in a Can ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Ethics? in General
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 02:15 Profile Homepage #5 "If I want my conscience to be at ease, I should not shoplift." Don't equate conscience with morality. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Simple screen size question in Blades of Avernum Editor
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, October 8 2004 00:52 Profile Homepage #1 Reduce your screen resolution. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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