Cikomyr

Reply to Couple ordered to stop holding bible study at home without permit in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]We have 15 people over during get togethers very regularly. Do I need a permit too?[/quote] If you have to ask, checking with your municipality should be a good idea. That's the kind of situation that no one really care about until there is a complaint, and then someone shows up and check the law.

Reply to What's the Big Deal?!? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Very droll Cikomyr! But very true at the same time [/quote] But that's the thing. We only have fierce opposition from one concentrated area of the country, the measure passed, and... Life goes on. Hell, if I wanted to cheat statistics, I could even point out that birthrate have increased in Quebec since they passed the law (but it's totally unrelated). So, please, gay-bashers, what's the big deal? We don't force churches to celebrate marriage if they don't want

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]the crux of the argument is basically "liberals are too greedy to let their values get in the way of making money, thus CNN will only report in a partial neutral way". I don't have much respect for liberals, but at least I don't attribute that level of greed to them.[/quote] While they might be quite happy if both profits and political ideology goes together in their actions, they won't jeopardise their business by enforcing their ideology in the newset if the public

Reply to Couple ordered to stop holding bible study at home without permit in Politics JoeUser Forums

Uggghhh... What is the deal with your liberals in the USA, my god? Why can't they know the limit of what should be done, and what shouldn't? Seriously, you'd never see something like this happen in Canada, and our governement is liberal even to your standard democrat! Why do you only have nuts?

Reply to What's the Big Deal?!? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm curious though why you are confused about all the fuse when your comment below pretty much clears up any confusion you might have. It's called a Democracy; we all argue why we think it should be this way or that way because, well, it's our right to say that we either like or dislike something and then we put it to a vote and fight for what we believe in. You win some, you lose some and we then see if the one that wins was right or not. At least that's how I see it.[/quote]

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]But I would argue that there is a collective or shared political point of view, both subconscious and overt, that is reflected in their reporting. And further, that this is in spite of the economic incentives, as if they feel obliged to somehow 'protect us from Fox' no matter what that means to their ratings. You can call that 'inertia' if you wish.[/quote] I don't agree that there is anything more than basic economics and the desire to appeal to your viewer base. Obama is a fr

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]And anyone who understands anything about economics is a fiscal conservative Not sure that's true - why would it be? It might take me awhile but I should be able parse your argument - I majored in econ LONG ago but recall the basics when pressed. [/quote] If I remember right, one important aspect of macroeconomics is governement spending. It's not the best tool for all jobs, but it's still there (along with monetary policies). The government NEEDS funds. So... I dunn

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I guess that explains CNN's ratings. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.[/quote] The political leaning is a consequence of Rating Inertia that I talked about, not because of the ideological preferences of the reporters (mostly). In the same order of idea, that explains why so many pro-war reports happened all over US news in Jan-Feb 2003, while anti-war reports in Canada at the same time. I think basic economics explains the situation, not a general conspiracy of the li

Reply to A strategy game that is also a world in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

*sigh* Sounds awesome. As ever. LOOKS awesome too.. Can a non-standard development of your game work too? If you don't want to be the King of Channelira, can you be a channeler-for-hire, with a small outpost with extremely trained soldiers and wizards, going around selling your services to the highest bidder? Ending up, maybe, dominating some nations under vassalage?

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Well, actually its only called conservative in the USA where they are trying to conserve what the founding fathers put in place, an extremely liberal (liberty, not multiculturalism) fiscal system. In china the fiscal conservatives are communists and the fiscal liberals wish they had a system like that of america... or rather, like what america HAD. we lost it, we need to take it back.[/quote] I recently discovered that the Boston Tea Party happened because the english LOWERED t

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'd really like to think that was the case, simply a matter of jaded capitalism at its best. But the facts put the lie to that. The 'other half' of the electorate had no money?[/quote] Ehhh.. not what I meant. I meant that there get more viewers/readers/suscribers if they publish more stories about Obama than if they published more stories about McCain. One looked better in the camera, the other did less. [quote]Speaking of BS, the dismissals from the left that CNN's re

Reply to Media bias video in Politics JoeUser Forums

Ugh. That video made me sick... The CNN reporter's attitude regarding the peoples on the street really was... as far away as you could have a real reporter. Seriously, what's the deal? Now, I understand that one reporter's complete bias for the issue will angry a lot of people (rightly so). And also, I understand the waryness of conservatives when they learn that the majority of journalist depict themselves as liberal. But I think it's underestimating the professionalism of these jour

Reply to The irony of 'human rights' in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The question of human rights has nothing to do with scientific research. Darwinism does not create nor recognise or deny rights. It's just a different field.[/quote] Exactly. If you applied that reasoning everywhere, you'd en up saying that any people believing in the theory of gravitation don't believe in human rights. Since gravitation can kill people. It's irrelevant. Morality is a social element that comes when people lives together, and should be thought about on a

Reply to Countdown to Beta Zero - Spells, Spells, and more Spells! in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Don't forget those of us that like to play the peaceful magician, healing the land and weeding out the weak races! I don't want to go to war too often. I just want to phase out undesirables.[/quote] We'd need something like a religion in the game, for proper cultural invasion/domination. After all, if Channelers are really that awesome, they could easily be perceived as God by the common people... Channelers could choose wether they want to set a religion about them or

Reply to Making your own worlds in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]you know, they were trying to do that in star trek. In Next generation, Picard's friend is working on the project and asks picard to retire from the entirprise to become a supervisor on the project. Something about creating build-up on the upper mantel or something like that. I'm surprised they hadn't found the hard part to be "not killing everybody by flooding the world" rather to be actuall land movement. Tractor beams. All you really have to do is adjust the doppler frequ

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]What will happen to caravans that are sent to city when production is turned off in that city? Will the continue to it or change their destination? Will it be possible to specifically sent ressources to a city that doesn't need them yet ? Will there be a way to send manually ressources in warehouse to another one?[/quote] I sent this to other peoples: I might want to suggest another twist to it, which will make the game more interesting (maybe more depth). I

Reply to Unlimited expansion by us and the players in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]I like this idea...am I understanding it right? Lemme do my version. Each time you start a world there are different variables that determine the 'flavor' of the world. AND possibly the player does not know right away what these factors are. Maybe there is a rarity of horses, or abundance of dragons, or metal is virtually non existent ( game breaker?)[/quote] Exactly. You are effectively playing a different game every game.. Or at least, a different environment

Number of opponents in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Hi there. I always have been a fan of GalCivI and II, but one thing always slightly itched me; the dichotomy between "Major" and "Minor" races. Usually, among the major races, some end up being pretty minor in themselves, some others are mid-range. If we'd done away with Minor races, I don't think there would be much of a difference. Over the course of the game, some would survive, some wouldn't. Some would expand, some would loose ground. If we end up with an economy like wha

Reply to Unlimited expansion by us and the players in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

To be honest, I think it would be more interesting to see random sampling of new features everytime you create a new game. It will increase re-playability, and also put more incentive toward shuffling your strategy. One game could have a single vein of Mithril in the world, along with a lost artifact of the One Ring lost somewhere. With a few nests of Reptilian Drakes, etc... Players could come up with proper technologies to research the One Ring magic (to create 9 for the Race f

Reply to Re-thinking 4X economics in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I would like to know a few things regarding the training/equipment system.. Would it be possible for me to train soldiers without equipment, and then equip them later with proper equipment? If that is so, what stops me from simply doing that very thing? Could I train units post-formation? If I have an army at my gates, and I scramble all my ressources to build properly equipped (but green) troops, I win the battle. Could I then spend time training the surviving units while the

Reply to Should “Harsh” Interrogations Be Banned? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="taltamir" reply="5" id="2166798"] Quoting stevendedalus, reply 3 Isn't there something called truth serum that sort of makes torture pointless? only on TV. Just like israel has magic anti rocket forcefields that they just choose not to use. [/quote] There is about as many of those two as Hamas satellite-guided rockets that can pinpoint a kindergarden and aim for it kilometers away. edit: hand-made, off co

Reply to Should "In God We Trust" be removed? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]point of it all is, most people are horribly ignorant of their own religion, try opening a book (not a book ABOUT their religion, but the direct source, their own holy text). And furthermore, make sure you ask someone who is actually RELIGIOUS and not just BORN to parents of that "religion"... secular religious people are what I like calling "closet atheists". If they didn't even read their own holy text from cover to cover at least once they don't really care to know about their own "

Reply to Should “Harsh” Interrogations Be Banned? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Artisym seems to ignore the fact these interrogations did work. They stopped a Sept. 11 style attack that was planned for L.A. [/quote] While I do know that the US's intelligence services managed to stop that attack, I am curious to know how you are certain that torture was involved in getting the proper intelligence. If I remember right, they had managed to capture the mastermind behind 9/11 attack, and they got some more info out of him, right?

Reply to Apparently, Texas IS A Whole Other Country in Politics JoeUser Forums

I never had any problem with the concept of one state (or province) separating from the rest of the country. I support Quebec's separation, and if Texas feels like it, then who is in their right to tell them what to do with their territory? However, I have no idea how "american" separation is. Last time it happened, it ended badly.

Reply to Should "In God We Trust" be removed? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]this is not true. Not for God they don't...including the two brothers (Muslim Christians) I just quoted to you. It's in their book they're saying you can't be a Christian Muslim and still call God Allah because of what I wrote you earlier. You have to denounce Islam when you come to Christianity because Islam rejects Christ outright after he came, but you don't have to denouce your Jewishness when you come to Christ as they looked forward to his coming someday. [/quote] Not to