[quote]Now this is comedy, why would the US put out a fake video that would look fake?[/quote] [link="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic"]Because they know that reality is unrealistic?[/link]
Hum... should I understand that you either don'T consider Bloomberg as a possible candidate, or a serious candidate?
[quote]Yes, KOTOR 2 and NWN 2 were both unfinished and extremely buggy. But I heard the NWN 2 expansion/patches make it much more playable (haven't played the expansion though). [/quote] Here is one of the video game axiom that every dev should learn: A game should not be enjoyable only after mod/patch/expansion have been downloaded/bought. Why? Because if they actually rush to sell the game, the people who will buy it more for christmas (the ACTUAL target of the rushi
The same company produced both NWN2 and KOTOR2, both un-finished, buggy and poor ending games. Both sequels to a game that left it's mark. Bioware (I think is the name of the guilty company) should be forbidden to make any sequel again.
Since the general disapointment of the people here about the Republican and Democratic candidates, I was wondering what was your opinion about the possibility of having Micheal Bloomberg as a presidential candidate, running as independant. I personnaly find him to be a no-nonsense businessman/politician, and he managed to fill with skill the colossal-sized shoes Gigluiani left behing him, which is not a small feat (large-sized shoes are always hard to fill). I like him economic and soci
The AI should calculate military power not only based on ship's power, but strategy efficiency. If, during the war, it has lost ships in a 10:1 ratio against you, then it should evaluate your military strenght 10 times than it actually is. That way, the computer will actually compute your strategic genius when considering if to go in a war or not. Makes me think of Rome's reputation in the Mediterranian, where 6 legions was said to be able to beat half a million of barbarians.
[quote]How about the AI of Europe Universalis 3 / diplomocy etc.. such kind of games? Are those games better at these things? [/quote] I play a lot EU, and I still beat the crap out of the computer. It is not nearly aggressive ennough. I played France in my last game, and I felt perfectly safe leaving my entire homeland free of soldiers (save 15 cavalry regiments to crush rebellions) while I conquer South and Central America totally And I do say, totally. France now owns all of
[quote]One thing that bothers me is that the UP vote never correlates with your diplomacy relationships.You would think that an ally would either vote something positive for themselves or you.[/quote] It would be nice to have a) the announcement of the agenda b) 4-5 weeks of negociations c) vote on the topic the b sequence is supposed to either: 1- Convince the other players to vote your way 2- Milk the #1 peoples for as money as they want to give you<
The AI should calculate military power not only based on ship's power, but strategy efficiency. If, during the war, it has lost ships in a 10:1 ratio against you, then it should evaluate your military strenght 10 times than it actually is. That way, the computer will actually compute your strategic genius when considering if to go in a war or not. Makes me think of Rome's reputation in the Mediterranian. Also, I already suggested that, for the computer to stage a war, it s
[quote]1 can we do away with the subsidies all together without food prices going to high for any to afford.[/quote] The short answer? Yes The long answer? It depends on what you qualify as "affordable". Americans tend to love large amound of cheap food, and they will probably not be happy about a raise in food price, even if it would be healthier for them. Off course, there would not be a perfect correlation between lower subsidies and higher food price, since American farmers
[quote]And that won't stop people who don't care for bureaucracy.[/quote] that is because you live in a country where the people often condone those who don't care for bureaucracy [quote]Guns are less easily obtained in Europe, yet Europe has its own share of flipping nutters mowing down students in schools.[/quote] The ratio of rampage/population in Europe is far, far from the one in the USA. It won't make the problem disapear, but it can help solve part of it. <b
[quote]Either that or you could go serial killer and kill many many people with your bare hands or common household items. It's not really the weapon so much as the desire and intent.[/quote] you will end up killing 1-2-3 peoples instead of in the twenties. [quote]Cikomyr, why should my property be seized as a result of Ol' Whatshisname's crime?[/quote] Because your property has only 1 aim: mass killing? I mean.. I knife is supposed to cut meat, but it can be
[quote]When our own assault weapon ban was put into play, all it did was make pre-ban weapons more expensive. And I am sure a ban on high capacity magazines would have a similar effect. [/quote] More expensive mean less in circulation. isn't that the basis of economics? Entropy would have lowered the number of assault weapon (and continuing increasing the price) with time, if the ban would have been continued.
[quote]It's easy to blame the guns, magazine capacities, or whatever else you care to blame, but the simple truth of the matter is that if a person is determined to do something like this they will find a way to do it. Would it make some people feel better if he had done this with home-made pipe bombs instead of a gun? How about a truckload of fertilizer? How about 5 guns with 5 rounds each instead of a single gun?[/quote] A pipe bomb would not have killed/injured so many people, the ki
[quote]The problem, cikomyr, is that this only works assuming the gun users are law abiding. Mass murderers are, by definition, NOT.[/quote] Mass murderers usually aren't your common criminal. They don't have access to a wide black market, except if such black market is so flooded with weapons that it is common access. Off course, flooding of weapons into a black market is the consequence of no gun restriction to the population. The weapons in sale into the black market has to
[quote]It's not that simple, cikomyr, because of the second amendment (an amendment that I personally happen to favor). There is a process to change the Constitution, but it's long, involved, and in the case of guns, highly unlikely to happen, simply because the Bill of Rights are to many of us as Americans, the most cherished of amendments, and doing away with one means they could all be erased.[/quote] I am not talking about outlawing guns, but lowering gun effeciency, like lowering t
[quote]It had as much to do with this crime as the car ol' Whatshisname drove to the mall. [/quote] if they invent a car with a bladed-bumper to make road-kill more efficient, I'll believe there should be restriction about the use of such car, if not outright banning. [quote]What I mean is, the gun was not the culprit, the purpose, or the motivation of this crime.[/quote] But it was the mean. Mass-killing of such a scale by a lone person would not have been possible if
[quote]And then there's the fact that it will always be less complicated to buy a large magazine on the black market than it is to purchase a whole gun. [/quote] now, there's a question.. Illegal guns in Canada come from the USA. But where do illegal guns in the USA come from? Off course, if you impliment a law NOW that outlaw weapon device X, there will be some time before police work and restrictions eventually dry out the availability on the black market. B
[quote]Yawn! [/quote] what do you mean?
If memory serves right, they have proved that the man have been a troubled child, who spent quite some time in the juvenile prison Personnally, I think there are 2 solution to this kind of mass-shooting: A- Why has a man who spent quite some time in the juvenile prison have been able to buy a semi-automatic gun? B- In canada, all mass-killing weapon (automatic and semi-automatic) that are allowed on public sale must be refited to a downgraded magasine. The Dawson Colle
MasonM: Now that's what I call informations, thank you
[quote]you mean better than the nie that has said for four years that iran would have the weapon in 5 or 10 years and are now saying that they stopped making the bomb 4 years ago. [/quote] ..... MY GOD the NIE is the product of centralization of intelligence gathering of the USA, I think their budget is ranging in the billions of dollars. their voice has a *little* more reach than you, when they say things, it's probably true. I hardly can say the same about y
[quote]Al-Qaeda is alive and well in Afghanistan. The situation in that country is not good and after 6 years of fighting we have not destroyed Al-Qaeda. [/quote] That is quite mis-information Gene. Al-Qaeda was definetly crippled because of both the invasion of Afghanistan and efficient intelligence work worldwide. Except in Iraq, Al-Qaeda has changed methods and is now rebuilding/recovering. It's the Talibans who are alive and well in Afghanistan, which is only part-
you're going to have to come up with better sources than "according to fox tonight" and I will have to see their source to believe it
[quote]Am I? It took them this long to finally divulge they had suspended it. [/quote] My guess is they had political pressure not to spill the beans [quote]In a year, they may divulge they have started it again[/quote] Again, political pressure from WH will probably "encourage them" to reveal the facts quicker. [quote]9-11 made people yell that there was not enough warning. Yet when warned and nothing happens, then it is fear mongering.[/quote] 9-1
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