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Reply to Which will be the futures car? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Nuclear cars will become the norm, and will pretty much dominate every other variety by around 2077.

Reply to United Nations? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Maybe. Although if it is implemented, it would be highly unlikely it would be named 'United Nations.' First of all, we would be playing as empires not nations... Second, we will be about as 'United' as Pakistan is united with Israel, so 'United' doesn't make much sense. I highly doubt any big peace oriented organization would fit in with this sort of a time period. As stated above, a 'Council' would make more sense.

Reply to Caution! Zombies Ahead! Run for Cold Climates The end is near!!!!!! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Ya, that has got to be the funniest news story I ever came across... A better video of it is on msnbc, under the tech & science section.

Caution! Zombies Ahead! Run for Cold Climates The end is near!!!!!! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Lol, check this out! http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/transportation/stories/013009dnmetzombies.1595f453.html Edit: found a good link

Reply to can i run a 512mb 9800gtx in SLI with a 512mb 9800gtx+ in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Ah yes, sorry. It seems those numbers I found were system numbers not just that component. So you should be fine.

Reply to can i run a 512mb 9800gtx in SLI with a 512mb 9800gtx+ in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

I am not entirely sure whether or not they are compatable with one another for SLI, although I would assume so. Your power supply might be a bit risky for those components, and you should definately check if that is 700W continuous or peak. If it is 700W peak, you should definately look into finding a new PSU. A quick serach on Newegg shows that Thermaltake seems to label theirs primarily (if not totally) by maximum power rather than continuous, so definately check if yours will be enough.</p

Reply to Question for Frogboy: WTF is crunch mode? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="11" id="2032586"] Which brings me to... why the bloody hell am I studying so hard to make that my career? Thanks Frogboy for a 'peek' into the world of professional programming! [/quote] Probably for the same reasons I am... What other proffessions do you get to create a universe? The only other one I can think of is god, but that one has bad working hours. I mean seriously, they have 168 hour work weeks! Not to mention

Reply to Who would win in a fight? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

A Chuck Norris Borg... now THAT would be awesome. "We are the Borg. You will be Assimilated. You will now be roundhouse kicked in the face."

Reply to Introducing Frog 2009! in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Introducing Frog 2009! Frog 2009? You haven't gone and made yourself into an AI now have you...

Reply to Some questions about chemistry... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jedmonds24" reply="14" id="2031239"] When all of you hear about the island nation in the Pacific going rogue with an army of genetically enhanced/ninja/cyborg/zombie monkeys, you will know it was me. [/quote] If we hear about it, you're doing it wrong... The first step in any invasion is to cut off their communications!

Reply to Some questions about chemistry... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="11" id="2030490"] I could be wrong but large-scale properties like hardness and malleability (especially malleability) might be extremely difficult, maybe even impossible, to predict without an insane attention to detail. For example, the hardness and malleability of smelted steel will depend heavily on how it was smelted. And it would be difficult to turn the smelting process into a set of parameters to input into a simulation or model.

Reply to Make-An-Empire in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I would probably have a race of sentient nanites/replicators. It would be somewhat of a hive mind, with all the nanites within an area controlled by a central 'brain.' These central 'brains' would let regions of nanites far apart communicate to one another for more important decision making, but would be fairly autonomous allowing for day to day operations (since communications can only travel so fast...) without the need for constant communication. The central 'brains' would be somewhat simi

Reply to Who would win in a fight? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Gandalf.... unless Yoda took his ring of power. Yoda may be a good jumper, but remember Gandalf has his buddies the eagles! But of course Chuck Norris could take on Yoda, Gandalf, and Mr. Rogers all at once and come out unscathed.

Reply to Some questions about chemistry... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Thanks! Those links have pretty much answered my questions. I realize the computational power for doing complex reactions is very high, but I won't have a use for it until after I am done with college (probably about 5 years from now) and even then it might be a while til I can use it in the way I am thinking of...

Reply to Some questions about chemistry... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="1" id="2029540"] And complex interactions aren't easily predictable. [/quote] I never asked if it is easily predictable, I asked if it is predictable... Nano scale would be sufficient I would think, just have enough atoms simulated that it averages out to very close to what it would be in reality.

Some questions about chemistry... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

First off, I would like to know if it is possible to use a computer program to relatively accurately predict the properties of the resulting mixture/compounds of various elements mixed together under predefined conditions. Second, if it is possible, how would one go about figuring out the results? Would it just be complex equations or would it require a much more complex atomic scale simulation of the individual atoms? The sorts of data I would like to find are things like how

Reply to Globe or map? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Yep, this is pre-beta discussion period! The whole point of these forums is for us to sling around our thoughts in hope of the devs getting some nice inspiration from them which in the end improves the game as a whole...

Reply to Population control in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Or round up the excess and make em into a wonderfully delightful appetizer :D A Modest Proposal : Read it! It is some excellent satire...

Reply to Does any one else other then me want more background infomation on the different factions? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

As far as Vasari families... The Vasari Empire consisted of many different races, and thus would have some very different cultures depending on where in the empire you were. Heck, just look at all the different cultural stuff on Earth, and we are only 1 planet. Their empire consisted of 1/4 of the galaxy... TEC society was likely very capitalistic, since it was based on trading. Again, it would vary from planet to planet. The planets would likely be very different, since according to

Reply to Population control in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="pigeonpigeon" reply="4" id="2027331"]benevolent leader [/quote] lol :P [quote who="Luckmann" reply="5" id="2027450"] The obvious problem being, of course, that even cannon fodder takes upkeep, eat my food and contribute to my nation's general discontent. [/quote] Which is why they are cannon fodder not 'Sit and defend the city' troops. The quicker they die the less you pay [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Sure they will still eat food and such, b

Reply to I STILL love my ThinkPad T400 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="5" id="2027454"]Why do you keep mocking us with these toys most of us will never afford before they're out of style? I mean, Jesus Christ, that thing is over an €1600 average! [/quote] Don't worry Luckmann! All you have to do is stop eating for a meager 2-4 years (depending on how much you normally eat) and you will be able to afford one of them with the money you saved!

Reply to I don't get this game what so ever in Strategy Sins Forums

I find pirates annoying early game, but they are very useful midgame. This is because you can use them to level up your capital ships. That said, I usually play with pirates turned off since it feels to random to me. 1-1.5 hours is usual for small maps. The 'Huge' maps have taken me 20+ hours to play. The thing about Sins is, it is meant to take a long time. Much of this time (especially when Entrenchment is out) will be spent watching glorious fleet battles... *tears brought

Reply to Population control in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Halt population growth? I would rather use the excess as cannon fodder to wear down my enemy's army... Legions of unarmed peasants ftw!

Reply to BUG - Save File stuck in 'cinematic mode' in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

If that were the case I would assume pushing the button would turn it off, since it is just a UI thing. To save file space it would only save (I would assume) an on/off for cinematic mode, and figure out the rest based on that. This would leave no reason for why it would be stuck on. Not to mention, this would be much more widespread of an occurance if it was just the result of saving with cinematic mode on. Now that I think about it, it likely would not even save on/off, and just ass

BUG - Save File stuck in 'cinematic mode' in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I saved a game I was playing in the beta, when I loaded it up a few hours later, it was stuck in what was essentially cinematic mode. The cinematic mode button would switch like normal, but the game itself was stuck in cinematic view.