alway

alway

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Reply to Feel big? You're not. (Epic Mindboggle inside) in Everything Else Elemental Forums

There are multiple ways of measuring size and distance. I think three are commonly used. In order of increasing distance: 1. 2 points far away (on opposite sides of earth) measure the angle 2. Can't quite remember this one unfortunately... 3. Redshift from the universe's expansion

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Reply to Fanboy Idiots in Everything Else Elemental Forums

How did he get that 72% figure? My guess is it is based on a poll which asks if you have ever been called 'gay' in multiplayer chat. 72% or higher would be an accurate figure for that.

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Reply to Upgraded RAM, now GPU won't work. in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Took out the 2x1gb, and after double reboot no more CMOS and the graphics card registers again! I think 4 gb of RAM should be sufficient for now, so I will stick with that. Edit: Or not. It seems to do it whenever it cold boots. A reboot after it was already on seems to be what causes it to work properly. I just turned on the fast boot option, which if I am lucky will mean it goes through the warm boot process even when it is cold booting... Will post in a few mins when I cold

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Upgraded RAM, now GPU won't work. in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Well, I upgraded my 2 GB of RAM to 6 by adding 2x2gb more. The RAM registers and works nicely, however now my GPU seems to have dropped off the map. On startup, I get a message saying 'CMOS checksum bad' but it does let me boot it and it runs fine except for the GPU. The GPU does not show up anywhere, either in Device Manager or in tests (such as vista's built in one). I tried updating the driver, but that is not it since it could not find the hardware to update the driver. Anyo

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Reply to Considering Buying in Demigod Demigod Forums

Well, if you like fast paced strategy which can be played online with friends AND like handing out money to Stardock, I would say this is a game for you. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

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Reply to When Demigod launches in India ? in Demigod Demigod Forums

I am fairly sure that you should be able to get it via Impulse, although the price compared to cost of living there will likely be high still. You bring up a valid point though, since the distribution via Impulse only costs server bandwidth and $40 is quite a bit more in some places than others.

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Reply to Where epic meets boring! in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Its not just TBS. On huge SoaSE maps it usualy happens after you control about 40% of the galaxy and realize it is just steamrolling the enemy for the next 2 or 3 hours.

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Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Actually, logic is limited, but it works anywhere in this universe. The only place it may break down would be another universe/dimension where the basic laws of how things work do not apply. Even then, most of it would remain the same.

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Reply to How will Elemental avoid repetition? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I think it's using a system of govenors, ie algorithms that can manage stuff for you.I would guess they will be similar, albiet more useful, to the governors found in empire total war. Set it to automanage contruction and taxes, letting you deal strictly with military. They won't be quite as good at the tasks as you will though. Thats my 2 cents worth anyway.

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Reply to Irony of Humanity in Everything Else Elemental Forums

How fast a species evolves is somewhat based on how well suited to their environment. Based on your argument, beavers are more well suited to their environment than we are to ours. The reason beaver dams are the same is purely functionality. If you make a beaver dam any different it just wont work.

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Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else Elemental Forums

http://www.stonemakerargument.com/1.html The argument that God has always existed is no more or less valid than saying the same of the Universe. Apply Occam's Razor here. Can we disprove god? No. Therefore, it is not science.

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Reply to Irony of Humanity in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jethro420" reply="13" id="2134693"]there natural instinct is much more enhanced than ours is today, with everything we have now-a-days we've lost alot of the naturall evolution in us, we become dependent on our "things". Without technology we woulnt be what we are today. u could argue we are much more, or we are slightly less. [/quote] And one could argue that our technology is just another part of out evolution. Albiet a somewhat more Lamarckian part.

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Reply to Spore a huge disappointment in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Ya, the E3 2005 version was WAY better than the end product. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dvMDFOFnA Heck, I would buy the spore from that video in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they totally redid the graphics and pretty much all of the game to the point where it is a little kid game which should have been titled 'An introduction to video games.' And to add insult to injury, put a bunch of DRM on it

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