Demigod Forumsif its such a good time to be a PC gamer, why are we being subjected to cross-platform titles that reek of consolitis?
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[quote who="EmperorXavior" reply="70" id="2513459"]I will agree that sorian AI still does has it own weakness being an AI and all.[/quote] i mean no disrepect to sorian, his AIs were tremendous. but FA is just too deep and complex and awesome to code an adequate AI for. you could never teach an AI the intricacies of micro or strategising in supcom. just impossible. ironically i think if the AI in supcom 2 is really good, its because supcom 2 isn't a very good game.
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i went on holiday for a month and just lost interest. id much prefer to play forged alliance.
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[quote who="EmperorXavior" reply="66" id="2512926"]Wow the hate toward the new economy mdoel of Supcom 2 is rather high in here. A community member of Gaspowered Games forum joined Supcom 2, His handler name is Sorian and he is famous for creating a very competitive like ranked AI for supcom and forged alliance, say that the economy wasn't 'dumbed' down as most people here claim it to be. He even play it and said that the speed is overally the same as supcom if not exact same. One
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[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="900" id="2508065"] Very much so, The failure of the banks in the past 2 years was being compared to the great depression, instead of subsequent bank collapses. The problem with the analogy is that back in the 30s, there was no FDIC, FHSLA or even the Credit Union equivalient, and there were also no federal regulations of reserve deposits. So the hysteria that was used to push TARP was based on flawed analogies, and thus the bailout was flawed.
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[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="891" id="2507990"] Andhow many failed in the 80s? [/quote] is that necessarily relevant? i must admit im not nearly as well-versed on that particular crisis, i was barely into my teens. but as i understand it the losses involved were a tiny fraction compared to what we've seen recently. there certainly wasn't the same degree of systemic risk, which is the whole point. [quote who="Dr Guy" reply="891" id="2507990"]In order to push their new world
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Lol, it never ceases to amaze me how many on the Right are desperately trying to revise history that’s barely 5 seconds old. [quote who="psychoak" reply="879" id="2507656"] The financial meltdown was a joke, there was no crisis. BofA was never in danger of going under, Citigroup was never in danger of going under. The only large institutions we were going to lose were a few completely worthless brokerage companies. The internet has antiquated them, it's a
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haha. one of the main differences is of course that i actually hope you guys are right.
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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="793" id="2505331"]Torquemada coulda used you, Raistlin. [/quote] Lol, the continued attempts by “sceptics” to make opposition to dishonest junk science analogues with some kind of religious dogma, is quite amusing. i notice you also completely ignored the fact that you used mojib latif as an example of a climate scientist who doubts AGW, when in fact that assertion was completely, un[b]deniably[/b] wrong :P
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="790" id="2505295"] Because comparing a skeptic -- someone who is not convinced by the evidence to support a hypothesis is NOT anywhere near the same as someone who denies well documented facts or believes/supports irrational things. The fact that the word "denier" is being used is little more than an infantile attempt to lump people in with holocaust deniers. It's a disgusting trend that I see no reason to put up with here. I suspect if people start
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[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="748" id="2504621"] i dont put much stock in whats been 'published' simply because everyone has their price... let me clarify, i dont want to sound like a crack-pot conspiracy nut, but simply because someone went through university and got a piece of paper saying something, and then said some words that means some things, doesnt mean as much as we make it out to... everyone has their price or at least their own agendas... and if getting publishe
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[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="746" id="2504608"]note that this second part of my question has yet to be answered nor did Raistlin answer Melchiz's question adequately... the signature of a person without the answers[/quote] lol, where did i pretend to have all the answers? but since its been asked [quote] Are laypeople capable of understanding complex natural phenomena, or not? [/quote] without doing the requisite study themsel
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[quote who="Melchiz" reply="744" id="2504600"] Your entire argument against skepticism of AGW is little more than your claim that only "experts" are qualified enough to doubt the findings of the scientific community. You then claim that the science and status of CFCs falls under common knowledge. Please reconcile this contradiction. Are laypeople capable of understanding complex natural phenomena, or not?[/quote] i wasn't talking to you. but since you asked, it
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how does that contradict [i]anything[/i] that i said? we don't use CFC's anywhere near the rate we used to, and since then the ozone layer is repairing, albeit really slowly. [quote] The rate of ozone destruction in the upper atmosphere is slowing, suggesting for the first time the global ban on the production and release of damaging industrial gases is having an effect. A team led by Professor Michael Newchurch, an atmospheric scientist at the <a href="http://www.u
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[quote] ill add to this that its funny how CFC's and the Ozone Layer problem havent been heard from in many years... [/quote] lol, you DO know why this is don't you? because the world listened to the scientific consensus regarding CFCs (because getting rid of them was a damned-sight easier than getting rid of CO2) and industry/manufacturing started using different chemicals in their aerosols and refrigerators etc. the ozone layer is repairing because we don't use CFCs anymore.
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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="677" id="2503406"] No AGW “sceptics” are climate scientists, and none of these sceptics have published work that presents a meaningful challenge to the consensus. You might want to reconsider that claim. Link. A couple of tidbits: According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and
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Im not “insinuating” anything. I am outright stating that those ‘movements’ (if we can call them that) have plenty in common with regards to their tactics when confronted with overwhelming evidence or a scientific consensus with which they disagree. I said nothing about “people that disagree with me are nutcases”, which is what you originally stated. Are we following now? Wasn’t THAT hard was it!?
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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="726" id="2504439"] Whether you consider it reasonable or not, we are under no obligation to you to do anything. If we choose not to buy what someone is selling, we choose not to buy. We owe them no 'explanation' of any sort. [/quote] which is why you're called deniers rather than skeptics. [quote]Oh he gets it. If you notice from his link, he think anybody who denies his opinion is an illogical nutcase with no intelligence. [/quo
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="720" id="2504403"] I get emotional when dealing with creationists, 911 conspiracy theorists & holocaust deniers too. What’s your point? You're putting creationists and global warming skeptics in the same camp as how you feel about 911 conspiracy theorists and holocaust deniers? I think, for your own sake, you should bow out of this discussion. I have little patience for insults being directed may way - explici
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="717" id="2504338"] I simplify it down to one question. Do you think humans can pollute without there being some sort of adverse ramifications? For me, it's a pretty simple answer and conclusion, and not about which corp is funding which project. That's not simplifying the question really. It's expanding it. Simplifying it would be to say do you think humans can produce CO2 without there being some sort of adverse ramifications. &nbs
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[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="711" id="2504295"]Above all things, the people who are GW sceptics are not just arguing against global warming, but are people who are willing to make their own mind up. These people have also shown that they enjoy a healthy argument and have no issue with people having other opinions. [/quote] This is a euphemism for people substituting their own common sense for “ the more robust, academically respectable methodologies availabl
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[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="709" id="2504287"] Even the scientific method says this. Do you even know what the scientific method is? [/quote] Of course. Its about constantly improving our scientific knowledge, partly through (re)testing and evaluating results and adding new understanding to existing knowledge. It means that nothing in science is immutable, and can be changed when a new, improved theory/idea/data comes along that better explains natural phenom
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lol. [quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="704" id="2504254"] Quoting -RAISTLIN-, reply 702 Quoting Frogboy, reply 700 Fortunately for you, people have resisted the instinctive urge to let "the wise people" decide for the rest of us. I'm sorry that you find the CO2 AGW hypothesis so complex. But just because you think it's complicated doesn't mean everyone else does. I believe in evolution through natur
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[quote who="TheDarkKnight2008" reply="701" id="2504240"]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html One of the top IPCC guys who was pushing global warming on everyone is now predicting a cooling period of 2-3 decades. Oh look, 3d tv AND global cooling coming back! Now lets see if the sheeple will agree with global cooling. [/quote] Mumbles posted about this on the previous page,
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="700" id="2504198"] Fortunately for you, people have resisted the instinctive urge to let "the wise people" decide for the rest of us. I'm sorry that you find the CO2 AGW hypothesis so complex. But just because you think it's complicated doesn't mean everyone else does. I believe in evolution through natural selection. I don't need a biology degree to understand the mechanics and make up my own mind. It probably helps that I have a b
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