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[quote who="chrisbulman" reply="5" id="3078880"]no paypal gunna wait for steam then![/quote] And you will loose the actual 10$ discount that owner of Trinity or Diplomacy can claim... and you will not be able to beta test too... Have the same problem that you due to the "no paypal" option but i am not sure that it is Stardock fault, in some case paypal can be a b!tch with thing like pre-order... where the customer don't yet receive something for the financial t

Reply to Brief Note to the Atheist in Philosophy Sins Forums

[quote who="Smoothseas" reply="405" id="3078836"]You didn't exactly point out any fundamentalists[/quote] Well, fundamentalism is born around 1910-1920 in USA and it have mainly remain a US "problem"... fundamentalist from any religion are a minority... fundamentalist is only a soft word for speak about extremist, not really worth my time... like for statistic, i remove the extreme and keep the median... and participation of church in science have begin long time ago, long before

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

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="1136" id="3077809"]I can't count how many times I have heard people say, "I don't want anything to do with a heaven where all we do is sit around playing harps and singing about God." I can relate to that--doesn't sound that much fun--especially since the premise is that it will be for "eternity".[/quote] Well, i plan to visit first the Jannah ( muslim heaven ) for my 70 virgin and end up in the Elysium ( Greek paradise ) for party with my fri

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[quote who="BoobzTwo" reply="402" id="3078673"] I have to wonder how intelligent a religious fundamentalist can actually become based on their learning limitations and other restrictions mandated by their churches.[/quote] They can be very intelligent in some case... a priest from my country, i have speak about him in my previous post... take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre ... M

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Well, Darwin theory are old theory about evolution... Actual trend is called "evolutionary biology" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_biology ) but due to recent founding, a new trend called "Evolutionary Developmental biology" ( evo-devo ) is fastly growing... Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_developmental_

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[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="395" id="3078405"]Are you aware that the original Hebrew version of the Old Testament was translated by 72 Hebrew scholars into the Greek Septuagint around 200BC?[/quote] I have read about the legend : The Septuagint derives its name from Latin versio septuaginta interpretum,"translation of the seventy interpreters," (Greek: ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν ἑβδομήκο&nu

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When it is in italic , text is not from me :p As for language, i have learn ancien greek and latin ( forget it ), modern greek ( forget it but have help me to learn some basic russian )... french, dutch, english... along with assembler, pascal, basic, fortran, etc :p As for religious text, it have always interest me... by education, i was catholic... by marriage, i have become orthodox... by using my brain in place of believe everything, i have become agnostic... i don

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[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="389" id="3078065"]Actually more than a couple thousand years ago, people knew the earth was a globe thanks to the writings of Isaias, one of God's prophets. He lived in the time of Hezekiah, King of Judah in 716-687 BC. God knew the earth was a globe; after all, He created it that way. God inspired Isaias to write His prophecy. Isaias 40:21-22 states, "Do you not know? Hath it not been heard? Hath it not been told you from t

Reply to 3D Printing Creates First Jaw Transplant in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="LightStar" reply="8" id="3078021"]Wow, could me Mom benefit from this right now! She needs her entire left knee joint replaced and current procedures are not working. Nice news![/quote] Well, simply order a Arcam A1 EDM ( electron beam ) printer ( http://www.arcam.com/products/arcam-a1/index.aspx )... and if you need to print piece for your spaceship, use the Arcam A2 model who support a larger range of metal

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[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="378" id="3077801"] http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/evolution/impossible.htm If you repeat a lie often enough, people will eventually to come to believe it.[1] I found the quote to be quite applicable to the lies of Evolution. If the shoe fits, ....[/quote] Well, it can apply to Christian lies too... take a look at http://www.biblicalnonsense.

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

[quote who="Jafo" reply="1119" id="3077314"]Ah.... Chariots of the Gods..... the SCIENCE [fiction] answer to GOD.[/quote] The only chariot that i know is from Thor... you know, the friendly naked grey alien with big black eye from Stargate SG1... hey, i think that there is a mod for Soase with these god's chariot... and it is well know that US have kill God at Roswell...

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[quote who="SivCorp" reply="1121" id="3077319"] I dropped that crazy number on you to see if you all where reading everything... Good show Personally, I don't see an exact age that can be calculated, but I do think that humanity is not the millions of years old that some scientist claim.[/quote] as write on http://www.biblicalnonsense.com/chapter4.html : An often-used logical fallacy i

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[quote who="SivCorp" reply="1107" id="3077069"]There have yet to be ANY fossil records of the missing link between reptile and bird.[/quote] Archaeopteryx [quote]Think about it... A bird would have to have feathers or stretched skin, hollow bones, and larger lungs/stronger and different designed shoulder muscles to be able to fly. By natural selection, any partial deformity that would bring a creature to that state, without even one of these traits, would be eaten

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech Sins Forums

[quote who="Fistalis" reply="29" id="3077120"]and here is where thoumsins illustration becomes pertinent. The center of mass isn't always in the Sun and many times its outside of it. Although it always is very close (astronomically speaking) to it [/quote] Mainly append when both of the massive planet ( jupiter and saturn ) align in their perihelion orbit ( more near the sun in a elliptical orbit )

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[quote who="Fistalis" reply="24" id="3077083"]What in my post are you disputing?[/quote] Nothing... but since you ask... look at your animation... same if the sun rotate around the center of mass, in some way, the planet seam to rotate around the sun and not the reverse... in fact, planet and star don't rotate at the same speed... change the speed of the planet and it will explain the season... [quote who="Fistalis" reply="24" id="3077083"]Notice your illustration doesn&#3

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[quote who="Fistalis" reply="22" id="3077046"]In this illustration the big one would be a star (the sun is a star for you aspiring writers out there) and the small one would be a planet. The + is the center of mass.[/quote] Well, you illustration look like these at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter#Astronomy ... cute little theoric illustration... in reality, thing are a lot more complex with a lot of planet who don

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech Sins Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="8" id="3076683"]Oh, come now...everyone knows the Sun revolves around the Earth...[/quote] http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/science/30profile.html?pagewanted=all One adult American in five thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth, an idea science had abandoned by the 17th century. <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742

Reply to Why the iPhone is made in China in Mobile Tech Sins Forums

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="82" id="3076815"]...environmental irresponsibility, hidden toxic materials ...[/quote] It is not true... China recycle his toxic material in the baby plastic toy that they sell in the rest of the world...

Reply to Several 3D Apps for Free - Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon, and DAZ Studio in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="14" id="3076248"]Nothing I downloaded had an extension except Bryce Content 7.0[/quote] Simply add a ".exe" at the end of the filename... not really a problem...

Reply to PC Gamer Shows Off New Rebellion Screenshots of the Titans in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="N3rull" reply="8" id="3073994"]Trinity wasn't a standalone expansion. It was a bundle - the vanilla game and two expansions, all in one. You could buy Entrenchment and Diplomacy and have all the features of Trinity.[/quote] Let say that i agree to your "bundle" thing... isn't Rebellion being a "bundle" of sins+ent+dip+reb... And it is not because we cannot buy a rebellion expansions that it change something... it simply allow Stardock to make 40$ on t

Reply to Several 3D Apps for Free - Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon, and DAZ Studio in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="Donfield" reply="5" id="3075881"]I've been buying models from them for 6 years, and have never had any real problems with their customer service. They have some scifi models for sale too that you can use with DAZStudio or Poser. [/quote] Well, i have begin use them since the previous century... plenty of package from DAZ and Renderosity... only regret that i have only download package for poser and not DAZ on Renderosity ( missing all the Ds files

Reply to Several 3D Apps for Free - Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon, and DAZ Studio in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="Old Crab" reply="1" id="3075606"]However, very long download[/quote] Around 500 kb/s ... it is not so bad... [quote who="Old Crab" reply="1" id="3075606"]Must register of course[/quote] If you have ever buy some DAZ product, or download some freebies, or being members of their forum, or ... simply register with your usual account... [quote who="Old Crab" reply="1" id="3075606"]Free is a good value though[/quote] Well, in these case, the

Reply to FDA approves computer chip for humans (screw this) in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="52" id="3073765"]... And if you're going to put the chip into people...[/quote] Have more interest in the other way, put people in computer chip... i am becoming older and it can be a way to immortality !!! Best to stay alive on a computer chip in a robot body that be dead being eat by worm...

Reply to PC Gamer Shows Off New Rebellion Screenshots of the Titans in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="CilverBUG™" reply="3" id="3072260"]is this a joke? i feel like im on yahoo news different reporters same news lol[/quote] Sure, it is a joke and have nothing to do with news... in fact, the first sentence is already false : Rebellion will be the first standalone expansion for the marvellous 4X space strategy, Sins of a Solar Empire. Seem that these PCGamer journalist don't know about Trinity who was a standalone expansion !!!

Reply to Reaction time survey in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="8" id="3073038"]I have discovered a neat trick - Don't look at the text, if you look at the text, ... [/quote] 50 try and 253ms... until i read you post... have zoom at max the colored section... 50 other try and 201ms As for personal record...