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Zuruck wrote:Why can't you fire politicians for incompetence?

That's what elections are for. Also I'm pretty sure that a recall system exists.

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Why should they be relevant? The APA has decided that it should be the woman's choice. As long as she is informed about the dangers (such as PTSD), she is perfectly able to make such a decision. We're talking about grown ups here. Science and blind ideology don't mix. As we have established many ti...

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It's the governments job to protect us from outside attack, and from each other. It's NOT the governments job to stop me from spending my money in stupid ways, or to figure out where it would really be "wisest" for me to put it. Except that this is the very issue in question. Great, now t...

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I doubt textures are the problems. For me, I get this: bottom: http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3016/bottomkc5.gif back: http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3885/backvl0.gif side: http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6162/sidebl8.gif those are not typos, the images above are, in fact, of the bottom, back a...

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Wait, so if you have the Models and Textures folder on the same level as the application, mipmapping works, but not if you have the folders in their correct locations to use high-res textures? Or is this just something that got changed in a more recent version of D2X-XL than what you had before? I'...

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Hmm. Here's another thing you might check: if you have a "Config" folder inside your data folder, your d2x.ini file MUST be in the Config folder, or else it won't be recognized. I made this mistake myself when trying to get high-res textures to work. If you don't have a Config folder, the...

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On the balance, the price of PAS seems very low, compared to the vast benefits society reaps by not raising unwanted children, and having to pay millions of dollars to imprison these people later in life Wow, and I thought that I was cynical. While I don't necessarily disagree that some of these pe...

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However, high-res textures and models DO work in the Mac version -- I've got them working on my Mac right now. Make sure you edit your d2x.ini file to include "-hires_textures 1", and then you need to put the texture quality slider at its max in Render Options --> Advanced Render Options....

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Thanks for the latest port, but just out of curiosity, are the advanced features of D2X-XL, such as the ones found in levels such as Glass House and Speed, as well as the ability to load hires textures and models, ever going to work on the Mac?

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I don't see how it changes that much, as if your mother's chimeran twin's ovaries produced your egg, there is no aunt to speak of, as that DNA would've fused with that of your mother, thus it is irrelevant as far as parental bonds go.

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Dakatsu wrote:stem cells only come from abortions,

Didn't we already decide that this wasn't necessarily the case.

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Thanks to "Feducation" (federal education) the Constitution is not taught in federal schools, and what is taught is the-state-is-sovereign (not the individual) indoctrination in conjunction with a false version of US history. They're certainly not told that they have rights, let alone wha...

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Testiculese wrote:Nope, Canada and Ireland ran out of sarcasm in teh 50's...

What do you mean, I'm Canadian and I employ sarcasm all the time.

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who here on this board DIDN'T start out as an embryo? besides, it's unnecessary and unstable. You get better results from adult stems cells drawn from fat tissue. Am I the only person who noticed this. It could solve the ethical problems and stop the n th repetition of the "what defines a pers...

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Foil wrote:"ill" "eagle" "aliens"

My apologies, wasn't paying attention

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Mobius wrote:You have sick eagles from outer space??

Wow that's weird!

What?

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Suncho wrote:I don't think people are suggesting we ban gasoline.

He was using that as an analogy for economics influencing ethics, not a recommendation for our own predicament.

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By the way, I went ahead and watched the other trailer. Did anyone recognize a clip in that trailer from a supposed police brutality video that was posted here on the DBB a while ago? It was the one that occurred in Florida against the African American woman who wouldn't leave her car. Anyways, the...

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Jeff250 wrote:Are these people who dwell on the claim that income tax is illegal aiming for income tax to be "legalized" or for it to be abolished?

Abolished, it should be obvious from watching the trailers. You did watch the trailers, right?

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Very interesting. Even though it doesn't pertain to me directly, I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing were to come into Canada, particularily as the midset of a great deal of our population (not including yours truly) has a statist mindset. Also, we do have an income tax law up here, it was ins...

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Chernobyl WAS contained. The material was SO hot that it ate THROUGH the concreat. With Chernobyl the problem WAS construction as a pump failed and it wasn't attended to soon enough. Did you read through the explanation of the accident on the BBC site? Apparently the meltdown was caused by a danger...

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The problem isn't with constructing nuclear power plants and preparing the fuel rods for use.. it's when the plant has a meltdown. I wonder if they've developed new emergencey measures in case the plant self-destructs. They have the concrete barriers, which nicely inhibit the radiation in the event...

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I'm not surprised at the exaggerated Greenpeace figures. They were built on anti-nuclear campaigns, why should they stop that now? Just because Science may be turning against them? What environmentalist group needs that?

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Like I said at the begining, it just seems frustrating to be able to watch a missile approaching and realize that you have NO chance of shooting it down. But I recognize now that there are some SERIOUS implications to this idea that could mess up gameplay much more than they enhanced it. I'd say th...

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Who said that the missiles have to explode when hit, why can't they just fizzle out?

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That's not really economic survival, though. Engine code releases help to prolong longevity of some form, but usually not in sufficient form for the authors to make anything off it. I said 3-5 years, by then HighOctane will probably have stopped making a lot of money off of it and will have moved o...

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They probably have a fall back all the way back to DX7 mode. Or the nearest OpenGL equivalent (I'm on Mac, though *nixers qould benefit as well) IIRC the major difference between PS 2.0 and PS 3.0 is that 3.0 can do all the same things that 2.0 can do, but it can do a number more of them in only on...

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Actually I think the limitation is PS 2.0; The engine supports 3.0 presently but there are fallbacks for 2.0. If you look at the specs on the engine and the minimum requirements posted here you should find the acceptable range. I assume then that there are no fallbacks for anything earlier, say a R...

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With games being as complex as they are, that is just how things are going to have to be. No it isn't. Try out WarCraft III World Editor. I know that the game isn't as complex as an FPS, but you don't need to use the scripting language unless you are changing the fundamental structure of the game. ...

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It probably won't add much gameplay value, just because after lag is considered, shooting down something as small as another player's missile will probably have more to do with luck than good aiming. Play UT2004 and try shooting down AVRils or Redeemers. That should give a good idea as to how usefu...

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Certainly you can use it. In fact, I could render a 64x64 version of it if you want. I’ll also see about posting the actual 1024x1024 textures as well. I ultimately plane on releasing the library of new descent content I’ve built for this level. That would be really useful for the guys over at Into...

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Give them the piece of paper, the tax breaks, whatever else you get when you are married, who cares? Unfortunately, and this addresses the Church thing, homosexuals are not out necessarily to simply have the right to get married, if you look at all the effort put into "gay pride" and into...

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snoopy wrote:In the end, as the addage goes, "All's fair in love and war."

A better way of phrasing it is to add the footnote "Except where prohibited by the Geneva Convention".

Just FYI I think the Geneva Convention is a good idea, so please don't misconstrue the above as an attack on it.

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Sounds pretty close to Christianity's history. I think the only religion that isn't based off murder is Buddhism and Atmos. ;) We're not based off of murder. Jesus never asked us to murder. Christianity was simply abused by totalitarian rulers (aka royalty) in order to further their non-religious i...

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2 things:

1. Can't you guys drop the whole Manifest Destiny thing already? We already beat you once about it (in 1812).

2. I'm surprised Paul Martin (our previous Prime Minister) agreed to this, as throughout the last election, he criticized our current PM, Stephen Harper, as being Bush's lapdog.

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Americans, haven't you still noticed that this government is totally Anti-American, unpatriotic and doing great harm to your nation? These people are abusing the loyalty and patriotism of many Americans by disguising their immoral and unlawful actions as being patriotic to cover up their disgracefu...

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One thing that I found when talking to others about this(who haven't yet read it) that I don't recall Mr. Lessig mentioning is the large problem of apathy among the masses. I suggested Mr. Lessig's idea, and their response ranged from \"not necessary\" before I summarized it, to \"mus...

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What's the book about? Why should I take the time to read it? It's about the epidemic expansion of copyright restrictions throughout the 20th century, why this is destructive to the creative process (hint: lawyers) and some alternative systems which are more balanced between the private interests a...

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I consider myself to be more on the libertarian side of things than he is, which makes me bloody liberal I guess! (This despite me adopting several very conservative stances on some recent issues! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME????). Maturity, probably. You're coming to terms with your inability to heavy-h...

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That's the nice thing about Canada, even though many of our leaders are incompetent and corrupt(mostly in the Liberal party, recently voted out), we have 4 parties in parliament(though 1 shouldn't even be a federal party, as it is seperatist and restricted to one province), and the current Conservat...

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