Wrath of Dagon

Where they went wrong was giving the Fed the mandate to fight unemployment, as well as inflation. Monetary policy is not the proper way to fight unemployment, except in a crisis.

I said "in either case"

If Romney wins, he can't run in 2016 anyway. In either case, running as a VP is the perfect set up to run for President next time.

It'll be either Marco Rubio or Chris Christy. I guess there's also an outside chance of Bob McDonnell.

No, they cut their nuts off and make them eunuchs.

Or the Brits. Oh, wait!

If video games were realistic: http://www.mediumdifficulty.com/2012/03/01/call-of-apathy-violent-young-men-and-our-place-in-war/ Don't know if the guy is legit or not

Probably too many disciplinary actions or some kind of violent incident.

It's illegal to use force against someone in most circumstances, although I don't know what the exact law is on this, plus it may vary by state.

If they are guilty of child abuse, he should file a criminal complaint instead of posting on reddit.

For your information, Obama is against letting the Bush tax cuts expire. Except for those evil rich people of course. At least Romney has experience organizing something other than "community"

but it's late and I could be misreading it. Speaking of PR, aren't they supposed to be voting on what direction they want to take as far as status quo, statehood, independence? Aren't they always?

Puerto Rico is in the Pacific?

Very impressive. Aliens RPG would've been so cool. Really Obsidian needs to make a space/sci-fi RPG some day.

There's no disputing that god can't be disproven. At least, not the general one that shrinks away from all duties as other explanations come to be known. That is to say, Thor is no longer credited with lightning. But that's sort of the point. That which cannot be proven, that which is entirely in the realm of speculation with no measurable features, is completely indistinguishable from making **** up. It's Russell's Teapot. Yes, it's possible. It doesn't mean that all unproveable flights of imagination are therefore to go unquestioned. Russell's teapot, if it's what I think it is, has a subtle fallacy. The problem is it's supposed to exist in the physical world, which we're familiar with, and thus it's on its face preposterous. Also, if the universe is infinite, there should be a Russell's tea pot out there somewhere. As far as evidence of God, you can study history, and ask if these events are really random, and if so why are we still around? Or look at your own life and think whether stuff just happens at random or if there's some meaning behind it. Edit: As far the claim that religious belief is purely the result of indoctrination, well, lots of people believe in fate, but there's no particular indoctrination into that.

It would just be "physical" then, wouldn't it? Science is the study of nature, so by definition science can't study something that's supernatural. That's a realm of philosophy and theology.

But again the Atheist has the better position. It is logcial after all to demand proof of an on the face of it pretty outrageous claim. More logical certainly than to propose erecting an invisible wall between the imperical and the metaphysical and demanding that they not be allowed to affect one another. It's not a perfectly balanced dichotomy. One side is cheating by proposing that it need only supply anecdotal evidence of its existence. By requiring scientific proof one makes the implicit assumption that the physical world is all that exists. But why should one assume that?

So a sea slug is a conscious being in your opinion?

Funny, I noticed this article in your link http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/pl...ign=Interesting Didn't know our Air Force flew MIGs

Your probably and surely are contradictory. Be that as it may, do you really believe a computer that is programmed with an id and has sensors for its various parts is self-aware in the same way as a human? I think now is a good time to post this link: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies/

What do you mean by self-awareness? My cat likely gets that the environment, I, and other cats are something different than she is. I doubt a worm manages even that. But I don't think my cat has a concept of self. She never thinks, "I am Fluffykins the cat. I exist," because that's a bit too abstract for her. That is, I think she has an awareness of self but not a conceptualization of self. Well, conceptualization of self as you define it seems to me "self awareness + abstract thought". So we still have the issue of whether animals can have abstract thought. Can a dolphin or a chimp? I don't know. Anyway, to me a more interesting question is whether a machine can be self aware.

For an ARPG the story/action balance was just right IMO. I was actually happy that for once I didn't have to babysit my moron companions or solve their mommy/daddy issues, and what was there established their personalities well enough. Sometimes less is more. I think the only big opportunity missed (and I understand there were budget constraints) was to begin with a really nice cut scene of Jane murdering the Legion, and thus establish her character from the beginning. She's attractive and charismatic enough so that the game would've benefitted greatly from meeting her at the start instead of half way through the game, so you'd know who you're up against.

The newer Bioware games I've played had lousy quality, that's all there's to it. And yes, at some point being formulaic becomes an unforgivable sin.

Krezack just can't post without venting his spleen or insulting someone, preferably both. Creationism doesn't conflict with evolution, it's just a question of what the method of creation was. Most major religions accept evolution so far as I know. I don't know, where in the evolutionary ladder do you account for the emergence of self-awareness?

Bethesda? You know, 10 million sold. Well, you had to reach 14 years back for that one. Sure, KOTOR2 is often brilliant because it's Obsidian, but it could've been so much better with a decent development schedule. You're right about having the assets and engine in place though, most games don't have that luxury.