Arkan

The bible offers proof of only one thing, and that is not of creation.

It does not matter if it contradicts the bible. I take the bible for what it is. A book written by men.

It's always fun to read these discussions. I'll just echo the sentiment that the existence of evelotion does not negate the existance of God. On the contrary, if anything, it is a testament to his awesomeness.

Wave of the future, indeed. How long is it before we truly hand over the reigns of humanity to computers? Or have we already passed the point of no return?

Why? You lookin' for some action?

It'll happen if they want to continue doing business with the west (foodwise) America went through it, too, back in the early 1900s...just read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.

My wiener gets all kind of love.

Not to be as stickler, but wasn't it Andrew Jackson that was impeached? Of course, I could be wrong, and it's really not significant to the discussion. Anyway, as for the rest. Say Bush has done nothing illegal. Few in this thread are arguing whether or not his actions have been ethical. And how much of the nation has to disapprove of its leader's running of the country does it take to have us throw him out of office? Of course, this is a democracy, where all change requires substantial time to take place.

Hamburger. I lost the taste for hotdogs and bologna meats years ago.

In my day, they would have already been drawn, quarterd, or beheaded by now.

Gonna die some time. Might as well enjoy life and eat what you want. Except that that hungry man dinner does not look enjoyable.

There has been a story in the news lately about a Georgian man who was convicted of killing a police officer, and he has been ordered to be executed sometime next week. However, new evidence suggests that this man may be innocent, with several key witnesses retracting their statements, as well as naming another man. Still, the judge denies this new evidence or a retrial, and the man is still to be executed, barring a successful appeal of the state supreme court. Here is an article about it: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_...4UNTPceUG4EtbAF What do you think about this situation?

Holy crap...just because it's electric doesn't mean it has to look mega lame. I'm really wanting a bike right now...mainly because my girl's getting one and I'm going to be jealous. I want to get a Ninja 500 something or other...a nice beginner bike.

My girl really dug it, too. And yeah, it's pretty great.

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I believe the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Someting tells me you weren't going to like the movie regardless of what was done. Easy, ditch the productplacement, the AWESUM references military equipment, stupid technology-errors + 50% human screentime and i would've liked it. And Paul Verhoeven should've directed it. Come, now. You were looking for things to complain about. Product placement in a huge summer blockbuster movie? Big effing deal. Did it make you feel you had to go out and buy any of those things? Doubtful. And complaining about technology "errors" in a movie about giant transforming robots from space seems a bit nitpicky. You wanted these things to distract you from liking the movie. Admit it.

Someting tells me you weren't going to like the movie regardless of what was done.

Good one. Just saw Transformers last night. Best movie of the year for me so far. It was everything I thought it could be and nothing I thought it wouldn't. Michael Bay did a great job.

If you use the same argument for (foreign) oil it seems just as ridiculous or valid depending on your stance.

Well played :D

I haven't read through the whole thread, but I noticed the part about the partial level scaling, where the game bases the difficulty of an area based on what level the players is initially, then locks it there. So, if one were to rush to the last area of the game (as close as possible) he could have a bunch of low level critters in what should be the hardest part? Something doesn't seem right about this.

WHere is your god now, indeed.

spoken like a true recipient of some mild heckling, hehe. taks Oh no! They're onto me!

I think that looking at the best examples of any implementation gives you an idea of the upper potential of a concept. We all know that any idea in the history of the world is going to be terrible if it isn't executed well. But that doesn't give us an idea of how good it could be. Looking at the best examples of any concept tells us more about its potential and/or its limitations. Take first-person melee. I think it's fundamentally problematic because even the best examples of it (Oblivion, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic) still have a lot of control issues. Some people accept the control trade-off because they enjoy the more immersive experience. But I don't think anyone is going to use Trespasser or DTUM as a starting point for talking about first-person anything because it isn't really indicative of the potential of the concept; they're just fundamentally flawed. I'll concede that point. I just hope it isn't as annoying as Oblivion.