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Is it really? I thought components today were also significantly more advanced at dealing with things like EM interference. I'm no expert on the subject, but you are talking like one. What I see are news articles depicting a worst case scenario type situation. Your posts make it seem like we're all pretty much ****ed, which comes off as being an awful lot like fear mongering. I've only taken 1st year physics at university, so I'm not an expert. I referred to my uni's e-journal database before posting though (if you want to do similar, Google Scholar is probably your most accessible source, though without a university's access you won't be able to view most articles). The notion that modern electronics are hardened against EMR and energetic particles from a solar storm is laughable - what gave you that idea? Ignoring what MIGHT happen, and sticking with what we know WOULD happen given a suitably powerful coronal mass ejection: most satellites would be severely damaged or destroyed (this is the most consistent prediction), and electricity and telecommunications grids would go haywire (as they did every time before - catching fire, etc, due to the massive current entering them). I think this pretty clearly means we're ****ed. I don't believe this means we're ****ed permanently; that we couldn't recover after a month or two. And it wouldn't surprise me if they don't have a new fleet of fully functioning satellites ready to launch after the event, since that is one of NASA's recommendations, and they're aware of when this will occur. And I suppose they'd also manufacture a bunch of replacement transformers for the electricity grid beforehand, too, since those would be in short supply and the most likely part of the grid to suffer damage from the storm. Things would become a lot worse if the CME happened over the course of several days as the Carrington event in 1859 did. That would mean the entire Earth would be hit rather than a continent or two. Then again, if we can predict precisely when such a CME will happen, a lot of the damage can be mitigated (by essentially turning things off - satellites in low power modes, unplugging transformers, etc). Predicting with such precision is unlikely to be realistic, however. I hope you will believe the scientists at NASA working on problems like this, as they wrote a detailed report on the issue: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12507 Oh, and I just noticed that the House of Congress approved $100 million in funding to harden America's electricity grid against this event. Smart.

Um, I spelt it the way the Romans spelt it. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/summa#Latin

"Valve has sent along a press release confirming Steamworks integration in the PS3 version -- the only console version featuring that functionality, actually -- providing the game with "auto updates, community features, downloadable content, and more.""

It has been pulled.

It's one thing to inject highly energetic particles into an electricity grid whose only purpose is running a motor or a light bulb. It's another entirely to inject them into a grid which a) runs on integrated circuits of billions of transistors, and b) is connected to billions of integrated circuits of billions of transistors. And these particles and any current build-up wouldn't just be reaching these devices through the grid, but also directly hitting the devices themselves. Essentially, electronics of today are infinitely more complex compared to 90 years ago, when for example transistors (or any type of computer) did not exist, and the triode valve had barely been invented a few years earlier. This increased complexity significantly increases the risk of component failure, but the components themselves are also far more sensitive to stresses and deviations in current, not least of all because of the magnitude of size difference.

Eliminate the universal power cooldown timer. In the DS2 system, if you cast a power, you can't cast any other powers until that one regenerates. This severely reduces the usefulness of having more than one power. However if every power (or perhaps every class) had its own cooldown timer, multiclassing would become viable due to the increased number of powers available for use. It would also allow for interesting power combos, though whether or not you make the powers synergistic I guess a topic for another thread.

They didn't have computers back then, or computer-controlled electricity grids. But I guess that kind of observation is beyond you.

What's wrong with showing an adult person a porn site? Worst I can think of is that it involves university disciplinary action for viewing a porn site on a uni comp, but how does it involve the police?

He looks like a ****. He supports offshore drilling and government intervention in the price of oil, and is against free trade.

I'm gonna try that. Sounds awesome.

Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best... And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life... If life seems jolly rotten There's something you've forgotten And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you're feeling in the dumps Don't be silly chumps Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing. And...always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the light side of life... For life is quite absurd And death's the final word You must always face the curtain with a bow. Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow. So always look on the bright side of death Just before you draw your terminal breath Life's a piece of **** When you look at it Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true. You'll see it's all a show Keep 'em laughing as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the right side of life... (Come on guys, cheer up!) Always look on the bright side of life... Always look on the bright side of life... (Worse things happen at sea, you know.) Always look on the bright side of life... (I mean - what have you got to lose?) (You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!) Always look on the right side of life...

I remember now why E3 sucks.

What do you mean by min-max it? Do you mean people purposely power-gaming or under-power gaming? Or something else? For example giving the fighter low mental stats and high physical stats, then make a bard or paladin to be the talker of the party. Oh ok, I understand now. Not quite power-gaming perhaps, but imo not too far off, really. Um, it's pretty much the definition of powergaming!

That's not how it works. A solar flare isn't like a laser, hitting a precise spot. It's a wind of highly energetic particles that plays havoc with, and gets dispersed across, earth's various electromagnetic systems. It might be fair to say, however, that the night-time side of the earth would escape the damage. I'm no expert on geophysics though.

I think I feel the same way. I feel happy for him though - he made a conscious effort to improve his lot in life before this happened. Decided to take life by the horns and such.

It's exactly what you wanted expect to see there. It's gothic and impressive.

The other thing is that for some reason or another, there's a gigantic hole in the Earth's magnetic shield at the moment: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/n...aky_shield.html

I don't know what to say. Yesterday I was wondering where Visceris was and I thought "I hope he's not dead". It was good to know you Michael. You spiced the forums up. I hope you found peace with yourself in your last days.

Guys... the thread title is correct now... http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showt...p;#entry1046122

Which part of this don't you believe?

Wow Microsoft has really gone to the dogs.

Doesn't the bolded bit tell you that maybe you're not the core audience for this game?

Sounds more like him backpedalling to cover his arse than the truth! :D but oh well, it matters not now - Obsid is in charge.

I'm really unsure what that swearword was. Test: **** [previews post] Yes, it was definitely the latin preposition meaining "with," which is sometimes colloquially used as a word for a bodily fluid produced during joyous occasions. Also, wasn't "tyte" primarily a Sawyerism? Has it entered use by all of Obsidz, or does Team DS3 have their own assessment of the product's surpassing quality? (Or, perhaps, has use of the term been discontinued to avoid association with the Aliens' project's premature termination?) Summa **** laude.