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Fixed! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, teacher. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I see they're at it again with Resurection of Evil, which is exactly the same plot with a gimped gravity gun thrown in. At least Quake 4 might be good (the previews are promising) -- I don't think Duke Nukem will live up to the hype, though, after changing engines twice (UT2004

Fixed!

Hmm, that's a good point, sounds like an expansion, doesn't it? Dang. If you paid for a Silver or Gold pack, though all the stuff released is free, so those people will not have to pay, for sure.

Rabbits are a tasty part of a nutritious diet.

But we are all brothers and sisters in the The Force ... Such hatred! The Dark Side is strong in this one ... (welcome back from your binge and hangover ... :D )

ARTHUR B. ROBINSON, SALLIE L. BALIUNAS, WILLIE SOON, AND ZACHARY W. ROBINSON Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, 2251 **** George Rd., Cave Junction, Oregon 97523 info@oism.org George C. Marshall Institute, 1730 K St., NW, Ste 905, Washington, DC 20006 info@marshall.org January 1998 Summary To be sure, CO2 levels have increased substantially since the Industrial Revolution, and are expected to continue doing so. It is reasonable to believe that humans have been responsible for much of this increase. But the effect on the environment is likely to be benign. Greenhouse gases cause plant life, and the animal life that depends upon it, to thrive. What mankind is doing is liberating carbon from beneath the Earth's surface and putting it into the atmosphere, where it is available for conversion into living organisms. This is not true. In fact there is good evidence that there used to be a lot more Oxygen in the atmosphere and that this was good for us aerobic organisms, giving us vim and vigour beyond that which we have now. Also, it is true that plants photosynthesise carbon dioxide, but more biomass doesn't mean sustained biodiversity or crop yields; indeed both may fall. The biggest danger is that we don't know how much the Earth can take. It has a history of two stable states, ice ages and the warmer periods like now. One strident warning is Venus; it is not inconceivable that the Earth could be turned into another Venus if given a big enough push in that direction. (It would require a lot, though, so it is not a probable risk.) There are all sorts of planetary systems that might be affected by greenhouse gases, including one I can't remember the name of right now, but is something to do with ionic trasnformations in the atmosphere that will not function if the ambient temperature rises by ten degrees or so. The highest probablility for change is the Gulf Stream, which -- if it stopped working, would make the British Isles (and possibly the southern coastal Unitd States') climate drop by as much as 5

What about these 17,000 scientists? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You will always find heretics, and in fact science needs them to shake it up regularly. I would be interested in the motives of these 17200 people -- why are they all American, for a start? Don't be fooled by the "scientist" label, either; that doesn't grant them immunity from the fallibilites of regular humans, like pride, arrogance and greed; there were more than enough "scientists" who were prepared to argue that there was not "absolute proof" that smoking leads to lung cancer -- there still are, and from a certain pov, they are correct. (A very pendantic pov, but there are precious few certainties in science: absolute zero and the speed of light and a few laws.) The signatories are agreeing: We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth. I have been reading New Scientist and Scientific American for the last dozen years or so, sometimes every week, and always occassionally, and they have consistently argued that statements to the effect of this one are wrong and dangerous. For instance: "... The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. ..." How would a reduction of greenhouse gasses harm the environment? Everyone agrees that there are more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere now than ever (since the Archean era ended), so reducing them can only take us back to a state we have already been in (simplistically speaking). How would it hinder science? Science does not require fossil fules. Science is the application of ingenuity to a given seemingly intractable problem to provide a useful method to circumvent it. Science is just as valid and vibrant determining a renewable energy system than, say, refining the existing fossil fuels. What's more, at some point we will need to generate power in a renewable fashion, because we won't be near the traditional energy sources (the sun, the oil and gas reserves, the oxygen of the atmosphere, etc). I have no respect for this petition because it is -- even for a circumspect analysis such as this -- disingenuously erroneous.

I have achieved Mastery before level 13, which is a trigger for the Prestige class. I didn't take the Prestige class at the time (so I don't know offhand if you have you wait for the level 15 trigger, as stipulated above) because I was maximising the level jump bonus due to said class change, by speaking with Kreia at the start of a new (high) level so that I would gain the maximum (35000) experience points.

Actally, whether intentional or not, your sig is very true. The whole concept of massaging is based on the principle of "overloading" the sensory pathways between the (neck, say) pain and the brain, so only the new sensations flood through and relieve the painful ones. It's all to do with the bandwidth of the sensory pathways of the body; a person cannot feel hot, cold, pain and pressure all at once. As for the metaphysical aspect of your sig, that too is a neat summation of a moral dilemma. What is HK-47 doing, btw?

Much have you to learn about the forces of marketing and capitalism, young Padawan ... "

You've heard of the IMF and World Bank, right?

Looks like I am partially corrected, too. ) Still, that is not a bad thing. I was able to access all the λ first generation games through Steam, that I had previously bought retail (by just entering their serial numbers), so I have access to λ and CounterStrike using the λ

Didn't you enjoy shooting stuff? And getting bigger guns? And then zipping through a canal system on an airboat? And then shooting things with a big gun whilst zipping through the canals on that same airboat? And then getting a gravity gun to play with? And then zipping around on a dune buggy with a bonnet-mounted laser? And then using the antlions as disposable storm troopers? And then getting a super-duper gravity gun? Man, what more story do you need? Any more and they'd have to invest a significant effort in not just narrative, but technological and philosophical constructs -- think of the way all of us yammer on on this board about the smallest inconsistency in SW and think how little of λ

True, it is a Sisyphean task, but I have already highlighted this particular item description previously, and I wanted to ensure Mr Volo had a record of the errors. Maybe Volo is just an infinite number of monkeys and typewriters?

The story was sufficient to suspend disbelief and to motivate you -- even you! -- to finish the game, so it was more than adequate for the task. More plot will undoubtably be revealed in the ensuing chapters,a nd that doesn't count the miriad of community mods that are beginning to appear ...

I will say one thing for you; you have managed to break the margin with your special avatar identity. Still, you are slow to take up the level grind; you have to keep at it ... all contributions to further conversation is regarded by some as worthwhile - even Baley adds some value to the boards with his spam!

... and you are a contumelious and puerile jackanape.

K1 had different models for different classes: the Scoundrel was shorter and leaner than the Soldier; I wonder why this was not continued in K2? I agree that some diversification would be good -- even if it's random. As I've said elsewhere, the character generation phase is one that I tend to spend more time on than any other single area of game play, so the more choices I have to customise "my" PC helps to make a stronger "bond". ( :D )

Yeah, I use the Speed family of powers to run around the game faster ...

" That might be a Rhodes Scholar you'd be referring to, I take it? A rogue scholar would seem to be someone intent on championing a heretical doctrine. Charisma is a mesure of your ability to persuade others and share your pov with them: so far you've not scored very well on the forum ... Please regale us with your wisdom ... no, seriously ... No, you're right there; I have no interest in discussing you any more than I already have. Your first post is crammed with testosterone-charged bravado; full of casual ott assertions about how superior you are compared to everyone else -- what did you expect everyone to do to such a provacative and quite offensive (passive-aggressive) post? You mean elicit; "... And I would've got away with it, if it wasn't for those pesky homophones ...!"

Not much chance of the G-Man buying it, he's got his hands on too many levers. (Dr Judith Mossman -- whatdyamean twice? She was only pretending to be on Breen's team to save Eli. Once.) Kaftan, did you play Half-Life?

I thought Splinter was a cripple. (Then again, Yoda does okay for someone with a walking stick ...) Yoda has The Force, whereas Splinter just has pizza-eating turtles.

Our block just experienced a five minute black out (long enough for me to stagger downstairs in the dark to fish out my torch to have all the power come back on ) after two slight brown-outs seconds before. And now my power board with built-in spike and surge protection has the orange "Earthed" light on but the green "protected" light is not ... dang!

So the vampires are using the ol' "Batman super-villain complex trap" trick, eh? Just shows you that vampires are lawful evil. Are they biting her? Is that the aim of the traps? Maybe Vampirella (v.silly name, can't they think up a better one?) actually engages in vampire-like seduction, and a chastity belt would impinge on her success ... like a shield iterferes with a polearm?

... I still would prefer not to be called Gaylord for the entire duration of school and puberty.