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I need to break something : L'Italie, préoccupée surtout par le risque de voir des immigrés clandestins affluer de Libye vers ses côtes et l'île de Lampedusa en cas d'effondrement du régime du colonel Kadhafi, a appelé ses partenaires à ne pas exercer trop de pression sur Tripoli.

"Nous ne devrions pas donner la mauvaise impression que nous exportons notre démocratie. Nous devons aider et soutenir la réconciliation pacifique", a souligné son ministre des Affaires étrangères, Franco Frattini.

I translate the marvelous declaration of Italia foreign minister : "We should not give the impression that we export our democracy. We should help and support pacific reconciliation". BECAUSE THESE FUCKERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE IMMIGRATION IF THE REGIME IS TOPPLED.

They can count on immigration either way. Libya is no more, and whatever emerges from this ordeal without serious foreign aid and guidance isn't going to be pretty.

I would like to say that all of this seems terribly foreboding to me. If the revolutionaries succeed, with the absence of international support, we might just be able to count on a new wave of authoritarian leadership who find they have a lot more in common with each other than their predecessors did.

In that light, could this culminate in a united, anti-western league of middle eastern states under the flag of the so-called "Arab Revolution?"

Really, if you want honey and don't wish to be stung, put a beehive in a corner of your garden, as far away from the house as possible. Just remember: Smoke is your friend.

Curiosity: Does it have to be a particular kind of smoke, such as the conventional dark wood smoke? How would bees react to cannabis...?

> go to a beekeper and get the crappy quality wax filled stuff that'd otherwise be thrown away.

Some of that stuff is considered gourmet cuisine, sir!

Yeah, ok, I made that up. But I like my honey wax wafers.

Does anyone know where I can find a non-modded, non-Phoebus graphics and tile set for 31.19, or whether or not any are available yet..?

*cough*
sexuality

Oh well. I get that a lot.

DO pastures mean that cages can no longer hold a billion animals indefinitely? Do cats and dogs need to eat?

Good News Everyone! Ironbark and bronzewood work as intended, a steel clad dwarf is still a bearded engine of destruction but elves may have now be able to hold their own.

I ran several tests in the arena and a bronzewood clad elf is a match for around 2 -3 goblins in full iron. The elf was stuck down but dismembered one, exsanguinated the second, and severely maimed the third goblin before bleeding out due to a missing foot and arm. I'm running the final squad vs. squad test and a few horde tests that should confirm the materials effectiveness. The syndrome wood is still being worked on but I'll finish later tonight and then tomorrow I'll move onto the embark and reaction tests.

Currently no refinement is needed for the "metal" woods and I'm still trying to balance the harden wood reaction that produces copper level material... The problem is allowing for it to be useful and relatively abundant but not making it so that you can churn out a enough to pave the entire embark. Since no fuel will be required due to "fluff" reasons I could make a special shrub that is used like coke in the iron -> steel reaction. I'm also considering it to take from 2-3 logs if this reaction isn't used. Any thoughts?

Music to my eyes!


As for my thoughts on the matter:

Consider that, given neither are renewable resources, iron and coal deposits are usually found in moderate to great amounts on any favorable embark site (which is a forest to an elf player), and that finding a new vein is relatively easy, uncomplicated, and far less time-consuming than waiting years for trees to regrow, at which point the glade may be undergoing a constant barrage of ambushes and sieges. Thus, the amount of these trees on a typical forested embark or the material produced from these by a reaction should be enough to outfit a standard DF army (20-30 units.)

By that mark, I am all for the requisite of other materials. Since the elves are hardening wood, some sort of fluid would make the most sense (can anyone think of anything in particular?). I do like the idea of a special bush or shrub that produces some sort of oil for the process. Perhaps these bushes could yield nuts, which could then be pressed into oil at a Farmer's Workshop? If that is too difficult or not worthwhile, the basic idea works just as well.


EDIT: Can we call them Hardnuts?

I am 15-18, Caucasian, attend community college with no job, atheist, and have been playing DF for about six months.

Male.............................................................................. or female?