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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:34:15 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:27:55 pm »Quote from: A website had this to say on the WICKED WALL
surprisingly fast for a two-ton pile of building material.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:03:00 pm »
There is! One you can lock up in a padded room without getting arrested for it.
E: Then again, there may actually not be a difference between them in honduras...
E: Then again, there may actually not be a difference between them in honduras...
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:01:33 pm »
If by "escapees from an insane asylum" you mean "teenagers", in this case, yes.
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General Discussion / Re: Abrahamic Religions; Discussion, Cross-reference, and Beliefs
« on: November 11, 2014, 07:14:03 pm »everything you set out to do must be done with God in mind, you have to offer charity to the poor etc...So, with these two... when you say, "done with God in mind", is there something specific when it comes to that -- like, a checklist of thoughts, particular mindframe, etc. -- or is it a general "manage as well as you can" sort of thing? For charity, is there any specifics when it comes to that? Certain amount, to certain groups, at certain times, etc. Basically, how formalized are those two bits? From what I understand Islam is considerably more explicit about stuff like wartime practices than the other major abrahamic religious, but I'm curious how much (if) that extends to other things.
Anything you'd like to know in particular?
Also, any words to offer on the hadiths? Which (if any) are particularly important, which you (or, perhaps more interestingly, whichever denomination-equivalent of islam you adhere to) emphasize or discard... that sort of thing.
And denominational stuff in general would be interesting to hear about. I know there tends to be some conflict there (gods know there is with christianity, ha!), but what are your personal interactions with that sort of thing, if you don't mind sharing? Amicable, hostile, etc.
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General Discussion / Re: Abrahamic Religions; Discussion, Cross-reference, and Beliefs
« on: November 11, 2014, 06:55:28 pm »Hasn't America been mostly Christian and Europe? Those countries seem to be doing pretty wellThat... that's a painful statement to consider. I mean, sorta'? But the US is well known for its atrocities outside the country and the fairly terrible conditions in certain internal areas, and europe's been a bit of a mess over the years. There's plenty of places that are majority christian (South America and Africa both have a fair number of note, iirc, particularly of a catholic bent) that haven't been doing too hot. The vast, vast (vast) majority of local conditions have their causes coming from entirely non-religious sectors. And most of the remainder are genuinely connected to religious issues only nominally, at best.
People are people. Religious beliefs (unfortunately or fortunately, depending on who you ask) don't really seem to have much of an overall effect on behavior. Changes the particular manifestations of certain habits, but that's generally about it.
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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: November 11, 2014, 05:58:39 pm »
... providing you clarify the "believes in" bit, maybe. After all, Islam holds that Streaker J was an existent thing and a prophet... pretty sure there's a smattering of other, definitely non-christian, religious beliefs that have SJ as some part of their pantheon and/or holy figures, too.
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Other Games / Re: Tome 4: Tales of Maj'Eyal
« on: November 11, 2014, 03:31:06 pm »Its a roguelike. Elitism is 50% of the reason you play them.Where did this comment even come from? Why just... drop it in the middle of a completely unrelated conversation?
Otherwise why else would they include noob traps?
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General Discussion / Re: Sheb's European Politics Megathread
« on: November 11, 2014, 12:30:26 pm »
... they usually don't have support of over 50% of the population. Just a majority of voters... if that. Voter turnout is a thing.
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Other Games / Re: Tome 4: Tales of Maj'Eyal
« on: November 11, 2014, 12:25:01 pm »
You can set it to auto-extract before t-mog in the fortress, for... some amount of energy. 15, I think?
I forget if there's still gold caps on... anything. If so, it might be slightly possible to get more gold out of selling to something with a cap higher than the t-mog chest has, but I forget what the numbers involved are, or if they even still exist. Generally the chest gives you the same price as a shop, though, yes.
I forget if there's still gold caps on... anything. If so, it might be slightly possible to get more gold out of selling to something with a cap higher than the t-mog chest has, but I forget what the numbers involved are, or if they even still exist. Generally the chest gives you the same price as a shop, though, yes.
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General Discussion / Re: Calm and Cool Progressive Discussion Thread
« on: November 11, 2014, 11:53:27 am »
... ever? I was under the impression the states were already a (kinda' shitty) social democracy, and heading further towards europe's example with successive generations.
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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: November 11, 2014, 11:21:17 am »
Um... was it? Didn't the snake get in before the fall, thus meaning there was definitely evil in the garden before omnom?
Well. Unless the serpent wasn't actually evil. Which raises other questions.
Well. Unless the serpent wasn't actually evil. Which raises other questions.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRRRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Malum In Se Edition
« on: November 11, 2014, 11:08:25 am »
... have you considered just turning it off until you've done what you want to do?
There's also manual exception stuff. Seems like a nice tutorial, right here.
Because it's not specifically vista causing the problem. I can run CKII just fine on this comp. Well, fine except it running like arse because this comp's a junker, but eh.
There's also manual exception stuff. Seems like a nice tutorial, right here.
Because it's not specifically vista causing the problem. I can run CKII just fine on this comp. Well, fine except it running like arse because this comp's a junker, but eh.
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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: November 11, 2014, 10:58:28 am »
Yeah, something along those lines. It'd be nice if more folks within the religion aimed for that sort of thing (if not necessarily exactly what the movement in question is doing -- I'm not aware enough of 'em to say whether whatever their particular screwups are are attractive or not.).
I've pretty much always been comfortable around and working with christians that are... well, actually christ like, instead of particularly biblical focused. Good works, love for all humankind, etc., etc. They're usually good people. Sodding ridiculously small minority* of professed believers I've encountered, but good people.
*To be fair, it's a ridiculously small minority regardless of metaphysical beliefs, but there's a bit more hypocrisy built into being otherwise and claiming to be christian.
I've pretty much always been comfortable around and working with christians that are... well, actually christ like, instead of particularly biblical focused. Good works, love for all humankind, etc., etc. They're usually good people. Sodding ridiculously small minority* of professed believers I've encountered, but good people.
*To be fair, it's a ridiculously small minority regardless of metaphysical beliefs, but there's a bit more hypocrisy built into being otherwise and claiming to be christian.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you RRRRRRAAAAGGGGEEEE today: Malum In Se Edition
« on: November 11, 2014, 10:50:17 am »
... I can't help but think of that... how's it go? "In the great GUI in my mind, USER ERROR flashed across the sky in giant flaming letters." Something along those lines.
Though yeah, if you're getting annoyed, probably time to step away from whatever you're doing for a day or two. At least a few hours. It basically never actually helps when it comes to computers, barring the rare occasion percussive maintenance works.
What are you even trying to do?
Though yeah, if you're getting annoyed, probably time to step away from whatever you're doing for a day or two. At least a few hours. It basically never actually helps when it comes to computers, barring the rare occasion percussive maintenance works.
What are you even trying to do?