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Messages - Frumple

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Probably the small hairs on your skin, as well as sensitivity to changes in air-pressure. There're a lot of nerves in your face, after-all.
Pretty much this, s'far as I'm aware.

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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: September 21, 2014, 07:57:21 pm »
It is an awfully good illusion, though, so I don't see any reason to let it bother you one way or the other.
This.  There is no perceivable difference between a choice made by free will and one invisibly predetermined by forces we cannot influence, access, or even perceive, and since the only thing that really matters is perception who gives a shit?
More or less. The only possible difference we could perceive would potentially be observable after death (which would mean no means of communication with living folks, so it doesn't really matter to those still living), insofar as we're aware, and we can hobo shank that in a metaphysical alleyway if it turns out there is something else out there, when we get there.

Heaven is stabbing a creator deity in the ribs, forever.

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General Discussion / Re: Alternate History General Thread
« on: September 21, 2014, 07:20:32 pm »
... so, one of the more obvious prompts for alt-history: The Library of Alexandria doesn't burn down. None of the information within is lost.

What happens?

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General Discussion / Re: Scotland Decides, 18th September, 2014
« on: September 21, 2014, 06:37:41 pm »
Molest the square until y'find a scotsman's janglies, misk.

There is no way that plan can go wrong.

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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: September 21, 2014, 05:30:16 pm »
I really wish I never read anything about quantum mechanics  as it all made perfect sense before, everything was logical.... Now its all chaos...  blood for the the blood god
... considering christianity is a religion that has blood sacrifice as a central theme, you might be in the right place. Probably want to stick to the sects that give heavy emphasis on transubstantiation, though.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: September 21, 2014, 03:56:00 pm »
Or ones being badly stressed by various interpersonal problems. That card plus a nice blanket or something would do alright by me.

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Other Games / Re: Reassembly: 2D Shape based space ship combat simulator
« on: September 21, 2014, 01:50:37 pm »
Note I said firing pattern, not firepower :P

You can actually see massed turrets change pattern under certain circumstances, and weapon placement seems to effect that, to some degree or another. Like, sometimes they'll fire in a shotgun pattern, sometimes sequentially, sometimes together, but focused, sometimes completely off-the-wall random -- all of which seem to be able to vary, to a certain extent, based on where the weapons are placed. Like, you'll get a different spread for the shotgun moments if you're using spread out turrets vs. bunched up ones, stuff like that. Also seems to influence the AI to some degree on whether it chooses to swap firing patterns at all.

Is verra' minor, but it's there. Or at least seems to be.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: September 21, 2014, 01:33:59 pm »
... bare minimum? If you're managing to post via command prompt you are indeed a wizard.

Though I guess actual bare minimum would be somehow poking the CPU with a stick and getting it to work or somethin'.

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Other Games / Re: Reassembly: 2D Shape based space ship combat simulator
« on: September 21, 2014, 01:18:31 pm »
It... sorta' kinda' very vaguely does that already? In a very limited sense? You can stack thrusters on top of each other, ferex. S'how most of the nimble stuff get scooty.

I've also noticed that weapon placement seems to (occasionally, anyway) effect firing patterns. You notice it pretty easily with large masses of railguns.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: September 21, 2014, 01:15:52 pm »
Kinda' irrelevant anyway. LCS is on b12, too, which makes cops something along the lines of goblin hammerers.

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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: September 21, 2014, 12:30:58 pm »
That's a logical contradiction, like saying God could move an unmovable object or could create a dog that wasn't a dog. It's an inherently flawed idea.
... last I checked, there isn't a theological consensus among christianity on whether God is capable of logically contradictory actions or not. Some say yes, some say no. Is discussion that has been going on for... over millennium.

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Not allow. Ha.

Question to ask: Which is worse, boredom or whatever they'd do if you went hunting for something interesting to do anyway?

Rebel, Taw, rebel!

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Have feet. Can leave yard, yes. By walking out of it.

Or bike until something new is found. Either way.

... hole digging is also acceptable.

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Maybe grab some food and drink and walk until you find something new. Might take a few days, but hey.

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General Discussion / Re: Christian beliefs and discussion
« on: September 21, 2014, 11:02:17 am »
... huh. Y'know, with some cursory re-prodding, m'kinda' forced to ask (probably again, it's been a fair few years since I last prodded actual theology texts and whatnot) if the bible actually says at any point mankind was given free will. Seeing plenty about choices, but very little about them being free and a fair handful of stuff that's in complete contradiction to the concept.

Someone remind me where the free will tradition sprung up from?

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