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MehYam

1) You're still here? I can't believe this forum still exists. You guys forming a monastery or new religion or something? 2) This demo was extremely fun, brought me right back to downloading the ~200KB D1 demo for the first time in the 90's. Whatever skills I had are completely gone, was fumbling ...

MehYam

Well the way I look at it, I'd rather have a government that expounds a trust in God than a trust in the Government. One only needs look at the old Soviet Union to understand. Which God? For there are many. Thread's too long, didn't read. Just wondering if anybody managed to answer Flip's question ...

MehYam

I don't think unjustified self-convincing is nearly so universal as you suppose -- there are those who approach debates in good faith, who are interested in learning and growing and testing their own ideas. That's a small minority. For just about everyone, their agenda comes first. It's unconscious ...

MehYam

Lothar wrote:You say I "nailed" it, yet I was arguing the opposite, at least for myself.

I know what you were intending to argue.

MehYam

Spidey wrote:So you are saying we argue to convince ourselves?

Yup.

MehYam

Moving even a few people away from a wrong position... I think you just nailed it. I think that's what these debates are all about - the subject matter is secondary. Convincing someone that our idea is right strengthens our own belief in that idea, and helps quelch our own nagging doubts. Because ...

MehYam

http://fora.tv/2009/02/17/Michael_Ruse_on_Darwinism#Evolution_vs_Creationism_A_Cultural_Debate We don't need yet another debate on evolution or creationism. But I'm curious - what are people thinking when they reply to threads like that? Is anyone thinking \"okay, THIS is the reply that's finally ...

MehYam

Which particular counter argument are you supporting? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity#Response_of_the_scientific_community That is a VERY bad attitude towards science. If you just assume other folks are right "because they know more than you do"... Isn't being humble and ...

MehYam

Which particular counter argument are you supporting? Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity#Response_of_the_scientific_community That is a VERY bad attitude towards science. If you just assume other folks are right "because they know more than you do"... Isn't being humble and ...

MehYam

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MehYam

I wanna chime in on the \"irreducible complexity\" argument: Eyes do have reducible complexity, there are plenty of more basic forms of eye out there. But this is not the main point, I think there are two more general facts that people miss: 1) attacking science or scientific ideas this way doesn't ...

MehYam

Evidence? Because when you finally get the argument presented the 'correct' way, you'll cave on your position and see things differently?

Believing this would require a lot of faith, even more than you have!

MehYam

You and I both know (for very different reasons) that there's a pretty good chance we'll never find out.

Although I disagree, my statement will be easily verifiable when the time comes.

MehYam

Sorry to keep bumping threads, haven't been around for a while, enjoying catching up. As with primitive man, Corn Gods and Fertility Gods were ascribe to for a lack of understanding on how things work. We do so yet today. QFT. What this question amounts to, to me is: when you look at the world, do ...

MehYam

In my own lifetime, I have seen compelling evidence that nonmarital sexual conduct has been universally harmful. Therefore, such things should be publicly supressed Wow. I'm impressed that ppl in this thread are even bothering to debate statements like that. When someone's point of view is couched ...

MehYam

They look and sound the same because in fundamental ways they *are* the same. So great that we have a president who God talks to.

MehYam

woodchip wrote:Before some far left weenie says the London bombings are really Britains fault for being in Iraq aiding the U.S.

Sounds like a far-right weenie said it first!

MehYam

By the way people almost NEVER are honest about the real reasons for the positions they hold. The truth is that it's not that they are lying, it's that they don't even *know* what the real reasons are. Their inner self latches on to an idea that is a moral pricinciple to them first, then they ...

MehYam

HaAGen DaZS wrote:why does no one like TC?

Naw, he's fine. He came out of the soaking thing with pretty good publicity by the looks of it.

MehYam

And wtf scientology.. I suppose when you make that much money you don't really need brains. Even the term 'scientology' sounds like a ridiculous word made-up to snare people who slept through their high school science classes. I'm creating a new religion... I'm calling it, uh, Algebrology ...

MehYam

Yeah. It's very similar to Pascal (at least Modula-2 was. I assume Modula-3 is just like Modula-2, just... one... extra...Modula, or some ★■◆●)

MehYam

It already exists. Blasteroids uses the same energy and shield power-up graphics that Descent does, and features three ship types... a small fast one, large fat one, and one in between.

Spooooky.

MehYam

Strange post, but if you're looking for excuses, here's some help: http://www.udel.edu/BCC/images/past/bryan_adams.jpg http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040715/040715_summerShows_glick_bcol_12p.small.jpg http://perso.wanadoo.fr/imagesdeparfums/Dion_Celine/TN_celine_dion.jpg http ...

MehYam

Looks fun to me. Actually, this brings up an interesting solution to trying to balance large outdoor and confined indoor regions: make ships take major damage when they smack into stuff, and you can crank up the speed while keeping things sane indoors. Outdoor areas would be pretty exciting if you ...

MehYam

As an Xbox-only owner, the appeal of picking up a machine that will play PS3, PS2, and PSone games is pretty inviting. Then again, I'm guessing that for casual gamers (i.e. me), it won't matter. Any system will have enough games, and enough of them will be cross-platform that it won't really matter ...

MehYam

I will keep coming here because I know one day there will be another true iteration of Descent and I will be here for it. It is the most challenging video game ever made and I am glad I got to be part of it. Man speaks the truth. Keep faith alive, one day there will be a game that fills D's shoes ...

MehYam

Unfortunately the UDP/IP implementation in D2X only seems to browse a local network for servers, thus not requiring and explicitly specified IP address and port number. How's this going? Sounds like this should be the simple part, all you need is to circumvent the browsing code and read the IP ...

MehYam

I always wonder if these things are creative accounting... maybe some of that wad of cash gets shuffled to something else. Like covering the cost of the war effort, but I guess the whole 1.5B isn't much of a dent, anyway.

MehYam

Psychology saved my life.

MehYam

If you're ever in the SF Bay Area, check out the Computer History Museum.

Pretty cool artifacts and stories there.

MehYam

Impressive for one year playing, but I'll be a critic for this poor kid too... he needs to use his ear more, to keep from bending the strings out of tune. His intonation makes his playing almost unlistenable, even though there's some really good stuff happening there too. At 13, though, he can take ...

MehYam

Vader, before you get all creamy over this, buried somewhere in Charles Duelfer's report is his sentiment that Iraqs WMD's being taken to Syria cannot be ruled out nor that once sanctions were lifted that Saddam would not reconstitute his WMD programs. This seems really unlikely to me. Who would be ...

MehYam

Looking at the wow forums, I get the impression combat is more you a turn based attack than action based. True? Yes, it's got a lot in common with turn-based combat even though the moves are mapped out in real-time (you make a choice, wait a second for it to complete, then make your next one ...

MehYam

The Penny Arcade guys did a pretty good bit on WoW a few days ago. They were all in the beta, and now just got the retail. Here's the editorial . The fact of the matter is that World of Warcraft is essentially the apex of the genre, and even those who are not proponents of Massive games should try ...

MehYam

In that first video we're probably seeing the death of that older couple as the man half-heartedly holds out his arm to them right before they get swept away. I'm sure his rescue *effort* would have been much more urgent had he realized exactly the immense power of what was coming in. I heard that ...

MehYam

Thanks for the tips, guys. In order: 1) Refresh rate - yeah, that's a possibility I'll check, although I never futzed with the rate after setting it initially a couple years ago 2) Cable issue - seems like a possibility, but would a driver reinstall fix that? Interestingly, when I plug the LCD back ...

MehYam

WinXP SP2, GF4 MX440 p.o.s. I thought I'd be able to find this problem discussed somewhere in usenet or the web, but no luck finding anything so far: One day I booted my machine only to have the display turn off after the Windows loading screen. It was as though the monitor stopped receiving signal ...

MehYam

Don't forget the giant caldera volcano in Yellowstone that will wipe out everything in the western US in a single blast. We got it good out here!

MehYam

God made the tectonic plates move to smack thee down. Heathen.

MehYam

Hard to say, but the potential is certainly there. Too many unidentified bodies means that it may be impossible to verify death. So I dunno how the insurance companies plan to handle this.

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