I focus on Civ II for Windows; I've only occasionally messed around with FreeCiv on the Linux box that's my secondary computer anyways.
I have Civ II on physical CD, but I play without the disc so I don't have to fish it out. I play my normal music collection in the background, like I usually do, with game sound effects mostly turned off.
(Civ II can select music for the game from a regular audio CD, but doesn't play whole tracks, switching tracks when the game music would have normally switched.)
A lot of people are nonracist but don't like his policies or find him ineffective, but those who can't stand his race probably can't stand his policies either. Think "A implies B, but B does not necessarily imply A."
I never understood why the AI RR'ed every square on the map. All I did was build direct links, and RR up the industrial squares that benefitted from the shield bonus. I find other ways to screw around with surplus Engineers (small new cities, Transform, etc.)
I did put roads everywhere within city radius, because of trade bonus.
Ought to see if the fix help overall, or if they're outweighed by assorted other things thrown into the game.
I never did scorched-earth, because I planned to reconquer and usually stood a chance at doing so. Often times, my border cities fell in harassment operations easily reversible next turn. (Defeating enemies on their home turf was/is my issue sometimes.)
I did sometimes cut railroad links due to a threatening siege, something the AI could have done; I only ever saw them pillage near my cities, when on the attack.
Yeah, in my long and involved convo with the other RIT student, he did mention the railroad problem being partially addressed in Civ IV; you gave details that he did not. Thanks, metaphorical +1 Informative.
One thing that *disadvantaged* large stacks is that barely killing one unit would kill the whole stack [assuming the spot was unfortified; especially annoying if you were in the process of fortifying it.]
One or a few good defensive units could guard as you built up attacking units.
On Slashdot, Civilization II strategy is Insightful.:P
(The "other factors" include faster transport ships, and units with higher offense factors and more movement points even sans railroads; especially considering the railroad abuse, I consider Howitzers to be more powerful than many naval, air and missile units.)
Yes, I win (if I win) by space race, if I'm playing on Level 6 (Deity); the AI (or at least a couple AI players) is otherwise too uncooperative with my "conquer them" plans.:P
Many of my wars are triggered by diplomatically uncooperative AI civs, maybe picking easier targets to help me against the big guys
(I don't compare in-game philosophy to real-world philosophy)
Sometimes I don't technically win, but rather focus on my civ score.
In many cases, I project myself as having been able to conquer the world relatively soon after game end.
In the US, you have to have standing to sue, i.e. already have been hurt by the allegedly-unconstitutional provision. This plus the time it takes to make its way through the court system.
"_The courts take even longer to decide things than the senate._ Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation." - Queen Amidala, Episode I:P
Yeah, this stuff makes the filibuster even more of a mess than just the anti-tyranny-of-majority/tyranny-of-minority concept it inherently is.
Those supporting the DREAM Act and those not supporting Don't Ask, Don't Tell are amongst a long line of constituents to be pissed off about the matter.
One of the cheap tactics used by the Aldi's and PriceRite chains to eschew those club cards (and coupons, for that matter)
There's time overhead for the club members themselves, and marketing aggregation, but I always figured the big idea was to be able to ding non-members for a premium, even though it's phrased as a discount for members.
I suspect it's an implicit offer of "you do the work instead of our employees, and you get *some* of the savings", and people often take them up on it.
If you know the touch-tone menu for a particular phone number, you can hit a make-a-choice-number without waiting for the robo-voice to read out all the options. Sounds kinda like that.
NY is one of the states with a container-deposit law (here, it's on soda, bottled water and beer); the machines the supermarkets installed to scan and count containers are similarly frustrating. Rejecting legit containers (sometimes because they're a new not-yet-recognized variety), taking too long to scan, jamming up, filling, waiting for the human attendant in general, et cetera.
Aldi's, a budget grocery store chain that has a presence around here as well as elsewhere, does this but phrases it as a charge (nickel? dime?) to buy their bags. As for PriceRite, another store chain in that niche, not sure if they do. These stores do a lot of other money-saving things (fewer name brands, cart control, less-glitzy store layout, et cetera) as well
Unsurprisingly, these chains are rather popular, whether you're poor or not.
"I can tell this wedding was covered by Parents Of A Newlywed Catering by the large amount of visible Aldi's packaging".:P
Even at the stores that don't charge for bags, I like Dad's idea of bringing plastic bins and small coolers to the store - sturdier, fewer objects to carry and prevents an unnecessarily large accumulation of those plastic bags.
Non-grocery items the store sells? Tobacco, alcohol and Lotto are bigger moneymakers for Joe Blow's Convenience Store; the same principle also works for the big guys.
Around here, although they all do it, Wegmans in particular seems big on throwing in some general merchandise as well [BTW, they don't sell cigs any more AFAIK, and also seem to go for some $ with premium products]
A local supermarket with self-checkouts has one employee watching 4 (or is it 6?) stations; since I haven't used the machines myself, I don't know if there's machine paranoia in addition to this.
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Yeah, even the regular stores offer reusable fabric bags now. :)
Whatever the reason, it must cut down on plastic bag usage.
A small stockpile of the plastic bags is still useful, yes.
I focus on Civ II for Windows; I've only occasionally messed around with FreeCiv on the Linux box that's my secondary computer anyways.
I have Civ II on physical CD, but I play without the disc so I don't have to fish it out. I play my normal music collection in the background, like I usually do, with game sound effects mostly turned off.
(Civ II can select music for the game from a regular audio CD, but doesn't play whole tracks, switching tracks when the game music would have normally switched.)
Referencing this Far Side comic?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://akbar.marlboro.edu/~jsheehy/FarSideCownCar.gif&imgrefurl=http://forums.bicycling.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/632104717/m/5131031146/p/2&usg=__YEficHbVcpMbSLHsx3z_IqK4I1w=&h=428&w=350&sz=37&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=6ED9ukKliivcdM:&tbnh=166&tbnw=136&prev=/images%3Fq%3DThe%2BFar%2BSide%2Btalking%2Bcows%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DD3c%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D650%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=355&ei=yseaTMmhC4KclgegzoSSCg&oei=E8eaTPRNwrvyBpadse8P&esq=21&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=81&ty=95
A lot of people are nonracist but don't like his policies or find him ineffective, but those who can't stand his race probably can't stand his policies either. Think "A implies B, but B does not necessarily imply A."
Sounds like I missed a lot of improvements. :)
BTW, how do y'all think FreeCiv compares to development of the brand-name series?
Sounds like in this case it was hard instead of impossible.
Okay, let's try this: people who use the distribution channels associated with pirates for fairly legitimate purposes like this.
I never understood why the AI RR'ed every square on the map. All I did was build direct links, and RR up the industrial squares that benefitted from the shield bonus.
I find other ways to screw around with surplus Engineers (small new cities, Transform, etc.)
I did put roads everywhere within city radius, because of trade bonus.
Ought to see if the fix help overall, or if they're outweighed by assorted other things thrown into the game.
I never did scorched-earth, because I planned to reconquer and usually stood a chance at doing so. Often times, my border cities fell in harassment operations easily reversible next turn. (Defeating enemies on their home turf was/is my issue sometimes.)
I did sometimes cut railroad links due to a threatening siege, something the AI could have done; I only ever saw them pillage near my cities, when on the attack.
Yeah, in my long and involved convo with the other RIT student, he did mention the railroad problem being partially addressed in Civ IV; you gave details that he did not. Thanks, metaphorical +1 Informative.
One thing that *disadvantaged* large stacks is that barely killing one unit would kill the whole stack [assuming the spot was unfortified; especially annoying if you were in the process of fortifying it.]
One or a few good defensive units could guard as you built up attacking units.
On Slashdot, Civilization II strategy is Insightful. :P
(The "other factors" include faster transport ships, and units with higher offense factors and more movement points even sans railroads; especially considering the railroad abuse, I consider Howitzers to be more powerful than many naval, air and missile units.)
Yes, I win (if I win) by space race, if I'm playing on Level 6 (Deity); the AI (or at least a couple AI players) is otherwise too uncooperative with my "conquer them" plans. :P
Many of my wars are triggered by diplomatically uncooperative AI civs, maybe picking easier targets to help me against the big guys
(I don't compare in-game philosophy to real-world philosophy)
Sometimes I don't technically win, but rather focus on my civ score.
In many cases, I project myself as having been able to conquer the world relatively soon after game end.
Distinctions like that are important here on /., I'll admit.
Yes, some 'honest pirates' will download then buy or vice versa.
In the US, you have to have standing to sue, i.e. already have been hurt by the allegedly-unconstitutional provision. This plus the time it takes to make its way through the court system.
"_The courts take even longer to decide things than the senate._ Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation." - Queen Amidala, Episode I :P
In other words, material replicators a la Star Trek?
This sounds in part somewhat like a special case of out-of-touch rich people going on about their luxuries
Yeah, this stuff makes the filibuster even more of a mess than just the anti-tyranny-of-majority/tyranny-of-minority concept it inherently is.
Those supporting the DREAM Act and those not supporting Don't Ask, Don't Tell are amongst a long line of constituents to be pissed off about the matter.
One of the cheap tactics used by the Aldi's and PriceRite chains to eschew those club cards (and coupons, for that matter)
There's time overhead for the club members themselves, and marketing aggregation, but I always figured the big idea was to be able to ding non-members for a premium, even though it's phrased as a discount for members.
I suspect it's an implicit offer of "you do the work instead of our employees, and you get *some* of the savings", and people often take them up on it.
FEWER staff, not less.
Seen this grammatical rant before...
http://www.kflay.com/site/blog/hey-starbucks-get-your-shit-together
http://www.kflay.com/site/blog/this-is-getting-out-of-hand
If you know the touch-tone menu for a particular phone number, you can hit a make-a-choice-number without waiting for the robo-voice to read out all the options. Sounds kinda like that.
NY is one of the states with a container-deposit law (here, it's on soda, bottled water and beer); the machines the supermarkets installed to scan and count containers are similarly frustrating.
Rejecting legit containers (sometimes because they're a new not-yet-recognized variety), taking too long to scan, jamming up, filling, waiting for the human attendant in general, et cetera.
Aldi's, a budget grocery store chain that has a presence around here as well as elsewhere, does this but phrases it as a charge (nickel? dime?) to buy their bags. As for PriceRite, another store chain in that niche, not sure if they do.
These stores do a lot of other money-saving things (fewer name brands, cart control, less-glitzy store layout, et cetera) as well
Unsurprisingly, these chains are rather popular, whether you're poor or not.
"I can tell this wedding was covered by Parents Of A Newlywed Catering by the large amount of visible Aldi's packaging". :P
Even at the stores that don't charge for bags, I like Dad's idea of bringing plastic bins and small coolers to the store - sturdier, fewer objects to carry and prevents an unnecessarily large accumulation of those plastic bags.
"French Wheat" says the bottle if I remember correctly. And hey to paraphrase Chappelle's Show, "it's motherfucking vodka, it'll get ya drunk"
Non-grocery items the store sells? Tobacco, alcohol and Lotto are bigger moneymakers for Joe Blow's Convenience Store; the same principle also works for the big guys.
Around here, although they all do it, Wegmans in particular seems big on throwing in some general merchandise as well [BTW, they don't sell cigs any more AFAIK, and also seem to go for some $ with premium products]
A local supermarket with self-checkouts has one employee watching 4 (or is it 6?) stations; since I haven't used the machines myself, I don't know if there's machine paranoia in addition to this.