Wasteland- Fallout was good but Wasteland was truly something.
Space Rogue
Moebius
Temple of Apshai
Star Control 1 and 2
Master of Orion 1-2- Not that abomination MOO3
Spaceflight
Master of Magic- Nothing has come close to this game for me
Alpha Centari
Battle Chess- This needs a reboot every few years
Crusader: No Remorse and No regret
Syndicate
Xcom
Dungeonkeeper
Wizardry
HORDE
It would not require programmed Malcious intent. Think Monkey's Paw, or for DnD folks a wish made to a good DM.
It is the unexpected consequences. If you tell a computer to synthesize 10000 compounds using X, Y, z and 1 one of them will kil everyone in the building and you dont EXPLICITLY tell it to not synthesize it. What do you think will happen?
Reams of fiction discuss this and Assimov pointed out that even with well crafted(heh) rules governing behavior that you cant plan for everything.
Anyways I dont believe computers will one day be our end, I figure we either do it ourselves or some ELE will occur.
Rain on your wedding day is ironic...if had some sort of power over the rain or were in Death Valley. Good advice you just didnt take...I mean yeah if you were Confucious
You have embrace other peoples inaccuracies and make them work. Its how I havent gone Crazy. Maybe.
and someone wants to make berms of Moon rock and sand with robots.
Convential explosives might be cheaper and certainly more entertaining.
WOnder how much a space plow will cost?
Elecroshock therapy combined with several cocktails of druds will do the job very very well.
Of course it might delete slightly more then a specific memory nothings perfect
They build these on the unused parts of Manhattan.
The plan seems so clear-
They bring in Dirt from New Jersey(its the Garden State so it has the best dirt)
Water piped in from the Hudson
Fertilzers...well Having been to New York I suspect the smell of acrid nitrogen rich fertilzers from the streets and alleys might somehow be harnessed.
Yeah WOW was a huge factor...but it could have also been the MONSTROUS Trade nerf.
I am one of those who played EQ until EQ2 then left because Sony never learned good player support. Ironically I forgive Blizzard alot because they NEVER beat me down like EQ-EQ2 did.
Cats?
You got a vermin problem get SNAKES!
FInd a local Snake that eats vermin buy about 10 more them and release in your facilities.
Do not use foreign snakes boas and whatnot.
Snakes eat vermin then Move on once vermin are gone.
Make sure they are large enough to not get stuck in your Powersupply fans.
They Declared the ban on DDT after it laid waste to our BIRDS.
Its OTHER enviromental effects are are also worth examining. Causes cancer and has some pretty strong effects on fauna besides insects.
Your post would indicate we just decided to ban it for no worthwile reason. I personally like Fish eating birds.
One of my all time favorite SCI-fi series.
I thought Earth was destroyed and Lister the last human being in the universe(well until the nanites brought back the crew?)
So lets hope they arent going to go BACK through time. Or have another BTL episode.
1. Its Defined NOW as man+woman might check your history books for previous definitions which include: Man+ many women, Man + Litle girls, Little boys + little girls and So on. The 5000 year old history you mention has had some DOOZY of Marriages which i kid you not include Marriage to GOD, Gods, and other forms that are worshipped.
Other Awesome institutions people voted for-
Slavery
Segregation
Teaching creationism
No INTERRACIAL marriages
Some really spectaculary stupid or evil politicians.
First the history of Marriage is such that we are only dealing with RECENT tradition. Churchs and the state did NOT always do the marrying. Marriage predates Christianity by a fair amount and it seems from a historical standpoint that the first KNOWN marriages were usually enjoined privately with no legal(state) or Religious ceremony.
Lastly I find telling people they shouldnt fight for the same rights and priviledges others hold is wrong. I say fight on! It appears they are in good company- Gandhi, Mandella, King Jr., Ironically Calvin, The founding Fathers(no taxation without reprensentation), pretty much any Civil Rights issue in history, ever.
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Wasteland- Fallout was good but Wasteland was truly something. Space Rogue Moebius Temple of Apshai Star Control 1 and 2 Master of Orion 1-2- Not that abomination MOO3 Spaceflight Master of Magic- Nothing has come close to this game for me Alpha Centari Battle Chess- This needs a reboot every few years Crusader: No Remorse and No regret Syndicate Xcom Dungeonkeeper Wizardry HORDE
He was sooo close
Impressive post. Succinct and accurate.
Its so easy to decompile and search for
PREFIX CODE (1-6-3-0-9)
Stopped them...and I am not sure they patented it.
It would not require programmed Malcious intent. Think Monkey's Paw, or for DnD folks a wish made to a good DM.
It is the unexpected consequences. If you tell a computer to synthesize 10000 compounds using X, Y, z and 1 one of them will kil everyone in the building and you dont EXPLICITLY tell it to not synthesize it. What do you think will happen?
Reams of fiction discuss this and Assimov pointed out that even with well crafted(heh) rules governing behavior that you cant plan for everything.
Anyways I dont believe computers will one day be our end, I figure we either do it ourselves or some ELE will occur.
Circle of life being what it is flying mosquitos may not feed many bats..
But larva feed Dragonflys and Fish in spades
I just want my Larraman organ
Rain on your wedding day is ironic...if had some sort of power over the rain or were in Death Valley.
Good advice you just didnt take...I mean yeah if you were Confucious
You have embrace other peoples inaccuracies and make them work. Its how I havent gone Crazy.
Maybe.
Joshua
Shilo is that you?
Who else would download it?
and someone wants to make berms of Moon rock and sand with robots. Convential explosives might be cheaper and certainly more entertaining. WOnder how much a space plow will cost?
Soon as the Botany Bay is completed.
We could hope so.
Elecroshock therapy combined with several cocktails of druds will do the job very very well. Of course it might delete slightly more then a specific memory nothings perfect
They build these on the unused parts of Manhattan. The plan seems so clear- They bring in Dirt from New Jersey(its the Garden State so it has the best dirt) Water piped in from the Hudson Fertilzers...well Having been to New York I suspect the smell of acrid nitrogen rich fertilzers from the streets and alleys might somehow be harnessed.
Pity you get 250 faction and some tokens you will never use in reward.
I do not hold to that.
Yeah WOW was a huge factor...but it could have also been the MONSTROUS Trade nerf. I am one of those who played EQ until EQ2 then left because Sony never learned good player support. Ironically I forgive Blizzard alot because they NEVER beat me down like EQ-EQ2 did.
Cats? You got a vermin problem get SNAKES! FInd a local Snake that eats vermin buy about 10 more them and release in your facilities. Do not use foreign snakes boas and whatnot. Snakes eat vermin then Move on once vermin are gone. Make sure they are large enough to not get stuck in your Powersupply fans.
They Declared the ban on DDT after it laid waste to our BIRDS. Its OTHER enviromental effects are are also worth examining. Causes cancer and has some pretty strong effects on fauna besides insects. Your post would indicate we just decided to ban it for no worthwile reason. I personally like Fish eating birds.
One of my all time favorite SCI-fi series. I thought Earth was destroyed and Lister the last human being in the universe(well until the nanites brought back the crew?) So lets hope they arent going to go BACK through time. Or have another BTL episode.
1. Its Defined NOW as man+woman might check your history books for previous definitions which include: Man+ many women, Man + Litle girls, Little boys + little girls and So on. The 5000 year old history you mention has had some DOOZY of Marriages which i kid you not include Marriage to GOD, Gods, and other forms that are worshipped. Other Awesome institutions people voted for- Slavery Segregation Teaching creationism No INTERRACIAL marriages Some really spectaculary stupid or evil politicians.
First the history of Marriage is such that we are only dealing with RECENT tradition. Churchs and the state did NOT always do the marrying. Marriage predates Christianity by a fair amount and it seems from a historical standpoint that the first KNOWN marriages were usually enjoined privately with no legal(state) or Religious ceremony.
Lastly I find telling people they shouldnt fight for the same rights and priviledges others hold is wrong. I say fight on! It appears they are in good company- Gandhi, Mandella, King Jr., Ironically Calvin, The founding Fathers(no taxation without reprensentation), pretty much any Civil Rights issue in history, ever.