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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Encouraging (Not Mandating) Abstinence: Harmless or Not? |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 1:39 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,257
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that however is only because of lacking sex ed at a proper age,
abstinence can easily be mentioned and explained in sex ed but it cannot and should not replace it. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Why I think retro gaming is better than modern gaming |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 11:02 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 12,854
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| i can reccomend dig and rig as a good pseudo retro game, all 8bit and absolutely wonderfull. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Graphics or Story? |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 4:33 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,645
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| gameplay, polish, story/graphics. gameplay is self evident and the latter are in a way a part of it, far too many promising games die due to lack of polish, their story, gameplay and graphics can all be amazing but a few of the wrong kind of flaw can ruin any game. the story and graphics are equal, ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Voter ID laws. |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 4:15 am
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Replies: 191
Views: 11,688
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| if you had sussed out all of those variables then one wouldnt need to vote, a computer could solve the problems for you in an optimal way and outside of bias. the whole idea behind democracy and the modern party ssystems is that people hold different views on what various issues mean what a vote wou... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: UK MPs condemn Spain's "act of war" over Gibraltar |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 3:52 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,406
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1000Knives wrote: I hope they go to war.
why?
what i find intriguing is what spain had to gain from such a move, it looks like political posturing, |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Science Behind the Flood Myths |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 2:43 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,364
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| nor do i think it means a literal macroscopic difference in neurology at birth, i personally dont believe intelligence to be static either, it will change throughout a persons lifetimes as connections ae created and atrophy. the brain is a remarkable organ and it allows us to do amazing things, and ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Science Behind the Flood Myths |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 2:32 pm
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Replies: 29
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| We should not forget that people of prehistoric, and recorded ancient times simply didn't have the backlog of technology to build upon, that we have today. That, I believe, has more to do with the ancients lacking modern achievements, and less to do with a lack of intelligence. -Bill, otherwise kno... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The War Against the Proletariat |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 126
Views: 10,115
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| i never understood the corporations are people argument, the people of a company should have the freedom to involve themselves in any political situatiom they like(in their private life), i dont see why that effect should be doubled by allowing the corporation itself to do the same, essentially alow... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Science Behind the Flood Myths |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 2:16 pm
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Replies: 29
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| i am not underestimating anyone, there were several truly revolutionary thinkers that even today would be among the smartest people alive, that however says nothing about average intelligence, it isnt an all or nothing claim. and yes it would be fairly recent, the conditions that makes it happen wer... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Science Behind the Flood Myths |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 1:55 pm
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Replies: 29
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| they had an almost identical brain but intelligence has been rising according to the flynn effect. . I go by the Stonehenge and Great Pyramid effect. You are conflating the ease of accessing knowledge with the ability to think creatively and originally. ruveyn and you are forgetting that learning i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Science Behind the Flood Myths |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 1:07 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Human consciousness is equipped to grasp these distant events. It's as if these ideas exist in the air and are free to pop in the minds of receptive people. This is why humans are able to come up with these myths. Also, they were able to figure out how to erect pyramids just by studying the shapes ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: update on computer build |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 1:03 pm
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Replies: 18
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| that isnt half bad for 8gb sticks. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: update on computer build |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 6:11 am
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Replies: 18
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| again that all depends on the computer adn what it is used for, if you run a dedicated os disk then that and the swap file will under most uses not use the full bandwidth of the drive. if you run raid systems then you are already dividing traffic between drives in one way or another. i use a 72gb se... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: update on computer build |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 5:19 am
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Replies: 18
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true,
for newer generations it should be more than the rated hours of operation for mechanical drives, |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: update on computer build |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 4:22 am
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Replies: 18
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| it could come in handy when doing screen capture, sometimes my video files are in excess of a 100gb, that is with the best codec i could find without a noticable difference in quality. so if i am playing from the same drive i am recording to i often get dropped frames simply because my ram cant hold... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Am I the Only One Who Hates Multiplayer? |
| Oodain |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2012, 3:16 am
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Replies: 35
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| ESO looks like it will be riding on the edge of a blade, they either cater too much tot he mmo side and eerything devolves into a cookie cutter mmo with an elder scolls skin, or they will cater too much to the dynamic nature of the singleplayer games and make not only balancing but also actual gamep... |
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