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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 29th, 2007, 11:03 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 6,322
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all

rstaats: I think you misunderstand the intent of insurance. Here's how it's supposed to work (from my experience, anyway).

1 - Customers give money to the insurance company.
2 - Insurance Company...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 28th, 2007, 07:14 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,575
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: Fanfic

Nice. I like "humans as the underdogs" stories=-)
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 27th, 2007, 07:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,395
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: New PC! Sorta...

If you're in the states and don't have a moral objection to shopping at walmart, they are (apparently) currently selling some decent Linux PCs for about $200. The stores are sold out, but I believe...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 23rd, 2007, 06:56 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,609
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: Bagels...

Olives? Ugh! Can't stand em (although I luuuuurve olive oil, wierdly).

I fond bagels to be a little doughy, but tolerable with the right toppings. Soft cheese and the like would be a good start....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 9th, 2007, 07:30 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,581
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: Even More Proof That PC\'s Are Dying

But how easy is it to cut out commercials? You are ignoring the possibilities offered by technology, which is what the music industry did when mp3s appeared on the scene. You can't blame them, I...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 8th, 2007, 02:36 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,581
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: Even More Proof That PC\'s Are Dying

meh. The PC isn't dying, it's just changing shape. Evolving.

A lot of the PC's current applications (browsing, email)will move to the mobile, especially once those fancy roll up screens they've...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 6th, 2007, 08:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,296
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT: XP is Still The One

I don't think I've ever come across an OS that has delivered 100% satisfaction 100% of the time. However the closest I've yet come is Ubuntu, which I've been running 2 flavours of for a few months...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 6th, 2007, 07:59 AM
Replies: 13
Poll: Be Honest
Views: 4,034
Posted By dogscoff
Re: Be Honest

I don't think I'm addicted to anything. I certainly like a drink, and if a doctor were to tell me I can't ever touch alcohol again I think I'd cry for a week, but I can happily go for arbitrary...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 2nd, 2007, 07:53 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 13,988
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT, Submit your Canidates for Fox of Sci-Fi Po

One of the Doctor's recent companions, Rose Tyler ( Billy Piper (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684877/) ) is currently on TV here on the UK in "The Secret Diary of a Call Girl." It's pretty steamy...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 1st, 2007, 12:47 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,527
Posted By dogscoff
Re: where were you

heh, i didn't know you could do that: change the 'number=' bit of the URL (and delete everything after it) to zero in on specific posts.

I just invented a great new time-wasting game! Type random...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V November 1st, 2007, 06:09 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 13,988
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT, Submit your Canidates for Fox of Sci-Fi Po

As I believe I have recently stated in another thread:

Kaylee: Yum.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 31st, 2007, 06:42 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 6,507
Posted By dogscoff
Re: What internet programs do you use, and why?

Firefox, Thunderbird at home, because they're good at what they do, and I used to use them on Windows and were available when I migrated to Linux. I'm tempted to try Opera again though (last used it...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 26th, 2007, 02:04 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

That is an important thing, I'm glad you've taken it into consideration- not because i think the Icarans need to be changed, but because change is interesting and change is what drives storytelling. ...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 25th, 2007, 01:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

Ok, I see where you're coming from. However I do think you underestimate the extent to which people will resist, even in the face of utterly hopeless oppression.



But no-one will submit, and...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 25th, 2007, 07:20 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

So in other words, someone has to take all the people out of the town, filter the bad guys from the innocents, then destroy the town. If you've filtered out the bad guys, why not deal with them and...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 24th, 2007, 01:18 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

Interesting stuff. however the more you reveal about them, the more I find your Icarans strangely inconsistent.

You say they are quite happy to kill entire communities as "collateral damage"...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 24th, 2007, 09:05 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,057
Posted By dogscoff
Re: Fyron

and of course, you'd have to deal with pedantic idiots ilke me asking why minesweepers don't work on it and the minefield never depletes.

I guess you could handwave that away in the sector's...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 24th, 2007, 07:58 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

Will has a point. If they can reconcile two official religions within their society (I would be very interested to find out if there are power struggles/ conflicts/ tensions/ resentments between the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 23rd, 2007, 07:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,772
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT A question regarding a culture I\'m working

Without addressing your points individually, but in answer to most of them:

It seems to me that the religion of your society is so tightly wrapped up with and controlled by the dictatorship that...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 22nd, 2007, 12:01 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 11,331
Posted By dogscoff
Re: OT Which would you Choose

Watched an epsiode of Firefly on DVD last night and I would just like to reiterate a very important point I made earlier ni this thread:

Kaylee. Yum. ...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 19th, 2007, 05:12 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 14,421
Posted By dogscoff
Re: What is the Name our Moon?

OK then Fyron, next time a form asks me to fill in "race" I will put in "100 metre hurdles."
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 18th, 2007, 05:19 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,146
Posted By dogscoff
Re: Dancing Phong!

That needs to be added to the game: Displayed in the report window whenever you lose a battle to the Phong...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 16th, 2007, 10:12 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,856
Posted By dogscoff
Re: [OT] - US proxy for Wowio.com?

Well, my email address is from www.plus.net (http://www.plus.net), but my email address (if you bypass my domain) has an @plus.com extension. I guess they see the .com and assume I'm american. Then...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 15th, 2007, 11:20 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,856
Posted By dogscoff
Re: [OT] - US proxy for Wowio.com?

S'OK, I found one: www.stupidcensorship.com (http://www.stupidcensorship.com) seems to do the trick =-)
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V October 15th, 2007, 11:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,856
Posted By dogscoff
[OT] - US proxy for Wowio.com?

Hey ho, another OT question for y'all.

Anyone know of a reliable free US proxy I could use to download stuff from wowio.com - they won't let you create an account from outside the US, and their...
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