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March 19th, 2007, 09:43 PM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
Aluminum uses one character less and therefore it's more efficient to type, takes up less space on the page, saves ink, saves one byte of memory, etc.  |
March 20th, 2007, 04:00 AM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
If it was melting, I very much doubt it was pure aluminum - Melting point of 660 C/1220 F.
If your stove really does get that hot, might I suggest something safer to cook your food with than a blast furnace?
Most likely it was tin - Melting point of 231 C/449 F.
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March 27th, 2007, 06:03 PM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
Almost everything made out of Al is actually an alloy, because pure Al doesn't have good properties for making stuff. Alloying it affects its melting point. I read this on Wikipedia, so it must be true.  (Notice how I cleverly avoided the spelling controversy, and saved lots of ink and bytes.)
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March 27th, 2007, 08:23 PM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
"...Because pure A.I. doesn't have good properties..."
So the Alloy would be mixing AI with knowledge of player locations, map triggers/waypoints, preassembled build plans, foreknowledge of the tech tree...
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March 27th, 2007, 10:55 PM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
'...Foreknowledge of the tech tree...'...'...Player knowledge of the tech tree...'
Hmm, doesn't really look that much like cheating. Would depend on how it is handled.
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March 28th, 2007, 07:15 PM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
Al not AI As in Aluminum not artificial intelligence
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March 30th, 2007, 10:54 AM
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Re: OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed
Randallw: i find it strange that you think it is strange. Don't you know americans enough by now to not think it is strange for us to do things differently?
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