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Re: Wasteland 2 Screenshot |
Jul 20, 2012, 17:26 |
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Hornet303 wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 16:59:
Screen looks too bright.. apparently its w/o particle mapping or whatever. There is decent detail in there, but just seems a little cartoony to me. Im sure it will be fixed. It also mentions that the camera is adjustable so you can zoom out further etc.
I would agree but anyone who played the original will remember that the original map graphics were so rudimentary that the original team may not have had a chance to express the particular art style they had in mind for wasteland. However, if I was to go by the monster portraits of the original, I would say this version is still too cartooney or "disney" looking to match up with my idea of their original vision. It almost has the look of a board game or train set kind of tiny town thing. But maybe thats what they want.
Anyways, graphics are at the very bottom of the list when I think about what this game will offer. I would also bet that is the general consensus. |
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El Primo De Los Matadors |
Jul 20, 2012, 15:08 |
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eRe4s3r wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 14:59:
And you would only have yourself to blame if you cared what other people think. Never compromise your message to cater to an audience.
Yeh, as long as they are paying attention, it doesnt really matter what they think. The transaction has already been completed at that point. |
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not really "correct" at all |
Jul 20, 2012, 13:31 |
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in particular, the sexualized depiction of the goddess Kali;
'Kali is portrayed mostly in two forms: the popular four-armed form and the ten-armed Mahakali form. In both of her forms, she is described as being black in color but is most often depicted as blue in popular Indian art. Her eyes are described as red with intoxication, and in absolute rage, her hair is shown disheveled, small fangs sometimes protrude out of her mouth, and her tongue is lolling. She is often shown naked or just wearing a skirt made of human arms and a garland of human heads. She is also accompanied by serpents and a jackal while standing on a seemingly dead Shiva, usually right foot forward to symbolize the more popular Dakshinamarga or right-handed path, as opposed to the more infamous and transgressive Vamamarga or left-handed path. Various Shakta Hindu cosmologies, as well as Shakta Tantric beliefs, worship her as the ultimate reality or Brahman.'
At the dissolution of things, it is Kala [Time] Who will devour all, and by reason of this He is called Mahakala [an epithet of Lord Shiva], and since Thou devourest Mahakala Himself, it is Thou who art the Supreme Primordial Kalika. Because Thou devourest Kala, Thou art Kali, the original form of all things, and because Thou art the Origin of and devourest all things Thou art called the Adya [the Primordial One]. Re-assuming after Dissolution Thine own form, dark and formless, Thou alone remainest as One ineffable and inconceivable. Though having a form, yet art Thou formless; though Thyself without beginning, multiform by the power of Maya, Thou art the Beginning of all, Creatrix, Protectress, and Destructress that Thou art.
- Mahanirvana-tantra
"All languages do, of course, have nouns for aspects of time, but in early Sanskrit these words concern time as a measuring stick or time as a quantity, not the abstract concept of time. The words for day, night, and month as quantities have already been mentioned, but one designation for time, the word 'kala', in particular attained special significance in the early religion and this word subsequently underwent a special development in the emerging religions of India. This Sanskrit word for time, 'kala' masc. 'specific point in time', is of a similiar origin as the (Vedic) word 'kala' fem. 'a small part of the whole, one sixteenth, a bit' both derived from the root kal- 'to calculate, or count'. Kala gives what is essentially a quantitative definition of time which, as Hindu thought later develops, is extended from this essentially limiting definition to the new meanings which still follow much within the boundaries set by the original meaning of the word. That is to say that the semantic field in the expanded meaning still very much keeps to a quantitative definition of time.
Deriving from this semantic nucleus of a 'time within which' comes a far more significant extension of the meaning of fixed or limited time to the sense of the final time or limit of life, i.e. kala- 'death by age, destiny, fate' and from this new semantic nucleus come compound words containing this basic meaning of death, e.g. kalam kr- 'to die'; kalagata 'dead, literally "time-gone"'.
- W. H. Snyder"
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put this in your pipe and smoke it |
Jul 20, 2012, 12:26 |
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The first published reference to Kolob is found in the Book of Abraham, first published in the 1842 newspaper Times and Seasons, and now included within the Pearl of Great Price as part of the canon of Mormonism. The Book of Abraham was dictated in 1836 by Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr., after he purchased a set of Egyptian scrolls that accompanied a mummy exhibition. When this exhibit passed through Smith's town of Kirtland, Ohio, Smith was approached about the scrolls based on his reputation for having published translations of ancient texts such as the golden plates. According to Smith, the scrolls described a vision of Abraham, in which Abraham:
"saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them was nearest unto the throne of God;....and the name of the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest."
In an explanation of an Egyptian hypocephalus that was part of the Book of Abraham scrolls, Joseph Smith interpreted one set of hieroglyphics as representing:
"Kolob, signifying the first creation, nearest to the celestial, or the residence of God. First in government, the last pertaining to the measurement of time. The measurement according to celestial time, which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit. One day in Kolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of this earth, which is called by the Egyptians Jah-oh-eh."
The Book of Abraham describes a hierarchy of heavenly bodies, including the earth, its moon, and the sun, each with different movements and measurements of time, where at the pinnacle, the slowest-revolving body is Kolob, where one Kolob-day corresponds to 1000 earth-years, with similarities to 2 Peter 3:8 which says "one day is with the Lord as a thousand years". Additional, similar information about Kolob is found in the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, constituting manuscripts in the handwriting of Smith and his scribes.
For many Mormons, Joseph Smith's cosmology is the most attractive part of the restoration. Mormon cosmology presents a unique view of God and the universe, and places a high importance on human agency. In Mormonism, life on earth is just a short part of an eternal existence. Mormons believe that in the beginning, all people existed as spirits or "intelligences," independent of God. In this state, God came among the intelligences and offered a plan whereby they could progress and "have a privilege to advance like himself." The spirits were free to accept or reject this plan, and a third of them, led by Lucifer (slated to become Satan) rejected it. The rest accepted the plan, coming to earth and receiving bodies with an understanding that they would experience sin and suffering. |
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nevermore and forevermore |
Jul 20, 2012, 12:10 |
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I've already dissected you to my satisfaction. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to expose a bit of your madness to the light of day.
The rest shall remain in darkness... |
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Re: etc., etc. |
Jul 20, 2012, 11:40 |
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Eirikrautha wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 10:45:
Wrong. More people have been killed (~120 million) in the last century in the name of "science", "materialism" (as opposed to religion), and "the laws of nature" than from all of the world religions combined.
Its only wrong if survival is wrong. This is in regards of what I am actually saying, instead of your idea that it compares with Hitler and Stalin (hello Godwin). If you consider survival of the human species to be wrong, then that is your choice. The quotes are yours, as are the conclusions you have jumped to.
Let me give you an example of what I am saying. If you have a disease as deadly and contagious as something like the black plague, and there is no cure for it or at least not enough time to make one, then the only reasonable solution is to destroy the source of the disease "for the greater good" of everyone else who has not been infected. If that means you die, then so be it. Your diseased life is certainly not as important or valuable to the species as the numerous people around you who are not infected.
Its pretty clear cut. Human understanding of physical laws is incredibly basic, but there are some things we do have understanding of, and therefore can use as leverage to protect ourselves.
Attempted genocide, as in the Crusades and WW2 and so forth - that is not "for the greater good" of anything except ideology. Its not based in physical reality.
Eirikrautha wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 10:45:
Your basic point is correct: the "greater good" is the most dangerous of all motives. Even though you try to exempt what I would guess is your defining principles/values (reverence for "physical laws"... whatever MAN defines them as),
Gravity is a physical law that is easily observable and provable. So is math. There are plenty of things that are not open to debate (especially to people as impotent as you). You cannot talk your way out of gravity, and fly off into the air like some kind of holy angel, no matter how sacred or "special" you consider yourself to be. You are not special, you are just like all the other brainwashed automatons that are unable to think for themselves.
Eirikrautha wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 10:45:
I would argue that their is no difference. To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, the "do-gooder" is the most dangerous of all tyrants, because he can do whatever he wants to you and go home and sleep with a clear conscience.
The real problem is the notion that anyone can determine what is "good" for someone else. When you start forcing people to do something for their own good... well, that's when you've become the evil in this equation. If you can convince someone that something is, in fact, good for them, why would you need to force them?
You sound like a christian apologist trying to get out of the suffocating bag over your head. Who is forcing anyone of anything here? You are forcing yourself into a misshapen and inaccurate perception of what I have said, distorting things so they fit your agenda. Its classic fundamentalist behavior. If you want to argue logic, you need to be able to understand that 1 + 1 = 2, no matter how much you want to say that 1 = "something else".
I smell your desperation. Good luck with that bag. |
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Re: etc., etc. |
Jul 20, 2012, 10:28 |
space captain |
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Verno wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 09:55:
For example the Christian churches around here all have active Facebook/twitter pages, indoctrinate youth at very early ages and teach their patrons to practice the more fanatical aspects only in organized groups approved by the church.
The most dangerous excuse for anything is when something is done "for the greater good", because it can be used to justify all kinds of absolutist philosophies. Essentially, its a real consideration but that doesnt stop anyone from twisting it into a personal or ideological agenda, it actually makes it easier. The only time it is really applicable is when it refers to physical laws instead of man-made laws... and thats why "God" is used as an excuse.
Spirituality is the most private thing there is.. it should not have anything to do with social regulations (i.e. socialism!!!!) but that is how the big religions operate, and is arguably why they are as big and influential as they are.
The necessity of people helping other people, forgiveness, acceptance, etc. is not a religious consideration, its a requirement for the survival of a species that has such high populations in such close proximity. In the past, social regulation was directly linked to religion because that is how cultures identified themselves in ancient times, and gave them a sense of authority that was higher than other cultures, people, etc. and most importantly, it kept the peace. The law-enforcement infrastructure was infinitely less effective in that era, regarding public revolt and so forth.
but that time is passing.. It wont really lose its effect on governmental regulation until people can take responsibility for their own lives in a way that does not use "God" (or really anything else) as an excuse.
the hypocrisy is all-encompassing, and frankly infuriating, considering the actual purpose of various wisdom teachings and what they are REALLY saying |
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Re: etc., etc. |
Jul 20, 2012, 09:43 |
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Prez wrote on Jul 20, 2012, 09:30:
Well, you basically hit the nail on the head. My entire family, immediate, cousins, distant relatives, in-laws... everyone are Christians. My soul mate, my wife of 20 years is one. I know her better than anyone else, and I know for a fact she is a good and decent person despite her differing ideology.
I get it, because in reality, the relationships between people will always trump any ideological differences... unless you are dealing with psychotically extreme people, such as murderous terrorists
the stuff that really matters is easier to see when you are intimately related to another person in some way
the danger is people who are willing to die for their belief, not because it protects another person(s) life or safety... but because they cannot be "wrong" in their belief to such an extent they will kill instead of changing their mind
these disagreements over legal matters are a matter of society evolving beyond the need of religious control, which has not yet happened on a global scale
i doubt it will happen in our lifetime, but if humanity manages to survive for another century or two, it seems like a logical conclusion given how far we have come since civil rights movements just 50 years ago |
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Re: etc., etc. |
Jul 20, 2012, 09:05 |
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im not sure it can be reduced to "simply semantics", also im in NC right now and its pretty clear that civil unions are also not on the table for gays...
im not clear on the legal differences between civil unions and marriage.. but i just did a small bit of research and it seems clear that they are pretty different
so again, not just semantics, but also very real legal ramifications
prez you are really giving those people too much credit, and because of that i would tend to assume you know someone like this personally at a friend/family level and are trying to give them benefit of the doubt
marriage as a legal institution has been around longer than christianity the religion... they dont have the monopoly on it, they did not create it
the real fear is that something these dumbshits consider "satanic" (lets get real for a second) would be publicly accepted and verified legally, with the same legitimacy as man + woman marriage
its ideological at the root of it and you cant get away from that because it is the whole motivation |
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are you not entertained? |
Jul 20, 2012, 00:41 |
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Prez wrote on Jul 19, 2012, 23:42:
The whole thing is just stupid - with all of the real shit going on we have got elected officials incessantly arguing over what amounts to semantics. Marriage, civil unions, who fucking cares what its called? Let people do what they want to do as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. This certainly is nowhere near the most important issue facing us, but you'd never guess it based on how much press this shit gets every time it comes up.
Its not an argument over semantics. The issue of religious fundamentalists campaigning against various aspects of non-traditional or non-ordinary behavior is not new. The most extreme public example in USA is that Westboro church bullshit. Other christian fundamentalists might not be as extreme, but its essentially the same idea, and the logical conclusion of that kind of perspective.
They are the same as those muslims who demand that women wear sheets covering every bit of skin.
Its rampant traditionalism, and the deification of socialization, or conditioning (which btw, differs quite a bit depending on your environment), which is really the most comfortable sanctuary for minds which cannot adapt to actual reality. When the bell rings, the mouth waters. If the "holy" "logic" of blind conditioning were to suddenly fall apart... well, then they would have to find their own way.
Their very survival depends on the maintenance of these traditional values, because they have no independent existence from them. These people are nothing but side effects of society itself. They are not actually "real" in the sense of having individuality.
So, it is a matter of life and death for them. |
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| News Comments > Evening Consolidation |
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worms need food too |
Jul 19, 2012, 20:49 |
space captain |
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Verno wrote on Jul 19, 2012, 09:20:
He's a buffoon who has convinced people less knowledgeable than your average forum poster to follow his advice.
just like every other financial analyst... thriving off market speculation and pure bullshit.. not to mention the abject morons that hire these scumbags
Verno wrote on Jul 19, 2012, 09:20:
It's not an uncommon tale in the financial world.
yeh you know the score |
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Re: Morning Metaverse |
Jul 19, 2012, 18:24 |
space captain |
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nin wrote on Jul 19, 2012, 11:10:
My understanding is that they're not censoring bad reviews, they're censoring the comments on the bad reviews, because the commenters can't understand how anyone could dislike a Batman movie.
That isnt why they are censoring. Its due to death threats and other assaults.
People dont get censored for not understanding things. They get censored because of what they say.
Thats like saying "oh, he died because he was alive". Its only true in a misleadingly oversimplified way. |
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only a few thousand years late |
Jul 19, 2012, 18:12 |
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There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:
Recklessness, which leads to destruction;
Cowardice, which leads to capture;
A hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;
A delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;
Over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.
These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war.
- Sun Tzu |
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| News Comments > Dishonored Interview |
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Re: Dishonored Interview |
Jul 19, 2012, 18:08 |
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Prez wrote on Jul 19, 2012, 17:23:
You don't hear musicians hype their upcoming album by trashing what's out there now or the current state of music.
thats because you arent listening/reading/watching
really naive shit here |
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