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9031
« on: December 10, 2014, 04:12:32 PM »
Anyone watch that torchwood series where no one can die? The population would just increase even faster than it already is.
I felt like I was the only one.
Well, that series pretty much sums up why I wouldn't do anything with it aside from use it on myself then destroy it.
I thought Jack made it pretty compelling as to why it should just be nuked in the first place without even bothering to use it.
9032
« on: December 10, 2014, 04:08:10 PM »
Anyone watch that torchwood series where no one can die? The population would just increase even faster than it already is.
I felt like I was the only one.
9033
« on: December 10, 2014, 03:24:52 PM »
I'm glad I didn't buy the game. I'm actually really glad that I didn't buy it. That sucks though. Bungie was a developer with spirit and something special before all this.
I played the demo when they released it. A pretty game, like all of Bungie's works. Good fluid gunplay as always.
But that was it. It lacked soul. And while they sold it to people as a "beta," I knew that this was a demo. You don't put a beta out for 1 week and accomplish anything with that. I played what was given and while it was okay, I knew that what was there wasn't worth paying 70-80 bucks for.
I didn't expect this kind of bullshit though. And it's actually a bit upsetting to see things having fallen so far for a company I used to like.
9034
« on: December 10, 2014, 02:55:39 PM »
There's a rule I like to follow in my life.
If you don't try, you'll never know.
Believe me when I say it. Those un-answered questions will eat away at you as you age. So, here's the deal. You can try. And you might get hurt. Things might not work out. But you tried. And you got your answer. And on the flipside?
You might be on the verge of starting something that could affect you and give you good times for the rest of your life. Take your shot.
9035
« on: December 10, 2014, 02:50:26 PM »
You're a few decades late.
9036
« on: December 10, 2014, 01:32:53 PM »
9037
« on: December 10, 2014, 01:29:58 PM »
Death is inevitable. You may not die of organ failure or the like, but eventually something would happen to you.
However. Here's the thing. You don't die of aging. So you have the potential, if you take care, to live forever. Do you think wars would be fought if everybody had the potential to live forever? As in, people would be less willing to fight and endanger themselves because they have more to lose than their life now. They have the chance to lose eternity.
9038
« on: December 10, 2014, 12:40:07 PM »
Tricky subject. Immortal, not invincible. We're talking non aging, not rapid cellular regeneration which would technically make you invincible right?
The thing is, there's pros and cons to both sides. If you give it out selectively, then it can, and will be abused. If it got into the hands of those with power, then, then everybody would be fucked. But we all know that some people out there, don't deserve to have the life that they live. They wouldn't respect what was given, and they'd abuse it.
So, you give it to everybody. What happens?
I want you to imagine this. Take an average, young adult in this day and age. One who's depressed. Because they're living in a system that doesn't function properly. They have nothing to make them happy because they were never taught the value of it, all the while being given nudges and boots in the back to go out and get a job and become part of the system.
They'd kill themselves. Because facing the prospect of living forever, when they can't see a future ahead of themselves, would crush them.
It would crush the laborer, the common man, in his 40's who comes home at night, sits down, has something to eat, and watches TV, day in, day out. Waiting to die and not even knowing it.
We'd be talking mass suicide.
But, on the other hand, what about the dumb people? The people that don't care? The people who pump kids out like factories who don't take care because they don't know any better?
Population explosion.
We'd be talking, middle, lower, working class collapse. People in the middle ground, reasonably intelligent people, would die off because of how our society operates today. The dumb people would explode in population.
And the people up top? Same thing. They'd either keep the wheels of the system turning to do what they currently do. Anything and everything they want because when you have that much money the world becomes a board game.
Our society is not fit to handle being immortal. Both the people on the bottom, and the top.
If it were me?
I'd destroy it.
9039
« on: December 10, 2014, 11:47:21 AM »
Some of them take it way overboard. Most of all, they get so into it, that their own plans have loopholes. Their plans, don't actually make any sense, and they don't even see it. The key with preparation, is not to focus on a specific outcome. You make an overall plan that's adaptable, and take into account the two big factors in any major disaster. The environment, and people.
I live in a hostile environment for 8 months of the year. It can kill you in under a few hours of exposure on the coldest days. Distance separates everything by miles. That hostile environment is a good ward against people. If power ever went out here and stayed out, people would leave in droves.
The main factors would be heat, shelter, food, travel, and the people tough enough to stay. I'm not going to make an over complicated plan for an event that may never happen here. But I keep things ready, and have a general idea of what the game plan is if it ever happens.
I already live prepared in the event of running into a problem out here anyway, because you have to. Slipping on the roads and getting stuck in the ditch out here can kill you overnight in the winter.
9040
« on: December 09, 2014, 05:29:17 PM »
When the big space expansion push happens, if it ever does, things will be messy. We'll be too busy fighting with ourselves to even worry about other life forms.
Let's just say that Earth's nation-states united under one banner (a more effective and powerful UN) and started expanding. What then?
Multiple planets mean new empires. Planets with different conditions and a few generations means Human adaptability, which means new variations of the species.
Look at the moon for example. I few generations of Humans born there, and adapted to the moon, would be radically different from their earth counterparts.
The moon, being so different, would have different values on things, such as minerals in abundance or no abundance. Water. Power. Earth would lose control if we had multiple planets. It couldn't keep an active grip on so many variations of the species, with different needs, likely different cultures as a result of their homeworld and separation.
Here's the deal. We're going to expand. And we're going to fall apart. But not in the decimation sense. We're going to spread like seeds. Each one, a different outcome. Every world, a different value, different culture, potentially different variation of species based on gravity, starlight exposure, radiation exposure, and overall mineral content. New skin tones, birth traits, physical traits, and appearance.
There will never be central control. I would have to be allies. Allied worlds under a banner of a common interest or goal. Because Earth wouldn't have the power to back itself.
"Okay, you guys bend over for the homeworld or we cut you off."
"K. You don't get our imports and trade then."
Knowing Humanity, our expansion will be messy. Like a shotgun.
So an Insurrection is unavoidable?
Just infighting between all the different values, customs, and variations. I wouldn't actually consider it a potential mass war. The scale will be different, yet still the same. Planets will become like countries. Their governments, people, and agendas will either line up with others in mutual cooperation because of something to gain, or they'll clash because of divided interests and differences. Toss in other potential life forms in the equation, and shit'll get real interesting. Our expansion will, if it ever happens, be just the way life plays out. Unpredictable, unique, varied.
9041
« on: December 09, 2014, 05:23:53 PM »
It seemed like there was a chance for a diplomatic solution, but considering they fucked shit up on earth without any real provocation... It's a little hard to sympathise with Tyranids whatever the bugs were called.
But genocide is still genocide...
I think, they should have attempted a diplomatic solution through ender (I haven't read the books yet, just seen the film on netflix) rather than just flying out to their homeworld and doing the exact same thing that they did to us <.<
Spoiler The thing about the Formics is that there was no chance for diplomacy. Due to the fact that the formics were so radically different as a life form, their definition of sentient lifeforms was different. They couldn't communicate with humans because they didn't believe they were sentient in the first place.
Later on in the books, Ender encounters the last queen, and learns the truth. The formics didn't know. And it was only at the end of the war, when they were on their doorstep dying, that they understood.
And the formics didn't have time to find a way to contact Humanity. Because they are telepaths. And Humans were so alien to them in mind, that they couldn't break the barriers. So they left a paper trail for Ender to follow. Because his mind was different. His mind is almost as alien as the Formics, able to do complex mathematical situations on par with the entire hive mind.
A lit bit of plot outline spoilers if you want to read the books. The formics never had a chance to make an agreement and ceasefire with Humanity because of the differences in specie's mental functions.
Hmm yeah, quite troubling really. I don't mind mild spoilers, but would diplomacy have worked through ender?
Remember. They didn't have time. It was already too late. The Formics actually tried to communicate with him. But they couldn't get the message across. So they left a paper trail for him. they left a paper trail based off of his memories. Ender's game is a lot of different angles to look at. One of them being the tragedy of miscommunication and understanding.
9042
« on: December 09, 2014, 05:17:32 PM »
Dark Souls was never really about being hard. It was about a challenge. Punishment for mistakes. It trained players, showed them the rules so to speak. And if they got cocky, and slipped up, the game would slap them around for it.
Dark Souls II, on one hand, tried to cater to the "Moar difficulty!" factor. And it didn't work. Because instead of giving and presenting scenarios to the player and a way to get through them, it just made things cheap.
AKA Throne Watcher and Defender boss fight. The tag team that doesn't let you hit them, and forces you to hit both of them equally, while they hit you, otherwise they revive one another. That's just cheapness.
The idea behind dark souls, wasn't so much the difficulty. It was the freedom of choice. You want go there? Sure thing pal! You want to do things this way? Right on!
Freedom of choice and a little bit of a learning curve that can still slap players upside the head who get too cocky. Most people tend to see Dark Souls as a "muh difficutly" game. But if you take a look at the dude who made it, the art direction of the first, and the little finer details, that was never really their intended selling point.
The gamer crowd just latched onto the "muh difficulty" setting and went from there.
I wouldn't say it's very challenging as it is, either. I mean, hell, people were telling me to do things THIS WAY or THAT or RUN PAST THAT BLACK KNIGHT AND GRAB THIS THING LOL HE'S SUPR TUF
And I would be like OH THE KNIGHT I JUST MADE MY BICH? LOL YOU PUSSC
Seems like people don't like confrontation in the game, from what I see
Different experiences. The result of the option of choice. Dark Souls is mildly psychological. If you beat a boss who's been stuffing your ass for a while, you feel good about it. And yet at the same time, players set their own limits. For example. I did a cosplay, soul level 10 run as a Balder Knight in the first Dark souls. Haredest playthrough I ever did. Because I set those limits. The game gives you an engine and some mechanics, and says "here, do stuff." Those players telling you to run away and avoid the black knight? Their limits. Their limits in their belief to fight the obstacle presented. Their choice. What was your choice? Fight the knight. Maybe get your ass ripped up. But you got back up and tried. My choice? Fight the knight dressed as a Balder Knight using the Baller Swag Sword while wearing a flashy red cape at level 10. And in a way, that ties into the lore. Every player chooses their limits. Chooses to set them, and chooses to break them. In Dark Souls, that's what being undead is about. Your limits and whether or not you break them, or set them. Crossbow only runs, weapon only runs, guitar hero controller runs, spell only runs, playstyle runs, speedruns, shield only runs. It all comes down to player choice. The game gives you the mechanics and rules. And then you make it as hard as you want.
9043
« on: December 09, 2014, 04:56:01 PM »
When the big space expansion push happens, if it ever does, things will be messy. We'll be too busy fighting with ourselves to even worry about other life forms.
Let's just say that Earth's nation-states united under one banner (a more effective and powerful UN) and started expanding. What then?
Multiple planets mean new empires. Planets with different conditions and a few generations means Human adaptability, which means new variations of the species. Look at the moon for example. I few generations of Humans born there, and adapted to the moon, would be radically different from their earth counterparts. The moon, being so different, would have different values on things, such as minerals in abundance or no abundance. Water. Power. Earth would lose control if we had multiple planets. It couldn't keep an active grip on so many variations of the species, with different needs, likely different cultures as a result of their homeworld and separation. Here's the deal. We're going to expand. And we're going to fall apart. But not in the decimation sense. We're going to spread like seeds. Each one, a different outcome. Every world, a different value, different culture, potentially different variation of species based on gravity, starlight exposure, radiation exposure, and overall mineral content. New skin tones, birth traits, physical traits, and appearance. There will never be central control. I would have to be allies. Allied worlds under a banner of a common interest or goal. Because Earth wouldn't have the power to back itself. "Okay, you guys bend over for the homeworld or we cut you off." "K. You don't get our imports and trade then." Knowing Humanity, our expansion will be messy. Like a shotgun.
9044
« on: December 09, 2014, 04:45:29 PM »
When the big space expansion push happens, if it ever does, things will be messy. We'll be too busy fighting with ourselves to even worry about other life forms.
9045
« on: December 09, 2014, 04:44:02 PM »
yeah, because star wars is totally known for its conventionally quotidian character names
anakin
obi-wan
yoda
boba
jango
qui-gon
leia
padm
jabba
jar jar
han
lando
mace
sheev is totally out of place
That makes me wonder. Was there ever a character in-universe with a relatively normal name? Oh, well shit, I guess there's Luke. Commander Cody. That's about it though.
9046
« on: December 09, 2014, 04:38:26 PM »
Dark Souls was never really about being hard. It was about a challenge. Punishment for mistakes. It trained players, showed them the rules so to speak. And if they got cocky, and slipped up, the game would slap them around for it.
Dark Souls II, on one hand, tried to cater to the "Moar difficulty!" factor. And it didn't work. Because instead of giving and presenting scenarios to the player and a way to get through them, it just made things cheap.
AKA Throne Watcher and Defender boss fight. The tag team that doesn't let you hit them, and forces you to hit both of them equally, while they hit you, otherwise they revive one another. That's just cheapness.
The idea behind dark souls, wasn't so much the difficulty. It was the freedom of choice. You want go there? Sure thing pal! You want to do things this way? Right on!
Freedom of choice and a little bit of a learning curve that can still slap players upside the head who get too cocky. Most people tend to see Dark Souls as a "muh difficutly" game. But if you take a look at the dude who made it, the art direction of the first, and the little finer details, that was never really their intended selling point.
The gamer crowd just latched onto the "muh difficulty" setting and went from there.
9047
« on: December 09, 2014, 04:13:27 PM »
It seemed like there was a chance for a diplomatic solution, but considering they fucked shit up on earth without any real provocation... It's a little hard to sympathise with Tyranids whatever the bugs were called.
But genocide is still genocide...
I think, they should have attempted a diplomatic solution through ender (I haven't read the books yet, just seen the film on netflix) rather than just flying out to their homeworld and doing the exact same thing that they did to us <.<
Spoiler The thing about the Formics is that there was no chance for diplomacy. Due to the fact that the formics were so radically different as a life form, their definition of sentient lifeforms was different. They couldn't communicate with humans because they didn't believe they were sentient in the first place.
Later on in the books, Ender encounters the last queen, and learns the truth. The formics didn't know. And it was only at the end of the war, when they were on their doorstep dying, that they understood.
And the formics didn't have time to find a way to contact Humanity. Because they are telepaths. And Humans were so alien to them in mind, that they couldn't break the barriers. So they left a paper trail for Ender to follow. Because his mind was different. His mind is almost as alien as the Formics, able to do complex mathematical situations on par with the entire hive mind. A lit bit of plot outline spoilers if you want to read the books. The formics never had a chance to make an agreement and ceasefire with Humanity because of the differences in specie's mental functions.
9048
« on: December 09, 2014, 03:43:33 PM »
If you liked the movie, you should read the books amigo. While you may not be a fan of sci-fi, card has a lot of ideas and concepts in the background.
9049
« on: December 09, 2014, 03:42:31 PM »
#Hashbrowntags
9050
« on: December 09, 2014, 03:41:10 PM »
I think, ultimately I'd say no. But at the same time, big part of me would want to. It'd be a reset. Things need a little more fine tuning. I already live a life largely devoid of the internet. I've got folks I can talk to here. But most days when I work, I'm not using it.
And either I have some old fashioned stigmas or just an unwillingless to jump into it completely because I can't afford to. Can't afford to suck all my time down the drain. If things would fall apart, and the companies and other bullshit out there would fall, but everything else, people and the like, wouldn't be hurt in the chaos, I'd press it.
But, everybody's so attached. There'd be deaths for sure. I don't ever aim to cause harm to people. Especially death. So as much as I'd love to say a big grand fuck you to the markets and companies out there, and watch those politicians shit their pants, I realize that it would only do one thing, like it always does.
Hurt the common man more than the assholes up top.
9052
« on: December 09, 2014, 03:01:56 PM »
Mein finger is on the trigger Challenger.
We're going to move this gear up.
u wot
 THE GEAR CHALLENGER. IT'S MOVING UP TO THE SEPTAGON.
9053
« on: December 09, 2014, 02:51:39 PM »
Mein finger is on the trigger Challenger. We're going to move this gear up.
9054
« on: December 09, 2014, 02:48:40 PM »
It's probably thread merging.
There's a glitch where two threads combine.
9055
« on: December 09, 2014, 12:27:29 PM »
Cowabunga dude!
9056
« on: December 09, 2014, 12:06:44 PM »
I actuallly kind of like it that way.
Clone wars era-Yoda and the Jedi were, how to say it, scientific. Rigid. Too rigid maybe. And looking at the movies in this sense means that Yoda, is a progression in character.
When we see him in the older movies, he's worn down. He's old, and thinking about his life, and where it lead. The consequences of his actions. And maybe he feels that the rigid structure the Jedi once had, was what landed them in the spot they exist in today.
Nearly extinct.
In his age, his views have softened. He's like a real person. I know old guys around me that were fighters in their youth. Tough sons of bitches is the statement. But in age, they've calmed down. Mellowed out. Take a look at life in a different way.
And so, maybe Yoda is being the representation of who he represents. Age. Wisdom. Reflection. Because in his youth, he was aggressive. And maybe, blind. And he made mistakes.
He taught Luke the way he did because Yoda had the advantage of age. And giving luke a spiritual grasp on things over a science gave him more faith. More faith than a countable, visible number.
Maybe I'm overlooking things.
But that's what I like to think.
9057
« on: December 09, 2014, 11:12:35 AM »
9058
« on: December 09, 2014, 10:05:40 AM »
Don't know if this would help you at all, but life isn't justified in worth because of where it ends, what really matters is what's made of it while it is.
That's the thing for me. I don't want to be remembered or leave a mark, nor a spectacular life. I just want a quiet house in the countryside that can generate its own energy and be more or less sealed from the outside world and just live a peaceful life. Not skydiving and shit.
Move to Kansas and live as a farmer?
3far5me
That's on a whole other continent. Literally.
Why not try the quiet countrysides of your country? Because they exist over there too. Much nicer than what I have up here too.
Eh. I already live rural. But I'm only 16 so I've still got two years to go before thinking about housing.
You know what? Why don't you say fuck it? Why not start now? Why wait? Instead of pushing it off, "Oh I'll just wait until I'm 18 then I'll look at houses," why not start early? So that when you turn 18, you can make the jump as quick as possible. You're limiting yourself that way. You're putting hopes that when you're 18 suddenly all these housing options will pop out of the ground for you because you're 18. Look at it this way. When you're 18, you're still going to have to look for a home. And that takes time. Years even. And suddenly, you'll be 19. And then you'll be 20. And then 21. But, if you start looking now despite your age, you can get an edge up your sleeve.
9059
« on: December 09, 2014, 10:01:24 AM »
Okay. Interesting question. I'll talk about efficiency here I guess. Because I've been on both sides of the fence. 9th grade education here.
Personally, organised teaching is more efficient. It's efficient, in that it's a train track. You start on one end, and you go to the other. There are no bumps, twists, or turns. It's all organised and fine tuned to a path to follow. But it's rigid.
Self engineered education is less efficient. Because it's not a train track. It's a road. It has bumps. Ups and downs, twists and turns. Your self education is defined by your motivation, your own intelligence, and your emotional state. And there are some days where your studies hit a brick wall. Or you face a problem that takes time to figure out on your own.
If you drag preference into the equation, I go for self taught, any day.
And I suppose, since you first asked, whether or not it was possible to pursue higher education outside of a sytem, I think it is. You've always got all the tools at your disposal. You just need to look in the right spots.
If someone wished to have mentors to aid the learning process, but in a way where ultimately the curriculum you undertook was self designed (aided by those knowledgeable in your field), would this be manageable?
Where would the funds necessary for such an education come from with no prior job experience or desire to work under other people?
Would this then be possible?
Mentors? Easily so. Although it depends on the location. You're not going to find a rocket scientist in a small town environment. The location and the people you're with are key. But, even still, it's manageable. Funds? You don't need them. You have the internet. If you want to learn about something, you look on the internet. And you study. For example, if you wanted to learn about higher tier mathematics? What do you have access too? All the notes in the history of mathemiticians. A little research goes a long way. Research, study, try it out on your own. With physical things, it's a little harder. Like a mechanic. If you want to be a mechanic, you need broken shit to fix. Engines are a little hard to experiment on. And, replacing parts can indeed be costly. For the most part, if you're doing something in mental capacity, you don't need much money. If you're doing something a little more physical, then money will be involved. And through that, you take a job, and earn your money. It all depends on what you're after. The key here is, anything is possible if you put your head in the game. Use your head, and you can find a way.
9060
« on: December 09, 2014, 09:45:03 AM »
Don't know if this would help you at all, but life isn't justified in worth because of where it ends, what really matters is what's made of it while it is.
That's the thing for me. I don't want to be remembered or leave a mark, nor a spectacular life. I just want a quiet house in the countryside that can generate its own energy and be more or less sealed from the outside world and just live a peaceful life. Not skydiving and shit.
Move to Kansas and live as a farmer?
3far5me
That's on a whole other continent. Literally.
Why not try the quiet countrysides of your country? Because they exist over there too. Much nicer than what I have up here too.
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