I foresaw your answer, and thus I wrote "and how?", but you ignored it.

I don't really see how this could affect the third world countries worse than it already is. I can only see improvement. We're already fracking shit up, but if we frack it up enough, we can frack up Earth as a whole together as humans.

The way this could mess up third world countries is that genetically modified organisms can potentially be registered as intellectual property, which is another challenge that needs to be tackled. If this modified produce isn't available to all, it's far from unthinkable that Western and developed countries would become sufficiently self-reliant that there would be no more need to rely on the produce of third world countries, effectively shutting them down. You can read all about this and many other objections against GMO's right here.

And I don't know "how" some of that would be researched. I have a decent understanding of how we'd go about regulating the legal side of it all, but I'm no biologist or economist.

We do this once. We do this twice. We do this three times. We do this four times, or we alternatively, set down solid rules. The whole process would be unfair, as Cheat might be subjective as well, and thus rules that are good, and objective, would be much more efficient.

On the off-chance that you aren't just trolling, why don't you tell me what you think proper objective and good rules would look like?

It's still my favorite Halo, along with the endless Halo 2 split-screen customs I had with friends.

Research how? What is it that they're supposed to research, and how are they supposed to research it?

If you're researching the average temperature of fire, then it'd be wise to measure the temperature of many fires, of various sizes, but what you shouldn't just say that they need to research it.

Mainly risk assessment (health risks and consequences for non-modified foods) and research on what the introduction of GMO's would mean for the global market and development of third world countries.

As long as they're applied fairly and actual transparency is promoted, I don't have a problem with these rules.

This should probably be in Serious.

I personally have no issues with using genetically modified foods, but there needs to be more research done and a strong legal basis has to be created so that it doesn't end up pushing third world countries into more poverty.

Quote from: Flee on October 10, 2014, 06:00:15 AM

Rarely ever. Took me forever before I first talked to even friends in party chat.

I remember. I was the first person to receive a voice message from you.

Indeed you were. Those were the days, lol.

I'm kidding. I actually like you.

Thanks, I quite like you too.

Now try doing it for my karma.

Belgium.

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Quote from: Naja on October 11, 2014, 04:55:31 PM

I guess you've never studied Islam, or for that matter Christianity.

Please tell me it's Dustin.

Cheat's the only one who can view IP's after certain recent events of moderator abuse.

As far as I'm aware the 3 Master Ninjas can view IP's. Not that it would matter, if it was an alt it would have been perma banned right away.

Last I heard, Cheat literally said he was the only one who could view IP's after what you did in Anarchy. He even made it so that they're not constantly visible but instead require him to go out of his way to find out what IP belongs to what user. Unless he recently changed that policy, of course.

Besides, aren't you just a normal mod anymore?

Quote from: Flee on October 11, 2014, 03:03:05 PM

Quote from: Xboxdotcom on October 11, 2014, 03:01:22 PM

*returns to bungie.net* I have to tell the flood

There's no Flood left on Bnet anymore. And Camnator is also posting there, albeit under a different name.

the floods alive

I still check on Bungie every so often. Off-topic still seems in the same awful state it was when I left.

Well... Yeah, I guess. That kind of limited customization is still possible, though.

Quote from: Flee on October 11, 2014, 03:04:25 PM

I don't think that's what anyone thinks of when talking about custom backgrounds though. Back in the days of Coup it meant being able to include a picture, for example.

In that case I probably wouldn't mind. Just seems like an unnecessarily huge amount of work though. The background is fine the way it is, nice and uniform for all. I doubt anyone would make a big deal about wanting their own colored background.

Well, basically it would be by presenting a set list of colors and background patterns to choose from, that were tested earlier to fit with the overall design and possible mismatching color choices for the text. Something like the current title bar system, but applied to post backgrounds, a little bit more advanced. (Which means loads of work both in design and implementation)

I don't think that's what anyone thinks of when talking about custom backgrounds though. Back in the days of Coup it meant being able to include a picture, for example.

There might be ways to make background change possible whilst it fits with the design without effectively breaking it. I am not going to personally investigate on this right now, though.

I have my doubts about that. The original Coup tried to do the same yet in the end the forum still turned into a cacaphony of chaotic messes, conflicting colors and a ton of anime pictures everywhere. I can't really imagine how you couuld people the freedom to do that without having the forum turned into a chaotic mess.