Marcathonas

Don't use IE. Sorry if that's not being helpful but it's advice to live by! *runs*

my rant is how many of the poor thinks that a rich man is really going to pass laws that will take that money out of his pocket Does ANYONE think this? anywhere?

You can adjust your resources, set your spending a bit lower, up your tax a bit. The planet menu has nothing to do with resources, it's just the way they're used.

I had to think about that for a second, but you're right. If they couldn't see you, you'd be able to contact them, but they wouldn't contact you unless you contacted them first OR scouted your territory.

i use the word most and you jump on me for one and bbc is anti bush I didn't jump on you ffs. The BBC is one of (if not the most) well known British news network. The fact it's not anti-blair is a rather large point. And honestly, basically all of England is anti-bush. That's not an uncommon thing :/

What's your current wallet? When you get a negative amount of BC, your entire empire shuts down.

Care to explain more how you can read the map without exploring? In the test they always make beeline for habitable planets and only for habitable planets. You can see the stars on the map automatically. If you send your ship near it, it's not uncommon to be accidentally beelining for a map. I've sent colony ships exploring and then got a popup saying they've colonised. How do you know that? Logic. They

AI sending out scout ships does not necessarily mean it actually needs scouts for finding habitable planets . This may have been designed to mimic human behavior and make AI actions seem more plausible. Plus they may need scouts for other purposes: eg making contact with other civs No, they don't do it to mimic human behavior. They actually have to see a planet before judging it. They know the general location, the exact way the human player does. But ot

Yeah, I've seen the code that shows it knows that. Seriously, you should be more specific with your arguments. I thought I was quite clear why I think that AI has access to information on the location and status of habitable planets. Please run the little test and see yourself. Or give a better explanation. Give better explanation? Brad posted on the forums the code used by the AI for colonization. The AI is not told to figure out wher

only one problem with the news agencies going along with this is that most of the news agencies are anti bush and blair. You're kidding, right? The BBC is not anti-blair. They're bloody government funded. And unless I'm about to be slapped in the face by a large flying pink elephant wielding trout of death, they're a far larger newsgroup than channel 4 news, channel 5 news, or ITV news :/

Why do the stupid Terrans get to define what a parsec is and what it isn't? Terrans are superior, silly. Did you not see how fast we researched things? DAMNIT? FAST!

iran wanted to use them to stop the un vote but the vote came to soon Given they've told the UN where they can shove it, I highly doubt blackmail would have done much. Oh, except get them invaded. I'd stick with the whole "forcing war to make us look bad" aspect tbh, it's Iran. Not like it's something they wouldn't do, and Bush and Blair didn't win any popularity contests during Iraq. Except the elections, bastages.

Judging from the site they work with intel. Google also churned out that they charged people varying prices for the codes :/ So yeah, doesn't LOOK like a scam, but does look like a rear end move. Video codecs originally developed by Intel, but later taken over by Ligos. Used widely throughout many years. Latests versions provide good picture quality and many different bit rates. Not quite sure how it suddenly popped up but that

anyways nasa developed their scanner and used it in the 60s and according to the source i quoted above it inspired the ct scanner Fair enough. My Rant Thingie-mabobber: When are we going to add IRAN to the 'invaded by the US' list, eh? Spare the UK & Israel the trouble of getting demonized by the rest of the 1st world nations in Europe FOR THE LOVE OF GOD YES. DEAR BUSH: WE'LL LET YOU OFF THI

and next time you tell me to get my source get your own too I did. It's wikipedia. It's in my above post. It didn't become the CT scanner, they used similar technology granted. And no, seriously LEARN TO READ SOURCES. Hounsfield conceived his idea in the MID 1960s. While his idea was more than likely influenced by the pioneering research, saying "it's now being used in hospitals" is completely wrong. this is

Ok, we'll quote sources. Wikipedia. Where did you get yours from? Also, that wasn't an attack. You've been reported for trolling. I'm remaining civil. EDIT: Hang on. Your post says the same thing mine does. And they both agree it wasn't nasa. So uhh... I win.

Apparently they create video codecs. http://www.ligos.com/ Apparently one of these is "indeo", used in the Thief series engine. But that was a short google search, so I may be wrong.

nasa invented a scanning devise to look at the landing gear to make sure everything was tight enough and in the right place. that scanner is now being used in hospitals and we call it a cat scanner The first commercially viable CT system was invented by Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield in Hayes, England at THORN EMI Central Research Laboratories using X-rays. Hounsfield conceived his idea in 1967, and it was publicly announced in 1972. It is claimed t

Well, AI knows the location of resources without exploring. It also appears to know the location of nearest habitable planet and goes straight for it. It also knows immediately when such planet gets colonized. AFAIK difficulty level does not matter - I got he results in the "cakewalk" No wonder AI is so good at colony rush. Got source? I've seen the code that shows that it doesn't know that.

The AI at tough or lower gets no bonuses over the player whatsoever. They're spending their money on buying colony ships.

2 more have been planned since release.

EDIT: maybe not.

No online games. Just a scoreboard.

all of these posts and only one was of any help One more than you.

the first computer was designed and built in 1400 or 1500 it was mechinacal in nature Yes, I know, the one I posted. Babbage's. I never said IBM invented the PC. I said they brought it to mainstream use. You're an ignorant prick who has no idea what he's talking about and since you're not getting banned, I'm done here. Go do the world a favour and shoot yourself.