[quote who="Darksxx" reply="14" id="3422207"]Yarlen, how about an addon that lets the Pirates become a playable race and the Addon could be Called The Pirate Scurge?[/quote] Yes it would be awesome, and no need to make huge amount of new ships, only some customized TEC capital ships and a unique titan maybe? Of course having some utility cruisers to help the fleet.
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Maybe the planet bonus that is about caves having hundreds of Phase Jump Inhibitors is a clue. Or not.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1297" id="3421961"]What data has been 'faked' has not been 'faked' by governments, just 'scientists'. But governments are quite willing, sometimes eager, to use any & all justifications, falsified or otherwise, if they can serve their broader interest in growing government.[/quote] Then what are we talking about? If the data has really been faked, then we will never know who is right, and noone can prove anything.. Though I still t
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1295" id="3421954"]And AGW Evangelists like to prove their point by just making shit up. Such as the quoted statement.[/quote] So you are not thinking the data has been altered in favour of Global warming by the governments? Someone here likes to say this.. I forgot who. EDIT: and by the way data is objective, and so are the trendlines you can put on them. This is not "making shit up" putting trendlines on temperature values..
[quote who="caseagainstfaith" reply="1292" id="3421924"]Well, I am right, in so far as what I said is measurable facts.[/quote] Denialists like to prove their point with saying all the data from the world is faked by the governments, because it is the interest of governments (and I still have no idea why they say this that it is in their interest to do so...).
[quote who="Kantok" reply="101" id="3421913"]That's easy. They're not dead and they generally live longer. It's easy for you to harp about nonsense like "meaningful life in our world" because you're not the one faced with imminent death. I have the advantage of perspective in that I've been to some of these countries and interacted with the exact locals we're talking about here. Even given their lack of "meaningful life" (which is really the height of arrogance to say)
[quote who="caseagainstfaith" reply="1288" id="3421908"]I have avoided this thread, because, well, it is so frustrating to deal with denialists. But, FYI, there is a difference between "weather" and "climate". Weather deals with immediate weather conditions. "Climate" deals with weather pattern over time. The fact that immediate weather is not as predictable as we like does not mean that statistical modeling over time is useless. And, sure, it is certainly conceivably possible that
[quote who="Kantok" reply="99" id="3421874"]The evidence is all around us. [/quote] And we have a lot of evidence that capitalism is not the best thing.. though if even philosophers and economists cannot reach an agreement about this.. How could we? I think some kind of socialistic capitalism could be the best solution for the world, where economy and society would both be important, and people would not have this money religion, and actually care about others. [quote
[quote who="Kantok" reply="94" id="3421820"]Capitalism has done more to improve the quality of life of 3rd world nations than anything else in history. I guess you can dispute it, but let's see some facts and figures to back it up. Sure, it's been rough and bloody and there are definitely low points. But do you think the rate of deaths due to AIDs, TB, Malaria, starvation, infant mortality and water-related diseases are going down without capitalism? Do you honestly think
[quote who="Kantok" reply="87" id="3421779"]for those interested in reality based facts the estimates of deaths/day worldwide is somewhere around 150,000 according to World Fact Book[/quote] Sorry that was just a wild guess from me :D [quote who="Kantok" reply="87" id="3421779"]And for what it's worth, capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty and to improve the average quality of life world wide than any phenomena in human history, but lets ignore that comple
[quote who="Jafo" reply="78" id="3421672"]There IS NO solution....magical or otherwise.[/quote] I think there is a solution (there must be..), but not in this neoliberal globalized capitalistic world, where money is the new religion and people don't give a f*ck about the others (the majority of developed world society members). Everyhing that matters today are money, money, and more interestingly, money. Noone cares how many millions die each day, because they don&#
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1258" id="3421587"]There were many in the last few million years.[/quote] And that is one event, the pleistocene (or neogene) glaciation. All had glacials and interglacials, but these are grouped, you never see a single glacial anywhere, only a group of them following each other in a short interval (short in geology). [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1258" id="3421587"]It's amazing that life survived under such conditions![/quote]</p
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1256" id="3421567"]Is several degrees that much during winter?[/quote] It can cause a difference.. It is not that simple. The Gulf current makes the climate more stable and predictable, less extremities in temperature levels (no -70°C in the winters and no 50°C during summers, not speaking about the daily amplitude of temperature). As you see, eastwards the max and min temperatures are both rising and decreasing, reaching a maximum around the taiga
[quote who="wbino49" reply="8" id="3421513"] Thought of a good one...... A mini fleet(lost,disabled,) is spawned somewhere on the map...first player to reach them, acquires the lost fleet. [/quote] It is not that fair, the first to reach there will always be the player whos territory is nearby, but I like this one.
[quote who="Darksxx" reply="12" id="3421482"]Funny, I found this the other day in my game. Never knew it was an achivement and got it without even looking.[/quote] So it seems there is still hope..
[quote who="psychoak" reply="1253" id="3421453"]If you could, you wouldn't have done a one word quote and given a reply that was completely wrong on the description of what was actually in the post. I explicitly stated that I considered it a likely explanation, just so morons wouldn't go OMG! Creationist! rant rant rant... Live in your little bubble, I stopped caring what morons believed on this subject when it became apparent I wouldn't have to deal with the impacts
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1249" id="3421404"]Without the Gulf stream, temperatures will be a little bit colder in Europe. It's not like there's a cold Gulf Stream all of a sudden that will cool Europe down.[/quote] A little bit? :D lol, I don't think you understand what the Golf current does.. It raises the temperature of vast territories in Europe.. And by several degrees. And if it is stopped, well, you can guess what will happen. [quote who="ps
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1247" id="3421401"]A glacial? They'll enhance the greenhouse effect, they won't cause a new ice age...[/quote] And noone knows what global temperature will break the current balance of the system, and when will a new glacial start. Warming has the side effect of an ice age. [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1247" id="3421401"]That's a regional effect, not a global effect. It won't cause another ice age, global temperatures are too high f
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1245" id="3421397"]because by that time we risk that it's too late to prevent feedback events[/quote] We already risk feedback events.. Noone knows when will the buried methane deposits come online and cause another glacial. Or when will the oceanic conveyor belts collapse. Or what is the actual reason for a glacial to start.. I guess we don't really want to find out. [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1245" id="3421397"]They don't believe th
[quote who="petrossa" reply="1242" id="3421389"]The proof is in the eating of the pudding. CO2 rises, temperature lowers, climate quiets down. Evidently your professors claim to know things they don't.[/quote] I again stress that NOONE has the slightest idea without human interference what should be happening. Maybe our ass would be freezing without the industrial era and the ones beyond, or maybe not. We all know there are fluctuations, BUT assuming everything is o
[quote who="psychoak" reply="1237" id="3421283"]Evolution[/quote] Now I understand better. Those who question evolution, are no longer scientific, and meaningful debates cannot be longer sustained with them. I understand everything has questionable things, but because of those completely questioning the whole existence of them if a bit.. naive, or I don't know what word to use here. Evolution is just around us, those who cannot see are as blind as a rock, along with
[quote who="petrossa" reply="1232" id="3421210"]Negligible effect not no effect. A bit like a mosquito has on the skin of an elephant.[/quote] Basically you question everything I am learning at university, like my professors are idiots and don't know anything about climate and stuff.
[quote who="petrossa" reply="1230" id="3421159"]In other words, deserts come and go no matter who lives there or anywhere.[/quote] Everyone knows this, BUT, human presence and activity can change this, overherding and bad water management are not natural circumstances... Like the whole existence of mankind is not a natural phenomena, machines are not natural, almost anything humans do are unnatural, especially bringing online long inactive power sources of millions of years (fossil st
[quote who="walton_reeves" reply="56" id="3420961"]I'm sorry if it sounds harsh but poor people are poor because of the choices they make. [/quote] Holy... Do you really think this? Man this is.. worrying. Tell this to a man living anywhere outside of the developed world and he will definitely punch you in your face. It's like saying it was the American indians choice they got killed by the stupid and greedy Europeans (who like to call themselves America
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1228" id="3421114"]Well actually, we do. A desert is not just about rain. It's also about the state of the top soil, the (im)balance between growth and destruction, and even the groundwater level.[/quote] Exactly what I wanted to say. Climate is a complex thing, not just rainfall and temperature, and a barren place having only sand (or other rocks) is a Desert, no matter what level of rainfall or temperature you want desert to begin with
