Netstarman, the issue isn't whether Bush was right to invade Iraq, but whether he duped the American people. I supported the need to remove Saddam. What many people had a problem with was that they felt they were lied to about why Iraq was being attacked. You may have no problem with that, but many other people have, Paul.
Bit over the top. Laywers receiving death threats for defending people others hate is nothing new. Happens in most countries. Whether they defend bank robbers, terrorists, child molesters or abortionists doesn't matter. Soimeone will always take offense. Part of the job really. Look at places like northern Ireland where there have been a number of lawyers murdered. Sometimes with the collusions of the police forces. Doesn't stop many others
Sounds excellent!!!!! Paul.
Thanks for the explanation ;-) Well done. Nice to see this issue finally solved. Paul. ~SDC~
'facts' are always so interesting. Always easy to provide just the facts that make your point though. As a non US citizen the only facts above that are of interest to me are 13: Number of meetings between Bush and Tony Blair since he became President - I think this is fairly high and would be quite happy to think that Britian is important to the US. 2: Number of nations that Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into the
Brad, One of the questions I have is whether this game will always feel the same due to preset issues and polls. Can issues and polls be randomised or will the population always start off the same? What I would love is the historical campaign (2004) and then either new scenarios or a completely random population, with different hopes, dreams, desires, ideals, and issues for you to discover and use in your election. Paul.
Nice post Travis, I agree with most of your points. America's involvement in Afganistan was directly related to 9/11 and a perfect response to an attack against it. America's invasion of Iraq is not as clear cut however. I do believe Saddam needed to be removed, it's just a pity the US wasn't more honest about it's reasons. Remember that France, Germany and Russia refused to support the US invasion because they disagreed about WDM. Perhaps things would
Just to correct a few small inaccuracies, Iraq is not the first war the US entered in this manner. American history is littered with examples of it flexing it's might despite international opposition and condemnation. Everything from Mexico, to Panama, to Grenada. And for the record (before someone looks foolish trying to shoot me down on this), I did support the American invasion of Iraq. I was just not stupid/gullible enough to believe it wa
As mentioned, old low scores are not a problem as scores are calculated in monthly blocks. It is new low scores that hurt as they can lower your current score. Paul. ~SDC~
Can take me 2-3 minutes on dialup. Looking at the data transfer though it's not sending huge amounts of data at all. Paul. ~SDC~
Don't know, never check. Date just isn't important to me. Paul. ~SDC~
Even if you totally reduced the maso bonus, you would still be in a situation that playing games which give a lower score (such as loosing a game or playing at lower difficultly) will reduce your score. It's a fact of the averaging effect. Any averaging effect does this in any area of mathematics. Paul. ~SDC~
I think the average difficulty shield should only take into account either a) The last x games (20, 50 or 100. I vote for 50) b) The last x months (3, 6, 9 or 12. I vote for 6) Paul. ~SDC~
Kit the problem isn't with the scoring between painful and maso, the problem is purely with the metaverse summation being divided by the square root of the number of games. Many suggestions have been made to deal with this. The best I heard was that the score could be changed to ... score = maso game summation / square root of # of maso games + painful game summation / square root of # of painful games + ... This means no change in scoring for those who only play 1 difficulty,
Africanus, I'm very saddened by your experiences and can only hope that a long way of f comes soon. As an interesting aside let me post this article from the BBC on Irelands newer attitude to emigration. "Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Mary Harney has said she expects most of her country's labour needs will be met by workers from new EU member states. She said they will be treated like any other EU nationals, not need permits and have mi
Speaking of giant insects ... I used to love films and TV programs when I was a kid with gigantic scorpions, ants, crabs, monsters. Then I became a scientist and learnt about scaling factors, and pressure and materials. Simple matematics can prove that giant insects cannot exist in their basic states, as bones would be too weak, organs unable to function, heating / cooling systems inadequate, etc. I'm not saying it's impossible for giant insec
Interesting article. Bit of a harsh, factually empty response GemCityJoe. He may be a babbling idiot (though his career and financial record would suggest otherwise) and he may be a vindictive back stabber (definitely looks like he has some revenge and anger issues). Neither of these points negate the view he presents (in most cases backed with official documents). To ignore information he presents because you dislike him or ha
Living in England rather than the US will have some differences but in general I agree with a lot of what you're saying. I agree with the general point that we are now far more demanding in our desires and therefore require more money to satisfy those desires. I do think that house price inflation has shot totally out of control though. You comment that wages are roughly stagnant when adjusted for inflation, but house prices have increased many times above inflation. Even allowing for the fact t
Nice article. Pretty well sums up the two parties. Paul.
Sorry Brad, I didn't mean to suggest that you approved of instant revenge based reactions. I just meant to use your analogy to highlight the difference between applying a reaction against the perperator and everyone you associate with the perpetrator. Again, not suggesting you advocate this, just pointing out that for many people that is what America's attack on Iraq is similar to. Damouse70, agai
Not that I'm aware of. There may be one by the game publishers. You could try looking in the topic 'Fixes for German + French crashes ...' on this forum. Post number 1 in that topic links to fix files. If this is not fixing the problem then send an email to Cari ([email protected]). paul. ~SDC~
Damouse70, thanks for posting that interesting article on the Baath party. I fail to understand your first sentence though. What article are you talking about. My previous post doesn't refer to any? Reading your second post, I think you've missed the whole point of my comment. History is NOT the problem. There will always be the occasional nutter who tries to use history to justify their actions. What matters is the here and now. The s
Interesting to see that so many people are yet again focussed on history and not as much about the now and the future. Yes all the western powers have huge historical crimes against the developing world and each other but that is not the cause of terrorism or hatred. Terrorism and hatred is primarily about the now or close past. What has happened in the last 5-10 years or what is happening today to turn so many people to extreme violence. Eve
I have mixed up the Torians and the Yor on occasions. I've declared war on the wrong ones by mistake, when I meant to attack the other! Paul. ~SDC~
On Maso levels the minors will be unlikely to survive again majors in any wars. YOu need to keep this in mind. The Alexians will also be culturally converted fairly quickly, while the carinoids are very very resistant to cultural flipping. As mentioned above. Don't waste your time trying to get the early trade goods or wonders. Trade for them instead. Trade for Diplomatic Translators as soon as you can afford it. Paul. ~SDC~
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