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Reply to Which would you rather do -Read a book or Watch a movie- and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

The movie "Fearless" [Jet Li] didn't have a book as a source, from what I can tell. The articles on Wikipedia on the movie and the real-life character were interesting though. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_%282006_film%29 ][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huo_Yuanjia ] BTW this is one of the best martial-arts movies I've ever seen. I recommend it for sure!

Reply to Which would you rather do -Read a book or Watch a movie- and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Just a general comment. 1500 books? You have your own library. I can't find "Armor" by Steakley (or however it's spelled) even at the local big used book store, which has prolly 1,500 books or more. Guess I'll have to order it. I picked up another Jet Li movie today, "Fearless" ... really liked "The One" - kinda sci-fi-ish ... That other film he did located in China wasn't quite so good imho. I hope "Fearless" has a good plot. Says it's based on a true story. Anyone else like Jet Li mo

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Maybe my point about being followed around and harassed by a bunch of smack-tards had more to do with people changing the subjects of someone else's thread so they could have a forum for their own favorite subject; which probably wouldn't have an audience if posted up-front? Why don't you guys go start another thread of your own to talk about whatever it is you're selling? This thread is about facts and the Wikipedia, thanks very much, have a nice day. "On this day... July

Reply to Where do you get your news? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Actually there's some pretty good news on Wikipedia too. Not headlines, but "this day in ..." years past, stuff like that.

Reply to Which would you rather do -Read a book or Watch a movie- and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Speaking of books (and no intent to try and co-opt this thread) you might wanna check out this other thread for a lot of good suggestions of sci-fi books to read, if you are interested in such. -> Sci-Fi Books - Shaped my perceptions I recommend anyone begin with READING "Starship Troopers" [Robert A. Heinlein](the movie is crap-0-la)

Reply to Suggestion for a metaverse "league" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

It is real simple to see if anyone is using multiple charcters off the same account, so I don't believe that will be a problem. I have always believed the teams would be either randomly or commisioner chosen, to be on an unbiased even keel. Yes you are correct, it would be easy to see. Just click on the account name in a post in this forum and click "view [xxx] profile". At the same time, I can just imagine how i would feel, however, if 2 months from n

Reply to Suggestion for a metaverse "league" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Thanks for being so patient neilo, I'm sure you will get it worked out. I was thinking about a fine point this a.m. - one of my un-thought-out objection(s) was based on whether or not it was possible to rig the ladder, so to speak. Let me try to explain (I don't seem to be very good at that, but maybe I'll get lucky). I'll underline the key points for visibility. If the players ( account name not character name) sign-up to play (just say "I'm ready to play a

Reply to Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

You need to find a good Canadian to marry (now available in gay and lesbian, too -- ask your local justice of the peace or participating religious institution for details!) [best innocent look][switches on halo-lights hidden in hair by pocket switch] I thought all Canadians were good?

Reply to Suggestion for a metaverse "league" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

It would be a shame to lose your support, perhaps once the teams take form you might be persueded to come back I dunno ... it's looking more and more like a tournament, instead of the original idea which I supported. Don't mean to be the downer but, by now we could have had a sign-up sheet going and games being played/posted on the metaverse as Metaverse+League games. Instead we have big long posts and all that stuff... I can see the need for specifying

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Not as far as I know. ghostwes - It is disputed, and it says so right on Wikipedia it isn't conclusive (and so I quoted it accurately, above). There IS the question of how his niece died, and the timing about when he(Hitler) was garnering support from the industrialists (who btw didn't like homosexuals) ... whether it was suicide or a hush-murder, and why the other two women we know about also tried suicide, is the interesting question. It's pretty easy to assume

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

and instead wallow in their own stereotypical superstitions might be likely to believe anything. Is it true that very recently some national gay liberation party actually sued the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) - because BSA wanted to protect young boys from being pushed into sexual confrontations with sexual predators? not sure; if it was, i didn't follow it. Yes, I heard about it while on campus at a major university. When I expressed concern about this t

Reply to Suggestion for a metaverse "league" in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

Players are gonna create their teams? Kind of defeets the purpose for having a league drawn from the Metaverse Empires, if each Empire is gonna form their own team? If it's gonna be an Empire thing then I'd have to leave that decision to my Emperor, and why not just call it an Empire tournament instead of a league? I'm not particularly interested in making any extra effort at this point, to be honest. Random assignment of players to teams and inviting anyone to play regardless of the ch

Reply to Where do you get your news? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

There propaganda is so obvious that it has no real value. It only effects those without a sense of truth or conscience You are correct of course. However in combination with poor educational institutions, economic stress, no moral authority, blatant capitalism ... and etc. "ad nauseam"(till it makes me wanna puke) ... the situation does have quite a few of the necessary ingredients for a horror-show of massive proportions. I hope you will forgive m

Reply to How old are you? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Is this another IQ test? 486+

Reply to Where do you get your news? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

sailor who was tricked by police pretending to be a 14 year old girl online Isn't that a horror-comedy? There are about 50 female sexual predators for every male, at least in the U.S. - yet no femme fatales ever get busted ... everyone just ignores it and says "it's ok" for females to abuse female children. Pitiful news reporting, just pitiful, pitiful pitiful, pitiful. [ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pitiful ] I like Voice of America News .

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

hmm... off the bat, i never meant to suggest that you shouldn't speak your mind. i'm not sure what i did to give that impression; maybe the word 'digression.' all i meant to say with that was that our discussions had gone off the original topics; i don't consider that a bad thing at all. As long as it goes your way? (friendly poke in the RIBS) <IMG id=ImageResize_Image_18 src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Wink.gif" onlo

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Wikipedia is where you should get your amusement, not your facts. Oh I dunno, I get a lot of amusement here, too. At least in this thread there is a lot less tendency to throw false statements around disguised as facts, with emotional/popularity import attached as a cover story. Ya never know when someone will quote from Wikipedia or dictionary.com or some other source and make someone with a secret polital/personal agenda look like the "Trojan Hors

Reply to The Hitchhikers of the Galaxy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I tried again to read Hitchhiker's Guide ... same thing happened. When I get to the second or third chapter or about where Ford Prefect and the Earth get blown up by the Kolgons (or whatever) I just stop reading. Is there some kind of subliminal IQ test in the words or something? I hitchhiked across the US three times in my younger days. Maybe that's why? <im

Reply to Be smarter than everyone else-have the facts on your side! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

"triv·i·al·ize (trĭv'ē-ə-līz') Pronunciation Key tr.v. triv·i·al·ized, triv·i·al·iz·ing, triv·i·al·iz·es To make or cause to appear trivial: tried to trivialize their criticisms." [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trivialize]

Reply to Which would you rather do -Read a book or Watch a movie- and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I agree with you tlwhite01, Sometimes I just don't see what the writer was seeing. Every time I come to a wonderfully descriptive scene, I have to look up half the words just to even comprehend what their describing... One of the things I kind of like about books is that I get to create the characters image, even if they are on the cover. I find something similar. If i read the book first, that sets the characters' images in my mind. If I see the movie first, th

Reply to Favorite and Least Favorite Movie Genre and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

What genre is "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" ? or "Gladiator" (both Russel Crowe) ? This genre is best known as Source-Mangled Historical Adventure. Not bad movies, though. AFAIK Gladiator is an original screenplay, but any fan of "M & C: FSOW" should read the book (and series). Be warned - the story in the movie bears no relation to anything in the book of the 1st part of its name, and only somewhat

Reply to E-V-I-L weapons in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah, and the Good Guys have defenses comparible to the evil civ's weapons ... good damage/defense to size ratio ... in fact, you could probably play a whole game with just those, and concentrate on logistics and miniaturization to just put more on the ships. Medium ships with Evil/Good weapons/defenses, or even Large ships, in MIXED fleets (mixed weapons/defenses/sizes but all with the same ENGINES/movepts) ... is good enuff against anything except maybe Dread Lords ... IMHO. Of course

Reply to Sci-Fi Books - Shaped my perceptions in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Hasn't been a post here in a while, thought I'd see if there's any life in the old sci-fi reader's yet ... Just picked up a copy of "Starship Troopers" [Robert A. Heinlein] (new) at a Waldenbooks locally. I was looking for "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Stranger in a Strange Land" [Robert A. Heinlein] and "Armor" [Stakely] (didn't have either) but when I saw Starship Troopers I snatched it right away. Haven't had a copy on-file for quite some time, and I was glad to get it. <

Reply to Empire thread --> The Gerontocracy in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

I have no idea what happens when one loses... is it interesting? [choke-spits coffee all over monitor ] Might be interesting to a conisseur of cussing to be a fly on the wall at my place! [don't tell anybody but ...] I lost one game (retired) and have been getting a nice rush from the excitement of knowing this AI can actually beat me if I don't try ... at tough level that

Reply to Favorite and Least Favorite Movie Genre and why? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

My all-time favorite, Sci-fi, Because it's cool. I would have to say my least favorite would be horror, especially those ones made on the sci-fi channel. needless gore and VERY stupid people "hmm, I hear a growling noise , I think I will run screaming out of my hiding spot and into that dark alley." *sigh* 'meet the parents' seemed to me more like a comedy than anything else. Yeah, for sure, double-gue