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- Sat Sep 10, 2016 4:45 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
- Replies: 6277
- Views: 4983778
Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
- Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:29 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: I get to download No Man's Sky tonight!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19372
Re: I get to download No Man's Sky tonight!
I never really saw what people were so hyped about. Procedurally-generated games by their nature tend to be extremely generic and repetitive. Same. I saw the KS and was like "OK...good for you." and then everyone was furiously masturbating over how awesome it was going to be and I just never saw an...
- Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:04 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Are our resident Germans ok?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18006
Re: Are our resident Germans ok?
At this point its important to note there is no separation of Church and State in Islam. Islamic law IS the law. It must be made the law everywhere, to all of mankind. Believers and nonbelievers alike. This is a very important point. Islam, IIRC, became a state religion very quickly and Muhammad ac...
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:24 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Are our resident Germans ok?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18006
Re: Are our resident Germans ok?
In defense of this perspective, it's no so much "We must have results now!" as "We must start taking it seriously and taking action now!". The negative view in the US of Obama's handling of ISIS largely arises from a perception that he's trying to not deal with it. Basically, most of us thing that ...
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:02 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Are our resident Germans ok?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 18006
Re: Are our resident Germans ok?
The other option is to deal with the why. The beliefs of ISIS are not the Muslim mainstream, so there's a reason why people are diverging from the mainstream to move to extremism, understanding and dealing with the why of it can be a very powerful tool in containment. Unfortunately we, as a people, ...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:20 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Confederations
- Replies: 33
- Views: 32004
Re: Confederations
That graph also shows clearly why the Chinese diplomats have difficulty taking the US-view: the US diplomats see China as a newcomer on the platform of political strong nations. The Chinese see the low influence they had after their lost wars versus the British Empire as an exception in their histo...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:05 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Did Russia win WWII?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 48942
Re: Did Russia win WWII?
The French and British did declare war on the Germans, as per their guarantee. The simple reality though is that neither of them was actually prepared for war. The British never kept a large standing army and the French were worn out still from WW1. Calling them sinners for failing to accomplish som...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:54 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 110!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 49730
Re: Page 110!
Ashrain: cast out by her family to triumph or die. Ashrain requested transfer to the front lines. I think it'd be fair to say Ashrain is an outsider because of her family relation and previous posting. She requested transfer from the Imperial Guard (or something), specifically the regiment that gua...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:45 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
- Replies: 98
- Views: 56499
Re: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
Possibly. More likely Lucas just didn't care because space magic.
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:43 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Stars in Shadow
- Replies: 137
- Views: 111009
Re: Stars in Shadow
It's listed in the Steam store now, not available yet but you can set it to following or put it on your wishlist.
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 4:07 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 112
- Replies: 69
- Views: 46596
Re: Page 112
I doubt she thinks he's flirting with her (though he should be ).
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:15 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: The Astronomy Thread
- Replies: 585
- Views: 499775
Re: The Astronomy Thread
http://gizmodo.com/holy-shit-scientists ... 1755465297
According to this scientists have, for the first time, confirmed the existence of gravitational waves. Gravity generators when?
According to this scientists have, for the first time, confirmed the existence of gravitational waves. Gravity generators when?
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:05 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 111 discussion
- Replies: 73
- Views: 61051
Re: Page 111 discussion
There's a copilot (Spiral) in there. Yay! Spiral my favorite! I have an idea.. What if getting Alex to look at the star charts is all about finding out which star system the Prabu is in? Then Tempo (who in my opinion, quite clearly has an agenda of her own..) redirects them to the meet up? Maybe th...
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:34 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 111 discussion
- Replies: 73
- Views: 61051
Re: Page 111 discussion
Yay for Talon!
Alex should know where the tanker is, so he'd be guiding them back to there where the tanker crew would take over the contact mission.
Alex should know where the tanker is, so he'd be guiding them back to there where the tanker crew would take over the contact mission.
- Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:57 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
- Replies: 98
- Views: 56499
Re: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
Or it could just be that SW doesn't make any sense. This. It's space fantasy and not made to make sense. In the real world it takes years to design an aircraft the size of a large car. In Star Wars it takes a couple of years to totally redesign a craft the size of a moon AND build it. Even taking i...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:45 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
- Replies: 98
- Views: 56499
Re: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
Actually, no. If you're an empire or other force maintaining a standing army you want commonality so as to reduce ongoing costs. Rebels take anything they can get their hands on. Thus the rag-tag nature of the Alliance fleet and its snubfighter escorts. Also irl - Toyota trucks AKs, Mosins, M-4s. Y...
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:29 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
- Replies: 98
- Views: 56499
Re: Star Wars SPOILERS ALLOWED
In this movie, we had a handful of X-Wings and basic TIEs. No B-Wings, A-Wings, Y-Wings, no Interceptors or Bombers, ALL of which were in the original trilogy. No Star Destroyers or Mon Cal cruisers. We barely even saw space! Because it's largely a rehash of 4. Also because, unknown to the viewer s...
- Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:42 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Stellaris: 4X Grand Space Strategy (Paradox Interactive)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11410
Re: Stellaris: 4X Grand Space Strategy (Paradox Interactive)
Interesting. I haven't played any of the other Paradox grand strategy games yet, though I've heard they're very good.
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:01 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: The "Real Aerospace" Thread
- Replies: 734
- Views: 1674466
Re: The "Real Aerospace" Thread
Out of curiosity, what conditions were you thinking favored planets? The only advantage that reliably exists for them is the fact that there's already a floor to stand on. The existence of natural resources within relatively easy reach. Also you mentioned building habitats, keep in mind that you ca...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:24 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: The "Real Aerospace" Thread
- Replies: 734
- Views: 1674466
Re: The "Real Aerospace" Thread
Mining asteroids isn't as simple as most sci-fi would have you believe, just finding and getting to them is gonna be a pain in the ass. You're going to burn a LOT of fuel getting there and back in a reasonable timeframe. Getting natural resources is significantly more difficult in space than on a pl...