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  1. $100? Is that shipping? Epsilon, if you want, buy the game, have it delivered to my office, and I'll mail it to you free of charge. That will save you on shipping. But, only if you trust me.
  2. Welcome aboard! Mosey on down to www.3000ad.com/fleets and sign up for the fight! ------------------ Vice Admiral Michael Kristophers ICV-Intrepid, Spectre (Antis) Fleet Leader Spectre Fleet "You can only love or hate something you truly understand." Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series Leader, Team 1
  3. Welcome to our nightmare! ------------------ Vice Admiral Michael Kristophers ICV-Intrepid, Spectre (Antis) Fleet Leader Spectre Fleet "You can only love or hate something you truly understand." Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series Leader, Team 1
  4. I'm in agreement with Steve, although you can really play it any way you'd like. However, I just like to stock up on the dough and be done with it, for good. Not exactly my favorite part of the game, in all honesty.
  5. quote: Yes of course I think it's better that someone get a job, if there are jobs to be had. I get the feeling that some of you aren't old enough to remember trying to find work in the late eighties early nineties.Heh, even then you could *always* get a job. Just maybe not what you wanted. But hey - if you need a job, you take it. quote: I understand the argument you're trying to make. I'm just trying to point out that nothing is as simple as a letter to the editor would have you believe.What, per se, is NOT simple about it? People receive welfare benefits. If they don't get job, they don't receive benefits. Seems simple to me. Especially since under W2, there are offices set up to *help* people find jobs. In fact, those offices seem to do more work than the applicants. I mean, even in the eigties, someone could land a job in fast food, no problem. If that someone can't find anything else, so what? Do we then just let them mooch off of the system because they can't find the work that THEY WANT??? So please, explain to me how this issue is *so* complicated. quote: I understand the argument you're trying to make. I'm just trying to point out that nothing is as simple as a letter to the editor would have you believe.Where's the letter to the editor? A columnist wrote that quote, and I wrote the response. Regardless, I still don't see how this issue is VERY complicated. You won't EVER be able to share exactly when there were NO jobs available at all. Second, that's not the case today so your argument seems to be about history, which really doesn't matter considering that we're all talking about the here and now. Tac: Great post! I'm 100% with you on that. Steve: LOL!
  6. quote: Well it looks like you have your mind made up, and that's fine. But if you seriously would like to know more about social welfare programs, their history, their impact on society there are many books you should read.Yep. And my mind isn't made up from books or (even less applied) history, rather, it comes from actually DEALING with the program as a labor manager. I don't need to read the books. Tell me something, are you saying that it is WRONG to MAKE people get a job rather than just cash a check? I really want to know if you think that's wrong, because that's what this discussion is about anyway. Second (to echo Jaguar, in a sense), there is NO such thing as FREE. Someone has to pay for EVERYTHING. Why should it be the taxpayers-at-large and not the people receiving the benefits?
  7. Well, we haven't had a good political thread in here for awhile now, so here goes... Liberals: Time to Wake Up Alright, maybe that's unfair. This is more directed to extreme liberals. When G.W. Bush took office, he named the governor of Wisconsin (my home state), Tommy Thompson, as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). At a cafe recently, I browsed through one of the Milwaukee area's most liberal newspapers. Inside, I found a column panning Bush's pick for secretary of HHS. One of the author's points was targeting the former governor's welfare reform plan (Welfare to Work, or W2). This plan has not only been successful, but it has been adopted by states across the nation. Essentially, the idea is that if a welfare participant does not work, he or she will be cut-off from any welfare benefits. To support this plan, the state has set-up offices throughout each municipality to help current recipients find work. Sounds fair, right? Why let anyone mooch off the the system when they are obviously unwilling to try and do things for themselves? Well, here's what the author of that article had to say: "I remember, at one time, we judged the success of our welfare programs by how many people we helped, not how many we throw out of the system." What an idiot. I mean, is it better to give people taxpayers dollars for their entire lives, or is it better to help them find a job; help them gain the ability to be productive members of society? I'd like to think that our welfare programs should be judged by how many people we get off of welfare and into the work force. Liberal America, wake up! Do you truly believe that giving out a $200 check each month with another $200 in food stamps is actually helping anyone? Hardly. It's hurting the taxpayers and, more importantly, the welfare recipients themselves. Focusing on the latter, let's take a look at some startling statistics: 93% of welfare recipients over the age of 27 have had more than 13 jobs, the average duration of which is 4 months.That seems to indicate a problem with keeping work. Don't blame it on the employers. 67% of female welfare recipients have given birth to children while they were receiving welfare benefits.That would seem to indicate serious irresponsibility. It also is quite unfair to the children, don't you think? 61% of welfare recipients are high school drop-outs.Here's an idea: let's send our children the message that, if they want to drop out of school, it's OK because the government (taxpayers) will take care of them. In Wisconsin (before W2), only 6% of welfare recipients only received up to a year in benefits, before they were "back on their feet", as it were.Liberals, what do you see welfare as? Total income for under priviledged people? I'd prefer to see it as a tool to help people get back on their feet after poor choices or just plain-old tough luck. It shouldn't be a system that simply keeps people in its grip (read: free money). It should be a system that provides an incentive to actually get people working for themselves. Granted, adults shouldn't need an incentive to do these things, but hey - that's the world we live in. We shouldn't cater to their wallets. We should cater to their employment. [This message has been edited by aramike (edited 03-11-2001).]
  8. quote: Originally posted by Mongrol: I think I can go to Earth, Jupiter, the moon and Barnards Star (which has nasties in it). How do I target bases on planets? I fly down to earth and I know theres things there by looking at the map, but can`t seem to target any to go there and have a look. [This message has been edited by Mongrol (edited 03-09-2001).] There are no bases on planets in the demo version.
  9. quote: My problem seems to be a complete lack of understanding where this "rich and dynamic" galaxy is... The manual does reasonably well at explaining all the various systems and so forth but doesn`t really give you any clues of how to get started at all. I launch from GalcomHQ... then what? I fly down to the planet... oh wait.. there`s nothing down there, can`t target anything, fly back up.... play with the systems, totally fail to see any perception of a populated universe, can`t find any systems for communicating with anyone. Ah wait, I can click on that space station and get another BC to follow me, cool....That's why it's a demo. Get the full version, apply the mappak, and you've got the real deal.
  10. Your ISP's probably bottlenecked. If you're on dial-up, there may be heavy phone usage as well.
  11. quote: Originally posted by Orravan: They'll love you as well if you pay a subscription! I have no problems with that as being able to find ANYTHING is worth a few bucks.
  12. Oh, MAN! I haven't seen this many potential Insurgents in a LONG time! Not to mention one from the great state of Wisconsin! Welcome aboard, gents! ------------------ Vice Admiral Michael Kristophers ICV-Intrepid, Spectre (Antis) Fleet Leader Spectre Fleet "You can only love or hate something you truly understand." Official Tester, Battlecruiser Series Leader, Team 1
  13. *Talking in sleep* ...Napster, I love you, Napster...
  14. quote: You cannot be anyone in fleet. You must prove yourself to be worthy of a promotion. There's a hierarchy in the fleet.Not true. You can choose your career, just not your rank. In essence, you CAN be anyone, but your RANK is dictated by your bosses and your performance.
  15. quote: If you want to see uncensored pix or even downright porno just search the web plenty of sites out there not that I know it just word of mouth hehe Uhm, please refrain from pointing out porno pictures on a Web site that kids frequent. Derek, you need to RE-HIRE that model.
  16. quote: dont quit work yet this must be the best.Erm, how can something be the "best" if it doesn't work?
  17. quote: my point being, is that I fail to comprehend why these two scripts, so closly related, would create such vastly different game dynamics.It DOESN'T create vastly different game dynamics, just the Insurgent mod is not in the CORE code. Point is, just try to get the game running BEFORE you add ANYTHING to it.
  18. quote: 1. When installing 2.07, I loaded the game and in Free Flight Mode was granted Fleet C&C.Uhm, how did you get Fleet C&C?
  19. Well, start in the RP forum, but don't get TOO whacky with it.
  20. Hey, that's an awesome preview! Nice terrain! [This message has been edited by aramike (edited 02-26-2001).]
  21. quote: Ohso: They're fishing boats, drilling platforms, or those funny glow-in-the-dark plankton that I forget the name of.This is inaccurate. None of the above has the luminosity to be seen from space. Those lights are actually from islands which have a good population density.
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