Menchise

What do you mean by affirmative action?

Here's another trivia question. How many days have passed since the last forum countdown started?

quote:Just so we are all clear on the definition of racism - it is the belief that one race is superior and has a right to dominate another. That's only one type of racism (supremacist racism).

The Commanders Village central square is on Mars world at 964N 907E (you can get the AW browser here). Unfortunately, we get very few visitors at the moment.

Active Worlds.

Yes! AW! Come and see what the new builders have done. It would be great to have more visitors, or at the very least, to have some visitors. quote:And since I haven't been there in a while, I'm dying to see what Epsilon 5 has been doing to the commander's village..... Your eyes will pop out when you see some of the brilliant things he has built (the orion outpost is now the size of a small town). [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]

It's good. Just a few things, though: 1. Any particular reason why the uniform is green? 2. I think it would look really cool if you had a police cap on.

LOL

quote:Menchise, you have somewhat of a point, considering that most overweight people have a lack of self-control and moral strength, they are unable to resist temptation. That wasn't really my point. My point is that obesity can be caused by psychological or social problems that run deeper than a lack of self-control. One common example (which applies to more issues than just obesity) is when depressives search for a temporary means of escape from reality, or at least their interpretation of reality. Some choose food, some choose alcohol, some choose drugs, and some choose a more permanent escape. The point is that these health issues can stem from other issues. I know people who suffer from depression (the psychiatric kind), and I have seen their bodies deteriorate in a search for temporary escapes. It's no coincidence that as these people recover from these conditions, they start taking better care of their bodies. quote:Overweight people simply have to be willing to put forth effort - just like druggies. It's hard but doable. It isn't impossible, therefore saying they aren't able is making excuses for their weaknesses. I never said that they weren't able, but it can be argued that making fun of people's illnesses for laughs can be very discouraging. [ 11-25-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]

Hehe. Sorry Vandal, she already has Foss. BTW, isn't Akuma supposed to have purple hair, at least according to RP?

quote:LOL. You're saying that such people can't NOT go to the grocery store, prepare the food, then consume it? The lack of self-control is not a disease. Replace the words "grocery store" with "drug dealer" and "food" with "crack", then try telling me the same thing. The dependencies are different (lack of endorphins instead of psychological problems) but the parallel is there.

quote:I send down 10 marines to Earth from my nice new Megaron to scout out the area where i'm about to deploy a drone. Two get "infected". I'm thinking how did that happen! So I go to tacops, and evac via teleport, all 8 of the non-infected marines, then I beam down myself. I look around, then shoot both marines through the head, then beam back up to the ship. That'll teach em to get infected. Hey $iLk, I think you have a rival for the position of resident Bligh.

quote:wai how does fall out end, i neevr had time to finish it? *SPOILER ALERT* Fallout ending: After the mutant base and the Master's cult are destroyed, you hear the narrator informing you of how each of the communities turned out as a result of your actions (eg what happens to Junktown depending on which side you took etc). After you hear all of that, you meet the Overseer outside of Vault 13. After briefly expressing his gratitude, he orders you to leave the vault and never come back, because he's afraid that others might choose to leave if they heard about the outside world. The final scene shows you walking towards the horizon with the theme song ("Maybe") on the soundtrack. *END SPOILER ALERT* A sad but exceptional ending. [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]

quote:Seinfeld had one where Kramer's skin got ridiculously leathery due to smoking. Oh yeah, I remember that one, but that wasn't slapstick. quote:The person is eating the food, right? That's "self-imposed", regardless of the excuses for it. Self-imposed implies that the person can stop whenever they want to, which is not necessarily the case with obesity, especially when psychological factors are involved. It works a similar way to alcoholism: once an alcoholic has one drink, it becomes extremely difficult for them not to have another. [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]

quote:I fear we've lost the seamless interactivity forever with the widespread use of digital streaming music. Sure the sound quality is potentially beyond that of even professional MIDI hardware, but the flexibility of real-time playback is gone. Since there is no control information present, about the best you can do with digistream music is to crossfade between songs. There are a few exceptions that might be worth exploring, such as SSN-21 Seawolf (a submarine sim by EA from 1994), which cued Redbook audio tracks. Total Annihilation is another example, although its interactive music system was a little buggy. [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: Menchise ]

Ahh yes, how could I forget the original Wing Commander (best game in the whole series)? It still is very immersive, and there are some gaming experiences in there that remain unmatched to this day. My most exciting experiences were when I had to dogfight Jalthi and Gratha fighters at full throttle in an asteroid field. What a rush! This game was made back when asteroids were REAL asteroids instead of eye candy that sailed by. Ironically, very few games since then have effectively simulated combat while dodging rocks, including the WC sequels (Privateer is a rare exception). quote:The best part of the game, though, was outside of the game - the part I discovered when I first found the bc3000ad website and posted to a thread on the forum there that was entitled "Register your Vessels". I remember that thread (vaguely). That was way back when I was naive enough to believe that the GCV Grim Reaper was a cool name for a ship.

quote:But it's a self-imposed health problem. Sitcoms have OFTEN made fun of smoking in the same way. I have seen many sitcoms, and I haven't seen a single one that made fun of smoking through slapstick. Secondly, obesity is not necessarily self-imposed: it can be caused (just like anorexia can be caused) by a variety of psychological factors and problems.

Heh. Imagine my surprise when I received UBB mail telling me about replies to this thread. Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell them where it used to be (I've never seen an avatar teleport inside solid rock before ). Nah, I've forgotten anyway.

quote:So, let me get this straight. As the crew AI goes up from being on station, fighting, etc (assuming it does so at a somewhat constant gametime:ai increase ratio), the enemy ships will spawn close to or above that level. So, after about a week of game time, they will be spawning with 80-100 AI which will blow me to bits? Shoulda been a paramedic...... It's not as bad as you may think, because the AI of friendly NPCs will also increase (I think). So unless you don't have fleet command and control ability by day 7 (you might as well send the enemy an invitation to roast you if you don't), then you can gather up some very smart allies to help you.

X-COM: When I saw Chryssalids attacking my squad for the first time, I knew I was in big trouble. Fallout: A sad but exceptional ending. Quake: The first time I encountered a Fiend.

quote:I got confirmation that my BCM order was shipped on Tuesday 20th. I got confirmation at roughly the same time (early Wednesday morning at GMT+10). Still waiting for the game to arrive, though.

My favourite gaming experiences come from my favourite game: System Shock. Walking into one of SHODAN's traps and getting out alive (or not) is unforgettable, especially when SHODAN taunts you. One example is when I had to destroy Citadel Station's comm dishes to prevent SHODAN from uploading itself into Earth's computer network. I found the last one and attached the plastic explosive to it. As soon as the bomb was armed, a force field came up behind me and blocked the only exit. That's when SHODAN called: "Make yourself comfortable, hacker, stay a whiiiiille..." (shiver). I had about five seconds to hotwire the force field or get roasted. Either way, it was f***ing brilliant!

quote:I'll start and let Menchise finish up for me. Do I have to? Maybe later. On another note (off-topic), I see that the political sigs have debuted. Yippee! Nick Menchise Socialist and Economic Democrat (don't call me a liberal!) P.S. I think that the sig should only be used in the first post for each debate thread. What do you think, $iLk?

They already tried that with Rebellion/Supremacy. The response was very mixed (some loved it and some hated it). In my opinion, it was disappointing.

I think that both sides are correct to some extent. While Schlussel does have a point about the health issues and how obesity should not be accepted rather than tolerated (two different attitudes), the fact that it is a serious health issue actually helps the activists' arguments regarding Shallow Hal, because that would mean that the movie is making fun of someone because they have an illness or a disease. On another note, Schlussel's comments about Camryn Manheim seem to indicate that either she hasn't read the book or doesn't know about Manheim's history or both. I haven't read the book, but I know about Manheim's turbulent history regarding attempts at weight loss, including a near-fatal overdose of speed. I'm guessing that that's what the book is about. Finally, there is a difference between being overweight and being obese. Overweight means that you're above the ideal weight for your height (not necessarily a bad thing). Obese means that your weight has reached the point where it's starting to damage your health considerably.