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Achilles

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Posted in: Election Day in Iran
  Achilles
06-14-2009, 1:58 AM
#11
Considering the blowback from our first "intervention" in Iran, it's unlikely that our government will be doing anything to help the Iranian people regardless of what they want....  [Read More]
Posted in: Election Day in Iran
  Achilles
06-14-2009, 12:10 AM
#6
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iran) The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and sa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Election Day in Iran
  Achilles
06-12-2009, 7:43 PM
#4
By moderate, I'm thinking Gorbachev vs say Brezhnev (dunno if that was what Achilles was thinking). Even in the USSR there were moderates and there were hard-liners.Precisely. I would like to believe that there are at least a few people in Iran who s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Election Day in Iran
  Achilles
06-12-2009, 1:59 PM
#1
After several extensions of voting hours, the polls have still not closed. Both sides are claiming 60% of the vote. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a more moderate Iran will mean a quicker withdraw from Iraq. EDIT: Iran presidential challen...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-25-2009, 1:56 AM
#76
What do you mean by same bag? Saying that you're against a specific flavor of religion being taught in school is not the same thing as saying that you're against educating young people about a variety of religions. Don't worry about the whole confor...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-24-2009, 7:54 PM
#73
I read. I was just making sure that is what you meant which it was that you meant to say science cannot conform to a society rather than what I thought you accidentally said which was society conforming to science.Please show me where I "acciden...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-24-2009, 4:31 PM
#71
The amendement in the U.S. Constitution against slavery is within the U.S.'s rule of law which like you said scientific law doesn't conform to a society.You're dodging. Forgetting that you earlier suggested that we scrap the constitution and put eve...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-24-2009, 3:15 PM
#69
What it sounds like to me is the scientific community has their own definitions, language, and rule of law like the medical community does. Meaning it doesn't conform to the society it is operating in. Like how in the medical community you learn lati...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-22-2009, 10:43 PM
#62
Theory and theory. The only difference is a capitalisation. How are the same word different other than that. I'm confused on that.I provide a couple wonderful links earlier on the page. Since you obviously didn't bother with them, I find myself ponde...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-22-2009, 6:59 PM
#58
I'm visually impared and it can be hard for me to find spelling errors.I'm genuinely sorry to hear that. However my point isn't about spelling errors; it's about incorrect term usage. The lay use of "theory" is a very different term that...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-22-2009, 4:35 PM
#52
That's fine if they want to put forth another class that teaches creationism. I'm simply saying regardless of the form both theories should be given chance to be heard in schools. Please stop using that term so carelessly. They are not "both the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-22-2009, 4:09 PM
#50
I think both sides in schools need to be presented, debated, and let people make up their own minds.If someone wants to cut another program so that they can offer a "history of religious philosophy" course in order to discuss all the creati...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-18-2009, 2:48 AM
#48
We have physical laws that make sense, are consistently observable, etc, etc when applied to things on the macro scale. When we try to apply them to the micro scale they break down (uncertainty principle dictates that we work with things on the basis...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-18-2009, 2:27 AM
#46
The First Law of Thermodynamics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics), specifically conservation of mass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_mass) and energy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy), unless...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-18-2009, 1:36 AM
#44
I don’t believe I’ve ever presented myself as a logical being and if I have I apologize.Do you want me to pull examples from just this thread or can I use your entire posting history to prove you wrong? :D The reason your faith has never...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-17-2009, 10:57 PM
#40
Oh, I'm not contesting that it happened; I'm sure that it did. What I'm curious about its what came before it.Technically speaking, the question is a non sequitur because there was no "before". Space-time began with the big bang, therefore...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does anybody really believe in Creationism (sorry, Intelligent Design) anymore?
  Achilles
04-17-2009, 2:45 PM
#34
I thought that Creationism was the dogmatic adherence to the belief that God created the Earth in literally 6 days as stated in the Bible,= Fundamentalism/Literalism not that He caused the Big Bang. For the purposes of U.S. law, still = Creationism....  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Achilles
04-17-2009, 9:43 PM
#140
You might want to call the number on the rebate form to make sure, but the screenshot should work, as it is a copy of the original receipt. I'm just uber-paranoid about rebates, even though I've always received every one that I've ever applied for....  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Achilles
04-17-2009, 5:28 PM
#138
You're most welcome. :) Are your drivers up to date? You won't have to change them if they are. GeForce 8 and 9 cards use the same driver. If they're not up to date, then you should update them. Nvidia has made some big improvements in performance o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Achilles
04-17-2009, 5:04 PM
#136
Card has been ordered and I am installing RivaTuner right now. I really do appreciate all the work you've put in to helping me with this. Thank you....  [Read More]
Posted in: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (spoilers ahead)
  Achilles
07-31-2009, 2:32 AM
#225
The moving toy horse scared the hell out of me. :ohdear: That one gets me, too. Every time. Even though I know it's coming....  [Read More]
Posted in: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (spoilers ahead)
  Achilles
07-29-2009, 2:10 AM
#213
I've finally persuaded myself to play this game, after months of deliberation. See what you made me do? <=...  [Read More]
Posted in: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (spoilers ahead)
  Achilles
07-28-2009, 7:51 PM
#207
(You generally want to play the game more than once. Malkavian is the most fun clan in my opinion, but it's not recommended for the first playthrough since it can get confusing with their crazy dialog, and you won't pick up on all the nuances of thei...  [Read More]
Posted in: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (spoilers ahead)
  Achilles
07-28-2009, 7:20 PM
#205
I've finally persuaded myself to play this game, after months of deliberation. What patches/mods are required recommended, per se? There seems more than a few mods that carry the tagline of "the best VtMB experience possible", so obviously...  [Read More]
Posted in: Editing Items Using KotOR Tool - Tutorial
  Achilles
08-31-2009, 12:25 AM
#46
Or use KSE to remove the old items/ add the new ones. Per ForeverNight's post, the game won't override .utis you already have. So you'll have to either do it "manually" or start a new game....  [Read More]
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