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• • cigarette smoke causes cancer?

  • I've always considered the abnormally high rates of lung and throat cancer to be coincidental, probably caused by something like swamp gas and diet soda. 

    Just in case though avoid the cancer packs.  Get the ones that say low birth weight instead.  If you're a dude you have nothing to worry about. 

  • Posted: 9/04/08 3:40 PM
    General Discussion
• • Lets face it, Humans are animals.

  • I know what you're getting at, but I disagree with a couple of your points.  First of all we don't keep our human instincts turned off.  Our human instincts are what make us social animals, in other words what draw us to live within a certain proximity to one another for security and support.  This only goes so far, however, and the fact that we are undeniably predatorial sometimes rears its head as we lash out against our own species.  Many animal species exhibit this sort of behavior, including highly intelligent ones.  Monkeys have been known to cannibalize their own, and dolphins have been documented murdering their family members and neighbors for no apparent reason whatsoever.  The brain is an extremely complex and fragile piece of engineering. 

    Second, I would argue that religion does not keep people sane, but in fact burdens and strains our natural sanity for the most part.  It is true that religion has formed much of the foundation of western society as we know it and fostered some of the greatest charitable works in history.  It has also perpetrated some of history's greatest horrors and some of its most illogical events and circumstances.  Religion's teachings have been known to be in direct contrast with even our most basic instincts and in fact sometimes demand that we disbelieve our own senses and accept that which cannot be verified by any known natural means.   

    The concept of religion is a mostly new occurrence in the development of our species.  Through it we seem to be attempting to redefine who we are based on what is by all appearances a merely psychosomatic experience.  The implicit significance of that behavior cannot be overstated, nor can the dangers of underestimating the long term impact of abandoning or suppressing that which makes us fundamentally human. 

  • Posted: 9/02/08 12:17 AM
    General Discussion
• • 4 Fast 4 Furious Trailer

  • I thought we were up to 7 Fast 3 Furious at this point. 

  • Posted: 8/26/08 4:36 PM
    General Discussion
• • Does AoC have what I am looking for?

  • Originally posted by Dailus
    

    I know there have been alot of negative things said about AoC, but I'm looking for a new mmo that has some specific features.  I'll list tem and hopefully some can tell me if AoC fits the bill.

     1.) no auto attack. I love ddo's combat and dislike wowish type auto attack. It sounds like AoC's combat is somewhere inbetween. Is this true?

     2.) Will i get decent performance on my rig? 2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 3 gbs of RAM, and a Geforce 8600gt (256) vid card using windows xp home.

    3.) Character customization. Visually the characters look quite customizable, but what about variity in skills and the look of armor/gear... will i feel like i am in a boarding school uniform?

    4.) Open world to explore. I have heard there is alot of instancing. this doesn't bother me if its only quest instances. Is the world large?

    5.) Hyboria is a gritty "evilish" land so can I assume I can play a villian if i want?

    Thanks in advance.

     -Dailus

    
     

    Have you tried Tabula Rasa?  Definite DDO-style combat.  Maps are relatively small and equipment isn't exactly widely varied, but I still think the outpost attacks that you have to defend against are some of the most fun I've had in an MMO.  Sometimes you stand together and fend off the incoming mobs, and sometimes you get slaughtered. 

  • Posted: 8/25/08 4:45 PM
    Age of Conan
• • A sad day for conspiracist theorists

  • Threads with nothing but a link in them are lame.  At least take two minutes to type a brief summary. 

  • Posted: 8/25/08 10:04 AM
    General Discussion