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by daggaz
Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:28 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Oh and here is the first article on the paper, for our Nordic readers.

http://www.videnskab.dk/content/dk/tekn ... ade_center
by daggaz
Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:19 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Ok here it is finally. It came a lot later than my professor thought, as the paper was subjected to a very meticulous varification process, due of course to the highly political nature of the ramifications therein. It is published in the Open Chemical Physics Journal, and is freely available for dow...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:50 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Hmm so if you marginalize me, you dont have to actually pay attention to the possible breach in your reality?? EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG!! THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO YOU!! OPEN YOUR EYES, SHEEPLE!!! The Government is lying to you. Open your eyes. Ragorn likes to marginalize people as well, rathe...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:38 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Dude WHAT? Are you saying the air got HOT, and that it then shot steel beams upwards (beams that had been previously connected to a giant steel skeleton, nonetheless) and outwards for hundreds of meters??? Holy crap man! Go outside and start a big ass fire. A HUGE fire. Then Toss on as much scrap ir...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:31 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

you are aware that massive steel beams, regardless of temperature and local air currents, cannot be thrown hundreds of meters sideways by gravity? Even with a solid deflection from the top of the building, where a member falls a distance and strikes a 45 degree angle (which is impossible because the...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Yes and no. With the 2 towers, they actually explode at the top. Watch carefully, look at the "mushroom cloud" and really think about it. They EXPLODE. If you trace the dust clouds, you will find they have a parabolic trajectory with a maximum (a curve with the back faced upwards, like a h...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

the paper wont go into who did it, ssarvis. It just states that it was done. The conclusions therefrom are up to you to draw... The NIST admits the planes didnt take down the buildings, they claim it was fire and a hitherto unheard of phenomena they label "thermal expansion" (no, not the i...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Re: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

Hmm so if you marginalize me, you dont have to actually pay attention to the possible breach in your reality?? Or maybe I really am just a tin-hat-fake-moon-landing-crack-smoking-tree-hugging-hippy-fuck, or maybe you are still desperately trying to rationalize what Bush did to our country? Or maybe ...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:48 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 0
Views: 768

Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

I thought I would leak this here, since alot of you guys, although highly varied in your political spectrums, are pretty smart and keep abreast of a lot of the current issues. My chemistry professor Niels Harrit at Copenhagen University, in conjunction with Steven E. Jones from Brigham Young Univers...
by daggaz
Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:39 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11
Replies: 79
Views: 12571

Ground Breaking Research Paper on 9-11

I thought I would leak this here, since alot of you guys, although highly varied in your political spectrums, are pretty smart and keep abreast of a lot of the current issues. My chemistry professor Niels Harrit at Copenhagen University, in conjunction with Steven E. Jones from Brigham Young Univers...
by daggaz
Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Watchmen
Replies: 14
Views: 2854

Re: Watchmen

Havent seen it, havent read it.

I heard there is some giant squid that is supposed to randomly obliterate NY at the end, and that they left that part out. I think that sucks. I am pro-squid.
by daggaz
Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:02 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Great web comic.
Replies: 78
Views: 11412

Re: Great web comic.

I LOVE XKCD. The humor is sublime. He does an incredible job portraying emotion and expression using blank faces on stickfigures. Its a genious use of minimalism, no matter how you want to argue it. As well, he can and does draw quite well, tho he uses those comics sparingly, which heightens the int...
by daggaz
Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: AIG bonuses and a CNN poll
Replies: 47
Views: 5658

Re: AIG bonuses and a CNN poll

165 million.. a small price for AIG exec's to pay, in order to get the 12 billion they have funneled to foreign banks off the front page and out of the collective psyche. Its a coup, really. And 12 billion is a pittance when held up to the TRILLIONS that have been taken from your grandchildren and t...
by daggaz
Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:11 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: time to immigrate to europe
Replies: 76
Views: 9562

Re: time to immigrate to europe

I am guaranteed 21 days a year from my company, after that it is the government which takes responsibility and the business can then elect to lay me off, tho usually if you are a good employee and really are sick, they would never do that. I dont take them tho as a rule unless I really am sick, whic...
by daggaz
Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Considering a return to Toril
Replies: 8
Views: 1669

Re: Considering a return to Toril

I dunno... I always had great fun as an enchanter, tho your fingers get tired even with trigs in the big zones. *shrugs*
by daggaz
Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:57 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Shev's Clerical Melee Ideas
Replies: 9
Views: 8761

Re: Shev's Clerical Melee Ideas

Just the basic changes to DnD from 2.0 to 3.5 make clerics pretty solid hitters/tanks. I am sure eq will follow suit once Toril 2.0 is in. *cough*
by daggaz
Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:51 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Board Game recommendations?
Replies: 43
Views: 7662

Re: Board Game recommendations?

Axis and Allies 2nd edition was great fun, but after you learn the ins and outs you realize it is both out of balance and a total stalemate when you do finally balance it do to some game mechanics that were, funny enough, mentioned on a thread on these forums about how games stagnate. I would highly...
by daggaz
Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:55 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: FS: Illinois Senate Seat - The Beginning of Obamagate?
Replies: 37
Views: 5046

Re: FS: Illinois Senate Seat - The Beginning of Obamagate?

Far more interesting is that Hillary Clinton is inelligible to be Secretary of State, (thank god), because she was a Senator at the same time that the position was voted a wage increase. That one is a non-starter. Happened before, they legislate around it. Yeah,... the "Reagan Solution." ...
by daggaz
Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:53 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Beating the dead horse....
Replies: 29
Views: 4405

Re: Beating the dead horse....

Are there any countries where there has been a socialized health care system in place for a long period of time? I would be interested to see how it works over time. One of the concerns is that less people become doctors under such a system. I would be interested to see if the waiting list gets wor...
by daggaz
Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: The UN and world government in general
Replies: 6
Views: 1243

Re: The UN and world government in general

Five countries sit in the Permanent UN Security Council; USA, Great Britannia, France, China, and Russia. These countries are also the worlds biggest exporters of arms, both small-arms and hi-tech military-industrial. These countries have absolute veto rights over all other countries if they can cla...
by daggaz
Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: FS: Illinois Senate Seat - The Beginning of Obamagate?
Replies: 37
Views: 5046

Re: FS: Illinois Senate Seat - The Beginning of Obamagate?

Far more interesting is that Hillary Clinton is inelligible to be Secretary of State, (thank god), because she was a Senator at the same time that the position was voted a wage increase.
by daggaz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:49 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Beating the dead horse....
Replies: 29
Views: 4405

Re: Beating the dead horse....

absolutely a valid point. I broke a tendon in my thumb, and lost use of the digit. In the states, with proper insurance , I would have had surgery within a few hours most likely. In denmark, I did have to wait almost a month for the procedure (please also keep in mind that Denmark is a tiny country,...
by daggaz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:26 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: The not serious political thread!
Replies: 24
Views: 3523

Re: The not serious political thread!

hahaha oh man i sneezed beer on my keyboard. this is going to get spread around the accounting firm im working in...
by daggaz
Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Beating the dead horse....
Replies: 29
Views: 4405

Re: Beating the dead horse....

France aside (especially their universities), European beaurocracy is not much different or worse than the states. Denmark is one of the more socialist countries, and you would think therefor, one of the more beaurocratic, but it doesnt really take too much time to get things done. It took me about ...
by daggaz
Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:44 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: 40 x 15
Replies: 6
Views: 1129

Re: 40 x 15

its game balance. if you can gate/moonwell whatever too quickly, it opens up massive twinking possibilities.
by daggaz
Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Assassinate Invisible
Replies: 7
Views: 1342

Re: Assassinate Invisible

assassinate is an attack. all attacks should break invisibility. tho i admit the tweak possibilities are intriguing.
by daggaz
Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:32 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: New Leaders
Replies: 20
Views: 4131

Re: New Leaders

back to the OP, I used to lead evils around back during the homeland split, when we would be lucky to have ten evils on at a time. people might have ridiculed me, but at least i was leading zones. there are zones that are fun and doable for smaller groups, but the eq is going to pale in comparison t...
by daggaz
Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:04 am
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Beating the dead horse....
Replies: 29
Views: 4405

Re: Beating the dead horse....

As much as some people hate him, watch Michael Moore's documentary, "Sicko." Failing that, actually travel to ANY first world country in the world besides the USA. Please note they are not failing economies, tho everybody is feeling the heat from the US fiasco. While in said country, get h...
by daggaz
Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:33 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Whats the best MMORPG?
Replies: 19
Views: 4408

Whats the best MMORPG?

What do you like to play, and why? I would have made a poll, but I dont even know all the main brands out there beyond like WOW, UO, EQ2, and LOTR, so if somebody feels like putting a poll up as well, might be fun. Anyhow, I was just curious about this, after reading about the new DarkFall MMO on Gi...
by daggaz
Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:22 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: 1 in 5 young adults has mental problems
Replies: 6
Views: 1060

Re: 1 in 5 young adults has mental problems

Denmark has socialized healthcare (thankgod), and no, this kind of thing doesnt happen here. You _never_ see advertisements for drug prescriptions on TV or in magazines, they are flat out illegal. You will see plenty of articles in the paper about new drugs and techniques, their effects, how much of...
by daggaz
Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:47 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: bubbles and inflation
Replies: 4
Views: 934

Re: bubbles and inflation

Well, the "money" that is disappearing right now is just credit, its not real money. Its just how much banks are willing to leverage against their assets. And there are two main problems with those assets, one of which is now common knowledge. A) those assets were highly overpriced, to the...
by daggaz
Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:13 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0 concerns.
Replies: 7
Views: 8261

Re: Toril 2.0 concerns.

There's a thread about groups and xp in the 2.0 section. Pretty much nails this on the head..
by daggaz
Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:11 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0: Q&A
Replies: 352
Views: 132761

Re: Toril 2.0: Q&A

will just stick my nose in here, feel free to whack it good, gods, but... There is a big difference between coding and areas spheres, tho of course there is some overlap as its the coding which makes the areas go. In otherwords, all the gods who are coders are probably working full time on new or re...
by daggaz
Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0 is now up and running! Start playing again today!
Replies: 5
Views: 6262

Re: Toril 2.0 is now up and running! Start playing again today!

I did, I did! So does that mean you will mass-mail us when it is finally up and running? =)
by daggaz
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:09 am
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0 is now up and running! Start playing again today!
Replies: 5
Views: 6262

Toril 2.0 is now up and running! Start playing again today!

Wouldn't it be great, if you saw that header in your emails? In other words, I think it would be *really* really great, if we could get our emails on some kind of list of sorts, where we could be notified as to when the system is up and running. I know a lot of people here don't have much time in th...
by daggaz
Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:31 am
Forum: T2 Ideas Archive
Topic: Useless EQ
Replies: 16
Views: 4319

Re: Useless EQ

!charm eq has never worked, not to my knowledge. Not on beholders, not on succubusses, not anywhere nohow nada. At least, it hasn't worked on mobs that *proc* charm, which is pretty much all of the above. I've yet to find a caster that will try to use the spell in battle..
by daggaz
Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:11 am
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: protection from good/evil
Replies: 3
Views: 1013

Re: protection from good/evil

protection from good/evil are only offered to evil/good characters, because it is part of the idea that they use their "extreme" position on the alignment scale --the knowledge and just the pure -ism of it, to ward themselves from the opposite extreme. Neutrals, at least according to the f...
by daggaz
Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:56 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: the front fell off
Replies: 9
Views: 2197

Re: the front fell off

heh... its funny but you honestly cant believe for a second that is real. it reads straight out of a monty python dialogue. I probably shouldn't be, but im actually surprised anybody even asked if it was real or not.
by daggaz
Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay
Replies: 17
Views: 5533

Re: Toril editor and the area docs -yes this belongs in gameplay

I just wish they had OLC. You realize Dug, that I have over 1500+ rooms of well written zoneage still sitting around on my computer? I got sick of the editor crashing every five minutes, and eventually gave up.
by daggaz
Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:31 pm
Forum: T2 Gameplay Discussion Archive
Topic: GODS: Please end needless racism
Replies: 14
Views: 3216

Re: GODS: Please end needless racism

Thil is actually onto something here. Any evil lich should be more evil than anything else in the nearest kingdoms... so... make it so that only Evil Races can group with liches. Even evil humans wouldn't stoop so low. Thats just... vile. As for "good liches," well... you would need a spel...
by daggaz
Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:15 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Back to school
Replies: 18
Views: 2606

Re: Back to school

Corth wrote:I'm not so concerned with government knowing who I am so much as I'm concerned with government thinking it knows whats best for me or taking my money and giving it to someone else.


Yeah. QFT.
by daggaz
Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:11 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Chrome
Replies: 15
Views: 3117

Re: Chrome

Well, my first and only experience with chrome so far is the kitchen computer in my old dorm. And I have to say, for a browser that was specifically created for audio/video enhancement, it sure does SUCK! Youtube videos constantly and consistantly freeze up or "hic" with this crappy progra...
by daggaz
Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:07 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Grammar Nerds Unite!
Replies: 10
Views: 1956

Re: Grammar Nerds Unite!

No... your first professor is correct (mostly) and the second one is wrong. You would never use a double dash, or even a single dash, in this case. At the very most, you could toss in a comma and that is poetic license at this point. Really, there is nothing out of the ordinary to seperate the last ...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere
Replies: 143
Views: 18758

Re: Baby Let's Cruise... Away, From Heeeere

Scuba is a lot of fun but can also be a really tricky thing to get down in one day. I completed most of my certification when I was in the Philippines because it was so inexpensive and had a lot of free time. The problem I had was with regulating my breathing, so I was floating all over the place t...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:45 pm
Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
Topic: Jokes, Funnies.
Replies: 49
Views: 10676

Re: Jokes, Funnies.

So this pirate walks into a bar, with the ship's wheel stuck to the front of his pants, and orders a drink. The bartender looks up and says, "Uhh... you know, you got a steering wheel stuck to the front of your pants there..." To which the pirate responds, "Yarrr, I know. It's drivin'...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: T2 Areas Discussion Archive
Topic: an ancient biting duergar battleaxe
Replies: 4
Views: 1460

Re: an ancient biting duergar battleaxe

WoW! Nice three day response time Lath and Dug, thanks guys!! =)
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:39 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Wipe?
Replies: 70
Views: 30059

Re: Wipe?

I'm only in favor of a wipe because it would force everybody to really start over from scratch and claw their way back to the top, learning as they go. Even with a totally revamped world, the first thing that is going to happen is the league of uber players are going to go out, and start hitting zon...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Some thoughts: The problem of Steady States
Replies: 3
Views: 6570

Re: Some thoughts: The problem of Steady States

Two points on the Epic Level tier system. A) Epic is completely and utterly broken in DnD 3.5, just thought I would throw that out there. I know that doesn't mean it cant be balanced here, but... yeah it gets tricky when you are lvl 237 and you need some kind of world changing power to justify the w...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0: Status Update
Replies: 16
Views: 28928

Re: Toril 2.0: Status Update

⋅  Illithids/Psionicists : We're completely revamping Illithids/Psionicists and while the basic psionic engine is complete, we're still working on adding the individual powers here. Mynazzaraxxsyn squeals in delight. Hopefully things don't get switched to project 'mindblast' rothe. I rath...
by daggaz
Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:14 pm
Forum: Toril 2.0 Discussion
Topic: Toril 2.0 Update: Polymorph
Replies: 16
Views: 10781

Re: Toril 2.0 Update: Polymorph

Disoputlip wrote:Any chance there will be a furniture race in 2.0?

I find it so wierd that you don't really see the transformation when the illu cast massmorph.



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