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Forum: SEIV March 24th, 2011, 10:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 10,017
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: Starting weapons ???

And what makes an interesting choice? One such choice might be to have weapons that produce great damage, but consume rediculous amounts of supply, necessitating a fleeted tanker on any major...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 14th, 2008, 03:57 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,469
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: SITE CONVERSION THIS WEEKEND!!!

vBulletin: Great stuff.
What not to do (Mass Effect forums) (http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewforum.html?forum=125)

P.S.: Could use a custom favorites icon.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 24th, 2008, 04:11 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,605
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING PMs!

Give the users an option to have their oldest PMs drop off the bottom of the list. Then a new PM replaces the oldest PM, once they have 100.

It removes the need for maintenance labor from users...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V June 15th, 2008, 07:52 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,477
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: BSG - wtf?

Want a spoiler? (http://home.comcast.net/~anglewyrm/thread/BSG-Earth.jpg)
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 3rd, 2008, 03:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 945
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: Which treaties prevent colonization?

My copy of SEVw/BalanceMod doesn't seem to have a "colonization limits" tick box in the treaty details. Does yours?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 3rd, 2008, 03:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 945
Posted By AngleWyrm
Which treaties prevent colonization?

SEV v1.71, w/BalanceMod

What treaty element(s) prevent a player from colonizing, and under what conditions?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 29th, 2008, 11:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,764
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Here\'s a happy thought...

Oh, and quarks.
Quarks would turn the interstellar space foam into black holes, and suck away some of the planet.
And they'de do it by barking.
Barking Quarks.

--
I put down my ruler, picked...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 27th, 2008, 02:15 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,477
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: BSG - wtf?

Here's an in-depth video review of Battlestar Galactica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9RJPV5_f0)

...And their follow-up review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-xScJu4PkY)
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 19th, 2008, 08:00 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,477
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: BSG - wtf?

Back in the second season, there was an interesting scene where the humans captured two Brother Cavel cylons, and the cylons described the role of their preachers as exactly the opposite of human...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 19th, 2008, 03:05 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 19,477
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: BSG - wtf?

Or how about that guy who can't seem to hold down a job for more than an episode or two, but still somehow manages to be an expert.
Flyboy. Military Advisor. Detective. Captain. Lawyer. Politician....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2008, 02:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,385
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: SecurROM

I have this problem with both Hellgate:London and Witcher. They often fail to start from the installed shortcuts and menu items, and say stuff like "wrong disk, retry/cancel".

With Witcher, I have...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 18th, 2008, 02:21 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,224
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT - Sentience

Some interesting googles:
Rise of the Biological Computer (http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2006/02/the_rise_of_the.html)
Leech Computer (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/358822.stm)...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 17th, 2008, 02:13 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,224
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT - Sentience

The New Mysterianism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mysterianism) perspective is that there is something unexplainable about the inner workings of a person. Possibly extendable to 'there are...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 16th, 2008, 06:16 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,224
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT - Sentience

If we were to teach a computer to use English language the way children do, it might produce surprising and even scary results.

Steven Pinker recently wrote The Stuff of Thought, language as a...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 16th, 2008, 06:08 PM
Replies: 354
Views: 21,994
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Season 3 BSG

Have you played Black and White 2?
Beyond the Red Line is like that.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 23rd, 2007, 11:48 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,102
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site

Here's a doc on missile maneuvers that seems relevant:
Proportional Navigation Against Time-Varying Target Maneuvers (http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/archive/00003461/01/pure.pdf) (pdf). It's rocket...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 19th, 2007, 04:33 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,102
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site

Given: D = (1/2) * A * T^2 + V * T + P

T = (-V +/- Sqrt(2AD-2AP+V^2) )/A

A = 5
T = 3
P = 50
V = 15
D = 117.5
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 17th, 2007, 05:23 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,102
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site

Sorry, I cut/pasted from a post I did in another web site; the attitude probably comes from some hostility experienced there.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 17th, 2007, 05:04 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,102
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Looking for a good physics site

The problem is in framing the question. So let me ask you about what you are trying to achieve: Does a dog chase a cat by predicting where the cat will be next frame? Does a Cheetah hunt a deer by...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 14th, 2007, 08:32 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,711
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: What would you do...?

How about an ULO (Unidentified Landed Object)?

http://home.comcast.net/~anglewyrm/marsphoto.jpg
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 13th, 2007, 12:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,711
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: What would you do...?

A couple spectacular UFO shots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5jmbSjWkw&feature=PlayList&p=14370BA5F3652C45&index=0&playnext=1
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 24th, 2007, 11:21 PM
Replies: 1,178
Views: 64,921
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: Jokes and Riddles Centre

Parrot teaching a girl to speak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMx10BUgzEM) (youtube)
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 17th, 2007, 04:47 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,635
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Game Theory/Statistics

erm...uh...hehe...uhh...Fire!Fire!...hehe...

There are two levels of victory to this game, the battles and the war. It looks a lot like elections...

If we count the number of games won, Then...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 17th, 2007, 01:22 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,635
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Game Theory/Statistics

Edit: Much longer analysis notebook
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 17th, 2007, 01:20 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,635
Posted By AngleWyrm
Re: OT: Game Theory/Statistics

After reading this, I did a Mathematica notebook on the game. A set of strategies S={ {...}, {...} ...} where each is a list of ten integers, describing a player's troop allotment across ten...
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