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As to animals living their lives entirely based on their instincts is fallacious Nowhere in your post do you make a clear argument for this Yeah, genius. He does. Read the rest of the sentence: ... at least for the higher species. Monkeys and apes live in social groups and interact much as humans d...

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atoms have instincts, or natural tendencies... Yikes. Any meaningful debate is going to be impossible here if you continue to abuse the English language like that. Atoms don't have instincts. They have properties. The term "instinct" only applies to living creatures capable of acting inde...

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In theory, I'd like to believe that rights exist whenever a creature is capable of feeling pleasure or pain , those being basic biological signals indicating what's good or bad from the creature's point of view, and when the creature is capable of recognizing behaviors or situations which will likel...

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It doesn't matter what is 'defined' as just. It matters what 'is' just. There is no such thing as "is" just. Just is what we say it is. Before the 13th amendment, it was 'just' to treat black people as property. After the 13th amendment, it was not 'just' to treat black people as property...

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I'm sorry if I offended you, roid. But I'm standing by my judgement of all things wiki. Ranks right up there with professional wrestling, Microsoft Windows, and text messaging on cell phones.

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Nowhere in my posts have I ever indicated that I believe that animals do not have instincts. Dude. I never claimed you thought animals don't have instincts. I'm telling you that because they have instincts they have a sense of good and bad, right and wrong, and they will act on it. Animals also for...

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You think laws exist in a vacuum? Hello! Who do you think defines what is "just"? Of course it's a social concept.

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Animals do not have the capacity to create such concepts. Such concepts = concepts of animal rights. Quote: "Animals don't have the capacity to create the concept of animal rights" ??? That's gibberish. Please clarify. What animal rights? The rights granted to animals by whom? Other anima...

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You have confused rights with responsibilities No, in fact I have not. And just for future reference, if you want to retain any shred of credibility don't try to quote a wiki as a reference. Wiki is a joke. Consult http://www.m-w.com/ or some other more credible dictionary for definitions. Now, you...

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I'm trying to be kinder now because I felt I was being inappropriately rude before. I don't wish to engage in further mudslinging, however... I can't let this go. Although I know I should... You think I said this: Animals do not have the capacity to create concepts. What is this gibberish? Where did...

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The ownership of the yard is not at issue. The issue is control. The dog doesn't own the yard. In fact he most likely views it as belonging to his "owner", whom he regards as his superior. My point is that the dog views your trespassing as wrong. In his world, his master has the right to c...

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Edit: No. That was very rude of me. Curses. You already read it. :P Can't put it back.. it's gone. Can't take it back. It's said. So.. Yeah. There was a rude post here. I'm sorry. Moving on... Edit again: There was something about ccb not being able to understand the issue, and my saying I was throu...

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ccb056 wrote:Maybe you should think before you post.

Are you familiar with the old adage about those who live in glass houses? Might want to look it up.

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ccb056 wrote:Animals do not have the capacity to create such concepts.

Ask your neighbor's dog if you have the right to walk across his yard.

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Combat in EVE does not follow the standard "keep in sight, calculate lead" style of fighting commonly associated with most space simulators. So how is this even remotely like Descent? Or Freespace for that matter? "long-range weapons" and "a variety of defensive strategies&...

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Anything new? Unless someone's done that before, then they have created something new, no? Not a new "life" or even a new "cell" really, but it's interesting none the less. Maybe. At least a little?

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No benefit? Think organ replacement for one. There are many more people waiting for replacement organs than there are donors. Better artificial organs would improve the quality of life for a great many people. Granted, this research is still very far from that level, but I imagine it will get there ...

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Ignorance and fear work well together. They support each other. Thrive off each other. To defeat one, you must attack them both. But seriously, what potential tragedy do you fear so much, TG, that it would be worth loosing the potential knowledge and benefits of such research? To me, this news comes...

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but you do EXACTLY the same thing. it has in effect become your religion Religion starts with a theory. True science does not. Science starts with only questions, while religion starts with answers. They are not exactly the same. Granted, it is possible to take more of an "answers before quest...

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so you have chosen to believe blindly in evolution even with all the errors and holes in it. I believe nothing blindly. I have read and listened to theories and evidence of all sorts on all sides. From all the evidence I have gathered during the course of my life regarding the form and function of ...

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what are the chances of all those atoms coming together BY CHANCE Firstly, the odds are irrelevant. It had all eternity to happen, and it only had to happen once. Secondly, it's not as if separate elements came together all at once to form a human. It started with far simpler organisms. Multi-celle...

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this is true BUT!!! any formula OR hypothsis that is set forth without accurate or COMPLETE information is flawed. :roll: A hypothesis does not require "complete" information. Heck, even a theory doesn't require "complete" information. We never have *all* the information. For a ...

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I see absolutely no evidence in here except hear-say. They can most certainly NOT tell the exact formation of an ape's chest from shards of bone found THAT THEY PLACE AS LOWER RIBS. It looks to me like they have a fair bit of skeleton to work with. Enough for a knowledgeable scientist to draw reaso...

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Just because humans make things doesn't mean that all things which exist must have been "made" in a similar fashion. Given the extreme differences between the processes by which man-made and natural objects are formed, comparisons between the "complexity" of what man has created ...

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I don't believe you have misinterpreted what I said. I don't see where it requires an intelligence to have "designed" the universe. In fact, I believe that it is the idea of an intelligent design that is contradictory. If you assume that an intelligence was required to create the universe ...

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In my considered opinion, all the forces at work in the universe appear to behave in a consistent and predictable fashion. I see no evidence to suggest that they are in any way governed by an intelligence of any sort. Of course, I cannot prove that. Nor can I prove that there is no long-necked creat...

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Most here will say "It isn't". But it Is the question for which most answers have been given here. Huh? If most of the answers here are for that question, why are you asking it again? :? Not to suggest that I don't find it an interesting question. I don't see where anyone has really answe...

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I would also like to add... There is a matter of perspective to be considered. True. Although it may not have been apparent from what I've said, I do realize I am looking at the world from a very narrow perspective. I am under no illusion that I know The Truth. Try as I might, my very nature denies ...

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I'll take a stab at answering that. I think that wanders into the realm of "we don't know." Indeed, I'm sure these are difficult questions which mankind has wrestled with for centuries without finding clear answers. Certainly, I'm not expecting to find all the answers here, but I am enjoy...

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Given the subject matter, I thought the flaming was quite low. Barely even candlelight level.

Most here will say "It isn't". But it Is the question for which most answers have been given here.

Huh? If most of the answers here are for that question, why are you asking it again?

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Indeed. Also, why would God make the physics of the atom function in such a way as to allow for the creation of such devastating weapons? Granted, nuclear energy provides a good source of power but surely it would have been within God's power to create an energy source that's a little harder to blow...

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Ok. New page, new start. It seems my arguments are now bordering on the absurd. Impotence? WTF? I've got to stop posting at 5 in the morning. :P Top Gun, I find your arguments are making more sense than mine. :oops: Time to fall back and regroup. I'll concede the victory to you on all points from th...

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As promised.. God didn't create humanity to have a race of beings that would blindly follow his will; that doesn't allow any meaningful relationship to develop... So, God wanted other beings with which he could have a relationship of some sort? Not unlike a father might want to have with his son? He...

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Being flawless does not remove the possibility of acquiring flaws at some future point in time. Why does that possibility exist? Surely God has the power to prevent that. Unless he doesn't want to. If God had wiped out all the rebels from the start, that would only have proved that God was more pow...

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... Adam willfully gave up his perfection through disobedience- ... yadda yadda edit: I should really preface this with "IMHO..." If he was "perfect" he wouldn't have done that, now would he? Clearly, God screwed up. His creation failed to do as he intended. But instead of fixin...

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Let me see if I understand.. You DON'T want them to move independently? So um, why two OOFs? A single OOF file can contain more than one mesh. That is to say, you can build geometry in D3Edit consisting of multiple parts that don't connect to each other, and still put it all into one OOF file. Is th...

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In OOF Editor, go to File -> Preferences. In the field marked "Custom MN3/HOG, GAM File", enter the path to, well, your custom MN3/HOG/GAM file.

Basically the same way you get cusom texture to show up in D3Edit.

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I added the missing download-urls and repaired that onw that was in... posted on PD already and now running on Descentforum.NET 1 Thank you! But um, what was wrong with the url that was in there? http://scottris.net/d3/levels/blastpit.zip works for me. :? -- Yes, it was deliberately designed small....

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Note that if you use a service such as d3.descent.cx to launch an online game, you'll have to set your command line parameters there as well, since it won't use what you set in the Misc tab of the D3 launcher.

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Blast Pit Released First of all, I want to say Thank You to everybody who helped test this level. I appreciate the help and feedback I've received. Now, the level is finished and ready to go! Get it here: http://scottris.net/d3/levels/blastpit.zip Yes, I know there's no load screen. To those that c...

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