thrasymedes

thrasymedes

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GalCiv hangs in windows 7 in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

Hi, I just recently re-downloaded GalCiv 1 (with Altarian Prophecy) onto a new windows 7 machine. It runs fine until a combat comes up, and then the screen appears to freeze. If I press the "windows" key, the combat gets resolved as I drop out onto the desktop, and then when I return to the game I can continue as normal. But it's not really very satisfactory to play this way. Uh, any help or suggestions? Thanks!

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Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="Leauki" comment="140"] I basically agree with you Brad, but I couldn't help but notice the irony of you referring to environmentalists in your most recent post as "treehuggers". It's certainly not at the same level of incivility, but it is pretty dismissive, wouldn't you say? The environmentalist Web site he was referring to and is participating on is called "Treehugger.com". The "Treehuggers" he referred to were the members of that site. (I assume th

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Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" comment="126"] Calling people "Teabaggers" really makes you come across as pretty uncivil Mumble. Is this the perception you want to express to others? [/quote] I basically agree with you Brad, but I couldn't help but notice the irony of you referring to environmentalists in your most recent post as "treehuggers". It's certainly not at the same level of incivility, but it is pretty dismissive, wouldn't you say?

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Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Mumblefratz" comment="134"] It's up to you on how you want to comport yourself but I can say that everytime I see someone use the term "teabagger" when they know the connotations of it, it makes me lose a little respect for the person using the term.Of that I have no doubt. But when the equivalent is said in the other direction not a word gets spoke. But then I'm sure you see no evidence of the double standard that exists in pretty much every thread

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Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics Stardock Forums

It's a bit of leap from saying that someone with whooping cough should be treated as quickly as possible to demanding a "hermetically sealed utopia". A perfect solution to all tragedy of the commons problems is likely to be overly expensive, but not making any attempt to solve any of them is going to be pretty inefficient too. To me it seems the question is not, "always solve vs never solve", it's, "empirically, which mix delivers the best results?"

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Reply to The Health Care Bill passes in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" comment="97"] Your insurance still pays for your care, not everyone else's that may contract it. [/quote] The point, though, is that receiving care sooner prevents the disease spreading from the person who has it into the wider community. There is a public interest in them being treated as quickly and effectively as possible. Somebody choosing to "opt out" of a system that prevents them from spreading contagion to others is not merely choosi

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Reply to A quick perspective on politics in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote who="Leauki" comment="35"] So he is not the "first black president" because that term is meaningless. He is the first Kenyan president. And that's about as impressive as the first Polish president. [/quote] "Kenyan" is a nationality, though, not an ethnicity. Calling him the first Kenyan president implies that he's not an American.

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Reply to A conversation about taxes in Politics Stardock Forums

I think the "taxation supporter" in your dialogue up there is a bit of a straw man. They say that you should pay more tax because you're better off and they make some pretty silly and emotive assertions. Do you think that every person who "supports taxation" does so for the reasons you put into their mouth? Actually, what I'd really like to know is, do you support any level of taxation at all? Would you prefer a tax level of 0%? Lots of different countries seem to manage to get by on q

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