new to the game and looking for a quickmatch starts in 30 hope to see you there

Most of you know XKCD, so you know this is well worth reading: http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/
The full size chart is here: http://xkcd.com/radiation/
Be sure to read the disclaimer at the bottom of the chart.

Can anyone explain to me in practical terms why anything raised to the power of zero is equal to one? I understand that it's very convenient for algebraic reasons, and I kind of understand the logic and reasoning behind it, but I still can't get rid of the idea that, since 2^5 is defined as 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, that 2^0 should have no definition because there are no numbers actually involved in it. I would have thought that it would fall into the category of zero denominators as non-real...

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Can a Mod please check into the game? Austria's internet went down and he NMR'd, throwing the game to France. Any way we can have some sort of rewind or do-over? If this was an ordinary game, then oh well, shit happens. But this is supposed to be the Championship Tournament. Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Unexpected orders behavior

Hello, we could use a new Brazil gameID=49579

The country is in pretty good shape, although mismanaged for a few years. It has plenty of options now though.

R.I.P. dear Knut...

gameID=53969 Stalemates are created everywhere, no ones gonna win but France simply won't draw... it's 3AM here and I'm god damn tired... Is there a way to end this???

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The Czech, sckum555, mickmuffin
all three of these dudes leave within a minute of each other a little weird if you ask me

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gunboat in 30 min

Is Winter 2011: Premier League - Game 2 open to the riff-raff like me, or must one be connected in some way?

Right, so i know i was elimitated from said game, but this live game has been at a stalemate for an hour, and france wont recognize a draw. is there anyway to force a draw in said situation? gameID=53969

http://www.kfiam640.com/mediaplayer/?station=KFI-AM&action=ondemand&item=20955349&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

As a community college student...well, these folks are Right-of-the-Right Wing, and they CERTAINLY have some points which infuriate me, but I'll admit, they DO have one point I agree with...and it goes for ALL students...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00yyd36/Just_a_Minute_Series_59_Episode_4/

If anyone wants to sample a bit of British radio comedy, this programme is of the finest there is. I really love this show, please take a listen - I hope you enjoy it too! :)

Play the game, you are wasting all of our time with cancels

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Classic WTA Gunboat, 25 hour phase, 225 buy-in, passworded.
Whose game? :)

In the spirit of ftf games, where spying is encouraged, and in postal games, where faking a letter from one person and sending a copy to another is fair play, what do you think of using technology to gather information?

I was in a high stakes, 3 days/turn game playing France and I kinda figured from some comments made that England was probably at the same college as me so I started staking out the computer labs to see if I could find out who it was.

Clues: 1. Birth and Death 2. Country of origin 3. Category (arts and entertainment, military, science, religion, political)
Avoid looking it up. If unsure guess.

the arab league has supported the call: http://www.avaaz.org/en/libya_no_fly_zone_3/

forget Japan, they'll be fine!

I wish to know if support hold will really be cut or would work if it is directed to a unit ordered to move, but which won't really move (e.g., attacking to cut support from elsewhere).

http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

Didn't care for their list...and the readers' list--Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard accounting for 7 out of the Top 10?! Ugh...
So I turn it over to you, WebDippers--your Top 10 1910-2011?

Look at Turkey and Austria - does this look suspicious to anybody else?

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How about implementing the western country's map into diplomacy? (i do not recall what it was called) and possibly Machiavelli?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=house-repubs-vote-that-earth-is-not-11-03-16 Rep Ed. If only it could be solved so easly.

LIVE - 5 min phase - Classic - Anon - Diplo game starts at 10:35am PST

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Asking for thoughts about a gunboat maneuver i made

Who was who in this game?

This forum post contains no insightful comments, philosophical points or deep strategy tips on MAO. I am wasting the community's collective time to say that, with less than two days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament under our belts, my bracket is already a hopeless shambles. For the sixth time in six years I am on track to lose to my in-laws in our little pool. It is a really good thing that I don't have a sports gambling addiction . . .

If I attack someone, and say the invading army comes from X and successfully takes Y. Army on Y must retreat. Can it retreat to X?

Nobody I asked seemed to know, so I'm turning to you people.