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jesuisbenjamin (100 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Home
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject
Watch, think, share.
Long >.<
jesuisbenjamin (100 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Sayjo: it's worth watching. Just do it.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Jun 09 UTC
A couple things:

They claim a lot that every species is necessary and important to the biosphere. I really disagree. There are some instrumental species but there are others that would not really affect anything were they all killed. This is evidenced by the millions of species gone extinct recently, with only some change. If only one of those millions had gone extinct, do they really think life on earth would change so drastically? Species go extinct, that's just what happens.

Also, they talk a lot about preserving "equilibrium" and "stability." I think this is a fundamental assumption made by this film that may not be correct: that preserving the status quo is a good thing. The earth has changed drastically over the millenia. Does it make sense to fight the changes we see in our times? Possibly... but it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. Life would adapt to whatever things might happen.

They point out our dependence on oil and make it seem like if oil dried up, civilization would end. Even now we are racing to find substitutes for oil. Nuclear energy has already been found, and other alternatives are being developed. When oil runs out, we will be ready. If we are not ready, we will be forced to adapt, it's that simple.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Jun 09 UTC
Oh yeah and Dubai is falling on hard times nobody thinks of them as like the most amazing place in the world now, if they ever even did.
Thucydides (864 D(B))
06 Jun 09 UTC
And this stat: Over 50% of the grain grown around the world is used for animal feed or biofuels.

That's not bad news at all. It means that right now without increasing capacity at all we could almost double the population.
jesuisbenjamin (100 D)
07 Jun 09 UTC
What you say makes sense, changes happen. Species extinction is happening. What you, as a human, should consider is your survival, which is dependent on the survival of other species. Those species which have disappeared have changed the ecosystem. This is inevitable. That you do not feel this change as a person living in a city and consuming your consumer goods is another.
What this movie is trying to say is that you shall see the impact when it will be too late to reverse the situation.
You trust humanity will adapt, i think so too. The question is at what cost? Do you prefer to organise a global preventive project aiming at harmonising human activity with the ecosystem it depends on, or do you prefer to wait until the momentum when hunger, thirst, disease, flood, migrations, wars will annihilate 90 % of the world's population and allow the few that survived to adapt as they could? I prefer the first, i don't want to have to look at my child dying and saying: "sorry kiddo, i have no food for you."
And yes, if oils dry up and if no sufficient pre-emptive solutions have been deployed, civilisations will die. But the funny thing is that large cities and rich nations are much more vulnerable than the masais are. We call ourselves homo-sapiens but in reality the conditions for being that (e.g. the ability to make fire) are not even here. Most of the world is populated by babies. Most people have no clue how to make fire, soap, houses, grow food etc...
The future will tell anyway. If human kind indeed destroys it own environment, which would be the proof of their stupidity, their disappearance would be a good riddance anyway.


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Gucci Mane (100 D)
07 Jun 09 UTC
MadMarx has NO LIFE
this guy has over 10000 points
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Jacob (2466 D)
05 Jun 09 UTC
*cough* *CoUgH*weneedabetterforum*cOuGh* *cough*
anyone have a cough drop? I have a tickle in my throat...
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Kusiag (1443 D)
07 Jun 09 UTC
GM please check the game
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=9378
blonde is missing forever, can we CD him and unpause the game?
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Hetman Vladislav (100 D)
07 Jun 09 UTC
JOIN!
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11416
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kaner406 (356 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Please un-pause.
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=10887
It's now been almost a week, could a mod please unpause this game?
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RLS (151 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Unfinalized orders
Are you people sure that unfinalized orders get processed at the end of turn? Because I was quite sure of having that in a couple of games, and they resulted in global holds.
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Crazy Anglican (1067 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Hello mods, please unpause the following
The game is The Battle for Middle Earth II http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=10953
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germ519 (210 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Can a mod get rid of this game so I dont need to wait to get my points? no one is joining.
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11393
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cteno4 (100 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Suspicious alliance: T-A-I
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11016

Austria told me in press that he and Italy were invited to the game by Turkey, and clearly their triple alliance is too strong for any one of them to worry about being served some stabbage cabbage. Notice in particular what's been going on with Rumania and also Austria's refusal to defend against a heavy Turkish stab. Now Turkey is in the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas, and Italy isn't defending.
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Making WTA games
how do you choose between PPSC and WTA??
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Stagger (2661 D(B))
06 Jun 09 UTC
Please Unpause 10965
Hi,
Game: 10965 was paused when a user was kicked out, likely due to multi-accounting. All of us have voted to unpause except for one player who hasn't logged in for 6 days. We assume he's abandoned the game.

Thanks!!
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Submariner (111 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Cartoon
Cartoon is a touch suspect. He has joined Dip today and immediately logged into two 1 hour games.

Can someone check his acount out please as this is quite suspicious.
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Submariner (111 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Suspected multi account
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11397

England has set up Germany and Italy as players in the last hour. Italty is answering posts desxcribing himself in the third person, clearly thnmking he is replying as England. Can you get them booted please?
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Submariner (111 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Gordon Brown will lead Labour into an election in June 2010
True or False in your opinion
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EdiBirsan (1469 D(B))
06 Jun 09 UTC
Do you consider this Playing By E-Mail (PBEM)?
I generally describe the entire play by Net as PBEM as opposed to Face to Face (FtF)
It seems that that maybe an old fashioned way of describing things as there is playing on a Web Site like this, or by direct GM to player and email message back orders.
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idealist (680 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
FINALIZED saturday live game thread
Please post in here!!! keep this on top of thread page
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vamosrammstein (757 D(B))
05 Jun 09 UTC
Greatest military leader/conquerer
Since we obviously cannot agree on the criteria for judging an awesome empire, I thought I would narrow down the topic, so here is your chance to debate which military campaigns were most successful and why.
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spyman (424 D(G))
06 Jun 09 UTC
Earth 3.0 still waiting on players to unpause
This game was paused due to a multiaccount being banned. If you are in the game but haven't unpaused yet would you please type /unpause into Global Chat.
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airborne (154 D)
05 Jun 09 UTC
Coding a New Map...I'll try at least
See Below
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Crazyter (1335 D(G))
06 Jun 09 UTC
Measley Game Live
2 points! now!
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jbalcorn (429 D)
05 Jun 09 UTC
ARG! Stupid CD Picker-Upper!
OK, this is getting ridiculous.

We have another account that picked up France in massacre4. That's #5, all of which never do a thing
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zrallo (100 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
quick board question
Can a fleet in finland move to norway?
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Youngblood (100 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Fast and Cheap game
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11404
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The_Master_Warrior (10 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Really Quick Noob Question
Sorry for wasting a Forum slot. Here it goes:
If I X out of the Internet without logging out, does it still show that I'm logged in or does it automatically log me out?
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chelseapip (303 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Live Game - Starting as soon as we have 7 people
Please join this game ASAP.
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11401

12 replies
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Crazyter (1335 D(G))
06 Jun 09 UTC
LIVE TODAY-JOIN NOW
http://phpdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=11395

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Submariner (111 D)
01 Jun 09 UTC
Socialised Health
Here in the UK we have a Health Service free at the point of care.
It costs 8% of GDP but that is included in our 20% basic tax rate.
In the US it costs 13% of GDP and out of range of many people.
Why not come down the European trail USA?
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germ519 (210 D)
03 Jun 09 UTC
Live game
Who's interested? I'll be setting on up on Saturday if at least 4 people post here that they will join it. 1hr turns, since its the lowest, but please dont get off so it will go quick
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Submariner (111 D)
06 Jun 09 UTC
Live Game
Hello
Anyone fancy a live game, aiming to finalilse moves in 15 minutes?
Start as soon as we get enough replies here. This request launched 10:20 BST :)
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