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I agree that our method of economic sanctions is a terrible method of improving the situation. I think we need to wrap them tightly into our economic system and make them dependent upon it. How we handled China during Nixon is superior to how we handled Russia, Iran, Cuba, Korea, Vietnam...

And you ask if I'm an idiot. This is unbelievable. I mean that literally. It cannot be believed. You don't do this. If you do then you're worse off than I thought.

We can't do shit until they make the first move. The ball is entirely in China's court. Everyone knows we can't do shit with China sitting there. N. Korea entirely owes its continued existence to China. We pushed their shit in until the peasant army came zerging in from the north. And to...

EA hate is overblown. Bandwagon faggotry r us. Don't buy it if you don't like their previous products. My only regret to date is SimCity, but I barely buy any of their stuff. If you haven't bought their shit, why do you care? If you have, stop.

I liked Pete. What did he do that stood out? The new accounts guy that sent the catering is interesting. I'm curious if he's a throwaway or if he becomes important.

That's pro.

Cultural exchange! Yea, they're being shifty/cowardly about the Cuba deal in part because Florida is a key swing state and the cubans are finicky. It resembles the jew/israel nonsense on a smaller scale.

Yea, there is a lot of evidence that isolation doesn't work to correct bad behaving nations. It only helps them position their politics into a more patriotic, xenophobic system. I think Schmidt is of this line of thinking and went over there to put some emphasis on opening its digital borders...

No tank class values AC higher than hDex or hAgi in general practice. You just can't get them in values that compete with AC augs. They're still the stronger stat. I play(ed) a paladin. Neither hDex nor Dex is the paladin dodge modifier. It is a mod for parry (or monk block, NOT shield...

I really liked Betty in this. Her private conversation to her husband about the violinist was great.

lolwut?

hDex and hAgi are both worth more than AC in 1:1 ratio, but they never offer them to you in that ratio. Consider any AC+hWis/Int augs as replaceable as you get them. hDex is the single strongest tanking stat in the game, and eventually you'll want as many AC+hDex augs as you can get.

I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but the reason I clicked the thread was "Sam Rockwell", and I'll watch anything he's in.

I pirated it since I didn't care for the first. I also didn't care for the second. I uninstalled it. The emphasis on transit systems alone just doesn't interest me. Coming from the perspective of uninterest, it's hard for me to say whether it's worthwhile for those interested in the scenario.

There must be more sealab.

Yea, it doesn't work. It'sTHAAD, and they've only been testing it on short-medium range missiles. The NKs can allegedly hit us nowadays, and they've never even tested it on something like that.

I agree that you should have to visit the place.

Liberalism is a concept of freedom covering issues like elections, trade, religion, speech, and private property. Our founding fathers helped pour the mold. It was the whole point of the war. The democrats and the republicans have both become more collectivist (less liberal) over time...

Yea, it's also like controlled substances. You need to learn more about what is outlawed or feared to understand why it is so, and if the proscription is appropriate. BTW, the argument against gun legislation is the liberal one.

NK is just doing what NK does. China is the real mystery here. They need to pivot to achieving a unified Korea. They've got a new president whosegoals are not very clear. China has been positioning itself to supplant our role as east asian protector for some time, and this could be their...

Yea, it'd be better if she didn't speak.

Well I don't know that the Pakis could have bombed India if they wanted to. Still, I think they were hoping it would be a case of finder's keeper's with China backing them and the everyone else saying fuck it. They do have a decent claim to the land.

Pakistan invaded India recentlywhen Pakistan technically had nuclear weapons, but their capacity to attack was somewhat indeterminate during the conflict. The location of the conflict also presented challenges for both sides, but that's not really relevant to the issue of nuclear escalation.

I just started reading these after reading Simas's article. This shit is quality.

@Nissan DLC It seems like it's out of balance with what's currently available, but that's the only issue I have with it.

Seems like that would put the cart before the horse.

I was googling applications beyond the banal of who's who/social media stuff I mentioned. This guy mentions a ton of practical applications in the realm ofaugmented reality. This is what I'm really looking forward to. http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/20...-google-glass/ There's a...

The Grounds and SS both can provide for very short pulls. The Grounds has really high respawn, and Sanctus Somnium's carpet camp has ridiculous mob/named density and is right in front of you when you zone in. But I'm not sure what your gear/AA is like. SS would be arduous for scrubby people...

Yea, I felt the gameplay was dull. So I stopped playing it. Same reason I stopped playing Borderlands 2. The story isn't sufficient to keep me going when the practice of going is tedious.

Yea, WoW has improved upon (or paid lip service to) its competitors' features several times now. I don't see them being able to do what Wildstar is in housing, but they could come close. I'd rather have public guild halls and sub-guilding than private homes though.

Not automatic, no. You have to click a corpse and it loots nearby corpses. Tabula Rasa had walkover looting and colored sparklies so you could cherry pick quest/uncommon/rare/epic/etc. items instead of just trawling and watching your bag to see what was there. Sadly, Tabula Rasa crashed and...

I'm having issues that resemble that in Battlefield 3.

Yea, I noticed that too. Please oh please be so. Manually looting really really gets under my skin nowadays.

nice one

Need to hack that shit to give yourself a robocop/terminator UI.

I am not alone. I feel warm and fuzzy.

Yay, I get to play. There are a bunch of books I haven't read. I figured it would take a year to get to this point. I am not looking forward to the outliers though.

Shit was beautiful, but the plot made no sense. I love the Unreal engine. I've never had a problem with it. Compared to the shitty Gamebryo engine Oblivion and the Civ games use, it is god.

I <3 Lucy, Daughter of the Devil. That show was great.

There is always one or two threads dedicating to theorycrafting, mostly retro bullshit.