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Cosmic radiation is made mostly of very heavy, positively charged particles moving at near light speed. It is not electromagnetic radiation, but particle radiation. That said, a meta-material could in principle be used to deflect and redirect some types of cosmic radiation if it had...

The primary radiation emitted by nuclear reactors (both fission and fusion) is in the form of neutrons. This could not be used to absorb neutrons. Secondly, since it depends on an electromagnetic meta-material, it uses quite a lot of electricity to begin with. EDIT: Also, the media's use of...

God, I hate anime.

You know what's really cool? When people post screenshots of their scores in games, especially when they're hard to read and nothing interesting is going on in the background! We need more of that in this thread.

Got a refund, and got 32 bit. Just learned: "YOU CANNOT DIRECTLY UPGRADE FROM WINDOWS XP TO WINDOWS 7" **** this. I'm not backing up my 1TB of data. Sticking with XP.

This is absolutely correct. In a REAL United States Civil war, the military would likely be divided among loyal and unloyal factions, each with their own weaponry and commanders loyal to either faction.

While it would probably be more efficient, I don't hold people up to the obligation of learning another language (something which is very difficult), simply because it would be more convenient. If economic factors and social limitations require it, immigrants will learn English. If they...

Man, if I was dying of a terminal illness, and the make-a-wish foundation came to me or something, this is exactly the sort of thing I'd ask for. (well, except for the ukelele bit).

Why not have both grills? The short one looks like it wouldn't mind being used on the side, if you know what I mean :naughty:

Now you're just trolling.

The cow is a test sprite used as a running joke among the team. Eventually we'll have a better sprite for it.

Finally implemented fire.

I mean in terms of instrumentation. Analog synths, back to tube amps and effects,etc. etc. I actually think this is a very positive paradigm shift, as those technologies tend to be more expressive than sampled digital audio and guitars drowned in fuzzy transistor distortion.

That's true. The only thing that really bugs me about 80's synthpop recording was the tendency to drown the vocals in reverb and other superfluous effects, and also the reliance on (usually very cheesy) sampled instruments playing straight beats with no humanization.

That's right. When I say modernization, I mean modernization in the sense of in the modern style. What's popular today is actually in many cases technologically inferior to what was used in the 80's. I also mean modernization in recording technology, however, which by and large has gotten...

Modern synths, effects, amplification, etc. Oh, and real drumsets.

I often listen to ambient music while doing difficult homework to keep me relaxed. Unfortunately it also often depresses me.

lol at Renzor with a tambourine. This is why all 80's music needs to be remixed using modern instrumentation and recording. Sounds really great for a live recording.

Holy shit, I've been playing this for a couple of days now It is so damn hard! Here's a hint: never make a giant stone stockpile! Your dwarves will waste almost all their time moving rocks around. (I just wanted uncluttered hallways, but I guess they're supposed to be completely filled with...

Honestly, I'd much rather have Alpha Centauri 2.