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Posts posted by Wijitmaker
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Yeah I think they look really spiffy with the forums
All praise should go to irish_stag for making them
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Actually your civ list is a little out of date
If your going off the current 0 A.D. webpage your forgetting the macedonians and carthaginians.
But, I'm looking forward to playing those Britons with their super skilled woad warriors and rumbling war chariots
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Check out this huge prehistoric rodent:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/968565.asp?0dm=N11NT&cp1=1
The silly thing weighs 1,545 pounds, and is the size of a large bovine!
I don't think it would make a very good house pet
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Here is what you do... you just start carrying around gum all the time everywhere you go.
Then when you notice it... you blatantly pull out a stick for yourself, then you ask him "Do you want some gum?"
That has always worked for me
If its something that a stick of gum can't mask, you might want to suggest he goes to visit a dentist
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Try taking the battery out? But then you will have to reconfigure everything... which you might not know how to do
Never tried it... so don't blame me if it doesn't work
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Analysts Unsure of N. Korea's Nuke Weapons
Fri Sep 19, 4:43 AM ET
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Some American intelligence analysts are becoming increasingly concerned that North Korea (news - web sites) may have three, four or even six nuclear weapons instead of the one or two the CIA now estimates.
Every new weapon would enhance North Korea's nuclear capability and give the country significantly more authority at the negotiating table, experts say.
One or two nuclear weapons would be considered last-resort devices, because once used they could no longer deter a U.S. nuclear response. But a half-dozen would give North Korea the ability to strike and then be ready to strike again.
In addition, if North Korea had weapons to spare, its leaders might be more willing to part with one, either in a test or by selling it. The leaders also could more easily afford to put one weapon on display at a missile launch site for U.S. spy satellites to see — to up the ante in negotiations.
"We're trying to nail that down," Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., said of analytical efforts to study North Korea's weapons program. "The consequences of them having more nuclear warheads is significant, in terms of them conducting a test, or possibly traf@#$%ing in nuclear materials," said Bayh, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee,
Among the issues being debated by American intelligence analysts is whether the North Koreans have refined their nuclear weapons designs so they are able to use less plutonium to make a working weapon.
Some analysts presume the North Koreans have made steady advances in their weapons' designs, and thus are able to use their existing stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium more efficiently, according to several U.S. government officials. They all discussed intelligence information on the condition of anonymity.
However, the CIA, as an agency, has not reached that conclusion. It is sticking with its unclassified estimate of one or two weapons, the officials said. Other U.S. estimates put the number at three or four; still others are floating five or six weapons as a possibility.
The Defense Intelligence Agency, State Department and Energy Department all have experts who examine intelligence on foreign nuclear weapons programs. It could not be ascertained if a particular agency is making the higher estimates.
Ultimately, American intelligence officials acknowledge they simply don't know what the North Koreans have. Pyongyang claims to be a nuclear power. However, it has never tested a nuclear weapon, and it is unclear how capable its designs are.
"The inherent ambiguity of intelligence was put in stark relief by events in Iraq," Bayh said. "A certain level of humility is in order in making intelligence assessments about any country, but particularly one as closed as North Korea."
The U.S. estimates arise from three key variables: how much weapons-grade plutonium North Korea was able to make in the late 1980s, how much it has made this year, and how efficient its weapons designs are. Another unknown is whether Pyongyang is able to secretly make uranium-based weapons; U.S. intelligence currently believes the North Koreans cannot.
The most pessimistic analysts say North Korea may be able to make a nuclear weapon with as few as 8.8 pounds of plutonium — an advanced design that many believe is beyond North Korea's capability. Officials predict such a bomb would probably have a yield of around 10 kilotons, meaning the blast would be equivalent to that from 10,000 tons of TNT.
The bomb the United States dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, used 13 pounds of plutonium to produce a roughly 20-kiloton explosion that killed 70,000 people.
But the other end of estimates suggests North Korea was able to make only about 33 pounds of plutonium from its reactor line at Yongbyon in the early 1980s — enough for perhaps three nuclear weapons if used in very efficient weapon designs.
Some foreign intelligence services have suggested North Korea made more plutonium or smuggled some from outside of the country, according to published reports.
North Korea also has material, in the form of 8,000 spent fuel rods, to make five or six more weapons. But this material must be reprocessed before it can go into a weapon.
U.S. intelligence believes North Korean officials may have processed some of these rods this year, after U.N. inspectors left the country. How much is unclear but it is believed to be well under all 8,000.
North Korea can also begin producing more of those fuel rods from a nuclear reactor, but it would take a year of operation before it can produce enough to make a new weapon.
North Korea could deliver its nuclear weapons using aircraft bombs, covert means or long-range missiles. The country's longest-range missile believed capable of carrying a nuclear weapon can reach Japan. Pyongyang is developing longer-range missiles but it is unclear whether those missiles could carry a heavy nuclear payload.
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Oh, and these will usually have something to do with politics, religion, current events, or just goofy facts
You know all the stuff your not supposed to talk about
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Well, just so you guys know I'm going to be posting an article that I find interesting at least 2 times a week. The catch is, I'm not going to discuss it. The reasons are:
1) I don't have time to be defending my viewpoints
2) I would be doing ALLOT of defending because I probably disagree with you all about almost every 'hot' topic.
So, these articles will just be for you to read... and if you just think that is the most insain and outragous thing you have ever heard then post your thoughts!
I'll find my first one today
Oh, and I'll try to post the author's name and a link to the source when possible.
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Actually Tim helped allot with the skin too
He made the background and fixed the colors. I too really like how it turned out.
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We have 49 0 A.D. shields up for avatars. These textures will be used in the game and were custom created by our very own irish_stag
Hope you like them!
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Thanks guys
CO there is one way to fix that problem Start posting like a ninja
*wonders what a ninja has to do with anything*
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People who solve it win an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
I suppose staff is excluded
Are the grammatical and spellling errors on purpose?
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Hey Q good to see you again... you need to work your way over to the 0ad forums where we have the staff forums set up so you can get caught up with what is going on with the game
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Tim... where did our web forum disappear to?
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What do you all think of the new forums? The new look?
Lets get this place hoppin! I want to see some more posting
Glad you can make it, and if you have any question about the 0 A.D. project, please feel free to ask!
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If any of you WFG Staff members wan't your title adjusted to your job... please let us know so we can do that for you.
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Good to see that you have arrived to our new forums!
Just so all of you know... this isn't our only forum. This is just one of the new WFG network forums. Please go visit our project specific forums you can find here:
http://forums.wildfiregames.com/0ad
http://forums.wildfiregames.com/tla
http://forums.wildfiregames.com/insurrection
Links are also at the top.
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MOHAA
BF 1942
Those are pretty much the only games I have been playing the last 3 months when I have time to actually play games
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ok gotcha... thats fine.
Its just that the 'bathroom' reminds me of a place to take a crap, not talk about grown up issues.
lol
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Also, I'm not sure exactly what people will be talking about... but would it be necessary to have a page to concent that in fact you are over 18 to view this forum each time you enter it?
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Ok, thats better, but that almost sounds... dirty
Maybe, something like... the bar, saloon, or pub?
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Thats kind of a wierd name
You sure have that translated correctly from german?
Did you mean a spa? bath?
Hi, I'm Esus
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Hey cool, glad you could make it Esus.
I haven't seen many AoM modding teams out there, besides those guys doing the LOTR one.
Tell us when your website is up!
I used some of the AoM modding tools a while back ago, just to take a look at how ES did things. I tried to copy their methods with their gia objects But, yeah good stuff