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aprilm (101 D)
29 Jan 14 UTC
Help understanding dislodgement
Can someone tell me what the result of the following 2 scenarios is?
Firstly Country 1 is A and B, Country 2 is C and D.
A borders C and D; B borders A and C; C borders A, C and D; D borders A and C.
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
28 Jan 14 UTC
Serious question......
....... if there was a training course on things such as personal development, self-awareness, self-confidence, public speaking, etc, etc what aspects of this (if any) would help you in your life ?
What things do you think would help people be more effective ?
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redhouse1938 (429 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
Animal intelligence
I was staring at my screen in a state of total perplexion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foahTqz7On4
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
27 Jan 14 UTC
The Grammys
Macklemore, Queen Latifah, et al just restored my faith in humanity.
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
27 Jan 14 UTC
Which dumbass thought we should call everyone who isn't white "People of Colour"?
1. Black isn't a colour.
2. White is all colours.
3. White people change colour when cold, ashamed, hot, sick, dead, and they're born pretty red. Black people stay black.
"People of colour" is probably the most offensive way to call black people, right before "nigger".
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
27 Jan 14 UTC
GB ..... that's the place to be, if you can spare fifty !!
I'm not saying people have to join these games, that's not I'm saying here. However people who have joined games very similar to these games get a lot more head than other sad losers ....... just saying, no pressure !!
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abgemacht (1076 D(G))
07 Nov 13 UTC
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Chess Tournament
Yonni suggested a tournament over at GameKnot, but it got lost in the clutter. If you're interested, post your GameKnot username here and we'll get something started.
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Vampiero (3525 D)
28 Jan 14 UTC
Quick question
In world diplomacy say pacrussia has an army in Yakutsk n I as china have n army hei n army vlad n fleet soo. I decide to go to vlad with army hei n Yakutsk with army vla supported by fleet soo n PAC Russia goes to vlad with army Yakutsk. Do the pacrussian army n my army hei bounce in vlad or so I get vlad with army hei
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Vaddix (100 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
Help with a strategy game design/balance
Im developing a turn based strategy game for android, free as in free beer AND speach freedom, with GNU license, and Im kinda stuck balancing the things as it's kinda complex. If somebody helps I'll put him in the credits. (Details next message).
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SuperAnt (100 D)
28 Jan 14 UTC
NWO - Global variant
Hey everyone - I'm starting up a run of the New World Order variant. This is a 50+ player global map. the game has special rules that mean it has to be adjudicated by hand. The map can be seen here: http:// imgur . com/Hu9iF0n

Simply cut and paste that link into your browser and remove the spaces.
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Tolstoy (1962 D)
28 Jan 14 UTC
Replacement Needed
California on the FOTAE map - no NMRs, fantastic position. Asking price only 11 D.
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=133752
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
26 Jan 14 UTC
To grow facial hair or not to grow facial hair?
The agony of choice...
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
27 Jan 14 UTC
Global Warming
Someone needs to put a check on methane from cows. It's blowing everything up.

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/mc-flatulent-cows-start-fire-20140127,0,5360311.story
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rokakoma (19138 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
The 1st top22 active gunboaters' game invitation
more inside
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vexlord (231 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
gunboat challenge
one more needed
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=134087
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Favio (385 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
Hello all
Its been a while. I'd like to play some quality gunboat games for old times sake. I'd like to be at least 101 point buy in. 24-36 hour phases so everyone has time to get moves in. etc. This is sort of an invitational so I'd like to get some good players to play against.
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krellin (80 DX)
27 Jan 14 UTC
Opera Singer Farts...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/27/amy-herbst-farting-opera-singer_n_4674264.html

I should think all the wailing and screeching would cover up the little squishy farts....(ps. I thought the huffington puffington post was the best <ironic> source for a story about a Libtard unable to control foul gaseous releases) (...and yes, I just assume the opera singer is a Libtard...it just works better...)
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nukemod (100 D)
24 Jan 14 UTC
Why do people play Gunboat?
I'm not denouncing the game mode here. I was just wondering why people want to play Diplomacy without the negotiation aspect. To me, it seems to defeat the purpose of playing the game. I would be happy if someone could clarify this for me.
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Ogion (3817 D)
24 Jan 14 UTC
Why are there non anonymous games?
Since meta gaming is strictly prohibited and frowned upon I have to say I see no benefit to having non anonymous games. All it does is allow people to carry grudges or othe stuff from past games rather than playing the game at hand. Similarly, there seems to be no clear reason why usernames can't also change
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NigeeBaby (100 D(G))
23 Jan 14 UTC
Moroccans and rape ......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25855025

It's 2014 FFS ..... when will we stop abusing women !!
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JECE (1322 D)
27 Jan 14 UTC
So I hate to join all the desperate cries for help on the forum, but . . .
Does anybody here know where I could find efficient study aids for learning about general vector spaces (subspaces, basis, matrix transformations, etc.), eigenvalues & eigenvectors and general linear transformations? Using the textbook is very slow and I only have a few days.
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Thucydides (864 D(B))
08 Jan 14 UTC
"Did the resurrection of Jesus actually take place?" The Great Debate #3
"Did the resurrection of Jesus actually take place?" Putin33 representing atheism, and dipplayer2004 representing Christian theism. Full debate transcript inside!
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krellin (80 DX)
21 Jan 14 UTC
WikiLeaks Vindicates Bush
http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2010/12/09/the_wikileaks_vindication_of_george_w_bush

Awww....looks like Bush DID NOT lie...WMD's in Iraq after all. How about that...the mainstream media lied to us. <shock..awe...>
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obiwanobiwan (248 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
Oh Rand Paul...You Make Me Laugh...
http://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-bill-clinton-war-on-women-175239980.html That was 15 YEARS AGO. Whether or not there's a "War on Women" today (discrimination? Yes. A war? Frankly, after the "War on Drugs," and "War on Christmas," I'm pretty damn suspicious of "War on __" statements) or not...it's the GOP's PR faux paus NOW that lead to Mitt Romney losing that electorate by 11%...CLINTON *WAS* WRONG...but that doesn't mean your party's any better NOW.
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Balrog (219 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
Anonymity
How do I make myself anonymous in a game?
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bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
26 Jan 14 UTC
Firefighters Meet Snoop
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-24/firemen-called-to-smoking-snoop-doggs-room/5217886?section=vic

"smoke from an unidentifiable source"......
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tendmote (100 D(B))
26 Jan 14 UTC
Is Communism a form of religious belief?
Is Communism a form of religious belief, where instead of seeing God’s hand at work in all things, one sees the class struggle? When historical events are re-interpreted from a Communist viewpoint in a discussion with non-Communists, is the effect the same as when believers re-interpret historical events as divine intervention, in a discussion with atheists?
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krellin (80 DX)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"Billions of Muslims are not jihadists and anyway"

Funny, because if I'm not mistaken, Putin is the very asshole that likes to reference actions of christianity from hundreds of years ago and paint all modern day Christians with the same brush.

Putin is such a fucking disingenuous, hypocritical asshole it isn't even funny.

Oh...by the way...Putin, the public educator, is a rapist (because we know that there are rapist/pedophile teachers....therefor, as all Christians are guilty, therefore so too is Putin the Rapist guilty)
tendmote (100 D(B))
26 Jan 14 UTC
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@Putin33 It's a discussion, you pompous ass. I asked a question and I'd have to say the answer is "no, communism is not a religion." But I'm not persuaded that it isn't faith based. It's philosophical underpinnings might be as shaky as any other non-testable assertions, so why should anyone act on them? *Especially* in an "emergent properties" environment where outcomes are unpredictable?
mendax (321 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
I referenced Food not Bombs because it is an organisation that many communists belong to, as an example to show that trying to change things doesn't have to be done through the party structure.
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"It's a discussion, you pompous ass

No it's not. It's a crap polemic based on utter bullshit and mangled definitions by you. You refuse to read about the topic and analyze this honestly and you're doing cartwheels in order to defend the original stupid premise of your stupid disingenuous "questions".

All the philosophical underpinnings are amply scientifically tested, which is why Marxist methodology is still widely used in the social sciences. That you refuse to even acknowledge any data that doesn't confirm your biases is demonstrative proof that your claims to being interested in "science" and testing are a fraud.
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"Billions of Muslims are not jihadists and anyway, I already said that Islam is exceptional when it comes to activity. Which is why many of its critics say it is not a religion, but a political movement."

You said the difference between religion and communism is that religions are "content with being windbags who do nothing but talk about their beliefs." Jihadists are unquestionably a religious group, even if they are a minority in Islam, so that's just plain wrong. Also, there are examples of in other religions who do more than just talk. You often ring the tocsin about the Religious Right here in America. Surely that's activism where the people involved do more than just talk about their beliefs. The settlers in the West Bank, especially those outside the main blocs, are largely there for religious reasons. Surely building villages on hilltops while fighting off Palestinian attacks is more than just being a windbag? And what about the Falun Gong? You're really just flat-out wrong here.

"As for the No True Scotsman issue, I don't accept that. Practice is fundamental to being a communist. Handing out pamphlets is at least political activity, it at least involves participating in a structured organization with a line, change of command, and discipline. If you're content with the current ruling class, and do nothing about trying to change it, then you can't call yourself a communist. And you can't point me to a single theoretical document anywhere by any leading light of the communist movement that says it's acceptable to do nothing."

Well, by the sound of that "activism" is so broad as to be meaningless. So the guy who votes CPUSA every election but keeps to himself isn't a communist, but the guy who hands out pamphlets on the corner for the irrelevant United Workers' Socialist Revolutionary Provisional Committee of North America (Marxist-Leninist) is?
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
If communists are involved then I doubt that Food Not Bombs is the only organization they belong to.
tendmote (100 D(B))
26 Jan 14 UTC
"A description of how shit happens" is still just "shit happens" written as a kind of poem. It doesn't have any predictive power.
tendmote (100 D(B))
26 Jan 14 UTC
“All the philosophical underpinnings are amply scientifically tested, which is why Marxist methodology is still widely used in the social sciences.”

Ah, now I have a research topic. "amply scientifically tested"... I smell bullshit!

Bye!
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
Widely used in the social sciences, which aren't really science, and irrelevant in the hard sciences, which are really science. Suspicious...
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"Well, by the sound of that "activism" is so broad as to be meaningless."

No, it's not meaningless. People who are trying to build a movement are activists, even if the movement is yet small. People who do nothing to challenge the current order are not. The definition of activist isn't difficult.

"Jihadists are unquestionably a religious group, even if they are a minority in Islam, so that's just plain wrong."

You keep repeating the same point over and over again. Religion inspires political action, but political activity is not intrinsic to membership in a religious organization, which is why the overwhelming majority of members are not members of religious-based political organizations trying to change the social order.

That point should be obvious.
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"t doesn't have any predictive power."

Yes it does. There have been lots of struggles within, for example, evolutionists between the punctuated equilibrium crowd (who tend to be Marxists) and their opponents. That hypothesis is very testable.

Bye!
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"Religion inspires political action, but political activity is not intrinsic to membership in a religious organization, which is why the overwhelming majority of members are not members of religious-based political organizations trying to change the social order."

But such organizations do exist. Jihadists can be seen as a denomination of Islam. Membership in that denomination REQUIRES political action. To be a kooky settler in the West Bank REQUIRES political action in building and maintaining the little compounds they build. You're just excising the groups which don't fit your neat little definition of the differences between communism and religion. Again, I'm not saying communism is a religion, just that your particular argument is nonsense.

"People who are trying to build a movement are activists, even if the movement is yet small. People who do nothing to challenge the current order are not. The definition of activist isn't difficult."

You're still saying the guy voting CPUSA and believing in communism root and branch but who lives an apolitical life is not a communist. Maybe he's a bad communist, but he's still a communist.

It's a good thing you people are obsessed with hair-splitting like this. Otherwise you might be politically relevant.
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"You're just excising the groups which don't fit your neat little definition of the differences between communism and religion."

You're just making up definitions for the sake of an argument that don't make any sense. Jihad is a denomination of Islam? Go consult the Imams about that one.

"Again, I'm not saying communism is a religion, just that your particular argument is nonsense"

Your argument is to take behavior and equate behavior with sect, when you know damn well that sects do not proscribe political behavior. But you can't admit that because you're too far gone down this inane path.

"Maybe he's a bad communist, but he's still a communist."

Communism is not sola fide Protestantism. You cannot be an 'apolitical' communist. Activity is intrinsic and cannot be separated.

"Otherwise you might be politically relevant."

Really you want me to include do-nothings as communists and you want to claim I'm irrelevant? How are you relevant again? Backing Chris Christie as the Republican savior seems to be working out for you, like all your other predictions.
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"You're just making up definitions for the sake of an argument that don't make any sense. Jihad is a denomination of Islam? Go consult the Imams about that one."

Jihadists, not jihad itself. Salafists like we see in Syria and have seen in Iraq are absolutely a denomination of Islam, backed by all the legalistic mambo-jumbo you could ask for.


"Your argument is to take behavior and equate behavior with sect, when you know damn well that sects do not proscribe political behavior. But you can't admit that because you're too far gone down this inane path"

What? Salafists say you need to engage in war against the enemies of God. Settler rabbis say you need to build on the land God rightfully gave the Jews. Religious Right pastors say you need to hassle Congressmen about abortion, etc. This behavior is intrinsic to the beliefs of the group, not just something members are allowed to tack on. Again, you're just excising things that don't fit in your little definition.

"Communism is not sola fide Protestantism. You cannot be an 'apolitical' communist. Activity is intrinsic and cannot be separated."

So a guy who votes CPUSA and believes in communism entirely but is not involved with any political action is not a communist? Yes or no.
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
Well?
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
"Jihadists, not jihad itself."

Jihadism isn't a denomination of Islam by anyone's definition. This argument of yours is absurd and you can't even pretend it's not. This isn't about me excising things out of definitions, this is about you manufacturing definitions out of nothing.

"Salafists like we see in Syria and have seen in Iraq are absolutely a denomination of Islam"

Salafism is not a denomination of Islam. Salafism is a diverse category encompassing multiple schools of thought within Islam. Some support violent political action, many do not. As usual you are mischaracterizing other people's views.

Settler rabbis are not a sect. The politically active religious right in America are not a sect. Jihadism is not a sect. The behavior is not intrinsic to any belief systems which they subscribe, although they choose to be active.

"So a guy who votes CPUSA and believes in communism entirely but is not involved with any political action is not a communist?"

If you believe in communism entirely then you're involved with political action, that's the point. Being a communist requires 3 things: paying dues, accepting a program and its rules, and active participation. A voter might be #1 and #2, but not #3.

Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
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"Well?"

Holy christ do you and Krellin think you're the center of my universe? Sometimes I have other stuff to do.
Invictus (240 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
If you won't even acknowledge Salafism as a denomination of Islam then you're so far removed from reality that this is even more of a waste of time that I thought. "Sect" is just anything you say it is if Salafism isn't a sect.

As for the communist question, it looks like my initial No True Scotsman inkling was right.
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
Reality? I'm not an expert on Salafism, but I expect they know what they're talking about when they themselves define it, and they *do not* define it as a denomination, but rather as a methodology.

But I suppose you know better than they on what they believe.
Putin33 (111 D)
26 Jan 14 UTC
And really somebody calling jihadism a denomination has no standing whatsoever to be lecturing people about defining sect anyway they please.


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Draugnar (0 DX)
10 Jan 14 UTC
Assholes of the world unite!
Let's get another asshole game going, this time on the world map!

FP, WTA, 50 D, World Map, non-anon, must not be a thin-skinned fucktard.
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
22 Jan 14 UTC
On homeless-ness
http://www.nationofchange.org/utah-ending-homelessness-giving-people-homes-1390056183
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
24 Jan 14 UTC
Making a comeback
I have actually played any diplomacy in quiet a while.

So for my comeback special, i'd like to invite all interested parties!
gameID=134328 (wta, non-anon, full-press, classic)
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