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It's possible that the United States, at least, will end up placing satellites in orbit with, at least, anti-ballistic missile capability. This would not violate that old space treaty (I think it only prohibits WMDs and Nukes, not intercepters) but how cost-effective would it end up being...

I've recently been brooding over the prospects of a war between the US and China, after coming across this in a google search, as well as many other articles: The overwhelming assessment by Asian officials, diplomats and analysts is that the U.S. military simply cannot defeat China. It has...

I thought of this after reading some of the mathematics thread, obviously... What is time? Is time man's way of measuring natural progress, development, processes, etc.? Or is time natural progress itself? Is it part of nature or a way of reading nature? Is a day man's measurement of...

This has annoyed me for quite some time. First I read that the Soviets and Germans each suffered millions of combat deaths. Then I read about specific engagements and campaigns like Kursk and the numbers killed are never a whole lot considering how many men were supposed to have been killed the...

Instead of making 1 huge and complicated map of everything with everything, I've been thinking for the scenarios I'm fooling with: Make 2 or 3 or more separate scenarios covering different areas or times of the same larger picture and just play them in order. For example: Conquests comes with...

Rather than type out long posts and get into tedious discussions, I'll just share some neat quotes that may actually provoke some sort of brain activity. "All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God." - Voltaire "We are...

If I was making a scenario and I didn't want all the major fighting to take place where cities are, which is what usually happens, how could I make the AI fight in open country? I know there's Victory Point Locations, but I don't want to use a ton of those because the AI would waste units...

I'm slowly (college/social life/bad PC) making a detailed (362x362) WWII scenario. Actually I've been casually screwing around with it for months and just recently started taking it more seriously, to get it done and over with and played before Civ4 comes out. I was hoping that since everyone's...

QUESTION: Why does the AI (I play on Emperor usually) never want to trade luxury for luxury??? This pisses me off quite a bit!!!!! For instance: The Finns have furs; I don't. I have Ivory; the Finns don't. But the Finns don't want to trade Furs for Ivory! They want to trade Furs for Ivory AND...

Just some things that have been occupying my mind lately in computer class, because that class is so boring. I read that there's a "legend" of sorts that, when the Moors were invading Iberia, the inhabitants of 7 Portuguese cities fled on ships into the Atlantic to escape them. Is this true...

I encountered the other day a barrage of high-minded, idealistic, "Christian moral" B.S. from a friend-of-a-friend. He is very, very firm, or so he certainly seemed to be, about the need to "protect innocent teenage girls" from "aweful, debased, predatory guys" - that is, he's the kind of person...

I finished a game a while back, where I was the Germans (SCIENTIFIC!) and I only got 1 SGL the whole game, even though I probably researched something like 4/5 of the techs before any other civ and built all the scientific wonders in my cities. Why did I only get 1? :mad: :mad: :mad: I...

If this story is credible I'm damn surprised I haven't seen it anywhere else! But since it strays somewhat from my presuppositions I have a problem accepting it :mischief: Russia! It figures... :rolleyes: I hope the ruins of Baalbek aren't affected by any WMDs present, I want to go there...

:mischief: I'm not trying to incite any negative reactions... Any comments? Is this guy a fascist/clinically insane, or does he *gasp!* have a point?

This may only apply to quasi-well-traveled folks who have studied geography, and like nature in general, and also appreciate architecture, (like me), but what places have you been to that you really love? Places that, simply by being there, make you feel refreshed, energetic, confident, or just...

I just got an interesting idea about Industrial Age warfare (I don't fight much in the Modern Era because I'm king of the mountain by then). Tell me if you've ever done this before... When I can build tanks, infantry, fighters, bombers, and artillery, here's what my military is usually...

I just thought I'd see if anyone else likes the movies I like... I haven't seen as many movies as most people I know, but here are my favorites out of what I've seen, roughly in order: Midnight Express :) Platoon The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Gallipoli Jacob's Ladder The Shawshank...

I play many games the same way at the begining: (I usually play on Monarchy or Emperor) I build LOTS of settlers and workers, regardless of barbarian level, because my primary goal is to beat the AI at it's own silly game, that is, building cities everywhere, or at least in the best places...

I don't know much at all about the Vietnam War and not too much about what led up to it. So, when I can across this article I didn't know what to make of it. Can anyone who's more familiar with Vietnam tell me what's up with this? http://www.reformation.org/holoc23.html I'm very familiar...