yeah! that's the spirit!
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
To boldly go where no one has gone before.
"I, Miss Universe, just want world peace."
The coolest old buildings.
Kill'em all, let G-d sort'em out.
R
"Verily, thou art not paid for thy methods, but for thy results, by which meaneth thou shalt kill thine enemy by any means available before he killeth you." - Richard Marcinko
yeah! that's the spirit!
Doesn't 42 factor in there somewhere?
Dan
Dan Magaha
Firaxis Games, Inc.
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Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
Doesn't 42 factor in there somewhere?
Dan
Don´t Panic!
Banana
Absolutely!Originally posted by Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
Doesn't 42 factor in there somewhere?
Dan
In fact, I'm just re-reading the series again. I know I had read "Mostly Harmless" before, but this one I don't remember at all.*
Meanwhile, I play Civ3 like reading a novel or mystery; to see what's going to happen. OTH, I do admit I enjoy it when it isn't TOO much of a challenge.
* Reading "Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide," "Silmarillion," and "Lord of the Rings," all pretty much at the same time.
My Immortals always carry towels.
R
"Verily, thou art not paid for thy methods, but for thy results, by which meaneth thou shalt kill thine enemy by any means available before he killeth you." - Richard Marcinko
Polls without bananas are like life without meaning.
Or, a box of chocolates.
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I *was* pretty upset when my idea to include the Vogons as the 17th civ was rejected...
Dan
Dan Magaha
Firaxis Games, Inc.
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Dan, you're hilarious.
Vogons: civ traits Industrious and Uncharismatic. Special unit: Abysmal Poet, replaces Cruise Missile but requires no strategic resources and reduces culture by 1 per turn.
And why isn't "Live long and prosper" one of the choices?
"...it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it." Commander Togge, SW:ANH
Dan- you should have threatened Nuclear Disarmament if they didn't add them.
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-->"Production! More Production! Production creates Wealth! Production creates more Jobs!"-Wendell Willkie -1944
Same here, I try to stay away from banana free polls.Originally posted by notyoueither
Polls without bananas are like life without meaning.
Or, a box of chocolates.
I drink to one other, and may that other be he, to drink to another, and may that other be me!
Love is always the answer!
If that is too sappy, I would say having good positive relationships with people you care about.
If thats still too sappy, the 42 bananas thing is good...
My civilization will be the greatest known to all Librarians!
What is all that 42 thingy going on?
Mah
Saluti
Harsher penalties for parole violators...and World Peace.
Giovanni, they're talking 'bout the late great Douglas Adams' books.
A man that doesn't understand the importance of the number 42 is always conscious of an inferiority - Arthur Dent who was created by an English author.Originally posted by Giovanni August
What is all that 42 thingy going on?
Mah
Saluti
Hey guys, you have to cut some slack to people who have never been exposed to the finer points of English language pulp novels.
S'OK Giovanni. Shakespeare has better dialogue. Start with them.
Oh. According to Adams the answer to life, the universe and everything is the number 42. That's it. That's all. Just the number 42.
Yes Giovanni, all Anglos are insane. But it is funny to us. That's what makes us so unpredictable. We're culturally insane. Hahahahaha.
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hehhe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
A recommended read for anyone...
42 leapt out of my mouth as soon as I read the title of this poll. This poll is seriously lacking.
Auuuggghhh! Pay attention. 42 is NOT the meaning of life. It is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. You have to notice the subtle shading between "meaning" and "answer".
Actually, it is the answer to the great question, the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. Which, incidently, runs along the lines of 'What do you get if you multiply six by nine'.Originally posted by dac
Auuuggghhh! Pay attention. 42 is NOT the meaning of life. It is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. You have to notice the subtle shading between "meaning" and "answer".
(Just watched the series on DVD)
Makes about as much sense as most philosphies, I suppose.
Robert
A strategy guide? Yeah, it's what used to be called the manual.
I just wanna be the Sandwich Maker. Mmm.... mostly normal beast. With a banana for desert, of course.
-Arrian
grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.
(kinda OT)
You have not experienced life fully until....
1: When you've been sent to Mingapulco 42 times...
2: When you download Firaxis' 42nd patch for Civ3...
3: When you beat Civ3 42 times in a row...
4: When you wait 42 minutes between turns...
5: When you turn 42 during those 42 minutes...
6: When you talk about what you want in Civilization XLII...
7: When you find out there are only 42 lines of code in Civ3...
8: When you eat 42 M&Ms figuring were to send your 42 armies...
I drink to one other, and may that other be he, to drink to another, and may that other be me!
Where's tha banana option!!!
-Never argue with an idiot; He will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I had to pick the first choice. Just for the sake of ACooper.
Yatta!
It's so easy, happy go lucky!
Dan
Dan Magaha
Firaxis Games, Inc.
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IIRC, and I don't feel like doing the conversions right now, 6 by 9 = 42 in base 13, instead of our human conventional base 10. So it suggests that much of our misery and woe is caused by using the wrong base number.
Guess if God were really beneficent he would have given us 13 fingers.
I forget the "formula" for converting from one base to another off the top of my head, but you can logically arrive at this result with a little insight.Originally posted by randommushroom
I don't feel like doing the conversions right now, 6 by 9 = 42 in base 13, instead of our human conventional base 10.
Base 10 numbers follow that the 'tens' colunn is incremented once for every time the 'ones' row reaches a value of "ten"
Base 13 numbers would likewise increment the 'tens' (thirteens) column every time the 'ones' row reaches a vaue of "thirteen".
In abstract - base x numbers increment the 'tens' row every time the 'ones' row reaches a value of x.
To make the base set clearer, use some substitutions similar to hex
10 = A 11 = B 12 = C 13 = D
In the table below, a two-digit representation of the base 13 product reveals that the 'tens' (thirteens) place is determined by the number of times that thirteen divides into the base 10 product
and the remainder fills the 'ones' column.
A base 13 mulitplication table:
6 X 1 = 06 (6) = 0 + 6
6 X 2 = 0C (12) = 0 + 12
6 X 3 = 15 (18) = 13 + 5
6 X 4 = 1B (24) = 13 + 11
6 X 5 = 24 (30) = 26 + 4
6 X 6 = 2A (36) = 26 + 10
6 X 7 = 33 (42) = 39 + 3
6 X 8 = 39 (48) = 39 + 9
6 X 9 = 42 (54) = 52 + 2
6 X 9 = 42 (base 13) because 13 goes into 54 (base 10) 4 times with a remainder of 2
Wis Ort | Quas Lor | Vas Wis Ylem | In Wis | An Sanct Lor | Vas In Sanct | Port Ort Wis | An Tym
You know, i was thinking the other day...
what if Douglas Adams knew L33t, and what he meant by 42 is AZ, which ARE the first and last letters of the Alphabet...
and about counting, God really ment us to count with base 5, and use one hand for tens and the other one for units, but we were too stupid to realise it...
Indifference is Bliss
I don't thing Montezuma will agree with you on that.
Aztecs used base twenty. Bare feet I guess.
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