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    Poll: Evolution and the other side

    Well, yes and no. Yes, because I've had plenty of exposure to the feeble mewling of cdesign proponentsists. No, because there is no scientific evidence offered for creationism. All they ever come up with is strawman arguments and weak "refutations" of evolutionary theory, as if that would...
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    First time RTS gamer

    I would strongly recommend Dawn of War. You can get it on Steam [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/447/] (together with the two decent expansion packs) for only ten bucks, and it's a hell of a lot of fun for such a small amount of money.
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    When a friend tells you he "does not agree" with the concept of evolution

    Umm, just making sure. You do realize that things like "genus", "family" and "class" are purely human constructs, and nothing more? Organisms aren't automatically assigned a new name, it'd mean that pretty much every unique genetic makeup ever would have its own genus. Homo Sapiens var. Imsety...
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    When a friend tells you he "does not agree" with the concept of evolution

    First of all, you have it completely the wrong way around. Evolution is the collection of facts which can be quite easily be shown to be correct, while natural selection is the process by which evolution occurs in nature. If there is any serious controversy at all to be had about evolution, it...
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    When a friend tells you he "does not agree" with the concept of evolution

    What if someone told you they believe that the earth was created twelve days ago by a blue pineapple? Would you say "fine, that's your belief" and be content with that, or would you giggle and question their sanity? Just because a certain belief is more popular doesn't mean it's less...
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    Saturn's Rings Are Evidence of an Ancient Moon's Death Spiral

    EDIT: Double post, somehow...
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    Saturn's Rings Are Evidence of an Ancient Moon's Death Spiral

    Ask and ye shall receive. The core isn't pulled "inwards" as you might think, it wouldn't be like an asteroid colliding with the planet. It's still an orbiting moon, but with an unstable orbit that slowly brings it closer to the planet. Fragments breaking off from the surface in this...
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    Your Bible?

    The Demon Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. Quite possibly the most inspiring book I've ever read. Also that, to a lesser degree.
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    Psychics

    Watch that, all of it if you have the time. All parts together are about an hour long. If you are ever convinced by psychics after watching that, there's no hope for you. When an illusionist can do five completely unrelated 'psychic' tricks with just trickery and showmanship it tells a lot...
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    Epic Metal thread needs more Epic Metal!

    No Stratovarius yet? I'm sorely disappointed in you all. Also, because I'm feeling particularly epic: Enjoy!
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    What's your job?

    Massively Multiplayer Strategy-ish. Really hard to explain without seeing it. As you might imagine from a single-person project, it's pretty simplistic (2D top-down graphics) and relies heavily on procedural content generation.
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    What's your job?

    I'm an indie game developer. I've been working on a rather big project all by myself for about a year and a half now, still a couple months away from release, and it hasn't paid me a dime so far. Used to work as a freelance Java and PHP developer before that, but I stopped in favor of devoting...
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    What game have you racked up over 100 hours?

    Not a very long list here, I'm not that much of a gamer. World of Warcraft. Really, not much chance of playing less than 100 hours... Mass Effect 2, most likely. Tomb Raider, if you count all of the games as one. Even if not, I must've spent way over 100 hours on the Level Editor alone...
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    who is your favorite Comedian?

    I weep for all the non-Dutch-speaking people on this planet, because they'll never be able to appreciate the genius of Herman Finkers. Aside from that, Tim Minchin hasn't been mentioned yet:
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    International Lose The Game Day

    That is all.