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00:04.44Quark_PCWelcome back.
00:45.37DrodoEmpiretest
00:48.01Technobliteratorfail
00:48.03Technobliteratorfaaaaaaaaaaaaail
00:59.06DrodoEmpire>:
00:59.22DrodoEmpireHmm
00:59.31DrodoEmpireSo we got a fictionverse Keemstar
00:59.39DrodoEmpireDo we now need a fictionverse Scarce? <.<
00:59.54DrodoEmpireJivran - *emerges from behind tree* hey what's up guys, Jivran here
02:30.10DrodoEmpirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwAoDLyJaZ4 ohgodlol
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04:25.07DrodoEmpirehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZHUyVzx7A worst part is that this is actually incredibly well done
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09:48.35MonetHello
10:18.55dino82_:d
10:22.46Monetbrb
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11:59.12Wormy_http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/opinion/sunday/the-difference-between-rationality-and-intelligence.html?_r=2
12:02.52GhelaeI wonder if, in questions of the form "which is more likely, 'X' or 'X and Y'", people implicitly assume the former means 'X and ¬Y' in contrast to the latter.
12:03.48GhelaeNot that I'm denying that intelligence and rationality are distinct properties.
12:09.17Wormy_Maybe, one has to think about all the ways a question might be interpreted
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12:11.07MonetHello
12:11.31Spu-Phoneack
12:12.06Spu-PhoneI'm hungover and I'm very hungry, not ideal situation
12:12.38MonetKebabs are always nice.
12:12.48Wormy_"There is also now evidence that rationality, unlike intelligence, can be improved through training." - I could be getting this from wrong information, but I always thought intelligence had some plasticity.
12:13.11Wormy_Or maybe it is the rational part of the mind coping with strategies
12:13.14Spu-Phonesend help
12:13.42Wormy_Spu-Phone:  I'm in the same boat, in fact I still feel drunk
12:14.27Wormy_I'm having hash browns as my recovery food
12:14.35MonetIt seems somewhat synchronous that The World's End was on Film 4 last night.
12:15.05Wormy_What's that?
12:15.19MonetA Pegg-Frost film.
12:16.35MonetA 40-year old manchild gets his school mates together to go on a twelve-stop pub crawl in their home town. Only to find the entire town has become weird
12:17.33Wormy_ohh
12:17.37Wormy_I have seen that
12:18.56Wormy_Yes, last night I went to see this slightly psychedelic progressive rock band play in a new venue, which is literally a large shed in a carpark
12:19.22Wormy_Its set up by this guy who has just opened a small art gallery
12:19.53Wormy_Its awesome there was food, music and a speaker talking about the post-apocalypse.  And it always has an anarchic theme
12:20.18MonetSounds a bit like that not-actually-punk rave you went to the other week.
12:21.15Wormy_The town council hate it for some reason and want it to stop, citing noise pollution.  Yet its only held once a month, and is supported by donations.  It's also on the same road as a noisy club that goes into the early hours and attracts teenagers that are much louder
12:21.22Wormy_It's the same venue, yeah
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12:23.18MonetNice
12:24.04Monet<PROTECTED>
12:24.20Wormy_lol
12:24.28Wormy_That ending was weird
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12:27.26MonetI realised after a second viewing each pub name echoes each part of the story.
12:29.48Wormy_Ghelae:  There's the curious case of obsessive rationalists who pursued their work with so much personal energy, their pursuit became self-destructive and isolating, or took on irrational beliefs to justify their obsession to prove or disprove themselves.  But lack of acceptance by others also count
12:30.09Wormy_People like Cantor, Gödel  and Price.
12:52.22Wormy_Ghelae:  So I've read in Roger Penrose's new book, that in Weyl curvature, a clock subject to time dilation compared to a lower velocity one will not return to the same frequency as the planet-bound clock upon return.  This violates a chief component of quantum mechanics, so is not true of the actual universe
12:53.19GhelaeFor all I know that could well be true.
12:53.20Wormy_The first section of the book is talking a lot about string theory tension, Kaluza-Klein theory and guage connections
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12:56.28Wormy_Its a very hard for me, since it has a lot of mathematical sections I've simply never done before
12:56.37Wormy_*a very hard read
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13:42.49DrodoEmpirehi
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13:47.52DrodoEmpire"Comedian Howie Mandel was expelled from his high school for impersonating a member of the school board and getting a construction company to make some additions at his school."
13:49.19MonetWhat kinds of additions?
14:08.53DrodoEmpireNo idea XD
14:21.54Charles_Murraylol
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14:41.42TechnobliteratorWormy_, two dolphins were recorded having what appears to be a conversation :o
14:41.56Wormy_Ooh
14:42.28TechnobliteratorTelegraph, but it's a decent piece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/09/11/dolphins-recorded-having-a-conversation-for-first-time/
14:42.51Wormy_Its well documented that whale song varies throughout the year and contain volumes of information
14:44.43Wormy_it would be amazing if we could eventually communicate with them
14:44.46DrodoEmpireThis is an incredible discovery, for sure
14:44.53DrodoEmpireAnd, yeah, its exciting
14:45.56DrodoEmpireI do wonder what they'd say, and just how intelligent they are- do they possess only a rudimentary language, and are still essentially animals, fauna- or should they be treated and talked to on a more human level, as fellow inhabitants of Earth?
14:46.14Wormy_Dr John C. Lilly gave acid and ketamine to dolphins while drugged up himself to attempt breaking the communication barrier.
14:47.00Wormy_That's the thing, learning the rules of their language is one thing, the meanings quite another.
14:48.18DrodoEmpireTrue, true
14:48.59DrodoEmpire(Also- EUIV Prussia is sooo OP lategame)
14:49.15DrodoEmpireA Prussian army went up against an Ottoman one
14:49.43DrodoEmpireThe Ottomans lost every single man of their 34 000 strong army- while the Prussians took 214 casualties
14:49.45Wormy_If 25 million years of evolution has given them creativity, dolphins might talk about things very orthogonal to human meanings and experiences from living in an aquatic environment.  But if dolphins lack creativity on a generational scale, then what they talk about could be very simple
14:49.56DrodoEmpire^
14:50.05DrodoEmpire*215 rather
14:50.25Wormy_That's a bit too far
14:50.34DrodoEmpireHm?
14:50.46Wormy_That's probably before our last common ancestor
14:51.21Wormy_Oh, didn't read your EUIV comment
14:51.45DrodoEmpireAhh XD
14:52.27DrodoEmpireYeah if you can actually *form* Prussia and survive to the late game you're unstoppable
14:52.36DrodoEmpireThe difficulty is in actually getting to that point
14:52.55DrodoEmpireAs for the rest of the game you're extremely fragile and at the mercy of the HRE
15:01.12Wormy_Looks like the paper has numerous issues from what is understood already and not accounted for http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/dolphins-conversation-explained-words-sentences-language-animals/
15:04.33Wormy_You'd think if dolphins had evolved creativity, in millions of years they would have formed more complex societies.  I know being underwater limits them a lot more than our ancestors were; yet there are solutions proposed that may allow agriculture and industry to be developed by marine species.  Dolphins have been observed to be tool users as well.
15:05.32Wormy_The point about creativity is that is central to acquiring knowledge, and it would seem dolphin culture lacks the same depth of knowledge human cultures have
15:06.51Wormy_A counter-argument might be that I'm being chauvinistic, but you would definitely see the effects of knowledge growth on a culture as ancient as the dolphin one if it existed
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15:08.30ImperiosTechnobliterator: Inb4 it was actually a dolphin rap battle
15:08.54Wormy_Human creativity is not always expressed throughout history either, because of the same powers that may have allowed creativity to evolve (i.e. meme-gene coevolution) can also suppress it by creating cultures of largely static memes
15:08.58ImperiosTBH, studying dolphin communication would help linguistics a lot
15:09.13Wormy_But dolphin culture dwarfs human evolution
15:09.26ImperiosTHere's a GIANT gap between human language and all other sign systems and forms of communication animals use, and dolphin language could as well be the missing link there
15:09.35ImperiosUnless it turns out their language is as advanced as ours and
15:09.51Wormy_If it is, they aren't doing much with it :P
15:10.45ImperiosWell, neither do most humans
15:10.47GhelaeThey do have tool use, but they are still limited as far as dexterity is concerned.
15:11.02ImperiosProblem with human language is that it does not seem to have developed at all throughout history
15:11.39ImperiosIt kind of just happened, with grammar and all, and only expanded in size, but not exactly in complexity
15:11.46ImperiosNew words, etc
15:12.29ImperiosThe language of some Australian Aboriginal tribe is as functional and nuanced as, say, French, the only difference is the lack of certain words for concepts that Aboriginals lack
15:14.46DrodoEmpireRight
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15:15.08Wormy_I'd be surprised if dexterity is an ultimate limit for them.
15:15.20CyrannianHi
15:15.21DrodoEmpireWould that imply that language itself is something completely natural to humans?
15:15.28Wormy_supposing they had evolved creativity
15:15.54DrodoEmpireWith only the actual contents of the languages being socially constructed because of geographical/historical context
15:16.08Wormy_hello
15:16.11DrodoEmpire*humans and dolphins, apparently
15:17.04Wormy_I think it would, its entirely possible the complexity of human language evolved with hominids.
15:17.32DrodoEmpireAhh, yeah
15:18.04Wormy_And the more complex language and meanings becomes, the more brain power you need to guess what your fellows are communicating.
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15:18.42ImperiosDrodoEmpire: It seems to be so, yes
15:19.09DrodoEmpireInteresting
15:19.52DrodoEmpireIt *does* seem to be the best explanation as to why *every* society has a language and every language is basically equally complex despite the societies
15:20.07DrodoEmpire*societies' material cultures being vastly more and less complex and advanced
15:20.49Wormy_bbl
15:30.59ImperiosDrodoEmpire: It seems that people, when growing up, will inevitably invent or reinvent grammatic rules and the like
15:31.06ImperiosPapua is a very interesting case here
15:31.11DrodoEmpireYeah, seems so
15:31.46ImperiosTheir own languages were displaced by English, but as its introduction was not organised or anything, the resulting language they use now looks like neither
15:31.56DrodoEmpireRight, yeah
15:32.04ImperiosIt has its own rules and uses words from both languages in new, strange ways
15:32.11ImperiosThey use "belong" instead of "of" for example
15:32.19DrodoEmpireHmm, interesting
15:32.38DrodoEmpireDepending on context those *are* similar, so its an interesting development
15:32.48Imperioshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Tok_Pisin_Road_Work_Warning_Sign.jpg It looks silly though
15:33.03DrodoEmpireIndeed
15:33.15DrodoEmpireSo its a mixed-language that arose from a partial understanding of either language
15:35.01GhelaeOn Wormy's idea that dolphins should have developed agriculture "if [they] had evolved creativity", I doubt they'd want to. It would require them to have some motivation to make fish farms rather than go hunting (which I imagine is more fun), and then tend to the other farms that produce the fish food.
15:35.11ImperiosDrodoEmpire Wormy_away: http://dh7pcxiz5gws2.cloudfront.net/scripturepictures/tpi.png
15:35.22GhelaeI don't know if any of the suggested explanations for why humans developed agriculture could be applicable to dolphins.
15:35.41DrodoEmpireAlso agriculture depends heavily on those resources even being available
15:35.42DrodoEmpire:p
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15:36.04DrodoEmpireAgriculture developed where it was easy to and plants that could be cultivated existed
15:36.14Imperios>as – bottom, cause, beginning (from "ass"/"arse"). "As ples bilong em" = "his birthplace". "As bilong diwai" = "the stump of a tree".
15:36.23ImperiosThat is fucking brilliant
15:36.27DrodoEmpireHuh
15:37.08DrodoEmpireIt took humans a while to make "fish farms"- though admittedly that had a lot to do with us being able to fish normally until recently in many areas
15:37.24DrodoEmpirePlus humans have a lot of dexterity and can actually wield tools
15:37.49DrodoEmpireWe're also built for endurance, so we're physically *able* to work long, tedious hours in a field or corral
15:38.37DrodoEmpireNo guarantees that Dolphins share these characteristics
15:40.36GhelaeDolphins do show basic tool use (sponges around their snouts, IIRC), and that was Wormy's point: perhaps, with some creativity, they could expand on that.
15:41.08GhelaeBut of course I have no real criticisms as to any of your other points.
15:41.11ImperiosSo
15:41.30ImperiosHow about we take a small dolphin group and give them resources to figure out agriculture
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15:42.28dino82_hi
15:42.31DrodoEmpireHi
15:42.33GhelaeHi
15:42.44TreebeardHello
15:43.01DrodoEmpireWe're not sure how agriculture emerged is the thing
15:43.14DrodoEmpireIt was probably something that happened, gradually, over the course of centuries
15:43.21DrodoEmpirePeople didn't just "figure it out"
15:43.34GhelaeI would not be surprised if lots of humans starved when times were hard before figuring out agriculture.
15:44.02DrodoEmpireActually quality of life was significantly better under hunter-gatherer societies
15:44.02GhelaeSo I don't think you'd get ethical approval for putting dolphins in the same conditions. :P
15:44.15DrodoEmpireThan under early agricultural societies
15:44.17DrodoEmpireBut yeah
15:44.37DrodoEmpireAnyway, it wasn't what people seem to think it was- a conscious choice
15:45.31DrodoEmpireNo doubt it started with people realising wild wheat grew where they dropped seed by accident, and that later turned in to people intentionally sowing some seeds for fruits and wheat as a secondary or tertiary food source of something they liked
15:45.56DrodoEmpireAnd over a very very long time it went from gardens to farms, as hunting and foraging became rarer and rarer
15:46.23GhelaeAnd dropping seeds isn't something that would happen with dolphins, what with them being carnivores.
15:46.34DrodoEmpireSo, no, its not *really* about "creativity"- its not like a group of people just came up with growing gardens one day
15:46.56DrodoEmpireIt was all pretty accidental and without conscious consideration of factors beyond the very short-term
15:47.31DrodoEmpireAnd yeah unlike with studying humans we have to consider if dolphins are physically capable of civilisation
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16:15.12HachimanHi
16:15.33ImperiosHiya
16:20.21DrodoEmpireHey hacho
16:20.22DrodoEmpire*i
16:22.35Imperios>Hacho
16:22.39ImperiosLike Hachi but macho
16:24.15MonetHi
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16:24.44XhoOkay hangover has been cured
16:25.25MonetHooray
16:26.15ImperiosHi Xho
16:28.14Xhomeow
16:32.17MonetI was looking on the Steam forums and found this guy who was claiming that Bioshock Remastered wasn't running on his $12,000 rig.
16:33.05Xhopleb didn't get the right gpu
16:33.21MonetHe says he has two Titan Zs.
16:33.32XhoTitan X you mean right
16:34.44MonetNope, Titan ZS
16:34.55MonetZ*
16:35.16Xhowtf
16:35.29MonetHere's where things get loopy
16:36.26MonetAlong with this, he has a 6GHz ATI 8350 on a Gigabyte 990 Fxa ud5
16:37.02Xho2016: Year of the Bad Optimization
16:37.19XhoThat's a level of power well beyond necessary
16:37.23MonetAnd 64gig ram...with a motherboard that can only manage 32GB ram
16:37.45Xhowut
16:38.11MonetThe 8350s I can find are 4GHz.
16:38.17XhoMy rig is enough for playing Fallout 4 on max graphics on 4K
16:38.31XhoIt doesn't need to be any more powerful than that really
16:39.47XhoAs long as the texture and antialiasing is high enough for me I don't care about the rest of the graphics
16:39.48MonetWhen people started calling out his rig, he claimed he was 50 despite using the language of a drunken sailor and the spelling of a twelve year old.
16:40.25Xhodoi
16:40.49Cyrannianhttp://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/8/86/Cyrannus.png/revision/latest?cb=20160918164013 - Take a look
16:41.22MonetAbout 12 pages in after lots of people said he was a strange man for having a $12K rig but pirating a $20 game, he claimed he was retired and lived in a $300K house in New England.
16:42.21ImperiosXho Hachiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95zL_vVByg
16:42.26XhoMonet: Sounds like mega bullshit then
16:42.37XhoCyrannian: #nicefont
16:42.44ImperiosCyrannian: Looks like a brain
16:43.05Xhodouble shark
16:43.20CyrannianTrying to re-edit it, some of the worlds don't line up to the hyperlanes
16:44.32MonetCyrannian: Where's Sundarra?
16:45.27CyrannianNorth of Aegypticus
16:45.55MonetI see it now.
16:46.25MonetWait is it still on the Perliamma Run (however it's spelt)?
16:46.50MonetXho: I agree. Much of the discussion was people who knew computers telling him he was talking out of his ass.
16:47.14CyrannianI might have moved it accidentally, but I'm rearranging worlds to bit hyperlanes anyway so I'll place it back
16:47.23Cyrannian*fit
16:47.30MonetThanks
16:48.19MonetXho: For one he was claiming AMD CPUs are better despite a lot of enthusiast opinion that for gaming, Intel make great CPUs
16:48.52XhoNever heard anyone praising an AMD CPU
16:50.28MonetAMD CPUs lack GPUs that allow parallel computing.
16:51.00MonetOne guy commented his computer sounds like a great setup for Bitcoin mining
16:51.06Xhoouch
16:53.03MonetHis first mistake, as I've mentioned previously, is using the price of your rig as a marker for how good it is.
16:53.38Cyrannianhttp://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/8/86/Cyrannus.png/revision/latest?cb=20160918165320 - dere, everything is where it's supposed to be
16:56.59MonetI think part of that 12K includes his monitor.
16:59.05DrodoEmpire8000$ ayylmaoware computer
16:59.12DrodoEmpire1000$ gaming chair
16:59.13Xhodikware
16:59.44DrodoEmpire1000$ ultra sci-fi logitech mouse/keyboard (with mouse-lifting feature for those AK one-taps)
16:59.45XhoMy desktop cost $2400 but that's not the point
17:00.24DrodoEmpire2000$ 670K HD HDR 400AU-270 in monitor
17:00.30DrodoEmpireBest setup 2016
17:00.39MonetLol
17:00.58DrodoEmpireAll paid for by CSGOLotto sponsor money <.<
17:01.11Xhofukn
17:02.01MonetHis CPU costs £134 o nAMazon
17:02.53MonetIntel's i7-6700K costs £304.
17:03.14Xhodosh
17:03.23MonetHe's using a budget CPU.
17:03.26Xhodum
17:03.51TechnobliteratorI find the BioShock Collection intriguing
17:03.55TechnobliteratorBut I'm not a horror fan
17:04.59MonetMy tastes in horror are very selective
17:06.50MonetSo I understand, but depend on what turns you off abotu horror
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17:07.31TechnobliteratorI just don't enjoy being scared by media :|
17:08.00MonetBiochock's creepy.
17:08.07MonetBut I wouldn't say it's out to scare you.
17:08.56DrodoEmpireI don't mind being scared
17:09.10DrodoEmpireI don't like being just creeped out, oddly enough
17:09.10MonetThat is unless you worship her divine majesty Ayn Rand. Then playing this game will make you think you were sent to Hell.
17:10.12XhoIt's not scary
17:10.15XhoIt's just macabre
17:11.25TechnobliteratorI don't mind being creeped out
17:11.33TechnobliteratorAlso, I was never a fan of Ayn Rand's literature at all
17:12.02MonetTechnobliterator: I was having fun about the Ayn Rand joke.
17:12.11Technobliteratorah
17:12.24MonetI'd say Bioshock is one of those games that you should play before you die.
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17:14.02MonetI used Bioshock as a case study for why Objectivism doesn't really work.
17:17.49TechnobliteratorHm, I may enjoy it then
17:27.26DrodoEmpiretest
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17:29.19Quark8Hello.
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17:29.42DrodoEmpirehttps://scontent.fyhz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14344800_1772935559643657_8728898074567756821_n.jpg?oh=75db24062f43b1ecda53b7fe6a37d0fb&oe=5876C241 ancap world <.<
17:36.29Wormy_awayGhelaway, DrodoEmpire:  To expand on the optimism I have for marine technological civilisation; if dolphins could acquire knowledge as we do, then its not resources that limit them, but knowledge itself in adapting the world to their wishes.  If a transformation is physically possible, then its only a matter kf knowing how to do it.  And because people have thought about plausible pathways for marine civilisation, I wouldn't d
17:37.26DrodoEmpireMm no, again, things hinge on whether the resources are actually present and easily available for civilisation to arise
17:37.39GhelawayYou cut out at "I wouldn't d".
17:37.43DrodoEmpireDoes intelligence factor in to it? Yes, of course it does in this case
17:37.48Wormy_away* I wouldn't discount the possibility.
17:38.19GhelawayDrodo, what you're saying is actually an argument that the transformation isn't physically possible because the resources aren't available.
17:38.34Wormy_awayThe thing is, let me explain that dolphins would acquire knowledge the same we do, and we face problems with limitations of the environment
17:38.56Wormy_awayBut actually, there are resources available if you knew how to use them
17:39.06DrodoEmpire'Transformation' in to what?
17:39.08DrodoEmpireAgain
17:39.09GhelawayMy reasoning, however, is that it's not just knowing how to do it; it's also having the will to do it. Agriculture makes sense for humans, but not for dolphins. Other tool use is another matter entirely.
17:39.13Wormy_awayPhysics
17:39.35DrodoEmpireI agree that them actually having the mental capacity is a prerequisite
17:40.11DrodoEmpireBut assuming they do have the intelligence, then its possible that Earth simply isn't a place conducive to marine civilisation
17:40.53Wormy_awayI mean agree on all the problems written about in Guns, Germs and Steal, but I do think the way societies acquire knowledge and treat it also counts.  Often resources were available and civilisations chose not to pursue innovation
17:41.05DrodoEmpireAgain people in the long run of things don't consciously think up stuff like agriculture and civilisation and government and religion
17:41.12DrodoEmpireNot early on
17:41.21DrodoEmpire*Possibly*
17:41.27Wormy_awaySo my reasonong goes, in 25 million years, if dolphins acquired as we do we would see something more than what we actually do
17:41.38DrodoEmpireYeah of course
17:41.42Wormy_away*acquired knowledge
17:41.42DrodoEmpireBiology counts here
17:41.55DrodoEmpireHow they actually think counts here
17:42.03GhelawayFor reference, http://xenology.info/Xeno/20.3.2.htm
17:42.58Wormy_awayGhelaway:  Also I agree, they may not need to develop exactly like we did, even out of choice.  Assuming dolphins are actually like us
17:43.31Ghelaway(that link is to provide examples for Wormy's comments on the possibility of aquatic technology)
17:43.50GhelawayI suppose could imagine dolphins having a use for weapons to fend off sharks.
17:44.06Wormy_awayI might quoting old information, but apparently Greeks never developed the arch even though they knew about them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ascent_of_Man
17:45.03Wormy_awayOr a kind of arch used by the Romans anyway
17:45.33DrodoEmpireMm, not sure about that, they didn't often use it that might be true
17:45.51Ghelawaygtg
17:45.59DrodoEmpireBut really this comes off as individual examples *trying* to invalidate the rule
17:46.29DrodoEmpireSystematic use started with the romans
17:46.50DrodoEmpireBut they existed since the 2nd millenium BC
17:47.20DrodoEmpireIts quite possible that most of the ancient world knew of them, but thought that they were too expensive, or that local materials weren't suited for them, etc.
17:47.33DrodoEmpireOr they weren't schooled in their usage
17:47.39DrodoEmpirePretty weak example
17:47.48Wormy_awayNot trying to invalidate the rule, but things like that - choices, creativity and reason - just don't fit neatly
17:48.16DrodoEmpireThey don't, but trying to make the arch conundrum *all about* choices, creativity, and reason is also erroneous
17:48.23Wormy_awayMaybe, but the Romans eventually did come to acquire better knowledge of economics presumably
17:48.29DrodoEmpireBecause there are potential practical reasons
17:48.36DrodoEmpireHuh?
17:48.43DrodoEmpireWhat does economics have to do with this?
17:49.12Wormy_awayI'm saying a resource-based view to strictly limit the construction of the arch in the Greeks didn't stop the Romans, because they probably did things better
17:49.47DrodoEmpireSay that again?
17:49.57DrodoEmpireI found that statement confusing
17:51.32Wormy_awayThe Romans live in a very similar environment to the Greeks right?  And yet whatever stopped the Greeks from extensive use of arches did not stop the Romans, of course they had more resources, but they also had the ambition and practicality to do it
17:52.33MonetThe Greek states were more divided that the Roman Republic.
17:52.56DrodoEmpireHmm
17:53.00DrodoEmpireYeah no
17:53.15DrodoEmpireHere's the thing- the Romans were culturally different from the Greeks
17:53.30DrodoEmpireThey shared a pantheon and some architecture but so did everyone back then'
17:53.35MonetWhat about water needs? One incentive for developing aqueducts was ROme needed water.
17:53.46DrodoEmpireThe Romans had a large empire, yes
17:54.15Wormy_awayThat all I want to say, there is resources to consider but also the culture.
17:54.24Wormy_awayand luck
17:54.42DrodoEmpireThey were wealthy and needed a large transport network, so the natural end result are aquaducts using what was once an uncommon construction style
17:55.00MonetNot many other buildings at the time made use of arches
17:55.07DrodoEmpireYes, of course culture factored in to it
17:55.10DrodoEmpireIt always does
17:55.24DrodoEmpireBut the grandest scope of history tends to blur things like these and that's what you neglect
17:55.40MonetHow common are large rivers in Greece?
17:55.57Wormy_awayI'm not neglecting anything.  Its the position I'm trying to assert.
17:56.01DrodoEmpireGGS is a work about the widest possible scope of human history- using individual, specific examples like these isn't actually making a point
17:56.12DrodoEmpireIts discussing on a completely different, lower, level
17:56.27DrodoEmpireMore fine-crush
17:56.29DrodoEmpire*brush
17:57.24MonetThing is I think the development of the Roman aqueduct might have preceded their conquest of Greece.
17:57.32DrodoEmpireThink so
17:57.34DrodoEmpireLet me check
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17:59.08DrodoEmpireFirst aquaducts in Rome were probably ~312 BC
17:59.30Cyrannianhttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/3/3d/GreatCyrannusWarMap.png/revision/latest?cb=20160918175852 - Made a map of the Great Cyrannus War
17:59.45DrodoEmpireYes, these aquaducts preceded the Greek conquests by like 150 years
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18:02.24Wormy_awayArches are useful for more than just aquaducts, they are structures that could have replaced many of the great pillars the Greeks were genius at creating.
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18:03.01Wormy_awayAnd far more efficient at it.  Given that the Greeks had fabulous geometric knowledge, it is a ipuzzling to me why they didn't build them
18:04.52MonetA pillar might have been cheaper and requiring less knowledge.
18:05.19DrodoEmpireI'm sure there were religious reasons behind building their temples the way they did\
18:05.42DrodoEmpireBut again irrelevant, as this is a level where culture and stuff really does matter a lot
18:05.47DrodoEmpireGGS is a layer above
18:06.07MonetThe Greeks made some wonderful buildings, but Rome's history is littered with great engineering projects.
18:08.34Wormy_awayI would diagree that its irrelevant.  When there are counter-examples to a theory, its usually a sign that something isn't being explained and the theory needs correcting or expanding.  I'm sure there are many more examples.
18:10.48MonetDepends on how significant the outlier. Athens and Rome evolved differently. Their circumstances were quite different.
18:10.57Wormy_awayWe access resources today our ancestors couldn't, because we know a lot more than our ancestors in terms of science, economics and society-level planning.  It wasn't even a graual process, history is filled with long periods of barely any innovation, and very intense dynamic periods.  We live in a world that is becoming more dynamic since the enlightenment
18:12.19MonetALs one thing to consider is that cities like Athens, Corinth and Sparta were the larger city-states.
18:13.04MonetGreece was dotted with hundreds of city-states large and small.
18:13.26MonetSome were large towns compared to Athens.
18:14.12MonetThere might have been a few with that situation actually.
18:16.04Wormy_awayThe Victorians could have combined Babbage's theory of computers with electric switches and steam-powered technology.  All those things were present, but its hard to see the practicality ahead of time.  In the modern world we are used to combining paradigms, like synthetic biology and computers
18:16.16Wormy_awaybut our ancestors rarely sought knowledge as we
18:16.59DrodoEmpireRight, but I think this is slightly off topic
18:17.54MonetThe Greeks were perhaps similar - they might have known the arch in theory, but thought it didn't seem any more practical than the columns they were building.
18:17.56DrodoEmpireGGS primarily deals with inequalities- why some areas developed the way they did
18:18.02DrodoEmpireAnd why others didn't
18:18.41DrodoEmpireI strongly believe that geography and available resources predispose some societies to technological advancement and dominance, in the greatest scheme of things
18:18.49DrodoEmpireLower levels become more nuanced
18:18.52MonetThere might be religious reasons - The Euclidian approach to architecture did suggest that straight regular lines equated to divinity.
18:18.57DrodoEmpireBut they hardly question the theory'
18:19.30Wormy_awayYes, but would you say it would be impossible in principle for say, a Greek-type civilisation to form in North America?  It might take them a lot longer, but I imagine there would be resources available if a culture knew how to get them/
18:19.56Wormy_awayLets keep in mind though, that it took 200,000 years for any civilisation to reach the level of the European enlightenment
18:20.07DrodoEmpire..."Greek-type" civilisations *did* arise in North america.
18:20.12DrodoEmpireWhatever "greek-type" means
18:20.29Wormy_awayCity states, geometers, arch-building
18:20.30DrodoEmpireBut they were less advanced and it took longer because of geographical concers
18:20.36Wormy_awayfair enough
18:20.47MonetNot every First nation tribe lived in tents.
18:20.49DrodoEmpireHave you heard of mesoamerican or andean civilisation by chance?
18:20.50DrodoEmpire:p
18:20.56DrodoEmpireThe iroquois?
18:21.24MonetWe also have evidence in Mexico and the southwestern United States of square mud buildings.
18:21.25Wormy_awayWell, actually I knew some communities on the southern edge of the US built cave cisties
18:21.31Wormy_away*cities
18:21.35DrodoEmpireBut even then they were still less advanced and less connected
18:22.29DrodoEmpireThe story gets more nuanced after that on lower layers, things such as proximate factors come in to play
18:27.27Wormy_awayI just think the way societies sought knowledge must come into play as well, along with GGS.  And knowledge is very hard-won.
18:27.39MonetWormy_away: Think of it this way perhaps. GGS's theory is like the tier scale. Things are more predictable at higher levels, but at lower levels things arem uch more nuanced and varied
18:28.47MonetActually I was doing some reasing and this might correlate https://aristotleguide.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/this-is-not-athens/#comment-565
18:32.11Monethttps://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/old-stone-mud-brick-wall-one-remaining-greek-building-constructed-using-traditional-render-techniques-actual-location-72803870.jpg this might be more accurate to how many Greek residences looked.
18:32.32Monet(I realise this is a shed but it's made of the same materials as an old Athenian residence)
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18:34.09MonetWe like to think Athenians were philosophers and all Greeks were master engineers but they were a specialised minority of the population.
18:34.38Wormy_awayStill not sure if this "high level and low level" distinction really saves it.  If there is nothing really stopping a culture at the lower level from having an enlightenment period, then it could have happened anywhere, and it didn't have to happen somewhere on the European continent
18:35.44DrodoEmpireUh, no
18:35.45MonetTo have an enlightenment period, wealth, resources and food must be plentiful.
18:35.49DrodoEmpireThat's stupid
18:36.00DrodoEmpireThe enlightenment had *so* many factors leading in to it
18:36.05DrodoEmpireAs did any social upheaval
18:36.14Wormy_awayOf course, and a long-lasting one only happened once
18:36.18DrodoEmpireIt  *couldn't* have happened anywhere
18:37.15Wormy_awayBut also ideas and methods that survive the generations
18:37.33MonetThe great works we all treat as high culture or the hallmark of civilisation are the result of a sizable number of people who weren't farmers. Who thanks to the resources provided by farmers and artisans could spend time making careers making art or philosophical literature.
18:37.40DrodoEmpireIt happened in Europe because the Renaissance happened there, and as a reaction against absolute monarchy- and the Renaissance happened in Europe because Europe had a distinct dark age and had its literature reintroduced to it via Arabia
18:37.50Wormy_awayThe way people seek ideas has to play a role along with resources.  That's what I'm arguing for.
18:38.20DrodoEmpireEurope was also exceptionally wealthy, so there were plenty of people around who could think and be patronised by wealthy people who were sympathetic to their ideas
18:38.41DrodoEmpireIt was also beginning to be industrialised which meant there was a disenfranchised lower-class living in urban centres
18:38.43Wormy_awayHistory actually has lots of mini-enlightenment periods from about any civilisation one can think of, but none of them lasted very long
18:38.51MonetThe great works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rafael were only possible because they were all paid by wealthy banking families t ocreate status symbols.
18:38.52DrodoEmpireAnd they all had lots of context
18:38.55DrodoEmpire:p
18:39.01DrodoEmpireThey didn't just *happen*
18:40.38Wormy_awayWhat about the short 100 years or so of artistic freedom and invention in Florence?  That period was eventually crushed by catholic doctrine, but for a while people in that community had a different values.
18:40.39DrodoEmpireAnd they couldn't have happened almost anywhere
18:40.55DrodoEmpireYeah-- still had context
18:41.14DrodoEmpireIt wasn't just a huge cosmic coincidence it happened in Italy
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18:41.35Quark8Hello dino82_.
18:41.35DrodoEmpireI'm sick of this anyhow, its gone on for too long
18:41.35MonetWormy_away: The percentage of the population that could afford the fruits of the Florentine artists can be counted with two hands.
18:42.00Wormy_awayWell it was, in my opinion a confluence of luck, the values of seeking knowledge, and resources.
18:42.23Wormy_awayI'll tell you why I'm so bothered by this
18:42.30DrodoEmpireNo, stop
18:42.38DrodoEmpireChrist almighty I'm just sick of this discussion
18:43.10DrodoEmpireIts gone on for too long and it lost its focus a while ago
18:43.32dino82_hi!
18:43.42Quark8How're you?
18:43.52dino82_Great! And you?
18:43.52Wormy_awayI'm not really sure what we're disagreeing on either, we both ikkeep going back to admit resources or culture on some level shaped history.
18:44.11DrodoEmpireYes I know and we're framing it as an argument
18:44.19Quark8I'm great as well.
18:44.23DrodoEmpireThis has no focus and its just grinding on my patienc
18:44.24DrodoEmpire*e
18:44.32Wormy_awayI just GGS needs to encompass that aspect.  Maybe it does and I've been misinformed.
18:44.56DrodoEmpireI have a titanpad open so I'd sooner do that and not split my attention, is another big thing
18:44.59Wormy_away*I just think
18:45.06DrodoEmpireMaybe so, maybe not
18:45.10DrodoEmpireIts been a year since I read it
18:45.13Cyranniandino82_: Quark8: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/3/3d/GreatCyrannusWarMap.png/revision/latest?cb=20160918175852 - Take a look
18:45.42Charles_BotWhat's going on?
18:45.50dino82_I really dislike that revision bug thingy, it makes the image so small. Glad that somebody told me to remove it so I can zoom in again :D
18:46.15DrodoEmpireNothing, Charles, just an argument that should've been a discussion
18:46.23Charles_BotWhat's the argument?
18:46.30DrodoEmpireThat lacked a lot of focus I feel so it pissed me off how much we were running in circles
18:46.35DrodoEmpireNothing, its nothing
18:46.37dino82_@Cyrannian: Neat image Cyrannian! The CAS was quite big!
18:46.39Quark8Cyrannian: I saw. It looks great, and I'm quite fond of the base galaxy.
18:46.41DrodoEmpireIf you're curious then read it
18:47.57Quark8I also didn't realize the size and amount of isolated parts of the Confederacy.
18:48.37Charles_BotReminds me of the disparate regions of control of the Spanish Civil War
18:49.18dino82_Yeah, the CAS had a hard time fighting n the Cyrannus War
18:50.03CyrannianIndeed, the regions near the interior are likely Libertus-populated worlds that rebelled, while those on the periphery are more often than not races such as the Mortalitas and the Basileus, which controlled expansive empires away from Core influence
18:53.32dino82_interesstgin
18:53.44Charles_BotMakes sense
19:05.21DrodoEmpiretest
19:28.27dino82_test recieved
19:29.11ImperiosCyrannian Monet Xho Hachiman: http://66.media.tumblr.com/9c17f8aa00bc56e2642b496b3975b3d4/tumblr_oau5h0hkSu1rvzrnqo1_1280.jpg
19:29.56ImperiosCyrannian: CAS - FUCK WE CAN'T ACTUALLY GET TO EACH OTHER'S PLANETS
19:30.29ImperiosSuddenly it makes sense now why it was a *confederacy*
19:36.40XhoHarambe's worn off on me now
19:38.00MonetI've long been bored of Harambe jokes.
19:38.24CyrannianImperios: aye that's what you get when the republic builds space walls
19:38.43ImperiosI bet they made the CAS pay for them too
19:40.24CyrannianI think I might try updating the URC/CAS page, they're pretty outdated
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19:41.37Quark8Hello Wormy__.
19:43.17Wormy__hi
20:06.06dino82_bye bye all
20:06.07dino82_till next time
20:21.47MonetFor some reason I love this http://imgur.com/gallery/rrmZIxl
20:29.25ImperiosXho: How do you call a loincloth that is part of a more concealing outfit
20:29.42Imperioshttp://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/d/d0/GreyKnightTriumphant.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120604204351 This guy for example
20:30.55XhoHm
20:32.01XhoNo clue
20:32.34MonetWould that count as a tabard?
20:33.40XhoSuppose it would
20:55.28ImperiosCyrannian Monet: https://pp.vk.me/c604527/v604527928/2a579/3JKBj1mRv0A.jpg
20:59.33Wormy__huh http://i.imgur.com/KXH7UJA.jpg
21:03.36Wormy__thats what ice buckets or fridgefreezers are for http://i.imgur.com/FOMTiU9.jpg
21:03.46Wormy__what barbarian puts ice cubes in wine
21:04.32MonetI know!
21:04.48MonetIf you want to keep your wine cool, stick it in a bucket of ice.
21:12.44Imperioshttp://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/spore/images/f/fa/Lord_Tansimael.png/revision/latest?cb=20160918211225 New Radeon character incoming
21:17.50Imperiosguys
21:17.52Imperiostake a look
21:18.56CyrannianLooking forward to it
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21:19.16DrodoEmpireohh cool
21:19.19DrodoEmpire*ooh
21:19.23DrodoEmpireI like the background
21:19.52CyrannianHai Oluap, hope you're feeling better
21:20.26OluapPlayerHi, I'm not but thanks anyway
21:22.28ImperiosHi OP
21:25.43OluapPlayerMonet: https://hugelolcdn.com/v/410079.webm
21:27.31Monet<PROTECTED>
21:28.25MonetImperios: This guy looks very stern. Scary stern.
21:28.32Technobliteratorhahahaha
21:28.35Technobliteratorthat video is amazing
21:28.37Technobliteratorhi oluap
21:28.51MonetI might have seen that video ages ago.
21:30.07OluapPlayerTechnobliterator: Are you free to rp?
21:30.25TechnobliteratorWas just about to ask you
21:30.27TechnobliteratorI am in 2 minutes
21:30.31TechnobliteratorJust need a drink
21:30.54MonetThis reminds me: Saw this today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS1ZhEGqY1Y
21:31.28Monet(old news but whatever)
21:31.40DrodoEmpireOh wow lol
21:31.43DrodoEmpireCool
21:59.37ImperiosMonet: Maxios is Maxios I, right?
22:00.15MonetImperios: Yes
22:04.12MonetSo today Domino's Pizza has had a bit of an issue after reported footage of one of its delivery people doing a wheelie.
22:05.22DrodoEmpirehur
22:05.59MonetI remember in Spider-Man 2's pizza delivery missions you could flip about so much the pizzas you deliver are basically mush.
22:13.25DrodoEmpirelol
22:20.41CyrannianVery nice work on Tansimael's page, Impy
22:21.34ImperiosOluapPlayer Monet Wormy__ Xho Charles_Bot DrodoEmpire: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Captain:Phaunar_Tansimael Behold, holyrat Nigel Farage
22:21.44DrodoEmpirehur
22:22.06OluapPlayerDon't know who that is
22:22.44ImperiosOne of the masterminds behind Brexit
22:23.02DrodoEmpireReading now
22:23.07DrodoEmpireHe sounds pretty cool
22:23.21MonetImperios: Slight discrepancy. Uriel abdicates in 2814.
22:23.22Technobliteratorhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Da_Reckoning#Unexpected_Compliance DA RECKONING IS (mostly) COMPLETE :ooo
22:23.25Imperiosrightio
22:23.38DrodoEmpireTech: :o
22:23.48ImperiosDere fixed
22:24.00ImperiosFor once I tried to create someone who isn't one-dimensional
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22:27.03Quark8Hello.
22:27.19MonetImperios: He's far from it.
22:29.44ImperiosWell he is kind of pro-independence
22:31.23ImperiosWith a mix of "FUCK THE FRENCH"
22:32.18MonetHe's a patriot, but one who knows that his country has its fundamental issues.
22:32.48TechnobliteratorI think the only patriotic people I have are Da Rogue Boyz
22:33.07TechnobliteratorURO hate Ottzello because of UNO, the Taldar hate their old Imperium because it got them punished
22:33.49OluapPlayerhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/SporeWiki:Fiction_Universe/Universal_Discussion_Board#So_we_lost_da_war I had this in mind for when Da Reckoning ended
22:34.26Cyrannianoho koluap
22:34.37DrodoEmpireayy lmao
22:34.38Technobliteratorhahahahaha
22:39.27TechnobliteratorSo, now Da Reckoning is basically concluded, I'll leave it open for people to add to the old fronts, but we're going to move on with the Borealis War rewrite
22:39.45DrodoEmpirekk
22:39.46OluapPlayeraka never will get done
22:39.51OluapPlayerTo both
22:40.07DrodoEmpireMe and Impy have restarted the New Aratacian part of Da Reckoning, so we'll try to get that one done
22:40.30Technobliteratoryeah, feel free
22:40.44DrodoEmpireAlright great
22:42.11OluapPlayerCyrannian: What's up with all the subpages for the Neraida War?
22:43.28CyrannianI wanted the main page to be descriptive only, with no dialogue. I'll provide overviews for each subpage over the next week.
22:45.10TechnobliteratorI'm reading the Neraida War atm
22:45.18ImperiosI know this request is a bit old fashioned but
22:45.20ImperiosQuotes plz
22:45.49ImperiosI am like the only person who still asks for quotes
22:46.03TechnobliteratorIt's not really an old fashioned request :V
22:46.10TechnobliteratorI will after I finish reading this page
22:49.56CyrannianImperios: Hm, who should I quote as
22:50.17ImperiosProbably either Apollo or Val
22:55.48TechnobliteratorCyrannian, the Neraida are awesome :o
22:57.04Cyranniandanke kindly
23:00.03DrodoEmpireImperios: The Free Drodo party would like Phaumar, I figure
23:00.16DrodoEmpireThe Free Drodo, too, being nationalist and skeptical of international institutions
23:00.58ImperiosI kind of imagine him in a Putinist kind of situation where he gets along with every nationalist, pro-independence and anti-estabilishment group
23:01.06DrodoEmpireAhh, cool
23:01.08ImperiosAs well as everyone who does not like French peopkle
23:01.36DrodoEmpireEhh the Free Drodo aren't strictly speaking anti-establishment, nor do they dislike the French
23:01.45ImperiosAs well as
23:01.47DrodoEmpireJivirik has turned the Drodo people away from both
23:01.54ImperiosThey don't have to be all of these things
23:01.58DrodoEmpireBut they'd likely get along
23:03.01Imperios\
23:03.22ImperiosCyrannian: It kind of struck me. Since Borgs were interepreted by some to be an allegory to the Red Scare and communism
23:03.32ImperiosAre their Borg cubes like mobile Soviet block houses
23:03.43DrodoEmpireBorg came after the Cold War though
23:03.55DrodoEmpireKlingons were an allegory in TOS for the communists
23:04.07DrodoEmpireOr rather the Soviets
23:04.20ImperiosAh
23:04.29DrodoEmpireI think the Romulans were an allegory for the Chinese, but I'm not sure
23:04.33ImperiosI was about to say that these things https://2ch.hk/b/arch/2016-05-26/src/127846127/14642622956530.jpg Would make good cubes
23:04.42ImperiosDrodoEmpire: Aren't Romulans, well, Romans?
23:04.53DrodoEmpireYeah
23:05.04Imperioshttps://maps.sakh.com/p/photos/data/e/c/13528/b/1a2ddf18559567d859e40089cf4297c5.jpg Imagine if that thing flew into the air and started assimilating people into Communists
23:05.07Imperioscommunists even
23:05.25DrodoEmpireBut TOS was produced at the height of the Cold War, and it shows in what it implies with each group
23:05.53DrodoEmpireKlingons were like the Soviets of the Alpha Quadrant, the Federaton was like NATO, Romulans were China, etc.
23:06.55ImperiosAh
23:12.32Wormy__Took me a moment to realise this is not a pastel-drawn picture https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/774239261260472320
23:15.18Imperioshttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/File:Divinarium_Sigil.png I'll probably keep using that shiny sigil
23:15.26ImperiosI've grown too accustomed to it, can't change it
23:15.35ImperiosAlso I actually have a T-shirt with it
23:17.39Wormy__Anyway, I like your work on Not_Nigel
23:19.29Imperiosyiy
23:29.49*** join/#sporewiki ImpyDroid (~Anders@95.140.92.17)
23:30.33ImpyDroidчлв
23:30.36ImpyDroidsjs
23:30.57ImpyDroidCyrannian: So are Nagith Capricyrs or not?
23:31.35CyrannianI don't believe so
23:33.10Cyrannianhttp://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Cyrannian_Cold_War#Quotes - Also quote dis
23:33.26OluapPlayer"it was shit" -Apollo
23:42.46OluapPlayerI left a quote thinking it was the Neraida War page for some reason
23:42.54OluapPlayerI'm sick so gimme a break pls
23:44.49Cyranniani shall never forgiv u for this
23:55.14Quark8Quoted.
23:56.19CyrannianOoh very nice, danke
23:56.48Quark8Welcome.
23:57.25Quark8Damnit. The editor isn't working with me: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Holy_Adinndra_Empire.
23:58.20CyrannianFixed, you left a bracket off one of the links :P
23:59.14Quark8Thanks. Also, could you delete this page: http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction:Adinndra_Empire?
23:59.41CyrannianDone

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