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« on: February 21, 2010, 12:05:50 AM »
I personally think the universe is finite. I think it is rapidly expanding, but does not go on forever, and thus all possible arrangements do not have to be present.
I would say that's the more accepted model. The 13 billion years old universe; the one with the 100 billion stars per galaxy and 100 galaxies. They also make more sense since at least they are indirectly observable. But to say we exist by pure chance in this case will require us to know the chances of at least 1 planet with complex life existing in a finite world, and to resolve the Fermi Paradox.
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« on: February 20, 2010, 11:11:03 PM »
Drake equation, eh ?
If the universe in infinite, then a being resembling the description of God must exist, and a God greater than him, and on and on. In fact anything that is physically possible must exist, with an infinite amount of copies.
Why should an infinitely large universe should necessarily have an infinite diversity ? There IS a possibility of God existing, but i will not say it MUST exist.
And your point, while clever, is purely theorical.
You need to understand a bit about infinity mathematics to understand why infinite universe MUST create infinite amount of physically possible arrangements. It's not hard to see if you put it into a standard mathematical equation. When you flip a coin, your chance of getting head is 1/2, you flip a coin twice you get 3/4, if you flip an infinity amount of times, chances of getting a head will be 1. Or take lotteries, a very rare chance to win, but with enough people participating, you get a winner eventually. Unfortunately that's what happens when you deal with infinity in math, you got an infinite amount of lottery participants, you end up with an infinite amount of winners. This is why you don't see cosmologist/physicist working with infinity, it's a monstrosity, it's not a real number, and many believe it can't be how our world is. As to density, quantum activities ensures that true vacuum cannot exist as long as there are space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particleAnd here's an article on multi-verse if you are interested, in this we are dealing with level 1 multi-verses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiverseSo which position would you take, an infinite universe or a finite one? It obviously has to be one of the 2. Or would you continue to dodge the argument by calling it theoretical?
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« on: February 20, 2010, 04:28:40 AM »
I want a few logical proofs that God is real.
If the universe in infinite, then a being resembling the description of God must exist, and a God greater than him, and on and on. In fact anything that is physically possible must exist, with an infinite amount of copies. If the world is finite, and if the cosmic microwave background prediction to the size of our universe is accurate, then the chance of life such as us existing randomly within the 13 billion years, even from the most optimistic predictions, are nowhere near 100%. In a sense than to say we happen randomly isn't anymore logical than some kind of intelligent design. As of today, the chances of intelligent life (such as us) existing is an open question, as demonstrated by the Fermi Paradox. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradoxOf course, that is not to say that some form of God, if exist, has anything to do with Christianity.
2344
« on: February 19, 2010, 11:15:39 PM »
That was about what I was expecting, though Frostbite had a lot more control of the middle of the fight than I thought it would. More weapon HP and I might have won it.
That was a tight match.
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« on: February 19, 2010, 11:12:52 PM »
I might lose to LRA2......
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« on: February 17, 2010, 03:20:48 PM »
For the sake of arguments. I like you a lot buddy, but I don't think you've thought this through. Let me explain.
In this worldview, if everyone is their own king, then why have laws? Why is it wrong to steal or even murder? Because the strongest king/group of kings gets to decide. Why? Because they can, and that's what happens in the physical world. We call them the Government. I think you believe in macro-evolution, so answer me this; if we are just a random bunch of chemicals, why should we "punish" people? After all, we wouldn't send baking soda to jail for reacting with vinegar. So why should we be angry for a bunch of chemicals destroying another bunch of chemicals? How can chemicals be angry at all? What punishment? We are just putting a bunch of chemical in a 8 by 8 container so it doesn't leak. Why? Because we are physical entities. We move like clockworks, govern by past events and random variables (quantum fluctuations). Physicalism denies the existence of free will. If everything is material, then how could we have laws of logic? We know they exist because I am coming up with a comeback just now. Laws of Logic can't exist in a totally material universe. Also, Laws of Logic do not vary from person to person. If they did, arguing would be totally impossible. The only way they could exist is if we had an intellegent Designer. The Big Bang couldn't create laws of logic because the Big Bang was hypothetically material. Please respond, I want to hear your comeback. "Logic" is merely a pattern of letter associated with observable physical states. I see images, I hear sounds, my brain try to make synaptic connection to organize them. I fail to see where the process becomes immaterial. After all, you too have a physical brain.
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« on: February 17, 2010, 05:09:13 AM »
So my debate is: Do you think that today's human population is justified in it's desire to live so long? Why do we need to justify what we want? Too used to our money system perhaps? And yes, I fear death, and I can't tell you why. When someone point a gun at me, I get scare without thinking. And I will not justify it because it happens below the rational level, so any answers I can give you in words are bullsh**.
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« on: February 10, 2010, 05:00:57 PM »
I think it's 50 hammers and it's silly collision mesh. Combine that with the fact that it can't pass through the chassis.
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« on: February 10, 2010, 02:23:40 AM »
Fine, STW only then. You can't deny that, he's becoming a little more generic...
Generic == Win, if my bots are getting more generic, it means they are winning more often. Personally I did some cloning myself. Between Pyrotechnic remake and Mammoth downsized, the only good bot that I will claim originality would be my SnS. While I do have a few more original designs, they just doesn't pack the same kinds of kill power. And if you can build exactly like Naryar, then you ARE Naryar, or at least just a different screen name isn't enough to prove you are not.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 02:13:08 AM »
Good enough to be use externally no? I mean, the next in line (npc normal) has 16 less torque and only 1500 hp more. But I guess that's better than a 4000 hp NPC Fast. Let's see how it turn out after the conversion.
BTW, are you still implementing the 22000 hp dual perm and 15000 hp mag 6? Not that I have much to change in particular but I am curious to know (and maybe build some bots with exposed mag 6).
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« on: February 04, 2010, 09:27:49 PM »
You know I am going to argue about the same thing. So I might as well save it.
I will send you an update for all my bots to use NPC fast b4 Feb 10. After all we no longer have a reason to use any other drive motor in the game.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 06:17:19 PM »
Use ski instead of multi/dsl bar for wheel guards.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 02:25:44 AM »
A few ideas you can try implementing
1. Click on the lowest point when making the chassis, this should lower your chassis a bit.
2. Use 8 DS Light Teeth
3. Try to fit in a blue control board
4. Use a drive motor with more HP (TWM (first one) or NPC Normal (first one))
5. Replace the poly+multi extender with flipper segments
6. For back support, try building it out of 40 cm polycarb skirts.
7. Vlad wheels if you can fit it.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 11:58:20 PM »
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« on: February 03, 2010, 10:01:11 PM »
Can't bot use the 2 vs 2 format for multi bot vs single bot battle? Works for me at least.
Maybe someone should lower the wall on my modified Low Lag Arena (I don't know how to do it), but if that happens flippers might own too much.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 12:37:39 AM »
While I don't think a great splash can snatch a win if the bot itself isn't exciting, I must agree that a bad splash can hurt an entry a lot. An entry with something like a pure yellow background (I saw it before, but don't know who entered it), or one that camouflage the bot (Naryar's January Entry) will definitely hurt the amount of votes it receive.
I am not very good with splash myself, so I kept mine as simple as possible, and I would advise those with problems making splash to do the same. Forget rather or not the background looks good. Focus on using a background that won't drawing attention away from your bot. A simple example is to
1. Download a background with as little detail as possible, preferably one with cool colors and low contrast (one that seems dull).
2. Paste bots on.
3. Try a few different backgrounds to see which one grabs the least attention from your bot.
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« on: February 02, 2010, 09:40:00 PM »
Does that mean my candy bots get a higher chance of winning now? I sure hope so.
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« on: February 01, 2010, 02:57:12 AM »
If you need 1 more, I can join and put a few random parts on it to mix things up. People are going to hate me when I put servo pistons on the bot for no reason.
It will be cool if we keep track by taking screenshot of progress.
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« on: February 01, 2010, 12:25:08 AM »
I want to enter, but I don't really want to build something competitive... Maybe I can come up with something odd.
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« on: January 31, 2010, 10:50:44 PM »
HOJ is SO going to get OOTA now.
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