News: Decline Of The Western Civilization - Part 2 - The Metal Years
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Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword Patch 3.19
2009-06-11 12:12:00 Firaxis Games has released Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword Patch 3.19 for players to download. This new Civ4: Beyond the Sword v3.19 patch incorporates lots of bug fixes, gameplay tweaks and additional features like new map scripts. To know about all the bug fixes and other changes made by Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword Patch 3.19, check the list below. Civ 4: Beyond the Sword v3.19 patch list is somewhat long but covers all the updates and changes made by this patch:- Info screen always shows demographics when espionage is disabled- Players can no longer receive obsolete resources through trade- Fixed bug where culture obtained through espionage was 100 times lower than intended- AI player better evaluates his situation before voting for a ban on nuclear weapons- Fixed a few AI civic evaluation bugs- AI changes civics during Golden Ages- Fixed bug with AI not knowing how close its cities are to other players- Re-enabled Foreign Advisor "Glance" screen- Fixed Team Battleground ma...
Vegetarianism, the Holocaust and the Myth of Civilization
2009-05-24 08:10:00 By Mark Hand5/23/09Simulposted with Press ActionLierre Keith?s new book The Vegetarian Myth is generating lots of passionate discussion on vegetarian and vegan blogs and message boards. Here are a couple examples of comments recently posted on the Vegans of Color blog:?I was just reading about the book elsewhere. I don?t want to buy it though? I don?t want to support the project. I?ll see if I can get it from my library.??I would be tempted to review it but not if I had to actually support the book by buying it. And I only say tempted because I really wouldn?t want to give this book any more publicity than it already has.?These commenters appear interested in reading The Vegetarian Myth, although they seem more inclined to pick up a copy at a library rather than purchasing one. But does borrowing the book from a library mean you won?t be ?supporting the project??Libraries are more inclined to keep books on their shelves?i.e., not discard them?if they?re getting checked out. And libr...
What Reading List Would Enable the Rebuilding of Civilization? - re-deux
2009-05-15 00:16:00 Compiled - there's a lot of holes, and cleanup needed - presuming this hasn't jumped the shark The McMaster-Carr catalogue if UPS survived. Otherwise Machinery's Handbook. If the Boy Scout Handbook, I vote for the old Scout Field Book. The back catalogue of Mothe
What Reading List Would Enable the ReBuilding of Civilization?
2009-05-10 20:34:00 There was a time when Man the Toolmaker, could be embodied in one man who knew all there was to be known. That guy knew how to make a fire, or a sharp hand held axe rock, and then a spear, and a bow and arrow, some rope, and string. Say there was an Apocalyptic Riot, and we were returned to the
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
2009-05-01 00:25:00 Sent in by Chris: For most of us, the idea that civilization itself could disintegrate probably seems preposterous. Who would not find it hard to think seriously about such a complete departure from what we expect of ordinary life? What evidence could make us heed a warning so dire?and how would we go about responding to ...
Humanity oriented civilization.
2009-04-13 00:59:00 Engineers of past epochs had their obsolete solutions to problems we now solve with high tech.However now we have plenty of new devices that were unknown back then so the reason they were not built is not lack of technology but unawareness. I want decent engineers with care of the humanity to com
Maybe It Is the End of Western Civilization
2009-03-11 02:45:00 I don't know why this Perez Hilton story amused me, (perhaps it's the 6th grader in me), but here's the story from Perez Hilton, here's a pic that goes with it, and here's someone's cellphone video of the utterance: [HTML1]
By: BuffaloPundit
Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: the problem of civilization
2009-02-10 15:32:00 Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: the problem of civilization Derrick Jensen "Endgame: The Problem of Civilization" Volume 1 "Endgame: Resistance" Volume 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-rrick_Jensen http://video.google.com/videose-arch?q=derrick+jensen&oe=ut-f-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:o-fficial&client=firefox-a&am-p;um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=D3OP-SdafNITSMaDE3KIL&sa=X&o-i=video_result_group&resnum-=4&ct=title# http://www.endgamethebook.org/- Having long laid waste our own sanity, and having long forgotten what it feels like to be free, most of us too have no idea what it’s like to live in the real world. Seeing four salmon spawn causes me to burst into tears. I ...
By: BackBeat
I Give Up: Civilization Is A Bust. Quick, Back To The Caves!
2009-02-04 08:03:00 I'm going to have to assume from now on that the audience I'm blogging for simply hasn't been born yet. So, to the Internet archaeologists of 1000 years from now: I'm sorry, I failed to bring the human race to terms with computers. But just look at what I had to work with! You see, I have a handicap. I don't have Alzheimer's disease. In my time, virtually everyone else had Alzheimer's. That's why they couldn't remember anything that happened before breakfast. Being in a continuous state of having a fresh reboot several times each day, most everybody was quite happy, because they couldn't remember any problems they'd ever had. Everybody was equal, because nobody could keep a train of thought going long enough to learn anything. There was no such thing as history, so every time anybody tried anything, it was always the very first time and the results were a complete surprise, which was talked about briefly and promptly forgotten. Take for instance, the blog post over at ...
Natural Disasters Doomed Early Civilization
2009-01-20 14:48:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: AP - Nature turned against one of America's early civilizations 3,600 years ago, when researchers say earthquakes and floods, followed by blowing sand, drove away residents of an area that is now in Peru. "This maritime farming community had been suc
The Year of Civilization Begins
2009-01-05 16:22:00 It is time, Sweetie and I have decided, to Civilize the Babies! They don't want to be civilized, and they are fighting it tooth and nail, but we made the decision: they are to be Civilized, without further delay. I proposed that we do that -- Civilize them-- as we were loading them into the car on New Year's Eve to take them on our fun New Year's Eve shopping trips, a shopping trip that now included "trying to find a glass store" because we had to repair the window that Mr F had broken. Before we decided to Civilize the Babies!, one of their hobbies, one of the main things they enjoyed in life, was throwing furniture. It began with the slide they got for their birthday. When they were not sliding on it, they began shoving the slide around. At first, we thought they were trying to slide in new locations, seeing what it was like to slide over there, or slide in the family room instead of the play room. But it wasn't that, or it wasn't entirely that, because they do move t...
The end of civilization
2008-11-26 02:19:00 Forget the economic meltdown. Don't worry about a missile standoff in Poland. The real threat to our way of life is the remake of classic movies. I just saw an ad for a remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Is nothing sacred? Are there no timeless values? They don't even have an actor listed for
The End of Civilization: Classic Films Ruined by Hollywood
2008-11-26 02:19:00 Forget the economic meltdown. Don't worry about a missile standoff in Poland. The real threat to our way of life is the remake of classic movies. I just saw an ad for a remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Is nothing sacred? Are there no timeless values? They don't even have an actor listed for
The Beginning of Civilization?
2008-11-18 14:00:00 As a sidewalk fan of archaeology, I find the idea of having found the cradle of civilization enthralling. While there's ultimately no way to know for sure, you must admit, this is really, really cool.See the rest at www.AnAmericanFrontPorch.com
The Roles Of Photography In Our Civilization Posted By : Cindy Heller
2008-10-19 15:10:00 The 11th century is considered as the beginning of the history of photography as this was the period when an Iraqi scientist invented the camera obscura. In the 17th century, a portable camera obscura was created. The first permanent photograph was captured in 1826. More: continued here
Space-based Civilization
2008-09-15 11:43:00 I respectfully submit that a a planetary surface is a lousy place for a technological/industrial civilization, and that open space, in either planetary or free solar orbit, is a far better option. I am opening this thread in the hopes of discussing the possibilities and engineering challenges of mo
Civilization Revolution ya tiene demo en Xbox Live
2008-06-09 22:17:00 La gente de Take 2 nos acerca una nueva versión demo del Civilization Revolution ya disponible en Xbox Live y que por el momento no está disponible en la PSN; el juego se pondrá a la venta el próximo 11 de julio para la Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 y PlayStation 3. La demo ocupa 1,3 Gb y trae una campaña ...
By: Zone InGame
El próximo jueves, demo de Civilization
2008-06-09 00:00:00 Gamespot ha publicado que el próximo jueves estará disponible la demo de Civilization en XBOX Live y PSN. El lanzamiento de la demo en todas las regiones de XBOX Live está confirmada, pero es probable que las regiones PAL de PSN deban esperar una semana más antes de recibir esta descarga (Nota: La fuente dice que se lanzará en las restantes Stores a final de año, pero creemos que es una errata). La demo de Civilization, obra del maestro Sid Meier, permitirá jugar tanto offline como en multijugador. Os mantendremos informados.
By: Palacinweb
Xbox 360 Strategy Gaming: Sid Meier?s Civilization: Revolution
2008-06-08 11:49:00 When it comes to strategy games, they have always played best on the PC but times have been changing with game developers rebuilding strategy games just for consoles. This has been done with Sid Meier’s Civilization: Revolution, the game has been built from the ground up for console gamers. Read the below for details of ...
By: Product Reviews
Civilization!
2008-06-07 03:40:00 I’ve arrived in Geralton, which is about four hours north of Perth. Prior to arriving here, the landscape changed. Trees appeared where there were only bushes before. Farms, power lines, fences and other things you see in rural areas appeared out of the nothingness. Today I’ll stop in the Pinnacle Desert before arriving in Perth. ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Civilization!", url: "http://everything-everywhere.c-om/2008/06/06/civilization" });
On PlayStation Network today: Commando 3 game and Civilization, Battlefield
2008-06-06 00:38:00 Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP today. American Games (Demos): * Battlefield: Bad Company demo * Civilization: Revolution demo * NASCAR ‘09 demo * Novastrike - $9.99 * Qore - Episode 1 - $2.99 or $24.99 for a year (13 HD episodes) subscription includes open ...
Korol Lir: An unsung Masterpiece on ?Civilization Heading to Doom?
2008-05-31 00:00:00 Jugu Abraham reviews Russian director Grigory Kozintsev?s "Korol Lir" (King Lear) (1971) Time and again people have asked me which movie is my all time favorite. I have often said without much hesitation: the Russian film Grigory Kozintsev's King Lear. Even close friends wonder if I have lost my wits because ...
By: DearCinema
Civilization: Revolution delayed to July 8th, 2008. Sid Meier enters the Gu
2008-05-30 15:11:00 2K Games has delayed the release date of Civilization: Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3, DS) by one month ? from June 3rd to July 8th ? with no reason given. Sid Meier, creator of the Sid Meier?s Civilization franchise and Director of Creative Development at 2K?s world-renowned Firaxis Games development studio, has officially won more game awards ...
CARAL SUPE: THE OLDEST CIVILIZATION IN THE AMERICAS
2008-05-28 14:15:00 Location: Peru Length: 12 min. Recent research shows that cities in the New World arose nearly a millennium earlier than previously believed. Radiocarbon dates from the ancient city of Caral, Peru, show that monumental architecture was under construction as early as 2627 B.C., even before ceramics and maize appeared. The site is enormous, with platform mounds (or "pyramids"), sunken circular plazas, and residences. Caral is by far the largest pre-2000 B.C. recorded site in the Andean region and seems to be the model for the urban design followed over four millennia.Watch the video...
Civilization V: Revolution preview by Sid Meier
2008-05-24 13:37:00 Sid Meier’s fifth Civilization turn-based strategy game is called Civilization Revolution and will appear on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and DS in America on June 3rd and in Europe / Australia on June 6th, 2008. The game gives you a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, ...
Your Weapon: 350. Your Mission: Save Civilization
2008-05-22 16:41:00 Vermont author, scholar and activist Bill McKibben sees the climate change challenge like this: we have 18 months — just 18 months — to pound a single number into the world’s...
By: Green Options
Iranian nation will revive Islamic civilization (2008/05/06)
2008-05-20 13:21:00 Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei told an assembly of top figures in the Fars province south Iran that the legacy of the Iranian nation encompases precious talents, national motivation, faith, and historical heritage."Considering these factors, the prospect of the Iranian nation is very bright. The great nation by God's favor will revive Islamic civilization at this very juncture," Ayatollah Khamenei said.The IR Leader described innovation as an essentiality for the country, defining the notion as a means to pave the way for talents to emerge and for thoughts to flourish and to review the past to expedite pace of progress and build a brilliant future."This is the great responsibility of the nation, the elites and the authorities," he added.Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic could be distinguished from any previous systems dominating Iran in the past in that it converted individual authority into a system of national resolution."In God's favor, the n...
By: Leader's Word
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Free Download
2008-05-06 04:25:00 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is developed by Firaxis Games and published by Take Two Interactive. It is the second expansion pack to the Civilization IV. The game is being distributed by 2K Games. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is available for Microsoft Windows platform only i.e. Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is a turn based strategy game developed on Gamebryo graphics engine. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword was released on 18 July, 2007 in Australia and 23 July, 2007 in United States of America. The expansion pack of Civilization IV is available in both single player and multiplayer modes.Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword includes lot of new features. Game features more tactics, more strategies and more powers. The game focuses on the era the gun-powder was invented. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword includes 11 new scenarios, 10 new civilizations, 16 new leaders, 25 new units, 6 wonders and new diplomacy system in addition to the previously available of Civilization ...
[Sad] Western Civilization is grinding to its wretched end. The English are
2008-05-03 19:15:00 (Some Guy)
Creationists vs. Western Civilization
2008-04-29 08:25:00 John Derbyshire of National Review wrote this column on Expelled which is highly critical of the creationist/intelligent design movement. For example, he wrote: When talking about the creationists to people who don?t follow these controversies closely, I have found that the hardest thing to get across is the shifty, low-cunning aspect of the whole modern creationist ...
By: Liberal Values
Civilization Breaks Down on the Bus to Wilson
2008-04-29 00:00:00 Um, hi. Look - I was never that athletic in high school. I'm sure that comes as a jaw-dropping shock to you all. I participated in some junior varsity sports, and otherwise just did what the state required me to do in phys ed. That's about ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Following of civilization
2008-04-26 18:26:00 Landforms and water ways also affected the political relationships of the world’s ancient peoples. For example the rugged landscape of city-states instead of uniting them in to a single nation.. Further more closeness to the sea caused true and sense of civic pride to other parts of the Mediterranean world.
Peak Civilization And The Winter Of Our Disconnect
2008-04-25 11:13:00 by Carolyn Baker To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. - George SantayanaThe appearance of springtime in North America may be more welcome this year than at anytime in recent history. The winter has been long, cold, and dreary-particularly in the Rust Belt where the devastations of housing foreclosures, unemployment, and the resultant blight have left a trail of human misery and degradation not seen since the Great Depression. Ten percent of the population of Ohio now relies on food stamps while hordes of domestic animals abandoned in foreclosed homes endure long and grotesque deaths from starvation. For countless Americans across the nation, this winter has brought with it something far more distressing than brutal, bone-chilling temperatures-horrific, traumatic revelations that the American dream, neatly packaged and sold for decades, has become their worst possible nightmare. Should they happe...
International Conference of Srivijaya Civilization
2008-04-23 06:11:00 BackgroundIt is the general assumption that Srivijaya was an powerful maritime kingdom that played an important role in the political forum in early Southeast Asia for many centuries, from 7th century to the end of 13th century AD. Just as its sudden appearance not very much is known of its decline, for that matter, the extent of this hegemony especially in Insular Southeast Asia during the height of its power. It influenced many social aspects in the region at that time, such as history of political life, beliefs, culture and economy.The remains of Srivijaya civilization, tangible or intangible are still found up to now in many sites in South East Asia countries. The researched about Sriwijaya is being conducted in each country until nowadays, and it was come out with a long term polemic about the center of this huge kingdom. Several sites were presumed as a center of Srivijaya Kingdom and its supported with many written sources and archaeological evidences, such as Palembang and ...
The Sagaciousness of Nasreddin Hoja
2008-04-22 17:39:00 Nasreddin Hoca is a a well known figure all throughout the Muslim World. He may be the most widely loved sufi shaykh that has ever existed. He lived during the Seljuk rule which spanned from China across Central Asia and the Middle East. Nasreddin Hoca is legendary and has been loved by Afghans, Persians, Turks ...
By: Wa Salaam
Cybergeddon: How to crash a civilization, but there?s a problem
2008-04-21 15:30:00 Since the all out attack on Estonia last year, the threat of cyberwar has been reevaluated. Now it’s considered a real possibility in terms of major attacks on whole nations. The NSA and other security organizations are looking at actual scenarios. The theory is that the Estonian attack was caused by a group of Russian nationalists, ...
By: 1913 Intel
Climate Change Threatens Cradle of Civilization
2008-04-17 03:39:00 The Middle East’s famous Fertile Crescent was the birthplace of agriculture, the first settlements and civilization. But a new study shows that climate change will dry up the area’s rivers and destroy its agriculture — with devasting effects for the region. By Volker Mrasek more… Picture Gallery: The Fertile Crescent at Risk Global Food Crisis: The Fury ...
By: 1913 Intel
Barkley calls Wizards "dumbest team in history of civilization"
2008-04-17 01:33:00 NBA star turned TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley referred to the Washington Wizards as the "dumbest team in the history of civilization," notes Cavaliers Insider, for riling up star Cleveland player LeBron James. The Washington Wizards will (again) play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the NBA playoffs.Normally I might tend to agree with Barkley's concern but since being "nice guys" hasn't worked for the Wizards in taking down Cleveland in recent postseasons, perhaps a change of approach is in order. Anyway, the only NBA player who could regularly reek unholy vengeance for such slights was Michael Jordan. LeBron James may be great but he's not up to that level just yet.----Relevant link: Cavaliers Insider
By: DCABloob
Twin Isles - Civilization for the Nintendo DS
2008-04-16 15:48:00 I think I found one of my new favourite games and I can't believe it has taken me this long. Twin Isles is an excellent homebrew game for the Nintendo DS. It has the basic gameplay from the original Civilization (in my opinion). I have added it to my Best Nintendo DS Homebrew list, just after Warcraft Tower Defense. Twin Isles is by far the most commercial feeling game I have played yet from the homebrew community. The graphics are clear, there are sound effects, some decent background music, a tech tree, a dozen or so structure that may be built, in game tips (which can be disabled, and just fun to play. I definitely recommend playing it if you were ever a fan of the Civilization series. The game has a number of great features: Free Play Mode where you can just practice by your self. Versus CPU to challenge a computer opponent. First to 100,000 population or destroy the other island. Scenarios where you have to complete a specific task. i.e. Grow the population to 500 b...
Twin Isles - Civilization for the Nintendo DS
2008-04-16 15:48:00 I think I found one of my new favourite games and I can't believe it has taken me this long. Twin Isles is an excellent homebrew game for the Nintendo DS. It has the basic gameplay from the original Civilization (in my opinion). I have added it to my Best Nintendo DS Homebrew list, just after Warcraft Tower Defense. Twin Isles is by far the most commercial feeling game I have played yet from the homebrew community. The graphics are clear, there are sound effects, some decent background music, a tech tree, a dozen or so structure that may be built, in game tips (which can be disabled, and just fun to play. I definitely recommend playing it if you were ever a fan of the Civilization series. The game has a number of great features: Free Play Mode where you can just practice by your self. Versus CPU to challenge a computer opponent. First to 100,000 population or destroy the other island. Scenarios where you have to complete a specific task. i.e. Grow the population to 500 b...
Western Civilization: A Value Worth Saving
2008-04-13 09:08:00 Although I find it preposterous that White people themselves need to be saved from extinction, and cannot figure out any lawful way to so anyway, I think that White Nationalists (WN's) like Jared Taylor do make some interesting points. Taylor, like most WN's is a hardcore conservative, but when he talks about saving White civilization, the values he credits White civilization with are positively liberal.To be sure, I do disagree with the WN contention that Euro Whites created these liberal, free and humanitarian structures due to some unique endowment of their genes, though is it is an interesting argument. At the end of the day, it is not really falsifiable.With US Whites at 64% and dropping, a White majority in the US is probably a defeated dream. But a non-White majority in the US need not be the disaster that WN see it as. Even at 64% White, we still have one of the largest economies on Earth. Further, I feel that US non-Whites for the most part assimilate to the basically W...
By: Robert Lindsay
History, Reality and The Ottomans
2008-04-13 01:02:00 There are a number of views expressed by European travel writers on the Ottomans and the Ottoman territories. For example, a 16th century travel writer named Peter Gyllius, often cited by Edward Gibbon and other European historians of the late 18th and 19th centuries, is critical and negative toward the Ottoman capital of Istanbul. Today ...
By: Wa Salaam
Intergalactic Civilizations
2008-04-12 04:03:00 This is how I see ourselves, but everyone else thinks I don't make sense. Perhaps because people live on a local scale while I live on a global scale. I consider that my culture is that of Earth's and my religion is individualized or unspecified. I dislike it when people distinguish themselves with their own country's culture (hence, I once said "f#ck the chinese culture if [that's the way it thinks]" in reference to some ridiculous idea that someone brought up). I also dislike it when people are fixated on their religion without an appreciation to other religions different from their own. And similar to others, I don't like war, but I oppose wars not simply between countries, but wars and conflicts between people. I don't hold any favoritism towards any country, any race, any group of people, because to me, we all live on Earth and so we're the same. What distinguish ourselves from others are our current thoughts, our ideas, our future, but never our ancestors and our ori...
By: Rtsight.com
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of Civilization - Sydn
2008-04-11 15:49:00 Sydney Morning HeraldHuman Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of CivilizationSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 8 hours agoThis fascinating dissection of the early days of World War II draws from hundreds of sources. As a novelist, Nicholson Baker has always been a miniaturist, ...
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of Civilization - Sydn
2008-04-11 15:49:00 Sydney Morning HeraldHuman Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of CivilizationSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 14 hours agoThis fascinating dissection of the early days of World War II draws from hundreds of sources. As a novelist, Nicholson Baker has always been a miniaturist, ...
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of Civilization - Sydn
2008-04-11 15:49:00 Sydney Morning HeraldHuman Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of CivilizationSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 20 hours agoThis fascinating dissection of the early days of World War II draws from hundreds of sources. As a novelist, Nicholson Baker has always been a miniaturist, ...
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of Civilization - Sydn
2008-04-11 15:49:00 Sydney Morning HeraldHuman Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End Of CivilizationSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Apr 11, 2008This fascinating dissection of the early days of World War II draws from hundreds of sources. As a novelist, Nicholson Baker has always been a miniaturist, ...
I am back to civilization!
2008-03-24 17:31:00 Josh and I are almost finished moving everything over. I can't wait to show pictures of the new apartment. We both love it and feel really comfortable despite the fact that we have piles of things all over the place right now.
By: Shabby Cheap
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