While we think we know the meanings of the three types of time, do we truely understand any of them? We think of the Past as before now but truly it may not even exist in our minds and time simply could be a made up thing so we had a sence of how things worked, even if it wasn`t true. Now the Present is complete and could be both the past and the future if either of those even exist. If time is truly cyclical there is only one type of time, if time exist and that is the present. If something hap
I commented in an earlier OWF thread about the use(misuse) of the term lapdog as it applies to the politics at large of CN. It is almost as if people refuse to see reality. In every conflict, there are two sides. No more, no less. Even if you have 15 distinct spheres of power, a conflict comes down to two sides. 95% of all alliances will choose one of the 2 sides and fight (the other 5% that want to pretend to be above everyone else on honor, will foolishly help no ally, by fighting for all alli
We always ask the question why?Why did that happen? Why is the sky blue? Why is the grassgreen? Why is a question of what is instead of how or where? (If i lost you already stop reading.) The Question of Why is a question that needs to be answered and correctly made. If Why is a question of What and it`s integrity, it must be answered. If integrety is a why question, why can`t we question integrity? And when integrity is questioned, we ask why, but why do we ask why?
Supreme Overlord of the LAN, Winner12345 has agreed, in principle, to a deal to merge the League of Aligned Nations with the Combine effective Immediately. According to Winner12345, he will recieve a high Ranking Position in the Combines Government, specifacally a Negotiater of Treatys or a Top Advisor to the Overlord. Although it is not official Yet, Winner12345 has declared himself part of the Combine.
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10 JUNE 2011Posted by Bob Ilyani
There's a oft-repeated quote that says "power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely". Since I'm personally convinced that CN is a blown-up exaggeration of everything that goes on in real life politics and diplomacy (think of CN as NBA Jam and real-life as the regular NBA), I've come to the conclusion that this is an even more relevant fact in the realm of CN politics than it is in the world outside of th
I have found it necessary to purge myself of the internal turmoil caused by not confessing some of the dark deeds in my life.
Confession number #1:
Many years ago I had a neighbor who was an ok guy at times but had turned into quite the dick the last couple of months we lived next to each other. I had my house up for sale when he came over with a puppy he had just bought the week previously and asked if I would take care of it for the six weeks he would be gone on some promotional tour he was
Althugh Most Groups do not focus on Politics (I Do want to clear something up though, we still want to be able to get Tech Deals and Nukes, but we focus more on Diplomatic Relations.) We do focus on Politics. So After some Deliberation, we decided that we should share some of our Founders Political Veiw s with the world.
First off, The Founder is a Fiscal Conservative who believes ina Balanced Budget and Lower Taxes.
Secondly He is a Social Moderate Conservative who believes in Civil Unions to
When we formed we knew we had to be different. We decided to take the path of Government and Politics instead of war and Tech Deals. We plan to have 5 Founders, the first 5 members of the Alliance, to create our charter. We then plan to adopt a flag and right now we have a forum in the works as we speak. Our setup will be as followed:
President
High Chancellor(Speaker of the House of Founders)
The House of Founders
The first 5 members of the Alliance including me
Low Chancellor(Speaker of t
For a computer to be self aware, it needs to constantly adjust its programming and make new decisions on what to do next based on previous decisions its made and information it comes upon.
So the computer or robot gets turned on, with its sensors it looks around the room while making determinations about its surroundings and how those surroundings might relate to it, as well as making a decision on something new to do based on its calculations.
Then it sees a doorway and determines its a door,
First off, I need to apologize to you all for missing several weeks of radio without any notice. But, let's make it formal: This Week in CN is on hiatus for the time-being. Classes are starting, I've got a lot of work to do within CoJ, and frankly doing the show every week was getting tedious. So, we're between seasons.
Once things settle down a bit, we'll be back.
Source: Declaration from Vox Populi
Seriously guys, let's stop with the "awww treaties with a/the/some different/other power cluster are bad" argument. Treaties are tools, and establishing bonds with people of the "other" coalition can also be done to (try) erode their group. The thing can be criticized, but only in context: it's not bad by itself.
How do you think that Q lost its preeminence?
(This rant isn't aimed at Aza specifically, BTW.)
In this month's installment of 'I don't know how !@#$ works', I seem to be unable to find the location of the GOONS Treaties box at the bottom of our Wiki page and as a result I'm unable to edit the very damn thing that I created.
Anyone know how/where it can be accessed?
Source: Which ally will act first?
I take inspiration from Rush's posts (there are many others before and after that one) to try discuss what CBs are, what they represent in CN and what part they play in the fun we have (or don't have) when playing this crazy game.
First of all, what is a CB? Most would probably disagree on the details, but I think that most of us can agree that a CB is some incident/offense that is cited as the reason some party is going at war for. For example, the attacks o
Between the hours of about 12:30 AM to about 4:00 AM is when I'm at my peek. It's when I think the most. It's when I get the most work done. And it's generally when I'm most efficient and effective. I'm not sure what it is about the night time. Perhaps the serienity, calmness or just general quietness of the hour. Or perhaps I'm just weird. Who knows.
It was during those hours on the First of July in 2008 (My brother's birthday no less) that I read one of the most epic threads in Cyberna
The Stage
Yesterday, the world witnessed a cancellation years in the making: The withdrawal of the Viridian Entente from the 2-member Balkan Entente bloc.
The Balkan Entente was signed in 2008; it's constituent AAs being Argonaut, VE, and GOD. Argo was a smallish Green alliance with a really complicated and silly government structure, which later merged into VE leaving GOD and VE the only parties to the treaty.
For whatever reason--disbandment denial, bad breath, dumb leaders--VE was never w
Day 53: CSN x MK/GOONS, Invicta x MK, R&R x MK/TLR/GATO/HB, RIA/TTK/GOD/BM/AGW/App x NG/MK/TOP/INT/NPO
Summer War 2012 Topics:
<witty title here> (CSN surrenders to MK/GOONS, Invicta surrenders to MK)
Peace For Our Time (R&R surrenders to MK/TLR/GATO/HB)
Yet More Peace (RIA/TTK/GOD/BM/AGW/App surrender to NG/MK/TOP/INT/NPO)
Updates:
Added Day 53
Day 52: Legion/NADC/CCC/CRAP/TSI x TLK/ODN/BFF/GATO/BN, NPL/CRAP <3 Int
Summer War 2012 Topics:
Peace Time (Legion, NADC, CCC, CRAP, and TSI surrender to TLK, ODN, BFF, GATO and BN) (NPL and CRAP peace out with Int)
Updates:
Added Day 52
Deleted Legion's indication marker
Oh my gosh a post :omg: Sorry if you missed not knowing there was anything new, it was "requested" for this blog to be limited to only worthwhile posts.
Credit to Shinfat on making some propaganda with the
I'll begin today's blog by talking about Pokemon. Yes, those cute and lovable creatures have relevancy to Planet Bob. This quote was said by Alder in Pokemon Black and White.
When this is stated in the game, your rival is telling the champion Alder that he wishes to be the most powerful trainer in the world and become champion. Alder asks him what he wants to do with all that power. Ultimately, the rival, Cheren, has no clue what he wants to do and that's when he starts to question what he
Day 45: GATO x Legion
Summer War 2012 Topics:
An Announcement from the Global Alliance and Treaty Organization (GATO declares on Legion)
Updates:
Added Day 45
I know this is a bit early, but I really enjoyed this one and wanted to post this one, and unlike the others, this one is semi relevant currently, although not relevant to CN.
Last week, I did a blog about CN and relating it to movies. I mentioned I saw some movies this summer. Avengers, Spiderman, and Dark Knight Rises. In this blog, I'm reviewing all of them, because I wasn't sure what else to talk about. I'm warning you now that there are spoilers. I have each review marked by the movie
Incorrect : "Without further Adieu" : Adieu is farewell... without further farewell?
Correct: "Without further ado"
Incorrect: "Shear stupidity" : a shear is a scissor or a hedge trimmer. It is also a tool to cut the wool from a sheep. Now if one were referring silliness involved while tending to farm animals or hedges, it would be correct.
Correct: "Sheer stupidity"
Incorrect: "Rouge attack" : rouge is either a cosmetic or a color, unless one is referring the act of being assailed by cosmet
