Recent content by Dearnen

  1. Spacecraft from the mind of Karl Hans Janke

    Nice! He designed an atomic locomotive that is powerful cool! Looks like he had a real thing for space guppies and rocket zeppelins, too.
  2. Alternate Weapons of War thread...

    I spent hours looking through all the cool kitbashed models on the forums at http://www.whatifmodelers.com/ Planes, ships, tanks...awesome stuff. We may have the cool timelines, maps, and flags, but these guys are building the hardware that makes it possible, lol. I also gazed upon this...
  3. Map Thread III

    Just my luck: I'll probably find the girl of my dreams just before that chunk of space rock blasts out the Oregon Sea. Dearnen to St. Peter: Can I see someone about the matter of Bad Timing?
  4. How advanced is BSG

    Not that I wish to see the two shows mixed, but I think a Stargate type scenario might be behind the BSG story. Perhaps Kobol was a world where humans from Earth were taken by aliens. From there, the humans eventually colonized the 12 worlds, and with the passage of time history was confused...
  5. Map Thread III

    The Coriolis force is what drives the winds the same direction, actually. As the winds shift to the north or south (as per their hemisphere) they shift to opposite directions (north vs. south). I think Euio's diagrams will clarify what I'm trying to say. A quick Google Images search for...
  6. Map Thread III

    If the planet rotates the opposite direction, that simply puts north at the bottom of the map. In fact, one could say that it doesn't really rotate in the opposite direction, but the map makers have merely given the south pole the primacy that we give the north pole. Consider the direction of...
  7. Paradox

    Both games are great, but which you prefer will depend on your cup of tea. They are very different from each other and the other Paradox games. CK has you managing a dynasty, and so long as your heir has the same last name, the game continues on (unless you're conquered). It's not difficult...
  8. Collaborative Timeline Dream Team

    I certainly agree with you on that one.
  9. Collaborative Timeline Dream Team

    Thank you for the correction regarding human rights. I had forgotten that they developed in Buddhist teaching as well. I am no expert on Buddhist thinking, so I can't really compare their thoughts on human rights to those of the West. As for the sciences, Greek philosophy definitely played a...
  10. Collaborative Timeline Dream Team

    Without Judeo-Christian values, one has to wonder whether human rights and modern science would develop as they have. The rise of the concept of human rights was rooted in the Christian concept that individual people have value in the eyes of God. Likewise, science developed from the Biblical...
  11. What if all place names were translated? (Western Europe map)

    Israel = Struggles/wrestles with God Palestine = Land of the Philistines Puerto Rico = Rich Port
  12. Map Thread III

    One thing to note about the original map at Strange Maps is that the map does not depict the dominant faith in each county, but the Christian denomination with the largest number of congregations. This is somewhat misleading in that a minority denomination may have more congregations than the...
  13. Map Thread III

    Very nice map, Thrashing Mad.
  14. Map Thread III

    Hmm... Just the other day my mom wondered why I hadn't read 1984. Then, the very next day, my dad asked if I'd ever read Animal Farm. And now...I get this feeling I should read them. :eek:
  15. What CK has taught me about the Middle Ages

    While the recent Deus Vult upgrade has improved some of those things quite a bit, there are still some oddities. Before I got the upgrade, though, I experienced very similar stuff. When my first game ended, all of North Africa was Catholic, while Italy, the Rhone valley, and Bohemia were...
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