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Or, how much data will I download if I go for digital distribution? Wikipedia says 2 GB of HDD space is necessary, but I've heard conflicting figures from other places. Anybody have it?

I was reading Rocketpunk Manifesto the other day, and it occurred to me that many of us both have interests in space and space exploration as well as various engineering and scientific backgrounds, or have at least studied math and physics at a freshman "core curriculum" level. So why not design...

Just a simple question: Where were the major testing sites for rockets and missiles during WWII?

http://empireofsteam.blogspot.com/ An entire steampunk universe built on nothing but Lego bricks and creativity. This entry is my favorite:

Its the First Marne, and Joffre is looking for cabs for 6,000 French soldiers. He finds them, they rush to the field and save the day, or at least a crucial part of the day at a crucial place. But, Joffre can't find any cabs this time around. What does he do? What do the Germans do? And who...

What if Prussia didn't take AL from France at the end of the war, and didn't take the indemnity either. Basically, Bismarck gives France the leniency he gave Austria. How would history change? Personally, I think a German-France-Austria alliance might come about, with the Germans and French...

How could you have a situation where free-market capitalism (Adam Smith style) is never accepted, and instead mercantallism, bullionism, and protectionism remain the major economic theories for at least another hundred years?

OTL, the civilian German government wanted a compromise peace with the Allies after beating Russia, but Hindenburg and Ludendorff decided to gamble it all on the Spring Offensive and lost everything. What if they decided instead to try and make peace? I'm not even sure if the offer would be...

We all know that the essay "A Modest Proposal" by Johnathan Swift was adopted as the anti-overcrowding guidebook by many governments. What if it had been a joke?

As we know, the theorist Malthus foresaw that populations would out pace food production. What if he had been wrong?

Well, since there isn't any "Alternate History Theory" discussion board (there should be), I'm posting this here. How far back do you have to go before the world of today is unrecognizable due to butterflies. Could you change something minor yesterday? Does it take a bigger change farther back...

Anybody know any good AH video games? By that I don't mean things like FPS set in an alternate TL, but games that actually allow you to play with history.

Even though Americans view Abraham Lincoln with respect, nobody really considers him a martyr. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to change the cultural and political landscape enough for Lincoln to be considered a martyr by 2009. The POD can be anytime after 1809. Bonus points if...

I've recently read up a bit on french revanchism in the late 1800s, but I can't seem to understand the big deal with Alsace and Lorraine. Of course, It's always humiliating to loose territory, but Alsace-Lorraine is so small, and the Germans did have security and ethnic based claims. If anyone...