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It was a water chip that needed a GECK in order to purify water at a faster rate. Thus becoming super duper fallouty. :roll:

Personally, I'd like some traits to have a massive overhaul effect on dialog. For example, daddy's girl/boy should be a trait instead of a perk, and in addition to giving the med bonus, it should change most dialog options to stuff like "My pappy/daddy always told me...." or "Pappy/daddy says..."

You're my new hero :clap: I just thought of something. Perhaps someone could make a mod where if a character has low intelligence it replaces the currently existing "intelligence" ones with really really stupid observations that someone who THINKS they are intelligent would make. ... um...

Well, I just read this in the news: http://gm-volt.com/2008/12/21/eestor-is-granted-a-new-patent-on-the-eesu-offering-extensive-detail-on-its-design-and-function/ What is it? It's a patent on a technology that was kept very very very tightly under wraps until the patent was filed. What...

Actually it had to do with a study into how plants operate. They now know the chemical properties necessary to have a die which will cause electrons to be bumped with as close to 100% efficiency as possible when a very specific frequency of light hits it. This isn't simple absorption. This is...

Certainly better breaks that don't wear out easily. Dynamic breaking doesn't actually use break disks; it breaks by taking power form the engine and using it to recharge the batteries. Due to conservation of energy, this causes very rapid deceleration. Electric motors last longer and...

Everything dies out eventually. The universe is not forever. One word: entropy On a long enough timescale, even the smallest sub atomic particles will break down and all that will be left in the universe will be photons. It's called Heat Death, and it's probably the most depressing...

Mad Max 2 was many times better than 1. Godfather Part 2 was excellent, but aside from the flashback scenes, it was simply a rehash of part 1's plot; very very formulaic. Part 1 is far superior. Both are masterpieces of cinema. Batman Returns IMO wasn't as good as Batman. Dark Knight...

We can make oil from turkey guts, recycled plastic, and any number of other sources. It costs about $80 a barrel though. Oil is a fully renewable resource. It just costs a little more to make than it does to extract currently. When the only sources, or when most sources, are expensive to...

A major factor in creating anti-tobacco laws is FUD created by big money class action lawsuits. FUD is a big motivator for the common idiot. Just look at drug prohibition.

back on topic: Ghouls and Supermutants are not humans anymore. They are not compatible with humans with respect to reproductive capabilities and their genetic differences are pretty profound. It would be more accurate to say they share the same genus but have evolved into different...

Wrong. Race is subordinate to species and superordinate to subrace. It is a subclassification the same way family genus is superordinate to species and subordinate to family, and so on. With respect to humans, racial differences can be somewhat equated to the differences found in...

Uh, actually race is based on genetics. There are actually 3 human races: Caucasoid - native Europeans, middle easterners, natives of the Indian subcontinent (Indians, Pakstani, etc.) Mongoloid - most asians (chinese, japanese, korean, mongolian, NOT Indian though), Native Americans...

Talon mercs are triggered by one of two things: 1) defusing the Megaton bomb 2) High karma If you qualify for either one of those two things, you'll find Talon mercs. On the flipside, with low enough karma, you'll be attacked by Regulators.

Everyone has their price. The greater disparity of wealth, the lower that price is and the more likely the wealthy can spend it without it even denting their wallet. Lobbying groups are the people. They are representative just like congressmen. Crooked politicians make it a problem. And...

welsh: WELL SAID!! I personally think it's important to always keep in mind that the state is not some magical entity but simply a group of people. As are companies. It is always important to remember who is making the decisions and that those folks are in fact people, just like you...

WOW. Talk about naive. Go tell that to all the people who were made destitute by the RIAA in recent years. FFS, the RIAA has been ordering around SWAT TEAMS. How? Money. Don't try to say otherwise because it is in no way even remotely legal for a private entity like the RIAA to have...

Really you'll take abject corruption and government cabinet members handing over public land in exchange for bribes? You'll take policies which enforce monopolies? Ah yes, despite the abject corruption and free for all economic policy, you somehow manage to try to pick the one singular...

No. I'm saying income should be income. Capital gains should not be treated any differently from salary, from income from a personal business, from income from rent collected, etc. Income should be income. Thus, if you are making enough money to be in the highest tax bracket, then money...

Dividends are taxed as capital gains. Along with interest on savings and other various accounts. For the past few years or so, my uncle actually hasn't paid any income taxes at all. He's creeping up on 90 years old so he's been donating money hand and fist to his charitable foundation...