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  • Research Archives Re: Please help me with politics in a sci-fic story.

    I need help with why Acka hates America outside of wanting power and wealth? Perhaps Acka was refused aid, didn't receive enough aid, or the aid Acka received was heavily ...

    Jan 27, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Dealing with Chronic Illness

    This thread really does feel like an AA meeting. XD Call me Kyll. I have HTLV-1. Wikipedia actually has a semi-decent overview of the virus now, compared to several years ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Report a site bug

    Thirding what Cadi said. It takes about three minutes (give or take two) to load each page enough so that the content is readable, and even longer for any images ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Would you rather be deaf, blind, or mute?

    Sound is vibration. Even if you can't hear sound with your ear, you can still feel it with other parts of your body. Also, just like there's varying degrees of ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Writers Corner Re: Something New---HELP

    Seconding Starleene. It's always worth a try, and even if it doesn't work out exactly how you hoped, you'll still learn a lot from trying that you can apply to ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Information Desk Archive Re: YWS: Apollo Updates Thread

    But what about works that have not-family-friendly stuff within the first few lines? With the excerpt, they show up in the description whether the writer intended for it to show ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Writers Corner Re: My Thoughts/Fears/Goals

    You have some really nice goals, and I wish you luck. I particularly like your fourth goal. A lot of works try too hard to be serious and "meaningful", and ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Research Archives Re: Please help me with politics in a sci-fic story.

    1. Even if you do not use that information in the story, it is information that you, as the writer, need to know to ensure that Acka is a plausible ...

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Research Archives Re: Please help me with politics in a sci-fic story.

    The main downside to being self-sustaining is that you are very limited in what you can produce at any given time. The resources spent producing food, for instance, cannot be ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Research Archives Re: Please help me with politics in a sci-fic story.

    If a country were truly self-sustaining, then it wouldn't collapse, so that whole premise falls apart right at that point. You also write as if the head of the government ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Research Re: Help with genetic makeup

    Russia alone is a huge country with a large variety of ethnic groups and populations, and the rest of Europe is just as diverse. There is no one characteristic appearance ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Genetic Engineering

    Hang on, isn't the enrichment process different for weapons-grade uranium? No. The uranium used to fuel nuclear power plants is also enriched. The only difference is the degree to which ...

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Genetic Engineering

    Actually, they're different applications of the same technology. A rough analogy would be a controlled burn versus a wildfire -- same physical principles sharing the same trigger, but one is ...

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Where We Have a Conversation about Gun Violence

    A handgun has no use beyond killing, anyone who buys one must, at least deep down, think that at eventually they'll need to use it another person. False. I live ...

    Jan 22, 2013
  • Miscellaneous Re: Basic Debating: Modes of Persuasion

    The goal of a debate is to argue one's side as effectively as possible. As a result, debates are structured to persuade observers and/or the other side(s) of the debate. ...

    Jan 22, 2013


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