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The O' Club / Re: AI in a box
« Last post by The Fugitive on Today at 09:31:27 PM »
I LOVED Zork !!!+ Had an easil next to the computor. The family mapped it out while playig. Great fun witb hours of play time.

Myst was my otber favorite !!*

Zork was popular because the playing field was in your mind.

Got Myst in VR, that is crazy!
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Aces High General Discussion / Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Last post by The Fugitive on Today at 09:27:31 PM »

Agreed. Have tried offering general heavy strategic missions on a much smaller scale due to lack of player base. I guess I could try and put them up again as an occasional change of pace from the default "conga line" stuff. No harm in that. I know there are still enemy interceptor pilots who would love this as well.

From a team aspect I never saw the help in hitting strats as a help. Sure they can add great times to the resupplies of different things, but to me they are best use as a distraction. While the team you hit runs resupply you can hit more of their bases. To me a dedicated group of bombers would be a better help to their team if they hit VHs or FHs at bases along the front where the attack is. Be it as defense, or offense to help the front advance.

Either way, as long as your having fun, its the best play.
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What a great painting!

- oldman
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Aces High General Discussion / Re: <SALUTE> Lusche and SAAB
« Last post by thndregg on Today at 05:47:50 PM »
It would be neat to see any mission in MA..


Agreed. Have tried offering general heavy strategic missions on a much smaller scale due to lack of player base. I guess I could try and put them up again as an occasional change of pace from the default "conga line" stuff. No harm in that. I know there are still enemy interceptor pilots who would love this as well.
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The O' Club / 3 Sentient Species on Earth
« Last post by AKKuya on Today at 05:41:14 PM »
I asked ChatGPT if Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnons could live in the present day?

Answer:

Short answer: Yes — they could physically live in the present day, though with different levels of challenge and adaptation.

Here’s the breakdown:

Homo sapiens (us)

Already here — nothing special needed.

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis)

If a Neanderthal were alive today:

Biologically

They were fully human relatives with:

Robust bodies adapted to cold climates

Large brains (often slightly larger than ours)

Stronger bones and muscle mass

They would be able to breathe our air, digest our food, and survive pathogens similarly to us (though some diseases might hit them harder).

Behavior & cognition

Neanderthals made tools, controlled fire, buried their dead, made art, and had symbolic behavior.

Cognition was different, but not “primitive.”

Could they live today?

Yes, with:

Early-life exposure to modern culture and language

Medical care for immune weaknesses

Social support for adapting to a complex technological world

A Neanderthal raised from infancy in a modern human family would likely function similarly to a modern person.

Cro-Magnons

“Cro-Magnon” doesn’t mean a separate species — it refers to the earliest European Homo sapiens (around 40k–10k years ago).

They were:

Anatomically modern humans

As intelligent as us

Physically strong and well-adapted to harsh environments

Could they live today?

Absolutely.
If you gave a Cro-Magnon baby a modern upbringing, they’d be indistinguishable from any other child.

They were us.

Overall Answer
Could all three live today?

✔ Homo sapiens: Already alive
✔ Neanderthals: Yes, biologically compatible with modern Earth
✔ Cro-Magnons: Yes — they were modern humans

Biggest challenges for Neanderthals

Cultural/language adaptation

Possible immune system differences

Social acceptance due to physical differences

But nothing biologically prevents them from living in the modern world.


That would be an awesome situation.  A whole different history intertwined.

The Miss Universe pageant might be a little hairy.
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Films and Screenshots / Our friend GE in a TF 51-D "Crazy Horse"
« Last post by Animl-AW on Today at 05:35:35 PM »
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The O' Club / Re: Project Hail Mary
« Last post by Getback on Today at 05:34:00 PM »
I don't normally dream in color. I know that because there have been a few times that I did and they stood out bigly. One dream several years ago I was inside my house and when I walked out everyone was looking out across the empty plain at a huge space ship hovering above the ground. I just stood there staring at it with an ominous feeling. Full Technicolor.

Only UFO I've ever seen.  ;)

 :rofl
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The O' Club / Re: AI in a box
« Last post by AKIron on Today at 05:15:04 PM »
What is a grue?
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Hardware and Software / Re: Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« Last post by Animl-AW on Today at 04:44:55 PM »
Even worse worse, both Bitcoin and AI can easily have bubble burst that would make those prices all for nothing.
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Hardware and Software / Re: Recent RAM prices . . . incredible
« Last post by Eagler on Today at 04:44:38 PM »
Thank goodness a game as fantastic to play as AH does not require high specs to enjoy completely..

Eagler
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