> Fallen Angel wrote:

> In any event... As stated, its an online game, not RL, so it doesn't have to make perfect logical sense via RL methodology... Godwin.

Does that mean you're endorsing the name change from research points to flying monkey poo points?

Explanation: Before the expansion of empires occurred throughout the universe, planets everywhere were littered with flying monkeys... hundreds of trillions of them!  The flying monkeys aren't dangerous, except that as part of a mating ritual, they will fling monkey poo at industrial hardware, with the females being attracted to the males which can cause the greatest economic or political calamity.  Often, monkeys will even smuggle themselves on military ships, in order to fling monkey poo at the engines or other systems.

Anyway, obviously, it's a distraction to any facilities to even have monkeys flying around their facilities.  As a result, the government initiates efforts to stop flying monkey damage to systems through investment in flying monkey poo points.  These points are technically investments in facilities meant to control the flying monkey infestation, whether it be shielding on facilities, inspecting fighters for monkeys before they leave for battle, or clearing monkeys from Living Quarters so as to increase the number of people living there (little known fact: Living Quarters are actually built to hold twice as many people.  However, flying monkeys have a habit of taking over 50% of the quarters when available).  This investment either takes the form of one-shot capital investments, or producing factories meant solely to construct the drones, shields, and scanners necessary to control the monkey infestation.

Windows 7 definitely wasn't his idea

And this is why I'm not a philosophy major. 

The other thing I'm wondering here... how linked are some of these to the budget?  Okay, I can understand things like union reform... but the federal prosecution thing?

> sdfdsgdfs wrote:

> And godwin your analogy is stupid at best, this is a game, not RL.

You have to separate the two complaints here.

You are saying that the idea of having a mechanism by which a person can invest (either through direct cash inflow or a building producing that cash flow) to increase the percentage of one or more of 5 categories, with the ability to move those investments from one category to another... is a good idea.

I am saying that having that mechanism be called "research" is stupid because it in no way reflects how "research" works.  You might as well call it "flying monkey poo points."

Built a spaceship out of toothpicks, only to realize that an entirely wooden frame doesn't do so well on reentry.

TERRIBLE IDEA!

Socialist intervention in market economics only creates unsustainable economic systems, encouraging inefficient productivity.  Any centralized price planning system will inevitably diverge from what natural markets would charge, driving the system into inevitable resource shortages.

In addition, you can't control all markets.  If the legal method to exchange is controlled, illegal markets will inevitably take its place, creating a completely uncontrolled industry alongside the currently existing legitimate market.

Not the worst... but definitely not a good idea. 

First of all, it's just... well... not representative of anything.  After 10 years of researching more effective ways of mining, resource materialization, and farming, your researchers, and the entire nation... gets a lobotomy to forget about genetic modification, so that they can learn to shoot better?

I'll let someone else get into the balancing problem. 

See... I've heard of moral relativism (that standards of ethics are subjective from one individual to another), but never on a level as to question existence on the same level Justinian is claiming...

Please explain, in your own words, the concept of relativism. 

"they May Take Our Lives, But They Will Never Take Our Freedom!"

Supposedly quit, but is still here saying stuff about the person above him