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Quoting: HamishNo offence intended to Mr. Tyson, but it would probably be more accurate to describe him as being a popular scientist instead, given his prominence as a science communicator over his more academic work.

That is true, but I'd argue that popular science is just as important as hard (unpopular? :)) science. Shared science is the best science.

It was not meant as a value judgment, but the reason you know him is because he is on television, rather than for his actual studies and the work he has done as an astrophysicist and cosmologist.

Contrast him to someone like Richard Dawkins, who admittedly is also under the media spotlight, but is known for his significant contributions to evolutionary biology, especially with memetics.

In Tyson's case, the only one to really reach the public eye is his advocacy for the reclassification of Pluto.

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Quoting: lucifertdarkThe words Popular, respected & scientist shouldn't be used to describe him, Fraud & liar would be better descriptions for him.

Somebody still upset about what happened to Pluto then? :P

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No offence intended to Mr. Tyson, but it would probably be more accurate to describe him as being a popular scientist instead, given his prominence as a science communicator over his more academic work. But I do accept that I am probably being overly pedantic here.

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I imagine Classic Redux will be on Linux from GOG when Galaxy is.

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No Americans, you should stay home. Don't get your zombies to follow you here. :><:

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I'm playing Daikatana. It's alright. :P

Not that I have touched it for a few weeks. I blame the bees.

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Quoting: LukeNukemBut once you got past the first 2/3 levels, it got fun.

The Greek levels are actually pretty great. The Discus of Daedalus is awesome. Norway is fun too.

I remember having trouble running this through WINE back in the day as you had to use the unpatched version as it was the only one with a No-CD fix. Definitely going to give this a try. :)

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In a strange reversal I just finished the entirety of Doom 3 after going through almost half the game in one glorious four hour stretch of violence and glory. :woot:

Quoting: id Software PDAThanks to Id fans everywhere .. special mention to Mac/Linux players and European gamers.

It's been a wild ride .. I look forward to the future.

TTimo
Paris, France

If only Timothee, if only... :|

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Does not have my primary resolution of 1400x1050.

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Still playing through classic Doom 3 using the dhewm3 source port. Just got myself into Delta Labs.

Most of my gaming has been slowed due to time constraints unfortunately. :(

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