Hmm, just curious: In FoePa's screenies the debug output states hard AI credits being 3030.2 vs. 3020.1 for player - assuming the game was paused all the time, would that not indicate hard AI indeed get's a bonus?
[quote]considering we've been genetically altering foods for millennia i don't think we should stop here[/quote] There are two big differences between breeding and genetical engineering: 1. Speed of change: With breeding you have usually several generations time to look for side effects. GM companies will always minimize time-to-market, which means, well, no testing at all? 2. Range of change: With the ability to put genes from totally different races together, GM thro
[quote]The difference is that the bulk of the costs in Europe are taxes which then go to mass transit. Things are a lot more spread out in the US, making mass transit ineffective in all but the bigger cities, and biking/walking often infeasible. As such, gas prices have a much greater impact here--cheap travel is a necessity.[/quote] There is indeed a difference in the population density between North America and Europe. But I don't think, that it has to be ineffective because of that.
