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    Is Instant Teleportation Possible?

    Also, responding to a question in the subject isn't responding "wrongly". You're posting "wrongly" by putting content in the post that differs from the subject.
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    Is Instant Teleportation Possible?

    Instant? No, impossible. Offset by the speed of light? Not inherently impossible, but it's nowhere near the horizon of technological feasibility either, and maybe never will be.
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    Is Instant Teleportation Possible?

    1. No, teleportation is not physically possible. It violates the either of the first two laws of thermodynamics. 2. Yes, I usually don't read things very closely. 3. You really really should have put a random nonsense question in the OP with an easy answer like "fudge".
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    Poll: Can a review be valid if the reviewer did not finish the game in question?

    If the game was so bad that it wasn't even worth finishing, or was so bad that it wasn't even feasible to finish, that's clearly part of a review.
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    Bad Idea on Paper, but a Great Success

    Games that sound stupid summarized but are actually awesome. Go. "Put stones on a wood slab to surround your opponent's stones."
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    Poll: "Fallout 3": Why Do Fans of the First Two Dislike It?

    I dislike Fallout 3 as a fan of Fallout 1 and 2 for basically the same reason I dislike Oblivion as a fan of Daggerfall and Morrowind. Because the modern Bethesda kind of sucks at making games, especially in terms of the geography. Oh and also because of Moira.
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    Zero Punctuation: Minecraft

    Yeah, and notch would inevitably have had to implement charcoal if he hadn't already planned on it anyway. Either that or start the player off with a torch (or lantern when they get implemented). The "new feature" option's way better than the "starting equipment" route.
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    Zero Punctuation: Minecraft

    So Yahtzee, there's this stuff in Minecraft called CHARCOAL, made by burning wood (wood can be used as fuel too!), which means you don't need to frantically search for coal in the ground to avoid being exploded on Night 1. It took me two weeks to discover this fact, so I share it with you freely.
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    Most practical martial art?

    Seconded. If you're looking to maximize your success in combat, carry a weapon. And as far as your continued survival is concerned, the most useful thing to learn is how to effectively disarm an opponent. In real life, a fight will tend to include a weapon. If there's only one weapon in play, it...
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    Poll: Blue eyes?. It means you're a genius

    Ah, the Great American Lie. Anyone can do anything with a little elbow grease. You will find that the entire rest of the world has long since grown up enough to know this simply is not true. In fact, the vast majority of people in the world who do hard work, did not, do not, and will not sparkle...
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    Poll: Terminator series: is it getting better or worse?

    I think if T4 had gone to theaters with its original ending, the series would be getting much worse. Since they re-shot the ending, it's meh. Samey samey. It never was an especially good franchise, and you shouldn't try to think about the temporal paradoxes too much.
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    Poll: Favorite Holiday Drink

    Jameson Irish whiskey, just like my favorite drink every other day.
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    Favorite RPG?

    Ultima VII Part 2: The Serpent Isle. It's too bad it got rushed and that the whole second half of the game was compromised, as well as the layout of Fawn and Moonshade (they were both supposed to have additional z-levels and walkways), etc. I've been thinking about remaking it, closer to the...
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    Poll: Any multi-instrumentalists with us on the escapist? + Best instrument ever! poll

    Guitar, bass guitar, violin, alto saxophone... kazoo? The violin is the best musical instrument ever, and Bach's double violin concerto in D minor (BWV 1043) is the best piece of music ever.
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    Poll: How old is an adult?

    An adult is old enough to know better. Therefore, even some people in their 40s are not adults, and some 12-year-olds are.