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According to James Derk in his Scripps Howard syndicated column, Yahoo! Answers is now a disaster. He says it was once useful but now is overrun with spam, chat-happy posters and others who simply disregard the guidelines knowing there will be little to no retribution.
I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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DM said 9:13AM on 8-07-2006
I always preferred metafilter instead of yahoo. They seem to have a better control of things.
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Jonathan Harford said 9:23AM on 8-07-2006
Ha! The only part where I disagree is the idea that Yahoo Answers has ever been useful. Yahoo Answers is great to find answers to a question that's similar to the one you asked. (Example: Q. "What's a good mp3 player besides the iPod?" A. "Apple sells a great mp3 player called the iPod!") I, too, prefer Ask Metafilter when I actually want a useful answer.
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Claudiu Spulber said 9:41AM on 8-07-2006
I agree, I answered a couple of times but I got bored after. They lack stimulation. If they would give some prizes (gadgets, trips ...) for top users, would be more appealing. Without stimulation is just another service created just-because-competition-offers-one-too.
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ToddZ said 10:52AM on 8-07-2006
This is news? I knew Yahoo Answers was useless upon first glance. It's not Yahoo's fault, though. They have a huge user base, and simply opening the floodgates to a Q&A service resulted in an enormous signal-to-noise ratio. "Answers" was immediately drowned in people who clearly don't know how to use the web. Witness a sampling of current questions:
Does anyone know of a free software that allows me to enter school grades?
I'm buying & selling used computor, Electronic goods in big or small quatity.?
My car's fender have been hit lightly,how can I fix it?
How can religious people continue to believe so many things that have been proven wrong?
Whats the simplest way to maintain plush toys?
How do I make an online game more challenging?
how do i search for someone who might be a yahoo customer?
IF i am not Jewish but i had sex with a Jewish girl does the Jewish get mad than now they mix with my blood?
how to open a food stall at woodstock?
how do i get free sponsership for college or university?
What is a type of dog to keep inside that does not shead and is easy to house train?
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David Provost said 11:01AM on 8-07-2006
Some time ago someone posted "What's the worst possible question to Ask MetaFilter?" to Ask MetaFilter. The responses were hilarious, and someone went and asked a few choice ones on Yahoo Answers. It was hilarious and awful. I'll try to find the actual thread from AskMe when I get home from work.
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P.S. Tail said 8:45PM on 8-08-2006
David: that was actually on Metachat, a Mefi offshoot.
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