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written Friday, June 3 2005 17:05
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Spinners. Huh. A google turned up the Lowell Spinners, farm team for my Red Sox. And a book. What spinners are you referencing? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 3 2005 10:09
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Speaking for the environmental side of things, both personal and corporate, oil extraction is fairly clean when compared to coal. Technology shifts have allowed single platforms to access multiple oil reserves by drilling sideways and diagonally. Recent innovations in transport (double hulled tankers) and much stricter control on personnel (Valdez) have removed much of the danger on the extraction side of things. Coal, is a highly profitably extractive substance due to the large volume of coal to tailings. It also tends to exist near the surface and reclamation is easily accomplished since there are no toxic byproducts from mining. On the other hand, trace and precious metal mining, such as found in Montana, is extremely dangerous to the environment. First let me say it is also the least likely to make you rich, compared to coal or oil. Tailing to ore ratios are on the order of 400:1 for copper mining and 5,000,000:1 for gold mines. So there are huge amounts of toxic waste materials. As rain and melted snow perc through that waste, out leaches all those heavy metals that weren't wanted by the mining company. Of course the ore is also processed on site, typically with cyanide, which stays in the waste ore in a pit. Forever. So not to point fingers, as no one here (I assume) is responsible for the Anaconda Mine or was a director of Pegasus Gold, but environmental damage can be very real and insidious. It causes long-term (read 20,000 years) damages to the surrounding area and inhabitants. I know I wouldn't want to live downstream from an abandoned heap-leach mine. It'd make me go dumb. :eek: :eek: :confused: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Friday, June 3 2005 09:38
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By definition, this is so far off topic as to be spam. But, this was running through my head last night as being more than slightly incongruous and maybe even ironic. So bear with me, and yes it does have a little to do with insults. Most people are heterosexual, from the Greek root heteros, meaning other than usual, meaing that they prefer sexual relations with a different body type than there own. Homosexual means preference of sexual relations with ones own sex, based on the Greek root homos. So far so good, now we understand the root words hetero and homos. Now for the part brought to mind by Eagle's post. Homophobic literally means one of two things. Fear of man, or fear of the same. It is not in my Webster's 3rd edition, but the real meaning seems clear. The fellow showing homophobic tendancies is most likely afraid that he himself is portraying those very traits of which he is accusing you. Like mentioned above, insults are easily hurled by those with tiny brains. Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 22:38
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Huh. I thought that was me that noticed a signature gone missing, which I rescued and safely tucked at the end my "Signature Found" poster. You must have called the reward line faster than I, as you now have both the credit and can claim the notoriety. :D Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 22:33
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I spent some time tonight idly playing carmageddon2 and wondered what [computer] games everyone else plays. Not a huge list, just your favorites. Myself, beyond the mindnumbing Win-card games, and A3,E3,BoA, it is the above mentioned game. Its not that I would enjoy running over people in real life, despite them asking for it. I just get so sick of people sometimes and it seems like a good venting method. And since it is a 16-bit program, it only works for about 20 minutes and then crashes. It's like a built in time limit to prevent me sinking into some glazed over homicidal state. Like rush hour. :mad: So list 'em. Or ignore the topic completely. Or post something about how you hate driving. Just nothing about SW games, cuz I think we all know them and (at least) like them. :) Edit - 1st general topic ever, its taken slightly over a month for a thought to enter my skull. This might be a new personal best... Edit2- Obviously not a fully formed thought, added the limitation of [computer], hopefully preventing the discussion of non-computer games like beer pong. [ Thursday, June 02, 2005 22:45: Message edited by: Smoked Salmon ] Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 19:38
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One of the most obvious benefits of the college degree is the job referral service. There is an implicit value to the name of the outfit issuing the diploma, and that turns into money when it opens the door to interviews. Imagine 2 folks applying for a job, 1 - A guy that went to University of Eastern Oregon, studied his ass off and minored in romance languages while getting 3.85 in his major of ChE. 2 - A guy goes to Cal Tech, naturally brilliant, but is overwhelmed with college and eventually slides by with C- average and a ChE degree. I guarantee you that the CalTech grad will get more interviews than the UEOregon grad. That is the mission of colleges today. Create an aura about their graduates which results in alum getting higher paychecks, and donating more back to the alma mater. This false economy raises the price of education and all corollary services surrounding eduction. How you like them apples? :P Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 11:02
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Personally I think this is a great poll. And it did tell me a lot about AM. For instance, :P Alaska is listed as a country, but (as mentioned) not New Zealand. I've seen several tag lines refer to New Zealand citizenship, so that was a surprise. To summarize, you did beat her to it, but was it worth it? :D Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 10:52
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I personally hate referenced links. Anytime I see the suffix of /?x=23890524, I will either not click on it or will type the direct root link into my browser. No offense meant, but I've made that my policy. I might have been more charitable if instead you had explained the ?p= part of the link out in the open. It never hurts to explain exactly what you are doing, and it avoids these annoying questions. That said, good luck with your game, it looks fun for a person into that type of game. :) Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Thursday, June 2 2005 07:51
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It might have been humane if you mentioned that aspect of the game or link. As it is, I feel a great saddening in the force. According to the game instructions, you could just pay a handfull of euros to play it. Isn't that better than trying to play us for suckers? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 21:10
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I notice that ferion has a referral system that compensates active players if new people come in and sign up. Is that why you didn't post the simple www.ferion.com? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 13:35
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I agree with you Andrew. But post-grad work like law school isn't college. It may be what college used to be like 100 years ago, but that isn't what it is now. I personnally have a very specialized degree in Forestry. I spent some money to get it, but the real world looked at that piece of paper and said "huh, and what experience do you have?" If I had been instead able to say "I don't have any degree, but I've helped to manage a tree farm since I was allowed on the back of a skidder." I might have made the grade. Alternatively, I could have ignored sunk costs and spent even more money to get a Masters degree. I would have seen a pretty good ROI on that decision, but I couldn't get beyond the sunk cost issue. So yeah, folks that go that extra distance usually do come out with more money, and if that is the ultimate goal, then all the power to you. :) Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 08:30
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Being about 20 years past the danger of SAT tests, I can briefly summarize why they are so fascinating by looking at the word groups in sequence. 1. Standardized - Who or what fits in this group? 2. Aptitude - Um, is this where we learn if we would make a good stenographer? 3. Standardized Aptitude - Okay then, this must apply to the most common job type, which would be the Service Industry. 4. Standardized Aptitude Test - The ultimate gauge of you life, as applied to the likelihood that a service industry job is out there waiting for you no matter what your score. 200-800 : Think food. Most likely fast food. 800-1200 : Smile and don't think, that's customer service. 1200-1400 : Armed with a set of little tools, you service the world's computers. 1400-1600 : Armed with high hopes and high college debt, you are ready to ... serve food at high class joints. The only true injustice is the misconception that college in an integral part of life. It isn't. Really. I would hire someone with real experience before hiring a college grad. And not everyone needs to go to college in order to succeed. In fact, very few people that go to college succeed in a relative (ROI) sense. Um, not sure why I said all that, except that maybe someone mentioned a monopolistic gatekeeper type system and I immediately went into rant/hate mode. Apologies. :D Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 07:40
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But but but then I am back where we started, with terrain that can be only container or non-container, with all items contained or non-contained. I wanted some of each, but somewhere settled on someones half-baked idea of overlaying candle/pen-ink graphics on the desks and making new terrains. That's what I get for wanting to eat the damn cake. So, anyone out there still using Win2000 or familiar with what progrs come on it? :) -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 07:40
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But but but then I am back where we started, with terrain that can be only container or non-container, with all items contained or non-contained. I wanted some of each, but somewhere settled on someones half-baked idea of overlaying candle/pen-ink graphics on the desks and making new terrains. That's what I get for wanting to eat the damn cake. So, anyone out there still using Win2000 or familiar with what progrs come on it? :) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 07:29
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Thanks Silver, that looks perfect, but where are you loading the special graphic of the desk with pen/ink? Drakey has begged off, and unless ADoS steps up to the plate... :P What is the simplest program for graphic manipulation that is already on my PC? I may have to do this myself, even though I'm kinda dumb and will probably hurt myself... ;) -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, June 1 2005 07:29
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Thanks Silver, that looks perfect, but where are you loading the special graphic of the desk with pen/ink? Drakey has begged off, and unless ADoS steps up to the plate... :P What is the simplest program for graphic manipulation that is already on my PC? I may have to do this myself, even though I'm kinda dumb and will probably hurt myself... ;) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 22:17
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How about this. If this is a walled city, make a copy of it, but with gates closed. Then use the move_to_new_town call to place them outside the city gates. You could modify this somehow depending on the circumstances, but the fake town method should work. I'm not sure how you could deal with them immediately re-entering the town, or the confusion when they leave the town to appear in the wrong area. Perhaps some other call in a different script would help there... Edit: Stupid me. I didn't think it through. When it comes time to force them out of town, use terrain flipping on your gates, or place terrain like stalagmites in cave mouths. Use teleport to place them outside the walls or outside the cave mouth. Set a flag with the current click and if you want, have the scenario script check that flag to figure out when to reflip the terrains. Without having done it, I don't see why that wouldn't work. It also avoids the problem of move_to_new_town only being a terrain script. [ Tuesday, May 31, 2005 22:32: Message edited by: Smoked Salmon ] -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 22:17
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How about this. If this is a walled city, make a copy of it, but with gates closed. Then use the move_to_new_town call to place them outside the city gates. You could modify this somehow depending on the circumstances, but the fake town method should work. I'm not sure how you could deal with them immediately re-entering the town, or the confusion when they leave the town to appear in the wrong area. Perhaps some other call in a different script would help there... Edit: Stupid me. I didn't think it through. When it comes time to force them out of town, use terrain flipping on your gates, or place terrain like stalagmites in cave mouths. Use teleport to place them outside the walls or outside the cave mouth. Set a flag with the current click and if you want, have the scenario script check that flag to figure out when to reflip the terrains. Without having done it, I don't see why that wouldn't work. It also avoids the problem of move_to_new_town only being a terrain script. [ Tuesday, May 31, 2005 22:32: Message edited by: Smoked Salmon ] -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 20:43
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I'll screw around all summer pretending to work, but no one ever checks up on me, so it's cool if I just work in the garden or go fishing. Gonna remodel my house too, so that will take away from any potential I had for being remotely interested in working. On the other hand I need the paycheck to pay for that other fun stuff, so I guess another summer will fly by with me wishing I could be having fun instead of work. Of course, on the other hand, since I have three hands, my job rocks and I regularly work at home so I could be gardening and "thinking about work stuff" at the same time. Actually, that sounds much more interesting than working and "thinking about gardening stuff." So that's what I'll do this summer. Except in July, when I definitely will be salmon fishing in the Pac Ocean. :D Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 16:53
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Just pretend for a brief second that not all is said in utter sincerity. Follow that with a grin, cuz the newbie is razzing #7, who is apparently a fairly important functionary in these forums. And then relax, knowing that you will probably know more about computers by the time you hit 20 than I have learned in the past 25 years. You lucky SOB. :) -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 16:53
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Just pretend for a brief second that not all is said in utter sincerity. Follow that with a grin, cuz the newbie is razzing #7, who is apparently a fairly important functionary in these forums. And then relax, knowing that you will probably know more about computers by the time you hit 20 than I have learned in the past 25 years. You lucky SOB. :) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 15:16
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Common sense like that would typically get me in trouble, yet you pull it off with such ease. Was that you volunteering to make such a graphic? ;) -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 15:16
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Common sense like that would typically get me in trouble, yet you pull it off with such ease. Was that you volunteering to make such a graphic? ;) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 11:02
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Typical. Now it becomes obvious why the docs say that trying to NC an item that should be contained is 'not recommended.' It would definitely drive a person nuts. I'll have to use a table instead of a desk, but here is another thought. I suck at graphics, but wouldn't it be possible to create a custom terrain (say a desk) that was modified to not act like a container? Yikes, then that would just be a pretty red table. Never mind. Maybe Jeff will come up with a valid reason for the C/NC coding and possibly even adjust the engine?? :) -------------------- WWtNSD? Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, May 31 2005 11:02
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Typical. Now it becomes obvious why the docs say that trying to NC an item that should be contained is 'not recommended.' It would definitely drive a person nuts. I'll have to use a table instead of a desk, but here is another thought. I suck at graphics, but wouldn't it be possible to create a custom terrain (say a desk) that was modified to not act like a container? Yikes, then that would just be a pretty red table. Never mind. Maybe Jeff will come up with a valid reason for the C/NC coding and possibly even adjust the engine?? :) -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |