I remember reading about a survey where they asked people how good a driver they thought they were. The majority of people considered themselves above average drivers. Now by definition the majority of people can't be above average so it seems the average person has an inflated opinion of their capabilities.
Ridiculous PCs are not only dead but I'm not sure they were alive in the first place. I've never needed 4 gps, 2kW PS, etc to play new games. Reasonable PC configurations are alive and well.
Or better yet, stop abandoning the moral responsibility to enact justice using human beings who can consider the facts on hand, not by using some automated mindless process.
I actually saw the tree being carried on a flatbed to Boston this year. It had a police escort and a banner on it saying "From the people of Nova Scotia".
I'm just amazed that they thought someone would bother nuking Canada. The only people I can think of who would bother are Boston Bruins fans but they would just hit Montreal.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume most readers have never climbed about 10,000 ft. I haven't been up any 8,000 meter peaks myself but my few times about 14,000 ft have taught me that the big danger isn't so much the direct low 02 pressure (pulmonary edema, cerebral edema) but the intense urge to just sit and "rest for a while". The body's ability to generate heat is hampered by the lack of O2, add to that a very cold environment, strong winds, and someone deciding to sit and rest and they may never get up again. Fatigue on top of a complete loss of motivation and disorientation is the big killer. Hypothermia alone will lead you to this state; low O2 combined with it is a doubled threat. Even if you don't lie down you make mistakes with gear, improperly tie knots, put crampons on wrong, etc.
Most accidents happen on the way down regardless of the altitude. It is when people are their most fatigued, let their guard down, have gravity tugging them away from the slope, and are rushing to beat sundown. When you reach the summit people forget they are only 50% done. As the old saying goes, "Summitting is optional, descending is mandatory."
As far as the sherpa vs nonsherpa death rate I'd say you have to take into account that sherpas grow up and live at high altitudes. They also are frequently used for many expeditions so they are in very good shape physically and are well trained. Compare that to someone who may have only been to high altitude a few times in their life and who's last major climbing trip may have been years ago. Sherpas, unlike the other climbers, aren't there expecting to summit. They frequently are manning camps, laying fixed lines at lower altitudes, setting up higher camps, etc. They don't have summit fever and if told to turn around will do so (remember, the clients on Everest can be paying $65,000 to be there). They can still get altitude sickness though. I have read about sherpas going to, say, coastal India for a while and then getting altitude sickness apon returning to high altitude.
There is the possibility that the impactor that is theorized to have created the moon formed from the same elemental "soup" as the earth. The planetary disk around the young sun may not have been 100% homogenous in these metals (we know it wasn't homogenous in terms of volatile elements and chemicals). Since the impactor very likely formed in the same region as the earth it should have had a very similar composition. The meteorites we see today are not necessarily representative of all the regions in the primordial solar system and I think it is a mistake to compare what was probably a protoplanetary iron/nickel core remnant formed near Jupiter with the Earth's mantle.
I'd take anything in Cosmos magazine with a healthy dose of skepticism. Since the article is slashdotted these points may already be addressed but anyway...
There is growing evidence based on analysis of ancient crust and zircon crystals that cratons (continental cores) formed much earlier than thought and that the earth was only molten for a very short period, if at all.
I would say there should be evidence of a massive mineral anomaly in the earth's crust. No massive nuclear eruption big enough to put the mass of the moon into orbit could take place without leaving a very large geographic trace with anomalous minerals and elemental levels (iron, radiation decay products, olivine, etc). There is no evidence that such a thing has ever been the case. Even in areas where oceananic crust has been subducted there should be volcanic areas rich in these elements. The earth's big iron deposits are the banded iron desposits thought to have originated when oxygen was produced by the first photosynthetic life and the iron was oxidized out of the oceans. The african natural reactor example some have given is very small in terms of geography, certainly not enough to act as proof of a massive nuclear eruption.
Don't tell me the federal government is going to start basing science decisions on science instead of emotion or pandering to certain political groups? That just wouldn't feel right.
I bet believes in infinite copyright periods also. He'll need to make a payment to the estate of Julius Caesar for that copy of "Caesar's Gallic Wars" now.
Or, release "honey pot" numbers to the criminals. Mix them in with the real ones (they already know that info so you aren't comprimising anything). Anyone who accesses those dummy accounts must be a criminal and can be targeted for investigation.
I have to mention my favorite quest so far, the "suicide bomber" quest in Howling Fjord. Running a big golem bomb around a town grabbing aggro then detonating leaving a big mess. Easy and fun.
Then there is the tank quest in the Borean Tundra area where you drive a tank with a cannon and saw blade on the front. I think one of Blizzard's developers must've been a Carmageddon fan.
The quests are nicely clustered geographically which means I can crank through almost 10 or so in a couple hours. The new tabard rule for gaining reputation also means I have greater freedom for how and where I gain reputation. In TBC if the only group I can find wants to run an instance I can't gain rep from anymore I felt like I was wasting my time. That is no longer the case.
I'm impressed by the way Northrend captures the feel of real environments I've visited, like Iceland for example. The sharp drop offs into the water, the narrow beaches, tundra, hydrothermal pools (complete with mineral deposits), the fields transitioning into snow fields, etc. The only thing I haven't seen yet is realistic glacial terrain (moraines, rock fields, crevasses, etc) but then again I haven't seen all of Northrend yet.
I appreciate the short instances. I agree that you lose something like the elaborate instances like BRD or even Scholomance but at least you can do a run in the evening without having to abandon your family or sleep. I think short instances are a necessary evil for those of us who don't have unlimited time to spare.
Funny you are complaining about BOP items. Many leatherworkers have been frustrated by the lack of high level BOE items that can make the profession more profitable. Engineering has always had some very nice but completely unprofitable items too. It is nice to be able to at least support your fellow guildies for once with crafted gear.
As far as PVP gear goes I guarantee you it will be coming up in a future patch soon. Blizzard has always supported any feature that encourages grinding.:)
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It means you need $50 Monster cables to get maximum performance with it!
Actually she is very popular with woman in the Middle East. In countries like Saudi Arabia copies of her "O" magazine are in great demand.
I was about to get upset over this but then I realized that the space program has been militarized for decades. This just would reduce the overhead.
I remember reading about a survey where they asked people how good a driver they thought they were. The majority of people considered themselves above average drivers. Now by definition the majority of people can't be above average so it seems the average person has an inflated opinion of their capabilities.
Ridiculous PCs are not only dead but I'm not sure they were alive in the first place. I've never needed 4 gps, 2kW PS, etc to play new games. Reasonable PC configurations are alive and well.
Or better yet, stop abandoning the moral responsibility to enact justice using human beings who can consider the facts on hand, not by using some automated mindless process.
Just make sure to clean those intake filters and clean the dust out of that old gear. It is pretty scary how much builds up in an air cooled box.
I also like to take a little copper polish to the motherboard every now and then but that is just me.
I'm sure they'll roll this back once the economy recovers. Right!?
I actually saw the tree being carried on a flatbed to Boston this year. It had a police escort and a banner on it saying "From the people of Nova Scotia".
I'm just amazed that they thought someone would bother nuking Canada. The only people I can think of who would bother are Boston Bruins fans but they would just hit Montreal.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume most readers have never climbed about 10,000 ft. I haven't been up any 8,000 meter peaks myself but my few times about 14,000 ft have taught me that the big danger isn't so much the direct low 02 pressure (pulmonary edema, cerebral edema) but the intense urge to just sit and "rest for a while". The body's ability to generate heat is hampered by the lack of O2, add to that a very cold environment, strong winds, and someone deciding to sit and rest and they may never get up again. Fatigue on top of a complete loss of motivation and disorientation is the big killer. Hypothermia alone will lead you to this state; low O2 combined with it is a doubled threat. Even if you don't lie down you make mistakes with gear, improperly tie knots, put crampons on wrong, etc.
Most accidents happen on the way down regardless of the altitude. It is when people are their most fatigued, let their guard down, have gravity tugging them away from the slope, and are rushing to beat sundown. When you reach the summit people forget they are only 50% done. As the old saying goes, "Summitting is optional, descending is mandatory."
As far as the sherpa vs nonsherpa death rate I'd say you have to take into account that sherpas grow up and live at high altitudes. They also are frequently used for many expeditions so they are in very good shape physically and are well trained. Compare that to someone who may have only been to high altitude a few times in their life and who's last major climbing trip may have been years ago. Sherpas, unlike the other climbers, aren't there expecting to summit. They frequently are manning camps, laying fixed lines at lower altitudes, setting up higher camps, etc. They don't have summit fever and if told to turn around will do so (remember, the clients on Everest can be paying $65,000 to be there). They can still get altitude sickness though. I have read about sherpas going to, say, coastal India for a while and then getting altitude sickness apon returning to high altitude.
So does this mean I'll leave there with a nice stamina buff, some extra mana per 5 sec, and look like a ninja?
The big downside is that you have to kill lots of the staff to get your bill to drop.
You are complaining about scientific unit names to Slashdot? Have you seen some of the names for Linux apps?
Those were supposed to be ";-)" but he couldn't afford the licensing fee for anything except the ","
There is the possibility that the impactor that is theorized to have created the moon formed from the same elemental "soup" as the earth. The planetary disk around the young sun may not have been 100% homogenous in these metals (we know it wasn't homogenous in terms of volatile elements and chemicals). Since the impactor very likely formed in the same region as the earth it should have had a very similar composition. The meteorites we see today are not necessarily representative of all the regions in the primordial solar system and I think it is a mistake to compare what was probably a protoplanetary iron/nickel core remnant formed near Jupiter with the Earth's mantle.
I'd take anything in Cosmos magazine with a healthy dose of skepticism. Since the article is slashdotted these points may already be addressed but anyway...
There is growing evidence based on analysis of ancient crust and zircon crystals that cratons (continental cores) formed much earlier than thought and that the earth was only molten for a very short period, if at all.
I would say there should be evidence of a massive mineral anomaly in the earth's crust. No massive nuclear eruption big enough to put the mass of the moon into orbit could take place without leaving a very large geographic trace with anomalous minerals and elemental levels (iron, radiation decay products, olivine, etc). There is no evidence that such a thing has ever been the case. Even in areas where oceananic crust has been subducted there should be volcanic areas rich in these elements. The earth's big iron deposits are the banded iron desposits thought to have originated when oxygen was produced by the first photosynthetic life and the iron was oxidized out of the oceans. The african natural reactor example some have given is very small in terms of geography, certainly not enough to act as proof of a massive nuclear eruption.
Don't tell me the federal government is going to start basing science decisions on science instead of emotion or pandering to certain political groups? That just wouldn't feel right.
I'd take anything said by a cartoonist with a grain of salt.
I bet believes in infinite copyright periods also. He'll need to make a payment to the estate of Julius Caesar for that copy of "Caesar's Gallic Wars" now.
Of course the Disney Corp believes this also.
Oblig MP quotes:
"That's no ordinary bunny!"
"That rabbit's dynamite."
Or, release "honey pot" numbers to the criminals. Mix them in with the real ones (they already know that info so you aren't comprimising anything). Anyone who accesses those dummy accounts must be a criminal and can be targeted for investigation.
Speaking of Blizzard spicing up quests...
I have to mention my favorite quest so far, the "suicide bomber" quest in Howling Fjord. Running a big golem bomb around a town grabbing aggro then detonating leaving a big mess. Easy and fun.
Then there is the tank quest in the Borean Tundra area where you drive a tank with a cannon and saw blade on the front. I think one of Blizzard's developers must've been a Carmageddon fan.
The quests are nicely clustered geographically which means I can crank through almost 10 or so in a couple hours. The new tabard rule for gaining reputation also means I have greater freedom for how and where I gain reputation. In TBC if the only group I can find wants to run an instance I can't gain rep from anymore I felt like I was wasting my time. That is no longer the case.
I'm impressed by the way Northrend captures the feel of real environments I've visited, like Iceland for example. The sharp drop offs into the water, the narrow beaches, tundra, hydrothermal pools (complete with mineral deposits), the fields transitioning into snow fields, etc. The only thing I haven't seen yet is realistic glacial terrain (moraines, rock fields, crevasses, etc) but then again I haven't seen all of Northrend yet.
I appreciate the short instances. I agree that you lose something like the elaborate instances like BRD or even Scholomance but at least you can do a run in the evening without having to abandon your family or sleep. I think short instances are a necessary evil for those of us who don't have unlimited time to spare.
Funny you are complaining about BOP items. Many leatherworkers have been frustrated by the lack of high level BOE items that can make the profession more profitable. Engineering has always had some very nice but completely unprofitable items too. It is nice to be able to at least support your fellow guildies for once with crafted gear.
As far as PVP gear goes I guarantee you it will be coming up in a future patch soon. Blizzard has always supported any feature that encourages grinding. :)
But you get the quest to save the innocent little baby mammoths from the traps! Awwww, they are sooo cute.