Yes, I'm from Norway. The climate here varies a lot, with a long coast, mountains in the center/south of the country, and woodlands in the south/east. Some parts of Norway have the same climate as some parts of Canada, but there really isn't just one type of climate here.:)
From the press release:
"Specifically, the ESRB has now admitted that it rated this game "Teen" without even reviewing the entire game, unlike the movie industry rating system that is based upon a movie seen in its entirety. The ESRB, which is supposed to be the guardian of kids, simply didn't even try to do its job."
Obiously, they have no idea how much time it would take to "review the entire game". Oblivion is a huuuuge open-ended RPG game, and if someone should play through the entire game, even if they did it systematicaly in the fastest way possible, it would probably take at least hundreds of hours. And then I'm only thinking about doing every quest and visiting every sqare inch of land, water, dungeons, houses, etc. If one should take into account every possible gaming experience possible with the character-sysem, the radiant AI, the physics system, one could play until the sun goes supernova, and still not be finished with it.... The problem here, is that they are comparing pples and orangutans, and as much as this shows how little insight they have into the workings of modern videogames, and how different they are compared to media such as movies, trying to explain it to them would probably be like trying to explain the rules of chess to an average two-year old.
"Ssssh, you'll upset the evolutionists!"
What does this have to do with anything? I belive in evolution. I'm just commenting on the parent posters question on when humans began defending themselves against giant birds, pointing out that no where in the article, there is any mention on fully grown pre-humans being hunted by birds.
The article says nothing about adult-sized pre-humans being hunted by birds, only monkeys and one pre-human child, so I don't think there ever where a problem with birds hunting fully grown Hominidae or adult members of the homo genus, at least there is no scientific backing for it that I know of.
Permafrost =/= ice caps/glacier.[br][br]
Permafrost is solid soil that stays frozen because of the climate. Even if the polar ice caps did melt, most permafrost exists at high altitude, and will stay frozen and unaffected if the polar ice caps melt.
Hovertank 3D by ID was the first 3D FPS on PC, according to ID software themselves. Both the Catacomb 3D(which came out before Wolf3D) and Wolfenstein 3D engines evolved from the Hovertank 3D raycasting-engine.
However, the game Darkside on C64 and other platforms came out in 1988, and allthough it could hardly be called fast-paced, it featured a first-person perspective and movement in a (in some ways more advanced than Wolf3D)3D world.
"The only thing I'm not a big fan of on the new one is the ability to lose parts of it."
Those parts(the bits, you won't loose any of the other tools, at least not any more than other Leathermen) are easily replaced when you buy the bits-set, and at the same time, the bits-holder lets you expand the functionality of the tool, so for a lot of people the bit's are a good idea.
I got myself the New Model Leatherman Wave at the moment it came out, and can't be happier. It has 2 large knives, saw, file, 2 bits-holders(which includes two two-sided bits, additional bits are available from Leatherman), scissors, Large flat screwdriver(phillips-screwdrivers in two sizes in the included bits), can opener, better ruler, etc.
You can also get a 21 piece bit-kit for it, which is great for technicians(check the link, and scroll down.). It also appears that it's has a lower price than the titanium Leatherman models, while having the same amount of tools. The reason, ofcourse, is that it's steel, and therefore somewhat heavier.
I have used mine extensivly, both at work, and at canoe-trips into the wildernes, and just love it. All the tools and knives are locking, and the whole thong is just dandy.:)
It is true that tsunamis travel really fast, but only when in deep water. When the tsunami enters more shallow water, the speed goes down to about 40-50mph, while the wave itself starts to grow in height because of the higher-speed water pushing from behind. This is also the reason that the tsunami is more or less invisible when traveling across deep water.
As far as I know, global warming doesn't increase or decrease the likehood of earthquakes one bit, so how you can blame this on the USA is beyond me. Maybe I'm missing something. Like to explain your logic?
I actually have the cd here. Yes. Original.:) Played trough it too, allthough, had to cheat in the final sequence on the mountaintop(with the two allosauruses(?)) to win.
Yes, sure the world is safer without Saddam Hussain. Now, the extremists got another reason to hate the US, namly for attacking a sovereign country for false reasons.
The war has only ended up as another reason for hating the US for muslims, in adition to the fact that the security-situation inside iraq is worse than ever.
Saddam Hussain was by no means as saint, but at least he kept his country's extremists under controll. Now, what the US forgot to mention was that about 70% of Iraqis is on the same fundamentalist level as Iran, and with free elections, they will probably end up with a Theocracy instead. A theocracy that hates the US... Which is safer again?
Because I (probably) signed up for something at a conferance sometime in the ninethies, Sun sent me a Solaris 7 package, which i tried out just for fun, and ended up using almost as much as my Linux and Windows boxes, because I just liked the feel and consistency of the whole thing.
The HP49G+ has an IR port, expandable memory, and HP have improved the keys on the new ones. I have had no problems with either the keys or the famous "screen earthquake" happening with earlier versions of the HP49G+ software.
"...Oh, right: and the underlying CPU blows the doors off of a 4mHz ARM9. It's got a 66mHz ARM9 *and* a 33mHz arm.."
On HP's website, the HP49G+ is listed as having a 75MHz ARM9. It's because it's emulating the old Saturn CPU, that makes it run only three times faster than a 4MHz Saturn processor. By compiling code that runs directly on the 75MHz ARM9, this calculator will run the same code faster than on a 66MHz ARM9, but maybe you didn't bother to read the links provided in the article.
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Yes, I'm from Norway. The climate here varies a lot, with a long coast, mountains in the center/south of the country, and woodlands in the south/east. Some parts of Norway have the same climate as some parts of Canada, but there really isn't just one type of climate here. :)
Damn, commenting someones bad spelling of the name of my country, and I manage to get it misspelled myself. Hehe.. Ofcourse it's "Norwegian". :)
It's spelled Norvegian. :)
Yes, I know that. You know that. Most of the Slashdot-crowd know that. But obiously, the people behind the press-release in action, don't know that.
From the press release: "Specifically, the ESRB has now admitted that it rated this game "Teen" without even reviewing the entire game, unlike the movie industry rating system that is based upon a movie seen in its entirety. The ESRB, which is supposed to be the guardian of kids, simply didn't even try to do its job."
... The problem here, is that they are comparing pples and orangutans, and as much as this shows how little insight they have into the workings of modern videogames, and how different they are compared to media such as movies, trying to explain it to them would probably be like trying to explain the rules of chess to an average two-year old.
Obiously, they have no idea how much time it would take to "review the entire game". Oblivion is a huuuuge open-ended RPG game, and if someone should play through the entire game, even if they did it systematicaly in the fastest way possible, it would probably take at least hundreds of hours. And then I'm only thinking about doing every quest and visiting every sqare inch of land, water, dungeons, houses, etc. If one should take into account every possible gaming experience possible with the character-sysem, the radiant AI, the physics system, one could play until the sun goes supernova, and still not be finished with it.
It's a Norwegian word too, same meaning.
"Ssssh, you'll upset the evolutionists!" What does this have to do with anything? I belive in evolution. I'm just commenting on the parent posters question on when humans began defending themselves against giant birds, pointing out that no where in the article, there is any mention on fully grown pre-humans being hunted by birds.
The article says nothing about adult-sized pre-humans being hunted by birds, only monkeys and one pre-human child, so I don't think there ever where a problem with birds hunting fully grown Hominidae or adult members of the homo genus, at least there is no scientific backing for it that I know of.
Permafrost =/= ice caps/glacier.[br][br] Permafrost is solid soil that stays frozen because of the climate. Even if the polar ice caps did melt, most permafrost exists at high altitude, and will stay frozen and unaffected if the polar ice caps melt.
Hovertank 3D by ID was the first 3D FPS on PC, according to ID software themselves. Both the Catacomb 3D(which came out before Wolf3D) and Wolfenstein 3D engines evolved from the Hovertank 3D raycasting-engine. However, the game Darkside on C64 and other platforms came out in 1988, and allthough it could hardly be called fast-paced, it featured a first-person perspective and movement in a (in some ways more advanced than Wolf3D)3D world.
Army boots are fairly water-proof if threated right, and should fit well for this kind of work.
"The only thing I'm not a big fan of on the new one is the ability to lose parts of it."
Those parts(the bits, you won't loose any of the other tools, at least not any more than other Leathermen) are easily replaced when you buy the bits-set, and at the same time, the bits-holder lets you expand the functionality of the tool, so for a lot of people the bit's are a good idea.
....and the whole thong is just dandy. :)
:)
I guess this is what you get when you're surfing porn while writing Slashdot comments.
I did ofcourse mean that the whole THING is dandy.
I got myself the New Model Leatherman Wave at the moment it came out, and can't be happier. It has 2 large knives, saw, file, 2 bits-holders(which includes two two-sided bits, additional bits are available from Leatherman), scissors, Large flat screwdriver(phillips-screwdrivers in two sizes in the included bits), can opener, better ruler, etc.
:)
You can also get a 21 piece bit-kit for it, which is great for technicians(check the link, and scroll down.). It also appears that it's has a lower price than the titanium Leatherman models, while having the same amount of tools. The reason, ofcourse, is that it's steel, and therefore somewhat heavier.
I have used mine extensivly, both at work, and at canoe-trips into the wildernes, and just love it. All the tools and knives are locking, and the whole thong is just dandy.
"are the bombs that kill people or are the mans that make wars?" No, it's the Anonymous Coward that is stupid and offtopic.
It is true that tsunamis travel really fast, but only when in deep water. When the tsunami enters more shallow water, the speed goes down to about 40-50mph, while the wave itself starts to grow in height because of the higher-speed water pushing from behind. This is also the reason that the tsunami is more or less invisible when traveling across deep water.
"As far as i know wasnt the earthquake that killed hundreds, thousands of ppl in south asia last morning."
No, it was a tsunami, caused by the earthquake. So, your point is what exactly?
"blame USA for not signing the kyoto treaty."
As far as I know, global warming doesn't increase or decrease the likehood of earthquakes one bit, so how you can blame this on the USA is beyond me. Maybe I'm missing something. Like to explain your logic?
"Dumbass, just reverse the polarity."
I think they have a much more hygenic way of dealing with poo up there.
I actually have the cd here. Yes. Original. :)
Played trough it too, allthough, had to cheat in the final sequence on the mountaintop(with the two allosauruses(?)) to win.
Someone should lose their job...
:)
Rumors say someone allready did.
Yes, sure the world is safer without Saddam Hussain. Now, the extremists got another reason to hate the US, namly for attacking a sovereign country for false reasons.
The war has only ended up as another reason for hating the US for muslims, in adition to the fact that the security-situation inside iraq is worse than ever.
Saddam Hussain was by no means as saint, but at least he kept his country's extremists under controll. Now, what the US forgot to mention was that about 70% of Iraqis is on the same fundamentalist level as Iran, and with free elections, they will probably end up with a Theocracy instead. A theocracy that hates the US... Which is safer again?
Because I (probably) signed up for something at a conferance sometime in the ninethies, Sun sent me a Solaris 7 package, which i tried out just for fun, and ended up using almost as much as my Linux and Windows boxes, because I just liked the feel and consistency of the whole thing.
The HP49G+ has an IR port, expandable memory, and HP have improved the keys on the new ones. I have had no problems with either the keys or the famous "screen earthquake" happening with earlier versions of the HP49G+ software.
"...Oh, right: and the underlying CPU blows the doors off of a 4mHz ARM9. It's got a 66mHz ARM9 *and* a 33mHz arm.."
On HP's website, the HP49G+ is listed as having a 75MHz ARM9. It's because it's emulating the old Saturn CPU, that makes it run only three times faster than a 4MHz Saturn processor. By compiling code that runs directly on the 75MHz ARM9, this calculator will run the same code faster than on a 66MHz ARM9, but maybe you didn't bother to read the links provided in the article.