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Err, what? You claim a 50% INCREASE in g due to higher centrifugal force (current is 9.8ms^-2). This is clearly nonsense. Also: "100 million years ago the Earth's day was only about 18 hours long." is very unlikely - The geology doesn't bear it out at all (and yes I do have a degree in geology, so I may know what I'm on about).
Even if our day lasted only 12 current hours, that would not result in 50% of our current gravity - the mass of the earth masks any such effect. The variation of g from the pole (no angular motion) to the equator (max angular motion) is only about 0.6ms^-2.
Finally, there's no such thing as centrifugal force - it's simply the tendency of objects to continue in a straight line. Any high school student studying physics should be able to tell you that.
Well, Jönköping is in the middle of the country, so it's pretty equal to get to from anywhere in (the south) of Sweden. I'm not sure what the religious aspects have to do with a LAN.. and as for nightlife.. if we had a life, why would we be here?:] as it is, there's plenty to do here. A lot of us are meeting people we've known only through the Net before now.
Asus are sponsoring some of the prizes and infrastructure
Arrowhead are supplying the righteously good net connect (which still hasn't been filled).
Microsoft have a big corner and are running some Xbox compos.
Hi all, I'm sitting in the picture that's linked in the little article.. and it's cool. I recently moved to sweden from the UK (where we have nothing on this scale). A little info:
1. We haven't noticed any/. effect.. we've got a 1Gbit uplink here (although how they got that to an exhibition center is beyond me).
2. Wintertime is a GOOD TIME for this sort of thing - it's 27C (80F) here just now. The other big swedish LAN (Remedy) is held in the summer, and it's a real sweatfest by comparison.
3. Yes, there is a bit of a discrepancy in gender... there are about 20 girls here, out of the 4500 people here (luckily I happen to be going out with one of them:-).
4. The most popular game here is Counterstrike, the half-life mod. the main tourney is 5v5, 128(!) teams. Q3 is also popular. There's also a history of demos here, and we've seen (and heard)some very cool stuff on the big screen. Microsoft is also here with some Xboxes - and a competition to win them (played on the machines themselves).
5. You can buy Jolt Cola by the 24 pack slab:] These people know who they are dealing with it seems - very popular. There's also a smattering of hamburger/hot dog/sandwich places around the halls.
All in all, I'm having a fine time - and so are most other people. Apart from some horror stories with DOA machines, it's all going splendidly.
You're all welcome to come say hi on IRC - irc.quakenet.org #dreamhack has about 700 of us.
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Actually, sex is six in swedish, so it's more of a play on words than a geek call to mate :P
Er... that's the PARODY site. :]
Are you on crack? :)
Yours sincerely
iolaire, QuakeNet operator
iolaire@quakenet.org
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"I suspect a well practiced juggler could adjust to the diffences in Space fairly quickly."
:P
I doubt that: the balls wouldn't come back to you.
Err, what?
You claim a 50% INCREASE in g due to higher centrifugal force (current is 9.8ms^-2). This is clearly nonsense. Also: "100 million years ago the Earth's day was only about 18 hours long." is very unlikely - The geology doesn't bear it out at all (and yes I do have a degree in geology, so I may know what I'm on about).
Even if our day lasted only 12 current hours, that would not result in 50% of our current gravity - the mass of the earth masks any such effect. The variation of g from the pole (no angular motion) to the equator (max angular motion) is only about 0.6ms^-2.
Finally, there's no such thing as centrifugal force - it's simply the tendency of objects to continue in a straight line. Any high school student studying physics should be able to tell you that.
*sigh*
Well, Jönköping is in the middle of the country, so it's pretty equal to get to from anywhere in (the south) of Sweden. I'm not sure what the religious aspects have to do with a LAN.. and as for nightlife.. if we had a life, why would we be here? :] as it is, there's plenty to do here. A lot of us are meeting people we've known only through the Net before now.
iolaire
Asus are sponsoring some of the prizes and infrastructure
Arrowhead are supplying the righteously good net connect (which still hasn't been filled).
Microsoft have a big corner and are running some Xbox compos.
iolaire
Hi all, I'm sitting in the picture that's linked in the little article.. and it's cool. I recently moved to sweden from the UK (where we have nothing on this scale). A little info:
/. effect.. we've got a 1Gbit uplink here (although how they got that to an exhibition center is beyond me).
:-).
:] These people know who they are dealing with it seems - very popular. There's also a smattering of hamburger/hot dog/sandwich places around the halls.
1. We haven't noticed any
2. Wintertime is a GOOD TIME for this sort of thing - it's 27C (80F) here just now. The other big swedish LAN (Remedy) is held in the summer, and it's a real sweatfest by comparison.
3. Yes, there is a bit of a discrepancy in gender... there are about 20 girls here, out of the 4500 people here (luckily I happen to be going out with one of them
4. The most popular game here is Counterstrike, the half-life mod. the main tourney is 5v5, 128(!) teams. Q3 is also popular. There's also a history of demos here, and we've seen (and heard)some very cool stuff on the big screen. Microsoft is also here with some Xboxes - and a competition to win them (played on the machines themselves).
5. You can buy Jolt Cola by the 24 pack slab
All in all, I'm having a fine time - and so are most other people. Apart from some horror stories with DOA machines, it's all going splendidly.
You're all welcome to come say hi on IRC - irc.quakenet.org #dreamhack has about 700 of us.
iolaire (Qnet oper, gamer, blah blah)