The indonesians renamed their islands (or various portions of them) from what we normally call them.
So Java = Jawa,
Sumatra = Sumatera
New Guinea = Irian Jaya
etc.
But the main tragedy is we can no longer make puns about procreation in the Celebes Sea, as that island is now Sulawesi.
Sincerely, the wild man of Kulimantan.
"Northland.... tells the story of Bjarni the Viking."
I know this guy... he's that purple dinosaur-like mascot they use in the Metrodome for the Minnesota Vikings......
any word on whether "Ratatusk, the Squirrel Tale bearer" made the cut?
Anyone remember a joystick for the old Atari systems (800 in mycase but I guess would've worked on the 260o or a C-64 or even amiga) called "Le Stick"? It had some kind of liquid (Mercury?) inside and you would tilt it in midair to achieve movement in the direction you wanted to go.
All I remember it was suicide playing asteroids with this as you could not stay in one spot, its dead zone was not adjustable and too small. still, a nice novelty....
and it was 2-d, not 6 degrees.
All the cameras involved would need to synchronize their frames ala time-based correctors we used to use for video editing, else you'd probably get some disconcerting flicker as you moved around it...
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The indonesians renamed their islands (or various portions of them) from what we normally call them. So Java = Jawa, Sumatra = Sumatera New Guinea = Irian Jaya etc. But the main tragedy is we can no longer make puns about procreation in the Celebes Sea, as that island is now Sulawesi. Sincerely, the wild man of Kulimantan.
Hey, he knows how to find the top 100 spammers. That's gotta be worth something...
Don't suppose Qsound was ever going to catch on here...
"Northland.... tells the story of Bjarni the Viking." I know this guy... he's that purple dinosaur-like mascot they use in the Metrodome for the Minnesota Vikings... ...
any word on whether "Ratatusk, the Squirrel Tale bearer" made the cut?
Anyone remember a joystick for the old Atari systems (800 in mycase but I guess would've worked on the 260o or a C-64 or even amiga) called "Le Stick"? It had some kind of liquid (Mercury?) inside and you would tilt it in midair to achieve movement in the direction you wanted to go. All I remember it was suicide playing asteroids with this as you could not stay in one spot, its dead zone was not adjustable and too small. still, a nice novelty.... and it was 2-d, not 6 degrees.
Well, Novell once both Wordperfect and the Unix stuff SCO is driving into the ground. So I guess that is a connection of sorts...
All the cameras involved would need to synchronize their frames ala time-based correctors we used to use for video editing, else you'd probably get some disconcerting flicker as you moved around it...