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Kat
Steam punk is a rather fun genre, I've had the pleasure of making some
custom clothes for people who were into it. Steam powered motors have
been around longer than most people realize.
http://dimdima.com/science/science_common/show_science.asp?q_aid=156&q_title=The+First+Steam+Engine
Can you imagine how much our world would be different today had this
little baby been used to it's full potential?
(As for your recent comment about gaming, give Civilizations a try if
you have not already. 4 in particular is a masterwork.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G30MhXmlZGE I had the distinct pleasure
of helping a local unitarian universalist choir sing this particular
song from the game and I am still in love with it (and the game
itself!) to this day.
Transremaxculver
> Sorry, don't want to derail any more than I already do.
>
> Steam punk is a rather fun genre, I've had the pleasure of making some
> custom clothes for people who were into it. Steam powered motors have
> been around longer than most people realize.
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> Can you imagine how much our world would be different today had this
> little baby been used to it's full potential?
>
> (As for your recent comment about gaming, give Civilizations a try if
> of helping a local unitarian universalist choir sing this particular
> song from the game and I am still in love with it (and the game
> itself!) to this day.
Now you are really going to set me off.
There is so much that has been about for so much longer than people
realise.
With reference to a topic we discussed elsewhere, in accepted wisdom
there is usually thought to be no contact between the old and new
worlds until Eric the red circa 900 ce that is untill German scientist
Svetla Balabanova found coccaine and tobbaco (Very large quantities)
in egyptian mummies, that had lain buried for 4000 years
http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/ethnic/mummy.html
Which jsut says to me that the anchient world there was a huge amount
going on that we know very little about.
I like the CIV walk through, I have played a lot of age of empires,
but I really Liked Rome Total War, since they were real battles though
the options of which commanders to play was too limited, would rather
liked to have played Boadicea at colchester, but only got Ceasar
against Vercingetorix.
Kat
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> On Jun 1, 10:04 pm, Kat <ladyas...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Sorry, don't want to derail any more than I already do.
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> > Steam punk is a rather fun genre, I've had the pleasure of making some
> > custom clothes for people who were into it. Steam powered motors have
> > been around longer than most people realize.
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> >http://dimdima.com/science/science_common/show_science.asp?q_aid=156&...
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> > Can you imagine how much our world would be different today had this
> > little baby been used to it's full potential?
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> > (As for your recent comment about gaming, give Civilizations a try if
> > of helping a local unitarian universalist choir sing this particular
> > song from the game and I am still in love with it (and the game
> > itself!) to this day.
Now that I have a nice chunk of free time at the computer....
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> Now you are really going to set me off.
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> There is so much that has been about for so much longer than people
> realise.
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> With reference to a topic we discussed elsewhere, in accepted wisdom
> there is usually thought to be no contact between the old and new
> worlds until Eric the red circa 900 ce that is untill German scientist
> Svetla Balabanova found coccaine and tobbaco (Very large quantities)
> in egyptian mummies, that had lain buried for 4000 years
>
> http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/ethnic/mummy.html
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> Which jsut says to me that the anchient world there was a huge amount
> going on that we know very little about.
Very much true. The Japanese brought pottery techniques to peru 1100
years ago. Ancient mariners followed the edge of the ice in the North
Atlantic during the last ice age to North America. We were far more
mobile than what we were taught in school, I'll say that much!
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> I like the CIV walk through, I have played a lot of age of empires,
> but I really Liked Rome Total War, since they were real battles though
> the options of which commanders to play was too limited, would rather
> liked to have played Boadicea at colchester, but only got Ceasar
> against Vercingetorix.
I can't say I've tried that.. civs is more about the cultural than
combat, though civs 5 has much more intricate combat than its
predecessor.
Oh and by the way... I finally found something worse than Friday:
Transremaxculver
> On Jun 1, 6:40 pm, Transremaxculver <transremaxcul...@yahoo.co.uk>
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> > On Jun 1, 10:04 pm, Kat <ladyas...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > > Sorry, don't want to derail any more than I already do.
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> > > Steam punk is a rather fun genre, I've had the pleasure of making some
> > > custom clothes for people who were into it. Steam powered motors have
> > > been around longer than most people realize.
>
> > >http://dimdima.com/science/science_common/show_science.asp?q_aid=156&...
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> > > Can you imagine how much our world would be different today had this
> > > little baby been used to it's full potential?
>
> > > (As for your recent comment about gaming, give Civilizations a try if
> > > of helping a local unitarian universalist choir sing this particular
> > > song from the game and I am still in love with it (and the game
> > > itself!) to this day.
>
> Now that I have a nice chunk of free time at the computer....
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> > Now you are really going to set me off.
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> > There is so much that has been about for so much longer than people
> > realise.
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> > With reference to a topic we discussed elsewhere, in accepted wisdom
> > there is usually thought to be no contact between the old and new
> > worlds until Eric the red circa 900 ce that is untill German scientist
> > Svetla Balabanova found coccaine and tobbaco (Very large quantities)
> > in egyptian mummies, that had lain buried for 4000 years
>
> >http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/ethnic/mummy.html
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> > Which jsut says to me that the anchient world there was a huge amount
> > going on that we know very little about.
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> Very much true. The Japanese brought pottery techniques to peru 1100
> years ago. Ancient mariners followed the edge of the ice in the North
> Atlantic during the last ice age to North America. We were far more
> mobile than what we were taught in school, I'll say that much!
>
from my old fashioned habit of reading those wierd things with bits of
paper in them and card front and back.
Hmm now what was their name now.
Ah Yes that was it Books.
In those buildings theat they keep them in, Hmmm, . . . Oh Yes
Libraries.
I was in the Bodlean in oxford years ago following my nose and I found
a whole load of books describing Batteries from the pre christian
eras.
It's not taken hugely seriously, but no one has ever explained what
the jars found were and why they had lead and copper traces, ect ect.
It was near Bagdad I remember, but forget the details. But the point
of the story is that I remember one historian speculating that similar
Jars found in Egypt might have been the same thing, and that they had
been used to paint inside the pyramids, since a naked plame would
likely have burned up oxygen and suffocated the artist.
The idea was that a copper fillament was beaten out and connected to
the terminals and although it wasn't very bright, that it glowed
enough to paint by numbers so to speak in the dark.
Edison would have to pay a lot of copyright to someone over that one,
Now what would be the interest on an egyptian gold piece over 4000
years?
Say 2% interest .. .. ..
Per annum . . .. .
er I think theres an anchient egyptian who technically owns the
planet, with a controlong stake in the moon and Mars.
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> > I like the CIV walk through, I have played a lot of age of empires,
> > but I really Liked Rome Total War, since they were real battles though
> > the options of which commanders to play was too limited, would rather
> > liked to have played Boadicea at colchester, but only got Ceasar
> > against Vercingetorix.
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> I can't say I've tried that.. civs is more about the cultural than
> combat, though civs 5 has much more intricate combat than its
> predecessor.
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There was another 'real historical battles' game I once played that
focused on the Shogun Wars 1700s I think, not bothereing to look
things up at the mo. But that was really very good, had lots about
discussin strategy with junior comanders before hand, and allowed
things like mental toughness to be considered when deploying a
regiment.
I confess I was A D+D player, which I guess suggests that I couldn't
wait for High end fantasy gaming and had to use dice.
I got very heavily into being a dungeon mistress, but that sort of
slipped away after I started using it as a therapeutic tool with a
particular child who, was obsessed with war death and mayhem. It
worked well but somehow It never grabbed me after that, I think that
there was too much ucky stuff coming up in the game (Which was why i
used it)
Not really played that many games for quite a while, apart form chess
and Mah Jong, which I love.
Not unless you count snakes and ladders and catch.
> Oh and by the way... I finally found something worse than Friday:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtFNUZQekc
Ouch.
I think I might say, tough luck because I that might just be her
future.
Comment under video.
I'm Norwegian and I want to sincerly apologize to everyone for letting
this out on the internet. I had to take a shower after watching this
because I felt so dirty, and I beg every country in the world with a-
bombs to nuke the hell out of us ASAP.
saksy21 hour ago 12
Kat
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> On Jun 3, 1:50 am, Kat <ladyas...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On Jun 1, 6:40 pm, Transremaxculver <transremaxcul...@yahoo.co.uk>
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> > > On Jun 1, 10:04 pm, Kat <ladyas...@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > > > Sorry, don't want to derail any more than I already do.
>
> > > > Steam punk is a rather fun genre, I've had the pleasure of making some
> > > > custom clothes for people who were into it. Steam powered motors have
> > > > been around longer than most people realize.
>
> > > >http://dimdima.com/science/science_common/show_science.asp?q_aid=156&...
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> > > > Can you imagine how much our world would be different today had this
> > > > little baby been used to it's full potential?
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> > > > (As for your recent comment about gaming, give Civilizations a try if
Gasp! Do you mean those things I put on my Kindle? lul
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> I was in the Bodlean in oxford years ago following my nose and I found
> a whole load of books describing Batteries from the pre christian
> eras.
>
> It's not taken hugely seriously, but no one has ever explained what
> the jars found were and why they had lead and copper traces, ect ect.
> It was near Bagdad I remember, but forget the details. But the point
> of the story is that I remember one historian speculating that similar
> Jars found in Egypt might have been the same thing, and that they had
> been used to paint inside the pyramids, since a naked plame would
> likely have burned up oxygen and suffocated the artist.
>
> The idea was that a copper fillament was beaten out and connected to
> the terminals and although it wasn't very bright, that it glowed
> enough to paint by numbers so to speak in the dark.
Bagdhad Batteries! Oh yes, I'm quite familiar with those little
suckers, fascinating stuff! I've seen working ones made in modern
times from the same materials they would have used back in the day and
I must say I am impressed with the creativity of the ancient
Egyptians.
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> Edison would have to pay a lot of copyright to someone over that one,
> Now what would be the interest on an egyptian gold piece over 4000
> years?
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> Say 2% interest .. .. ..
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> Per annum . . .. .
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> er I think theres an anchient egyptian who technically owns the
> planet, with a controlong stake in the moon and Mars.
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> > > I like the CIV walk through, I have played a lot of age of empires,
> > > but I really Liked Rome Total War, since they were real battles though
> > > the options of which commanders to play was too limited, would rather
> > > liked to have played Boadicea at colchester, but only got Ceasar
> > > against Vercingetorix.
>
> > I can't say I've tried that.. civs is more about the cultural than
> > combat, though civs 5 has much more intricate combat than its
> > predecessor.
>
> There was another 'real historical battles' game I once played that
> focused on the Shogun Wars 1700s I think, not bothereing to look
> things up at the mo. But that was really very good, had lots about
> discussin strategy with junior comanders before hand, and allowed
> things like mental toughness to be considered when deploying a
> regiment.
Ooooh if you happen to come across the name, hook me up!
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> I confess I was A D+D player, which I guess suggests that I couldn't
> wait for High end fantasy gaming and had to use dice.
I wish I could send you a duplicate of a tshirt that I own.. two dice
rolled to 20 with "yes, they're natural" underneath.
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> I got very heavily into being a dungeon mistress, but that sort of
> slipped away after I started using it as a therapeutic tool with a
> particular child who, was obsessed with war death and mayhem. It
> worked well but somehow It never grabbed me after that, I think that
> there was too much ucky stuff coming up in the game (Which was why i
> used it)
If you ever get back into the role playing scene, there are a good
number of people who inhabit OpenRPG. They use a variety of game
systems, d&d, besm, gurps etc. I've met some lovely people there, but
haven't been actively participating for about 4 years or so.
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> Not really played that many games for quite a while, apart form chess
> and Mah Jong, which I love.
I play (probably too much) world of warcraft, assorted DS games
(Okamiden is my current game of choice there) and am counting the days
until Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim comes out. http://www.elderscrolls.com/
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> Not unless you count snakes and ladders and catch.
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> > Oh and by the way... I finally found something worse than Friday:
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> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtFNUZQekc
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> Ouch.
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> I think I might say, tough luck because I that might just be her
> future.
>
> Comment under video.
>
> I'm Norwegian and I want to sincerly apologize to everyone for letting
> this out on the internet. I had to take a shower after watching this
> because I felt so dirty, and I beg every country in the world with a-
> bombs to nuke the hell out of us ASAP.
>
> saksy21 hour ago 12
Sadly the song is interesting from a psychological point of view...
party girls who wake up one morning, realize they are "old" and don't
take it very well. My city has a LOT of women like this in it...
perhaps that's why all my local friends are men.. hmmmmm....
Transremaxculver
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> > Ouch.
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> > I think I might say, tough luck because I that might just be her
> > future.
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> > Comment under video.
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> > I'm Norwegian and I want to sincerly apologize to everyone for letting
> > this out on the internet. I had to take a shower after watching this
> > because I felt so dirty, and I beg every country in the world with a-
> > bombs to nuke the hell out of us ASAP.
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> > saksy21 hour ago 12
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> Sadly the song is interesting from a psychological point of view...
> party girls who wake up one morning, realize they are "old" and don't
> take it very well. My city has a LOT of women like this in it...
> perhaps that's why all my local friends are men.. hmmmmm....
Thought this would be the best place to put this, but have you caught
up on the Dr Who front?
Kat
No :( The man and I like to curl up and watch that one before we go to
bed monday nights, so I should see the new one by tomorrow. I hear
tell there is an interesting twist that is vaguely hinted at in
episode 2. Damn my friend and his spoilers *shakes her fist*
Transremaxculver
I'm keeping stum, then as I guessed it in episode 2 <Enters Smugmode>
Much to partners annoyance.
Transremaxculver
By the way did you catch up yet?
Kat
Yus. Saw it coming. I want that damn crib in case I ever pop out an
anklebiter of my own.
Transremaxculver
It was rather cool wasn't it, 900+ years old no less.
I was a bit miffed about having to wait till the autumn though.