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sheep...@gmail.com
Jul 14, 2013, 2:50:30 PM7/14/13
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The Steam sales made me buy Unity of Command cheap (€ 6,45 and € 3,50 for the DLC Red Turn) plus I found a good article on the guys who made this game: http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/5/14/4319958/unity-of-command-the-unlikely-origin
Too bad I didn't buy UoC earlier, but it is a good wargame that hits my sweet spot for depth of descision and ease of pley neatly. Hopefully Uzelac and Jalsovec will make more of these games (as I read from the article).
Bas
Too bad I didn't buy UoC earlier, but it is a good wargame that hits my sweet spot for depth of descision and ease of pley neatly. Hopefully Uzelac and Jalsovec will make more of these games (as I read from the article).
Bas
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 15, 2013, 2:03:08 AM7/15/13
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On Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:50:30 PM UTC+2, sheep...@gmail.com wrote:
> The Steam sales made me buy Unity of Command cheap (€ 6,45 and € 3,50 for the DLC Red Turn)
I saw the sale as well and I wavered - I bet these guys made more money by being so flexible with their price point, than many other developers who put out $50 games, with perhaps a $10 discount 5 years down the road.
> The Steam sales made me buy Unity of Command cheap (€ 6,45 and € 3,50 for the DLC Red Turn)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
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eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 16, 2013, 8:08:55 AM7/16/13
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On Monday, July 15, 2013 8:03:08 AM UTC+2, eddys...@hotmail.com wrote:
> I saw the sale as well and I wavered - I bet these guys made more money by being so flexible with their price point, than many other developers who put out $50 games, with perhaps a $10 discount 5 years down the road.
Stumbled across the "Weakly Deal" over at the Matrix Games website. It had John Tiller's Napoleonic Battleground compilation ... for $20
> I saw the sale as well and I wavered - I bet these guys made more money by being so flexible with their price point, than many other developers who put out $50 games, with perhaps a $10 discount 5 years down the road.
A sale of a bundle that first got released back in 2007 containing games released in 1997 based on an engine made in the early nineties and which didn't even look good back then. And they want $20 for that. A dollar for each year it's out of date or what ?
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
Jul 16, 2013, 3:18:07 PM7/16/13
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In article <da236bfd-b42f-44e0...@googlegroups.com>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> Stumbled across the "Weakly Deal" over at the Matrix Games website. It
had John Tiller's Napoleonic Battleground compilation ... for $20
>
> A sale of a bundle that first got released back in 2007 containing
games released in 1997 based on an engine made in the early nineties and
which didn't even look good back then. And they want $20 for that. A
dollar for each year it's out of date or what ?
***
I have exactly the same opinion. I'm flashing on an ancient episode of
the TV show "M*A*S*H" where the 4077th personnel are all complaining
about the bland army food, banging their tin cups on the mess-hall
tables, chanting, "We want something else! We want something else! We
want something else!!!"
Yes. I want something else.
--
Giftzwerg
***
"In the new world of the NSA, the only secret left is Barack Obama's
college grades."
- Roger Simon
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> Stumbled across the "Weakly Deal" over at the Matrix Games website. It
had John Tiller's Napoleonic Battleground compilation ... for $20
>
> A sale of a bundle that first got released back in 2007 containing
games released in 1997 based on an engine made in the early nineties and
which didn't even look good back then. And they want $20 for that. A
dollar for each year it's out of date or what ?
I have exactly the same opinion. I'm flashing on an ancient episode of
the TV show "M*A*S*H" where the 4077th personnel are all complaining
about the bland army food, banging their tin cups on the mess-hall
tables, chanting, "We want something else! We want something else! We
want something else!!!"
Yes. I want something else.
--
Giftzwerg
***
"In the new world of the NSA, the only secret left is Barack Obama's
college grades."
- Roger Simon
Eddy Sterckx
Jul 17, 2013, 3:36:35 AM7/17/13
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Giftzwerg <giftzw...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:MPG.2c4f667d2b94f7298974e@localhost:
> In article <da236bfd-b42f-44e0...@googlegroups.com>,
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
>
>
>> Stumbled across the "Weakly Deal" over at the Matrix Games website.
>> It
> had John Tiller's Napoleonic Battleground compilation ... for $20
>>
>
>> A sale of a bundle that first got released back in 2007 containing
> games released in 1997 based on an engine made in the early nineties
> and which didn't even look good back then. And they want $20 for that.
> A dollar for each year it's out of date or what ?
> ***
>
> I have exactly the same opinion. I'm flashing on an ancient episode
> of the TV show "M*A*S*H" where the 4077th personnel are all
> complaining about the bland army food, banging their tin cups on the
> mess-hall tables, chanting, "We want something else! We want
> something else! We want something else!!!"
>
> Yes. I want something else.
I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
(3 cheers for Global Warming !)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25663989@N07/sets/72157634677850048/
--
"Ceterum censeo Belgicam delendam esse."
(Cato, 'Pro Gerolphe')
news:MPG.2c4f667d2b94f7298974e@localhost:
> In article <da236bfd-b42f-44e0...@googlegroups.com>,
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
>
>
>> Stumbled across the "Weakly Deal" over at the Matrix Games website.
>> It
> had John Tiller's Napoleonic Battleground compilation ... for $20
>>
>
>> A sale of a bundle that first got released back in 2007 containing
> games released in 1997 based on an engine made in the early nineties
> and which didn't even look good back then. And they want $20 for that.
> A dollar for each year it's out of date or what ?
> ***
>
> I have exactly the same opinion. I'm flashing on an ancient episode
> of the TV show "M*A*S*H" where the 4077th personnel are all
> complaining about the bland army food, banging their tin cups on the
> mess-hall tables, chanting, "We want something else! We want
> something else! We want something else!!!"
>
> Yes. I want something else.
last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
(3 cheers for Global Warming !)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25663989@N07/sets/72157634677850048/
--
"Ceterum censeo Belgicam delendam esse."
(Cato, 'Pro Gerolphe')
BasKa
Jul 17, 2013, 4:05:48 AM7/17/13
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> I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
>
> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
>
> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
>
> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
Too funny! This might be THE thing for wargamers: lay green tiles on your patio for ground warfare and blue ones for naval combat. Can be done IN your house as well. Use these in your bathroom (preferrably inside your shower) for naval wargames: http://www.nemotile.com/category/mosaics/glazed_hexagons/194
>
> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
>
> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
>
> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
And these in your living room for ground combat: http://www.mosaictilesupplies.com/hex-tile-hexagon-mosaic-tiles.aspx
Bas
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Eddy Sterckx
Jul 17, 2013, 8:19:51 AM7/17/13
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BasKa <cur...@hetnet.nl> wrote in
news:8ec06b19-01b8-4ce0...@googlegroups.com:
>> I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
>>
>> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
>>
>> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're
>> having
>>
>> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
>
> Too funny! This might be THE thing for wargamers: lay green tiles on
> your patio for ground warfare and blue ones for naval combat. Can be
> done IN your house as well.
Wargaming in the garden is nothing new - in fact it's very old-skool - HG
Wells's Little Wars is even supposed to be played outdoors
http://gardenwargaming.com/wargame/LW39.html
Anyway, our little game seems to be rather popular : Henry Hide, the new
editor of Miniature Wargaming magazine has already agreed to Phil's
proposal to write an article about it.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
news:8ec06b19-01b8-4ce0...@googlegroups.com:
>> I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
>>
>> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
>>
>> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're
>> having
>>
>> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
>
> Too funny! This might be THE thing for wargamers: lay green tiles on
> your patio for ground warfare and blue ones for naval combat. Can be
> done IN your house as well.
Wells's Little Wars is even supposed to be played outdoors
http://gardenwargaming.com/wargame/LW39.html
Anyway, our little game seems to be rather popular : Henry Hide, the new
editor of Miniature Wargaming magazine has already agreed to Phil's
proposal to write an article about it.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Eddy Sterckx
Jul 17, 2013, 8:22:07 AM7/17/13
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<ade...@inbox.com> wrote in
news:1356082451395742846.5...@news.aioe.org:
> Take a step further and write an app for Google Glass to show an
> Augmented Reality overlay on your lens and you won't even need
> physical tiles...
I'm pretty sure there are more interesting overlays that could be written
for that ... like a shooting target on your boss' head :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
news:1356082451395742846.5...@news.aioe.org:
> Augmented Reality overlay on your lens and you won't even need
> physical tiles...
I'm pretty sure there are more interesting overlays that could be written
for that ... like a shooting target on your boss' head :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
Jul 17, 2013, 7:28:04 PM7/17/13
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In article <XnsA20061C215F8Ced...@193.202.122.133>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25663989@N07/sets/72157634677850048/
The local press is particularly comical about "global warming" this
year. The winter was quite cold, miserably long, and especially
annoying.
This was due to global warming.
Spring was short, dry, and gave way to an early summer that was very,
very wet; we were lashed by lots of storms and had some flooding.
This was due to global warming.
Now we're heading into high summer, and it's hot and humid, with little
rain except for the occasional thunderstorm.
This is due to global warming.
I've been laughing my ass off. The news stories almost literally
morphed - seemingly overnight! - from "Will global climate change bring
wildfires to Vermont!?!" to "Do recent flash-floods herald arrival of
global climate change in Green Mountain state!?!"
It's supposed to be 92F tomorrow. The local paper might even slip
"global *warming*" into the inevitable story.
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> I'm providing my own "something else" - here's a bunch of pictures of
> last night's naval warfare game - played on Phil's patio which has
> sea-coloured tiles and thanks to the continued fine weather we're having
> (3 cheers for Global Warming !)
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25663989@N07/sets/72157634677850048/
year. The winter was quite cold, miserably long, and especially
annoying.
This was due to global warming.
Spring was short, dry, and gave way to an early summer that was very,
very wet; we were lashed by lots of storms and had some flooding.
This was due to global warming.
Now we're heading into high summer, and it's hot and humid, with little
rain except for the occasional thunderstorm.
This is due to global warming.
I've been laughing my ass off. The news stories almost literally
morphed - seemingly overnight! - from "Will global climate change bring
wildfires to Vermont!?!" to "Do recent flash-floods herald arrival of
global climate change in Green Mountain state!?!"
It's supposed to be 92F tomorrow. The local paper might even slip
"global *warming*" into the inevitable story.
Giftzwerg
Jul 17, 2013, 7:38:44 PM7/17/13
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In article <8ec06b19-01b8-4ce0...@googlegroups.com>,
cur...@hetnet.nl says...
They need better ship models, though. Not enough craftsmanship. If
you're not worried sick about the dog crushing something, you're not
trying hard enough. <g>
cur...@hetnet.nl says...
you're not worried sick about the dog crushing something, you're not
trying hard enough. <g>
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 18, 2013, 2:21:54 AM7/18/13
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On Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:38:44 AM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
> They need better ship models, though. Not enough craftsmanship. If
>
> you're not worried sick about the dog crushing something, you're not
>
> trying hard enough. <g>
Well ... we actually debated about using the good stuff, but decided against it as this was kind of an experiment. The worry was not so much pets, but us walking around on the map. It's funny, but we almost seemed to be instinctively aware of where everything was and no Kallistra islands or ships got crushed underfoot.
> They need better ship models, though. Not enough craftsmanship. If
>
> you're not worried sick about the dog crushing something, you're not
>
> trying hard enough. <g>
Just noticed that the set of pictures got almost 50 views - plenty of lurkers around here still :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 18, 2013, 2:46:55 AM7/18/13
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On Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:28:04 AM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
> The local press is particularly comical about "global warming" this
>
> year. The winter was quite cold, miserably long, and especially
>
> annoying.
Same here.
> The local press is particularly comical about "global warming" this
>
> year. The winter was quite cold, miserably long, and especially
>
> annoying.
> This was due to global warming.
> Now we're heading into high summer, and it's hot and humid, with little
>
> rain except for the occasional thunderstorm.
>
>
>
> This is due to global warming.
So right on queue, 2 days ago another Doomsday article about how sea levels "could rise 3 meters" (notice the use of the word "could").
Sea levels to rise by 2-3 meters ? Yikes, that would mean our beaches which are now hundreds of meters wide would ... still be a hundred meters wide. So still have enough room for everyone.
But here's the sad fact : RSS satelite measurements since 2005 have shown that the average global temperature will *decrease* by 0.3 by the end of century if the current trend continues, whereas the prediction was a rise by 2.3 degrees.
I say sad fact, because I actually wouldn't mind my local average to go up by a couple of degrees.
> I've been laughing my ass off. The news stories almost literally
>
> morphed - seemingly overnight! - from "Will global climate change bring
>
> wildfires to Vermont!?!" to "Do recent flash-floods herald arrival of
>
> global climate change in Green Mountain state!?!"
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Holdit
Jul 18, 2013, 5:59:39 AM7/18/13
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In article <MPG.2c50f293fd8f7bbc98974f@localhost>, giftzwerg999
@hotmail.com says...
two weeks. It's great to see global warming finally starting to deliver.
Yes, I know 30C/86F = normal summer in most places. In Ireland, the met
office has been realeasing yellow and orange high temperature alerts!
Yesterday after finishing work early I met met my wife and daughters at
the local beach inside the harbour. Sparkling water...sunshine with real
heat in it...kids diving off a platform attach to the pier...a naval
gunboat anchored out in the bay*...the town lifeboat droning towards the
horizon, off to practice something...a container ship on the horizon
that seemed to hover in mid air due to the haze...and as I walked the
girls along the pier, a big seal about 20 yards off to our left, lazily
submerging and surfacing, seemingly for our amusement. Magic.
Global warming? Bring it on, baby.
Holdit
*Quote of the day: "Why is there a warship? Is it warring now?"
@hotmail.com says...
> This was due to global warming.
>
> Now we're heading into high summer, and it's hot and humid, with little
> rain except for the occasional thunderstorm.
>
The temperature in Ireland has frequently nudged 30C/86F during the last
>
> Now we're heading into high summer, and it's hot and humid, with little
> rain except for the occasional thunderstorm.
>
two weeks. It's great to see global warming finally starting to deliver.
Yes, I know 30C/86F = normal summer in most places. In Ireland, the met
office has been realeasing yellow and orange high temperature alerts!
Yesterday after finishing work early I met met my wife and daughters at
the local beach inside the harbour. Sparkling water...sunshine with real
heat in it...kids diving off a platform attach to the pier...a naval
gunboat anchored out in the bay*...the town lifeboat droning towards the
horizon, off to practice something...a container ship on the horizon
that seemed to hover in mid air due to the haze...and as I walked the
girls along the pier, a big seal about 20 yards off to our left, lazily
submerging and surfacing, seemingly for our amusement. Magic.
Global warming? Bring it on, baby.
Holdit
*Quote of the day: "Why is there a warship? Is it warring now?"
Giftzwerg
Jul 18, 2013, 6:54:20 AM7/18/13
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In article <46e50233-b2e6-4440...@googlegroups.com>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> Newspaper sales go down 5% each year - and it ain't the stupid ones
who decide not to spend any more money reading the local version of the
Pravda. The media is getting what it deserves.
***
The Chittenden County newspaper, "The Burlington Lefti^h^h^h^h Free
Press" is a particularly wretched example of "journalism."
Here in Podunk, a hot-button issue is whether the Vermont Air National
Guard is going to upgrade the aging fleet of F-16 fighter-bombers to the
F-35 when it's deployed. The Free Press is *fanatically* against this,
and their chicanery knows no bounds.
250 aging moonbats show up at a church (ostensibly to protest the
"noise" of the new fighter...), and the Freeps reports this in an end-
of-the-world typeface - front-page headline! But yesterday, the Air
Force reported that its' Request For Comment period had expired, and
supporters of the F-35 - *ten thousand of them* - outnumbered the
naysayers by a better than 10:1 ratio.
The story was posted on their website last evening ... in 16 point font.
An hour later, it was in 8 point font.
I looked for it in vain in the print edition this AM as I got my coffee
at the gas station.
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> Newspaper sales go down 5% each year - and it ain't the stupid ones
who decide not to spend any more money reading the local version of the
Pravda. The media is getting what it deserves.
The Chittenden County newspaper, "The Burlington Lefti^h^h^h^h Free
Press" is a particularly wretched example of "journalism."
Here in Podunk, a hot-button issue is whether the Vermont Air National
Guard is going to upgrade the aging fleet of F-16 fighter-bombers to the
F-35 when it's deployed. The Free Press is *fanatically* against this,
and their chicanery knows no bounds.
250 aging moonbats show up at a church (ostensibly to protest the
"noise" of the new fighter...), and the Freeps reports this in an end-
of-the-world typeface - front-page headline! But yesterday, the Air
Force reported that its' Request For Comment period had expired, and
supporters of the F-35 - *ten thousand of them* - outnumbered the
naysayers by a better than 10:1 ratio.
The story was posted on their website last evening ... in 16 point font.
An hour later, it was in 8 point font.
I looked for it in vain in the print edition this AM as I got my coffee
at the gas station.
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 18, 2013, 6:59:34 AM7/18/13
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On Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:59:39 AM UTC+2, Holdit wrote:
>
> Yes, I know 30C/86F = normal summer in most places. In Ireland, the met
>
> office has been realeasing yellow and orange high temperature alerts!
Do you know what the official definition of a "heatwave" is over here ?
>
> Yes, I know 30C/86F = normal summer in most places. In Ireland, the met
>
> office has been realeasing yellow and orange high temperature alerts!
5 consecutive days where the temperature rises to at least 25C/77F and in which in at least 3 days 30C/86F is reached.
That's called a "normal week" in many places on this planet, but we get government warning broadcasts when it happens :)
> Yesterday after finishing work early I met met my wife and daughters at
>
> the local beach inside the harbour. Sparkling water...sunshine with real
>
> heat in it...kids diving off a platform attach to the pier...a naval
>
> gunboat anchored out in the bay*...the town lifeboat droning towards the
>
> horizon, off to practice something...a container ship on the horizon
>
> that seemed to hover in mid air due to the haze...and as I walked the
>
> girls along the pier, a big seal about 20 yards off to our left, lazily
>
> submerging and surfacing, seemingly for our amusement. Magic.
>
>
>
> Global warming? Bring it on, baby.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 18, 2013, 7:20:44 AM7/18/13
to
This sunday we're having a coronation - the current king is stepping down and his son is getting crowned.
On his "farewell tour" the king visited the city of Ghent yesterday - population 300K. The number of people who turned up for the event : 50 - five zero - and that's including some lost-looking Japanese tourists.
This resulted in the media franctically trying to make a couple of dozen spectators look like hundreds or even thousands by using extreme closeups of always the same dumb faces huddled together. Extremely funny. In the digital version of the paper last night it said "50" but that was probably typed in by a temp doing the night shift who didn't know the rules for this sort of thing and this morning there were officially "several hundred enthusiastic spectators".
I almost feel kinda sorry for the guy - he didn't ask to become the king (his brother died unexpectedly) - and he even made valiant efforts to be half-decent at the job - and then only 4 dozen people turning out for you to wave at ? The total indifference of "his dear subjects" towards him must be hurting a lot.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
Jul 18, 2013, 11:03:05 AM7/18/13
to
In article <0c74375c-645f-4a23...@googlegroups.com>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> This resulted in the media franctically trying to make a couple of
dozen spectators look like hundreds or even thousands by using extreme
closeups of always the same dumb faces huddled together. Extremely
funny. In the digital version of the paper last night it said "50" but
that was probably typed in by a temp doing the night shift who didn't
know the rules for this sort of thing and this morning there were
officially "several hundred enthusiastic spectators".
***
Oh, heck, I can top that. The local paper ran a story entitled, "Gun
Control Advocates Stage Rally in City Hall Park." The photograph that
ran with this *front page* story showed the reporter chatting with the
three organizers of rally. OK so far?
Next morning, I'm picking up my bagel and coffee and run into a guy who
used to be my lieutenant when I was a cop; he's a deputy chief now.
We're shooting the shit and the paper is there. I ask him, "Hey, Andy,
how come the Freeps didn't print a picture of the crowd?"
He replies, "They did print a picture of the crowd. That's a picture of
the crowd. All three of it."
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> This resulted in the media franctically trying to make a couple of
dozen spectators look like hundreds or even thousands by using extreme
closeups of always the same dumb faces huddled together. Extremely
funny. In the digital version of the paper last night it said "50" but
that was probably typed in by a temp doing the night shift who didn't
know the rules for this sort of thing and this morning there were
officially "several hundred enthusiastic spectators".
Oh, heck, I can top that. The local paper ran a story entitled, "Gun
Control Advocates Stage Rally in City Hall Park." The photograph that
ran with this *front page* story showed the reporter chatting with the
three organizers of rally. OK so far?
Next morning, I'm picking up my bagel and coffee and run into a guy who
used to be my lieutenant when I was a cop; he's a deputy chief now.
We're shooting the shit and the paper is there. I ask him, "Hey, Andy,
how come the Freeps didn't print a picture of the crowd?"
He replies, "They did print a picture of the crowd. That's a picture of
the crowd. All three of it."
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 19, 2013, 3:03:50 AM7/19/13
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On Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:03:05 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
>
> Oh, heck, I can top that.
LOL - ok you did - sometimes you just got to admire the media's dedication to obfuscate the truth I guess :)
>
> Oh, heck, I can top that.
Over here the main tv news was very subtle about it : they literally said that "two hundred people were waiting for the king to arrive", which technically wasn't a lie considering there were 50 policemen, 50 city politicians, 50 protestors waving Flemish flags and then the 50 supporters - all waiting for his arrival :)
They're setting themselves up for a lot of derision though because the media in their blind idolation is predicting half a million people will turn up for the coronation ceremony on Sunday. This doesn't match the 94% score the "don't give a shit about it" option scored in a poll yesterday. How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ? Some advice from North Korea might be needed :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Holdit
Jul 19, 2013, 3:18:51 AM7/19/13
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In article <098772e2-2709-40dc...@googlegroups.com>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
Holdit
--
"The smell of bacon proves that aromatherapy isn't total bullshit."
- Al Murray
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> On Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:03:05 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
> How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ?
Careful camera placement and long focal lengths. :-)
> How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ?
Holdit
--
"The smell of bacon proves that aromatherapy isn't total bullshit."
- Al Murray
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 19, 2013, 3:44:28 AM7/19/13
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On Friday, July 19, 2013 9:18:51 AM UTC+2, Holdit wrote:
> In article <098772e2-2709-40dc...@googlegroups.com>,
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> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
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> > On Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:03:05 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
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> > How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ?
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> Careful camera placement and long focal lengths. :-)
Probably - it just occured to me that their second problem is how to hide that the majority of the watchers will be geriatrics and dragged-along infants. With the predicted heat I sure hope the first aid workers are prepared for problems.
> In article <098772e2-2709-40dc...@googlegroups.com>,
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> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
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> > On Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:03:05 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
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> > How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ?
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> Careful camera placement and long focal lengths. :-)
I actually know a guy who's part of the tech crew of the organization - it will be interesting to get his take on it afterwards :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
Jul 19, 2013, 9:39:59 AM7/19/13
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> Over here the main tv news was very subtle about it : they literally
said that "two hundred people were waiting for the king to arrive",
which technically wasn't a lie considering there were 50 policemen, 50
city politicians, 50 protesters waving Flemish flags and then the 50
said that "two hundred people were waiting for the king to arrive",
which technically wasn't a lie considering there were 50 policemen, 50
supporters - all waiting for his arrival :)
***
The modern world is what will destroy them. Recently, we had a gun-
rights rally on the steps of the state capitol. The crowd was huge; at
any given time, there were probably two or three thousand people milling
around - and because the rally was three hours long, people were coming
and going, so the total attendance was probably 4-5,000.
The local newspaper headline read, "Hundreds Rally For Gun Rights On
Capital [sic!] Steps." Oops, they attached that headline to the online
version of the story, and the comments section instantly ballooned with
links to photographs *and videos* from every smartphone, showing clearly
that the crowd was "several thousands" not "hundreds."
> They're setting themselves up for a lot of derision though because the
turn up for the coronation ceremony on Sunday. This doesn't match the
94% score the "don't give a shit about it" option scored in a poll
yesterday. How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ? Some
advice from North Korea might be needed :)
***
94% score the "don't give a shit about it" option scored in a poll
yesterday. How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ? Some
advice from North Korea might be needed :)
Well, over here we did have a huge crowd attending the coronation of
King Barack, First Of His Name.
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 19, 2013, 10:16:28 AM7/19/13
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On Friday, July 19, 2013 3:39:59 PM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
> In article <098772e2-2709-40dc...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
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>
>
>
>
> > Over here the main tv news was very subtle about it : they literally
>
> said that "two hundred people were waiting for the king to arrive",
>
> which technically wasn't a lie considering there were 50 policemen, 50
>
> city politicians, 50 protesters waving Flemish flags and then the 50
>
> supporters - all waiting for his arrival :)
>
> ***
>
>
>
> The modern world is what will destroy them. Recently, we had a gun-
>
> rights rally on the steps of the state capitol. The crowd was huge; at
>
> any given time, there were probably two or three thousand people milling
>
> around - and because the rally was three hours long, people were coming
>
> and going, so the total attendance was probably 4-5,000.
>
>
>
> The local newspaper headline read, "Hundreds Rally For Gun Rights On
>
> Capital [sic!] Steps." Oops, they attached that headline to the online
>
> version of the story, and the comments section instantly ballooned with
>
> links to photographs *and videos* from every smartphone, showing clearly
>
> that the crowd was "several thousands" not "hundreds."
The comments section in our online papers are heavily censored - to get the real news, videos and pictures you need to turn to forums. The Powers that Be don't care about those as you don't need to control all the voters, just the dumbest half.
> In article <098772e2-2709-40dc...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Over here the main tv news was very subtle about it : they literally
>
> said that "two hundred people were waiting for the king to arrive",
>
> which technically wasn't a lie considering there were 50 policemen, 50
>
> city politicians, 50 protesters waving Flemish flags and then the 50
>
> supporters - all waiting for his arrival :)
>
> ***
>
>
>
> The modern world is what will destroy them. Recently, we had a gun-
>
> rights rally on the steps of the state capitol. The crowd was huge; at
>
> any given time, there were probably two or three thousand people milling
>
> around - and because the rally was three hours long, people were coming
>
> and going, so the total attendance was probably 4-5,000.
>
>
>
> The local newspaper headline read, "Hundreds Rally For Gun Rights On
>
> Capital [sic!] Steps." Oops, they attached that headline to the online
>
> version of the story, and the comments section instantly ballooned with
>
> links to photographs *and videos* from every smartphone, showing clearly
>
> that the crowd was "several thousands" not "hundreds."
> > They're setting themselves up for a lot of derision though because the
>
> media in their blind isolation is predicting half a million people will
>
> turn up for the coronation ceremony on Sunday. This doesn't match the
>
> 94% score the "don't give a shit about it" option scored in a poll
>
> yesterday. How can you turn 5000 people into half a million on tv ? Some
>
> advice from North Korea might be needed :)
>
> ***
>
>
>
> Well, over here we did have a huge crowd attending the coronation of
>
> King Barack, First Of His Name.
My prediction is they'll blame Global Warming :)
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
Giftzwerg
Jul 19, 2013, 6:47:46 PM7/19/13
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In article <58e607a3-f5aa-47c8...@googlegroups.com>,
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> It'll be very interesting to see how the media reports this thing - they've been talking it up all week, but there's no way half a million will attend this non-event.
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> My prediction is they'll blame Global Warming :)
Or George Zimmerman!
eddys...@hotmail.com says...
> It'll be very interesting to see how the media reports this thing - they've been talking it up all week, but there's no way half a million will attend this non-event.
>
> My prediction is they'll blame Global Warming :)
eddys...@hotmail.com
Jul 22, 2013, 1:46:57 AM7/22/13
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On Saturday, July 20, 2013 12:47:46 AM UTC+2, Giftzwerg wrote:
> In article <58e607a3-f5aa-47c8...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
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>
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> > It'll be very interesting to see how the media reports this thing - they've been talking it up all week, but there's no way half a million will attend this non-event.
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> > My prediction is they'll blame Global Warming :)
>
> Or George Zimmerman!
The numbers are in, well, actually they aren't. The coronation, which both the media and politicians had been hyping up as the event of the decade, with a government minister confidently predicting half a million spectators went without a hitch.
> In article <58e607a3-f5aa-47c8...@googlegroups.com>,
>
> eddys...@hotmail.com says...
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>
>
> > It'll be very interesting to see how the media reports this thing - they've been talking it up all week, but there's no way half a million will attend this non-event.
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> > My prediction is they'll blame Global Warming :)
>
> Or George Zimmerman!
In the online version of the papers they're extremely vague about the number of spectators - not a single number is given and there's not a single picture with an overview of the crowd. You have to turn to foreign media to get those. The Dutch AD paper printed "about a thousand spectators, among which various anti-monarchy protestors".
500,000 <> 1,000
Shows how far the media and politicians are removed from reality. A thousand people bothered to turn up on the same day the National Cell Phone Throwing Championships managed to get 7,000 and the start of the yearly Ghent City Festival even a whopping 150,000.
It's time to bury the corpse that is Belgium.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
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