Retributar Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Im fluent in either IMPERIAL or METRIC systems...,being a CANADIAN makes both systems Understandable & Usable... . because WE-USE both!. Now that im fluent in both,...i have to say that the METRIC-SYSTEM is Clearly Superior!...Especially for MEASUREMENTS!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Originally posted by Retributar: Im fluent in either IMPERIAL or METRIC systems...,being a CANADIAN makes both systems Understandable & Usable... . because WE-USE both!. Now that im fluent in both,...i have to say that the METRIC-SYSTEM is Clearly Superior!...Especially for MEASUREMENTS!. Yes. One problem the noprth americans and the europeans share are the time problem. 1 minute = 60 seconds. So stupid 1 minute = 100 seconds and 100 minutes = 1 hour would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Dozer Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 your kiding right... the 100 idea is bad because what we have just deals with how the earth revolves rotates 360. its true it could be changed but i with 100seconds =1 minute and 100minutes =1 hour just would not work so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Originally posted by Mr.Dozer: your kiding right... the 100 idea is bad because what we have just deals with how the earth revolves rotates 360. its true it could be changed but i with 100seconds =1 minute and 100minutes =1 hour just would not work so well. You could divide a day (or any other unit of time) anyway you wanted. If we wanted to divide a day into 100 units instead of 24 units, that is easy enough and it doesn't really mater how many degrees of rotation that is. The reason time will not change is because everyone is accustomed to it, it works, and it would be incredibly expensive to change it. People would need to completely change their conceptual reference. But more important than that, all clocks would need to be replaced, all signs with times on them would need to be redone, and darn near every computer program and operating system would need to be updated. The cost of the computer change alone would be monumental. But when you add it all up, it would likely never happen even if there was a good justification yet there is nothing wrong with the current system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santabear Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 everyone is accustomed to it, it works, and it would be incredibly expensive to change it. People would need to completely change their conceptual reference...when you add it all up, it would likely never happen even if there was a good justification...I agree that the metric system is a more logical and easier-to-use system than the English system. But the arguement above (about time and clocks) is exactly what kept the US from going metric in the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flensman Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 Referring to amazon.de and some other game-shops the release date is 23.02.2006!!!!! Believe it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Originally posted by Flensman: Referring to amazon.de and some other game-shops the release date is 23.02.2006!!!!! Believe it or not. Well I don't believe it a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 "No man knows the day or hour" --- N.T. "But of the times of the season" --- N.T. Come on guys, enough of the date setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonheart Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 1.1.2006, 2.2.2006, 3.3.2006 etc...should work fine for both then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Shoot Me Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Amazon doesn't pull dates out of thin air. Someone provided them that date. It may be a bit delayed beyond Thursday but likely we are very close. I can almost hear the pitter patter of tiny marching digital feet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Condor Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by Don't Shoot Me: I can almost hear the pitter patter of tiny marching digital feet!! Dont get excited, u could go gay=peter puffer if u dont calm down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 @Condor --- Dude, get online, & play some SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Condor Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Hey Rambo, sorry im retired and not playing anymore, instead i wrote u a nice song. Took me 10 minutes. Hope u like it. Its called Cocaine Blues originally from Johnny Cash. "Early one mornin' while playing some rounds I took fast Belgium I shot the frenchies down I went to bed cos Paris finally fell I started thinkin what i was doing next in my head Got up next mornin' and I called Da Man Took a shot at London and away I run Made a good run but I ran too slow Rambo overtook my subs down at Oslo Late in the evenin while takin' Vichy In walked a carrier from Malta beach I said hey Rambo u cheating on me bitch It's the dirty heck I sank at Egypt Said yes, oh yes my name is Rambo and i cheat If you've got the warrant just a-read it to me Cheat on u cos u made me sore I thought you had one airfleet but you had five more" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santabear Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Is there a language in which that poetry actually rhymes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename Condor Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 lol u even want it to rhyme? well beach rhymes with bitch aint it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I hear SC-2 is a comin' Hubert's rollin 'round the bend And I ain't played squat since I don't know when I'm stuck in SC-1 prison And Jet tech keeps draggin' on But those hexes are a movin' on Down to gay A.I. fun. When i was just an Icon My mama said "hey son, Always be a Legend, Don't ever play with bums" But i smacked Condor in the Forum, Just to watch him dive When i hear my followers laughin' They know Rambo well alive. "I'm waiting for ya" --- Sgt. Guffy in Battle of the Bulge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 "I Walk the Line" comes out Febuary 28th on DVD, have you seen it Condor? I saw it last Thankgiving, it's a Legendary movie!!! Better yet, has anybody seen the Gregory Peck & Tuesday Weld movie,"I Walk the Line"? It comes out on DVD in March, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Originally posted by Kuniworth: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Flensman: Referring to amazon.de and some other game-shops the release date is 23.02.2006!!!!! Believe it or not. Well I don't believe it a minute. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Originally posted by Stalin's Organist: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Kuniworth: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Flensman: Referring to amazon.de and some other game-shops the release date is 23.02.2006!!!!! Believe it or not. Well I don't believe it a minute. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombra Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Originally posted by Don't Shoot Me: Amazon doesn't pull dates out of thin air. Someone provided them that date. It may be a bit delayed beyond Thursday but likely we are very close. I can almost hear the pitter patter of tiny marching digital feet!! No plan survives the first contact with the enemy. Look at the beta reports: - Hubert is still working on implementing the AI it seems. - Game still needs some balancing it seems. (2nd AAR) - bug hunting - writing the manual - etc. Looking at the game development of GalCiv2 + Heroes 5, I would guess 3-4 Month of work at least are still in there for Hubert (Don´t forget he is a one man project team) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 A sombre Sombra: Look at the beta reports: - Hubert is still working on implementing the AI it seems. Farther along than you might suppose. Then, You are a long, long way off, from where it is That you walk, watch, and whistle the sort of riffs that move, amuse you. - Game still needs some balancing it seems. (2nd AAR) As Mr Bill has already mentioned, we are all trying out some different options, and probably, given our aggregate, extensive experience, some of those that would matter the most. Everyone, apparently, keeps right on forgetting how incredibly INTRICATE this game actually is. Well, once you finally get yer hands on that most amazing! Editor EVER created, you'll see what we've all been saying and saying. - bug hunting I have said it is more complex that SC-1, though, it doesn't take as much time to play as you might suppose... IE, most of the decisions to do with Diplomacy and Research and the like are sporadic, and quickly determined, since you ARE immensely IMMERSED and liable to make intuitive choices. I would worry more, MUCH more about the newly crowned American King's "electronic bugs" :eek: which are soon! coming your way... if not already installed... Average Joe? - WAKE UP! - writing the manual Bill has that pretty much finished. Some minor errata here & there, is all. Hell of a job he did, should you ask me. - etc. Hmmm, tough one to ascertain yer REAL intent, but... TCP works near perfectly, the clamored for Timer is going to cause some frantic, frenetic games, and they can be FUN in their own way, or... were you talking about how the tiles are not even noticeable once you commence... trip the light fantasic play? Looking at the game development of GalCiv2 + Heroes 5, I would guess 3-4 Month of work at least are still in there for Hubert Haven't looked at those, wouldn't want to personally, but you are quite likely... INCORRECT in this estimated assessment. (Don´t forget he is a one man project team) A one man coding Magician, no doubt, with a genuine "knack" for unique game design, but there are actually some others on "the project." Bill plays shortstop (... Jump School allows him to leap high! And avoid those flashing spikes when he would turn the inning-ending double-play), Blashy is a dervish at 3rd Base, ah, You should see! Those hot shots he knocks down, and rips Right back up and fires a silver streaking Bullet! to first base, nipping the astonished, Helmet-hurling runner by half a step. :cool: (... I am perfectly content to be way out in Left Field examining the manner in which the butterflies conduct earth-shattering fandangos.) A few others of the 9 possible fielding positions are around somewhere too, but they ain't sayin' so, so As Abbott & Costello have asked: Who's on First? What's on Second? LOL! [ February 21, 2006, 08:16 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapaho Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 so its out tomorrow then j/k looking forward to it still, whenever it may come. All good things come to those that wait (allegedly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santabear Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 @ Condor: Well, here in N. Carolina "beach" rhymes with lots of things... Desert Dave: (... I am perfectly content to be way out in Left Field examining the manner in which the butterflies conduct earth-shattering fandangos.) You're far from being in Left Field, my friend... Reminds me of a dearly departed conductor friend talking about a colleague: "He was so far out, he was on his way back in..." Thanks to all of the development team! SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombra Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 W@ Desert Dave: Though there is light at the end of the tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Zen reckoning, Santabear You're far from being in Left Field, my friend... Reminds me of a dearly departed conductor friend talking about a colleague: "He was so far out, he was on his way back in..." Thanks to all of the development team! On behalf, yer welcome! Great quote, thanks - ah, shoot The grave-yard Clavichord player, You've figured it out. :cool: ... my Grand Dad, God keep, please, my much esteemed Mentor - never had any one better, not since... who worked for Barnum & Bailey Traveling Circus back in the 1930's, yea, 'e once said to me, an ignorant knave, at 'is knee: Kid! Gawking, grokking kid! It's - Center Ring, Big Top's here - so sing! And see! Such as them hi-wire Cats Daring, scaring! - soaring! Sure! Take time, take care Tent pole's set to right heights, So to contain, maybe! LOL! The Lions & Lambs and elves And the goofing, Spoofing Clowns! and Other (... long) enduring For long enluring sights! In... Circus adoring Mainstreet, USA! Now, only thing is, You need be enthused, Ready to Go! Cuz, In the end, Then the nickle is spinning, spent, You've gotta giv 'em... a Show! [iE, ONLY... Each's Shadow And if lucky, friends or wife, KNOWS the REAL You and me, ah, LOL, how naturally. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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