Sad? I don't and never did have a Gameboy, so I'm glad someone took the time to port it to Flash. But yeah, it would be nice if they had made a mention of Kwirk.
Tom - the more opponents you play in a game, the less that will be the case. I usually play 8, although if you do go that high you'll need to accept the occasional misfortune of being killed before you even get a chance to move.
It's similar to Risk, but there are some important distinctions that make it different -- the main one being that you don't choose where your reinforcements go.
There's a multiplayer version that was inspired by Dice Wars: KDice
Tim - I wouldn't have watched it as a kid, either -- too slow-paced and dealt with too many issues that I wouldn't have comprehended. As an adult, I think it's actually pretty good, and reflects many of the same issues present today in the "war on terror". It's not your standard cheesy space show.
Dang... is it so hard to put these into a simple, readable list instead of making us mouse over some stupid map or click through a slide-show for each individual sin?
Also, I'm sure AFS pounded into his skull the importance of respecting the culture of the host family, no matter how outrageous it may seem, which I am sure fueled his persistence in staying with that particular family.
Sugz: I think most people know that Egypt is geographically located in Africa (except for the Sinai peninsula). However, culturally it is most closely aligned with the Middle-east: it's official name is The Arab Republic of Egypt, its people are 80-90% Islamic, and its official language is Arabic. (wikipedia)
In the introductory paragraph for the wikipedia article, it states: "Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East."
Lex, in all fairness, it would be much less effort for you to go to another website for your entertainment than for Adam to start his own. Or even just skip the posts that list Adam as the author. I've done that with one of the authors here (although I haven't seem this particular person post in a while).
I love it how everyone has their own idea of what Neatorama should be, as if it were their own personal website.
Or bring your own cup. But that would require actual responsibility.
and Willo - many of the products you mention are listed as degradable because they are water-soluble, meaning that they break down into individual polymer molecules, which, although they are much larger than, say, a water molecule, are still much too small to be mistaken for food. They are often made from starchy, plant-based polymers instead of petroleum-based polymers. Also, plastic-eating bacteria may be closer than you think: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/pdfs/oct06_plastic_degradation.pdf
a) it was denser, and thus gravity would be higher
or
b) there was less mass
We can eliminate a) as unlikely due to the presence of large animals such as dinosaurs during that time period. So apparently it picked up a bunch of mass somewhere. Gradually. Assuming a planet with a surface area of 25% of today's (based on the current land-ocean ratio), the mass would be 1/8 of the current mass. So dividing by 70 million years, that means we're gaining 82 trillion tons of mass per year! Also, I would say, pretty unlikely.
On a side note (I feel like I can ramble since no one is going to read this far anyway), I liked how the wikipedia article says
However, modern physics does not support the idea of an aether which is absorbed by matter or is transformed into new matter.
and yet concepts like dark matter, dark energy, and antimatter are widely accepted.
There's a multiplayer version that was inspired by Dice Wars: KDice
But yeah. Enough with the Last Suppers.
In the introductory paragraph for the wikipedia article, it states: "Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East."
I love it how everyone has their own idea of what Neatorama should be, as if it were their own personal website.
and Willo - many of the products you mention are listed as degradable because they are water-soluble, meaning that they break down into individual polymer molecules, which, although they are much larger than, say, a water molecule, are still much too small to be mistaken for food. They are often made from starchy, plant-based polymers instead of petroleum-based polymers. Also, plastic-eating bacteria may be closer than you think:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/pdfs/oct06_plastic_degradation.pdf
a) it was denser, and thus gravity would be higher
or
b) there was less mass
We can eliminate a) as unlikely due to the presence of large animals such as dinosaurs during that time period. So apparently it picked up a bunch of mass somewhere. Gradually. Assuming a planet with a surface area of 25% of today's (based on the current land-ocean ratio), the mass would be 1/8 of the current mass. So dividing by 70 million years, that means we're gaining 82 trillion tons of mass per year! Also, I would say, pretty unlikely.
On a side note (I feel like I can ramble since no one is going to read this far anyway), I liked how the wikipedia article says
However, modern physics does not support the idea of an aether which is absorbed by matter or is transformed into new matter.
and yet concepts like dark matter, dark energy, and antimatter are widely accepted.