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Skriven 2011-08-08 11:23:39 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: GAMERZ
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-=> Glen Jamieson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> So, the manufacturer corrects the fault(s) and issues a production
 DD> model, announcing it though the columnists in the gamer mags, the
 DD> grapevine, wired.com, etc. Then the gamers egg each other on with
 DD> "You're still on that antique stuff?  DUDE!" And the "antique stuff" is
 DD> six months old.  Bv(=

 GJ> I suppose that is how it is done in Japan, China, USA and similar.  I
 GJ> do not recall hearing of any games being produced here.

IOW everywhere in the civilised world EXCEPT Australia, where I suppose that
they don't have enough imagination to design a best-selling game that will
capture the interest of the money spending youth of today.
 
 DD> You can believe what you will. I was actually in the business of
 DD> owning and running a computer store and speak from actual experience.

 GJ> So I have you (or your Australian equivalent) to blame for all the
 GJ> advertising junk jammed into my letter box!  The large game sellers
 GJ> here compete against each other to lure the teenagers in.

Not so, White Fang. Not so. We were sales, not advertising. Blame the
advertising people for the (obsolescent) snail-mail SPAM.
 
 GJ> When I worked in the Defence industry in 1958 or so, one of my first
 GJ> jobs was to design the airconditioning for a computer, the purpose of
 GJ> which was to plot the likely point of impact of the first stage of a
 GJ> British test ICBM if the motor should cut out at any point during its
 GJ> test flight down the range.  If that point was outside the test area,
 GJ> the computer had to send a signal to the rocket to blow it up.  As it
 GJ> happened, that "Digital Impact Predictor" (DIP) never had to send the
 GJ> signal, but it had to be there, just in case.  That computer was 10
 GJ> feet long, 6 feet high and 2 feet thick, and its dedicated air
 GJ> conditioning was duplicated, just in case.  It only had to operate for
 GJ> about 3 minutes each test flight.  Definitely a case of over-kill!

 GJ> I think the power of that mighty machine was about the same as my
 GJ> mobile phone.

There was one of the Alphabet soup agencies of the US Gummint that kept track
of the tides on the East Coast of the US - up until a couple of years ago - on
a Commodore 64.
 
 GJ> I would have thought that the originators of those developments would
 GJ> have made so much money from their bright ideas that they could help
 GJ> out USA - or are they doing just that with their ideas?

Sort of. 
 
 DD> You do understand how R&D works, do you not? A clever R&D lab will
 DD> licence their product to damned near anyone for actual production. Sony
 DD> may be big in the Antipodes - but, they pretty much suck hind teat in
 DD> the US ... along with much of the rest of Japanese technology.

 GJ> Just about everything electronic here is Japanese designed and sold
 GJ> under Sony, Sanyo, Canon, Epson, but made in low wage countries like
 GJ> Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China.

Most of the sophisticated electronics in the US come from Taiwan or somewhere
in China - even if made in Singapore or Djakarta.

We live in a truly global economy. I bought a pair of short breeches this
weekend (after determining they were not made in China) at a quite reasonable
cost. But, when I got home I Googled up Lesotho immediately to see where the
hey it lives when it's home and in its jammies.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Lesotho Spinach & Tangerine Soup
 Categories: Soups, Poultry, Greens, Citrus
      Yield: 5 servings

  1 1/2 l  Chicken stock
     75 g  Yellow split peas
     25 g  Unsalted butter
    100 g  Spring onions; chopped
      1 ts Ground turmeric
    225 g  Fresh spinach; fine chopped
     40 g  Parsley; chopped
     50 g  Coriander; chopped
           Grated zest of 2 tangerines
           Juice of 3 tangerines
     20 g  Ground rice or rice flour
    150 ml Cold water
    225 g  Natural yoghurt

  Spinach and Tangerine Soup is a traditional Lesothan recipe
  for a classic soup of spinach, tangerine juice and zest
  cooked in chicken stock flavoured with split peas and
  onions and thickened with ground rice and yoghurt.

  Soak the split peas over night. The following day add the
  chicken stock to a pan and bring to a boil. Drain the split
  peas and add to the pan. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10
  minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a pan and add the
  spring onions. Fry gently for 5 minutes before adding the
  turmeric. Fry for 1 minutes then add the cold water and
  ground rice and stir in. Transfer the contents of the pan to
  the stock pot then add the coriander, spinach, parsley and
  tangerine zest and juice to the pan, cover and cook for 15
  minutes, stirring occasionally. 

  Ladle the soup into dishes, garnish with a dollop of yoghurt
  and sprinkle fresh coriander over the top.

  Serve immediately.

  From: http://www.celtnet.org.uk

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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