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>> ^rottenseed:
>> ^gwiz665:
He reminds me of Daniel Dennett.
Well, rottenseed, it's not really wrong. The force of gravity is constant and when that force influences the anvil more than the force from the explosion ("overcomes" it) it goes in the direction of gravity.

physics fail. PM myself or mycroft for further explanation.


Isn't this just semantics? Drawing in the forces as vectors, you add (I think) the vectors together and factor in wind resistance and all that and get the final direction the anvil flies. Because gravity is constantly at about 9.8 m/s2 (depending on where on the earth it was launched, how far it goes up - negligible differences) and the energy from the explosion is not constant, the resulting force vector becomes less and less upwards and eventually turns and points downwards towards the center of gravity ("overcomes" it).

Where is that so horribly wrong? I''m not a physics guy, I'm just going by my high school stuff and what makes sense when you program physics stuff - so enlighten me with your mighty brain.

Gah, I played DotA for like 4 years, and I still mod the Random Chat section on the old official site for some unknown reason too, don't know if I can be bothered to give it a shot.

My problem with HoN, is it appears from what I've heard (haven't played it) to be an almost identical clone of what DotA was a couple of versions ago, with some nice additions and a couple of new heroes. Also I hear it has zero lag, which is a huge boon and there's a system for recreating games that disconnect. I'm skeptical if it will stand the test of time though. S2 don't have the expertise of balancing the game over it's history and introducing new and interesting heroes as nobody who actually developed DotA is involved. That's not to say there isn't potential there, but there's no guarantee that the continuous new content and gameplay improvements that made DotA popular in the first place will carry through here.

I'm more keen on trying League of Legends to be honest once it comes out. I'm not a big fan of the free to play microtransactions model that they're going to be using although it is apparently very popular in Asia for MMORPGs where the majority of DotA players are situated. On the other hand, the fact that a former map maker is involved in development and has apparently had a lot of control over the direction suggests that it has more potential to be a success because the expertise is already there.

Also calling DotA an RTS is probably stetching it, I think it shares more in common with action RPGs than it does with RTSs to be honest.

My 2c anyway.

This show still holds my personal record for going downhill - faster than a meteorite entering the atmosphere (and mind you, the very beginning wasn't stellar, either). But when we stopped watching it at a couple of episodes in S2, it was (and for me probably always will be) the worst "popular"/overhyped show in existence. As such, I can't have a trailer for it on the very first page of the Sift. Downvote (probably my first on a Sift by ant, too).

S1 was the best, S2 was crap, but S3 was between. #4, who knows but I doubt it will be good or better than first season.

We missed s# and have started from scratch. Almost at the end of S1, S2 and S3 to go. S2 was not great, but is S3 really that bad? Really??? This trailer for S4 looked pretty good to me, but I've not heard anyone tell me S3 was good. Where did they go wrong?

I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!!:

http://s2.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2009/7/21/16/fergies-package-5885-1248207435-14.jpg

Been a while for any comments. Can't believe that people thought there might be an excuse for this kind of treatment!!
Here's a Cut & Paste of just SOME of the cop's BS I have found while looking into this:
This is the BCI report that Agent Christy S. Palmer sent to John D. Ferrero, Prosecuting Attorney Stark County Ohio.
Dated April 16, 2008 BCI Case #: SI-76-08-14-0147

This is part of page 3

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Zemo999/?action=view¤t=BCI-Report.jpg

Sheriff Swanson has ALWAYS maintained that Steffey was ASKED & REFUSED to remove her cloths.

But here’s the BCI’s OWN REPORT that PROVES this is a LIE!

And then they try to explain away their first lie with another lie, about why it was done this way without asking Steffey to do it voluntarily.

They are trying to say that Steffey was resisting enough that EIGHT people (5 women, 3 men) couldn't take the chance of ASKING her to remove her cloths, or EVEN TELL HER WHAT WAS GOING ON!!!
What a crock!!

I did NOT see any resisting in the video, I saw eight cops parading her to the cell, with her in cuffs.

In fact EVERY video I have seen she is in cuffs!
And the ONLY times I have seen her react to the cops is after they have assaulted her or in the process of stripping her naked.

But apparently catching the sheriff's dept in a lie isn't a big deal to our "independent" BCI investigator, Christy Palmer, who seems ready to accept ANY excuse the sheriff's dept wants to use.

The report also goes on to say that they lowered Steffey in a slow controlled manner to the floor. Except that Steffey says she was thrown to the floor.
She also told her husband in a phone call that she thought the cops had broken her nose.
And she was treated by the nurse for the injury.
And in page 4 of this report Christy Palmer even states that Steffey reported that her nose was making "crunching noises".

So I guess this is proof of a second LIE! (Or third)

And still Christy Palmer, the "independent investigator" doesn’t think twice about accepting the word of the cops over the VICTIMS in spite of proof.
BTW, Christy also references a video that she says “proves that she was lowered in a slow controlled manner to the floor”. As far as I know, THIS would have to be on the 'non-existent' beginning of the strip video.
On May 5th when I asked about the "missing" video, I was told it would soon be released.
Now here again it looks as though it’s referenced...even though they NOW claim it does not exist.
Interesting. (I have filed a request for this video.)

This isn’t so much an investigation report as it is a smear campaign against Hope Steffey.

The cops can polish this turd as much as want, this STILL STINKS!

BTW I don't know why they bothered to black out the names of Nurse Coren Lennon and the jail psychologist Thomas Anuszkiewicz, aren't they PROUD of the work they do?

The Hang Drum is full of science:
http://www.hangblog.org/panart/2-S2-4-IsmaRossing.pdf

Actually, it kind of is an exception. Let me tell you why.

The first season was great. It was eerie, creepy, subtle, mystifying but in a good way, it took its time, and best of all it was all very ambiguous. You never knew what to expect and it was very much like a real freak show. It was damned compelling TV.

Then came season two and the clear (to me anyway) directive from HBO to make it more accessible. S2 plot points were suddenly being hand fed to us. The story continued but the subtlety was gone. I lost interest by the 5th or 6th show of season two for this reason.

And the old argument that "they never gave this show a chance" is pure B.S. because HBO promoted the hell out of this show. I'm not quoting any sifter above but it's a very very common complaint when fans commiserate about the cancellation of their favorite shows. The numbers were not strong for season two, the effect of which is no different for pay cable services, so it was pulled.

Firefly, on the other hand, was doomed to fail because of Fox's many programming blunders, which is the subject for another sift.

One thing about Carnivale was certain. It had the best theme music I think I've ever heard. It fit the theme of the story itself brilliantly: it was both dark and light, subtle and mystifying.