From the ashes will rise a new Hivemind.

[the Jester]

I have lived in California for my entire life and never felt an earthquake.

And I ain't no kid anymore, neither.

 

[Jdvn1]

I have lived in Texas for my entire life, and I feel an earthquake every Wednesday after All-U-Can-Eat BBQ Night.

 

[Dog Moon]

I've lived in Minnesota and for some strange reason, I've never felt an Earthquake either.

On a serious note, I've never been near a Tornado either, which Minnesota actually has. I feel fortunate about that fact.

 

[Jdvn1]

Yeah, Texas has tornadoes and water spouts (tornadoes over the water), and I've never seen either. I've been in a couple hurricanes, though.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Neptune's Pride

Neptune's Pride

This is an awesome browser game I've been playing. However, rather than me try and explain it, let me turn you over to the good people of Rock, Paper, Shotgun and their game diary:

The Complete Pride And Falls | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

In short, it's a slow-burning space-strategy-sim, in which you control a civilisation in a galaxy at war. You build ships, develop tech and conquer worlds, all the while scheming against the other players and trying to survive.

The key is the pace of the game. Moving ships from one system to another takes hours of real-world time, meaning each move becomes important. The game is very simple, meaning diplomacy is very important.

I like it. It's awesome. I also have the facility to create a Premium game with a password for ENworld (and friends) only, so if you want to try it out and play against me, you can. Warning - the game can take a fair few weeks to play through, depending on how it's set up. I might adjust the settings to make it run a little faster.

Anyone up for this?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Been near a few tornadoes- and actually SAW one...in downtown New Orleans- but I watch a lot of natural science shows...

Which, among other things, reveals that there is a HUGE fault that has a tail that runs down through North Central Texas that hasn't done anything significant for a while. And one of the last times it was serious, it generated a quake that could be felt on both coasts.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Damn - that was supposed to be a new thread in a different forum. Sorry.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Damn - that was supposed to be a new thread in a different forum. Sorry.

Or was it?

 

[Jdvn1]

Or was it?

Sounds like a case for Encyclopedia Brown!

 

[Relique du Madde]

OMG OMG OMFG!

HP Slate priced at €400 for June launch, Atom CPU confirmed?
By Vladislav Savov posted Mar 19th 2010 6:27AM
Reputable Spanish publication Clipset has the first concrete report on pricing and internal specs for HP's Slate. Seemingly obtained from HP itself, the €400 ($546) price tag positions the Slate a notch above netbooks and bodes well for the expectation that it'll undercut the iPad's entry level pricing. Straight currency conversations are inadvisable in such situations, so we'll just have to wait until official stickers for the iPad in Europe are known or HP announces US prices for the Slate. Further info includes an Atom CPU, Flash support, USB connectivity, a memory card reader, and a back-mounted webcam (see it after the break). The launch of this Windows 7 device is slated for June, while retail availability in Europe is said to be expected at some point "before September." It's not clear what all that means for the US, but we doubt HP will be making its home turf wait longer than the rest of the world. Rest assured, we'll be reaching out to HP HQ before they've had their first cup of green tea to find out.

Also...

The Windows 7 tablet will sport an 8.9-inch 1024x600 capacitive multitouch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, a five-hour battery, Webcam, and a 3-megapixel camera, according to the presentation. The Slate's $549 base Wi-Fi configuration will reportedly have 32GB of flash storage and 1GB of non-upgradeable RAM, while a $599 version will come with 64GB of storage. Both tablets also have a USB port, HDMI output, SDHC slot, and a SIM card slot for optional 3G, according to the apparently leaked presentation, which also highlights the features HP sees as superior or a threat to iPad appeal.

Come on MS what are you waiting for? Show us the Courier already so my geek-gasm can be complete!