Ryan giving us our little pep talk. He moves too much
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
In A Room Hidden From View
My lecture starts at 4, its now 2:15......... and only 4 hours before I see Fiona again.
Its blogger time!!
Anyhow, I thought I would just make a post of general rambling. There hasn't been any real issues lately for me to complain about so I thought I would tell you something interesting.
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China. Every few years this mighty river floods, resulting in ten's of thousands of deaths, thousands of homes destroyed, and many injured. The Chinese government plan to build a dam in the river at Three Gorge. They will also be able to use it as a hydropower station. With this one plant they can generate more electricity then all of Australia does.
This project has been in the planning stages since the 1950's. They only started construction in 1994. Even after all that planning and designing there is still major uproar about it. Its also been responsible for the massacre of protesting uni students in China.
You might be wondering what's the big deal? Won't the dam save thousands of lives and homes? And won't it also produce one tenth of China's power needs in and economical manner?
There are huge benefits for having this dam, but all great things come at a cost. A cost of US$11 billion. Yes that's right $11 000 000 000! This is one of the largest and most expensive engineering projects in the world. The cost isn't only money though, oh no. It gets better :-D
2 cities, 140 towns, and 1351 villages will have to be moved. If they stay where they are they will be covered in water by 2009 due to the dam's reservoir. Thats 1.1 million people to be moved. So you can see why people are annoyed.
Anyway, that's what I learnt in uni this week. We have an assignment on the various issues that can be generated by a project of this magnitude.
So, its back to surfing the internet for me. I don't want to bore you with anymore writing. Ill put some pics up soon.
Bye bye.
Its blogger time!!
Anyhow, I thought I would just make a post of general rambling. There hasn't been any real issues lately for me to complain about so I thought I would tell you something interesting.
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China. Every few years this mighty river floods, resulting in ten's of thousands of deaths, thousands of homes destroyed, and many injured. The Chinese government plan to build a dam in the river at Three Gorge. They will also be able to use it as a hydropower station. With this one plant they can generate more electricity then all of Australia does.
This project has been in the planning stages since the 1950's. They only started construction in 1994. Even after all that planning and designing there is still major uproar about it. Its also been responsible for the massacre of protesting uni students in China.
You might be wondering what's the big deal? Won't the dam save thousands of lives and homes? And won't it also produce one tenth of China's power needs in and economical manner?
There are huge benefits for having this dam, but all great things come at a cost. A cost of US$11 billion. Yes that's right $11 000 000 000! This is one of the largest and most expensive engineering projects in the world. The cost isn't only money though, oh no. It gets better :-D
2 cities, 140 towns, and 1351 villages will have to be moved. If they stay where they are they will be covered in water by 2009 due to the dam's reservoir. Thats 1.1 million people to be moved. So you can see why people are annoyed.
Anyway, that's what I learnt in uni this week. We have an assignment on the various issues that can be generated by a project of this magnitude.
So, its back to surfing the internet for me. I don't want to bore you with anymore writing. Ill put some pics up soon.
Bye bye.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Whateva
Last night was the big frequency LAN night *sits there unexcited*
It actually got boring. We started out playing Call of Duty, that was stupid. Then after that we played a game called SolDat with is like a 2D shooter game. That was fun at first but it got tiring very quickly.
We never played Warcraft3. That was the biggest disappointment.
Anyway, thats all i've got to write.
Bye
It actually got boring. We started out playing Call of Duty, that was stupid. Then after that we played a game called SolDat with is like a 2D shooter game. That was fun at first but it got tiring very quickly.
We never played Warcraft3. That was the biggest disappointment.
Anyway, thats all i've got to write.
Bye
Friday, August 19, 2005
About Time
Hello people. All this talk with shnoobly is making me want to play warcraft3 even more. So on Saturday night i will be bringing my computer along with me to the LAN night. I have the frozen thrones expansion pack so i can give anyone who has a computer a copy of warcraft 3.
On another note......... there isn't another note. I just wanted to talk about warcraft. I look forward to playing it tomorrow night, but i just want to mention. If you touch my computer without my permission, i will break your fingers.
Right now I'm freeing up some space on my computer so i get good performance. Also i want room for any new games or software i might acquire :D.
So, shnoobly or anyone else interested. Bring your computer along tomorrow night and we'll play.
Bye bye now
On another note......... there isn't another note. I just wanted to talk about warcraft. I look forward to playing it tomorrow night, but i just want to mention. If you touch my computer without my permission, i will break your fingers.
Right now I'm freeing up some space on my computer so i get good performance. Also i want room for any new games or software i might acquire :D.
So, shnoobly or anyone else interested. Bring your computer along tomorrow night and we'll play.
Bye bye now
Monday, August 15, 2005
WoW
WoW..... World of Warcraft
Some of you might not know what I'm talking about but WoW is an online multiplayer game where people can play with and against other people in a huge computer generated world. The theme is medieval magic, with a constant struggle between the Horde (Orc) and the Alliance (Human).
The point of this post is just to say... I WANT TO PLAY IT!!!
There are several reasons why i can't:
- Fast internet
- Monthly subscription
- Time
My three favorite webcomics (Penny Arcade, PvP, Ctrl+Alt+Del) have their own guilds and everynight they battle it out against each other. I would love to be involved in something like that. To put your skillz against other, thinking opponents.
That's why i want computers at the LAN on Saturday night. Its just great to connect computers and play. So if you have a computer, bring it along and we'll play. Its at 7:17pm, this Saturday 20th at 1 Fred Bell Parade in East Vic Park.
I wonder if i can get Warcraft 3 going?
For the Horde!!
Some of you might not know what I'm talking about but WoW is an online multiplayer game where people can play with and against other people in a huge computer generated world. The theme is medieval magic, with a constant struggle between the Horde (Orc) and the Alliance (Human).
The point of this post is just to say... I WANT TO PLAY IT!!!
There are several reasons why i can't:
- Fast internet
- Monthly subscription
- Time
My three favorite webcomics (Penny Arcade, PvP, Ctrl+Alt+Del) have their own guilds and everynight they battle it out against each other. I would love to be involved in something like that. To put your skillz against other, thinking opponents.
That's why i want computers at the LAN on Saturday night. Its just great to connect computers and play. So if you have a computer, bring it along and we'll play. Its at 7:17pm, this Saturday 20th at 1 Fred Bell Parade in East Vic Park.
I wonder if i can get Warcraft 3 going?
For the Horde!!
Friday, August 12, 2005
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