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Author Topic: [MILK] There were 12 eggs here what did you do with them? (Happy thread?!)  (Read 16179294 times)

LeoLeonardoIII

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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123330 on: March 07, 2014, 07:47:22 pm »

Ehh? Tough = Strength. Strength = Muscle fibers, the basic cell of the muscle. Therefore the concept of being tough is attributed to the muscles.
Does it help if I say I apply 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol to my wounds when I'm wounded to clear out the bacteria?
I wouldn't say Strong = Tough.
There's gotta be a reason that Strength and Vitality/Constitution/Endurance are different stats on most RPG's.

Hah. Maybe. My general stereotype is that women deal with a lot more pain than men do in general (cramps, pregnancy) so they've got to be better at it, but are a lot smarter (slash-pedantic) when it comes to small injuries.
I could see a justification for giving male characters +1 STR and females +1 CON.
I think your toughness is less based on how you react to a minor injury when you're standing around doing dishes, and more how you react to a minor injury when you're fighting or climbing or something else where you can't really afford to stop and take care of it. If you can ignore it and keep doing whatever you're doing, that's tough. Then again, if you're walkin around the house and you stub your toe and it's always a huge production, with the wailing and the hopping and the crashing into other things - I'd say that's a good indicator of fragility.

In terms of endurance, I think sprinting speed over 100m vs. end time of a marathon is an excellent indicator. Someone might have a 20% slower time in the sprint but 50% faster in the marathon, showing they've trained more for endurance than short-term power.

That's all theoretical though, I haven't lifted weights enough to tell whether the whole "speed muscle vs. endurance muscle" thing is true. I think there's a very reasonable chance that a bunch of jocks have gotten it wrong by repeating sweatroom myths all these years, but I also think a lot of smart people must have been studying it too and maybe they agree or maybe their studies are being ignored.
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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123331 on: March 07, 2014, 07:47:41 pm »

Oh man this is the best thing ever.
[quoteSCP 2357]Unless they employ something completely inhuman, this should be foolproof.[/quote]
"...something completely inhuman" (read SCP 682)

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« Reply #123332 on: March 07, 2014, 07:49:30 pm »

Oh man this is the best thing ever.
Quote from: SCP 2357
Unless they employ something completely inhuman, this should be foolproof.
"...something completely inhuman" (read SCP 682)
Luckily, "Let's throw 682 at it" is firmly on the foundation's don't-do list.
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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123333 on: March 07, 2014, 07:58:08 pm »

Only 2 days until the new Cosmos series starts. Thus far, preliminary reviews pretty much say it's amazing in every regard.
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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123334 on: March 07, 2014, 08:15:31 pm »

Hah. Maybe. My general stereotype is that women deal with a lot more pain than men do in general (cramps, pregnancy) so they've got to be better at it, but are a lot smarter (slash-pedantic) when it comes to small injuries.
Not really. :p It depends on the person injured on whether they wish to tell others about it, and oww it hurts i'm not used to this and owwww!

But true. Strength =/= Tough.

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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123335 on: March 07, 2014, 08:34:12 pm »

Completely by accident discovered a game I barely remember for the PS1 on the PSN, and bought it alongside two games I only ever played the demo for way back in the day.
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Re: [ᴕᴥᴕ] Happy thread, destroyer of browsers. (happy thread)
« Reply #123336 on: March 07, 2014, 08:57:48 pm »

That's all theoretical though, I haven't lifted weights enough to tell whether the whole "speed muscle vs. endurance muscle" thing is true. I think there's a very reasonable chance that a bunch of jocks have gotten it wrong by repeating sweatroom myths all these years, but I also think a lot of smart people must have been studying it too and maybe they agree or maybe their studies are being ignored.
Actually the flip-side of 'endurance muscle' to 'speed muscle' is actually known as 'fast-twitch'/'slow-twitch' muscle groups.
To throw some racism in, in general East Africans have more slow twitch, West Africans have more fast twitch, South East Asians have more slow twitch, and central chinese have more fast twitch, whilst Caucasians generally seem to have more power muscle.

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« Reply #123337 on: March 07, 2014, 09:11:59 pm »

Watched Shawshank Redemption again.

Awesome as usual.
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« Reply #123338 on: March 07, 2014, 09:17:57 pm »

So I just found out my ps3 controller running as an emulated xbox360 controller actually managed to retain the anolog on the R2 and L2 buttons.

Sooo gonna use this for Euro Truck Simulator 2 now. Those would be great for the throttle and brake.
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« Reply #123339 on: March 07, 2014, 09:28:14 pm »

Can confirm that analog triggers work great for throttle and break in ETS2.

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« Reply #123340 on: March 07, 2014, 09:32:33 pm »

Wait, is analog the one with only two sets of input (on/off), or is that digital? Because for throttle and brake I'd want a bit more finesse.
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« Reply #123341 on: March 07, 2014, 09:35:29 pm »

Analog is the one with variable output. Digital is an on and off switch.
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« Reply #123342 on: March 07, 2014, 09:36:27 pm »

Thank you. Been a while since I've used a controller for...anything, really ._.
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« Reply #123343 on: March 07, 2014, 09:37:11 pm »

I'm reminded of this story. Would recommend a read to anyone who has any interest in game design or programming. It's told really well, so even if you don't you probably want to read it.

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« Reply #123344 on: March 07, 2014, 09:47:16 pm »

Sirus: Drives trucks all day, and, when he gets to play on his computer...

Plays a trucking game! :P
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