L. Marcus Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Silly Vimes, no-one lives in Gripsholm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Silly Vimes' date=' no-one lives in Gripsholm![/quote'] Not yet -- Invasion? I think so. You start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I don't waaanaaa ... It's, like, six hundred miles away! And it's raining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I don't waaanaaa ... It's' date=' like, six hundred miles away! And it's raining![/quote'] What would Gustavus Adolphus Magnus say?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Invade Gripsholm? Isn't it mine already?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Invade Gripsholm? Isn't it mine already?" You win this round... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Round 2 starts in 10 mins. get your tickets here and place your bets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Where We Got Our Music The Last 30 Years. Spoiler for animated gif Cassette's rise in the early 80s is due mainly to the Walkman and its rivals. Likewise, 8 Tracks mostly died out because of an increase of cassette decks in cars. CD is most responsible for shrinking the LP market, as it was seen as a direct replacement for vinyl records. CD sales actually peaked in 1999, as most folks had already replaced most of their LP collections with CDs. The recording industry likes to conflate the reduction of revenues that started after 1999 with the rise of file sharing (Napster), but that wasn't really significant at that point. SACD managed to get up to 0.2% in 2005, which sounds amazing until you realize that most SACDs at that time were packaged as hybrid CD/SACD discs. I've got a couple of discs in my collection that are hybrids, and they'll most likely never be played in SACD mode because the hardware's still too expensive. New DVD-Audio hardware's almost non-existent, but when it was readily available, it was most often put in the video section, where confused salespeople would stumble over the differences in a DVD-A vs DVD-Video player. New SACDs and DVD-A are still released, though the former is mostly the domain of audiophiles, while the majority of DVD-A discs that I've seen are "bonus discs" in album remasters (like the three DVD-A discs in the Rush Sector boxes, or their deluxe release of "Moving Pictures"). As of now, it's more likely that you'd see Blu-Ray Audio discs as an option for new releases. Unlike DVD-A, Blu-Ray Audio will play back on standard Blu-Ray players. Both SACD and DVD-Audio suffered from a misconception on the part of the recording and electronics industries. The assumption was that most people would want higher fidelity than the CD, and that the primary listening environment was the home. But the rise of mp3 and other lossy formats showed that what folks really wanted was a convenient, portable format that sounds good enough on portable players, computers, and in cars. It's the reason that cassettes lasted so long. For a long time, the dominant way to buy a song was as a single, originally on 78s and then on 45s, then albums came do dominate sales. With the rise of digital downloads, however, the recording industry's heading back to a single-based revenue stream. Some charts here: http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021711disruption JoeG The other thing that Percentages don't tell you is that the 1.3% in Vinyl LP sales was still 3.9 Million units - it only looks tiny compared to other formats in the same industry. The record industry isn't dying nearly as badly as the RIAA makes it out to be - they certainly aren't hurting for sales and in 2011 they were up overall in sales, also the first year that Digital Sales outstripped Physical Sales. And the other reason 8-Tracks failed so miserably actually just came down to poor construction: they wore out faster due to cheap materials coupled with the more complex construction over the older Cassette technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Rocketed to Earth as an infant cub, Bear-el soon discovered he had powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal ursines: [ATTACH=CONFIG]42796[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I don't know what Rapunzel's complaining about; the scenery is quite lovely. ...but I doubt she wants to build a summer home there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures For many years I knew of St Michael's mount in Cornwall as we often passed it when travelling in Cornwall. I had heard that there was something similar in France. What I was not prepared for was the sheer size. Mont St Michel is huge. I got there in 2007 and let me tell you it is worth a visit. The place is amazing. Oh and L Marcus ? The Cornish are English whether they like it or not. And as they were my next door neighbours county wise I speak from authority. That and the fact that my grandfather was Cornish. And you are just Corny. *Ducks and hides* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures And you are just Corny. *Ducks and hides* half-corny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures I felt compelled to post today's TeeFury shirt: The Giving Treebeard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures heh' date=' sorry, was making a joke I recognized it. It does look like someone took a nice little chunk of land and displaced it to another dimension. You have a lovely little rocky/green hill on an alien mud flat. Replace "castle" with "science lab" and you have the start of many campaigns right here.[/quote'] Secret Wars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures All I see is Zombie survival zone. That's the problem! We *don't* want the zombies to survive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures There's one of those in Germany' date=' on a tiny island in the middle of the Rhine. I don't think that I can find it on the Google, but I remember driving past it.[/quote'] Is this it? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42803[/ATTACH] From this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is this it? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42803[/ATTACH] From this site. This is the ultimate assortment of locations for an Ars Magica campaign! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures And you are just Corny. *Ducks and hides* [GENERAL ZOD Mode] Why do you say this when you know I will kill you for it ? [/GENERAL ZOD Mode] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures half-corny. One quarter Cornish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures One quarter Cornish. [non-sequitur]I like cornish hens[/non-sequitur] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures One quarter Cornish. Tintagel Castle is in Cornwell isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Confoundo Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Is this it? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42803[/ATTACH] From this site. It wasn't, but since this one comes with an awesome story about the Archbishop of Mainz being eaten alive by mice, it should have been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures It wasn't' date=' but since this one comes with an awesome story about the Archbishop of Mainz being eaten alive by mice, it should have been! It makes me want to break out my copy of Darklands and get it to work in a DosBox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures It wasn't' date=' but since this one comes with an awesome story about the Archbishop of Mainz being eaten alive by mice, it should have been! ... The rats ... The rats in the walls ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Re: "Neat" Pictures Grammar mistake aside, this is pretty awesome. [ATTACH=CONFIG]42833[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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