05 Nov 2015, 7:34 pm
[That's a Hitchhiker's reference for those who don't know.]Ha, that's right! I've wasted so much time on this re-make of the game that my friend and I used to waste so much time on, back when her dad's modem was the kind you put the old-fashioned phone receiver into -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article ... ry-edition
I just tried playing that game a few times, and wow is it difficult! I keep dying! It's fun though, so thanks for posting it!
05 Nov 2015, 7:45 pm
[That's a Hitchhiker's reference for those who don't know.]Ha, that's right! I've wasted so much time on this re-make of the game that my friend and I used to waste so much time on, back when her dad's modem was the kind you put the old-fashioned phone receiver into -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article ... ry-edition
I just tried playing that game a few times, and wow is it difficult! I keep dying! It's fun though, so thanks for posting it!
hehe, you're welcome! It is very hard, but they have a hint page on that site, here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/gamehints.shtml
they were written by Douglas Adams himself, as was the game. They don't give too much away.
05 Nov 2015, 7:49 pm
Oh, that's really cool. I can see it's a pretty big game and I was getting nowhere! 
05 Nov 2015, 7:52 pm
05 Nov 2015, 8:00 pm
http://ca.ign.com/faqs/2008/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-walkthrough-429003
Thanks! I might resort to that if I don't get anywhere after a while!
05 Nov 2015, 8:03 pm
You're welcome! Who knew that you could die from protein loss because of a transporter beam? 
05 Nov 2015, 8:10 pm
Completely (or not) random observation - nuts are good sources of protein. Bars usually have nuts. 
05 Nov 2015, 8:13 pm
I will keep that in mind should I ever end up in a bar or in the vicinity of a transporter beam.
05 Nov 2015, 9:26 pm
Not done with her forever ... just done answering or helping with that particular topic. I shouldn't have to defend the answer I give the way you defend a doctoral dissertation!
I guess the fundamental issue there is that she and I look at the conversation as a learning experience where we have a teacher's brain to pick - whoever it is that is giving us the answer, whether it's my friend or you. We don't expect teachers to get defensive when questioned, we expect them to revel in it because it's meant as a compliment - we believe you have the answers and can help us to understand.
No need to be defensive, be flattered! We think that you've got a great brain that "gets" what ours doesn't, that's all. So we figure the more we ask, the more you'll be all excited to get to explain. Like if someone asked me about my special interest, the more they asked me about it the happier I'd be. So when I ask someone a question about something THEY"RE really good at, I assume they'll feel the same... not defensive.
At least that's how it is for me. Maybe that perspective might help a little, I hope so anyway.
05 Nov 2015, 9:40 pm
Fair enough, I can understand how that would be the case sometimes. My middle child has driven me to the point of being almost unable to speak before with the questions. And often enough they're questions about little details that aren't even relevant to the big picture. I guess I know where he gets it from.
06 Nov 2015, 8:09 am
I wonder if the term "Live births" has anything to do with differentiating between a baby who is born without complications and a blue baby who needs to be resuscitated at birth in order to survive. Some babies have such complications that without resuscitative measures they don't make it. I would imagine that a blue baby might have more chance of suffering brain damage than one who has no issues coming out. So maybe that is why they have to make that determination. Maybe that is what the term might mean. Now I am ruminating over it and am determined to find out exactly what it means.
06 Nov 2015, 8:17 am
Check out what naturalplastic said - in my mind, it's the "correct answer" but it might not be for you, depending on where you're getting hung up with all the semantics involved.
06 Nov 2015, 12:03 pm
I tried to very quickly rescan the posts to find it. But it if is the post about people having to clarify that because others are too stupid to know the difference (sorry if I did not get it quite correct), I got a HUGE laugh out of that one! I just won't try to convince my doctor relatives of that particular reason. I have a few good years left and would like to live to see them. But as far as I am concerned, that could be a great reason too. Works for me!
06 Nov 2015, 12:52 pm
I am glad I could help, that was the best I could come up with for why someone would write that. I actually wrote that some people didn't have the common sense to know.
06 Nov 2015, 1:17 pm
I am glad I could help, that was the best I could come up with for why someone would write that. I actually wrote that some people didn't have the common sense to know.
I will have to go back and see if I can find Natural Plastic's post.
06 Nov 2015, 2:30 pm
I feel so much the same. I only wish I'd found out about myself earlier. But 42 is better than never. .[/quote]
Its one of the things i hate about this world, that according to popular belief, age is supposed to determine what you can and cant do in life. I think mentally I'm still that person I was 15 or so years ago, i'm just physically weathered and a bit more heavier with life buggage This might especially be true to people with AS, I would love to hear what others in this community feel about it. As for things being too late, I believe If you still got your health and the appetite for life, nothing is too late.
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