in the rough subgenre of low fantasy that assumes the worst about human nature. This is probably an unfair comparison, because I did enjoy the first two books of A Song of Ice and Fire, before I lost patience with the pace of releases, and I ...
A preselector is a filter or bank of filters that attenuates out of band signals. This is useful as radios can desensitize if an unwanted signal comes in too strongly. For example, if you are tuned to the 20m band, but there is a very strong MW signal, the SNR of your desired 20m ...
Today the harp may still be tuned by hand, but the gapping of the reeds is done by a machine that slams a shaped shim under all of them; when the shim pulls out, the reeds spring back to wherever they feel like springing back to, and the resulting playing action of the reeds thus ...
Excitable cells — including neurons, muscle cells and cardiac myocytes — are unique in expressing high densities of voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels. This molecular adaptation enables these cells to produce action potentials, and is essential to the
After the conclusion of last year’s run of On The Spots, GameSpot made the wise decision to put the show on ice and give it a revamp. At this stage, the show had been around for a long-ass time, so it was a good idea to take a step back and re-think things. It’s standard...
There’s also three different bonus games taken directly from the films. One where you smash blocks of ice, one where you catch flies in chopsticks, and the hammer seen here. I never got good at this one. The timing is weird.
Sacrificed Sons: OK. Porcupine Tree fans. Take Russia On Ice. Make it heavier and a little more intense in the beginning. You get this song. It took a bit to sink in, much like Russia On Ice, but it is DEFINITELY an awesome song in every way. The beginning is t the song really ...
2.0 models: Hyper Blue replaces Tangerine Orange. Other colors are Crystal Black, Dark Gray, Khaki, Ice Silver, Quartz Blu, Ventian red, and Crystal white remain Crosstrek Hybrid models: Jasmine green replaces Plasma green, and Venetian red is dropped for the Hybrid. Other colors are: Veneti...
“Kitchen”. The object of “Kitchen” was to make a glass of icewater on a hot, dry day. While not lacking in imperfections, it contained more than a single brilliancy, none of which I’ll describe explicitly here (in case he wishes to reuse those great ideas in a future game), ...
of characters stranded somewhere during an apocalypse, waiting desperately for word from other parts of the world, hoping there’s some place that’s safe, or someone who knows what to do. But there never is. The status quo is never restored. This type of story started as a budget ...