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United States3765 Posts
On December 09 2014 20:00 Ramong wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 13:32 Shiragaku wrote:
When did sugar and salt go from a luxury limited to the privileged to an staple ingredient? As people already have said, salt was never a luxury reserved for the privileged, it was expensive yes, but was used by all for conservation and as the only spice we had in Europe. Sugar on the other hand was very expensive and reserved for the nobles and rich for a long time. The sugar that came back from the colonies was not affordable for the farmers and villagers. That all changed during the napoleon war. Great Britain embargoed France and made it impossible for France to import sugar from the colonies, so Napoleon ordered his farmers to plant sugar beets. Ways to extract sugar from sugar beets was discovered just prior to the war. The production of sugar beets exploded because of that and within 20 years it was all over Europe as one of the biggest crops. So blame Napoleon for the sugar linklink 2
Do you guys know these things or do you just look them up because the question interests you?
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If I put a midget on the basketball team, can he hold the ball while other players on his team carry him around and dunk him for 2 points?
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On December 10 2014 06:01 Epishade wrote:
If I put a midget on the basketball team, can he hold the ball while other players on his team carry him around and dunk him for 2 points?
No - that's a technical fault.
From http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_10.html?nav=ArticleList - and in particular the bolded part.
Section XIII-Illegal Assist in Scoring
a. A player may not assist himself to score by using the basket ring or back-board to lift, hold or raise himself.
b. A player may not assist a teammate to gain height while attempting to score.
PENALTY: Loss of ball. The ball is awarded to the opposing team at the free throw line extended.
(I know this because I was wondering about the same idea)
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Did google Chrome delete its internal flash player? Did it finally do it because they realized having an internal flash player was causing unnecessary browser lag?
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United States3765 Posts
On December 10 2014 06:48 bangsholt wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 06:01 Epishade wrote:
If I put a midget on the basketball team, can he hold the ball while other players on his team carry him around and dunk him for 2 points? No - that's a technical fault. From http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_10.html?nav=ArticleList - and in particular the bolded part. Show nested quote +Section XIII-Illegal Assist in Scoring
a. A player may not assist himself to score by using the basket ring or back-board to lift, hold or raise himself.
b. A player may not assist a teammate to gain height while attempting to score.
PENALTY: Loss of ball. The ball is awarded to the opposing team at the free throw line extended. (I know this because I was wondering about the same idea)
What about while not attempting to directly score, as in you carry the midget downfield and he passes to another teammate? Or does that still count.
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i think you have to toss him from ur side of the middle line
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why is no one here in the american 12-5am
what do you do if the only way you can sleep involves illegal drugs?
how does one go to work on 3hrs sleep?
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Canada11355 Posts
On December 10 2014 19:34 ComaDose wrote:
why is no one here in the american 12-5am
what do you do if the only way you can sleep involves illegal drugs?
how does one go to work on 3hrs sleep?
1. Science.
2. Two options: do illegal drugs or stay awake.
3. Poorly, but not as poorly as on no hours sleep.
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is that why your name is comadose
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Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, I wonder why Blizzard didn't just overhaul Broodwar to give it shiny new grapics and physics effects etc.
Would that of been better than having a sequel?
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And another question, why is it that no matter how many times you reread a post. You never spot the spelling mistakes until after you hav posted it?
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No reason they couldnt of sold Broodwar v2 though..
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Lets take a look at a parallel world where that has happened:
"Utter lack of imagination and innovation"
"Outdated gamemechanics, Unit AI still as bad as in 1998"
"Lazy Cashin trying to sell the same game with a new coat of paint"
"12 Unit selection limits as if we were still in the last millenium"
"This UI is horribly outdated"
"Why the fuck do two dragoons keep getting stuck on a ramp??"
"Don't buy this, rather get Broodwar for 3$ if you don't already own it"
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fuck im too late now its no hours sleep
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On December 10 2014 22:15 ComaDose wrote:
fuck im too late now its no hours sleep
Look at it this way, at least you'll sleep well tonight.
Though I do hope your job doesn't involve anything like open heart surgery or air traffic control.
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On December 10 2014 04:17 Najda wrote:Show nested quote +On December 09 2014 20:00 Ramong wrote:On December 09 2014 13:32 Shiragaku wrote:
When did sugar and salt go from a luxury limited to the privileged to an staple ingredient? As people already have said, salt was never a luxury reserved for the privileged, it was expensive yes, but was used by all for conservation and as the only spice we had in Europe. Sugar on the other hand was very expensive and reserved for the nobles and rich for a long time. The sugar that came back from the colonies was not affordable for the farmers and villagers. That all changed during the napoleon war. Great Britain embargoed France and made it impossible for France to import sugar from the colonies, so Napoleon ordered his farmers to plant sugar beets. Ways to extract sugar from sugar beets was discovered just prior to the war. The production of sugar beets exploded because of that and within 20 years it was all over Europe as one of the biggest crops. So blame Napoleon for the sugar linklink 2 Do you guys know these things or do you just look them up because the question interests you?
History interests me, so I read a lot. Got 2 books about Napoleon and the Napoleon wars, and 1 about France from the medieval to now. The sugar thing is pretty big in those
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On December 11 2014 21:00 Ramong wrote:Show nested quote +On December 10 2014 04:17 Najda wrote:On December 09 2014 20:00 Ramong wrote:On December 09 2014 13:32 Shiragaku wrote:
When did sugar and salt go from a luxury limited to the privileged to an staple ingredient? As people already have said, salt was never a luxury reserved for the privileged, it was expensive yes, but was used by all for conservation and as the only spice we had in Europe. Sugar on the other hand was very expensive and reserved for the nobles and rich for a long time. The sugar that came back from the colonies was not affordable for the farmers and villagers. That all changed during the napoleon war. Great Britain embargoed France and made it impossible for France to import sugar from the colonies, so Napoleon ordered his farmers to plant sugar beets. Ways to extract sugar from sugar beets was discovered just prior to the war. The production of sugar beets exploded because of that and within 20 years it was all over Europe as one of the biggest crops. So blame Napoleon for the sugar linklink 2 Do you guys know these things or do you just look them up because the question interests you? History interests me, so I read a lot. Got 2 books about Napoleon and the Napoleon wars, and 1 about France from the medieval to now. The sugar thing is pretty big in those
Which is the interest of such a topic that could a priori look pretty casual, or even boring: given the variety of the community, chances are you will most of the time find someone that knows at least a bit about your question.
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Speaking of odd facts! Napoleon is responsible for us having margarine. As he wanted a way to be able to feed his troops easily. Butter goes off quickly when not refrigerated. Margarine doesn't.
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