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teh_lisa
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 		so i totally love when this happens. i was driving home from work and thinking about what i was going to blog about for today and i noticed that gas is now $3.19 a gallon. it was $2.79 a day ago! i did a double take and went and checked another station to make sure it wasn't someone playing a joke Smile

tinag right?
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coffeegirl18
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 		So I've been on and off lately as you can see but I've started taking pictures of gas prices here in Ontario. I figured that I'd put my new camera phone to good use....I just have to find my adapter and I'll post all the pics to the WWO flickr and my blog. I'm going to start a bit of a vlog (video blog) as well on YouTube. I'm filming it right now so it'll be up in a bit. I can put my YouTube account to good use.

I'm yalie_news_coffee18 on flickr and I'm coffeegirl18 on YouTube. I'll post links later.

PS Is anyone on here from B.C., gas prices are crazy there....

Edit: Phone chip isn't working with the adapter USB....Grr. I'll get pics with my camera though.
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teh_lisa wrote:
so i totally love when this happens. i was driving home from work and thinking about what i was going to blog about for today and i noticed that gas is now $3.19 a gallon. it was $2.79 a day ago! i did a double take and went and checked another station to make sure it wasn't someone playing a joke Smile

tinag right?


My wife tried to blame the game today for the recent rise of gas prices. Laughing
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 		I agree with her. Went up 20 cents in the past two weeks. Shocked
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 		I had the following response to an entry I made on my LJ Account

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In principal such an object could be used as a counterweight to a light, yet strong, space elevator pylon

Good news - we don't need a huge mucking rock for a counterweight. Extend the total length of the thing to 100,000 kms, park the deployment vehicle at the end for a small counterweight and Bob's Your Uncle.

Plus with a ribbon that long we get a space flinger - objects at the end of the ribbon achieve terrestrial escape velocity.

Which isn't to say that using an asteroid would not be cool - it would be. But we don't _need_ one.

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As a PM on Orbital Colony this is funny on so many levels Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
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teh_lisa
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Slyfox wrote:
I had the following response to an entry I made on my LJ Account

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In principal such an object could be used as a counterweight to a light, yet strong, space elevator pylon

Good news - we don't need a huge mucking rock for a counterweight. Extend the total length of the thing to 100,000 kms, park the deployment vehicle at the end for a small counterweight and Bob's Your Uncle.

Plus with a ribbon that long we get a space flinger - objects at the end of the ribbon achieve terrestrial escape velocity.

Which isn't to say that using an asteroid would not be cool - it would be. But we don't _need_ one.

Brian Dunbar
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As a PM on Orbital Colony this is funny on so many levels Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing


hahahahaha that's awesome!
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 		From the Week 11 update by Gala Tech:

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Gotta go folks, my daughter is missing


Is the game afoot again?

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Slyfox
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copystar wrote:
From the Week 11 update by Gala Tech:

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Gotta go folks, my daughter is missing


Is the game afoot again?


Yes I was wondering if Nico or everySunday were about to turn up again Cool
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 		Did anyone pick up Emil's drop?

http://dropspots.org/spot/1684
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jwiv
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 		[Missions] Name That Game
Saint3Million poses a challenge
http://community.livejournal.com/worldwithoutoil/13324.html

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Okay, so here's how it works. Every few weeks, I'll post a new challenge. The best responses will each win an official one-ton WWO Carbon Offset Award. Actually, Evie said that the name "Carbon Offset Award" was really boring and you could probably think of a better one. So that's your first challenge. Post suggestions for a more interesting name for these awards in the comments. The best one will win the very first award!

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 		Nico
On the community journal for today, it seems that8tsoc heard from Nico. He warns about another oil shock.
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Meanwhile, Gracesmom got another phone call from Nico (remember Nico? He's the guy who tipped us off about this oil shock coming). Nico says that a second shock is "inevitable - as soon as it's clear you are able to pay more, you will be." So our days are numbered in more ways than one.


I guess thats it then.

On a personal note I have learned one thing..... I ain't no blogger Wink

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 		Wow, this is already almost over! I feel terrible... I was so ready to participate, I had ideas for videos, etc... Then real life took its hold and I never really became active.

However, I still kinda followed along, and it's been an interesting ride.

I'll miss G-mom the most. :'(
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 		Same thing happened to me Rekidk....I'm still pretty busy with work and all. Hopefully all will have settled down once I get playing the other ARGs I've been waiting a long time for.

All in all WWO was interesting and thought provoking but I kind of rather like the escape from reality that some games tend to have. All in all though it was really cool with all the interaction (both pre-game and during the game). So I give a thumbs up interaction-wise but it became a little too 'school project about the oil crisis'-like. I'm all for lots of players but I'd rather play something more to do with puzzles. While I've enjoyed the game it usually isn't my cup of tea...
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coffeegirl18 wrote:
Same thing happened to me Rekidk....I'm still pretty busy with work and all. Hopefully all will have settled down once I get playing the other ARGs I've been waiting a long time for.

All in all WWO was interesting and thought provoking but I kind of rather like the escape from reality that some games tend to have. All in all though it was really cool with all the interaction (both pre-game and during the game). So I give a thumbs up interaction-wise but it became a little too 'school project about the oil crisis'-like. I'm all for lots of players but I'd rather play something more to do with puzzles. While I've enjoyed the game it usually isn't my cup of tea...


I agree with this sentiment. Really, I enjoyed the pregame a whole lot--we got some great interaction with the characters as well as good information.

However, I don't think I'd call this a school project--I'd be esctatic (sp?) if my school decided to do this as a graded projet. Smile Although, you're right--oftentimes the topics felt like assignments.
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--I'd be esctatic (sp?) if my school decided to do this as a graded projet. Smile Although, you're right--oftentimes the topics felt like assignments.


I understand that WWO is going to try to archive the whole bit. Why don't you approach your school and see if they would like to conduct they're own program for say, the journalism students. I think that I will be suggesting that to my local school system. Someone posted that the schools were not allowing the students to participate because the students would have live blogs (safety considerations?). However if the blogging was done internally, the concept might just work!

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