>>Made you look!
>>Oh wait, it actually was...
> Well. I am truly sad about the cat. As an animal lover, they have touched a
> raw nerve.
People are just ***ing stupid when it comes to conservation, and don't
they just love it when their little kitty brings them home a half dead vole!
>People are just ***ing stupid when it comes to conservation, and don't
>they just love it when their little kitty brings them home a half dead vole!
>>Well, very stupid off them to let it out! Cats should be kept in all the
>>time. Still, while we have magpies (native species BTW) to blame for the
>> decline in bird numbers, we can just ignore the affect cats have on
>>the small mammal population!
>>People are just ***ing stupid when it comes to conservation, and don't
>>they just love it when their little kitty brings them home a half dead vole!
> Well, they said Spooky was "run done and killed". I don't know about
> you, but that sounds pretty suspicious to me. I'm thinking maybe the
> voles were in on it.
>>>Well, very stupid off them to let it out! Cats should be kept in all the
>>>time. Still, while we have magpies (native species BTW) to blame for the
>>> decline in bird numbers, we can just ignore the affect cats have on
>>>the small mammal population!
>>>People are just ***ing stupid when it comes to conservation, and don't
>>>they just love it when their little kitty brings them home a half dead vole!
>> Well, they said Spooky was "run done and killed". I don't know about
>> you, but that sounds pretty suspicious to me. I'm thinking maybe the
>> voles were in on it.
>May be they were driving a Volvo? :)
stupid cat-owners.. pretending to care about animals, and then let them out
on the streets so they can both get killed, and create a big accident with
ppl involved..
> > Made you look!
> > Oh wait, it actually was...
> Well. I am truly sad about the cat. As an animal lover, they have touched
a
> raw nerve.
Being a Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service we have to see all
these training films about safety every year and one of them is about kids
and cars. I suspect the part about kid awareness will transfer to cats or
other animals.
When a child(or a cat) see's a dog running directly at them, there are
many many VISUAL clues that the dog is moving towards them. I guess pets,
like young children, don't have very good depth perception. But when a dog
runs, his ears flop, his coat wiggles his tail bounces and his feet get
picked up in a non-rythmic fashion. So it is relatively easy to see a
running animal and pick up that it is moving at you.
But a car at city speeds doesn't bounce, it doesn't have a wiggly coat
or a waggly tail. The pretty much looks like it is standing still,
especially when viewed from directly ahead. No tongue*** out, and no
dog dribble dribbling out the car's mouth.
So kids, and supposedly smart animals may have a more difficult time
discerning that a car is heading directly at them.
Either that or they are just too busy using their cell phones...
dave henrie
>> really off-topic,
>> Even if Cats are considered as a "smart" animal (dont know why), they
>> look at your car, and still run out on the road..
> Being a Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service we have to see all
>these training films about safety every year and one of them is about kids
>and cars. I suspect the part about kid awareness will transfer to cats or
>other animals.
> When a child(or a cat) see's a dog running directly at them, there are
>many many VISUAL clues that the dog is moving towards them. I guess pets,
>like young children, don't have very good depth perception. But when a dog
>runs, his ears flop, his coat wiggles his tail bounces and his feet get
>picked up in a non-rythmic fashion. So it is relatively easy to see a
>running animal and pick up that it is moving at you.
> But a car at city speeds doesn't bounce, it doesn't have a wiggly coat
>or a waggly tail. The pretty much looks like it is standing still,
>especially when viewed from directly ahead. No tongue*** out, and no
>dog dribble dribbling out the car's mouth.
> So kids, and supposedly smart animals may have a more difficult time
>discerning that a car is heading directly at them.
> Either that or they are just too busy using their cell phones...
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> >Well. I am truly sad about the cat. As an animal lover, they have touched
a
> >raw nerve.
> I had to get rid of mine when in an emergency move a few months ago,
> still really sad about it. =/
Isn't it ironic that we hear the first about RL in 6 months, and the most
talked about part of the update is the fate of the cat?
Oh, and either (A) they've developed a new technique of doing real time
area-sourced lighting, (B) that in-game shot is running at 0.2FPS, or (C)
that 'in-game' shot is a bit 3DSMAX.
> > >Well. I am truly sad about the cat. As an animal lover, they have
touched
> a
> > >raw nerve.
> > I had to get rid of mine when in an emergency move a few months ago,
> > still really sad about it. =/
> Yes, I am also quite sad about that (the West's cat, not Jason's <g>).
> Isn't it ironic that we hear the first about RL in 6 months, and the most
> talked about part of the update is the fate of the cat?
> Oh, and either (A) they've developed a new technique of doing real time
> area-sourced lighting, (B) that in-game shot is running at 0.2FPS, or (C)
> that 'in-game' shot is a bit 3DSMAX.
I am quite happy to be proved wrong :-)
Andrew McP
> > I'd have to say there is no way those are ingame shots
> I *want* them to be real... but they do seem far, *far* too good to be
> true, I agree.
> I am quite happy to be proved wrong :-)
> Andrew McP
'Scuse me, I just have to go beat my optimistic streak back into its
box using the heaviest reality stick I can lay my hands on ;-)
Andrew McP
Sounds like you've got some really weird cats there. In the UK cats are
very popular, and nearly every street where I live probably has a half
dozen or so free roaming cats in it, and yet I've never had a problem
with cats in the road playing chicken with my car. Now pigeons!!!
That's a different story. :)
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> > Well just try running some of the high end demos that the video card
> > makers put out or some of the 3DMark tests
> You're right. If they could squeeze moving images that impressive out
> of modern hardware, they'd be doing it to show off. I guess stuff like
> the Dawn demo is as good as it gets.... which is pretty good, but
> nowhere near the images on west-racing.com
> 'Scuse me, I just have to go beat my optimistic streak back into its
> box using the heaviest reality stick I can lay my hands on ;-)
> Andrew McP
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