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47a9857a$1@news.povray.org...
> Hmm, let me see now... And how many people have actually achieved this in
> all of human history? 6? 8? It's a pretty small number, given how many
> millions of humans are out there. ;-)
Actually more than 2000 people have done it. One guy even did it 17 times,
another did it 3 times last year.
G.
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And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:03:09 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> did
spake, saying:
> Invisible wrote:
>
>> You're telling me a human being can survive falling from more than 12
>> feet?
>
> I rephrase:
>
> There are people who have eaten broken glass and lived. There are people
> who have been drowned for 35 minutes and survived without brain damage.
> And there are people who have survived cyanide poisoning. However,
> *normally* all of these are fatal.
>
> Are you telling me it's *normal* for a human being to survive a 4-story
> drop?
Apparently the cut-off point is 30ft.
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And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:57:06 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did
spake, saying:
> scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>> Just wait a year or two and you'll probably start seeing games that are
>> DX10 only.
>
> Which is a pitty, really, because I won't be able to play them.
^pity - you've been reading Andy's posts to often :-)
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:47a985de$1@news.povray.org...
> Invisible wrote:
>
>> You're telling me a human being can survive falling from more than 12
>> feet?
>
> I rephrase:
>
> There are people who have eaten broken glass and lived. There are people
> who have been drowned for 35 minutes and survived without brain damage.
> And there are people who have survived cyanide poisoning. However,
> *normally* all of these are fatal.
>
> Are you telling me it's *normal* for a human being to survive a 4-story
> drop?
It depends on how you land.
A few cases at buildings where I used to live:
A drunk fell off a second story ledge and his brains were scatrtered all
over.
Some-one else jumped off the 7th floor and lived.
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And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:48:00 -0000, Phil Cook
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> did spake, saying:
> And lo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:57:06 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg>
> did spake, saying:
>
>> scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>>> Just wait a year or two and you'll probably start seeing games that
>>> are DX10 only.
>>
>> Which is a pitty, really, because I won't be able to play them.
>
> ^pity - you've been reading Andy's posts to often :-)
^too often damnit :-)
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>>> Which is a pitty, really, because I won't be able to play them.
>>
>> ^pity - you've been reading Andy's posts to often :-)
>
> ^too often damnit :-)
^ 0wned >:-D
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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:47a985de$1@news.povray.org...
> Are you telling me it's *normal* for a human being to survive a 4-story
> drop?
12 feet is not four stories. If it was, the ceiling of each floor of that
building would be less than a metre from the floor.
12 feet = four meters. Here a story is around 3-3.5 metres. Therefor 12 feet
= 4 metres = just over 1 story. Not exactly difficult.
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Warp wrote:
> scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
>> Just wait a year or two and you'll probably start seeing games that are DX10
>> only.
>
> Which is a pitty, really, because I won't be able to play them.
>
Yeah, and it's a pity that I can't play Zelda: Twilight Princess on my
PC, too!
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Invisible wrote:
>>> Isn't that rather like siting how many people have climbed Everest,
>>> thus *proving* that it's not impossibly difficult?
>>
>> Climbing Everest *isn't* impossibly difficult. Extremely hard, yes,
>> but not impossible, nor even unthinkable.
>
> Hmm, let me see now... And how many people have actually achieved this
> in all of human history? 6? 8? It's a pretty small number, given how
> many millions of humans are out there. ;-)
Actually, no. Getting up there the first time is hard. The second time,
you hand-over-hand up the ropes the first team left.
Nowadays, I understand the trail guides are thinking it's too crowded,
and that someone is going to get hurt by someone above falling.
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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>>>> Isn't that rather like siting how many people have climbed Everest,
>>>> thus *proving* that it's not impossibly difficult?
>>>
>>> Climbing Everest *isn't* impossibly difficult. Extremely hard, yes,
>>> but not impossible, nor even unthinkable.
>>
>> Hmm, let me see now... And how many people have actually achieved this
>> in all of human history? 6? 8? It's a pretty small number, given how
>> many millions of humans are out there. ;-)
>
> Actually, no. Getting up there the first time is hard. The second time,
> you hand-over-hand up the ropes the first team left.
>
> Nowadays, I understand the trail guides are thinking it's too crowded,
> and that someone is going to get hurt by someone above falling.
Litter is a problem too, especially items like oxygen bottles. I
remember reading something about the Nepalese government paying a sort
of 'bounty' on discarded items brought down off the mountain by guides etc.
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