Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> A number of game companies that have japanese-sounding names (including 
> Atari) are all "western" companies in Europe or the Americas.

  Any other examples besides Atari?

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > A number of game companies that have japanese-sounding names (including
> > Atari) are all "western" companies in Europe or the Americas.
>
>   Any other examples besides Atari?

Nintendo of America? ;)

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> A number of game companies that have japanese-sounding names (including 
>> Atari) are all "western" companies in Europe or the Americas.
> 
>   Any other examples besides Atari?
> 

I don't remember what the others were. They might have gone out of business 
when arcade consoles got overrun by compputers, but I remember there were 
three or four I'd heard of.

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>>> Invisible is invisibly building a complicated graphics library...
>>
>> Elaborate, please....
> 
> Bezier splines, my friend.
> 
> It might take a while.

Elaborate enough? :-P

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On 8/19/2010 9:52 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> Invisible is invisibly building a complicated graphics library...
>>
>> Elaborate, please....
>
> Bezier splines, my friend.
>
>

Ahh... got it!

Reminds me of the time I wrote an interpolation algorithm for a graph. 
It was just a simple cubic interpolation, really nothing fancy. But fun!

My circuit simulator is on the back burner at the moment. I got 
distracted by an old project I've resurrected. Basically to write an app 
to generate a C# class from a header. (Mostly for importing Windows API 
functions easily.)



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On 8/20/2010 6:55 AM, nemesis wrote:
>
> Nintendo of America? ;)
>

Nintendo is Japanese. Nintendo of America is just a division that 
handles the licensing of consoles and games in the U.S.

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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/20/2010 6:55 AM, nemesis wrote:
> >
> > Nintendo of America? ;)
> >
>
> Nintendo is Japanese. Nintendo of America is just a division that
> handles the licensing of consoles and games in the U.S.

ORLY? ;)

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> On 8/19/2010 3:47 AM, Warp wrote:
>> Kevin Wampler<wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>  wrote:
>>> Is there a typical sort of punchline to jokes about Finns?
>>
>>    Not that I know of.
>>
>>>   The main negative stereotypes I've heard is that
>>> they're untalkative surely drunks (who you additionally don't want to
>>> get into a war with), but this is based on about four web comics I read
>>> a year ago, so I have no idea if that's actually what the stereotype is.
>>
>>    Well, the stereotypical Finn doesn't show emotions and always looks 
>> like
>> he/she is mourning, and doesn't communicate.
>>
>>    While that's an exaggeration, it's actually not *completely* 
>> fictitious.
>> For example get a bus ride eg. in Spain and in Finland, and you'll notice
>> the significant difference (in the amount of loud chatter and the average
>> expression on people's faces).
>>
> 
> It might have something to do with the amount of sunlight.
> 
Which is exactly the same over the course of a year.

Sure they have less of it in winter, but they have much more in the Summer.

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On 21-8-2010 15:56, Francois Labreque wrote:

>> On 8/19/2010 3:47 AM, Warp wrote:
>>> Kevin Wampler<wam### [at] uwashingtonedu>  wrote:
>>>> Is there a typical sort of punchline to jokes about Finns?
>>>
>>>    Not that I know of.
>>>
>>>>   The main negative stereotypes I've heard is that
>>>> they're untalkative surely drunks (who you additionally don't want to
>>>> get into a war with), but this is based on about four web comics I read
>>>> a year ago, so I have no idea if that's actually what the stereotype 
>>>> is.
>>>
>>>    Well, the stereotypical Finn doesn't show emotions and always 
>>> looks like
>>> he/she is mourning, and doesn't communicate.
>>>
>>>    While that's an exaggeration, it's actually not *completely* 
>>> fictitious.
>>> For example get a bus ride eg. in Spain and in Finland, and you'll 
>>> notice
>>> the significant difference (in the amount of loud chatter and the 
>>> average
>>> expression on people's faces).
>>>
>>
>> It might have something to do with the amount of sunlight.
>>
> Which is exactly the same over the course of a year.
> 
> Sure they have less of it in winter, but they have much more in the Summer.
> 
Only in hours not in intensity.

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andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >> It might have something to do with the amount of sunlight.
> >>
> > Which is exactly the same over the course of a year.
> > 
> > Sure they have less of it in winter, but they have much more in the Summer.
> > 
> Only in hours not in intensity.

  Climate can have a significant effect in the culture of a population
(even though saying so is not always fully politically correct because
of some implications).

  In countries where winter is long and very cold, surviving is harder
than in countries where the climate is more moderate the entire year.
The climate causes a significant emphasis on agriculture and farming,
especially due to the harsh winter conditions. Surviving in such a
climate requires significantly more work. This inevitably affects the
culture of the people compared to warmer countries.

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