RE: [SWCollect] OT "Light Sweet Crude"
Tom,
The oil industry classifies
"crude" by the location of its origin (e.g., "western
Texas" or "Brent") and often by its relative weight or viscosity
("light", "intermediate" or "heavy"); drillers
may also refer to it as "sweet", which means it contains relatively
little sulfur (in the form of the gas H2S) and requires less refining, or as
"sour", which means it contains substantial acid gases and requires
more refining. The presence of H2S also adds considerably to the extraction
costs of crude, as one cannot simply emit this highly toxic gas into the
atmosphere. Usually refiners either process it into elemental sulfur and then
dispose of it, or re-inject it into a depleted gas reservoir.
-josh
source: Encyclopedia
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"Light Sweet Crude"
Off topic but have
always wondered why this particular grade of oil is called Light
"Sweet" Crude? Is it tasty, like candy? Maybe
"Sweeet" as it brings in so much money for OPEC, perhaps they
named it? Seriously, does anyone know?
Tom
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[SWCollect] Video Game Invasion
Okay, the documentary that everyone missed is online here: ftp.mindcandydvd.com:/pub/misc There is a modem-bitrate version and an ISDN-bitrate version. I will be taking these offline in a week so please snag them now. (BTW I'm going on vacation Sunday - Wednesday so I may not be contactable during that time.) The documentaries were edited in an extremely "busy" fashion -- I counted the number of shots in a minute and it was over 30 (!!) so the video is constantly moving and changing. As such, I didn't even try to concentrate on motion, but rather sharpness and clarity so that you can actually see detail in the video. So the framerate on the modem version is about 4 fps and about 8 fps on the ISDN version, but hey, you can actually see what they're talking about instead of it being a blurry mess. BTW Dan, I tried Quicktime -- Sorenson refused to hit ISDN bitrates, and the MPEG-4 didn't have audio... so much for that. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] Chris?
Not a bad idea (was considering it myself), find out what is going on "after the sale". But is it really "legal" to sell a game even if it IS abandonware? I thought ebay did not allow ANY sort of CDR? Maybe he gets around it with the GRTech Software "Label"? Well, that's the catch; he's selling the GRTech front end, the games are "free". Technically he's not charging for them, only the front end & the service of compiling them, the cd cost etc. The same way people sell concert tickets on ebay claiming that they will not accept more than face value, plus time & shipping (which happens to usually be some rediculous number WAY above the face value, but it covers thier asses, and nobody can really put a limit on what your time is worth) It's lame, nevertheless, ebay might take action on him, esp. if people complain; but i bet ebay just assume let these people continue until someone makes a complaint. Brad
Re: [SWCollect] Chris?
In a message dated 03/27/2004 11:28:34 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Although what this guy is doing isn't legal, he's not fooling anyone (or even trying) about what he is offerring, and there are too many others doing the same thing. Oh well I don't agree with that, I think he is fooling a LOT of people (and is trying HARD to fool them with fake software co. name, logos etc), basically anyone who does not know enough to find and download the games themselves (and yes we have had that discussion before). MOST game players are not as "educated" about these things as we are. I was not saying anything about your attitude at all, you are just the best "policeman" I know of (next to "me", haha) TTYL!! Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
Re: [SWCollect] Chris?
Tom, I hope I didn't give you the impression that I don't care at all about stuff like this. It bugs me too when people charge money for games that abandonware sites have for free download (which the sites themselves probably shouldn't, but that's a whole other discussion that I think we've had before). But I prefer to reserve my major battles for people who are specifically trying to defraud collectors of old packaging. Although what this guy is doing isn't legal, he's not fooling anyone (or even trying) about what he is offerring, and there are too many others doing the same thing. However I will file a report with eBay and see if they do anything about it. Power in numbers, so anybody else wanting to do the same, go here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_inline/index.html - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Chris? In a message dated 03/26/2004 8:51:22 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hah, not true - did you look at his other items? He has about 10 of those auctions going at once, and some are as high as $10 bucks.A couple other things then I'll let it go, for now. Even at .01 notice he charges $5 shipping. Costs maybe a buck to ship a bare CD. And I'm betting he puts some sort of GRTech "label" on the CD so people think it is legit when they get it. I'm starting to get more annoyed the more I think about it, tons of auctions, up to $10 each for the CDs, $5 shipping each, possible further money to "download" the other games, BIG money potentially... Hope no "lurkers" watching this discussion. Jim, just curious, is there a published list of members of this group?TomVisit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
Re: [SWCollect] Chris?
It bothers me too, it's horrible. I'm certain that he must be breaking at least a handfull of copyright laws, but as far as the item he is selling, as far as being legal auctions on ebay, the loop hole is that it has his "front end" which he can claim as what is actually for sale, and the games are just freeware/abandonware. I'm sure that's not the case with all the games though. I might have to win one out of curiousity, then demand a refund once I get it and threaten to contact ebay. Lol. Fairs fair. Brad - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Chris? In a message dated 03/26/2004 8:51:22 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hah, not true - did you look at his other items? He has about 10 of those auctions going at once, and some are as high as $10 bucks.A couple other things then I'll let it go, for now. Even at .01 notice he charges $5 shipping. Costs maybe a buck to ship a bare CD. And I'm betting he puts some sort of GRTech "label" on the CD so people think it is legit when they get it. I'm starting to get more annoyed the more I think about it, tons of auctions, up to $10 each for the CDs, $5 shipping each, possible further money to "download" the other games, BIG money potentially... Hope no "lurkers" watching this discussion. Jim, just curious, is there a published list of members of this group?TomVisit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
