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May. 3rd, 2004 05:07 pmcommunications majors with too much time on their hands create a human pac-man game using manhattan as the game board.
http://pacmanhattan.com/
actually, this is hardly unique. there is a "Hashing" tradition of urban running/drinking clubs, especially in military communities, which operate as a sort of human foxhunt which ends in a giant bacchanal. These are all based on the British Prep School game, "Hare and Hounds" where "Harriers" or "Hounds" chase a "Hare" that leaves paper, tied ribbon, or chalk markings of his or her trail. (or of false trails, it's all part of the game.) Curious? You can run a hash in your area, if you have the stamina and the alcohol tolerance.
http://gotothehash.net/index.html
totally unrelated:
this article, about a coming gas shortage, has to be one of the worst pieces of anti-environmental propaganda i've ever seen. and by worst, i mean that it is decepitvely good.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001918066_gascomment30.html
the article's unstated premise, is that the EPA and FTC regulations on oil refineries should be lessened or eliminated, plans on producing alternate fuels (like ethanol) should be scrapped if they interfere with as much refinement as possible, and investments made (by us companies) in upgrading third world oil refineries, which would be subject to less or no environmental regulations. it's all there, but it is never stated, just implied, leaving a large intuitive gap in the piece, and afterwards the readeer is supposed to say "hey! i just had this GREAT idea!" it's positively machiavellian.
http://pacmanhattan.com/
actually, this is hardly unique. there is a "Hashing" tradition of urban running/drinking clubs, especially in military communities, which operate as a sort of human foxhunt which ends in a giant bacchanal. These are all based on the British Prep School game, "Hare and Hounds" where "Harriers" or "Hounds" chase a "Hare" that leaves paper, tied ribbon, or chalk markings of his or her trail. (or of false trails, it's all part of the game.) Curious? You can run a hash in your area, if you have the stamina and the alcohol tolerance.
http://gotothehash.net/index.html
totally unrelated:
this article, about a coming gas shortage, has to be one of the worst pieces of anti-environmental propaganda i've ever seen. and by worst, i mean that it is decepitvely good.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001918066_gascomment30.html
the article's unstated premise, is that the EPA and FTC regulations on oil refineries should be lessened or eliminated, plans on producing alternate fuels (like ethanol) should be scrapped if they interfere with as much refinement as possible, and investments made (by us companies) in upgrading third world oil refineries, which would be subject to less or no environmental regulations. it's all there, but it is never stated, just implied, leaving a large intuitive gap in the piece, and afterwards the readeer is supposed to say "hey! i just had this GREAT idea!" it's positively machiavellian.
