Chuckowsky and teammate: The goalkeeper must score

Purchased Sunday:1969 & the return of Herbert von Karajan match music.

Fifteen minute matches

Double header as teammates 

September 18, 2016

UEFA Champions League 99-00

Glasgow Rangers 8 v Lazio 9

Actua Soccer 3

Lazio 3 v The Lords of London 6 

We win both games, but it is tight, and we sort of goofed off in the first game with the 'keeper' goal attempts...

Comments

Uncle Chuck mentioned an accordion sound on the UEFA game; yes it is a background sound on the UEFA game.

We have not played teammates in years. There will possibly be more matches in the future. Both games are far more difficult to play in regard to gameplay and controller gamepad when multiple players are involved. It becomes more difficult to check opponents and control the controller.

'Bent' from the second match, on Actua Soccer 3, has now been replaced on the custom team. His play was way 'Bent' out of shape and he even looked physically awkward out there.

Chuck did fine, although he did slide tackle me for one of the goals against...

The match background music:

Amazon.com Karajan CD review excerpts

Dvorák: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rokoko Variationen Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Herbert von Karajan (Conductor), & 2 more Format: Audio CD

1969

Quote:

 'This is a tough one to call. Admittedly, the sound quality of Erato's recording of Rostropovich performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto and the Tchaikovsky Rocco Variations is still better than Deutsche Grammophon's digital image bit remastered version with Rostropovich accompanied by Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic' ---

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'This is a beautiful recording, but I cannot listen to it on my stereo unless I constantly adjust the volume, up for the cello, down for the full orchestra. If I leave the volume at a level where the full orchestra will not be too loud, then I miss everything that makes this recording really special. But if I leave the volume where I can hear the cello clearly, then the full orchestra is painfully loud. Just be aware, if you are not an audiophile, this CD may not be right for you.' ---

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'I found this CD to be an absolute delight! From opening to closing measure of both the Dvorak cello concerto and the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, team up to establish a splendid musical dialog. The cello concerto, one of Dvorak's greatest masterpieces, is at the same time warm, passionate and lyrical.'---

With most of my classic recordings there are volume changes. These are usually live recordings and are not necessarily corrected with studio edits which will be found with rock and jazz productions. I expect volume variation, more so than with live rock or jazz because of the the larger and more diverse classical orchestra, instrument wise.

I have now two Karajan conducted albums and I enjoy the depth of the orchestration, for one.

Loch Ness Monster?/Are we living in a simulation?

SWNS

Mirror September 16 

Cited

'Scottish whisky worker captures 'clearest ever photo of Loch Ness Monster''

Cited

'Ian Bremner was looking for red deer in the Highlands when he noticed three humps emerging from the waters of Loch Ness' 

Cited

'The picture shows a two-metre long silver creature swimming away from the lens with its head bobbing away and a tail flapping a metre away, preparing to swim further on. The apparent creature was spotted coming up for air close to the banks of the loch on Saturday afternoon midway between the villages of Dores and Inverfarigaig.'

If the Loch Ness creature does exist, it will need to be empirically viewed in its fullness as reasonable proof. Otherwise there is room for healthy skepticism, of course.

The Loch Ness Monster July 29, 2013

Actua Soccer: This is actually an example of a simulated reality.

Telegraph January 3

Cited

'We are ‘almost definitely’ living in a Matrix-style simulation, claims Elon Musk'

Cited

'Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Space X, Tesla and Paypal, has told an interviewer there is only a “one in billions” chance that we’re not living in a computer simulation.'

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'He also claimed that, if we’re not living in a simulation, we could be approaching the end of the world.'

Any philosophical proofs as cumulative evidences? Documented historical evidence?

Cited

“If you assume any rate of improvement at all, then the games will become indistinguishable from reality, even if that rate of advancement drops by a thousand from what it is now. Then you just say, okay, let's imagine it's 10,000 years in the future, which is nothing on the evolutionary scale.

Cited

'“So given that we're clearly on a trajectory to have games that are indistinguishable from reality, and those games could be played on any set-top box or on a PC or whatever, and there would probably be billions of such computers or set-top boxes, it would seem to follow that the odds that we're in base reality is one in billions.'

That does not follow. Simply, technology is increasing and therefore, computer games should become more realistic in simulation over time. This does not in itself, deny reality for simulation.

Vicious attack?

Quora.com

Prison preferable to his wife?

Today

Cited:

'KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A man accused of robbing a Kansas bank and immediately surrendering to a security guard told investigators he preferred jail to life with his wife, the FBI said. Lawrence John Ripple, 70, allegedly walked into the Bank of Labor in Kansas City on Sept. 2 and handed a teller a note reading, "I have a gun, give me money."

Cited:

Ripple's wife said he had become angry when she reminded him that the clothes dryer needed to be repaired. Ripple, who was charged with robbery and aggravated robbery, might have to wait to get his wish for jail over home life; he was released on bond Wednesday.

The need for a psychiatric evaluation comes to mind...and several satirical jokes.

UPI September 9

Published on Sep 7, 2016

Relatively unknown classic British 1998 soccer game. I demonstrate some of the other functions. I also discuss philosophy as in ethics in regard to playing computer games. I do a 'sermon' on preference and divine right. Ten minute match.



Published on Sep 10, 2016

Five reds for me. One red for the computer. Twenty minute match. A match of mysterious 'butter fingers.'