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I enjoy them when i get the chance

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

I'd have to say most likely since I haven't a clue what it is. Lets face it I'm clueless.

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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

They are games in which you control a town and you build th ehouse connect the power, control riots, and anything you can imagin, You can raise or lower taxes. THE SIMS is a game where you directly control a human y ou make

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

i wish i can do that to real people (ie:bulert) lol jk

You wanna control me? thats sounds awful kinky..i am not into submission..Ha ha

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

Life is SIM CITY.
The people I know at work. The people I meet socially. They are all SIMs
Or, maybe I have been around long enough to see beyond the artificial intelligence. (Sounds too lofty for me, but hey, there it is.)

Once in a while I run into a Bulert, a Willie, a One and Only... Did anyone ask these folks to give their two cents into creating a computer game where people can simulate life...as they see it? I think not.

That's why I like flight simulators. I had a chance to visit one such an establishment in Rochester last year. You actually climb into and get buckled up in the cockpit of an F16. You are surrounded by 360 degrees of panoramic scenery. You can choose your jump off point. After about 20 minutes of instructions you are flying! and I do mean flying. The reality factor is astonishing! Yeah, so is the fire power, but that goes without saying. The whole experience is to be able to manouver in space, rather than trying to manouver in the line up outside the local Wendy's.

SIMs? I guess I would have to try one to formulate an opinion.

Bulert, do you get to create a person with a cowbell who swoops in and "clonk-clank-clonks" someone else?

As always, your mac.

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Nothing in life is so exhilerating as to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill

If i could creat a character with a cowbell i would..oh would i ever

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

Bulert, the bell is created in a rectangular, spherical or cupped shape...

Greek herdsmen often use several bells attached to principal animals which produce a distinctive chord. The scale on which this chord is based is then reproduced in the herdsman's pipe - so he can play along with the herd. Similar bells have been used in Western European "Classical" music to evoke a pastoral mood.
Clapperless cowbells made of metal are an important element in Latin-American and go go music. These cowbells are struck with a stick - the tone being modulated by striking different parts of the bell and by damping with the hand holding the bell.
In several parts of the world (notably in West Africa) pairs or trios of clapperless bells are joined in such a way that they can be struck separately or clashed together. The Brazilian name for these is "agogo" bells. Cylindrical wood blocks played in the same way are also called "agogo". In Cuban music the cowbell is called cencerro and often played by the same player as the bongos, which has led to bongo players being called bongocerros.
Musician Natalia Paruz plays a set of 65 pitched American and European cowbells. These are clappered bells which Paruz shakes.


Cowbells on a hardware store shelf
Many popular recordings have featured the cowbell, including LCD Soundsystem's Daft Punk is Playing at My House, War's "Low Rider;" The Beatles' "Taxman," "A Hard Day's Night," and "Drive My Car;" Radiohead's "Electioneering;" Mountain's "Mississippi Queen;" Bachman Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet;" Free's "All Right Now;" Yes's "Owner of a Lonely Heart;" Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend;" Rage Against the Machine's eponymous album and Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle." The cowbell was also the subject of a famous Saturday Night Live skit popularly known as "More Cowbell ."
Rush drummer Neil Peart's drumkit has several cowbells which he used to play melodies(namely in "Xanadu" and his drum solos).
The Roland TR-808 drum machine was noted for its distinctive cowbell sound, which sounded almost nothing like an actual cowbell; the sound was highly electronic with a sharp, short decay. Regardless of its lack of realism, the TR-808 cowbell became a popular sound in 1980s R&B and hip hop music, popularized by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-produced artists such as The SOS Band and Janet Jackson. Its distinctive and notorious timbre, although completely different from the sound of typical cowbells, has enjoyed continued use by hip hop and R&B artists well into the 1990s and 2000s, as well as by bands in other genres such as the Super Furry Animals ("Juxtaposed With U") and the Dismemberment Plan ("You Are Invited"). The DFA are noted for using a lot of cowbell in their remixes.

Yeah, I know, way too much information....

Bulert...WRITE A REAL SIM GAME.

Nothing kicks my butt more than heariing on the morning news that a "survey" has found this percentage and that percentage of people in favour of, against, or whatever......AND I WAS NEVER ASKED MY OPINION! Have you ever noticed that. How many opinion polls have you heard on the radio or TV that you were never consulted on! Criminal!

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Nothing in life is so exhilerating as to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill

Mac doug you are certainly detailed..my eyes are tired from reading that. My mom finally said i can have a cowbell for my 16th birthday!

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

BEWARE THE PRESENTS OF PARENTS!!!!

When I was fourteen, I awoke on my birthday to find a garage sale set of drum in my living room. Dissasembled and looking quite grungie, I passed them by on my way to the kitchen for breakfast. In mid Frosted Flakes my Mom asked me about what I had seen in the living room. I answered that it was probably one of my uncle's latest robberies...imagine, much frowning right about now.
"No", Mom said, "You wanted to be a drummer...we got them for you."
I never looked back. I bought and sold at least five sets (kits) until I got my double Pearls (with cowbell).

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Nothing in life is so exhilerating as to be shot at without result. Winston Churchill

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

ohhh god ur getting a cowbell

My son likes those games,only has a couple though.Anyone want to shoot a few copies my way

i would love to have those games for my son.

They are a good way to learn to be responsible...i still play them

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~