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Forums > Living in Kunming > Looking for computer games

Laotou is 100% correct. Xplane is one of the only real flight simulators out there. Why? Because the flight is simulated (computed in real time)... airflow over the wing (incl lift and different wing shapes), air resistance, wind....
While all MS products (Flight Sim X) only emulates a plane... it checks some parameters of an air craft (position, pitch, speed, altitude, etc.) and cross checks those against a programmed table. From this result it will determine your air crafts reaction.

In the end, x-Plane is FSA licensed (in several versions). You can set it so realistic that you'll be able to log real-flight hours, in case you have a pilots license.
Periphery support is outstanding, you can connect almost anything, like external panels, radios, pitch indicators, and and and, oh yes, simple rudder-horn combinations are of course also supported as well as simple joysticks.

I would suggest you to buy any game online nowadays (if you want to buy originals that is). Rudders/Horns can be bought on Taobao (I recommend Saitek products for professional flight systems, otherwise anything by Logitech, Thrustmaster or above RMB300 should work for the beginning :-)), I have not seen anything worth buying in a Kunming store.

Have fun!

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Forums > Living in Kunming > Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy

For Matt, Happy Birthday!!!

A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -

The Kunming Anomaly

Kunming, the Capital of China's Yunnan province, also dubbed as "Spring City" (in a metaphorical sense, as temperatures during the terrestrial "Winter" do not remain within the usual boundaries as classified by "Spring" - for "Spring" in China/Yunnan, please see here...), displays one of the most interesting geological anomalies in the known galaxy.
When a meteor struck the soon to be City (in astrophysical terms), it deployed traces of a (to Terrestrians unknown) silicon-metal (SilMet23) compound (during the 23rd round of a drinking session, Andromedan experts came to the conclusion, that Terrestrians will be able to detect this trace element by the year 2252), deep under the city center. This SilMet23 compound is so far the only the only deposit known, which, and we will explain later why, is not a bad thing.

As every child knows, a special silicone-metal (SilMet25) compound is the reason why the infamous "Forgot-Rod" is working as it should. When the "Forgot-Rod" is passed by the brain(s) of a life form, the SilMet25 compound reacts with the brainwaves, creating a harmonic dissonance, therefore erasing brainwaves momentarily. The result is a short-term memory loss.

In Kunming, the rare SilMet23 compound is static and the effect is not observable, as long as life forms are not moving.
However, as soon as life forms start moving within the city, the static SilMet23's field starts interacting with their brainwaves.

Due to it's unique geographical position and altitude (the guide won't quote latitude, longitude
and altitude, as Earth continents are still drifiting and any given number would be incorrect the next second), these effects take shape in bizarre problems.
For example a motorist will think, that his car (for "Car" - see here...) ends right after the rear of his head. As logic servers, the effect becomes more pronounced with higher velocities, as a stronger harmonic field will be created. While a motorist moving with the earth's equivalent of 1.78953436@s he/she will still have a faint idea of his/hers cars length, he will have forgotten completely when he/she reaches a velocity of 1.78988764@s.
To the innocent bystander the effect is not showing, as he is not actively moving through the SilMet's field. All traffic will therefore seem erratic and illogical, if not dangerous to species with lowered reflex times (for example, see "Human"), special caution is necessary for any life form with reflex times under 0.21$s.

On the other hand, visitors across the whole Galaxy are known to spend a relaxing day at one of Kunming's larger intersections, enjoying Kunming's Anomaly. Unquoted sources even relate to the "Larger Kunming Automotive Fender-Bender Lottery", as a <quote>"... chance to become rich within milli @s and loose it all within the next @" </quote>

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A trail park would be so cool to have around here. But I can see a problem, of many mountain sides around Kunming being used as graveyards (yes, also Changchong is full of graves and small mausoleums).

I think hedgepig is right, you'll need a lot of guangxi.

Also, please be careful when you ride this trail, as some of it leads through a semi-open section of Changchong and people (whether on bikes or on foot) are not welcome before the 1st (or 31st, really unsure right now) of May due to forest fire hazards. Unfortunately, nobody was able to tell me, when the fire season starts, I will try to ask next time when I am up there.
Really, please keep this in mind when riding up there, that "we're" just tolerated up there and policies can/will change fast in China. Let's not p*** somebody off unnecessarily.

I can further assure you that this part is "military-safe", it leads around the small base. Only in the beginning you could stumble into the area, but therefore you'd have to navigate a 2 meter high concrete wall with warning signs on it (though there is a small path around it).

I like the first tag "disregard for human life"... says all. I'm wondering what's still to come that will make use of this.

This must have been one of those pedestrian bridges where you also have a ramp for disabled people (no, from now on I will call it a car ramp; sounds much more developed) that has a lower angle. Even with the Santana's super powers, running gazillions of kilometers without a single service for example, I do not think it's possible to go up the steep side he/she just went down.

GoKunming, please keep us posted on what happened with the driver afterwards

Hi Robert,

Thank you very much for this information and, wow, 10 ASA - this explains a lot. Imagine how bright Kunming must have been those days and how how much light cameras in those had days could use on consumer models (aperture wise).
But I guess that's why most people were photographing and not just taking pictures.

Amazing

Yes thank you indeed.
One question though. Does the exhibition state what kind of camera/s and what kind of film was used? Some of those photos look like stills from a movie roll, but I could be wrong, though especially picture number 5 reminds me of a short strip of color film that was shown like 4-5 weeks ago on some Kunming channel.
Anyways, I would appreciate if someone knows what kind of film produces/ed this colors.

And also, look at the blue of the sky *sigh*

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