DLC reminds me of shareware... like Doom, but easier to get and less worth the money.

I can already tell I picked the right major; I absolutely love it! However, every time someone asks me my major, I always wind up having to explain what Anthropology is. Then, the second I reach Archaeology, I get "Oh, Indiana Jones."


I've come to a point where I just let people think of it that way.

Anthropology is the study of human behavior, right?

Doubtful. There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic to human behavior.

In a general sense it's the study of humanity. But it's usually divided into 4 sub-categories that people tend to specialize in.

Cultural Anthropology - The study of culture, past and present and its evolution. These are the guys that attempt to understand other cultures from the inside out; a very important part of Anthropology. This is fairly difficult, as we have to abandon our own sense of what is normal. These are the folks you see living amongst tribes in Africa to better understand them. Colin Turnbull was a very famous cultural Anthropologist and is sort of the modern model of what a Cultural Anthropologist is and does. However, there are numerous subdisciplines in Cultural Anthropology that vary in focus. I.E. religion, family, economics, etc.

Physical Anthropology- Otherwise known as biological Anthropology, it's the study of the human body. This subcategory is dominated by two major subdisciplines. The first is Evolutionary Anthropology, these are the fellows who search for the missing link and try better understand human evolution. The second is Forensic Anthropology, these are the folks that deal with mummies or bones or other bodily remnants and try to assess how this person lived and or died. The television show Bones, though I've never watched the show, is about a Forensic Anthropologist who assists in solving crimes. That isn't totally off the mark, as I have close personal family friend who is an Archaeologist but also has some training in Forensic Anthropology. He has, at times, been called in to determine whether or not a body is that of a long dead Native American or possibly a more recent death.

Linguistic Anthropology - The study of the evolution of language and its role within culture. As well as the categorizing of languages and finding links between them. Some of these guys are the ones you hear about that attempting to rediscover dead languages by walking them through similar languages. This field I gave little to no consideration, so I'm pretty fuzzy on any major figures in it, but Milo Thatch from Atlantis: The Lost Empire would be an example of a Linguistic Anthropologist, although what he performs within the movie is a strange combination of multiple subdisciplines of Linguistic Anthropology as well as some Archaeology.

Archaeology- This is my subcategory, and it's the study of the material remains of past people to better understand their culture and day-to-day lives. This, just like the the other subcategories, Archaeology has MANY subdisciplines within it (seriously, it's expansive). My subdiscipline is going to be (I've not been in college long enough to actually focus in on it) Historical Archaeology. Historical Archaeology is the Archaeology of peoples with a written language; I've never been very interested in cro-magnon man or neanderthals. Of course we're all familiar with Howard Carter the Archaeologist/Egyptologist who excavated Tutankhamen's tomb.


That, in a very poor description, is Anthropology. So Indiana Jones, despite being an Archaeologist, is sort of an amalgamation of all of those with the added bonus of fighting Nazis (not as unrealistic as one may think, according to my Anth-professor grave robbers sometimes assault archaeologists to steal artifacts), so it's sort of a flawed line of thinking to immediately imagine Indiana Jones when you hear archaeology.

That was totally awesome.

You rock!

I think I would most likely get into Linguistic Anthropology, because I've always been fascinated by the origin of words and their languages.

My real name, for example, Legion, is derived from the latin 'legre,' meaning "to choose." Weird, makes no sense, but true.

It's also why I love Pokemon etymology.

Bugs.

Oops, accidentally ruined this comment

Made my night.

On a different note, I would totally love to create a fighting game based on my favorite RPG Ragnarok.

http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/war3-player-profile.aspx?Gateway=Lordaeron&PlayerName;=DeityX

That's my account. Beautiful B)

Only one online! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!

*runs around naked*

Now that's me! :D

I can't sleep for shit.

Ha, yes they do. Which comes to a question of mine... Since Lara and Drake are both tomb raiders, they encounter all sorts of random enemies. However, bugs are never one of them (unless I am being mistaken or just haven't encountered an experience). I would definitely like to see a scene, especially in the upcoming Tomb Raider game, where Lara has to deal with a crap ton of bugs that are biting her in this tunnel that she has to crawl through.

You know, as a person who is intending on working in the video game field, I gotta say, I've been coming up with ideas for video games that could really do wonders... Especially with that created fighter I made for the contest... Speaking of that, I have to ask a question in that thread.

CATS!

VOLCANIC VIPER

Dumb white hicks

I see your VOLCANIC VIPER and raise one ARE YOU OKAY? BUSTAH WARUF!

all this talk of fighting games and i see your BUSTAH WARUF! and raise you a venom web!!

That feel when you get a text, but not from the person you hoped it was.

A blind man walks into a bar, taps the man next to him and says, "Hey, wanna hear a blonde joke?

The man says back to the blind man, "Look buddy, I'm blonde. The man behind me is a four-hundred pound professional wrestler and he's blonde. The bouncer is blonde. The man sitting over to your left is also blonde. Still wanna tell that blonde joke?"

The blind man is silent for a moment and then says, "Nah, I wouldn't want to have to explain it five times."

OH!

Also:

Bruce Lee's work didn't contain 40 episodes of filler, 5 episodes of charging attacks, and then a 2 minute fight. Otherwise, spot on.

That would be Arthropology.

And DBZ is real too, sorta.

Look up the Pistol Shrimp.They can snap their jaw closed creating a 4000 Degree cavitation bubble in the water. Nautical propellers must be specially shaped, so that they don't create these bubbles, as they eat away at the metal. Also more proof of various martial art "death strikes" and pressurepoint bulljazz. Kung Fu is meant NOT to be used...

After a long time ago, I played Mario Kart Double Dash. I lost the all cup tour on Mirror. I used to beat every single track.