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Skeppio

2010-10-23, 09:30 AM

Okay, you know the drill, my merry men and women, so let's get to it, but first:

The Rules would you kindly read these, and obey them...

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

2. This isn't the Play by Post or Town forum, nor is it the Silly Message Board Games or Structured Games forum. Please avoid continuous roleplay or mock battles and fights such as the "competition for control of the universe".

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well. The exception to this is to bring something that is off-topic from one thread, but on-topic for RB and the subject doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

4. Don't advertise other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.

5. Please don't post single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."

6. Don't poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."

7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.

8. As this is a public forum, where the current topic is nicely recorded for you, and not a conversation where you could have missed the beginning, please refrain from asking something to the effect of "What's the topic?". Please take the time to read up a bit first.

9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details.

12. Whenever a new thread is created, all "first post", "first page", and all posts of that nature will be deleted by the administrators. Please avoid doing this, as it is frustrating for them to deal with one-lined posts like this.

13. Double-posting is not your friend. We have edit buttons for a reason.

14. Once you have made a Random Banter thread, you must wait 50 threads before making another one.

Previous Threads:
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Eldpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphiles Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
A Thread in Which Banter Most Random is Expulsed Into Existence, By Ravens_cry #142 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156548)
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)

And now, our feature presentation: Random Banter #149!

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 09:34 AM

This would be miiiiine, but my power went out in a storm. :smallfrown:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-23, 09:39 AM

Ooooh, first boogie of the thread! I love the smell of fresh thread in the morning.

*BOOGIES*

Trobby

2010-10-23, 09:47 AM

Oh! Glad I checked! Best christen this thread while the first page is still fresh!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Introbulus/BoogieCouple2.png

All is well. :smallcool:

Can't think of anything to add though. <.<; So I will continue to remain inactive in RB until something interesting happens in my life. *Poof*

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-23, 09:51 AM

KuReshtin

2010-10-23, 10:20 AM

NEW THREAD!!!!

**DISCO**

Trobby

2010-10-23, 10:44 AM

So: a topic of conversation. Go!

I love taking screenshots of games. I mean, my computer isn't very good, and I can't run very good graphics, but nevertheless, it's like photography, except with video-games. And I love photography. If only I was any good at image editing, I could have such wonderful pictures from games.

Anything in particular you need edited? :smallconfused:

Also, modern games or older ones?

NEW THREAD!!!!

**DISCO**

Why are you on fire? :smalleek: *Splashes with water*

Coidzor

2010-10-23, 10:47 AM

Why are you on fire? :smalleek: *Splashes with water*

FIRE IN THE DISCO!

Fire in the Taco Bell!

Fire in the Disco!

Fire in the gates of hell!

*starts humming along*

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 10:55 AM

Does anyone here want to help a web design failure?

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-23, 11:02 AM

Anything in particular you need edited? :smallconfused:

Also, modern games or older ones?

No no no, I just need to get my mum to teach me how to use photoshop properly.

Mostly older games, as the newer games just don't look up to snuff on my computer. Medieval 2, Rome Total War, the Dawn of War games, Company of Honour. Those kinda things.

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-23, 11:23 AM

the treads title had me tongue tied. good work soldier :)

Dada

2010-10-23, 11:35 AM

@Dubios: What do you need help with?

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 11:38 AM

How to make pages that don't look like they time traveled from 2000.

Dada

2010-10-23, 11:41 AM

Sorry, can't help with that part. While I have the technical details pretty nailed down, I really lack the design aspect.

Trobby

2010-10-23, 11:54 AM

How to make pages that don't look like they time traveled from 2000.

1: No GIFs. No JPEGs. PNG or nothing. I'm assuming you don't have Adobe Flash, and I am thankful for that. You do not want a fancy flash page.

2: Draw it first. You should design the way your page will look before you even write one line of code. Once you have a concept on paper, you can make it real on the screen without having to wonder if you're doing it right, because you have the idea right in front of you.

3: Structure. Make sure it is consistent. Typical structures are as follows.

Top Down
Most of your page should be centered. There should be a large banner at the top giving your site's name, and content for the site below that in a large text field. This is basic though, so you might want to try...
Sidebar
Build a few boxes and put some large text inside each one so that you have yourself a line of links that go to the various parts of your site. Site logo can go in the top left. Basically, think of THIS page when you think of this style.

The rest is basically just knowing what colors go well together and how to design graphics. I'm working on a project right now, so sadly I can't offer any direct help. But take a look around at some sites you frequent, and you'll find design practices that you can employ yourself.

Gullara

2010-10-23, 12:16 PM

^ It's still another 2 days till Halloween Intro.

No no no, I just need to get my mum to teach me how to use photoshop properly.

Mostly older games, as the newer games just don't look up to snuff on my computer. Medieval 2, Rome Total War, the Dawn of War games, Company of Honour. Those kinda things.

I don't know how much photoshop would improve the quality of the pictures. I used to take a bunch of screenshots on a less than good computer myself.

If you just want to do some cropping then it'll be good, but I don't know how much you can do beyond that.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-23, 12:21 PM

Gullara

2010-10-23, 12:27 PM

The idea is to play with sharpness, blur, filters, and light effects. You can do wonderful things with just light effects, and replacing ugly skyboxes. Cropping is easy enough to do, I got THAT much down.

Well if you can accomplish something with it I'll be impressed.

I really like having a gaming rig myself, the games look so nice.

It cost a lot though, but that's what happens when I work for the summer and have a bunch of surplus money. And don't tell me I should have saved it for university:smalltongue:

It's so blue, glowey, and awesome.

Moff Chumley

2010-10-23, 12:27 PM

We had DISCO in this thread? And I missed it? Oh teh wellz...

Something I feel it is necessary to discuss. Green grapes are so vastly superior to their red brethren that it leaves me breathless with confusion.

Trobby

2010-10-23, 01:20 PM

^ It's still another 2 days till Halloween Intro.

I know. I'm just getting my costume on early. :smallwink:

We had DISCO in this thread? And I missed it? Oh teh wellz...

Something I feel it is necessary to discuss. Green grapes are so vastly superior to their red brethren that it leaves me breathless with confusion.

Disagree. Green and red grapes are equal in greatness, assuming maximum grape quality. Red ones tend to lose their awesomenss faster though. :(

LordOMud

2010-10-23, 01:33 PM

Moff Chumley

2010-10-23, 01:34 PM

Well, on rare occasions, red grapes can match greens... but greens don't go mushy as fast.

And if there's one thing I hate, it's a mushy grape. :smallfurious:

absolmorph

2010-10-23, 01:45 PM

Mmmmm, brunch.
-noms his bagel and eggs-
83

Moff Chumley

2010-10-23, 01:47 PM

Mmm, bagel.

You know what's good on bagels? Canadian bacon. But the bagel can't be crispy, it has to be nice and fluffy... :smallbiggrin:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-23, 01:51 PM

Well if you can accomplish something with it I'll be impressed.

I really like having a gaming rig myself, the games look so nice.

It cost a lot though, but that's what happens when I work for the summer and have a bunch of surplus money. And don't tell me I should have saved it for university:smalltongue:

It's so blue, glowey, and awesome.

I... don't have a job. So yeah.
Also, I'm slightly more likely to spend on guitar things, music, or booze than on computer things. Shoot me, I'm mainstream(ish).

Edit: It helps when the mod for the game you're using had an artist design the visuals, including the in-game lighting. It is such a beautiful game to play!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk110/Gwyn_ap_Nud/Screenshots/SwordChargeTolmetai.jpg

The entire game, the lighting, the skyboxes, the terrain, are all in this bronzey coloured wash, which fits the mood of the game perfectly. It's a game set in the Trojan War, and it is soooo fun.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 01:58 PM

I just spent the whole morning taking pictures for photography class.

I'm exhausted. And hungry. >.o

Snares

2010-10-23, 01:59 PM

I just ate two whole Pizza Express pizzas for dinner.

And some dough balls.

:smallcool:.

How I stay in any kind of shape with my diet is a mystery to me...

Kyrian

2010-10-23, 01:59 PM

I just watched Back to the Future in theatres. I'm so full of joy right now.

And there was a guy dressed as Marty.

#Fangasm

Moff Chumley

2010-10-23, 02:03 PM

<3 BTtF.

So hard. :smallcool:

Trobby

2010-10-23, 02:15 PM

GREAT SCOTT!

Me too. :smallbiggrin:

Gullara

2010-10-23, 02:19 PM

I... don't have a job. So yeah.
Also, I'm slightly more likely to spend on guitar things, music, or booze than on computer things. Shoot me, I'm mainstream(ish).

The main reason I got the job was to get the computer. I have other means of getting money, just not in that amount,

Edit: It helps when the mod for the game you're using had an artist design the visuals, including the in-game lighting. It is such a beautiful game to play!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk110/Gwyn_ap_Nud/Screenshots/SwordChargeTolmetai.jpg

The entire game, the lighting, the skyboxes, the terrain, are all in this bronzey coloured wash, which fits the mood of the game perfectly. It's a game set in the Trojan War, and it is soooo fun.

That does look fancy. The sky looks really good.

KuReshtin

2010-10-23, 02:39 PM

Why are you on fire? :smalleek: *Splashes with water*

I just needed a change for my avatar for a while, and I hadn't used the fire one for a while.

FIRE IN THE DISCO!

Fire in the Taco Bell!

Fire in the Disco!

Fire in the gates of hell!

*starts humming along*

Heh. I didn't even think of that, but it does go well with the DISCO outbreak. :smallbiggrin::smallcool:

Disagree. Green and red grapes are equal in greatness, assuming maximum grape quality. Red ones tend to lose their awesomenss faster though. :(

I agree. The red grapes do tend to lose their awesomeness quicker. NOt that that's usually a problem for me, cause grapes rarely make it past the day of purchase in my household.

<3 BTtF.

So hard. :smallcool:

GREAT SCOTT!

Me too. :smallbiggrin:

Me three. :smallbiggrin:

1 was good, 2 was a bit of a step back in my opinion, anf 3 just knocked it out the ball park.

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 02:47 PM

Darn my schedule, I could've had this thread. Oh well, next time for sure! 150 shall be mine!

Recaiden

2010-10-23, 03:28 PM

I just needed a change for my avatar for a while, and I hadn't used the fire one for a while.

Why was it that I made that for you? I really don't remember right now. Was it a week of being on fire?

KuReshtin

2010-10-23, 03:32 PM

Why was it that I made that for you? I really don't remember right now. Was it a week of being on fire?

Yep.

The week was actually called 'On Fire'.

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 03:33 PM

Wait a minute is the word "bastard" censored?

KuReshtin

2010-10-23, 03:34 PM

Wait a minute is the word "bastard" censored?

It appears not.

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 03:36 PM

Then what 7 letter word am I seeing censored over in the Media sub-section? Actually, maybe this shouldn't be answered...

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2010-10-23, 03:56 PM

The censors on this board are terribly inconsistent, which of course only serves to make swearing more entertaining.

Quincunx

2010-10-23, 04:23 PM

But not immutable--they finally got rid of the erm, educational one, where people hit the filter and said "What possible rude meaning could that have?". Language progresses and shapes thought, and sometimes the ideas which are forgotten are bad ideas. :smallcool:

*****

Grapes are odd in that the same cultivar has crossed continents. If I buy green grapes here, they're the same green grapes I could buy in the U.S., and I don't expect the fruits of California to be propagated in the Old World even if, in all likelihood, the cuttings traveled in the opposite direction. I'm not eating the same apples or tomatoes, why am I eating the same grapes?

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 05:44 PM

Then what 7 letter word am I seeing censored over in the Media sub-section? Actually, maybe this shouldn't be answered...

That would be the word "*******". :smallcool:

ION: School Computer Lab unexpectedly closed today. Looks like my assignment is postponed for Monday. I hate it when you've got the whole thing planned out and then someone changes it for you. :smallfrown:

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 05:49 PM

That would be the word "*******". :smallcool::

Well, that was helpful

ION: School Computer Lab unexpectedly closed today. Looks like my assignment is postponed for Monday. I hate it when you've got the whole thing planned out and then someone changes it for you. :smallfrown:

You have more time, don't complain.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 05:51 PM

You have more time, don't complain.

I have less time! It means I have to postpone the work and do it in a hurry on Monday.

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 05:54 PM

I have less time! It means I have to postpone the work and do it in a hurry on Monday.

Oh, well then complain all you want.

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-23, 05:55 PM

I have less time! It means I have to postpone the work and do it in a hurry on Monday.

oh bugger :smalleek:

what's the assignment over?

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 05:59 PM

3D Animation. I have to make a model run and jump. Not easy.

Rawhide

2010-10-23, 06:09 PM

Guys, do I need to remind you that posts consisting almost entirely of "New thread!", "*boogies*", "*dances*" or similar is considered spam?

Please try to include some content with your posts, thanks.

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 06:10 PM

1: No GIFs. No JPEGs. PNG or nothing. I'm assuming you don't have Adobe Flash, and I am thankful for that. You do not want a fancy flash page.

I already am in the PNG or nothing crowd.

2: Draw it first. You should design the way your page will look before you even write one line of code. Once you have a concept on paper, you can make it real on the screen without having to wonder if you're doing it right, because you have the idea right in front of you.

I have done that already.

3: Structure. Make sure it is consistent. Typical structures are as follows.

Top Down
Most of your page should be centered. There should be a large banner at the top giving your site's name, and content for the site below that in a large text field. This is basic though, so you might want to try...
Sidebar
Build a few boxes and put some large text inside each one so that you have yourself a line of links that go to the various parts of your site. Site logo can go in the top left. Basically, think of THIS page when you think of this style.

I do rather like the sidebar style.

The rest is basically just knowing what colors go well together and how to design graphics. I'm working on a project right now, so sadly I can't offer any direct help. But take a look around at some sites you frequent, and you'll find design practices that you can employ yourself.

Thank you for being helpful.

Dallas-Dakota

2010-10-23, 06:23 PM

Rawhide

2010-10-23, 07:17 PM

Adobe Flash is actually good, it's just that you have to know to keep it simple and limit yourself to knowing what you can do and what will make a decent website. A.K.A. Not loads of shiny glittery features you want to try out in Flash.

No. Adobe Flash is definitely not "actually good". Not unless you are creating an animation or interactive animation. Never use it for the interface.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 07:21 PM

No. Adobe Flash is definitely not "actually good". Not unless you are creating an animation or interactive animation. Never use it for the interface.

Thank you.

It's also (according to my teachers) not very popular among professional animation studios. You won't find many movie companies that use it.

Dallas-Dakota

2010-10-23, 07:40 PM

Ah, beaten by the pro's.
Then again, I'm neither a web designer, nor a animator. Though I can do After Effects.

People: You should always take Rawhide's word over mine, he's much smarter then me. :smalltongue:

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 07:42 PM

Ah, beaten by the pro's.
Then again, I'm neither a web designer, nor a animator. Though I can do After Effects.

THAT I can't do. :smalltongue:

I only use AfterEffects to put together the rendered images from Maya. I've no clue how to use the program itself.

Rawhide

2010-10-23, 07:44 PM

Proof that Halloween is awesome. (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1885155)

Gullara

2010-10-23, 07:48 PM

Proof that Halloween is awesome. (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1885155)

We needed proof:smallconfused:

I'd say that is proof that Halloween is more awesome than we thought.

Rowsen

2010-10-23, 07:50 PM

3D Animation. I have to make a model run and jump. Not easy.

Yes it is :smallbiggrin:

Kidding aside, what program are you using?

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 07:52 PM

Do anyone like these colors? http://trueblogtales.com/

Skeppio

2010-10-23, 07:54 PM

Not bad, not bad. A nice mild simplistic colour scheme OH GOD A MATRIX KITTY IS STARING INTO MY SOUL!!! :smalleek:

But seriously, that's pretty good. No real need to be super fancy with most webpage backgrounds.

Dubious Pie

2010-10-23, 07:56 PM

I'm trying to bring to mind a sun rise.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-23, 08:10 PM

Proof that Halloween is awesome. (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1885155)

Related. (http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?comic=305#60)

Yes it is :smallbiggrin:

Kidding aside, what program are you using?

Autodesk Maya. Sadly, my student's license has expired and I haven't been able to renew it yet, so I can only work in school computers.

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-23, 09:30 PM

I just returned from my community theatre which put on a production of a play called Deathtrap. It is despicable, delicious, and you must all go out and demand a production or go and watch the film version. NOW.

Trobby

2010-10-23, 09:55 PM

@: Using Flash

The only really appropriate use of Flash when making a web site is in creating simple buttons for your navigation bar. You shouldn't need it for anything else.

absolmorph

2010-10-24, 12:02 AM

I'm cutting apart a Scream mask for my Halloween costume.
I hope this works...

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 01:21 AM

Oh, the delicious, delicious irony... :smalltongue:

absolmorph

2010-10-24, 02:44 AM

Oh, the delicious, delicious irony... :smalltongue:
I thought so, too.

Rowsen

2010-10-24, 03:03 AM

Autodesk Maya. Sadly, my student's license has expired and I haven't been able to renew it yet, so I can only work in school computers.

Ah, I use Autodesk 3DS Max 8. I'm working on a character at the moment actually.

Teddy

2010-10-24, 07:49 AM

Ahh, new Thread.

I've spent most of the weekend so far playing Civ V and sleeping. I'm pretty sure I have some homework to do, but I can't for my life remember what it would be...

Quincunx

2010-10-24, 08:54 AM

Set your clock forward to 4AM tomorrow, once the sun sets around there, and I bet your suppressed duties will LEAP to mind with those visual cues of urgency.

*****

Spent 24 of the last 48 hours pounding on the keyboard and compiling other people's notes into a story. Not my usual M.O., in which the story dribbles out over months. The product is unpolished but people are reading it and happy to have something to read. This is not what I do. I don't write to an audience even when I need to. Yet I did this time and. . .don't care that my voice isn't there. People are happy. That's enough.

Dangerous road.

It's the road of the essay composed entirely of quotations. It's the road of the easy grade earned without talent. It's the road of person B who understands nothing of goodness but makes the gestures with an empty heart. Language goes gray as graywater, refined and potable, but sterile.

Phase

2010-10-24, 09:27 AM

So today's a busy busy day for me.

I gotta go do some Play Readings to get the part of Jud Fry in the school play, gotta finish up a supplemental essay, need to do my entire Ethics assignment, gonna go give blood, and on top of it ll I have to study for a math test tomorrow.

Gog damn.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 10:22 AM

Ah, I use Autodesk 3DS Max 8. I'm working on a character at the moment actually.

I've never used 3DS Max. A friend from school does, though. Or at least knows how to.

He said his teacher said 3DS Max was the standard for the gaming industry, while Maya is the standard for the movie industry.

Of course, since all companies like to do things their way with their obscure software, it's hard to declare that as a fact.

Eon

2010-10-24, 11:18 AM

Hmm... I have a few days worth of math to do, a research plan to revise and a review of literature to... do.

What a fun day it will be... :smallannoyed:

KenderWizard

2010-10-24, 11:21 AM

I should be at a games convention but I'm sick. :smallfrown:

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-24, 11:33 AM

Started a new book in English on Friday. It's called In Cold Blood and it's by Truman Capote. I guess it's a pretty popular book...

CurlyKitGirl

2010-10-24, 12:04 PM

Oh me oh my.
Last night's BOP was excellent.
Iohnny B. Goode, Wake Me Up Before You Go-go, virtually every Lady Gaga song ever (meh), and the usual stuff like INXS, Bon Iovi and so on.
Also: the closing song of the night? Bohemian Rhapsody! Need I say any more?
Except that everyone there knew all the words and sang it all the way through.
But really that's obvious, so there wasn't a need to say anything more after all.

Except that my feet are rather cold. Oh, and thanks to last night my throat is very sore from all the singing (or shouting very loudly, whichever you prefer).

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2010-10-24, 12:15 PM

CurlyKitGirl

2010-10-24, 12:25 PM

My flatmates must truly think me a bizarre creature, constantly flitting in and out of various rooms and laughing to myself, occasionally eating a tomato.
It is a peculiar compulsion that those who know me grow used to eventually - I must change my location or otherwise do anything to alleviate boredom at all. New experiences are my anti-drug.
But they must think it so utterly strange.
Oh, how that amuses me. :smallsmile:

And it makes you so delightfully and endearingly quirky.

ION:
I iust volunteered to spend around an hour showing some schoolchildren around college.
Why did I do that?
I don't even know if I like children, and the mere thought of my becoming a teacher send all my friends and my family into shudders of terror. Both for the children, and for myself. But mainly for the children.
Why did I volunteer to show children around?

Gullara

2010-10-24, 12:26 PM

And it makes you so delightfully and endearingly quirky.

ION:
I iust volunteered to spend around an hour showing some schoolchildren around college.
Why did I do that?
I don't even know if I like children, and the mere thought of my becoming a teacher send all my friends and my family into shudders of terror. Both for the children, and for myself. But mainly for the children.
Why did I volunteer to show children around?

Because you're trying to become a reformed member of society?

Teddy

2010-10-24, 12:33 PM

Set your clock forward to 4AM tomorrow, once the sun sets around there, and I bet your suppressed duties will LEAP to mind with those visual cues of urgency.

Perhaps, or perhaps not. However, I'm not quite sure if the sun ever sets around 4AM, but it certainly doesn't do so this part of the year... *curses the darkness*

[...]It's the road of person B who understands nothing of goodness but makes the gestures with an empty heart.[...]

Is this a reference to the "the Good and the... not so Good" thread? :smallconfused::smallwink:

My flatmates must truly think me a bizarre creature, constantly flitting in and out of various rooms and laughing to myself, occasionally eating a tomato.
It is a peculiar compulsion that those who know me grow used to eventually - I must change my location or otherwise do anything to alleviate boredom at all. New experiences are my anti-drug.
But they must think it so utterly strange.
Oh, how that amuses me. :smallsmile:

You do strange things to amuse yourself and find extra amusement in thinking about what others think about you doing strange things? I like it! :smallbiggrin:

Kyrian

2010-10-24, 12:40 PM

If anyone has an iPhone (or iPad, or iPod Touch) take a look at Game Dev Story. It's like $3 (or if you know how, free :smallwink:) but it's very addicting.

You play a CEO of a game developing company. You get to hire your employees, take contract work, or design your own games. If you get a hardware engineer, you can make your own console and try to dominate the market.

The game records up to year 20 for a high score, but you can continue to play afterwards. I'm currently up on year 42, I've made over 120 games, I have my own system now that I am solely developing for, and I've got over 20 games that made the Hall of Fame. Seriously, this game is so addicting, my iPhone's battery was full when I got up about four hours ago, and it's nearly drained right now.

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 12:56 PM

Snip

I suppose that's the nice bit about music. You say "one two three four..." enough times, it all eventually works out. If you're lucky, in a day or two.

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2010-10-24, 01:12 PM

And it makes you so delightfully and endearingly quirky.

You do strange things to amuse yourself and find extra amusement in thinking about what others think about you doing strange things? I like it! :smallbiggrin:

Excellent, first class, splendid...

But yes, other people are always so very amusing. My favourite look is that of surprise.
Perhaps it's because of my quirkiness that most people get completely and entirely the wrong first impression of me.
Know me for a week, write down what you think of me, know me for a year and come back. You'll have been completely off. :smallbiggrin:

Curly has the advantage of having met me, though. :smallsmile:

Trobby

2010-10-24, 01:43 PM

AtlanteanTroll

2010-10-24, 02:19 PM

I got "zing" in Scrabble with the Z on Tripple Letter score. :D

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 02:27 PM

So tell me something. If I live exactly on the North Pole, what's my time zone?

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 02:27 PM

i just saw the trailer for Fable III. i think i'm in love

Trobby

2010-10-24, 02:32 PM

So tell me something. If I live exactly on the North Pole, what's my time zone?

Eternity, man. :smallcool: Eternity.

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 03:21 PM

Your time zone is cold.

Teddy

2010-10-24, 03:40 PM

Your time zone is cold.

Yeah, I've heard that time is frozen on the North Pole. :smallwink:

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 03:48 PM

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 03:57 PM

so there's an EF3 tornado 45 minutes away from me. i am legitimately worried

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 03:58 PM

so there's an EF3 tornado 45 minutes away from me. i am legitimately worried

Dude... stop posting and take shelter.

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 04:00 PM

Dude... stop posting and take shelter.

i'm on my laptop in my bathroom.

Phase

2010-10-24, 04:03 PM

I got "zing" in Scrabble with the Z on Tripple Letter score. :D

I got "equations" on two triple word scores, allowing me excess of 200.

Nameless

2010-10-24, 04:04 PM

Argh! Drawing Oxford and Heian-Kyo in three-point perspective is a bloody PAIN! :smallfurious:

So... Much... detail... e.o

Gullara

2010-10-24, 04:07 PM

:smallannoyed:

*punts*

In other news: you know what gets old really fast? People bashing hip-hop based on what they've heard on the radio. It's like judging rock solely on Nickleback. :smallannoyed:

Who doesn't do that? Rock is obviously terrible and makes me want to crash the car whenever it comes on the radio. :smalltongue:

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 04:13 PM

The radio makes me want to crash things in general (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfaligQlEyg). :smallsigh:

Eon

2010-10-24, 04:14 PM

i'm on my laptop in my bathroom.

Good. Well, not good a EF3 tornado (or any tornado for that matter) is that close, but it's good you're taking cover. :smallsmile:

edit: side note, so... much... typing... paper... due.... tomorrow...

@v that's good!

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 04:16 PM

ok, the sirens have been shut off. all is well.

IRN
http://i.imwx.com/web/radar/us_shv_closeradar_plus_usen.jpg

Gullara

2010-10-24, 04:17 PM

You know what I'm going to miss about not being home for Halloween. Stealing my brothers' candy from them. Good times.

It's like trick or treating except with less frostbite.

absolmorph

2010-10-24, 04:41 PM

Woohoo! I have three costumes I'll be wearing for various Halloween events.
Originally, I was gonna have two. But today, while I was at church, my mom was shopping and found the right hat for one of my other cosplays, so I'll be Factory Head Nolan tonight, Darth Nihilus next Saturday and Pokemon Trainer Red for Halloween itself.
I think I might need to find some place to store my cosplays, soon. They're building up :smallsmile:

Eon

2010-10-24, 04:44 PM

:smalleek::smallfrown:
I'm typing my review of literature, getting REALLY close to being finished. Suddenly, I can't type. I can't save. Anytime I click on the Word I get a beeping sound, the error kind. I've been working on it for over an hour.

What's wrong with my word!? :smalleek: I don't want to start over. (I can't even open another document...

I feel sad now... :smallfrown:

]edit: I have 3 documents up, and I only can scroll on one. Luckily, that's the one with my review of literature...

Right clicking on the tabs does nothing. Only for Word though...

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 04:47 PM

:smalleek::smallfrown:
I'm typing my review of literature, getting REALLY close to being finished. Suddenly, I can't type. I can't save. Anytime I click on the Word I get a beeping sound, the error kind. I've been working on it for over an hour.

What's wrong with my word!? :smalleek: I don't want to start over. (I can't even open another document...

I feel sad now... :smallfrown:

edit: I have 3 documents up, and I only can scroll on one. Luckily, that's the one with my review of literature...

Right clicking on the tabs does nothing. Only for Word though...

Can you copy? If so, e-mail it to yourself.

Dallas-Dakota

2010-10-24, 04:49 PM

Can you use Ctrl S on the document in which you scroll? That's the short cut for Saving your document.

Eon

2010-10-24, 04:50 PM

Can you copy? If so, e-mail it to yourself.

Sadly, no. I just get the beep of evil.

Can you use Ctrl S on the document in which you scroll? That's the short cut for Saving your document.

I don't think it worked... I didn't see the file in my documents... =(

:smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: It works again!
Apparently, my spell check was hiding somewhere. Apparently you can't change the document with it up. But I couldn't find it anywhere...

... I feel stupid now... :smallfrown:

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 04:52 PM

Wow... that's rough. >.o

Well, I suggest you keep trying... and if you can't, then.... close it and hope file recovery will save you.

EDIT: HOORAY!

Gullara

2010-10-24, 04:55 PM

:smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: It works again!
Apparently, my spell check was hiding somewhere. Apparently you can't change the document with it up. But I couldn't find it anywhere...

... I feel stupid now... :smallfrown:

I've had things like that happen to me before. I know what it's like to feel stupid because of it too. :smalltongue:

Dada

2010-10-24, 04:56 PM

Sounds like you have some kind of window or tab open. Try to minimize every window and see if it appears.

Edit: Swordsage'd. Glad it worked out fine.

Eon

2010-10-24, 04:58 PM

I've had things like that happen to me before. I know what it's like to feel stupid because of it too. :smalltongue:

It's a weird feeling. I feel like an idiot so I feel a little sad but keep laughing.

Sounds like you have some kind of window or tab open. Try to minimize every window and see if it appears.

Ya, I did. Thanks though!

Rawhide

2010-10-24, 06:16 PM

@: Using Flash

The only really appropriate use of Flash when making a web site is in creating simple buttons for your navigation bar. You shouldn't need it for anything else.

No! Don't do that! Very bad use of Flash. Besides, you can make much better buttons without Flash.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 06:20 PM

No! Don't do that! Very bad use of Flash. Besides, you can make much better buttons without Flash.

I used to tell my friends:

"Bah! Photoshop? Inkscape? I'm a REAL digital artist! I do my art in NotePad and code in the color of every pixel, one by one!"

It was even funnier when one of them actually asked "Wait, seriously?" :smallbiggrin:

Thufir

2010-10-24, 06:32 PM

INXS

Don't know who that is. Also, is that an I or a iay?

Except that everyone there knew all the words and sang it all the way through.

Well, so I should hope.

Except that my feet are rather cold. Oh, and thanks to last night my throat is very sore from all the singing (or shouting very loudly, whichever you prefer).

Singing. Why would it be shouting?

I iust volunteered to spend around an hour showing some schoolchildren around college.
Why did I do that?
I don't even know if I like children, and the mere thought of my becoming a teacher send all my friends and my family into shudders of terror. Both for the children, and for myself. But mainly for the children.
Why did I volunteer to show children around?

Because you've gone a new and different kind of insane to how you were before?

And personally? I think you'd make an AWESOME teacher. :smallwink:

This is also the case, though maybe not for really young children. High school maybe, especially 6th form.

In other news: you know what gets old really fast? People bashing hip-hop based on what they've heard on the radio. It's like judging rock solely on Nickelback. :smallannoyed:

Well, I assume the radio does play more than one band of hip-hop, and more rock than iust Nickelback.
But really, people can only iudge what they know. So if the hip-hop they've heard on the radio is all they know of hip-hop, that is what they must consider when iudging the genre.

I'm typing my review of literature,

You reviewed literature? All of it?

Eon

2010-10-24, 07:24 PM

You reviewed literature? All of it?

Yep. Ever. There's some very interesting stories.

Why, did you expect something else?

KuReshtin

2010-10-24, 07:38 PM

Don't know who that is. Also, is that an I or a iay?

Yes, you do (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLL7JdnIk0). You just don't know it.
And it's an I, not a J. Band name pronounced 'In Excess'.

Cobalt

2010-10-24, 08:39 PM

I was shot by paintballs and I have a really bad headache. But, today was a pretty good day, in general.

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 08:58 PM

5 tornado warnings in 3 hours. that storm was intense.

Thufir

2010-10-24, 09:04 PM

Band name pronounced 'In Excess'.

Rings a bell now, but the song doesn't. Not sure if I know any of their music.

Eon

2010-10-24, 09:14 PM

5 tornado warnings in 3 hours. that storm was intense.

Good thing you weren't in tents.
:smalltongue:

Rawhide

2010-10-24, 09:25 PM

I used to tell my friends:

"Bah! Photoshop? Inkscape? I'm a REAL digital artist! I do my art in NotePad and code in the color of every pixel, one by one!"

It was even funnier when one of them actually asked "Wait, seriously?" :smallbiggrin:

The reason Flash is not suitable for a website user interface is due to the output, not the input.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-24, 09:36 PM

The reason Flash is not suitable for a website user interface is due to the output, not the input.

Oh. Uhmm.... well, I wouldn't know.

I've never used Flash for anything other than passing a High School class...

When I started out in college one of the first things they told us was "If you think you're gonna learn flash here... forget it."

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 09:36 PM

Well, I assume the radio does play more than one band of hip-hop, and more rock than iust Nickelback.
But really, people can only iudge what they know. So if the hip-hop they've heard on the radio is all they know of hip-hop, that is what they must consider when iudging the genre.

Challenge accepted. Linkin Park, Creed, Evanescence, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Staind, and 3 Doors Down.

:smallamused:

Thufir

2010-10-24, 09:49 PM

Challenge accepted. Linkin Park, Creed, Evanescence, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Staind, and 3 Doors Down.

:smallamused:

I... challenged you to do something? I'm confused.

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 10:07 PM

Good thing you weren't in tents.
:smalltongue:

nyuk nyuk nyuk :smalltongue:

after the third one i said "screw it, if i'm going to die i'm dying comfortable" so i laid on my explorer's roof shirtless with my welding goggles on. in hindsight, that wasn't a good idea

Gullara

2010-10-24, 10:09 PM

Challenge accepted. Linkin Park, Creed, Evanescence, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Staind, and 3 Doors Down.

:smallamused:

He's done his research. They're all so bad:smallsigh:

There hasn't been good rock since the 80s.*

*May contain traces of opinion.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-24, 10:11 PM

*opinion refuted*

I would give examples, but I'm really tired, and I have school tomorrow. Peace! :smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 10:14 PM

gaelic storm, flogging molly, dropkick murphy's....

Gullara

2010-10-24, 10:14 PM

^ I don't think that's rock. At least not the one I searched.

*opinion refuted*

I would give examples, but I'm really tired, and I have school tomorrow. Peace! :smalltongue::smallbiggrin:

I'm going to need those examples, because all my brothers listen to new rock and I despise it.

I had to crank up some ACDC or April Wine to block it out.

It didn't help that they have ipods with external speakers:smallsigh:

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-24, 10:17 PM

^ I don't think that's rock. At least not the one I searched.

with the exception of Gaelic storm, they walk the line between celt-punk and rock

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 10:22 PM

He's done his research. They're all so bad:smallsigh:

There hasn't been good rock since the 80s.*

*May contain traces of opinion.

Wrong. Wrongity wrong wrong. If you're looking for Zeppelin, AD/DC-ish rock, there isn't all that much of that variety. But there are things like...

TV On The Radio, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Death Cab for Cutie, The Arcade Fire, Porcupine Tree, Wilco, Tom Waits, CAKE, Primus, At The Drive-In, The Strokes...

I could keep going. :smallamused:

Gullara

2010-10-24, 10:22 PM

^ I'll take a look at those. You never know, I might get surprised.

with the exception of Gaelic storm, they walk the line between celt-punk and rock

They are a lot better than the songs mentioned earlier, but not really my thing.

Thufir

2010-10-24, 10:36 PM

For the record, from that first list Moff gave, I don't particularly have a problem with Linkin Park or Nickelback, though neither do I think they're particularly good. 3 Doors Down I know one good song, but have been told the rest of their stuff is rubbish. I like Evanescence.

Second list... I like what I know of The Strokes. I've heard of The Mars Volta, Death Cab for Cutie and The Arcade Fire, and may have heard music by them but can't remember specifically.

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 10:37 PM

For the record, that wasn't just some random list. Those were the best selling rock bands of the last decade, taken from Billboard's charts. :smallannoyed:

Gullara

2010-10-24, 10:50 PM

@ Moff - You're list was not bad. Still not really my taste though. The Strokes would me my choice for top of the list.

Since we're listing artists, let's dive into my music. The Eagles, ACDC, Guns n' Roses, Don Henley, Billy Idol, Jimmy Hendrix, April Wine, Queen, Michael Jackson, Deff Leperds, Airbourne, Kiss, Kansas, Styx, Trooper, The Who, ZZ Top, etc.

Got to love the 70s/80s:smallcool:

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 11:53 PM

Well, my cup of tea these days isn't rock at all, so I can't really comment. :smallwink:

Gullara

2010-10-24, 11:58 PM

Well, my cup of tea these days isn't rock at all, so I can't really comment. :smallwink:

That's right, you can't:smallamused: I may be getting something out of your post that doesn't exist

I have yet to meat someone younger than 40 that shares my taste in music.

If your out there let me know. Then we can make a club or something.

Moff Chumley

2010-10-24, 11:59 PM

There's plenty of guys on this very board who share your tastes. Pop into the Media section once in a while. :smallwink:

Now if you'll excuse me, I'mma go listen to my LCD Soundsystem, Venetian Snares, and Shad... :smallcool:

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 12:01 AM

Moff Chumley

2010-10-25, 12:02 AM

Well... what is your music taste? :smallconfused:

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 12:06 AM

Well... what is your music taste? :smallconfused:

Barring the music I like from Anime and Videogames (read: a lot), I'm quite into Pop music. I like rock and metal a bit, but not really too much. It... tires me. Too loud.

Also, lyrics matter to me a lot. It may sound as a contradiction since I listen to a lot of Japanese Music and am not fluent in the language, but they do. Back when Guitar Hero 3 came out, I listened to Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce a lot.... and sometimes I fast-forwarded the solo.

Cue heart attacks. :smalltongue:

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 12:10 AM

@^: "To meet someone"

And actually, I have yet to meet any people who share my taste in music at all. Although several of my friends used to tell me they liked being in my car because it was the only one that had Air Conditioning and nice music.

Heh, my husband is the only person who shares my taste in music... and that's only in part... but I'm a little odd about music.

Amiel

2010-10-25, 12:15 AM

Well... what is your music taste? :smallconfused:
Two Steps From Hell is inordinately epic.

A movie, game et al featuring music composed by Two Steps From Hell breaches the line of ordinary epic and elevates the mundanely epic to stratospherically epic.

Their music is the very definition of aural exultation.

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 12:19 AM

mundanely epic
what is this i dont even

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 12:22 AM

what is this i dont even

I think he means something that is just 'epic' plain and simple, and taking it to an even higher level of epic :smallsmile:

Their music is the very definition of aural exultation.

This is an awesome phrase though. I love it :smallbiggrin:

Amiel

2010-10-25, 12:23 AM

what is this i dont even

I think the mundanely epic could refer to such epic-ness as the epic high five picture.
To make it stratospherically epic, you would need to include lasers, bold outlines, and speed lines; and a background featuring the planets in alignment.
:smallsmile:

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 12:57 AM

I think the mundanely epic could refer to such epic-ness as the epic high five picture.
To make it stratospherically epic, you would need to include lasers, bold outlines, and speed lines; and a background featuring the planets in alignment.
:smallsmile:
Or Kamina?

Amiel

2010-10-25, 01:13 AM

Or Kamina?

Pretty much.

And also this; "Customer Service (Superannuation) Representative - Contact Centre job ($40,000/hr) in Rhodes, NSW" source: mycareer.com.au

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 01:35 AM

And also this; "Customer Service (Superannuation) Representative - Contact Centre job ($40,000/hr) in Rhodes, NSW" source: mycareer.com.au

Damn. I want that job!

Had to read that twice before I realised what it said... someone didn't proof-read :smallbiggrin:

Teddy

2010-10-25, 01:53 AM

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 02:26 AM

Not bad, but I wonder what the hours would be like... (Though you could certainly make inroads into your retirement fund even if your hours were limited.)

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 02:35 AM

With an hourly rate like that? I'd guess - oh, about one hour per year :smallbiggrin:

Amiel

2010-10-25, 03:21 AM

Damn. I want that job!

Had to read that twice before I realised what it said... someone didn't proof-read :smallbiggrin:

I had to read it thrice, but is still didn't get that they were searching for someone to hire for a job until I read your post.

Not bad, but I wonder what the hours would be like... (Though you could certainly make inroads into your retirement fund even if your hours were limited.)

With an hourly rate like that? I'd guess - oh, about one hour per year :smallbiggrin:

It's amazing. The epic typo is epic; I screen captured it for posterity.
Whoever manages to secure that position would be set for life; such a life would undoubtedly consist entirely of adventures to expensive restaurants and destinations and the procurement of "common items" (ships similar to the Titanic, hotels et al).

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 03:31 AM

Or, you could make your case for being hired by pointing out the typo and saying "I would have caught it."

I do that with job ads all the time... see a typo or something badly formatted, and wonder if it would be appropriate to mention it in the application. Thus far I haven't been brave enough to actually try it.

Amiel

2010-10-25, 03:49 AM

Or, you could make your case for being hired by pointing out the typo and saying "I would have caught it."

You could also make a case for being hired at the hourly rate as advertised; the organisation shouldn't in good conscience retract the defined wage. :smallbiggrin:

I do that with job ads all the time... see a typo or something badly formatted, and wonder if it would be appropriate to mention it in the application. Thus far I haven't been brave enough to actually try it.

That's a very good idea, and like you said, there should be merit in catching typos; especially where their presence may result in incredible confusion. If an job advertisement features typos, this also makes the company look bad as well; and they surely don't want that.

Eon

2010-10-25, 06:46 AM

Pretty much.

And also this; "Customer Service (Superannuation) Representative - Contact Centre job ($40,000/hr) in Rhodes, NSW" source: mycareer.com.au

Hmm... I wouldn't mind that job...

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-25, 07:03 AM

Well... what is your music taste? :smallconfused:

celt-punk, ska, some J-pop...

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 07:49 AM

That's a very good idea, and like you said, there should be merit in catching typos; especially where their presence may result in incredible confusion. If an job advertisement features typos, this also makes the company look bad as well; and they surely don't want that.

Maybe I'll try it the next time I apply for a job. All they can do is not give me the job, and I'll be no worse off than I am now :smallsmile:

Kyrian

2010-10-25, 08:09 AM

First note: Phase, is that Minecraft's moon as your avatar? If so...AMAZING!

Second: Fable III comes out tonight at midnight! Woohoo! My last two days of vacation will be spent playing this game.

Third: For anyone that has a 360, have you seen the arcade game, Costume Quest? Cute and funny little RPG like game from the guys at Double Fine. A friend bought the game then came over last night. He didn't want to play it so he allowed me to do so. We ended up staying up til around 2am playing this and beating it full 100%

Teddy

2010-10-25, 08:24 AM

Civilization, you've learnt me so much. For example, I managed to use the word autocratic in an essay for school, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't if it wasn't for Civ.

First note: Phase, is that Minecraft's moon as your avatar? If so...AMAZING!

I concur.

Third: For anyone that has a 360, have you seen the arcade game, Costume Quest? Cute and funny little RPG like game from the guys at Double Fine. A friend bought the game then came over last night. He didn't want to play it so he allowed me to do so. We ended up staying up til around 2am playing this and beating it full 100%

Oh, what is it about? :smallcurious:

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 08:55 AM

With an hourly rate like that? I'd guess - oh, about one hour per year :smallbiggrin:

That's all you'd really need. Though I would throw in quite a few more hours for free. Maybe one a week.

Kyrian

2010-10-25, 08:56 AM

Depending on which character you choose, your sister/brother is stolen on Halloween night by monsters. Your Quest is to get her back.

Of course, in battle your costumes allow you to become super powerful: i.e. A crude robot costume in battle becomes a giant super awesome robot.

Along the way you'll collect battle stamps, trading cards, and of course the ever awesome, candy. You'll also aquire patterns to other costumes. Some costumes allow you a special ability outside of combat, and each costume has its own unique ability in combat.

Towards the end I got a little frustrated with the number of battles I was getting into, but overall it was a really fun game.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 09:52 AM

That's all you'd really need. Though I would throw in quite a few more hours for free. Maybe one a week.

*thinks*

So assuming you worked 8 hours a day, 6 days a week, for a total of 48 hours a week.... at $40,000 an hour.... that would be...

.......$1,920,000 at the end of the week. Oh, man, I want this job to exist so much. :smalltongue:

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 09:58 AM

*thinks*

So assuming you worked 8 hours a day, 6 days a week, for a total of 48 hours a week.... at $40,000 an hour.... that would be...

.......$1,920,000 at the end of the week. Oh, man, I want this job to exist so much. :smalltongue:

Or, one paid hour per year, 51 unpaid hours just so they don't forget you exist :smallwink:.

CurlyKitGirl

2010-10-25, 10:34 AM

Frep.
I hate typing up fully parsed translations into modern English while maintaining the verse format.
Bally declined language with their kennings and compounds not letting me organise the lines properly with their poxy accusitive, dative, genitive and nominative endings allowing for build ups of variation over seven or eight lines all referring to a verb which has be delayed until the end of the sentence. And it doesn't even have a future tense so we have to figure out from context and half the accusitives are over twelve lines so form and accuracy wants to fly out the window but I'm stubborn like that and they have so many pronouns and sometimes that indefinite articles aren't but are actually something else altogether and there are so not many pronouns because of the implications with each individual declension for singular and plural (but thank chocolatey goodness the dual's so rare) in all four (or five) cases, and everything has to agree so if you screw up once you lose the sense of the entire phrase.
And don't even get me started on the kennings which fits so nicely into their stress patterns and hemi-stitches but turn into clunky, unweildy phrases of awkward Doom! when it becomes modern English; oh by Thor and Odinn why o why o why o why did I even, this is driving me up the wall with frustrated academic rage, I get the issues with translating a text from such a language into English where we have to specify all the iunk about the obiect the subiect and the indirect obiect and including the determiners - indefinte or definite - and some of the imagery really iust doesn't carry over and I need more synonyms and epithets for God! but the whole point of this exercise isn't even to publish this for ease of reading, but academia to prove we can so it's accuracy over niceties, but I like niceties. I want to turn a phrase and carry on the imagery but the specifics of the task with all its grammar - stupid overly complex imagery and unusual grammatical uses EVEN FOR OLD ENGLISH! driving me round the twist - and what is the point in as accurate as possible when it doesn't even make sense without adding words and things in, oh my giddy aunt!
WHat the.
This task.
Annoying.
Two-thirds to go Cirly girly. Two-thirds to go.
Then the homily translation. Then the essays.

@Ku: Yay! I love that song.
Now to go on an 80s binge.
Again.

@music discussion: my favourite music? Glamorous rockorous, Queen, a surprising amount of metal, a bit of IPop, Gregorian chants, classical music, Queen, Status Quo, a rather large amount of 80s music. I have a whole folder devoted to Disney songs, several dozen songs from musicals and films . . .
I have eclectic tastes.

Thufir

2010-10-25, 10:41 AM

You could also make a case for being hired at the hourly rate as advertised; the organisation shouldn't in good conscience retract the defined wage. :smallbiggrin:

They can in good conscience reiect the application of everyone who tries to make that case, though. Or iust retract the entire iob offer and replace it with one with an hourly wage they're actually willing to pay.

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 11:23 AM

Halp! I'm melting!

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/04/gallery-design-virus-light.jpg

Snares

2010-10-25, 11:24 AM

poxy accusitive, dative, genitive and nominative endings

Oh god I know exactly about that. German grammar... it's fun. @_@

Music discussion? My tastes are anything so long as it's good. And by that I mean literally anything. From ambient (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSOFCQMNkRg) to black noise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcCy2u8q88) to hip-hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5SsD4OxpmI) to contemporary classical (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9qJ4oJdvc) to jazz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOfWCoAOtRc). But mostly, I listen to prog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN87aObBOY). :smallsmile:

And to the guy who was asking for modern-day AC/DC-ish stuff... I give you Airbourne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRiFiPqD-_E). Enjoy.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 11:27 AM

Halp! I'm melting!

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/04/gallery-design-virus-light.jpg

....whoa....

Is that a shoop? It's AWESOME.

KuReshtin

2010-10-25, 11:29 AM

Halp! I'm melting!

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/04/gallery-design-virus-light.jpg

....whoa....

Is that a shoop? It's AWESOME.

Agreed. I want one.

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 11:35 AM

Quite real, apparently.

http://www.piekebergmans.com/images/lightbulbs/product/Gallery-Design-Virus--Light-Blubs_0.jpg
You can see many more designs here (http://www.piekebergmans.com/work/lightblubs.html). Though each one is unfortunately one of a kind, sadly.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 11:39 AM

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 11:40 AM

Impressive.... it would be sad when it burned out, though.

It'll last a while. They are apparently LED powered.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-25, 11:45 AM

It'll last a while. They are apparently LED powered.

Then I would love that Light Bulb. Long life and energy-saving! :smallbiggrin:

I would sit on my desk and work with its light while enjoying a cup of coffee. (http://kotaku.com/5474478/its-dangerous-to-go-alone-drink-this)

Gullara

2010-10-25, 12:32 PM

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 01:25 PM

One of my friends went to Knott's Scary Farm yesterday. This apparently left her with a temporary fear of lumberjacks.
Myself and another friend began quoting the lumberjack song at her. Yes, this one. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg) She was worried she'd have nightmares.

Flickerdart

2010-10-25, 03:52 PM

Went and voted for the first time. I am now officially a responsible adult.

Kyrian

2010-10-25, 04:29 PM

I'm off to see the wizard...

No, actually I'm off to GS to work for our midnight launch for Fable III, Rock Band 3, WWE SvR 2011, SW: TFU 2, and like 3 other titles.

I'll be picking my copy of Fable III up tonight, and shall be back after 1am EST and playing until I pass out. ^-^

Thank god the next two days are still vacation time for me!

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 04:35 PM

The Bushranger

2010-10-25, 04:43 PM

Hmmm.
*peers at RB*

Any of my fellow playgrounders play Mafia Wars on FB? :smallsmile:
Aside from those I already know about, of course. =P

Gullara

2010-10-25, 04:44 PM

It looks like a lightbulb crossed with a water balloon. Looks a little bright for my eyes, though.

I imagine it would be since the light shines directly in your eyes. I think the coolness factor would be worth it though:smallbiggrin:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-25, 06:35 PM

Went and voted for the first time. I am now officially a responsible adult.

I was going to post lots of things, but it would be political, so yeah. I can't wait until I can vote, though, and have a say in the world. Being a minor is so disempowering. :smallannoyed:

Phase

2010-10-25, 06:42 PM

First note: Phase, is that Minecraft's moon as your avatar? If so...AMAZING!

You are correct sir! Thanks!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-25, 07:14 PM

On the other hand, being a minor means cheaper admission to museums and such. So, there are some pluses. :smallbiggrin:

CurlyKitGirl

2010-10-25, 07:52 PM

It looks like a lightbulb crossed with a water balloon. Looks a little bright for my eyes, though.

COOOOOOOOBRAAAAAAAAA!!
*flying leap glomp tackle hug!*
Where've you been? I've missed you.
*hugs*

:biggrin:

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 07:53 PM

I feel humbled. I was with my friends at the park, and one of my players decided to continue an entirely improvised DnD campaign. I joined in and that was the most absurdly bloody and fun two hours of DnD I've ever played.
Everything was either on-the-spot value generating (which was mostly pretty accurate, even without my help) or vaguely planned out.
The most obvious improvisation was a called shot to drive an arrow deeper into a turtle's skull, which was actually me coming up with stuff.

Also, wearing a sleeveless white long-coat and walking while listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoqJF5DQCSA) made me feel incredibly badass.
And I like the costume I was wearing 83

Trobby

2010-10-25, 07:54 PM

It looks like a lightbulb crossed with a water balloon. Looks a little bright for my eyes, though.

COBRA!

Ah...aww...Koorly got it first.

...<.<; Oh well.

COBRA! *HUG* :smallbiggrin: Oh my goodness I missed you~!!

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:00 PM

*hugs* Missed you guys, too.

CurlyKitGirl

2010-10-25, 08:07 PM

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:09 PM

Dude, you realise when Rabbit finds out she's going to come in here and bomb you with hugs and blackmail quality aborable begging about never leaving again don't you?

*hugs some more*

How's it been?

Ok. Been sick lots. S'no fun.

Should really get checked out someday, my immune system is apparently non-functioning...

Lost a bunch of friends for a while, too. =\

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 08:11 PM

Ok. Been sick lots. S'no fun.

Should really get checked out someday, my immune system is apparently non-functioning...

Lost a bunch of friends for a while, too. =\
-hug-
I don't really know you, but losing friends is no fun.

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:14 PM

-hug-
I don't really know you, but losing friends is no fun.

*hugs* 'sok. Nice to meet you. =)

Gullara

2010-10-25, 08:28 PM

*hugs* 'sok. Nice to meet you. =)

I never really said hi, so hi, great to see you again:smallbiggrin:

You might not remember me that well though, I was but a wee bugbear when you last saw me:smalltongue:

cycoris

2010-10-25, 08:31 PM

Ok. Been sick lots. S'no fun.

You keep your sick away from my sick, or they will come together and start making sick, sick babies.

ION: apparently my throat is raw to the point of me coughing up blood. :smallyuk:

And the Salvation Army (yegads how I hate that name) did not have a single item that could forward my idea of taking Littlest Brother trick-or-treating dressed up as the Fourth Doctor. :smallfrown:

However, festive food colouring was purchased to the end of making festive cake balls. Crumbled up cake mixed with icing smooshed together to form nuggets of deliciousness. What could possibly be better? :smallbiggrin:

And and and and and they've started selling peppermint ice cream! Am I misremembering or did that not used to make an appearance until just before Thanksgiving?

CynicalAvocado

2010-10-25, 08:32 PM

this cobra person seems like a cool guy

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:32 PM

I never really said hi, so hi, great to see you again:smallbiggrin:

You might not remember me that well though, I was but a wee bugbear when you last saw me:smalltongue:

I remember your name. Though I'm certain you did not have that avvie last time. =P

Gullara

2010-10-25, 08:34 PM

I remember your name. Though I'm certain you did not have that avvie last time. =P

:smallbiggrin: Great. Nope, my avi's been switched around a bunch lately. I'm working on a trademark one.

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 08:45 PM

Civilization, you've learnt me so much. For example, I managed to use the word autocratic in an essay for school, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't if it wasn't for Civ.

I learned all sorts of fun words from the writings of David Eddings :smallbiggrin: I know what defenestration means thanks to him.

:smallsigh: and now I have to write a grumpy email to the downstairs lot telling them to stop messing up the kitchen! Someone wanna write it for me?

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:50 PM

I passed 7th grade world civ with flying colors because of Age of Empires 2. I also did excellent in 12th grade East Asian history due to playing period hack-n-slash titles.

See, mom? I'm studying! =D

Rawhide

2010-10-25, 08:51 PM

And the Salvation Army (yegads how I hate that name)

Here in Australia, they are called The Salvos. This is in keeping with the traditional shorting of names.

Salvation Army = Salvos
Petrol (Service) Station = Servo
Worker's Compensation = Compo
Paramedic (Ambulance Worker) = Ambo
Takeaway Liquor Shop (Bottle Shop, usually drive through) = Bottle-o
Afternoon = Arvo
Avocado = Avo (Granted, this one is more logical)
Documentary = Doco
etc.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2010-10-25, 08:53 PM

I love Australian slang. :smallwink:

Cobra_Ikari

2010-10-25, 08:54 PM

Here in Australia, they are called The Salvos. This is in keeping with the traditional shorting of names.

Salvation Army = Salvos
Petrol (Service) Station = Servo
Worker's Compensation = Compo
Paramedic (Ambulance Worker) = Ambo
Takeaway Liquor Shop (Bottle Shop, usually drive through) = Bottle-o
Afternoon = Arvo
Avocado = Avo (Granted, this one is more logical)
Documentary = Doco
etc.

...Arvo? You've lost me. =P

Seems like it would make songwriting easier. Though...aren't salvos, like, waves of fire?

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 09:00 PM

Salvation Army = Salvos

They're 'Sallies' in New Zealand :smallsmile:

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 09:08 PM

I love Australian slang. :smallwink:
Hm...

They're 'Sallies' in New Zealand :smallsmile:
I like New Zealand's better, myself.

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 10:18 PM

Hm...

I like New Zealand's better, myself.

Wooo! I win! :smallbiggrin:

I admit, I was very confused when I first moved here and everyone talked about the 'Salvos'.

Amiel

2010-10-25, 11:20 PM

You are correct sir! Thanks!

You know what's even better?

Phase's avatar changes with the phases of the moon.

Gullara

2010-10-25, 11:23 PM

You know what's even better?

Phase's avatar changes with the phases of the moon.

*gasp* Really?:smallamused:

absolmorph

2010-10-25, 11:29 PM

*gasp* Really?:smallamused:
It's true!
I've seen it with me own two eyes!

Amiel

2010-10-25, 11:35 PM

*gasp* Really?:smallamused:

It's true!
I've seen it with me own two eyes!

I believe he also wanted three-fiddy.

Trobby

2010-10-25, 11:40 PM

You keep your sick away from my sick, or they will come together and start making sick, sick babies.

ION: apparently my throat is raw to the point of me coughing up blood. :smallyuk:

And the Salvation Army (yegads how I hate that name) did not have a single item that could forward my idea of taking Littlest Brother trick-or-treating dressed up as the Fourth Doctor. :smallfrown:

However, festive food colouring was purchased to the end of making festive cake balls. Crumbled up cake mixed with icing smooshed together to form nuggets of deliciousness. What could possibly be better? :smallbiggrin:

And and and and and they've started selling peppermint ice cream! Am I misremembering or did that not used to make an appearance until just before Thanksgiving?

Ooohh...festive food is fun food. :3

and maybe you could come up with a secondary costume choice? A brown robe and a belt and he could be Obi-Wan Kenobi...or maybe some old overalls and a red hat?

Amiel

2010-10-25, 11:52 PM

According to The Guardian, research has shown that "bees can solve complex mathematical problems which keep computers busy for days" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/bees-route-finding-problems).
Bees - the hidden geniuses of the natural world and future overlords of the world?

Lady Moreta

2010-10-25, 11:57 PM

Moff Chumley

2010-10-26, 12:00 AM

IZZA COBRA! *prepares large stick, for Cobra defense*

Anyhow, is it that time of year again?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bdVR-JIDi2g/RoNIISPEXzI/AAAAAAAACE8/QEw3pvgCl5E/s400/beeweapon.jpg

Amiel

2010-10-26, 12:06 AM

I suspect that has more to do with instinct than intelligence.

Ya; I like how it's a positive, this may have immense implications for the human world :)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bdVR-JIDi2g/RoNIISPEXzI/AAAAAAAACE8/QEw3pvgCl5E/s400/beeweapon.jpg
Speaking of bees; apparently killer bees were bioengineered for adaptability to the tropics and increased production of honey.

Killers bees are a scourge to both humans (being incredibly aggressive) and other bees (installing their own queen in a hive they've taken over).

Gullara

2010-10-26, 12:23 AM

I suspect that has more to do with instinct than intelligence.

I like the bee overlord idea better.

absolmorph

2010-10-26, 12:31 AM

I like the bee overlord idea better.
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

Amiel

2010-10-26, 12:37 AM

I like the bee overlord idea better.

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

Long and glorious may they reign.

Lady Moreta

2010-10-26, 01:36 AM

I like the bee overlord idea better.

Sorry :smalltongue:

:smallsigh: I can't remember my password :smallfrown:

Teddy

2010-10-26, 01:41 AM

Sorry :smalltongue:

:smallsigh: I can't remember my password :smallfrown:

Oh, that can be so frustrating. I hope you figure it out soon, or at least get the option to change it.

Lady Moreta

2010-10-26, 01:51 AM

I had the system email it to me... then I remembered, I changed it so that it was the same as another of my passwords - so I wouldn't forget it :smallamused:

Amiel

2010-10-26, 01:53 AM

I had the system email it to me... then I remembered, I changed it so that it was the same as another of my passwords - so I wouldn't forget it :smallamused:

Was there a happy ending? :smallsmile:

Oh hai, look what I found
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs25/f/2008/141/e/d/Cryptozoology_1_by_Myallfavoryteimages.jpg

Lady Moreta

2010-10-26, 01:57 AM

Was there a happy ending? :smallsmile:

Oh hai, look what I found

Sort of. I finally got back into the system, only to have it tell me it wanted me to change my password again (it's our online travel booking system and I don't use it that often). So now I've changed it again. We'll see if I remember it this time.

And I think you need to stop looking :smalltongue:

Teddy

2010-10-26, 01:58 AM

I had the system email it to me... then I remembered, I changed it so that it was the same as another of my passwords - so I wouldn't forget it :smallamused:

For some reason, you're the most likely to remember your forgotten password directly after changing it/going lengthes to retrieve it. I've experienced it after half an hour of repeating other passwords and then going to the network administrator to change it, just to remember it the same second as I left his office. :smallsigh:

Lady Moreta

2010-10-26, 02:04 AM

Oh, I didn't remember what it was after I'd gotten the email reminder sent. Once I had the email I went "oh yeah, I changed it to that so I wouldn't forget it" *facepalm*

Gullara

2010-10-26, 02:08 AM

Oh, I didn't remember what it was after I'd gotten the email reminder sent. Once I had the email I went "oh yeah, I changed it to that so I wouldn't forget it" *facepalm*

It's a scientific fact* that this will occur 75% of the time.

*may not contain fact

I know it's happened a lot to me.

Amiel

2010-10-26, 02:12 AM

Sort of. I finally got back into the system, only to have it tell me it wanted me to change my password again (it's our online travel booking system and I don't use it that often). So now I've changed it again. We'll see if I remember it this time.

You know, not remembering your password is actually quite a good idea; it means that you would need to change your password, thusly stymieing hacking attempts and attempts at retrieving your sensitive information. :smallsmile:

And I think you need to stop looking :smalltongue:

I actually found something better :smallbiggrin:

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs35/i/2008/302/9/9/Creepy_mysteries_by_IRIRIV.jpg

Lady Moreta

2010-10-26, 02:23 AM

You know, not remembering your password is actually quite a good idea; it means that you would need to change your password, thusly stymieing hacking attempts and attempts at retrieving your sensitive information. :smallsmile:

Yes, stymieing and thwarting ME!

I actually found something better :smallbiggrin:

Yes, you absolutely have to stop looking. Right now. I mean it.

Amiel

2010-10-26, 02:38 AM

Yes, stymieing and thwarting ME!

Hopefully your password is one that is easily remembered by you :smallsmile:.

Yes, you absolutely have to stop looking. Right now. I mean it.

Sorry and okay; I just have a fascination with cryptids, is all. I find the topic frightfully entertaining.

Speaking of which; when I was five, our family attended a friend's housewarming. Now, this couple and their family lived out in the bush; too far away to be considered a part of suburbia, too near the city to be considered definitively rural.
Their house was recently built and so their garden was dominated by wildly growing vegetation.
Beyond their backyard loomed row upon row of pristine forest; uncut and perhaps rarely visited.
There were a group of kids playing together, me included, and in our explorations we investigated every nook and cranny of the house. Finding little of excitement, we ventured out to the garden to play.
What emanated from the bush that day has crafted an indelible imprint on my mind. A low roar, it was something that I had not heard of before or since.
I'm unsure whether it was a yowie, as I was previously unaware of their existence, but I was sure nothing in the "natural" world could have made that noise.

absolmorph

2010-10-26, 03:25 AM

Amiel, your avatar and my dog's current agitated state are increasing my paranoia.

Dada

2010-10-26, 03:31 AM

So, bees. I would be interested in knowing how many flowers was used in that experiment, since I suspect this is just a typical journalist missing the point. Humans are very capable of solving small instances of the travelling salesman problem quickly, and so are computers once we move on and start using advances heuristics.

If bees were able to solve TSP for 10 or 20 flowers, thats not very remarkable, and would not take a modern computer hours. If bees on the other hand were able to solve TSP for 85.000+ flowers, that would impress me.

Perhaps it should be noted that a technique based on the way insects navigate already exists: Ant colony optimization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony_optimization). See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

I don't think this result is really noteworthy, nor have many consequences, but just in case: I apologize most humbly to our buzzing bosses for the heretical and clearly wrong statements above.

Amiel

2010-10-26, 03:58 AM

Amiel, your avatar and my dog's current agitated state are increasing my paranoia.

What urgency tempts the unbottom'd mists?
What hidden nous is parted by its cloying forbidden depths?
The repast of sages is its glory

:smallbiggrin:

Rawhide

2010-10-26, 04:55 AM

Oh Canada (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1934359)

Coidzor

2010-10-26, 05:11 AM

Oh Canada (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1934359)

Is it bad that I now have those two words inextricably bound up with South Park in my mind?

It keeps making me flashback to when I was watching the episode where they had the entire country of Canada singing its national anthem. x.x

Rawhide

2010-10-26, 05:27 AM

Is it bad that I now have those two words inextricably bound up with South Park in my mind?

It keeps making me flashback to when I was watching the episode where they had the entire country of Canada singing its national anthem. x.x

Well, I don't watch South Park, but it was a reference to the national anthem, "O Canada".

IRN: http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1937904

ION: http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1943043

Haruki-kun

2010-10-26, 09:07 AM

Not South Park's biggest fan, either. Nice pic(s), though.

ION: Pokemon weren't originaly in Pokemon Snap. (http://kotaku.com/5673263/pokmon-werent-originally-in-pokmon-snap) How about that?

Gullara

2010-10-26, 09:15 AM

It keeps making me flashback to when I was watching the episode where they had the entire country of Canada singing its national anthem. x.x

Ya we did that last week, eh? I just hopped on my dog sled and went around Canada to tell everybody to sing, eh? Then I went home and took a nap in my igloo, eh? Then the whole country sang the anthem, eh? Right after that we had the great Saskatchewan seal hunt, eh? :smallamused:

Teddy

2010-10-26, 09:31 AM

I've spent uncountable (or, at least, uncounted) hours on CollegeHumor all thanks to your link, Rawhide. I still have 5 tabs I left open which I refuse to close. :smallannoyed:

ION: Pokemon weren't originaly in Pokemon Snap. (http://kotaku.com/5673263/pokmon-werent-originally-in-pokmon-snap) How about that?

Oh snap. :smalltongue:

KuReshtin

2010-10-26, 10:06 AM

Gullara

2010-10-26, 11:27 AM

:smallsigh:It snowed for the first time today. It's depressing to say the least.

Oh well, it had to happen sometime.

Dallas-Dakota

2010-10-26, 11:30 AM

G-ood news! Instead of all this dreary stuff!

The movie(about a reunion) I've been working on, around 14 minutes long, for the past couple of weeks is finally finished. Met up with the boss/person who ordered it.
They will be producing 200 dvd's of my movie.:smallcool:
Possibly 300 or 400 if they have enough money.

:smallcool:

This will look gooooood on my resume & Portfolio.

Haruki-kun

2010-10-26, 11:32 AM

I has a sad!

Paul the psychic octopus is dead! (http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16437410)

:smallfrown:

Teddy

2010-10-26, 11:33 AM

Gah!
This stupid newsletter for work is driving me insane.

After we got the go-ahead from our Ops Manager, we had to send it to the next level manager.
He didn't like the fact that it was spaced for people to be able to easily read it, and thus took up four pages.
No, he wanted it compressed into three pages instead.
So I had to spend the entire afternoon trying to figure out ways of compressing this thing down from four to three pages, even if the text is already in a 9pt size. The only thing I could do was to reduce the size of the various article headers to be no more than a couple of pixels bigger than the actual text, and I had to cut an entire article out to get things to fit.

I'm NOT liking the look of the three page version.

The more I hear about the people at your job, the more I wonder where humanity is going. I feel sorry for you.

:smallsigh:It snowed for the first time today. It's depressing to say the least.

Oh well, it had to happen sometime.

You find snow depressing!? Burn the heretic! :smallfurious:

:smalltongue:

When it started snowing in early December last winter, one of my class mates said "Oh no, not snow." When I asked her why she didn't like the snow, she answered that that's because it'll just turn to slush in a weeks time. The snow lasted for three months. :smallamused:

Gullara

2010-10-26, 11:45 AM

You find snow depressing!? Burn the heretic! :smallfurious:

:smalltongue:

When it started snowing in early December last winter, one of my class mates said "Oh no, not snow." When I asked her why she didn't like the snow, she answered that that's because it'll just turn to slush in a weeks time. The snow lasted for three months. :smallamused:

The snow itself isn't all that bad. Its the bitter wind and overall wetness. And of course the cold, I hate the cold. :smallfurious: It doesn't take long for fingers to get numb and if your out for very long you'll be chilled for a long while after. :smallannoyed:

Bah, winter.

Teddy

2010-10-26, 12:01 PM

The snow itself isn't all that bad. Its the bitter wind and overall wetness. And of course the cold, I hate the cold. :smallfurious: It doesn't take long for fingers to get numb and if your out for very long you'll be chilled for a long while after. :smallannoyed:

Bah, winter.

Either you have very cold winters or bad gloves. Or you just don't move around enough.

Okay, there are things I dislike about the winter too (the darkness, oversnowed roads, the slush when it starts to get warmer again for the three strongest dislikes), but I like the winter as a whole.

Gullara

2010-10-26, 01:05 PM

Either you have very cold winters or bad gloves. Or you just don't move around enough.

Okay, there are things I dislike about the winter too (the darkness, oversnowed roads, the slush when it starts to get warmer again for the three strongest dislikes), but I like the winter as a whole.

*Points at location* Note, the coldest part of Canada, the prairies, specifically Saskatchewan. And believe me, once you're out using your hands not even the warmest gloves will keep your hands warm for long, also you can't move around enough.

I don't like summer that much either. Blistering heat, sun beating down on your head. Sunburn is always fun too. At least it's a dry heat.

Teddy

2010-10-26, 01:48 PM

*Points at location* Note, the coldest part of Canada, the prairies, specifically Saskatchewan. And believe me, once you're out using your hands not even the warmest gloves will keep your hands warm for long, also you can't move around enough.

I don't like summer that much either. Blistering heat, sun beating down on your head. Sunburn is always fun too. At least it's a dry heat.

Yeah, I saw that you live in Canada, but I also happen to know that there are parts of Canada which are warmer than most of Sweden even during the winter, including the part where I live, so I decided to not draw any hasty conclusions and let you specify some bits first. I guess you have some reasons to hate the cold then.

Now, I'm curious to how cold it actually gets during the winter where you live...

And, I'm very fond of the little warmth we get over here (okay, it does tend to reach 30 degrees Celsius in the summer), and I do get cold very easily, hence why I always walk around in a fleece jacket in my wake time in the cold half of the year. I'm very fond of my fleece jackets. :smallsmile:

Gullara

2010-10-26, 02:09 PM

Yeah, I saw that you live in Canada, but I also happen to know that there are parts of Canada which are warmer than most of Sweden even during the winter, including the part where I live, so I decided to not draw any hasty conclusions and let you specify some bits first. I guess you have some reasons to hate the cold then.

Now, I'm curious to how cold it actually gets during the winter where you live...

You bet I do:smallcool:

We usually get temperatures between -20C and -30C and occasionally colder. There's also wind chill on top of that, and boy does it get windy. *shivers*

I am definately not an outdoors person. I prefer the great indoors. :smalltongue:

And, I'm very fond of the little warmth we get over here (okay, it does tend to reach 30 degrees Celsius in the summer), and I do get cold very easily, hence why I always walk around in a fleece jacket in my wake time in the cold half of the year. I'm very fond of my fleece jackets. :smallsmile:

You and me both. I where a sweater almost all year round. I'm wearing a very thick one now.

Teddy

2010-10-26, 02:36 PM

You bet I do:smallcool:

We usually get temperatures between -20C and -30C and occasionally colder. There's also wind chill on top of that, and boy does it get windy. *shivers*

-20C is survivable, but I have to be well dressed and stay moving, and headwind is a no-no. In those lower temperatures, I probably wouldn't stick my nouse through the door except for a pretty brief time.

I am definately not an outdoors person. I prefer the great indoors. :smalltongue:

With those conditions on the other side of your door, no doubt. :smallamused:

You and me both. I where a sweater almost all year round. I'm wearing a very thick one now.

Heh, this summer, I found that 1. I'm comfortable in a long-sleved shirt and jeans when walking in the 30C heat, and 2. that I feel cold while lying in the sun and said heat after a moderately long swim in 25C water. The last part confuses even me.

Cobalt

2010-10-26, 03:16 PM

So I'm walking into my house. Apparently, I'm the first one home today; alright, that's cool, I'll get some things done around the place. I look upstairs- I see two or three wasps on the ceiling up there, and another on a window. Well, time to grab the fly swatter and head up there; it's in that room with them, but I'm sure I can get it and get out in time.

I step up there a few minutes later, turn my head, and discover that I can no longer see out of the window; the wasps have completely, totally covered it in such a way that I wouldn't feel safe going near it in a tank.

Every year in this house. Every. Year.

Gullara

2010-10-26, 03:25 PM

Heh, this summer, I found that 1. I'm comfortable in a long-sleved shirt and jeans when walking in the 30C heat, and 2. that I feel cold while lying in the sun and said heat after a moderately long swim in 25C water. The last part confuses even me.

That's... interesting. Are you cold blooded? That doesn't make sense either though. Hmm...:smalltongue:

So I'm walking into my house. Apparently, I'm the first one home today; alright, that's cool, I'll get some things done around the place. I look upstairs- I see two or three wasps on the ceiling up there, and another on a window. Well, time to grab the fly swatter and head up there; it's in that room with them, but I'm sure I can get it and get out in time.

I step up there a few minutes later, turn my head, and discover that I can no longer see out of the window; the wasps have completely, totally covered it in such a way that I wouldn't feel safe going near it in a tank.

Every year in this house. Every. Year.

Wow, that's going to be... fun... to deal with. And where do you live that there are wasps now? Wherever it is I'll swap you. :smalltongue:

Fifty-Eyed Fred

2010-10-26, 03:31 PM

Cobalt

2010-10-26, 03:53 PM

Wow, that's going to be... fun... to deal with. And where do you live that there are wasps now? Wherever it is I'll swap you. :smalltongue:

The South; specifically, South Carolina.

I would normally be scared and confused at this monstrous hive that has reformed since I last dealt it a blow. But I know the source. And at this point it my life, I know the drill.

*cracks knuckles*

Solution:
1. Flamethrower
2. Sell them salted to Africans (they eat ants, and wasps are their relatives - the ants' relatives, not the Africans')
3. Profit

Why, I nev-

That's not a bad idea.

Teddy

2010-10-26, 04:27 PM

Solution:
1. Flamethrower
2. Sell them salted to Africans (they eat ants, and wasps are their relatives - the ants' relatives, not the Africans')
3. Profit

Burn for me you buzzing, flesh devouring denizens of the underworld, burn! *mad cackling laughter* :smallwink:

ION: I spent the last two hours of this evening reading The Call of Cthulhu thanks to another thread here on FB. I have to admit that it was time for finally picking up some of Lovecraft's works, and The Call of Cthulhu had a very fitting length for reading in a single evening. And it's quite good to, I'll have to read some more Lovecraft whenever I find some spare time (which probably won't be any time soon. This Procrastination application is really clogging up my CPU right now, and all vital processes slow down when I try to terminate it :smallsigh:).