Elemental's Excitingly Excellent Random Banter: No.CLXXVII (177)

[Teddy]

Ouch. Hope you're not to hurt!

Somewhat, but nothing serious. My hand took the worst hit, and it hurts, but not especially bad, and I've got other places that hurt more right now...

[LaZodiac]

Somewhat, but nothing serious. My hand took the worst hit, and it hurts, but not especially bad, and I've got other places that hurt more right now...

Oh dear! *Nurse mode*

[Thufir]

I'd actually disagree. Tim Burton, pure and simple, is just losing his charm and replacing it with Johnny Depp. I don't want another movie that is "Lets have Johnny Depp do wacky things".

Well, I wasn't making a comment on the generally perceived decline of Tim Burton, merely that one specific film, which was not weird enough.

Also, Tim Burton has never really done things which are normal. They're always weird, and that's the nature of his charm. And if your idea calls for someone to do wacky things, as you put it, Johnny Depp is a very good choice for that. Unfortunately, the quality of the wacky things is now much reduced.

[LaZodiac]

Well, I wasn't making a comment on the generally perceived decline of Tim Burton, merely that one specific film, which was not weird enough.

Also, Tim Burton has never really done things which are normal. They're always weird, and that's the nature of his charm. And if your idea calls for someone to do wacky things, as you put it, Johnny Depp is a very good choice for that. Unfortunately, the quality of the wacky things is now much reduced.

Yha. Dep is kind of played out. I get it, Jack Sparrow is amusing, but I do think we need to move on. I do long for the day when we had unique weirdness. Beetlejuice, Jack Skeleington, all great. Now we've got...less good films.

[Teddy]

Oh dear! *Nurse mode*

Isn't it great when there's people that care even more about you than you do yourself?

Needless to say, I appreciate your concern.

[LaZodiac]

Isn't it great when there's people that care even more about you than you do yourself?

Needless to say, I appreciate your concern.

I tend to notice thats how everyone is, in all honesty.

And you're welcome. I care about you man, you're my friend

ION: WHY IS IT SNOWING

[DraPrime]

ION: WHY IS IT SNOWING

Well you are waaaaaaay up north.

[Thufir]

Yha. Depp is kind of played out. I get it, Jack Sparrow is amusing, but I do think we need to move on. I do long for the day when we had unique weirdness. Beetlejuice, Jack Skellington, all great. Now we've got...less good films.

...you're missing my point. Johnny Depp is fine. He's just working with lesser material from Burton than perhaps in the past. He's really not played out, and it irks me that you say we need to move on from Jack Sparrow, like that's the source of all Johnny Depp's weirdness. He was weird before Jack Sparrow, he's been different weird since, and he's good at it.

[LaZodiac]

...you're missing my point. Johnny Depp is fine. He's just working with lesser material from Burton than perhaps in the past. He's really not played out, and it irks me that you say we need to move on from Jack Sparrow, like that's the source of all Johnny Depp's weirdness. He was weird before Jack Sparrow, he's been different weird since, and he's good at it

Sorry, I guess I didn't exactly understand where you were coming from.

[Mixt]

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DAMN YOU XEHANORT!

Can't wait for the game to come out, but damn, that boss battle is NOT going to be pleasant.

[Qwertystop]

I just want a Kirby game with Amazing Mirror's metroidvanianess, 64's power mixing (but more bases) and 2.5D, and Squeak Squad's several-abilities-per-power.

Is that so much to ask?

[LaZodiac]

I just want a Kirby game with Amazing Mirror's metroidvanianess, 64's power mixing (but more bases) and 2.5D, and Squeak Squad's several-abilities-per-power.

Is that so much to ask?

Psst, the "several abilities per power" thing is better in Return to Dreamland, so rephrase your wish

In all seriousness though, I agree. I'd like a game like that.

[Qwertystop]

Psst, the "several abilities per power" thing is better in Return to Dreamland, so rephrase your wish

In all seriousness though, I agree. I'd like a game like that.

Part of what I liked in Squeak Squad was that some of the abilities needed unlocking. Other than that, what's different?

Oh, add on Squeak Squad's stuff-to-find-other-than-the-plot-coupons system. Energy Spheres were boring.

And Mass Attack's achievements.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I thought I was the king's mother.

I'd just like to point that ...

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You have a woman's mother!

[LaZodiac]

Part of what I liked in Squeak Squad was that some of the abilities needed unlocking. Other than that, what's different?

Oh, add on Squeak Squad's stuff-to-find-other-than-the-plot-coupons system. Energy Spheres were boring.

And Mass Attack's achievements.

Well, Return to Dreamland has more then that. Like, even in Squeak Squad, stone was just stone. In REturn to Dreamland it does things other then just turn to rock and its awesome.

Also, unlocking new things through collectable hunting is something I approve of anyway, so I agree

[CurlyKitGirl]

Yo, my peeps, I'm delving into pretension again!
Free-form discussion about Chaucer, while reading Chaucer and Chaucerian history and criticism. And sources.
Guess what I have tomorrow.
I love In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg: discussing culture, history, philosophy, science and anything else that strikes his fancy! And the Chaucer episode has Helen Cooper! I've read and loved her work!
He also helped write the screenplay for the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar.

These two things are somewhat contrasting. Justabit.

[factotum]

There is a point in which gravity is the strongest, though doing some calculations with an assumption of equal density reveals it to be before one even reaches the 1/4 point, which means less digging.

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure that gravity decreases pretty much linearly if you descend inside a solid body like the Earth, assuming even density--of course this is not the case, the core is much denser than the overlying material, but that would just make the gravity gradient slower at the surface and faster as you got deeper rather than being linear.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I just remembered something. I had my AP English and Language test today. Ugggh. That multiple choice. At least the essays weren't too bad.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure that gravity decreases pretty much linearly if you descend inside a solid body like the Earth, assuming even density--of course this is not the case, the core is much denser than the overlying material, but that would just make the gravity gradient slower at the surface and faster as you got deeper rather than being linear.

Not so. Gravitational field strength at the surface of a body is proportional to it's mass, not it's radius. And mass of a sphere is not proportional to it's radius. If you descend into the body (as far as I can tell, represented by decreasing the radius of the body), then the change in gravitational field strength would be represented by a curve, no?

[Qwertystop]

Well, Return to Dreamland has more then that. Like, even in Squeak Squad, stone was just stone. In REturn to Dreamland it does things other then just turn to rock and its awesome.

Also, unlocking new things through collectable hunting is something I approve of anyway, so I agree

I didn't mean the specific power-variants. I just meant that one power can do multiple things, and some of those things have to be unlocked.

Of course, my first Kirby game was Nightmare in Dreamland, so as soon as I got Squeak Squad I was very surprised by the merging of Fire and Burning.

Ah, nostalgia... Now it feels odd to have to get a different enemy to use Burning when replaying Amazing Mirror.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

right, so Gm(1)m(2) / d^2

Buuuuut, I forgot that d is measured from the center of mass 1 to the center of mass 2. G is a constant, m1 is generally insignificant when compared to m2 and can be generally discounted, or counted as "1", iirc.

I already did my physics exams, and then happily forgot everything!

[Mutant Sheep]

I didn't mean the specific power-variants. I just meant that one power can do multiple things, and some of those things have to be unlocked.

Of course, my first Kirby game was Nightmare in Dreamland, so as soon as I got Squeak Squad I was very surprised by the merging of Fire and Burning.

Ah, nostalgia... Now it feels odd to have to get a different enemy to use Burning when replaying Amazing Mirror.

I know! Squeak Squad freaked me out when I turned into a moving fireball when I got fire. Nightmare was my first game too (Very fun, despised fighting Meta Knight because he always cornered me), and while I never used burning, I knew it existed as a separate entity. The merging took much getting used to for me, but I still see burning as separate, so Mirror and Nightmare are the normal ones for me. (Did you ever do the multiplayer? Multicolored Kirbies with cell phones was beyond deep, man.)

Oh yeah. CRYSTAL SHARDS, WHY LAST SHARDS SO HARD TO GET? Took forever to get those things. And the final boss, while, as is tradition, had amazing music, was TOO HARD. Secret cutscene is great though. >_<

[CurlyKitGirl]

right, so Gm(1)m(2) / d^2

Buuuuut, I forgot that d is measured from the center of mass 1 to the center of mass 2. G is a constant, m1 is generally insignificant when compared to m2 and can be generally discounted, or counted as "1", iirc.

. . . wut . . .

I already did my physics exams, and then happily forgot everything!

That's perfectly fine sweetheart! During the post-exam chitchat with others from my college (Oxcamfordbridge) the general consensus is that we no longer no anything about the period/author/whatever that we just sat. And that it will take a while to recover any enjoyment or ability to discuss [period of literature] again.

It's brain exhaustion, give it a few days (or weeks) and you'll be enjoying it again. Or not. Depends on whether you actually enjoy [topic] at all.

[LaZodiac]

I know! Squeak Squad freaked me out when I turned into a moving fireball when I got fire. Nightmare was my first game too (Very fun, despised fighting Meta Knight because he always cornered me), and while I never used burning, I knew it existed as a separate entity. The merging took much getting used to for me, but I still see burning as separate, so Mirror and Nightmare are the normal ones for me. (Did you ever do the multiplayer? Multicolored Kirbies with cell phones was beyond deep, man.)

Oh yeah. CRYSTAL SHARDS, WHY LAST SHARDS SO HARD TO GET? Took forever to get those things. And the final boss, while, as is tradition, had amazing music, was TOO HARD. Secret cutscene is great though. >_<

But...you want to be cornered. It's the best position to be, in any of the two corners.

Crystal Shards was amazing and I loved it and it was my first Kirby game. Might explain why I'm so good at it.

[Mutant Sheep]

But...you want to be cornered. It's the best position to be, in any of the two corners.

Crystal Shards was amazing and I loved it and it was my first Kirby game. Might explain why I'm so good at it.

Yeah, hiding in a corner makes me cry. Ok, not cry. But I don't like it and I never got around to getting used to sitting there and poking him with my Linksword.

Ok, it was either Crystal or Nightmare that was my first, the lines are blurry. Memory is bad for those years. But Nightmare was the first one I played competently, I only Darth Maul'd my way around Crystal. IT WAS FUN!

[LaZodiac]

Yeah, hiding in a corner makes me cry. Ok, not cry. But I don't like it and I never got around to getting used to sitting there and poking him with my Linksword.

Ok, it was either Crystal or Nightmare that was my first, the lines are blurry. Memory is bad for those years. But Nightmare was the first one I played competently, I only Darth Maul'd my way around Crystal. IT WAS FUN!

Lightning Swoooord~

Also, Nightmare, you only fight him withthe Star Rod, not Sword power

[CurlyKitGirl]

Doing some lazy revision before I'm off to bed in about fifteen minutes. It's a Chaucer paper, so I only need talk about Chaucer.
That's one book of poems and things.
Admittedly each page has two columns of text and is a little over 1300 pages long. And there's so. much. crit on him.
As in hundreds of books and thousands of articles and an entire journal (or more) devoted to him.
It's fun.
Bet if I looked hard enough I'd find an economic analysis of him - oh wait, I don't need to; it's a fairly popular way of analysing certain Tales.
Granted one book I stumbled across last term compared The Faerie Queene as an English eutopia to Chinese literary eutopias, so you can pretty much find anything in the way of literary crit if you look hard enough.
Or are lucky enough.

[Mutant Sheep]

Lightning Swoooord~

Also, Nightmare, you only fight him withthe Star Rod, not Sword power

I was talking about Meta Knight.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

. . . wut . . .

That's perfectly fine sweetheart! During the post-exam chitchat with others from my college (Oxcamfordbridge) the general consensus is that we no longer no anything about the period/author/whatever that we just sat. And that it will take a while to recover any enjoyment or ability to discuss [period of literature] again.

It's brain exhaustion, give it a few days (or weeks) and you'll be enjoying it again. Or not. Depends on whether you actually enjoy [topic] at all.

It's physics, love. the (1) and (2) in brackets are supposed to be subscript...

I suppose (GM1M2)/d^2 is a better way to write it, forgot I could do that.

Yeah, I'm not worried about it. I'll never have to use that information ever again, anyhow.

[LaZodiac]

I was talking about Meta Knight.

Then it's not a Link sword, it's the Galaxia