Peebles' Perfectly Pointless Popular Prattle - Random Banter #211

[Thufir]

STOP PRESS

My milkman is made of awesome. He just gave me (well, technically the family, but really it's for me and Dad - mostly me) basically every single Classic Who story from One to Six due to a combination of moving (and needing to downsize) and having converted all of his Who into digital/computer format.
I have yet to take a full tally, but it's a big box and I think the pile of DVDs is going to be as tall as me.

Hm. I don't think that's enough for this. I need an image with more envy in it.

Or real life happened?

Re-al Life? I think I've heard of that?

Yay, I make people come post, if only for a short while.
And there were two spates of deification that I recall. Alarra was already the Pudding Goddess before I joined.

Probably more than two. It seems to have been somewhat common practice.

ION:
I really shouldn't do a multi-quote quotestorm when dinner's sitting right next to me. It's going to be all cold and sad.

I do that more often with breakfast, and end up with cereal caked to the sides of the bowl.

Also, in the picture provided there, you look very similar to Finn (in the picture quoted in that post). Are you actually one person?

Well, I have met both Finn and Curly, but not both at the same time. Curly's vanishment from the forums did happen just a little before the meetup Finn was at which she therefore had to miss...

I'm not cute, I'm a damn grown up! says she who spent the day watching Moomins :smallsneakytongue:

I'm afraid being a grown up does not rid you of these comments. Such is the fate of the cute, and it will continue to follow you for some time yet. Aw man, now I want to watch Moomins...

[Teddy]

Gah, I click on a quote in Thufir's sig and of course it brings me straight to a RB thread only a few months before my time in here begun. All those faces! Feels!

[Peebles]

Hm. I don't think that's enough for this. I need an image with more envy in it.

I totally missaw that as you dressed as Fonzie going Eeyyyy. Is missaw a word? I'm not sure how that would have applied to the situation, but now I can't unsee it.

Blergh. Today started out great and spiralled down the drain about teatime, as days often seem to do at the moment.The sooner I get back out the family home the better. If I have to answer any more dumb questions about my anti-depressants I swear...well, I don't know what I swear, but it wont be pretty.

[Thufir]

Gah, I click on a quote in Thufir's sig and of course it brings me straight to a RB thread only a few months before my time in here begun. All those faces! Feels!

If you'd prefer, I'm sure I could change it so it'd take you to an RB well before your time! Or during your time. Or it could take you to a not-RB thread. It probably is about time I switched up my avatar and sig anyway.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

[Solse]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

It's really hard to choose just one. Probably Zuko Alone from Avatar, but I'm not completely sure.

No, but it's for a secret society I'm a member of. I think you can deduce the rest from there...

I see now...
You're making Illuminati propaganda comics!

That sounds pretty cool, actually! I can always appreciate some from-complete-scratch programming. I was actually pretty intrigued by Notch's idea 0x10^c before the expectations killed his ambitions...

And, well, I'm way too busy for putting any personal projects in the tube yet, so just some uni assignments, but if I get to write my own game in the future, I'll perhaps utilise its massive parallelism for AI calcuations and the like.

I remember back when that game was first announced. I was so excited for it -- a space game, but with cool programming and stuff! Shame it got scrapped though.

I have no idea whatsoever about how to go about writing an AI. I feel like if I did end up writing an AI for the game I'm working on now, it'd be tons more trouble than it's worth.

[factotum]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

Just off the top of my head, probably Severed Dreams from Babylon 5 (the episode where the station declares independence from the Earth Alliance).

[Rawhide]

Just off the top of my head, probably Severed Dreams from Babylon 5 (the episode where the station declares independence from the Earth Alliance).

"Do not force us to engage your ship."

"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."

[Septimus Faber]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

Oh god, so many.

"The Inner Light" - Star Trek: The Next Generation
"In the Pale Moonlight" - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Innumerable Other Star Trek Episodes whose Names I Can't Currently Remember" - Star Trek
"Sense and Senility" - Blackadder the Third
"Tuttle" - M*A*S*H
And so many others whose names don't spring to mind at the moment. Sorry.

[GM_3826]

Why have I seen so many references to the Illuminati lately? Is it the Illuminati?

[DJ Yung Crunk]

It's really hard to choose just one. Probably Zuko Alone from Avatar, but I'm not completely sure.

Does Avatar get better after Season 1? I saw all of that and I just didn't get.

Just off the top of my head, probably Severed Dreams from Babylon 5 (the episode where the station declares independence from the Earth Alliance).

"Do not force us to engage your ship."

"Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."

Y'know, I saw that entire series and I genuinely can't remember that.

Oh god, so many.

"The Inner Light" - Star Trek: The Next Generation
"In the Pale Moonlight" - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Innumerable Other Star Trek Episodes whose Names I Can't Currently Remember" - Star Trek
"Sense and Senility" - Blackadder the Third
"Tuttle" - M*A*S*H
And so many others whose names don't spring to mind at the moment. Sorry.

Mind if I put you down for "The Inner Light"?

[Teddy]

I see now...
You're making Illuminati propaganda comics!

Yep, you got me. It's an internal-only propaganda print, though, because we don't want to be found out.

I remember back when that game was first announced. I was so excited for it -- a space game, but with cool programming and stuff! Shame it got scrapped though.

Yeah! I think some other game designers might've picked up the idea and run with it for their own games. Can't remember any specific examples, though...

I have no idea whatsoever about how to go about writing an AI. I feel like if I did end up writing an AI for the game I'm working on now, it'd be tons more trouble than it's worth.

Nah, writing a simple AI doesn't have to be too hard, especially for games such as 2D fighting games and the like. You can more or less put up a condition-reaction table and add some randomisation to make it seem more organic. I mean, two summers ago, I wrote a Pong AI which calculated the impact site of the ball by looking at its angle with a normal-distributed error to it, and it worked really well. Given, Pong is a bit trivial as far as games go, but still.

Why have I seen so many references to the Illuminati lately? Is it the Illuminati?

Definitely. I imagine the Illuminate as a top secret organisation of people who are obsessed with being found out, not unlike stereotypical mass murderers. Hence they're manically compelled to leave all kinds of clues to their existence in the most ridiculous places, such as 9/11 videos and whatnot.

[enderlord99]

internal-only propaganda

Isn't that called "indoctrination" or something?

ION: The image Thufir posted looks like a Lambda when I scroll past it really quickly. I think it's the trousers.

[Solse]

Why have I seen so many references to the Illuminati lately? Is it the Illuminati?

Yeppers! They're everywhere. Even though not many times are their methods of spreading their influence as blatant as Teddy's comics, they still have many subtle ways of infecting the minds of the population. Luckily I'm safe, because I have a tinfoil hat lying around.

Does Avatar get better after Season 1? I saw all of that and I just didn't get.

So much better. Season 1 is generally agreed upon to be the worst season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the second worst season overall when considering the series' sequel The Legend of Korra. Once you get past Season 1 (and the first 8 episodes or so of Season 2), the show gets MUCH better. I highly recommend you finish it.

Yep, you got me. It's an internal-only propaganda print, though, because we don't want to be found out.

Now that I caught you, can I join the Illuminati? Or is it like Pokemon where if you catch an Illuminati member, they fight for you against small little creatures?

Yeah! I think some other game designers might've picked up the idea and run with it for their own games. Can't remember any specific examples, though...

That's too bad, I've been looking for a new game. I've never played a "programming game" but I've always been intrigued by them. I remember hearing about a game where you code a "warrior" and make them fight against another coded warrior, and you win by overwriting the other warrior's memory... I'm probably mis-remembering this, but I think it went by the name of Programming War or Code War or something.

Nah, writing a simple AI doesn't have to be too hard, especially for games such as 2D fighting games and the like. You can more or less put up a condition-reaction table and add some randomisation to make it seem more organic. I mean, two summers ago, I wrote a Pong AI which calculated the impact site of the ball by looking at its angle with a normal-distributed error to it, and it worked really well. Given, Pong is a bit trivial as far as games go, but still.

I guess it'd be sorta easy, just time consuming. I'd have to code in responses to every attack that a human player could throw out, then code an offensive AI...
Or I could go the route of my friend who thinks that using RNG for everything is AI.

Definitely. I imagine the Illuminate as a top secret organisation of people who are obsessed with being found out, not unlike stereotypical mass murderers. Hence they're manically compelled to leave all kinds of clues to their existence in the most ridiculous places, such as 9/11 videos and whatnot.

Like in Super Smash Bros stages:

Spoiler: Hint: look above the top platform *very* closely

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[Mx.Silver]

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Live action or animation?

[Septimus Faber]

Mind if I put you down for "The Inner Light"?

Sure.

But if you watch it, have some tissues handy. I mean... damn.

[FinnLassie]

Cave Story... More like Raging With The Damn Controls Story. I should be sleeping.

[Taet]

It is a happy weekend! Lots of rain. With the extra love of a thunder on Friday and a rainbow on Saturday. Cuthalion needs to be here with his happy rain avatar. The yard has ponds in it. The tree frogs sing all night long. Before they were only singing one at a time and slow. Flowers have bloomed and they were the de Caen anemones! I thought that squirrel dug and ate all the roots but I was wrong! When it stops raining for awhile I will take pictures. And then dig weeds for the rest of the week before the sun bakes them into the ground again. Desert gardens are a l ot of work when the rain lets you do it and no work the rest of the time. It is not what I am used to at all for a garden.

Hm. I don't think that's enough for this. I need an image with more envy in it.

I'm afraid being a grown up does not rid you of these comments. Such is the fate of the cute, and it will continue to follow you for some time yet. Aw man, now I want to watch Moomins...

I do not have the envy. I am just very glad CurlyKitGirl got such a good surprise.

It seems like you are talking about the cute because people are using the cute when they talk about you.

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

I have no idea. It has been too long since I sat down with a lot of TV. There has to be something special I saw like a high quality play like

"Sense and Senility" - Blackadder the Third

MACBETH

but no. No TV show comes to mind at all. Not quality. Not comedy. Nothing at all.

ION: The talent show last night turned out to be something more along the lines of what AT was wishing would happen -- lots of people went up with their artworks and stories. My friend and I sorta got desynched halfway through our song and I ended up having to improvise most of it (which was somewhat my plan from the beginning) but at least I got to scream "ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!?!" Lots of people also liked my electric ukulele. Everybody should have one of those things, they're awesome.

It sounds interesting to have. What did AtlanteanTroll call it? Studio art with the talent show. I like galleries.

But I am extra glad to hear that you kept on going well when your soundwork went bad. That is not easy to do well.

Exhausting.

I... applied to many types and places of schools. Seventeen, in fact. I have no idea what I am doing.

Well, no, not really. I mean, it doesn't harm, unless the costs of application, score-sending, CSS, and IDOC sending aren't something your family can take, but applying to this many means I have no idea where I want to go or what I'm planning. That's not a sign of knowing what I'm doing, that's a sign of having no definite plan.

Thanks. As usual in my family, hijinks ensued. A religious figure had to be bribed by my father and someone resigned due to politics surrounding where she'd be buried.

I am glad you said it first. I read how many applications you sent and thought wow that is expensive. But that was going to be very rude just to say. I do not know what CSS or IDOC are though. >Some kind of test.

Wow thiEALLYheadyv rain!"""""""""""
oh NO
not windspeed of a hurricane but oh noo h e si driving out there no :( :( :( :( going to go dworry now.

[LaZodiac]

Cave Story... More like Raging With The Damn Controls Story. I should be sleeping.

Awe. It takes some getting used to but trust me, it's well worth it. Cave Story's pretty great.

[GM_3826]

Cave Story... More like Raging With The Damn Controls Story. I should be sleeping.

Play it on console. Or, better yet, find a gamepad.

[Cuthalion]

It is a happy weekend! Lots of rain. With the extra love of a thunder on Friday and a rainbow on Saturday. Cuthalion needs to be here with his happy rain avatar. The yard has ponds in it. The tree frogs sing all night long. Before they were only singing one at a time and slow. Flowers have bloomed and they were the de Caen anemones! I thought that squirrel dug and ate all the roots but I was wrong! When it stops raining for awhile I will take pictures. And then dig weeds for the rest of the week before the sun bakes them into the ground again. Desert gardens are a l ot of work when the rain lets you do it and no work the rest of the time. It is not what I am used to at all for a garden.

Wow thiEALLYheadyv rain!"""""""""""
oh NO
not windspeed of a hurricane but oh noo h e si driving out there no :( :( :( :( going to go dworry now.

Well, I's back now. The rivers in California are where their beds are, which is nice, there was some minor flooding up north, some unhappy cows, and the lighting was pretty at the beach. Plus awesome pasta.

[Durkoala]

Woo! Draw Your Friends is imminent! I don't know where you went, but I hope it was a good place.

... I really should be going to sleep, instead of watching Little and Cubed, playing Sproggiwood, working on fanart, trying to write a respectful disrespectful memorial fanfic and posting this, all at the same time.

Also, are you still doing Daily Drawings? I still owe you some pictures.

[LaZodiac]

Woo! Draw Your Friends is imminent! I don't know where you went, but I hope it was a good place.

... I really should be going to sleep, instead of watching Little and Cubed, playing Sproggiwood, working on fanart, trying to write a respectful disrespectful memorial fanfic and posting this, all at the same time.

Also, are you still doing Daily Drawings? I still owe you some pictures.

Woo, Draw Your Friends! What's that?

Haha, glad you're enjoying Sproggiwood. And yay fanart

[Durkoala]

Woo, Draw Your Friends! What's that?

Haha, glad you're enjoying Sproggiwood. And yay fanart

DYF is a "contest" in the Arts & Crafts forum where everybody's drawing each other's avatars in secret. Cuthalion's the current host, but things have been delayed because he's had to do something outsde his hometown.

Sproggiwood is eating my hours! What have you done?!

[LaZodiac]

DYF is a "contest" in the Arts & Crafts forum where everybody's drawing each other's avatars in secret. Cuthalion's the current host, but things have been delayed because he's had to do something outsde his hometown.

Sproggiwood is eating my hours! What have you done?!

Aaah, okay. Sounds interesting. Wish I was good at art

I have rewarded you! BUT AT WHAT COST?!

[Cuthalion]

Woo! Draw Your Friends is imminent! I don't know where you went, but I hope it was a good place.

... I really should be going to sleep, instead of watching Little and Cubed, playing Sproggiwood, working on fanart, trying to write a respectful disrespectful memorial fanfic and posting this, all at the same time.

Also, are you still doing Daily Drawings? I still owe you some pictures.

Um yes. Gerh.

I am, need to post them here. Also gerh.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Oh god, so many.

"The Inner Light" - Star Trek: The Next Generation
"In the Pale Moonlight" - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"Innumerable Other Star Trek Episodes whose Names I Can't Currently Remember" - Star Trek
"Sense and Senility" - Blackadder the Third
"Tuttle" - M*A*S*H
And so many others whose names don't spring to mind at the moment. Sorry.

That's the episode of M*A*S*H you chose? Tuttle? I mean, the finale may be a cliched answer, but damn it isn't better. But I like your taste in TV. M*A*S*H an Blackadeder, can't be so bad.

What's everyone's favourite single episode of TV?

Indulge me in a curiosity. (I will accept lists)

Yeah, this is wicked hard. Could maybe do my favorite episode from each of my favorite TV shows, but that'd still be hard. So I think I'll just say Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen. Technically, a TV movie, but ... eeeeh. Whatever.

[Solse]

It sounds interesting to have. What did AtlanteanTroll call it? Studio art with the talent show. I like galleries.

But I am extra glad to hear that you kept on going well when your soundwork went bad. That is not easy to do well.

Yeah, it was pretty interesting. The problem is that they had to go up on stage and present their works, which meant that it got boring listening to people ramble on and on about the materials that they used. Maybe for an actual artist it wouldn't be so boring.

It's not easy, and that's why I really don't think I did it well. Looking back at the video, everything looked awesome until the halfway point, and then I just seemed to improvise and hope that it sounded something like music.

[DJ Yung Crunk]

Live action or animation?

Anything goes.

Sure.

But if you watch it, have some tissues handy. I mean... damn.

I have seen it before and I did not come close to the reaction you describe. I'm just not wired to respond to that sort of thing like other people do.

Yeah, this is wicked hard. Could maybe do my favorite episode from each of my favorite TV shows, but that'd still be hard. So I think I'll just say Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen. Technically, a TV movie, but ... eeeeh. Whatever.

My choice is technically a TV movie, too, so...

[Septimus Faber]

That's the episode of M*A*S*H you chose? Tuttle? I mean, the finale may be a cliched answer, but damn it isn't better. But I like your taste in TV. M*A*S*H an Blackadeder, can't be so bad.

I'd also say "Sometimes you Hear the Bullet" for very different reasons, but I haven't actually seen the finale...

I have seen it before and I did not come close to the reaction you describe. I'm just not wired to respond to that sort of thing like other people do.

Each to their own. I'm just sensitive, I guess...