OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hijack T

[David E. Gervais]

Why did I create this depository? Because I noticed alot of OT threads getting hijacked with O-O-T Posts that started to get confusing. So if you find yourself making an Off-Off-Topic post in another thread, transfer it here. I'll make sure it has a good home.

hmmm, is an Off-Off-Topic Thread actually On-Topic due to the double negative rule?

So if this is an O-O-T thread for O-O-T Posts hopefully it will help us get back on track.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. This thread is also a good place to pad your Posts to get those precious promotions. hmmm, when is my next promotion?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Pad my Posts?! NEVER!

[Will]

Yeah, so just to hijack the thread...

I just got an iPod. It's shiny on the back. It's loading my music right now. It's my precioussss...

[Loser]

I like shiney things, and things that go 'round and 'round. Shiney things that go 'round and 'round can keep me captivated and happy for great lengths of time.

[Gandalph]

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Hijack of thread http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

I got into a heated debate the other day about the Kobe Bryant case with a friend of mine. This man had him already guilty because he is a celebrity, and probably because of the OJ Simpson case. I had to refute this. Not because I think Kobe is not guilty, but probably because I despite generalzation (?). There actually is, based on the information I have managed to dig up, a chance that Kobe actually is not guilty.
But I digress, What I am actually trying to point out is, that this man questioned my sources for information! Now I understand that no-one can rely on any single source of information, I believe that any individual newspaper/website/TV news has it's own agenda,and so I don't rely on any individual source!! I read my local paper, I read the New York Times, I have no less than 2 daily news briefs come to my email, and I get several mags monthly that cover this and other kinds of stuff, and I search the web when I am curious about a given subject, but don't feel well enough informed. I like to think that I am well informed because of this. If any of you out there disagree, or if you agree and would like to add to this, please add to this reply, and let me know how to stay more well informed.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif end of hijacked thread http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Gandalph

[Caduceus]

Now for something completely different.

To keep the peace in my home, I got an XBox. Yes, I know a console for games. Hear me out, though. It was that or upgrade my 6 year old PC, which would probably cost 3x what I can afford to spend. That's what I told my wife anyway http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Wildcard

[Randallw]

Since I don't even know who Kobe Bryant is (is he a football player?) I'll start talking about Michael Jackson. There seem to be people who think "oh, he's just eccentric" or "He's a famous rock star, he couldn't possibly be guilty". I for one don't follow this line of reasoning. I have no reason to believe he is guilty (except the police must have evidence to press the case), but I also have no reason to think he is automatically innocent either. If I was forced to choose, and considering I don't have any evidence, I'd say he was guilty. It's an arbitrary opinion, and mostly because I don't buy into the automatically inocent mindset. I can see many books being published in a few years detailing Michael Jacksons fall from grace.

Edit: oh, and loser. You must really like the wheels on the bus.

[ July 30, 2004, 03:53: Message edited by: Randallw ]

[Combat Wombat]

Does anyone here play Planetside?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Loser:
I like shiney things, and things that go 'round and 'round. Shiney things that go 'round and 'round can keep me captivated and happy for great lengths of time. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I lost my Wierd Al CD. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Gryphin]

0000T
This weekend I"m going to install SEIV Gold on my relatively new system.
Which patchs in what order should I apply

Where can I find the Lastest
TDM pack
FQM
Modder Utility - the one that lets you easily create all kinds of special components
Immage Mod

EDIT: Thank you Fyron you must have been reading my mind. Ohh, what a thought.
http://www.malfador.com/se4mods.html

Oh, and just to keep this post letgit,
So, how about them Cubs?

[ July 30, 2004, 11:35: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Gryphin:

So, how about them Cubs? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">They better get their butt in gear. 10.5 games back of the chirps, I mean cards ( http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif ) with not much season left to go. They will at least make it as a wild card I hope because the Cubby's are going all the way this year! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (They have the most loyal fans can't ya tell?) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

On a similar topic...there are 18 wheels on a big rig!

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Will:
Yeah, so just to hijack the thread...

I just got an iPod. It's shiny on the back. It's loading my music right now. It's my precioussss... <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I heard the batteries are bad, needs replacing relatively fast and costs alot.
But also that there exists cheaper pirate bats.
Here some where told at the store to buy a new one when the batteries didn't charge anymore...

[David E. Gervais]

Gryphin, don't forget the 'Super-Duper' DevNull Mod on A Steroid. (AKA My Miner's Guild Mod.)

I know it's a shameless plug, but I did some plumbing yesterday and found out 'plugs' are a good thing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Edit: (or rather a new post to edit my Last one and pad my post count..)

P.S. This thread is shaping up to be very interesting indeed. Keep on posting people.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Loser]

Only 43 more Posts before I get General.

Oh. Looks like someone uprated me. I'm now just barely over the 4.5 mark.

Neat-o, and thanks to whoever it was.

[ July 30, 2004, 18:28: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Gryphin]

Originally posted by Loser:
Only 43 more Posts before I get General.

Oh. Looks like someone uprated me. I'm now just barely over the 4.5 mark.

Neat-o, and thanks to whoever it was. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hey, look at that, someone down rated me. I'm almost 50yo. Is there anyone over 15 who thinks I care? I am happier than I have ever been in my life. Nothing anyone can say or do can detract from that.
I come home to Pooh Star every night.
http://www.windingstream.com/us/corsettenocollar.htm

Edit:
I am not denegrading those who set store by the rating. I speak only for myself.

[ July 30, 2004, 19:55: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

[Will]

Today is the Last day of my internship, and my friend just got home from Paris. Not only that, but it's System Administrator Appreciation Day (http://www.sysadminday.com/). Today is a good day.

The new iPods are supposed to have better batteries. I let it charge overnight, and it has been playing for six hours, and the battery indicator is at about half. Which, if it's right, is on par for a 12 hour battery life. We'll see if it holds up to multiple charges, but the warranty covers battery replacement for a year, then after that it's something like 40$. I'd say it's a good deal.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Loser:
Only 43 more Posts before I get General.

Oh. Looks like someone uprated me. I'm now just barely over the 4.5 mark.

Neat-o, and thanks to whoever it was. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hey, look at that, someone down rated me. I'm almost 50yo. Is there anyone over 15 who thinks I care? I am happier than I have ever been in my life. Nothing anyone can say or do can detract from that.
I come home to Pooh Star every night.
http://www.windingstream.com/us/corsettenocollar.htm

Edit:
I am not denegrading those who set store by the rating. I speak only for myself. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Still somehow it get's to you don't it?
I disabled the grades before anyone had a chance to give me anything and I haven't regretted it!

Edit: Checked your site
http://www.windingstream.com

Like the case Mod http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Seems the climate is about the same as here on the winter (Thy sweetie stands in the snow).

[ July 30, 2004, 20:29: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Katchoo]

You know what gets my goat?

M & M Meat Shops stopped producing Chocolate Triffles! Ohhhhhhhhhh god they were good!!!

Chococolate pudding, whipped cream, chocolate brownie, and chocolate sprinkles on top. Oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma oh mamma!

Grrrrrr...

At least they still sell the large Chocolate Eclairs-

OH GOD NO!

THEY KILLED THE LARGE ECLAIRS TOO! NOW THEY SELL SMALLER ONES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT FILLING!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

[Will]

Originally posted by Katchoo:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Damn dirty apes...

[Gryphin]

kachoo,
I love your NuWarn shipset

Ruatha,
No, it don't get to me in terms of ego. It gets to me thinking that there are people here probably too imature to be looking at the picture of Pooh Star. I hope thier mommies don't sue me.

It is a known fact I have little reguard for most of the teens I have met. Some are pretty nice but... I hae not met many. Still maybe I should travel in different circles and I would meet more.

[Loser]

I was very dissapointed when they took out the light brown M&Ms. Those were always my Favorites.

A few years back, some friends of mine somehow happenned across a pack of M&Ms that they figured to be a couple years old, and that might have the light brown ones. Best gift from the "three years old and could have been bought at a Seven-Eleven" Category, ever.

Why does a place called "M & M Meat Shops" produce confections?

[David E. Gervais]

I just got caught in a rain downpour. I was in the middle of nowhere and got 100% soaked. People were giving me strange looks while I was walking the rest of the way home in the pouring rain. but after the downpour got me there was very little use to seek shelter.

You know walking in the rain was kind of fun. (I must be getting old)

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
It is a known fact I have little reguard for most of the teens I have met. Some are pretty nice but... I hae not met many. Still maybe I should travel in different circles and I would meet more. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm just curious here, please don't answer if the answer is too personal, but...how come you don't like most of the teens you've met?? I know that I have my reasons for not liking a lot of them, and would like to see if my reasons are similar to yours. Again, no offense is intended in any way.

[Kamog]

I have some teenager friends. Actually, most of my friends are much younger than me. My old friends who are the same age as me, I rarely see them anymore because they got married and had kids, and now they are way too busy to spend any time with me.

[Gryphin]

Just general experiances and all generalizations are false. I know not all of them are unmannered people who enjoy being obnoxuos.

[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
Just general experiances and all generalizations are false... <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Now that's funny! A generalization that all generalizations are false...good paradox/pun/oxymoron there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ July 31, 2004, 14:44: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
0000T
This weekend I"m going to install SEIV Gold on my relatively new system.
Which patchs in what order should I apply

Where can I find the Lastest
TDM pack
FQM
Modder Utility - the one that lets you easily create all kinds of special components
Immage Mod

EDIT: Thank you Fyron you must have been reading my mind. Ohh, what a thought.<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">A little late, but... you can find all of those at SpaceEmpires.net (http://www.spaceempires.net/home/) in the Downloads section, including the SE4 Modder by DavidG/Kazarp. The SE4 Modder is located explicitly *here* (http://www.spaceempires.net/home/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=12&ttitle=SE4_Modder#dldetails).

[ July 31, 2004, 20:06: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Loser]

Pssst. Fyron, you feel a draft?

Your tag is open.

[Loser]

Pssst. Fyron, you feel a draft?

Your tag is open.

[edit: whoops, considering how long I held down the Enter key, there, I should be tahnkfull there are only three extra Posts here. From the click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click sound it made I was expecting about twenty.]

[ July 31, 2004, 19:25: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Loser]

Pssst. Fyron, you feel a draft?

Your tag is open.

[edit: this post is mostly irrelevent. I now need only 34 Posts before I hit General.]

[ July 31, 2004, 19:26: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Fyron]

Yes, I know. The forum scripts that convert text to links were not originally designed to handle php-style function call links, so they occasionally run into problems... I left the post unedited so I could ask the system admins about it...

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Loser:
Why does a place called "M & M Meat Shops" produce confections? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Because you need deserts to go along with that M&M meat shop frozen entrees and burger steaks.

[Will]

Ok, so I had a job around San Francisco this summer, and tomorrow I go back to Pennsylvania until school starts in Los Angeles. And there was a pretty decent sized party (about 20 people) at a friend's house, for a number of different occasions which all happened to be this weekend. And I had a bit to drink.

I probably won't be posting for a few weeks, since I'm not trusting my computer to be shipped across country again, and the computer at home is "broken" (I'll see about that when I get there). And there's only dialup. But I should be back before the end of August.

That is all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[Rollo]

*unlurks and hijacks the thread

boo!

*engages lurking device

Muahahaha!

[David E. Gervais]

<--grabs rollo's leg before he can escape and ties him to a comfy chair near the tankard of mead.

Muahahahahaha Want a straw? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. Good to see you're still around rollo. Welcome back.

[Rollo]

nooooooo......

*having no choice, Rollo sits in the big chair, wearing a huge straw hat and bathing his feet in cold water. starts to sip on the mead

yes, a straw would be fine. and i want an umbrella, too

[David E. Gervais]

hmmm, since Rollo is drinking the mead with a straw, I assume he wants the umbrella to shade the keg and keep the hot sun off of it. (I skillfully attach a group of 5 umbrellas to the keg and add a remote control unit. I hand the unit to rollo so that he can adjust the umbrellas as needed throughout the day.)

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. You know, I really miss your nice collection of shovels. Did you get any new ones in your absense?

[TerranC]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
P.S. You know, I really miss your nice collection of shovels. Did you get any new ones in your absense? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">See, this is just the kind of thing that puts people off from logging on to #se4. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by TerranC:
See, this is just the kind of thing that puts people off from logging on to #se4. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I log in often enough, but get really tired of hanging around with lurkers, getting people to chat in there is like pulling teeth.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Combat Wombat]

We need an OOT thread animal mascot any suggestions?

[Loser]

It should be something that reflects the padding of post counts. Perhaps an animate pillow.

Or a Vorlon or Antaran.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by TerranC:
See, this is just the kind of thing that puts people off from logging on to #se4. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I log in often enough, but get really tired of hanging around with lurkers, getting people to chat in there is like pulling teeth.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Only when people are away...

Originally posted by Loser:
It should be something that reflects the padding of post counts. Perhaps an animate pillow.

Or a Vorlon or Antaran. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[ August 02, 2004, 03:27: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ragnarok]

Ack! Hippo on the forums, hippo on the forums! *Runs away*

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Hungry hungry Hippo! Love that game!

I lost track, who is drinking mead with a meat straw? I didn't know M&M's had meat flavored candy.

Hey I was in London, what did you British types do with all the handicapped people. I didn't see any...wierd!

[Loser]

My living room is like a waiting room. We have the stacks of outdated magazines and everything.

The seating is better, though.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

I know I was waiting for you to get home the other day! I really like the Dead Sea Scroll T.V. Guide. It tries to predict what will be on. It's very accurate when it come to B.J. and the Bear reruns.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Only when people are away... <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ahem, if that's the case, then why is their 'status' not marked as 'away'? IMHO if you're away, you should at the very least have your computer automatically list your status as 'away' (like you do fyron) I don't blame people that are 'away' for being quiet, but when there are 4-6 people NOT marked as 'away' and you (I) get no response then it's just plain rude. Don't log in if you don't have the time or interest to chat.

Going to #se4 is like sitting in a waiting room and you know how people LOVE that don't you? If people go to #se4 and used it to say, mmmm, CHAT! then it might become more popular. If new players drop by and get the silent treatment then it stands to reason that they won't return.

Placing a note at log-in that "please be patient and wait 10 mins if you get no response. Some people might not be at their computer or may be busy." HELLO! then they should set their status to say this.. 'Busy', or 'away' or 'brb' etc.

Don't get me wrong, I love #se4, but I fully understand why it's not as popular at it could/should be.

[/babble mode off]

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If one was writing an IRC client and wanted to mark a user as "away" should one change the nick to "[Away]Ruatha" or is there some kind of status that is set?
I'm not a very frequent IRC user so I'm kinda of working blind here...
If you see that a user is away, do you see it in the nick or somewhere else?
Or do you just see this when you try to MSG someone or do a WhoIs?
I was thinking of autosetting a away message or changing the nick to indicate an idle user...

[ August 02, 2004, 21:41: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[David E. Gervais]

My bad, I guess there is no way to 'set' your status to 'Away' in an IRC client. I was getting it mixed up with Messenger.

OTOH it would be possible to use the /nick option to add [Away] to the end of your name, but that's way too much work for most people that frequent IRC chat rooms.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to work on my patience. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

/nick NarfAway

[/sarcasm]Like that's hard.[sarcasm]

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
My bad, I guess there is no way to 'set' your status to 'Away' in an IRC client. I was getting it mixed up with Messenger.

OTOH it would be possible to use the /nick option to add [Away] to the end of your name, but that's way too much work for most people that frequent IRC chat rooms.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to work on my patience. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It'd be really easy to add that automaticly, but it seems that nicks are limited to 9 characters, so I guess it'll just have to be an away message when someone mSG's or who's you.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
/nick NarfAway

[/sarcasm]Like that's hard.[sarcasm] <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">But does that set any showable status?
Isn't that just the away message that will be displayed when someone MSG's you or Queries you, it won't show up in the USERS list, or will it?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

It changes your nickname in the Users list.

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Only when people are away... <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ahem, if that's the case, then why is their 'status' not marked as 'away'? IMHO if you're away, you should at the very least have your computer automatically list your status as 'away' (like you do fyron) I don't blame people that are 'away' for being quiet, but when there are 4-6 people NOT marked as 'away' and you (I) get no response then it's just plain rude. Don't log in if you don't have the time or interest to chat.

Going to #se4 is like sitting in a waiting room and you know how people LOVE that don't you? If people go to #se4 and used it to say, mmmm, CHAT! then it might become more popular. If new players drop by and get the silent treatment then it stands to reason that they won't return.

Placing a note at log-in that "please be patient and wait 10 mins if you get no response. Some people might not be at their computer or may be busy." HELLO! then they should set their status to say this.. 'Busy', or 'away' or 'brb' etc.

Don't get me wrong, I love #se4, but I fully understand why it's not as popular at it could/should be.

[/babble mode off]

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ August 02, 2004, 12:00: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[David E. Gervais]

How's this for a 'Mascott' for this thread?

.. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/Boo/images/Hippo.jpg

"Feed the Hippo, Pad this thread. And let no thought, go unsaid."

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ August 02, 2004, 13:44: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
It changes your nickname in the Users list. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, but unfortunately people who hasn't seen "Narf" before might think your usual nick is "NarfAway" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Loser]

Originally posted by Ruatha:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
It changes your nickname in the Users list. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, but unfortunately people who hasn't seen "Narf" before might think your usual nick is "NarfAway" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's actually a pretty common thing to do.

Of course, I know you're joking (I speak : ) ), but practicing this with limited characters to the nickname could be, but then if your nick is long, everyone shortens it anyway. Too much typing takes away from clever thinking, and typing clever things.

On th subject of IRC, anyone who hasn't checked out http://www.bash.org should do so. Unless, of course, they do not find foul language and rude situations to be funny or are unable to appreciate funny things when they are found in the midst of the unfunny and downright opjectionable.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
/nick NarfAway

[/sarcasm]Like that's hard.[sarcasm] <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I used to do that, but certain individuals have a habit of stealing my nickname whenever I went away...

[Fyron]

Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
My bad, I guess there is no way to 'set' your status to 'Away' in an IRC client. I was getting it mixed up with Messenger.

OTOH it would be possible to use the /nick option to add [Away] to the end of your name, but that's way too much work for most people that frequent IRC chat rooms.

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to work on my patience. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Actually there is, but it is a huge pain in the rear... most people just change their nickname. Of course, a lot of those silent people are semi-there, wandering in and out of the room or doing something fullscreen or whatever, so changing their nicks to away would not be very productive.

Further, the idling on #se4 is the same on pretty much ANY IRC channel. The difference is that we do not get many visiters (even during periods of high activity), so the idlers tend to stand out a lot more than in larger channels. If you can think of any ways to attract more people to the channel, we are open to suggestions.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
/nick NarfAway

[/sarcasm]Like that's hard.[sarcasm] <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I used to do that, but certain individuals have a habit of stealing my nickname whenever I went away... </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Make a bot to secure it.

[Loser]

Why don't they do it in the road?
Why don't they do it in the road?
No one is watching them, why don't they do it in the road?

[Perrin]

Ni!

[Ed Kolis]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
If you can think of any ways to attract more people to the channel, we are open to suggestions. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Advertise that the SE4 stands for "Sexual Exhibitionism Chatroom #4"? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Advertise that the SE4 stands for "Sexual Exhibitionism Chatroom #4"? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It does?! I am there! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Oh wait, you were kidding? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Has anyone else noticed Primitive is now a Major?

[ August 05, 2004, 15:56: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Gryphin]

A "Major" what?
A Major Good Guy?
A Major SEIV Player?
A Major ....?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

A Major Primitive, of course. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Loser]

Originally posted by Perrin:
Ni! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Whoa, haven't seen you in a while man.

Were you lurking or just on hiatus?

Just curious.

[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Perrin:
Ni! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">hmmm, "Ni!" sounds like the noise you get when you step on a rubber duckie. But welcome back none the less. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Perrin]

Originally posted by Loser:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Originally posted by Perrin:
Ni! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Whoa, haven't seen you in a while man.

Were you lurking or just on hiatus?

Just curious. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">A little of both. I got away from forum world for a little while (stopping by to lurk) but I have been still playing PBW consistently. Currently in Master of Orion 4.

[ August 06, 2004, 15:33: Message edited by: Perrin ]

[Gryphin]

Massachusettes residents did you know that August 14th is a "Retail Tax Free Holiday". No sales tax on oanything under $2500.

[Will]

*cough* BUMP *cough*

I saw a tiny little kitten the other day. He was smaller than my foot, and he liked watching people play poker.

[Perrin]

Darmak and Jelad at Tenagra. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Kamog]

Where is the square root button on the Microsoft Calculator accessory program? Somebody asked me... It's not there.

Then I noticed that it's there on the 'standard' view but not on the 'scientific' view. So if you need sqrt in scientific view, you can use the [x^y] button to raise the number to 0.5 power.

You can also use the following button sequence to do e^(0.5 ln x) to get the square root:
[ln] * 0.5 = [INV] [ln]

But the guy didn't like that option for some reason.

[Suicide Junkie]

"Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hijack This if David E Gervais you Dare Thread.)"

Ah, the unintentional Engrish of forums without borders http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

I may not be David, but I'll double-dog dare you all to try and hijack this thread!

[Kamog]

I'm not sure if I can make it to the chat session with Aaron on Friday evening. My friends might want to go see Alien vs. Predator and then I'll go with them...

[Perrin]

Help! I am trapped at work. /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif

[Ragnarok]

I would help you out but I am in the same prediciment. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

I'm Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Don't worry Rags, the cantinas still open http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Don't mind me, I'm just testing out the new icons I made..

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/ooo.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Muahahahaha, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

WoW! It looks like the 8 smilie limit has been removed, Woohoo! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Don't mind me, I'm just testing out the new icons I made..

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/ooo.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Muahahahaha, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif



I see we're no longer limited to eight pictures a post now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Hey, I was just wondering about "The Sound of Music"
So Capt. Von Trapp was in the Austrian Navy? Except for some beautiful lakes and a major river, Austria is a landlocked country. Did they used to have a port? Hope this doesn't bring up any touchy wartime issues.

Heidi can sure get going down those Alps in her chair!

[Raging Deadstar]

Hey, I was just wondering about "The Sound of Music"
So Capt. Von Trapp was in the Austrian Navy? Except for some beautiful lakes and a major river, Austria is a landlocked country. Did they used to have a port? Hope this doesn't bring up any touchy wartime issues.



The way i see it is that It used to have a Port. Then The sea level decreased and the majority of germany was rediscovered, Just ask the Dutch http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif Obviously this never happened but in a film like the sound of music i don't think anyone was keeping track

*Waits for the inevitable reply from our Resident Dutchman Timstone* http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Renegade 13]

Help! I am trapped at work. /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif



Ahhh, but aren't we all trapped at work?? I must say, I envy the people with indoor jobs...I'm forced to be out in the 30 degrees Celcius weather, surrounded by (of all things) glass, absolutely turns the tractor into a sauna.

Some advice, never EVER become a farmer or rancher. I'm not, but as the kid of one, I experience it all...

[Gandalf Parker]

Help! I am trapped at work. /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif



YEAH ME TOO!

Although for me being at work means sitting at home, alone, in the air conditioning, close reach to the fridge, easy walk to a bathroom I dont share (during work hours), playing games and occassionally peeking in here to see what you guys are posting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Did you know that Internet is fattening?

[Fyron]

Hey, I was just wondering about "The Sound of Music"
So Capt. Von Trapp was in the Austrian Navy? Except for some beautiful lakes and a major river, Austria is a landlocked country. Did they used to have a port? Hope this doesn't bring up any touchy wartime issues.

Most land-locked European nations maintain a few ships as a navy, which dock at ports of various allies or neutral nations.

[Baron Munchausen]

'Austria' was not just that little land-locked remnant until recently. It used to be a major European power with several other nations under its control. The city of Venice (now in Italy) was one of their ports, as well as all the cities along the Adriatic coast of Croatia. Even though they were stripped of these holdings after WW I they probably kept their Navy out of a sort of pride/pig-headedness.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Thanks Baron. I kinda suspected it, but was a little unsure about it. Like Bolivia use to have a port until Peru? I think invaded a little strip of land. Bolivia still has a Navy though...on a lake!

Gandalf, try adult diapers and you wouldn't even have to get up to go to the bathroom. I threatened my wife to do that Last superbowl so I wouldn't have to leave the couch.
I thought rigging up a tap line to my mouth from a keg would be even more efficent. My wife threatened to strangle me with it like Princess Lei did with Jabba. Hey I'll buy her the outfit!

[Suicide Junkie]

Just for fun, a view of what SE4 would have been like on a CGA enabled 80806 PC:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/tempstuff/Intro.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

http://rotd.keenspace.com/d/20031125.html

[David E. Gervais]

Just for the fun, If you had an EGA graphics card it could have looked like this.. (aaah the difference 12 more colors made. (from a palette of 64)
http://69.56.133.54:81/threads/uploads/286788-Intro16EGA.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

David E. Gervais said:
Just for the fun, If you had an EGA graphics card it could have looked like this.. (aaah the difference 12 more colors made. (from a palette of 64)
http://69.56.133.54:81/threads/uploads/286788-Intro16EGA.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif


I wonder what it would be like to have been the first person to play pong...

* /me wonders what the first computer game was...

[Gryphin]

First computer game? Probably something like Tic Tac Toe

[Kamog]

CGA and EGA.... that brings back memories. I remember one time when I was in school, the best PC in the lab was something like a 286 and I think it had EGA and we thought it was so great because it was better than CGA. When we played games, we wanted to use the machines with the color monitors, because most of the other machines were IBM XT's with green monochrome monitors. Some of the games ran incredibly slowly on the XT's.

Also, some games, every time we wanted to play them we had to edit autoexec.bat and config.sys and change the files= and buffers= and stuff to make them run, and then after we finish playing the game, edit the configuration back. I remember it was a hassle and it was sometimes hard to get some games to work properly back then because they didn't fit in memory, or it barely fit or something, I forget the details... that was a long time ago.

[Fyron]

DOS is evil... /threads/images/Graemlins/mad.gif (need some sort of twisted, evil emoticon... this is best available /threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif... also need eye rolling emoticon!)

[Kamog]

Oh, yeah, and some of the old machines didn't have the EDIT command in DOS, so we had to use the EDLIN command, which we all hated.

Back in those days, we used 5 1/4" floppy disks which held 360 K of data. Then those high-density 5 1/4" disks came out which held twice as much. We used to use scissors to cut a notch in our one-sided floppy disks so that we can flip them over and use the other side.

Then, later, when those 3.5" floppy disks came out, many people called them "hard disks" because the pLastic case is hard compared to those flimsy 5 1/4" diskettes. So those of us who knew better had to keep pointing out that the 3.5" diskettes are still called floppy disks, and they are not the same thing as hard disks.

When we formatted those 3.5" floppy disks, we had to type in some command in DOS like FORMAT A: /N:9 /T:80 or something like that, to specify the number of sectors and tracks.

[Gryphin]

I found it easier for people to accept that they were "floppys" if you showed them why they were called that. I kept an opened one around for the purpose.

Oh: They were called floppys because of the mylar that the data was written on.

Took folka quite a while to learn not to leave them in the direct sunlight. They seemed so durable.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

What next though? Is Moore's Law still in effect. I'm not seeing anything too fancy or powerful coming out lately. That Quantum processing is still 10 years away at least. They always wait until I buy a new computer then something revolutionary comes out. I tricked them this year. I bought an XBOX. Strickly for shooters of course.

Still got my TI-99/4a &amp; Commodore 64!

[Fyron]

Moore's law is still in effect. It is good for probably another decade or so. Microprocessors still have a ways to go before the transistors become so small that the magnetic fields created by the currents flowing through them become a major issue and rewire the circuits constantly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I got my 2.0 GHz CPU 2 years ago, when the best around was maybe 2.2 or 2.4 GHz. Now, they have them approaching 4.0 GHz. Still roughly doubling. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

And they still don't parralel process, right?

Our amiga did that. Probably why our 8MHz amiga 500 had better graphics than our 33MHz ibm.

[mottlee]

I see this thread is going ALL over the place http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fyron]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
And they still don't parralel process, right?

Our amiga did that. Probably why our 8MHz amiga 500 had better graphics than our 33MHz ibm.

Sure they do. Get a server case, a server MB, and two CPUs. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Many better servers out there have 2 CPUs. Intel Pentiums these days have "hyper-threading", which supposedly makes the CPU act like it were 2 CPUs in parallel processing...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, yeah, but amiga's had it build in.

/me wonders how much a new cpu would cost...

[Fyron]

Newer Pentium IVs have it built in...

New CPU will probably cost around 300 to 400 dollars US, unless you want the very newest... which might run up to 600 or so. Then, you have to get a new motherboard, which will be another 130 to 200, depending on what you get...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Imperator Fyron said:
Newer Pentium IVs have it built in...

New CPU will probably cost around 300 to 400 dollars US, unless you want the very newest... which might run up to 600 or so. Then, you have to get a new motherboard, which will be another 130 to 200, depending on what you get...


Still says something about ibm that it took them that long to get around to it.

[Fyron]

IBM does not make Pentiums. That would be Intel. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif So technically, IBM never got around to it.

Intel had essentially no real competition during most of the 90s. It has not been until the past few years when AMD came about that they have needed to really innovate. They had no reason to develop such technologies until recently, really. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Imperator Fyron said:
IBM does not make Pentiums. That would be Intel. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif So technically, IBM never got around to it.

Intel had essentially no real competition during most of the 90s. It has not been until the past few years when AMD came about that they have needed to really innovate. They had no reason to develop such technologies until recently, really. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif


Can I get a quick rundown on what getting another 2ghz cpu in there would entail? How much of a speed boost would it provide, please?

This is mostly just curiosity, since I don't have the money, so don't strain yourself. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

A new motherboard, and rebuilding your OS probably.

The speed improvement will max out at about +80%, for bigtime number crunching.
Anything that uses the disk will be just as crappy as before, and memory-intensive work will hold you back too.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Suicide Junkie said:
A new motherboard, and rebuilding your OS probably.

The speed improvement will max out at about +80%, for bigtime number crunching.
Anything that uses the disk will be just as crappy as before, and memory-intensive work will hold you back too.


Is it worth it for games? Doesn't sound like it. Thanks.
Well, games don't typically hit the disk, or they'd be unplayable on any machine.

Games do quite a bit of number crunching, to calculate vectors for bullets and collision detection, and all that.
It will help, but the graphics card will almost certainly still be your bottleneck.

[Fyron]

The speed of your RAM will hold you back as much as the speed of the onboard memory of the video card. Almost no games (none, probably) actually use all of even a 2.0 GHz processor. The rest of the computer is too slow to keep up, so it inevitably has to wait, thus wasting cycles. Getting a second CPU really doesn't do much for games... Rendering 3D images in Wings 3d and such will definitely see a boost, though it might not be worth the cost of a new motherboard, case (most desktop cases won't fit a server motherboard too well) and CPU. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

narf poit chez BOOM said:

Suicide Junkie said:
A new motherboard, and rebuilding your OS probably.

The speed improvement will max out at about +80%, for bigtime number crunching.
Anything that uses the disk will be just as crappy as before, and memory-intensive work will hold you back too.


Is it worth it for games? Doesn't sound like it. Thanks.
Well, games don't typically hit the disk, or they'd be unplayable on any machine.

Games do quite a bit of number crunching, to calculate vectors for bullets and collision detection, and all that.
It will help, but the graphics card will almost certainly still be your bottleneck.


Hey SJ, you hit the edit button, not the quote button. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Kamog]

The first computer I ever used was a Commodore Pet. It had a small green monochrome screen, and a slow, slow tape drive. The programs were written in BASIC. The very first video game I played was on that Commodore Pet. It was Space Invaders, and the graphics were very blocky. But it was wonderful...

The very first word processor I used was called "Magic Windows" and it ran on the Apple IIE. We inserted control characters before and after sections of text to get formatting like bold and underline. I was so happy with it because a word processor was so superior to an electric typewriter. I learned to type on an IBM electric typewriter...

The very first graphics program I used was Print Shop on the Apple IIE. I used it to make title pages for reports and things. When I think back, I realize just how clunky those graphics were and how slow that program ran, but at the time I thought it was so great.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Better and better and better graphics...

I just want to be able to say 'Computer, make a free-form RPG game'...:D

[Kamog]

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/287758-WomanSample.gif
We need names for these pretty new emoticons that David made.

How about:
1. black-haired girl: Vivian
2. blonde: Trish
3. brunette: Nicole
4. red head: Natasha

[Raging Deadstar]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Better and better and better graphics...

I just want to be able to say 'Computer, make a free-form RPG game'...:D



Bah, Humbug!!!

I haven't played an Online RPG Game (i mean an actual published game) in years. Now actual RPG's with friends and sheets of paper and such is where it's at.

Wait No...That doesn't involve a computer...Maybe...we Don't need computers to do...Everything! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

*GASP*

[Will]

You will be drawn and quartered for even suggesting such a thing. "Don't need computers to do everything". You know better! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

/threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif

[Kamog]

That's right.

/threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif THE COMPUTER IS YOUR FRIEND. /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Ow, sorry Narf.

-----

Here's a game for everybody and their kids!
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/games/DOGGIE3.zip

Run around the city, peeing on all the fire hydrants while you try to avoid getting smushed by the cars http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
- For 1 or 2 players.
- Requirements: CGA video card, keyboard, 20Mhz or higher reccommended.

[Suicide Junkie]

Yay!
For all you schlock fans:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/postedimages/Tagon-Happydance.gif

[Perrin]

Suicide Junkie said:
Yay!
For all you schlock fans:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/nick/postedimages/Tagon-Happydance.gif



I see your happy dance and raise you one plasma bLast.
http://students.bath.ac.uk/en3elb/schlockicon.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

And they call me disturbed...

[Will]

So I went to Westwood (nice suburb-type area, home of UCLA campus) with a group of friends, to go to this really good cookie shop. And we're standing outside, and we see this Audi trying to parallel park on the street... the only problem is, the Audi is backing up into the space (like you're supposed to do), and there's a huge Ford SUV that's pulling in forward into the space as the Audi is backing up. Now obviously, the Audi has the space, so they're staying there with the back end of the car in the space, waiting for the idiot SUV driver to get a clue and park somewhere else. At this point, my entire group of friends knows about the situation, and is talking about it loudly, so everyone else on the street knows too. And for the next three minutes, the Audi is just sitting there, and the SUV keeps pulling back and forth, trying to fit into the smaller space and kick out the Audi. Finally the Audi driver just gives up and drives away to find parking elsewhere. Five minutes later, the SUV driver manages to get the monster parked, after one of the (scantilly-clad, female) passengers gets out and directs, while talking on a cell phone. Then the driver (also scantilly-clad, female) gets out, also on a cell phone, and the two proceed to walk down the street, each still talking on their phones.

Sometimes, I really hate Californians.

[TerranC]

Will said:
So I went to Westwood (nice suburb-type area, home of UCLA campus) with a group of friends, to go to this really good cookie shop. And we're standing outside, and we see this Audi trying to parallel park on the street... the only problem is, the Audi is backing up into the space (like you're supposed to do), and there's a huge Ford SUV that's pulling in forward into the space as the Audi is backing up. Now obviously, the Audi has the space, so they're staying there with the back end of the car in the space, waiting for the idiot SUV driver to get a clue and park somewhere else. At this point, my entire group of friends knows about the situation, and is talking about it loudly, so everyone else on the street knows too. And for the next three minutes, the Audi is just sitting there, and the SUV keeps pulling back and forth, trying to fit into the smaller space and kick out the Audi. Finally the Audi driver just gives up and drives away to find parking elsewhere. Five minutes later, the SUV driver manages to get the monster parked, after one of the (scantilly-clad, female) passengers gets out and directs, while talking on a cell phone. Then the driver (also scantilly-clad, female) gets out, also on a cell phone, and the two proceed to walk down the street, each still talking on their phones.

Sometimes, I really hate Californians.



http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Don't mind me, I'm just invading this thread with an Oogly..

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/289862-Oogly2.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda panda

[Kamog]

Did you know that dolphins are so intelligent that within only a few weeks of captivity, they can train Americans to stand at the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?



Yes, dolphins are actually smarter than humans. Humans are only the third most intelligent species on earth.

The most intelligent species on earth, of course, are mice. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Of course. Now, if you'll just stand right here, we can rewire your br...I mean, give you a nice present.

[Will]

Only a certain type of mice, which are actually interdimensional beings masquerading as mice.






At least that's how I think it went...

[Kamog]

These new Graemlins are making me hungry... /threads/images/Graemlins/icon30.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon31.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon32.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon33.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon34.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon35.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon36.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon37.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon38.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon39.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon05.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon04.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/beerglass.gif

[Perrin]

http://www.frombearcreek.com/hijacked.jpg

[Ragnarok]

ROFL! That is a hilarious picture, Perrin. Did you find that on the web or did you create it yourself?

[Kamog]

All right! We're going to Cuba! /threads/images/Graemlins/Acorn.gif
Is it nice there? /threads/images/Graemlins/Lightning.gif

[Perrin]

Ragnarok said:
ROFL! That is a hilarious picture, Perrin. Did you find that on the web or did you create it yourself?



I found it on the web in another set of forms that I frequent.

[Will]

I went to a midnight showing of Kevin Smith's Clerks. Then, when I came back, a few of my friends tried to hook me up with a girl at a party... but even after about six shots (enough to make me a little tipsy), it wasn't happening.

HIJACKED! (someone remind me not to post after consuming alcohol later)

[David E. Gervais]

Guess who's computer wouldn't boot this morning? Yup, mine. I had to format and reinstall win XP, again. I'm getting good at this, I sure hope this doesn't become habit forming. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Ragnarok]

And of course you have backups of every file you have done, right? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Fyron]

David E. Gervais said:
Guess who's computer wouldn't boot this morning? Yup, mine. I had to format and reinstall win XP, again. I'm getting good at this, I sure hope this doesn't become habit forming. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Try upgrading to win2k. It is far more stable, due to not being overloaded with bloat and garbage...

[Perrin]

SP2 strikes again.