The Race to Insanity and Beyond!

[Captain Kwok]

Here's a kiwi for a real fruit.

This also serves as my contribution to the thread's stated goal.

[geoschmo]

tesco samoa said:
i knew that... but did you know that i did not know that after working on a problem at work for 20 hours now ( I am hungry please send food... )

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/bread.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/banana2.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tomato.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/orange.gif

And of course,
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/beer.gif
something to wash it down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Daynarr]

Instar said:
Wow, my post count is really low. Im a pathetic lurker http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Join the club. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[TerranC]

Haven't done this in a while: testing a new sig.

[Kamog]

Some pet dogs and cats have such an easy life. All they do is eat, sleep and play.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

/threads/images/Graemlins/Cheese.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cake.gif , /threads/images/Graemlins/Burger.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Sometime during the night we passed the 1/4 milestone, "Yeah Baby". Now we're getting somewhere, The next milestone is at the 50% mark. (AKA The point of no return.)

I wonder how fast we can get there?

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

[Gandalph]

Oh, I thought this was the race to MY 1k post count!?!

[XenoTheMorph]

I've been a bit tardy with my Posts!


Oh look a /threads/images/Graemlins/Teddy.gif, now to get someone to wear it!
Oops wrong sort of teddy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[David E. Gervais]

7http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif 7/threads/images/Graemlins/icon20.gif 7/threads/images/Graemlins/icon21.gif K/threads/images/Graemlins/icon22.gif K/threads/images/Graemlins/icon20.gif = Full /threads/images/Graemlins/icon14.gif

/threads/images/Graemlins/icon25.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif = http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif

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

[TerranC]

/threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bug.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hourglass.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Burger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Can.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bowling.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Martini.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Racoon.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Panda.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Fox.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Penguin.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Teddy.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bug.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bug.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon28.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Running.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon14.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 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Waterdrop.gif

[TerranC]

/threads/images/Graemlins/WinLogo.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Hammer.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bullets.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif

[David E. Gervais]

TerranC you forgot the "=" sign imediately following the MS Mindows Logo. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[Kamog]

This is good, we can have more than 8 emoticons now!?
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon09.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cake.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon44.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon48.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Ring.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Rose.gif

[Kamog]

Hey, the "orange" emoticon produces a face with the letters "range:" after it, instead of displaying the fruit.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gifrange:

[David E. Gervais]

Now I know it's 'officially' COLD here,.. Yesterday when walking to the store a man was walking in front of me and all of a sudden I hear a familliar noise andd a puff of smoke shot out his rear end. Yes indeed it sure is cold when a Fart is visible to the naked eye, but thankfully this same 'cold' prevents you from smelling it.

I almost burst out laughing when I saw that. (I waited till I got home and shared the experience with my Brother and Mom, we all had a good belly laugh.

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

Testing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gifrange: Testing http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/images/Graemlins/icon32.gif

..the problem with the "orange" graemlin tag is that it starts with a colon and 'o' which is a smilie character http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif see? perhaps one of the Moderators can have them change the : orange : tag to :Tangerine: ? Just a thought.

[luke_slovakian]

lol hey se4 is fun but SHOULD NOT BE YOUR LIFE hahaha lol sorry. SE4 AND BIKING should be your life you know

[Kamog]

Yeah, SE4 should not be your life. ... SE4 and SE3 should be your life. (until SE5, of course!) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Well, for some of us 'Son of a Mother' people, se5 has allready taken over our lives. /threads/images/graemlins/Tongue.gif

Cheers! /threads/images/graemlins/Smile.gif

Gee, this thread fell back to page 2 of the forums, How did that happen?

[Atrocities]

Ok the person who made the 1,000 post in this thread just had there post count reduced. Guess by how much?

[douglas]

1000th post? We're nowhere near that landmark yet. Did you mistake the views number for replies?

[TurinTurambar]

David E. Gervais said:
Well, for some of us 'Son of a Mother' people, se5 has allready taken over our lives. <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/Tongue.gif" alt="" />

Cheers! <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/Smile.gif" alt="" />




Me sees only little white boxes wit x's in em.

[TurinTurambar]

Post 199....

AND...............

[TurinTurambar]

POST 200!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Promotion!

Turin/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif

[Rasorow]

Congrats Turin.... hoping to join the 200+ ranks someday

Rasorow

[David E. Gervais]

TurinTurambar said:
POST 200!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Promotion!

Turin/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif



Tweeeeeet! (a whistle blows.) Penalty called, for 3 posts in a row. Number 200 "Turin" gets 10 minutes for 'traveling'.

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

But aside from that, congrats on the promotion.

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

[Caduceus]

This is the thread to do it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[TurinTurambar]

Tweeeeeet! (a whistle blows.) Penalty called, for 3 posts in a row. Number 200 "Turin" gets 10 minutes for 'traveling'.

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

But aside from that, congrats on the promotion.

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



I am not above using your thread for my personal gain...

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gifTurin

[Thermodyne]

Well, since this thread needs the posts, I'll ask here.

Anyone out there got a hybred car?

[Nodachi]

I don't have one but my sister-in-law works for a Honda dealer and says that they're nice.

[Nodachi]

http://img162.exs.cx/img162/3954/SolarFlare.jpg

Largest solar flare in 15 years!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00171.htm

[Nodachi]

Narf, I'm glad you brought that up. I never did thank you for introducing me to Freefall. It is truly one of the best comic strips out there, thank you, sir! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kamog]

Although hybrid cars use a lot less fuel and are environmentally friendly, I heard that they may not save you money because the cost of the car is higher. I suppose that after many years of driving, the fuel savings will offset the initial price of the car and you'll start saving money, but it's probably going to take a long time to get to that point.

[Mephisto]

Guys, please bear rule number 5 of the board rules in mind:

5) POST COUNTS:

If we determine you are trying to drive up your post count via frivolous posts, you will be warned. Further violations will result in the frivolous posts being deleted and the subsequent post counts from those posts being pruned from your post count.

Thanks!

[David E. Gervais]

hmmm, I started this thread and thought there was only one rule.. (Don't post more than twice in a row.) Now you say there is at least 5 rules?

So what are rules #2, 3, 4? And if there are even more that I'm not aware of, what about #6, 7, 8,..etc.?

If the rules get too numerous I feel a Boston tea party comming along.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[Atrocities]

douglas said:
1000th post? We're nowhere near that landmark yet. Did you mistake the views number for replies?



No just seeing if any one was paying attention. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Thermodyne]

Nodachi said:
I don't have one but my sister-in-law works for a Honda dealer and says that they're nice.



After much looking and test driving, I went with a Civic. Except for the lack of snow traction, I have been very happy with it. I put some Goodyears on the front of it and the snow problem seems to be fixed now. I had sought to find someone who has had one for a while so that I could see if they had any tips as to care and feeding and such.

This was the strangest car deal I ever made. In the past I always bought Chevy's, I negotiated a price and then ordered the car/truck. Thank you very much end of deal. With the Honda it was pick one off the lot, pay the price on the window, no negotiations, then brace yourself for some butt kissing. The place calls my wife every other day to make sure she is happy. They sent us cookies. And I get email from Honda almost every day.

[Thermodyne]

Nodachi said:
http://img162.exs.cx/img162/3954/SolarFlare.jpg

Largest solar flare in 15 years!



Hmm, if that was pointed this way, it might be time to find a bottle of spf20000

[Thermodyne]

Kamog said:
Although hybrid cars use a lot less fuel and are environmentally friendly, I heard that they may not save you money because the cost of the car is higher. I suppose that after many years of driving, the fuel savings will offset the initial price of the car and you'll start saving money, but it's probably going to take a long time to get to that point.


Well, based on the info I had, it should pay off. The Cavalier we had got about 20mpg. The Honda is getting 39 now and still improving as it breaks in. At 2$ gal, it would be about a 5K fuel savings at 100K miles. Take the difference in price of the hybrid Civic and conventional Civic and it leaves about 1500 bucks.

The one thing I can’t get used to is the engine shutting off at stop lights. Even though I know what is happening, I still have a moment of panic every time it shuts off.

[geoschmo]

Thermodyne said:
The one thing I can’t get used to is the engine shutting off at stop lights. Even though I know what is happening, I still have a moment of panic every time it shuts off.

Wah? I hadn't heard they do that, but it makes sense I guess. Sounds like a golf cart you got there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Does it feel like a real car performance wise? Does it take off ok when the light turns green? How's acceleration on the highway?

[Atrocities]

The new hybrids are kinda cool. But I have one observation. If you buy one all your doing is transfering the gas you would use in the car to a power planet. So the effect is the same, just distributed differantly. Besides, what would you rather pay? $2.20 a gallon for gas, = 30 miles, or $5.10 per 30 miles of power? You do have to charge the batteries, and that does not come cheaply, especially in energy strapped CA.

[Nodachi]

AT, the new hybrids do not have to be charged by house current. They recharge while coasting.

[Thermodyne]

geoschmo said:

Thermodyne said:
The one thing I can’t get used to is the engine shutting off at stop lights. Even though I know what is happening, I still have a moment of panic every time it shuts off.

Wah? I hadn't heard they do that, but it makes sense I guess. Sounds like a golf cart you got there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Does it feel like a real car performance wise? Does it take off ok when the light turns green? How's acceleration on the highway?



It has more pep under normal driving than the Cavalier. The electric motor feels sort of like a turbo. It runs 80+ with very little effort. It uses the trans motor to start the engine, so you hear nothing. The engine just starts running as soon as you let off the break. As long as you drive with one foot, there is no lag starting off. My wife is a two footer, so she has a little trouble with it in the city.

[Atrocities]

Nodachi said:
AT, the new hybrids do not have to be charged by house current. They recharge while coasting.



I did not know that. I am still 50/50 on the idea of a hybrid. I know that electric motors have excellent torque, but sustained draw on them depletes them rapidly.

I watched a show on PBS about hybrid/electric cars with Alan Alda and found the information fasinating. I am for Hydrogen cars - if they can master the dry sell technology.

[Thermodyne]

Atrocities said:
The new hybrids are kinda cool. But I have one observation. If you buy one all your doing is transfering the gas you would use in the car to a power planet. So the effect is the same, just distributed differantly. Besides, what would you rather pay? $2.20 a gallon for gas, = 30 miles, or $5.10 per 30 miles of power? You do have to charge the batteries, and that does not come cheaply, especially in energy strapped CA.



It never needs to be plugged in, the engine charges the batteries. Any time you let off the gas, it starts charging them. It tries to estimate what your intentions are and uses the charging so that it mimics engine braking. When you break, it goes to full charge and really pulls the speed down. If the batteries get below 50%, it will charge the a little when you are just driving along. I think the physics are based on converting momentum into electricity, then using the electricity to make the car go. So it is recycling the energy.

[Atrocities]

[frown] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Test

They look nothing like they should ...... Or do here: http://67.19.30.83/threads/faq.php?Cat=#html

[David E. Gervais]

Graemlin Test:

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif = ooo
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif = evil
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif = cool
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif = smile (keys: colon + close bracket)
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif = sad (keys: colon + open bracket)
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif = blush (keys: colon + o )
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif = crazy
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif = laugh (keys: colon + D )
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif = shocked {??Same as ooo??}
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif = smirk
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif = confused
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif = grin
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif = wink (keys: semi-colon + close bracket)
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif = tongue (keys: colon + P ) Note that's a capital 'P'
/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif = cold
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif = eek
/threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif = envy
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif = happy
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif = injured
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif = mad
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/firedevil.gif = mean
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif = rolleyes
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif = sick
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif = worried
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif = yawn
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rant.gif = yell

Note if no 'keys' are specified then the word has a colon on both ends.

Now to post this and see if everything is working asd it should..

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

[David E. Gervais]

AT, where do you get the [frown] from? I see no such graemlin.

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

[tesco samoa]

i was looking at a sabb 9-5 the other day... man that was a nice car

[Atrocities]

David E. Gervais said:
AT, where do you get the [frown] from? I see no such graemlin.

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



It was listed in the FAQ of the forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I posted a link

[Thermodyne]

tesco samoa said:
i was looking at a sabb 9-5 the other day... man that was a nice car



9-5 Aero looks like it could be fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

But my next toy will be a Jag S-Type R http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

Problem is that I still love my old SS Impala.

[David E. Gervais]

Atrocities said:

It was listed in the FAQ of the forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I posted a link



Yeah I saw the link and noticed they still have links to the 'old' smilies. What's up with that?

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

[Atrocities]

You know its a sad day in your life when you open up the old file cabnet draw that houses all of your old work papers. You know the draw filled with old memo's, document, reports, statisical anylis, etc. In my case I have a draw and a half full of documentation that spans my about six and half years of my life. Quite detailed information, logs, reports, and so on for the great year of my demise, 98.

I can look back through this draw and see the life I used ot have right there before me. The detailed reports I wrote, the SOP/SOC's I authored. All of the CC mails, and inter office memos. The requests for promotion, the incident reports, hell I even have all of the monthly shift reports tucked nicely away in their own folders.

So much data, so much work, so much a part of the life I once knew and for the breifest time, enjoyed. 98 was the beginning of the end for me, and despite my best efforts at throrting diseaser, it came any ways.

Now here I am, reading all of these old memo's, reports, and the like, and slowling slip into a semi-deep state of depression over the memories long since past. Oh how I miss those days when I could come and go as needed, was paid well, enjoyed my job, and really loved working for the company. I can track my organization right up to the point that it all fell apart. I go from organized files to haphazardly organized folders filled with messy wrinckled memos and hand written documents.

I even found a report written seven years ago today. I have daily logs for every day I worked from 1997 through 1999. So I can go back and review what it was I was doing on any particular day of those years.

I cannot bring myself to the task of tossing these papers, hell I still have records from when I worked at the Big Red S almost 20 years ago. I know, I am a pack rat.

As I sit here typing this post, I realize that seven years ago today I sat in front of an old 386 PC and typed a report about down time. I do miss those days so horribly bad, but what can one do now? If you live in the past, you have no future.

So I guess I should take all of the reports, files, memo's, training manuals, SOP's/SOC's, cc mails, all of it, out to the burn pile and burn it.

I mean, what purpose does any of it have now except to depress me?

[Thermodyne]

Atrocities said:
You know its a sad day in your life when you open up the old file cabnet draw that houses all of your old work papers. You know the draw filled with old memo's, document, reports, statisical anylis, etc. In my case I have a draw and a half full of documentation that spans my about six and half years of my life. Quite detailed information, logs, reports, and so on for the great year of my demise, 98.

I can look back through this draw and see the life I used ot have right there before me. The detailed reports I wrote, the SOP/SOC's I authored. All of the CC mails, and inter office memos. The requests for promotion, the incident reports, hell I even have all of the monthly shift reports tucked nicely away in their own folders.

So much data, so much work, so much a part of the life I once knew and for the breifest time, enjoyed. 98 was the beginning of the end for me, and despite my best efforts at throrting diseaser, it came any ways.

Now here I am, reading all of these old memo's, reports, and the like, and slowling slip into a semi-deep state of depression over the memories long since past. Oh how I miss those days when I could come and go as needed, was paid well, enjoyed my job, and really loved working for the company. I can track my organization right up to the point that it all fell apart. I go from organized files to haphazardly organized folders filled with messy wrinckled memos and hand written documents.

I even found a report written seven years ago today. I have daily logs for every day I worked from 1997 through 1999. So I can go back and review what it was I was doing on any particular day of those years.

I cannot bring myself to the task of tossing these papers, hell I still have records from when I worked at the Big Red S almost 20 years ago. I know, I am a pack rat.

As I sit here typing this post, I realize that seven years ago today I sat in front of an old 386 PC and typed a report about down time. I do miss those days so horribly bad, but what can one do now? If you live in the past, you have no future.

So I guess I should take all of the reports, files, memo's, training manuals, SOP's/SOC's, cc mails, all of it, out to the burn pile and burn it.

I mean, what purpose does any of it have now except to depress me?



What were you doing back when life was good?

98 was a bad year for me also, cut/stich/rehab find new way to make money. Now I work twice the hours to make the same amount of money. But such is life http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[David E. Gervais]

[Babble Mode On]

I too have some old monkeys in my closet/drawer. If I listed the pros and cons of my life the cons (that is the negative part right?) are a good 100 times longer than the pros. Do I have regrets? Hell yes. But I can't go back and change things, so I am forced to chalk it all up to experience.

All I can say is I haven't made the same mistakes twice, so I guess all those bad memories did serve a purpose.

Today my philosophy is I do what I can, I try to improve my meager talents and I take things one step/day at a time. That's all I can do. And you know what? Slowly but surely I'm thinking less and less about all the historical crap in my life.

Right now things are on the uptake, but this 'move in the right direction' has taken me 14 years. I guess I'm ready for a 'qualified' overnight success. Then in the impending interviews they'll say "Oh, so you've been at this for a long time, wow, I never heard of you before."

[/babble mode off]

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

[Atrocities]

You know, if you mix chocolate milk with coffee, it makes a very tasty pick me up. I just discovered this and well, call me late to the table, just don't call last. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I was a Department head in charge of production, safety, and training.

[David E. Gervais]

You just discovered Mocha? Well, Hot diggity dog, That's reason to celebrate.

Just be sure to take in moderation, you can get addicted very fast to that stuff. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Don't hang on to the past too much. Just make sure you know where you're coming from, so you know where you're going.

Cliched, but probably true. A lot of my problems come from angsting over the past.

[Atrocities]

Thanks Narf. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I have some minor question about a few observations I have.

One, Stargate SG1. Why haven't the Jafa figured out that radio's work? I mean that horn thing is a horrible way to communicate.

In Voyager, I think the Kazon are like African tribes. Don't ask me why I think this, it just seems logical.

Why won't guns fire in space?

I wonder if we will ever break the speed of light, or exceed it.

What year do you think we will discover that we are not alone in the universe, provided you believe in such a thing?

I do not so I will say never. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[geoschmo]

Atrocities said:
Why won't guns fire in space?


Guns will fire in space. What kind of gun are you talking about?

[Thermodyne]

Atrocities said:
Thanks Narf. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I have some minor question about a few observations I have.

One, Stargate SG1. Why haven't the Jafa figured out that radio's work? I mean that horn thing is a horrible way to communicate.

In Voyager, I think the Kazon are like African tribes. Don't ask me why I think this, it just seems logical.

Why won't guns fire in space?

I wonder if we will ever break the speed of light, or exceed it.

What year do you think we will discover that we are not alone in the universe, provided you believe in such a thing?

I do not so I will say never. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



The bigger question would be "When will Carter show some skin?"

As to Voyager, it should be Saint Voyager. Geese here on earth it only took one miracle to get sainted.

Guns will fire in space. But the recoil would be a real issue.

According to Cosby, it has already been done. Kids can turn off the light, then jump into bed before it gets dark. Also known as the speed of the dark!

1947 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, a black powder musket wouldn't. No oxygen.

[tesco samoa]

damn no skin... i am on season 3... The pilot had full frontal... My wife walked in and looked at the tv... sees a naked chick with a snake on her and a guy standing around with glowing eyes and talking in a deep voice... Man... Explaining that one ...

[David E. Gervais]

AT Said:

"What year do you think we will discover that we are not alone in the universe, provided you believe in such a thing?"

Well, I do believe we are NOT Alone in this universe, but unfortunately I don't really expect any unquestionable revelations regarding visitations from 'other-worldly' beings.

Well, not in my lifetime anyway. I'm not that lucky.

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

[Nodachi]

The universe is destined to end. Before it does, could an advanced civilisation escape via a "wormhole" into a parallel universe?

Interesting article. Link. (http://prospectmagazine.co.uk/article_details.php.6701.html)

[Kamog]

Aliens are visiting us already - I have a suspicion that one of my coworkers is from another planet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[Perrin]

Here you go:

1k

[geoschmo]

So, would I be abusing my moderator privilages if I allowed this to continue till post 999 and then locked the thread to new posts? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Atrocities]

I think what you is decided would be for the good of the board and fully supported by all. I think you should lock it down at 999 and prevent any other thread from attempting this kind of rule 5 violation agian. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif In addition, I propose that any one, aside from the moderators that is, have 999 posts deducted from their count as punishment. Let us set an example that will light the way for the next 10,000 posts!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I am firmly against posting in any kind of pointless post.

[Will]

Will said:
Well, if AT wasn't a mod, we would soon have our SECOND Shrapnel Fanatic! I say we start a pool saying when he'll reach 10,000.

I got February 2, at 10 PM Pacific Standard.



Well, I was off by a week and some change of hours. DEG was a lot closer.

--edit: And it seems like I was wrong about the Shrapnel Fanatic part. It seems that rank trupms SpecOps!

[Combat Wombat]

This thread is not crazy enough. I expect more crazy in the near future.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

An the flying frog is loosey it's periwinkles!

Narf's 24 hour insanity service, on till tonight.

[Caduceus]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Narf's 24 hour insanity service, on till tonight.



Ladies and germs, he'll be here, till he goes home.

[Atrocities]

I should note that Fyron beat us all to the 10k mark a long long long time ago. And to the best of my knowledge, he has never made a post padding useless post in the time he has been here.

Post count is crap really. Its the person that posts who matters. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Kamog]

I agree with Fyron that 'Alien Agent' would be a nicer title than 'Sharpnel Fanatic'. And what happened to 'Ruler of the World'? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Actually in keeping with the forums 'military' ranking system it should be "Commander and Chief". But Fanatic seems to fit too.. 'Fan' (which they obviously are) plus 'Atic' (which is a good indication of what level their post counts are.)

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

[Kamog]

What is this picture?
http://67.19.30.83/threads/uploads/327616-unknown%20picture1.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Mud.

[Will]

Alderran?

Wait, no! BURRITO!

Err, maybe that's what I had for dinner...

I dunno, nothing really stands out about it.

[Daynarr]

Woman in bikini?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, that doesn't need much analysis...

[Nodachi]

Artic camo texture map?

[Kamog]

It is actually a picture of something, although there's some extra distracting stuff that makes it hard to see. It took me a long time of staring at it to get it. Once you see it, it becomes easy and you will always see it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Atrocities]

Women in Star Trek, which one is the hottest? My vote is for Jadzia http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Alneyan]

Minas Morgul obviously. Don't you see the Eye at the bottom of the picture? Either that, or it is Geo doing a covert op.

Really, I don't see anything else besides the Eye at the bottom, and if I really try to see something else, it will be a tower. But then, I have never been able to see anything in such pictures: "where do you see 63 among all those lovely red and green dots? I see red and green dots myself. And here, well that's a lovely abstract drawing, and sorry to disappoint you, but I don't see anything sexual in that picture."

[David E. Gervais]

I just woke up so my brain is still fuzzy,.. Is that a picture of a cowboy on a horse? or maybe a cat with a mouse on top?

I know I'm wrong on both counts, but hey, I did say I just woke up.

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

[Daynarr]

An artist (painter)?
Or two women in bikinis?


Women in Star Trek, which one is the hottest? My vote is for Jadzia



Actually, she's quite cold - she died. Are you a necrophile? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Thermodyne]

Kamog said:
What is this picture?
http://67.19.30.83/threads/uploads/327616-unknown%20picture1.gif



That picture is a legal action waiting to happen. The alt text is missing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

[Gandalf Parker]

Atrocities said:
Women in Star Trek, which one is the hottest? My vote is for Jadzia http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Definately but only before she was joined. I could never get used to the "old man" inside her.

I always prefered the more feminine ones such as Roxsana Troi or Beverly Crusher. I totally loved the episode where Barkely built holodeck fantasys of them.

[TurinTurambar]

Gandalf Parker said:

Atrocities said:
Women in Star Trek, which one is the hottest? My vote is for Jadzia http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Definately but only before she was joined. I could never get used to the "old man" inside her.

I always prefered the more feminine ones such as Roxsana Troi or Beverly Crusher. I totally loved the episode where Barkely built holodeck fantasys of them.



Homer impersonation:
"Bev-er-ly Crusherrrrrr.... Uh-h-h-h-h-h...."

[TurinTurambar]

RE: Pic

Uh... Mt.Rushmore?

pfff... I dunno.

Turin

[Caduceus]

Hrm... not sure about the pic either...

[Atrocities]

Any one here ride Quads or dirt bikes?

[Kamog]

David got it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
It's a cowboy on a horse.

Can you see it now?

http://67.19.30.83/threads/uploads/327835-mystery%20picture%201%20modified.JPG

Edit: having trouble getting the attached picture to display.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Nope. I can't do those 3d pictures, either.

[Kamog]

Prettiest women in Star Trek? Here are my votes:

#1: Kes
#2: Tasha Yar
#3: Jadzia Dax

(And I mean when they were alive!)

Prettiest in B5?
Lyta Alexander, she's the best!. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[TurinTurambar]

I see it now.

[Daynarr]

Tasha Yar? Refresh my memory.

I think Ezri Dax beats them all, and is alive. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Jack Simth]

Daynarr said:
Tasha Yar? Refresh my memory.



Blonde. Security officer on NCC-1701-D before Worf; died by the "hand" of some black ooze leftover from when some then-gone race expunged all the evil from their systems. Actress guest starred on two different episodes post-mortem; once as Tasha Yar in a temporal paradox episode, once as Tasha's half-Romulan daughter (daughter the result of the "resolution" of the earlier temporal paradox episode).

[David E. Gervais]

What's this? Talking about the pretiest women on Star Trek and no mention of Seven of 9? And no mention of Uhura? well, they get my votes.

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

[Nodachi]

Blonde security officer from STTNG. They killed her off after she posed in Playboy.

[Daynarr]

Thanks Jack, now I remember. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


Nodachi said:
Blonde security officer from STTNG. They killed her off after she posed in Playboy.



You are kidding, right? She posed for Playboy???

[Nodachi]

IIRC, yes.

[Raging Deadstar]

Kamog said:
Prettiest in B5?
Lyta Alexander, she's the best!. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



/threads/images/Graemlins/icon47.gif I agree http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Ain't no Arguing from me on that

[Nodachi]

Tasha Yar - played by Denise Crosby (granddaughter of Bing)
Playboy did a photo shoot of her back in '79 entitled "A Different Kind of Crosby." Once STTNG became popular Playboy reprinted the spread ('88). Management had a fit and she was killed off the show.

I love Google! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Caduceus]

Nodachi said:
Tasha Yar - played by Denise Crosby (granddaughter of Bing)
Playboy did a photo shoot of her back in '79 entitled "A Different Kind of Crosby."



She also did a "Red Shoe Diary" movie (nudity, sexual situations), which helped punt her off the show.

[Baron Munchausen]

Nodachi said:
Blonde security officer from STTNG. They killed her off after she posed in Playboy.



But not because she posed for Playboy. She wanted to leave the show. She was feeling ambitious and wanted to do other things. Hmm, and just what else can you recall that she has been in? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Obligatory notice: A couple years ago it was Tiffany (Darwish) trying to revive her career by posing in Playboy. Now word is out that Debbie Gibson will appear in the March 2005 edition of Playboy.

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

Hmm, it took about 20 years for those two. I predict that we will see Britney Spears and Cristina Aguilera in the same publication before the decade is over. Though with Britney we may wish we hadn't... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

[Kamog]

I was very sad when Tasha died. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rant.gif

[Nodachi]

I was more saddened by Data's reaction to her death. Brent Spiner is extremely underrated as an actor.

[Caduceus]

Denise Crosby was in Steven King's "Pet Semetary" (sic)

[bearclaw]

OMG! This thread was pushed back to the second page before I got here.

Whew... I saved it.

[bearclaw]

No need to thank me. I'd do it all over again.

[Will]

I thought maybe some people here could appreciate this (http://www.sequentialpictures.com/moviestarwarsepisode3.html).

[David E. Gervais]

Bearclaw, I can't thank you enough, recovering this thread from 'page 2' is the equivalent of 'taking a bullit' for me.

.. well, maybe I'm exagerating a tiny bit, but thanks none the less.

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

[Will]

What, no comments on the parody? I thought it was hilarious. Oh well.

[TerranC]

Will said:
What, no comments on the parody? I thought it was hilarious. Oh well.



If you must know, I thought it was severely stupid, but that's just me.

[TerranC]

Alright! Promotion! I'm a brigadier general, whatever that is!

[Captain Kwok]

It had some good gags.

[bearclaw]

Will said:
What, no comments on the parody? I thought it was hilarious. Oh well.



I thought it was hilarious. Jar Jar getting hit with dozens of darts. Brilliant.

[Will]

TerranC said:
If you must know, I thought it was severely stupid, but that's just me.


Of course it's severely stupid. That's why it's so funny! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

The death of Jar Jar. The extremely whiny/annoying Anakin. Palpatine, "I'm announcing you all... are... morons!". The muppets. EPT-1138 (in reference to THX-1138). The fake drawing causing Anakin to turn. Mace Windu being closer to Shaft than a Jedi. Obi-wan's drinking. The names for the "Death Star". "I am your baby's daddy!".

Pure genius. It's hard to imagine Episode III being any worse, and because it is the embodiment of fans' worst nightmares, it automatically becomes funny.

[David E. Gervais]

I liked the parody very much, I especially liked the broken lightsaber 'blooper' at the end. Now that was funny. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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

[David E. Gervais]

I found this Eerie Psychic Thingy (http://www.dslextreme.com/users/exstatica/psychic.swf) It's kind of neat. Try it you'll see what I mean.

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

[Jack Simth]

David E. Gervais said:
I found this Eerie Psychic Thingy (http://www.dslextreme.com/users/exstatica/psychic.swf) It's kind of neat. Try it you'll see what I mean.

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


It's a math trick; every multiple of 9 (except 0, but it specifies a two digit number, so that won't happen, will it?) is the same randomly assigned symbol. It has you take a number in range, and subtract the sum of it's digits from it - the result? A multiple of 9 (unless you pick something under 10, anyway; and even then, 0 is technically a multiple of 9 - but it's not one the program flags - it would be too obvious). Consider: 99: 9+9 = 18; 99-18 = 81 = 9x9. 98: 9+8 = 17; 98-17 = 81 = 9x9. Dropping the original number by 1 will result in the same 81 until you drop below 90 - at which point, it goes to the next multiple of 9 down - 89: 8+9 = 17; 89 - 17 = 72 = 9x8. The pattern continues; from 79 to 70 you get 63 (9x7); from 69 to 60 you get 54 (9x6); from 59 to 50 you get 45 (9x5), et cetera, et cetera.

[Daynarr]

Ok, this is creepy.

How does it know what symbol is correct one if there is NO input from me? Regardless of the fact that I choose digits in range, I still get different symbol each try and it guesses it correctly without any input. Creepy I tell you.

[geoschmo]

Oh wow, that is really clever. Even with the explanation Jack gave it kind of freaked me out at first like it did Daynar.

The real reason this works so well is that it changes the symbols for the mutiples of nine. Every final number is a multiple of nine, and the symbols for the multiples of nine are all the same each turn, so it can't be wrong no matter what number you pick, unless you subtract incorrectly (Which I did a couple times. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ). But the "multiples of nine" symbol changes from turn to turn, so it's not so obvious that it's always a multiple of nine you are getting.

If it didn't change teh symbols you'd catch on when you kept getting the same sybol from turn to turn. And if you tried this trick just using the numbers your subconcious would pick up the pattern pretty quick that the answer is always a multiple of nine. There are so many symbols you have to pay attention to realize they are changing from turn to turn.

Very clever. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Alneyan]

TerranC said:
Alright! Promotion! I'm a brigadier general, whatever that is!



As a fellow brigadier general, let me congratulate you. There are so few of us on active duty, I am glad you are here. You are merely a general in charge of a brigade, composed of at least two regiments. In other words, your task will be to boss around everybody of a lower rank than yourself: such is the pleasure of having "general" in your title.

A shame we cannot pull authority on someone on the boards though. What good are promotions for if you do not get privileges in the process? *Goes away grumbling to the officers mess* Or to the relocated mess, as proximity with the Cantina was found to have... unfortunate side effects.

[Daynarr]

geoschmo said:
Oh wow, that is really clever. Even with the explanation Jack gave it kind of freaked me out at first like it did Daynar.

The real reason this works so well is that it changes the symbols for the mutiples of nine. Every final number is a multiple of nine, and the symbols for the multiples of nine are all the same each turn, so it can't be wrong no matter what number you pick, unless you subtract incorrectly (Which I did a couple times. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ). But the "multiples of nine" symbol changes from turn to turn, so it's not so obvious that it's always a multiple of nine you are getting.

If it didn't change teh symbols you'd catch on when you kept getting the same sybol from turn to turn. And if you tried this trick just using the numbers your subconcious would pick up the pattern pretty quick that the answer is always a multiple of nine. There are so many symbols you have to pay attention to realize they are changing from turn to turn.

Very clever. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Ok, now I get it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Man, I was really freaked for a moment there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I can read your miiiinnnnnd...All I need is electrodes, a supercomputer, about 10-20 years and unlimited funding.

[Caduceus]

...and a thermonuclear warhead.

EDIT - Battlestar Gallactica reference. BTW Entertainment Weekly gave BS a B rating for last week's show. Which is pretty good!

[Kamog]

That Star Wars movie was funny. They did a good job on the light sabre effects and they put in a lot of effort into the backgrounds and costumes to make them look similar to the real ones.

The Matrix movie from the same site was really funny, too!

Thanks for posting the link, Will. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

From the humor forum on Baen:

Subject: THINGS IT TOOK YEARS TO LEARN
Author: Keith Golgart
Date: 30 Jan 2005 06:39 AM
THINGS IT TOOK YEARS TO LEARN


1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. (I wish I had!)

7. Never lick a steak knife.

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21

10. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

11. Your friends love you anyway

12. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

[TerranC]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
12. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.



So true, so true.

[bearclaw]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
9. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21 [/qoute]



Hey! I think that a person's birthday is always a time of celebration. I'm gonna be 33 this year and I fully expect a grand production. And to be fair, I treat others the same way on their birthday.... except for the ONE time I forgot my wife's...

Which wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that I remembered George Lucas's which happens to be the day after hers...

Not good. So not good.

[Kamog]

The two squares A and B on the checkerboard are the same shade of gray. Can you believe it?
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/328606-checkerboard.jpg

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Seen it before. Tested it in a paint program, if I remember right. You'd be amazed how much effect shading has on our eyes.

[David E. Gervais]

That trick is done by the 50% rule.. Make a white square, make a gray square that is 50% darker than the white one, then cast a shadow over these that is also set at 50% darker. the white square in the shadow will be the same as the dark square in the light. the dark square in the shadow will also be 50% darker and therefore create the illusion that there is a shadow. add a soft edge to the shadow and it is even more convincing.

It is a neat effect though. Escher would be proud.

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

[Caduceus]

bearclaw said:
except for the ONE time I forgot my wife's...
*snip*...I remembered George Lucas's which happens to be the day after hers...




Dude, that is so a jewelry mistake.

[David E. Gervais]

May 13th is a good day, so is 4 days after Mr. Lucas's.

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

[Captain Kwok]

The "A Glitch in the Matrix" movie was a lot better than the Star Wars one. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Baron Munchausen]

Well if we are talking about knock-offs and parodies try giving this presentation a look:

http://www.themeatrix.com/

Especially relevant today as they have recently discovered that other animals like goats can get BSE.

[Gandalf Parker]

VERY well done. Biased propoganda for sure (which doesnt mean its not true, just that its purposeful). But VERY well done.

[Will]

Hmm, I didn't look at the Matrix one before... that one is better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And I saw the meatrix one a while ago. Really funny, I went to In-n-Out right after (for those who don't know, it's a hamburger fast food chain along the west coast USA). That made it even funnier. Too bad it wasn't supposed to be funny http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Captain Kwok]

"Even if you do not yet believe that you believe it, for it is belief, if not the doubt that certainty is probable."

[David E. Gervais]

Captain Kwok said:
"Even if you do not yet believe that you believe it, for it is belief, if not the doubt that certainty is probable."



that post just made my brain divide by zero, thanks, now I can go to bed without having to count sheep. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I can parse that...for about as long as it takes to read it.

[Daynarr]

Captain Kwok said:
"Even if you do not yet believe that you believe it, for it is belief, if not the doubt that certainty is probable."



This definitely sounds like Matrix/Morpheus kind of thing.

[Kamog]

What? This thread has dropped down to the middle of page 2 ??? Can't have that happening... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[David E. Gervais]

No we can't let that happen,..

[David E. Gervais]

..and this is post #400!

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

[narf poit chez BOOM]

The problem is, no discussion has taken root. So, my question is, what is the hokey pokey anyway, and is that really all it's about, or is there some deep meaning to the shaking of limbs?

[Will]

If you study Freud, you would know it's just an elaborate sexual dance.

*BUMP*

[bearclaw]

The posting rate is slowing! Someone Quick! Do something!!

[Renegade 13]

Wha...huh? Slowing? Never! [shameless plug] If you're feeling bored, go check out the planets I'm making for SEIV, and give your opinion (whether it be to say, good, bad or ugly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ) [/shameless plug]

EDIT: Sorry for the horrible color earlier!

[Will]

Did that make anybody else's eyes hurt?

[Jack Simth]

bearclaw said:
The posting rate is slowing! Someone Quick! Do something!!


Like what?

Will:
<font color="red">Y</font><font color="green">e</font><font color="blue">s</font> <font color="white">i</font><font color="orange">t</font> <font color="yellow">t</font> <font color="black">d</font><font color="purple">i</font><font color="pink">d</font><font color="brown">.</font>

[Renegade 13]

Will said:
Did that make anybody else's eyes hurt?



Sorry Will and Jack Smith. I told it turquoise...that wasn't any turquoise I've ever seen! I'll change it to a more neutral color!

Second shameless plug:

Large Carbon Dioxide world:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/3366/largerockco22rd.png

[Renegade 13]

Jack Simth said:

bearclaw said:
The posting rate is slowing! Someone Quick! Do something!!


Like what?



Why, post some more useless stuff, like I'm doing!

[Jack Simth]

Renegade 13 said:
Second shameless plug:

Large Carbon Dioxide world:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/3366/largerockco22rd.png



You keep making shamless plugs, but you never provide a link to where to view them....

[Jack Simth]

Renegade 13 said:
Why, post some more useless stuff, like I'm doing!


How is that useless? You answered a question, no?

[Renegade 13]

Jack Simth said:
\You keep making shamless plugs, but you never provide a link to where to view them....



Oops. Knew I forgot something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif Here you go:

New Planets for SEIV! (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=UBB23&amp;Number=329585&amp;page=0 &amp;view=collapsed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=1)

[Jack Simth]

Renegade 13 said:
Oops. Knew I forgot something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif Here you go:

New Planets for SEIV! (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&amp;Board=UBB23&amp;Number=329585&amp;page=0 &amp;view=collapsed&amp;sb=5&amp;o=&amp;fpart=1)


Planets? Bah! They are just pictures of a bunch of circles on black backgrounds with very pretty stuff in them to make them look like pictures of planets. Quite attractive, and lots of obvious skill in the artist, to be sure, but nothing you could grow crops on. Planets - hah.

[Renegade 13]

Jack Simth said:
Planets? Bah! They are just pictures of a bunch of circles on black backgrounds with very pretty stuff in them to make them look like pictures of planets. Quite attractive, and lots of obvious skill in the artist, to be sure, but nothing you could grow crops on. Planets - hah.



You've blown my cover! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/firedevil.gif I had people convinced they were actual pictures of planets I had visited and was just now returning to show you all the wonders of the galaxy. Now everyone knows I'm a fraud, a charlatan. I'm so ashamed! Can any of you ever forgive me?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

I'm happy you like the pictures http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Jack Simth]

You should be! Now make sure to give all those nice people to whom you sold tracts of land their money back!

[Renegade 13]

Jack Simth said:
You should be! Now make sure to give all those nice people to whom you sold tracts of land their money back!



You mean....I can't keep that? I was planning to retire on that money! You can tell all those people that they can pry the money out of my cold dead fingers. Or they could stop by and gently take it out of my fingers while I'm sleeping, which I think I shall do now. Good night all! Don't let the thread die while I'm sleeping. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Jack Simth]

Renegade 13 said:
You mean....I can't keep that? I was planning to retire on that money! You can tell all those people that they can pry the money out of my cold dead fingers.

Don't temp m... um, my friend.
Renegade 13 said: Or they could stop by and gently take it out of my fingers while I'm sleeping, which I think I shall do now.

I'm sure ... my friend ... will do that.

[Will]

Haha... the Pythons...

She's got huge... tracts of LAND!


Oh, and I like the blue one.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I'll just qoute this. It really doesn't need an intro. (From the Baen humor forum)


Subject: Culinary kinetic weaponry - how would Honorverse armour go?
Author: Leon Brooks
Date: 06 Feb 2005 07:28 PM
While on the topic of oldies but goodies, this text answers the
age-old question:

To: humor@MIT.EDU
Subject: glen mccready:
Under enough pressure, ravioli behaves as a gas.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:42:06 EST
From: "Nathan J. Williams"

There was still one aspect of the whole concept of a
ravioli-loaded railgun type weapon which we, lolling about
late on a weeknight, with only a few neurons randomly
firing, could not resolve. Would a chunk of metal (can of
ravioli) impacting another, larger, rest mass structure
(star destroyer) produce an "explosion" effect, or simply
punch an appropriately shaped hole as it passed through?

Bill?

What am I, the neighborhood blast physicist??? Well, maybe... :-)

It all depends on speed of impact versus the speed of sound in the
target (what is called the Mach number, where Mach 1 means the speed
of sound, Mach 2 is twice the speed of sound, etc), and the speed of
the ravioli versus the speed of light in the target (which I'll call
the Cerenkov number, where Cerenkov 1 is the speed of light in
anything; Cerenkov 1.3 is the speed of high-energy protons in a
water-cooled reactor (that's why you get that nifty blue glow), and
you can get up to Cerenkov 2.4 using diamonds and nuclear
accelerators. In the late 40's people used to talk about Cerenkov
numbers, but they don't anymore. Pity.). Lastly, there's the ravioli
velocity expressed as a fraction of the speed of light in a vacuum
(that is, as a fraction of "c"). "C" velocities are always between 0
and 1.

At low speeds (REAL low) the ravioli will simply flow over the
surface, yielding a space-cruiser with a distinctly Italian paint
job.

Faster (still well below speed-of-sound in the target) the metal of
the space-cruiser's skin will distort downward, making what we Boston
drivers call a "small dent".

Faster still, you may have a "big dent" or maybe even a "big dent with
a hole in the middle", caused by the ravioli having enough energy to
push the dent through, stretching and thinning the hull metal till
the metal finally tears in the middle of the dent.

Getting up past Mach 1 (say, 5000 feet/sec for steel), you start to
get punch-a-hole-shaped-like-the-object effects, because the metal is
being asked to move faster than the binding forces in the object can
propagate the "HEY! MOVE!" information. (After all, sound is just the
binding forces between atoms in a material moving the adjacent atoms
-- and the speed of sound is how fast the message to "move" can
propagate.) From this, we see that WileE Coyote often reached
far-supersonic speeds because he often punched silhouette-type holes
in rocks, cliffs, trucks, etc.

Around Mach 4 or so, another phenomenon starts -- compressive heating.
This is where the leading edge of the ravioli actually starts being
heated by compression (remember PV=nRT, the ideal gas law?) Well,
ravioli isn't a gas, but under enough pressure, ravioli behaves as a
gas. It is compressed at the instant of impact and gets hot -- very
hot. Likewise, the impact point on the hull is compressed and gets
hot. Both turn to gasses -- real gasses, glowing-white-hot gasses.
The gasses expand spherically, causing crater-like effects, including
a raised rim and a basically parabolic shape. In the center of the
crater, some material is vaporized, then there's a melt zone, then a
larger "bent" zone, and the raised rim is caused because the gas
expansion bubble center point (the bending force) is actually
*inside* the hull plate. If the hull plate isn't thick enough, then
the gas-expansion bubble pushes through to the other side, and you
get a structural breach event (technically speaking, a "big hole") in
the side of the space-cruiser.

Compressive heating really hits the stride up around 20,000 feet/sec
(Mach 4 in steel, Mach 15 in air) and continues as a major factor all
the way up to the high fractional Cerenkov speeds, where nuclear
forces begin to take effect.

Aside: the "re-entry friction heating" that spacecraft endure when the
reenter the atmosphere is NOT friction. It's really compressive
heating of the air in the path. As long as the spacecraft is faster
than Mach 1, the air can't know to get out of the way, so it bunches
up in front of the spacecraft. When you squeeze any gas, it gets hot.
So, the glowing "reentry gas" is really just squeezed air, which
heats the spacecraft heat shield by conduction and infrared. The
hypersonic ravioli can be expected to behave similarly.

As we increase speed from the high Mach numbers (about 10 miles/sec)
all the way up to about 150,000 miles/sec, not much different happens
except that the amount of kinetic energy (which turns into
compressive heat) increases. This is a huge range of velocity, but
it's uninteresting velocity.

At high fractional Cerenkov speeds, the ravioli is now beginning to
travel at relativistic velocities. Among other things, this means
that the ravioli is aging more slowly than usual, and the ravioli can
looks compressed in the direction of travel. But that's really not
important right now.

As we pass Cerenkov 1.0 in the target, we get a new phenomenon --
Cerenkov radiation. This is that distinctive blue glow seen around
water-cooled reactors. It's just (relatively) harmless light
(harmless compared to the other blast effects, that is). I mention it
only because it's so nifty...

At around .9 c (Cerenkov 1.1) , the ravioli starts to perceptibly
weigh more. It's just a relativistic mass increase -- all the
additional weight is actually energy, available to do compressive
heating upon impact. The extra weight is converted to heat energy
according to the equation E=mc^2; it looks like compressive heating
but it's not.

[Here's where I'm a little hazy on the numbers; I'm at work and don't
have time to rederive the Lorentz transformations.]

At around .985 c (Cerenkov 1.2 or so), the ravioli now weighs twice
what it used to weigh. For a one pound can, that's two pounds... or
about sixty megatons of excess energy. All of it turns to heat on
impact. Probably very little is left of the space-cruiser.

At around .998 c, the impacting ravioli begins to behave less like
ravioli and more like an extremely intense radiation beam. Protons in
the water of the ravioli begin to successfully penetrate the nuclei
of the hull metal. Thermonuclear interactions, such as hydrogen
fusion, may take place in the tomato sauce.

At around .9998 c, the ravioli radiation beam is still wimpy as far as
nuclear accelerator energy is concerned, but because there is so much
of it, we can expect a truly powerful blast of mixed radiation coming
out of the impact site. Radiation, not mechanical blast, may become
the largest hazard to any surviving crew members.

At around .9999999 c, the ravioli radiation may begin to produce
"interesting" nuclear particles and events (heavy, short-lived
particles).

At around .999999999999 c, the ravioli impact site may begin to
resemble conditions in the original "big bang"; equilibrium between
matter and energy; free pair production; antimatter and matter
coexisting in equilibrium with a very intense gamma-ray flux etc. [1]

Past that, who knows? It may be possible to generate quantum black
holes given a sufficiently high velocity can of ravioli.

--Bill

[1] According to physicist W. Murray, we may also expect raining
frogs, plagues of locusts, cats and dogs living together, real
Old Testament destruction. You get the idea...


Cheers; Leon

--
A: It interrupts the conversation flow
Q: What's wrong with top-posting?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Again, from the Baen forums. (These numbers are probably way off, but who cares? It's funny)


Subject: Why I'm so Tired
Author: David Start
Date: 06 Feb 2005 10:38 AM
An oldie, but a goodie....


WHY AM I SO TIRED???

For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep, not enough
sunshine, too much pressure from my job, earwax build-up, poor blood or
anything else I could think of. But now I found out the real reason: I'm
tired because I'm overworked.

Here's why: The population of this country is 273 million.

140 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 48 million to do the work.

Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 19
million to do the work.

2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Saddam Hussein.
Which leaves 16.2 million to do the work.

Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for state and city
governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals. Leaving 1,212,000
to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to
do the work. You and me.

And there you are sitting on your ***, at your computer, reading jokes.
Nice, real nice.



Oh, and this link isn't funny, but if you like fantasy at all, it's really neat: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/duel

[David E. Gervais]

Isn't that planet making monster machine fun to play with. I always picture it a a huge black metal ship with a gaping jaw like opening in the front. The control room is sitting on top and as the 'pilot' enters various codes and algorythms shiny color lights can be seen deep inside the black hole of a jaw. and every once in awhile it coughs up a shiny new planet. Great stuff, great fun... wait a sec I feel a cough comming up.. Kaphooieeee!....

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/329854-SmogPlanet1.jpg

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

[David E. Gervais]

I think that planet looks like a planet covered in smog. They must have all the facilities on emergency build. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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

[Renegade 13]

Ooooo, purdy! Made with LunarCell I assume?

Narf, good stuff there.

[Baron Munchausen]

Re: Culinary kinetic weaponry - how would Honorverse armour go?

That's cute, but what about a squirrel gun? We need someone to do the math on the 1 kg squirrel so we really know why we have to "fear the squirrel". http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

See spoo's sig.

[Baron Munchausen]

Spoo's sig is what inspired me to ask. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif I want to see the details worked out like the details on the ravioli can.

[Kamog]

Ravioli? I haven't had ravioli in a long time... I'm hungry...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I'll put the request in...Done.

[Kamog]

It seems to me that most people around me are tired aLmost aLl the time, regardless of whether they do any work or not. The only people with a lot of energy are the little kids! I do occasionnally do some actual work but the reason I'm tired is because I don't sLeep much. It's the short days making me sLeepy, too. I don't feel like getting up in the morning when it's still dark. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif

[TerranC]

David E. Gervais said:
I think that planet looks like a planet covered in smog. They must have all the facilities on emergency build. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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



Funny you should mention that on the day the smog over Montreal finally lifted... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Will]

Kamog said:
It seems to me that most people around me are tired aLmost aLl the time, regardless of whether they do any work or not. The only people with a lot of energy are the little kids! I do occasionnally do some actual work but the reason I'm tired is because I don't sLeep much. It's the short days making me sLeepy, too. I don't feel like getting up in the morning when it's still dark. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif


The second 'L' thing is going to be an inside joke for a long time now, isn't it? I can tell aLready... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

Hey do you think I could make it to 1,000 posts any time soon? Ignore for the moment this will be my 25th.

Predictions anyone?

[David E. Gervais]

At the rate this thread is going I think April 1st is a good target date. I know, that's a foolish date, but what can I say? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

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

[Renegade 13]

Kamog said:
It seems to me that most people around me are tired aLmost aLl the time, regardless of whether they do any work or not. The only people with a lot of energy are the little kids! I do occasionnally do some actual work but the reason I'm tired is because I don't sLeep much. It's the short days making me sLeepy, too. I don't feel like getting up in the morning when it's still dark. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif



So you think we're over-worked, and under-slept?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I sure am...it's all school's fault! Making me get up at 7 in the morning.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

[bearclaw]

sLeep is your friend.
consciousness is the enemy

[bearclaw]

Wow! It's 10:00 AM and I was just hit with a Massive craving for shrimp and cocktail sause! Weird.

hmmmm.... where did I put my scuba gear...?

[Jack Simth]

Renegade 13 said:
So you think we're over-worked, and under-slept?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif I sure am...it's all school's fault! Making me get up at 7 in the morning.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif


Funny ... my High School classes didn't start till 2:30 in the afternoon....

[Alneyan]

Lucky you. I had a standard schedule of 35 hours a week at high school, and I was supposed to work 15 hours a week at home. It was fairly high... by French standards that is.

Now, in my first year at university, I am currently working an amazing fifteen hours a week, with no compulsory papers to produce. Even in kindergarten children spend more time at school than most students in our universities. Granted, since I am studying English I do not consider most of what I do at home to be "work" (reading books would hardly fall under "work" to me, unlike doing maths and other banes of the high school student).

[RudyHuxtable]

My uncle used to read textbooks concerning Supersymmetry, superstring and multidimensional mathematics for fun. Literally.

[TerranC]

You know what this thread needs?

That's right; a piece of worthless poorly-made graphic that is still deserving of limited praise!

Boo-Yah!
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/330412-neppies.png

[Nodachi]

Cool!

[Will]

That gas giant looks disturbingly similar to Neptune.

And that moon looks errily like one of Jupiter's moons (I believe Europa).

And it looks cool, but it also looks like the closest ship has big holes through it. Might want to make the engine exhaust something not-blue http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Neat.

[TerranC]

Will said:
That gas giant looks disturbingly similar to Neptune.

And that moon looks errily like one of Jupiter's moons (I believe Europa).

And it looks cool, but it also looks like the closest ship has big holes through it. Might want to make the engine exhaust something not-blue http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Nope. Neptune doesn't have the eye anymore, remember? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

It's a colour-modified map of Ganymede. Pretty close but not quite.

And can't do that. Unless you happen to have some better engine parts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[geoschmo]

Actually, blue isn't so bad for the engines. Ion-drive exhaust could very well be blue. Everybody makes exhaust red and orange I guess because we are thinking about rockets. But this blue is a little too similer to the planet in the background. It kind of reminds me when the weatherman wears the wrong color tie and you can see teh map through his chest. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

That graphic image is disgusting and I demand it removed immediately!

...

Oh wait, nonono. I mean:

The Super Bowl ads were crapola this year! The half-time show needed to be weened of Ritalin! Next year I demand to see another nipple, anonymously or no.

Hey your image is cool. If you look really carefully you can see the "Event Horizon" sitting in the Dark Blue Spot. See it there? nono, to the left. There!

[TerranC]

Alright, more graphics, double-time!

*TC goes into a taibo-like graphics double time thing trance*
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/330431-gannie.PNG

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Neat. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Nodachi]

Wow!! Even better!

[RudyHuxtable]

oooooh pwettie liting affekts

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Hey! What are you trying to do, out-looney me?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

Dude, my avatar is Calvin's brain leaping from his head. That's me on a daily basis. In fact, it is currently staring at me from my OJ container (hehe it's on acid! Get it? Get it?!)

I am now on a conquest to dethrone narf!

The gauntlet is thrown (ouch!)!
The Stage is set!

LOONNOOOOONN
Let the best loon win!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

One sapple on a dime, tree'd whittle wigs cut outta leet nair fort one. Won gut tricks na spiltta mouse. None wut draw split gah lace. Gun gun dot wait.

[RudyHuxtable]

dare wud arnold womb an hulavad a chew. chez odd soman ichill drehnshed iddn tnowat tudu.

[Kamog]

Happy Chinese New Year! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
This year is the year of the Rooster!

[TerranC]

Alright, enough post padding for me tonight.
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/330461-earthy.PNG

[RudyHuxtable]

Ha, TerranC has crumbled under my onslaught! Run and cower, Canadian!

Although your images are pretty badass.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

RudyHuxtable said:
dare wud arnold womb an hulavad a chew. chez odd soman ichill drehnshed iddn tnowat tudu.


There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do.

Clearly, I win. I used actuall words for nearly all of my fake nonsense.

Now, are you going to translate mine? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

narf poit chez BOOM said:

RudyHuxtable said:
dare wud arnold womb an hulavad a chew. chez odd soman ichill drehnshed iddn tnowat tudu.


There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do.

Clearly, I win. I used actuall words for nearly all of my fake nonsense.

Now, are you going to translate mine? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif



Ahhhh, but you see, EVERY word I use was an actual word. They span several different languages and one dialect (iddn is Aboriginal)

You specifically state yours uses "nearly all" actual words.

MUAHAHAHA

And as for translating it:

I concede yours is very very good. I've got it down, but let's let the other loons have a go. I prefer more little pigs in my nonsense, though.

Thanks for ruining mine, you big narf... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rant.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/firedevil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Hey, I didn't know it was a general challenge. You said you were challenging me.

[RudyHuxtable]

Well, yea, it was a direct challenge, but I like an audience for my tomfoolery http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

It's okay, we can continue. Let the intellectual beatings continue!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Atom win adorning?

[Nodachi]

TerranC, that pic is amazing! Great job!

[Nodachi]

Narf and Rudy,
Sujatlh 'e' yImev
peDoghQo'

[Caduceus]

TerranC Great pic.

All other loons http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

I will carry on an entire conversation, with myself, using only the word "poo".

*ecstatic* Poo, Poo! Poo poo, poo.

...

*inquisitive* Poo?

*sighs, sadly* Poo...

*consoling* Poo poo... poo poo. Poo?

*happily* Poo!


The End

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Idiom mink Nodachi dot pit. Line itty bore hat stakes mens ting klingon whiteout boundout.

[RudyHuxtable]

I need to find you the link to the Klingon translation of Hamlet. I've read it. I've cried. I like Star Trek, too, but seriously, guys. There's a point where you have to ask yourself, "Am I so much of a dork I need to rewrite one of the greatest works in English literature in a fictional alien language from a television show with a low special effects budget?"

Pain. Pain.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I don't understand klingon, I was just making a wild guess.

[RudyHuxtable]

P'oH M'eH Jok Jhe'W

Or something like that.

In my head I said, "Narf, tell me the day we're going to start playing your DnD game so I can get a character prepared and ready to go for game day."

In reality I typed:

P'oH M'eH Jok Jhe'W

which happens to be gibberish

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Oh, right. The game is played every saterday at 11:00 PM PST.

In other words, it's been started for a while. The logs are up on my website, which you can access through my sig.

[Kamog]

Quantum engines are the way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.
Quantum engines are the way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.
The way of the future.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ok, that definitly gets an incomprehensible post award, unless it's supposed to be some sort of quantum resonance.

[RudyHuxtable]

Narf, I think it's some sort of code. I think he's trying to tell us something!

Quick lemme get my decoder glasses, calculator and bubble bath!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Some things, I just never want to know about.

[Kamog]

Half the stuff in this thread, I don't understand either... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Especially recently.

It's 2:16 AM, I have to go to bed. Don't you guys ever sleep? ....
Good night. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[RudyHuxtable]

Nono! C'mon let's decipher it together! It'll be like a treasure hunt!

I'm trying to decode the second line right now!

[geoschmo]

It would make sense to you if ya'll saw the Aviator. Kamog is just going a little "Howard Hughes" on us is all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[DeadZone]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
http://author.handalak.com/archives/images/SPAM.gif

Tasty

[DeadZone]

http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb2/pb23/MT/Services/Equipment/spam.jpg

[Renegade 13]

NOOOOOOOOO, not the second page! The horror!

[TerranC]

This thread fell to the second page?

This calls for another cheapily made graphic!

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/331066-spacey.PNG

[RudyHuxtable]

Saved by TerranC's graphics! Yay for the Race thread!

[Nodachi]

Everybody look, the Death Star is in the Sol system! How long do we have to live?
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/8676/deathstar3cv.jpg
I thought this was a cool pic. Story here. (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6999)

[Daynarr]

Thread slipped agian to second page.

[Caduceus]

The "Death Moon" can probably hit us from there.

[NullAshton]

GRAEMLIN SPAM!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/firedevil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rant.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon15.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon16.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon17.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon18.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon19.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Woman1.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Woman2.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Woman3.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Woman4.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon01.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon02.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon27.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon28.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Unlocked.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon07.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon14.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon10.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon09.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon12.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon13.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon20.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon21.gif

Thats enough graemlins for now. Theres a lot... GO POST PADDING!

[Nodachi]

This is my 600th post! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[David E. Gervais]

Nodachi, there was something bothering me about that 'Death Moon' pic you posted, so I did a bit of photo enlargement and a tiny bit of photo enhancement/sharpening. My suspicions were right,... now I'm more than a little worried...

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/331824-DetailPhong1.jpg

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

[Nodachi]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we're really in trouble! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[TerranC]

OMMFALG! ROFLMAOLOLROFL! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP! QRSTUVWXYZ!

Teh Phong are going to kill us all!

Run away! Run away!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/firedevil.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/yawn.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rant.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/icon12.gif = /threads/images/Graemlins/Target.gif 4 /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif /threads/images/Graemlins/Bomb.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

You typed 'P' twice and forgot the 'V'.:D

[Atrocities]

I do not see the appeal many of you have with post counts. They are really meaningless if you think about them.

[Atrocities]

I have been asked to write a review of any mod for Space Empires IV, not that I am any where near qualified to write such a review, never the less I have been asked, and will attempt to do so. Given that I have been working pretty much non-stop on the Star Trek Mod, it can be said, and quite truthfully, that I have lost some interest in the game. Oh don’t be shocked or depressed by this revelation, accept it for what it is, a true acknowledgement of how wonderful this game truly is.

Now to pick the mod that I would like to review….. well by picking I mean one that I have played. Since I have only played a few mods, and by a few I mean four or five, two of which were my own, my choices are very limited.

You see, I have invested all of my free time over the last six months in one mod, the Star Trek Mod, and have had little time to play any other mod. I in fact gave up playing many of my PBW games in order to focus more openly on the Star Trek Mod. So when I was asked to write a review of a mod it occurred to me that I have not played any other mod for Space Empires IV other than the one I was working on so I honestly could not write a review.

Well that wasn’t a problem; I’ll just choose a mod and start up a game. So I sat down in front of my computer, browsed the forums for a bit, drank some tea, and click on the mod launcher. I looked through the list of available mods, and opted to load the Adamant Mod.

The mods splash screen loaded displaying its impressive artwork, by David Gervais, and I clicked New Game. As I sat, staring at the choices before me, something happened. Without even knowing it, I realized that I had lost my interest in actually playing Space Empires. I was shocked and dismayed by this and a little bit depressed by it as well. I realized that I have literally spent more time on this game than I have on any other game that I have ever owned. I paused in mid thought and actually asked myself, “What in the hell am I doing?” My God the duplicity of this game defies sinister and literally boggles the mind when trying to comprehend its scope. I mean how insidious is the mind of Aaron Hall that he can create a game so addictive that it literally consumes ones life much like a super massive black hole sucks in matter! Oh please don’t miss-read me on this, I love the game and would not trade away the time I have spent on it for any thing less than I have already spent on it, but I cannot help but wonder how I became so overwhelmingly addicted to this game.

I honestly had to sit back and think about what it was I was doing. Here I am, at 2:00 am in the morning, looking blankly at the Player Set up menu for a game that I have played over a 2,000 times. By now I should be horribly bored with this game and should have long since tossed it into the toaster pile, but here I am, sitting here staring at the game options before me, already anticipating how I will crush my opponents and defile their remains. I think it was at this point that I realized that I had been playing this game for so long that it had become second nature to me. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and for the first time in a long time, I questioned it. It was at that point that I paused and began to realize that I was no longer interested in what it was that I was interested in. A paradoxal catch 22 enigma to be sure and one that faced me with both barrels.

It was as if a bell had gone off in my mind and a new sense of reality over took me. I simply sat there, looking at the screen, wondering what in the hell I was doing. I should be in bed I thought, or at least out looking for a nice women to take home, but no, here I am sitting in front of my computer, holding a cup of tea and slowly realizing that this was what I preferred to be doing. When did this happen? When did I become so hopelessly addicted to this game that it became a daily part of my life? The sad part is, I actually know when, it was the very day that my disk arrived at my home in its weathered envelope and I called in sick so I could play it.

The moment I installed the game and clicked the ICON was when my life changed forever. It was the game that I had always been looking for yet could never find like living in some horrible dream. But my dream had come true, for I looked upon the face of delight and saw in its reflection the calling of my sole; Overseer of the known galaxy. All I had to do was choose my settings and launch the game. Oh the wonders of that first time, the day that I knew I could play past the 100 turn limit and actually build battleships. The pleasure it gave me was like no other I had experienced before. Gratification on an epic level as I glassed world after world into oblivion. I would rename the natural races after people I hated, and then hunt them down and obliterate them without mercy. Hours of game play turned into days, weeks, then months, and then I discovered the true calling of the game, its moddability. First I started making ship sets, a lot of ship sets, and not so crappy ones too, then everything evolved, Gold was announced and for the first time in a long time I whipped out the credit card and pre-ordered without so much as thinking twice. (A decision that I have never regretted.)

But now, four years later, here I sit blankly staring at my monitor realizing for the first time that the emotion that Space Empires IV brought to my life had dimmed. It was like loosing a good friend, a sad depressing, even sickening feeling began to overwhelm me. So I did what I always do when depression comes, I sat quietly and pondered my life.

If only I were an evil dictator and had a battle fleet of war ships. Oh the things I would do to my enemies. How I would make them suffer before tossing them out of an airlock into the empty coldness of space. The thought of conquering planets and colonizing the known galaxy began to sooth me. My depression began to lift, and the feeling of eagerness to do something creative began to burn within me. So I existed out of the game set up screen and shut down Space Empires and then opened up my mod folder. I knew what I wanted to, and I set to doing it. I love many things about this game; the fact that even if your board stiff with it, after a few hours you cannot wait to play it.

In fact, the one thing I have to say that I really enjoy about Space Empires IV is the moddability of the game. I mean it was pure genus to make a game with the modding community in mind. Aaron Hall’s foresight in this matter clearly cannot be questioned. To think that a game like Space Empires IV has endured strongly now for four years in the light of such monsterly anticipated games like Masters Of Orion 3, and Galactic Civilizations is a true testament to Aaron’s brilliance.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am not merely sucking up to Aaron on the slim hopes of getting into the Space Empires V beta, I am also doing it because it is true. Look at how much money was dumped into making Masters Of Orion 3 and how many man-hours had been invested in that game. A game that was so horrible that it earned the not so honorable awards for “WTF Where They Thinking,” and “POS Game Of the Decade.”

Space Empires IV is by no means a mainstream game. When it was released in November 2000, it was laughed at as being to DOS like, but despite this it earned very favorable reviews by many game sites including PC Gamer Magazine.

When Space Empires IV Gold was released many people felt they were given the shaft and refused to buy the new version. Those of us who knew better jumped on the chance to buy the Gold edition, much like we would for any expansion pack. It was money well spent and if factored out, the $90.00 dollars I spent on the game divided by the amount of time I have spent playing it over the years would equal .00000023 cents per hour of play. That is a bargain of epic proportions no matter how you cut it.

With the release of the Gold Edition of Space Empires IV, there was surge in the number of mods, ship sets, and add-ons for the game. During this time such mods as the updated TDM, Devullan, and Proportions were released to mention a few. The TDM mod was, and is, by far the best AI mod for the game.

Many people went to great lengths to tweak the AI’s for each of the stock races in order to make them more human like in the decision and game play process. To many the mod was a Godsend as the stock AI sucked horribly after the first few games. The TDM mod set the standard for all of the mods to follow. It did not make any game play changes; it merely enhanced the existing AI settings to improve the overall single player stock gaming experience.

I forget what TDM stands for, but it was a co-op made mod involving Tampa Gamer, Mephisto, and many others. In retrospect, I would have to say that the TDM mod, although not reviewed here, really set the standard that is now the minimum for any mod.

Of all the mods currently available for Space Empires IV, I would have to say that the Adamant Mod is by far the most involved mod to date. The mods creator, Imperator Fyron, has literally spent years developing this hybrid mod of Dungeon and Dragons meets and marries 4x Space Conquest. The mod is so massive in its scope that to even attempt to review it would take many weeks of game play and a severe bout of “one more turn” syndrome to even come close to understanding the depth of this mod.

The best way to sum up the Adamant mod would be to say simply, play it for your self and be amazed. I have yet to play more than a few hours of the Adamant mod before falling back into my own little world and abandoning my game to go mod the STM. I am weak in this regard since I lost all interest in the game, say for ship set making, and to some minor degree modding the STM.

I do regret not having the interest to play a solid long-term game of Adamant, as it is one of the most encompassing mods for Space Empires IV. In fact, the depth of the Adamant mod is so great that I theorize that if one started to play Adamant mod, they would loose themselves in its tangled web of role-playing and fantasy. Ok a bit silly to say that, but truth be told, the mod is truly a monumental achievement.

Granted I have not played it in any great depth in some time, and have missed out on a mind-boggling array of new features and changes, but I do realize that greatness of the mod.

The tell tail signs of a great mod, like the TDM, Pirates, Devullan, Proportions, Adamant, and a few others is that they are all unique to each other and provide the player with options that they would not otherwise have. From simple AI improvement to long term RPG type game play no one can argue that the mods for Space Empires IV are nothing if not shier brilliance.

Again this simply goes back to the root, to the vision Aaron had and made a reality. Without his innovation and attention to fan desires, we would simply have just another game that we would play for a month or two then toss into the yard sale bin. Of all the games that I have had the pleasure to play, Space Empires IV has to be the best. Unquestionably it is the one game that has given me more than I have given for it, and that is above all else what is important in ones fantasy life, to get more than you pay for, and to really enjoy it.

[Will]

Atrocities said:
I do not see the appeal many of you have with post counts. They are really meaningless if you think about them.

Says the man with over ten thousand posts... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

And just skimming through that mod review... AT, I think you only have about 10% of that actually talking about the mod you're reviewing (Adamant). The rest of it is a very glowing review of SEIV. Might want to edit a bit, and keep that one filed away for any random place that wants a game review, and think about starting over on reviewing Adamant http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Thermodyne]

Atrocities said:
I do not see the appeal many of you have with post counts. They are really meaningless if you think about them.



I try not to. Really I do try.......But 10k is a lot.......much more than me.........So many posts.......such a high rank.........Uh what were we talking about?

[Kamog]

94 more days until Episode III...

[Atrocities]

Kamog said:
94 more days until Episode III...



Any trailers out? That is any where you can see the trailer without having to buy your way into a fan club?

[Atrocities]

Will said:

Atrocities said:
I do not see the appeal many of you have with post counts. They are really meaningless if you think about them.

Says the man with over ten thousand posts... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

And just skimming through that mod review... AT, I think you only have about 10% of that actually talking about the mod you're reviewing (Adamant). The rest of it is a very glowing review of SEIV. Might want to edit a bit, and keep that one filed away for any random place that wants a game review, and think about starting over on reviewing Adamant http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif



Its just a rambling post. I typed that up in about 10 minutes a while back just to see what came out. I was going to review a mod, any mod, but discovered that I really just didn't have the time or interest in doing so. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif In order to review a mod, one must know the mod. To know a mod is to play a mod and well I just didn't have the interest in playing any SEIV at that time. Sure I could have reviewed the STM, but that would be baise and such. Besides I hate the STM and would right a horrible review of it.

[Nodachi]

First of all this is reply #499 so we're halfway there!

Second, tell me something's not wrong with the world today: Frog (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1284726.html?menu=)