-
I'm pullin a Kage, so here goes, pad
-
pad pad
-
pad pad pad
-
pad pad pad pad
-
pad pad padpadpad
-
padity pad padpad
-
woot, 500 babay :)
-
Welcome to the 500 Club Jester. Have a Twinkie, a beer, and shut the fuck up! Sorry, just thought about Eddie Murphy's impersonation of Richard Pryor for a second. ;) Anyway, have fun with your new ability to Smite anyone you damn well please.
Gabriel
-
Gah so 500 posts and the power to smite is yours ??? Hmm how many have I got to go.
............................
oooooooooo lots, I'd best get this post moving! ;D ::) :P
-
Just make sure some of them have content, and not just paddin', eh.
-
So would it be ok to do 485 posts of some of my more outlandish thoughts, what should be done with the french? Why I think cheese is good? or possibly my views on a who I would support if insects ever tried to take over the world?
Pad pad pad................(what the hell is pad? I keep thinking of a cat that makes it self comfortable in your lap? that right?)
-
Pad, as in padding your post count.
-
Tricky little buggers. But too much of it and I am sure Ingo will fix it..
Toby
-
I don't think he really cares that much. After all, it's really all in fun. :)
-
;D ;D
But on a serious note.....................don't you think cheese is great? It's so versatile :P ::)
-
hehe, yea. but I think Ingo removed the smite ability for now cause I don't see anywhere for me to do it...
-
I don't think he has turned it on for you as yet. Mine is still here (for a change! ;)).
Want proof? ;D
-
Oooooo someone gave me a karma point! 8)
-
Oh, sure, Jester. You and I have been neck and neck all year so what do you do? Go all cheezy on me, thats what. :P hmph.
-
Then you sould post a bit more, Z. I mean, we all know you have so much to say, why not just go ahead and get it off your chest?
Gabriel
-
only reason I did it was because I was like only 5 posts away, so I said screw it ;D
-
Hey, I did the same thing, back in the day... but I posted a few stories and stuff- which amounted to the same thing...
At least he was honest about it... Gabe!?!?!?!
-Kid Vid
-
Then you sould post a bit more, Z. I mean, we all know you have so much to say, why not just go ahead and get it off your chest?
Gabriel
Gee, I'm sorry, Gabe. I guess I'm just not as good at nonsensical and pointless rambling as you are, sweetie. I feel down right bad for me, hampered like that.
;D
-
Yep, can't stand those pointless ramblings.....wait a min...what did I say? JK
-
ingo hasnt turned mine on yet either
-
Well...
-
Pad
-
Pad Pad
-
Pad Pad Pad
-
hehehehe ;D
-
WHAT!??!?!
PADDING?!?!?!?
-21 post count for Jester!
(18 mentions of 'pad' and 3 more for the 'padity')
In case you were wondering, I was joking with the resident jokester. Welcome to 500 Jester, I'll add the Karma stuff to your account in just a bit.
-
At least Padity sounds kinda funny ;D
-
lol, thankye :)
-
Then you sould post a bit more, Z. I mean, we all know you have so much to say, why not just go ahead and get it off your chest?
Gabriel
Gee, I'm sorry, Gabe. I guess I'm just not as good at nonsensical and pointless rambling as you are, sweetie. I feel sown right bad for me, hampered like that.
;D
AAAAAAAAwwwwwwwwww. She called me Sweetie.... :-* Ain't it nice to see she really cares??? :P
Gabriel (delusional, but still Gabriel)
-
rofl!
-
She's just buttering you up to put you on a roll.
-
Jester can smite Gabriel now?
ROFL just kidding!!!!
-
Gabriel (delusional, but still Gabriel)
Well at least his meds are working if he recognizes that much ;D
-
Nah, that's the therapy.
-
Gabriel (delusional, but still Gabriel)
Well at least his meds are working if he recognizes that much ;D
Oh I knew you cared. Pucker up and give us a kiss... :-*
Gabriel
-
Pad ;D
-
I still say buttering up.
-
Sorry, Gabe. I don't care all that much, Its just that I'm only 7 posts away from 500 and I have to say something
-
LOL.
Gabriel
-
Say your buttering him up...that's at least a post or two.
-
or just go on a few banters, that works
-
Take it from me; Not only am I a member but I was former leader in posts too. ;D
-
yea, apoc posts just to let you know he let one squirt :)
-
Wow... it must be something to do with the large icons- I mean, APOC had the largest for a while, and now Gabe's tall tower of burning feathery-ness is the king... kinda makes you think, right?
-Kid Vid
-
Not really, but thanks for noticing the feather of doom.
Gabriel
-
Didn't it used to be bigger?
-Kid Vid
-
Well, it's a little cold in here. :-[
Gabriel
-
I'm thinking about switching back to my face of apoca but not as big of course.....
-
I like that one :)
-
Which one? the current one or the face? Which ever one you like Jest, then that is the one that I'm going with. ;D
-
I agree with Jester. The face one is the better of the two. This one looks like you are having trouble with a massive case of hemeroids...
Gabriel
-
no, I'm sorry, I meant the current one
-
Well, then I guess I do't agree with Jester.
Gabriel
-
I like this one...
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Apocalypse.gif)
Gabriel
-
Then I might use that one...but I like the one I have now too..
-
Hemoroids or Barny... Which to choose???
Gabriel
-
Hmmm... I'd take the hemmroids picture- jsut because you could delude yourself into thinking that he was laughing ego-manaically or something. ;D
Cute gayness is cute gayness no matter how you cut it.
-Kid Vid
(was paid to dress up like Barney once)
-
paid to dress up like Barny? How much?
-
I hope it was more than $50...if so then that is okay...maybe ;D
-
(was paid to dress up like Barney once)
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Apocalypse.gif)
Chummer, you there isn't enough money in Z-O to get me to do that...
Gabriel
-
you liiiieeee, cause I know if the price is right I'd do it
-
Exactly...
-
The Lizard has spoken.
-
Wrong, chummer. Some of us have a moral code. And dressing up like Barny crosses too many lines.
Gabriel
-
Nah, the keyword is money. ;D
-
How true, but most people don't have moral codes that make six seperate references to Pez dispensers, Gabe ;D
-
True.
Or one that has specific clauses stating that one should "go for the gold".
-
PEZ dispensers???
Gabriel
-
Wrong, chummer. Some of us have a moral code. And dressing up like Barny crosses too many lines.
Gabriel
this coming from the lover of troll joyboys lol
-
gabe, you mean to tell me that if a guy gave you 1000 dollars to dress up like Barny for 2 hours and keep kids entertained, you wouldn't?
-
Honestly, no I wouln't. Not my kind of gig.
Gabriel
-
$1000 to act like an idiot in a Barney costume....count me in....it would be a blast.
Who wouldn't do it? Besides Gabe
-
hell, I'd go cheaper
-
Jester, I know I normally say this only to Gabe, but... that one's too easy. I'm not going to make a joke off of that.
-
That is easy to make a joke from but I have to agree with Jester to..
I'm pretty cheap myself...heh heh. ;D
-
Wow!! ROOTless actually agreed with me for once. Yee-Haw!! :P
Gabriel
-
You should mark it on the calendar...pretty rare event.
-
yea, don't get to used to it 8)
-
He won't...unless it is Z-girl.
-
NO, if it was Zone, I would have it tatooed on my... well nevermind... ;)
Gabriel
-
hahahahahahahaha
can I pick the spot if ever? ;D
-
You know, that might be a fun evening... :P You go ahead and get a place picked out.
Gabriel
-
That's actually funny because I can picture it ;D
-
can I tape it :)
-
I'd be insulted if you didn't ...now where is my rolodex....Mongo's Extra Painful Tattoos.......
-
Definitely going to watch this one. ;D
-
You might want to think that over, Gabe- there are some places you DEFINITELY don't want to be jabbed over and over with a needle. :)
*grin* I vote for a three inch picture of barney dribbling a harlem globe trotter's basketball with magic johnson -- in full color, on his scrotum.
That would teach him to agree beforehand!
-KidVid
-
LOL...I just don't want to see Gabe's scrotum.
-
Hey, that's between him and his tattoo artist... and Zone, if she can stop laughing long enough.
-Kid Vid
-
Yeah, but youa re missing the point here, gentlemen. Me, Zone, my scrotum, and a closed door. ;D I have a damn good contact with a street doc if anything goes TOO wrong.
Gabriel
-
I think YOU are the one who's looking too far into this
-
Ah, leve me my fantasies you bastard. ;)
Gabriel
-
anything with your scrotum in it = bad :'(
-
There are those taht would beg to differ, Scales.
Gabriel
-
well, depends on what will happen to said scrotum...
-
I guess that is true, gabe.
-
Well yeah, there is that angle... :-\
Gabriel
-
well I would guess if you got it at pro;pper angle the job could be completed in a timely fasion *winces at the thought of that*
-
I don't suppose we can change the subject here???
Gabriel
-
Did you know that I am smellin like a rose that somebody gave me on my birthday deathbed...
-
Um... no... I didn't...
Gabriel
-
Yeah, I have to agree with Gabe...topic change time.
-
yea you did, so name that tune :)
-
Movies or something....I haven't had any really good movie conversations in a long time.... just where to go with that topic
-
I really want to see troy
-
You're not the only one mercy.
-
It certainly looks interesting. I hope it's not just a special effects movie, though.
Gabriel
-
yea, that would suck. Give me story line, beeeyatch!
-
Whats Troy? Like the old greek/middle earth type area kinda film or something? Personally I wouldn't mind seeing "The passion of the Christ". I'm not overly religious but want to see what they've done with that story.
-
Whats Troy?
From what splash I've seen, it looks like it's the Illiad as a movie. Or possibly the story around it, but not quite the Homer epic.
No, not Homer Simpson. The original Homer, the one that mr. Simpson is namd after. *Sheesh!*
-
Is the Odessy part of that or is it a separate story?
I think Brad Pitt is a good actor..mostly..so I expect good results and Orlando Bloom is in it..I'll find some links.
-
its about the fall of troy
-
No, it's about the Trojan War, and Helen of Troy.
Helen was the wife of the King of... some greek country (it's almost 1am, and I'm tired). Anyways, she left him for the Prince of Troy, who stole her away and sailed off before anyone was the wiser.
So the king of X sent his troops and greatest warrior, Achilles, to fight a war and bring the woman back... more or less. Brad Pitt is Achilles, which I really want to see.
The Illiad and the Oddessy were the two ... poems? Stories? Written by Homer, and both deal with Ulysses and his travels during and after the war, if I remember correctly.
Ulysses had some BAD karma getting home...
-Kid Vid
-
No, it's about the Trojan War, and Helen of Troy.
Helen was the wife of the King of... some greek country (it's almost 1am, and I'm tired). Anyways, she left him for the Prince of Troy, who stole her away and sailed off before anyone was the wiser.
So the king of X sent his troops and greatest warrior, Achilles, to fight a war and bring the woman back... more or less. Brad Pitt is Achilles, which I really want to see.
The Illiad and the Oddessy were the two ... poems? Stories? Written by Homer, and both deal with Ulysses and his travels during and after the war, if I remember correctly.
Ulysses had some BAD karma getting home...
-Kid Vid
Item the first.
The name of the king is Agamemnon (spelling?). He doesn't send his armies. All the kings of that area had tried for the hand of fair Helena (Helen to you english), and had, before she chose one, sworn to each aid he whom she would choose, should it come to war over her.
So when she is coughstolencough by prince Paris of Troy, her love given to him by the Goddess Afrodite, in return for being named "The Most Beautiful", all the "greek" kings, and their collective armies, take the war to Troy. Women had no rights to leave their husbands back then.
Item the second.
Achileus the Peliade (one of his ancestors were named Pelaius of somesuch) is but one of the many greek (and troyan) heroes gathered there. He was particularly blessed by having been made invulnerable to harm, except for on his heels. He ends up being killed by prince Hektor of Troy, (if I recall correctly), after having been making rather a mess of the whole scene, sulking in his tent over a matter with a slave-girl/captured girl, that he wanted and couldn't have.
Ulysses is the person that is otherwise known as Odysseus, after whom the Odessy is named. Basically, the Illiad dealt with the troyan war itself, a siege that lasted ten years, according to the writer, Homer.
Together with its sibling, the Odessy, which describes the voyage home from Troy, as seen by Odysseus, cursed by Poseidon the God of the Seas, and has some rather fantastic elements, it is considered more or less the basics of a classical education.
Infact, the romans so pandered to greek culture, that they claimed (among other stories) that Rome itself had been founded either by Aeinid (spelling?, or one of his decendants, and one of the most fameous roman texts is the Ainiade (spelling?) which is the Roman epic about how their here, who was a prince of troy, escaped from troy, and left for italy.
Thus the Illiad and the Odessy are not parts of the same text, but interconnected epic poems.
Ok, I was going to say something more about this, but I think I've ranted enough for just now.
-
Root, I gave you a point of Karma...just because I think that is the longest post I have ever seen you post. I like it and thanks for the info.
-
No drek! Damn good for a non-entity like yourself. Oh, and BRAD PITT IS ACHILLIES?????? :o Great Fraggin' Ghost that is going to suck!!!!!!! Oh well, I guess I'll just go see Hellboy...
Gabriel
-
Root, I gave you a point of Karma...just because I think that is the longest post I have ever seen you post. I like it and thanks for the info.
Longest?
Didn't I post something twice this length under conspiracies not too long ago?
Which reminds me, once I get time again, I shall have to write that thread again, with some other stuff I've come up with now and then.
-
Yeah but your posts are usually short, sweet and to the point. I like it when you go into detail..usually good info.
-
Yeah but your posts are usually short, sweet and to the point.
True, I suppose. I also tend to talk like that, or ramble for what i'm told seems like hours.
I like it when you go into detail..usually good info.
Again, true, I suppose. However, in RL, I'm at times being told to shorten it down, and for some reason, this is just so much eawsier in writing.
Besides, when I do go into details, experience tells me I tend to loose my audience.
-
Well, I don't mind.... I ramble all the time and nobody seems to care or at least doesn't say anything.
I say speak your mind especially since you're the most mysterious of us all ;D
-
No drek! Damn good for a non-entity like yourself. Oh, and BRAD PITT IS ACHILLIES?????? :o Great Fraggin' Ghost that is going to suck!!!!!!! Oh well, I guess I'll just go see Hellboy...
Gabriel
now what's wrong with Brad Pitt? He's a good actor.
-
Yeah, I agree.
-
I'm actually looking forward to seeing it- and I know I can drag Tess along, because it has Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom... ;D
Good for her, good for me... I didn't mind her checking out Aragorn- as long as she was sitting next to me.
-Kid VId
-
No drek! Damn good for a non-entity like yourself. Oh, and BRAD PITT IS ACHILLIES?????? :o Great Fraggin' Ghost that is going to suck!!!!!!! Oh well, I guess I'll just go see Hellboy...
Gabriel
Gabriel now what's wrong with Brad Pitt? He's a good actor.
Sorry, Jester, that is like saying Keanue Reeves (sp) is a great actor. It simply isn't true. For me, there is just something about Brad Pitt that I don't like. It feels too much like he is acting, as opposed to feeling like he is the character. I just don't like him at all.
Gabriel
-
I can agree with Keanu being bad but Brad Pitt has played his parts pretty good
I like Seven Years in Tibet.. I think he did an excellant job
-
Sorry, chummer, I just don't like the guy.
Gabriel
-
Well, that's cool...different people, different tastes.
What about Johnny Depp (and I don't mean Pirate Johnny)?
-
So Root you telling me that this film has Homer Simpson and that guy from Star Trek: Voyager in it as well, crazy ::) Only joking, I'm pretty clued up on history but that was a nice insight, I'd give you a karma point if I could.
Anyways I like Bradd Pitt as well, excellent in "Fight Club" and also was pretty accurate in "Snatch", remarkably good accent!
-
Dude, Snatch was the bomb! I loved that movie. I'm waiting for Guy Richie's next film.
-
I never saw Snatch. And as for Johnny Depp, I think he's a pretty good actor. I generally like his proformances in the things I see him in. I thought he was good in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
Gabriel
-
oh yea. Johnny Depp does well in all his movies, even if I didn't like them, aka From Hell.
-
One of my favorites is Ninth Gate...not sure why but I thought he did a good job in that movie...and Benny & Joon was good too.
-
Hey Jester is it true that they put in subtitles for Brad Pitts role in Snatch in other countries? I heard a rumour somewhere that they did, but not sure myself :-\
-
A great actor Keanu may not be, but I challenge you to find anyone who could have fit Neo in the Matrix movies so well.
Johnny Depp I'm very impressed with. Especially his role in Sleepy Hollow; my favorite of his movies. XD
I'm not much of a fan of Brad Pitt. Not so much due to his acting (I think he's an excellent actor; great performance in 12 Monkeys), but due to his prideful nature. It could just be me, but he sure seems boastful.
-
A great actor Keanu may not be, but I challenge you to find anyone who could have fit Neo in the Matrix movies so well.
A trained moneky or they guy who played Bill. ;)
Gabriel
-
Hey Jester is it true that they put in subtitles for Brad Pitts role in Snatch in other countries? I heard a rumour somewhere that they did, but not sure myself :-\
they didn't in the US. So I dunno
-
I think on the DVD version you can select...I forgot..been a while since I watched it.
-
I actually understood him just fine
-
Really? I had tons of problems.
-
Brad Pitt? A bad actor? As opposed to Keanu Reeves? You must be kidding... He may be a studly hunk (or so I'm told) , but anyone who has seen Se7en, Meet Joe Black, Snatch or Fight Club, MUST acknowledge his acting talent... whether or not you LIKE him, that's your own problem...
And imagining some else than Keanu Reeves as Neo is impossible, not improbable, not unlikely, but IMPOSSIBLE. We have all seen the Matrix and we all have enjoyed it, to some extent. Who would you rather have been acting the part of Neo? And please.. give us some arguments which would stand up in court...
And forgive me for any errors.. I'm am SO drunk right now, I almost can't stand up...
-
Unfortunately, me too...after I sober up then I'll let you know...I'm sure I can think of some peopplee better tehan him.
-
Harrison Ford! :o I bet he'd be good, after all he is an all time action legend, appearing in such greats as Star Trek, Nebraska Jones and The Fumigator ::)
LOL you're right can't imagine anyone taking Keanu's role away from him, although Christian Slater could do a good job :-\ (sorry trying to gear myself up to go to the gym and not doing a very good job of it)
-
Christian Slater would be a good choice and I'm thinking someone like Billy Zane (even though he is not that good of an actor sometimes) or the bad guy (can't think of his name) in the movie with Jet Li called Cradle to the Grave or a last recommendation was Chow Yun Fat...I think he could do it well too.
-
oooo ooo oooo, how about Billy Boyd :)
-
Believe it or not, I do think Reeves made a good Neo. After those movies, it really is near impossible to think of anyone else playing the role. However, the acting was fair at best. Reeves never, NEVER passes off emotion as authentic in anything he ever does. The role of Neo didn't really take much ability to play.
The character was, right up until the end, completely out of his element in the world he found himself in. IN the Matrix, he hated his job, longed for something better, and never could figure out how he fit in. Outside of the Matrix, he was surrounded by people who idolized him, had almost no real skills, and was never comfortable with his role as "savior". When he jacked in, all he really had to do was fight like hell and hope he whooped the ass of everyone around him. He wasn't even very smart. He just went on instinct. All in all, a 2-Dimensional character at best, and Reeves failed to add anything to the role at all.
Gabriel
-
There wasn't anything to add to the role. That's what I liked most about the movies. When Neo went "Whoa." We all went "Whoa." When Neo said "I know kung fu!" We ALL thought how friggin cool that would have been.
Neo wasn't brilliant. Neo wasn't deep and emotional.
Neo was us.
The part of the movie that sinched it for me was at the very end, when he was making the phone call... and I thought to myself... "Wow... if I could do anything... I think I would FLY!" And then out of nowhere, Neo flies out and the movie ends.
Gabe makes a good point about Neo not fitting into either world. I think that Reeves is jsut about perfect for the role. He's someone who is believeable to be either brilliant or not bright enough... We could understand that he was good with computers, and we weren't suprised when he tried to run out of that train station.
But I liked the Movies. Call me a fan.
-Kid Vid
-
I have to agree that the movies were good but I think I was expecting a little more...not sure but maybe more twists in the story or something.
-
So what you are saying, Kid_Vid, is taht they needed a moron to play an idiot??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Essentially, yes.
Can you picture anyone but Arnie playing Conan? Some people are jsut perfect for a role. Others not so much. (Billy Zane as the Phanotm, for instance... they had a chance for Bruce "Don't call me Ash" Campbell, and they passed on him so they could use an underwear model. *sigh*)
-Kid Vid
-
Oh now that is GREAT!!!
Bruce Capmbell as Neo!! "Hail to the Chosen One, baby."
Gabriel
-
I think the phantom would have been a lot better with Bruce... Billy sucked in that movie.
-
Everything sucked in that movie. Even Catherine Zeta-Jones wasn't hot...
Of course, it did supply us with the incredible "Toothpaste? Oh really?"
But there was no Billy Zane in THAT scene.
-Kid Vid
-
LOL..good point.
-
Catherine Zeta Jones was in that movie????
Gabriel
-
Hey Scales, guess who just busted the 2,500 post mark??? ;)
Gabriel :gabe:
-
lol, and yea she was, she was the bad chick right?
-
Yeah, that was before she really got famous.
Way to go, Gabe. ;D
I'll have to see where I am at after this post, I haven't checked in a while.
-
um, it's posted right under your name. CHummer, lay off of the sake'. ;)
Gabriel
-
Yeah, that's right. I just don't notice it sometimes....I usually just post then I'm too lazy to look at my post count after that. ;D
-
"Hail to the Chosen One, baby."
ROFL
-
haha, ya big dumby :)
-
LOL, taking spelling lessons from Mercy again, Jester????
Gabriel
-
ok, spelling nazi, what'd I spell wrong this time?
-
dumby = dummy
-
lol, and that's comin from mercy :)
-
I guess that is pretty bad if Mercy has to say it. ;D
-
Hey Mercy, you should smite him for that one. I mean what with stepping on your turf and all. ;)
Gabriel
-
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I annot spell for drek
-
Or type for drek. ;)
Gabriel
-
Just be glad that we're not being graded on it ;)
-
I'm sure someone is keeping score somewhere out there.
Gabriel
-
you should see my typing while I'm playing DAoC. Especialy when I'm rushed. Oy, it's bad. I'm pretty bad at Misstelling too ::)
-
When I used to play StarCraft and I would type to the other players and in a hurry...I'm surprized half of them understood what I said..it usually turned out something like
everybodyreadyokletsgo ;D
-
oh, I've seen lot's worse. "i'm readty ot upll"
is an example
-
LOL...yeah, that sounds about right..
or the famous
rbrtyynfyy yhry ho (when the fingers are off a key)
everybody lets go
-
You people scare me. By the way, Scales, I was curious about japanese keyboards. How many keys do those things have?? The reason I ask is because I thought most of the asian cultures used a pictogram system in their writing as opposed to an alphabet system. Now since I don't really know anything about this, I was hoping you might shed some light on the topic for me.
Gabriel (uses a datajack)
-
yea, that's a good question. Enlighten us oh twinkie eating Dragin boy :)
-
Hey did anyone see the Simpsons this past Sunday? One of the episodes had Homer pulling a Twinkie out of his wall safe. Apparently he had stored it there for 10 years, after hearing that the filling breaks down into alcohol. Kind of interesting when he appeared a few minutes later, drunk and sucking on a straw sticking out of a Twinkie.
Gabriel
-
The biggest difference is that there is a key to switch between the symbols, etc. I'll take a picture to give you an idea but it is set up just like an English keyboard.
-
(http://www.amherst.co.uk/graphics/photos/libretto/japkey.jpg)
Here is a pic of a keypboard....when I get time (later this evening then I'll take a picture of mine.
-
So it's in english (well, latin) letters, just like in the west, but with additions for hiragana/katagana?
-
That's pretty cool. I remember hearing some time back, that the chinese and japanese were having a lot of trouble condensing down to s astandard keyboard. Since I know nothing about hte actual written language for either culture I took it at face value. So what happens if I want to type "luck" in japanese? Do I spell it, or type the symbol? I guess that really illustrates my question.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, that's right Root.
If you type luck in English then you just type it but if you want to type it in Japanese then you have to know the (I guess spelling would be the closest thing to say). Even though the Latin letter is on that key with that symbol it doesn't mean that it represents that Latin letter. I'll take a picture of my keyboard and explain it out better. I'm almost finished with my other work then I can catch up.
-
Here is a picture of my computer (Sony Vaio) and my keyboard. I'm going to split up the pictures so that it is easier to look at.
(http://buddha-smoker.hp.infoseek.co.jp/extra/Japanese%20Keyboard%201.JPG)
-
Here is how to switch between the languages, etc..
The first picture is the key that you can push (I was nice and translated it). If you push it then it will switch between Katakana, Hiragana, and Romanji (which basically means Latin letters or the English alphabit/ or standard keyboard like most of you are using).
The next picture is the actual program or tool that switches between..I blew up the picture to give you an idea. Japanese computers come with it as a standard but if I was using an American computer (like before) then I can download that from the Microsoft site for free (called IME or JAIME=Japanese Input Method Entry or something like that). So, no matter what computer you use then you can type Japanese (of course if you know the language or what to type) but you would just type the syllable and it switches to the approiate symbol, etc.. To use it then you just push which button that you use on the tool bar, etc.. and you can move the tool bar anywhere---My wife and I just keep it there to keep it out of the way if we don't use it.
I hope that makes sense...it can be confusing at first but pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I'm thinking about adding this as an entry in my Journal...it was a good question that I hoped I answered.
(http://buddha-smoker.hp.infoseek.co.jp/extra/Japanese%20Keyboard%203.JPG)
(http://buddha-smoker.hp.infoseek.co.jp/extra/Japanese%20Keyboard%204.JPG)
-
That sounds pretty interesting. My question is, what's that wallpaper?
-
Ahh..I got that from
www.ninjai.com
Pretty good flash movies too..I've been waiting for an update for about a year now.
-
I'd like to compliment Scales on an approriate website being shown on the screen at the time he took a picture of his computer ;D
Wow, if I wasn't lazy I'd read through the 13 pages of this thread and find out how a topic based on someone padding their post count evolved into detailed discussions, with accompanying diagrams, of japanese keyboards... but then again the relation is obvious 8)
-
I thought the added flavor of the Pub would be just right in the pic...I had to..you know, for the Pubbers. ;)
-
and we really apreciate that, Apoc (still padding:) )
-
Ninjai is a very nice site.
Though I'm surprised you didn't know it jester.
-
I was surprized too....I thought the fellow Pubbers knew about it.
-
nope, first I saw of it...
-
Well, now you know..and knowing is half the battle..G.I.JOE....GO JOE ;D
-
I actually caught Ninjai as it was coming out a few years back, but the updates were very irregular and there were badwidth problems, so I stopped checking it out. I may have to go back and see how far it got. I liked it a lot; it's too bad they weren't about to produce it to demand like Red Vs. Blue. By the way, Tex is back!!!!
Gabriel
-
Oh, and Poison, this thread is for pading out post count,so anything goes for topic and content. That's how we got to this point.
Gabriel
-
Oh, and Poison, this thread is for pading out post count,so anything goes for topic and content. That's how we got to this point.
Gabriel
So, you admit that you're simply paddin'...
-
Did I answer everybody's question on the Japanese keyboard stuff?
-
Yeah, that was very cool. I've wondered about that- because every time i try and display a japanese or chinese or korean or whatever webpage, I get stuck with that "download the character set or die!!!" pop up.
I mean, I always ignore it, but it's the thought that counts.
-Kid Vid
-
Oh, and Poison, this thread is for pading out post count,so anything goes for topic and content. That's how we got to this point.
Gabriel
Oh, I understand that... That's why it took me so long to actually look at the thread. I was afraid of what I might find... :-[
-
*grin* Heehee... Zone actually suggested something along those lines too.
Of course, we're far too civilized to wear codpieces.
-Kid Vid
-
and here I thought she was acusing gabe of wearing falseys
-
Well, that too ;D
-
errm, no that's not what I meant. Although it is now.
<shudder> :o Bad images! Brain.. shutting...down... ::)
-
hmm, only 427 posts... I need to catch up. Well, 428 now. ;D
-
Heehee... 429 by the time I read this. *grin*
-Kid Vid
-
Yeah, I'm racking them up! ;D
-
yep 435 now :)
-
662
-
No, we were talking about the number of posts Poison has.
-Kid Vid
-
Maybe he just wanted to feel good about himself. :P Oh, and for anyone interested, I DO NOT WEAR ANYTHING FALSE!!! You sick fraggers...
Gabriel
PS - And if you don't believe me, I invite any woman posting to come and check for herself. :P
-
time to weed out the crack heads <points gun at gabes head>
-
I wouldn't do that if I were you, Jester. I have a loaded Wolf Shaman behind you, and I'm not afraid to use him.
Gabriel
-
gabe if the wolf shamen is loaded he aint going to be very effeitve its hard sling spells when your loaded
-
Well, I was going to say "I have a Wolf Shaman cocked and ready" but I think we all know what kind of comments THAT would have gotten. ;)
Gabriel
-
I can just imagine.
-
too easy
-
Maybe he just wanted to feel good about himself. :P Oh, and for anyone interested, I DO NOT WEAR ANYTHING FALSE!!! You sick fraggers...
Gabriel
PS - And if you don't believe me, I invite any woman posting to come and check for herself. :P
Come on, Gabe! You don't have to resort to begging, do you? ;)
-
Zone knows ;)
-
Frag you all.... :gabe:
Gabriel
-
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
-
May have hit a nerve there... :-[
-
That's right, you slobs, tremble in fear. The wrath of Gabriel is legendary!!!!!
Gabriel
-
Really? must be that memory thing again. ;)
-
I just farted
-
as of this post, I have 707 :) yay me :)
-
jester your a jumbo now
-
Jumbo what? ;)
-
jet
-
Jumbo Jets are cool...yeah, that would be okay ;)
-
He's a jumbo jet for farting??? That's it, I'm going back to the D&D Pub. You people are getting wierd.
Gabriel
-
don't lie like that gabe, I know you hate D&D
-
no he is a jumbo jet for 707 posts
-
Zone knows ;)
No. I can state unequivicably and gratefully that Zone most definately does not fraggin' know. :P
-
AH, it's so good to have my ego smacked around again by so professional a smacker as Zone. ;)
Gabriel
-
Glad I was missed :P
-
Of course you were. Welcome back. Hope you have some war-stories to explain the long hiatus (sp). If not, we're going to have to whoop... to smack around your... well, to be really disapointed. ;)
Gabriel
-
I wouldn't want to give the boys nightmares :o
-
Please do.
-
Always looking for bedtime stories. ;D
-
I would welcome some nightmares... a change of pace as it were-- first I didn't dream for a couple of years, and now my dreams are almost always about the same person...
Maybe a good die-hard style dream is what I'm needing!
-Kid Vid
-
yea, let us have it, yo
-
Wow....I have to say that I wasn't expecting to hear something like that. :o
-
grrr
-
now
-
I
-
have
-
to
-
build
-
up
-
my
-
post
-
count
-
again
-
!!! >:(
-
It's just a couple of posts ;D
-
lol, keep on paddin :)
-
normally i wouldn't be quite so obvious, but having just reached 500 posts I feel robbed that I have to post another 40 odd times to reach it again. Not that there's much anyone can do about it [sigh]
-
I say post away... ;D
-
Scales, you always say that...
-
Oh, I have no problem with posting. I just would prefer not to have to artificially post just for the sake of getting my post count up. (See above 11 posts...)
-
Then add some useless point to other posts like
yeah or really? You don't say? I got a million ;D
-
yeah or really? You don't say? I got a million
-
See your catching on already ;D
-
One more for the magical fifth hundred - tada!
-
Congrats..now just come up with the custom title. ;D
-
Congrats - again.
(Re-congrats? Whatever.)
welcome back to the 500.
-
How about Toxic Armpit? ;D
-
lol, that might work. (another one of Apoc's random babbling posts)
-
I was thinking since he was talking about armpits before and then he brought it up again then it would fit ;D
-
Gawd-damn freaking armpits! >:(
-
armpits, eeewwww
-
Hehehehe. I vote ARMPIT!!!
Gabriel
-
Me Too :butthead:
-
um... that's not an armpit... :o
Gabriel
-
Closest thing we got to an arm and a pit.
-
well, It's got a pit...
-
:zombie:
You people scare me...
Gabriel
-
good
-
That's unusually....you are usually not that scared of us. ;D
-
its usally the revese gabe we are all scared of you
-
As you all should be.
Gabriel
-
Yeah. What he said, only in a demeaning manner and condescending tone.
*grin*
Still alive.
-Kid Vid
-
Hey now, don't piss off the guy with the gun. wait, we all have guns. Damn...
Gabriel
-
duuuu
-
Hey Kid I just bestowed my very first Karma to you because you beat me to that nice eyerolling statement ;)
-
Hey Kid I just bestowed my very first Karma to you because you beat me to that nice eyerolling statement ;)
So you are no longer a Karma Virgin. Feels good to be one of the high and mighty, doesn't it?? ;D
Gabriel
-
That was Zone's first use of the karma ability...wow, I thought for sure that you already used it before ;D
-
yay, go zone
-
Yeah!
-
I bet you I can predict what her next use of it will be. :'(
Gabriel (bracing for the impact)
-
can I try?
-
Me three?
-
If you need to think about it, just shoot yourself now. ;)
Gabriel
-
Who would need to think about it?
-
Hey Kid I just bestowed my very first Karma to you because you beat me to that nice eyerolling statement ;)
So you are no longer a Karma Virgin. Feels good to be one of the high and mighty, doesn't it?? ;D
Gabriel
Heh, yes it does.
Only... since there is an ever-increasing number of people able to smite, it's less mighty than it used to be. We need to get more newbies in here that we can intimidate :)
-
I brought in three people----Animasaki and his brother, and my wife....what about the rest of you bums ;D
-
I brought in gabe
-
But what about Gabe? ;)
-
Gabe brought in the 'Smite Me' sign.
LoL jk Gabe! ;)
-
Gabe brought in the 'Smite Me' sign.
LoL jk Gabe! ;)
I rolled on that one....so I gave ya a plus ;D
-
LOL, I know you all love me for who I am. I don't need to recruit. ;)
Gabriel
-
Yeah, I guess. ;)
-
recruiting's for sissy
-
recruiting's for sissy
And yet you claimed credit for recruiting me... Sissy.
Gabriel
-
The trick to the smiting thing is to hit
him an individual when he's not bracing for it. Either than or enlist Apoc and Jester in a conspiricy so he never knows which one of us smote him...my how very Shadowrun ;D
-
How very Fortune. Or have we all forgotten the Mad Sniper. :P
Gabriel
-
The trick to the smiting thing is to hit him an individual when he's not bracing for it. Either than or enlist Apoc and Jester in a conspiricy so he never knows which one of us smote him...my how very Shadowrun ;D
That's what I'm talking about ;D
-
sign me up! um I mean, I don't know nothin...
-
Now open for business ;D but let's go out back
-
out back, but it's more fun for someone to get smited out in the open where everyone can see it :)
-
"Opened for business" and "going out back".... And I thought Georgia was bad... :o
Gabriel
-
hee hee
-
Remind me to tell you some Georgia Stories when I get the chance.
Gabriel
-
Hey, tell us some Georgia Stories. ;D
-
yea, what he said
-
Ever heard of people ACTUALLY getting pissed off because it's illegal to sleep with their sisters??? I have a story about that. Well, it was a first cousin, but the story is still kind of scary.
Gabriel
-
That's scary but you caught my attention..
*sits watching and listening advertly*
-
Ever heard of people ACTUALLY getting pissed off because it's illegal to sleep with their sisters??? I have a story about that. Well, it was a first cousin, but the story is still kind of scary.
Family history Gabe?
-
Yeah, your mother's. :gabe:
Just kidding, ROOTless. Actually my father is a police detctive in Georgia, specializing in child/sexual abuse cases. Part of this is teaching classes at the state Police Academy. During one of his classes on sexual abuse and sexual crime, one of the attendees (they are ALL cops, social workers, etc.) one of the guys raised his hand and said, "What the hell do you mean it's illegal for me to have sex with my cousin?" My father answered, "If you're not trying to make a joke, you better shut the hell up." The guy lowered his hand.
Gabriel
-
ROFLMAO!!!
:bob: !!!!
-
Swear to Twinkies, that is a true story.
Gabriel
-
ROFLMAO!!!
:bob: !!!!
I second that That...ROFL
-
These are the mental images I have invented Brain Bleach for ::)- just 14.99 a quart, order yours today
-
Now is it any wonder why southerners get such a bad rap?? Oh, and put me down for a bottle of that stuff, Z.
Gabriel
-
Cool. The wire brush comes with.
GAK! :P
-
OMG! that's horible gabe!
-
Oh there are worse things I'm sure, but it just sucks that it's real.
Gabriel
-
Wire brushes are scary... :-[
-
<shudders>
-
Have to agree. Of course if there is no memory left, then no big deal.
Gabriel
-
**makes notes on Jester's apparent wire brush phobia** ;D
-
Keeping track of us are you??? That's dirty pool.
Gabriel
-
Not at all.
-
Keeping track of us are you??? That's dirty pool.
Gabriel
Why do you think she scares us so much? ;)
-
I ain't scart! I'm just not stupid enough to get on her bad side ;D
-
Keeping track of us are you??? That's dirty pool.
Gabriel
Oh yeah? Then you may consider me the chlorine ;D
-
Hey- go easy on him... it's not like P and F are on opposite sides of the keyboard or anything... oh... nevermind. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Hey- go easy on him... it's not like P and F are on opposite sides of the keyboard or anything... oh... nevermind. ;D
-Kid Vid
That's it, no care package for you...
Gabreil
-
muahahahahaha!
-
Awwww... :-\ :'( :-[
Can I take it back just long enough for you to send off the care package?
-Kid Vid
-
I never heard anythiong Gabe, why you messin with that boy >:(
-
You never responded to my e-mails you lazy bitch! I have the material I was sending, plus something my Raccoon shaman through in because she thought Ruski might like it. I should be sending it around the end of the week.
Gabriel
-
Yes, I am laziness at it's bitch-hood-iest. ;D
Of course, I've had to deal with a girl breaking my heart, my friend setting me up with another girl, and then SLEEPING with the girl he was going to set me up with... *sigh( Life has been busy and fun.
Like when you say "look, ma! No hands!" right before you do a face-plant on the sidewalk.
;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
WTF?
Ass-beating posse gathering tonight!
-
Can I join? ;D
-
No, it's cool... on both counts. Tess is just Tess. Sometimes I think she honestly has no idea what to do with me... *sigh*
And that's not the worst that I've ever been cock-blocked, either. Isn't that sad?
-Kid Vid
-
No, it's cool... on both counts. Tess is just Tess. Sometimes I think she honestly has no idea what to do with me... *sigh*
And that's not the worst that I've ever been cock-blocked, either. Isn't that sad?
-Kid Vid
Live and learn my brother...live and learn ;D
-
OMG, htat's horible dude
-
The worst was when I got invited out with a friend and his girlfriend, and thier friend... and then one of his other friends asked him what he was up to that weekend, so he got invited along too... and then his girlfriend decided that the other friend was a better fit for her friend, so I got invited SPECIFICALLY to be the fifth wheel... they offered to let me drive, but I figured that if I wasn't going to hook up, NO ONE WAS!!!!
-Kid Vid
-
The worst was when I got invited out with a friend and his girlfriend, and thier friend... and then one of his other friends asked him what he was up to that weekend, so he got invited along too... and then his girlfriend decided that the other friend was a better fit for her friend, so I got invited SPECIFICALLY to be the fifth wheel... they offered to let me drive, but I figured that if I wasn't going to hook up, NO ONE WAS!!!!
-Kid Vid
That was the play that saved the day...LOL.
-
Yeah, your mother's. :gabe:
Just kidding, ROOTless. Actually my father is a police detctive in Georgia, specializing in child/sexual abuse cases. Part of this is teaching classes at the state Police Academy. During one of his classes on sexual abuse and sexual crime, one of the attendees (they are ALL cops, social workers, etc.) one of the guys raised his hand and said, "What the hell do you mean it's illegal for me to have sex with my cousin?" My father answered, "If you're not trying to make a joke, you better shut the hell up." The guy lowered his hand.
Gabriel
I don't check this thread for almost two weeks and you guys go completely weird-ass!! :o
Oh, and for that story, Gabe, I give you back your karma point! ;D
-
I don't check this thread for almost two weeks and you guys go completely weird-ass!! :o
That's why you're supposed to check every thread...every day.... ;D Shame on you Poison. ;)
-
Thanks for the Karma back, Poison. Oh, and Kid_Vid, you bring your "friends" down to my neck of the woods one day and I'll help you with a little payback. In fact, I'm sure Jester has always wondered what would happen if someone was dumped off of I-310 with a pair of broken knees and a t-bone tied around their necks. Maybe he can give me a hand throwing them over.
Gabriel
>Gabriel's Karma as of 6/2/04 12:53PM PST
>+23, -14 = net +9
>Damn Gabe!
>Ingo
-
I've always wondered that too, actually... Jester could throw a party as our alibi, or something. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
>Gabriel's Karma as of 6/2/04 12:53PM PST
>+23, -14 = net +9
>Damn Gabe!
>Ingo
That's awesome ;D
-
>Gabriel's Karma as of 6/2/04 12:53PM PST
>+23, -14 = net +9
>Damn Gabe!
>Ingo
What's up with that? ???
-
>Gabriel's Karma as of 6/2/04 12:53PM PST
>+23, -14 = net +9
>Damn Gabe!
>Ingo
What's up with that? ???
What? That's his Karma report.
>Poison's Karma as of 6/4/04 1:34 AM PST
>+7, -1 = Net +6
>Ingo
-
Gabriel: King of Karma!!! You all know you love me!! ;D ;D ;D
Gabriel
-
Shite, where's that fraggin' smite button....
-
Shite, where's that fraggin' smite button....
One bad turn deserves another...
Gabriel
-
I like to see every once in a while where the total stands or how it came about I should say.
-
nobodies can be as bad as gabe's
-
nobodies can be as bad as gabe's
I think your right. ;)
-
Hey, I look at it as a compliment. I mean, at least I get a response. ;D
Gabriel
-
Hey, I look at it as a compliment. I mean, at least I get a response. ;D
Gabriel
In all actuallity he IS the king of karma here, nobody has more positive OR negative karma.
-
I can solve that!!!
*prepares a horde of leet speak Gabe's momma jokes*
;D
-Kid Vid
-
Chummer, don't make me kill you... :gabe:
Gabriel
-
*grin* Wouldn't that be the point?
-Kid Vid
-
Depends, do you think you wil bee a funny dead guy????
Gabriel
-
Bob Hope. Bing Crosby. Dean Martin.
I think I'd be in good company.
-Kid Vid
-
A hack, a hack, and a drunk hack. Damn, what a party in Valhalla. ;)
Gabriel;
-
Although you are entitled to your opinion, its sometimes best to temper said with diplomacy lest I beat you ;D.
I liked Bob back in the day. He was very funny once. He was also very sincere in his support of American troops - that alone should get him some respect. And Dean's character was a drunk, not Dean. Unfortunate that the two got mixed up toward the end of a life mournig a son killed too young.
Say whatever you want about Bing, though
-
Wow, I get to have an opinon of my own!! I guess one out of three aint bad. ;)
Gabriel
-
You should mark your calendar! Then, this time next year, you can think "Wow, Zone let me think for myself this day!"
;D
-Kid Vid
(probably about to be smited.)
-
Oh I did. In fact, it is the same day as the "ROOTless and I Agree on Something Day".
Gabriel
-
I noticed that!!!
You could also mark it as the day Tess broke my heart into little pieces, if you want to mark days like that.
-kId Vid
-
oh maaaan :(
-
Sorry to hear it, chummer. On a lighter note, did the care package ever get there???
Gabriel
-
Oh I did. In fact, it is the same day as the "ROOTless and I Agree on Something Day".
Gabriel
I marked it on my calendar...heh heh.
P.S. Gabe bout time you caught up in the post count. I was purposely stalling for weeks but now we are neck to neck again. I know you feel better now. ;D
-
I noticed that!!!
You could also mark it as the day Tess broke my heart into little pieces, if you want to mark days like that.
-kId Vid
Doesn't that fall on every day? :-[
-
Oh I did. In fact, it is the same day as the "ROOTless and I Agree on Something Day".
Gabriel
I marked it on my calendar...heh heh.
P.S. Gabe bout time you caught up in the post count. I was purposely stalling for weeks but now we are neck to neck again. I know you feel better now. ;D
Hehehe, thanks for the pitty-post. I'll have to remember that.
Gabriel
-
dragon's alot nicer than I am ;D
-
Yeah, he can afford to be Mr. Under 1000 Posts. ;) And to think, you were the one who told me about this place.
Gabriel
-
Hehehe, thanks for the pitty-post. I'll have to remember that.
Gabriel
Just trying to help your self esteem. ;D
-
Yeah, he can afford to be Mr. Under 1000 Posts. ;) And to think, you were the one who told me about this place.
Gabriel
yea, but I don't post in every single thread like you do
-
Looks like some cleaning was done again. Gabe should be happy that he's in the front now.
-
Yeah, he can afford to be Mr. Under 1000 Posts. ;) And to think, you were the one who told me about this place.
Gabriel
yea, but I don't post in every single thread like you do
Yeah, what's up with that??? You going soft on us???
Gabriel
-
that's not nice takin away thse guys posts. Especially when one is 5 stories tall
-
Yeah, what the :censored:??
Gabriel
-
Post counts are easy to fix..just have to let Ingo know and he can do it but it doesn't make much difference to me.
-
then why did you say sometin, hu, hu, hu ???
-
Because I like to talk and sometimes don't shut up when I probably should. ;)
You know, I'm takin some DE classes (Distance Education) and the classroom is like a forum and the more you post then you get participation points and trust me...I'm way ahead of the game. ;)
-
oh, yes you are. If you could get higher than an A you would ;D
-
I actually post stuff with content there though. I've been trying to stay on topic and not derail them as much as I used to.
-
lol, that's gotta be funny to see
-
Trying NOT to derail them??? Yeah, right. ;)
Gabriel
-
Trying NOT to derail them??? Yeah, right. ;)
Gabriel
Key word is TRY ;)
I turned a biology topic about animal and plant cells into a topic about Lord of the Rings but he didn't mind and it was cool. ;)
-
only you can do something that
-
No, only he can enjoy doing something like that. ;)
Gabriel
-
what makes you think that I wouldn't enjoy that 8)
-
Because you are still so short on posts, chummer. If you REALLY cared, you would be derailing this thread as we type. ;)
Gabriel
-
I'm still trying to figure out if an Ent would have plant or animal cells? the teach has me stuck on it.
-
Tolkien's Ents?
plant cells, they are animate, sentient trees.
Ofcourse, those plant cells might be rather divergent from what you'dsee in most other plants, but then again...
http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html#gfpbunnyanchor (http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html#gfpbunnyanchor)
:root:
-
Tolkien's Ents?
plant cells, they are animate, sentient trees.
Ofcourse, those plant cells might be rather divergent from what you'dsee in most other plants, but then again...
:root:
Yep, those Ents....I guess I would need a sample to be 100%
-
Yes, and that might be kind of hard to get.
-
Sorry, chummer, but you are wrong. Ents are creatures, not plants. Treebeard even makes a point of saying that he is not a tree. The initial description of the ents in The Two Towers would seem to bear this out. The movies made them into walking trees.
Gabriel
-
Oh yes, tree herders, ofcourse..
Will have to check that initial description myself though.
-
But still is it a plant or animal?
-
Oh yes, tree herders, ofcourse..
Will have to check that initial description myself though.
Trust me, I just ad to suffer through those books a month ago.
Gabriel
-
the apearance i got was that they are treants and if they respond same as in ad&d they respond well to plant growth it acts as a super healing spell so i would say they are plant in nature also consider the fact that they burned extremly well
-
Oh yes, tree herders, ofcourse..
Will have to check that initial description myself though.
Trust me, I just ad to suffer through those books a month ago.
Gabriel
How can you possibly suffer from Lord of the Rings books?
-
CHummer, those books sucked. Good story, bad writing. Tolkien was an english professor, and it shows.
Gabriel
-
I know we've been though all this before. But, HERE HERE GABE! They were booooring
-
Actually I think he was a linguistics prof which means he knew nothing of writing. But Jester's right, we've beaten this dead horse before.
-
Thanks for the back-up, chummers.
Gabriel
-
Yep, let's end it here. So next padding topic?
How about them Cubbies? ;)
-
Cubbies??? I didn't know you were a furry.
Gabriel
-
I hate baseball. Booooring ass sport.
-
I'm not a baseball fan either....just trying to change subjects... ;D
-
How about soccer?? Now there is an edge-of-your-seat, nail-biting sport. NOT!
Gabriel
-
It seems to be very popular around these parts.
Not that I can see why, mind.
-
Soccer is alright but unless it's the World Cup then I can pass. I think I'm more of a Hockey fan.
-
nah fotball amercian style
-
Hockey eh?
-
Hockey eh?
I'm from Chicago...love them blackhawks...hate the Redwings. ;D You a hockey fan?
-
Extreme Dodgeball. 'Nuff said.
Gabriel
-
I'm a football fan here. Love me some football
-
Which team? I'm a Chicago fan. DA BEARS.
-
cowboys here
-
Hockey eh?
I'm from Chicago...love them blackhawks...hate the Redwings. ;D You a hockey fan?
Being from San Jose I'm a Sharks fan ;)
-
Which team? I'm a Chicago fan. DA BEARS.
Being as I'm from new orleans I'm a saints fan.
-
whats geoghapic location have to do with your favoite football team i live in pa but root for dallas cowboys
-
I was born and raised here in SJ so I root for the local team ;)
-
Once a Chicago Fan always a Chicago Fan except for the Bulls...I've always been a L.A.Lakers. I'm more of a Kareem Abdul Jabar fan so I just stuck with that team. ;D
-
You konw, there isn't one sport that I have ever gotten into. I wish the hell someone could come up with something interesting.
Gabriel
-
Yea, I gotta pull for the home team. Like I also like the Hornets. But I'm also a big Nets fan
-
I'm more of a sport highlights fan...I don't mind to go to games and watch them but I don't waste my time with games on TV.
-
oh, not me. During football season my whole sunday revolves around the game
-
oh, not me. During football season my whole sunday revolves around the game
Really? I just can't sit through a whole game of anything unless I'm there personally. ;D
-
It's true. Just try getting the slacker to show up for a real game, not just the shoulder-pads & athletic supporter kind. Jeez. ;)
Gabriel
-
you mean a roleplaying game? If so then hell no. You can kiss my shiny white hoop if you think I'm missin my football
-
See that, he's not a true game geek. Tsk, tsk, tsk... ;)
Gabriel
-
LOL...I know what you mean. I would feel weird if somebody invited me to a game to play. ;)
-
eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww
-
eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww
???
Gabriel
-
I guess something set wrong with him ;D ??? ???
-
I just got a nasty picture in my head I care not to explain
-
Please do! After all this is the paddin thread, I just hope there is enough padding in case I lose my stomach.
-
Oh yeah, wonderfull image, a dragon blowing chunkcs. :crazy:
Gabriel
-
Well, we'll see after the explanation. ;D
-
Oh, I'm sure there will be dragon barf all over the place. Dirty Sanchez does not promise to be a happy, nice thing.
Gabriel
-
I got a pictire of Apoc and Gabe in my head playing a "game" if you get my drift...
-
Where did you ever get that idea? ??? and that's just plain nasty. :-X
-
I have no idea. crazy drek just pops into my head for some reason
-
I have no idea. crazy drek just pops into my head for some reason
Crazy drek? Does it flop around by itself or something?
-
Just be glad you don't have to sit across the table from him when he gets one of those ideas. It's creepy...
Gabriel
-
I use to know a guy like that....maybe I should tell my chess story? Reminds me a lot of that.
-
please do...
-
One time, when I was at work (this was a job that I had years and years ago) and we had lots of time, we had this chess board and played alot.
Anyway, this guy and me were playing chess and this other kid sat at a side between us (at a four-sided even square table). We were playing and playing, etc. then suddenly he put both of his hands below the table and started rocking back and forth sort of up and starting making these sounds like "MMMMMM.....oh yeah" and "oooohhhh ughhh". Well, we started getting a little freaked out and told him...."hey buddy, there is a time and place for things like that and now it is not" or "maybe you need to go to the bathroom?" Then he sat up and was like "What? What? I wasn't doing anything"
Needless to say we quit playing chess when he was working.
-
please tell me one of the players were female
-
shivers
-
Sorry, only guys.
-
that is just disturbing :crazy:
-
:bob: :bob:
-Kid Vid
-
Heya Chummers- Let's all go out there and find some good (clean) shadowrun images that are rare enough that the general public (aka Me) haven't seen.
(http://www.volny.cz/shadowrun/files/bradstreet_10.jpg)
http://www.volny.cz/shadowrun/files/bradstreet_10.jpg (http://www.volny.cz/shadowrun/files/bradstreet_10.jpg)
-Kid Vid
-
nice...
-
that was so bad it turned kid vid into a pair of zombies
-
Look who just reached the 1000th post mark.... ;D
-
Damn! Snuck up on me! Now I gotta go find him a smiley.
-
Nah, just send him a box of Twinkies and he'll love you forever. Wait. Maybe you should just find him a smily. ;)
Gabriel
-
Let me start diggin through the stacks.
Gabriel
-
lol, damn, I didn't even notice :)
-
You think he can find you a Twinkie-Smily??
Gabriel
-
how could ther not be a Twinkie smilie out there somewhere?
-
Cool. Now that we're actually playing SR again, I may have occasion to use some of these...too bad my character is UK.
-
What kind of PC are you playing?? I am sure I can dig up some wiz images for you. Oh, and K_V, you have ALL of the images I have on the paydata I sent. Enjoy them.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, good point. Bet you 5,000¥ Ingo finds it.
Gabriel
-
I got a few but I have to scan then host then post them....that's alot of work just for some pics. ;)
-
Hey, but it could be something else to like Bruce or a Jester hat or mask or something.
Survey says:
-
I always thought a jester would look the best. But Bruce fits just as well for J.
Gabriel
-
You lazy POS. Send them to me and I'll post them and host them. Jeez, you would think a dragon would have a bit of time...
Gabriel
-
We shall see...
-
Nah, don't change it, chummer. I like the Bruce pic.
Gabriel
-
I have some other activies that have been taking up my time lately so it makes me a bit lazier.
-
Don't change what Gabe? I don't think he said he was going to change his pic ;D
-
No, I got it confused with the Smily comment. For some reason I was thinking avatar.
Gabriel
-
That's about right. You sleep for 2,000 years, and when you finally get up and around, what do you do?? Sit on your hoop on a dragon-sized couch. Sheesh.
Gabriel
-
That's got to be a comfy couch... but you know what? I can't blame him. Usually when I get up after a good sleep, I'm rip-roaring and ready to take a quick nap... so who can blame him? ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Let's see.. Dunkelzahn, Hestaby, Ryumyo, Lung... Need I continue????
Gabriel
-
My PC is former SBS - thats the Royal Marines kickass buncha guys. Her unit failed in a coup to oust the Lord Protector and put the proper heir on the throne - hence the former part 8)
-
Let me see what I can find for you, Z-girl. Of course, if you failed in the coup, then maybe I should just find a skid-mark and call it your PC. Watcha think??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Day to Day life can be tiring. ;)
-
Oh okay. ;D
-
By the way, when did you send that package?? I haven't gotten anything yet, so I figured I should double check.
Gabriel
-
Oh, I glad you mentioned that, I don't know what day it left the post office exactly but I mailed it last week or the week before but there was a bomb-threat on the base (pretty major one from what I heard) and things got held up and I had to go and reverify what I had sent in the package. I had to open it up and show what I had sent, etc.So, in other words, your and Ingo's package will be a bit delayed but it is in the mail.
A bomb-threat is serious business around a military base so of course I don't go all the time to the base that I have a post office box so I didn't know they had put the slips in my box to re-verify, etc.
My brother's package and one of my wife that she was sending got held up too. There was a lot of mail backed up, close to two weeks worth but it should be there soon or in a week or two.
Sorry, I meant to tell you but I got busy and it slipped my mind.
-
No biggy, I just didn't wan the package to end up in limbo and know that you had done all that for some mail drone to end up with the package instead of me.
Gabriel
-
It's coming, it should be there soon.
-
wow, that blows
-
Ah, but it is life. And where there's life there's hope ;)
-
and vidio games
-
and Nachos ;D
-
You're telling me. I know they get busy, but I would think if they were in such a hurry that I might get a phone call. Damn government people.
-
yea, they suck
-
yea, they suck
to the highest level of suckiness. ;D
-
God Bless America!!! {holding back a tear}
Gabriel
-
And Japanese School Girls! ;)
Gabriel
-
And the ever lovin US postal service :jester:
-
<drools> :jester:
-
Hey now, chummer watch where you drool.
Gabriel
-
BUnch of lazy fraggin' retards.
Gabriel
-
Japanese school girls! ;)
-
yes they are
-
Kind of makes me want to mail some itching pouder in the mail and see what happens. You know, on second thoght, maybe I won't. A boot in the neck probably hurts a lot.
Gabriel
-
<Mails a envilope full of backing soda to the american embasy with Gabe's return address>
-
watchs as the homeland securty comes crashing thu gabes door
-
God Bless America!!! {holding back a tear}
Gabriel
Well, these days it does look like it could use some sort of high-powered supernatural intervention.
-
Kind of makes me want to mail some itching pouder in the mail and see what happens. You know, on second thoght, maybe I won't. A boot in the neck probably hurts a lot.
Gabriel
If you're lucky then they'll send you to Australia for THE BIG BOOT. ;D
-
If I could get some good pictures then I would but it's kind of a dangerous situation right now.
-
Oh come on, just go to your local ninja highschool and talk to one of those sex-ninja-cheerleader girls. We know you have them in droves over there.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, people around here have no sense of humor anymore. Fraggin' democrats. >:(
Gabriel
-
Well, I'll try ;)
-
Yeah, people around here have no sense of humor anymore. Fraggin' democrats. >:(
Gabriel
Here...as in the PUB, or your area, or what? I don't vote anyway so I don't need to be either. I'm in the other category. ;D
-
Droves of sexy ninja school girls!?!?! ;D How can one "dragon" contain himself?!
-
Hehehehehehe... THat is the question. But seriously, let's go find Kid_Vid some pictures. Since he is such a wussy and isn't happy with the ones he has.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, the lazy-ass dragon party.
Gabriel
-
Sexy ninja school girls vs. shadowrun pics.....hmmm *makes invisible hand scale which crashes down to the one side* SEXY NINJA SCHOOL GIRLS IT IS!!!
-
(http://penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20040414l.jpg)
-
um... You already posted that a while back... :-\
Gabriel
PS - Which one is Gabe???
-
The one with the Pac Man shirt is Gabe. (or Mike, in real life). The other one is Tycho (or Jerry in real life)
-Kid Vid
-
Damn, that is coincidental (sp) on so many levels that it is kind of spooky...
Gabriel
-
The popular vote always wins.
-
The lazy-ass Dragon party is now talking applications.
-
So lazy that they're still not taking applications, just talking about it. ;)
-
<hands apoc an ap>
-
I'll second that
-
<hands apoc an ap>
Sorry but you're too motivated for this party..come back when you can be lazier.
-
Can I do it tomorrow???
Gabriel
-
Then someone post a picture of a ninja schoolgirl. After all, that is what this thread is for.
Gabriel
-
Hey, welcome to the club. ;D
-
(http://www.nutechdvd.com/NutechImages.aspx?lsc=0612/KARAKURI_NINJA_GIRL_1-12.jpg)
http://www.nutechdvd.com/NutechImages.aspx?lsc=0612/KARAKURI_NINJA_GIRL_1-12.jpg (http://www.nutechdvd.com/NutechImages.aspx?lsc=0612/KARAKURI_NINJA_GIRL_1-12.jpg)
>I added the Link.
>-Kid Vid (18:26:79/Corrupted)[/b]
-
oh, snap
-
ROFL, good one gabe, I'll just bring mine around sometimes after adult swim
-
Thank you, thank you, now go away, I'm laying on the chouch eating cheetos and watching porn. ;)
Gabriel
-
Hehehehehe, you go spanked on that one, Scales.
Gabriel
-
I'm sure theres something subliminal in that statement....
-
ROFL, good one gabe, I'll just bring mine around sometimes after adult swim
Now we're talking.
-
Well, right click go to properties then copy and paste it in the address bar.
I like to try but I get that sometimes but the Lord of the Rings was the best one I've seen yet. ;D
-
Still doesn't work. I'm dissappointed. :'(
-
yea, said page canoot be displayed >:(
-
bout what?
-
just go to the www.nutechDVD.com site
Ahh, to hell with it. That's not even the right place the page looked like...I see a bunch of adult films, etc.
Oh well, if I can get it working or find the picture then I'll post it again.
Sorry :-\
Go here
http://karakuri-ninja-girl-vol-1.hentai-anime.movie-download.nutechdvd.com/Free-Hentai-Movie-Karakuri-Ninja-Girl-Vol-1-Download.html
Bottom pictures top row on the right. That was the one.
-
The Lazy Ass Dragon Club ;D
-
And if you're too lazy to say the entire thing, call it the LAD Club
-
That's right LADdie boy ;)
-
Oh wonderfull, an Irish dragon. Hide your beer.
Gabriel
-
Yee-Ha!! YOu gotta send me a copy of that DVD, chummer. ;)
Gabriel
-
Kilkenny's all the way.
-
there's a LAD? Wow, wasn't even paying atention. I was snoozin in my hamok
-
lol, ooookay. Cartoon boobies, eck
-
Haha speaking of abreviations I saw this truck earlier today on the way to work. The mud flaps has "Western Truck Fab" on them, and they had a company logo with a circle with 'WTF' in the middle! I was busting up! WTF! ahahahahaha!
-
http://www.nutechdvd.com/itemdesc.asp?CartId={562D00EVERESTEA-A32C-44E2-9D99-123EDD4BE7AC}&ic=0612&eq=&Tp= (http://www.nutechdvd.com/itemdesc.asp?CartId={562D00EVERESTEA-A32C-44E2-9D99-123EDD4BE7AC}&ic=0612&eq=&Tp=)
I'm not into cartoon boobies, but this is the DVD he was looking at.
-Kid Vid
-
Don't lie, Jester, I've seen your Jessica Rabbit Shrine of Wank.
Gabriel
-
Ah, the Lord of Nerds is in the house. ;)
Gabriel
-
there's a LAD? Wow, wasn't even paying atention. I was snoozin in my hamok
Do you want to be Vice Pres? ;)
You definitely got the right idea for the Club. ;D
-
Ah, the Lord of Nerds is in the house. ;)
Gabriel
STFU
;)
-
oooo! I wanna be EVP!
-
riiiiiight, stop trying to compare me to yourself
-
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Deny, deny, deny... ;)
Gabriel
-
Or you should use Bender's line, "Compare yourself to me then go kill yourself." ;D
-
...
...
... ... ...
What's wrong with cartoon boobies?
-
They're more bouncy.
-
Exactly. ;D
-
I'd rather look at the real kind
-
I was gonna say something...but I think I'll stop. We've got ladies here in the Pub ;)
-
EVP? I'm almost afraid to ask what that is supposed to stand for.
-Kid Vid
-
This thread has gone WAAAAAY off track from what I intended.
I wanted more of a "image association thread" with a shadowrun-art-only motif.
This thread is closed. If you want to hijack a thread, go and start your own. :headache:
-Kid Vid
-
executive vice presidant, duuuuuuu. Thought I was goin to to gutter with that one didn't ya :)
-
Yeah, I was actually kinda afraid you were, at that. I mean, after "Dirty Sanchez" I'm afraid of most things that I don't know.
I figure if I shiver in the corner of my room with tinfoil wrapped around my head, the monsters won't come and dance to the milkshake song... *shudder*
-Kid Vid ;D
-
You can't let little things like that scare you away.
-
This thread has gone WAAAAAY off track from what I intended.
I wanted more of a "image association thread" with a shadowrun-art-only motif.
This thread is closed. If you want to hijack a thread, go and start your own. :headache:
-Kid Vid
I just merged it into the Paddin thread.
-
paddin paddin, everyone's paddin
-
If we wasn't then there might be an accident. ;D
-
paddin paddin, everyone's paddin
Except ofcourse Zone.
-
OH no, here we go again with Zon'es padding. I'm going to go take cover somewhere.
Gabriel
-
It someone would throw it out there, I just figured it would be Gabe. ;D
-
Hey, I'm innocent for once. Go get someone else killed.
Gabriel
-
lol, he's right for a change :)
-
Thanks, Jester. Nice to get a bit of back-up for once. ;)
Gabriel
-
Well, it's Root's turn I guess. ;)
-
heehee
-
*sigh*
I think a stealth drone....
-
That whole "padding" comment gets old after a while, doesn't it Z??
Gabriel
-
I don't know how you guys always manage to get on the lady's bad side. Yall need to take a lesson from me and stay out of the line of her fire ;D
-
Hey, I didn't DO anything this time. I'm innocent!
Gabriel
-
did I mention you by name Mr. guilty cintionse (sp?)
-
NO, just a little gun-shy after so long in the cross-hairs. ;)
Gabriel
-
lol, I hear ya ;D
-
we need this thread rollin again, cmon guys :)
-
Does this help? ;D
-
every little bit does :)
-
I thought it would, so what do you want to talk about?
-
Note:
I've been off-line for some days, and am likely to stay that way for a few more.
Just so that no-one wonders. Cause: Computer Problems.
-
Was anyone wondering?? ??? I just thought it got quiet in here. ;) Sorry ROOTless. I hope you get the bugs out of your PC.
Gabriel
-
yea, comp problems suck ass :'(
-
An expert has worked out a temporary solution, and is expected to iron out the rest of the bugs soon, hopefully tomorrow, or over the weekend.
Best thing is, I pay him in troubles for his characters ;)
-
Just get rid of every Microsoft product you have and you'll be fine.
Paladin
-
*grin* i take it you are a fan of Unix?
-RuskiFace the Pirate.
or perhaps Macintosh? oh wait... Microsoft owns Apple.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't pay for Microsoft products in protest..but I still have them ;)
-
I only get what comes on my comp
-
The problem has (appearantly) been solved. Even the one in the Linux partition (which took him about 5-10 minuttes, as compared to the several hours for the windows partition).
-
That's Macrosuck Winblows XP for you ;)
-
Hey, if it was bug free, they couldn't do years of updates...
it's kind of like expecting a used car salesman to tell you the truth, isn't it? I mean, they make this stuff so your computer can run- not long or well, just at all.
-Kid Vid
-
*shrug* any application expected to work with a thousand diffrent applications each manufactured to a diffrent set of standards written by a diffrent group of people, is bound to be difficult.
the more it does, the more complex it is.
unix is easyer and more stable, but it's also more sheltered. you have to know what you are doing, and there is a limited selection of software out there for it. windows on the other hand is the largest most used and abused system that's out there.
personally, i think they do okay for what they have to deal with.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
of cource, it's easyer to just say they suck.
-
That's Macrosuck Winblows XP for you ;)
This machine never advanced beyond W98.
So... only partially right.
-
Thanks, Ruski. You're the first person I've heard with a well thought out opinion. So many just make up childish names to mock it, ignoring the herculean effort it takes to even do half of what Windows XP can do. In reality, it's amazing how stable and fluid Windows XP is, with how far along they've gotten, in security, stability, performance, ease of use, and even creating new graphical abilities with Direct X, among others. Heck, look at the price of it! At roughly $70 for Home Edition on NewEgg.com, it's little more than a new videogame. For an entire operating system! Hard to complain.
And Ingo, you don't pay for Microsoft products in protest? Protest against what? Their ability to profit from their work? And why the heck are you using them? ??? Is the irony really that severe, or was that a joke?
-
ooooo, Ingo got called out! ;D
-
Hehe a joke mostly, but I don't like the prices they charge for their product. And I like free stuff. ;)
At my work Office 2003 Professional OEM is $345! Even the basic one which only has the 4 basic programs is over $200 or something.
I thought it was really kewl when they released Office Student & Teacher edition and Office Professional Academic Edition. The exact same product, licensed for use on multiple computers and an awesome price.
In any case WinXP is a decent operating system. The only problem is that it is so widely used that many unscrupulous people find different ways to break into it, thus making it unsafe to store important information on your PC (unless the right precautions are taken). I really want to use Linux, I even have RedHat 9 Pro, I just haven't had the time to installing it on my other machine. It has come a long way but it still doesn't have the support it should have. Which brings me to a question...actually I'll make a new thread.
-
You know, Ani, I can only agree with you to a certain extent. I think MS has done a fairly good job creating the Windows family of operating systems, but I think they have fallen short of thier own press. When all is siad and done, if the program doesn't work right, or consistantly right, then it is a failed program. I know that opens me up to all kinds of flames, but the proof, as they say, is in the pudding. Do I use Windows? Of course; what the hell else am I supposed to use? Do I think Windows has a ton of glitches? Hell yes! I crash programs all the time just by running a few at a time. But by the same token, I spend a pretty good amount of time on the PC, and I like using it. I upgrad every few years to keep as current as my buget allows. And I will probably upgrade in a year or so again. Take all of this for what you will.
Gabriel
-
we have waaay too many threads about computers. That being said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!
-
[size=8]NO![/size][/glow]
-
tough titty :jester: r weeks till regular season starts and the first monday night game is gonna be awesome.
-
:banghead: grumble grumble grumble :banghead:
I hate football season...
Gabriel
-
LOL what is this football thing? does it take place OUTSIDE? i don't do outside. did you know that the world revolves arround a giant ball of fire? really! i saw it! it burned my eyes!
*grin*
Back to computers, and the piracy of software thereof:
I make all the companies i fix computers for pay for their software, for my friends, i steal it. not because it's getting back at anyone for anything, but because i'm poor, and my moral code will let me without feeling badly. it dosn't make it right. stealing is still stealing. however, i'm really good at it, and as far as i can tell they actually don't mind so much.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Haha, well put Ruski. Ditto
-
Then steel me some access codes to some good porn sites. ;D
Gabriel
-
ya, me too 8)
-
http://www.winmx.com
enjoy.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
LOL, yeah, I have that. Have you ever tried to get anything to actually DOWNLOAD though??? It's like pulling teeth to keep anything in que and everything stays there for hours before getting cut off and put back to the end of it right now. So stop taking the easy way out, you bum. ;)
Gabriel
-
No pain no gain.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
People get so many viruses from those file sharing programs.
-
yea, that can get all nasty
-
Update virus scan every week, run it every week. Other than that, what can you really do??
Gabriel
-
not much, I just need to re-subscribe to Norton. Mine ran out
-
Norton sucks donkey balls. McAfee works way better.
-
Norton sucks? how do you figure?
Norton discovers a new virus, turn arround time for cure: 3 Hours. HOURS!!!
McAfee turn arround time: 3 WEEKS! and they copy norton's code.
(norton makes it public domain after three weeks)
how is the copy better than the original?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Because here at work we get sooo many systems with Norton on it with viruses. Norton can find them but can't clean them out. We uninstall it, install McAfee, McAfee finds it and cleans it out.
-
Norton just likes to do things right. you have to boot up in safe mode so it can pull parts of the OS apart without killing the system.
McAfee is okay with makeing your computer half the man it use to be.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't even know why we're arguing about this, but why is it that the person had Norton on their system but viruses still got past it?
-
*SHRUG* well, if we werent argueing about this, we would be argueing about something else.
*GRIN* at least with this we know what we are talking about and can make good arguments. LOL if you like next time i could argue pro McAfee, and you can take norton's side.
as far as things getting past norton, it probibly has to do with how they get the viruses. did they download attachments like the retarded monkies at my office? McAffee would have a hard time catching that too. or go visit http://www.virus.com/download.html ?
or bring them from home? because norton is the biggest anti-virus co, most of the viruses try to 'disable' norton before running themselves, or it's the first task that they terminate. and if the people don't notice that little red X through their antivirus program in the corner, then what can ya do?
perhaps if you had McAffee on all your systems, and you were suddenly virus free i'd be more impressed. but my guess is that you ran a clean sweep, and like norton, it fixed everything, but in a month, someone will download something past the firewall, and all hell will break loose once again. (then you can install norton again, and we can switch places)
*shrug*
or whatever.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hehe
On our company network I forget what they use. We have a computer in the tech department which runs on a DSL line. Needless to say we don't get any viruses back here (me and my supervisor use hotmail cuz our company e-mail system is all fubar...which I've told our network admin several times of but he doesn't seem to care).
When we get systems in for repair, half the ones with virus problems get viruses through P2P file sharing (WinMX, Morpheus, etc.). The other half we can't trace the source, either e-mail or downloading something directly. Speaking of which I once had to download a driver for a modem from this one company. The virus scan on the system picked up a trojan in the driver files. Hehe, anyway...
Aren't both Norton & McAfee supposed to scan e-mails and their attachments?
Sometimes we use TrendMicro's sysclean package to scan and delete viruses. My supervisor has this virus scan made by Microsoft that he got from his buddy that works there. Supposedly it scans and cleans viruses, and will rebuild Windows system files if they get damaged. He also says that the virus scanner costs $10,000. I think that last part is a load of crap, but maybe you know better. He also won't give me a copy. This is all from a guy who talks about how great he is, but has been working here for over 7 years and makes really shitty money. Anyway...
-
Really it depends on the E-Mail client you use. if you use hotmail, it has McAffee built right into it. if you have an account with Earthlink, they also have a group license with McAffee. (i would expect this has something do do with cost, and not so much an indication of efficency) so, if you use thease clients you e-mail gets scanned before you get it. now, let me get on my soapbox for a bit.
*slight grinding sound as soapbox is pulled from corner*
*creaking sound as RuskiFace stands on soapbox*
let's talk about Outlook Express.
Outlook = the devil.
outlook is terrible. if you use outlook, you should stop.
outlook is a nice little mail program that memorises your POP3 and SMPT login addresses, and will get your mail for you while letting you skip the tedious type in your user name and password routine that most of us have hard wired into our fingertips. (i can loginto hotmail in my sleep in 0.02 seconds, but that's not really part of this) anyways, the BEST part of outlook is that it downloads all of your files into memory and opens up all of your attachments automaticly when you sign on. (saves load time) that's a bad thing if people e-mail you hurtfull things, like they sometimes do. so, if you have a firewall set up (ither the default thing in XP, or zonealarm, or the one that comes with ither norton systemworks or mcaffee suite) you are protected from everything, all of your incomeing files are scanned. unless you set up outlook. outlook skips the firewall and runs all the viruses before you can blink. so... if you set up a P2P, and you are opening your stolen files without scanning them first, then norton, or mcaffee will probibly find them in about 20 seconds (if the virus dosn't kill the antivirus (about half of them do)) when it hits the kernal. now, in outlooks defence, it is POSSIBLE to set it up properly, so that it dosn't automaticly download everything, but it slows down the process. and it is possible to set up norton to check the things that outlook downloads but it takes some know how, and some effort. (bouth in short supply) and if it's set up PERFECT what happens is it'll come up and say 'this file isn't safe. don't download it (procede) (stop)' if you hit the 'open it anyways' button it'll still infect your system.
so, if they get an infected file that they are expecting Priceforyourwidget.doc, and it says it's infected, but they need the price 9 out of 10 monkies will open it, and then complaine that the scanner didn't clean their information instead of e-mailing back the guy they got it from in the first place, letting them know they are running an infected machine.
*long intake of breath*
so..... there are so many ways to skip the virus scanner that everyone uses that mostly it's ineffective.
*RuskiFace gets off of soapbox, and moves over to his pedistal*
*beam of light shines down from above*
Okay, this is what i do on my network.
Delete Outlook from every computer. no one is aloud to have it.
they all have to type in their login name and passwords.
i set up norton to run individually on each computer, and it sends an alert if it's deactivated to my computer, so i can go yell at whoever is trying to download crap. there are firewalls. (2) i have a hardwired firewall on the router that stops active attacks from random peeps in the wild blue yonder. i also have each computer configured with it's own software firewall that yells anytime something trys to spread through the network. i also have (as backup, because things will alwies leak through firewalls) two individual computers with full permission to everything constantly scanning the network for viruses, and deleteing them, or sending an alert to the systems (that stops whoever is there from doing anything untill i come yell at them) if it's more infected than a remote machine can handle. even with this, about once a week someone will install a P2P, or install some adware that invites a virus into the system, and i'll have to go take 20 minutes to fix it. but i know about it about 5 minutes after it happens.
does all that work?
it's been a year and a half sence the last ocasion where i experenced dataloss and had to go to a backup. (another lecture all together)
(i've worked there for two years. and i implamented the constant scan a year and a half ago, upon the discovery of the last data eating virus)
there are thirty systems on my network. not very big. and my methods take a lot of time from me. (it is my job) and there is a little network overhead to it (constant remote scanning does slow down network traffic a bit) and people sometimes complaine that they don't like haveing to memorise my quirkie e-mail passwords that i give them, and haveing to type them in all the time. (i do let them write them down though).
is it worth it?
*shrug* i think it is.
*RuskiFace steps down off of pedistal*
*slideing sounds as pedistal and soapbox are moved offstage*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
<looks at ruski and ingo all in a daze>
-
D00d Ruski. I once again state: 'you rock!' :pirate:
That's fraggin kewl. I wish our admin did stuff like that. Nyea, I don't plan on being here much longer anyway so I guess I won't worry about it much. At least we got our system in the tech department working the way it should.
While I got your attention let me ask you a couple of questions:
1. What's the benefit of having a Corporate Edition virus scan vs. a retail one?
2. Does Norton Systemworks actually do what it's supposed to do? My supervisor despises Norton with a passion, which probably influenced me. Though I did experience what I described earlier a couple of times. Anyway he says it causes more problems that it fixes, and once you install it you can't fully uninstall it without editing the registry.
3. Truthfully and unbiased - how do McAfee and Norton compare to each other in ability and functionality?
Err.. I'll think of something else later. I really like learning stuff ;)
-
Yea, Norton Corperate edition is SOOOOOO worth the extra cred. i forced my company to buy it. it's what allows me to have remote access and controll over all the individual copies of norton running on every individual's machine, and it's what lets me recieve notice when someone is doing something that they shouldn't be. it was a bitch to install, no lie there, and the individual updates still don't work right on half the computers (i haven't taken the hour each to set it up, but it is on my list of things to do) but it's running, and the ones that 'sweep' the network, yea, that's a feature of corperate edition too. (and thoes ones are running updated virus defenitions) mostly, the end result is that the corperate edition is 'managable' the home edition is 'stand alone' it's actually the same program, just more controll, and if you know what you are doing, it works better with more controll.
bottom line between norton and mcaffee is almost identical. if you had two systems with the same virus, norton would find and stop it, and mcaffee would find and stop it. basicly it comes down to what you are comfortable with. if you know how to set up mcaffee correctly, it'll do a better job, if you know how to set up norton correctly, it'll do a better job. if you could set them bouth up correctly, then norton is a little faster on their responce time, but mcaffee is a little less expencive. more cost = more service. at my work that bill goes to someone else, and not my bank account, so i had them shell out the extra cred for it. (i'm lucky in that i'm totally badass, and the boss will do anything i tell him to with the comptuers, because i never do anything wrong.) (i've actually done stuff wrong, but i fixed it, and it was long ago, when i was 7 and still learning how to work this stuff)
systemworks does what it's suppose to do. it makes your system more stable. it will examine your windows install, and fix the things that are causeing memory leaks, lost clusters, wasted space, and general cleanup. it's not really necessary. i could do the same work that norton systemworks does by hand, but it would take me about 10 hours pr. machine. (ocasionally i have to do it anyways, but i do have other things to do) systemworks will run, by it's self, and 'tidy up' a system, clean out the registry, defrag the hard drive, optimize the swap space, etc. and it'll take about two hours to do it. and i don't have to be there watching it while it does.
is it hard to install? you bet your hoop it is. with any program that is THAT integrated into the system, it'll be hard to get rid of. think of it this way though, your OS has to run every peace of software you throw at it, but it dosn't have to do a good job of it. Norton has to be able to go in and fine tune each program with each of the random ways that they infringe on the system kernal, and while letting them continue to run, make it so that they play nicely with the other programs that are installed. that's a very in depth and integrated process. takes quite a bit of looking into and understanding of how the machine works, and how the OS works, and how every program works and how they all work together, and how what one program does effects all the other programs, and what you can do to make the programs work better, so, not only is norton re-writeing your OS, but it's rewriteing your internet browser, your video games, your network, your virus scanning software (even if it's not norton's own software) and everything else.
now, if he had problems with it i can automaticly tell you several things:
1) he was running an outdated copy OR a pirated copy.
2) he was trying to do several things at once, like update the system with system updates, while flashing the bios and running an adware scan.
norton systemworks is 'polish' it isn't a trencher. after your system is set up, and updated, and everything is copasetic, you run systemworks when everything is perfect, and it'll make things more perfect. you have it do that, and it'll make your system so stable that you can run a system constantly (without ever shutting it off) for months at a time. pretty good considering that XP will crash on it's own if you leave it running for three days solid, and not do anything to it. (yea, that dam screensaver and power-plus mode will kill a system every time if you don't set them up right)
i think the biggest problem comes from people trying to get norton to fix things it can't. if your system has a virus and a ton of spyware, norton systemworks will die a horrable screaming death. it's like trying to cure cancer by putting a bandaid on it. even if that is the most amazing bandaid, with quadruple strenght antibiotics, and nanobots, it won't cure cancer. you have to use it for what it's ment for, something to run in the background every now and again to keep your system running, and keep downtime to a minimum.
*shrug* however, i'm not going to say that your system admin is retarded for not likeing it. if he's a system admin he probibly knows what he's doing. and perhaps he likes takeing the system registry apart by hand (it's kinda a power trip) and he can probibly do a better job than norton, (norton is just an automation after all, and nothing will work as well as a human mind for fixing problems) however, i use it to save time. and on my own computer i do edit my own registry, and my system does run better than everyone elses, but i put more time into it, and i have more controll over it. if i did that to everyone, it would work better, but i'd be there 24/7, and i'd have no time to fix or play with my new (to me) red corvette.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
<snip>
and people sometimes complaine that they don't like haveing to memorise my quirkie e-mail passwords that i give them, and haveing to type them in all the time. (i do let them write them down though).
is it worth it?
*shrug* i think it is.
*RuskiFace steps down off of pedistal*
*slideing sounds as pedistal and soapbox are moved offstage*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
OK, outlook = bad, no argument there from me.
But you write their passwords?
And they're allowed to write them down?
Doesn't standard security procedures say never to write down a password, and that not even the sysop should know them (after all, sysop can just go in and change them if necessary, even overriding build-in system demands on passwords)?
-
<looks at ruski and ingo all in a daze>
Yeah... what Jester said...
Gabriel
-
<leaves this thread till there is a subject change>
-
Yea. it's my loophole. everyone has things that they feel are really important and are anal about, me, i figure all the security i installed is enough, and i punish the people enough as it is, letting them write down the passowrds i give them (so it's not something a bot would be able to guess and test into the system) is the one thing i let them get off easy on.
*shrug*
if i was protecting more important inside information i would probibly step that up a notch too, but as it is, i don't care if someone were to break into the office, and check our e-mail because if they did that, the on site secruity would have to deal with it, and that's not my problem.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ah.
Physical Security's Problem, you only deal with Matrix Security. ;)
-
norton systemworks is 'polish' it isn't a trencher. after your system is set up, and updated, and everything is copasetic, you run systemworks when everything is perfect, and it'll make things more perfect. you have it do that, and it'll make your system so stable that you can run a system constantly (without ever shutting it off) for months at a time. pretty good considering that XP will crash on it's own if you leave it running for three days solid, and not do anything to it. (yea, that dam screensaver and power-plus mode will kill a system every time if you don't set them up right)
Actually I don't turn my system off at home (XP Pro) and I haven't had it crash on me. Granted I have to restart after I update software or install something new, but I've had it running for at least a month now without a crash or restart. Though I set it so that my system doesn't go to standby and it doesn't power down the hard drives (the only thing it does is turn off the monitor).
I have Diskeeper Pro and I have it defrag my hard drives every other day (the scheduling thing with that is sooo bad-ass). If you don't have that, get it. If you can get it for 'free', even better.
-
*grin* good job Ingo. it's certanly possible to make a system stable without norton, i just think it helps quite a bit.
you are running some nice software in place of it, and the automated scheduleing is awsome (norton has it too).
*shrug* to each their own.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Okay Jester a change of subject and a topic close to your heart:
Associated Press
Twinkies Maker Seeking Ch. 11 Protection
Interstate Bakeries Corp., the nation's largest wholesaler baker whose products include Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Wednesday. The company also named a new chief executive.
The company said it had a commitment, subject to bankruptcy court approval, from JP Morgan Chase Bank to provide $200 million to pay suppliers, employees and other operating costs during the reorganization. It said it would continue operating its bakeries, outlet stores and distribution centers.
"IBC has some of the most recognizable and popular baked breads and sweet goods brands in the nation," Alvarez said in a statement. "By filing for protection under Chapter 11 and obtaining...financing, the company should have the liquidity, time and resources necessary to thoroughly identify, assess and address the issues that will enable this company to be successful in the future."
Last month the company missed a second deadline for filing its annual report, after request an extension in May because of a series of investigations into its reserve fund for workers' compensation claims.
The report was due Aug. 27, but the company said it was still not finished because of problems with a financial system it started using in June, uncertainty over results for the current quarter, and questions about its ability to pay its loans this year.
It also said there was a possibility that auditors would include a paragraph in the report saying "there may be substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern."
Interstate, with annual sales of $3.5 billion, operates more than 50 bakeries and employs about 34,000, including 600 of them in the Kansas City area.
The company's shares closed at $3.27 on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, down 13 cents.
-
NOOOOOOOO!!!!! we must save the twinkies! Everyone go out and start buying as many twinkies as possible! :'(
-
i told you redirecting all thoes shipments to your house would eventually get back to haunt you...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, but Twinkies HAVE to go the way of the dod, or else Apoc and Jester can't buy the rights and start producing them in 2062. Right?
Gabriel
-
*shrug*
sounds like ripe 'hostile takeover' time to me.
anyone else want to invest?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
No, that's why we have Happy Cakes....
-
happy happy, joy joy
-
::: Gabriel's eyes cross as he watches Jester do the Happy Dance. After a few seconds, a small line of spit dribbles down his chin and he passes out.:::
Gabriel
-
wow, that worked better than I thought
-
should get a skillsoft for that!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Actually, IBC, like most American corporations was bought up by megacorps in an effort to seem "more american" to UCAS consumers (still the largest consumers on the planet).
If they go under, like the dod. ;D I mean, dodo, then someone else will buy the right to the twinkie name and continue producing them until Jester and Apoc buy out the rights in 2063. Or whenever.
-Kid Vid
-
homestyle cookin'!
(made in tiwan)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Fresh SaladTM?
-Kid Vid
-
Tastes like C.H.I.C.K.E.N !
(product contains no actual chicken, c.h.i.c.k.e.n. represents a chemical adhesive derived from jujubees, gum arabic, and yellow dye #40, and is an acronym for the individual chemical analysis components. c.h.i.c.k.e.n. is not edible, contains carsonagens known to everyone to be extreamly toxic, and should not be given to children under the age of 40. c.h.i.c.k.e.n. contains chokeing hazzards. incase of injestion call poison controll immediatly. not for human use.)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
heeheeheee... Animal 54.
-Kid Vid
-
nah. no animal.
chemical 54.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
No... I was thinking of Zach's dream.
But yeah, I see what you're saying. What could be more tasty and nutritious than a bunch of polymers bonded to some good ol polysorbate 60?
-Kid Vid
-
Well, when it gets right down to it, isn't everything bonded to Polysorbate 80??
Gabriel
-
depends on if it's an organic compound or not.
polysorbate 80 is an amino acid compound, so it's gotta be biological in nature.
rocks don't got it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah but if you can get it stiky, then smear in a few rocks, they will be bonded with Polysorbate 80. Think outside of the box a bit, chummer. ;)
Gabriel
-
but would you eat the rocks?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I eat salt all the time, and it's a rock. So yeah.
Gabriel
-
dwarves eat rocks in their bread ;D
-
Dwarves do it in the rocks!
HAHAHAHAHA
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Technically, carbon is a rock, and it's in EVERYTHING you eat, as one of the building blocks of life as we know it.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to be munching granite or slate anytime soon.
But hmmm... that sulphur is pretty tasty!
-Kid Vid
-
carbon isn't a rock.
you only find carbon where there was bio-matter at one point in time.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Technically, carbon is a rock, and it's in EVERYTHING you eat, as one of the building blocks of life as we know it.
Er, no. Carbon has several forms, or crystallic structures, one of which is diamond. A gemstone, but technically not a rock.
More stable (indeed most stable) is graphite, which is what's most likely used for "lead" in your pencil.
Carbon chemistry is also known as "Organic Chemistry", and is indeed the corner stone of all living things on this planet (with the possible exceptions of a few sulphurbased bacteria, but I'm not sure they were really real), as well as all things we can digest. Ofcourse, carbon is also the basis for such compounds as crude oil and its derivative products, plastic and many other things.
This is why I always have trouble deciding wether to laugh or cry when I hear about the "low carb" diet. It tell you to eat few or no carbonhydrates. But "carbonhydrate", to a chemist, means something based mainly on carbon and hydrogen, which is just about anything we can digest, except water!. Indeed, if you refrain from eating things that contain carbon and hydrogen, I can assure you you will loose wieght, and fast at that!
Yes, I know that's not what's meant when the dietists talk about "carb", but that's such impressise use of language. Why can't they just call them sacharides, and not sound quite so intolerably stupid and uneducated?
-
But... sacharides is so hard to say, and if you're a dietician, you desperately need to be able to appeal to the thousands of trophy wives and other cerbrially handicapped people who are going to take your diet.
I mean Carb. It's just easier to say. And you need that if you're going to be a selling point. ("The South Beach" Diet. The "Slim Fast" Diet. All easy to say.) And if people want to sound smart and informed, especially when they've just seen it on Oprah. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Oh yeah, like Oprah is the person to listen to about dieting. That fat slitch!
Gabriel
-
cerbrially
cerebrally.
-
well, she's certanly had lots of experience with diffrent diets.
probibly really good at telling ya' what dosn't work.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
this is what you do, eat less and excercise. If you're lazy like me then you're just gonna be stuck bein tubbie :)
-
*grin* i suggest being poor.
nothing like the poor diet to keep ya' thin.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ain't it the truth. A few years back, I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma with a few buddies of mine. We each had minimum wage jobs and not a car between us (it got wrecked a few months after I got there). We all made just enough for rent and utilities and that's about it. So I only got to eat once a day for about $4.00 because both the other guys worked at Hardies and got me a discount. Plus, I had to walk about a mile and a half to work every afternoon. So I ended up slimming down pretty damn nice. Unfortunately, when I moed back home and got my "easy" life again, I just pooched right back up. Bummer for me.
Gabriel
-
damn gabe, I didn't know you had it that rough over there :(
-
yup yup yup.
being poor will do it ever time.
opera should try that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That's right, Jester, I never really did tell you guys that much about Tulsa, did I? Well, it was pretty drekky as far as he finances went, but damn we had a good time. Especially since we never really did much of anything. Remind me and I will show you a picture of my Skinny-Chick-Magnet self.
Gabriel
-
just tell em' all you are in a band.
as far as i can tell, it's acceptable to be a poor looser if you are in a band.
and you don't have to play, you could just sing.
or carry the luggage.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i'll remind you when we get there at the end of the month. Oh, did I tell you a friend of mine wants to meet us at Great wall that saturday night? After dinner maybe we can go shoot pool. Finally drag lee's party pooper ass into a bar :)
-
if he dosn't like being there you can alwies give him the designated driver pin, and get him free soda for the evening.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, don't knock the Deisgnated Driver! I get more time talking to the cute waitress than all of my friends combined!
On the other subject, I've recently tried three diets, and here's what I think of them:
Diets suck.
;D... oh, you thought I meant... okay, here you go;
Depressed/Miserable - I lost a lot of weight, (heehee! About 100 pounds, actually! ;D) but as soon as I started eating again, it was harder to stop. So I gained about as much as I lost.
Excersize - I then worked with my brother at a warehouse, which meant a much more active lifestyle (with lots of heavy lifting, good sweating, and lots and lots of water.) I actually gained weight, because as I lost fat, I gained muscle, but it equalled out and I slimmed down quite a bit. Once I got fired, as soon as the sweat had dried on my head, I started gaining weight again, because my appetite didn't decrease at all.
The "Frag It" Diet - This is my more recent (and most satisfying) diet. I said 'frag this, I don't have anyone to impress!" and started doing whatever I wanted. I'm naturally a very active person, so I started rock climbing again, went to the meach a bunch of times, planned a few more activities, and I just eat when I feel like it. (I usually eat pretty healthy, but I ALWAYS eat tasty.) I've lost weight, I'm doing okay, and I've actually been hit on repetedly by women.
I mean, I'm a nerd. I'm not used to that kind of attention. :-[ ??? :-\ ;)
I love my carbs. I'm not from South Beach, and I'm not interested in pretending like I am. I'm just a kid with a hearty appetite. (As my family loves to tease me about.)
I'll post some pictures or something soon.
-Kid Vid
-
nah. they don't need to see ya'.
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, you see me all the time of your own free will, and you're surviving!
-Kid Vid
-
yea yea.
well i guess they had to look at my busted self when i decided to roll up my motorcycle into a little ball.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey Ruski, I wouldn't say anything if I were you. Kid_Vid was one of the few runners with enough balls to post a photo on the appropriate thread when it was still around. SO unless you want to post a picture of you (and maybe the Mrs. with you) then you are on the losing side of this one. ;)
Gabriel
-
yea, only a couple of you guys haven't had your pictures posted. You know who I mean, so let's see um :)
-
i suppose i could do that... i even think i have some digital ones somewhere....
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Who are we missing pictures of? I'm have some more if anybody wants to see them
-
is there a particular thread that you'd want aforementoned pictures posted?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
e-mail it to me and I can host it.
Or we could make a new thread where people can post their pictures.
-
hmm... new thread, let everyone find their own ftp site to host stuff.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
We really should get some pics up.
-
Yea, i vote for it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
sounds good to me. A new thread will work fine. I have my ISP hosting me. Free webspace rocks :)
-
sounds good to me. A new thread will work fine. I have my ISP hosting me. Free webspace rocks :)
Err Jester unless you're ISP is free, that's not free...(It just usually comes with the package)
-
Holy crap I just checked and I get unlimited photo storage. SBC doesn't suck that much after all. Not bad for $25 a month ;)
-
woot go head ingo! and thanks for burstin my bubble :P
-
*grin* i have broadband, ... i don't think that i've even looked at what e-mail or storage options i have.
*shrug* it's all about the bandwidth for me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Do I even get email and storage with my account? Hmmm... that's something to look into. ;)
Of course, it doesn't matter, because I have my hotmail as my main account, my photo storage account (also free), and other things to keep me occupied for free for as long as I want to stick around this computer thing.
-Kid Vid
-
everytin is free!
horrah for the internet!
and piracy!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
SHH! You're not supposed to say that.
Paladin
-
horrah for legally downloading public domain information!
-RuskiFace the Honest Person
-
yay
-
*grin* i have broadband, ... i don't think that i've even looked at what e-mail or storage options i have.
*shrug* it's all about the bandwidth for me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
I hear ya on that, all I wanted was cheap broadband. All this other stuff is just perks they threw in that I didn't even know about (for a year and a half no less)
-
sounds good to me. A new thread will work fine. I have my ISP hosting me. Free webspace rocks :)
Err Jester unless you're ISP is free, that's not free...(It just usually comes with the package)
I have to pay for webspace and it's really small if I want it. Doesn't come extra for me.....deng.
How much is everybody paying approx for their services? I'm just curious if I have everyone beat since I live in Japan. ;)
-
broadband. 1/2 meg down, 128k up.
$29.00 / month. and i get to steal cable for free (and they don't care)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Mine is about the same as Ruski's, only my parents pay for the cable too. (Extra $30 a month?)
-Kid Vid
-
total bill for them looks more like $85.
but they get a buncha junk.
i only want/need broadband.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
although my wife does watch opra...
-
I have cable, I pay about 40 a month
-
I have DSL. 384kbps to 1.5Mbps down, 128kbps to 384kbps up.
Of course since it's DSL the speed depends upon how far I am from their routing station. In average I get about 700-900kbps down and 250-300 kpbs up.
My dad pays $24.95 a month. We get file hosting (110MB, but can't build a website on it), and unlimited photo storage (or so they say, I should upload 50 million 1MB pics and find out).
Pretty neat package, but I'd much rather have broadband cable speeds, especially since I download so much crap.
-
I pay for my internet connection as part of the rent, which unfortunatly means that although the line out is pretty good, I have to share it with far too many others.
If I get online when they sleep or whatever, and the connection is actually up, it's a pretty decent connection (though I haven't a clue how good), otherwise, it sucks.
But essentially it's free. (The rent wouldn't be any lower if I didn't use it.)
-
you should modify the permissions on the router to set your self up as the primary channel. that way, no matter how many people are on, you alwies get the best connection speed, and theirs just really really start to suck.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, I did something like that when we first got cable out here. I was getting close to a T1 conection. But cox wised up and that program doesn't work any more :(
-
that's why ya' gotta get NEW programs, or write your own and share. LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I have cable and they are making upgrades all the time. I don't get any webspace with my service and I pay approx (after the conversion of course) about $65 a month. I like mine service and honestly what slows me down is other people sometimes. I used to get a bit faster in one of my old connections but this one suits my needs just fine. I'm not a huge movie downloader and I can wait a min or two for songs so it's fine. But here is my transfers. I really don't understand the huge difference or why it varies so much. The biggest thing that bothers me is the email space which is low but it increasing in about 5 days, since I use it for work then I get big files, etc. but I have 6MB with an increase to 10MB in five days, etc..well, that is mine. Unless I messed up on something.
Down for me is =　４３Ｍｂｐｓ
Up for me is　= １Ｍｂｐｓ
Basically, I wanted to see if I'm close to paying the same amount as you guys but it seems to me that cable is still not as wide spread as I was lead to believe. I think I'm getting a fair price now but let's hear some opinions.
-
it's all about compatition.
if you have two providers for high speed internet access, haggle.
call one up, say you were looking at their competator, get their price.
call the other one up, and say that you have a price for the other guy, but you would be willing to switch if you got a better deal.
call up the original guy, ask to speak to a manager, or shift supervisor, or whatever, explain that you are doing comparison shopping for your friends, and that currently the best price offered was their competator, and give them the amount, say that you like their service more, but it all comes down to the almighty dollar, and unless he gives you a special rate you'll have to recomend their competator.
that should get you down arround $20/month if you make all your charisma checks.
if you don't have any compatition in the area, find out where else your provider provides for, and find compatition in that area, and give them the run arround (they may not know that you are in a monopoly zone)
same ending, but barganing from a posistion of less power typically yealds worse results.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Nice try........ but Japan doesn't work like that.....if you don't want to pay the price then go somewhere else or just don't have internet access.
If it did work like that then we would have done that long ago but Internet Service is just something that you can't bargain with here. :'(
-
*shrug* i dunno, lots of people think that very same way about stuff here. just because it's got a price tag printed on it dosn't mean you can't haggle.
just means you have to be more charming about it.
*shrug* go ahead and try though. it's not like they'll shut down your access out of spite, and you may save a couple of bucks.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Japanese are a bit more pricklier than that...but in a nice way..know what I mean?
You would understand if you lived here ;)
-
yea. and my haggleing skills only work in english.
perhaps it's because i'm so close to mexico?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ROFL ;D
-
*shrug* if you don't haggle in TJ you end up paying $45 for a toothbrush.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I've heard plenty of stories and there is a guy there represents my wife's company in the Mexico branch...cool guy, actually....I learned alot about Mexico when he came over to Japan for a business trip.
-
you learned that they all haggle all the time?
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Something like that and the politics of Mexico. ;D
-
really? i'd be interested to know what you found interesting, and if there was anything that i didn't know.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'll go into details next time...I'm stalling for bed and my brain is starting to shut down.
-
another day then.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Oyasumi Nasai (Good Night in Japanese)
Pad..pad..pad.. pad....just to get you started. ;D
-
thanks! it's alwies good to get a kick start from a dragon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Oyasumi Nasai (Good Night in Japanese)
Pad..pad..pad.. pad....just to get you started. ;D
No prob..Pad
Laterz ;D:apoc:
-
lol, man Ruski, you got this site runnin 24 7. Jeez
-
it's good for what ales ya'
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
man, that wasn't eve 2 minutes and you replied
-
well, when you can type fast, you can type fast.
although my video card is the sucks. i may have my nerd status revoked.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
what you sporting?
-
5700 g-force. 256mb ram.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
dear god! and you say you need a new one? I have a Gforce FX 5200 128 and it runs just fine
-
My god is this post still going! I'm back all ;D
-
welcome back! I'm Ruski BTW... i don't rember if you were on the original BBS, but i'm KidVid's brother.
and yea, we are still paddin our count.
-Ruskiface the Pirate
-
He actually came when the new board was created.....I don't think he was on the old board. He's a cool guy and it's nice to see that alot of members are coming back slowly but surely. ;D
-
*grin* just can't leave it alone.
if you have shadowrun in your blood, no matter how hard to try to destract yourself from it, you'll still end up dreaming of car chaces with VCR's and smartlinked gun battles, intreauge between orcs and elves...
yea...
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
WOOHOO! ;)
-
that sounds like an 'AMEN BROTHER!' to me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well if that didn't, then here you go:
AMEN BROTHER!!
;)
-
;D
-
I did use to be on the old boards as well for about the last year of them, just unfortunate that our SR group isn't as consistent as I'd like it to be.
-
Yeah, that's true. I just can't remember anybody accept for Squire, Jester, Ingo, Ruski, and myself.....I know I'm forgetting a few people but I just listed the quick ones off the top of my head....the old cast of shadows is a good walk down memory lane.
-
How could you forget Paladin :) and welcome back Bro ;D
-
our very own white knight.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yea, cracker knight ;D
-
now if anyone was going to go the full legit software route, he would have had my vote.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Capt. North?
Squire?
Wildhuntsman?
I mean, there are a lot of people who kind of dissappear and don't really come back. Which makes me sad.
Speaking about dissappearing, where did Gabe go?
-Kid Vid
-
*shrug*
he just wandered off, he'll be back to see what we are saying about him any day now.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
persinal issues
-
*shrug*
nothin' personal. just issues.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Just paddin through ;D
-
paddin paddin, everybodies paddin ;D
-
come on party people!
woo-hoo
put your hands in the air!
woo-hoo
come on party people!
woo-hoo
acting like you don't care!
-
Pad like you just don't care.
Oh ee oh
Pad over here..pad over there
Pad for the people that just don't care.
Oh ee oh
Paddin with style. ;D
-
WHOOOA!
Apoc is Paddin Rhyms wit' stylz!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
Props to Apoc!
-
I was thinking Paddin with more a rasta beat.............
Ooo yeah, we're paddin...................
.........I hope ya like paddin tooo ..........Ooo yeah.
You get the drift ;D
-
That's pretty good..I gave ya a karma for that. ;D
-
hehe, that was cool. I don't ryme though
-
ain't got no time to rhyme?
seriously
you need to work on your list to twist.
vocabulary is the beez kneez.
there's really no other way to do it.
youve gotta have mad skilz
or console your self with pills.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I like pizza...
-
but i wouldn't want to meetz-ya'
in the streetz-a'
i'd be running on my feet-za
word.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
dude's doin rap from 1982
-
hey, the 80's was where i was introduced to rap, with MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and the like.
*shrug* it was cool then.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yea, now it's a buncha gangsta wanna be's talkin about how much money they have and their cars
-
Well, if i had a cool car i would want to talk about it too.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
did i tell you all about my corvette?
-
Yeah, but would you rap about it??? And more to the point, SHOULD you rap about it?? ;)
Gabriel (Bling Bling)
-
nah, i'm pretty happy just driveing it quickly and getting the apriceative 'dove of peace' from people who apriceate my supurb ability to weave in and out of traffic at high speeds.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, dove of peace, neer heard it called that before.
-
'dove of peace'
'youre number one'
'waveing one finger at a time'
'pointin' at the planes'
'universal sign of approval'
'the finger'
'pretty bird'
'displaying their iq'
'the california wave'
'talking in sign language'
...
yea, i get a lot of that.
and i probibly deserve it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah... probably. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
hey, you get your own share of em' buddy.
"HEY JACK HOLE! MOVE THAT PEACE OF $#*% OUT OF THE INTERSECTION!!"
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Only when I'm pushing it!
-Kid Vid
(the well-excersized)
-
*shrug* you really should fix that gas gauge.
-RuskIFace the pirate
-
doh!
-
Insert drool and Pad ;D
-
*play 'rimshot.wav'*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
rimshot?
-
yea, after a joke in a comedy club they alwies play 'rimshot'
it's like two fast drum beats followed by a tap on the symbols.
da-da' *ching*
*shrug*
i thought that everyone knew that was called a rimshot? am i the only one?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It's usually a hit on the snare drum and then a beat on the bass drum then the symbol. So it kinda sounds like 'ba-doom ching'
-
*shrug* the closest i ever got to a drumset was the gutar display at my local music store.
so it's not bad, at least i knew what a rimshot was.
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, it is called a rim shot, but I've also heard the name used to describe something in pr0n... so yeah...
I have a hard time ordering boston cream pie either- every single time,the girl behind the counter smiles at me and then looks away and whispersto her friends.
It's good pie, though.
-Kid Vid
-
uhhhgggg...
now why did you have to go and make it all gross?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Dammit Kid...
-
that's it. i didn't want to smite you, but i have no choice. that's just too gross a thing to associate with something as cool as pie.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, that's the name of the pie- and that's the name of the thing.
Not my fault. Good pie, though.
-Kid Vid
-
YUCKIE
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ewww :P
-
look, you even grossed out the dragon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
wow, ok...I actuakky thought you were talking about a band Ruski
-
there is a band called rimshot?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Probably, though not one I'm aware of, why?
-
i was just thinking, if that was the band name, they are probibly pretty funny.
*shrug*
or at least they should be.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
don't know if there is one, but that's what I thought you were talkin about
-
*shrug* it's okay, this posting about nothing is padding the count quite nicely.
-RuskiFace the Padder
-
yes, that's why I created this post. We don't have to worry about somebody griping about hijaking it.
-
LOL so, what you are saying is that this is the ONLY thread that IS on track?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
of course not, but people can't complain about it on this one ;D
-
actually i was going to agree with you. if the subject is <nul> you can't say it's not on subject.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
very true
-
so i think that any post longer than six replyes will go off track, but if it starts off derailed...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hehe yep. leave it to either you or me to take the subject and throw it out the window
-
then go down stairs, get into a car and run it over.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
3 times
-
before shoveling it out into the street so other people can run over it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
then watch some hillbillie come and pick it up for dinner
-
and have him get hit by a bus and dragged down the street
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
while being chasxed by a big hungry dog
-
with only three legs.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
and a very strange disposition
-
perhaps it's infected with the HMHVV-kregger strain?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
gouhl?
-
yup.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
it ate it's own leg.
-
Naughty boys, both of you.
See that you get this thread off track, this very instant!
-
oh we are trying, but it's hard.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
This subject derailment makes Baby Jesus cry.
;D
-Kid Vid
-
nah, baby jesus likes variety as much as the next baby.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Babies don't seem to like variety much at all.
-Kid Vid
-
they seemed amazed at movement of any sort.
guess it depends on the age though...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yes, but they lack the motor skills to do anything about it
-
that's why it's so important that they invent datajacks soon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
First in line to have a hole drilled in my skull.
-
I can do that for ya for free
-
Sedatives/Anathesia (sp?) for a 'small' fee.
-
uh...
okay, perhaps second. you go first.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hehe, <pulls out power drill and emact wrench>
-
do any of you read 'wired'?
they had a really cool article on a guy who had an artifical eye built for him, and in order to hook it up (he was blind) they had to drill a hole in his head and wire it dirrectly to his brain.
pretty cool stuff.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I used read it even over here in Japan but lost interest after a while.
-
it's a good article, if i get time i'll try to post a link.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Sweet. Then I shall check it out.
-
i looked, and i could find some pictures of the bionic eye, but i couldn't find the article.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
post the pics man
-
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anderson/ProstheticEye(Wired).gif&imgrefurl=http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anderson/NeuroEthicsProgram.htm&h=348&w=596&sz=128&tbnid=di5_UVpVYjMJ:&tbnh=77&tbnw=131&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2Beye%2Bwired%26svnum%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff
yea... the main link is dead, but the google preview still works.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Broken link.
-
poop
-
Well, Deng.
-
Actually, because YaBBSE cuts on hypertext links, you have to highlight the whole thing, copy it to clipboard, and then post it in your address box...
If you just click on it, it doesn't work.
Sorry.
-Kid Vid
-
oops, sory guys. i'll keep looking for it, or see if i can find my old copy and scan it in...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'm looking forward to seeing it. ;)
-
It was a cool article... I think they might've gotten in trouble, because they were letting the blind guy test combinations in his own brain, and he even sent himself into a bit of a epliteptic fit.
So there might've been some damage done by the article itself.
I have the mag itself in storage, so I'll look around for it.
-Kid Vid
-
That was the group, I believe, who was told by regulations, that the blind fellow was only allowed to use his optics in the lab, because the rig was experimental, despite the facts that
A) The more he used it, the better his brain would be able to interpret the signals, so it would've been an advantage if he could get to use it all day.
B) This allowed sight, and would've made his life alot easier (imagine not being able to see...).
and
C) Since it's a bit of cyber, exactly how contagious do we think it could possibly be?
wasn't it?
-
Man, so much government regulations. They probably wanted to keep the technology themselves. Imagin soldiers with thermographic images and night vision and such.
-
But you can do that easily enough today, with gogles, no cyber needed!
This was pure bureaucracy!
-
super soldiers ruling the world!
-
i dunno that most soldiers would want a hole in their skull.
even if it let them see in the dark.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
they should get more nerds like us in the army, then? Datajacks, anyone?
-Kid Vid
-
yea, i'm all for it, but i don't think the army would opt to pay for it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Sure they would. I mean, they pay $1500 for a toilet seat!
-Kid Vid
-
but i don't see them paying to outfit 'hackers' with nural-grade cyberware for... uh... fun?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, your fun is another man (hopefully the other side's) headache.
-Kid Vid
-
perhaps he was trying to 'shoot' someone with the paint can?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
talk about caught red handed.
-
oh man, I gotta show this to my brother! you got props for that one Ruski
-
JUDO CHOP!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
HASAAAAN CHOP!
-
I was trying to type the exact same thing but the Pub when down. :(
-
it's been doing that quite a bit recently.
hey Ingo, any guess on why?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
because your ugly and your momma dresses you funny
-
awww... i didn't know that was the reason the board is crashing.
i'm going to ask my momma to let me pick out the socks next time.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, gave you another karma for taking that one in stride. that was funny ;D
-
*grin* Grace under fire right?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I was thinking that has to be one of the reasons that Ingo plans to move the Pub. I think he mentioned it before.
-
really? it's a common problem? it dosn't happen tooo often. (and i'm here a lot) *shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah random hickups and those really annoying missing-two-weeks-of-data errors that happen every few months.
-
Yeah, those ;)
-
oh well,... good reason to run a decent backup program neh?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
or just move :)
-
*shrug* moveing could work too, but it depends on what is causeing the problems.
is it two board members posting at the same time?
is it kiddie-hackers hitting the server with scripts?
is it limited bandwidth?
bad administration on the hardware side?
moveing will only solve some of thoes problems.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
true, maybe you need to e-mail Ruski the problems
-
*shrug* or at least guesses as to the causes, figureing out what the problem is typically is the most work.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It had to do with the server...I think...I forgot.
-
again with the visits to drug relapse land!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey..I've been clean for 10 mins...or is that years...either way..I'm clean seriously. ;D
-
you know they have support meetings you can go to for that...
-RuskiFace the AA Pirate
-
I use to go to them all the time..they supported plenty....I felt better and higher afterward. ;)
-
with that many clients available, a dealer would have to be a fool to use non competative prices.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I farted on the set of blue lagoon once
-
yea, how did that work for you?
was it a green lagoon afterwards?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
more brownish
-
Autumn Brown? ;)
-
close...
-
Roasted Almond Brown?
-
bingo!
-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/gc30k.jpg)
ooh! look! I made my first pic post!
Shadowrun Seattle!
-
That's cool! Where is the picture from?
-Kid Vid
-
That is pretty cool? Local picture, Z?
-
nice
-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/gc30k.jpg
there's the source file. check out the rest of the directory.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
dokie dokie
-
see anything ya' like?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Got any good pics of Shadowrun London since our group has relocated there.
-
P
A
D
;D
-
perhaps something with old ben inside the toxic zone?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I just can't believe that we have kept this PADDIN thread going this long ;D
-
PAD?
i thought it was PDAing
like the use of geek technology in the form of a Palm Pilot?
LOL
(Just Kidding)
PAD PAD PDA
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I've never been to jooly old england, but I hear the only thing worse than the weather is the food. ;D
(Really, that's what I've heard. ;D ;D ;D)
Anyways, does anyone know the status of the "dome" over old london? I know they had one installed, but last I heard, it was in a state of disrepair that meant there were big holes in it... but that's old info. Anyone know what it's like these days?
-Kid Vid
-
the more things change, the more they stay the same.
still there, still got holes.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I just can't believe that we have kept this PADDIN thread going this long.
Somehow, I'm not at all surprised
-
i vote that we continue to pad!
pad pad pad
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Again, I find myself less than surprised.
-
i notice that it dosn't stop you from posting in this thread.
pad pad
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
After all, it's the "padding" thread, neh?
-
This is true.
and my post count reflects how much i enjoy that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
True.
-
*grin* your post count also reflects that.
LOL
(padpadpad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, I thought it was a rather clever thread and it just keeps going.
-
I do belive it's the longest one on the board, currently.
Which I suspect does say quite a bit about the lot of us.
-
and never gets off topic.
-RuskiFace the Padder
-
True.
-
I think it holds the records in the stats section.
-
As well it should. 62 pages (at the moment) of Seinfield-worthy nothingness. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
i think that even sinefield would balk at the nothingness of this post.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It is possible. It'd probably be the basis of a whole episode.
-Kid Vid
(not a seinfeild fan)
-
he's done worse.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I miss that show though..it was good TV to watch when nothing else was on.
-
Have any of you noticed how companies are using a direct-marketting method now? Ever notice how in movies and TV you actually see the entire Coke logo on the can? I've also been told that Seinfeld had an entire episode about Milano cookies
-
He also made a big deal that Superman was in every episode.
Big deal. He had a superman magnet on his fridge.
*sigh*
Did I already mention that I didn't like the show?
-Kid Vid
-
That's a good point though. Direct-marketing seems to work better anyway.
-
i like product placement better than normal commercials. don't have to stop watching the show inorder to listen to the sponcers.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
*grin* I thought the Truman Show was the most awesome at product placement. ;D ;D ;D
Every morning, someone says hi to you and pats you on the shoulder hard enough to push you up against the sign... *sigh* It's so beautiful I could cry.
-Kid Vid
-
Imagine if all shows were like that.
-
Well, it would be like real life.
Honestly, if they put ads on everywhere you see ads in real life, they'd make more money, advertisers would make more money, and we'd be innundated with shows that seemed a little more real.
I mean, I thought it was awesome that Shinichiro Watanabe got permission from Ramen noodles to have thier stuff in the movie. that got an A+ from me!
(Usually the only people who get A+s from me are the ones that take my blood... ;D)
-Kid Vid
-
Just as long as it's not one of those realist shows. I'm sick of seeing, hearing, etc.
-
Yeah... the only thing I less than reality shows are soaps.
Okay, that's not true- there are plenty of things I like less.
But definitely soaps. One of the times I was in the hospital, my roommate wanted to watch soap operas all day. So here I am, a 14 year old kid, trying to get him to change the channel. I mean, I would rather watch a static-filler discovery channel than a soap.
But I had to. I mean, I could sleep, and I did plenty, but mostly I got better quicker so I wouldn't have to watch it.
-Kid Vid
-
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean..I had a similar experience.
-
aren't you O+?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yes, I am.....I think.
-
I am, that's why i would be suprised if my brother was A+
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, I am..did you know they have a fortune type thing involving the blood types here in Japan?
-
yea? hows that work?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Let me see if I can find a link or page or something.
-
so everyone puts in a drop of blood in this huge vat, and they pull some out with a needle, and whoever's blood it is gets to win?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think Voodoo is involved. ???
-
that would rock!
-
like the song by Godsmack?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ooo, time for Lost!
-
godsmack is playin out by me next week.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Nope, I have A Positive blood.
I joking say that it's the only A+ I've ever gotten... ;D
But that's not true. I get As in science classes all the time. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
I sucked at science...math and english were my tops.
-
My (and the rest of my family) seemed pretty heavy in the science department, winning all sorts of science fair trophies before they started judging our projects differently because we were smart. (I was plenty pissed the year I lost to a girl in my class who had painted sunflower seeds to see if they tasted any different.)
Yeah... I did better in high school.
-Kid Vid
-
hmmmm, that'd make Ruski an OO+ (= O+), and KV an AO+ (=A+)
assuming fidelity, and remembering that the A or B components are dominant compared to the O components.
KV, incase it needs saying, that means you might have kids who're O too (assuming you (future?) wife/gf has an O component as well), so do go accusing her of infidelity if you get a kid with bloodtype O.
(Yes, that was the frontpage story in the ... not exactly a newspaper, not exactly a tabloid, but somewhere in between. They deal mostly in gossip and insinuations, and ofcourse anything about our royalty that they can dig up ... just the other day.)
-
The effects of chemical combustion between Baking Soda and Vinegar vs. Painted Sunflower Seeds.
;)
-
So you're saying that we shouldn't give them vinegar or baking soda?
-
i think giveing them handguns is in order.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
with lots of bullets :)
-
Damn, you guys have been padding up a storm since I was last in.
In answer to the question posed all the way back on page 61, I have no fraggin idea where the pic I posted came from. It just showed up in a dogpile image search for shadowrun.
Now how about a pic of Zone's cousin on her wedding day - it'll give you a decent idea of what Zone looks like too (except for the ears ;))
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/Oola%20Iola/maori.jpg)
-
wow, she's cute!
-
cool tattoo! is that henna.. hanna... uh... whatever it is where it's able to wash off later?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
anyone else think it looks like zone's avatar pic?
-
Yeah its henna and it'll wear off eventually. It would have been real in the old days, though. Tattooing was and is very big with the Maori.
And yeah I thought the pics looked a bit alike too - hence the relationship beteen them ;) Its just her ears are obviously human.
Just lost power her for the last two hours. Yarrg!
-
well, it's cool, either way.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
wow.
If that'd been a real tatoo, that'd have been awfully painful.
-
Yeah, it does remind me of Zone even though we have never seen a picture of her but so does the Lara Croft picture.
-
oy, I bet that woulda hurt
-
*shrug* i alwies pictured zone as the picture she's got, plus some grease from enginge tuneing.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Actually, maoris (at least, the ones I met) traditionally get stoned or piss drunk before getting those very painful tatoos.
Yeah, they use a needle, some ink, and a FREAKING HAMMER!!!
Ouch.
-Kid Vid
-
some people got thick skin.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
oh! I remember seein that on TV once. I cringed the whole time the guy was getting it done
-
was that on 'ripley's believe it or not'?
-RuskiFace the PIrate
-
Ahhh....sorry no tattoos for me.
-
i alwies wanted to go bald, and get tattoo hair,... or even better, a cool circut board tattoo!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
LOL...never had a tattoo and will never get one.
-
really? why?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I just have this thing about getting someone to draw something on me that will not help me in any way. I mean it does me no good...not saying that I'm against them, just that I don't need one. Know what I mean?
-
yea. i don't have one because i haven't found anything that will be cool in 30 years. and that's how long i'm going to have to look at it.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, that part too.
-
like, flames would be cool on my wrist,... for like a week... a circut board tattoo could be cool for a whole year... i also thought about getting the six-speed H-pattern from the stickshift and getting that tattoo-ed on the back of my right hand,... but as cool as thoes would be... it wouldn't be cool forever.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I've thought about getting one...
Nothing fancy like a circuit board, flames, or H pattern, but...
Soemthing simple and meaningful to me that I'll be able to reflect on.
I was thinking a couple of REALLY basic stars on my right shoulder. Where no one will see them.
-Kid Vid
-
I'm not getting a tatoo for basically the same reason apoc isn't. And if any of you want one don't get it out in the open like on the back of your hand or on your wrist. If you need a job that could stop you from getting it.
-
Jeez, I'm WAY too fickle to get a real tat. Henna would be cool, because I could get new ones, but, hell I change my desktop ever four days. I'd go nuts with a tat I couldn't alter. Indelibel bad.
-
Yeah, I've had girlfriends who looked into Henna, but it never interested me. I mean, if I want something that's not permanant, I'll get one of the lick and stick ones that has... care bears or something.
I'm not going to run out and do it anyway, so it doesn't matter.
But one of my old roommates had a cool tattoo- he had 9 stars in a circle around his elbow, with a single star in the center of the circle. He never told me what it meant, but there was a specific meaning for it. Plus it was cool, and no one else had one. I mean, it's not like getting "Ghetto Life" or some stupid chinese script on you.
It's personal. It has meaning.
-Kid Vid
-
exactly. that should be the only time you get a tat, not because you were drunk
-
I agree.
Wait. What?
-Kid Vid
-
Made sense to me ;D
-
sounds like someone almost got a drunken Tat :)
-
Wasn't me....not even close. I almost did once out of freewill but decided again.
-
I don't get drunk...
but I have plenty of friends... no... acquaintences... ? Maybe? People I know. Who have all sorts of stupid tattoos. I mean, one of my friends wanted to get a dreamcatcher on the side of his neck because it would look cool. (without realizing... or maybe not caring... that the needle could very possibly puncture his jugular.)
I wouldn't ever bow to peer pressure. I did it once, didn't like how it made me feel. Now I go my own road, whether I go alone or not.
But I've been thinking about it... the symbolism.
-Kid Vid
-
Sounds like an alkie to me...JK ;)
-
"I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings!"
-Kid Vid
-
That's right...I forgot. ;D
-
lol, very true
-
LOL still sounds like semantics to me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, a drinker is a drinker....I'm a social drinker. ;D
-
I;m not a drinker at all. Unless we're talking about normal imbibing of water. Then I'm all over it.
-Kid Vid
-
If I go out for dinner at a nice place or meet a couple of people then I might get a few beers or a glass of wine (that's a social drinker).
-
And then there's me, who still thinks ethanol is for cleaning wounds or medical appliances. Or a few pieces of chem-lab equipment.
-
Burns pretty too.
But I'll stick to drinking water with imbedded floride to keep the communist demon rays out of my head!
-Kid Vid
-
Nothing wrong with that...at least I think so?
-
if you want to get rid of that floride i could sell you an activated alumina filter to pull it out of there...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'll take two cases ;)
-
Okay, wholesale price at case quantity is... $16.34 each... twenty filters in a case... two cases... $653.60 plus shipping.
each filter will remove 2,800 PPM of floride. you should have your water tested to find out how much exactly is in there, so you can figure out how often to replace the filters... also you'll need a filter houseing to put the filters into... and you'll need the connectors to hook up the filter houseing to your sink...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Or I can just keep those demon rays out of my head. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
but wraping your head in tinfoil won't remove floride.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Does make the voices quieter, though. ;D
That and the tissue boxes I use as shoes so that payless can't track me with thier satalite.
-Kid Vid
-
or you could buy nicer shoes than payless.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It's the MLB using the satelites though...
-
carefull! they'll have a player come distract you by hitting some zingers!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I loved that episode.
-
yea...
super smart bart was scary.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
:-[...I just remember parts of it....
-
i like him better as a trouble maker.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
didn't see that one...
-
Wait..was that the one he found the nerd hideout in the lockers?
-
No, it was the one where Bart used something to knock the MLB sattalite out of orbit, and it turned out he was right about all of it. (His crazy conspiracies and everything)
And then Mark McGuire showed up to save the day! (and put all the information the sattalite had been recording under his hat)
;D
-Kid Vid
-
lol, stupid baseball players thin they're so cool
-
I remember that part but what about the rest of the episode?
-
bart was just smart, and even when he was crazy, he was right.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
how'd he get all smart?
-
Yeah, I need some more elaboration.
-
please...
-
They tested him because he was all evil and devious, so they put him on a new drug (and took away his riddilin), which made it impossible for him to sleep, among other things. He also became more brilliant than Lisa, and wowed everyone. Then he started going a little crazy, because he figured out all the world plots that constantly watch us, so he sat in his room with tinfoil around his head to keep the transmitter in his teeth from sending signals to the CIA (or something to that affect). Then he becomes REALLY crazy, and tells everyone who will listen that Major League Baseball was the head of the world-wide conspiracy to control everyone.
So they all thought he was crazy.
Turns out he was right. He knocked a satellite out of obrit, proved that he was right, and Mark McGuire showed up and gave his family an autographed baseball that had a camera built into it. ;D
Then they put him back on riddilin, and things went back to normal. ;D
Classic Simpsons. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
lol, that's funny :)
-
Ahh...okay..it's coming back now.
-
wierd science!
-
Another classic movie ;D
-
Megaman~!
-
I thought you might like that ;D
-
where are you guys getting the moving avatars!?
-
reminds me of bobandgeorge.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
who's that?
-
www.bobandgeorge.com
it's a comic made with megaman sprites.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I've been reading that on a daily basis for some years now. ;D It's pretty good.
I got it somewhere but not that one....I think it was at www.nuclearpower.com or something like that.
-
That link doesn't work...
???
-Kid Vid
-
but Ruski's does. Appearantly Nuclearpower.com has died somehow...
-
Maybe http://www.nuklearpower.com/ (http://www.nuklearpower.com/)?
-Kid Vid
-
So it would appear.
Oh, and I completely forgot about the english hang-up about the letter "K".
-
C is a worthless letter.
we would all be better off without it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yep, K k's and S's work fine
-
Zakly!
RuskiFase the Pirate
-
I was close...I just go bored with that Final Fantasy comic....so I quit reading it.
-
really?
why do you suppose that is?
-RuskiFase the Pirate
(Rember, no more useing that evil 'c' letter in this thread)
-
I don't know....it lost it's kool so I khose not to read that Komic anymore.
-
well, it really wasn't all that kool to begin with, i mean, sprite komix are stoked with limited appeal in the first plase, so there isn't mush you kould do with them in the first plase... then add to that a long story line that takes too long to kompleate... and you have a bonified disaster on your hands.
-RuskiFase the Pirate
-
I don't know....Bob & George have held my attention for the last kouple years....they must be doing something right.
-
but you have to realise that he makes his own sprites, so that it's not so much a sprite komix any more, more like a funny but poorly drawn one...
-RuskiFase the Pirate
-
True.
-
I tried reading one of those onse. Didn't do anything for me.
-
You have to be pretty into the game to enjoy it. For instance, the FF ones I found didn't hold my interest, but I regularly laugh at Bob abd George. And Megatokyo. and Penny Arcade.
PVP has stopped making me laugh. I don't t know what that's all about, though.
-Kid Vid
-
The FF one rocks, guess cuz I'm really into FF *shrug*
-
I used to like it but I lost interest in it for some reason.
-
your brain must have shut off you don't think PVP is funny any more :)
-
sometimes it falls short, but hey, even bill watterson had his off days.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think I liked it until right after they beat the pirates then it got weird and not funny.
-
i don't think that bill watterson had any pirates... unless you count the GROSS club.
Get Rid Of Slimey girlS club
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I got lost for second ???
-
well, you were talking about FF, and i was talking about calvin and hobbes.
i just kinda mixed the two together.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ahh..okay. I'm back on track now...I should have scrolled back to see the messages.
-
ya! and Calvin and Hobbes ruled!
-
the paddin' thread is back on track... good to hear that.
-RuskIFace the Padeer
-
I can't believe the paddin thread has lasted 72 pages :o
-
it's padded my count quite well.
-RuskiFace the Padder
-
I think it's helped everybody..lol....I'm thinking about combining the rest of the posts into this one since most of it is off-topic babble. ;D
Seriously, any objections?
-
awwww... then we wouldn't have as much to say if we were the only people online!
as is, i can babble about thirty diffrent things!
hmm... perhaps if we started a 'lockdown' section, where any off topic posts were deleted.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, I thought about that too but I hate to delete something even because that is someone's thoughts and why would I want to erase a possible classic thought. Know what I mean?
I'll do some cleaning next week
-
but if it was in a section where the thoughts were suppose to be pure... and if they weren't you don't have to delete them, just move them to a diffrent thread, called 'drivel'
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
True....might be something for the mod section to discuss on how to handle it.
-
Hmm... yes, but then what would we be talking about to pad our post count?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, we seem to do it very well anyway ;)
-
it's padded my count quite well.
-RuskiFace the Padder
And it's probably the only thread that's tayed on topic all of it's lifetime...
mostly, anyway...
-
I can't think how a thread on padding could wander off topic.
-
Which indeed was my point.
-
Actually, if we started discussing a serious topic, and it made everyone think about what they were going to write before posting, so that the posts were slower in comeing, and deeper in thought, that would be off topic. also, if everyone stopped posting in here, that would be off topic as well.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i will never stop the posting! PADDING MUST LIVE!
-
and that's why 73 pages, and a year later, it's still here.
we could turn it into a book.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That would be a shitty book...
heh... I just pictured in my head what people would think if we published it and they read that. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
WEll, it would be a rather strange book.
UVA-style, neh?
-
Yes, the Pad thread must endear and the book idea is pretty intriguing....might be a project.
-
someone's just got to print it out and show it to a publisher.
we should think of a catchy title.
'Much ado about nothing."
hmm... i think that's taken.
"Experience the Internet without a computer!"
"Other people are boreing too!"
"Everything you miss if you don't have broadband!"
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
And then who's gonna rush the poor publisher to the emergency room forr microsurgery when he's done laughing his ass off? 8)
-
Ooh! I'll drive!
-Kid Vid
-
No driveing for kid! Rember dustin's car?!?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
if he wasn't dead, he'd be very mad at you!
-
or "Paddin, The unknown art"
or "How to Pad and its uses"
or "People that sound like they are on crack but aren't or are they?"
-
how about "Drugs or Welfare, what makes thease people do what they do. Submit a poll online and see the results!"
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
"Spam and Dead Fish: A History"
That should be random enough that people who pick it up will laugh at it. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
"Pads, Women's unknown fears"......at least we'll get women to read it.
-
Parrents: Light Pistols, Don't let your children leave home without it!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well about 87 posts to go and ingo will need to dig out another custom av
-
I say we find a green one making a funny face...
-Kid Vid
-
Or something with horns or really big ;)
-
something with tusks would be appropriate 8)
-
lol and hear I thought zone would sugujset a simethuing hansome lol
-
zone? lol! that's funny. She's always lookin to take a shot at anybody ;D
-
zone? lol! that's funny. She's always lookin to take a shot at anybody ;D
Quite unlike the rest of us in here, yes?
-
I only shoot the easy targets.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Thumps chest loudly look at Me ingo I broke 1000
-
I guess Mercy needs that personal icon..
-
then have to figure out how to use it
-
it'll be something like :troll:
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
:dictionary:
-
that would work too!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
perhaps a dictonary with fangs?
-
Nah...that's too Harry potter...need something bigger, greener, and with horns. ;D
-
you could have an animation of a troll eating a dictionary?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That's sounds cool
-
so how about it ingo? any ideas?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think Ingo is busy....could be a couple days or more.
-
busy signal?
-
I think he's working his new job.
-
oh, cool
-
I say we find graphics, and let Ingo choose...
-Kid Vid
-
That's a good idea...
-
i haven't re-installed photoshop after my last reformat.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Can you do that with a smily???
Gabriel
-
It's just a really small graphic... nothing special about it.
I can even program one with the software they bundled with Visual Fortran that they used at my high school.
But I;m not there... and I really don't want to go back. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Well that's pretty wiz. Any chance somone could make that custom smily of a Zone Drone for when she reaches the 1000 Post mark????
Gabriel
-
We should talk about all this in the Mod section.
-
Good point.
Everyone forget what they just read. This is big, improtant moderator stuff. You young'ens wouldn't understand. ;)
Gabriel (Full of Drek yet again)
-
Oh dear, have we actually, finally, derailed the padding thread?
-
WOW. I didin't think that was possible. I wonder who should get the credit/blame???
Gabriel
-
Jester, for starting the thread/mess in the first place?
-
i don't think it's derailed yet.
first we would have to talk about padding, perhaps what everyone's bed is made of... and then get destracted from there.
i want to get the new 'space age memory foam' for my bed.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That memory foam drek is hot. I don't like it, it's like sleeping wrapped in plastic.
-
That memory foam drek is hot. I don't like it, it's like sleeping wrapped in plastic.
What is this? I never heard of it? ???
-
it's like sleeping in 0-Gravity
perfect support for 100% of your body.
no more cricked necks, or dead arms from where your spouce slept on your arm all night.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
and aparently it insulates your body heat quite nicely too.
-
ummmm zone not going to ask how you would know what sleeping wraped in plastic feels like
-
She is a girl and has fantasies. Wrapped in Plastic...that's a new one..I gave you a point for that Mercy ;D
-
:o Wrapped in plastic....
Um, Zone, do you mind if I steal you idea and ask my girlfrined a out that??? :P
Gabriel
-
I feel justifiably proud of the fact that I don't need to stoop to posting in such a pitiful thread. :P
-
Oops! :-\
-
Err ... ???
-
I guess I can't make that claim anymore ... :-[
-
Can I? ???
-
Oh well ... 8)
-
No, you can't, not with that amount of padding!
-
Who? Me? Never!
-
Oh yes, you, ever.
-
Bravo Fortune!
You get a karma for that! Using the "Padding" Thread for it's actual purpose! That's the only possible derailment!
;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Actually, by definition, he just re-railed it. Kind of wierd if you think about it...
Gabriel
-
Yeah, it's cool either way. Derailing the padding thread is almost like... bucking the system!
Fight the Man!
-Kid Vid
-
Actually it's pretty much impossible if you think about it.
Gabriel
-
So is fighting the Man.
Makes it that much more noble to try.
-Kid Vid
-
I'm still confused on how the paddin thread was derailed...how can it be when it basically just pads your post count?
-
My post count definitely needs paddin'.
And why is it that someone who's opinion actually counts doesn't respond to my purple stars entreaty?
-
Please repeat the question ;)
-
Why
-
can't
-
I
-
have
-
purple
-
stars?
-
???
-
8)
-
Oh, and thanks for the karma Kid. :)
-
Because, you have to be a global moderator of the board, etc.
-
That's not a good enough reason. :(
-
That's what you're gonna get ;)
-
That may be true, but that doesn't make it adequate. :D
-
This is true but at least I answered it ;)
-
True, but not to my satisfaction. ;)
-
Nobody said I had to satify anybody ;D
(Am I helping your post count enough? ;D)
-
But it's your job as Global Moderator. Maybe if you gave me the job (and the purple stars), I could do a better job of appeasing the unruly masses. :)
(You're not hurting ... but then again you aren't hurting yourself either! ;))
-
Well, you're not going to get. ;D..We, dragons like are our power and I like to think of them as Blue stars ;D
-
You could just avoid all this unpleasantness ... and inevitable ensuing riot ... and just give me some damn purple stars. :)
-
Well, if there were purple stars to give then I still wouldn't give them to you...they're more bluish...blue stars and you still can't have them ;D
I'm patient if you are ;)
-
Don't force me to rally the unwashed mob against you Dragon. Learn from the mistakes of your brothers and compromise for a harmonious peace amongst us. :D
Nothing better to do ... given any thought to un Avatar pour moi??? :D
-
Mobs are good for snacks you know ;)
I happen to be online and thought I would mess around with you. What about you? Watcha up to?
You thinking about changing your avatar?
-
You'll soon feel the wrath of man, epitomized in a horde of mindless pubsters rising up with no though but to bring down the evil tyrant that withholds the otherwise available purple stars.
*My piccy thingy is fine. I am though, closing in on 1000 posts ... and I just wanted to brag about it. Since this is the Paddin' thread, it is mildly on-topic.
-
They're not purple...they are blue. Well, man goes good with a salad of trees....sounds like it can get a bit spicy though if it comes with an uprising. ;)
I think Ingo has had your Smiley picked out for a long time but you went on hiatus so he never got to give it to you when you reach a 1000...he said it's good and fits you. The paddin thread is always on topic...not sure how it can get off-topic.
Seriously, why were you gone for so long? What happened?
-
Did I ever once mention I wanted the exact colored ones that you have?
I want purple stars. You have blue stars. See the difference? Good!
Now why can't I have purple stars?
Yeah well ... at this rate it'll be next week. ;)
-
LOL... I was just messing with you.
Ingo controls the stars there chummer. I was just messing with you. He is the Man you know. I just have access to everything and the cool powers that come along with it...Mwahhha hahahah.
I'm still curious what Ingo had picked out for you....hopefully it's blue. ;)
-
Nah!!! You??? Messing with me??? Couldn't be.
I just think ...
the different stars are cool
but don't be a fool
'cause the purples Rule
and the others drool
when they see the jewel
and realise I'm old school! :D
-
Old school? how?
The other Mods have Green stars ;D
-
But I don't want green stars! I want purple stars! I thought we already covered this. ;D
-
Blue! or Green! Gotcha.
Ingo, he wants blue or green ;D
-
LMAO! ;D
Now if you mixed those two it might be cool.
-
So are we talking Yellow now? ;)
<-------GO Mega Go Mega Go Mega ;D
-
DAMMIT!! WOULD YOU PEOPLE SHUT UP ABOUT THE DAMN PURPLE STARS ALREADY?!?!?!?!?!?!
Actually, I'm just kidding. If it were up to me, Ingo/Apocalypse, I would give him some pink stars. That will teach that grumpy old bastard to complain about his stars. ;)
Gabriel
-
For once I must find myself in agreement with Gabriel.
Eventually though, I'm sure I shall learn to live with it.
-
Isn't purple the universal color for homosexuality? Like the purple teletubby with the upside-down triangle symbol?
-
I don't think that it's an actual, recognized symbol of anal sex. But if you want to say that it is, go right ahead. ;)
Gabriel
-
Wasn't there some kinda controversy over it, being that that show was for kids?
-
The contreversy, as I understand it, came from some people disiding that the bag Tinky Winky was carrying was a purse. And since everyone assumed the telletubies were boys, they made the connection that Tinky Winky was gay. Needles to say, this pissed of the retarded morons that make up about 50% or our great nation. Nevermind that the teletubies are androgynous or that little boys play with dolls (we call them action figures) as much as girls do. Oh, and forget that fact that little children don't really make a distinction between genders at that age, focussing more on loving affection than anything else. They just got pissed that some fagget muppet was parading around with a purse.
Sometimes I really do weep for this country.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, it's sad isn't it?
-
I like pink too. ;D
I'm secure enough in my masculinity that your aspersions to the contrary do not bother me. :P
-
Then you're gonna get some Pink stars, I bet. ;)
Gabriel
-
Yeah, I think it was started by some preacher or religious group. Whatever..my kid liked it and I let her watch it. She just outgrew now...it's other stuff like Spongebob.
-
Yeah, I think it was started by some preacher or religious group. Whatever..my kid liked it and I let her watch it. She just outgrew now...it's other stuff like Spongebob.
What? :D
-
Seriously
-
Oh, the Teletubby thing. As far as I know, you're right.
-
Yep ;D
-
Jerry Fallwell was "Out Raged" that the liberal media owould put a gay icon like the purple tellietubby on tv in front of children.
He's a jackass.
Oh, and Gabe, Repubilcans were the ones who were enraged by the tinky-winky scandal. I don't think democrats cared much about it one way or the other. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Crazy liberals want all our kids to be gay.
-
Hey, that'll show me!
Die off after one generation! That's the way to get things done!
Just kidding. My best friend is a democrat. A bunch of my other friends, too... although I live in California, so I have to have a handful of anti-liberal zingers handy. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Those liberals usually cause problems anyway.
-
I think the telletubbie fracas started when the guy who played Tinky revealed that he is indeed a flaming poof when out of costume. The little red tubby is played by a Chinese girl and so some of her barely discernable lines are in (I believe) Cantonese. Since the tubbies are, I assume, asexual, I never understood the fuss. Its not like the preschool crowd cares or understands. And once they're old enough for Nickelodeon they'll never soil their retinas on tubbies again.
-
Oh wait I forgot to gratuitously pad my count... ;D
-
Ah, good thing you remembered, then.
-
hey if we want to talk about gay kiddie show charters why not slam barney and ass I undersatnd it the color for gays is a rainbow
-
Yeah, Zone, that's right. I knew there was one more part to the story, just couldn't remember it.
-
hey if we want to talk about gay kiddie show charters why not slam barney and ass I undersatnd it the color for gays is a rainbow
-
Hmm, something went wrong there. I wanted to point out that mercy used the term 'ass', and as the topic had been on gays I thought it was quite humourous.
Guess I should just shut up... :-X
-
Purple was the colour of royalty, before any association with homosexuality.
-
I reckon the teletubbies should have been band on principle. I don't think I ever watched them, but those big fluffy costumes should not be unleashed on children. >:(
-
Anyway, I say that Fortune should be able to have purple stars... as long as they're regular sized, not mutant stars like Apoc's :P
-
hey if we want to talk about gay kiddie show charters why not slam barney and ass I undersatnd it the color for gays is a rainbow
Oooh, Barney. >:(
"Love this - PTCH!" 8)
-
Hey, I wonder if I can fill up a whole page with my own posts? ;D
-
Mmmm, the sound of rain...
It's pelting down outside 8)
-
lol
nope not going to let you
-
the info on the rainbow being the symbol of the gays and lesbians was passed on by a fried of a friend
-
Anyway, I say that Fortune should be able to have purple stars... as long as they're regular sized, not mutant stars like Apoc's :P
What's wrong with my stars? I don't see them growing legs or third nipples. Mutant how? ;)
Do I smell a smiting a-coming? ;D
-
lol
nope not going to let you
Damn your oily hide!!! ;D
I'll have to do it while no-one's a-watchin' :P
-
W00T! 700th post!
-
Anyway, I say that Fortune should be able to have purple stars... as long as they're regular sized, not mutant stars like Apoc's :P
What's wrong with my stars? I don't see them growing legs or third nipples. Mutant how? ;)
Do I smell a smiting a-coming? ;D
3rd nipples?!?!?! :o Most people's stars don't even have ONE nipple!
Have you noticed, Apoc, that your stars are bigger than everyone else's? I hope you're not trying to compensate for something ;D (Joking, by the way...)
-
-100 post for gloating lol ;D
-
the info on the rainbow being the symbol of the gays and lesbians was passed on by a fried of a friend
Interesting. That's the first I've heard of it. Never let it be said that the Pub doesn't teach you anything! ;D
-
-100 post for gloating lol ;D
I'm not gloating. I'm cheering that I've finally reached a mark that everyone else (well, most people) reached ages ago. Even a pubber who wasn't here for 6 months is streaks ahead of me. :-[
-
lol
-
Ahh....I see what you are talking about now. Large Blue Stars desinate a Global Moderator and Green ones should be a board/thread mod, etc. Small yellows are regulars, etc. Does that make sense?
-
You mean there's a system in this crazy place?? Who would have thought! ;)
Who has green stars?
-
Depends on the forum. I'm a moderator in most of the forums, but not all of them. In a specific forum, the moderator of that forum has green stars.
As for the rainbow and purple, those are both gay symbols.
Trust me. I lived in Sydney, which considers itself the international version of San Fransisco. Which means that it is really, REALLY gay.
Purple was the color of the roman emporers. It was the hardest of the colors to dye anything, and it was hard to maintain the color, so it was only used by the richest of the rich.
I don't know the history of the rainbow as a symbol, other than God would probably be a little peeved that people are using his promise that he wouldn't flood the earth again as a symbol for people who like it in the pooper. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
I see your green stars - they're steroid abusers ;D
Makes sense with the purple thing.
I agree with you that Sydney is gay. What I don't like about it is that they feel the need to push it onto everyone else. >:(
And echo the rainbow sentiment. Pissing off a deity is not a good career move... :-X
-
I've seen other forums that give you up to 10 stars (for post count), and have different colors. I might look into that.
*might*
;)
<-- big orange stars!
-
Go ORANGE ;D
-
I don't need big stars ... I'm too old to need to overcompensate for anything. ;)
-
<-- big orange stars!
They look brown to me :-\
-
They're just dirty. ;)
-
;D
-
LoL! Damn, that's 3 threads in a row I've read where you two crack jokes one after the other ;)
-
You sure about not compensating for anything then?
-
TEN STARS!?!?!?!?!?! COOL!!!!!!!!!! So when do Apoc, Riuski, and I pick out our colors??? ;)
Gabriel (Only has green starts in 2 threads... :-\)
-
Mmm...ok...you like pink right? Pink it is! 10 big huge pink stars for Gabe!!!
hehe jk ;)
I'll try and look into it when I get some spare time.
-
Chummer, I actually do like pink, although I would prefer green. Of course, since I am such a flaming lesbian, pink might suit me better. :P
Gabriel
-
heh...freak
;)
-
Hehehehehehehe. That's "Freking Dyke" to you, pal. ;)
Gabriel
-
LoL!
-
Keep mine blue...They're perfect just the way they are. ;D
-
Keep mine blue...They're perfect just the way they are. ;D
... purple ;D
-
Heh, my post count has soared in the last 24 hours :)
-
that's what you get for useing this thread.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That's it! Blame the poor defenceless thread.
-
It's not defenceless!! I've had to beat off three Blaster ICs and a Tar Baby just to get in here!! ;D
-
It's not the thread's fault you took a wrong turn.
-
....
I have no comeback for that :-[
-
I've had to beat off three Blaster ICs and a Tar Baby just to get in here!! ;D
Really?? Did they appreciate it??? :-X
Gabriel
-
Of course
-
Poison = Porn Skillz
Gabriel
-
wtf?? :-[
-
Apparently the term "beat off" has a different conotation in Austrailia. It was just a crappy joke, chummer. Nothing to worry about.
Gabriel
-
And
-
this
-
is
-
POST #4,000!!!!!
Gabriel
-
Not if I edit your post count, hah!! ;)
-
Or Delete your posts....heh heh heh! ;D
-
>:( Oh yeah, Ingo's gonna get a whoppin' >:(
Beware the wrath of Gabriel!!!
Gabriel
PS - Of course, that really doesn't mean much to the sysop, but what the hell? ;)
-
Hehehe, silly bugger ;)
-
Poison = Porn Skillz
Gabriel
Oh, I get it now. ::)
Except it wouldn't really be porn... more like assisted masturbation... which it wasn't!! 8)
-
Assisted Masterbation ... is that what someone does while jacked in?
-
I think you'd need a few more capitals for that ;)
But seeing as it involved IC, yes it probably would be
-
So what, Poison, you jack in to jack off???? :-X Ever think that, in Shadowrun, the term cybersex doesn't need to apply to anyone actually using a computer?? Kind of funky...
Gabriel
-
ewww... the padding thread got gross!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, time to change subject? How about them Yankees? Nah, that sucks too. Oh, How about the Hockey lock-out?
-
Don't get me started on the Hockey lock-out.
Although it doesn't affect me as much since I never get to see any games in this uncivilized country anyway! :(
-
Then what's your favorite team? I'm a Blackhawks fan.
-
I like the... um... that team with that guy... um... you know, I don't watch hocky. Guess I'll shut up.
Gabriel
-
why not its such a volient sport
-
Well, I DO live in the deep south. Not a lot of frozen lakes for this sport to have gotten started in.
Gabriel
-
So what, Poison, you jack in to jack off???? :-X
Gabriel
Umm, weren't we talking about IC? ???
And what's this about a Hockey Lock-out? Some kind of union strike?
Hehehe, time for The Running Man, or even Urban Brawl! :P
-
Toronto Maple Leafs!
And Gabe, there are quite a few pro Hockey teams in the deep south.
The Lock out is a combination of the owners wanting a salary cap and the players union (but more specifically the higher paid players) disagreeing. The owners initiated it, which is why it's officially a lock-out and not a strike.
-
I'm aware that there are hocky teams in the south, the New Orleans Jazz come to mind. The point I was trying to make was that with the climate being what it is down here, no one can actually PLAY hocky unless you go to a hocky rink, and those are fairly sparse down here, although they do exist. The average kid up north can go outside for more than half the year and get a game going with his chummers. Down here, you have to make a real effort to do it, and as such, the average kid never plays it. So as a social interest, it's pretty understated.
Gabriel
-
You think they are scarce there, try here in Oz. I only know of one arena in the whole damn country! :o :'(
-
that's too bad.
hockey is a great sport
pretty much any sport with fighting as an intragrated part of the action is a good sport.
hockey... boxing... and the like.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I love watching hockey, I grew up on the stuff. We played and went to games, etc. Hockey is tons of fun.
-
OK, how many of you have noticed?
This thread has almost 50% more posts than the second most-posted-in thread.
That's a lot of padding!
-
Oh, and how exactly is hockey related to the padding thread?
Other than the obvious part, about hockey players being padded for protection?
-
Good point! Padding for the padding ;)
-
Do we really have to keep bringing up the thread's topic, or lack thereof? If we really are to stick to the matter at hand in this thread, no post would make any kind of sense whatsoever.
-
isnt that the point lol
-
Then why do people keep trying to make sense then? ;D
-
Actually, Aussie has the benefit of having...
well, Rugby.
It's like a version of hockey that was developed for the hot places where there is no ice.
Seriously. Every two mintes, they get in a huge dogpile ON PURPOSE! I mean, it's like the reverse of a gridiron football game. I mean, cahos first, then action after, rather than a little bit of strategy, and then chaos after.
Cool stuff. I still need a Rabitohs Jersy. Just to have one. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
Forget Rugby (although it is pretty cool) ... check out Aussie Rules Football! ;D
Oh, and this is my 1000th post! Yay me! 8) ;D
-
I loved Rugby, both playing and watching.
Seeing the New Zealand All Blacks do the Haka before a game is... impressive.
Never really got into Aussie Rules, though. I had a hard time following it.
-Kid Vid
-
There are two different forms of Rugby, with varying rules.
Rugby Union is what the All Blacks and Wallabies play, and is bigger as an intenational game than it is domestic. Rugby League is the bigger national game, but is also played internationally.
The US is actually getting into Aussie Rules (but it needs a new name) in an official way, with actual teams being fielded, and hopes to compete on an equal level with Oz. I can't wait. I'm sick of the Aussies gloating because they thrash an adhoc team of GridIron players who don't know the rules or what they are doing because they've never played the damn game before.
-
I liked watching Union and League, although I did like League More.
No Springbocks trying to take the cup!
-Kid Vid
-
Then why do people keep trying to make sense then? ;D
It's a "human" thing...
Appearantly, human minds are designed to look/search fr patterns, even making up ones where there aren't any.
-
Hey Fortune, congrats on the 1,000 posts. You realize Ingo has to find a surly, pissed off smily now, don't you? ;)
Gabriel
-
Thanks. :)
Shouldn't be too hard to find a grumpy, decrepit smiley (not that this would be the most fitting :P). ;)
-
or how about a headbanging smiley to go with your anarchy symbol?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Works for me! I really like heavy metal. ;D
By the way, my Avatar is also the symbol of the Ancients. ;)
-
or the newer neo-anarchists.
but i like the classic definitions better.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smily - Headbanger.gif)
Who's your buddy, Fortune?? ;)
Gabriel
-
Um ... it looks like a demented cockroach tripping on an ecstasy/viagra cocktail. :o :'(
-
Hey, it was either that or a Furry. Be happy it wasn't the furry. ;)
Gabriel
-
i'm happy it wasn't the furry.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hehehehehe, yeah I'm glad I didn't have to resort to that either.
Gabriel
-
let us all hope that we never, never, never ever, have to resort to that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'm just wondering who else might post that smily???
Gabriel
-
my guess is that you are pretty much the only one we could expect to see it from.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Not to worry - I'm only here to make sure I get my 700 by Christmas. ;D
-
Well grats on 700 by Xmas eve Zone. I need to be more ruthless and downright liberal with my posts to get my count up.
-
Everybody is on their way. ;D
-
Yeah, come on people. This is the "Paddin" thread! Speak your mind. Speak someone else's mind. But just speak. ;)
Gabriel
-
nope
-
not a chance.
-
LOL....yeah, the tools are provided right here. ;D
-
See, at least Scales is giving it a chance.
Gabriel
-
I'm a strong supporter of this thread. ;)
-
and your post count reflects that!
(pad pad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
4500+ is quite a lot more than me...................
-
Just pad a few thousand times and you'll be up here too. ;D
-
I'll do my best ;)
-
You're doing fine so far. ;)
-
You see, Mits, what you need to do is get a job where you can goof off for about 45 minutes about 3 times a day. ;) THEN you too can roll with the "big posters" like Apoc, Ruski, and I. That, my chummer, is the secret to high post count.
Gabriel
-
Or just separate each post into each thread.
-
i post the same nonsense into every thread i get a chance to read.
and, with all my free time at work, that's normally every thread there is!
-RuskiFace the Padder
-
I try to post what I'm thinking after I read and I try not to add too much nonsense. It seems to be working lately and we stay on topic a lot better than before.
-
Well I'd think that not having a job would help more but apparently not.
Don't worry I have plenty of non-sensical things I'll just put down to bolster my post count ;D
-
Please feel free.
-
Really. I mean, that is what this thread was designed for, after all.
Gabriel
-
i have only one thing to say to that.
pad.
pad.
pad.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yay!...I was going to type something about something but then forgot and remembered this is the paddin thread and it doesn't really matter what you say anyway.
-
You mean nobody is actually reading it??? Damn! :'(
-
Reading what? the paddin thread? I do. I love this thread.
-
I was going to say something but then I couldn't think of anything so instead I'll just pad pad pad as well.
-
See, you're doing just fine and getting the hang of it. ;)
-
Yeah, I think I need to take an intrest in some of the other threads and post there as well. At the moment I only visit half this site because I don't think I could add anything constructive to the other half.
After seeing you guys in action I realise that it doesn't have to constructive at all :P
-
I tend to post only in the top half nowadays. Since I don't get to play Shadowrun anymore except on my SNES the I have fallen behind. I don't have any more books or anything. My group disbanded years ago so I just get my fix here. :-\
-
Whereas I am much more interested in the Shadowrun discussions, even if I don't get to play anymore (except online).
-
Awww Apoc I feel for ya, if you ever come to England I'm sure you can come visit me and we could put a run together for you ::) Don't think the DM would want you to be a dragon though ;)
-
It happens and I'll take you up on it. I will come to England in the next couple years. ;)
-
Cant promise we'll be around then, half our group were students so they'll be moving in a year or so I think. I might be moving as well, I want to go travelling and stuff and leave the UK since this country kinda sucks.
-
Well, if you come to Japan then I'll definitely hook up with you. I'll show you around, etc.....just tell me what you like, etc. and I'll plan it up.
-
Hey Mits, if you head to the states, look up me, Jester, Kid_Vid, Ruski, and Ingo. And if Mercy and Luna aren't necking at the time, look them up too. ;)
Gabriel
-
it's all about who you know.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
(padding my way past 3,000 posts even as we speak)
-
Just let me know when you get to 4600. 8)
Gabriel
-
Okay.
won't be for another week or so though.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hehehehehe, yeah really.
Gabriel
-
pad pad pad
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Wow...I didn't realize that you had reached 3000. I tend not to look sometimes. I'm always thinking..I'll see how post counts are then I forget and remind myself to look later and it turns into this neverending cycle. ;)
-
I stopped looking at mine when I reached 1000 posts. I don't bother keeping track of all you 'paddin' dudes' count.
-
That's what I'm saying....it turns into this competition then I forget what I'm posting and just blow it off...kind of like the karma thing. Great ideas but I just like to talk.
-
LOL i only do the 'padding' in this thread, otherwise the post count is just for laughs.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
If I do eventually get to travel i'll be sure to look you all up ;D
I'm slowly working my post count up now ;D
-
Hmmmm... I wonder how much it would upset the heirarchy of the pub if I deleted THIS thread without telling anyone?
Hmmm... the possibilites are endless!
So... let's have a vote. Who's in favor of a coup?
-Kid Vid
(Viva Che Vid!)
-
That's cool..but I think others would be pissed
and I thought you were a supporter of this thread. ;)
-
Wouldn't affect me that much. :P
-
I wonder how much it would affect everybody. ;D
-
I think some of us would lose our titles and personal icons if this thread was deleted. ;)
Gabriel
-
I wouldn't.... ;D I feel confident ;)
-
Negligible change, in my case.
Hey look at that - I think I took a hit! I was at 14 karma, wasn't I. I can't recall doing anything too horrible to anyone lately, yet I'm smote :( Well, no more tea and biscuits for me, mater, I'm off to play the grand piano! :P
-
It wouldn't drop my post count more than about 50 or so. :P
-
Hey look at that - I think I took a hit! I was at 14 karma, wasn't I. I can't recall doing anything too horrible to anyone lately, yet I'm smote :(
Yeah, I know the feeling. Some rat-bastard sniped me too. Of course, you know if I smote you I would have typed in a long, meandering, diatride about it for all to laugh at me for. ;)
Gabriel
-
well, there's almost 2,000 posts in this thread, most of the replies are apoc, jester, and myself.
the people who have posts to spare.
*shrug* if the whole thing came out of my post count i'd still have my icon, so, *shrug* whatever.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Awwww... the politik is laughing at my coup!
Eh. I was okay anyways.
-Che Vid
-
We're still not deleting the padding thread.....this has grown to be a part of the thread especially since it will be the first thread to reach a 100 pages.
-
It wouldn't drop my post count more than about 50 or so. :P
Speaking of which, I see you're now (well) over the 1000 post mark. Have you received your free icon yet?
-
Negligible change, in my case.
Hey look at that - I think I took a hit! I was at 14 karma, wasn't I. I can't recall doing anything too horrible to anyone lately, yet I'm smote :( Well, no more tea and biscuits for me, mater, I'm off to play the grand piano! :P
I give you a point of Karma for using the term 'mater'! :)
-
Hey Apoc, which direction is your icon moving, clockwise or counter clockwise? ???
If you stare at it for a while, your eyes start to cross... :P
-
Speaking of which, I see you're now (well) over the 1000 post mark. Have you received your free icon yet?
Nope! :(
-
The free icons are coming...Ingo has been sick for the last few weeks. Has both of them for Mercy and Fortune. ;D
-
And as a bit of an adendem to what Apocalypse just said, I think you will both really like them. And remember, they are both Apocalypse Originals.
Gabriel
-
What icons do you get?
-
When you reach 1000 posts, you get a personalized smiley icon, like Apoc's dragon smiley.
-
Ahh cool, doesn't look like Gabe's got one?
Don't you just like it when you have a productive day ;D I'm off to cook a nice lasagne for my friends and take a Dvd round there and play D&D :D
-
Gabe has one. It's :gabe:
ROOTless' is :root:
Ruski's is :ruski:
KidVid's is :kid:
Jester's is :jester:
-
it's good to be a pirate :ruski:
-RuskiFace the :ruski:
-
Argghhhh it sure is matey.
Guess I'll have to keep paddin to see what I get ;D
-
perhaps a smiley drinking a cup of tea?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Oooo with a bowler hat?
-
could work... just get that picture with the apple... and replace it with a cup of tea...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That would be an interesting smily. You could always have it based on your character.
Gabriel
-
Yeah I could but I think I like the idea of an english toff, but gonna be a while before I get it anways ;D
-
Smilies are usually based off your personality and character in the Pub. Usually, after a 1000 posts an idea comes to mind and with my new programs then I have been able to work wonders.....sort of ;)
-
Well I look forward to seeing the wonders ;D Anyways a few people waiting on theirs so looking forward to seeing those.
-
first you need to post about 700 more times.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'll get there, especially with these posts
-
i'm sure you will.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yep, pretty easy to add up here. ;)
-
As long as some evil people don't come along and delete this thread I'll be fine.
-
It won't be deleted. It will stay right here. ;D
-
As much as the "paddin'" thread helps, post on others as well. Getting into a good discusion in the game section can build thing up pretty darn quick.
Gabriel
-
Wow :)
I've got my Forgotten English calander right here...shall I go on ;D
-
Getting into a good discusion in the game section can build thing up pretty darn quick.
That's because I'll usually get involved in the discussion then. :)
-
It's the paddin thread to helpl pad just build it up completely. It's the other threads that really add to the count.
-
I'm not really a rule buff like Gabe and Fortune though so I can only really ask Q's or raise a few posibilities. But I'm in no rush to get to 1000 ;D
-
True....it's makes it more worth while after you get there.
-
I'm not really a rule buff like Gabe and Fortune though so I can only really ask Q's or raise a few posibilities.
No point being a 'rule buff' if nobody asks questions. ;D
-
Good point ;) does that mean we need each other?
-
How else am I going to get my necessary allotment of Ego Boosts? ;)
-
it took Me 2 years i think to break 1k
-
If I got to play but since it has been 5 years since I played last then I don't have many questions.
-
YOu don't need to be a rules buff to comment on the rules. Hell, most of the time I talk rruels, it's to bitch about how FP mucked something up. So just feel free to interject. ;)
Gabriel
-
so, here's a rule question about padding:
how much padding can a charichter wear in the form of impact body armor before it starts to have dire consaquences... and what you you players do to discourage your PC's from walking arround looking like a dunlop tire?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'm not sure about how much you can wear, but I know it is based on your Body score. I think 2 times the body sccore, but I am not sure. As for them layering the armor all over the place, just use common sense. I mean who wear a bulletproof vest under an armored jacket under a lied coat? And if you can't appeal to common sense, have Lone Star stop them and haul them in for suspected "conseracy to comit armed robbery" or some such drek. After all, if you look like you are ready for serious drek, odds are you are going to be STARTING serious drek.
Gabriel
-
i had a vauge idea that it had something to do with being less than your quickness... does it have something to do with your body as well?
something like: "if it's less than your quickness, it's okay, but if it's more you get a +1 to all your target numbers for every point over your quickness"
or something like that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
According to the rules, the amount of armor worn before penalties incrue is linked to Quickness.
I assume you know how armor layering works, where the highest value each of Ballistic and Impact is used, followed by half of the second highest (round down). For the purposes of encumberance this second (and any subsequential) layer is not halved.
For every 2 points of either Ballistic or Impact armor that exceeds the character's Quickness incurs a penalty of -1 Combat Pool and -1 dice to Quickness-related skills.
Form Fitted Body Armor does not count for the purposes of determining Quickness penalties.
Let's say Joe-Bob Hillbilly has a Quickness of 4. He can wear an Armor Jacket [5/3] with no penalty, and could even add FFBA. If Joe-Bob wanted to wear Armor Clothes [3/0] with his Armor Jacket, he would lose 2 from his CP and be at -2 dice from any quickness-linked skill like firing guns and being sneaky (5/3 + 3/0 = 8/3 for encumberance purposes].
-
is it the ballistic AND the impact armor that you cut in half for each layer after the first... i thought you just added up the impact armor...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
For the purpose of determinig Armor value, you divide any subsequent layer by 2 (round down), be that Ballistic or Impact.
For example, the aformentioned hick Joe-Bob puts on FFBA [4/1], Armored Clothing [3/1], his Armor Jacket [5/3], a helmet [+2/+1], and a set of forearm guards [+0/+1].
His Armor rating would be 10/5 [5 + 4/2 (=2) + 3/2 (=0) + 2 + 1]. Armors with a '+' add their rating directly to Armor without halving. (This takes for granted that you let any armor other than the first count as protection, Some GMs don't because of the ambiguous wording of the rules.)
As for encumberance, it would be 10/6. He would lose a total of 4 Combat Pool dice, and would be at -4 dice to any Quickness-linked skills.
-
Fortunately the Physad ability of Spirit armour doesn't mess with any of those rules so you just add a straight 2 to Impact armour :)
-
hmm... interesting... i've been doing impact armor wrong for a long time now...
oh well... normally i just shoot my PC's... the impact only comes into play when the jump out of buildings, and crash their cars and stuff...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Fortunately the Physad ability of Spirit armour doesn't mess with any of those rules so you just add a straight 2 to Impact armour
As does Armor from Bone Lacing, Dermal Sheath or Plating, the Armor spell, Cyberlimb mods, Orthoskin, etc.
Some of these do count as weight though, but none for the specific purpose of armor encumberance penalties.
-
Like I said, my favorite combination is Form-Fitting Body Armor, and a Lined Coat. That gives you a 6/4. And since I use hit locations in my game, it gives you a 6/4 everywhere accept the head. Damn nice protection.
Gabriel
-
how do you work the specific dammage locations?
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
So, does somebody have the answer or is everybody trying to guess and figure it out?
-
i think we are still working on it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
How do you get 6/4? Lined Coat gives you 4/2, and full FFBA gives 4/1 (halved to 2/0), giving 6/2. And Full Suit FFBA has a hood, granting head protection.
Specific damage locations in an abstract combat system like Shadowrun's is a Bad Idea™. The Called Shot rules have been errata'ed into a joke. The best way to deal with it is the original rule, which grants a +2 power in exchange for a +4 attack TN penaly (+2 with SL2).
-
yea, the +2 power and +4TN was what i used (or, didn't use, except in extreme situations)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
(without reading the preceeding topic...)
I thought a Called Shot gave +1 DL, rather than +2 power, and only counted the armour on the specific area targeted - which means head shots are quite deadly, if you can hit (+4TN).
Of course, that might just be how we play(ed) it.
-
Wow :)
I've got my Forgotten English calander right here...shall I go on ;D
Is this a dig at the spelling of some fellow Pubbers? I certainly hope so!! ;D
-
(without reading the preceeding topic...)
I thought a Called Shot gave +1 DL, rather than +2 power, and only counted the armour on the specific area targeted - which means head shots are quite deadly, if you can hit (+4TN).
Of course, that might just be how we play(ed) it.
Oops, yep. Called Shot is +1 DL / +4 TN (+2 w/ SL2)
As for armor effects, that is a seperate (and officially new) issue. It is an option, but not usable with the +1 DL. Still get the +4 TN though.
I'll give you the latest errata ...
Do called shots in ranged combat bypass armor, like they can in melee combat?
When handling called shots, for either melee or ranged combat, gamemasters should use the rules on p. 114, SR3 (ie., calling a shot is a Free Action, called shots receive a +4 target number modifier, etc) along with the following rules. The player calling the shot can choose one result from the following three options:
1. The Damage Code is increased by one Level (as stated on p. 114, SR3). The target's regular armor applies.
2. The attack bypasses the target's armor. In this case, the attack's Damage Code is not modified, but the Power is not reduced by armor bonuses. (Note that the attacker can simply choose a location on the target that is less armored, rather than bypassing the armor completely, so that only the armor in that location applies).
3. Target a smaller part of a larger target (such as the tires on a vehicle).
I don't use the second option, as it really messes with the abstract armor system in Shadowrun. Instead I modify the third to allow a character to shoot 'for effect', like knocking a gun from an opponent's hand, or shooting a fleeing slob in the leg.
-
Wow :)
I've got my Forgotten English calander right here...shall I go on ;D
Is this a dig at the spelling of some fellow Pubbers? I certainly hope so!! ;D
Hence, Mercy's Smilie :mercy:
-
How do you get 6/4? Lined Coat gives you 4/2, and full FFBA gives 4/1 (halved to 2/0), giving 6/2. And Full Suit FFBA has a hood, granting head protection.
Whoops, sorry about that. I went back an looked at Gabriel's sheet and it is a 6/3. Rounding down armor is stupid, and we don't do it. So we still devide by 2 for the layering, but the armor will provide a minimum of 1 point. So the rating comes out to be 6/3. As for the head, that is straight FFBA if we are wearing the hood/goggles at the time.
As for figuring out hit location, we use the original BattleTech hit location table. It gives a 1 in 36 chance of hitting the head naturally, but most damage goes to the Left/Center/Right torsos, so armor tends to be used as normal. The fun comes in when you hit an arm, leg, or head. The way we figure it, no matter what kind of armor you have on your head, a bullet hitting it is going to hurt, so no matter if you shrug it off or not physically, you still get Stun damage equal to the unmodified Damage Level. So being hit in the head by a predator will give you a Medium Stun no matter what, you still have to shrug off the nomral physical damage in the normal way.
Gabriel
-
Just curious, what does having 4 stars mean next to my handle?
-
I think that is over 250 posts. But I could be mistaken.
Gabriel
-
yea, means you are a posting deamon!
and i alwies liked the battle tech hit locations.
it was a well thought out dammage system.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
RP aspect of that game kinda sucked though.
-
Rollplaying aspect?? WHAT rollplaying aspect?? BattleTech was all about kicking hoop and tacking names. I used to LOVE that game. No one to game with anymore, though. :'( And the rules got so nit-picky that it was almost impossible to actually PLAY a game without cheating and not even knowing you were doing it.
Gabriel
-
They had a whole RP aspect where you could walk arround outside your Mech, buy shoes, and that sorta thing. trouble is, with grand scale combat like that, everyone has 1 HP worth of life. so you die even easyer than in shadowrun, and the game mechanics outside of the mechs sucked.
so, the RP aspect was like the plot in a porn movie... just an excuse to get to the action.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ah, you are thinking of Mechwarrior. That was the Rollplaying version of BTech. And yeah, the first edition was a peice of crap. I heard that the second edition was pretty good, but I never played it. The problem is that they tried to keep the mechs in the rollplaying version and that didn't work out at all.
Gabriel
-
Yea. second edition sucked too.
tryed them bouth.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
alwies wanted to get a group together to take the SR system, and use THAT as the RP system between mech fights.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I still say using set hit locations in Shadowrun is a bad idea. Good hits are reflected by more successes/better staging. There's no real need to have random locations when a GM can easily adjudicate the results based on the outcome of the attack (D wound = possible head shot, M wound = leg hit, etc.).
-
Yea, i only add hit locations as flavor.
never had them work any other way.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'll give you the latest errata ...
Do called shots in ranged combat bypass armor, like they can in melee combat?
When handling called shots, for either melee or ranged combat, gamemasters should use the rules on p. 114, SR3 (ie., calling a shot is a Free Action, called shots receive a +4 target number modifier, etc) along with the following rules. The player calling the shot can choose one result from the following three options:
1. The Damage Code is increased by one Level (as stated on p. 114, SR3). The target's regular armor applies.
2. The attack bypasses the target's armor. In this case, the attack's Damage Code is not modified, but the Power is not reduced by armor bonuses. (Note that the attacker can simply choose a location on the target that is less armored, rather than bypassing the armor completely, so that only the armor in that location applies).
3. Target a smaller part of a larger target (such as the tires on a vehicle).
I don't use the second option, as it really messes with the abstract armor system in Shadowrun. Instead I modify the third to allow a character to shoot 'for effect', like knocking a gun from an opponent's hand, or shooting a fleeing slob in the leg.
We basically play it that you get +1DL, or can shoot a specific area of the atarget (for which they only get the armour that covers that area).
We also use the 'partial cover' rules, so a head shot is no different than trying to hit someone when all you can see is their head (of course you could try to shoot through the barrier in front of them).
-
I still say using set hit locations in Shadowrun is a bad idea. Good hits are reflected by more successes/better staging. There's no real need to have random locations when a GM can easily adjudicate the results based on the outcome of the attack (D wound = possible head shot, M wound = leg hit, etc.).
See, I disagree. And the reason I say that is ecause it is the same argument used in D&D for why a 12th level fighter has more hit points than a 1st level fighter resulting in a 2-handed sword bouncing off of the 12th level and chopping the head off of the 1st level: the hit point increase reflects how much better the guy got. Bulldrek. Now apply this to SR where a helmet (covering one of the msallest targets on the body) gives you a +2/+1 to the entire score. That's just not right at all. I have never liked an "all over" armor rating as the reflects it. And by saying "well the helmet only protects if you are hit in the head" is not very bright either since it doesn't layer the rest of the armor over that area. So I stick with the hit location system and get what I cnosider more realistic results. Also, keep in mind tha this particular system has the majority of hits going to the body anyway.
Gabriel
-
So do you redesign the armor system to reflect this? A vest with plates would provide something like 10/6, while a helmet would really be 9/5, and a lined coat would be 6/4 or so, and so on.
If you use specific hit locations, then the abstract armor system just doesn't work. The armor ratings are the way they are to reflect the overall amount of protection they provide.
-
The armor only covers certain areas, and those areas have the "in book" armor ratings. The problem comes with armored clothing and partial armor ratings for ceratin pieces of the suit. It's not a flawless system, but it is more realistic. Oh, and the helmet gets a lower rating than unless it is a piece of integrated armor suit like full body heavy military stuff.
Gabriel
-
If it's a bone of contention, our GM will sometimes use the Cyberpunk hit location for argumentative players.
-
The armor only covers certain areas, and those areas have the "in book" armor ratings. The problem comes with armored clothing and partial armor ratings for ceratin pieces of the suit. It's not a flawless system, but it is more realistic. Oh, and the helmet gets a lower rating than unless it is a piece of integrated armor suit like full body heavy military stuff.
Your game. Your house rules.
My point (which is confirmed by the games designers) is the the way armor ratings were designed for shadowrun was because of the abstract system. This is also why there is no official hit location system. Armor would have to be totally redesigned to reflect the actual protection it provides to the area it covers (similar to the examples I listed above).
FFBA gives 4/1 because it covers the whole body, but would really only provide 1 point of (ballistic) protection to any one specific area. A helmet, on the other hand, is listed as 2/1 because it only provides cover for a smaller area (averaged out with the abstract system), but with hit locations it should be giving damn good protection in the range of armored jackets and such to the head area.
-
You know, now that the padding thread is actually ABOUT padding, it is the perfect time to fulfill my life-long dream of derailing the thread about nothing!
so, instead of continueing to talk padding, and it's effect on balistic armor, i'll instead talk about Kittens in shadowrun!
aren't kittens cute?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
The armor only covers certain areas, and those areas have the "in book" armor ratings. The problem comes with armored clothing and partial armor ratings for ceratin pieces of the suit. It's not a flawless system, but it is more realistic. Oh, and the helmet gets a lower rating than unless it is a piece of integrated armor suit like full body heavy military stuff.
Your game. Your house rules.
My point (which is confirmed by the games designers) is the the way armor ratings were designed for shadowrun was because of the abstract system. This is also why there is no official hit location system. Armor would have to be totally redesigned to reflect the actual protection it provides to the area it covers (similar to the examples I listed above).
FFBA gives 4/1 because it covers the whole body, but would really only provide 1 point of (ballistic) protection to any one specific area. A helmet, on the other hand, is listed as 2/1 because it only provides cover for a smaller area (averaged out with the abstract system), but with hit locations it should be giving damn good protection in the range of armored jackets and such to the head area.
You do understand that you are talking about the same game designers who have made so many rules for htis game that they take up as much shelf space as the entire GURPS collection, right?? One abstract system in this game is like a turd in the punch bowl. It just doesn't go.
But again, it is all the taste of the players and GM. I have, however, seens systems that break it down even further than I do. We are talking systems that let you get hit in the hand, foot, groin, and so forth. I would NOT want to deal with that system.
Gabriel
PS - Kittens in Shadowrun can be pretty deadly...
-
expecially if they have mind controll powers!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You do understand that you are talking about the same game designers who have made so many rules for htis game that they take up as much shelf space as the entire GURPS collection, right?? One abstract system in this game is like a turd in the punch bowl. It just doesn't go.
But again, it is all the taste of the players and GM. I have, however, seens systems that break it down even further than I do. We are talking systems that let you get hit in the hand, foot, groin, and so forth. I would NOT want to deal with that system.
None of which addresses my point about armor ratings. :P
-
i give all kittens an armor rateing of 45/65
just so shadowrunners can't kill them.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Use the newly-screwed Called Shots rule and shoot for the unarmored parts (like eyes), totally bypassing any armor.
-
or use your aries squirt to just douse a target, and who cares what type of armor it is... as long as it's not a chemsuit... if it is... let your buddy shoot him first.
or, if you have a kitten, you can throw it at him, and he'll never be able to hit it with it's armor class of 45, and it'll scratch little tears into the chemsuit, and then you can hit it with the aries squirt.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Use your own kitten to combat your opponent's kitten! 8)
-
Oh, and aren't helmets 1/2, not 2/1 ?
-
Another thing that has made me wonder - how can an Armoured Jacket, which is limited in the amount of armour it can have due to the bulk of the clothing and trying to keep it somewhat concealed, have a higher armour rating than a Riot Shield? I mean, seriously! ???
-
Less than 150 posts to go!! ;D
*happy dance*
-
Oh, and aren't helmets 1/2, not 2/1 ?
I dunno. I was just using a figure. There are numerous helmets in Shadowrun with varying armor ratings.
As to the Jacket/Riot Shield ... that is an example of the abstract system. The shield, while big, is not as easily maneuverable, and covers less total area than the jacket. It is also made for melee, whereas the jacket is useful for both melee and gunfire.
-
I dunno about it covering less area... the large shields are supposed to cover from neck to knee, IIRC.
-
True, but the jacket covers the back, front, and arms. Stretch the material out and you'll find more protective surface.
-
You know, now that the padding thread is actually ABOUT padding, it is the perfect time to fulfill my life-long dream of derailing the thread about nothing!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
Careful, Apoc will lock the thread! :P
-
If Apoc ever locked THIS thread, I would go to Japan and kick the drek out of him myself. And that's saying a lot for a puffball like me.
Oh, and as for the kitten thing: shooting an kitten with a 45/65 armor rating just turns it into a soft, cuddly, pissed-off, nasty, evil projectile as the kinetic energy from the round is transfered to the kitten and sends it sailing through the air. Personally, I can think of better uses for a kitten than an un-aimed projectile.
Gabriel
-
What?
An Aimed projectile instead? I can't remember but I'm sure I've seen a film where a guy has a gun he shoots mice out of.
-
So, what kind of special ammo would one of those use?? Would you have a thumb-tack taped to the mouse's head to make it armor-piercing? Maybe give him a lobotimy to make him a hollow-point??? OOOO! You could superglue a match to his head to make him an incindiary round! Damn, I need to get me one of those guns. :gabe:
Gabriel
-
It would be really usefull for all of thoes kittens we face!!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Actually, I have used kittens, well cats, to hit my runners with. It's always nice to put in critters that the player will not want to kill, thus handicapping that player's character. Hehehehe...
Gabriel
-
how did that work out for your runners?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Not horrible, but not fun either. One had the cat sitting in his lap and the other had it curling between his feet when both turned into cheetas and attacked them.
Gabriel
-
ouch.
sucks to be them.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I got some DIRTY looks from across the table for that one.
Gabriel
-
idnt anyone ever teach them to be careful of strange aniamals :mercy:
-
They should have one of those cannons from the Outpost.com commercial.
"To make sure you all remember the nameOutpost.com, we're going to fire gerbils through the hollow 'O' of the sign."
*fires* SPLAT
"Ooh! So close!"
-KidVid
-
wow i am totally amazed at the post counts lol i will like die over in sore arms and fingers ;)
ok the real reason why i popped on this one is I CANT STAND THE NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA I THINK IT BLOWS ITS NOSE ALL OVER MY TV :o but oh well i am told i have to leave posts and i get here as much as i can.. ill keep on more soon gigglez ::)
-
I wonder...
Since Starbucks coffee took it's name from the character on the original show... does the new show infringe on Starbuck's copyrights?
;D ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
its sad cuz star buck got a sex change as did boomer that is just so not fair... as for the coffee that is supposed to be the bestest coffee around and tim hortons rulez in the coffee department lol ;)
-
Wait... what?
You lost me around the second sentence there...
Starbuck got a sex change... so there's more women on the show... what after that?
-Kid Vid
-
on the new one starbuck is a blond female on the old one he was a blond male lol male to female means sex change lol :o
-
its sad cuz star buck got a sex change as did boomer that is just so not fair... as for the coffee that is supposed to be the bestest coffee around and tim hortons rulez in the coffee department lol ;)
Actually, the two best coffees in the world are Jamaican Blue Mountain and Hawaiian Kona Coffee. Starbucks is alright but their coffees are 70% milk-based which really takes coffee out of the coffee. ;D
-
*shrug* more chicks for me to look at on the sci-fi channel is okay by me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't get the sci-fi channel :-[
-
why not?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
They don't have the sci-fi channel in Japan but I get the Super Channel which has lots of sci-fi shows but other shows as well, like MacGuyver, The Drew Carey show, etc..
-
you need satalite.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, we've thought about it but we want to wait until we buy a house then do something then. We already have cable now so we can be patient until then.
-
sucks to be you i need the men to look at and starbuck needs to be a dude that is the way it should be as for Apoc im sorry i wish you did get cable..its fun when you watch a show you havent seen since you were a kid then you see it now and a person that should have been a guy is now a girl :o
-
and bomer went from a black guy to a aiasin female cylon
-
see is sux :P
-
I couldn't believe it when my brother told me that Starbuck was a woman...
Dirk Benedict made Battlestar Gallactica great. To not only lose him, but to have his character castrated in that way...
Not happy >:( :banghead:
-
Dear fragging Ghost you people are like rabid Trekkies. You get the damn show for FREE or at least close enough to it that it doesn't even matter and you sit here bitching about a character change from a show that aired 20 YEARS AGO??? Damn.
Now personally I loved the 2-episode premier. Making Boomer a girl made no difference to me at all since Boomer was nothing but a supporting character in the original anyway. Making Starbuck a girl didn't really affect me either. I mean who the hell cares? I do have to say that I didn't really like the Starbuck character, but not for her being female, but because I think the character is just flat.
And I have to say, they did the Human Genocide so better in 2 episodes than the original series conveyed in an entire season and 2 TV moives. And that last part about ther being no 13th colony was fraggin' great. This series will be a darker, gritier version of the original and that's a good thing.
Gabriel
-
LOL yea, they did many things better in this one.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Theres actually a show called Maguyver? Wow I thought that was just a Simpsons creation.
Don't have sky over here or even cable, so I guess I'm part of the heathen. Although I have seen 1 of the new Battlestar Gallactica if thats what you're talking about, was quite good. But personally I preferred the old cyclons and their voices ;D
-
basically i do like how they made the baltar and the changes they made in it
-
Just a few more pad and we'll have a 100 pages. ;D
-
was half asleep on last post i ment to type I like the changes they made in baltorsa charter
-
Dirk Benedict made Battlestar Galactica. The interaction between Starbuck and the dude that played Apollo (?) was what kept it on the air as long as it was.
I haven't seen the new one yet, but am leery about it considering the stupid and unnecessary changes.
-
adam hatch who was behind getting the newest vesion going
-
adam hatch who was behind getting the newest vesion going
Well that explains everything! He was continually upstaged by Benedict, so probably held a grudge against his character.
-
Yay...a 100 pages...and Fortune got the first post for that page. ;D :fortune:
-
Yay me! :fortune:
Oh, and us! ;D
Apoc, why does your post count only read 27?
-
Because I'm special ;). It's nothing important. I asked Ingo to reset it for certain reasons and that is about it. ;D
I wonder how long it will take for 200 pages. ;D
-
I dunno, there's something wrong about having 100 pages of nothing.
But here I am enabling this thread ;D
-
Yay! I'll probably take another year or so.
-
I dunno, there's something wrong about having 100 pages of nothing.
I don't know about that. I've certainly added some comments and posts to this thread that weren't about 'nothing'.
-
Apoc, does that mean your smiley and karma privileges get taken away? ;D
-
Yeah, I'm not sure if BG has been screened over here yet. I don't watch that much TV.
Richard Hatch played Apollo in the original...
IMDB states:
As of early 2001, star Richard Hatch and executive producer Glen A. Larson are both engaged in competing projects to revive Battlestar Galactica, on both TV and the big screen.
It sounds petty to me to change a character because the original actor upstaged you - particularly when that actor was someone like Benedict.
From IMDB again:
The character 'Starbuck' was ranked #21 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).
Oh, and this is interesting... IMDB lists Richard Hatch as having a guest appearance in the future:
"Battlestar Galactica" playing "Tom Zarek" in episode: "Colonial Day" (episode # 1.11) 18 March 2005 :-[
-
Apoc, does that mean your smiley and karma privileges get taken away? ;D
I still have the smiliey but the Karma privileges are set automatically at 500 so I have to get back up there to use it again which is fine for me.
Seriously, I have specific reasons for the reset and I will keep them to myself. I'll leave it at that because even a dragon loses their :apoc:temper you know. ;)
-
Hey, I never asked about your reasons. They're none of my business. I was just wondering whether you still had smiting ability, or whether I'd be able to get away with stuff for a short while. ;D
-
Then I guess you will be able to for a bit ;)
-
But not for long, I'd guess, after all, it's "only" 500 posts, and this is Apoc we're talking about here.
-
anyone got a working link for the clueless files
-
But not for long, I'd guess, after all, it's "only" 500 posts, and this is Apoc we're talking about here.
LOL...If I could give you a point then I would but you have to wait a couple days until I get my karma ability back ;)
-
I got me a gun! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/Oola%20Iola/gunfiring.gif)
Well okay I got me a bunch of guns but only one graphic of one.... ;D
-
nice animated gif!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i gave it for you apoc \
-
Thank, Mercy:mercy:
-
But not for long, I'd guess, after all, it's "only" 500 posts, and this is Apoc we're talking about here.
LOL...If I could give you a point then I would but you have to wait a couple days until I get my karma ability back ;)
Yeah I'd better make hay while the sun shines... ::)
-
lol.
-
i'd better make...
er..
pad pad pad.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
pad
-
pad pad
-
pad pad pad
-
pad pad pad pad
-
Just thought I would....
-
pad pad pad pad pad
-
hehehe ;D
-
Not very stealthy there Kage! We can hear your padding a mile away!!
-
Maybe he was doing on purpose so he can sneak up on you. ;)
and
Yay! Kagemusha is back. ;D
-
Ok, I've been gone for vacation for almost a week, so there is no way I am reading 7 pages of the Paddin' thread. Just thought I would throw that in. ;)
Gabriel
-
Lazy punk ;)
-
does anyone read anything other than the post right before they pad in this thread?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't think that one needs to read every post on this thread to have complete understanding of what is going on here...
-
pad pad pad
-
Of course, that said, the padding thread was once about 'balastic armor padding'
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
and it was a pretty good bit of info too.
-
I normally read the previous 5-8 pages if I haven't kept up to date, can't be bothered to now though :P
-
Not in this thread at least. ;)
-
well then your better then me cuz i multitask and think about reading and forget to half the time :( and it will be lookin at me right in the face :P
-
hey to all the sexy ass people on here 8) :P :o
-
And all of sexy lesbians too. ;)
Gabriel (Who just padded his way to 4,950 posts. YEE-HAW!!! 5,000 here I come!!!!!!)
-
yeah but 69 is way better the 5000 :o
-
That all depends on who is on top of you. ;D And since this is all digital, I'll take the 5,000 instead. ;)
Gabriel
-
5000 is very nice. congrats!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Thanks. Although I think Apoc would have gotten there first if he hadn't dropped to the 0 mark for some reason.
Gabriel
-
Did anyone ever get out of him why exactly that happened?
-Kid Vid
-
he declined to state, although if i were to guess, i'd say it would be something about decreaseing his own tendancy to post simply for posting's sake, in an attempt to keep the topics ... well... on topic.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
it's not a race, it's a conversation.
-
hey, I've been in big group conversations... it's a race to get a word in edgewise. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
well, in his own way, i think that he's trying to fix that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
If so, more power to that, I say.
-
I agree. And it gets rid of my competition too, so Go APOC! ;D
Gabriel
-
a second theory was that he saw your post count raceing up by his, and instead of being overtaken, he retired undefeated, so he could say:
'yea, gabe is higher, but i was higher than him before i reset it...'
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hmmm... I think the first theory has more credence.
-Kid Vid
-
but the second is funner.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Maybe he decided to overtake Gabe a second time, this time from 0 Posts?
-Kid Vid
-
I guess only I will ever know the truth and one other person to be un-named ;)
-
ooohhh... for the thrill of the hunt?
of course, if zone isn't carefull, she's going to fall out of the top 10 all together.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I hope not. I can't wait to see what she does with some of her powers. Besides, I enjoy the conversation/ego-busting.
Gabriel
-
Oh, be still my heart!
Fall out of the top ten?
But my ranking is the only reason I post here...
why my posts are numerous and lightweight.
Oh, wait - thats not me I'm talking about.... :P
-
LOL, the Mistress of Sarcasm is in the building. ;)
Gabriel
-
Just remember to respond: Yes, Mistress ;)
-
LOL, um... that might not be the best way to go about chatting with me. ;)
Gabriel
-
Sweetie - to me you look just like a big panel with buttons all over it ;)
-
MWAH-HA-HA!!!
Ok, you have a good point. But I'm still not calling you mistress. Well, I might think about it if you start addressing me as Arch-Duke Gabriel. So you gotta give a little to get a little.
Gabriel
-
and you can all call me 'Y0UR L337 N4K3DN355'
MUHAHAHAHA
or... Ruski is fine too...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I dunno...this piece of parchment they sent me says I'm a master. So I guess you have a choice, but Mistress is more feminine don't you think? :D
-
masteriss?
sounds too much like matriss if you say it fast. and i don't think i want to make THAT connection.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/Oola%20Iola/gunfiring.gif)
-
*winses as the gun goes off*
*opens one eye*
*looks at karma*
hmm... either she missed, or she was aiming at someone else.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Blanks?
-Kid Vid
-
why would she have blanks?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't know... seemed like a reasonable explanation.
-Kid Vid
(traq dart? Feeling dizzy yet?)
-
don't normally fire tranque darts out of a glock...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It's the future. Glock modified for stun darts.
-Kid Vid
-
could be jell rounds i suppose...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lamo ;D
-
I think that is called a "warning shot". And I have got to copy and paste that gif.
Gabriel
-
Gabe wins. I don't know how to miss ;)
It's a good GIF, ain't it?
-
Thanks for the kudos, Z. And yeah, I really like that gif. Where did you find it?
Gabriel
-
I believe I've seen that GIF elsewhere... on another Shadowrun sight somewhere. Wasnt' SWO was it? Nah... can't remember. Oh well.
-
hiya zone and what gif wish i could see ???
-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/Iola/Oola%20Iola/gunfiring.gif)
That gif.
Gabriel
-
a .gif is a type of picture file.
much like .bmp and .jpg
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
now thats sweet much like the one i saw in the smilies under headshot lol :P
-
well, when you hit 1000 posts, perhaps ingo will make that one for you.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well now thats a goal i can work my way up too huh :P
-
and you certanly are in the right thread for that.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
although... have you ever played shadowrun? most of your comments don't have much to do with it... it probibly would be more fun and easyer to post for you if you did...
-
I thought she said she did at least a little?
-
*shrug* i dunno. i didn't read that post.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
shadow run no i never played.. i was into darker rps and got into ff games but thats about it ???
-
darker rps?
Details?
-
mine was all vampire...i was the one the vampire wanted and his life time love...i was the maiden that got kissed by him and was converted our love was never ending...and so on and so forth i can do a run down if you want from start to where we ended if you wanna hear it 8)
-
Oh yes. I've enjoyed playing VtM.
-
I can't say I enjoy VtM. I can't see vampires as anything but evil and I don't like playing evil. Nasty, cranky, bitchy...but not evil 8)
-
I did like the intracacies of the political machinations between the clans, but it...
Anne Rice's novels kinda killed Vampires for me... Lestat was cool, until she devoted half the series to him. or the time she put a new Orleans resturaunt out of business becasue she thought she saw a fictional character she made up in a window of it.
*sighs*
And the sad thing is, I wasn't suprised to hear that. It's about par for the course for people I know in real life who are obsessed with Vampires. Including the guy who used a drill to put holes in his canines so he could drink through them. Ruski knows that story.
-Kid Vid
-
anne is one messed up slot. that's for sure.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Including the guy who used a drill to put holes in his canines so he could drink through them. Ruski knows that story.
Now that is seriously messed up!
-
Well, it was just messed up until he broke one of his teeth doing it.
Then it was funny.
-Kid Vid
-
LOL!
-
even the gothic kids at my high school were ghetto.
but gotta give him props for being bad-ass,... how many drama students would be willing to take a power drill to their own teeth?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I wonder how many hallucinogens he had to take to attempt that.
-Kid Vid
-
Could we have a slightly more descriptive version of that story? Like, what happened, and how he actually planned to drink blood through them rather than just suck it into his gums? :D
And did I read that right? Anne Rice took legal action against a restaurant she claimed used an unauthorised reproduction of a fictional character she created in its window? Man, that's getting into Marvel territory... >:(
-
I thought I would add my usual paddin post. ;D
-
Okay, Anne Rice, thought that she actually saw the vampire lastat, in real life, stareing at her from a window in a restraunt. she believed that the restraunt was allowing mr. lastat to follow her, because he was upset with his story getting out, and wanted to kill her. she filed a civil suit (her lawyers wouldn't touch this one) aghinst the restraunt for letting dangerous creatures (a vampire) stay in their establishment, as an accessory to attempted murder.
Anne Rice is one messed up mother fragger.
back to high school, i don't know if he was just a huge fan of vampire the mascurade, LARPGing, or if it just had something to do with a little chemical called PCP that was his poison of choice, but one of the gothic drama students at my high school thought that he actually was a vampire, and inorder to fulfill his vampire-ism he would have to drink blood. no, normally if you bite someone, you can't suck the blood out very easyly, so, he decided in a fit of genious that if he drilled holes in his teeth, that he could bite into someone, and then without letting go, could suck out their blood useing his newly hollowed out teeth as a straw. unfortunatly, in the process of drilling (and before he could show off how cool of a vampire he was to all his friends) (this was actually on his second tooth) he got the angle wrong, and actually shattered his tooth. so, he showed up at school the next day with one self-hollowed tooth, and one that was pretty much compleatly shattered. he went to the dentist a couple of days later, followed shortly by drug-rehab, and a nice room with padded walls. (aparently his parrents, who didn't know about the PCP use were worried about him at that point) he tryed to cast a magic spell on them to make them forget, but he was out of pixie dust, so it didn't work.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
IMO Interview With A Vampire wasn't written by Rice. It's actually readable. None of her other crap is even a little bit paletable. It's all utter illiterate trash.
Plus she took a bunch of folklore and applied it to fictional embodiments of her own pshychosis and copywrote it and now feels justified in suing anyone else who might also use a vampire character because they are all obviously plagerized from her plagerisms. No one could possibly come up with a vampire that wasn't based on hers after all - when your mind is gone 'round the twist anyway...Ugh.
Now she'll probably sue Ingo 'cause we mentioned her name and wrote her character's name without express written permission of the author.
I wish she'd just retire to a nice padded room somewhere.
As far as I'm concerned, she all ready lives in the world that shows Highlander 2, and should never be allowed over here in the real world. All her books are over there too. :P
-
HAHAHAHA you have to read this penny-arcade.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-09-08 (http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-09-08)
it puts a picture on how perfect that statement really is.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think the movie was better than the book. I just seem to like the movie and can watch it than the piece of trash book.
-
LOL peace of trash book huh? sounds like you have some vampire anger issues.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Once bitten, twice shy? Is that how the saying goes? ;D
Hey, I thought the movie was cool enough that I started reading the book... and it was a little too homo-erotic for me. Having been exposed to some of Anne Rice's other writing, I can understand why. She's written several book about erotic bondage. *shudders*
I can't say that I watched any of the other movies, or even picked up the books after that point.
-Kid Vid
-
all of this leads me to believe that anne rice is indeed, a crazy messed up fragger.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I read The Vampire Lestat (tm ;D), and I was a little disturbed by the references to 'cherubs' and 'organs' and the depiction of homo-erotic scenes. Yeah, ok, I can handle one or two, but the whole book was full of it. Now, I don't hav a problem with that concept, but had I known it was going to involve constant gay intercourse I would have probably not read it, as that is not my chosen preference for subject matter.
I do like some of the ideas Rice has included in her books, but I think it is silly to try and claim ownership over the whole concept. To take a legend that exists in the public domain (vampires having been the result of unscientific fables to describe certain actual occurances) and lay ownership to it is incredibly ego-centric. If she came up with an idea that was NOT in the public domain, fair enough she can claim it as hers (for example, if she decided that all the vampires in her world were able to, say, shrink to the size of a peanut), but there are far too many resources that people could claim they used as inspiration for her to realisically win a legal battle on vampires in general. And if she did, then the defendants really need to get a new lawyer >:(
As for the 'Vampire Lestat in the window' thing, how could you possibly lose against that? All you need to do is claim that she made the character up - if she counteracts that argument, she's lost the rights to that character. If she doesn't, you're in the clear.
From what you guys have written here, she certainly sounds like a nutter. But then again many geniuses have been mentally unstable, which is why they are able to be more creative than the general populace - they see things from a radically different perspective.
-
LOL peace of trash book huh? sounds like you have some vampire anger issues.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
Basically, I didn't care for the book but enjoyed the movie..not sure why but I, Robot is the same. The book sucks but the movie does it justice. ;D
-
Which of Azimov's books is I, Robot based on?
-Kid Vid
-
From the descriptions I've heard: The director only knows.
-
it was loosly based on the founders series.
very loosly.
very verry loosly.
basicly, they took the three laws, the fact that a robot making a difinative statement "I, Robot" would be cool, and the robot rebellion, and made a movie about it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, it's really basic...not really the same at all. In fact, I think Zone mentioned it before. Well, she was right but I can't remember where that post was at? Anyway, I just couldn't get into them, wasn't (not sure the word to use to) but basically not satisfying to me.
-
well, it does take a lot to satisfy a great dragon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Will Smith sucks a$$ :P
-
not mine he dosn't.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Mine either. I stay well away.
BTW, which thread were we discussing Battlestar Galactica in? ???
-
*shrug* you could do it here, ... or make a battlestar thread.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I could....
-
I think I'll just do it here. It wont stay on topic long anyways.
I've just been to the scifi.com website's page for Battlestar Gallactica. It seems to me, having not watched the show, that the characters of 'Starbuck' and 'Boomer' aren't 'Starbuck' or 'Boomer' after all. In the cast list, they have other names ad have (Starbuck) or (Boomer) next to them. WTF?
At least if you're going to claim that they are the same character, then bloody well name them properly! What's wrong with having their last name 'Starbuck'? Or at least just having them only known as 'Starbuck'? Why list another name at all?
It would be far better than having a female with a callsign of 'Starbuck'. A buck is a young male deer, and it's meant to signify a virile, attractive man. There's no reason that a woman would get that nickname! >:(
-
perhaps she use to be a virile attractive man, had some plastic surgery and a sex change, and now she's a virile atractive gay man trapped in a hot woman's body.
and everyone calling her 'starbuck' is just makeing fun of her?
-RuskiFace The Pirate
-
Yeah, it's really basic...not really the same at all. In fact, I think Zone mentioned it before. Well, she was right but I can't remember where that post was at?
Well, yeah, I'm always right :) I believe the post in question was over in the reviews topic, the I, Robot thread. Unless I'm thinking too logicaly here....
Oh and the present incarnation of Battlestar is also in the land of Highlander 2 and other things that don't exist in my reality.
STARBUCK IS A MAN, BABY.
-
LOL okay, i won't see it then.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
(no time anyways)
-
smiles well i got the vtm and i am stuck in the tutuorial i dont know how to lock pic or use her special powers to break it open can someone hellllp me please ???
-
I'd love to help but I have no idea what vtm is... :-\
-
perhaps she use to be a virile attractive man, had some plastic surgery and a sex change, and now she's a virile atractive gay man trapped in a hot woman's body.
and everyone calling her 'starbuck' is just makeing fun of her?
-RuskiFace The Pirate
Umm, I'm thinking that's not what the producers had in mind.
And why would Starbuck suddenly become a gay man when trapped in a woman's body? :o
BTW Zone: what's wrong with Highlander 2? At least it's better than Highlander 3, which completely invalidates both of the preceding movies by revealing that at no stage was Connor McLeod the only immortal left on the planet... :banghead:
-
Why do you people keep on yapping about a "Highlander 2" movie, and now a "highlander 3"as well?
Everyone knows that There can be only one!
-
yes. there is only one. and all of the actors died right after makeing it.
they didn't even get to go to the premier.
because they were dead.
and they didn't make any more movies.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Why do you people keep on yapping about a "Highlander 2" movie, and now a "highlander 3"as well?
Everyone knows that There can be only one!
YEAH!
-
its vampire bloodline Zone and i dont know how to lock pick a door to move on she keeps dying cuz of runnin out of blood :P
-
Actually Poison didn't know what VtM was. I'm the one who doesn't like it ;)
(See above)
-
I think I'll just do it here. It wont stay on topic long anyways.
I've just been to the scifi.com website's page for Battlestar Gallactica. It seems to me, having not watched the show, that the characters of 'Starbuck' and 'Boomer' aren't 'Starbuck' or 'Boomer' after all. In the cast list, they have other names ad have (Starbuck) or (Boomer) next to them. WTF?
At least if you're going to claim that they are the same character, then bloody well name them properly! What's wrong with having their last name 'Starbuck'? Or at least just having them only known as 'Starbuck'? Why list another name at all?
It would be far better than having a female with a callsign of 'Starbuck'. A buck is a young male deer, and it's meant to signify a virile, attractive man. There's no reason that a woman would get that nickname! >:(
Ok, chummer, fisrt things first: if you are going to pot-shot the show at least watch the fraggin' thing once or twice. Damn, you sound like an old woman. Anyway, enough of that. Starbuck, Apolo, Boomer, etc. are pilot call signs. You will catch other characters refering to these characters eight by name or call sign depending on the circumstance. And if you know anything about pilots, a call sign is like a nick name in that it is given by someone else, NOT the person who is using it. So there you go.
And by the way, am I the only person who has actually given this show a chance???
Gabriel
-
nope gabe your not as long as I look at it as altinte timeline I can appreate it for how well made it is and the intresting plotlines and charters
-
Well it's about fraggin' time someone jumped on my side with this one. Thanks, Mercy.
Gabriel
-
*shrug* well, i didn't like it either.
but i can pick a lock if it uses fairly standard tumblers, and hotwire a car if it dosn't have a kill switch installed somplace clever.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Does watching for half an hour count. That's all I could stand before utter disgust regarding the absolute lack of original thinkers working at SciFi Channel took over. In the the REAL Battlestar (and yes I grant its over the top campiness) Apollo, et al were actually their names - the ones given by their parents.
I knew a pilot once whose call name was Rumproast. WTF?
-
I belive that I don't want to know the reason his friends gave him that callsign. ;D ;D ;D
-Kid Vid
-
i think it had something to do with beef.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
other than him looking like a fraggin side of beef? He were fugly.
-
That might do it.
Gabriel
-
perhaps he had his face stuck in an afterburner?
that's where the roasted part comes into play...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Iceman...
Maverick...
Holy CRAP! Top Gun!
... jus' paddin!
-
RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR
It's a Paddindrome!
-
Chummer, those things give me a headache... :banghead:
Gabriel
-
lucky, in a couple of hours top, it'll padded into padding history.
never to be seen again.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Does watching for half an hour count. That's all I could stand before utter disgust regarding the absolute lack of original thinkers working at SciFi Channel took over. In the the REAL Battlestar (and yes I grant its over the top campiness) Apollo, et al were actually their names - the ones given by their parents.
Thankyou, I was going to say the same thing. They constantly refer to the pilots as "Lt. Starbuck" or "Capt. Apollo" in the original, which you wouldn't do if you were a superior officer like Adama or Tigh. Particularly Adama - he wouldn't call his own son by his callsign unless Apollo was on a mission.
And who the crap came up with the idea of having the Cylons being:
a) Created by Humans; and
b) Looking like Humans?
The whole freaking premise of Battlestar Gallactica was that the Cylons were a domineering race who decided to wipe out humanity because the humans had intervened when the Cylons wanted to destroy someone's planet. The Cylons preyed on the human's hope for peace, springing a sneak attack with the help of a human traitor called Baltar (who wanted the human race subjegated under him, rather than destroyed). There was none of this 'humans created the cylons but now they've advanced beyond our technology' bulldust. And why would they only make 12 human-looking models? Seems much easier to infiltrate humanity by making 500 different-looking models. >:(
-
Poison, I believe it's called "Casting" whereby a cheeseball Sci-Fi series is under-budgeted and can't afford to hire 500 actors, let alone 500 talented actors, you know?
The Chromed Accountant
"It's all about dollars and sense!"
-
No, 'Casting' is where they say "There are 12 models" and then show only 4 of them.
Limiting them to 12 models in the first place without a decent explaination as to why they wouldn't use a much more effective number is called 'Poor storyline'.
-
Ok, how many models of Fords are there? Now, how long did it take to get that way? Do you think that there is unlimited 4technology just to be tossed around? Do you even watch the show to find out the answers to this question? If not, then you should probably change the subject. There's nothing more agrivating than listening to someone (and I certainly include myself in this statement) bitch about something they have littel or no experience with. You don't watch the show: stop bitching about it. And if you do watch the shaow, then: why are you bitching about it but still watching it????
As for glitches in the pilot episode's dialog, you know as well as I do that ideas are written into a script and then altered over time. Are you a fan of Startrek TNG? If so, go back and watch Data smile like a damn fool in the very first episode and then tell me about emotionless andriods. The point is, some things get ironed out as the series progresses. To hold BSG up to some extreme standard simply because you are a cult follower of the original series is unfair in the extreme. You wouldn't do it to other shows. Why do it to this one.
And let's be honest here, the caracterization in the original series sucked dick. The only charaters who got any development were Starbuck and Apollo. Everyone else was as two-dimensional as it gets. And yes, I like the old episodes, but I am not gonig to use that against a series that has good stroies, good effect, and good characterization.
Gabriel (Off of :soapbox: now.)
-
perhaps they were out of skin colored parts.
suply and demand you know.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ok, how many models of Fords are there? Now, how long did it take to get that way? Do you think that there is unlimited 4technology just to be tossed around? Do you even watch the show to find out the answers to this question? If not, then you should probably change the subject. There's nothing more agrivating than listening to someone (and I certainly include myself in this statement) bitch about something they have littel or no experience with. You don't watch the show: stop bitching about it. And if you do watch the shaow, then: why are you bitching about it but still watching it????
As for glitches in the pilot episode's dialog, you know as well as I do that ideas are written into a script and then altered over time. Are you a fan of Startrek TNG? If so, go back and watch Data smile like a damn fool in the very first episode and then tell me about emotionless andriods. The point is, some things get ironed out as the series progresses. To hold BSG up to some extreme standard simply because you are a cult follower of the original series is unfair in the extreme. You wouldn't do it to other shows. Why do it to this one.
And let's be honest here, the caracterization in the original series sucked dick. The only charaters who got any development were Starbuck and Apollo. Everyone else was as two-dimensional as it gets. And yes, I like the old episodes, but I am not gonig to use that against a series that has good stroies, good effect, and good characterization.
Gabriel (Off of :soapbox: now.)
Ok, the Data thing is a failure of internal consistency. That has nothing to do with what I'm talking about.
Besides which, Star Trek TNG was a progression on from Star Trek - it was set in a later time than the first series, with accompanying advancements in technology and politics. BSG is not a progression, it's a remake, and as a remake it has an obligation to remain at least somewhat true to the original.
You're right that only Apollo and Starbuck got any sort of character development in the original - which is exactly why they shouldn't have changed Starbuck in the remake. There is nothing about the character that even resembles Starbuck in the original. They should have just named her something else and removed Starbuck altogether - better to cop criticism for leaving out a much-loved character than to butcher them.
Why did I watch the miniseries? Because I wanted to give the thing a chance, even after I heard some of the changes that had been made. So I watched it and made up my own mind. It still retains some cool elements, like the Vipers, but the camerawork is shoddy (and in places nauseating). As a stand-alone series it still has some premise/character problems, but as a remake it falls well short of the expectations of most people who remember the original.
-
first off, i like how you are using your icon to sign off. very cool.
:poison:
*shrug* and if i stopped watching everything that's crapy, i wouldn't watch anything at all.
LOL and some times, the fun is in the complaining of it.
ever watch MST3K?
most fun i ever had with my brothers.
then you watch something else, and get to do your own running dialog.
*shrug*
but that's just me, sometimes, i just like to whine.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I'm with Poison on this one all the way.
If they wanted to do a space opera they could have tried for an origianal idea *gasp* and done something anything that was not a vivisection and
Frankensteinesque rebuild of something all ready out there.
THere is nothing original left at SciFi now that Moya was sent to dry dock
-
I think we would all like to see Moya flying again. :'( Did you get a chance to see the Peacekeeper Wars mini they did to close the series???
Gabriel
-
whoa... missed something! what's moya? is that a firefly refrence?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Moya is a space ship- a living ship. Her crew were escaped prisoners, renegades, and Americans :D. The reference was to the show Farscape.
And yeah I watched the mini. Not bad. You could see where they cut MAJOR corners in order to wrap a story in four hours that was inteded for ten. Didn't care what they did to Jewel, but was disappointed about D'argo.
"Women on my planet can be in labour for days."
"I've killed men for less!"
-
All I'll say is that BSG survives past the first season, you will here me say "what kind of world do we live in when an original, well made space drama such as firefly gets cancelled after one season, and a crappy remake of the space opera BSG is allowed to survive?"
Paladin
-
firefly was better i never could get into BSG.
or, that other one... LeXX was it?
it sucked too.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
In all ways possible...
I never did get comfortable with the idea of that main character being a "space slut".
-Kid Vid
-
well, they knew the demographic they were aiming for...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
The lonely pimple faced 13-45 yr old geek male segment?
Paladin
-
who've never talked to a real girl, and are frightened by such things as 'feelings'
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ok, here we go with the BSG-Bashing again. But I will say that I think Firefly was hoop-fragged in the worst way. The episodes were aired out of order, and it was put up against Enterprise (I believe) in that show's first season, so it never stood a chance. I love the fact that the sales of the Firefly DVD set set a precidence for networks to re-evaluate their stance on cancelations and re-airing shows. Just look what happened to Family Guy.
And Farscape got really stupid for a while and lost viewers because it became a serial series instead of an opened series. That was how they shot themselves in the foot. It really was a damn good series. I wish it had lasted longer. But if it had, they would have had to change the way they wrote the interconnecting stories.
Gabriel
-
And Firefly still managed to spawn a trio of movies... the first of which is set to come out this summer.
Paladin
-
I can't wait to see that. Opening night, baby!!!!!!
Gabriel
-
I'm going to be camped out in a mal outfit. I'm totally going fanboy for that one. I think I should have the experience once in my life.
Paladin
-
I'm going as Zoey. ;)
Gabriel, the Lesbian
-
LOL they made three movies?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
The scuttlebutt is that the Firefly thing is going to be a trilogy. I hope it lives up to the expectations.
Gabriel
-
can't be any worse than the starwars crap lucas is making us watch.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That's the hope.
Paladin
-
Has anyone heard about the actual plot of this film????
Gabriel
-
starwars or firefly?
starwars has the creation of darth vader
firefly is suppose to be...er... i dunno.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Firefly is supposed to take place 6 mos after the episode "Lost in space." That's all I know.
Paladin
-
I'm going to see if I can find a trailer ot teaser or something. If I do, I'll post the likn.
Gabriel
-
Should be out there somewhere...
Paladin
-
Actually, I've come up with bubcis. Apparently a trailer was supposed to be released in January, but I can't find that it ever was. Now they are saying a new one is getting released with Hitchhiker's Guide. So I guess I'll have to see that to see the preview.
Gabriel
-
Darn. Gotta go see one potentially good movie to see the preview for another. What horrible lives we lead.
Paladin
-
Actually, I've heard the down-low on all of these-
I've personally addicted several friends to the series, before breaking it to them that it got cancelled mid-season-1.
The movie is supposed to take place six months after the last episode that was filmed (I think they're using the DVD as the base, rather than the series, because there were some episodes that didn't even get aired on TV)
There's a new investigator put on Simon and River's case, and he's VERY good at his job. Good enough that he makes life uncomfortable in the extreme for them.
There are supposed to be Reavers, too... actual shown Reavers. I'm kinda excited about that.
That, and having Jane say funny things. ;D I love the writing of that show.
The trailer should be around a few weeks before Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, online, and then on celluoid.
-Kid Vid (movie nerd hookup)
-
I can't wait until all movies get moved to digital... that will be awesome.
Paladin
-
Wash: "She has had congress with the devil."
Jane: "She was in Congress??"
Gotta love that idiot. ANd you know, I really hope they show anara doing a full-frontal :hyper:, although I know they won't. :'(
Gabriel
-
They do have to get a PG-13 rating...
Paladin
-
well, i think they try to make her 'sez' charichter have as little to do with sex as possible.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
kinda a intresting twist actually... saved it from being Lexx
-
Sez... you mean sex? cause she had alot to do with sex, it was just implied rather than blatant.
Paladin
-
all movies need some type of sex in them cuz we can all relax and just get along :D
-
I'd just as soon skip any added sex scenes in say The Longest Day or Stalag 17 thanks just the same :P
-
i would too Zone but some only have a one sided mind and only can think with one of the heads :P
-
Riiiiight.
anyways, yea, i ment sex.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I can't remember if the episode was aired, but there was one where Anara ended up taking a female client. It was pretty sensual with the message and everything, but done in a very tasteful way. And I would have to say that if you did it as such in the movies, I think it would be well-recieved.
Gabriel
-
Mercy can be sensual too when hes not aggrivated at the puter :P
-
oh yea... the senator!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
naa the prez :P
-
LOL, no, Luna, he was talking about the episode of Firefly. The woman that Anara was doing the nasty with was a senator.
Gabriel
-
perhaps they are saving the president for the movie.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hahah thanks Gabe im just now gettin into adult swim and some of the shows on there r way out there so ill go along with whatever anyone says lol :P
-
and another one joins the flock...
-RuskiFace the pirate
-
i like the teen hunger force too..its too stupid its funny specially when to shake dude gets it :o
-
Pad Pad Pad
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lmao :-\
-
well, i was trying to make the posts more on topic, but for this thread...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
gigglez and i wanted to ask what paddin is but didnt wanna look like a blonde :P
-
In answer to Gabe's question - my avatar host seems to have gone off to a new server. So I either have to go refind her, dig out the addy for Flipside's site where I believe a copy lives or try a new one - not sure I want to do that.... 8)
-
she still is cool without the av :P
-
Was that ever in doubt ;)
-
Speaking of Flip what ever happened to him?
Jester is MIA too but I have a really horrible idea of him in some sort of Twinkie orgy so at least he's happy.
-
Lost in the annals of World of Warcraft, I believe.
-
Did Flip get eaten by WoW too?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Another one bites the dust.
Paladin
-
still tryin to figure this one out :-\
-
I doubt it. Flip is probably more likely drowning in RL.
-
Flipside recently finished his master's thesis (on the works of W. Gibson), and is curently trying to get to visit his gf, who's gone off to study somewhere (i don't remember). He had some problemswith getting to visit, since he had to do a stop-ovr landing in some paranoid 3rd world country.
-
So your telling us we need to stage a jail break for Flip and smuggle him out of Rangoon or same damn place?
-
nah, the US authorities send him back home, to try again later, once he'd cleared up his passport problems.
-
Stupid Paranoid US.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
oh wait! that's me!
uh... does he need someone to vouch for him or something? hell, i'll do that for him.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol hey i represent that .... :P
-
pad :P
-
padd :P
-
paddi :P
-
paddin :P
-
paddin rama :P
-
pad inferno :P
-
one more after this pad and its 500 yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss pad :P
-
number 500 yessssssssssssssssss 1/2 way to 1000 feels sooo gooood pad pad pad piddy pad :P
-
alright, now that's a bit of overkill.
Paladin
-
then sue me for being overly excited haha cant do it can ya lol :P
-
Damn. Foiled again.
Paladin
-
hahahaha gives ya another shot :P
-
So are you gonna sue her? I know this guy...Man-With-Summons....
-
now he must find me then lol :P
-
Not really.
Shaman-With-A-Subpoena handles that. Hasn't failed yet.
-
lol magical invisibility powers is thinking you will need :P
-
Oh, all right I'll indulge in a little padding seeing as how I'm about 50 away from the next plateau....
-
Go Zone! Padding up a storm!
or well, mostly posting content up a storm...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
and im not far behind either go girl go :P
-
Yes, you are quite the little jabber-box.
-RuskiFace teh Pirate
-
hahaha you should see me in rl gawd im worse if Mercy had tape hed probably tape my mouth shut for good :P
-
So, we should send poor mercy some tape?
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
no no no make the dude suffer gigglez :P
-
Hmm... well, i was friends with him first, so i'll have to try to help him out; however, first i'll wait to hear if he actually wants my help.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ask away lol and wait youll soon get your answer ::)
-
nha dont need tape have a ball gag and handcuffs
-
hehehehe :P
-
sounds like you may need a mage mask.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
dont give him any ideas he has enuff :P
-
well, if he has enough ideas on his own, he won't need to use any ideas that i put out there for him now will he?
-RuskiFace the pirate
-
excatly but that does sound intresting
-
*grin* glad to help!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
feels out numbered ;D
-
Well, you'd just better watch your back is all...
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
hahahah ok and what if i dont lol :P
-
Then you deserve whatever happens.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yea and still comes back all good in the end so pfft :P
-
paddin' paddin' paddin'
keep those posties paddin'
Keep those posties paddin'
pad-din!
*sung to the tune of Rawhide
-
lol pad pad pad pad pad paddin :P
-
Er... what?
-
This is the paddin thread and it is used to do just what it says....To PAD your post count. It's an awesome thread and a real general conversation thread with lots of wackiness, good antedotes, etc..or just to pad as you like.
-
its that easy gilette :P
-
oh i guess i shold read the topix marx then
-
naaa this is an everything topic smiles ;D
-
LOL, or you could go back and read the 100 some odd pages of padding posts...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah right!....I wouldn't put that on anybody ;)
-
i would suggest only if your bored and have nothing to do to read it lol all 117 pages worth :o
-
Well, at least my padding has some interest - a musical interlude if you will. There are some pads on this thread that do a post per word for an entire sentence - no style ;)
-
Padding, no matter what form it takes, still ammounts to quantity over quality.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
LOLOLOLOLOL
And you said that with a straight face I bet.
-
Darn' Tootin!
(Pad Pad Pad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ROFLMFAO
Stop....you're killin' me!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
-
Okay, I'll stop, but only because the pub wouldn't be the same without you.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Awww. A compliment. I'm touched.
But then most of you knew that ;)
-
and congradulations for padding your way past 1,000 posts!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Awww. A compliment. I'm touched.
But then most of you knew that
Not to be rude or anything, but that is infact how most males get to touch females, as I understand.
just to refer back to your other thread.
-
hahahahaha
true true.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
"you look nice today!"
-
and mine was with shaved and a hair cut two bits lol :P
-
well now zone needs a custom and lun will need one soon
-
we need a party now :P
-
Luna's will be easy.
peanutbutter...
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hahaha now to make it stick :P
-
and jelly!
Paladin
-
peanutbutter is easy to make stick... just throw it!
-Ruski
-
or give it to a baby or dog or cat and watch them try to get it off its comical :P
-
That's so mean!
Paladin
-
no whats mean is when you put tape on the kitties feet and watch them try to get it off runnin over on the dresser and flyin off omg its comical :o
-
I know. I did it to my kitten. It was so funny... but so mean.
Paladin
-
how do you figure mean lol did he get hurt omg mine ran across two dressers and i mean skid like he was on skates and dove shakin his feet i about died laughing lol ;D
-
Definately mean.
-
PETA would have words with you about that sorta thing.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol naaa i was not mean the cat never got hurt and still loved me after :P
-
its better to use pads of butter
-
Terrorization for enjoyment is still mean even if the walnut brained victim still likes you after.
Ditto feeding chocolate to dogs. They may love it but it can kill them.
Peanut butter on the other hand is fine - hard for them to eat - but not leathal.
-
PETA probibly likes the peanut butter responce to them barking... although if they really enjoy it, it could lead to detramental habbits...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I despise those PETA hypocrites. >:(
-
Yea, me too. but I find it entertaining to poke holes in their theories on life, much like watching a 'B' rated movie, and laughing at the plot holes that you could drive a mac truck through.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
acturaly peanut butter is good for them its also fun to put thoose little pads of butter on thier paws the ones you get sevred with your dinner roll at a reastruasnt
-
for one i never ever give nor will i ever give a dog or any animal chocolate...as far as peanut butter its good if an animal has worms n stuff like that...thats badddddddddddddddddddddd :'(
-
I have a dog that is apparently immune to chocolate. We found this out one day when we came home and found a half pound bar of milk chocolate gone and wrapper stuck in her teeth. Scared the family half to death. She's still never been given chocolate, but she's stolen it since, and still has yet to get sick.
Damn dog.
Paladin
-
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ;D and he can look at you and say prove it :o
-
It looks like I'll be away for a little while starting Monday. See you guys when I get back.
-
Oh, how so?
Prey tell?
-
hope all is ok Zone but talk to you monday then be safe :)
-
have funny.
Paladin
-
Yea, have fun. and let us know how the run goes.
-RuskiFace the pirate
-
wb zomne i hope your back :P
-
OMG 120 pages! :jester:
-
Since only a crazy person would attempt to read all 120 pages of this thread, can someone tell me what "paddin" means?
Please? With sugar and nuts on top and all over and in the bottom?
-
padding your post count
-
LOL.
That's great. Post paddin'... 120 pages....
::laughs so hard he snarks his snoogle::
-
yup. started by jester.
-RuskiFace the Padder
-
when you dont have nothing to say come here and pad i guess but it does say what it means i think bout 27 pages back lol 8)
-
hehe, I was like 6 posts from 500 at the time, so I just made several posts one behind the other in this thread. And it just kept goin. Now it's just a place to vent, speak your mind, or ramble on for hours like Ruski and I usually do
-
more me than you of late.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well its good to have someone else rambling sides me and Ruski lol 8)
-
OMG. Look at Jester's new avatar. ;D
::cough:: World of Whorecraft ::cough::
::cough:: The Whorde ::cough::
-
Hey now, give him a week back before we start laughing at him...
Paladin
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
5
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
4
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
3
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
2
-
Padding
-RuskiFace the Pirate
1
-
Horrah! 7,000 Posts!
A New Record!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Horrah! 7,000 Posts!
A New Record!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
A countdown? You are SO cheap.
I at least add some flavor text when padding. ;D
But when you get close to 500 or 1000 or any multiple thereof, it only makes sense to cheat. Especially if you're a pirate.
-
haha, that's exactly why I started this thread :)
-
Look! I'm a Runner!
The promotion rates here are WAY better than in the Air Force. After a year there I was still a "gofer".
Stingy blokes.
-
hahahaha, that's funny. you gots some karma for that one ;D
-
Haven't been in here for a while. Just paddin' through.
-
hey Fortune :)
-
Well, seeing as how i posted content for most of the other 7,000 posts, i figured a few pointless countdown posts wouldn't hurt.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i kind of like this when im cheating on gettin a round bout number it works for me :P
-
hi all ;D
-
whasuuuuuup
-
WHASSSUUUPPPP!!!
-
Jester, Ruski, and Pip-Boy! We're like a team! Let's go on a run!!
(Did that sound gay? I'm not gay. If it sounded gay, I just wanted you to know, I'm not gay. Not that I hate gay people. Gay people are cool.)
-
Heh.
Hung Chow calls in to work and says, "Hey, boss I not come work today, I really sick. I got headache, stomachache and my legs hurt. I not come work."
The boss says, "You know Hung Chow, I really need you today. When I feel like this I go to my wife and tell her give me sex. Makes everything better and I can go to work. You try."
Two hours later Hung Chow calls again: "Boss, I do what you say and I feel great. I be at work soon. You got nice house."
-
hahaha now thats good ;D
-
hehe, that's funny. And I don't do runs any more. I'm retired :)
-
WARNING * WARNING * WARNING
Zone is back early and she's in a mood. Beware of slams, slices, shots and put downs.
I broke an appendage so yes I'm in pain and I plan on sharing.
So what the frag have you all been doing? Jester was allowed back in without an explanation of why he saw fit to ditch us for so long? Did he at least pick up a round?
And an FNG. I missed the FNG. Why do these things only happen when I'm away?
Hello FNG. I like the vault you came from - but I suggest you avoid that stinkin' cathedral.
-
Why, hello, Zone. Pleased to meet you. ::kisses her hand::
Ha, not only did you miss the FNG, but I blew past FNG title status when you weren't looking (although compared to the rest of you, I'm still a FNG). Watch out, by the way. Edit: Figured this out.
Not that I post just to have posts. While I post a lot, it usually has SOME substance to it, even if it's paddin'. Like the joke above. ;D
::cough:: Ruski ::cough::
By the way, Ruski, congrats on the (honorary?) NodeOp bold-faced title you now have.
-
hehe, hey Zone. I posted earlier that I just needed a break from forum trolling a bit. Sorry to hear about your apendige. Which one was it and how did it happen?
-
Happy Birthday, FlipSide! May your road be dry and cool, and your women, sweet and warm.
-
Luna, if you keep posting and I keep answering, I can hit 250+ posts before i eat my breakfast. ;D
Without even really paddin'.
Well um, except for this post. And the one before it. But at least it wasn't 1... 2... 3... 4.... 8)
-
hahah thats how i got mine its Ruskis and neos n gabes n mercys fault and whoever else that helped me out i think zone did too
-
Speaking of Ruski, I realize now that he vanishes for the entire weekend.
He only posts at work, huh? God, what a cake job! ;D
Not that mine is filled with excitement. >.>a
-
Zone is fem and Ruski posts at work i think smiles 8)
-
Yeah, I ORIGINALLY posted Zone instead of Ruski, then modified it a few seconds later.
You sure read the post fast. xD
-
smiles alot of practice :P
-
Speaking of which... *ding* Ah. Much better.
-
better not let zone see you posting her lol she will send out the drones
-
The drones, eh? The only reason I'm posting on paddin' is coz we were having a discussion~ ::looks very innocent::
Ha ha, this will be my "teen angst" phase of belonging to a forum for the first time -- you find out who likes you and who doesn't, and why. And get yelled at for your mistakes much worse than you did when you were brand new.
I've been through it all before. ::) Though this IS a pretty cool forum.
-
I'm not gonna tell you which appendage got busted Jester 'cause its just not dramatic enough to fit my idiom. Suffice to say it is minor league ouchie but nowhere near as ouchie as, say , slamming a motorcycle into a car and doing multiple flips across a road bed.
-
You didn't do it falling out of bed, did you?
Because I wouldn't tell anyone, either.
-
hahaha good one again pip but im gonna hide when the shyt hits ill treat your wounds when you need it i hear the drones r evil :-\
-
I can take any amount of pain.
For you see, I have fallen deeply and madly in love with Zone, and I'll just die if I can't have her. Send the drones! I shall do battle with them in the fashion of my ancestors! ::cocks fists:
(Discalimer: I haven't had my coffee at all today. Therefore I take no responsibility for my own actions. ;D)
-
LOL lots of people breaking stuff recently. dude at my work fell of his mtn. bike and broke one of his wrists this morning.
and hey, even breaking a toe or a rib is still an adventure.
scars are just proof of life's little adventures... LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I can take any amount of pain.
For you see, I have fallen deeply and madly in love with Zone, and I'll just die if I can't have her. Send the drones! I shall do battle with them in the fashion of my ancestors! ::cocks fists:
(Discalimer: I haven't had my coffee at all today. Therefore I take no responsibility for my own actions. ;D)
See! Vindication! I told all you slugs ages ago that all the guys fall for me! HA!
Now see the danger part of that for the victim is I got me a Hunny. Hunny is the most dangerous man around for the likes of folks like us...Hunny is a (gasp) GM!
-
He's a GM?
Damn. Even having a love affair behind his back would be too dangerous. Except... I, TOO, AM A GM! ::whips out +10 Sword of Nerdiness:: And I see his scwartz is as big as mine! Er... OK, now THAT may have been a little too suggestive there.
I'll have to duel him Yu-Gi-Oh! style! Go, Blue Eyes, White Dragon!
-
wow...I'm speachless......
-
No, you're not. You just said:
wow...I'm speachless......
;)
-
you SHOULD have been speechless.
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well, you should know I'm never really speachless. I've always got somethin to say, assinine or otherwise ;D
-
shakes head at the madness and thinks of a nice place to put a grave :-\
-
Where to put a grave? Did one of your pets die? :alien:
-
nope, mine is still here
-
mine is too :P thinkin for pip butttt changed my mind 8)
-
::points to his Power Armor::
Look, I even have my own coffin! ;D
-
Somewhere in the world, there may exist an anime called G.h.o.s.t in the S.h.e.l.l: S.t.a.n.d A.lo.n.e C.o.m.p.l.e.x. Nice cyberpunk anime. Someone may also have converted it to .avi, and they may have even seeded it for Bit Torrent. I'd say that said torrent would be about 4 -- 5 gigs in size.
Some unscrupulous individuals may also have downloaded the torrent file and even used it to download those .avis. I wouldn't know. No sir, I wouldn't know anything about that at all.
If any of you are interested in the above series, you might like to pirate the .avis. Of course, I never downloaded them. But if, just supposing, of course, I had downloaded them, and had you then contacted me through a messenger or email, I would probably have transferred them to you over a messenger or DC++.
pipboy_2ooo@yahoo.com
(Messengers below my avatar)
-
lol yea then some
:D
-
Ghost in the shell was okay, but not worth the effort to steal if you've already seen them.
in my opinion.anyways.
thanks for the offer (er... un-offer) though!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That wasn't an offer!
I never had sexual relations with that torrent!
Sorry. That was my Clinton impression.
I never downloaded that torrent! Just what are you implying!?
-
Uh... nothing.
it was Gabe's Mom.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
buahahahaha! Gabe's mom :)
-
What about Gabe's mom?
Speaking of which, I don't think Gabe has posted since I got here. He must be taking a hiatus.
-
*ahem*
Post #400.
::takes a bow::
Thank you, thank you. It took me a lot of meaningless drivel to get here within the span of less than two weeks. Actually some of the stuff I put out was really long, but then some was short. Not as short as say, Ruski's "countdown" post ;), but some real lame one-liners just the same.
I am now 100 posts from what I know to be karma-whacking abilities and also, I suspect, five-star rating (what am I, a restaurant?), and possibly also a custom title.
I've known what the title is going to be for a long time now, and it's not too hard to guess, but hey -- I have to get my entertainment where I can, and pretending you feel suspense as to what my custom title will be is highly entertaining. At least, it is at the moment.
Damn, this paddin' became a hella long post. ;D
-
hahaha just pad them up if you cant think of something to say as for gabe kinda miss him lol no one to pick on and stop blamin his poor defenseless mom dammit :-\
-
<gold clap>
-
What the hell is a gold clap?
Paladin
-
I on the other hand am now 59 posts from 1000 status. I definitely think it will have taken me long enough.
Paladin
-
Yeah, what the hell is a gold clap?
And way to go Paladin. Just don't put Legolas as your smilie, OK? ;)
-
Happy Birthday, FlipSide! May your road be dry and cool, and your women, sweet and warm.
I'll pass this along to him.
Oh, and I believe she is. They visited Canada and Seattle just last month. Brought me back a very nice map too.
-
Gabe and I had a nice little flame war going back and forth accrost multiple threads in regards to his mother's ansestory, and how it was unusually diverse with species variety, and my mother's personal hygene habbits... and so on and so forth... it was quite entertaining for us, but not everyone else apriceated it as much.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, and a golf clap is the little half clap crap rich people do
-
Oh, ha ha ha, now I get it. (See how important spelling is? :D)
I thought you meant the "gold clap", which is a sexually transmitted disease you can only get by boffing Paris Hilton.
-
I thought it was a method of bribery, like the green handshake.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hahahahaha! I didn't even realise I spelled it wrong :jester:
-
Jester... your brain has been fried by too much WoW. :drunk:
As long as you're having fun -- that's what matters.
-
well since im the only female and poor ole gabes mom is wrongfully being accused even if she says its ok lol :P
-
lol, my brain's been fried long before that. I played DAoC for about 3 years also
-
Yeah, I remember your DAoC spell....you were in and out but more out for that 3 years.
-
So, what's the next addiction going to be?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well since im the only female ....
WTF! What board have you been reading? You are merely the Jenny come lately. I on the other hand am a fragging icon. :P
-
Zone, you can be MY icon anytime. ;)
-
Cool. I can use a few new worshipers.
I'll give you the brochure about the tri annual sacrifice later ;D
-
I can't do three a year... the city council would start to notice if all the politicians started disappearing.
Then again, Pat Buchanan and his entourage are based in Virginia Beach....
-
Sorry no politicians - gotta be at least sorta able to fake a semblence of innocence.
Wow, that was a hell of sentence...
-
well, they got the fake part...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Politicians are GREAT at faking innocence!
Just look how Bush passed the buck for starting the war to false intel from the CIA! BAM! All the American people love him again! Bush, the man revered in trailer parks and mansions by Republicans everywhere.
-
**puts out humongous NO POLITICS sign**
-
Well, I got a house and I still like him.
he blows stuff up.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
True, but blowing stuff up should be done in good taste. If I punched some guy in the face because he supposedly had my wallet, then discovered he didn't actually have the wallet, then said "Oh well, he was an asshole anyway, he deserved it", I'd get arrested.
Bush should too. He did the same damn thing, only with thousands of people instead of just one.
-
Hahahaha!
Punched a guy in the face.
I'd pay to see that.
or well... steal PPV access...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ruski, you old pirate, you!~
Well, mainly I wonder if the dear prez knows what the hell he is doing. He wants to scrap the Social Security system and have people make investments using their own money -- except, hey, asshat, why then are we going to continue to pay for Social Security? How about, if it's broken (although what actually happened is that politicians have been looting it for extra funds), and if you want to start a new program, you also need to enact legisaltion that allows people like me, who will never see one red cent from Social Security, to stop paying for Social Security.
That could just be me, though. 8)
-
Actually, I think the problem isn't that the politicians have been dipping into it as a slush fund, but rather the assumption made many years ago by Eisenhower, that there would be an equil or greater number of young people paying into SS while the number of old people (who tend to die) would be an ever decreasing number.
this will be turned upside down when the baby boomers all retire at once. there will be MANY more people getting it, than people putting into it. also, with advances in medicne, people are living longer, and not taking themselves out of the equation by dieing.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
True enough, but quite frankly, I'm not inclined to continue paying for Social Security if I never reap the benefits. I respect my elders more than most, but it's simply not fair that they saved for their retirement, and we continue to pay for their retirement, but by the time my retirement rolls around, the amount I put into it won't matter and, most likely, no one will be paying for it anymore from the younger generation, either.
I think I should move to Canada... I truly feel ripped off in a bad way, before the fact, of course.
-
Now, I know my own personal smilie on these boards is a ways off, but I found something I can work on while I am on the journey to earning one.
(http://www.vault52.net/screenshots/geck.jpg)
Could this be made into a viable smilie? Can it be used as the model for a smilie? And does anyone have any advice on creating a smilie? I'd like to do the work myself if at all possible.
Also, I might want to use my very own avatar for a smilie. The Power Armor head. That might work better than the G.E.C.K., but again, any advice on how to make it happen?
Thanks.
-
Well, mainly I wonder if the dear prez knows what the hell he is doing.
No, I have to admit being under the impression that he does not.
The alternative is malicious will, and I don't like to think that.
-
Now, I know my own personal smilie on these boards is a ways off, but I found something I can work on while I am on the journey to earning one.
(http://www.vault52.net/screenshots/geck.jpg)
Could this be made into a viable smilie? Can it be used as the model for a smilie? And does anyone have any advice on creating a smilie? I'd like to do the work myself if at all possible.
Also, I might want to use my very own avatar for a smilie. The Power Armor head. That might work better than the G.E.C.K., but again, any advice on how to make it happen?
Thanks.
I guess you could. Gotta wait on Apoc or Ingo to answer though. They are the last word here
-
I don't want it NOW, Jester. I want it after I get 1000 posts.
I want to CREATE it now.
And get a little help making it, because i really don't know much about it. :)
-
No way, your smilie is chosen for you. Even Ingo didn't get to pick his own.
Paladin
-
Hmmmm... I see.
Well, there are no pre-existing Fallout smilies, so it'd have to be made for me... which kind of irks me, but then I'm not even there yet, right?
On a side note, could we add a few more "regular" smilies, mayhap? Perhaps a "laughing" smilie. There's a bunch you can gank from other boards that are the same format as ours.
Just a thought.
-
I've been mulling this over today, and I hope no one is offended by my already thinking about having my own icon on the board. I just like to have "sets" of things, like Fallout avatar, Fallout sig, Fallout pithy saying, Fallout custom title (soon), etcetera. The icon is just another piece I eventually want for my little trinket collection. I know it's a sort of informal status symbol here, so I want to let you know I am not trying to step on anyone's toes here.
Overall, this board is unique in the fact the FNGs aren't persecuted. On no other private board have I been treated with such respect by the veterans. So, I'm here to stay; thus, I am planning ahead for an icon. (Even though I can't choose it myself, as I now know). I'm not trying to take over, or anything. ;D
-
cant wait to see mine :-\
-
Yeah, what's the status on luna's icon? I didn't hear anything about it... :-X
-
Two more posts after this and I've got 501 posts.
So um, I'm padding for REAL for the first time.
I'll try to make it as interesting as possible. :)
-
Paddin' Post #1
Chinese Guy Lights Off Firecracker in Nose (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/nosecracker.html)
-
Paddin' Post #2
Lady Can Pop Out Own Eyeballs at Will (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/popeyes.html)
EDIT: So yes, now I will choose my 500-post title and PM it to Ingo Monk. Unless I'm not allowed to choose my custom title, in which case, I'll be VERY sad. :'(
-
Oh, and I believe I owe some Karma to Ruski... and I know I told someone else... I'll have to remember who.
-
hmmm congrats mr almost there i never got a saying when i hit 500 lol but thats ok sniff sniff and for the icon i have to wait patiently so do you pippers haha ;D
-
Actually, back to a comment a bit ago, by the time you are going to use social security, it'll probibly work fine. it's just going to crap out under all the stress from the baby boomers.
so, if they don't compleatly destroy it, it should be fine by the time it gets to you.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, luna, if my request for the custom title goes unanswered, so be it.
And as for your icon, you may want to ask how progress is going on it... I've never heard word one about it yet.
Since my title vanished, I'm going to assume that this is the time when you get a custom title. If the issue is when someone gets around to doing it... well, that's a different question entirely.
And Ruski, keep in mind that our prez is actively trying to undermine and destroy Social Security with his harebrained investment scheme. People can make investments without his help, so I really don't see how he's fixing anything. Again, that could just be me.
-
well, i think they are trying to find some way arount this lump coming down the line. Personally, I applaud any effort they make. mostly the goverment is a reactive entitity, trying to fix things that are currently broken. any attempt at forsight is a nice thought, even if it dosn't work. (they probibly won't have anything that works in place by the time it hits either, but at least they got a head start on trying...)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, I don't want to argue politics with you too much. I would, however, like to point out that we've already spent over a hundred billion dollars on the war since we've won it.
Why are we wasting money on helping a foreign country reconstruct (after we deconstructed it), when we could be enriching our own social structure instead?
Well, personally I believe I know the reason, and it amounts to this: we attacked Iraq, but they had no bio/ nuke type weapons. OOPS! BLAME THE CIA! A-holes and their bad info! They DO have a big fat oil supply, though. Now, Korea has even SAID it was going to have nukes, and now it almost certainly does, but is America showing more than a facade of interest in this development?
F*** no, it isn't. Because Korea has no oil fields to speak of.
-
LOL yea. I agree that talking religion and politics are the two best ways to destroy friendships and make enemies, however, i'm not that invested into my political views, so if someone 'attacks' them, i don't get butthurt about it, and my 'attacks' are done with the same level of enthusiasm... almost none. *shrug*
So. let's see if we can come up with a better solution than rebuilding Iraq... how about developing a science program to create an inexpencive fuel replacement.
I have been thinking about this alot recently. looking into alternative fuel cars... researching power cell technology by GM... and then it hit me on the way home one day... there are WAY too many cars out there for a replacement to work. it'll never happen. ghetto families everywhere will be stuck without transportation because they can hardly afford the $300 POS they are driving now, let alone a $40,000 new hydrogen powercell... now, the economics of hooking a pump into the earth and sucking out, almost labor free pure money is going to be tough to beat in the price market, so what we need to do is find something that we can convert easily to a burnable form, or find some way to cheaply modify current vehicles to burn something else. we have synthetic oil... (it's about twice as expencive as normal oil) so, if we go off of that and refine it, we should be able to create gas at about $6 / gallon from some process... anyone have any ideas?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I have to go do my tutoring now. But when I get back, I'll put in a piece about alternate energy resources... I'm kind of a nutbar when it comes to knowing all about the energy crisis.
If you Google the Fallout Bible and read it, you'll see that the nuclear war was caused by... fights over oil. "Too many humans, not enough space or resurces to go around."
Read a few articles on it. It's not a joke, this time. Countries will kill and conquer to control oil fields due to the coming crisis.
And America is the prime example.
-
Cool. I'll look forward to what you have to say about it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hmm maybe they should worry bout tryin to all get work...and instead of makin themselves third war countries or tryin to get noticed they should clean up a bit and change their damm turbons...theres alot i dont agree with when it comes to politics..but theres alot i agree with too...i was once was told this..vote for the one least likely to rip you off...even if they both do and we all know they do... vote for the least of the two devils...try havin one side of your family democrate and one side republican...kind of a confusing up bringing lol...as for religion as long as you believe in god anything can be talked about i think :P
-
you'll always have to choose between a giand douche and a turd sandwich, might as well pick one
-
uH.... thoes bouth sound mighty tastee... er...
I'll go with the CRD Jeep.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
buahahahahaha!!!!!
-
Well, they DO have different flavors of douche. Like Strawberry and Vanilla.
Er... I GUESS they're flavors. OK, they're probably scented.
If you're wondering where I got all my douche expertise, I was bored in the drugstore as a kid... I think the brand was called "Eve".
-
hahaha no worse then a kid lookin at a tampon and puttin it in his ears lol or up his nose lol my cousin used to do that or what about a kid seein a vibrator for the first time huh ;D
-
oh man, that's just nasty
-
What's nasty, a tampon in the nose?
Jester, you're like those people who think using Preparation H to remove dark circles under your eyes is nasty. It's a freaking piece of cotton, for God's sake. Sheezum.
-
it's just the thought of what it's used for. I just got an image of the kid shoving a used one up his nose.
-
I know. :P
Heh, I just remember how everone says, "Preparation H on your eyes? Ewwwww!"
Hehehehe....
-
well i could see useing it on your nose or lips is your a ass kisser or brown noser or how about that new tampoon comcial where she plugs a leak in a boat with one
-
yea see all works wonders...what they make for women has multiple uses ;)
-
Speaking of making stuff for women, I've been waiting for someone to come out with a remote control. ;)
-
like they would follow directions from a little box any better than they would follow directions from anything else.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
Well, you'd have to have a 500,000-volt capacitor surgically installed in their scalp, but hey -- whatever works.
Actually, even that might not even be enough (God forbid my girlfriend sees this)....
-
your only hope is to pad your way onto the next page before anyone female reads that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Nah, I prefer to face the music.
And by the way, if a woman is truly offended by this, you can sit on it and rotate. In this society it's OK to make fun of men all you want, but women are on some sort of sacred ground where they can push and not be pushed back. Metaphysically speaking.
Have a nice day~ 8)
-
Perhaps it's because of all thoes years they were repressed?
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I am aware of the way women have fit into society throughout history, but it is no excuse for sexism. And there is a lot of male sexism in our society. It doesn't offend me, per se, but it is a bit exasperating.
Oh, crap, I was born with a penis. That means every TV commercial and sitcom will portray my sex as dumb brutes, foolish, insensitive, clumsy, etcetera. How nice.
*shrug* Two wrongs don't make a right, I guess you could say.
-
HELP, HELP, i'M BEING REPRESSED!
-
Just because some watery tart lubs a scematar at you, does not give you the devine right to go about the country side opressing people!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Don't sugar coat it Pip, tell us what you really think. ::)
Personally I'm all for men, women too. It's the stupid I think should be slapped and sterilized.
-
unfortunatly they are in the majority, and so it's hard to opress them.
luckly they are very bright... by default...
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
HELP, HELP, i'M BEING REPRESSED!
YOU SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!? LOOK AT THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM!!
Bahahah, that movie is the best.
-
stupid people shouldnt procriate...i think thats the spellin...but yet again i agree with zone...im for equality on both ends...i never have major issues with some except those that think they are better then the rest cuz of a puss or cocky...ive seen it both ways and have to roll my eyes cuz its funny to watch...to actually judge dont you have to walk a mile in a persons shoes to know what they are going through..well for those that think they are better should walk those other shoes and actually see what they going up against 8)
-
"Puss or cocky"?
Luna, you... you are unique. :D
(Puss and cocky... rofl~)
-
8) ;D
-
I approve of merit - if you got it you get the promotion. I disapprove of quotas. If I thought I got a jobs only because I'm a woman and not because I could do it I be really pissed. Can you sue for discrimination even if you're benefitting ;)
-
I'm not sure if you can sue for any kind of damages for beneficial discrimination. It's hard to prove, too.
Depends on the situation, though. There was a barber shop in Loiuisiana when I was in the Air Force which refused to serve black patrons. Even though it was closer than the barber shop I used, I never went there because of the discrimination.
-
we should spend some quality time 'managing' their digital asscets for them.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You think a Southern barber shop filled with good ol' boys has a website, or even a bank that banks online?
Heh. Don't count on it.
-
I bet they got a bank loan. and if it's an FDIC bank... and i don't know many that aren't... it's online...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Unfortunately, they don't make that much money. I mean, they're barbers, for God's sake. Every cent goes into upkeep and personal salaries. It's damn near a nonprofit business. I'm all for the idea, though. Also, however, I don't remember what they're called....
Also, they have no black or Asian customers, which, in that area of Louisiana, must truly hurt their business. Barksdale AFB is right nearby.
My view of racism is a little different from most Americans, having lived in China for a few years. In many countries, friendly -- yes, I mean friendly -- racism goes on all the time. I mean, they don't discriminate against you because you are considered "a damn n***er" or an animal, or someone who has less worth as a human being than a white person, but because almost everyone they see is Chinese. There's bound to be some racism, and even suspicion.
Unfriendly racism is ignorant, malicious, and barely worth my time to consider.
-
LOL, friendly, to a point huh?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
a little paranoia never hurt anyone...
-
tell them you want a raise for being a girl and you wont say a word ;D
-
I could ask for a raise for 'Beating' a girl... but somehow I don't think it'll have the same effect.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
only if she liked it then you could beat her other then that i think you would make a nice lookin girl for a raise lmao :P
-
Frag that. I want a raise for being smarter than all my fraggin bosses. I want a raise for knowing what the words 'gross', 'skulk', and 'ether' mean when I had to expailn them to the guy who makes twice as much money as I do. I want to be paid what I'm fraggin worth on merit.
-
*shrug* make yourself indespencable, and then threaten to quit.
that's what I do. seems to work good so far.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
If I'm not mistaken, Ruski, you mentioned a few weeks ago that you post on message boards, which makes you look busy and keeps you from getting yelled at. ;D
I guess your crisis management skills are top-notch, then!
-
zone i didnt mean it i was just kidding lol sides you might be payed more then some dude and not even know it :P
-
Nope.
-
Yes. My skills are second to none. I do hardly any work, but this is what I do: (slackers everywhere take note)
1) show up to work an hour early every day.
something as simple as being on time seems to get me out of more trouble than anything else. by showing up an hour early, I get to do several things:
Be working before my managers even show up, when they are still drinking coffee, i'm firing up excell spreadsheets, have rewired half the network, and did all their leftover work from yesterday.
Check my e-mail and read web comics for almost a whole hour.
get an hour of overtime if (read this next part carefully) i don't go home early.
So, They give me huge piles of extra money if all i do is stay the full day, if they start saying something like 'You sure are racking up a lot of unauthorised overtime' (something they rarely notice, and often just pay) then I can offer to go home early, getting out of work at 4:00... and not seem like a slacker. i'm actually trying to help them! they appriceate my ditching work early, not cleaning up, and generally getting out of the worst part of the day.
2) Offer to help almost constantly.
My faovrite times are right before lunch, and right after i've gotten a huge assignment from someone else.
"I'm about to go to lunch, Do you need help with that big stack of paper that looks like an entire forest was killed to create it?"
"yes actually, i'm never going to get it done!"
"Oh, Okay, well, after lunch i'll be happy to help you. unless you want me to push my lunch back... but didn't you say something about no overtime? I'll be sure to get in to help you right after I get back."
or
"Hey, do you need any help in (fill in the blank) department?"
"Yes! Oh thanks! You are always so helpfull!"
"Okay. I just got this project from (bigger badder manager) I'll do your project after his... or if you like i'll go talk to him and see what's more important!"
"err... no... just do his stuff, when you are done though..."
or when it can't be avoided:
"Ruski, We have some Projects for you."
"Okay! give them all to me!"
"all of them?"
"Yup. every last one!"
"Okay, here you go. a minimum of 16 hours of work to do."
"Thanks!"
(go to next room)
"Give me every project you need done! I'm on a hot streak!"
"You sure?"
"Yup!"
"Okay, here's 8 hours of work."
(go to next room)
"Need anything?"
"you aren't buisy?"
"Never too buisy for you! what can i do to help?"
"well..."
(etc)
pick up so much work, than when none of it gets done, I can give 4962 really good reasons.
and, I do an awsome job on the handfull of projects I do compleate (make sure to turn in every assignment seperate, the more times you go into the office being done, the better your review will look) and if they give you more work at that point...well, who cares?
make sure that anyone that comes into your office while you are being overworked gets your compleate and undevided attention. stop whatever you are doing. work on their project untill compleation, and then go back to the pile of work.
Fallback projects.
thease are projects that have a scope of 6 months or more.
(entering data into the database is good)
(verifying a whole packet of data is also good)
mostly anything that's a long, tedious process that everyone will bump to the lowest priority, you can work on it in the 'background' and <alt>-<tab> over to it in an emergency. and if they demand "What are you doing!?!?" you can tell them you are trying desperatly to get that huge project done.
by constantly being cheerfull, willing to help, and showing up an hour early, you can pretty much garentee that no matter how little you do, everyone will like you. (the guy or gal that's 'always there for me', seldome is on the chopping block come pinkslip time)
now: becoming indespencable. Know how to do EVERYTHING. it's a lot to learn, (expecially at first) but if you can do every job at the entire company, you'll never be out of things to do, places to go (and hide) and there won't be anyone in the company that you can't 'stand arround talking to for an hour' without reason.
"Oh yea, he needed some help shipping stuff, i had to show him how to do a thing or two."
also a good idea: taking over. find something that no one else wants to do, and then let no one else do it. pretty soon, only you will know how to do it, and the thought of taking the effort to learn the process to do it, will make it so that you'll have a job for life.
"we would fire that slacker, but he's the only one who can do returns..."
"returns? Yuck! i dont' want to do thoes... i don't even know how! let's fire someone else instead... who's that guy who's late all the time?"
finally: work constantly. or at least apear to do so. even when there is nothing to do, and you shouldn't be doing anything (this hapens often in customer service areas) for retail, i'd suggest folding shirts, moving boxes, dusting, polishing, or counting coat hangers. just so long as you are doing something, ANYTHING, when people walk by, they'll say "that guy is always working"
little do they know that you have been using their toothbrush to clean that spot on the floor for the last hour.
and that's the slacker's advice. it's good stuff. i'd suggest trying some of it. it could get you a raise, will defenitly let you keep your job, and will probibly help you relax more durring the day.
-RuskiFace the Slacker
-
Dilbert (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/index.html)
-
lol 8)
-
That's pretty good but I think I could top you ;)
I see it from both sides being in the management division. I think it would have to be from my previous slacking experience that helped me pick up the people that attempt to do the same thing. The best part is if I catch a person that is trying to slack their way towards my way then I got the power to cut that slacker out. I have to say that it's sometimes the work of getting rid of the slacker that keeps me busy.
I like to work now but keep plenty of time for myself at the same time. After all, I'm a professional. ;D
All in All though, the sad thing is that Ruski is right.
-
Won't work for me - nothing will - I'm locked into X track where any promotion/raise is auto and has nothing to do with what you accomplish or don't acomplish. They didn't even fire the chick who almost burned down the place.
-
Then you have the perfect reason to slack and don't have to worry about it. You can just do it out in the open. ;D
-
Yeah, I really wish I could find a job like that right now.
Paladin
-
So is 15 posts too many to pad?
Paladin
-
I don't imagine that it can be, seeing as it's only 10 more than jester's original, and we're now 131 pages into it.
Paladin
-
The interesting thing is, has anybody else ever wondered how much useful information is in here?
paladin
-
I know that I have from time to time.
Paladin
-
It just seems a bit too long to go back through and check effectively.
Paladin
-
Obviously there should be alot from ruski.
Paladin
-
As well as Gabe, Apoc, Kid, and Jester...
Paladin
-
But how much of that is just banter?
Paladin
-
How much of that is stupid stuff like this?
Paladin
-
Oh well.
Paladin
-
It really doesn't matter does it?
Paladin
-
wanna know why?
Paladin
-
Because soon I will have accomplished my purpose.
Paladin
-
One that I think I've taken longer than anyone else to accomplish.
Paladin
-
But that's ok.
Paladin
-
Because now I'm at 1000 posts.
Paladikn
-
*clap clap clap*
Congratulations!
-
hahaha now that was priceless ;D
-
I know..I know..I know. Smilie time ;)
-
And the Padding thread is still on topic...
there have been a number of interesting discussions in here though...
i suggest that anyone who's interested go back and read them.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You know, I thought about writing a joke in base 13.
Paladin
-
Not many people would get it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
2+2=5 (for very large values of 2)
-
...and we move ahead to page 134...
-
LOL onward and upward!
or mostly just increasing the count-ward...
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
2+2=5 (for very large values of 2)
...Not unless you're redefining... AH! GOEDEL! EVERYWHERE! CAN"T DEFINE NUMBERS! AH!
Paladin.
-
see... I told you they weren't funny.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
giggles too funny ;)
-
*shrug* okay, perhaps some people will find it funny, but it's almost never going to be the majority...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
*ahem*
.................
...What the **** is Base 13?
-
Okay here you go:
base 2: very simple. you've probibly heard of it. it's binary.
when you count it goes something like this:
0
1
10
11
100
101
111
1000
1001
etc
base ten is even more common. (that's what everyone uses)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
etc
Hex is base 16 (also known as hexadesamal)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1A
1B
etc etc etc
so, then you take Douglas Adams joke of life the universe and everything.
6X9=42
(6X9=54 if you use a calculator) to this he responded that there is something mathmaticly wrong with the universe, and it was a nice funny joke.
someone with too much free time on their hands figured out that if you use base 13 (as opposed to base 10) that 6X9 does end up as 42
to this, Douglas Adams wrote that no one writes jokes in base-13, mostly telling people that whoever took the time to figure that out; has way too much time on their hands.
then neo took it a step further and said that he wanted to write a joke in base 13. (mostly because if someone says it can't be done, that's a good motavational factor for most of us nerds)
i responded that it could be done, but no one finds math jokes funny, and went on to give him a nice famous math joke, that only nerds tend to find funny.
He took that a step further and showed me that he'd heard of Goedel, and also didn't find the joke that funny.
Then Luna laughed for some reason. I don't know why. I doubt it was the bit about Goedel.
then I started writing this post, that also isn't funny. *shrug* but perhaps informative.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ahhh, I see.
-
Then My job here is done.
(pad pad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i was laughin cuz the site of you two describing that number joke was funny to watch maybe i should sit back and not breath next time :-\
-
Nah, it's a free country. do whatever ya' like. I just was guessing that you weren't laughing at the math joke, because math jokes didn't seem like they were your thing...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, I'm going to put my 10 bucks on the "luna wasn't laughing at the Base 13 joke" side of the table, as well.
-
i admitted i wasent laughing at the joke and how do you know what type person i am lol i majored in math in hs and was a teuter too ;D
-
Teuter? LOL. Is that like... a Teutonic tutor? ;D
-
Well, base-13 goes a little beyond highschool math. *shrug* but I have no Idea what you do for a living, so I suppose you could be a Math-Wiz of some sort.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I believe she works at an elder care facility, or a special care facility of some sort. What that has to do with math is beyond me. ;D
(Let's see, if we have 5 bedpans, and Mr. Dargin pees in them 7 times collectively, how much pee would... oh, I give up.)
(HOW many pills were you supposed to get this morning, Miss Lilian? Oh, hell. Just take the whole bottle.)
-
*shrug* gotta use math for most jobs.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
I rarely use math... at least, I rarely HAVE to use math. But as a reality-oriented game master, who likes to run certain science fiction campaigns, a working knowledge of fairly advanced math is a real boon.
Also, I enjoy astronomy.
(Also, my Texas Instruments scientific calculator helps me a lot, LOL)
-
oooh! does it do graphs?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, it's one of those super-calculators that looks like a big, flat Sega Game Gear. Best of the best, last I checked, does everything imaginable (have to read the instruction book a lot though).
Gift from me grandmother when I was a senior in high school.
-
By the way... 700 posts! (I was one away, what can I say?)
-
you could have said (pad pad)
-Ruskiface the Pirate
-
(pad, pad, pad)
-
There ya' go!
and the padding thread is back on topic!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
711 posts! (pad, pad) You know... like the store! Hahahaha, I kill me!
-
on july 11th you can get free slushies from 7-11
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
REALLY!? Oh God, no one ever told me before!
Well, time to leave for my sister's graduation. Hello, 7-hour drive and $100 hotel room. >:(
::waves bye-bye::
-
hey if you add a $25 hooker to the equasion, it's not so bad... LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Heh. Actually I have 15 minutes left so... I can like... continue to waste time at the Pub. ;)
-
All right, really time to go now. ::shuts off the computer::
TIme to spend a bajillkillzimillion dollars on gas!
-
a motorcycle would help with that...
-RuskiFace
-
hahaha you need math in whatever you do like your pay check and gettin ripped off at the grocery store and shrugs at spellin tutor wrong ive seen worse spellers but yes i was and still am a wiz at numbers ;)
-
I'm no math whiz... my talents lie in other fields, such as languages, philosophy, and literature.
However, I am still better at math than most people, especially other people my age.
-
HA! Now THAT is what I call an AVATAR. Wow. Just... wow.
Thanks, CorelDRAW.
And to spruce up this post, some Frank Horrigan items for your perusal.
(http://mysite.verizon.net/res1lz64/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/mabossaa_se.gif)
BONUS FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT: Frank Horrigan Ultimatum (http://www.geocities.com/pipboy_2ooo/TimetoDie.wav)
And finally, Frank's Talking Head.
(http://vault.duckandcover.cx/images/d/d2/Horrigan.gif)
-
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Zo-one... happy birthday to-o you-u!
And many more... on channel 4....
-
Pad!
-
Happy
-
Birthday
-
Zone
-
...
-
And anyone else I might have missed ...
-
Pad
-
At
-
Least
-
I'm
-
On
-
Topic!
-
Pad
-
For
-
A
-
Change!
-
Pad
-
:P ;D
-
Pad
-
Unlike
-
Some
-
Other
-
People!
-
Pad
-
Who
-
Shall
-
Remain
-
Nameless!
-
Pad
-
;) 8)
-
Are
-
you
-
implying
-
that
-
some
-
members
-
(who
-
shall
-
remain
-
nameless)
-
...--PAD--...
-
tend
-
to
-
add
-
something
-
MEANINGFUL
-
to
-
their
-
padding
-
post? ;) ::) 8) :D ;D
-
...... ...--PAD--... .....
-
pad***
-
O ::)
-
***pad***
-
M ::)
-
***pad***
-
G ::)
-
;D :P ;D 8)
-
liek omfg d00d lol :D :D :D :D :D
-
You know, I haven't heard from Jester in a while. And I STILL haven't met Gabriel.
-
(pad) There, 780 posts. Now time for dinner. ;D
-
Yeah, Gabe's been suspiciously absent of late. Maybe his mom won't let him come out and play.
-
Well, I guess we all get busy and I just an email from Jester so I know he's alright.
-
Jester's probably busy playing "omfg d00d leik wtf lolz". Someday he might come to his senses.
-
THIS JUST IN! They've been lying to us all this time -- our parents, our church, even our government!
reality (n.): A delusion resulting from a lack of alcohol in the human body.
beer (n.): Medication used to relieve people of delusions.
THIS is the truth, friends! Why didn't I see it before?! (runs to the fridge for a cold one)
-
calls out gabe and jester ohhhhhh Gabeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Jesterrrrrrrrrrrrrr come out too playyy :P
-
THIS JUST IN! They've been lying to us all this time -- our parents, our church, even our government!
Indeed.
reality (n.): A delusion resulting from a lack of alcohol in the human body.
beer (n.): Medication used to relieve people of delusions.
THIS is the truth, friends! Why didn't I see it before?! (runs to the fridge for a cold one)
Aaaaaah, but is not the "truth", it is simply the next layer of lies in their web of deceptions...
-
Well, what's the next layer after that one?
I'm betting it has something to do with sex.... :butthead:
-
Yes Fry! How you feel when you are drunk is correct! Except that 'Dave Mathew's Band' Does NOT rock!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Heh. Yet another hidden truth of life. Or not-so-hidden, take your pick. The DMB thing, that is.
-
LIES! Blasphemy! DMB is at least pretty good...
Paladin
-
well, Fry did think so... but that was when he was drunk...
had much to drink this evening Neo-P?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It depends on personal preference, I suppose.
-
Yea, no accounting for taste.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
This new avatar is the best EVER.
EVER.
I want to make love to my sweet, sweet avatar.
-
i like the one blowin his head off now thats priceless :P
-
where was suaside boy in the game? I don't think I ever got that one...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Suicide Boy wasn't in the game.
I made him myself for a friend on the Duck and Cover forums. The only "Vault Boy" parts that are animated are the arm, hand, and gun and a couple of frames of the head. The barrel is a .frm image straight from the game graphics. The swirling and shaking can be added with animation shop special effects editors. Same with the noise and sepia tones.
-
well, good work!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Why, thank you.
I'm surprised how well he turned out, really. I have trouble getting graphics to work just the way I want them.
-
OoOoOo pip you have 79 more posts to do then your 1000 is here too ;D
-
Yes, yes indeed... not too long now... soon, I, too, can be a spammy twit... ;)
-
Hey Spammy twit ...
please fix that banner. You are screwing up the formatting of the forums, and have left it on long enough. :)
-
What do you want me to fix?
It only screws up the formatting if you have little tiny narrow browser windows opened....
Ruski hasn't seen the Brotherhood of Steal thing... I'll just take it off and post it here, then.
-
I have my resolution set at 1280 x 800, and it still screws up my windows even on full screen. Add to that you're larger than life avatar, and it means I have to scroll to read everyone's posts. I was just asking you to fix it if possible, although I guess it doesn't really matter if I wait another 24 hours or so.
-
Uhm... Fortune....
I'm fixing it... >.> Like I said. :P
-
Can we start an art section, like the Fiction section? I'd really like that. Cause all my junk on paddin and the like seems to be pissing people off, and I can't blame you a bit, since I've been spamming it out like mad. :P
-
An Art section would be cool. But then again, you could just start your own thread in this section specifically for art yourself. ;)
I didn't mean to bitch you out about the banner, but it just gets to be a pain to always have to scroll sideways to read every single message, especially on a laptop. I figured it didn't hurt to mention it, and then to assure you that it was indeed more of a problem than you surmised at a reasonable resolution (I assume 1200x800 is reasonable for a laptop). No hard feelings dude. :)
Oh, and thanks for fixing it.
-
hey pip start a art gallery so i can see too i cant pick up pics with mine and would love to see other pics ;D
-
What do you mean by "I can't pick up pics with mine"?
Sigh, anywho, I'll start a new THREAD when I finish the new and improved Shadowrun Pub banner (which may be animated), even though no one will care, but that's OK. :P
-
So yeah... I'm gettin' near 1,000 posts. This here is what we call a (pad), and damned if it isn't a mighty fine pad, too, especially compared to Ruski's pads. ;)
-
Also, ever since I started putting a link to these forums into my sigs on other boards, traffic seems to have increased a smidgen.
Bahahahaha... where ELSE can I put it... I KNOW! The Gen Con forums....
-
OK, I can't stand it... I'm almost to 1,000... but I can't end my 1,000th post on a pad... so 990 will have to do.
-
(pad)
-
(sad)
-
Can't take it anymore.
(pad)
-
(pad, pad)
-
Pad, pad, pad....
-
Drop...
-
Drop...
-
Drop it
-
like it's
-
HOT! Ahahahahaha! 1,000 posts! Now I will... I will... er....
Yeah, time to go and plant those blueberry bushes the GF has been pestering me about.... :grumble::
-
Fruit trees and bushes always make a mess.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Today I had to plant these things called "water plants", which is just a made-up term for plants that grow saturated in water. Like a pond plant.
Damn, that was filthy and hot and sweaty and messy and tedious.
What is it about a woman that has such power over a man? If anyone else had asked me to do that, I'd likely have said, "You, sirrah, can go to hell."
-
Wonders of Hydroponics?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
All the world's a mystery to me, really. I stroll blithely through life, flagrantly unaware of the dubious powers that make the gears and cogs and pistons of existence turn and rotate and pump.
-
"I can't stand these Mechanists! Everything they make is made of metal! My back is killing me. Every crate is full of Metal!"
"FEED THE WILL OF KARRAS! AND THE BUILDER TOLD KARRAS 'KARRAS BUILD THY CREATIONS IN THY IMAGE, THE IMAGE OF THE B-B-BUILDER.' KARRAS DID IT AND IT WAS GOOD!"
-
Huh-huh... unh huh-huh... you said "did it"... uh hu-huh, huh....
-
heheheheheh YEA! DID IT! YEA! hehehehehehe
I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!
RuSkIfAcE tHe ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!?!!
-
I really don't like this thread much!
-
That's OK, Fortune... it doesn't like you, either. ;)
-
Well, I see no one recognized the Thief 2 quotes... So...
yeah.
-
I heard Thief was an all-right game, but I was busy playing the new Prince of Persia at the time, which was awesome, by the way.
-
Eh? Never played Thief 3: Deadly Shadows. My brother did, said it was REALLY easy because of all the new moves and stuff you get. The old thief was easily a classic. Too bad Looking Glass Studios went defunct.
-
Never played the first ones because I was too busy fighting a goddamn war.
But that's cool. Maybe I can get money for my PTSD....
-
Uh, what war was that? This was like 6 years ago
-
The Hormone War. Too busy trying to get laid to play video games, lol. (I KNEW he'd ask that. :) )
-
Mindless Cretin! I will defeat you with my massive LARP skeelz!
FIRE
FIRE
FIRE
LIGHTNING!
LIGHTNING!
LIGHTNING!
-
Have you seen that LARP video that's been circulating the Web?
"Lightning Bolt!"
"Lightning Bolt!"
"Lightning Bolt!"
-
Nope, but I got that joke from Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network.
It was about a sci-fi expo with Leonard Nimoy. There's a brawl at the end and everyone is fighting and the LARP dork says that when he starts getting punched. Then some kid in a Darth Maul mask steals some of Nimoy's blood, clones him and starts a Flying Nimoys Acrobatic Circus.
-
Adult Swim is the best. Almost as good as COPS and Dog the Bounty Hunter.
-
I don't know about Dog... something about all that flowery stuff that he says that makes him seem a bit flaky...
-
That's because he knows what the f*** is up. Retread, I know acting badass still seems cool to you, but Dog has to live. He WANTS to live. People know he is kind and fair, so he lives. If he were a fucker, he'd be dead. Even though he arrests people, he says "I am so sorry we had to do this, how can we help you when you get out of court?"
That's why Dog is a great bounty hunter. I work in a similar business. I know exactly how hw feels about those people. He used to BE one of them. He knows how it is.
-
Yeah? So, when he comes and puts some dope on TV getting pepper-sprayed in the face for jumping bail, he's really sorry that he got a nice lucrative chunk of change for the TV spot? Granted, the dopes that get caught are usually scum, but scummier people make for better television, no?
-
More power to him. He's come a long way from where he was.
Besides, ever since American Chopper, the sheep are fasinated by big, rough guys with long hair and tattoos.
-
ummm im gonna show you all something lol wasent pip talkin on how a woman has powers over a man earlier i know he meant his woman but dont ya think that is all over with every man makin his woman happy...well dog is the same way..he makes his lady happy and shows others how too i dont think hes flaky...and he gives people a break when they need it i love the show....fortune what would be the perfect thread lol....i love you all lol 8)
-
I'm baaaaack.
Wanna see my tan? I look like a fraggin long haul trucker. :D
-
ZONE~! Give me some LOVIN'!
-
welcome back! it wasn't the same without ya' here.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Thanks Ruski :)
What's up Pip, taking over Gabe's position on all fours :D
****
When did you Pimp yourself, dude?
****
FYI I was workin' since I was foolish enough to leave academia. Apparently I will continue to disappear periodically - mysterious, no 8)
-
I pimped myself because I was toying around with that Vault Boy pic of him in the gangster clothes in CorelDRAW, then I got the idea to color his suit as though he were a pimp. Combined with the witty saying you see below Pimp-Boy in my avatar there, I couldn't resist using him as my avatar and changing my name to match. I mean, he's the sweetest avatar of all time, from my point of view.
-
Ohh the mystery! whatcha doing now? no details of course, your runs are your own, but genericly?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You need a feather in your hat, non-Pip 8)
*********
Movin' a lot of dirt and taking a lot of notes, Ruski, my friend. The mystery deepens :D
-
Believe it or not, I almost put a feather in. No matter how I angled it, though, it just never looked right.
We even discussed the feather a couple of weeks ago.
-
ohh... well, if i need some PR nightmare spin-doctored, I know who to go to then...
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
To get back on topic:
(pad)
-
(pad pad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
welcome back zone hope all was well is thinking pip needs a muzzel but oh well cant win them all i guess a feather would be ok too :-\
-
do you think a muzzle would make him type slower?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ROFL, Ruski... but that aside, I think she's referring to the fact that men in our society are no longer allowed to make lewd comments in a joking fasion, such as "Give me some LOVIN'!" without facing persecution.
That's all right, though.
Like my daddy always used to tell my mom, "Woman, if you got any more feelins you need to express, get in the kitchen and put 'em in a bundt cake!"
...ROFL!! That one gets me every time!
-
Well, depends on the atmosphere, in a bar, such conversation could be welcome, and actually fruitfull. if a boss were to say that to their secertary while the secertary was asking for a raise, then that's another matter.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, Only about 1,100 posts to go before I have more posts than the next top two posters combined... LOL
now THAT'S a lot of Bull-Drek.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hell yeah it is.
...WOW, look at all your Karma, too!
Someone must like you....
-
Personally, I think he's cheating on the Karma angle. ;)
-
Just born under a lucky star is all.
and cheating? Pffff... well... actually, there may be something to that.
LOL
but hey, who ever expected a pirate to play fair?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
But if you were cheating, wouldn't you set your Karma to 69? ;)
-
But if you were cheating, wouldn't you set your Karma to 69?
Who says he originally didn't, and it has subsequently been whittled down from there. ;)
-
Nah, it's totally been increasing.
-
Prehaps it'll stop when it gets to 69, and i'm just working my way up there...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Or maybe it'll stop at the number of total years you will live....
::creepy background music::
-
Bar tricks? Rude comments? Cool. I'm in.
So the next time Pip is cracking peanuts by bashing them against the bar with his massively protuberant supraorbital ridge can we make book on how long before he knocks himself out? ;D
Nothing subtle for Ruski though - if you're gonna snitch karma make a big spalsh!
-
Who's Pip? I see Pimp... but Pip... nah, not seeing him.
By the way, when I want peanuts cracked, I get a woman to do it for me. ROFL ;D
-
Don't they get angry when you bang their head on the counter to open up the shells?
every time I do that they yell about me messing up their hair.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
When women get too sassy for their own good, just let them know how it is.
"Woman, your job is to make babies and fix dinner, not worry about your hair!"
-
Silently hands Zone the controls to the orbital Thor bundles.
-
Right, ROOTless. Because she's a woman.
It's OK for women to poke fun at men, both in real life and in popular media -- but not the other way around... now why is that?
Frankly, men supporting the "men are dumb and women can joke about it however they want" convention need to step back and take a look at what's going on in this country.
If you look at TV shows, commercials, movies, even books and games, men are oft portrayed as silly, gullible, yet semi-lovable fools, while women are the smart ones, the go-getters, the ones who really know what's up.
So, I refuse to bow to people attacking me for joking about women. Men get joked on a lot more these days -- I've seen it myself -- so I will not be feeling guilty for making a few housewife jokes.
:P
-
i don't know about that, for every movie that i can think of with a gullible dumb guy, there's another movie with a skank-ho money gurubbing gold digger chick in it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I joke about everybody but it is - and I think folks know - its all in good fun. Attitude is everything. And you don't seem to be joking. *shrug*
-
I joke about everybody but it is - and I think folks know - its all in good fun. Attitude is everything. And you don't seem to be joking. *shrug*
Ah, the old "I was only joking about men, but you're being intentionally insulting to women" defense. My favorite. ::)
No, Zone, I'm joking when I make fun of women, but when I talk about how it's OK to make fun of men, but not OK to make fun of women, I am quite serious. Nothing wrong with that, IMO, since it's discriminatory.
-
Problem is that you do not come across as joking, something which after all is very much conveyed via body language and tone of voice, neither of which are available here.
I remember a friend of mine telling me about some russian street trash she spenthalf a year hanging out with, where you had to end all jokes with "joke" (well, actually the russian word, which I don't remember), otherwise they'd assume you were being serious.
-
whoa... that would suck (no joke)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
If I feel the need to make any jokes in the future, I'll be sure to paste large "JOKE" tags around the joke, to make sure presumptuous people looking for a reason to be insulted can interpret it correctly. ::)
If you don't think "And if you have any more feelins you need to express, get in the kitchen and put 'em in a bundt cake" is a joke, you're dumber than I thought. :)
-
If you don't think "And if you have any more feelins you need to express, get in the kitchen and put 'em in a bundt cake" is a joke, you're dumber than I thought.
Have you ever had to converse with someone who meant it, in all seriousness? I have.
-
If you don't think "And if you have any more feelins you need to express, get in the kitchen and put 'em in a bundt cake" is a joke, you're dumber than I thought.
Have you ever had to converse with someone who meant it, in all seriousness? I have.
Those people are too stupid to make an effective joke, unless they saw it somewhere else.
-
Anytime now, people.
-
Aaaaanytime.
-
Quiet... oh, well. Post #1700. Woo.
-
Er... OK, now I have 1700.
-
Umm... can I have some karma?
Paladin
-
Sure! but what are you going to do with it?
not trade it for ale and whores I hope?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Look, guys! I'm going to take NeoPaladin's one point of Karma he just got away, like you always do to me! LOL!! LOL!!
Oh wait, sorry. I'm not an asshole. :D
-
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
No no, I'm going to spend it on whores, then ale.
Paladin
-
well, okay. just so long as your priorities are straight.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
"Whores, then ale?" That makes no sense.
"Ale, then whores" seems a lot more workable.
-
it's better if you secure the bootie before hand, then waste your ill-gotten gains on hooch, so that no one else can steal it in the morning before you wake up.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
Steal what, the grog or the wench?
-
your reward, that you are blowing on ale and whores.
it's better if you squander it yourself before morning, that way no one can steal it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ahhhh... two hours and fourty minutes later, I've once again finished reading the padding post.
I might be the only person who can say they've done that, other than Ruski, who contributed 50% of this thread. ;D
-Kid Vid
-
well, I read all the new stuff, and i read the original 20 pages, before i showed up.
*shrug* haven't re-read it in quite some time though... but seeing as how most of the thoughts are mine, and not that great to start with, we'd probibly just be better off putting this in the archive or something.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I have no intention of reading any but the page I'm on...too tiring :D
-
too tireing, and there's not really any good information in there.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
147 pages... *falls down*
-
Yup... that's a whole lot of Crap. and it's all Jester's Fault.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
riiiight.......
-
okay, well perhaps other people helped too...
-RuskiFace the Posting Pirate
-
How's my new avatar? Do you think it suits me?
ROFL.
"Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten.
Please think of the kittens."
-
Must be a Democratic thing. *shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
LOL Ruski - Democrats kill kittens?
-
Nah. Democrats just encourage the kittens to reproduce, and continue to pay for lodging and welfare for them, even though they aren't productive members of society.
I think the republicans were onto something there....
LOL
then again, I think we already got into a huge debate about religion and politics, and personally, I think we'd all be better off if we avoided thoes two subjects for the most part.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Oh for sure. Never talk politics or religion unless you're working on the ground swell for a riot here. No one ever seems to realize that other opininons than their actually exist and the shock is something some can't handle. ;)
-
Reminds me of this little game called "Brockian Ultra-Cricket"
where a race of people are destrying the Galaxy because it dosn't conform to their belief system.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ah yes.
That one's in the cinemas by now, isn't it.
-
Well, the prequil for it is in the theatres now, but perhaps they'll include cricket the next time arround.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Acrually, they're just destroying the galaxy because they're assholes.
"Doesn't conform with our belief system" is just a piteous excuse, kind of like "But they have weapons of mass detruction" here on Earth. ;)
-
Point.
-
Well, it's as good a reason as any to destroy the Galaxy.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Not as good a reason as, say, trying to get laid. But since true things are true, and false things are also true from any value-neutral reference point, I'm going to go ahead and say that...
Yeah, as good a reason as any other.
After all, for them, maybe destroying the universe IS getting laid.
-
Ohhhhhhh yeeeeeaaaaahhhh.
Post #1800, baby. :-*
Fnord.
-
congrats.
and you saw it here first... in the padding thread.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Random + Annoying + Boring = Done
-KV
Thanks, Kid_Vid. I always did appreciate getting threads locked because someone didn't like them. Believe it or not, fnord is a legitimate topic -- since it relates to an entire genre of books and roleplaying games -- and I was going to go on and explain about the "Great Illuminati" and "Discordianism", with links to Wikipedia, when I suddenly realized the thread was locked.
That's all right, though. I don't mind at all.
-
*shrug* perhaps he was having a hard day at work?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ROFL... Ingo's avatar is once again dancing in perfect beat to a song I'm listening to. Spanking its bum to the drumbeat and everything -- it's literally perfect.
Don't know what song it is, something on an 80s Internet iTunes radio station.
-
it's a maniac!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ROFL... Ingo's avatar is once again dancing in perfect beat to a song I'm listening to. Spanking its bum to the drumbeat and everything -- it's literally perfect.
Don't know what song it is, something on an 80s Internet iTunes radio station.
That's Grrr's special power. He also likes exploding!
-
he got two powers?
man I got GYPED!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well what do you expect from a alien robot in a dog suit?
-
i want two powers!
they could be... Spelling and Gramor!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Grammar ;)
-
So if a guy gets 500 posts he can trash other people's posts? Is that what I'm hearing here?
-
So if a guy gets 500 posts he can trash other people's posts? Is that what I'm hearing here?
Oh my, not at all. On the contrary, whatever impression you get from outer appearances, we all get along quite well here. There's no real trashing going on. This is a laid-back, accepting sort of board. In 1800+ posts here, I've never been in a flame war or anything like it.
Or are you referring to the Karma feature? Don't worry about it. It doesn't mean anything. ;)
-
So if a guy gets 500 posts he can trash other people's posts? Is that what I'm hearing here?
Mods ofcourse can trash other people's posts, but we practice self restaint.
-
thats nice to know :P
-
Post #1800, baby.
theres a long way ahead of me i guess :P
-
hey gilette you dont have far to go at all soon you will catch up to us and then wamo and lots of mild manor padding to do :P
-
luna, you have to catch up to me.
If you hadn't been gone so long, you probably would have already -- I've been pretty quiet until recently. It's because I missed YOU so much. :-*
-
i have two words for ya SUCK UP lol and MOVE OVER hahaha
-
(pad) seven
-
(pad) more
-
(pad) and
-
(pad) i'll
-
(pad) have
-
(pad) 1400
-
with a pad paddy padawack this ole girl is moving up hahahaha 1400 almost there like i said pimpology move it on over hahahaha :D
-
Eighteen hundred and...
69
Sexy!
-
thats nice to know :P
The race goes not to the swiftest or... whatever homily fits here. Nice to see you again Gilette.
-
nice to see all of you again i missed everyone yes including that pimpers dude ;)
-
Stop calling me Pampers, Looney!
-
thinks pimpers needs glasses and if hes got them he needs to clean them lol its either pimples or pimpers lol not pampers yet lol ::)
-
Pampers, Pimples... when will the abuse end.... :'(
-
its not abuse lol its love or like or however you want to spread it on bread 8)
-
No, I'm not going to spread you all over my bed. You're already hitched, remember?
-
hehehe i didnt say bed lol i said bread pimpers lol sides your not hitched till ya got a ring tell mercy to get me one and then we can say im hitched hahahhahaha :P
-
No common-law marriage? You guys haven't been together 10 years yet?
Well. I'm still not going to spread my bed all over you, I'm holding out for Shannon Doherty.
-
still have almost 9 years left to go almost a year now will be a year in jan lol but no common law yet lol i dont want you spreading me like butter over your bed anyways lol sides i need a man with a slow hand lol
-
So yeah, if all of a sudden you don't recognize me, there's always a 2000 in my name. I'm sure you knew that, though.
Fnord. RAR!
-
you change your name too much pimpers lmao but its cool 8)
-
Hey.
Hey, now.
Hey, hey.
I don't get no respect around this joint.
-
zips her lips....and sheepishly grinz i give ya respect dude and you call me an abuser lmao :P
-
Well... you can abuse me if you want to. Because it hurts so good. :-*
-
i cant Mercy would get upset and have you ever seen an upset troll no? well lets just say its not a pretty scene :P
-
Troll, schmoll. I'm a frickin' DEMON. See? Over on the left. I'm practicing with my twin giant scimitars.
Rar.
-
so what trolls can kick those out of your hands and eat you for lunch you lil demon :P
-
You're just saying that coz he's boinking you.
Besides, if he took the swords, I'd shoot my eye-lasers at him.
-
his firey looks will out do your eyes he will blind you and even if he wasent boinking me lol it wouldnt make a difference lmao :P
-
i just wantto know how you can grin with your lips zipped.
now THAT's skill.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
cuz im talented like that ;)
-
cuz im talented like that ;)
Mercy must be a happy man indeed.
-
Oh, and hey -- if my really long name bothers anyone, be sure to tell me so I can ignore you.
Just kidding -- if it really causes problems for your display, let me know. I'm only letting it get this out-of-hand because I find it amusing to have a name that long, and God knows I wouldn't want to be laughing at the expense of others.
...Well, that's not quite true, but you see what I mean.
-
dont bother me a bit and i think hes happy lol but he will never tell me lol >:(
-
There, I changed it. For simplicity; all these friends seem to be hopping over to visit me, and I don't want to confuse them....
-
shrugs still was a cool name didnt bother me a bit lmao :P
-
Hey, Ruski -- congratulations on your new title.
Here's a Karma... oh, wait. Heh heh.
I'll just send a card. ;)
-
Thanks!
I didn't think typing 'IDDKFA' into the command prompt would do that, but *shrug* I guess the old godmode codes still work!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Found my secret! Arg! ;)
-
well, we pirates aren't known for our unquestonable loyalty. LOL
really though, I was just looking for the bathroom.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Oh, and hey -- Ruski, you need a new avatar.
-
hmm... i suppose you are right.
okay, i'll go look for one later, right after i finish reformatting my system.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
make it a pirate with leadership abilities 8)
-
perhaps the gingerbread man?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
no cuz i heard he was gay and it wouild remind me of food everytime i seen ya so cant do that lol :o
-
Run and run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, i'm the gingerbread man!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I thought you were a pirate.
-
hey i thought so too...and a pirate was not the gingerbread man so you cant be both greedy ass lol you are the pirate so there ;D
-
well, the gingerbread man is a pirate too.
a diffrent pirate, but a pirate none-the-less
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
then hes a gay pirate..... anyways how do you figure that hes a pirate he didnt take from anyone...now robin hood was a pirate...and a good one at that the gingerbread man was a wuss :P
-
the SR universe has it's own digital pirate named 'the gingerbread man'
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
your robin hook ;D
-
that's Captain Hook.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
better then gingerbread man lol robin beard
-
:pimpboy: :pimpboy: :pimpboy: :pimpboy: :pimpboy:
*sniff* He's so... so... *snnnrrrkk* ... BEAUTIFUL. He looks just like his mother. (The slitch). :'(
-
with only a face his own mother can love ;D
-
Man. Not ONLY is that a cliche, you even said it wrong, luna.
"A face only a mother could love."
Sheesh. :P
-
lol but see your just sayin any mother could love his face im sayin only his mother can love his face :P
-
Hey! When did I take a hit? Is the sniper back?
-
Possibly.
I used to run neck-by-neck with you, Karma-verse Not so any more, never found out why. Decided not to care.
-
thinks ive been running neck and neck with Retread and i hardly see him anymore lol :P
-
*shrug* I seem to be doing okay in that regards.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah... you must be...
HAX!!
Muhfuhin' HAX!!!
h@xx0rz 2 teh m@xx0rz!!11!
-
hay one question is there negative karma lol :P
-
Do you want to find out?
Oh wait, YES. Retread had a negative karma when I first got here.
-
i wouldnt mind finding out Ruski can have the most and i can have the least lmao :o
-
:pimpboy: :ruski: :ruski: :ruski: :ruski: :ruski: :ruski:
COME, ME HEARTIES!
Loot and pillage and plunder, OH MY!
-
Well, seeing as how you did ask so nicely...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
still dont have the least lol but that rocks pimpers love the pirate dudes dancing across the screen lol i need a minus or a zero lol
:P
-
oh, you'll get there. just give it time.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
thank you thank you thank you almighty one :P
-
Oh, BTW, Ruski, I got 100 GMail invites. I sent five to myself, ROFL.
Anyone need some?
-
Musta been that time of the month for G-Mail.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
whats rhat pimpers? :P
-
Gmail (www.Gmail.com); brought to you from the makers of google!
it's like hotmail, only with a lot more space, and less adds.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
haha I just looked and I have 50 invites. Anyone want one?
-
Nah, I'm good. Thanks though!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i dont get to go on sites with this puter and its hell trust me not to have your own puter on line and you share it with three others ???
-
You're on a site right now, aren't you?
-
... what sites can't you get to?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
this is called a chat thingy like swg and stuff where we chat at the owner of this puter would have a cow if we go into sites lol so to stop him from blamin anything on us for viruses or anything we stay to this swg and checking our emails cant even put msn on here and thats my main chat thingy :(
-
why don't you get your own computer?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
She and mercy both work low-wage jobs (actually mercy is in a different situation) AND are supporting two bum relatives.
I couldn't handle that pressure, no way.
But hey, no shame in that.
-
Been there, dont that. It sucks; I know.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
your right there ruski and pimpers thats exactly whats going on yes i do have my own puter as does he..we pay the bills here and lost internet when i lost my job i got another job and now am working at catching up the bills so we can get it back again we together will pay the last bill then i will help him catch up on the rent lol >:(
-
want free AOL?
it's dial-up, but you can't beat the price.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
AOL... hahahaha!
AOL is a sinking ship; a melting iceberg; a plane about to buy the farm.
All their special services which they charge for are available for free anywhere on the internet. (Popup blocking, firewalls, etcetera).
I hear Microsoft and Google will be squaring off to see who will acquire AOL when they finally go under.
(Also, those ultratarded commercials with the woman bringing pies to AOL employees didn't help AOL AT ALL. Gayest thing ever.)
-
i like msn and yahoo better then aol lol and i get them for free and your right i have pop up stoppers and all that for free microsoft told me what to get and i got them :P
-
well, life on the streets ain't all bad, at least it's free.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
no cuz you gotta eat lol and thats not so free if you dont want garbage or rotton food :P
-
As long as you're faster than the rats and alleycats, food shouldn't be a problem. ;D
-
if i was homeless lol i would sit behind mcdonalds and wait for the food to come i would never be hungry lol :P
-
Diggin' the av, Ruski. Much more compact ;D
-
Why Thankyou! I thought that it was conversation quality material, suitable for at least a couple more pages worth of talk on the 'padding' thread.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Somehow, that does not surprise me.
-
I dunno... having your avatar be a 'door'... now, granted, it's an awsome door... but a door none-the-less.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey Pimp, have you heard of Litestep (http://www.litestep.net/)?
Basically it's a shell for Windows, but the main thing is that you can tweak it to make it look like whatever you want. Bullhonkie used to be heavy into it, but I think he lost interest.
Anyway, I just thought about it cuz you're pretty dang good at graphics, and you could create a shell for Windows that looked like a PIP-Boy 2000!
On another note we could do something that was very Shadowrun like, though I have no concept as what a Shadowrun-ish GUI would be like.. hmm maybe modeled after a Pocket Secretary?
-
The Shadowrun one should show tons of information, even some that you don't need.
I remember Bullhonkie made this theme based upon nVidia's website at the time. It was a dark gray metallic color and he had this module on top of the screen that showed the time, how long the system had been running (up time), outgoing network traffic rate, incoming traffic rate, and a bunch of other junk I don't remember.
-
Another pointless site with which to waste time and company resources...
www.go-quiz.com
-
that's a good padding topic right there.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
pad
-
I've almost padded my way past 10K posts.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You know what's weird? I've been here ever since the old Pub. I was there for a year before it changed formats, but I'm not counted among the old guard, and I've been at this pub longer than everyone except ROOTless and Ingo, and I still don't have a third of your postcount.
-kv
-
Well, to be fair; I was at the old pub before ya'... although I do think that you are in the 'old guard', so I'm not sure how exactly that works.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I remember 'Ruski Face the Pirate' at the old Pub. Captain North too, wasn't he somehow connected to vampires?
And Kid, I've never had the most posts - even when I started the conversation :)
-
Yea, good ol' captain north... and undead vampire adept.
actually, didn't we have a number of people infected with the kregger strain or equiliviant?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
(must have been the popular thing to do then.)
-
Pad Pad Pad.
there. 10,000.
-Ruski
-
Oh, my :-\
-
well, it's back down again for a bit...
I think it'll climb up soon though.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Time for the cyber-carollers again...
The Twelve Runs
of Christmas
By Dan, with a little help from Rat
(to the tune of an archaic carol)
For the first run of Christmas, my fixer got for me
An Ares Crusader MP.
For the second run of Christmas, my fixer got for me,
Two stun batons and
An Ares Crusader MP.
For the third run of Christmas, my fixer got for me,
Three flash packs,
Two stun batons and
An Ares Crusader MP.
For the fourth run of Christmas, my fixer got for me,
Four smartgun links,
Three flash packs,
Two stun batons and
An Ares Crusader MP.
For the fifth run of Christmas, my fixer got for me,
Five Panther shells!
Four smartgun links,
Three flash packs,
Two stun batons and
An Ares Crusader MP.
[ >>> Enough already! We get the idea... 1.5 Kp deleted by Sysop. <<< ]
For the twelfth run of Christmas, my fixer got for me,
Twelve riggers rigging,
Eleven snipers sniping,
Ten deckers decking,
Nine snitches snitching,
Eight drones a-droning,
Seven fences fencing,
Six Mr. Johnsons,
Five Panther shells!
Four smartgun links,
Three flash packs,
Two stun batons and
An Ares Crusader MP.
;)
-
I hope he gives on of his/her MP's to one of the decker's decking.
I think I got signed up for that gig.
stupid fixer.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I can't believe that the Paddin post has lasted over a year and a half. Rock on!
Loved the carol, Z-girl.
-
This thread is a hundred and fifty seven pages...
I believe that constitues a war crime.
-
Let's get that crime to the galatic Level!
Pad Pad Pad
-RuskiFace the Criminal
-
This thread is a hundred and fifty seven pages...
I believe that constitues a war crime.
Well it must only be actionable since peaceful little me ain't at war with anyone....today 8)
-
Notice that last word in her post. ;)
Gabriel
-
This thread is a hundred and fifty seven pages...
I believe that constitues a war crime.
Well it must only be actionable since peaceful little me ain't at war with anyone....today 8)
Ah, a classical 'police action', perhaps?
-
Are we talking Vietnaum or Korea? Because President Clinton changed both of those into historical "Wars" instead of police actions... I'm not sure exactly how that works, but yeah.
He did.
Does that mean he was a traitor for dodging draft in a time of war? ;D
-kv
-
Only if it could be proven tht he actually dodged the draft.
Gabriel
-
He admitted going to canada to avoid it, and then he enrolled in school because his dad suggested it.
-kv
-
Realy??? Then I guess it's up to anyone with teh balls to press charges to get his cigar ruining hoop.
Gabriel
-
And now for something completly different.
(http://webpages.charter.net/dhendrickson/smiles/bananadance.gif)
-kv
-
It just goes with my theory that everything is connected to Monkeys and Dragons:apoc: Everybody loves a dancing banana ;D
-
Some of us more than others. And in this case, I am speaking of any monkies we might have in the pub.
Gabriel
-
Hail the dancing banana!
-
And now for something completly different.
(http://webpages.charter.net/dhendrickson/smiles/bananadance.gif)
-kv
I hate bananas :P
-
What? Why?!?!?! It's dancing!
-kv
-
Maybe she was attacked by a monkey once and he threw bananas at her until she was forced to retreat to a safe location and was only able to retaliate by lauching a series of drones at the monkey which were then disabled by yet more flung bananas thus forcing her to accept defeat and parrlay a safe pasage with the monkey in exchange for all of her nuyen which the monkey then used to buy more bananas.
Just a theory. ;)
Gabriel
-
Maybe she was attacked by a monkey once and he threw bananas at her until she was forced to retreat to a safe location and was only able to retaliate by lauching a series of drones at the monkey which were then disabled by yet more flung bananas thus forcing her to accept defeat and parrlay a safe pasage with the monkey in exchange for all of her nuyen which the monkey then used to buy more bananas.
Just a theory. ;)
Gabriel
Not just a theory... a bloody good theory! ;D
-
Bloody scary more like it. Last time i heard something like that was when bit o' brain bits got pushed out with cyber jack...... gotta love cyber rejection when your a corpse. least it all regenerates.... eventually.....
still not sure if it was me, the voices, or Raoul Duke....
Had something to do with a Shaved Moose, 15 spray painted badgers, 12 rabid mice, jello made into the shape of George washingtons false teeth, and 15 pounds of ginger snaps.
it was..... yeah.............
-
hahahhaa... apparently using your Gonzo heritage to it's utmost?
-kv
-
Actually that sounds like my last date with my ex. Huh, maybe we know somoen in common....
Gabriel
-
hehe. Im now getting into HST's work now, friend at JC was total fan of his, near raving fan boy. had me read Fear and Loathing and watch the movie, working on find some more of his stuff. the library there didnt have much of his stuff.
-
I've actually heard that Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is his high point- I did an article on him for the paper when he committed suicide, about how he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon, which I thought was pretty cool, and how he shaved his head bald when he ran for sherrif, and referred to his republican rival as "my long-haired opponent"
So he did do some cool stuff. But he's a little too Timothy Leary meets Rush Limbagh for me.
-kv
-
He was shot out the cannon.
Was in the shape of a double thumbed fist holding a peyote cap. They had to take it down but they are looking for a perm place to put it. Johnny Dep funded the whole thing pretty much.
-
I hadn't heard about the peyote cap... are you sure about that?
My research said it was the double-fisted logo he used on everything else.
I'm not suprised the Johnny Depp funded it- there's a whole group of (more or less) young hollywood stars that thought of him as "Uncle Gonzo" - Benicio Del Toro as well. (I don't remember the rest of the list, but I knew almost everyone on there- because they're rich and famous)
-kv
-
I got good portion of my info on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson
good bit of info, and general weirdness.
-
That's where I looked it up too.
I still think it's kinda creepey that he decided that his life was 'done' and killed himself.
seems... selfish.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
What is this?!?!?!
A serious topic in the paddin thread?
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:FaVM0pkx_zEJ:tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj/FLClipart/Nouns/food%26drink/cheese.gif)
-kv
-
*shrug* Gonzo isn't really serious.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You know, I've heard about this guy for a while, but never really looked him up or saw any of his movies, read any books, etc. What's all the hype about???
Gabriel
-
celebrity experences massive drug use, and makes a movie about it = cult following.
he did some pretty 'zaney' stuff; like run for office, based solely on legalizing drugs, and he had a particular style of journalism that was flashey so a lot of people liked it.
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
holy drek, my post is still here, lol
-
You know, I've heard about this guy for a while, but never really looked him up or saw any of his movies, read any books, etc. What's all the hype about???
Gabriel
The guy's whole life was hype.
Oh, hello, Jester 8)
-
I have no idea who you guys are talkin about
-
Hunter S. Thompson, Esq.
Quasi-Journalist, Father of "Gonzo", and often credited as the 'godfather' of the modern blog.
He did some funny things, but mostly he was a really screwed up guy.
-kv
-
ok, I'll take your word for it :)
-
I did a paper on him for my journalism class when he committed suicide last year. So I only know what he said about himself, and what other people said about him when he died.
I'm no expert- I'm not even really a fan- I just know one or two things.
-kv
-
gotcha
-
MONKEYS ARE PADDING!
PADPADPAD
-kv
-
look at the little monkey (http://www.photo.net/photo/2000pcd1672/singapore-zoo-monkey-65.4.jpg)
-
he looks sad. have you been spanking him again?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah... he's not throwing poop or anything- is he on time out? ;D
-kv
-
yes, he's been a bad little monkey
-
You know, I just can't bring myself to comment on the state of Jester's Monkey. ;)
Gabriel
-
and as yet; you can still comment on the state of not being able to talk about his monkey, and if you look at that closely... is actually still talking about his monkey.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You may well have a point, but I'm still not commenting on it.
Gabriel
-
Just admit that you love his monkey.
he's a bad monkey.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Didn't we cover those little shitflingers all ready? Buggers. And he's screwing up my screen :P
-
lol!
-
there. it rolled over to the next page.
*whew*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey Jester, that's a wiz new avatar.
Gabriel
-
thankyou sir :jester:
-
more in keeping anyway ;)
-
Awww... everyone was so intersted in the Picture thread (and subsequent explanation thread) that they stopped posting in the Padding thread!
-kv
-
I just stopped needing to pad my post count.
it goes up fast enough on it's own.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
mine is still little bitty
-
Yeah, and you are one of the "old guard" too. What's up with that???? ;)
Gabriel
-
he keeps taking vacations.
but 2K is a respectable amount of posts.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, but I HAVE to give him drek about it. That's what freinds are for, after all. ;)
Gabriel
:gabe: :jester:
-
Good point.
oh, and (Pad)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
below me <pad>
-
I want to know what's on the desert cart, there, Jester. Wadis? Dunes? Oasis? The mind picture is pretty interesting ;D
-
LOL, you know I was sondering if he had spelled that wrong. ;)
Gabriel, horrible typist and speller
-
then how you spell it?
-
Looked good to me.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think desert is the place, and dessert is the food. I could be wrong. I spell (and type) like drek.
Gabriel
-
OKeydokey.
so you eat your dessert while sitting in the desert.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think desert is the place, and dessert is the food. Gabriel
Correct :)
-
Yeah! We can be taught!
now, ask us agian in a month, and see if anyone remembers.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Are you kidding? I won't remember this conversation...
-
hmm... good point...
and NO ONE is ever going to go through the padding thread to see this conversation ever again.
we could start a survay thread though...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
WooHoo! 100 posts!!
-
and the padding thread helps another young mind become totally corrupted like a toxic spirit shamon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Define young
-
Young = 100 posts.
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ah aha.
-
I'm trying to get that bar by my name in the members list to get thicker. Guess I still need a few more posts.
-
Real Age dosn't mean much in the digital realm.
It's just your experence as relative to the other personas in that medium.
so, you could be a greenhorn shadowrun player, a vetrin poster, and a retired computer salesperson, all at the same time.
In real life, I'm 28. But, I've been fixing computers for 20 of thoes years, (should retire any day now LOL) and I've been a 'pirate' for slightly less time than that.
I've been here on the pub a long time. Not as long as some of the others, but I'm certanly one of the more vocal partisapants, making me 'old guard' kinda by default.
*shrug* I've only been playing shadowrun for a couple of years, so I'm a N00B in that regards, but rollplaying in general i've been doing for as long as i've been fixing computers. (Yea, i'm a geek)
so, that's my long and un-asked for life history.
howz about you?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
24 IRL, been role playing since fall of 2000 (The college had a gaming club and I was curious. Incidently, the first character I ever made was a physad.), left school to do four years Air Force, and am now living with 'rents and back at college. I've posted on other forums, but this one seems the most interesting right now. As far as computers go, I spend most of my time reading or writing fanfics with the occasional game if I'm bored.
Dunno if it's because it was the system I started on or what, but I think Shadowrun''s my favorite. I like the non-class based character creation and the more realistic damage rules. (At least compared to D20 systems)
-
Yea. that's what brings a lot of us into shadowrun.
what other game systems have you played? anything you liked about the ones you have?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
D&D (I think just about every gamer has played that one at least once), Star Wars, both WEG and D20 (Guy in the gaming club worked at a hobby store, so we got to play test the D20 system), GURPS Discworld, Other GURPS, Werewolf: The Apocolypse, uhm...a couple of LARPs (First con I ever went to, they had a Shadowrun LARP). I think there were a couple others, but those are the ones I can think of off hand.
-
Uhm, as for what I like about each.
D&D--Common game, easy to find players. For awhile I could just about build a 3rd ed. Elven Rogue from memory up to lvl 3 or 4
GURPS--open character creation, allows for virtually anything. (Within GM's parameters)
Werewolf--What can I say? I like shapeshifters
LARP--Get to walk around, wear cool outfits/accessories, some allow boffer fights
Shadowrun--open character creation, a high level character can still get killed with a knife and a low level character can (theoretically) survive a grenade, the blend of high-tech and magic.
Star Wars--Well, it's Star Wars. Need I say more?
-
You know, LARPers always freaked me out a bit. I don't know whay, but the sight of a 300 pound gaming store owner dressed as a viking and insisting he is a 5'-3", 145 pound elven ranger, just makes me shudder with repressed disgust. I don't know why. ;)
Gabriel
PS - Star Wars was a damn fun game.
-
Well, I really haven't done all that many LARPS, and with one exception, I've stuck to characters physically similar to myself. That one exception was in a Star Wars LARP where I got to play Talon Karrde.
-
Huh. Did yo all have those store-bought Star Wars blasters that made the cool shooting noises????
Gabriel
-
At the time I had almost no money, so I had to settle for a cheap knock-off that belonged in an old B movie...but I do have this really cool flashlight that looks just like a lightsaber. Metal casing, the switch has the option of always on or on only if I'm pushing a butten, and a key ring I can use to jury rig a way to attach it to a belt or something.
Most of my costuming stuff is pieced together from things I use else where, but I do have a nice cloak that's generic enough to fit a lot of different scenarios and a couple other things I've bought when I had the money.
-
I didn't like the starwars system. it didn't really let you be anything other than a Jedi. (I like being a tech)
also, the space combat was a bit ... wonkie... to say the least.
Star wars is fun though. I have one of thoes replicas of the lightsabres that lights up all cool and makes sounds.
(got it for my birthday last year)
it's red. I'm a dark, dark jedi. LOL
-RuskiFace the Dark Jedi Pirate
-
uh, was that the video game? 'cuz, while I have played that, I was talking about the table top game. I usually play a Scoundrel. No Jedi powers.
As for the lightsaber--vary cool. Try swinging it around while someone else takes a pic with a digital camera. If done right, the light will blur and you'll see a trail.
-
and if you use photochop, you can do all sorts of other wonderfull things with it.
but mostly it's fun to swing arround and turn on.
I played the table-top.
perhaps it was just the group I did it with, but it seemed to me that every creature we faced required you to be a jedi to help beat it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
eh. Sounds like it was the group/GM's problem then. Last Star Wars game (Con one shot deal) we did go up against a Dark Jedi and one or two apprentices. We beat him using Stun grenades: Toss a grenade, shoot, toss grenade...the GM hadn't counted on the baddies failing the saves as often as they did. Picked up a bunch thermal detonators and other items I could've sold on the black market, had the game continued. hehe, although they were old enough half of the grenades didn't work, and most of the blasters had partially or fully depleted power packs.
-
ouch. well, if you gotta start somewhere, there's no better place than the price point on recycled defective hardware. LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I didn't like the starwars system. it didn't really let you be anything other than a Jedi. (I like being a tech)
also, the space combat was a bit ... wonkie... to say the least.
Star wars is fun though. I have one of thoes replicas of the lightsabres that lights up all cool and makes sounds.
(got it for my birthday last year)
it's red. I'm a dark, dark jedi. LOL
-RuskiFace the Dark Jedi Pirate
are you talking about the D20 system or the original d6? The D6 system rocked! we had a blast playing that one. And in the games I ran we only ever had 1 person play a jedi and that was the second game I ran. The first one Gabe was in and we had 2 pilots, 1 bounty hunter, and my char was a smuggler. Not a single Jedi. Great game :)
-
I used the D6 for the tabletop.
*shrug* must have just been the group I ran with at that time though.
I've only played the D20 version on video-game style. Haven't had the gumption to put together a group to try it out tabletop.
-RuskiFace the Priate
-
Hmmm... that would explain why my experience playing in a group was so different from yours- usually your opinion is one of the few that I trust, so if you say something sucks, it usually does.
I've had fun playing the d20 version- it is newer, but I like a lot of the things about it. My group is all jedi, but we're fairly weak-sauce jedi, so the guy with the grenades is a big help. I'm thinking if my jedi gets killed off, I'm going to make a scoundrel smuggler. (Being severe lightside in a mostly darkside group has that pending issue of mortality.)
-kv
-
I think that with any group, liking the people you play with is the biggest way to make or break a system.
Hell, I could play monoply with my brothers and enjoy it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
We did play Monoploy. Your wife cheated.
;D
-kv
-
lol yeah. That's defineately true about how the people make or break a game. One guy I know can't play without getting up and acting out what his character is doing. Doesn't matter if it's a table top or LARP, he's probably one of the most animated people I know.
There was a run where a guard wasn't supposed to let anyone go up in an elevator. He first told the guard they wanted to go down, then convinced him that down was up and up was down, and, while the baffled guard was trying to figure everything out, gave a mock salute, said 'See ya' and walked right past.
-
I need to befriend more vivacious people, and less jerks.
*shrug*
oh well. got a game scheduled for this friday.
let's see how that'll go.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
have fun
-
Hey Jester, do you remember that Correllian Corvete that Lee decided he would show off by blowing up??? He missed with all of his shots and my pilot inthe X-Wing took it out with a single torpedo. I loved that "wild dice" thing in SW. Oh, and Lee was so pissed off that I had bragged about it to everyone we talked to that he reprogrammed my R2 unit to holorecord me "gettign busy" with the twilek girls I picked up and braodcasting the holohs throughout whatever secret base we were in.
I loved that group.
Gabriel
PS - You haven't seen anything until you've seen a Tie-Fighter pilot deflect a blater bolt with mirrored sunglasses... 8)
-
Oh, nice.
I don't remember much about the d6 game I played, mainly because it was a few years ago, I was still new to gaming in general, and the system switched to D20 a few months later.
-
LOL sounds like quite the group.
Oh, bit of crazyness in the Padding thread for just general thought:
today at school (my wife is a teacher) a kid kicked the door closed, and tore off some poor chica's finger.
It just happened a couple of minutes ago, but I'll keep you posted when I find out what happens to the kid that kicked the door, and if the poor girl gets her finger put back on or not.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
*winces* big ouch.
-
aparently the kid went to the hospital, but there was a huge mess of blood everywhere.
I guess she should have been wearing her form fitting body armor gloves.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yeah. Think she'll be ok?
-
Well, loosing a finger is bound to be a tramautic event. expecially at the point in life (Jr. High/ 6th grade) where everything is a tramautic event.
although she's going to have one-up on her friends who have their mother dress them funny on picture day or something similar.
Lots of people can go through life minus a finger or two. (a couple of my friends with a pennance for fireworks turned out okay) but still... it's sad.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
yeah. There was a kid at church who lost fingers in a farm accident last year.
-
Yea. it's really not that big of a deal. it'll cut down on their ability to type 80 words a minute, but most people wouldn't want to go into a job where that's required anyways.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
It wouldn't stop them from padding here.
Pad
pad
-
I guess tha t depends on what fingers they loose.
you'll need a pinkey on your right hand for the 'P'
and the two fingers on either side of your ring finger on your left hand for the 'A' and 'D'.
although if you hunt-n-peck style of type... you could probibly do just fine with any 1 finger.
-Ruskiface the Pirate
-
I'm sure they'll improvise somehow.
-
Hey Jester, do you remember that Correllian Corvete that Lee decided he would show off by blowing up??? He missed with all of his shots and my pilot inthe X-Wing took it out with a single torpedo. I loved that "wild dice" thing in SW. Oh, and Lee was so pissed off that I had bragged about it to everyone we talked to that he reprogrammed my R2 unit to holorecord me "gettign busy" with the twilek girls I picked up and braodcasting the holohs throughout whatever secret base we were in.
I loved that group.
Gabriel
PS - You haven't seen anything until you've seen a Tie-Fighter pilot deflect a blater bolt with mirrored sunglasses... 8)
oh hell yea I remember that! Thar was funny! And you are right. Nothing beeats the mirror sunglasses :)
-
You know, I think this is really the first board I haven't been just a lurker?
-
Well, you've got good things to say, So I for one am happy that you quit your 'lurking' to instead chat it up with the rest of us.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Here, Here!!! Keep posting AJ. Of course I do have one request if you stay on this board. PLEASE SWITCH BACK TO YOUR OLD AVATAR!!!! I like the way taht thing moved. Um, yeah... moved... ;)
And as far as that Star Wars game went, we actually had to buy a medical droid, chop off its legs, and add a hover unit and armor for when we went planet-side. It seems that my characer, the brash pilot, was better than Wedge Antellies in the void, but one big target for blasters on the ground. It wasn't pretty ???
Gabriel
-
LOL that's why you have to wear your 'Shoot the Mage' T-Shirt.
anyone getting you lined up in their sights, will read the shirt and think "Oh, that's a good Idea! I'll go shoot the mage first."
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Old Avatar? Oh, you mean the Psylocke one. Maybe.
I actully made my current one using Paintshop. I also made one of the Watcher symbol from Highlander.
-
*shrug* perhaps you can modify your psylock avatar to be wearing a stargate SG-1 jacket?
that would be cool.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Just as long as the jacket was opened. ;)
Gabriel
-
LOL should she add a red hat as well?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
*shrugs* The Psylocke one was on the list of Avatars already on the site. Although I suppose I could find a pick from that Atlantis ep where the Puddlejumper Rodney was in crashed on its way back to Atlantis and he started halucinating Carter was there. I think it's the only time I've ever seen her wear pink ;)
-
That'll work.
mostly, do whatever seems like the most fun.
it's a good way to go.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
*shrugs* The Psylocke one was on the list of Avatars already on the site.
I know, I put her there. ;)
Gabriel
-
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
-
You know Gabe, if you ever got tired of the burning feather, you could switch it over for your own avatar...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Which one are you refering to??? Oh, and I actually gave Ruski all of the animated avatars. I love those things. In fact, I kind of wish I was a mage since there's one I would love to use for myself. Oh well.
Gabriel
-
*shrug* you could make a mage for the next play by post, and just use it for there.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't think I could do that. The burning feather is just so damn appropiate for a shadowrunner named after an angel.
Gabriel
-
Yea. you are right. it is perfect.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well, assuming it doesn't change, I only need 135 more posts to get on the top 15 list 8)
-
I think you'll be fine. The fact taht you are posting on the thread means that it won't be "cleaned up", thereby losing your post count. Gee, I really love that ufamism (sp). Cleaned up sounds so nice and pleasant.
Gabriel
-
I just post to say things that don't make any sense. Furblurble
-
actually the 'clean up' dosn't remove post count.
it's only reduced if they delete threads outright.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
ah, ruski is on at the same time as me again :)
-
Oh it will delete post count if you had replies posted to the threads that got deleted.
Gabriel
-
lol, gabe too
-
We need a realtime chat function on here for when this happens.
Gabriel
-
That'd been fun.
-
yes indeed
-
You hear that, Ingo. Get coding!! ;)
Gabriel
-
yea! ya lazy bum!
-
could use google-chat, or one of the many other IM programs.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I have yahoo chat. Can you conference on that?
-
most of them can.
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
*Looks at post count and shakes head*
Less than a month on the board and I'm already at over 250 posts.
-
keep up the good work ;D
-
Another month, and we'll have to think up a good title for you.
Gabriel
-
hehe 8)
-
Any ideas???
Gabriel
-
...I'm thinking.
-
The Thinker!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Nah. That's not right. Has to be something else...
Gabriel
-
The thinker that thinks about thinking!
-RuskIFace the Pirate
-
Hey, it's not like I have to decide right now!
-
the thinker who can't decide!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
That doesn't sum her up though. It's got to be catchier than that.
Gabriel
-
Hey, cool, I've got 2 Karma, now.
-
"The Ninja with a Knife!"
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Hey, cool, I've got 2 Karma, now.
See, now you just have to get 110 more, and you'll be right up there with Ruski.
Gabriel
-
don't go spending it all in one place now.
save it for later, when you feel like quoting the princess bride.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
heh. I just didn't notice when that second one slipped in there.
-
i gave it to you for your fan-fiction work. I liked it.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Cool, thanks. Now I just need to write the rest of the story.
-
Yeah, get off the stick, AJ. I need something to read during my lunch break and that looked like it would be well worth the print-out.
Gabriel
-
The thinker that thinks about thinking!
That'd be a philosopher...
-
We could call her the X-over Fictioner... or Fictioneer- like a mousketeer. ;D
-kv
-
That's pretty good. Of course, the rate she's posting, we may have to wait a whole week to put that up. ;)
Gabriel
-
I'm sure I'll come up with something
-
You are the Fictioneer, after all. ;D
-kv
-
and this is #300
-
grats :)
-
And yet again, the Paddin' trhead works its unique magic.
Gabriel
-
I rule :jester:
-
Woohoo! I've made it to the top 15 posters list!!
-
And it only took a month of posting
-
good work.
now see if you can beat gabe
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, AJ!!!! Bring it on!!!! ;)
Gabriel
-
lol, then you gotta beat Ruski
-
You realize that if I hadn't taken that 5 month hiatus, I would be right up there with Ruski. What a strange thought...
Gabriel
-
When it comes to talking about nothing, no one beats Ruski. ;D
BS is what he does. ;D
-kv
-
I don't... oh wait... yes I do.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol
-
Meow
-
Woof?
-kv
-
quack
-
Moo. (cow beats duck)
-kv
-
WhhhahahhaaaaaaAAA!
(chosen one beats cow)
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Mwahaha!!
Evil Laugh beats Chosen One
-
Damn Betty and his evil metal claws!
ZAP ZAP ZAP
space aliens beat Betty!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Betty?
BOOOM!
SG-1 beats space aliens
-
Ka-thunk!
(scifi running out of money firing characters while the axe falling on the show beats stargate!)
-kv
-
wow, this thread got all wierd
-
Meow
To quote "When Harry Met Sally", You made a woman meow??????? :o
Gabriel
PS - MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
(Bessy the collective cow hive mind beats Sci Fi firing its actors)
-
*rubs eyes* Ow, red glow with blue letters huts.
-
Hehehehehehe, the Collective Cow Hive Mind strikes again!!!!
Gabriel
-
Yeah, but don't you know Independent, Free-Thinking Humans always beat Collective Hive-Minds?
-
Well that all depends on whether or not you ever want to eat a hamburger again. See a few cows can be sacrificed to the burger to insure that the hive mind continues to dominate humanity from behind the scenes.
Gabriel
-
I prefer venison.
-
if captain picard is there the cows are definatly screwed
-
I am Locutous of Besy. Resistance is MOOOO-tile.
Gabriel
-
Kwa-THWANG!
the Cow-da-pult fired by king aruthor defeats the cow, and the french castle, in one fell swoop!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
And the Killer Bunny defeats King Arthur
-
I've soiled my armor!
*BOOOOOM*
the holy hand-gernade of antiach defeats the killer bunny.
and it's self, sadly.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Which lets the Worms drop an airstrike
-
homing pigion beats missile drop
-
Supersheep beats Homing Pidgeon
-
is that the clone of super-sheep, or the original?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
uh, not sure. There's a clone?
-
BAAAAAAA!!!
Dolly beats Molly!
-kv
-
the lawyers win that one.
they took eachother to a civil unrest suit, and the lawyers were the only ones to get any money out of it.
-RF
-
Now that's justice for you.
Gabriel
-
hu?
-
You know, I seem to recall a quote from Highlander about lawers. It was Slade, that terrorist guy in 'Bad Day in Building A'. Something about the first thing they do in a revolution is to kill all the lawers. (I don't remember the exact quote, and it's been awhile since I've seen the episode.)
-
That would actually be more fun than revolting. You know, just kill all the damn laywers and make a day of it. ;)
Gabriel (not a lawyer)
-
but without lawyers, who would help us sue evil corperations for ripping us off?
-RUskiFace the Pirate
lawyers are like nuclear weapons, everyone's gotta have them, and no one wants to see the world when we set them all off.
-
Sue the corporations??? We're shadowrunners, not social activists! If the corp's slot you off, then just go crack thier system, steal their property, sell passcodes to rivals, blow up factories, smear their "good" names. But DON'T sue them; that's just playing dirty. ;)
Gabriel
-
Yeah! We have standards!
-kv
-
well, I was just trying to 'pull out all the stops' LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
How about this:
1)entrust something of marginal value to the corp
2)Go in and steal it (among other things)
3)THEN sue the coporation for losing whatever you gave them?
-
they would probibly end up hireing you to kill yourself, because that would be cheaper.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Actaully, that' not a bad idea. You need to have a decent amount of inside information, though. But if you have that set-up, then I'm sure you could make a good amount of nuyen.
Gabriel
-
It would require a SIN, and the resources required to rob a bank / holding cell of some sort... they tend to have even more protection on their safety deposit boxes than they have on their ultra-secret cyberterminals.
but if you could pull it off, it would certanly be whiz.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Probably wouldn't be able to pull it off more than once, maybe twice with the same identity. Any more than that, someone would wise up.
-
so it would have to be one hell of a payday to work.
and you'd have to have serious bank to start, to get the insurable painting worth a billion dollars or so.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, and probably a serious grudge against said bank.
-
Yup.
and if you took only 'your' stuff, it would look mighty suspicious, and if you take other people's valuables... they may come looking for them...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
in the end, the bank's have insurance to cover that sort of thing, so it dosn't really end up costing them much.
-
Maybe, but the bank's rep would likely take a dive.
-
*shrug* if it gets robbed by a big enough hit, people will just feel sory for them.
no one blames the bank when terrorists show up and shoot up the place.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
so, when's this goin down?
-
Tomorrow night at your house. Didn't you get the e-mail??? ;)
But seriously, you could do this all sorts of ways. You could go in with someone else for the valuable item to be stolen. They lend you the item for a share of the settlement. You "steal" the item, and then both of you make a fortune. But this requires trust, and we all know the pitfalls there. You could even have a fake item with bogus credentials. Instead of stealing it, you engineer it to destroy itself. Like desovling or being carried away by a spirit or something. Then you go to check it, see that it is gone, sue the bank, and get rich.
Gabriel
-
hmm... it would have to be a more elaborate setup than that...
just putting something in a safe deposit box wouldn't be enough... it would have to be 'on display' in a museum or something...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Agreed. But you see what I'm saying. You biuld up the hipe, cause the destruction/theft of the item, and then sue the institution (be it corporate, public, or government) which housed the item, and make a ton of money. It would take some really good planning and attention to detail, but it could be done.
Gabriel
-
*Face slap* 'Attention to detail'? Do you have any idea just how often I heard that exact phrase in the Air Force?
-
LOL, well I have 3 generations of family who are Air Force veterans and so far I can picture every one of them using that phrase just before they hurt themselves. ;)
Gabriel
-
Well, at least I know you didn't just pull it out of the air. That would have just been freaky.
-
well, just don't get lost in the details... because no plan of attack survives contact with the enemy...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Wise council there, Sun Tzu the Pirate. ;)
Gabriel
-
It's good bathroom reading!
how to take over the world while taking a dump...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I also reccommend Machievelli's "The Prince"
-kv
-
I don't know, Kid_Vid. Stewwy Griffon wasn't impressed, why should I be??? ;)
Gabriel
-
what if I had the only twinkie shaped diamond made and have you guys steal it
-
OK! Do I have to give it back, or can I just eat it???
Gabriel
-
I don't know, Kid_Vid. Stewwy Griffon wasn't impressed, why should I be??? ;)
Because you can read?
-
Really??? Holy drek! I didn't know that was what I was doing all these years!!! ;)
Gabriel
-
Yes, it was a shock to all of us. ;D
Hmmm... a twinkie-shaped diamond?
A gentle hostess cake... soft, spongy goodness, compressed for thousands of years into an ultra-rare snack food!
Wait... that would be a diamond-shaped twinkie...
-kv
-
i can try that too ;D
-
well, you do own the company...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Can you imagine the R&D department with Jester and Apocalypse owning Twinkies???? Great Ghost, I want a job there..... :drool:
Gabriel
-
I dunno... working for a dragon is like making a deal with them...
-Ruski
-
Yeah, you work for the dragon, the dragon doesn't eat you.
-
I think apoc's more worried about me eating him :)
-
Why, is he made from ultra-good snack treats?
Actually, I don't know that I would be comfortable working for a dragon... but I don't know that I would have any choice in the matter.
I had a friend once- he was hired by a Johnson to work for the big S-K. My friend turned down the run... he decided that he didn't want to work under Lowfyr's personal direction.
So a few weeks go by, and he keeps getting offered jobs- from different people, and he takes them. (He was a very busy runner) He comes to find out that not only are all of his jobs being coordinated by one guy, but that one guy is... stop me if you've heard this before.
So all of the techtronics runs, the extractions, and everything from the point the dragon offered him a job until the point when he tried to retire from shadowrunning... all under the dragon's control.
and people ask me why I'm paranoid.
-kv
-
Just playing with fonts and stuff
Just playing with fonts and stuff
-
[size=20]playing with fonts[/size]
-
playing with fonts
playing with fonts
-
[size=20]playing with fonts[/size][/glow][/color]
-
flaying with ponts
-
haven't played with fonts in forever...
-
[size=30]Funthough[/size]
-
hehe
-
haven't played with fonts in forever...
I have, but they pressed charges. :'(
Gabriel
-
What did they accuse you of?
-
well, there aren't many code-monkeys here, but actually this version of the message board has some security vulnerabilities that can be exploited if you try hard enough and play with the fonts.
-RuskiFace teh Priate
-
Oh, really?
-
Yea. nothing too special, but; for example:
by playing with the glow tags, I can download or modify cookies from your computer.
*shrug*
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
huh. good thing I'm not using my own computer, then.
-
well, there's not really much information there anyways.
I mean... if anything, I could pull up a couple of e-mail addresses and passwords I suppose, but really; reading other people's mail is so dull. and most people don't have their spam filters set up right, so I'd have to waste an hour fixing the e-mail account before I could even be bothered to go through it.
from there, it's a long shot to find record of a credit card purchase, and go to the site that you ordered it from, and modify the order to ship to a blank PO box, or just get the credit card numbers if they are listed. (most sites don't, but some do)
thoes are all very real connections, but it's so much work; it's typically not worth the effort.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
...wow. I'm glad I don't tend to make internet purchases. Off course, that kind of goes hand in hand with wanting to examine things before I buy them. I like knowing what I'm getting.
-
Yup. but seeing as how you are sitting on a public school computer, I could probibly grab a cool dozen e-mail address cookies off of there. and one or two of them could have 'remembered' the password on accident.
I wouldn't even necessarily be stealing YOUR information, just info off of the system you are on.
-Ruski
-
You know, Ruski, sometimes you are a scary cobber.
Gabriel
-
At least it isn't mine...and I haven't done anything that would really be 'sensitive' on here. Mostly posting at the pub and checking fanfic sites. I keep all my personal files on USB, not the network. Makes it easier to transfer to my home computer.
-
physically hacking the network to get to your files (USB or otherwise) would be a lot more work.
just stealing the cookies, and using that to access online information is much easyer.
and I'm sory if i'm scary,... but I gott do something to keep up with the razor-boys and wire-reflex junkies.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yea. nothing too special, but; for example:
by playing with the glow tags, I can download or modify cookies from your computer.
OK, that you gotta show me how!
No, I don't plan to use it, ofcourse, but it's the sort of fun little tit-bit that's liven up my day.
-
ask and you shall receve:
[glow=red);background:url(javascript:script_code);filter:glow(color=red,2,300]Text[/glow]
(http://secunia.com/advisories/11128/)
basicly, it uses java to hide evil commands inside the 'glow' ability of the java applet.
because it's the website you asked to look like, it bypasses the security features built into your browser and firewall. (goes in under port 80) all you'll be able to hit is the normal stuff java can get into, the only really interesting bit is the cookies, that can give you a trail to treasure, mostly if you copy the cookies into your own directory, and the session hasn't expired, you can 'log into' mail servers pretending to be the authorised computer.
from there, you can work your nefarious ways on their e-mail accounts, e-mail their family members porn, or check to see if there is any online purchacing reciepts you can get into.
and that's that.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
they fixed the bug in the more recent versions of YaBB
-
huh. Interesting
-
hmmm...
-
Pad, pad, pad.... Gotta get tha post-count back up after the purge.
Gabriel
-
Er... nope. Ingo's clean-ups don't affect post count.
-
Besides, why care?
-
did my post count drop again? I didn't notice.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
well, it's still 5 digits, isn't it?
-
*shrug* if it did go down, it wasn't by much.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
i didn't notice either
-
LOL all of your stuff is in the 'archive'
you should post more often.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Is there an archive or did it just disappear into the ether?
-
the Aeather one.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Actually the first time or two that Ingo did that, the post counts did drop. I was in a race with Apocalypse to get high post counts at the time and got set back quite a bit. Guess it didn't happen this time.
Gabriel
-
*shrug* perhaps last time he had to manually delete some of the junk on there?
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
WHo can tell. The intericacies of board management escape me nearly all of the time. ;)
Gabriel
-
Well, at least twice I've manually deleted posts in large numbers. First time I didn't know that it would affect everyone's postcount... the second time, I did it on purpose to get rid of some trash.
-kv
-
awww... part of that trash was me...
I'm white-trash!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
You and Earl Hickey both.
-kv
-
stupid carston daily... letting all the good secrets out.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, that's a great show
-
I don't think I've watched it. Guess I prefer a different kind of humor.
-
*shrug*
watch 'my name is earl' it's funnyer.
-RuskiFace the PIrate
-
That's the one about a redneck who wins the lottery and uses the money to...do something about reconnecting with people he knew?
-
he wins the lotto, and gets hit by a car. because he's a bad person, and karma wouldn't let anything good happen to him untill he made up for all the wrongs.
so, he's going through his history of sins, and trying to help, in his own redneck way, the people he wronged, inorder to ballance out his life, so good things can happen to him again.
it's actually a funny show.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Ah, ok. I've only seen previews, so I wasn't entirely sure. It's probably on at the same time as a show I do follow.
-
*shrug* I don't really follow anything.
only time I watch TV is on sundays, at my folk's home, and then, I just look to see what the TIVO grabbed.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
although I'm thinking of picking up the DVD versions of 'scrubs' that's a funny show!
-
I've only seen a few eps of that. It's a lot easier to watch than ER.
-
I like anything that's funny enough to watch a single epesode of.
story arc is cool... but it makes picking it up in the middle or out of order a pain.
and seeing as how I ONLY get things in the middle and out of order...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I was just looking at the stats page. It's only the 3rd of March and there's already almost 500 new posts on the site.
-
I'm just impressed that "__" formerly known as pimpboy is about to drop off the top ten poster's charts.
Ingo's one single post behind him, and we got a couple of up and commers that'll pass the 2K mark quick enough.
soon... this too shall pass...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
hehe. I'm movin' up
-
yes, soon you will surpass "__" in power!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, so long as I don't have to fight for internet time (One of the reasons I like being back in school; free internet access)
-
you know, you can get AOL for free right?
then you don't have to fight anything, it's just a local phone call away...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I think at least part of the reason we have so many posts is because I've been home sick with migraines, meaning that anything other than sitting here wearing sunglasses at the computer causes me intense physical pain.
So I've been on here posting at the same time as Ruski, and we've been going back and forth. (For the most part about the 5th World game... which I'm kind of excited to do.)
-kv
-
Yeah, having seven hours between classes, most of which I spend in the computer lab helps, too.
-
Ditto, same here.
In college monday-friday, 8:00AM to 10:00PM.
Viva La Library Comp Lab!
PS It helps that engineers never need to sleep. . . That's just an urban legend, like cancer, or the IRS. . .
-
I sleep on the weekends.
-
I usually just post in the morning, which is why my count is alot lower than most
-
Beware - the computer lab robbed me of my excellent distance vision :P
-
It was books, for me. (I didn't get hooked on internet until after I started wearing glasses.)
-
*shrug* whatever the cause, we are happy to have ya' arround.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
and did I catch the 'E' word in there?
PS It helps that engineers never need to sleep. . .
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Well, I've been having fun hanging around here.
-
Well, hell, we're a fun bunch ;D
-
And chatty too.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, leave for a couple hours, and look what comes up.
-
So how does it feel to be up to 750??? We need to really start thinking of a personal tag for you chummerette.
Gabriel
-
I've been thinking about it, but haven't come up with one yet.
-
Well, you do realise that WE get to think it up, right??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Now I do.
-
Well, that's not TOTALLY accurate. But it IS more fun. ;D
Gabriel
-
750? her count sais 739
-
I'll probably get to 750 pretty soon, though
-
in about nine more posts by the look of it. my guess is before noon.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Maybe, but I have class in fifteen minutes.
-
only four more to go...
*shrug* still a chance to make it.
-RF
-
Class is done, so it looks like I might make it befor noon. (At least by Central time.)
-
And 750 before noon!
-
Horrah!
accomidations all arround!
everyone gets promoted!
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Congrats, AJ. Enjoy it when you get to 100. WHich should be what, later today??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Yea, then you can... get an icon... eventually.
you should be able to smite people about now though...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
Yeah, the buttons are there, I just haven't used 'em
-
Just make sure to call your shots when you do. No one minds getting smote, but people who don't claim it are called "snipers" and they can be a real pain in the hoop sometimes.
Gabriel
-
*shrug* I don't normally notice if I get sniped.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
For reasons that should be obvious.
Mind you, neither do I, I seem to have lost some karma since I last checked my total. Oh well, c'est la vive (sp?)
-
here, I'll give you some more to make up for snipers.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
I don't even pay attention to it anymore. I mean, if we had a system where we could buy rewards or something with it, it might matter (and not everyone would pat Ruski on the back constantly), but for the moment, it doesn't mean anything.
Hmmm... I feel grumpy. I think I need to go to bed early.
-kv
-
here, I'll give you some more to make up for snipers.
Eh, whatever. I hadn't looked at the count in ages.
-
16 is a respectable count
-
Damn right it is. Way to be Mr. Popular, ROOTless. ;)
Gabriel
-
there, Karma for everyone!
horrah!
-RuskiFace the Karma distributor.
-
Well check out Mr. Moneybags. ;)
Gabriel
-
Courtisy of a long lost friend.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
lol, thanks bro
-
anything for my brutha' from anotha' motha'
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
speaking of long lost friends... has anyone heard from Apoc, Janus, or anyone else in a while?
Hell, I wonder what even happened to Flipside.
-kv
-
Apoc has been on since I've joined, but I haven't seen him much.
-
I haven't heard from him in a while either. But he's usually busy with work and family. That' what counts
-
As for Janus, Eve, and Flipside, who knows. I really thought Janus and Eve were having fun posting, but it's been nearly a year or so and nothing. Oh well. As for Flipside, you can probably ask ROOTless.
Gabriel
-
flipside has recently finished his studies, and gone even deeper into the shadows.
Not sure if he's still actively roleplaying.
-
But how many of us ARE??? If you ever hear from him again, tell him I said hey.
Gabriel
-
holy moly we're back up and runnin!!!! Woot!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
-
You might be up, but I ain't running anywhere! ;)
Gabriel
-
hahahaha, yea. runnin is for suckers
-
I ran 10 miles last saturday...
I'm a sucker...
-Ruski
-
yea! sucka!
-
Geez Ruski, who the frag was chasing you?
-
Oh, you know, the usual. . .
The RIAA, CIA, NSA, FBI, IRA, NRA, NASA, KGB, and a mime.
-
Damn that mime. He didn't have to shout for me to stop, so I was never quite certain that I'd lost him...
-kv
-
Well, I'm working on getting in shape so I can join the CHP.
looked into joining all the other three letter acronyms, but most of them would require me to leave Cal-Free.
Turns out, Hacking pays crappy if you don't steal people's money.
LOL
-RuskiFace the Pirate
-
LOL Ruski the CHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you going to be partnered with Ponch or John???? ;)
Gabriel, tossing out 70's TV show references like a maniac
-
god, I hope he doesn't have to wear the spandex
-
I hope I trust we all share.
-
share?! sharing is over rated
-
Well, to get into Shadowland you have to share, continually.
-
Yeah, but since Chips was out and popular at the exact same time as the YMCA song, and one of the Village People was a motorcycle cop, I dont' think "sharing" would be the best thing at this point. :-\
Next thing you know, Kid_Vid will begin driving around in an 18-wheeler with a monkey calling himself B.J. :o
Gabriel
-
Not gonna happen.
Sorry, Gabe. You'll have to share your trucker fantasy with someone else. ;D
-kv
-
you know KV, truckers pay pretty good money... you could look into that...
-RuskiFace the Pirate
and they don't care if you are color-blind!
-
You or your monkey. ;)
Gabriel
-
he likes the monkeys :)
-
I think I'll stick with the medical school and doctor stuff. I'm going to be very poor student for a long time, but after I get through it all, I'll be able to help people.
And not just by delivering thier toilet paper.
-kv
-
but you still will deliver the TP, right? I mean, someone has to do it
-
I will still deliver your TP, J-man.
But only because of my unhealthy twinkie habit!
-kv
-
hehe, twinkies make you poo
-
Speaking of Twinkies, have you been able to figure anything else out about the Choco-Diles, Kid_Vid????
Gabriel
-
Choco-Diles?
Chocobo Crocdiles?
Interesting. . .
Simmons! Call my bio-genetists immediately! We'll see who laughs last. . .
-
Oh, as yummy as a chocolate crocidile sounds, choco-diles are chocolate-covered Twinkies that are only sold on the west coast. I am currently looking for somone from out west to help me lay hands on some. THe only places I can find them for order on the net are WAY too expensive. But hey, that's what being a shadowrunner is all about, right?
Gabriel
-
yea! controband pastries!
-
I haven't had the money to get any yet, so the operation is on a short stall. I'm waiting for my student loan, so I can pay off some stuff, and then I'll have enough wiggle room to send you some choco-dillies.
-kv
-
So wait, you have to get your student loans to come in before you can buy a Twinkie?? Chummer, you need to get some cash flow. ;)
Gabriel
-
You're not the first person to tell me that. ;D
Actually, as of today, my student loan is processed and in the bank, so I should be looking into this and shipping them shortly.
-kv
-
that's some pretty damned expensive twinkies
-
Oh, as yummy as a chocolate crocidile sounds, choco-diles are chocolate-covered Twinkies that are only sold on the west coast.
Gabriel
If true that must be a recent thing - I remeber cutting school and heading for the deli across the street to stockpile Chocodiles and Suzy-Qs for the afternoon classes and I'm an easterner
-
I guess us southerners are just gettin screwed :(
-
So, what else is new?
-
I haven't padded in a while and thought I would join in a topic somehow. ;)
-
and that's a good way to do it :)
-
Yeah, when the board was down, I sort of lost track of what was going on in the threads, so now I feel a little lost.
-
lol, you don't need to know what's goin on in this thread, just post anything random :)
-
That's this thread. I mean in other threads.
-
and what's stopping you from doing it there too ;)
-
... the world is ALIVE with the sound of muuuuuzzaaaakkkkkk!
-RuskiFace the Singing Pirate
-
lol!
-
Ruski running down a hill in Germany with a bunch of little kids...
Gabriel
-
then he trips on an invisible turtle
-
^hijack^ if such a thing is possible on this thread...
http://rinkworks.com/dialect/
-
hahaha... dig dis!
This very page, translated to JIVE!!! (http://rinkworks.com/dialect/dialectp.cgi?dialect=jive&url=http%3A%2F%2Fingomonk.bullhonkie.com%2Fforums%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D3%3Baction%3Ddisplay%3Bthreadid%3D301%3Bstart%3D2745%23msg57977)
-
^hijack^ if such a thing is possible on this thread...
No such luck.
-
hahaha... dig dis!
This very page, translated to JIVE!!! (http://rinkworks.com/dialect/dialectp.cgi?dialect=jive&url=http%3A%2F%2Fingomonk.bullhonkie.com%2Fforums%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D3%3Baction%3Ddisplay%3Bthreadid%3D301%3Bstart%3D2745%23msg57977)
LOLOLOL. Yo!
Gabriel
-
WooHoo! 100 posts for me!
-
Nice job, Curris
-
I love my brother, and I miss being able to have real-time conversations on here with him... and it feels sort of empty without Ruski jump-posting everyone.
But at the same time, it means that everyone else has to talk more, and you guys have been chiming in more and more. So even though my brother isn't around as much, I guess it's kind of turning into a good thing.
-kv
-
did I miss something? where did he go?
-
Well, I've found an RL gaming group (not Shadowrun, but still a good group) and I don't have a laptop so I can't access internet from where we hang out. :P
-
what kinda game are you playing?
-
Not to draw attention away from AJ, but I started my group on Shadowrun last saturday. I'll post the results of thier run next time, but it was fun, and I'm thinking that they liked it.
I know most of them did, including my girlfriend (who is awesome!) but there's one or two guys that I'm not so certain about.
-kv
-
Cool.
Jester: It's just MtG (played duing free time between classes) although I'm pretty sure most of them have played normal RPG's as well.
-
People still play Magic?
Money Sink: Three red Mana
Make a deck that annoys another
player so much that he goes out
and buy $80 worth of cards just for
the satisfaction of beating you.
"Do you mind if I have a..."
-
I kinda got back into it for a bit but there is this kid at the shop I was playing at that anoyed the hell outa me so I stopped. Now I go there to hang out, ignore him, play warmachine, hordes, and warhammer 40k. We've been roleplayin Legend of the Five rings. I'm a Ninja :)
-
I can actually see Jester as a ninja. All dressed in black, sneaking around silently, killing by stealth and cunning. And delivering the best damned burgers in town!!!! Jester, Ninja Burger Lord of the Five Rings!!!! ;D
Gabriel
-
Hi all.
Sorry I haven't been around much. You know how it is... bought my own house a few months ago, haven't got Internet connected yet (yeah I'm slack), been involved in theatre so I've been pretty busy... the usual excuses.
So what's up? Or down (other than the forums a while back)?
-
HOI POSION!
Congrats on the new doss, when are you inviting us to the runner's only party??? I bety Apoc could bring the ganja and Twinkies. ;) When you get a chance, send some pics of the new plce.
Gabriel
PS - Are we EVER going to do that module with the Mothman????
-
My boyfriend had a bunch of cards he isn't using and let me build a deck out of them. It's mostly a lot of little, annoying cards best used in a two-player game.
-
duels are the best games :)
-
Hey AJ, have you played a pentagram game yet? I always wanted to, but never got the oppertunity.
Gabriel
-
What's a pentagram game? Or is it one with all five colors?
-
Well each player picks a color to play, then they arange themselves around the table in the same order as the colors on the back of the cards. The object is to defeat the guy who has the oposite color as you (white vs. black, etc.) and you have the people on either side of you to help you out. The problem is that they are allied with the OTHER guy or one of his allies, so things get really interesting. Jester might know a bit more about it.
Gabriel
-
HOI POSION!
Congrats on the new doss, when are you inviting us to the runner's only party??? I bety Apoc could bring the ganja and Twinkies. ;) When you get a chance, send some pics of the new plce.
Gabriel
PS - Are we EVER going to do that module with the Mothman????
Pics of my house can be found here:
http://panda52.livejournal.com/211486.html (http://panda52.livejournal.com/211486.html)
And yes, I'm sure we'll do the module... I have the file sitting around on my computer somewhere. I really should find it and do some work on it.
-
Well each player picks a color to play, then they arange themselves around the table in the same order as the colors on the back of the cards. The object is to defeat the guy who has the oposite color as you (white vs. black, etc.) and you have the people on either side of you to help you out. The problem is that they are allied with the OTHER guy or one of his allies, so things get really interesting. Jester might know a bit more about it.
Gabriel
actually that sounds right
-
Nice diggs, Poison, but it looks like you have the same problem as 90% of those who go from appartment to house living: not enough furniture for the new place. Let me know if you need some furniture help and just pay for my ticket to Oz and I'll help you steal all the couches and chairs you want, chummer. ;)
Gabriel
-
That kinda game sounds interesting. I'll have to bring it up with my friends.
-
Yeah, it gets more into strategy of fighting multiple opponents... it's more like "be quiet until one of your guys is dead, and then hit the other with everything you've got!"
I used to play Magic in High school. Did we ever tell you guys about the Goblin deck?
-kv
-
My boyfriend has one of those. It's almost as annoying as my blue deck.
-
Well, blue used to be the most annoying, with constant counterspells and mana drains and everything, but by far, the Goblin Deck was the most irritating thing I've ever seen.
Ruski started it as a "well, I have more than four of a card in here, is that okay with you? What card? Mons Goblin Raiders? Oh, that's fine" where he would draw his hand, put down a mana, tap the mana, and cast a goblin.
Second round, puts down another mana and casts two goblins. First goblin attacks.
Third round, puts down another mana, casts the rest of his hand, goblins attack en mas. It doesn't take long for pretty much anything but a land destruction deck to be overwhelmed.
20 mana + 40 goblins = ded for other decks.
He then worked on it to make it Legal, using all the different kinds of goblins, goblin grenades, and goblin kings, so goblins became 5/6 creature with mountainwalk. Which was a little scary. It didn't win as much, though.
I took it an fine-tuned it, and was able to beat just about anything. I mean ANYTHING. I had people who would put a grand into putting together the 'perfect' deck, and I could beat them just as easily.
I eventually showed one of my good friends how I had worked it out, and he took the deck on to win some major tournaments (the ones where you pick up like $500-$1000 for winning), so its legacy hs lived on.
But it started out as an annoying deck that cost... what, $.03 per mana, and $.02 per goblin to make?
-kv
-
hehe. Yeah. Really expensive cards do not guarrantee wins.
-
No kidding. We found that out with teh Moxes.
Gabriel
-
though moxes help. As far as that goblin deck goes, they can be kinda iffie. Especially against white now. NOt as easy as it use to be ;D
-
No, the goblin deck pretty much killed all.
Of course, I haven't played Magic in like 7 years, so things might have changed in the mean time. Of course, it's just as likely that I would play some kids and kick thier candy asses because they would never have seen any of my cards or see any of it coming.
Sometimes being out of the loop gives you an edge.
-kv
-
lol, yea it does
-
Yeah, like my ultimate deck. I've never lost a game with it. EVER. It works like this: First you [Content has been edited for reasons of national security. Have a nice day] and then you do a victory dance.
Gabriel
-
Ah, yes, that one.
Nice idea, if a tad unsporting.
-
I've seen it work before :)
-
Actually the only deck that I've never seen lose is my friend's land-destruction deck. It was annoying as hell, because he just won mostly because he had more cards.
Of course, that guy was kind of a jerk in general.
-kv
-
lands edge land tax?
-
Now THAT would be a hell of a card.
Land Tax: 10 of ANY manna.
Opponent must sacrifice one card from his deck into the graveyard for every 2 lands he has in play. Dual lands counts as two lands per card.
Gabriel
-
oh, ouch. That would be a nasty card
-
Yeah, see- that was one of my problems with Magic.
They'll make cards like that, sell them for a couple of months, and then outlaw them (or whatever it is they do) Like they didn't know that a card that powerful would unbalance a game. Sheesh. Why not just have more control over what cards you make- playtest them some, and see how they interact with older editions, and then make smaller releases.
But what do I know?
-kv
-
BTW, I passed my first test for Karate yesterday!
*looks at time and edits*oops, meant Saturday.
-
That'd make you... 9th kyu? 8th kyu?
Or was it a preliminary test,?
Or are you simply using the 'old fashined' scale?
At any rate congratulations.
-
GRATS :)
-
So now AJ RIDES a ninja and IS a ninja???? Damn girl, YOU ROCK!!!!
Gabriel
-
I was told "semi 8th" after my test. Basically 9th and partway good enough for the next test.
But I'm happy. The test wasn't nearly as nerve-wracking as everyone seemed to make it out as.
-
What was the test like?
Practice some kata? Live sparring?
Or complete a written exam, while escaping from a cage above a shark pond, while your fellows broke concrete blocks on your skull with hand sledges? ;)
-
I was told "semi 8th" after my test. Basically 9th and partway good enough for the next test.
Congratulations!
Let me guess though, the test was kihon (basic moves), a single kata and very basic kumite (not so much combat as... pre-combat, to learn about distance etc.), right?
-
Got it, ROOTless. My kumite was moving forward with 3 punches to the head, moving backward blocking the same, forward 3 punches to the chest, and backwards blocking.
hehe, when I started, I kept forgetting which foot to step back with on the blocks.
-
Yep, I remember those days.
Next up (efter you get 8th I think) will be single attack to the head, single attack to the chest, and then 2 different kicks, usually aimed at the chest, IIRC. Or your school may have a different pensum than mine did.
Man, that's what, almost 20 years ago now?! Where did those years go?
-
china, along with everything else we buy
-
Really?? I thought they went to Mexico....
Gabriel
-
Next up (efter you get 8th I think) will be single attack to the head, single attack to the chest, and then 2 different kicks, usually aimed at the chest, IIRC. Or your school may have a different pensum than mine did.
Not quite. Instead of the kicks, it's punches to the chest. There was someone testing for 7th, and since she and I came to training the most regularly (it's a small class), we often practiced kumite together.
-
Ah, yes, you're right.
It'sbeen too many years I guess.
Damn I sound old!
-
i kikced a tree once, not a good idea
-
My brother, a friend, I used golf clubs and crocquet mallets against a tree once. Got into a bit of trouble with the parents with that one.
-
Was it a ferocious kite-eating tree?
My brothers and I used to swordfight with sticks. And if you got hit in the arm, that arm was unusable. Same for the legs. It all escalated into a bunch of torso trying to stab each other with sticks in their mouths. . .
Ahhh, those were the days. . .
-
hahahaha... so apparently I'm not the only one who realized that the middle ages were commanded by a bunch of armless and legless fiends?
Yeah... my brothers and I started using PVC pipe with padding to make swords- so we could swing harder at each other before my mom would start yelling at us.
They still really hurt. But they didn't look like they did.
-kv
-
lol, I have a shenai. some people call them kendo sticks. I'm ok with it. Haven't practiced in a while
-
I do like swords. I have a collection. But in Illinois, it is illegal to sell edged weapons longer than approximately eight inches in length. So all my family can get me is cheap, Indian and Pakistani blades. Decorative only. No edge, and even if it did, it'd break on the first swing.
I wish I had a kendo-stick, or any practice or practical sword!
-
I've got a bokken (sp?), a viking replica (blunted), and have made several of the PVC/foam/ducktape swords. Even made a quarterstaff out of the stuff once. (Home Depot: not just for home improvement)
-
Home Depot: not just for home improvement
That should be on a T-shirt.
-
hehe. I think I spent a couple hours at least cutting down the PVC using the saw on my Leatherman. The foam was much easier.
-
I have a shinai ("kendo stick") from when I did kendo, and a bokken, which I try to use regularly (kenjutsu). When I get some money again, I plan to gt hold of a Iaito, for which I do have a permit (though it might need an update, have to check).
-
what's an Iaito? I'm pretty familiar with alot of japanese weapons, but never heard of that. And I do have more swrods. Most are fake, like the 2 longswords and katana. But I have a real full tangue(sp?) Ninja-to and a real WWII british bayonet my grandpa brought back with him.
-
I have an actual Civil War saber, but it's really nothced and in bad shape. I keep it around because for some reasone, the textured grip fits my hand PERFECTLY. It's like the knuckle grips were molded for my hand. It's just wierd enough so that I hang onto it. Other than that, I have a Marine Core saber (sharpened) and several show-swords (so blunt you could beat someone to death with the blade before having to cut them with a pair of scisors) and a bunch of various knives laying around.
Gabriel (one of these days I'm gonna cut myself...)
-
what's an Iaito? I'm pretty familiar with alot of japanese weapons, but never heard of that.
A Iaito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaito) is basically a metal practice sword (katana), most of them made recently, used if iai (sword drawing) practice. Typically they are not sharp, and aren't of a too high quality, which means that they can be bought with reasonable money (not the blood of your first born children), and can actually be used for practice purposes (drawing, cutting and re-sheathing), without worrying about destroying an antique.
Examples of iai-kata (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8566157551057113966&q=katori+shinto+ryu+video) form Katori shinto kenjutsu. The page also has links to a few other groups of kata (bo, naginata and basic sword). With the exception of the naginata ones (of which I know 2), I know all of those show (in one of the styles, some of them are shown in 2 styles), though only one side of the last of each bo and sword.
-
oh! I know what your talkin about. Me and gabe had a buddy, remember Wayne Boudreaux, who had one of them.
-
Sometimes I feel that I'll be needing one to get much better at iai (-jutsu).
Ofcourse, I may well be (very) wrong. Especially since I still tend to mess up Happoken.
-
only 130 posts to hit 1,000
-
woot!
-
I guess we need to figure out a custom smily for AJ.... Any ideas???
Gabriel
-
I'll have to think on it
-
Think we could find a smily with a motor cycle???
Gabriel
-
or it could be a star with it's thumb stickin out like it's hitchhiking...
-
That one would actually be kinda funny
-
Hye now, AJ, you don't get to vote on this. We IMPOSE this on you, after all. ;)
Gabriel (the only pacifist with a violent smily :gabe:)
-
I guess we need to figure out a custom smily for AJ.... Any ideas???
Gabriel
Just pointing out some old timers still don't have their custom smiles :( Poor me!
-
We had a LONG debate about your smiley, Z. And no one could really come up wtih one cool enough for you. I know, that sounds like hoop-kissing, but that's what happened.
Gabriel
-
So I'm too cool for a personalized smiley? Hmmmm. Gonna have to think about that....
-
No, we just couldn't find a really good one that looked like a drone of some kind.
Gabriel
-
Oh! So now we're back peddling from the hoop kissing are we?
;)
-
LOL, now you know I can hoop-kiss like no-one else, but no, this is not a hoop kissing. You know, if you can find one you want, I'm sure Ingo would post it. Or if you wnat to point one of us in the right direction, just do it. The best we could come up with was a Borg Smily, but I don't think anyone was really that happy with it.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, borgs are soooo sexy :P
Ah well, do it yourself smileys then
-
man, I'm at a loss for this one...
-
Yeah, Zone can get a bit wierd, huh??? ;)
Gabriel
-
i was taling about thinking of a smily for her. I never mentioned anything about her being weird. Yet agian, zone is gonna kick gabe's hoop
-
Hey now, how did you reverse that onto me getting my hoop kicked??? You must be a jester, Jester, becasue that was some fancy verbal juggling there. ;)
Gabriel
-
i know not what you speak of :jester:
-
And just like that, I'm on Zone's hit list again. :-\
Gabriel
-
Acutally, I'm getting pretty good with this photo-chopping.
What are the requirements for icons? What file size? What are the dimensons?
-kv
-
Not a clue.
Gabriel
-
make sure it's small (compare to other icons) both in area and in datasize (which should probably be in the 1-2 KB area).
Try to get a transperant background, and try to use fairly few colors.
-
That part I understood. This has to be able to load quickly and on just about any machine. What are the diameters of the image, though?
20X20?
40X40?
-kv
-
Well, if you look, some of the animated ones take quite a bit of are. 20x20 sounds fine to me, but I've seen 'em in 100x50, and people'd still call them smilies.
-
Nah, that's just clip art or an animated .gif. But hey, I'm not really "in the loop" when it comes to matrix stuff.
Gabriel
-
i have no idea
-
Hmmm... let me check these smilies on the side...
Wow, we were pretty close. Those guys measure 19 pixels wide and 19 pixels tall.
-kv
-
Excelent.
-
I will get started with my minor drawing skills... any special requests?
ROOTless, I think I'm going to remake yours as a shadow with two glowing green eyes- a translucent shadow, rather than a full black backdrop.
-kv
-
draw me a chicken during the scene in McBeth where he's holding the skull :)
-
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Gabriel
-
Yeah, Zone can get a bit wierd, huh??? ;)
Gabriel
Kinda makes you wonder if he paints himself with honey before he goes and stands next to a beehive, don't it?
-
It would indeed seem like he might, I see you point.
-
oooo, KV. drae Gabe painitng himslef with honey standing next to a beehive :)
-
Yeah, Zone can get a bit wierd, huh??? ;)
Gabriel
Kinda makes you wonder if he paints himself with honey before he goes and stands next to a beehive, don't it?
Now you know if I didn't give you such great oppertunities, you just wouldn't be happy. ;)
Gabriel
-
hehe, makes me laugh too :)
-
Hey, chummers...how's it been? Beem a long time since I've been here. Just thought I would drop in....
pad, pad, pad, pad, hehehe ;D
Hey, Mokushi, how ya been?
-
DUDE!!! KAGE!!!
How you been, chummer?
-kv
-
Hi, Kage. I don't think I've met you yet.
-
Long time no see Kage.
How are things for you?
-
Kage! Whasup bro! Doin good here :) Only problem we had was that the pub was down for about 3 months. Everything's up and runnin again :)
-
Hoi Kage! Now that you're back, get off your ninja hoop and start posting a bit more. ;) Hope to hear from you soon, chummer.
Gabriel
-
Well, he did stop by the paddin thread first. ;D
Apparently he knows the most popular thread.
-kv
-
hells yea ;D
-
It's kinda obvious, considering the number of posts/views.
-
hell's yea!
-
You know, I dare someone to go back to the first page and start reading this thread from the beginning. ;) Got a shiny new Karma point for the first one who does.
Gabriel
-
I've read every page of this thread. When I had a posting lull a few months back, I actually came back to 40 new pages of posts on the thread, so I went through and read them all. *shudder*
My retinas and logical-brain let me know they were unhappy about it for a few days afterward.
-kv
-
You know, I dare someone to go back to the first page and start reading this thread from the beginning. ;) Got a shiny new Karma point for the first one who does.
Sorry, can't be bothered. Already read it all once, why shuld I want to do so again?
-
you gotta be nuts, gabe
-
Hey now, don't punk out on me here. I read the ENTIRE BOARD before I made my first post on this thing, so that's got to be about the length of this one thread. No wussing out, chummers.
Gabriel
-
I'm currently reading the whole board. I still have a lot to do, I've only completed about 20%.
When I finish, I'll let you know.
Actually, the Paddin' thread is easy, everyone posts little one-liners there.
-
Yeah, everyone posts little one-liners, but those one liners cover 192 pages of webspace.
I know, I've read it. I wouldn't reccommend doing the whole thing in one sitting.
-kv
-
I'm not gonna do it. I don't have the patiance
-
Is there any way to convert it to just content without the graphic windows and avatars and all of that??
Gabriel
-
See, well then that's no challenge!
Actually, I tried with the original PBP thread, and wasn't able to get anything more than a meaningless jumble of text and sidebar, without any discernable pattern.
I edited some of it, but it was a pain in the ass, and it took me a couple of hours to do about twenty pages worth of text.
So no, I don't know of anything.
-kv
-
hehe, I haven't a clue. I can tell you how to turn your computer on if you'd like :)
-
Hey now, don't punk out on me here. I read the ENTIRE BOARD before I made my first post on this thing,
So did I, what's your point?
;)
-
you guys are nuts
-
Well, it's not like they don't fit in.
When in Rome, and all that.
-kv
-
you guys are nuts
Er.. back when I joined this place... there was a lot few posts...
Ofcourse, that was true back before Gabe joined too.
-
I joined just before the last board cleanup.
-
If I recall correctly, the only members who jumped from the old board to this one were: ROOTless, Ingo, and myself, and Apoc shortly thereafter (not that I blame him- he's a busy dragon)
The old regulars stopped in, and before long the pub was up to speed.
The End... or something.
-kv
-
ah, the old board. That thing was chaos
-
But it was chaos at its best. ;)
Yeah, I get busy in spurts. I'm still trying to figure out that small thing called LIFE. ;D
-
hehe, take your time bud. we understand
-
Yeah, but don't take TOO long. Or we might have to sell you screen name for the movie rights. ;)
Gabriel
-
Hi all!!! For those that have been around awhile...I was the one that started the "original Pad" thread.
pad, pad, pad, pad ;D
hehehe 8)
-
pad
-
pad, pad
-
pad, pad, pad
-
pad, pad, pad, pad
-
HEHEHEHEHE, man...I sure missed this place!!!!!!
-
Where you been, Kage?
-kv
-
Pad. . . Not bad. . . Do it too much, and people get mad. . . And that would be bad. . .
-
padidty pad pad pad
-
How much pad could a woodpad pad if a woodpad could pad pad????
Gabriel
-
Egad!
-
Egon!
-
oh, smurf!
-
Awww... and I was all ready to bust out with a "Venkman!"
-kv
-
Well, Venkman would have fit with where I was thinking ;)
-
Ah, that pretty boy gets too much credit.
Gabriel
-
haha, I fragged you up :jester:
-
If I recall correctly, the only members who jumped from the old board to this one were: ROOTless, Ingo, and myself, and Apoc shortly thereafter (not that I blame him- he's a busy dragon)
The old regulars stopped in, and before long the pub was up to speed.
The End... or something.
-kv
Actually I believe I was there at the tag end of the old board too - that was what? AOL? It was a single tree type setup and I started posting 'cause I had ghoul questions and Cap North was about.
-
ah yes. I recall that
-
What kind of questions could you ahve about ghouls??? What kind of carion goes with white wine??? ;)
Gabriel
-
thqat ws so long ago I forgot
-
White wine goes with poultry Gabe, so I guess if the ghouls get you its a go har har ;D
I'd don't believe I'd run anything at tat point and was writitng up a run. Funnily enough, I haven't run since either :D
-
can we please not get into eating people again. Anyone who goes there will get smited
-
Anyone who goes there will get smited
No. To smite (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/smite) is an irregular verb. They will be smote or smitten, never smitted.
I see no reason not to go utterly grammar-nazi on the next person to abuse that poor verb!
-
So tell me again, how is it that the guy from Scandenavia is correcting our english???? ;)
Oh, and as for the chicken comment, Zone, you just keep it up and see what happens. That's right: FEAR THE RETRIBUTION OF MIGHTY GABRIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :gabe:
Gabriel
-
So tell me again, how is it that the guy from Scandenavia is correcting our english?
Because you fail to use your own language properly.
-
Now that just makes a person think. If the natives use the language in this fashion, then isn't in intrinsicly correct since the language is created & maintaned by the natives who speak the language??? Or am I just making excuses for bad typing??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Excuses for bad typing.
-kv
-
Now that just makes a person think. If the natives use the language in this fashion, then isn't in intrinsicly correct since the language is created & maintaned by the natives who speak the language??? Or am I just making excuses for bad typing??? ;)
First of all, you might've had a point, if the language hadn't been codified and maintained, but these days, it is.
Second of all, it could be argued you (as americans) actually aren't natives speaking the language. The language is english, the language of the english, who typically do not make that sort of mistakes (in my experience).
It's my distinct impression that you are (though possibly not by concious choice) are indeed making excuses for not just bad typing, or lazy typers, but for an educational system that's basically just not up to specs. But that's admittedly just my impression, from sitting outside and looking in.
-
Well, educational standards aside, this forum is actually pretty coherent english-wise.
(with the most notable exception of our resident dictionary-eating troll)
Other forums I've seen (including other Shadowrun forums) are poorly written and edited, and would make my third-grade teacher have a heart attack with a red pen in her wizened old hand.
As it is, I want to go through and edit them, and then smack them in the mouth.
-kv
-
Agreed.
-
Even with the smack in the mouth part?
-kv
-
Only on the assumption of having the option of using a sledge hammer.
-
Only on the assumption of haing the option of using a sledge hammer.
He says as he miss-types his statement. ;)
Gabriel
-
So tell me again, how is it that the guy from Scandenavia is correcting our english?
Because you fail to use your own language properly.
I see you are suffering under a misapprehension. Gabe is from Louisiana - English is a second language down ther e ;D
-
Says the Yankee. That's right, I said it. Yankee. ;)
Gabriel, Johnny Reb
-
I see you are suffering under a misapprehension. Gabe is from Louisiana - English is a second language down there
Ah, so his native language would be... what, french?
-
Ahhh... brings to mind the quote from the Fifth Element.
"Lady, I speak two languages- english and bad english!"
-kv
-
our second language would be bad english, so KV is right ;D
-
Only half Yankee, baby, and I'm bilingual too - I speak English and American.
And Root, tha native language south of the Smith and Wesson line in the USA is a subdialect know as southern.
They also have a different dating system - while the rest of us use designations like AD and BC, down ther its BW - before the [Civil] War, like it happened last week ;D
-
Ah. I see.
-
Now see there, I would expect a Yankee to see things that way. You have a decidedly jaundice view of the south, Z. But that's OK. Us Johnny Rebs know that y'all are just a bit ignorant of how things work down here. ;)
Gabriel, Hick
-
Hahhaha... I thought you were going to make an incest inference with the different "dating system."
;D
Made me smile, even when I saw I was wrong.
-kv
-
Only half Yankee, baby, and I'm bilingual too - I speak English and American.
And Root, tha native language south of the Smith and Wesson line in the USA is a subdialect know as southern.
They also have a different dating system - while the rest of us use designations like AD and BC, down ther its BW - before the [Civil] War, like it happened last week ;D
smith and wesson line? never heard that one before
-
If this were any other thread, I would smite you, Jester, for double posting. But hey, this is the PADDIN' thread baby!!! Yee-Haw!!!
Gabriel
PS - I think little Ms. Yankee was refering to the Mason-Dixon Line.
-
Oh, oops. I got rid of his double-post.
-kv
-
didn't even realise I did that. So watch the smite button there.
-
Oh yeah, I'm supposed to make exceptions for your mental lapses??? If I did' that, I'd have a full time job, chummer. ;)
Gabriel
-
I don't think that'd be too bad...provided you get paid. I think at least double minimum wage plus benefits would work.
-
So... he would work 72 hour shifts, and then switch places with the other shift when they came on? ;D
-kv
-
See! And that's why I don't work for Jester, the evile slave-driver that he is.
Gabriel
-
all you'd have to do is enter in a code every 108 minutes
-
And if you don't enter the code!!!
Uhhh... a wall with a map on it shows up, pointing out how meaningless your existence is. ;D
-kv
-
then you decide not to push the button and kill a hobbit and a former inmate at Oz
-
Ummmm.... huh??
Gabriel
-
Actually... I think that second one was a 24 episode.
So that guard was on OZ? I know Samwise Gamgee bit the big one, curling up on the floor and making horrid choking sounds.
-kv
-
...evile ...
Gabriel
THis is a great new word - just pronounce it the way he spelled it - it sound ver Vincent Price :)
-
Evile (v.) to be... uh... more evil than evil. See Also 'Female Perogative'
-kv
-
Actually... I think that second one was a 24 episode.
So that guard was on OZ? I know Samwise Gamgee bit the big one, curling up on the floor and making horrid choking sounds.
-kv
no, that was from lost too. I don't watch 24.
-
...evile ...
Gabriel
THis is a great new word - just pronounce it the way he spelled it - it sound ver Vincent Price :)
Damn right!!! A new word! Not (and I think I should point this out to ROOTless, the Grammar Police) a mispelling. Nope. A New word entirely. Thanks for pointing tht out, Zone. ;)
Gabriel
-
Jawohl.
-
yay for new words!
-
Jabroni?
What does Jawohl mean?
-kv
-
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jawohl
-
German equivalent of "Hell Yeah!"?
Awesome. Awesome to the max.
-kv
-
Not quite, but that'll do.
-
lol
-
Yeah, just think of all of those WWII movies you've seen when the nazi stormtrooper gets his orders and then he does the "ultra-white high five" hand thing and shouts, "Jawohl!" and then stomp off to oppress the Jews and kill us Yanks. ;)
Gabriel, who just saw Band of Brothers
-
Well, let's just say it carries certain secondary meanings to most people living in countries sharing borders with germany, such as the one I'm living in, yes?
-
I know, I was just messing around. But that's where I've heard the word actually spoken.
Gabriel
-
ofcourse.
-
So what's this mysterious secondary meaning?
Something along the lines of "Yeah, whatever, dumbass?"
Because that would totally fit with a sarcastic response from the ROOTless that we all know and love.
-KV
-
<ponders>
-
As well as something along the lines of "I'll let you have it, but one day when you back is turned..." as well as a few others. Ofcourse.
-
Ah you just gotta love that wacky German language and all of its implied violence.
Gabriel
-
kieger!
-
I love listening to different languages and accents. Sometimes I'll listen in on conversations I can't understand and try to figure out which language they're speaking.
-
Then I'm not the only one to do so, yay.
-
I've done that before :)
-
See, I just watch Telemundo. ;)
Gabriel
-
Yeah- I especially like languages that people think I don't know what they're saying (spanish, itallian, tongan, samoan), and I can listen in on what they're saying to each other. :D
It's suprising how mean people get when they think you don't know what they're saying.
-kv
-
Tongan? Do you mean tengalan? I know I spelled that like Mercy spells Mississippi, but it's the language spoken in the Phillipines. Is that what you're talking about??
Gabriel
-
i don't know what hey're saying so they are jerks
-
Tongan? Do you mean tengalan? I know I spelled that like Mercy spells Mississippi, but it's the language spoken in the Phillipines. Is that what you're talking about??
Gabriel
Isn't that tagolog? or smoe variation thereof?
-
Tagalog or Togolog, acording to my source. Except ofcourse that there are (IIRC) hundreds on languages in the philipines, so it just might be that the kid knew how to spell the language he speaks, and was refering to one of the others, perhaps?
-
I used to work with a woman from the Philippines, and I thought that was how she pronounced it, but I could be wrong.
Gabriel, Garbled Elf
-
Tagalog and Sebuano are the two main languages, but no, I meant Tongan (as in peoples from the Kingdom of Tonga). It's a Pacific Islander language.
-kv
-
That makes sense.
-
wow, all the multi lingual people here...I feel so dumb
-
Tagalog and Sebuano are the two main languages, but no, I meant Tongan (as in peoples from the Kingdom of Tonga). It's a Pacific Islander language.
-kv
Wait a minute, you actually learned a language specific to one little island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean??
Gabriel
-
Was there a girl involved omewhere maybe?
Males have done wierder things for females in ages past.
-
Okay, the tongan wasn't because of a girl- it was a church thing. I was living in Mt. Druitt, which is 99.95% tongan, samoan, and cooka islanders. Mostly tongan and samoan. No white people around at all.
Anyway, I started learning tongan and samoan so I could talk to people- a lot of them would play off like they didn't speak english, and some of them really didn't speak it at all. So I picked up a couple of languages, and haven't really used them at all since.
No, but I did have a girl give me a tagalog book- when I asked her why I would need to know tagalog, she told me "So you can talk to your in-laws!"
And I suddenly realized what it was she was saying.
-kv
-
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Psycho-Girl rides again! ;)
Gabriel
-
Hey, she was a cute little philipino girl, but that's not what I was there for.
-kv
-
Chummer, that's sure as hell what I would have been there for! ;)
Gabriel
-
lol, ah come on gabe. KV is one of the nice guys :) Let hime be
-
Hey, I'm not saying anything against our resident technerd, I'm just saying that I'M certainly a letcher. Hehehehehehe....
Gabriel
-
With an avatar size suggesting you might be compenating for something, you mean? ::)
-
You know, I think our group's Wolf shaman said it best when asked about his new, king-cap, jacked up truck, "It's a 23 foot extension of my penis." ;)
Gabriel
-
Awww... and my comeback would have been:
"So... 23 feet, two inches now?"
-kv
-
LOL, no, I think he made enough of a fool of himself when he said that. ;)
Gabriel
-
LOL
-
lol, damn
-
Sniper!
-
Oy, we had a guy called Headshot - sniped three times and still alive...and not entirely stupid :D
-
...wow. I just posted that 'cause, well, this *is* the padding thread.
-
she has a point
-
which 'she', me or Zone?
-
that would be you, AJ ;D
-
;)
-
:jester:
-
We have reached a slacker kind of milestone - two hundred pages of just about nothing....
-
Wow... that's like half a season of Seinfeld.
*shudder*
-kv
-
and there is nothing wrong with that...so what was I saying?
-
How many buttons do I have on this shirt???
Gabriel
-
uh, 10?
-
woa! T shirts have buttons!
-
I never really bothered watching that show....I used to like his stand up, but a 'show about nothing' is actually pretty boring imo.
-
I liked his standup for a little bit, and then he went on a six month rant about things that were annoying (like the hair on the shower wall... which I wouldn't probably put on a list, but is... slightly... or even less annoying.), and after that, I couldn't stand him.
And THEN his show started, so I couldn't watch it.
-kv
-
yea, it wasn't that great. When it ended I really didn't care
-
Niether did I, but a chummer of mine was devistated. He's seen every episode multiple times and can quote them all. Personally, I never really liked any of the cast.
Gabriel
-
I like Who's Line Is It, Anyway?
-
now that's a show I like
-
You know, I've only seen that show once. it was pretty good, but I never seem to catch it when I'm looking for something to watch. Does anyone here watch Dirty Jobs???
Gabriel
-
i have seen it :P
-
I like Who's Line Is It, Anyway?
The original British version is funnier, though I like Wayne whatsisface.
-
Luna, give Dirty Jobs a try. It comes on TLC or Discovery, I forget which. The host basicly gets hired by various really nasty jobs like cleaning sewares or pig farming or some other nasty thing, and then they film it. The thing is, the host has a great, sarcastic and dry sense of humor, and it's really pretty good.
Gabriel
-
I liked the british version (oddly enough, Ryan Stiles was on the british version too... which makes me wonder if he's one of the creators or something), but I really like Drew Carrey, Wayne Brady, and Ryan Stiles. So I'd have to say the american version is a little closer to my heart. plus, I don't have to wince at 80's english fashion when I watch the american version. :D
-kv
-
What 80s? That's pretty much contemporary ;D
-
I've only seen a couple episodes of Dirty Jobs. It's pretty interesting.
Collin was on the Brit version of Who's Line, too, although he's Canadian.
-
it comes on the discovery channel
-
Colin wasn't on the british version until shortly before it crossed the pond to play over here.
Ryan was with it for most of the run (on both countries, as near as I can tell)
And... uhh... seriously? English fashion is still the same as it was 20 years ago? Wow. I need to move there, because I would never have to update my wardrobe with new styles! Oh... I don't really do that now.
-kv
-
this thread will not die!
-
I agree.
-
did you know that Jesus was a Jew?
-
Uh.... yeah.
Gabriel
-
Yeah, why?
-
'tis considered common knowledge, except in certain christian/racist circles.
However I do suspect Jester mentioned it as an example of why this thread just wont die.
EDIT: Now corrected original poster.
-
went right over all your heads, lol. That was a quote from Clerks 2 :)
-
Ah, my apologies, I have not had the chance to view that.
-
Also on my list of things I haven't done today is punch myself repeatedly in the crotch or drink battery acid.
Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.
In any case, according to Christians, Jesus was only HALF jewish. ;D (On his mothers side), although I've heard that the jewish bloodline comes through the mother's side.
-kv
-
According to jewish tradition, you are a jew if your mother was a jew. QED.
-
Yeah, I had heard something like that, but I wasn't sure if it was true.
-kv
-
Me, too, although I think it was actually in a fanfic somewhere.
-
haha, look what I started :)
-
Me, too, although I think it was actually in a fanfic somewhere.
Fanfic? Jesus Fanfic? Jewish Fanfic? Bible Fanfic? This opens up a whole new world of 'they do that?' speculative thinking for me.
Jewish law traditionally traces family through the mother because there's never much doubt about a body's mother - can't always say that about the dad.
Most North American tribal peoples are also maternal lineage thinkers. Kid, wasn't there something in Morman thought that that spoke of the first nations as a lost tribe of Isreal or am I mixing my idealogies again?
-
That depends- what do you mean by first nations?
-kv
-
X-Men, actually. One of the characters is Jewish and I remember a fanfic where she mentions something about the maternal lineage.
-
AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:banghead: :banghead:TOO BUSY TO POST!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banghead: :banghead:
Gabriel
-
Well... you had enough time to post THAT. ;D
Anyway, the mormon take on the 'lost tribes' is that they wandered up through babylon and whatever and got lost in europe (or maybe asia) which after centuries of breeding, gives all of us a little jewish blood in us, whether we like it or not.
At least, that's my understanding. It might be different in the official doctrine.
-kv
-
did not know that. I have cousins that are mormon and one of my best friends is mormon and I've never heard that. Interesting...
-
well, you could ask them- maybe I'm wrong. (I'm not, but you know... maybe)
-kv
-
lol, I've got faith in ya :)
-
"first nations" = what Canadians call North American Indians. Makes a whole lot more sense than the US lame PC tag since there are no natives humans to these shores if you go back to the beginning. All humans migrated here one way or another, just as the horse and the camel went the other direction. Their fossils are here, humans are not.
-
In that case, totally yes.
We believe that the first nations (american indians) included jewish descendants. In fact, the Book of Mormon, what people think we use instead of the bible, is written by ancestors of the american indians- pre mayan and aztech civilizations that believed in Christianity.
-kv
-
i thought the book of mormon wa a supliment, correct?
-
Yes, but please don't put it where suppliments go. ;D
Yeah, it's a companion piece to the Bible, the writings of anchient jewish prophets, and they talk about a lot of the same things- Jesus, charity, taxes, wars, good people, bad people, and all of that.
Only while the Bible has been translated umpteen times, and not always by guys who had the purest of intentions, it was translated by a prophet.
God + Prophet > Scholars * Monks
;D
But what do I know? I'm biased.
-kv
-
Then you know that you are biased. ;)
Gabriel
-
Technically, everyone is. How hard would it be to poop with only one asscheek? ;D
-
Actually, it would be difficult NOT to poop with just one asscheek. :-\
Gabriel
-
How so? The hole is in the middle between the two. ;D
-kv
-
now the conversation just went waaaaay off
-
...and considering that this is the padding thread, that actually kinda scary...
-
The directions you guys take off on sometimes...wait, you're actually outpatients and this is therapy, right ;D
-
lol, good one
-
How so? The hole is in the middle between the two. ;D
-kv
Well, it's got to be harder to clench with only one butt-cheek. Therby being harder NOT to poop with only one.
Gabriel
-
Debatable. But I'll cede the point, for the sake of changing subjects.
-kv
-
Wait, there's a subject in this thread????
Gabriel
-
Not a set one, but rather a revolving subject of hysteria and fun.
-kv
-
and the subject known as WTF!?
-
Your buttcheeks actually have little to do with pooping save that you don't bruise your pelvis every time you sit on the seat.
-
Now you see, I thought ROOTless would be the one to say something like that.
Gabriel
-
roflmao!
-
I like to point out what I believe to be factual inaccuracies. Seems like you should know that by now, Gabe :P
-
See, what confused me is that you didn't sight a president where a one-cheeked demon invades the EarthDawn world and terrorrized millions of innocent victims, went dormant at the end of the 4th age and had now resurfaced as a major player in the Shadowrun universe but we don't know it yet because he is so clever at diguising himself that we are all totally in teh dark.
Gariel, hehehehe...
-
yea gabe! Being as you're the king of butt cheeks :jester:
-
Unlike Ruski's mom who is the Queen of Butt- <1.4 MP Deleted by SysOp>.
Gabriel
-
ooooo, snap
-
LOLOL. O-Snap! Ah... I remember the good old days in class with all the guys where that comment would have gotten a laugh. :::nostalgic sigh:::
Gabriel
PS - That was drafting humor that only Jester and I would understand.
-
Really? I had no idea that jokes about moms and butt-sex was architecture-only. ;D
Apparently Gabe's mom is a fan of architecture. ;D
-kv
-
Drafting you flatscan, not architecture. Damn, leave it to a layman to get that fragged up.(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Duh.gif)
Gabriel
-
Isn't architecture the finished product and drafting the process of designing it?
-
Ahhh, thanks to my close and personal friends at Dictionary.com, I have the offical definition:
1. Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture: a preliminary draft of a report; the final draft of a paper.
2. A representation of something to be constructed.
And that definitely sounds like something Gabe's Mom would be into... either that, or "The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty," or "The act of pulling loads; traction. Something that is pulled or drawn; a load. A team of animals used to pull loads," or "A gulp, swallow, or inhalation, the amount taken in by a single act of drinking or inhaling."
There- that's what you get. 'Your Mom' jokes from Dictionary.com. ;D
-kv
-
oooo snap :)
-
This is the General Thread, I would never make an ED reference outside of the Shadowrun Discussion... maybe.
-
"ED reference"?
-
ED = Earthdawn.
-
ah. Haven't played that one.
-
Heh, look it up, might be interesting.
-
GREAT GHOST NO!!!!!!!! I got him talking EarthDawn in the most sacred of threads!!!!!!!(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Yikes.gif) Why, oh WHY did I open my big, fat mouth????? ;)
OH, and Kid_Vid, as far as the Gabriel's Mom comments go, just don't start with me. I took Ruski's mom down a few peg (from where the 7th fleet left her haning to dry out a bit) and I can do the same to yours.
Gabriel (Hehehehe, I love these "Your Momma" setions)
-
what's a setion?
-
OH, and Kid_Vid, as far as the Gabriel's Mom comments go, just don't start with me. I took Ruski's mom down a few peg (from where the 7th fleet left her haning to dry out a bit) and I can do the same to yours.
That should be trivial, yes? Seeing as how they hav the same mother I mean...
-
Do you actually believe that??? Kid_Vid is 6'-7", does that sound like a natural child birth to you??? Personally, I think his mother was a shoggoth, but that's just my opinion. ;)
Gabriel
PS - Anyone have any Cthulhu smilies????
-
Nevermind, I found a pair of smilieis:
All Hail Great Cthulhu!!!!!
Bringer of the End!!! Destroyer of Worlds!!! Kid_Vid's Uncle on His Mother's Side!!!!
[/b]
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Cthulhu 01.gif)
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Cthulhu 02.gif)
Gabriel
-
I am soooooo staying out of this
-
Really??? That's new. Don't want your smiley's soul te get eaten by Great Cthulhu, or as Kid_Vid calls him, Uncle Lhu?
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Cthulhu 01.gif) + :jester: = :bob:
Gabriel
-
lol, no. I'm not getting inot the yo momma stuff :)
-
Well, I will let her know that you are a runner and a gentleman.
Gabriel
-
The irony here is of course that Gabe was vat grown and doesn't have a mother. 8)
And I like the second Cthulhu better - very cute.
-
LOL!!! Vat-grown! Well, I'll let me dainted mother know you think she looks like a test tube. And you got a karma point because that actually made me laugh.
Gabriel, Son of Tube
-
wooohooo! go Saints! 3-0 baby!
-
Great Ghost, here we go again...
Gabriel
-
Well, the Twins made the playoffs for Baseball.
-
Great Ghost, here we go again...
Gabriel
wtf is that supposed to mean? >:(
-
LOL. Nothing, Jester!! Put the gun down! I just figured the game was rigged for the fans this time, what with being the first game since Katrina destroyed the SUperdome and all. Just my little conspiracy theory. ;)
Gabriel
-
that's because you're theory is WRONG! I watched that game. The falcons got shut down :)
-
Yeah yeah yeah. You rabid fans are all alike, never seeing the bigger conspiracy. It's such a shame to see a runner lose his instincts like that. ;)
Gabriel
-
You know, I heard people said the same thing after the Patriots won in 2001.
-kv
-
Well, I'm not much of a football fan. In fact, the only team I remember at all is the New Orleans Saints, and that's just becausse they suck so bad. I just wanted to frag a bnit with Jester. ;)
Gabriel
-
No, seriously. I heard people talking conspiracy when the Patriots won that year.
-kv
-
gabe would see a conspiracy in an young jew's bris
-
Oy vey.
-
Well, what DO they use all those forskins for???? Two words: World Domination.
Gabriel
-
Luggage.
A moyil can always get a nice brief case out of them...then if you rub it, it becomes a suitcase.
~ You forced me ~
-
Great Ghost did you frag that joke up. You really should leave the humor to Jester, Z-Girl.
Gabriel
-
Fuck you. That's how I heard it from a cantor's son no less. :P
-
Didn't know where I should throw this at but wanted to pass a little hello from Kagemusha. He's been busy like everybody and will try to stop in when he gets a chance.
-
cool deal. tell him I hope everything is goin fine :)
-
He may want to post on the M.I.A. thrad when he gets back.
Gabriel
-
pad pad pad
-
yes! Tobi has the right idea!
-
I thought the idea was to type "pad" in as many seperate posts as you could.
Gabriel
-
pad
-
pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad
-
pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad,pad
-
ah, finally page #209, hehehe
-
pad
-
lol kage
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
-
pad pad pad pad
-
pad pad pad pad
-
Ahhhhhh... and the paddin' continues.
Gabriel
-
rofl, good lord!
-
pad
-
pad pad
-
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad pad
pant pant pant pant pant
-
Well, chummer, you're up to 93 posts with that one. Now, only 10,000 more to go. ;)
Gabriel
-
it will be a long time before that happens i am not a big talker
-
Really?? I would have said you were downright verbose. ;)
Gabirel
-
verbose in the kind of way that keeps my posts down low
-
lol, I'm really enjouting this
-
verbose in the kind of way that keeps my posts down low
LOL. Verbose in a way that gets you more karma, chummer. ;)
Gabriel
-
i justr noticed i am no longer a sysop :-\
-
Were you ever a sysop???
Gabriel
-
I see you noted as a NodeOp down at Welcome to the Shadows (http://ingomonk.bullhonkie.com/forums/index.php?board=10).
-
Yeah, Ingo made people NodeOps over certain sections, which mostly is the sysop position, only he changed the titles, and ... well, that's basically all there is.
Of course, Grid Overwatch Division moderators can modify posts anywhere, meaning that we can keep the digital streets safe for miscreats like you.
-kv
-
hmmm, I wonder who that is...
-
You knowm Ingo made me a node-op in section I never have time to get into. :(
Gabriel
-
now he made me a fraggin new guy(FNG)
darnit
-
Hey, that's what happens when you're so verbose, chummer. ;)
Gabriel, Post Count Whore
-
it not that..
its cuz i aint around as much as i used to be..
i used to always be around and now i just lurk in the shadows
-
Well, you're not so much lurking at the moment. ;D
But yeah, the postcounts have been reset a couple of times since you were last active in the community.
Time to up your cred with Shadowland and get back to work!
-kv
-
i will do my best but it will take alot of time as i am on the road for 3 weeks then home for just 3 days
and i have alot to get done in those 3 days
what with gf child and house stuff and bills you know
-
i think gabe did it. he's scare of some healthy competition
-
LOL, well, I am the only un-G.O.D.-ly cobber here with secret access. Maybe I'll lower Jester back down to an FNG just for fun. Watcha think?? ;)
Gabriel
-
Haha chummers...
it doesn't matter to me wether i am an fng a sysop or whatever...
as long as people remember me for something
it might be a good idea also to put an additional person as moderator on the welcome to the shadows thread...
i will still be here to help in the moderation but i need a little backup for when i am on the road
-
Do not worry, you are not forgotten.
-
pad
-
pad
-
pad
-
pad
-
Ah...... memories...
Gabriel
-
makes me feal all warm and fuzzy inside ;D
-
hehehe.
-
Is there some point at which we're going to end this thread and move on (either to other subjects, or just a newer version of this thread)?
I think that a 200+ page thread is pretty intimidating to the new peoples. I've read every post in every thread in these forums, and this one especially is just inane drivel.
Maybe it's time we shut down the paddin thread, and moved on to other things?
-kv
-
I suppose. But its only intimidating until you learn the whole point is to pump up post counts.
-
pad
-
Is there some point at which we're going to end this thread and move on (either to other subjects, or just a newer version of this thread)?
I think that a 200+ page thread is pretty intimidating to the new peoples. I've read every post in every thread in these forums, and this one especially is just inane drivel.
Maybe it's time we shut down the paddin thread, and moved on to other things?
-kv
You have GOT to be kidding me!(http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Yikes.gif) Kill the Paddin' thread?? I have no choice but so smite you for that. Such scaralige should not go unpunished in the Pub. You may as well just shoot everyone's post count in the head! (http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Suicide.gif)
Gabriel
-
Yes, I am guilty of scaralige... most profane scaralige.
I was saying let Ingo delete it, so everyone's postcounts stay the same. Or hell, I could delete it, and only those people who care about thier postcounts or care enough to keep posting can stick around.
-kv
-
*grrr* I'm still only about halfway towards knocking PB down a slot in the Top Fifteen, and I really want to get to that point. He annoyed me those few posts when he came back.
-
Yeah, you're not the only one.
Okay, that I can concieve as a valid argument to keep the paddin' thread... for now.
-kv
-
maybe we can mention something somewhere letting peoiple know what this thread is for and that reading from the beggining is not needed. Please don't kill my baby :-[
-
Ok, how about modifying the title of the thread. Paddin' (For getting your post-count higher) or somthing like that. Or we could include a mention of it in the thread for newbies to read when they join.
Gabriel
-
I have to say that killing the Paddin thread at this point would almost be immoral. This is a part of Pub tradition now.
The Paddin thread will have this dragon's vote.
-
Damn right, Apocalypse!!! Here! Here!
Gabriel
-
So... we're keeping it becuase it's always been here? Isn't that one of those logical fallacies I've heard about?
Honestly, what purpose does it serve? It's here to post nothings in- whether they be inane, just a single word (pad) or off every other topic on the board.
I will admit that I would be happy to have everyone pad thier postcounts until PB is off the top 15 posters, but after that, what real purpose does it serve?
-kv
-
It serves as a place to post all of those comments and topics that have nothing to do with anything at all. A place to blow off steam and just be inane. IT also serves as a place for new posters to build up to custom icons, better status, and custom tag lines. This thread is as neccessary to the pub as bullets are to a street sammy.
Gabriel
-
*grrr* I'm still only about halfway towards knocking PB down a slot in the Top Fifteen, and I really want to get to that point. He annoyed me those few posts when he came back.
Considering our seniority levels you're doing a bang up job on post boosting there AJ ;) And if your goal is to knock PB out of the top list I believe I'll join you :D
-
Kid, I'd say that this thread is indeed what Gabe claims. On a board called the Straight Dope they have a whole section devoted to Mostly Pointless Stuff I Must Share. Here we only have the one thread. It serves a purpose and more than just a a post padder in my opinion.
-
Thanks for the back-up Zone. Much appreciated. ;)
Gabriel
-
See, three posts to say something I could have done in one. I just can't post 'pad' I gotta pretend my post have a bit more substance though I know that's largely a crock. :D
-
Don't worry, you've never really fooled us much in that regard. ;) Nice to see that there is more than one verbose runner at the bar.
Gabriel
-
Circumlocution is my mantra
-
Talking in circles? Yeah, you are a woman aren't you? That kind of drek is like meat and drink to you evil people isn't it??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Awww... I was gonna make a sex joke, but Gabe posted first.
-kv
-
Hehehehehehe.
Gabriel
-
cool. now I just need to figure out a whole lot of nothing to say ;)
-
You're a woman, right? Just act natural. ;)
Gabriel
PS - Oh Yeah, I know the flames are a'commin for me. (http://members.cox.net/gwire/Napalm Nick 01.gif)
-
ooooo, here it comes. Gabe put his foot in his mouth again :) And another thing this thread is great at it lets people like me and Ruski derail a coonversation without any reprocusions :)
-
Is it possible to derail this thread???
Gabriel
-
PS - Oh Yeah, I know the flames are a'commin for me.
I would smite for that, but I'm just too lazy.
-
Is it possible to derail this thread???
Gabriel
no, that's why it rox!
-
PS - Oh Yeah, I know the flames are a'commin for me.
I would smite for that, but I'm just too lazy.
OH come on, AJ! I set that up perfectly for you! And you didn't even smack me down..... :'( You really know how to hurt a guy's feelings.
Gabriel
-
PS - Oh Yeah, I know the flames are a'commin for me.
I would smite for that, but I'm just too lazy.
AJ! C'mon! Gabe lives for smack downs...now I have to go and smite him twice!
And maybe I'll smite Kid too for thinking like Gabe :P That's smite worthy in and of itself
-
PS - Oh Yeah, I know the flames are a'commin for me.
I would smite for that, but I'm just too lazy.
AJ! C'mon! Gabe lives for smack downs...now I have to go and smite him twice!
And maybe I'll smite Kid too for thinking like Gabe :P That's smite worthy in and of itself
And just for that, my fine rigger chick, I must spank you as well. Smiting me for another girl, that's just mean. So take this: (http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smily - Spanka.gif)
Gabriel
-
I must spank you as well. Smiting me for another girl, that's just mean.
It's called 'outsourcing' Gabe. Get used to it.
-
LOL, ok, good point. We are shadowrunner after all, you'd think I would have figured that out for myself, huh?
Gabriel
-
zone the chrome anvenger :mercy:
-
dude, you should know by now chicks stick together. That's why they go mto the bathroom at the same time too
-
Yeah, but come on. What guy REALLY understands taht whole "let's take all our friends with us to go pee" thing anyway???
Gabriel
-
Think of it more as a strategy meeting, and less of a "Dude, I have got to piss like a racehorse!" event, and you'll begin to see why they do it.
-kv
-
I cannot recall any instance in which I indulged in any form of group urination :P
And trust me, I smited you for my own reasons...
-
BLAM! SMITE!
-
I cannot recall any instance in which I indulged in any form of group urination :P
Yeah, right, that's what they all say.
Gabriel
-
lol, dude you are so askin for it
-
Hehehehehehe, yeah, I know. ;)
Gabriel
-
I find myself jumping into the middle of a conversation and typing a post about the same.
-
Well, chummer, that's pretty much what this thread is all about.
Gabriel
-
and it doesn't even have to make any sense
-
Celebration! Sitting in school with nothing to do sucks.
-
You know what else sucks? Vacuum cleaners! Especially Dyson ones!
-kv
-
Celebration! Sitting in school with nothing to do sucks.
No, no. Sitting in an unemployment line with nothing to do sucks. Sitting in school with nothing to do is a nice stress-free vacation.
Gabriel
-
and to tell you the truth i think not only is the women going to the bathroom together a strategy meeting thing... they go in there to talk about the guys that they are with... i think he is cuter than him and all that drek..... but they also have the occasion to have gone to the store before the meal and bought a toy that they just have to show and tell and share(possibly) some of the things i would like to see that goes on in the ladies bathroom.....
-
and boring...... being the only one in the entire class that wants to talk when there really is nothing to do... not being able to talk to those idiots in the unemplyment line because they have nothing intellegent to say.. just yeah uh huh right
i mean give me a break... break the regular cycle of the day and nothing will ever be boring
-
I go to school and work part time as a lab assistant. It's pretty cool.
-
she touched my peppy, steve...
-
I go to school and work part time as a lab assistant. It's pretty cool.
What kind of lab are you working in?
Gabriel
-
I'm an A&P tutor, because even though there's 15 labs, my school doesn't pay lab assistants! >:/
-kv
-
A&P? like the grocery store?
-
Yes, the cadaver grocery store. A&P means (to me, at least) Anatomy and Physiology. It's one of the tougher classes before people get into the nursing/PA/medical program here, and they constantly need tutors... unfortunately they're not willing to pay much at all.
-kv
-
What kind of lab are you working in?
Animal metabolism. I mostly wash dishes (different processes depending on what substances they're used with), restock supplies, and occasionally measure stuff. So far I've done graphite, woodchip bedding, lots of purified water and a couple other things.
-
aaaahhhhh, cool ;D
-
You don't manually masturbate animals for artificial insimination do you?? (http://members.cox.net/gwire/Smiley - Twitch.gif)
Gabriel
-
no, I don't do anything with actual animals. Just byproducts.
-
lol, I love clerks
-
I knew you would get that one, Jester.
So, AJ, are you in school to be a vet?
Gabriel
-
I knew someone that wanted to be a vet. Her grades were'nt high enough. poor girl :(
-
"Try not. Do or do not, there is no try."
Yoda, Empire Strikes Back
-
"Maybourne, you are and idiot, every day of the week! Why couldn't you take one day off?!?"
Sam Carter, Foothold, Stargate: SG-1
-
"It's good to be the king."
Mel Brooks, History of the World, Part 1
-
"There can be only one."
Any random Immortal, Highlander
-
FU*K! Even in the future nothing works!
-
"And now, for Rocky Five....Thousand!!"
-
it all boils down to that dogs can lick their own pp's
-
they call me....tim
-
"Walk this way."
-
"I've come here to do two things: Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum."
Roddy "Rowdy" Piper from the movie They Live
-
GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!
-
"Affirmative!"
-
welcome to the thunderdome, bitch!
-
"Get your hands off of me you damn, dirty apes!!!"
Gabriel
-
"All these moments will be lost like tears in the rain. Time to die."
bladerunner
-
Just an observation: IMO Malice's siggie way overpowers his post
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."
Marcus Cole
-
"I have always been here."
Ambasador Kosh
-
"Look at me, I'm white and nerdy"
Weird Al
-
"we came, we saw, we kicked his ass!"
Peter Venkman
-
"They can take our lives! But the can never take, our FREEDOM!!!!"
William Wallace
-
"Evil wins when good men do nothing."
Don't remember who said that.
-
Excellent! Be Good to Others!
Bill & Ted
-
"Be Excellent to each other. And remember, Party on Dudes!"
-Rufus (aka George Carlin)
-
"What's the worst that could happen? They fire you, ship you off to the Rim, and I get promoted to Commander. I don't see a problem here."
-Garibaldi
-
"Nobody down here but the FBI's most unwanted!"
Mulder
-
"Quick impression for you: Caw! Caw! BANG! F*CK! I'm dead!"
Big Money
The Crow
-
"hail to the king, baby"
Ash
-
"That's just pillow-talk, baby."
also Ash
-
"Yo, she-bitch. Come get some."
-Bruce "Don't call me Ash" Campbell
-
"HELLOOOOOOO NURSE!"
Yako and Wako
-
"Yeah... what's up Doc?"
-Bugs Bunny
-
"With great power comes great responsibility"
Ben Parker
-
[size=8]"SPOON!"[/size]
-The Tick
-
"I will call you speak because that is what you do!"
-yet again, The Tick
-
http://americanangst.com/dingfries.html
christmas tradition :)
-
Ding! Jester's singing debut gets him a Karma Point.! ;)
Sylar
-
YAAAAAY!
-
Now get me some fries! ;)
Gabriel
-
<Bobs for fries> OOOWWWW! Dat hurts!!!!!
-
So does...BOOT TO THE HEAD!! *thwap!*
-
Here's a new dance craze
That's sweeping the nation
It's called the Toxic Waltz
And it's causing devastation
You're jumping up and down
Like a psycho circus clown
Slamming with waltzers
All the way around
You get caught up in the whip
Thrown into a flip
You aim for someone's head
To stain the floor red
Give someone a kick
To prove you're truly sick
Bounce back from some blows
And blood runs out your nose
Flailing round and round
And you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance
On this rough new dance
If you dare!
To dive in!
There are some that try
But they don't survive
They don't hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise
helps you brutalize
With us!
Exodus!
(chorus)
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball
Come on and do the toxic waltz
And slam your partner against the wall
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Good friendly violent fun in store for all
Get up off your ass and toxic waltz
If you hit the floor
You can always crawl!
Used to do the monkey
but now it's not cool
The twist and mashed potato
are no exception to the rule
So don't be a dunce
and dance like a runt
Just throw your elbows
with good friendly violent fun
don't start to cry
if you get a black eye
just dive back in
and give another try
but too much action
may leave you in traction
so you better get insurance
no matter your endurance
flailing round and round
and you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance
on the rough new dance
If you dare!
to dive in!
There are some that try
but they wont survive
They dont hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise
Helps you brutalize
With us!
Exodus!
(chorus)
Everybody's doing the Toxic Waltz
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball
Come on and do the toxic waltz
and slam your partner against the wall
everybody's doing the toxic waltz
good friendly violent fun in store for all
get up off your ass and toxic waltz
if you hit the floor you can always crawl!
Get up on your feet
Don't look so obsolete
And thrash like an athlete!
Don't sit there on your ass
Don't look like you got too much class
you'll be harassed!
You know we guarantee
This is the key
So rage or get the third degree!
You begin frontal assaults
and start your somersaults
And do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
-
wow...
-
Do they have a Toxic Box-Step for us beginners???
Gabriel
-
I rather doubt it. ;)
-
There once was a man from Nantucket...
-
who believed a chamber pot's a bucket...
-
Ok, so which one of you geniuses wants to translate the payment on this check?? I'm kind of curious.
Gabriel
(http://members.cox.net/gwire/verizoncheck.jpg)
-
let's see...
eip = -1
As for the sum... I don't remember.
I think maybe it converges to 1, but I can look it if if you like?
-
ROFL! is that actually legal to do?
-
Well, why not? I mean, it IS a real numeric notation. So I guess it is. And Yeah ROOTless, if you could find out, I would really appreciate it. This is just tickling my curiosity too much not to know.
Gabriel
-
It was in my Calculus book, right where I thought it should be.
The infinite sum converges to 2.
So it says 0.002 + (-1) + 2 = 1.002 ($)
Which I presume would round off to 1$
-
...wow. that's just...yeah
-
You have a calculus book? Just lying around? Isn't that like having kryptonite sitting out in the open - or is the simile only there for me?
-
nope, calculus will kill me too
-
Took Trig. It almost killed me. I failed the first try, barely passed the second.
-
I didn't take any of that, so I'm mathmatically stupid, but happy none the less. ;) And thanks for the conversion, ROOTless.
Gabriel
-
your a draftsman and you didn't take any sort of trig?
-
Who the hell needs trig in drafting? Trust me, I've been doing this for 9 years now and it hasn't come up once.
Gabriel
-
then why the hell did our teacher make me take a small portion of it
-
Um... do you REMEMBER who your instructor was? Did he do ANYTHING that's really helped any of us in the drafting field??? ;)
Gabriel
PS - Just kidding Mr. Mike, we know you're a good teacher.
-
lol, he tried...
-
Maybe we should delete this thread and start over with it...
-kv
-
You do that and I'll show up at your wedding in a thong, whipped cream, and lap dance you in front of everyone you know. :gabe:
Gabriel
-
So K_V, now is the moment of truth, do yo intend to go ahead with your plan, and make a number of strangers angry with you, or are you going to give in to terrorist threats? ;)
-
Gabe is working under the assumption such a threat would make anyone at a west coast wedding even raise an eyebrow, I'd say that Kid should do his worst...just make sure some one is standing ready with a video camera at that wedding
-
Yeah, that has "You so walked into that blackmail!" written all over it.
I've gotten enough people annoyed for deleting without consensus. But as we made the point in another thread, this "Paddin" thread is just too much. I mean, if you weren't here for it, good luck reading up on it. I was gone for a month, and I had to read something like thirty pages of inane blather between Ruski, Jester, and Gabe.
But I had to do it. It was part of my "Read Every Post in the Forum" thing I did for a while.
-kv
-
Yeah, that has "You so walked into that blackmail!" written all over it.
I've gotten enough people annoyed for deleting without consensus. But as we made the point in another thread, this "Paddin" thread is just too much. I mean, if you weren't here for it, good luck reading up on it. I was gone for a month, and I had to read something like thirty pages of inane blather between Ruski, Jester, and Gabe.
But I had to do it. It was part of my "Read Every Post in the Forum" thing I did for a while.
-kv
I've been gone for a long while and I refuse to read more than the 3 posts already on this page... :P
-
See, Poison has the right idea. Since the thread is just inane banter, who really cares if newbies read the entire thing? In fact, if anyone DID read the entire thing, I think we should just go ahead and make them a moderator right there on the spot.
Gabriel
-
ok, how's this. what if we compromise. We delete this thread and start a new padding thread...
-
Well, yeah, that's what I was thinking. Ok maybe just lock this thread and start a new paddin thread. If we keep that a regular thing, it won't be 220 pages of insane goodness.
-kv
-
You realize that deleting the padding thread may well actually erase some of our members entire post count? If you want to mess with it, then lock it and start a new one, don't erase it.
Gabriel
-
We could just lock it, then let Ingo's cleaning tools take it away after some months.
That'd preserve post counts for those to whom it matters.
-
ok, let's do that, root.
-
Actually, that doesn't preerve post count. It deletes it. It just takes longer. And I still don't understand why we are voting to shut this thread down. The eniter point is for the inane babble and free-form conversation to take place here. How about just changing the name to something like that: Inane Babble and Free-Form Conversation?
Gabriel
-
Correction: according to Ingo, the cleaning too preserves the post counts that some people here seem so very fond of.
-
Are you sure? I know for a while it wiped out the PC as soon as the thread dissapeared. Still, I would still rather just renam the thread.
Gabriel
-
I vote for the renaming thing...something that tells people it's not essential to read the entire thread to post.
-
Since Gabe is sooooo adament, I feel I have to throw in with the opposite camp ;D I'm about the only one on this thread whose post count might noticably suffer for its loss but I think its also obvious by now post count isn't why I hang about. How many years since we switched to this forum and I still haven't broken 2 grand?
-
lol, well I'm to the point now to where you guys just do whatever...
-
Being one of the few people from way back in 98/99 then I have to say that the Paddin thread is a part of the pub--even if it is a bunch of nonsense.
I'm personally not-concerned with the post count part especially since my requested reset a few years ago.
I do understand that this thread is long so I have to vote for it to be locked--which can be done by anybody in the G.O.D. and have a new one started up which a warning in the beginning or in the title.
That's my two nuyen.:apoc:
-
Seems like most of G.O.D. agrees.
-
If I remember, the Paddin thread was all about having a place to post sweet nothings that would boost your post count, to keep the other topics on topic. Hence the name: you were paddin' your post count.
Since the main aim of the thread has changed (to instead having a conversation that runs like a soapie - you can leave it for 3 months and still pick up where you left off), I don't have a problem with changing the name to something that makes sense for those who haven't been around for the last 8-9 years.
Then again, the effect of the thread is the same - raising your post count - so the current name is also adequate. In that case, locking it and starting a new thread is fine... exactly what the new thread is called... well that's another matter :P
As for me, I'm not fussed either way.
/fence sitting
As for the debate as to whether the post count will be modified - there's one sure way to find out ;D But as far as my memory goes, I'm sure Ingo did say once that if a Mod deletes a threat the post count is revoked, but if the natural tidy-droids get to it then it saves the PC.
BTW, if I claim that I read through the whole thread will I instantly become a Mod? ;D
-
NO. We know you lie a lot, Poison. I mean come on, your avatar is a Nazgul, how can you really be trusted??? ;)
Gabriel
-
Maybe he's a nice Nazgul, one that's cross-alignment for his species, like Drizzt!
-kv
-
that could be possible. Maybe instead of sucking out your soul he likes to give out candy :)
-
Jeez, I wish Drizzt had been killed off in book #1. I'm really sick of the Super Drow.
Gabriel
-
that could be possible. Maybe instead of sucking out your soul he likes to give out candy :)
Yes, candy. That's it. Candy indeed... ;D
What the f$%K is the deal with Drizzt? I encountered him in a computer game once and he was the most annoying :censored: I had ever met. :P
-
It's what happens when an author can't develop his character independantly from the PC that he plays. He will never kill Drizzt. He will never really hurt Drizzt. And the character will never be more than 2-D. The man needs to learn A LOT about characterization and character development. So what you get is a walking D&D statistic with flat personality, and no real in-depth motivations. It's one of the reasons you should be VERY carefull if you ever right fiction based on a played game.
Gabriel
-
More like: Drizzt is the text-book example of why I generally don't read RPG-based fiction.
-
Well, there is that. When someone brought up Mary-Sue characters in another thread, I immediately thought of Drzzt and R.A. Salvatore.
I think that it's funny that he killed Chewbacca, and defends it as "in order for the story to progress, he needed to die," and yet is unable to kill any characters in the Icewind Dale group.
I mean, hell. Bruenor was smashed flat by a dragon after falling thousands of feet. He survived. Why? According to RA Salvatore, because he was holding a sword that proctected him from the flame of the dragon's breath. As for the long fall and the sudden stop at the end? Uhhh... it really hurt but he survived.
Wulfgar sacrificed himself to destroy an abbysal creature, one that chewed through his flesh and was enjoying a tasty snack of his ribs when Wulfgar used his magic hammer to collapse the cavern and banish the fiend. Did he stay dead? No- that noble sacrifice was wasted, and he was mostly getting out of the way so that Drizzt could hook up with his girlfriend while he was tortured in the Abbys.
And, once he comes back, does Drizzt step out of the way for this happy reunion? No, of course not. Wulfgar was too traumatized (who wouldn't be?) so Drizzt kept doing his dark elf thing, and Wulfgar wandered off and found some barmaid to procreate with.
My friend loves fantasy writing (and I have to admit, I'm partial to it too- especially Robert Jordan. I know he's wordy and his plotlines outdo knots for twists and turns, and you really do need that glossary at the back after like three books... but I like them), and he's been trying to get me to read the new Drizzt books, so I picked them up.
I started them, and... I just can't get past how much I dislike the main character. I mean, Salvatore's writing style has drastically improved over the years (one of the running jokes I have with this particular friend is that Salvatore used the word 'skitter' something like two hundred times in one book- on one specific page, he used it something like five time), and his writing style is undeniably better. But every time he switches back to Drizzt's perspective, I'm just... irritated.
For instance, first thing in the book, Bruenor, the old dwarf who mysteriously survived the fall for thousands of feet, is taking them on a trip, and he's really excited about it... but he doesn't want to tell them where it is they're going. So what do they do? Obviously, the best choice is to kidnap one of thier close friends and threaten him with torture until he tells you. So that's what they do. I drek you not.
I got that far in the book, and couldn't read another page.
-kv
-
You just have to love an author too blind to see his work sucks.
Gabriel
-
Well, not like the fanboys shooting smoke up his ass are doing him any favors. ;D
-kv
-
I think that it's funny that he killed Chewbacca, and defends it as "in order for the story to progress, he needed to die," and yet is unable to kill any characters in the Icewind Dale group.
...He was the one who killed Chewie? No wonder I had trouble reading that one. I don't think I've read a Star Wars book released after it. I'll still read classic Zahn or Anderson, though.
-
If you want some really good sci-fi, read Dan Simmons' "Hyperion" & "Endymion" books. Complete set is 4 books and it is great sci-fi, and definate cut above the pulp-fiction gaming books I used to read.
Gabriel
-
heh, if you want really good fantasy, read Terry Pratchet.
-
Chip truth, chummer. He gets better all the time. Of course, he has his crap-books like any other author, but by and large he is damn good. And have you noticed how much relevent social comentary seems to pop up in some of his later books? Vimes in particular is a pretty relevant figure in his works. If I was ever an english teacher, I would make Discworld required reading.
Gabriel
-
I cannot read Salvatore - and no matter what his diseased little brain pumped out, chewie ain't dead - sorry but no one but the originator of a character has the right to kill him. That's my rule and I stand by it.
Pratchet's pretty good, try reading his collaberation with Neil Gaiman (one of my faves) IIRC its called Good Omens.
-
Yep, I've got a copy of that one. It's pretty good, although my favortie thus far is Night Watch.
Gabriel
-
Night Watch? Like... the russian movie that came out a little while back?
-kv
-
Nope. Night Watch as in the book by Terry Pratchett. It's the sixth (I think) book about the nightwatch in the Discworld series.
Gabriel
-
I've never read Prachett, but since it had the same name, I thought it might have been possible that it was based off the book of the same name.
-kv
-
I think you would really like the Discworld. If you want to start a good one, try "Guards! Guards!"
Gabriel
-
Is that the first one? Or jsut the first really good one?
-kv
-
The discworld book arganize themselvs into several subseries and few 'independants', based on main character(-s).
The Witches (Equal rights, Wyrd Sisters, Witches abroad, lords and ladies, maskerade, carpe jugulem, Granny also features in the Tiffany series).
The Guards (Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud! , the guards, especially vimes, are also featureds in several other books, even if only briefly)
Death & Family (Mort, Reaperman, Soul Music, Hogfather)
Rincewind (Colour of Magic, Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, Interesting Times, The Last Continentl, The Last Hero, Science of Discwolrd I-III)
Several characters from various books make their appearances in other books, or even get a book of their own.
Each book is basically selfcontained (some of them refer to earlier books in the same series, but usually not so that they can't be read out of order), but referances some of the others, making the whole thing more coherent, clearly taking place in the same world.
They are generally quite an enjoyable read.
WARNING: Colour of Magic, Light Fantastic and Equal Rights feel to me as if he was still trying to find his leg with these.
Also consider visiting L-space (http://www.au.lspace.org/).
-
you forgot one of the Death books which is actually my favorite. Thief of Time. After that one I really enjoyed Interesting Times
-
Is that the first one? Or jsut the first really good one?
-kv
That was the first book in the Night Watch subseries. The first book I read by him was actually Men at Arms, which was the second Night Watch book. I loved it, and started looking into his writing. When I realized I have missed the intro to those characters, I went back and read Guards! Guards!
And ROOTless is right, about his early three books. Light Fantastic, his first book, is really kind of crappy, but it does introduce Rincewind, who I still think was Pratchett's favorite character for a long time. If you want to pick up one of his "indepindent" titles, you can try Pyramids, Thief of Time, Moving Pictures (although this one was not one of his best), The Truth, or Going Postal.
Gabriel
-
you forgot one of the Death books which is actually my favorite.
Ah, well, yes.
You're right.
-
booyah! Score, baby! I called root out on something! I feel like I've won the lottery, lol just messin with ya root :jester:
-
I cannot read Salvatore - and no matter what his diseased little brain pumped out, chewie ain't dead - sorry but no one but the originator of a character has the right to kill him. That's my rule and I stand by it.
I think a lot of fans have varying degrees of what they accept. I refuse to accept Chewie's death and, as I have not read any of the subsequent books, it has not happened.
-
lucas said before the making of episode 1 that none of the books represent what actually happened in the star wars universe since he didn't write it
-
True, but that's the biggest fraggin' cop-out I've ever heard. He had to approve everything that was ever put out about the Star Wars universe. So he actually had to approve Chewie being killed in the first place. Now he goes back and say, "Thanks for all the intersted and royalties, but you guys suck. This is what really happens." I'd like to see George Lucas hit by a buss.
Gabriel
-
This thread has now hit 223 pages.
It is now locked.
Go make a new one (or several - and then stay on topic, please).
-
Then padding thread now been unlocked.
-
Why is that? Inana chatter implode?
-
Why is that? Inana chatter implode?
Original Padding thread (started March 2004):
http://ingomonk.bullhonkie.com/forums/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=301
If you post in it it'll come to the front page again.
-
pad
-
lol, omg!
-
Aww damn I forgot it had been locked.
-
lol, yea. you can lock it again and we can start doing this in the innane chatter thread
-
lol, yea. you can lock it again and we can start doing this in the innane chatter thread
thy will be done