The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station

[philby4000]

I have just witnessed the greatest use of David Hasslehoff in any move ever.

[AndrewTaylor]

Spongebob?

[FutureWorm]

I dare someone to read through this entire thread from the very beginning in one sitting.

[Paul.Power]

This thread was started over four years ago.

[bonz]

This thread was started over four years ago.
Why the heck did you edit the initial post 3½ years later?
Last edited by Paul.Power: 13 Sep 2006 at 12:58

[philby4000]

Spongebob?

You know it.

[bloopy]

I dare someone to read through this entire thread from the very beginning in one sitting.

I reckon it could be done at the rate of about a page per minute, if you don't take the time to fully comprehend what you're reading.

[Zero72]

I've tried to read it and comprehend and I started losing brain function somewhere in the 20's.

[AndrewTaylor]

That's tragically young.

[Paul.Power]

Why the heck did you edit the initial post 3½ years later?I tried to call it the 100% Off-Topic Hamster, but it didn't work.

[thomasp]

Speaking of which... here's alll the topic title changes, according to the mod-log

8:57, 16th Apr 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% OFF TOPIC Thread!') changed
17:54, 17th Apr 2006 thomasp Thread title (original 'The "reply to the post of the person above you" thread') changed
17:55, 17th Apr 2006 thomasp Thread title (original 'The "reply to the post of the person above you" thread / 100%OT') changed
22:39, 29th Apr 2006 thomasp Thread title (original 'The "reply to the post of the person above you" thread or just be 100% Off Topic') changed
22:40, 29th Apr 2006 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 99.99% Off-Topic thread') changed
22:36, 12th May 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 99.9% Off-Topic thread') changed
21:13, 3rd Jun 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Deckchair') changed
16:49, 3rd Jul 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Marshmallow') changed
11:29, 5th Aug 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Hootenanny') changed
21:00, 22nd Aug 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Time Vortex') changed
19:02, 8th Sep 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original '100% Off-Topic Events & Occurences') changed
17:07, 24th Sep 2006 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic... Er... Topic.') changed
15:05, 3rd Nov 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 0% On-Topic... Er... Topic.') changed
10:49, 4th Dec 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The G100% Off-Topic Summit') changed
22:46, 12th Dec 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The Polonium-100% Off Topic Poisoning') changed
23:03, 26th Dec 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The London 100% Off Topic Olympics') changed
14:59, 31st Dec 2006 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Days Of Christmas') changed
14:32, 1st Jan 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Jools Holland's 100% Off-Topic Hootenanny') changed
17:36, 13th Jan 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Honours List') changed
17:36, 13th Jan 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The January 100% Off-Topic Sales') changed
12:00, 15th Jan 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The January 100% Off-Topic Sale') changed
16:28, 16th Jan 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'What are you posting... (T100%OTT)') changed
01:28, 17th Feb 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'What you are posting... (T100%OTT)') changed
01:29, 17th Feb 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The Hecto-Percentile') changed
23:09, 2nd Mar 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The Hecto-Percentile Irrelevant Thread') changed
23:10, 2nd Mar 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Avogadro's') changed
15:29, 17th Mar 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Avogadro's 6.0221415 × 10^23% Off Topic Thread') changed
21:51, 18th Mar 2007 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 100% Off-Topic Forum Comic') changed
21:51, 18th Mar 2007 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 100% Being Watched for going off topic status') changed
19:39, 21st Mar 2007 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 100% Being Watched for going off topic...thing') changed
13:40, 27th Mar 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Lawsuit') changed
13:18, 1st Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Avatar Fad') changed
11:55, 6th Apr 2007 thomasp Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic April Fools' Prank') changed
14:23, 11th Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Easter Egg Hunt') changed
23:27, 13th Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Voting Thread') changed
15:59, 18th Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Unofficial "Skins" House Party') changed
15:33, 20th Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Offtopic Lovely Sunny Day') changed
01:04, 28th Apr 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Google 100% Offtopic Search (Beta)') changed
19:22, 2nd May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 404% Topic Not Found Error') changed
11:45, 5th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The $200% Off-Topic Thread') changed
10:17, 6th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The Ageless, Faceless, Gender Neutral, Culturally Ambiguous 100% Off-Topic Thread') changed
12:03, 9th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Looks Like I Hit The 100% Off-Topic Thread, Jim') changed
16:21, 10th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Somebody Set Up Us The 100% Off-Topic Thread') changed
23:43, 16th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original '100% Off-Topic Fred') changed
15:06, 18th May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'Organic Thread: 100% Topic Free') changed
10:49, 20th May 2007 thomasp Thread title (original 'The Homeopathic 0.001% Off-Topic Thread') changed
12:23, 22nd May 2007 AndrewTaylor Thread title (original 'The 100% Carbon neutral tree-hugging off-topic thread') changed

Note: Look at the line below to see what the mod changed the topic title to.

[Paul.Power]

Awesome. Good to see a record has been preserved :)

[SupSuper]

I'm finding YouTube commenters to be increasingly losing more and more IQ points.

[AndrewTaylor]

I'm finding YouTube commenters to be increasingly losing more and more IQ points.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/youtube.png

good old xkcd.

[Zero72]

I think that's giving them too much credit.

[Paul.Power]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/youtube.png

good old xkcd.He missed the ever-present "chain letters".

[philby4000]

Where's the racism?

It's not youtube coments without rabid racist ranting.

[Paul.Power]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32672

I hate it when people try to get philosophical about mathematics.

[philby4000]

I don't often use the word 'imbecile', but TGWorm is an imbecile.

[SupSuper]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/youtube.png

good old xkcd.I've seen that, yet it seems to be getting even worse!

Still, props for drawing it all.

[worMatty]

Go Plasma.

Is it really 0.333333333... or does it stop somewhere? Like ...3333337 for example? That would mean it does come to 100 when multiplied by 3, wouldn't it? Just that we can't comprehend it all because the number is so long, so we just assume it. Does a computer have a limited character memory, which is why it multiples back to 0.999... instead of 100?

[AndrewTaylor]

Is it really 0.333333333... or does it stop somewhere? Like ...3333337 for example? That would mean it does come to 100 when multiplied by 3, wouldn't it? Just that we can't comprehend it all because the number is so long, so we just assume it.

Are you serious?

[Paul.Power]

Nurse! Get me 30ml of Elementary Analysis, STAT!

EDIT: Okay, I'll humour Matty:

Is it really 0.333333333... or does it stop somewhere? Like ...3333337 for example? That would mean it does come to 100 when multiplied by 3, wouldn't it? Just that we can't comprehend it all because the number is so long, so we just assume it. Does a computer have a limited character memory, which is why it multiples back to 0.999... instead of 100?

You appear to be missing the fundamental principle of mathematics, and the fundamental difference between it and science.

Science: The universe is complex, and therefore we can never get a precise answer.
Mathematics: We need a precise answer. Let's simplify the universe.

The mathematical concept of 0.333... cannot end in ...3337. Why not? Because we said it can't when we described it as 0.333... . It's not a case of assuming that it goes on forever. This isn't a complex physical object. This is a simple, abstract number that has only the properties we give it, and no others. We tell 0.333... what it is. It doesn't tell us.

[worMatty]

Fair enough. I've always struggled with math. The way the tg character was going on it was like some new master plan for world domination worked up by the mysterious Illuminati.

[MrBunsy]

That thread was funny, did it have to be locked? :p

I wanted to see him dig a big hole.

[SupSuper]

Even graphical calculators turn 0.999... into 1. Though granted, they only do it because of the built-in large-number-rounding.

[AndrewTaylor]

That thread was funny, did it have to be locked? :p

I wanted to see him dig a big hole.

Because I've seen those thread before, and like the digits in 100/3, they go on forever and never get any more interesting.

It's an age-old argument between the stubbornly ignorant and the argumentatively correct, and neither group is known for backing down (in the latter case, to their credit). And ultimately, well, it's not Team17 related and it was on the verge of becoming a flame war after only half a page. That's a record, outside of Fan Art.

[bloopy]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32672

I hate it when people try to get philosophical about mathematics.

It's not so much the trying, it's the failing.

[AndrewTaylor]

It's not so much the trying, it's the failing.

When you're attempting an impossible task there's really very little difference between the two.

Maths is. There's no why, or how, or when. There's just is. You can't apply questions like "what if" to it (except in lemmas, which are a very different kettle of fish).

[Paul.Power]

When you're attempting an impossible task there's really very little difference between the two.

Maths is. There's no why, or how, or when. There's just is. You can't apply questions like "what if" to it (except in lemmas, which are a very different kettle of fish).Well in fairness, there is some room for manoeuvre. There are always some things that haven been proven or disproven, and of course there's always the spectre of Gödel's theorem.

However, 0.9~ = 1 is something that is proven, straight from the axiomatic definition of a limit.

[AndrewTaylor]

What I love about it, though, is that maths can really wind up the philosophers by proving that some things can't be known, no matter how much philosophy they do.

[Splapp]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/343778

This is the best game i've EVER played, so I demand you all vote 5. It's hilarious. :p

[thomasp]

Exhell and Matlab both agree that (100/3) * 3 is 100 and not 99.999999999

>> a=100

a =

100

>> b=100/3

b =

33.3333

>> b*3

ans =

100



Therefore, anyone that doesn't believe them is an idiot.

[Paul.Power]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/343778

This is the best game i've EVER played, so I demand you all vote 5. It's hilarious. :pSome inspired musical choices.

Whee, Panic Puppet Act 1/Twinkle Park Karting section!

[Paul.Power]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=580916&postcount=22

comparing worms to lemmings, is like comparing a cheese sandwich and a vanila ice cream sandwich

There's something in the water. There must be.

[worMatty]

The rest of his analogy is even more baffling. I think he thinks being an idiot is in fashion.

[Pigbuster]

Maths is. There's no why, or how, or when. There's just is. You can't apply questions like "what if" to it (except in lemmas, which are a very different kettle of fish).

I believe that calls for ANOTHER link to XKCD.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/certainty.png

[AndrewTaylor]

There are few situations where it's wrong to link to xkcd.

[Pigbuster]

I bet I could link to XKCD in response to that question. :p

[Slick]

Memorial day weekend. I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKK ON MONDAY!! :D :D :D

wow, maybe war does have a purpose.


...oh wait, that's right. I was asked to come in and work on this Saturday. So it's really just like taking my next weekends Saturday and moving it to Monday.
I DO, however, get paid time and a HALF, for coming in though. But then again, that could be a lie, because they lied to me about that before. :cool:


I picked a hell of a week to not start drinking.

[MtlAngelus]

I would say my job isn't really quite bad, but oh boy they really do try.
In addition to having to deal with stupid customers witouth being able to tell them they are stupid, we are being requested to use some "phrases" that I happen to think are just completely idiotic, and quite redundant.
When opening the call, it's "I'll gladly help you with ___ during this call!". If I don't say "during this call" it goes against my score. Not so bad tho.
Then at the end of the call it's "Is there anything else I can do for you today, because I'm interested that you are satisfied with this call?". Boy does that sound fake when I say it.
If "no", then "Did we resolve your issue/question during this call?" which is quite redundant to ask: -"Is there any other question?" -"No." -"Did I resolve all your questions?" -"DOH?"... I mean, seriously.
If "yes", then "Did we resolve it in your first call?"
If "yes", then "Thanks for calling ____ where we resolve your issue on your FIRST CALL!"

Really, that's too many questions. The customer usually ends like "yeah yeah ok yeak good bye... yeah yeah... goodbye... no really that's everything goodbye OH FOR GODS SAKE JUST LET ME HANG UP"... well they don't really say that, but you can really tell they are thinking that...

[worMatty]

LOL, that's so cool, I'd love to say that. I'd do it in a cheesy gameshow/advert voice.

[SupSuper]

Oh, so that's why tech support always tells me that. I hate it.

[Paul.Power]

I would say my job isn't really quite bad, but oh boy they really do try.
In addition to having to deal with stupid customers witouth being able to tell them they are stupid, we are being requested to use some "phrases" that I happen to think are just completely idiotic, and quite redundant.
When opening the call, it's "I'll gladly help you with ___ during this call!". If I don't say "during this call" it goes against my score. Not so bad tho.
Then at the end of the call it's "Is there anything else I can do for you today, because I'm interested that you are satisfied with this call?". Boy does that sound fake when I say it.
If "no", then "Did we resolve your issue/question during this call?" which is quite redundant to ask: -"Is there any other question?" -"No." -"Did I resolve all your questions?" -"DOH?"... I mean, seriously.
If "yes", then "Did we resolve it in your first call?"
If "yes", then "Thanks for calling ____ where we resolve your issue on your FIRST CALL!"

Really, that's too many questions. The customer usually ends like "yeah yeah ok yeak good bye... yeah yeah... goodbye... no really that's everything goodbye OH FOR GODS SAKE JUST LET ME HANG UP"... well they don't really say that, but you can really tell they are thinking that...Call centre managers will be the first people up against the wall when the revolution comes.

[Squirminator2k]

Angelus: I can relate entirely. When I worked for NTL I used to have to say some really, really stupid stuff. I also had to:

Remind customers about a non-Direct Debit charge.
Remind customers about the Late Payment penalty fee.
Remind customers about possible restriction of services if they don't pay their bill on time.
Promote Direct Debit! Would you like to set up a Direct Debit? Why not? ...Oh, the threats I just made? Oh, those weren't... hello? Hello...?


There was also a point where we had to start giving out our full names at the start of the call. That stopped after an irate customer B4USearch'd someone in our call centre and beat him up on his way home from work. Although having rung Virgin Media again recently it seems this policy has been reinstated...

[MtlAngelus]

It's suposed to be this way because we are low on first call resolution scores and stuff, but seriously, how is this gonna help at all? How about, I don't know, properly train people for their jobs? 99% of the calls are billing complaints, half of them because someone either screw up the account or provided wrong information.
"Yes sir you can roam in Mexico, your plan has roaming included!"... no really, this happened once.
Not much I could do there, the charges were ridiculously high, he did make the calls, and even tough he was missinformed at store, common sense dictates that international roaming will never be included with your plan, and just that general spread information [bill, web, ads, etc] indicates that roaming included means INSIDE the US... plus it's the type of thing you'd rather double-check before you go on and use.

On another note, I was watching some internet videos with high use of profanity and double entendres, just having general fun, when my dad starts getting all ****ed. Then he starts rambling that I should turn the volume down. Which was set high only because he had the tv volume ridicously high(Seriously, he does that a lot, gets home, turns the tv with stupidly high volume, then wanders off and does something else. I turn the tv off and when he notices the tv is off, comes back to turn it on, and wanders off again...). Which I pointed out to him. Then he rambled something about how I shouldn't be watching this type of videos, to which I replied "It's just sound, get over it.". He then rambled something about it being the same as drugs, and something that I could interpret as me going to hell for it. So yeah I had some fun today. :D

[Slick]

Chuck Norris can taste lies.

[worMatty]

Well you're already on the way now so you may as well carry on.

[AndrewTaylor]

You know what I realised today?

If I write bad things about the Chinese government on my blog, my ex won't be able to read it, and then I can say what I want about her.

[worMatty]

That's cool! Much better than IP banning.

In a related topic, I think it was good for Google to agree to China's rules just so they could get in. There are bound to be ways the censor stuff can be circumvented. And when the country builds up dependence on the service it'll have more bargaining power.

EDIT: In something vaguely related, Chester's going to have this special camera that recognises signs of body language indicative of dodgy behaviour. Some people think this is an infringement on privacy rights and it's another step closer to 'the nanny state' and Big Brother, but I say if it weren't for things like these, some of us might not be here today because of armed robberies gone wrong, muggings and Terrorism. And it keeps dodgy people like drug dealers and users out of highly-populated areas. Put face recognition in and proven criminals and suspects can be found more easily. Sometimes I wonder if books like 1984 and similar fictional real world-based work didn't exist, if some of us would be as paranoid as we are.

[AndrewTaylor]

That's cool! Much better than IP banning.

Yeah, it's almost a shame I haven't a bad word to say about her.

Sometimes I wonder if books like 1984 and similar fictional real world-based work didn't exist, if some of us would be as paranoid as we are.

I think people would be less paranoid, because if people didn't have phrases like "big brother", "1984", and "little nazi hitlers" they's have to construct their own sentences, and that would mean opening their brains for a moment to think about the things they're saying. That along would probably help.

That's what I think, anyway.

[Splapp]

Is it just me, or are the new Volvic adverts on TV utter genius? :D
Regardé: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vaaxtxkJqKg

[Xinos]

EDIT: In something vaguely related, Chester's going to have this special camera that recognises signs of body language indicative of dodgy behaviour. Some people think this is an infringement on privacy rights and it's another step closer to 'the nanny state' and Big Brother, but I say if it weren't for things like these, some of us might not be here today because of armed robberies gone wrong, muggings and Terrorism. And it keeps dodgy people like drug dealers and users out of highly-populated areas. Put face recognition in and proven criminals and suspects can be found more easily. Sometimes I wonder if books like 1984 and similar fictional real world-based work didn't exist, if some of us would be as paranoid as we are.

It's gonna get loads of drunks in trouble. Special forces teams jumping out from behind the corner everytime somebody wobbles a bit..

[FutureWorm]

Is it just me, or are the new Volvic adverts on TV utter genius? :D
Regardé: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vaaxtxkJqKg
I thought it was kinda dumb :-/

[Star Worms]

Here's a clever chap: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6701395.stm

He's a vegetarian and so in protest of the mistreatment of foxes on hunts, he's going to eat a corgi. Anyone see the slight flaw in his plan?

[AndrewTaylor]

Is it that he's doing it on the radio where nobody can tell?

[thomasp]

Apparently he also pushed a peanut with his nose for 7 miles.

I think someone wants attention.

[bonz]

He's a vegetarian and so in protest of the mistreatment of foxes on hunts, he's going to eat a corgi. Anyone see the slight flaw in his plan?
No flaw at all in my eyes.
Dogs are bred as domesticated animals on purpose. No difference if you eat your domesticated animals like cows and chicken or if you just have them sitting on your lap.

Also, vegetarianism can be cured.

[worMatty]

I don't think that's an effective protest. Shooting the hunters would be an interesting one.

[bonz]

Shooting the hunters would be an interesting one.
Hmm...how about eating the hunters?

[worMatty]

Well no, because the hunters don't eat the foxes. That's not ironic at all. However, they do smear a fox corpse on the faces of their children when they are coming of age. They call it blooding.

I wonder what his grounds for vegetarianism are?

[AndrewTaylor]

Apparently he also pushed a peanut with his nose for 7 miles.

I think someone wants attention.

Well, he'd be a pretty poor performance artist without any.

[SargeMcCluck]

Also, vegetarianism can be cured.

Cured? It's a choice, whether ethical, spiritual or health based, but it's not an illness.

[MtlAngelus]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=581755&postcount=40
lol.

[Paul.Power]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=581755&postcount=40
lol.As soon as I think we've hit rock bottom, some ingenious and fast-working miners cut out another seam.

tgworm's return, Basti@n, gingerneck, hdhdhd, yauhui, now this.

It's not all bad. Melon has impressed me, and very recently so has MacGyworm. And I know I should bear in mind Sturgeon's Law. But it's just a bit... WHAT?!

[Zero72]

Gingerneck seems to have trailed off. Maybe he took the back exit when he saw how close the poo was to the fan.

Or maybe not.

Edit: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=581743&postcount=2 Heh heh heh. :p

I've been thinking about that again, actually.

I'm a little worried about upgrading to GMod 10. I doubt it would happen, but I'd be quite upset if I were to lose all my imported models or some crap.

[Paul.Power]

Why does the world have so many frames that are 12" x 9½", but so few that are 12" x 9"?

Dammit I want frames that fit for my digital camera prints...

[bonz]

Cured? It's a choice, whether ethical, spiritual or health based, but it's not an illness.
Yes, choices can easily be changed by psychotropic drugs.

[Pigbuster]

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/index.html

Google Street View.

Holy crap.

[worMatty]

Wow, that's impressive. Must take a lot of work.

[Slick]

woot! Now I can check out women who walk around outside, FROM OUTER F***ING SPACE!:cool:

[Pigbuster]

http://www.f-ram.net/cavestory/e/comic-0/#pp1
Cave Story: The graphic novel

I hope this works. It would be awesome if it does.
Let's hope it won't be god-awful like the Killer7 comic was. :(
Heaven Smiles don't HISS, they f**king LAUGH!

[SargeMcCluck]

Yes, choices can easily be changed by psychotropic drugs.

Changing isn't curing. There's a world of difference. I can change someone whom has cancer's health status by stabbing them in the chest, but it wasn't a particularly good cure. (Terrible analogy, but I just woke up damnit).

[Slick]

I've been contemplating committing E-suicide. :eek:

[Xinos]

I find it depressing that this forum is the place I keep going to whenever I get bored. Which is quite often.. The internet is running out of interesting things..

[Slick]

Same here.

Lets search for others, and we can ALL commit E-suicide together. By drinking the magic kool-aid, of course.

[Pigbuster]

I find it depressing that this forum is the place I keep going to whenever I get bored. Which is quite often.. The internet is running out of interesting things..

Well, there's always this site where someone will make up a never-been-used computer game concept every day.

http://www.squidi.net/three/index.php

That's something.

[Paul.Power]

Well, there's always this site where someone will make up a never-been-used computer game concept every day.

http://www.squidi.net/three/index.php

That's something.That is an awesome website.

EDIT: Or at least, it was, until:

This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.

[Xinos]

That's a very cool site. The negative space war game reminds me allot of Worms though. Excecpt that in Worms all units battle on the same 'side', rather than having the other team inside the terrain. Which I'm sure could be done with some source code hacking.

[MtlAngelus]

I was left witouth internet for a whole day yesterday when the wireless modem thing just stopped working. But now we got it replaced, and everythings cool now.:cool:

[bonz]

I was left witouth internet for a whole day yesterday when the wireless modem thing just stopped working. But now we got it replaced, and everythings cool now.:cool:
That was close to Armageddon.

[Paul.Power]

That's a very cool site. The negative space war game reminds me allot of Worms though. Excecpt that in Worms all units battle on the same 'side', rather than having the other team inside the terrain. Which I'm sure could be done with some source code hacking.Lots of stuff reminded me of Worms, actually. One bunch of mechanics was essentially Worms with a grid-based tactics system.

[bloopy]

woot! Now I can check out women who walk around outside, FROM OUTER F***ING SPACE!:cool:

Gah, don't tell me those shots are taken from outer space! :o

[Slick]

Gah, don't tell me those shots are taken from outer space! :o

They're not. Actually, its mapped by a van that drives around on the streets. :p



...*hits himself*

[bonz]

They're not. Actually, its mapped by a van that drives around on the streets.
Yup, that was my first guess too, as it's only available on streets.
You can also see curved reflections sometimes that come from the glass dome protecting the rotating camera, I suppose.

[Xinos]

What's the big deal with streetview? It's not live.. And if your looking for someone it's going to be pretty damn hard finding their car and licance on one of thoose pictures. Not to mention it has the potential of being years old by that time =P

[worMatty]

It's more buildings and monuments and stuff it's useful for.

[Pigbuster]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32762#post582716

I think that Andrew Taylor really deserves to win. :p

[bloopy]

They're not. Actually, its mapped by a van that drives around on the streets. :p

...*hits himself*

I figured when you said you'd be checking out women from outer space, that you were the one who was in outer space and not the cameras. :p

[AndrewTaylor]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32762#post582716

I think that Andrew Taylor really deserves to win. :p

Well that's not at all strange...

Personally, I think not drawing his stupid picture puts me well ahead of the game.

[thomasp]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=582686&postcount=18

Oh dear.... someone's been watching too many films like Borat...

[KamikazeBananze]

Banana.

btw, I'm back. hello.

[bonz]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=582686&postcount=18

Oh dear.... someone's been watching too many films like Borat...
Ehrm, is gingerneck male or female?

[tundraH]

...so apparently, I still exist.

[Paul.Power]

Well, there's a blast from the past.

Welcome back :)

[AndrewTaylor]

Ehrm, is gingerneck male or female?

Probably .

[Star Worms]

He hasn't been deleted yet? :(

[philby4000]

I really can't belive that anyone still finds gingerneck funny.

Oh and hello tundraH.

[FutureWorm]

...so apparently, I still exist.
hurrah, the convincing was effective

[Pigbuster]

It is tundraH.

Hey, your name backwards is "Hardnut".
SECRET PASSWORD.

[Zero72]

I really can't belive that anyone still finds gingerneck funny.He showed up and started posting trash. He was annoying. He started posting trash artwork, and it was funny. Lots of avatars ensued. They were alright. He continued posting trash art. Less funny. He won Fanartist of the Month because his art was trash. Not at all funny. He continues to post trash in both verbal and art forms. I, for one, got sick of him some time ago. He, himself, is just the latest stupid fad.

Hello, tundraH!

Edit: I am a little glad he showed up because he really did provide some good laughs, and occasionally still does, but I just think that giving him FAotM is ridiculous and a gimmick gone entirely too far.

[MtlAngelus]

Totally worth it for the poll he made IMHO.
Also earned AT a FOTM win. :p

[Zero72]

That one, perhaps hypocritically, I heartily approve of. :p

[bonz]

It is tundraH.

Hey, your name backwards is "Hardnut".
SECRET PASSWORD.
Hmm.
I always thought his name was Hans and he was living in the tundra.

[KamikazeBananze]

hurrah, the convincing was effective

Woo-hoo!!!

[FutureWorm]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WeGLHKJzyBo

how is babby made

[Star Worms]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WeGLHKJzyBo

how is babby made

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

Well, 300 anyway...

[Slick]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WeGLHKJzyBo

how is babby made

Ok, that is the dumbest sh!t I have seen since the girl who is afraid of pickles. Teenage girls don't want babies, they want abortions!
That all has to be fake. It HAS TOO. Towards the end they showed a video of her telling her mom where she had sex in public. I nearly thought she was going to start rhyming like Dr.Seuss.
"I've had sex in the mall, in a workshop by the saw, up and down a staircase, on top of a man holding a briefcase. I like sex and I wont stop. I will do it till my eyes pop." Not only that, but the acting sucks.
Another thing that makes me mad is that Murray show, used to be an actual decent show. Now it's just white trash BS like Jerry Springer.

[worMatty]

Acting? Nahh. It takes all sorts these days.

Sublime video. She's laughable. I'd love to meet her in real life.

[Slick]

I'd love to meet her in real life.

Hate to break it to ya bud. But...she's under age. :p
She thinks STD's are like Pokemon for crying out loud. She's Gotta Catch Um All!

[worMatty]

LOL, reminds me of the Doctor Who ep from the second series I watched a few of hours ago.

Not to shag, you sex beast. Trust you.

[FutureWorm]

Ok, that is the dumbest sh!t I have seen since the girl who is afraid of pickles. Teenage girls don't want babies, they want abortions!
That all has to be fake. It HAS TOO. Towards the end they showed a video of her telling her mom where she had sex in public. I nearly thought she was going to start rhyming like Dr.Seuss.
"I've had sex in the mall, in a workshop by the saw, up and down a staircase, on top of a man holding a briefcase. I like sex and I wont stop. I will do it till my eyes pop." Not only that, but the acting sucks.
Another thing that makes me mad is that Murray show, used to be an actual decent show. Now it's just white trash BS like Jerry Springer.
are you kidding, the white trash bs is what makes it great, even if it is acting

[Pickleworm]

LOL, reminds me of the Doctor Who ep from the second series I watched a few of hours ago.

hehehe
Ehrm, is gingerneck male or female?
Gingerneck is a male

He's a gimmick though

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

Well, 300 anyway...

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/8577/yupi3ti.gifover 900 http://img103.exs.cx/img103/6541/biggrin.gifthe thhousan thousandz0rs my norris. mr t eeat my zig, zig;.OVER THA, time 4teh inert balz0rs,. ziggy doog

[FutureWorm]

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/8577/yupi3ti.gifover 900 http://img103.exs.cx/img103/6541/biggrin.gifthe thhousan thousandz0rs my norris. mr t eeat my zig, zig;.OVER THA, time 4teh inert balz0rs,. ziggy doog

longcat is long, u got rickrolled. stick in in her pooper for phase 3, PROFIT.

[Star Worms]

Ethiopia will enter the 21st century in September: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6725073.stm

[Slick]

"I fall to love with beauty, excrete the sweetness life, dance foolish urgent, movement, unnecessary hole!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdjJjWOoVQ

Yes it's weird... but wow... I freaking love it.

[MtlAngelus]

So I got a message today when I arrived to work. Either someone's trying to play a prank on me, or I have a fan. :p
Basicaly, we have this internal website to check your schedule, for breaks, lunch time, and stuff. To login you use your employee number both as Username and Password, and it's not hard to find out someone's employee number, so you can check any persons schedule just by knowing their employee number. You can also change useless things like colour layout and the greeting name( a message that displays "Hi, [name]" on the top right corner)
I had my name set as "Bye", so it displayed "Hi, Bye" and a blue-ish colour layout(no black :().
So today I login to check my schedule, and my colour layout is all pinkish and the greeting displays "Hi, I Like you!"... I'm guessing it's just a prank tho.

Anyway, I changed the message to "No you don't". :P

[bonz]

Anyway, I changed the message to "No you don't". :P
Yeah, that's the spirit!
Impossible that it could really be a woman.

Anyway, that insecure system is joke. Do you by any chance wear the employee numbers on a tag on your chest? :rolleyes:

[Star Worms]

Teddy bear robots to save lives on battlefields: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6729745.stm

[FutureWorm]

Gary Gilbert, from the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Centre in Frederick, Maryland, said that the teddy bear appearance was deliberate.

"A really important thing when you're dealing with casualties is trying to maintain that human touch."

ahahahaha

actually it's kinda sad that this is where our defense spending is going

[Star Worms]

Bwahahahahahahaa! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm

[MrBunsy]

Bwahahahahahahaa! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm

Good grief! That's the sort of thing if you hear from someone you dismiss as an urban myth.

[worMatty]

"I fall to love with beauty, excrete the sweetness life, dance foolish urgent, movement, unnecessary hole!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdjJjWOoVQ

Yes it's weird... but wow... I freaking love it.

I'd hit it.

[Slick]

I'd hit it.

Word .:cool:





Bwahahahahahahaa! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6732003.stm

http://pawpawlolol.ytmnd.com/

[Squirminator2k]

Does anyone else have the album "Twelves Stops and Home" by The Feeling? And if so, can you tell me what time signature "Helicopter" is? It's driving me crazy.

[Pigbuster]

Jumpin' Jack Flash in Hard ROCK mode on Elite Beat Agents is by FAR the most insanely difficult challenge I have ever come across in any game ever.

I must have attempted it WELL over 100 times at this point, possibly even 200. I still haven't beaten it.
It is damn lucky that the song is so good and that I can skip cutscenes. If it wasn't and I couldn't, I would've thrown my DS against a wall by now.

Basically, the game designers made the WONDERFUL decision to make the life bar constantly decrease, EVEN WHEN YOU AREN'T DOING ANYTHING.
It's manageable on the earlier stages, but by the last one, it decreases so fast that even after perfectly completing a number of sections in a row, your life bar is still in EXACTLY the same position, and then it decreases even more.

It makes it almost impossible to win unless you play perfectly.
Oh, and all of the beats are small and fast, too.

And I loved the game up to this.
Difficult is not fun. It is the polar opposite. What infuriates me is that if there is a sequel, I'm guessing the last stage is going to be even harder than the one now, because no one is going to call them out on this and make them get rid of that damned life-bar decrease rate.

WHY do people like things to be hard?
I think I need to write another essay-type-thing on this.

[Slick]

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[Pigbuster]

Developers.

[MtlAngelus]

So I got a reply.
"What, you don't like me?!?"
Most definitely a joke, then.
Was thinking about going along with it and replying "YES I DO, HAVE MAH BABIES!" or "No I don't, you're ugly."
But went for "Old joke" just to end the thing there.

[Zero72]

Difficult is not fun. It is the polar opposite.

We keep saying this, but nobody listens.

[AndrewTaylor]

Difficult is not fun. It is the polar opposite.

No, it's not. The polar opposite of "difficult" is "easy".

[Pigbuster]

Well... yes, but... but...

:mad: :p

[SupSuper]

It starts getting a bit funny when even Microsoft developers go "don't use Paint, it's crap, use something better like Paint.NET".

[bloopy]

No, it's not. The polar opposite of "difficult" is "easy".

Pigbuster may not be able to explain what he said, but I can. Fun was the object of the first sentence, not difficult. So we're not interested in the polar opposite of difficult, we're interested in the polar opposite of fun. And apparently it's something difficult. :p

[Pickleworm]

It starts getting a bit funny when even Microsoft developers go "don't use Paint, it's crap, use something better like Paint.NET".

Everyone who hates Paint only hates it because they don't know how to use it properly. (This is a Seriouspost.)

I wish everyone would use Paint more so they could see what a majestic program it really is and SHUT THE HELL UP about it 'sucking' or something.

[Pigbuster]

Pigbuster may not be able to explain what he said, but I can. Fun was the object of the first sentence, not difficult. So we're not interested in the polar opposite of difficult, we're interested in the polar opposite of fun. And apparently it's something difficult. :p

Actually, I thought of that yesterday, and I told myself to edit my post accordingly later.

But then I forgot that I told myself to come here to edit my post accordingly.

So there you go. :p

...this post is quite useless, isn't it?

I wish everyone would use Paint more so they could see what a majestic program it really is and SHUT THE HELL UP about it 'sucking' or something.
Paint can be nice if you know how to use it.
But... it's really nice to have layers sometimes.

[SupSuper]

Everyone who hates Paint only hates it because they don't know how to use it properly. (This is a Seriouspost.)Well Microsoft loves alpha channels, which Paint doesn't support.

[bloopy]

...this post is quite useless, isn't it?

This one too.

Just saw spam which says Iraq terrorist bomb are for eatin'! Yum.

[AndrewTaylor]

Paint can be nice if you know how to use it.
But... it's really nice to have layers sometimes.

Paint is good as long as you use it for what it's for and don't try to use it as any kind of an art package or photo-editing suite.

I use it for cropping images mostly.

[SupSuper]

So apparently, Apple released their Safari browser for Windows:

http://www.apple.com/safari/

Lookout, it crashes if you press the Bookmarks button!

[thomasp]

So apparently, Apple released their Safari browser for Windows:

http://www.apple.com/safari/

Lookout, it crashes if you press the Bookmarks button!
Well, it is a beta and it is running on Windows :p

At least Mac users can run Safari on XP/Vista through Bootcamp now :D


I must say, Safari looks strange with the "File", "Edit", etc menus below the title bar, and not having the traffic light blobs in the top left.

[MrBunsy]

Ooh, another browser to add to my collection.

I think this would be my seventh on Windows now.

[worMatty]

Wooo, it's all pretty and grey and works up to 2X FASTER than Internet Explorer 7!

[Squirminator2k]

This doesn't really belong in NE&O or PE&O, and I'm not sure I can blog about it just yet, so I'm going to post it here.

I've been looking at transport to get me to Heathrow on the morning of my flight. I compared the rail service with National Express, and while National Express is cheaper they don't get me to the airport as early as I'd like. By train, I can get there at 7:10am, which is ideal. My flight leaves at 11:30am and there's a 2.5 hour check-in but I want to make sure that I'm there and checked in and I can sit comfortably knowing that I'm at the right terminal waiting outside the right gate for the right plane.

The closer I get to the day I go, the more nervous I get.

[bonz]

they don't get me to the airport as early as I'd like. By train, I can get there at 7:10am, which is idealThe closer I get to the day I go, the more nervous I get.
Told you to go there the evening before with a bottle of vodka.
Also helps against the nervousness. ;)

[bloopy]

So apparently, Apple released their Safari browser for Windows:

http://www.apple.com/safari/

Nice. Swift (http://try.swift.ws/) was trying to achieve a similar thing but hasn't quite got there yet.

[Slick]

The closer I get to the day I go, the more nervous I get.

My friend, you need POWERTHIRST! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs)

[MtlAngelus]

"is not a joke..."
Replied:
"Right. Then you got the wrong person."
:rolleyes:

So anyway, whoever it is that keeps changing my schedule site thing, apparently works in the morning. Which is odd since I don't know anyone that works in the morning. Also doesn't work on weekends, or just didn't bother changing it last weekend. There's not much else I can figure out tough.
There's really not much people that would play this prank on me, so I have very few suspects. I'm starting to think this is just a random prank from someone who doesn't even know me. Hmm.

[Paul.Power]

More "xkcd chart" fun: http://xkcd.org/c273.html

[Pickleworm]

Once Safari works on Windows, let me know here and I promise I'll try it.

[FutureWorm]

Once Safari works on Windows, let me now here and I promise I'll try it.
it's not a particularly great browser anyway

[SargeMcCluck]

it's not a particularly great browser anyway

Oh it is in some ways. It's the only browser to pass the Acid2 test, it's fast, lightweight, great for quick browsing.

[worMatty]

Keep this page (http://secunia.com/search/?search=safari&w=0) in your bookmarks for a bit.

[SupSuper]

Wee, end of the world: http://www.break.com/index/tough-to-argue.html

[FutureWorm]

This is the exact argument I've been using with global warming skeptics, but the visual aid really helps to crystallize it. Thanks for the link.

[Pigbuster]

That's what I always say...
And I don't need to spend 10 minutes talking about it.

By the way, there's the third possibility that global warming is happening, but we aren't the cause and we can't do anything about it.
In that scenario we're screwed no matter what we do. :p

[SupSuper]

By the way, there's the third possibility that global warming is happening, but we aren't the cause and we can't do anything about it.
In that scenario we're screwed no matter what we do. :pSaying "you can't do anything about it" pretty much means all odds are off, regardless of the scenario :p plus that's typically just an excuse to "not do anything about it and hope it all works out".

[Pigbuster]

Yes, yes it is.

Which is we should actually do something drastic instead of "We'll lower our emissions 20% by 2050!".

[bloopy]

What if acting when we didn't need to fast forwards us into the next ice age? Wouldn't that be a worst case scenario? :p

[MtlAngelus]

I concur with Bloopy, maybe we are actually keeping the world warm, and if we stop doing it we will go into an ice age. :O :p

"I want to tell you in person"
"Joke's boring now. Shoo."

I wonder why there's such a large char limit(40 char) for something that is just there to display your name in a friendly way.

[AndrewTaylor]

In case you want to be called Captain Marvellous The Second?

[MtlAngelus]

I'm gonna be using that now, and just completely ignore any message there until he/she gets tired and goes away. :D

[AndrewTaylor]

You know, it might be a hot girl.

[Zero72]

Whoever it is seems a little too persistent to be a joke. :p

...Wait. Gingerneck. Never mind.

[Paul.Power]

You are online now.

Gosh, gee, thanks, I'd never have guessed.

[Star Worms]

Oh dear god - I was looking at an article that mentioned lipophiles, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Unfortunately it didn't link to the chemistry article, but instead an article about people who have sexual desires for overweight people.

[SupSuper]

Well it's your own fault for spelling it lipophile instead of lipophilic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophilic) :p

Also, new reason to hate LCDs. They attract bugs LIKE CRAZY!

[Star Worms]

Well it's your own fault for spelling it lipophile instead of lipophilic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophilic) :pBut something that is lipophilitic is a lipophile...
Also, new reason to hate LCDs. They attract bugs LIKE CRAZY!I have 2 or 3 thunderbug carcasses within my screen. However they've all dropped off so they no longer make an annoying fuzzy grey line on my screen. Yay.

[thomasp]

Oh dear god - I was looking at an article that mentioned lipophiles, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Unfortunately it didn't link to the chemistry article, but instead an article about people who have sexual desires for overweight people.
I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.

[bloopy]

I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.

What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels?

[worMatty]

Roffle

..........

[SargeMcCluck]

What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels?

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[thomasp]

What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels?
Well, it's hard to think of some on the spot :p

Anyway, you can't beat a bit of good old parasite drag!

[worMatty]

Well, it's hard to think of some on the spot :p
Evidently not.

Is parasite drag like the Ugly Bug Ball?

[thomasp]

Evidently not.

Is parasite drag like the Ugly Bug Ball?
Not really. It's a combination of pressure drag and skin friction

[Zero72]

"Skin friction." lolololol

[AndrewTaylor]

I think you've made your point.

[thomasp]

I'm now going to look at aerodynamics in a totally different light....

[bloopy]

Skin friction... can lubricant fix that?

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

I'll let you know when it exists.

[thomasp]

Skin friction... can lubricant fix that?

Not really, but polish can :p (no, not the Nation, the stuff you put on nice tables, etc)

[SupSuper]

This thread is awesome and I can't stop laughing.

[thomasp]

Oh yeah, here's another "good" one. The trucks that make up the axels, brakes, and wheel assembly on the undercarriage on planes are know as "bogeys" (basically, all the bits of metal linking the 4 or 6 wheels together)

[worMatty]

What's arousing about snot, Thomas? :(

[thomasp]

What's arousing about snot, Thomas? :(
Absolutely nothing. I never suggested aircraft bogeys were arousing, just that it's a stupid and humorous name.

[bloopy]

Bunny comic process. (http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/index.php?id=908) :D

[MtlAngelus]

"Ok, ya no te molesto, un beso!!!"
Which basically means: "Ok, I won't bother you anymore, [I send you a] kiss!!!"
:( :p
It's the first time the message is actually in spanish.
But yeah now I'm using "Captain Marvellous the Second" :cool:

[Paul.Power]

Absolutely nothing. I never suggested aircraft bogeys were arousing, just that it's a stupid and humorous name.Do aircraft ever have a bogey up their nose?

[thomasp]

Do aircraft ever have a bogey up their nose?
Well, the nosegear has its own two-wheeled bogey, and on most aircraft that retracts forwards into an unpressurised area either just behind the radome or just beneath the cockpit (or both!).

So yes, aircraft do have bogeys up their noses.

[Paul.Power]

My computer is playing silly buggers.

Paint won't run, and GIMP keeps throwing up weird error messages and won't display thumbnails.

EDIT: And now GIMP quit randomly on me. And it won't restart: clicking on the icon does nothing.

EDIT: Notepad won't start. Same error message form as Paint:

"This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."

'Cept I have no idea of how to go about reinstalling Notepad or Paint.

I was just about to produce a new MAPP and all.

Oh, well, maybe a restart'll cure it.

EDIT: Hmm, yes, the restart does seem to have. Hmm. Maybe my CPU overheated or something. Or it could have been my hard drive, that's always making weird and worrying "squeak" noises.

[SupSuper]

Find out everything you didn't need to know about LYING! (http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Lying)

[Xinos]

Find out everything you didn't need to know about LYING! (http://www.steadyhealth.com/encyclopedia/Lying)

That taught me nothing..

[AndrewTaylor]

I don't think there's any way to know if that's true.

[SupSuper]

Huh. I never noticed how if you divide something by zero in ActionScript, you get Infinity. (or -Infinity, as the case may be)

[AndrewTaylor]

That's standard floating-point operation. You should be able to get NaN (not-a-number) too, by doing some undefined operation.

[SupSuper]

I'm used to NaN, but I'm also used to "divide by zero" exceptions.

Also, the AS3.0 manual is hideously organized. It decides to take you through the complicated world of object-oriented programming before even covering things like basic variables and syntax.

[MonkeyforaHead]

Riddle me this.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/Glombus79/words.gif

[Pigbuster]

Damn, I pretty much got the "let's play a game of DEATH!" thread in AA locked.

You know, I've been wondering for a while... how many reports do the usermods actually get?
Because sometimes I feel like "Aw, someone else will report that", but then I wonder if someone WON'T, because they are thinking the same thing I am.

[Pickleworm]

Damn, I pretty much got the "let's play a game of DEATH!" thread in AA locked.

You are a hero

[SupSuper]

You know, I've been wondering for a while... how many reports do the usermods actually get?
Because sometimes I feel like "Aw, someone else will report that", but then I wonder if someone WON'T, because they are thinking the same thing I am.The problem is you're looking at them in a "FIRST POST LOL!" fashion: you're not gonna look silly if you report after someone already has and you're not gonna win the world if you beat them to the punch. :p
If anything, posts seriously reported by different users are more likely to be serious trouble and require more immediate action than something that only caused a fuss or two.

[Xinos]

So what if someone else reported already, that's only good. It's only more reason for the mod to look into it.

[Star Worms]

You are a heroI bet that within a week, a new thread will pop up.

[FutureWorm]

You are a hero

quoting this

[thomasp]

Damn, I pretty much got the "let's play a game of DEATH!" thread in AA locked.

No you didn't. Anyone who was responsible for getting that thread locked got infraction points

You know, I've been wondering for a while... how many reports do the usermods actually get?

No where near as many as you'd think. I only have 71 reports in my trash (which I last emptied on the 4th of March '07) - on average it seems about one every other day. But sometimes we can go weeks without getting any, then get a dozen in a day.

Because sometimes I feel like "Aw, someone else will report that", but then I wonder if someone WON'T, because they are thinking the same thing I am.

Just report it - I'm sure neither Andrew or I will mind. Andrew uses GMail, and I doubt he's near his 2.8Gb limit, and I have about 40Gb of storage left on my hard drive, so that's not a problem :p

Plus if people report posts, it means we actually know the post report system is working!! Had a period once where we had about a month with no post reports - we didn't know if the system was broken or not.

[FutureWorm]

could you make future iterations of the "little game of death" threads shoot on sight please

[thomasp]

could you make future iterations of the "little game of death" threads shoot on sight please
We try to bin them asap. But sometimes they slip through the net and by that time are well established.

Simplest thing to do is to report them when they become a problem.

[philby4000]

What exactly happened to get the thread closed?

[SupSuper]

Avatar flaming which led into user flamefest, from what I can tell.

[Pigbuster]

What exactly happened to get the thread closed?

Your argument with Tal was the biggest culprit, I believe.

[Pigbuster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U&

It's a tesla coil...

...singing music.

[SupSuper]

...

...

...

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[Paul.Power]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U&

It's a tesla coil...

...singing music.WIN.

Not much else to say, really.

[Zero72]

It may or may not be old news, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTbL5elVXrU&mode=related&search= doesn't get enough publicity.

[Star Worms]

Erm...

" Online Orgy (92 Viewing) "

"Currently Active Users: 269 (16 members and 253 guests)"

I'm hoping that wasn't due to my Samsung thread...

Wait, it can't be as it only has 80 views. Strange...

[thomasp]

Erm...

" Online Orgy (92 Viewing) "

"Currently Active Users: 269 (16 members and 253 guests)"

I'm hoping that wasn't due to my Samsung thread...

Wait, it can't be as it only has 80 views. Strange...
I thought you posted that Samsung thread in OD, so those guests wouldn't be able to view it...

[Slick]

Permission to kill everyone in Fanart?


PLEASE?!

[Vader]

Riddle me this.

If I squint I can see men carrying boxes.

[bonz]

Permission to kill everyone in Fanart?
Granted.

Here, use this:
http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl21-e.htm

[Star Worms]

I thought you posted that Samsung thread in OD, so those guests wouldn't be able to view it...Nope, posted it in OO.

[Xinos]

The boardgame Carcassone is now available on Xbox live.
But i spotted something very suspicious in one of the screenshots:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1784/suspiciouslu3.th.jpg (http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=suspiciouslu3.jpg)

BoggyB, is that you?

[Pigbuster]

Permission to kill everyone in Fanart?


PLEASE?!

Well, let's see if the SMASHING IDEA (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=587561#post587561) (Link) I just had will save it!

...probably not. As long as it's noone but Yauhui and Tal replying to it. :p

[EDIT] Can someone please enlighten me as to why the heck Spünky is censored?
*****y <--- SEE?

Actually, I kinda like it. It's going to make everyone think "*****y Girlfriend" is something a LOT worse. :p

And I am going to be patting myself on the back for "Runiced Ned" forever. :p

[philby4000]

[EDIT] Can someone please enlighten me as to why the heck Spünky is censored?
*****y <--- SEE?

Actually, I kinda like it. It's going to make everyone think "*****y Girlfriend" is something a LOT worse. :p

And I am going to be patting myself on the back for "Runiced Ned" forever. :p
S P U N K is censored for a very good reason. Go look it up if you're curious.

It's also a very funny word.

[Pigbuster]

***** |spə ng k|
noun
...
3 Brit., vulgar slang *****.

AHA. British slang!
I should've known.
It's also a very funny word.
You are quite correct, sir.

[MtlAngelus]

Permission to kill everyone in Fanart?


PLEASE?!
Particularly tal, yes, go ahead.

edit: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=587548&postcount=32

.....................

[Zero72]

Permission to kill everyone in Fanart?


PLEASE?!*slams head on desk* They're all just kids, they're all just kids, they're all just MONUMENTALLY STUPID KIDS LET'S KILL THEM

[Paul.Power]

Particularly tal, yes, go ahead.

edit: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=587548&postcount=32

.....................At least tal likes cricket :p.

[Paul.Power]

Well, let's see if the SMASHING IDEA (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=587561#post587561) (Link) I just had will save it!

...probably not. As long as it's noone but Yauhui and Tal replying to it. :p

[EDIT] Can someone please enlighten me as to why the heck Spünky is censored?
*****y <--- SEE?

Actually, I kinda like it. It's going to make everyone think "*****y Girlfriend" is something a LOT worse. :p

And I am going to be patting myself on the back for "Runiced Ned" forever. :p*plays along*

[Paul.Power]

*plays more Wii Sports Baseball*

...

I'm sorry, but I just don't seem to get baseball. I've tried, I've been as patient as I possibly can (and I'm a cricket fan. No-one can outdo us for patience). I appreciate that it is basically cricket with the advantages reversed in favour of the fielding side rather than the batting side so that everyone can go home at a timely hour. I appreciate that, like cricket, it can be a game that is interesting on a wide variety of levels - skilful, tactical, psychological and strategic. I appreciate that, like cricket, it has a large number of juicy stats, always a good thing in a sport as far as I'm concerned.

But... most people agree with the idea that the exciting part about baseball is the batting, right? And yet as far as I can tell:

70% of the time, the batter misses the ball.
70% of the time he hits it, it goes behind the "foul ball line" (easily the thing that frustrates me most about baseball)
70% of the time he hits it legitimately, it goes straight to a fielder and he's out, caught or run out, because it's a ridiculously long way to first base and the fielders have giant gloves on to take all the pain out of catching.
70% of the time it doesn't go straight to a fielder, he scores a single or a double, which doesn't count as an actual point on the board unless he gets all the way round, and that requires at least one of his mates to go through the same series of percentages.
The remaining 0.81% of the time, he gets a home run.

This does not seem to me to be a rewarding process.

I've just played through three games of Wii Sports Baseball, the equivalent of a full match, with an aggregate of 0-0 at the end to show for it. I did get the occasional run against the AI when I started out, but when facing opponents in the 200-300 Skill Level range, this is pretty much how it always ends up. Oh well, at least I'm a good pitcher (well, I was Random Sport's "leading" rounders pitcher for three years...).

Yes, test match cricket does drag on a bit, this is true. You have to adjust your brain to a very slow and lazy pace to appreciate it fully, and not everyone has the patience to do that. But take one of these new Twenty20 games of cricket. They're about the same length as a baseball match, and more stuff happens. The ball goes out of the park more often, runs come off every ball, bowlers and fielders have to come up with yet more inventive ploys to stop the onslaught and batsmen have to get more inventive to beat them. And you're still more likely to see a bowler take a wicket than a baseball batter to score a run.

I'm almost certainly going to get shouted at, particularly for the 70%s which are more what it feels like than what's actually accurate for the top level of the game, but still. I'm not saying the sport is without merit, it has many admirable qualities, but it just seems set up to frustrate at every turn.

EDIT: A typical innings of me playing WSB, as narrated by That Annoying Voice:

"Strike!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Strike!"
"Batter Out!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"You're Out!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Strike!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Single!"
"Strike!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"Foul Ball!"
"You're Out!"
"Change Sides!"

[philby4000]

That's pretty much my experience with Wii baseball too.

Eccept I get a lot more strikes and no foul balls.:p

On the two occasions that I actually made contact with the ball I got homeruns.:-/

[Slick]

Well, let's see if the SMASHING IDEA (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=587561#post587561) (Link) I just had will save it!

How about a more direct thread that people on the forum can relate too? I've got an idea. THIS thread should do the trick. ;)


In case your wondering, no, that ISN'T a real link to a thread. :p I was however going to make a thread entitled " The Ignorant Thread " and just copy what whats his face, is doing with the post your own picture thread, with of course, added fun. :p HOWEVER, I'm finding that it's just not worth the smallest effort to even mock people anymore.

I'm becoming a bitter person. : /
...or just lazy. But teasing children just isn't that much fun anymore. Does this mean I've lost my soul?

[Paul.Power]

We've had clueless people, and morons, and clueless morons, but we're heading into new territory here.

CJH is a loony. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32965)

I should have twigged after the "ice cream sandwich" thing, but the way he's reacting to posts in this thread is beyond the pale.

[worMatty]

Well, what are you waiting for? Invite him in!

[Pigbuster]

tal05 totally believes that I am making a real game.
And it is absolutely wonderful.

I should sell him the Brooklyn Bridge.

We've had clueless people, and morons, and clueless morons, but we're heading into new territory here.
God yes.

I mean... LOOK AT THIS.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32973

This conversation is pure gold.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=587782#post587782

[Zero72]

I mean... LOOK AT THIS.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32973 It hurts me, yet I laugh.

[SupSuper]

tal05 totally believes that I am making a real game.
And it is absolutely wonderful.

I should sell him the Brooklyn Bridge.


God yes.

I mean... LOOK AT THIS.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32973

This conversation is pure gold.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=587782#post587782...

I want to say something but I can't. I mean, I was already losing faith on humanity. What's the next step? Genocide?

On that matter: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=586984&postcount=79

[Zero72]

":( see please pity me?"

I still say we could be under attack.

[Paul.Power]

30193

There goes the neighbourhood.

[philby4000]

In related news, I think I've been ripped off. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=587850&postcount=8)

[Pigbuster]

and paul.power, you can stay out of this because you are a human hating alien.

And I think he's serious. :eek:

[worMatty]

Why in the hell isn't this sort of **** just deleted on sight? Why let it fester? Doesn't anyone realise why this is even going on? Because it's being let... happen.

[Pigbuster]

To take a break from the insanity of the forums...

http://www.imgred.com

http://imgred.com/http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs17/300W/f/2007/135/f/0/Orogo_by_Pigbuster.jpg

That picture is hotlinked from DA.
I do this by putting <http://imgred.com/> before the images real URL.

It lets you hotlink the un-hotlinkable.

[Slick]

Well thats nice and all pig buster, but I don't see the whole thing. I only see a half of an elephant. :(

[Pigbuster]

DA might still be too weird for imgred, maybe.

I dunno.

It's just an alternative to uploading everything you need to Imageshack or something to link to it.

[MonkeyforaHead]

DA might still be too weird for imgred, maybe.

I dunno.

It's just an alternative to uploading everything you need to Imageshack or something to link to it.

I think you missed the joke. :p


http://stage6.divx.com/user/zg10181782/video/1322111/Lucky-Star-by-Michael-Jackson-%5BMAD%5D WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE

[bloopy]

CJH is a loony. (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32965)

I laughed out loud when I saw his avatar... it's rather insanely suitable.

[SupSuper]

Wikipedia is not funny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not/Outtakes) and nobody cares (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_One_Cares).

[Pigbuster]

I think you missed the joke. :p

...

!

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!

I feel stupid for missing something ingenious. :p
That probably made it even funnier, though.

[Paul.Power]

300 Game Mechanics dies after 50 :( (http://www.squidi.net/three/index.php)

I was going to write a RealVG article about it at some point and all.

Oh, well, I guess I still can.

EDIT:

baseball rant

Okay, I just had another go at Wii Baseball following some time in practice mode. I managed to hit double, single, home run with the first three batters. The rest of the game was scoreless (aside from hitting an unconverted double and an unconverted single at some point) and I won 3-0.

I still don't get it though.

[Pigbuster]

Well, he said that he gave up because he was fed up with people insulting him and demanding things from him.

So while it's an unfortunate decision, it's the right one, because if you can't put up with insults and demands, the internet is NOT for you.

[FutureWorm]

postin from an iPhone :cool:

[MonkeyforaHead]

postin from an iPhone :cool:

im in ur fone

eatin ur punctuation