The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station

[Squirminator2k]

I also hate Pineapple on a Pizza, I think it's an unnatural combination. :p

Pineapple on pizza should not be. I salute your anti-pineapple-pizza ways.

[Paul.Power]

Ah, but is it worse than honey on toast? ;)

[MtlAngelus]

Ah, but is it worse than honey on toast? ;)
Only if there's no cheese in the toast.

[Zero72]

I think pineapple on pizza and honey on toast are pretty much both sins against nature. :mad:

[MtlAngelus]

I defeated the Pizza. :cool:

Also, I went to see 10000 BC. It was fun. Stunning effects. The plot and dialog were weak tho. Like, really really weak.

[Squirminator2k]

I think pineapple on pizza and honey on toast are pretty much both sins against nature. :mad:

Yes. This is accurate.

[Paul.Power]

Fascists :p.

EDIT: Although I must admit, I can't really see the appeal of honey on toast. It's too runny, and it keeps sliding/dribbling off.

[FutureWorm]

Fascists :p.

EDIT: Although I must admit, I can't really see the appeal of honey on toast. It's too runny, and it keeps sliding/dribbling off.
it's also delicious

[Squirminator2k]

Lies .

[MrBunsy]

Honey works far better in sandwiches than on toast.

[AndrewTaylor]

Honey works nowhere but glazed around meat or in the bin.

[FutureWorm]

Honey works nowhere but glazed around meat or in the bin.
it's damn good on dinner rolls

[Paul.Power]

Anyway, I'm having pizza tonight and there will be pineapple on it.

HA!

[worMatty]

Allister Brimble

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zVIbOD1fo8o

Olof Gustaffson

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYdtTvDqKc

"Vere are your papers, videogames music producer?!"

[Xinos]

I defeated the Pizza. :cool:

Also, I went to see 10000 BC. It was fun. Stunning effects. The plot and dialog were weak tho. Like, really really weak.

I recall seeing a dinosaur in the trailer. I don't remember them beeing around 12000 years ago..
Could have been a really big pigeon though.. in any case, I don't think that movie looks very good =P

[MtlAngelus]

I recall seeing a dinosaur in the trailer. I don't remember them beeing around 12000 years ago..
Could have been a really big pigeon though.. in any case, I don't think that movie looks very good =P
They were birdlike animals actually. Really large birds.

[Paul.Power]

I just had a strange little phone conversation

*phone rings, I pick up*
Me: "Hello?"
Him: "Hello?"
Me: "Hello?"
Him: "Hello? Hello, can you hear me?"
Me: "Yes"
Him: *click*

Should I start watching out for snipers, do you think?

[worMatty]

Sounds like they couldn't hear you. Did you do 1471?

[Paul.Power]

No *does it now*

It was an 07036 number. Apparantly that's a bad thing. (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=8922929)

[Squirminator2k]

Matty, please change your avatar. It's starting to make me feel sick.

[thomasp]

No *does it now*

It was an 07036 number. Apparantly that's a bad thing. (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=8922929)
I'd really watch out for the snipers now... Especially as it's an 07036 number.

[Xinos]

Honey is good as a sugar-cube substitute in tea, but not much else.

[Squirminator2k]

No .

[bonz]

Honey tastes damn good on black bread with topfen (quark, fresh cheese).
Also, warm milk with honey is great against cough.

Although, the best usage is for killing ants and slugs.
Place a shallow pot of honey outside and it'll kill those suckers like nothing else.
The easiest way to get ants out of your place or slugs out of your garden.

[MtlAngelus]

Honey is good on Pancakes. :cool:

[philby4000]

And Pineaple is awesome on pizza.:mad:

[Squirminator2k]

Honey is good on pancakes. Pineapple is not good on pizza.

And, for completness' sake, honey is not good on pineapple.

[Paul.Power]

And Pineaple is awesome on pizza.:mad:

Right on, brother!

[Akuryou13]

Honey works nowhere but glazed around meat or in the bin.TRUE

Pizza's usually salty, and pineapple balances it nicely. FALSE

And Pineaple is awesome on pizza.:mad:FALSE

:mad:

[Paul.Power]

And 100% is being ripped asunder by the great Pineapple on Pizza war...

[AndrewTaylor]

I like pineapple. I like pizza. I like pineapple on pizza. I like pineapple in curry. I like pineapple with cheese on sticks. I don't understand what it is about pizza that makes some people who otherwise like pinapple suddenly hate it so.

[Melon]

I hate pineapple.

I like pineapple when it's on a pizza.

Is there something wrong with me? :(

[Xinos]

Andrew, Melon, wrong thread! :mad:

[AndrewTaylor]

Melon? On pizza? Don't be ridiculous.

It'd be too big.

[Xinos]

You must have small pizzas in the UK.

[AndrewTaylor]

How big do you think a melon is?

[FutureWorm]

I like pineapple. I like pizza. I like pineapple on pizza. I like pineapple in curry. I like pineapple with cheese on sticks. I don't understand what it is about pizza that makes some people who otherwise like pinapple suddenly hate it so.

pineapple is sweet and i prefer my pizza salty; that's what it comes down to for me

[Akuryou13]

I like pineapple. I like pizza. I like pineapple on pizza. I like pineapple in curry. I like pineapple with cheese on sticks. I don't understand what it is about pizza that makes some people who otherwise like pinapple suddenly hate it so.absolutely love pineapple, but it's a completely different taste on pizza. plus the fact that sweet things don't work on pizza :p what's next? M&M pizza? reese's pizza? :p

[Zero72]

Exactly. Pinapple is good and pizza is good, yes, but mixing them is just... wrong. Sausage is good and rollercoasters are good, but I'm not about to eat 3 pounds of sausage and hop on the Whirlwind.

Edit: By the way, as my sig proclaims and links, I'm asking the Internet what it thinks I should name my new car. :3

[bonz]

The previous 9 posts should get moved to the pizza & pineapple thread.

[MtlAngelus]

Edit: By the way, as my sig proclaims and links, I'm asking the Internet what it thinks I should name my new car. :3
I'm bad at naming things. How bout... Zeor Mobile!
Or maybe Charlotte. I'unno.

[Xinos]

How big do you think a melon is?

How long is a piece of string?

[AndrewTaylor]

The previous 9 posts should get moved to the pizza & pineapple thread.

Can't be arsed.

[thomasp]

Ditto.
.

[bloopy]

I'm bad at naming things. How bout... Zeor Mobile!

Zeorobile.

[bonz]

Can't be arsed.
Ditto.
.
Can I use those quotes whenever there is an opportunity to make a joke on your on Shadowmoon's on some noob's expense? :D

[worMatty]

Ham and pineapple pizza is nice.

[Squirminator2k]

MATTY. NO.

You poor fool.

[bonz]

Ham and pineapple pizza is nice.
That's generally called "Pizza Hawaii" around here.
Similar to "Toast Hawaii", which is a toast with a slice of pineapple between the cheese and ham.

[Paul.Power]

Ham and pineapple pizza is nice.

And Pineaple is awesome on pizza.:mad:

Darn it you guys, get voting (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=35804).

Also, clearly Zeor should name his car the Getawaycarmobile.

[FutureWorm]

Darn it you guys, get voting (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=35804).

Also, clearly Zeor should name his car the Getawaycarmobile.
he should name it the f-zero

[Squirminator2k]

When I'm thirsty, I reach for a can of Falcoln Punch!

That was the only good joke in the entire Super Smash Bros Brawl Flash thingy on Newgrounds, and they butchered it.

[Zero72]

Or maybe Charlotte. I'unno.Hm... Believe it or not, I like that one. It's a good car name.

lol and whatnots @ Getawaycarmobile and F-Zero.

[philby4000]

this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8931744269124427817

Just blew my mind.

[Akuryou13]

this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8931744269124427817

Just blew my mind.my god! they shut his stupid mouth! that improves the game 10-fold!

[Xinos]

The next day Yoshi was taken to the vet to be put asleep.

[AndrewTaylor]

How did anyone manage to find that out? There seem to be about forty steps to reproducing that.

[Akuryou13]

ok, today on something-positive (http://www.something-positive.net) they had 3 links to comics the creator enjoys reading. after reading about 10 or so comics of each one, I've come to the conclusion that they are great beyong measure and wish to share with you said comics:

http://truckbearingkibble.com/comic/2007/06/14/turbo-force-amish-part-1-of-3/
http://drawwriteplay.com/2007/10/04/sinking-ship/
http://www.south20th.com/index.php?date=2007-04-03

[SupSuper]

I like TBK.

[FutureWorm]

holy **** truck bearing kibble is awesome

[MtlAngelus]

There was a lot of wind today. A LOT. Like, trees falling down, power shortage everywhere, etc. Even my mum and my sis asked me not to go to work. :p
So I spent all day home bored like hell because there was no electricity. Then it came back around 8 pm.

edit: Also, a lot of dust came with the wind it seems. All the floor inside the house is covered in dust even tho we closed the windows shortly after the heavy winds started.

[SupSuper]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/sp1.mspx) is out!

Go on. Pretend to care.

[bonz]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/sp1.mspx) is out!

Go on. Pretend to care.
Yesss! Finally!

Oh, wait. I misread something there.
You didn't say Windows XP Service Pack 3... :p

[Squirminator2k]

holy **** truck bearing kibble is awesome

This is true. Incidentally TBK and Jump Leads are in the process of setting up one of those comic group alliances majiggers you hear so much about...

[FutureWorm]

This is true. Incidentally TBK and Jump Leads are in the process of setting up one of those comic group alliances majiggers you hear so much about...
woot, good stuff

[Squirminator2k]

Yeah, Eric & Jeremy are top blokes. We'll probably wind up doing some kind of podcast or something. I'm also trying to convince them that a trip to England for the UK Web & Mini Comix Thin next year would be a good idea.

[SupSuper]

Yesss! Finally!

Oh, wait. I misread something there.
You didn't say Windows XP Service Pack 3... :pStill on RC2 I'm afraid, but don't worry, I'll let you know when that comes out too as the Windows afficionado I am.

That reminds me, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/browse.aspx?displaylang=en&productID=FED6228C-C43B-4086-BF09-2986B9CE4610), try it while it breaks more sites than before!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/apathy_ie8.png

[Squirminator2k]

How hard can it be, Microsoft, to make a web browser which doesn't break the internet?

[AndrewTaylor]

To be fair, my website is a total ***** to render. I wouldn't like it to be my job to do it. Still no excuse though, by VERSION EIGHT not to have managed to at least match the standards.

[SupSuper]

It's worse than you think.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/googlemaps_ie8.png
But don't fret, there's a very handy button called "Emulate IE7" which completely fixes these issues. Of course it makes upgrading mostly moot if you're gonna view pages like they were with IE7.

The truth of the matter is there is no absolute way of fixing the internet and making everybody ever happy. You can read a very good (and big!) article (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html) about it.

[Paul.Power]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7306752.stm)

(source: Dan)

[AndrewTaylor]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7306752.stm)

(source: Dan)

I have no strong feelings about Blyton and have no idea where this lies on the blasphemy-whocares-goodidea triangle.

[Paul.Power]

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure myself. It's just whaaaaaa...aaaat.

Like Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

[Melon]

The truth of the matter is there is no absolute way of fixing the internet and making everybody ever happy. You can read a very good (and big!) article (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html) about it.
Now that was a good article. Maybe it's too late to change anything now without a massive (and probably unreasonable) shake up?

[Pigbuster]

their enemies include a DVD bootlegger

That episode must be absolutely thrilling.

[bonz]

The truth of the matter is there is no absolute way of fixing the internet and making everybody ever happy.
Well, a first step would be to make a browser adhere to the W3C standards for HTML, CSS, etc. and make it pass the Acid tests.
The latter which even Firefox doesn't manage to do for Acid2.

[SupSuper]

That episode must be absolutely thrilling.Clearly Disney is out for revenge!

Edit: On a random note, top-notch error handling here:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1197/ohsnwpci3.png
The big bad bold font just makes it sweeter.

[bonz]

New and upcoming sub-forum about a new and upcoming game (no, it's not the new Alien Breed game, Ben):
http://forum.team17.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=97
:D

Also, Muzer knows to much about hidden forums.
He needs to be silenced invited into OD.

[FutureWorm]

Also, Muzer knows to much about hidden forums.
He needs to be silenced invited into OD.

i don't like him

[bonz]

Whoops! Wrong thread. This should be in 100%OTT.
(Phew! For a second I thought I posted it in OO where it could cause another OD leak. :p)

[thomasp]

Whoops! Wrong thread. This should be in 100%OTT.
(Phew! For a second I thought I posted it in OO where it could cause another OD leak. :p)

Consider it moved :p

New and upcoming sub-forum about a new and upcoming game (no, it's not the new Alien Breed game, Ben):
http://forum.team17.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=97
:D

Also, Muzer knows to much about hidden forums.
He needs to be silenced invited into OD.

That would be done at my request - not quite sure why volc hasn't yet made it active, I think he's still waiting for something to happen.

[Akuryou13]

ok, apparently that forum is open and such now just not on display. are we able to make threads in there as it is now? that would be rather humorous.

[SupSuper]

I just did.

[Akuryou13]

I just did. someone should link to the forum in public somewhere and watch the conspiracy theorists freak out about the thread on the forum that doesn't exist :p

[Akuryou13]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=642468&postcount=6

how did plasma find that thread? :confused:

[thomasp]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/search.php?do=getnew most likely

[Akuryou13]

http://forum.team17.co.uk/search.php?do=getnew most likelyhmmm...I guess that would work, huh?

*is an idiot*

[thomasp]

*is an idiot*
*Refrains from comment*

:p

[MtlAngelus]

*is an idiot*
I thought you were an american moron.

:p

[SupSuper]

Nonsense, he's modernized to an idiot by now.

[Pigbuster]

The guy who made that Space Pirate Baby Cabana whatever animation made a new thingy.

http://probertson.livejournal.com/23973.html

It's... uh... weird.
It's even more of a brain-dump than Pirate Baby was.

The animation is absolutely fantastic, though.

[Akuryou13]

BIONIC ARM!
http://www.core77.com/competitions/greenergadgets/projects/4673/

[Paul.Power]

Paul.Power says (18:55):
British history classes up to and including GCSE tend to assume that nothing exciting happened on the world scene between 1588 and 1914 exclusive.
Paul.Power says (18:56):
Which is odd, but there y'go
Paul.Power says (18:57):
Pretty much everything we concentrated on between 1589 and 1913 was all domestic stuff. It's odd
Paul.Power says (18:58):
Maybe it's something to do with the fact that we spent a lot of that period colouring a quarter of the world pink, frequently with rather dastardly methods, and so no-one wants to talk about it.

[FutureWorm]

BIONIC ARM!
http://www.core77.com/competitions/greenergadgets/projects/4673/
that might be the single nerdiest concept i have ever seen

[Xinos]

The problem with cyborg implants is that it must be a pain upgrading to new hardware. It's not like opening your computer case and swapping a component..

[Akuryou13]

The problem with cyborg implants is that it must be a pain upgrading to new hardware. It's not like opening your computer case and swapping a component..I'm sure someone somewhere will design a sleeve that you implant or something so that you can swap out parts......god this is disturbing to talk about :p

[MtlAngelus]

I finally purchased Audiosurf. And I lol'ed, can't believe I'm not the only one thats played the Virtual Barbershop on audiosurf. :p
But I have the top score on elite. :cool::p
Also, I mispelled my username when I registered, now I'm MtlAngelusm. D:

[bonz]

I mispelled my username when I registered, now I'm MtlAngelusm. D:
Is that your Steam ID, or just the Audisurf account?
You can create multiple of the latter.

[SupSuper]

And you can have a nickname different from your Steam ID either way.

[MtlAngelus]

Audiosurf account. I know I can make another one but I already have some scores with this one. :P

[Squirminator2k]

http://jump-leads.com/storage/orly450.jpg

[Akuryou13]

Rofl!! :D

[Paul.Power]

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4674/yarly450ajb4.jpg

I am become meme, the destroyer of worlds.

[bonz]

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nog/t171/images/munch12.jpg

[Melon]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1222/munch12bk4.jpg

[Paul.Power]

ROFLMAOOL*

*Rolling on floor laughing my ass off out loud.

[Xinos]

Haha, this page is great.

[MrBunsy]

Salad fingers springs scaringly to mind seeing that painting.

[worMatty]

My god, Paul, trim your beard. That is terrible.

[Squirminator2k]

I propose a new thread exclusively for pictures of Paul.

[thomasp]

Those pictures are brilliant :D They make my photoshopping of a Boeing 777 last night seem pathetic in comparison (was demonstrating something for a bit of coursework... long story)

[Xinos]

Salad fingers springs scaringly to mind seeing that painting.

I watched an episode after reading that. And just ten minutes later, the background music started playing, it was one of the tunes in my playlist. That was creepy. Damn you Boards of Canada!

[Star Worms]

Anyone else having problems viewing RealVG? I occasionally get this error (doesn't matter which page):

"A file permissions error has occurred. Please check the permissions on the script and the directory it is in and try again."

[thomasp]

Anyone else having problems viewing RealVG? I occasionally get this error (doesn't matter which page):

"A file permissions error has occurred. Please check the permissions on the script and the directory it is in and try again."
Yeah, it seems to be intermittent.

[Xinos]

Speaking of page errors, does anybody know what causes the database errors this forum gets sometimes?

[thomasp]

It's something like the attachment database randomly blowing up when it does its weekly backup, which for some reason just happens to be on a Friday evening, after volcadmin's gone home for the weekend!

Still, there's now a system installed which alerts volc. by text if something blows up on the forum... just as long as there's credit in the system ;) :p

[bonz]

there's now a system installed which alerts volc. by text if something blows up on the forum
Can he then remotely fix it?

[thomasp]

No, I think he has to go into the office and kick the server a couple of times. Or depending how it crashed, just hurl abuse at it for 5mins.

[Paul.Power]

Random snippet of nostalgia:

31273

[FutureWorm]

Random snippet of nostalgia:

31273
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/simcity-advisors.php

[Paul.Power]

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/simcity-advisors.php

As it happens, I saw that earlier today.

My afternoon to early evening basically went:

TV Tropes
v
The page about "Let's Play!"
v
SomethingAwful's "Let's Play SimCity 2000!", and that news post
v
Break for dinner
v
Dan showed up
v
He mentioned KC Green's Custom Comics, and said that this had inspired him to ask for a Transport Advisor themed one, but he didn't have the money.
v
I did have the money, and asked KC for one, taking the above screeny as a reference.
v
With a "Waste not, want not" attitude, I posted the screeny here.

[Star Worms]

Random snippet of nostalgia:

31273At first glance, I thought that was another pic of you...

Edit: The new UK coins have been announced:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/New_British_Coinage_Designs_2008.jpeg

[philby4000]

Well that's certainly different.

[Squirminator2k]

I... uh... hmm.

I suppose the idea there is that you can lay some of the coins over oneanother to make an image of the shield. Which is nice, but I much prefer [Andrew's proposed coin designs (http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2005/08/19/pic-coins/)].

[Melon]

I don't know what's worse, the designs on those coins, or how much they proably spent coming up with it. (I don't know the figure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was oner 100k)

[Zero72]

Which is nice, but I much prefer [Andrew's proposed coin designs (http://www.apathysketchpad.com/blog/2005/08/19/pic-coins/)].Cripes. How could they possibly think a bunch of parts of a shield would be better than this?!

[Squirminator2k]

They look dumb.

So say we all.

[SupSuper]

I can see that making them easy to distinguish.

"No no this is a fifty pence coin not a twenty pence coin don't you see it contains the bottom-middle of the shield not the middle-right side you idiot don't you know anything."

[FutureWorm]

i dunno i think it's pretty spiffy? whatever

[Akuryou13]

I have no opinion either way. they look fine to me. not particularly good but not particularly stupid either.

[Paul.Power]

Good lord.

Bring on the Euro.

[MrBunsy]

I don't know what's worse, the designs on those coins, or how much they proably spent coming up with it. (I don't know the figure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was oner 100k)

The designer was paid £35,000 according to the BBC.

I don't mind them myself. I rather like the current coins, but these don't seem that bad.

[Star Worms]

Just be glad they had a lot more sense than the 2012 committee who IIRC, spent £400,000 on this monstrosity:

http://geekfriendly.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/2012.jpg

[bonz]

Are the edges of the new coins different from each other?
Judging from the size and shape of most of them I think they comply with standards for the visual impaired and the blind.

Just like all Euro coins are either different in radius or with different notches on the edge.
Just be glad they had a lot more sense than the 2012 committee who IIRC, spent £400,000 on this monstrosity:

http://geekfriendly.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/2012.jpg
Ouch!
It's 30 years too late.
Looks more like the flyer for a 1982's revival party to me.

[SomePerson]

I think the "two pence" and "ten pence" coins look too similar to me, also considering that there are only two letters difference between the two...

[MrBunsy]

Are the edges of the new coins different from each other?Yup, the round silver ones have a sort of crinkled edge, the round copper ones have a smooth edge and the others are all different shapes.

[Star Worms]

Anyone put money on a horse for the Grand National?

I have £12.50 EW on D'Argent at 40/1 and £2 on Naunton Brook to place at 28/1. I picked the last one last year, IIRC he was something like 100/1 and was doing very well (right up in top few, and leading at some points), and then fell. Typical I guess.

Never in my life have I picked a horse that's even placed in the Grand National, but oh well...

[bonz]

I'm wondering when the first person hammers all the coins from the set into a big medal of that escutcheon.

[Paul.Power]

I think the "two pence" and "ten pence" coins look too similar to me, also considering that there are only two letters difference between the two...Well, the main difference is that they're different colours. I don't know if colour blindness would be an issue with distinguishing them, but for everyone else it's "they're different colours, who cares how similar they are in shape?"

[Star Worms]

Well, the main difference is that they're different colours. I don't know if colour blindness would be an issue with distinguishing them, but for everyone else it's "they're different colours, who cares how similar they are in shape?"I guess it would matter if someone was blind. But the edges are different.

[Akuryou13]

Just be glad they had a lot more sense than the 2012 committee who IIRC, spent £400,000 on this monstrosity:

http://geekfriendly.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/2012.jpgwhat the hell shape is the pink supposed to be!? 2012?

[bonz]

what the hell shape is the pink supposed to be!? 2012?
Yes.
As I pointed out, some 30-something years old graphic designer probably used the very same layout from his 1982 prom night dance. :D

[FutureWorm]

you know, it's really impressive how much of a difference a good disk defrag makes

[MtlAngelus]

Just spent all night testing the Wii with my brother. We played Smash Bros first, was epic fun, mostly because both of us were clueless at how to do anything and kept dying in stupid ways. Then we tried Wii Sports, where I beat him at everything but baseball. And then we went back to Smash Bros for more epic fun. And we already unlocked Marth and Ness.

[Pigbuster]

OE-CAKE! (http://www.octaveengine.com/casual/dltrial.html) is an awesome physics toy program thingy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfv90v7ILw

Not only are the fluid physics fantastic, but you can drag an image into the window and make it out of any of the materials.

And what images did I use for that feature?

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/15/ohcaekwg4.png

*Evil noises and such*

[AndrewTaylor]

I think the "two pence" and "ten pence" coins look too similar to me, also considering that there are only two letters difference between the two...

The 10p has (at least at the moment and I don't see it changing) milled edges and the 2p has plain edges.

Also they smell different, but I'd hate to have to rely on that.

Edit: I like the new coins. If nobody had pointed out there were no numbers, I don't think I'd even have noticed. The variety of shapes, colours and sizes is plenty for anyone, particularly here, in a country where we put out new coins every few years.

[SupSuper]

OE-CAKE! (http://www.octaveengine.com/casual/dltrial.html) is an awesome physics toy program thingy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pfv90v7ILw

Not only are the fluid physics fantastic, but you can drag an image into the window and make it out of any of the materials.

And what images did I use for that feature?

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/15/ohcaekwg4.png

*Evil noises and such*I can't get it to run at above 0.25fps.

[worMatty]

Indeed. When I count out money at the shop, I don't pause to check what's written on it. I like the new coins, too, but I'm a bit concerned about how I'm to store all my 20ps neatly without the use of a rod.

[bonz]

You like new coins?
You should get the Euro then. Every member state has it's own images on the flipside.

Apart from a few countries which have the same image on all coins (shame on you Ireland and Belgium), you get to see different pictures on all of them.
Plus there are commemorative coins issued every year by most countries.

[Akuryou13]

You like new coins?
You should get the Euro then. Every member state has it's own images on the flipside.

Apart from a few countries which have the same image on all coins (shame on you Ireland and Belgium), you get to see different pictures on all of them.
Plus there are commemorative coins issued every year by most countries.maybe that's where the US gets its ideas from. we've got a quarter for every state and we're getting dollar coins for every past president, plus random commemorative coins once every couple of years that show off some random person that may or may not have played a major role in the developement of this country (such as the sacajawea dollar).

[worMatty]

Nooo, thanks. I'm happy with our own currency.

I was speaking to my mum a couple of nights ago about the new coins and she started talking about metrification and how we should have stuck to the old imperial money because when they changed over to metric 'it was stupid'. What?! Half-pennies, pennies, Sixpence, Twelvepence, ten Twelvepences in a Shilling, two Shillings in a Bob or whatever the hell it all was. Yeah, right. Sorry, I prefer units, tens and hundreds.

[Paul.Power]

Oh, I dunno. Twelve and twenty are quite nice, as numbers go.

Where you start worrying is where numbers like five and a half or fourteen start creeping in.

[Squirminator2k]

Paul Varley, man of the people.

[AndrewTaylor]

Oh, I dunno. Twelve and twenty are quite nice, as numbers go.

Where you start worrying is where numbers like five and a half or fourteen start creeping in.
If you have 240d to the £, then 12 and 6 are good numbers. It's easily factorisable and that's useful for pricing things such that you can get N to the pound for the widest possible range of N. In this case, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 120, or 240, and possibly a few more.

Which is all well and good if you live in a country full of maths nerds and no foreigners ever visit. Which we don't, and they do, so I think decimalisation was a good idea long overdue. Not least because giving ever intermediate denomination a different name (and yes I'm looking at you here, USA) just confuses the matter further for non-natives.

I shudder to think what would happen if today's innumerate, illiterate morons had to deal with pre-decimal currency. Some people blame the decimal currency for the decline in maths skills, but that's a bit stupid and I think fairly clearly post hoc ergo procter hoc reasoning.

Strangely, Firefox's spellchecker allows "ergo" but not "procter" or "hoc".

Or "Firefox's".

[MtlAngelus]

SSBB is incredibly addictive.
Also, Mario Galaxy is really fun and so is Twilight Princess.

[philby4000]

Ouendan 2 has sucked me back in. the ice-scatting level on magnificent cheering difficulty is an absolute beast.:p

[Squirminator2k]

SSBB is incredibly addictive.
Do you have a Friend Code?

[MtlAngelus]

3351-4138-7718

[Squirminator2k]

I shall add you when I get home.

[FutureWorm]

Ouendan 2 has sucked me back in. the ice-scatting level on magnificent cheering difficulty is an absolute beast.:p
ice scatting? :eek:

[worMatty]

Tasty .

[Zero72]

MtlAngelus' Brawl Code added. :cool:

[MtlAngelus]

Whoop!

Also, Just got in the mail:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7296/photo3jg4.jpg
:cool:

[Squirminator2k]

Which reminds me, I should probably do a unique cover for that particular release, or for people who want to keep their copies of W2 and WA in the same case.

[worMatty]

That release is supplied in a DVD library case already though. Do you have nothing better to do? ;)

[SupSuper]

As if you need to ask.

[Squirminator2k]

That release is supplied in a DVD library case already though. Do you have nothing better to do? ;)

So were Worms3D, Worms Forts, Worms Blast and W4M, but that hasn't stopped people specifically asking me to do them.

[Star Worms]

Wow. I just stumbled upon the London 2012 Paralympic Games logo (the one on the left).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/All_London_2012_logos.PNG

I'm not joking, and I don't think I'm reading into this too much either, but what that says to me is that the Paralympics is a broken version of the Olympics, and that they are messed up. Whether that's the message they wanted to send across, I don't know, but that's my honest initial reaction to the logo.

[SupSuper]

It just looks like the four other colors combined to me. (in that bizarre 80s style)

[Squirminator2k]

Yeah, I think you're just being overly sensitive, Andy.

[bonz]

Hmm.
Maybe the graphic designer had only the blind in mind when thinking about the Paralympics.

[Squirminator2k]

I think the designer was thinking of the blind when he designed the regular logo. It's a ruddy mess - I don't know anyone who likes it.

[Xinos]

Oh no! The paralympics logo symbolises uniqueness, how hatefull!

[Pigbuster]

3351-4138-7718

I have added you.

...it would be nice if I could actually PLAY in friend mode. The only way to see if someone is online is to go to the JOIN GAME menu.
And a little while ago I logged in just in time to see Slick leave the Wi-FI connection. Bah.

[Squirminator2k]

You can play in Friend Mode. I don't get what you're getting at. Go to Friends > Brawl and it'll display your Friends Roster to join any currently available games going, and a Host Game option.

[FutureWorm]

Wow. I just stumbled upon the London 2012 Paralympic Games logo (the one on the left).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/All_London_2012_logos.PNG

I'm not joking, and I don't think I'm reading into this too much either, but what that says to me is that the Paralympics is a broken version of the Olympics, and that they are messed up. Whether that's the message they wanted to send across, I don't know, but that's my honest initial reaction to the logo.
i know that the one on the right is the official olympics logo, so what are the middle three

and yeah, i agree that the paralympics logo looks somehow even more broken than the normal one

[worMatty]

*sigh* *gets wallet out* How much?

[Star Worms]

i know that the one on the right is the official olympics logo, so what are the middle three

and yeah, i agree that the paralympics logo looks somehow even more broken than the normal oneThe original Olympics logo showed them alternating very quickly. This caused people to have epileptic fits so it is now not animated.

[Paul.Power]

I'm proud of Manchester. They hosted the Commonwealth Games without really screwing up (silk flat caps/waistcoats and some rain aside), and the World Track Cycling Championship Thing this year without really screwing up. But London just seems to be making a total bog-hole of the Olympics.

[SupSuper]

"Clamshell packaging is so over," said Wendy Jedlicka, a packaging designer. "We know it sucks. We're fixing that." (http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9912173-54.html)

And everyone rejoiced.

[FutureWorm]

The original Olympics logo showed them alternating very quickly. This caused people to have epileptic fits so it is now not animated.
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[MtlAngelus]

W:A is great on 1920*1200. :3

Only, it gets a bit choppy every now and then. D:

I don't know if it's my graphics card not being good enough, but I doubt it's that...

[worMatty]

CPU then? I run at 1920x1200 and have no jerkiness at all. CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, graphics card is ATi Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB.

[MtlAngelus]

2,4 ghz core 2 duo, don't think it's that either.

[SupSuper]

Can we finally stop Uwe Boll's wrath? (http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2271690,00.html) Probably not. (http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html)

[Akuryou13]

Can we finally stop Uwe Boll's wrath? (http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2271690,00.html) Probably not. (http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html)http://www.guforums.com/showthread.php?t=12963

according to him, uwe started his own petition after making that promise for people to sign who like him. chances are good he won't be going away any time soon...

[Slick]

Slick Isnt Here.

[FutureWorm]

Slick Isnt Here.
wait that doesn't make sense

[SupSuper]

Also here's a flash game (http://supsuper.wurmz.net/magda/game.htm) I coded for my sister's uni project thing.

[worMatty]

Says Magda on it.

[SupSuper]

Yes, Magda is my sister, it's her game. She just couldn't figure out how to programme it so I did.

[Akuryou13]

that's a really crap game :p

[MtlAngelus]

I keep throwing him the wrong way.

[SomePerson]

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/5046/scoreboardwnedeu8.jpg

I just ρwned your scoreboard.:) (under the name Kentosh - that's my last name which everyone here calls me by)

How, do I hear you ask?

I raised my mouse sensitivity...


I have a really nasty habit of either throwing him straight down, straight up, or backwards, but on the rare occasion he does the general vicinity I get in the top 10 every time...

edit: oh dear I can't believe it filters out "ρwn" in links even...

[Paul.Power]

I keep throwing him the wrong way.I got some epic scores of -1285.19 and -1150.26 before I actually got a couple to go in the right direction. (the first one dedicated to Enter name here, natch)

Looks like some guy called Kentosh has been kicking my ass, though (http://sylphmortem.hostedwith.us/magda_wp/?page_id=4)

EDIT: I should really pay more attention.

[AndrewTaylor]

I just ρwned your scoreboard.:)

You are the most tragic person on this whole forum, you know that?

[thomasp]

Cue another word to be added to the swear filter courtesy of SomePerson :p

[Akuryou13]

I just ρwned your scoreboard.:) SP, I officially love you!

btw, I got bored and got a few high scores on sup's game. I even manages a -1500 but it doesn't record that :p

[SupSuper]

We did consider a Hall of Shame.

[Xinos]

I gave up after about 15 wrong directional throws in a row (including a few straight down-into-the-ground throws). I think anybody throwing him in the right direction is cheating.

[Star Worms]

I gave up after about 15 wrong directional throws in a row (including a few straight down-into-the-ground throws). I think anybody throwing him in the right direction is cheating.That was happening to me... I closed my eyes while doing it and got 1610. I think I only managed about 3 or 4 throws that went over 500.

[MtlAngelus]

I HATE ray-surfing in Mario Galaxy.

[Akuryou13]

I gave up after about 15 wrong directional throws in a row (including a few straight down-into-the-ground throws). I think anybody throwing him in the right direction is cheating.I just randomly spin the mouse and let go. 3 of the 50 times I tried the guy went the right way and went far.

[SupSuper]

I HATE ray-surfing in Mario Galaxy.Really? I found it the easiest bit of the game.

[worMatty]

Remind me, what is ray surfing?

[SupSuper]

It's when you ride the hot rays of the sun.

[SomePerson]

oof, I just got -2731.16... If only that had gone the right way.....

You are the most tragic person on this whole forum, you know that?

Just because I rhowned your swear filter?;):rolleyes:


edit: Whoops, glitched it with 386271.95 - I don't remember what exactly I did - I was spinning my mouse as fast as I could and I think I right-clicked on accident, and then left-clicked somewhere else to remove the box that showed up, and he just randomly went really fast...:p

[Akuryou13]

what teh hell is the DPI on your mouse, SP?

edit: -1870.......

[MtlAngelus]

It's when you ride the hot rays of the sun.
No it's when you ride that phreaking manta ray or whatever it is and then proceed to plummet to your own dead a couple dozen times. Well the first time was ok, but the second time was horrible. (I think it's on the galaxies you unlock with the green power stars, I'm not sure).
It may just have been me that was trying to do it too fast, but still. :p

[Akuryou13]

>< DAMN IT!

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/blah789789/wrongway.jpg

[Pigbuster]

Damn, if that went in the right direction, it would've been a record. :p

[SomePerson]

what teh hell is the DPI on your mouse, SP?

edit: -1870.......

1000 dpi. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Cordless-Optical-Bluetooth-Charcoal/dp/B000BDH2Y8

Apparently not much more than yours with that last score... *thumbs up*

[Star Worms]

Try playing the game on a laptop :p

[Akuryou13]

1000 dpi. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Cordless-Optical-Bluetooth-Charcoal/dp/B000BDH2Y8

Apparently not much more than yours with that last score... *thumbs up*1000?! I have 3200! :eek:

[worMatty]

We need a Play Again button. Well, I don't, I gave up with the game.

[SupSuper]

No it's when you ride that phreaking manta ray or whatever it is and then proceed to plummet to your own dead a couple dozen times. Well the first time was ok, but the second time was horrible. (I think it's on the galaxies you unlock with the green power stars, I'm not sure).
It may just have been me that was trying to do it too fast, but still. :pIt was a joke.
We need a Play Again button. Well, I don't, I gave up with the game.I tried adding one but Flash wouldn't reset the game properly.

[MtlAngelus]

My Wii fitness age is 38 D:


:p

[SupSuper]

I think I cut mine down to 26 last I checked.

[Xinos]

It was a joke.
I tried adding one but Flash wouldn't reset the game properly.

I've had similar problems when making flash games. If the playable part of the game is on frame 1, try moving it to frame 2 and then just make the "play again" button start on 1. That should have the same effect as going through the menus again. There's probably a better way though..

[Akuryou13]

My Wii fitness age is 38 D:


:pWii Fit came out?!

[SupSuper]

I've had similar problems when making flash games. If the playable part of the game is on frame 1, try moving it to frame 2 and then just make the "play again" button start on 1. That should have the same effect as going through the menus again. There's probably a better way though..It already works like that, but it still doesn't reset everything properly unless I move out of the scene (like it is now). It's not my concern anyways, I've got enough work with college. They brought us... Snakes on Assembly!

[Akuryou13]

Welp, looks like I missed you this time. I just went to MSN at you, only to notice in the process that, in a time before time, I seem to had blocked you and forgotten about it. Given that I have no idea why, I think we're past that now... :p

Next time, maybe, and either way, we should probably move the discussion out of NEaO.I wasn't even on MSN today and tad and ken left early so that tad could go obsess over his love interest. maybe next week, but if you just wanna play me, lemme know.

[MtlAngelus]

Wii Fit came out?!

Nah, it's on Wii Sports, It has an area called Wii Fitness that has you going trough some tests and then gives you an estimated Wii fitness age.

[Akuryou13]

Nah, it's on Wii Sports, It has an area called Wii Fitness that has you going trough some tests and then gives you an estimated Wii fitness age.oh that. my first attempt landed me at 80-something :p

[SupSuper]

oh that. my first attempt landed me at 80-something :pThe maximum is 80.

[Akuryou13]

The maximum is 80.must've been 70-something then :p it's been a while.

[Star Worms]

Maybe it was OVER NINE THOUSAND!!1!1!

[MtlAngelus]

*grunt*
GARRR GRAAAWWWR
*collapse*

[Melon]

*grunt*
GARRR GRAAAWWWR
*collapse*
I agree .

[Zero72]

Ignis Solus (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26186.html) is just too genius.

I want an MP3 desperately, but they want you to buy it.

[bonz]

Ignis Solus (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26186.html) is just too genius.

I want an MP3 desperately, but they want you to buy it.
You want the music from that TF2 Pyro video?
You could download the video file and extract the audio yourself with some audio extraction tool (http://www.google.at/search?hl=de&q=extract%20music%20from%20WMV&meta=).

[Xinos]

I want a better camera, I get quite a bit of grain in my photos.. much more noticable in the original size though.

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8955/cimg0746dp8.th.jpg (http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg0746dp8.jpg)

[worMatty]

Send me the original image please. matt at wurmz dot eclipse dot co dot uk.

[Zero72]

I want an MP3 desperately, but they want you to buy it.I bought it.

It was only a dollar.

[MtlAngelus]

Posting from my Wii... :cool:

[bonz]

Posting from my Wii... :cool:
Do you have to write the letters in mid-air with the Wii controller?

[AndrewTaylor]

Do you have to write the letters in mid-air with the Wii controller?

It's a sort of a cross between Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard and Duck Hunt.

That, or you can plug in a USB keyboard.

[Paul.Power]

Something like Dasher (http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/) would probably work well on the Wii.

[AndrewTaylor]

Yeah, but it should be more 3D-like, with the letters coming at you from the back of the screen somehow.

[Star Worms]

Anyone know how to connect wireless keyboards/mouses? I've had the problem before.

I've had to disconnect it all and now after hooking it all back up, it doesn't respond even when I try to connect it. I've put new batteries in them as well.

I've had the problem before in the past but Christmas was approaching and got a new one then (this one).

[AndrewTaylor]

In my experience, I took them back to the shop and bought proper ones with cables.

I imagine that thanks to Bluetooth this is no longer the case, but it used to constantly amaze me just how hopeless mankind was at making short-range wireless connections work. It seemed like such a simple task compared to setting up a mobile phone network or satellite television.

[SupSuper]

I've never had any issues with mine, they work right off the box,.

There are some crappy models which will only work after you press the CONNECT buttons in a really specific order and spin around the room, so you might wanna check the manual.

[Star Worms]

It says to connect the mouse first, then the keyboard, which I've done, and tried the opposite. It does often happen to me but it usually works about the second time I turn my PC on.

Might email Logitech at some point. Another thing added to my busy schedule.

[Akuryou13]

Logitech!? wow, I've had a wireless mouse from them for over a year now and it's worked flawlessly. granted, I switched back to a wired mouse when teh G9 came out and my wife got it for me for christmas, but she's continued using the other mouse since and it's worked fine for her as well.

normally their mice just plug n play. definitely wanna contact logitech if yours is being funky.

[MtlAngelus]

We bought one for work recently and upon connecting the transmiter it proceeded to burn out. So we took it back and got a different one and it works fine. Except that it seems to be possesed. :p

[Star Worms]

Logitech!? wow, I've had a wireless mouse from them for over a year now and it's worked flawlessly. granted, I switched back to a wired mouse when teh G9 came out and my wife got it for me for christmas, but she's continued using the other mouse since and it's worked fine for her as well.

normally their mice just plug n play. definitely wanna contact logitech if yours is being funky.

The last keyboard I got from Logitech did the same thing. So I've found them irritating. I'm adamant that the keyboard and mouse still work, I think it's probably something to do with connecting it.

[worMatty]

Are you using a HomePlug mains networking system at all? Or any kind of radio transmitting device? Cordless phones, mobiles, wireless networks? Do you know what frequency range your deskset works on? Is it 2.4GHz or more like 433MHz?

Does the receiver light flash upon key presses or mouse movement? Have you tried resynchronising the deskset using the pairing buttons? Have you read the troubleshooting section of the manual? Have you checked the Logitech web site for updates? Is it a USB deskset or PS/2?

[Star Worms]

Are you using a HomePlug mains networking system at all? Or any kind of radio transmitting device? Cordless phones, mobiles, wireless networks? Do you know what frequency range your deskset works on? Is it 2.4GHz or more like 433MHz?*shrug* We have wireless internet but I had no problem getting it to work after Christmas. Don't know about the frequency

Does the receiver light flash upon key presses or mouse movement? Have you tried resynchronising the deskset using the pairing buttons? Have you read the troubleshooting section of the manual? Have you checked the Logitech web site for updates? Is it a USB deskset or PS/2?The receiver isn't supposed to flash when I click the mouse, but when connecting the mouse/keyboard, the lights flash as usual. It connects to the regular keyboard and mouse sockets.

I'm unable to install the updates because I have no working keyboard or mouse, and haven't looked yet. I don't have the manual on me - it is probably lurking around in a random drawer at home. In fact, I can't even say what.... aha: http://www.icct.ca/images/prod_logitech/logitech_mx3000.jpg :p

MX 3000

[SomePerson]

In my experience, I took them back to the shop and bought proper ones with cables.

I imagine that thanks to Bluetooth this is no longer the case, but it used to constantly amaze me just how hopeless mankind was at making short-range wireless connections work. It seemed like such a simple task compared to setting up a mobile phone network or satellite television.

I have a Logitech bluetooth mouse and it still goes wonky at times... I feel it used to do it more often, but sometimes it just would stop working no matter how many times I'd hit the reset button and the connection light on the mouse would just blink on and off. I went into the Bluetooth options, deleted the mouse connection, looked for a new bluetooth device to connect, selected the mouse and it worked. This used to happen all the time. Not so much anymore - no idea why.

[SupSuper]

It sounds like either interference or defective hardware. I've always used Logitech's cordless desktop kits (I think I'm on my third) and they've worked flawlessly.