The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station

[Alien King]

Oh Sh*t.

[Blinx]

You missed the river!

[Pickleworm]

Is there an easy and relatively inexpensive way to get the music off a cassette tape and into a digital format? I remember there being a "cassette drive" on thinkgeek many years back but it was like $150 and I can't find it anymore. I don't even know what it would be called to look it up anywhere.

[MrBunsy]

Plug the line out from a decent cassette player into the line in of a decent sound card?

[thomasp]

Something like this maybe? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=218128

Or if you've got a 3.5mm line out (or adapter to get 3.5mm line out) from your cassette player you could plug that into the line in on your computer and use some software to record it as if its a microphone.

[FutureWorm]

what do you need that is exclusively on cassette anyway? that format sucks a big one

[Paul.Power]

what do you need that is exclusively on cassette anyway? that format sucks a big one

Home recorded versions of radio comedy programmes (such as I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and The Now Show) spring to mind.

(A few months back my Dad spent an awful lot of time transferring tapes to his hard drive and CDs. I think he used a special box or something to deal with noise reduction en route from tape deck to computer)

[Akuryou13]

Is there an easy and relatively inexpensive way to get the music off a cassette tape and into a digital format? I remember there being a "cassette drive" on thinkgeek many years back but it was like $150 and I can't find it anymore. I don't even know what it would be called to look it up anywhere.http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/7a8d/

it's called a cassette drive :p

[Paul.Power]

While I appreciate that cries of BEST SOMETHING EVER rarely live up to the hype:

BEST THREAD EVER (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3067562&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1)

(research courtesy Daniel)

[Pickleworm]

Plug the line out from a decent cassette player into the line in of a decent sound card?

Actually this is a good idea and I'll try to unearth a walkman

what do you need that is exclusively on cassette anyway? that format sucks a big one

Just found a record label that has a lot of interesting-sounding music for only like $3 but it's all on cassette

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/7a8d/

it's called a cassette drive :p

Oh well. It's out of stock anyway

[Alien King]

I have to know, does anybody actually like yakuza?

[Vader]

I find him entertaining but I wouldn't say I like him, per sé. I like him being around. I guess that's all you can really be asking since it's unlikely that any of us know him for anything other than his posts here - I mean, as a person, who knows?

[Muzer]

KRD likes him.

[bonz]

I like yakuza's biting cynism and in his sarcastic posts.
He's annoyingly pedantic though and I can't stand how won't stop an argument, even when he's already been proven right.

He's one of the spearheads against stupidity though.
KRD likes him.
Seems so.
Probably for yakuza's oldschoolness.

[MrBunsy]

He's one of the spearheads against stupidity though.

Ish. He doesn't exactly set a great example, more of just insult anyone he disagrees with.

[SupSuper]

I really don't like him.

Sure he's against stupidity, but that's no excuse to be an arrogant smartass. (although that seems to be the norm)

[Alien King]

I like yakuza's biting cynism and in his sarcastic posts.
He's annoyingly pedantic though and I can't stand how won't stop an argument, even when he's already been proven right.

His constant sarcasm though drives me mad. It's often unnecessary and just makes him come across as an arrogant ****. It can be amusing at times, but its constant.
And I agree with your statement on him being pendantic and argumentative.

[thomasp]

yakuza is totally incapable of knowing when to stop an argument, even when he's been proved wrong (or sometimes right) beyond all doubt.

[FutureWorm]

I have to know, does anybody actually like yakuza?
yakuza owns; he's basically the anti-plasma

[MtlAngelus]

Yakuza is cool.

[Akuryou13]

yakuza is totally incapable of knowing when to stop an argument, even when he's been proved wrong (or sometimes right) beyond all doubt.this, exactly.

I've seen posts that make him seem like he would be a decent guy if he just didn't constantly try to be an ass to everyone with little or no reason to do so.

[KRD]

Probably for yakuza's oldschoolness.

Well, not really for it...

It's more a case of him being around for long enough to allow someone who wants to get to know him better to do so. Provided that someone isn't too proud of being a Team17 Forum regular, heh. I'm just one of the people who bothered, and not the only one. :p

[Akuryou13]

I NEED THIS!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/b625/

[MrBunsy]

Hah. I think I'll stick with cheap umbrellas :P

What's yakuzaa trying to do in the snow thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38138) exactly?

[SupSuper]

Get a reaction, I assume. He craves for arguments.

[worMatty]

The http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/7a8d/ internal tape deck has a line output connector that goes in to your sound card. It also uses a 9-pin serial connection! It's basically a tape deck you put IN your PC.

The http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/digital-conversion/9778/ USB external tape deck (or Maplin code N94CU) is a complete, self-contained unit with little theoretical loss between analogue and digital considering the sound card is built in.

But in essence, yes, the line lead is the cheapest option, provided your tape deck is not noisy. Experiment with the volume control for a bit though to find the best result. Not compatible with mic sockets.

[SupSuper]

I realize a lot of you don't visit Online Orgy. As such, I feel it is my duty to inform you of this browser-based game.
Melon came up with it.
I coded it.
It's Worms on a grid.
It might be really complicated.
The url is thus: http://we2.radiobskura.nl/
The thread is thus: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=37820
Feel free to try it.

[Star Worms]

As I didn't know who yakuza was I thought I'd try and see if what others said was true (see the snow thread). Looks like it is.

[Glenn]

Has the world lost its mind yet?

http://news.deviantart.com/article/70133/

If it hasn't yet, it's closing in on it.

[MtlAngelus]

In other news, I... MADE A BALROG. :cool:
Using this: http://www.cubeecraft.com/character177.html

[Glenn]

I've seen those before, they're awesome. My convention's table at Ohayocon had a whole army of Cubee Craft.

[Zero72]

I NEED THIS!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/b625/

Whoa, I think I might need this too.

I do already have a pretty kickass umbrella somewhere or another though... Or should...

But that one doesn't have a KATANA GRIP, does it?

[Star Worms]

Anyone know of any decent image editing software? (Yes, I know: vague)

I've made a diagram for my report in Paint (as tacky as it may be the most important thing is that it's clear, which is why I used it). Here's the problem: I need to add some arrowheads and Paint doesn't know them. I tried pasting/opening it into Photoshop but it just made the image extremely blurry. I also tried making an arrowhead in Photoshop and copying it into Paint, but Paint won't allow it.

Got any ideas?

[Vader]

Have you tried Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/)?

Oh, also, if the arrowhead in Photoshop is a Shape layer, right-click it and select "Rasterize Layer" before copy/pasting into Paint. I'm not sure whether it will work but it's worth a mention.

[SupSuper]

Anyone who reads Penny Arcade probably has already seen this, but this is a terrific video on the rising internet stupidity: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692992/Sesslers-Soapbox-Killzone-Mailbag.html

[Pickleworm]

Has the world lost its mind yet?

http://news.deviantart.com/article/70133/

If it hasn't yet, it's closing in on it.

Seriously?

[worMatty]

Anyone who reads Penny Arcade probably has already seen this, but this is a terrific video on the rising internet stupidity: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692992/Sesslers-Soapbox-Killzone-Mailbag.html

That's cool. Kudos to that guy.

[Squirminator2k]

32253

I refuse to ride this bus.

[Star Worms]

32253

I refuse to ride this bus.

The Christians have jumped on the bandwagon and funded their own ads.

One is something along the lines of 'There definitely is a God. So join xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx and enjoy your life'

And another was a quote from the bible. Something along the lines of 'The fool hath said there is no God'

[Squirminator2k]

Yes, I saw.

What a bunch of clowns.

[Paul.Power]

They started it with all those Alpha Course adverts anyway. Not to mention all the stuff outside churches.

[Star Worms]

Anyone know of a decent program that can convert excel tables into html?

And before you say, Excel can't do it properly - I have tried. It alters the widths of the columns and overlaps the text.
Coming back to this again.

My Dreamweaver trial ended and I'm back to square one.:-/

[Akuryou13]

Coming back to this again.

My Dreamweaver trial ended and I'm back to square one.:-/yaaarrr. why be ye not just finding it by alternative means?

[SupSuper]

Google Docs (http://docs.google.com) seems to do it fine.

[Squirminator2k]

http://stuff.benpaddon.co.uk/bus.jpg

[Error404]

32253

I refuse to ride this bus.
I find this amusing. :p

Funny thing as the second image is exactly the same with just the banner changed... :rolleyes:

[Akuryou13]

I find this amusing. :p

Funny thing as the second image is exactly the same with just the banner changed... :rolleyes:and if you look at the two, you can see the second one has much clearer text. obvious photoshop job

[Squirminator2k]

http://ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus/

[Squirminator2k]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/ianiansymes/siliconheaven.jpg

[bloopy]

Has the world lost its mind yet?

http://news.deviantart.com/article/70133/

If it hasn't yet, it's closing in on it.

Let's hope we figure out how to go back in time and kill Stephenie Meyer before it's too late.


On another note, this is a little disturbing: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2270/105/35/61404414/n61404414_41177028_1082.jpg

[Akuryou13]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2270/105/35/61404414/n61404414_41177028_1082.jpg[/url]a LITTLE disturbing?!

[Error404]

Holy manatee... i won't be able to sleep at night for a while...

Any thoughts on what the hell may have defined such a hair pattern for the baby!? :confused:

[MtlAngelus]

Holy manatee... i won't be able to sleep at night for a while...

Any thoughts on what the hell may have defined such a hair pattern for the baby!? :confused:

I don't know. The fact that there is a market for shaving babies is already disturbing enough... :confused:

[FutureWorm]

On another note, this is a little disturbing: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2270/105/35/61404414/n61404414_41177028_1082.jpg

you can shave the baby. you know, if you really want to. it's up to you, mostly

[bonz]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1348/nomodbusfk4.jpg

[Paul.Power]

32254

Rene Magritte's got nothing on me.

[Star Worms]

. .

[Paul.Power]

32256

referencing a speech given by Adams in 1998.

[worMatty]

Nice one, Andy.

http://wurmz.net/stuff/atheistbus1.jpg

[Star Worms]

Speed .

[Star Worms]

Have you tried Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/)?

Oh, also, if the arrowhead in Photoshop is a Shape layer, right-click it and select "Rasterize Layer" before copy/pasting into Paint. I'm not sure whether it will work but it's worth a mention.
Cheers, that's a nifty little program and is just what I needed.

[Paul.Power]

32258

Because if you live near the end of a route, it's far more likely that the next bus going by has come from the "big end" of the loop.

[bonz]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1073/underpantsbuswc5.jpg

[Pickleworm]

Let's hope we figure out how to go back in time and kill Stephenie Meyer before it's too late.


On another note, this is a little disturbing: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2270/105/35/61404414/n61404414_41177028_1082.jpg

Yes, yes please

[Paul.Power]

32259

The bus companies should bring this one out to try and defuse the tension :p

[bloopy]

Let's hope we figure out how to go back in time and kill Stephenie Meyer before it's too late.


On another note, this is a little disturbing: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2270/105/35/61404414/n61404414_41177028_1082.jpgYes, yes please

Yes you want Stephenie Meyer's books to be erased from history, and yes please you want to shave the baby? Ok.

[FutureWorm]

i just did a review of some old posts, and all i have to say is that i'm really glad that this was the first forum i ever posted on

[FutureWorm]

also, the (somewhat) disappointing truth re: you can shave the baby:

http://www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/libera/prace.htm

[Vader]

Heh, reading my old posts reveals a fickle anger. Perhaps I was a cock at times, even.

Maybe I still am and I'll read this post in 5 years' time and think "what a cock".

Plus this:
http://ruletheweb.co.uk/b3ta/bus/QRMMTLKR/WHERE%20WE%27RE%20GOING.../WILL%20COST%20YOU%20%C2%A33.60%20TODAY/AND%20%C2%A33.80%20TOMORROW./bus.jpg

[Vader]

also, the (somewhat) disappointing truth re: you can shave the baby:

http://www.raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/libera/prace.htm

OMG LEGO Concentration Camp!

No offence to anyone who is offended by me liking this. It's 2-fold. The first fold is that it's LEGO. The other fold (neatly perpendicular to the first) is that my old Worms website was called Concentration Camp (natty play on words).

I might re-brand my website today.

edit: FutureWorm you double-posted, forcing me to double-post. Now we'll end up being hated. I always though DP was a good thing. *sigh*

[bonz]

You do know that this page is obviously an art page by some performance artist?
And the LEGO concentration camp a convincing looking mock-up.

[Vader]

Yes, I do know it's a mock-up.

[worMatty]

Vader loves to DP.

[worMatty]

Plus he's a cock.

[Vader]

vader loves to dp.

so does ur momma

plus he's a cock.

no u

[Zero72]

Not trying to rub it in or whatever, Aku, but I just got my samurai-handle umbrella. Rest assured, whenever you do manage to get your hands on one, it is pretty kickass. :p

No falsities on the advertising on this one -- in addition to kickass katana grip, it's just plain a damn nice umbrella.

[Akuryou13]

Not trying to rub it in or whatever, Aku, but I just got my samurai-handle umbrella. Rest assured, whenever you do manage to get your hands on one, it is pretty kickass. :p

No falsities on the advertising on this one -- in addition to kickass katana grip, it's just plain a damn nice umbrella.good to hear. I'm still contemplating my purchase of one. I've got the money, just not sure if I want to spend it on that sort of thing. I'll figure it out eventually, though I'm definitely leaning towards yes.

[Zero72]

I had to contemplate too; ended up being one of those "buy it so I don't have to deliberate buying it anymore" deals.

[Akuryou13]

I had to contemplate too; ended up being one of those "buy it so I don't have to deliberate buying it anymore" deals.haha, nice.

[Vader]

Awww, my bus pic went missing.

It's topical and that:

[MtlAngelus]

Just found a "Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse" cartridge for the Sega Game Gear lying around.

I never in my life owned/played/even saw a Game Gear, as far as I remember... Although it is possible that my aunt had one. I seem to have memories of playing this game, only once, but it was definitely on the tv, not on a portable system...
I am confused.

Anyway, EVIDENCE! :

[SupSuper]

CSS is incredibly gay.

[Xinos]

This is kinda cool, I guess...
http://coolepochcountdown.com/

[Vader]

Sadly I find that quite depressing.

That people find such significance is such insignificant events is surely the reason our world is so ****ed up. Religion is my immediate example but more subtle ones are also evident.

[bonz]

Sadly I find that quite depressing.

That people find such significance is such insignificant events is surely the reason our world is so ****ed up. Religion is my immediate example but more subtle ones are also evident.
I'm looking forward to watching my clock switching from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 everyday.

[Vader]

*sigh*

Let the economic turmoil begin... you can all blame bonz when we've all been made redundant (again).

[Akuryou13]

HEY PAUL!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=208115%3Fcid

[Zero72]

I feel... moderately silly, but I ordered this guy from Amazon at a big discount, I'm talking less than half price: http://www.stikfas.com/product_samurai%26stallion.html

Very minimalistic, smartly-articulated little mannequin guys. There are tons of them. Only a handful can be bought online, though.

For some reason, I'm really looking forward to when that silly little samurai guy shows up in the mail. I'm even younger at heart than I thought. :p

[Akuryou13]

For some reason, I'm really looking forward to when that silly little samurai guy shows up in the mail. I'm even younger at heart than I thought. :pyou loser! what sort of self-respecting adult are you? *tones out the muppet show in the back ground*

[Vader]

Stikfas are awesome.

[Star Worms]

I must be retarded or something. I only just noticed the new Google favicon has a "g" in it. I did wonder why they'd changed to a favicon with some random coloured blobs.

[Vader]

That is considerably retarded, I must say. :(

[Zero72]

Stikfas are awesome.I couldn't precisely finger just what I seem to love about them so much, even though I don't even actually have one yet. Probably for the same reasons I always loved drawing Super Guy comics. Their lack of detail is part of what makes them so great. It lets the imagination fill in its own details or something. It's remarkable how much emotion you can get out of a figure with no face if you get the body language just right, which is more or less the whole Super Guy philosophy. I enjoyed looking through the pictures they had up on ThinkGeek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/70d9/action/).

If I weren't gonna get the samurai... I'd probably get, who knows, maybe the motorcycle badass (http://www.stikfas.com/product_motorcycle.html), or the supervillain (http://www.stikfas.com/product_supervillian.html). The mobster (http://www.stikfas.com/product_mobster.html) is pretty cool too. And of course, everybody loves that dragon (http://www.stikfas.com/product_dragon.html).

[bloopy]

I must be retarded or something. I only just noticed the new Google favicon has a "g" in it. I did wonder why they'd changed to a favicon with some random coloured blobs.

I never even thought to pay it any attention whatsoever. :p

[Xinos]

Heh, I stumbled upon the ultimate "Negative Events and Occurrences" site.
http://www.fmylife.com/

It puts our thread to shame.

[Vader]

Come off it... there have been some pretty dark times in -iveEaO, much darker than:

Today, I was hooking up with a guy for the first time and he told me I was in luck. When I asked why he replied, "I like little boobs." FML

(because let's face it, if he likes little boobs and you have little boobs that's positive)

Today, I was crying after having argued with my boyfriend. My mom saw me, she asked "Why are you crying? Don't you have homework to do?" FML

(because that's as good a guess as any, really)

Today, I told my mom I was going through a growth spurt. She said "Yeah, horizontally." FML

(because ahahahahahahahahahahahaha, fatty)

[SupSuper]

I think that site ashames humanity. 99% of the whining is relationship-related like "oh no i don't get to have sex clearly i'm gonna post about it" "oh no my date failed how could this happen" "oh no my sexy sexy plan didn't work"

What. The. Hell.

[BetongÅsna]

Castle of Illusion? That brings back vivid, hazy memories of a place I could never forget but have totally mislocated.

[Pooka]

Could be Knightmare - "Welcome, watchers of illusion, to the castle of confusion". Then again, there's probably also a game called Castle of Illusion or something.

[MtlAngelus]

http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/02/earthbound-music-similarities/

Holy shnizzle, this stuff makes earthbound a lot more awesome than I thought it was.

And holy what the hell at the Star Spangled Banner being in the Jackie's Cafe theme.
I don't think I would have ever noticed.

[Vader]

That reminds me - I need to play EarthBound. Lots of people says it's good.

edit: Oh, I didn't even realise Ness (from SSBB) was from Earthbound...

[Akuryou13]

never played it. suppose I could pick up a ROM or something, but I'm in the middle of Mass Effect atm.

[Pickleworm]

Earthbound is the greatest RPG I have ever played and probably the only one I have ever finished. The ending as absolutely astounding

[Zero72]

I started playing it, but it got about the same treatment every other RPG I've ever played did. Enjoy it for a little while, then completely and utterly lose interest for no apparent reason.

[Akuryou13]

I just want to say: whoever's writing the villain for Jump Leads is my hero. seriously, that is one awesome character.

[Paul.Power]

I just want to say: whoever's writing the villain for Jump Leads is my hero. seriously, that is one awesome character.

Hi there :)

[Akuryou13]

Hi there :)I figured as much. seriously, awesome job there. he's hilariously inept AND still threatening.

[Blinx]

I'm 18 today.

[Squirminator2k]

Wahey! Happy birthday :)

I drew something for DinosaursF*ckingRobots.com...

[Vader]

Wow, I really like that - the dino's skin textures is spot on :)

[SupSuper]

I'm 18 today.Happy birthday! You're one of the big boys now! :p

[Vader]

Oh yeah, happy 18th, Blinx!

[bonz]

Happy birthday! You're one of the big boys now! :p
...and can do all the childish stuff you want with anyone having the right to forbid you.

[AndrewTaylor]

Oh yeah, happy 18th, Blinx!

That is excellent. Good work, Vader. Keep it up.




(I'm doing an experiment with 'positive moderation'.)

[SupSuper]

Nice thread title. :p

Dammit Steam quit being so cheeeeeeap (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1409/).

[AndrewTaylor]

Yeah, it renders real good in the forum but the title bar just says '??e i??? O??-??pic T?read', which I actually quite like.

[thomasp]

In safari it's screwed up quite a bit in the thread view, but the title bar is less screwed up, although it has randomly re-ordered words :p

[AndrewTaylor]

Words? That's weird. I know it can happen with letters, when you have left-to-right-reading characters in there. (I was very amused when someone from this forum didn't know that and ended up calling himself 'apocalyspe the hutner'.) I figured it wouldn't matter if there was a spelling error or two in the daft crayon scratchings that are now this thread's title.

[Zero72]

...and can do all the childish stuff you want with anyone having the right to forbid you.Absolutely!

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7296/2009022051230gc4.jpg
:cool:

Also, yeah, happy (late) b-day, Blinx. :p

And the thread title appears to be displaying properly in my Firefox's title bar.

[SupSuper]

Yeah, it renders real good in the forum but the title bar just says '??e i??? O??-??pic T?read', which I actually quite like.It renders fine for me everywhere, although my computer might have wacky character sets installed.

[Star Worms]

Words? That's weird. I know it can happen with letters, when you have left-to-right-reading characters in there. (I was very amused when someone from this forum didn't know that and ended up calling himself 'apocalyspe the hutner'.) I figured it wouldn't matter if there was a spelling error or two in the daft crayon scratchings that are now this thread's title.

In Safari it reads:

Pic Thread - Page 378 - Team17 Forum ot-0% Off0he 1t

or the equivalent anyway.

[philby4000]

In Safari it reads:

Pic Thread - Page 378 - Team17 Forum ot-0% Off0he 1t

or the equivalent anyway.

Looks fine to me even though my computer sometimes replaces ' with the letter f.

[Paul.Power]

Something that always puzzled me as a kid:

The dog in "Famous Five" stories counts as one of the five but the dog in "Secret Seven" stories does not count as one of the seven (well apart from the story where Jack is temporarily barred so the dog gets a promotion).

Is it too much to ask for consistency, Blyton?

[Xinos]

Apparently all finnish people are clinically depressed

http://sofiassa.blogspot.com/2008/12/depressed-no-just-finnish.html

[Vader]

With that I mind I propose the -iveEaO thread is renamed:

"Finnish Events & Occurences"

[Vader]

WA themed Miranda icons, yaaay!

Preview screenshot below, plus the .icl (rarred) for your pleasure.

This probably isn't the right thread but it doesn't seem like significant enough of a 'release' to be worth a thread of its own.

[worMatty]

With that I mind I propose the -iveEaO thread is renamed:

"Finnish Events & Occurences"

I thought you were setting modes in an IRC channel there.

[Paul.Power]

Well, I've just been standing by our garden pond watching an absurd number of frogs go "rrorrp" a lot :).

[GrimOswald]

Well, I've just been standing by our garden pond watching an absurd number of frogs go "rrorrp" a lot :).

Aww, I wish we had a pond so I could do that. We used to back when we lived in England. I remember fond memories of my sister picking up frogs and I refusing to touch them. The tiny ones were so cute. Unfortunately the frogs' lifestyle would get disturbed every so often by our beagle diving into the pond. :D

[bonz]

Well, I've just been standing by our garden pond watching an absurd number of frogs go "rrorrp" a lot :).
Ehrm, hasn't it been snowing not so long ago?
What are the frogs doing out of their earthly winter habitat in February?

[FutureWorm]

That is excellent. Good work, Vader. Keep it up.




(I'm doing an experiment with 'positive moderation'.)
it's dumb; you're dumb. hope this helps

[FutureWorm]

this has been an experiment in highly critical posting coupled with some mod sass


YOUR EXPERIMENT WAS A FAILURE, FUTUREWORM

[bloopy]

Yesterday at the airport I overheard a kid ask: "Mummy, is Pluto a planet?" It was hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. I didn't hear if he got an answer. :D


Something that always puzzled me as a kid:

The dog in "Famous Five" stories counts as one of the five but the dog in "Secret Seven" stories does not count as one of the seven (well apart from the story where Jack is temporarily barred so the dog gets a promotion).

Is it too much to ask for consistency, Blyton?

Noticed that too but it never really bothered me. I guess the alliteration won. The dog in the Famous Five was a more prominent character in the stories from what I remember, so he was the one more likely to be counted.

[MrBunsy]

Ehrm, hasn't it been snowing not so long ago?
What are the frogs doing out of their earthly winter habitat in February?

Dunno about the frogs, but this weekend was sufficiently warm to spend an afternoon just lying in the sun in the park. I'm now miles behind on the work front :p

[Akuryou13]

XD I just saw the trailer: disney's doing a remake of Escape to Witch Mountain, starring the rock!

[FutureWorm]

XD I just saw the trailer: disney's doing a remake of Escape to Witch Mountain, starring the rock!
yeah, i'm a big fan of dwayne "the rock" johnson

[Akuryou13]

yeah, i'm a big fan of dwayne "the rock" johnsonI'm rather neutral towards him myself. though I DO find it rather odd that he's playing in escape to witch mountain of all movies.

[MtlAngelus]

Hmm I'm thinking of buying a Nintendo DSi when it comes out in april... :-/

On another note, I spent the weekend on Aramberri, Nuevo Leon, a small town about 4 and a half hours away from here, where my grandfather owns an orchard that produces pecan nuts and avocado. And apples I think... It's rather large, although I forget the dimensions.
The place is truly wonderful. I was bored as hell tho, but the scenery there is wonderful. It's a shame I forgot my camera. :P

Went there with my grandfather, two of his friends and my brother, mostly to get my brother to go out for a while. He has barely left the house in the past 3 weeks because of his depression. He's doing a lot better now tho, which makes me glad.

[Vader]

DSi will be my next console purchase for sure. As for when I get it, that depends on me finding a new job.

Glad to hear your bro's on the right track - that's reassuring. Going somewhere like that will hopefully help him feel a bit better, more so than just leaving the house. Good work; you're a good brother. :)

[Zero72]

Yeah, sometimes dropping everything and running off somewhere is the best possible thing for you... Reminds me, I'd like to go camping some time this year, I think.

In other news, I am ready for Spring to show up and bring a little humidity back to the hemisphere, before my poor, abused skin just leaps completely off of my entire body and turns to dust, blowing away in the wind before it even has the chance to hit the ground. I'm no stranger to dry skin itch, but today I itched on a level that I would call pain. Cripes. I've treated myself with some baby oil, which will probably help, but now I'm kind of leaving a fine layer of oil on everything I touch. Grunt.

[Star Worms]

You could try moisturiser. My nose started to get flaky when we decided to turn the heating off over autumn/winter, and moisturiser did the trick.

Also, don't bother with all the expensive stuff. I went into Boots, looked along the shelf and saw all the brands... Nivea, Garnier etc. all about £15 each. Looked along the bottom row and there's some Boots' own for 99p. Does the trick for me! I'm now using it on my elbow as my jacket lining has frayed and kept getting caught on my elbow, now it doesn't.

[Zero72]

I find baby oil to do the trick just fine, really. Not too expensive, either.

Not inflammable, though.

[Akuryou13]

a friend had heard about a bomb in Iraq that was flipping tanks over. he wanted to see what the hell kind of explosive can FLIP something as big and balanced as an 80-ton tank.

well, he found out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTQIm8Sxdk

[Vader]

That Inflammable Johnson's Baby Lotion gets everywhere.

[Xinos]

How many bottles of Not Inflammible Baby Lotion did it take to make that explosion?

[MtlAngelus]

Further proof of the awesomeness of Little Big Planet: http://kotaku.com/5161581/contra-remade-in-littlebigplanet-the-whole-thing
:eek::eek::eek:

DAMN YOU PS3 FOR BEING SO DAMN EXPENSIVE. :mad:

[philby4000]

I wonder how scalled back the PSP version will be.

[Alien King]

You intelligent people stand a better chance than me. I'm tired and annoyed.



V = 0 when t = 26
V = 38 when t = 13
k = 21 / 25010

Find B.

Any advice? c is easy to get when v = 0, but I'm undone for B.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6672/goddamnequation.png

To be honest, I'm not even sure that's correct.

[Paul.Power]

I think most of us are probably tired right now, and a fair number of us annoyed.

Facetiousness aside, can you provide any context for this thing? It looks like the sort of thing that could use a bit of context.

[AndrewTaylor]

V = 0 when t = 26
V = 38 when t = 13
k = 21 / 25010

Find B.

Any advice? c is easy to get when v = 0, but I'm undone for B.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6672/goddamnequation.png

I'm pretty sure this is impossible.

You can't even find c: I suppose you're assuming sqrt(B/k)(-kt+c)=0, but in fact it could be any integer multiple of pi. Is this some dynamics problem you've attacked with blunt algebra? If so then presumably many of the solutions are non-physical and we can annoy Paul by dismissing them out of hand.

[Alien King]

I'm pretty sure this is impossible.

You can't even find c: I suppose you're assuming sqrt(B/k)(-kt+c)=0, but in fact it could be any integer multiple of pi. Is this some dynamics problem you've attacked with blunt algebra? If so then presumably many of the solutions are non-physical and we can annoy Paul by dismissing them out of hand.

I know it could be any multiple of pi, but given the nature of the problem it being 0 seems more likely. It's a model for the velocity of a plane on a runway.
B is the deceleration due to a constant braking force.

We were warned that if we tried this without using Euler's Method, the algebra would get very ugly. Although I do so hate using a numerical method for anything like this.


http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/8448/startofirritatingequati.png

That's what I started with. a = dv/dt and the c that appears is the constant of integration.
I was playing around with things last night and I kept making a lot of errors, so I wouldn't be surprised if I got wrong somewhere.


In short; yes, it's a dynamics problem I've attacked with blunt algebra.

[AndrewTaylor]

Ah, so you've been given k and stopping times at different speeds (or something equivalent) and asked to find B?

Can we assume the plane is on a treadmill, thus reducing the problem to one we've already solved?

[Alien King]

Ah, so you've been given k and stopping times at different speeds (or something equivalent) and asked to find B?

Erm... not quite. We're modelling a plane decelerating after touchdown. We've been told that initially it's slowed only by air-resistance and then after a period of time, a constant braking force.

So I've said:
Initially: dv/dt = -kv^2
After brakes: dv/dt = -kv^2 - B
I calculated k from the 1st equation, which is much easier to work with.

I realise that it may be more correct of me to say it in terms of force instead of acceleration, but it shouldn't affect my final results since I can say:

m*dv/dt = -Kv^2 - where K = mk
and m*dv/dt = -Kv^2 - b - where b=mB (I havn't thought through cases here...)

I suppose really, the answer to your question may as well have been yes. I havn't been asked to find B, but I need to find it.

[Alien King]

I have two options. I could either use Euler's Method to directly model the situation, or I could use another numerical method to find B.
Fixed-point iteration worked, but may look a bit out of place in the coursework.

[Xinos]

When I've been at my computer for a long time staring at the screen I seem to get theese drape-like horizontal lines burned into my vision. It looks like a monitor defect except they will rotate with my vision if I tilt my head. Does anyboy else get this?

I wonder if this happens only on tft monitors or crt aswell.

[Alien King]

I wonder if this happens only on tft monitors or crt aswell.

The most I get is a bright square in the middle of my vision that fades after a while (I'm using a CRT monitor). But I tend to break eye contact with my monitor a lot.

[AndrewTaylor]

I have two options. I could either use Euler's Method to directly model the situation, or I could use another numerical method to find B.
Fixed-point iteration worked, but may look a bit out of place in the coursework.

I think you're right -- I can't see any way of solving the equation for B. (I'm trusting your first formula here; I hate calculus that throws in trigonometry, so I've not checked it.) But it's a physics problem; numerical is fine.

[Alien King]

I think you're right -- I can't see any way of solving the equation for B. (I'm trusting your first formula here; I hate calculus that throws in trigonometry, so I've not checked it.) But it's a physics problem; numerical is fine.

Well I trust the first formula I posted too, since I put in the value of B I calculated and got a damn good fit.

This all feels like it's for nothing though. The end goal is to give a recommendation for the length of a runway, so we need to find an approximation for how far the plane has travelled on the ground, which we could've done without all of this modelling.

[thomasp]

Well I trust the first formula I posted too, since I put in the value of B I calculated and got a damn good fit.

This all feels like it's for nothing though. The end goal is to give a recommendation for the length of a runway, so we need to find an approximation for how far the plane has travelled on the ground, which we could've done without all of this modelling.
What's the plane's approach speed and landing mass, along with the type of runway (grass, asphalt, wet, ice, etc)? I'll give you the real answer, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, including the necessary safety factors :p Especially as you seem to be doing the CAA-style approach of assuming your thrust reversers are inoperative.

Not much help for doing your problem though...

[Alien King]

What's the plane's approach speed and landing mass, along with the type of runway (grass, asphalt, wet, ice, etc)? I'll give you the real answer, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, including the necessary safety factors :p Especially as you seem to be doing the CAA-style approach of assuming your thrust reversers are inoperative.

Not much help for doing your problem though...

Not sure what it's approach speed is. It's speed immediatly after touchdown is 96m/s correct to the nearest integer. It's mass is 120000kg correct to significant figures I'll assume.
Assume it's asphalt and erm... normal weather.

You're right, it isn't much help for me.

[thomasp]

Unfortunately you won't have enough information from the question for me to compute an accurate answer - I'd have to make far too many assumptions. Unless of course you know the maximum takeoff weight (not landing weight), ratio of touchdown speed to stall speed and wing area.

[Alien King]

Unfortunately you won't have enough information from the question for me to compute an accurate answer - I'd have to make far too many assumptions. Unless of course you know the maximum takeoff weight (not landing weight), ratio of touchdown speed to stall speed and wing area.

Unfortunatly not. Still, I'm content with the inaccuracies I'm going with - modelling a point-particle is far easier than anything you'd do.

[thomasp]

Unfortunatly not. Still, I'm content with the inaccuracies I'm going with - modelling a point-particle is far easier than anything you'd do.

My method of getting the runway length is considerably simpler than yours - believe me! Hence why I'm clueless to help you, sadly.

[AndrewTaylor]

My method of getting the runway length is considerably simpler than yours - believe me! Hence why I'm clueless to help you, sadly.

Is it to look up the regulation length for each kind of plane that will use the runway in a big book and pick the longest?

[Alien King]

My method of getting the runway length is considerably simpler than yours - believe me! Hence why I'm clueless to help you, sadly.
Is it to look up the regulation length for each kind of plane that will use the runway in a big book and pick the longest?


Assume a Boeing 757. I'm getting landing lengths of 1058 to the nearest integer.

[thomasp]

Is it to look up the regulation length for each kind of plane that will use the runway in a big book and pick the longest?

Nope, I'd use this formula:

32335

Where:
Beta is the ratio of landing weight (ie current weight) to maximum takeoff weight
kL is the ratio of landing speed to stall speed
mu is the braking coefficient
g is gravity at the airport you're landing at
rho is the ambient air density
CLmaxLand is the lift coefficient for landing configuration (ie, full flaps deployed and leading edge slats deployed)
Wto is the takeoff WEIGHT (note, not mass, but weight!)
S is the wing area.

Assume a Boeing 747. I'm getting landing lengths of 1058 to the nearest integer.

Hmmm that's a bit low... according to Boeing's technical documents the typical landing length for a 747-400 at maximum landing weight (72% Max takeoff weight) is 1905m, while the heavier 747-400ER is 2180m. I don't have the lift coefficient of a 747 with fully deployed flaps & slats to hand so I can't verify that.


Edit:

Ahhh 757, that seems a bit more sensible!

[Alien King]

Ahhh 757, that seems a bit more sensible!

Yeah, sorry. I mis-read a copy of my friend's coursework. I realised a 747 was far too heavy to be the plane in the scenario and I realised she said 757.

[thomasp]

Yeah, sorry. I mis-read a copy of my friend's coursework. I realised a 747 was far too heavy to be the plane in the scenario and I realised she said 757.
A 747 most likely could stop in 1km, but it would probably be landing on fumes without much inside it (its operating empty weight is slightly greater than the max takeoff weight of a 757 though so it'd be pushing it!). And you might have to use full reverse thrust, which isn't taken into account in that formula (certification rules state that thrust reversers cannot be used when calculating braking distance as they are often broken), but I do have another formula which takes TR's into account. And a shedload of other factors.

[AndrewTaylor]

g is gravity at the airport you're landing at

I see.

[thomasp]

Nobody specified the airport was on this planet :p And surely if you're landing at a high-altitude airport (Denver for example, the "mile high" airport) then as you're further from the centre of the earth the force due to gravitational acceleration is going to be marginally weaker?

[bonz]

Nobody specified the airport was on this planet :p And surely if you're landing at a high-altitude airport (Denver for example, the "mile high" airport) then as you're further from the centre of the earth the force due to gravitational acceleration is going to be marginally weaker?
How about Lhasa Airport? 3500+ meter altitude.
Air is so thin up there that the runway ends at a high cliff where the jets go down Indy-style to gain speed basically.

[FutureWorm]

in 19 days this thread will celebrate its six-year anniversary

ugh

[Pickleworm]

in 19 days this thread will celebrate its six-year anniversary

ugh

I have posted in this thread for nearly a third of my life. Jeepers creepers.

[Paul.Power]

I have posted in this thread for nearly a third of my life. Jeepers creepers.About a quarter here.

[AndrewTaylor]

Nice to have one constant thing in your life, even if it is a thing that changes tack every hour or two.

This thread is better than most TV series are after six years.

[thomasp]

Nice to have one constant thing in your life, even if it is a thing that changes tack every hour or two.

This thread is better than most TV series are after six years.
The only thing we've repeated is the odd debate about pineapple on pizzas :p


*Runs from the people with pitchforks*

[worMatty]

Hmm, I'd say we've talked about this thread a lot, too!

[Paul.Power]

Pineapples on pitchforks.

Worms holding pineapples on sticks.

(and so, we come full circle)

[philby4000]

I registered the same month this thread was created.:eek:

[philby4000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH6cASSPBoo&eurl=http://www.punknews.org/article/32541

Jesus.

edit: Looby looby looby soho.

[Zero72]

I've done a hell of a thing and gotten myself a MIDI sequencer, having suddenly been struck with a bit of utterly nerdy inspiration to such an extent that I have pretty much an entire song mapped out in my head. Will I be able to create anything even slightly worthwhile? Probably not, but it's there.

[Xinos]

I can compose cool music in my head, but my hands are completely incapable of controlling a musical instrument. My fingers are tone deaf..

[MtlAngelus]

I can do both but I apparently can't be bothered to sit down and work on something because I'm that lazy.

[Vader]

I'm trying to learn how to play the guitar at the minute. I'm not sure whether I'll ever write music but learning how to play an instrument is a fun challenge which presents immediate results. I find it easier to know where I'm going wrong when I play badly than I would if I were learning a new language, for example.

So far I can't play much but it's fun and satisfying nonetheless. :)

[MtlAngelus]

Remember to use all four fingers(pinky included). It makes a lot of things a LOT easier later on when you try to learn hard stuff. :p

[philby4000]

Aparantly refreshing an attachment twice because it won't load propperly is suspisious enough behavior to get you Gmail account locked out.

[Vader]

Remember to use all four fingers(pinky included). It makes a lot of things a LOT easier later on when you try to learn hard stuff. :p

Got the pinky action sorted thanks to Guitar Hero :cool:

[SupSuper]

Last time I tried to make music, Paul helpfully informed that it didn't sound as good as i pictured in my head. :p

P.S. Kudos on the new thread title.

[Xinos]

Conscious pasta?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/th_spagheti_brain.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/spagheti_brain.jpg?t=1236255952)

[Vader]

Mmmm... braaaiiiiinnnnsss...

What would you call that pasta? Tagleintelligent?

No wait, that's terrible. How about "cortexetti"?

I give up. I've eaten it anyway.

[bonz]

Last time I tried to make music, Paul helpfully informed that it didn't sound as good as i pictured in my head.
Paul read your mind?

[SupSuper]

Paul read your mind?Who wouldn't? :p

[MtlAngelus]

Conscious pasta?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/th_spagheti_brain.jpg (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/darkxinos/spagheti_brain.jpg?t=1236255952)

That pasta needs tomato sauce. And meat.

[worMatty]

And how did you picture it sounding? With your imaginary eye ears, you mad man?

[Paul.Power]

Paul read your mind?
There is this wonderous thing called sending files over IM ;)

[bonz]

There is this wonderous thing called sending files over IM ;)
Dan has his brain connected to an IM?

[Akuryou13]

There is this wonderous thing called sending files over IM ;) *points into the sky above paul* it's a bird! it's a plane! NO! IT'S HIS POINT!

[Paul.Power]

as i pictured in my head.

Oh right, that.

[SupSuper]

Pedantics, pedantics. It sounded good in my head, so I put it together in FL Studio. It still sounded good, so I showed it to Paul. He didn't agree. Clearly you could've worked that out.

[philby4000]

Pedantics, pedantics. It sounded good in my head, so I put it together in FL Studio. It still sounded good, so I showed it to Paul. He didn't agree. Clearly you could've worked that out.
Clearly!?

You can't just expect us to understand implicit details!

[AndrewTaylor]

Pedantics, pedantics. It sounded good in my head, so I put it together in FL Studio. It still sounded good, so I showed it to Paul. He didn't agree. Clearly you could've worked that out.

I shouldn't invest too much in Paul's musical tastes.

[philby4000]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485797

This made me laugh way, way too much.

[FutureWorm]

I shouldn't invest too much in Paul's musical tastes.
agreeing w/ this

[Paul.Power]

I shouldn't invest too much in Paul's musical tastes.

Well, there's taste, and there's "good grief my ears".

Though saying that, that may have been the 8-bit synthesiser he used for the instruments. It might have sounded okay with normal ones.

[FutureWorm]

well, there's only one way to settle this. namely, supsuper, post your song for us all to hear

[SupSuper]

well, there's only one way to settle this. namely, supsuper, post your song for us all to hearhttp://supsuper.wurmz.net/stuff/8BitBlues.mp3

[philby4000]

That's terrible.

You should be ashamed.:mad:

[worMatty]

That's quite funky, Dan.

EDIT: Metal (genre) Sonic music: http://www.megadriver.com.br/site.cgi?pg=album#MetalHog

[MtlAngelus]

http://supsuper.wurmz.net/stuff/8BitBlues.mp3

...yeah that sucks. :P

[worMatty]

No it doesn't. It's a promising start. If you carry on with the 8-bit style, Dan, that's fine, but I could well imagine some (real) drums coming in over the end of that, turning it in to the intro of an interesting song.

[FutureWorm]

http://supsuper.wurmz.net/stuff/8BitBlues.mp3
it's not good yet but it's only two instruments so far! critiquing this is like critiquing a pencil sketch that eventually is going to become an oil painting

i mean, not saying that it necessarily will end up good, but you should keep going

[Star Worms]

This is pretty nifty: http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/liberty.asp

[FutureWorm]

it's not good yet but it's only two instruments so far! critiquing this is like critiquing a pencil sketch that eventually is going to become an oil painting

i mean, not saying that it necessarily will end up good, but you should keep going

listening to this again, it reminds me of the boss music from super mario land for the game boy

[SupSuper]

Yeah it was just something going through my head at the time. There's this extra charm when using 8-bit instruments.

P.S. Wow 2 titles in a row :p

[Vader]

It sounds like you made it in Electroplankton. That's a good thing, by the way.

[KRD]

http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/

I installed this earlier per CyberShadow's recommendation and found it delightful during IRC conversation... then I ran across Matty's avatar in a thread here in OD and fell off the chair laughing. :o

[worMatty]

lololololololol

EDIT: Err, what's the difference?

[FutureWorm]

http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/

I installed this earlier per CyberShadow's recommendation and found it delightful during IRC conversation... then I ran across Matty's avatar in a thread here in OD and fell off the chair laughing. :o
holy cow i want a version of this for mac

[Melon]

http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/

I installed this earlier per CyberShadow's recommendation and found it delightful during IRC conversation... then I ran across Matty's avatar in a thread here in OD and fell off the chair laughing. :o
Hahaha I just installed it and read this thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=35032). Epic.

[Alien King]

http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nbeep/

I installed this earlier per CyberShadow's recommendation and found it delightful during IRC conversation... then I ran across Matty's avatar in a thread here in OD and fell off the chair laughing. :o

Quite awesome.
The background hum is now causing the screen's picture to vibrate though - I've just brought up instances (as in, quite a lot) of a program to calculate Pi using the worst algorithm possible.

[SupSuper]

SPLONG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAfsSA6_GrE)

(the sound your brain will make when you watch that)

[Vader]

"C'mon! There's no limit!"

This made me actually get off my seat, lie on the floor and roll back and forth while laughing. Sooo...

GOMSLOTFARBAFWL

[bonz]

This is awesome!
A completely new computer game genre, combining sci-fi RTS with a music/dance game.
And totalitarian dictatorship.

[Vader]

Starcraft meets Space Channel 5.

[FutureWorm]

SPLONG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAfsSA6_GrE)

(the sound your brain will make when you watch that)
looks like a cool game, although honestly i would prefer a stalin dance simulator over a moderately contrived rts

[bonz]

looks like a cool game, although honestly i would prefer a stalin dance simulator over a moderately contrived rts
Spin-off for the Wii with the Wii Fit board maybe?

[Melon]

http://www.cowlark.com/this-is-the-title-of-this-story/index.html

This is amazing.

[SupSuper]

I'm not sure the dancing has anything to do with the game aside from being hilarious. The site claims it's a very simplistic RTS. And absurd. Very absurd: http://stalinvsmartians.com/en/faq.html

[Paul.Power]

This is fun: http://www.panoramio.com/map/?user=2938648#lt=54.442838&ln=-0.5340385&z=12

[SupSuper]

Apparently Opera Turbo (http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/03/13/), a feature previously used on the mobile browser to compress web content to speed up loading on slow connections, is coming to desktops.

[Star Worms]

Has anyone seen this Little Britain sketch?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSIiSWIl1CY

I was in the card shop looking at Mother's Day cards when a kid I'd guess was about 10 was saying some of the phrases from it (not the rude ones mind you). Nevertheless his mother didn't really bat an eyelid. Presumably he didn't understand it, but then I didn't really understand his mother's lack of a reaction.

[worMatty]

Ignoring the attempt to get attention presumably.

[Star Worms]

I have to fill out a form for my PhD. Here are the options for white ethnicity:

White British
White Irish
White Scottish
Other White

Frankly I'm tempted to write my own and just put White English. I would be fine putting White British if they hadn't put White Scottish. Why do people have to politicise everything? Scotland is British.

[Paul.Power]

I have to fill out a form for my PhD. Here are the options for white ethnicity:

White British
White Irish
White Scottish
Other White

Frankly I'm tempted to write my own and just put White English. I would be fine putting White British if they hadn't put White Scottish. Why do people have to politicise everything? Scotland is British.

For that matter, where's White Welsh? :p

EDIT: on that note, while I appreciate the "please pick two" option that many of these forms have, I'd rather have three so I can go:

1. British
2. English
3. Welsh

Because... well, first of all I consider my self a citizen of the UK primarily. Then I was born in England, and tend to support them in sports. But I've lived most of my life in Wales, and I am very fond of the place, even if my accent still lives somewhere on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border.

[AndrewTaylor]

I tend to be of the opinion that... well, who cares? Anyone that concerned about my ethnicity can **** off anyway.

[MtlAngelus]

Tetoris. (http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf)
The most f**king evil game in all of history. :p
In any case, I have already satisfied my OCD on this game:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1374/tetoris1.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3436/tetoris2.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/506/tetoris3.jpg
:cool:

edit: actually, I haven't... You'll notice there's an 8 squares line piece in there... damn it! Now I'll have to do 8 lines in a single shot otherwise I'll never be happy. D:

[bonz]

I have to fill out a form for my PhD. Here are the options for white ethnicity:

White British
White Irish
White Scottish
Other White

Frankly I'm tempted to write my own and just put White English. I would be fine putting White British if they hadn't put White Scottish. Why do people have to politicise everything? Scotland is British.
Strike out all of them and put a custom "Homo sapiens sapiens".
Then add the line "I'm applying for a scientific PhD, get the fúck out with politics."

[FutureWorm]

Tetoris. (http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf)

haha holy ****

[Alien King]

Frankly I'm tempted to write my own and just put White English. I would be fine putting White British if they hadn't put White Scottish. Why do people have to politicise everything? Scotland is British.

I was about to say something similar, then noticed you said it.

Also:

Strike out all of them and put a custom "Homo sapiens sapiens".
Then add the line "I'm applying for a scientific PhD, get the fúck out with politics."

is genius.

[SupSuper]

Tetoris. (http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf)
The most f**king evil game in all of history. :p
In any case, I have already satisfied my OCD on this game:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1374/tetoris1.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3436/tetoris2.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/506/tetoris3.jpg
:cool:

edit: actually, I haven't... You'll notice there's an 8 squares line piece in there... damn it! Now I'll have to do 8 lines in a single shot otherwise I'll never be happy. D::eek: :eek: :eek:

[bonz]

Tetoris. (http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf)
The most f**king evil game in all of history. :p
In any case, I have already satisfied my OCD on this game:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1374/tetoris1.jpg
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3436/tetoris2.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/506/tetoris3.jpg
:cool:

edit: actually, I haven't... You'll notice there's an 8 squares line piece in there... damn it! Now I'll have to do 8 lines in a single shot otherwise I'll never be happy. D:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5175/tetoris.th.png (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tetoris.png)

It took 20 minutes to get to 'game over' as fast as possible with the fast-drop key setting and a paper-clip stuck into the up arrow button.
A hypnotizing experience...

Things I noticed:
1) No bricks will drop in the four leftmost and four rightmost columns.
2) You can only pause a game once for 5 minutes. :eek:

[MtlAngelus]

2) You can only pause a game once for 5 minutes. :eek:
The interesting thing is that when I completed the lines the pause option appeared again, with another five minutes in it. I'm guessing that when you complete a line it gives you the option to pause again, but I'm not sure if you need to complete just one or any number up to four, as I did four in a single shot. :P

[SupSuper]

Paul: I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TETRIS PIECES JUST KEPT FALLING
Me: LET'S FIND OUT

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

ASK ME ABOUT MY FREE TIME (http://supsuper.wurmz.net/stuff/TetrisTree.zip) (Windows users need VC2008 Redist (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en), Linux users need libsdl package, Mac users can bite me :p)

[AndrewTaylor]

Hooray for nerds

[Pickleworm]

Kinda looks like the cover of that Joy Division album.

[Xinos]

Paul: I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TETRIS PIECES JUST KEPT FALLING
Me: LET'S FIND OUT

Now figure out the likelihood of a row getting solved that way.

[Akuryou13]

I figured you guys would enjoy this comic:

http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=56

can't really say if anyone would like the rest of the comic one way or another, but that one specifically was worth sharing :p

[FutureWorm]

I have to fill out a form for my PhD. Here are the options for white ethnicity:

White British
White Irish
White Scottish
Other White

Frankly I'm tempted to write my own and just put White English. I would be fine putting White British if they hadn't put White Scottish. Why do people have to politicise everything? Scotland is British.
i like that they consider hailing from different portions of the british isles to be different ethnicity. that's just precious

[worMatty]

I figured you guys would enjoy this comic:

http://www.hookiedookiepanic.com/geist/comic.php?ID=56

can't really say if anyone would like the rest of the comic one way or another, but that one specifically was worth sharing :p

What was the gag?

[Akuryou13]

What was the gag?what, seriously?