The 100% Happy Wheels Discussion Station

[Akuryou13]

I care about my internet connection speed but don't give a **** about anyone elses and think anyone who posts up their speed just to show off is a tit.hey, I'm just continuing what seems to be a time-honored tradition here.

and you guys are only saying you don't care cause I'm finally not on the bottom of the totem pole :p

[Zero72]

Okay, hands up, who actually gives a **** about their internet connection speed or anyone else's?Whoops, I dropped a dime

[GrimOswald]

Well I certainly care about my own internet connection speed...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/579746055.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

...which is unfortunate, given my location.

There's gotta be someone lower on the totem pole than me though, right?

[Splapp]

Enter... the Splapp. :cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/579773608.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Paul.Power]

Enter... the Splapp. :cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/579773608.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Wow, your upload rate's almost as good as your download rate! :cool:

[Splapp]

Wow, your upload rate's almost as good as your download rate! :cool:

That's gotta be a bonus! :p

[Xinos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gyx9c9cUng

Yay!

[Akuryou13]

I really should watch more of that...

[FutureWorm]

I care about my internet connection speed but don't give a **** about anyone elses and think anyone who posts up their speed just to show off is a tit.
this is a rather poor 16000GET

[Paul.Power]

this is a rather poor 16000GET

I did try to warn everyone with "16000 - 6" :p

[MrBunsy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582230836.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Heh, this is still better than splapps' :P

[thomasp]

I care about my internet connection speed but don't give a **** about anyone elses and think anyone who posts up their speed just to show off is a tit.
I've just realised... THAT was the sixteen thousandth post in this thread!

That's more posts than have been made in all the subforums with the exception of Worms Armageddon, Worms 3D, OD (obviously :p Nice paradox there if it wasn't!), Fanart and OO.


That's quite an achievement!

[Akuryou13]

I've just realised... THAT was the sixteen thousandth post in this thread!

That's more posts than have been made in all the subforums with the exception of Worms Armageddon, Worms 3D, OD (obviously :p Nice paradox there if it wasn't!), Fanart and OO.


That's quite an achievement!where do you find that stat? mod power or can we view it?

[GrimOswald]

where do you find that stat? mod power or can we view it?

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/supsmall.png

[Akuryou13]

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/supsmall.pngoh, lol. I knew that was there for threads, but not for whole forums. never thought to look :o

[thomasp]

where do you find that stat? mod power or can we view it?
As Grim said, you can view it from the homepage - all apart from the mod forum and other secret forums... ;)

[Melon]

As Grim said, you can view it from the homepage - all apart from the mod forum and other secret forums... ;)
Shhh.... don't tell Aku about Super Open Discussion.

[Akuryou13]

Shhh.... don't tell Aku about Super Open Discussion.*GASP!* I KNEW IT! :eek:

[philby4000]

I'll never get an invite to Closed Discussion.

[Akuryou13]

I'll never get an invite to Closed Discussion.meh. I hear it's a fairly tight-lipped community anyway.

[MtlAngelus]

I know for certain Plasma runs that place. I have a screenshot that proves it.

But I can't post it otherwise I get banned. :eek:

[SupSuper]

I care about my internet connection speed but don't give a **** about anyone elses and think anyone who posts up their speed just to show off is a tit.Gee way to slag off the entire forum. :p

http://www.speedtest.net/result/583448181.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[worMatty]

Put your e-***** away, Daniel.

16'000 posts! ... Why?!

[Alien King]

Uni intenets.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/583526339.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[thomasp]

16'000 posts! ... Why?!
Because the following people have no lives, where number of posts is inversely proportional to life possessed:

Who Posted?
Total Posts: 16,024
User Name Posts
Paul.Power 1,419
MtlAngelus 1,135
Zero72 1,117
SupSuper 1,028
FutureWorm 897
AndrewTaylor 883
SomePerson 649
UnKnown X 626
Star Worms 597
MonkeyforaHead 477
Worm-Nut 445
Akuryou13 432
Pigbuster 429
Pickleworm 397
KamikazeBananze 370
worMatty 365
philby4000 334
thomasp 333
bonz 312
Blinx 306
BetongÅsna 271
OldSkoolCrazy 264
Vader 234
SargeMcCluck 223
Squirminator2k 216
Slick 206
K^2 200
PinkWorm 199
Xinos 195
War Worm 163
bloopy 153
Worm Mad 106
tundraH 105
MrBunsy 92
Alien King 84
Melon 77
Test Zero 73
Splapp 71
FatWhitey 64
Muzer 59
rambo_6 34
Lex 33
Glenn 33
Traxada 29
ThePaladin 24
KRD 24
Madmaxquinn 20
GrimOswald 20
wormthingy 19
HuntaKilla 18
mocoworm 16
kamikazeee 15
CyberShadow 14
Run 13
wormsfreak 13
Newt X 11
Kjatte 11
Dim Worm 9
Plutonic 9
Cyclaws 7
Lawd 6
Error404 5
M3ntal 4
NZkiwi 3
GoDxWyvern 3
Nutter 3
Sel 3
Pooka 3
svenneundulat 2
Helkite 2
Babylon 2
craxxor 2
Macobsession 2
cyph3r 1
Striker 1
Compudragon 1
Apollo 1
PsyDome 1
volcadmin 1

[philby4000]

Hah 334 suck it Thomas.

[thomasp]

Hah 334 suck it Thomas.
I guess that means I have one sixteen-thousand-and-twenty-eighth more life than you :p

(Note: updated to include this post and philby's one above)

(Note 2: This post probably disproves earlier comment about said life)

[Akuryou13]

(Note 2: This post probably disproves earlier comment about said life)I'd say ANY post here proves that you have no life.

hell, we all joined a forum for worms. not only that but we were accepted into the private club for the exceptionally lifeless among that forum. and we're talking about how many posts we have.....all of these things mean we collectively couldn't combine to a single "life" among us.

[Paul.Power]

Still the champion no-lifer :cool:

[philby4000]

Paul your post count is scary close to 10% of this entire thread.

[Vader]

Wow, I'm higher in that list than I thought I'd be.

How big does that make my e-wang?

Also, can I have a .png to represent my e-wang's size, please?

[Akuryou13]

How big does that make my e-wang?depressingly similar to the size of your ACTUAL wang.

[worMatty]

Depressing because Nathan is jealous.

I had 365 posts, which sounds important for some reason because it's the same as the number of days in a year. Someone come up with something clever when I snap my fingers: *snap* Go!

[Paul.Power]

Paul your post count is scary close to 10% of this entire thread.

The 10% Paul.Power Thread

[Akuryou13]

the 10% paul.power threadtitle change time!

[thomasp]

The 10% Paul.Power Thread

title change time!

Consider it done :p

[MrBunsy]

yey I dontwin.

[FutureWorm]

Depressing because Nathan is jealous.

I had 365 posts, which sounds important for some reason because it's the same as the number of days in a year. Someone come up with something clever when I snap my fingers: *snap* Go!
i'm gay

[GrimOswald]

If this thread was a game of Golf I'd be obliterating you all. :cool:

[Vader]

Someone come up with something clever when I snap my fingers: *snap* Go!

*sigh in advance*

depressingly similar to the size of your ACTUAL wang.

Your mum never complains.

Consider it done :p

Consider your mum done... up the bum.

yey I dontwin.

Your mum doesn't win.

i'm gay

So is your mum.

If this thread was a game of Golf I'd be obliterating you all. :cool:

I'd like to obliterate your mum... up the bum.

[Akuryou13]

Your mum never complains.to your face, no.

[Zero72]

If this thread was a game of Golf I'd be obliterating you all. :cool:I'd be doing better if I weren't also busy fighting the zombie apocalypse with my club.

[Xinos]

this (http://www.atariage.com/7800/boxes/b_NinjaGolf_front.jpg) is the only golf game I can agree to partake in.

[Melon]

*sigh in advance*

Your mum never complains.

Consider your mum done... up the bum.

Your mum doesn't win.

So is your mum.

I'd like to obliterate your mum... up the bum.
This should have been the 16000th post.

[bloopy]

This is nifty: http://vimeo.com/6496886

[SupSuper]

Put your e-***** away, Daniel.Never!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/584351108.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Uni :cool:
Because the following people have no lives, where number of posts is inversely proportional to life possessed:

Who Posted?
Total Posts: 16,024
User Name Posts
Paul.Power 1,419
MtlAngelus 1,135
Zero72 1,117
SupSuper 1,028
FutureWorm 897
(...)Zero, my nemesis!! :mad:
Wow, I'm higher in that list than I thought I'd be.

How big does that make my e-wang?

Also, can I have a .png to represent my e-wang's size, please?
Here:

.

[Zero72]

Speaking of golf games, it seems that the art director/lead character designer/all-around big-timey art person responsible for most of Pangya has just died at age 28.

I must tip my anime golf hat in respect.

[Star Worms]

Never!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/584351108.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Uni :cool:
Zero, my nemesis!! :mad:

Here:

.
&£^$^%*@^*&$^*&*££(*

I want to go to uni in Portugal!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/584368823.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Though that's at my flat, not at uni.

[SargeMcCluck]

Never!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/584351108.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Uni :cool:.

Hey, that's almost as powerful as my personal home connection. Not bad at all.

[Paul.Power]

Speaking of golf games, it seems that the art director/lead character designer/all-around big-timey art person responsible for most of Pangya has just died at age 28.

I must tip my anime golf hat in respect.

Aye :(

[Alien King]

There's someone at my uni called Paul Power.

[Muzer]

No, there isn't.

[AndrewTaylor]

No, there isn't.

[Muzer]

That'll do nicely ;)

[bloopy]

No, there isn't.

But Alien King's forum signature says he's trustworthy. Honest. Honest.

[AndrewTaylor]

This confused me. I can only assume it will confuse other people far more.

[Paul.Power]

There's someone at my uni called Paul Power.

I think Manchester City had a player called Paul Power some time in the distant past.

[Melon]

True, but replying to posts from one thread in another thread would get very surreal very quickly.
It certainly would.

[MrBunsy]

it certainly would.

stop confusing me

edit: bah @ anti-caps

[Akuryou13]

so apparently Obama won this year's nobel peace prize.....anyone know why?

[GrimOswald]

so apparently Obama won this year's nobel peace prize.....anyone know why?

Didn't you hear? He brought change.

CHANGE!

EDIT: And also something do with "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples" apparently.

[Star Worms]

The same man who just a couple of weeks ago refused to meet with the Dalai Lama in case it would offend China?

[Zero72]

Didn't you hear? He brought change.

CHANGE!

EDIT: And also something do with "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples" apparently.

Face. Palm.

[MtlAngelus]

So earlier today I randomly met Grant and Kel on Worms 2: Armageddon, on a ranked game no less(what are the odds?). They recognized me by my gamertag, which is the same as my username here. :p

Took me a while to realize who they were, they(he? not sure which of them was talking on the mic/playing) kept trying to reach me trough the mic but I couldn't really hear over the game's music volume. Then they kept trying to invite me to a chat but I usually ignore/decline those since I lost my headset. They had to send me an audio message before they finally got trough. :o

It was a bit of a messy match(It was a bit slow due to messaging trough the Xbox Live guide and I got some de-synch probably because of the same reason). I ended up loosing because my thumb slipped when I was trying to backflip so I jumped into the water instead. :p And I was about to win the match too. (wind was favorable, was going to
parachute over and shotgun their two remaining worms) T_T
It was a shame because I was so looking forward to beating them. :P

Still, it was fun as hell. :D

Props to you guys if you're around!

[bloopy]

The same man who just a couple of weeks ago refused to meet with the Dalai Lama in case it would offend China?
Well, offending China wouldn't be a good way of promoting peace would it?

[thomasp]

I ended up loosing because my thumb slipped when I was trying to backflip so I jumped into the water instead. :p

Surely you could come up with a better excuse than that :p

[Xinos]

so apparently Obama won this year's nobel peace prize.....anyone know why?

It's not certain that he won, that's just what the party rumors where after the meeting. At least he is nominated, along with something like 240 other people IIRC. But he's nominated for stuff he hasn't actually done yet, so I think it would be weird if he got it. It would definitely put some pressure on him!

Also, fun triva; Adolf Hitler was nominated (http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2609)for the Nobel Peace prize in 1939.

[SargeMcCluck]

It's not certain that he won, that's just what the party rumors where after the meeting. At least he is nominated, along with something like 240 other people IIRC. But he's nominated for stuff he hasn't actually done yet, so I think it would be weird if he got it. It would definitely put some pressure on him!

Also, fun triva; Adolf Hitler was nominated (http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2609)for the Nobel Peace prize in 1939.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/

Er.. he _did_ win it.

Nobel website - Peace Prize - 2009 - Barack Obama.

[Akuryou13]

yeah. my understanding is as Sarge is saying. he DID win, it's just down to whether he'll accept it or not.

[Xinos]

My bad then.

[FutureWorm]

i hear this is just norway's method of sucking up to our new president

[SomePerson]

I ended up loosing because my thumb slipped when I was trying to backflip so I jumped into the water instead. :p

When I saw thomasp quote this, I skim read it as "I ended up losing my thumb" and then in horror I read the rest of the sentence as if in 1st person: "(I) slipped when I was trying to backflip" and I was like :eek: but then "so I jumped into the water instead" made me go WTF and re-read it correctly. :o

[Akuryou13]

When I saw thomasp quote this, I skim read it as "I ended up losing my thumb" and then in horror I read the rest of the sentence as if in 1st person: "(I) slipped when I was trying to backflip" and I was like :eek: but then "so I jumped into the water instead" made me go WTF and re-read it correctly. :o:D SP that is amazing.

[Star Worms]

When I saw thomasp quote this, I skim read it as "I ended up losing my thumb" and then in horror I read the rest of the sentence as if in 1st person: "(I) slipped when I was trying to backflip" and I was like :eek: but then "so I jumped into the water instead" made me go WTF and re-read it correctly. :o

I did exactly the same. I was wondering why Angelus was being so cool about it.

[AndrewTaylor]

I did exactly the same. I was wondering why Angelus was being so cool about it.

I just went back and read that post and it made sense to me when I thought he was talking about an ACTUAL backflip and some ACTUAL water. In the original post, though... seriously, what did you think had happened?

[Melon]

Here's what I thought when I read Angelus's post:
loosing
AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!! :mad:

[MtlAngelus]

Here's what I thought when I read Angelus's post:

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!! :mad:

Not my first language you know. :P

Surely you could come up with a better excuse than that :p
Indeed I could, which proves that I'm telling the truth. :p :cool:



Also, my thumb is fine, thanks.

edit: Ah, it's my 23rd birthday today.


Hooray.

[SomePerson]

Here's what I thought when I read Angelus's post:

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!! :mad:

Lose, by standard english phonetics, should rhyme with hose and nose. Loose is pronounced as written. The difference between loose and lose is in the S, not the vowel. Which is kinda weird, actually.

[MrBunsy]

Lose, by standard english phonetics, should rhyme with hose and nose. Loose is pronounced as written. The difference between loose and lose is in the S, not the vowel. Which is kinda weird, actually.

Lose and hose? Not with any accent I've heard.

[Muzer]

lose and hose? Not with any accent i've heard.
by standard english phonetics
You're failing to take into account that English makes no sense, MrBunsy.

[Muzer]

I keep smelling this weird plasticy smell that I remember comes from one of my old consoles, computers or peripherals - but I can't for the life of me remember which one. Smells a little like burnt plastic with a hint of chicken (hmm...). I wish you could broadcast smells over the internet so maybe someone could take a guess.

[Alien King]

standard english phonetics

Eh? English has standards?

[Muzer]

I think it might be either the ozoney smell from the ZX Printer, my BBC Master's power supply (Beebs have been known to blow up but continue working, stinking the room out) or the smell of solder. I can't decide which - the second or third are most likely.

[Paul.Power]

standard english phonetics

cough
bough
through
enough
thought
though

[AndrewTaylor]

Lose, by standard english phonetics, should rhyme with hose and nose.

OTOH, the past tense is 'lost', which has one 'o'. Why should it sprout another 'o' in the present tense? Really, you should be arguing that the pronunciation is wrong.

You can't infer spelling from sound. Hell, there genuinely are silent letters in English words added deliberately by prescriptivist linguists who thought that somehow it would help.

But loose/lose is worth learning, because it is one of the more annoying common errors.

[thomasp]

cough
bough
through
enough
thought
though
Loughborough :p That's a great one!


For those who don't know, its pronounced "Luf-bruh", or sometimes "Loogabarooga"

[SomePerson]

OTOH, the past tense is 'lost', which has one 'o'. Why should it sprout another 'o' in the present tense? Really, you should be arguing that the pronunciation is wrong.

You can't infer spelling from sound. Hell, there genuinely are silent letters in English words added deliberately by prescriptivist linguists who thought that somehow it would help.

But loose/lose is worth learning, because it is one of the more annoying common errors.

Nah, the past tense should obviously be "losed" ;) Don't ask what "loss" would be.

My main point was that it's an easy one to mix up because the spellings don't help. Especially if English is your second language.

Eh? English has standards?

There actually ARE some phonetical standard to our crazy language, I know... There are generally exceptions, but there are trends.

a silent E usually makes a vowel sound as it's "long" part. Which is a completely arbitrary terminology which I abhor, but alas. "short" O is like "ah" [a]. Long O is like "Oh" [o]. I'm sure you'll agree with me that a single O producing the "oo" [u] sound is unusual, no? I'm sure you can find one, but I'm saying the vast majority of o[]e words don't make that sound. At least in my dialect. (I pronounce "scone" with an "oh" like rhymes with "moan" rather than rhymes with "lawn," so I don't know what kind of crossover there is...)


I actually quite like the irregularity of English. The randomness of pronunciations gives a lot of possibilities as far as rhyme, wordplay, and poetry. We can rhyme verbs with nouns with whatever on earth we want, because there's very little structure in how the parts of speech end.

[philby4000]

a silent E usually makes a vowel sound as it's "long" part. Which is a completely arbitrary terminology which I abhor, but alas. "short" O is like "ah" [a]. Long O is like "Oh" [o].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Gq17O-HRc

[Muzer]

Nah, the past tense should obviously be "losed" ;) Don't ask what "loss" would be.

My main point was that it's an easy one to mix up because the spellings don't help. Especially if English is your second language.



There actually ARE some phonetical standard to our crazy language, I know... There are generally exceptions, but there are trends.

a silent E usually makes a vowel sound as it's "long" part. Which is a completely arbitrary terminology which I abhor, but alas. "short" O is like "ah" [a]. Long O is like "Oh" [o]. I'm sure you'll agree with me that a single O producing the "oo" [u] sound is unusual, no? I'm sure you can find one, but I'm saying the vast majority of o[]e words don't make that sound. At least in my dialect. (I pronounce "scone" with an "oh" like rhymes with "moan" rather than rhymes with "lawn," so I don't know what kind of crossover there is...)


I actually quite like the irregularity of English. The randomness of pronunciations gives a lot of possibilities as far as rhyme, wordplay, and poetry. We can rhyme verbs with nouns with whatever on earth we want, because there's very little structure in how the parts of speech end.



You know your variation of English is crap when half the vowels sound the same...

[Star Worms]

I pronounce "scone" with an "oh" like rhymes with "moan" rather than rhymes with "lawn,"Sorry, we can no longer be friends :(
:p

[Xinos]

Wait, there are alternative pronunciations to the word scone? How do you pronounce it then? Like in schooner?
I've always thought the it's said the way some person said it.

[Akuryou13]

the e on the end of scone kind of makes the pronunciation set in stone, doesn't it? it can't be scawn, as that would ignore the e completely. watch the magic e video :p

[Alien King]

I've never heard anyone pronounce scone "scawn". What is that? Scorn?

If the wikipedia is to be believed, the majority pronounces scone to rhyme with con.
A minority pronounces it to rhyme with cone.

[Akuryou13]

If the wikipedia is to be believed, the majority pronounces scone to rhyme with con.
A minority pronounces it to rhyme with cone.really?! then why even bother with the E on the end? :confused:

[Xinos]

I hope this clears out any confusion.

[AndrewTaylor]

Oh, for pity's sake...

Will you all shut the hell up with your absurd outrage over how people pronounce scone or whether or not you like pineapple on pizza and just accept that not everyone is like you and getting ridiculously cross about arbitrary trivia is not funny for anything like as long as you imagine?

I have always said 'scone' like 'cone', because I am from Yorkshire. Other people who are not from Yorkshire say 'scone' like 'gone'. Clearly this is equally valid. This is called having more than one dialect in a country. Some people think it's nice.

Incidentally, the French would call it 'pain' and pronounce it like 'pan' and that doesn't seem to have incensed you. (I think. I don't think they have a word for scones specifically. I haven't checked.)

[AndrewTaylor]

And I'm aware how funny it would be for you all to start discussing pineapple again just because I mentioned it so you needn't bother.

[Xinos]

I think everybody is aware of how meaningless the discussion is, but isn't that part of the "fun"? I mean, you can go into complete nerdrage mode and nobody is upset in the end.

Yes, let's not risk annoying anybody by keeping our discussions to simple matters that nobody cares about. :p

[philby4000]

Sooooo....

Rolls or buns?

[FutureWorm]

Oh, for pity's sake...

Will you all shut the hell up with your absurd outrage over how people pronounce scone or whether or not you like pineapple on pizza and just accept that not everyone is like you and getting ridiculously cross about arbitrary trivia is not funny for anything like as long as you imagine?

I have always said 'scone' like 'cone', because I am from Yorkshire. Other people who are not from Yorkshire say 'scone' like 'gone'. Clearly this is equally valid. This is called having more than one dialect in a country. Some people think it's nice.

Incidentally, the French would call it 'pain' and pronounce it like 'pan' and that doesn't seem to have incensed you. (I think. I don't think they have a word for scones specifically. I haven't checked.)
you need to take a chill pill bromeo

[Akuryou13]

who was getting all nerd-rage over the discussion? it seemed rather peaceful to me.

and besides. this is 100% off-topic. this thread was MADE for discussing random crap no one actually cares about. the important stuff has other threads.

[SomePerson]

Now I want a scone. I need to learn how to make them.

and besides. this is 100% off-topic. this thread was MADE for discussing random crap no one actually cares about. the important stuff has other threads.

Exactly what i was going to say.

[philby4000]

who was getting all nerd-rage over the discussion? it seemed rather peaceful to me.

and besides. this is 100% off-topic. this thread was MADE for discussing random crap no one actually cares about. the important stuff has other threads.

I see where he's coming from. Scones vs. Scones is played out. Pinaple pizza is played out. Best put a stop to it before the thread gets tiresome.

[Akuryou13]

I see where he's coming from. Scones vs. Scones is played out. Pinaple pizza is played out. Best put a stop to it before the thread gets tiresome.hey, if people are talking about it, then it's good enough to be talked about obviously. :p

it's not like any of us have anything better to do with our lives.

[SupSuper]

I don't see how "I don't have a life" is supposed to win an argument. :p

[Melon]

Sooooo....

Rolls or buns?
I'm more of a buns man if you know what I mean :cool:

FAKE EDIT: Hmm... actually you know what never mind.

[philby4000]

Yeah, it's probably best if you put your buns away.

[Akuryou13]

FAKE EDIT:do some of you actually do this? :confused:

[Melon]

do some of you actually do this? :confused:
I only put it because I thought of it after I typed the rest up, but hadn't submitted the post yet. So it really is an edit but not actually an edit edit.

[Star Worms]

I have always said 'scone' like 'cone', because I am from Yorkshire. Other people who are not from Yorkshire say 'scone' like 'gone'. Clearly this is equally valid. This is called having more than one dialect in a country. Some people think it's nice.I'm from Yorkshire and I, and my family, all say it like 'gone'. I had a friend from Wakefield who pronounced it 'Skoern'.

[Muzer]

do some of you actually do this? http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/confused.gif
I do!

*receives prize for stupidity*

[Paul.Power]

Sooooo....

Rolls or buns?

When I was a kid, my parents etc. used "bun" to refer to cakes, so I guess I'm a rolls person when it comes to small bread products.

[bloopy]

Bun usually refers to sweet/spiced things, while roll usually refers to savoury ones. Exceptions really depend on the name the individual product is sold under, eg. cinnamon roll.

[Akuryou13]

Bun usually refers to sweet/spiced things, while roll usually refers to savoury ones. Exceptions really depend on the name the individual product is sold under, eg. cinnamon roll.I'm with this explanation.

[AndrewTaylor]

When I was a kid, my parents etc. used "bun" to refer to cakes, so I guess I'm a rolls person when it comes to small bread products.

Doesn't always work that way. I'll happily call both 'buns'.

That said, I'm not keen on 'dinner' to mean 'lunch'. (Although I'm not keen on it to mean 'tea' either, despite that also being a drink. I guess I just don't like the sound.)

[SomePerson]

For me, "bun" refers pretty much exclusively to hot dog buns and hamburger buns. At first I was quite confused by the question because a bun is not something one eats by itself (in my dialect).

[Star Worms]

'bun' for me can be anything from a bread roll (strange how nowadays I don't seem to call it a bun anymore, but it still classifies in my mind. They could also be called baps.), to something like a chelsea bun or even small cakes (those small ones a couple of inches across, though I'll happily call them cakes too).

[Paul.Power]

For me, "bun" refers pretty much exclusively to hot dog buns and hamburger buns. At first I was quite confused by the question because a bun is not something one eats by itself (in my dialect).

I've eaten hot dog and hamburger buns by themselves.

But then, I'm weird like that.

[Zero72]

Hey, this is pretty neato.

http://fp.profiles.us.playstation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/129/210/Zeor72.png?1255512923340

[Xinos]

Shiny. Does it update without you having to post a new image link, and how often?

[philby4000]

Buns are odd in that they are either cakey (even iced) or for holding meat. Then you've got Pork Buns which are basically doghnuts with meat in them.

I'm from Yorkshire and I, and my family, all say it like 'gone'. I had a friend from Wakefield who pronounced it 'Skoern'.
You've just opened up an whole new scone pronounciation paradigm.

[Zero72]

Shiny. Does it update without you having to post a new image link, and how often?

I think it should refresh itself whenever I do the trophy sync from the console.

[Akuryou13]

please. someone explain this commercial to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LlKxUsICo

[Zero72]

Hmm, just did the sync and my thingy there doesn't seem to be updating. Maybe it needs some time.

[bloopy]

please. someone explain this commercial to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79LlKxUsICo
Rethink churches. It turns out they can feed you more than just bull****.

[Akuryou13]

Rethink churches. It turns out they can feed you more than just bull****.strikes me a bit like if mcdonald's advertised "What if eating here could solve world hunger?"

I mean; since when can we advertise based on hypotheticals?

[FutureWorm]

it's not just a hypothetical though. the point is that charitable contributions to a church that is active in world missions might actually have a positive impact on things

[Akuryou13]

it's not just a hypothetical though. the point is that charitable contributions to a church that is active in world missions might actually have a positive impact on thingsso then the ad should be "what if you gave us loads of money and we donated it to charity" rather than "what if you went to church and it cured malaria"

it seems a rather ineffective and misleading ad if they're trying to say what you just said.

[worMatty]

You go to church to meet people and talk about stuff. Aside from the pub it can be one of the best places for a community to come together.

I'd have to check the web site to give you my impression of any dark motives the ad has, though. Not going to do that.

[AndrewTaylor]

it's not just a hypothetical though. the point is that charitable contributions to a church that is active in world missions might actually have a positive impact on things

Doesn't "missions" mean the same as "proselytising"?

If you want to stamp out malaria, donate to an actual anti-malaria charity. There's no need to go via God. God gets in the way.

[MtlAngelus]

Does anybody know if there's any sort of website that can tell me if a certain product is available in shelf at any store? Probably far-fetched but it would be nice. I'm looking for a TI Garphlink Silver USB Cable (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006BXBS/ref=asc_df_B00006BXBS941158?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=googlecom09c9-20&linkCode=asn&creative=380341&creativeASIN=B00006BXBS) that is available in any store within Laredo, Texas. TI's website gives me a bunch of stores but when checking their respective websites they only seem to be available trough ordering online.

Or if you know of any store that specializes on this type of devices and is at least 80% certain to have it, that would be cool too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

edit: Or does anybody know whether I can order one of this from a Radioshack store? I know you can order online and have it sent to a store, but they need you to show up with ID and the credit card you used, which is not feasible if I'm planning on sending someone else to pick it up.

[Akuryou13]

You go to church to meet people and talk about stuff. Aside from the pub it can be one of the best places for a community to come together.

I'd have to check the web site to give you my impression of any dark motives the ad has, though. Not going to do that.it's not that, it's just that the commercial says "what if going to church could cure malaria? would you go then?" and that's it. that's the entirety of the message aside from a URL and the name of the company sponsoring the message. I mean, there's nothing wrong with going to church. as you said it's a good community for some people, but going there is hardly going to cure disease. if they're meaning that donating to church can cure malaria, well you can do that without actually attending just fine, or you could just donate directly to whatever organization the churches are donating to.

the commercial just doesn't explain what it's on about and it comes off as even more pompous than the usual church ads do because of it. I'm honestly just confused as to the meaning of the ad, not looking to sling mud at church-goers.

[FutureWorm]

Doesn't "missions" mean the same as "proselytising"?
not necessarily; a lot of christians see it as their social duty to help people in need without evangelizing just because it's the right thing to do

[Alien King]

not necessarily; a lot of christians see it as their social duty to help people in need without evangelizing just because it's the right thing to do

Religion is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for morality.

[FutureWorm]

Religion is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for morality.
i never claimed that it was

[thomasp]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't had more discussions about religion. In fact, I think its had more discussions about whether or not pineapple should be put on pizzas than religion :p

[MtlAngelus]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't had more discussions about religion. In fact, I think its had more discussions about whether or not pineapple should be put on pizzas than religion :p
Food is a religion too for some of us. :mad:

[Paul.Power]

Food is a religion too for some of us. :mad:

Ditto for cricket.

[Akuryou13]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't had more discussions about religion. In fact, I think its had more discussions about whether or not pineapple should be put on pizzas than religion :preligious discussion always ends badly. I think we're all a little too polite to bring that topic up (which is bad given how impolite we are :p)

[Zero72]

Alright, looks like that PSN thing isn't going to update at all until I go back to the website for another one. Lame.

[FutureWorm]

Alright, looks like that PSN thing isn't going to update at all until I go back to the website for another one. Lame.
yeah that's hella lame

[AndrewTaylor]

not necessarily; a lot of christians see it as their social duty to help people in need without evangelizing just because it's the right thing to do

Yeah, and if they opted to help people in a non-religious context then maybe I'd trust them to do it without evangelising and give them some money. I would never donate to a charity with a name like Christians Against Poverty, but equally I presume there are religious people in the organisations I do donate to and I don't care.

I just tend to think that if you're not evangelising, why call yourself that and exclude so many people?

I'm surprised this thread hasn't had more discussions about religion. In fact, I think its had more discussions about whether or not pineapple should be put on pizzas than religion :p

As it should be, since pineapples and pizzas can both be empirically shown to exist.

[Akuryou13]

As it should be, since pineapples and pizzas can both be empirically shown to exist.only in your realm of perception. I refuse to believe in them, myself, and so they don't exist.

:cool:

[Star Worms]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't had more discussions about religion. In fact, I think its had more discussions about whether or not pineapple should be put on pizzas than religion :p
Well I think we came to the conclusion that anyone who doesn't like pineapple on pizza isn't worth knowing anyway :p

[Zero72]

This is just too cool. You can link up your Rock Band game data with the Rock Band website, and from there, you can take pictures of your band members in all sorts of poses and stuff (and your whole band in most cases, but my band doesn't work on the website probably because the name was already taken -- not surprising out of Severe Tire Damage, but disappointing nonetheless). You can then put your pictures on all manners of buyable merchandise like t-shirts and buttons and keychains and even bumper stickers -- but the real highlight of it all is the option to order a custom-made 6" figurine of any band member. Man, how I want this:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6587/idbuythatforadollar.png
(Ed Z. Roq, my personal character)

$69 per figure, which is better than I would have expected for such a service, really. I'd absolutely be buying this if I still had a job, but considering I was already out of work by the time I bought the RB2 box set... I can't really go for this in good conscience. :-/ Freaking good conscience never lets me have any fun.

That said, I've still had fun taking pictures of Ed and the rest of Severe Tire Damage (http://www.rockband.com/users/Zero72/gallery).

Edit: Couldn't resist making figure previews of the others. (http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4310/collectemall.png)

[SargeMcCluck]

Well I think we came to the conclusion that anyone who likes pineapple on pizza isn't worth knowing anyway :p

Fixed .

[thomasp]

Well I think we came to the conclusion that anyone who doesn't like pineapple on pizza isn't worth knowing anyway :p
*Bans star worms*

[Vader]

pineapples and pizzas can both be empirically shown to exist.

So can religion. What can't be empirically shown to exist is sense in those who subscribe to such dross.

Zeor: That is really awesome. I want to be able to do that with my Tiger Woods character. Imagine that. A figurine of me.

Actually, about 10 years ago one of my uncles had connections to Todd McFarlane's toy company and enquired on my behalf as to how much it would cost to make a figurine of me. It would require about 20,000 units to be made at a cost of around $5 each. I never saved enough money for it.

I want GH5.

[worMatty]

it's not that, it's just that the commercial says "what if going to church could cure malaria? would you go then?" and that's it. that's the entirety of the message aside from a URL and the name of the company sponsoring the message.

It could help to cure it indirectly by helping to raise awareness through group discussion, and encouraging people who attend to donate to malaria charities.

The idea of the ad is to ask the thought-invoking question "What if going to church could cure Malaria? Would you go then?" If you hesitate to answer "Yes," it forces you to look inside and analyse everything. If you are predisposed to seeing Christianity as a cult then the ad probably won't work on you. But it is doing its job of getting people talking, as you can see in this thread.

[Akuryou13]

It could help to cure it indirectly by helping to raise awareness through group discussion, and encouraging people who attend to donate to malaria charities.

The idea of the ad is to ask the thought-invoking question "What if going to church could cure Malaria? Would you go then?" If you hesitate to answer "Yes," it forces you to look inside and analyse everything. If you are predisposed to seeing Christianity as a cult then the ad probably won't work on you.I'm predisposed to thinking christians are largely idiots, but I'm sort of a christian myself, so I don't think of it as a cult. it just seems a little silly to advertise that way. as I said earlier, it seems a bit like mcdonald's advertising by saying "what if eating here cured world hunger". it won't, so why are you implying that it will?

[Xinos]

I think they are just trying to make people feel bad about not being Christian or going to church. Let's not forget that shame has been a central part of Christianity since it's beginning.

[Star Worms]

I'm predisposed to thinking christians are largely idiots, but I'm sort of a christian myself, so I don't think of it as a cult. it just seems a little silly to advertise that way. as I said earlier, it seems a bit like mcdonald's advertising by saying "what if eating here cured world hunger". it won't, so why are you implying that it will?Well yes, except McDonald's is far more likely to cure World hunger than a church is going to cure malaria. McDonald's solves individual hunger while a church does not cure individuals of malaria.

I wouldn't say I'm predisposed to thinking christians are mostly idiots, but I am predisposed to thinking they are sheep - they do and think what they are told, don't think for themselves, don't question the world, and don't open their eyes to the world around them.

[Akuryou13]

I wouldn't say I'm predisposed to thinking christians are mostly idiots, but I am predisposed to thinking they are sheep - they do and think what they are told, don't think for themselves, don't question the world, and don't open their eyes to the world around them.this is largely my view as well. I try to question and analyze my beliefs as much as I can and just in doing that I find I really can't call myself christian anymore. I normally just have to settle for "sort of christian" or "raised christian" when asked.

[GrimOswald]

Are Christians sheep...or are sheep Christians?

(By the way, what is this "balloon" or "balloon boy" stuff that I keep seeing everywhere about?)

[Akuryou13]

Are Christians sheep...or are sheep Christians?epic. absolutely epic. :D

[thomasp]

This only really applies to the Brits of the forum, but having read articles and watched excerpts from last night's Question Time, does anyone else think that if the BNP actually got into power this country is going to have the living daylights bombed out of it by Islamic terrorists?

[SargeMcCluck]

If the BNP got into power I'd be more worried about the way the world has gone MAD.

[FutureWorm]

If the BNP got into power I'd be more worried about the way the world has gone MAD.
yeah basically this

[AndrewTaylor]

This only really applies to the Brits of the forum, but having read articles and watched excerpts from last night's Question Time, does anyone else think that if the BNP actually got into power this country is going to have the living daylights bombed out of it by Islamic terrorists?

Nah, Islamic terrorists are crap.

[Akuryou13]

found out two things today:

1. they're making a shoujo manga based on X Men. just the thought of that makes me want to strangle a kitten...

2. Perfect Blue is an absolutely amazing anime movie.

[Xinos]

2. Perfect Blue is an absolutely amazing anime movie.

I havn't seen that movie, but for some reason I know that the guy that made Requiem for a Dream bought remake rights for Perfect Blue in order to steal the "screaming under water in the bathtub" scene. Oh the random information you pick up from Wikipedia..

[SupSuper]

You'd think this is some sort of spyware, but it really isn't. Oh that Microsoft.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/supsuper/sendasmile.png

[Xinos]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen Microsoft let users send comments to them. They might be learning..

[SupSuper]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen Microsoft let users send comments to them. They might be learning..They've always done that for betas, but they must haven't gotten a lot back if they had to dumb it down to clicking on a smile/frown tray icon. :p

[worMatty]

OMG, Microsoft are catching the Google disease! Why are they showing some personality in their work after so many years?

Well, actually, hang on, if you discount the Easter Eggs in Windows 95 and take in to account that they have always been the ones setting the professional standard, they can be forgiven for being allowed some creative license now Google have set the benchmark for growing massive while appearing to actually be a big gang full of cool people.

I don't forgive them for dropping Comic Chat or V-Chat though.

[AndrewTaylor]

OMG, Microsoft are catching the Google disease! Why are they showing some personality in their work after so many years?

More to the point, why did they choose the personality of an irritating children's TV presenter?

[Zero72]

Turns out those figures are actually 3D prints which usually come out looking like ass and definitely aren't worth 70 bucks.

[FutureWorm]

Turns out those figures are actually 3D prints which usually come out looking like ass and definitely aren't worth 70 bucks.
well that's lame

[AndrewTaylor]

We live in an age where the word 'print' can be preceded by the word '3D' and that can be preceded with the word 'just'. Welcome to the future squared.

[Zero72]

I understand it's a new technology and all and they have been improving the figures since they've been making them, but that doesn't really change the not-worth-70-big-ones part. :p

[philby4000]

I understand that 3D printing uses LAZERS.

with a Z.

But yeah, they're not going to be any more detailed than the 3D models they're based on so ther're not going to be that great.

[Star Worms]

Well there are a million more useful things to do with 3D printing than make plastic models.

[Vader]

I understand that 3D printing uses LAZERS.

with a Z.

But yeah, they're not going to be any more detailed than the 3D models they're based on so ther're not going to be that great.

I noticed that in Prototype This when they made the human air-bags. The polygonal look of the 3D models gave their prototype printouts a sort of homemade charm, though. I think if I owned one of them 3D printers gubbinses I'd quite like that about them.

[Zero72]

If it looked exactly like it did in the game, then that'd kick the ass. The problem is more of a this sort of thing:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1502/331444773082d60826f1.jpg

It's also likely to miss or only partially print little details like buckles.

[Vader]

Oh man, that looks like it was done by the dot matrix of 3D printers. I'm pretty sure you can get better quality 3D print-outs.

That's a shame, though Zeor. Can you get your money back? I think I'd want to. Just think of all the dust it's going to collect... it'll look horrible.

[FutureWorm]

Oh man, that looks like it was done by the dot matrix of 3D printers. I'm pretty sure you can get better quality 3D print-outs.

That's a shame, though Zeor. Can you get your money back? I think I'd want to. Just think of all the dust it's going to collect... it'll look horrible.
i don't think he bought it

[Xinos]

If they printed it with an extra .5-1 mm thickness you could just go over it with a small file and it should look good.

[Zero72]

Nah, I didn't buy one of the things. :p I just found a bunch of pictures like that by poking around on the rock band forums. That guy has like five of them or something. Wonder where he works.

He also named them all after Transformers.

[Vader]

How I felt about Zeor's post in chronological order:

Good. Indifferent. Appalled. Amused. Glad.

[FutureWorm]

you chem and physics majors will enjoy this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0c5yClip4o

[SupSuper]

I think I saw that before, I recognize the smell of bull****.

[Star Worms]

Oh my fsm... she's a Dr.?! On the plus side it makes me think better about my own chances.

[Alien King]

you chem and physics majors will enjoy this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0c5yClip4o

Hahaha!
I could not have predicted the conclusions she came up given her starting point.

[Star Worms]

I'm finding the headline news on the BBC quite bemusing:

1. Government rules out random deal on hostages
2. Ministers say equipment for the armed forces is sufficient
3. Stephen Fry says he may leave Twitter

[Vader]

Poor Mr. Fry must be going through a rough patch. A period of thinking "oh what's the point", I'd imagine.

For someone so inspirational he's got it pretty tough :(

[Paul.Power]

1. Government rules out random deal on hostages

"We demand A RANDOM SUM OF MONEY!"

[thomasp]

On the subject of random sums of money, Bernie Ecclestone said this during an interview on the F1 today, with regards to Silverstone and Donnington not being able to afford his asking price to host the British Grand Prix.

"There are lots of things I can't afford"


Granted, that's probably true, but someone who is easily in the top 20 richest Brits, if not the top 10, I doubt there's much he can't afford compared to what I can't afford :p

[FutureWorm]

Hahaha!
I could not have predicted the conclusions she came up given her starting point.
the hoops of illogic she jumps through are just stunning

[Melon]

I'm writing this post using my tablet and handwriting recognition that comes with it. Holy molly it is awesome 1.

Hmm. Maybe it's not perfect yet. Where's my exclamation mark so

(Keyboard edit: I think this will take a bit of getting used to. It is fun to type with though.)

[Paul.Power]

On the subject of random sums of money, Bernie Ecclestone said this during an interview on the F1 today, with regards to Silverstone and Donnington not being able to afford his asking price to host the British Grand Prix.

"There are lots of things I can't afford"


Granted, that's probably true, but someone who is easily in the top 20 richest Brits, if not the top 10, I doubt there's much he can't afford compared to what I can't afford :p

Well, the Moon, the Pacific Ocean, Jupiter...

[Akuryou13]

Well, the Moon, the Pacific Ocean, Jupiter...didn't some random guy already buy the moon and is arbitrarily selling plots of land on it? or was that just the sun?

[AndrewTaylor]

didn't some random guy already buy the moon and is arbitrarily selling plots of land on it? or was that just the sun?

Someone decided that the treaty saying no country could claim the moon as property didn't apply to people so he claimed it and started selling it on. It's never been legally tested because the moon's **** and nobody wants it but he hasn't retaliated for NASA's bombing campaign.

Why would anyone buy a plot of the sun? What are they going to do with that?

[Akuryou13]

Why would anyone buy a plot of the sun? What are they going to do with that?the same thing you do with a plot on the moon?

[thomasp]

Why would anyone buy a plot of the sun? What are they going to do with that?
Toast marshmallows?

[Vader]

I'm going to fuel Earth-shattering robots.?

[SomePerson]

I'm writing this post using my tablet and handwriting recognition that comes with it. Holy molly it is awesome 1.

Hmm. Maybe it's not perfect yet. Where's my exclamation mark so

(Keyboard edit: I think this will take a bit of getting used to. It is fun to type with though.)

Drawing tablet or tablet pc? If you got the latter, you'll get over it at some point. It's definitely fun, but not the most efficient way to get things done. And I bought a mouse about a month or so in. I still take my notes on it though which it is good for, so I still think it was worth it, after all the novelty has worn off.

Play Starcraft on it - it'll change your life. (it's better though if it's a tablet pc or one of the kinds with the screen built in - because then you freaking tap on things to select and attack)

[Xinos]

Cause taping is WAY more immersive than clicking.

[Melon]

Drawing tablet or tablet pc? If you got the latter, you'll get over it at some point. It's definitely fun, but not the most efficient way to get things done. And I bought a mouse about a month or so in. I still take my notes on it though which it is good for, so I still think it was worth it, after all the novelty has worn off.

Play Starcraft on it - it'll change your life. (it's better though if it's a tablet pc or one of the kinds with the screen built in - because then you freaking tap on things to select and attack)
Oh it's just my drawing tablet. I had to update the driver because it was playing up on Windows 7 and this one comes with handwriting recognition (my driver version jumped from about 1.7 to 5.2 because I never bothered checking beofre :-/)

It's slower than typing and I'd never use it to get anything serious done, but it's still pretty fun :P

Gaming with my tablet can be awesome though, depending on the game (e.g. point+clicks or Torchlight) although it doesn't work properly with some games sadly.

[philby4000]

Owning a tablet PC has made me very good at using a virtual keyboard.

It's a convertable laptop type of thing, so I've also gotten pretty good at using a touchpad mouse.

[AndrewTaylor]

I never liked imaginary keypads on touchscreens, but after a week with my new iPhone it turns out you do in fact get pretty used to it. It's still not ideal, but my other phone has a full slide-out keypad and to be honest that's probably further from ideal.

[FutureWorm]

after a week with my new iPhone

uughhghghgghghhghghggh

[MrBunsy]

Don't worry... I have an IPHONE! (http://www.explosm.net/comics/1797/)

I don't care that this is old already :P

[thomasp]

My iPhone's almost a year old.

[Paul.Power]

I still haven't got used to the idea of using a phone for something other than telephonic communication.

[SargeMcCluck]

I wish mobile phones weren't so required by society. Why must we be in contact with everything 100% of the time?

In Sweden, mobile phone numbers are required on basically all forms, and land-line phones are optional or can't be filled in at all. Ugh.

[Paul.Power]

I wish mobile phones weren't so required by society. Why must we be in contact with everything 100% of the time?

You could always switch it off :p.

[SargeMcCluck]

You could always switch it off :p.

I do, and then people worry or complain "why did you turn your phone off?"

I can disconnect from society easily, but nobody else understands why I want to..

[Vader]

My phone turns itself off randomly.

It's bloody irritating, especially when I'm about to send a particularly long SMS as it doesn't save it as a draft or in the outbox.

[Paul.Power]

I do, and then people worry or complain "why did you turn your phone off?"

I can disconnect from society easily, but nobody else understands why I want to..

Oh just pretend the battery ran out. Mine does often enough.

[SupSuper]

I still haven't got used to the idea of using a phone for something other than telephonic communication.Me neither, until I found out people rarely call me so I might as well use it for everything else. :p

I wish I could slap whoever came up with the Vibrate feature though. Because you tell me you can't hear a phone vibrating in a quiet room and instantly become a nuisance.

[SomePerson]

So my primary laptop battery is losing capacity (I have a secondary battery too) and I tested it at lowest power possible and it went 28 minutes before it becasue critically low.

I let it charge again and this time benchmarked it using BatteryEater at 100% full throttle.

It lasted 45 seconds.

WTF I realize using a lot of juice from a battery can reduce performance, but by that much? I put it back in, now that I'm plugged back into the wall, and windows reports that it's at 12% charge. That's freaking ridiculous that it discharged in 45 seconds. It still takes like an hour to charge.

edit: I read somewhere that a deep discharge/recharge can give some life back, so I'm discharging it right now through 460 ohms and I'll leave it overnight and see what happens

[Vader]

I've heard it's best to charge your battery when it gets to 60%. That might be different depending on the battery, though. Dunno.

Any idea whether the deep discharge/recharge also gives life back to, say, a 2700mAh NiMH AA? The rechargables I use for my NXT seem to be getting weak in their old age.

[bloopy]

I wish I could slap whoever came up with the Vibrate feature though. Because you tell me you can't hear a phone vibrating in a quiet room and instantly become a nuisance.

In what kind of situation is a room so quiet that a vibrating phone is a nuisance? Most of the time there's likely to be soft talking as well. The only thing I can think of is an exam where the supervisor's phone is going off. Or maybe an experiment or something where you have to listen for a noise that's really quiet.

[thomasp]

So my primary laptop battery is losing capacity (I have a secondary battery too) and I tested it at lowest power possible and it went 28 minutes before it becasue critically low.

I let it charge again and this time benchmarked it using BatteryEater at 100% full throttle.

It lasted 45 seconds.

WTF I realize using a lot of juice from a battery can reduce performance, but by that much? I put it back in, now that I'm plugged back into the wall, and windows reports that it's at 12% charge. That's freaking ridiculous that it discharged in 45 seconds. It still takes like an hour to charge.

edit: I read somewhere that a deep discharge/recharge can give some life back, so I'm discharging it right now through 460 ohms and I'll leave it overnight and see what happens
If the battery's getting on a bit, that's perfectly normal. Most Li-ion batteries begin to die after around 300 discharge/charge cycles - which could be less than a year for some people.

[SupSuper]

In what kind of situation is a room so quiet that a vibrating phone is a nuisance? Most of the time there's likely to be soft talking as well. The only thing I can think of is an exam where the supervisor's phone is going off. Or maybe an experiment or something where you have to listen for a noise that's really quiet.In any situation you're required to silence your phone because it's supposed to be quiet. Exams, movies, shows, conferences, etc. Vibrating phones can be louder than soft-talking, specially since a lot of people put them on their tables.

Oh but who am I kidding, there's always some jackass who doesn't even do that and makes everyone appreciate his funky ringtone. :rolleyes:

[SomePerson]

If the battery's getting on a bit, that's perfectly normal. Most Li-ion batteries begin to die after around 300 discharge/charge cycles - which could be less than a year for some people.

Yeah, I take it to class and discharge it most of the way every day, so I realize that's probably why it died. Mildly annoying though.

I was getting impatient with the 460 ohm resistor and swapped it with a 220 so that it dissipates about 600mW, and it gets quite hot. Left it overnight and now I'm at 11.76 volts instead of the 12.12 I left it at in the morning... The sticker says 10.8. It might hold a decent charge and the sensor thing isn't working I'm gonna see how long it takes to drain.

[Vader]

You're right Sup.

At work we're not allowed to have our phones on us for security reasons. People tend to leave their phones on vibrate in their lockers and if you're working near the lockers and someone's phone is vibrating you damn well know about it.

[Zero72]

I'm on my desktop computer for a change. I think I'm going to play Cave Story. :)

[FutureWorm]

I do, and then people worry or complain "why did you turn your phone off?"

I can disconnect from society easily, but nobody else understands why I want to..
man you are basically my dad

stop being such a dad

[FutureWorm]

If the battery's getting on a bit, that's perfectly normal. Most Li-ion batteries begin to die after around 300 discharge/charge cycles - which could be less than a year for some people.
yeah i've had my macbook for a year and change and it's gone through 600+ cycles already

[SomePerson]

The battery has been delivering a constant 50 mA current for the past 20 hours or so, which is 1000mAh, which is a lot of current I've gotten out of the thing, given the battery is rated 4700mAh, and the computer said the battery was dead. It's also at 11.5v after these 20 hours, when the sticker says 10.8, so I feel like it should have charge left. I'm starting to wonder if it was just the controller going bad and not being accurate as to how much charge the battery has, hence the shorter charge lifespan.

This computer is I think slightly over 2 and a half years old. This is the battery than came with the used computer I bought to replace the one that was stolen, so I have no idea what the previous owner put it through, but I noticed right when I got it that the battery life wasn't as good as my old one, despite mine being only 6 months newer.

I wish I could think of something I could discharge my battery through that would be more practical than heating a resistor... Like a 12v fan or something.

[worMatty]

Some LEDs in series?

[Zero72]

I decided to go back to wearing a watch now that my company dress code can't annoy me out of it. I had a pretty nice watch tucked away in storage somewhere, that my brother gave me several years ago. Always felt pretty bad for not wearing it more, but now I am wearing it. Yay. I'm pretty giddy about it.

Got the battery replaced and the strap adjusted for free. Can be convenient to have an aunt in the jewelery business. :p

[Vader]

I have a fancy watch somewhere which my dad gave me. I really should wear it more but I don't wear anything on my wrists usually so it'd be weird.

Plus I generally don't like knowing the time.

[Xinos]

I have a watch that I like, but the battery has been dead for like two years and I'm too lazy to get it fixed.

[Paul.Power]

I have a watch that's either fancy or not fancy, depending on your point of view.

It's a calculator watch, you see :p.

[thomasp]

I have a cheap watch from Argos :p

[SargeMcCluck]

I have two pocket watches.

Yes, I'm old.

[MtlAngelus]

I had a watch. The strap broke, and then I used a black cord as a new strap because I was too lazy to get it fixed. Then it fell in the toilet and I decided it would be wise not to use it anymore.

I agree with Vader tho, I don't like knowing what hour it is. I'm always late for something and it's nice not knowing how late you are. Unfortunately I have my iPod with me all the time, so I still know what time it is. :(

edit: I also had one of those watches that work as universal remotes too, but it also fell in the toilet.

[SomePerson]

How does a watch end up in the toilet?

[Akuryou13]

I have two pocket watches.

Yes, I'm old.well aren't you the person who dresses like people out of the 30s? I think the pocket watch suits you better.

besides. pocket watches are infinitely cooler than wrist watches.

[thomasp]

Isn't the 21st century equivalent of a pocket watch just a mobile phone, iPod or similar time-keeping electronic device?

[Akuryou13]

Isn't the 21st century equivalent of a pocket watch just a mobile phone, iPod or similar time-keeping electronic device?basically. this is what I use. though I wouldn't be opposed to keeping a pocket watch just for when I need to turn my phone off.

[Star Worms]

Speaking of things falling in the toilet - my towel did the other day. Who the hell puts a towel rail above a toilet anyway?

[MtlAngelus]

How does a watch end up in the toilet?

I often use the toilet tank to place stuff when I'm taking a shower(due to a lack of other surfaces to put stuff in), both of those watches were not water proof so I would place them on the toilet tank while taking a shower. Then it's just a case of neglecting to close the lid and a small bump and there you go. :p

[SomePerson]

I have a problem with how phones have replaced wrist watches. Pulling a phone out of your pocket to check the time is never as nice as always having it on your wrist. However, with phones so common now everyone just checks that because they figure it's good enough. Phones have essentially replaced watches, but watches are far superior as timepieces. You can be in the middle of practically anything and check a watch in half a second. If you're carrying something, or you're in the middle of an exam, or you're driving, who wants to pull a phone out of your pocket to know the time?!

It's like this: People invented pocket watches. Then people realized, "hey, if we strap it to our wrist we don't have to stop what we're doing and take it out of our pocket!" Now we've gone back and put it in our pocket again. It makes no sense to me.

I can understand pocket watches for nostalgia purposes, but a phone is a sorry excuse for a timepiece.

[/rant]

[SomePerson]

I often use the toilet tank to place stuff when I'm taking a shower(due to a lack of other surfaces to put stuff in), both of those watches were not water proof so I would place them on the toilet tank while taking a shower. Then it's just a case of neglecting to close the lid and a small bump and there you go. :p

Ah, I do put things there sometimes - I should stop that practice. I was wondering why you took your watch off to sit on the toilet...


edit: whatever happened to that double post becomes an edit hack we had way back when?

edit2: My laptop battery has now dealt out about 2000mAh - nearly half its rated storage, and it's still going. I think it's just the controller gone dumb.

[Akuryou13]

I have a problem with how phones have replaced wrist watches. Pulling a phone out of your pocket to check the time is never as nice as always having it on your wrist. However, with phones so common now everyone just checks that because they figure it's good enough. Phones have essentially replaced watches, but watches are far superior as timepieces. You can be in the middle of practically anything and check a watch in half a second. If you're carrying something, or you're in the middle of an exam, or you're driving, who wants to pull a phone out of your pocket to know the time?!

It's like this: People invented pocket watches. Then people realized, "hey, if we strap it to our wrist we don't have to stop what we're doing and take it out of our pocket!" Now we've gone back and put it in our pocket again. It makes no sense to me.

I can understand pocket watches for nostalgia purposes, but a phone is a sorry excuse for a timepiece.

[/rant]I prefer not having a watch on my wrist, myself, so carrying one around in my pocket is far more convenient for me because otherwise I wouldn't have any way to tell time at all. personal choice, sure, but having the option for those of us who choose to use it is nice.

[MtlAngelus]

I have a problem with how phones have replaced wrist watches. Pulling a phone out of your pocket to check the time is never as nice as always having it on your wrist. However, with phones so common now everyone just checks that because they figure it's good enough. Phones have essentially replaced watches, but watches are far superior as timepieces. You can be in the middle of practically anything and check a watch in half a second. If you're carrying something, or you're in the middle of an exam, or you're driving, who wants to pull a phone out of your pocket to know the time?!

It's like this: People invented pocket watches. Then people realized, "hey, if we strap it to our wrist we don't have to stop what we're doing and take it out of our pocket!" Now we've gone back and put it in our pocket again. It makes no sense to me.

I can understand pocket watches for nostalgia purposes, but a phone is a sorry excuse for a timepiece.

[/rant]
I've never found myself in the position where pulling out my iPod from my pocket to check the time is that big of an inconvenience. :p

It's a very simple motion. Maybe if I'm carrying heavy stuff, like supermarket bags full of goods, but I don't see why it would be so urgent to check the time that I couldn't just get them to their destination before checking the time. :p

Pocket to wrist isn't that much of a leap anyway. Call me when I can have the exact time embedded on my vision. Like with a dbz style scouter that also tells me the battle power of people. :cool:

[SupSuper]

I used to wear wrist watches all the time, until I noticed they mostly made my arm itchy and were uncomfortable, so now I don't. And I'm also enjoying not becoming obsessed with always knowing the time by checking my wrist every few minutes.

Sure I can still check the time on my phone when I really need it, but it's not as convenient so I don't do it as often.

[bloopy]

I stopped wearing a watch not too long after starting university, which is when I first got a mobile phone. Naturally you're not allowed to have a phone on in an exam, but every room I sat an exam in had a clock on the front wall. I only lose track of time when I'm on an aeroplane.

It's so much better not having something on your wrist which gets in the way. Occasionally I wonder if I am feeling an effect of the mobile phone's radiation on my thigh, although I don't always have it in the same pocket. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but it feels like part of the muscle tightens a bit, or something like that anyway.

[Star Worms]

Well sunlight has far more radiation than microwaves... I think you're just paranoid :p

[worMatty]

I don't wear a watch. Other people keep time for me. It's great.

[SupSuper]

I ran into this strip while looking stuff up on Wolfram's MathWorld for tomorrow's Calculus II test:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/gifs/FoxTrotMathTest.jpg
I gotta say they got my attitude down to a tee.

[Star Worms]

http://i.imgur.com/OCLzJ.gif

[thomasp]

http://i.imgur.com/OCLzJ.gif
What.

The.

HELL????

:confused:

[FutureWorm]

What.

The.

HELL????

:confused:
that really wasn't especially strange; you overreact

[Zero72]

Iiiidunno, that's definitely one of the stranger things I've seen in a while.

[bonz]

I have two pocket watches.
I have one pocket watch.
I found it in the early 1990s in a public wastebin on the way home from school, still in a small plastic box.
It's a Russian model.

[philby4000]

If you found a pocke****ch in mysterious circumstances there's at least 70% chance that it can stop time.

Edit: ha ha pockeT-W-A-Tch