Probably because it was **** memory. Or a **** program.

got invited into the beta test for FireWorks CS4 :D

they changed the interface to be the same across all versions of all their programs, so now fireworks looks the same as the mac version and I think it's even the same as photoshop will now look. this throws me off quite a bit.

I hate that new "standardized" look, it's incredibly ugly, like all those Apple ports.

And anyone can try the Fireworks CS4 beta, it's right here: http://labs.adobe.com/

I hate that new "standardized" look, it's incredibly ugly, like all those Apple ports.

And anyone can try the Fireworks CS4 beta, it's right here: http://labs.adobe.com/well they sent me an e-mail so I assumed it was exclusive to those who actually purchased the program....oh well. I still like it.

got invited into the beta test for FireWorks CS4 :D

they changed the interface to be the same across all versions of all their programs, so now fireworks looks the same as the mac version and I think it's even the same as photoshop will now look. this throws me off quite a bit.
care to post a screenshot?

Well, at the seventh time of asking, I passed my driving test!

Only seven minor faults, too :D.

care to post a screenshot?There's plenty on Google:
http://phpz.org/files/2008/06/adobe_fireworks_cs4_005.png
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2531179290_2e2cddf07c_b_d.jpg

Well, at the seventh time of asking, I passed my driving test!

Only seven minor faults, too :D.Holy roundabouts, Batman! :eek:

Congratulations.

There's plenty on Google:
geesh, what the devil is up with those windows

geesh, what the devil is up with those windowsick. they seem to have cramped them into as little space as possible. I would hang myself if I had to work in those....

edit: unless you just mean the visual style of them. in which case: yeah, ick still applies, but I personally can get over it easily enough.

edit2: positive event!

DarkFall Online is finally going into beta! WOO!

My band did our first gig last night. Went very well. We've now potentially got quite a few more gigs potentially lined up for us, including some Charity gigs in Cardiff.

Alot of people we're impressed by how tight we were as a band. This bloke from a local guitarshop who also runs a studio and record label said that he was surprised we were so young and more surprised when we told him it was our first gig, "I've seen bands playing for years that haven't reached that level of performance".

So I'm pretty fudging happy.

Well done, Blinx. See what becomes of making bold choices and careful planning.

I just bought a crappy $60 violin and I'm going to learn how to play it. :cool:

Also, congrats on the gig Blinx!


edit: hohoho I get to annoy my family with horrible out of tune sounds for a while. :cool:

Potentially.

We found an apparently abandoned cat, and brought it home.

We found an apparently abandoned cat, and brought it home.
Have fun with the fleas, worms, lice and scbies.

Have fun with the fleas, worms, lice and scbies.
I've brought countless cats in, never had any issues. :p

A chip of RAM stopped working on my dad's computer but works on mine, so now I got 4GB of RAM.

"Hey, guys, a big block of money just became free, so if you want anything expensive for experiments, let me know."

Er, yeah, okay.

Tell them you need a 60" plasma screen, an Xbox 360, and a copy of Rock Band, because you need to test the effects of music rhythm games on tooth erosion.

Tell them you need a 60" plasma screen, an Xbox 360, and a copy of Rock Band, because you need to test the effects of music rhythm games on tooth erosion.LOL! that would be absolutely awesome.

Steam is doing lots of iD Software titles in a package that normally costs $200, for $34.99 this weekend.

Doom I, Master Levels, II, Final, Ultimate
Doom III, Resurrection
Hexen I, one expansion, II
Quake I, two expansions
Quake II, two expansions
Quake III, Team Arena
Commander Keen complete
Wolfenstein 3D, Return
Spear of Destiny

Plus tax, for UK gamers, it's $41. At the current rate of 1.7 Dollars to the Pound, this is a great deal.

If I didn't have almost all of them, I would be seriously considering actually buying something through Steam.
But Hexen I+II, Commander Keen and the TA extra for Q3 isn't worth it for me.

Steam is doing lots of iD Software titles in a package that normally costs $200, for $34.99 this weekend.

Doom I, Master Levels, II, Final, Ultimate
Doom III, Resurrection
Hexen I, one expansion, II
Quake I, two expansions
Quake II, two expansions
Quake III, Team Arena
Commander Keen complete
Wolfenstein 3D, Return
Spear of Destiny

Plus tax, for UK gamers, it's $41. At the current rate of 1.7 Dollars to the Pound, this is a great deal.

Remember you have to add a new hard disk to that if you also want to play them.

Doom III is the largest one there, even that isn't too big.
Things only start getting stupid if you start unpacking the .pk# files.
(# = number 2 to 4 depending on game.)

Some of those games fit on a couple of floppy disks.
Well ok, mabye 3

And you don't have to install them all in one go. You can remove or download the files again whenever you like.

Passed my Driving Test with 3 minors.
This does potentially mean I don't have to get up at 6:20 in the morning, but it does also mean I'll have to drive people around quite a bit. Probably my sister.

I found not having a car reduces the number of lifts given :p

Only 3 minors is quite impressive, was that your first test?

First test and I do have a car. A cheap .9 ish litre red box. Good insurance quote though. :D Unfortunatly I can see many lifts being requested of me.
Two minors were for neglecting to check my mirrors when slowing down.
The third had me worried when I did it, I pulled away when someone was approacing from behind with their left indicator flashing, I assumed they were either making a turn or going to stop. They didn't and instead, had to slow as I pulled away.

Getting myself ready and/or psyched for heading back to England tomorrow.

Two minors were for neglecting to check my mirrors when slowing down.

How the hell does it matter whether or not you've seen what's behind you when you need to slow down? If you discover you're being tailgated, is it okay to mow down pedestrians?

Examiners don't seem to understand that you look at mirrors using your eyes. I was always told by my instructor to turn my head to make it obvious, especially if it's not the left hand mirror, because they won't spot it otherwise.

How the hell does it matter whether or not you've seen what's behind you when you need to slow down? If you discover you're being tailgated, is it okay to mow down pedestrians?yes, of course!

How the hell does it matter whether or not you've seen what's behind you when you need to slow down? If you discover you're being tailgated, is it okay to mow down pedestrians?

That always confused me a bit. But hey, I'll run with it.


Examiners don't seem to understand that you look at mirrors using your eyes. I was always told by my instructor to turn my head to make it obvious, especially if it's not the left hand mirror, because they won't spot it otherwise.

Hmm, I hardly turned my head during my test. Then again, there were quite a lot of mirrors in the car so the examiner could see where I was looking.



Also, I got to leave college early today. Last lecture ended at 13:45ish and I got lift back closer to home with a friend. Normally I'd have to get a bus, but now I can drive. :D
Although driving on my own makes me feel very lonely.
Plus, I got to arrive home to my copy of Spore. :D

I missed the deal on the ID pack. It was still Steam for sale on Monday around 16:00, but when I tried to buy it it said my credit card was denied. But it must have been because the deal was removed before Steam got updated. =(

Looking behind you before braking reminds you to be gradual as you brake, in order to give people behind you warning by showing your brake lights and giving them time to react. That's how I understand it.

Looking behind you before braking reminds you to be gradual as you brake, in order to give people behind you warning by showing your brake lights and giving them time to react. That's how I understand it.I'd think a 2000+ lbs pile of metal flying at you at speeds more than triple the run speed of most humans would be reminder enough to brake gradually...

HAH my car has no power brakes so I CAN'T brake quickly!:D

Although I also happen to get tailgated a lot, so maybe that's a good thing.

My ISP is having another one of its "round up" fits, so my download speed is being upgraded from 15mbps to 20mbps and my upload speed from 768kbps to 1mbps, at no extra charge.

I brought Multiwinia off Steam and got Darwinia for free. Fantastic game.

It is! I still haven't pre-ordered Multiwinia yet, though. Considering it comes out on Friday, I'd better get my act together. I can't decide whether to order it with a box or not.

No need for packaging or CDs.

But I've got to complete my collection of boxed Introversion games!

I just had a pretty good BLT.

I just had a pretty good BLT.
i friggin love blts

I like BLT's, but without the L :p

BLTs are quite possibly the most greatest sandwich ever! I've been eating them ever since I had teeth to chew bread with.
Though it's not all happy memories, the first time I made BLTs by myself in my own apartment my toaster caught on fire! Huge flame out of nowhere! Stupid timer which works 95% of the time! but it's alright, only two pieces of bread were scorched and I proceeded with the toasting after the incident and made some very successful BLTs. But I don't think I can trust a toaster again...

Can I just have the Bacon?
In a sandwich obviously.

I know I risk being lynched at this confession, but I'm not a huge fan of bacon. I'll have some bacon by itself, but probably not a lot, and I don't like it in sandwiches at all. :p

I don't like it in sandwiches at all. :p
Yes, it often disrupts the soft consistence of most sandwiches.
I much rather have it with scrambled eggs, baked beans and fried mushrooms.

I know I risk being lynched at this confession, but I'm not a huge fan of bacon. I'll have some bacon by itself, but probably not a lot, and I don't like it in sandwiches at all. :p

To the pillory, heretic.

Prize Giving is over for another year!

I know I risk being lynched at this confession, but I'm not a huge fan of bacon. I'll have some bacon by itself, but probably not a lot, and I don't like it in sandwiches at all. :p

Heresy!

And bonz, you'll burn in Hell too.

You're all going to hell if the muslims are right. With your bacon.

At least it'd be crispy.

Yes, it often disrupts the soft consistence of most sandwiches.
I much rather have it with scrambled eggs, baked beans and fried mushrooms.

It's not bad at all, especially if the bread is toast anyway. Tomato and lettuce aren't the softest ingredients either. I find the whole aura of the BLT pleasing.

As long as it's done well -- little is worse than the rubbery burnt stuff you tend to get in ****ty cafes and Subways. (I think it keeps longer after being cooked -- because no bugger'll eat it.)

You're all going to hell if the muslims are right. With your bacon.

Ah, well thankfully I strongly doubt they are right.
That goes for any zealous Christians too.

You're all going to hell if the muslims are right. With your bacon.

That suits us fine, hell is made for frying bacon on any surface.

I recently got into this band called God Is An Astronaut, a postrock band.
One of their video's Fragile, made me cry, accompanied by the music, it's truly amazing and sad, but with a true message.

http://www.last.fm/music/God+Is+an+Astronaut/+videos/2795627

Going on a two-week trip to Chicago tomorrow morning. Quite excited, never been out of Europe before. I'll be visiting the Robert Morris College for a bunch of hours a day and spend the rest of the time more or less senselessly spending the money I've saved up over the months. Never done a lot of money-spending either, come to think of it, so I guess I'll be having a good time. Still find it ridiculous to believe I'll be able to see the Blue Man Group for no more than 15 bucks, while the price is eight times as high here in Germany! :D

Going on a two-week trip to Chicago tomorrow morning. Quite excited, never been out of Europe before. I'll be visiting the Robert Morris College for a bunch of hours a day and spend the rest of the time more or less senselessly spending the money I've saved up over the months. Never done a lot of money-spending either, come to think of it, so I guess I'll be having a good time. Still find it ridiculous to believe I'll be able to see the Blue Man Group for no more than 15 bucks, while the price is eight times as high here in Germany! :D
a cool place to go. if it's a clear day, the top of the sears tower has an amazing view (if you're willing to look like a tourist)

A GOOD DAY HAS BEEN HAD GENTLEMEN.

Work was pretty harsh, but I got Spore: Galactic Edition today, also got 2000 Wii points to purchase Megaman 9, and also while browsing the Wii store I noticed that SUPER MARIO RPG IS FINALLY AVAILABLEANSFAKTAEHSDKASDASFA!!HHD!!!QS!Q!HW1!H!H.

*win*

The only thing that could make things better is if I could find a way to install spore in both MacOS and WinXP at the same time, which I'm sure is not possible due to EA being fags. But one can only hope.

just found out that there's a concert coming to a city that's about an hour's drive from me.

this concert includes Staind, Seether, Papa Roach and a band called Jet Black Stare who I've never heard of. concert is happening on my scheduled day off and the tickets are only $40. I do believe I'm going to this concert :D

The only thing that could make things better is if I could find a way to install spore in both MacOS and WinXP at the same time, which I'm sure is not possible due to EA being fags. But one can only hope.
I don't know why it shouldn't work.
Don't even think that SecuROM is also available for MacOS, so it shouldn't bother you with your 3-installs-limit.

I don't know why it shouldn't work.
Don't even think that SecuROM is also available for MacOS, so it shouldn't bother you with your 3-installs-limit.

But the game requires you to activate online, if my serial number is already activated I don't think it will let me activate it a second time. Or does it?
Meh, I'll give it a try later. :p

Anyway, Megaman 9 owned me horribly. But I shall never give up! :p

Also, started a game on spore in hard as a carnivore, and couldn't get too far, so started again, now in easy and omnivore, to get the hang of it more first. :P Fun little game.

Don't even think that SecuROM is also available for MacOS, so it shouldn't bother you with your 3-installs-limit.It has been since 2003. :p

HELL YEAH

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330405925.png

Not bad, but I am giving you a real run for your money Bunsy:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330660100.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Suck on this:cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330605831.png

Suck on this:cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330605831.png
holy jesus

:O

Grim: That's actually better than my old home connection :p

RAWR! :cool: http://www.speedtest.net/result/330810609.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6818/speedtestao7.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330985252.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/330992858.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/330994073.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Oh well.

From work:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/331004006.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I just got off of the phone with my Mum, and she tells me that after a three-year appeals process, including having her case closed at one point because she was too ill to go to court, she's finally been declared legally Disabled. Not only does that mean an extra £113 a week, but she's also been back-paid to the date of her original claim.

She's put most of the money away somewhere safe, but she's also paid off her credit card and she's going to buy herself a new TV.

Well turns out I can play spore on both MacOS and WinXP using the same copy. :cool:
:D

Well turns out I can play spore on both MacOS and WinXP using the same copy. :cool:
:D
which version works better?

What's wrong with your mum, Ben?

Her Diabetes has been slowly kicking her **** now for about four years. Her vision is all but gone. She has difficulty walking. It takes her more than a few minutes to get up and down the stairs. Her liver is failing. Her kidneys are failing. She's not allowed to eat any food with potassium in it. She constantly aches. She can't work and she's on benefits - £75 a week, now increased by £113 thanks to the successful appeal.

The biggest worry I have right now is that something serious could happen to my Mum and I can't get there to be with her.

which version works better?

Well, on WinXP after playing a long while the whole thing gets slow after I close the game for a while. On MacOS this doesn't happen. :p
As for the game performance, seems about the same. Except that I can't rotate the camera on the MacOS version because it doesn't seem to recognize the right click :p
Probably something in the mouse settings, gonna have to check that.

I'm loving the latest 9p electricity bill :)
Oh, and...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/332550259.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It's Friday!

I've been in meetings almost every this week, my brain has been turned to mush (not a positive event). I think I'll go home and hibernate untill monday morning..

I think I'm in love.

Sorry Gareth, I'm already taken and I just don't like you that way. I hope we can still be friends.

/me jumps on bandwagon

http://www.speedtest.net/result/333194672.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I think I'm in love.
but it makes you kind of nervous to say so???

holy jesus

UCLA Fight Fight Fight! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NbDpGv0R0) (or "F*** SC" on certain occasions)

I keep forgetting that you and I live relatively clsoe to each other. We should meet up at some point and Hang Out™.

I keep forgetting that too. I think I subconsciously think you still live in England. But we definitely should. Where in LA do you live again? I'm over at UCLA kinda near Santa Monica Beach on that side of LA.

Nice weather today, yes? Nice change from the heat wave we just had. I personally hope it rains.

It was lovely. I came back from England last week and it was so bloody warm - so much so that on Wednesday my boss just said "f**k going out for lunch, I'll order pizza for the entire department."

I live in the Sunland/Tujunga area but I work in Burbank. It's not too difficult to hop on the Metro and get to Santa Monica if you want me to come to you. If you're driving we could always meet up somewhere in Burbank or something.

I didn't bring my car to uni with me, but I too can hop on a Metro and go pretty much anywhere in LA. But if you want to come to this side of LA that would work, and would be pretty convenient for me.

We'll make something happen.

Im soon done with the script for my school assignment! :D

Check it out! This is what we got after two weeks on our game project!

We got ODE physics (Open Dynamics Engine) working with Ogre3D, so now we have a car driving around in a test level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3ZipqXaBY
The machine gun shoots Sky Spheares as bullets which explode into huge 'ever lasting pillars of fire and doom'. =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8riAIK8EZqA
And this is after getting our own first car into the game. The red jeep is just a demo vehicle.

That's pretty cool. My first reaction was that the car could use better traction, but I don't know what kind of game you're trying to create so maybe it fits.


In my own positive news, I donated blood today for the first time.:)

Check it out! This is what we got after two weeks on our game project!

We got ODE physics (Open Dynamics Engine) working with Ogre3D, so now we have a car driving around in a test level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3ZipqXaBY
The machine gun shoots Sky Spheares as bullets which explode into huge 'ever lasting pillars of fire and doom'. =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8riAIK8EZqA
And this is after getting our own first car into the game. The red jeep is just a demo vehicle.
Is the surface made of ice?

Okay, my band is back on.

I know I know, I just said on Monday it was off, but thankfully one of the drummers in our school said he'd be willing to help fufill the gigs that we've got coming up. He said he's not sure if he'll join full time, but he said he might.

He's a fantastic drummer, Grade 8 and teaches. He's also a year younger than am I. It's actually really inspiring to hear him drum, so I hope that he hasn't been put off by some of the crapper songs we have currently. We had a band practice, it went fairly well, but we as a band hadn't played together because of our previous drummer for about three weeks. So we were rusty.
Hopefully, he sticks around because I feel like with such a technically profficient person in the band, I'm gonna really have to up my game.

Check it out! This is what we got after two weeks on our game project!

We got ODE physics (Open Dynamics Engine) working with Ogre3D, so now we have a car driving around in a test level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3ZipqXaBY
The machine gun shoots Sky Spheares as bullets which explode into huge 'ever lasting pillars of fire and doom'. =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8riAIK8EZqA
And this is after getting our own first car into the game. The red jeep is just a demo vehicle.
Reminds me of the Interstate and the N.I.C.E. games.

He's a fantastic drummer, Grade 8 and teaches. He's also a year younger than am I.

i was really baffled here for a minute because i thought "what would a guy in eighth grade be doing teaching, and furthermore, i know that blinx isn't in ninth grade"

then i realized what you meant!!!

I'm finally getting off this damnable Celeron. Going to another Intel, though, but a Pentium IV has to be better than this blasted device. Best thing my motherboard can handle, and considering it's costing me about 30 bucks with shipping, why the hell not? Hopefully this will allow me to run things like Team Fortress in a less horrible fashion. It'll put me in pretty much the same ballpark as my dad's PC, and that one works really well, so there you go.

Don't forget about cooling.

I'm finally getting off this damnable Celeron. Going to another Intel, though, but a Pentium IV has to be better than this blasted device. Best thing my motherboard can handle, and considering it's costing me about 30 bucks with shipping, why the hell not? Hopefully this will allow me to run things like Team Fortress in a less horrible fashion. It'll put me in pretty much the same ballpark as my dad's PC, and that one works really well, so there you go.

jesus christ, you manage to run team fortress 2 on a celeron? color me impressed

I finally got refunded for that whole Metallica fiasco.

Brilliantly, I got a full refund, wasn't expecting that, seeing as I'd basically used and see as much as I could have on Mission Metallica, so yay!

I went to the Multiwinia Release Party last night! I met lots of people from The Internet :p

jesus christ, you manage to run team fortress 2 on a celeron? color me impressedYeah, when I tossed that excuse about my machine lagging to all hell whenever anything at all started happening, I wasn't joking. And this was on the lowest resolution my monitor would support.

I went to the Multiwinia Release Party last night! I met lots of people from The Internet :p

The what?

1324

The Mother 3 fan translation has been released.

http://mother3.fobby.net/

HUZZAKA

The what?

Introversion's official release party for Multiwinia (http://www.introversion.co.uk/multiwinia/).

Awesome game, and good party too. I met lots of people from the IV forums & IRC.

The Mother 3 fan translation has been released.

http://mother3.fobby.net/

HUZZAKA

Dear diary: JACKPOT. :cool:

An actual physical party? Where was this?

Shoreditch in London.

And to prove I'm not making this up, photos! (http://www.shinkutanku.com/tenjousajiki?g2_itemId=202) :D

And to prove I'm not making this up, photos! (http://www.shinkutanku.com/tenjousajiki?g2_itemId=202) :D
Looks more like a plush toy cuddling party to me. With beer.

And that's a bad thing?

Hmm, one of the ladies is wearing a darwinian necklace.

Heh, she also designed the Fluffwinian.

There was at one point a beer-guarding tower of foamwinians, I'm waiting for someone to post a good photo!

Glad you had fun, then, Luke. I played Multiwinia briefly but didn't think the gameplay was very complex or demanding. I may have another go at some point.

A colleague at my company quit the job and now I'm taking over his duties.
That is, only 60% of the full-time job, but that's still netting me 1.6x the money now with all the allowances.
Plus I finally have pension insurance and could cash unemployment allowance after 6 months.

I'll be producing tissue micro arrays and programming the TMA robot (http://oridis-biomed.com/Tissomics_2.04/images/TMA.JPG).
http://www.tissomics.at/

We got the icy road effect sorted out a few days ago.
Our programmers were just using the wrong algorithm for something with the physics. Silly them.

We got the icy road effect sorted out a few days ago.
Did they grit the road?

Jeff Mangum resurfaces, this time not just as a hit and run act toward the end of a random Elephant 6 show.

Engine is such a beautiful song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsR2bMj_c8#

:)

Jeff Mangum resurfaces, this time not just as a hit and run act toward the end of a random Elephant 6 show.

Engine is such a beautiful song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsR2bMj_c8#

:)

Oh my god, he's been resurfacing a bunch recently, do you think he's going to come out with anything new?

I mean what's he been doing the past 10 or so years? Do musicians just "take a break"

He really was taking a break all this time according to people who saw him on a more or less regular basis in Athens, Georgia. He was somewhat involved with other E6 acts recently and obviously had to keep his Romanian folk music obsession going, but he apparently didn't write any NMH material that he was happy enough with to tell people about. Still, if he's going to continue playing NMH stuff like he did in that video up there... I think I'll carry on hoping for a new album somewhere along the line. :eek:

Here's another video from that same night, a bit before he played Engine in the middle of the crowd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26IgzMKesYk

Just bought my tickets for Video Games Live (http://www.videogameslive.com) :cool:

I haven't bitten my nails since Monday. It's driving me crazy. I just want to chew the f**kers into oblivion, but I'm trying to quit.

Just bought my tickets for Video Games Live (http://www.videogameslive.com) :cool:if glasses were +1 nerd, how many points is this one? :p

I haven't bitten my nails since Monday. It's driving me crazy. I just want to chew the f**kers into oblivion, but I'm trying to quit.

Heh, I remember when I used to do that. Not sure when I stopped...probably when it got stuck in my teeth and I could not get it out.

...Great, now I have a sudden urge to try it again. >_>

Just bought my tickets for Video Games Live (http://www.videogameslive.com/) http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/cool.gif
Wow... I so have to go there.

My final project is coming along nicely. I'm looking into the functions of dicer proteins via RNA silencing in tobacco plants, which have been genetically modified to express GFP.

if glasses were +1 nerd, how many points is this one? :p+1 awesome nerd :cool:

I released an app for Wii which lets you use the Wii Shop Channel without disabling homebrew :D

I'm looking into the functions of dicer proteins via RNA silencing in tobacco plants, which have been genetically modified to express GFP.
Yay!
Finally a solution for smoking in UV light conditions, i.e. discotheques and dance clubs.

Yay!
Finally a solution for smoking in UV light conditions, i.e. discotheques and dance clubs.

Well, apart from the fact that smoking in those places is illegal.

Well, apart from the fact that smoking in those places is illegal.
Not (yet) in Austria.

Really? I'm surprised there's anywhere left you can smoke in someone's workplace.

Especially in nanny-state Europe.

Double-Western burger and CrissCut fries on it's way to solve hunger issues. :cool:

Red Alert 3 is currently beeing installed on my laptop, and I'm waiting for Dead Space to arrive in the mail..

:)

just got a super nes and i'm all "woooot"

XFire has 15 hours of FallOut 3 logged in and I'm still enjoying it as much as when I started.

if that's not positive I don't know what is :D

EVEN MORE POSITIVE!

Darkfall beta opens up Nov 10th and the release is planned to follow the end of the beta nearly immediately. plenty in time for christmas and barely more than a month away :D I'm practically giddy at this :D

So I think I'm falling for this girl. And so far it's a positive event.

Look, don't get soppy on us, you're a man, act like one. You like the look of this blonde piece and she has a nice rack, all right?

As of this moment I am the proud owner of a new Xbox360 Elite.
It came with KungFu Panda and Lego Indiana Jones, which I'll probably end up trading for something else sooner or later.
I also bought Fable 2.

Woo!

Look, don't get soppy on us, you're a man, act like one. You like the look of this blonde piece and she has a nice rack, all right?

Actually she's brunette.:rolleyes:

Lego Indiana Jones, which I'll probably end up trading for something else sooner or later.
Yes, get LEGO Batman instead. Best game in the series so far.
Makes you wonder why they haven't let you play on the villain side in the LEGO Star Wars games.

Did a gig last night. Got paid for it. Wasn't a big crowd, about 50+ people. It was a fundraising event.

None the less, it was fun, but we were knackered. We played four sets in total. So about 2 hours in total.
When we were asked originally to play 45 minutes. Nevermind. It was good.

obama is going to win tomorrow : )

obama is going to win tomorrow : )

Yes, he is. fivethirtyeight.com is currently showing a 98.1% chance of Obama winning.

As far is I can work out, this is what the more paranoid of us ought to look out for:

11PM GMT: Indiana. McCain will probably win this but may not. If he doesn't then that's a really bad sign for him.
12AM: Virginia; 12:30AM: Ohio; 1AM: Pennsylvania; 2AM: Colorado. Obama has about 239 electoral votes tied up completely. These four states are also quite safe for him and will take him way over the 270 needed to win. If McCain wins any of these then Obama's still got a lot of paths to victory, but it means the polls are all out so all bets are off.

really need to remember to go vote in the morning :p

Also cross your fingers that prop. 8 doesn't pass

Also cross your fingers that prop. 8 doesn't passgoogle talks about the gay marriage act and mentions california. is that only in cali?

Yes. Although there is speculation that a massive Obama win might put people off voting for prop 8.

Yes. Although there is speculation that a massive Obama win might put people off voting for prop 8.what does obama have to do with prop 8? :confused:

I think a huge victory for the left is supposed to dishearten the right. It doesn't make a lot of sense, I agree, but then, applying logic to the actions of religious bigoted thugs generally has a very poor predictive value.

I think a huge victory for the left is supposed to dishearten the right. It doesn't make a lot of sense, I agree, but then, applying logic to the actions of religious bigoted thugs generally has a very poor predictive value.ah, so it DOESN'T have anything to do with obama. some crazy people are just jumping to conclusions and spreading those around like fact......par for the course with politics...

Yes. Although there is speculation that a massive Obama win might put people off voting for prop 8.

How does that affect anything? We vote on propositions and president at the same time.

I voted no on prop 8.:)

why couldn't WE have anything entertaining like that to vote for?

only things on our ballot was crap about how soon some government office can convene after the notice that they need to convene has been given and another about how many terms some offices I've never even heard of can serve. nothing I have any reason whatsoever to care about and all of it in legalese to the point that I wanted to punch a baby for trying to read through the nonsense.

all you dudes hating on america can **** on off

let's just hope Obama can do a better job than Bush did with the reputation of the country...

I found this amusing: http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

Obama freaking won by a landslide! :D

Prop 8 seems to have passed though. :(

Obama freaking won by a landslide! :Dyeah. I love how one-sided it turned out. :)

Prop 8 seems to have passed though. :(REALLY?! ......ok, America kicks ass, california is retarded. let's all go break the state off the rest of the country :p

REALLY?! ......ok, America kicks ass, california is retarded. let's all go break the state off the rest of the country :p

You realise that would slash Obama's majority in the electoral college? California is a good state to have around for elections, although it would be better if the electoral college votes were allocated in a non-stupid way.

Koen gave me a BNC server. He should be invited :p

His name was submitted for nomination. But we limit the number of people allowed in.

You realise that would slash Obama's majority in the electoral college? California is a good state to have around for elections, although it would be better if the electoral college votes were allocated in a non-stupid way.

Obama would have won even if McCain won California.:p

Only just.

REALLY?! ......ok, America kicks ass, california is retarded. let's all go break the state off the rest of the country :p

California is nowhere NEAR the top of "states to break off" list and you know it.

California is nowhere NEAR the top of "states to break off" list and you know it.oh I dunno. I'm pretty tired of just about everything that comes out of california, myself. I can't think of anywhere that it's worse :p

Florida. It's the only state that has it's own Fark tag.

Florida. It's the only state that has it's own Fark tag.fair enough. granted, I have personal, moral issues agains california and its gay-bashing where as florida is just generally stupid. my feelings towards both are probably around equal. let's just snap them both off. florida is in a stupid spot anyway.

Alaska, given Sarah Palin.

Texas, given... well, Texas.

Texas, given... well, Texas.
Texas is awesome. There was this story on the radio once that went something like, a bridesmaid got shot in the arm whilst holding out her arm to catch the bouquet. The bullet came from the air, and was traced back to a home in texas a mile away, where a man had shot a bullet into the air because he was depressed.

Not sure the exact details, but it went something like that.


:p

fair enough. granted, I have personal, moral issues agains california and its gay-bashing where as florida is just generally stupid. my feelings towards both are probably around equal. let's just snap them both off. florida is in a stupid spot anyway.

I'll agree with you that we suck for passing prop 8, but at the same time I don't think we're the worst state on the issue. I mean, we did legalize gay marriage before we took it away, and I think that's a bit more than a lot of other states can say...:p

There are more posts in the positive thread than in the negative thread (but only by about 100 or so, which isn't really that much in relation to the 3000 odd posts in the threads)

I have upgraded my RAM and it's wonderful.

Our props now break nicely! They crumble apart and spit out billboards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-MtD6oBxc :cool:

Another awesome thing is that our car's car engine sound get's more pitched the higher speed you are driving and the Field of View is increased to boost the sense of speed. But the fun part is if you fall of the level.. the car keeps accelerating so the level behind you stretches out into infinity and the sound is pitched extremely high, so it looks like a warp jump :D

Our props now break nicely! They crumble apart and spit out billboards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip-MtD6oBxc :cool:

Another awesome thing is that our car's car engine sound get's more pitched the higher speed you are driving and the Field of View is increased to boost the sense of speed. But the fun part is if you fall of the level.. the car keeps accelerating so the level behind you stretches out into infinity and the sound is pitched extremely high, so it looks like a warp jump :D
The Amazing Vanishing Steel Tower. With his sidekick Concrete Cactus. :D

What's that music playing?

Offer from Warwick uni - AAA with Maths and Physics, or AAB with Maths, Further Maths and Physics respectively.
Also have an interview date from Cambridge...

Offer from Warwick uni - AAA with Maths and Physics, or AAB with Maths, Further Maths and Physics respectively.
Also have an interview date from Cambridge...

Which course is that for?

Which course is that for?

Maths and Physics.
Oh, Cambridge were also kind enough to give me an extract from a maths paper that I have to read through. It doesn't look nice.
Even after reading part of it, I'm still largely clueless on hyperbolic functions.

That's very impressive, Xinos.

I'll agree with you that we suck for passing prop 8, but at the same time I don't think we're the worst state on the issue. I mean, we did legalize gay marriage before we took it away, and I think that's a bit more than a lot of other states can say...:p

It's legal in Connecticut, so you lose. I mean, seriously, ****ing CONNECTICUT. That's not even a proper state.

we should just combine conneticut, rhode island and massachusetts and just be done with it.

we should just combine conneticut, rhode island and massachusetts and just be done with it.
Also add Delaware.
And make D.C. the capitol of that new state, so the people in Washington finally get their representation for their taxes.

To keep the 50 stars on the flag, simply add these 3 new states:

Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands
the US islands in the Southern Sea
Guantanamo Bay

we should just combine conneticut, rhode island and massachusetts and just be done with it.A lot more people live in those states (well, Mass and Conn, anyway) than plenty of others. You might as well combine North and South Dakota. In fact, if you were going to suddenly set about combining New England states, I'd've thought Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were higher priority.

Hmm.
Combine all 50 states and make Larry King.

Hahaha! :D

A lot more people live in those states (well, Mass and Conn, anyway) than plenty of others. You might as well combine North and South Dakota. In fact, if you were going to suddenly set about combining New England states, I'd've thought Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont were higher priority.well, new hampshire and vermont, possibly, but not so much maine.

and I'm pretty sure california would still be more populated than rhode island and conneticut combined, so it couldn't cause that many problems :p

well, aside from the obvious problems of combining 2 states anyway.

Also add Delaware.
Might as well lump in Maryland while we're at it, if we're doing this.

Might as well lump in Maryland while we're at it, if we're doing this.


Won't someone please think of the cookies...

HBO is making a TV series called Game of Thrones.

yes, yes that is indeed a George R R Martin reference and yes it IS based on that book series. in fact, martin is helping with the show.

the show is being made for HBO. each season of the show is planned to tell the story of one of the books, and there are 7 books total in the series, as planned by martin. the show is only in pilot stages right now, pending approval from HBO, but it was requested apparently, and 6 of the 10 shows currently up for review are planned to make it to actual TV, so chances are reasonably high that the show will indeed see more than just the pilot.

to keep the budget down, the big battles of the series are supposed to take place off-screen so to speak, and the show is being billed as a "character drama" so don't expect LotR battle scenes, but I'd like to think a few scenes showing main characters in battle could be common enough.

The bleach ost 3 has been released some time ago! YAY!
Now I'll finally get the awesome arrancar themes on my iPod. :cool::cool::cool:

got paid $50 to dj for an hour tonight, was pretty fun,

This is quite possibly the awesomest ever!

Avalanche Studios sent me an e-mail saying they want to meet me next week for an interview! :D
If they like me, I will get to work there as an intern for six months working with graphics!

The thing about Avalanche is that they just recently had to fire 77 employees due to the economy crash. Two of their projects got pulled by their publishers. So it feels strange that they would want interns. But on the other hand, we don't get paid so they probably need as many of us as they can take care of. And when it's over they probably can't hire me, but at least it will be great experience. So much to learn :3

It's a part of my course of course. We all have to find internships by the end of this year. Which has been quite hard since companies are not really looking to hire now.. I've been really worried that I wouldn't find anything like this, but instead would have to go make board games in some of-set town nobody ever hear of. Or something equally useless.

This is quite possibly the awesomest ever!

Avalanche Studios sent me an e-mail saying they want to meet me next week for an interview! :D
If they like me, I will get to work there as an intern for six months working with graphics!

The thing about Avalanche is that they just recently had to fire 77 employees due to the economy crash. Two of their projects got pulled by their publishers. So it feels strange that they would want interns. But on the other hand, we don't get paid so they probably need as many of us as they can take care of. And when it's over they probably can't hire me, but at least it will be great experience. So much to learn :3

It's a part of my course of course. We all have to find internships by the end of this year. Which has been quite hard since companies are not really looking to hire now.. I've been really worried that I wouldn't find anything like this, but instead would have to go make board games in some of-set town nobody ever hear of. Or something equally useless.
http://www.avalanchestudios.se/
Under Construction.... Big news update soon!
Wow!
They even reconstruct their webpage for a big news update about your hiring as an intern. ;)

That's awesome, Xinos. Have fun!

And remember to sneak in an easter egg if you manage to create any content that is going to make it into a game. :p

ran into one of the guys who I looked up to in the beginning of my time playing Fallen Empire: Legions. I've gotten enough skill now that the fights between us are pretty close. he usually still wins, but it's by a narrow margin.

also, Staind, Seether and Papa Roach tonight at 6:30 :D:cool:

I've had an offer from Kingston University to study Pharmaceutical Science. HAZZOOLAH

Could be a scam! Does it ask you to pay money up front and guarantee huge returns in a short period of time for very little work?

Could be a scam! Does it ask you to pay money up front and guarantee huge returns in a short period of time for very little work?Can't think of many scams that require you to have at least a C in A-Level Chemistry :p

Meh.
I'm not very intelligent, but I'd like to try and aim for decent job in the pharmaceutical industry.

I now have my own separate internet connection, so no more sharing with family. :P
Also cable tv, but that's just an unimportant added bonus.

Currently connected trough an ethernet cable. The thing has wireless but I wasn't given the WEP key, so I'll have to call and check on that. And I'm lazy right now.
It has the same speed than the one I was sharing with my family, only it has a better upload rate, and costs less*. Even when bundled with cable tv.




(*Figuratively anyway, given that the other connection is paid by the company my dad works at, so it actually costs us nothing. :p)

I've had an offer from Kingston University to study Pharmaceutical Science. HAZZOOLAH

Woo! My dad works there. (Just thought you'd like to know :p)

I saw the reunion of one of my favourite bands on Friday night. I wrote a review about it here. (http://www.last.fm/user/Bloopy/journal/2008/11/29/2b1fyh_headless_chickens_%40_the_powerstation%2C_a uckland%2C_28th_nov._2008) Extremely positive event. :cool:

Desert Bus For Hope (http://desertbus.org/) has now raised over $50,000 for Child's Play this year.

Of course, this is only a positive event if you're not one of the poor saps playing it :p.

Again? The stupid buggers must be mad!

Hah, Desert Bus sounds godly.

"Points gained from successfully passing the Welsh Baccalaureate will be
> included in the total you need to achieve. Since a pass is equivalent to
> 120 UCAS Tariff points, you will need to gain at least 180 points from
> the other qualifications you are taking, which according to our records
> are GCE A levels in Chemistry and Biology plus a GCE AS in Geography. If
> you got grades C in all three subjects, this would total 200 points (80
> each from the two A levels and 40 from the AS) to be added to the 120
> gained in the Baccalaureate and would mean your application status would
> be changed to unconditional."

My Welsh Bac is pretty much sorted. One thing left to do, and we can't do it until February.

I've had another offer from Brighton also. So that's three in total, Kingston, UWE and Brighton. Portsmouth and Greenwich haven't got back to me yet. But we'll see.
UWE is my firm at the moment, unsure which is the insurance.

GTAIV is awesome :cool:

I have to run it on low to get a smooth framerate though.

Zero says:
two kinds of good news
Zero says:
first of all, this computer handles Audiosurf without so much as a freaking sweat on the absolute highest video setting the game can muster
Zero says:
secondly my desktop computer is completely bug-free

I just want to say that things are going very well with Maxie and that I've genuinely lost all interest in Mary Beth accordingly. And I couldn't be happier.:)

Progress is going extremely well with miight (my wii linux distro). If you're interested, check out my blog at http://hbcapps.com/miight/blog . If you want to contribute by either installing apps you want on it or mirroring it (i currently have 5 or 6 mirrors but am aiming for 10), please come to #wiilinux on irc.efnet.net (or pm me if you're too lazy :p)

I just want to say that things are going very well with Maxie and that I've genuinely lost all interest in Mary Beth accordingly. And I couldn't be happier.:)
and that's why you should take advice from people on the internet!

IT'S SNOWING!!!!! :eek:

for the first time in 20 years it is ACTUALLY snowing in louisiana!! :D

Hmph, you stole it from us. Finally get some clouds around here, and then it just rains instead.

New Zealand NEVER gets snow at this time of year. Because, y'know, Summer. :p Not that we get it much in Winter either. :( I like snow.

(Incidentally, Firefox is telling me Zealand is not a word. :D)

(Incidentally, Firefox is telling me Zealand is not a word. :D)
Mine doesn't.
Probably yours is stupid.
Get Firefox! ;)

Mine doesn't.
Probably your's is stupid.
Get Firefox! ;)
Bad bonz! Learn to use the apostrophe!

Bad bonz! Learn to use the apostrophe!grammar nazi! someone call Captain America! :rolleyes:

grammar nazi! someone call Captain America! :rolleyes:

Aren't apostrophes punctuation? :p

I hope we don't get any more snow. In York it just hangs around for ages. Hell, the lake has been frozen over for a week now. Also I have to drive back on the 20th, or more likely the 21st. And if it snows heavily I might not make it back for xmas. *cue violins*

Bad bonz! Learn to use the apostrophe!
Meh.
I often do that if an "is" follows a subject.

Aren't apostrophes punctuation? :pisn't that all part of the same general thing, though? :p

I'm home on Winter Break right now, which is a bummer in some ways, but in positive events I finally got to see the parts for my Bass which I had shipped to my home address, and I get to start making it.:)

Here's a slightly outdated sketch which I colored:


http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/8232/bassdrawingsmallyx0.jpg


I wanted to do something a bit different this time. My guitar was cool, but I feel it was a little standard-looking, and so I want to make my next one a little different from your standard guitar.

First thing I'm going to play on it is the bass riff of Time Is Running Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNfQCqclW4&feature=related). :)

First thing I'm going to play on it is the bass riff of Time Is Running Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNfQCqclW4&feature=related). :)

before clicking the youtube i thought you were talking about this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBGW78XlJw) time is running out, and i was like "well that's really not much of a bass line"

*hugs his ModBook*

England & Wales 1911 census is online :)

England & Wales 1911 census is online :)why is this note-worthy? :confused:

Ah, thanks, Andy.

Hmm, odd isn't it? Supposed to be 100 years apart isn't it?

why is this note-worthy? :confused:
So I can find ancestors.
Ah, thanks, Andy.

Hmm, odd isn't it? Supposed to be 100 years apart isn't it?It is, but that rule came into force in 1920 and due to the Freedom of Information Act, you can request information from a public body. At the time the 1911 census was taken there was no "100 year rule", it was just meant to be confidential for a considerable time. Then earlier this year (or maybe last year), someone went to court over it and won, and so they started digitising the census earlier this year. All the subsequent censuses are governed by the 1920 Census Act, however.

It's Christmas Eve. I guess that's pretty positive.

and now it's christmas! which IS positive :p

*checks* hmm, it's about 50 posts behind NEAO now.

C'mon team! We can turn this around! I enjoyed Doctor Who, and it's Wallace and Gromit soon! That's positive! ;)

Wallace and Gromit was great!

Wallace and Gromit WAS great! And I must say, I was very pleasantly surprised with the Were-Rabbit film they made. I thought it kept the spirit of the series very well. :)

Considering I was 9 when the last 30min "short" for Wallace and Gromit came out, I thought that one on BBC1 last night was brilliant :D It was also the most-watched TV show yesterday - more than EastEnders by about 2million people.

It was also the most-watched TV show yesterday - more than EastEnders by about 2million people.
Awesome.

And yes, it was very good. Felt a bit compressed at times somehow, but there was plenty to laugh at :) (curiously short on cheese, though)

curiously short on cheese, though
Yes I thought that too. Not nearly enough cheese-talk.

Posting from PS3. :cool:

This is not even slightly more user-friendly than the PSP browser. :p

Posting from PS3. :cool:

This is not even slightly more user-friendly than the PSP browser. :p

It must have taken you about 20 minutes to type that then :p

I wasn't keeping track, but I wouldn't half doubt that the process of getting the browser here and then posting that could have taken 20 minutes, yeah. :p

Score one for the Wii, then ;)

I have heard murmurings from a friend of my Dad, who happens to be a VP here at Disney, that there are going to be Redundancies in January. The last batch of job cuts happened to every department that wasn't connected to ABC, so this time it'll probably just be us lot. And the temps always go first.

So it looks like I may be leaving Disney a little sooner than planned.

I have heard murmurings from a friend of my Dad, who happens to be a VP here at Disney, that there are going to be Redundancies in January. The last batch of job cuts happened to every department that wasn't connected to ABC, so this time it'll probably just be us lot. And the temps always go first.

So it looks like I may be leaving Disney a little sooner than planned.

I didn't know you worked for Disney. :o
What is it that you do?

I handle purchasing for Post Production and Network Engineering. Glod only know how much of Mickey's money I have been involved in spending over the past year and a half.

yay! my download finally finished! I now have photoshop :cool:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8493/postrf4.png

Fail.

Use Retro Purple :p

Fail.

Use Retro Purple :p

Why would anyone do that though? It is so very very ugly!