when I went near the cambridge both at the careers day they actualy laughed at me and threw things.

While we're on the subject I have 2 conditional offers from Leeds and York, 1 interview at Sheffield, I effectively turned Nottingham down by saying I didn't want to go to their "group discussion" day. And I still haven't had anything from Birmingham - it's been 3 months since I sent off my UCAS Application. Sure, if they want to wait until they have all the offers in, that's their decision but some people won't be able to go on the day they set. For a start I have to go to Leeds and Sheffield during half term. No doubt they'll be really annoying and invite me on one of those 2 days...

I'm 17 today. I'm getting old! :p

*Cambridge reject and proud of it :D*Gosh, I feel bad now.

I'm 17 today. I'm getting old! :pTo add to that, I got:
- My computer back: finally! :D
- A new phone. Pretty cool, since my old one was falling apart.

Hahaha, Nottingham Uni made me a conditional offer even though I practically rejected them by saying I never want to go an interview:p

I've got a conditional offer from all 6 of the universitys I apllied to.:D

And that's got absoloutely nothing to do with the fact that aplications are down 40% because of the introduction of top-up fees.:p

Oh, and my dad bought a nice 20 inch flatpannel moniter.

I only applied to 5 but I have conditional offers from 3. The other 2 have made me offers but they haven't gone through ucas yet.

Going to a treatment place tomorrow about my weight, an immediate change needs to happen for the sake of a better myself

Because it's cööl.
You know what's even cøøler?

That.

You know what's even cøøler?

That.

Which is pronoucned something like: Khuuhl (in english)

Mixing Latin letters with random umlauts, Cyrillic and Arabic letters and whatnot looks so stupid when you know how the letters are actually pronounced :p

Transliterating "cøøl" to German, it'd be "köhl".

How is "ø" pronounced anyways? I can't find a good description...

From what I gather, it's kinda like Russian "

Edit: Fudge this forum's cutting off my Cyrillic! You know, the letter "Yeri" that looks like 'bI'

'Ø' isn't like any Russian letters. It's like a German 'ö' or a French 'eux' and almost like an English 'uh'.

Here's a more accurate description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø

Amongst the English vowels it sounds the most like the "ir" in "bird" or the "ur" in "hurt".

Note that this is using British English (without pronouncing the 'r').

'Ø' isn't like any Russian letters. It's like a German 'ö' or a French 'eux' and almost like an English 'uh'.

Here's a more accurate description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø



Note that this is using British English (without pronouncing the 'r').
Ah, that clarifies it. I was trying to pronounce it as the American "ir" in "bird" and it was nearly impossible.

"cøøl" is almost like "curl" in British English.

Though the 'L' in Norwegian is pronounced slightly differently.

"cøøl" is almost like "curl" in British English.

Though the 'L' in Norwegian is pronounced slightly differently.I'm trying to think if there's anyway in Britain with an accent that would render "cool" as "curl".

Possibly a Scouse/Brummie hybrid?

I mean "cøøl" as it'd be pronounced in Norwegian :p

I mean "cøøl" as it'd be pronounced in Norwegian :pSince when has what the previous poster actually meant stopped me going off at a tangent?

MY GF GOT A NEW COMPUTER! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

*random dance of extreme happiness*

MY GF GOT A NEW COMPUTER! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

*random dance of extreme happiness*

Woah. I dread too see your reaction when it is you who get's a new computer. ;)

Woah. I dread too see your reaction when it is you who get's a new computer. ;)Well her old computer was broken, so we could hardly contact each other, but not anymore. :)

Got my exam results last week...

My UMS marks are now 339/390 for Biology, 365/400 for Maths. Now I can slack my way though the rest of A2:D

My brother lost his cellphone yesterday on the bus.
Being that he was at college, I had to call and see if someone had found it, and indeed someone had. He was really nice about it, told me where to meet him and I got it back in less than 2 hours :p
I'm surprised there's still nice people around.

Well, I've managed to secure my room for the extra week, and I also went to see the doctor and he prescribed some antihistamine cream for me.

Now all I need to sort is getting some work done...

My Biology teacher conveniently broke the fire alarm system causing the school to be closed tomorrow, and maybe the day after. Especially convenient since the Evaluation of our Biology coursework was due in tomorrow (which I haven't started). Now I have the whole day to work on it.

I

AM

JOB

ZOMG HAPY ROFL.

Where?

ZOMG HAPY ROFL.

Where?

He told me McDonalds on MSN.

HOWEVER, THAT MIGHT BE A COVERUP FOR HIS JOB AS A HITMAN FOR THE CIA

I wouldn't doubt it.

Hey, remember that conversation we had? Now, Munkee, you have to assassinate the president of McDonald's and become Baron von McDonald.

All in good time.

Easter holidays!:D

Easte holidays!:D
Been on holidays for a week :D

Only got 3 weeks left :(

We only get a week off for Easter... and that's still a week away... Bah!

Been on holidays for a week :D

Only got 3 weeks left :(Ditto, and agree with the :D and :(

Our Easter holidays are the next 2 weeks.

Ditto, and agree with the :D and :(
You mean Cambridge gets a shorter Easter holiday than Oxford???

Come Saturday (tomorrow), Oxford commence their 3rd week off, and are halfway through their holiday.

You mean Cambridge gets a shorter Easter holiday than Oxford???

Come Saturday (tomorrow), Oxford commence their 3rd week off, and are halfway through their holiday.No. I stayed on an extra week.

Spring Break! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Spring Break! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I only get one week. :p

I get a sligtly extended 3 weeks (which should be 2 and a half weeks) thanks to a long planned family holiday to norfolk.:D

The downside being the family holiday to norfolk.:p

Springbreak! WOOOOOOOO
It never ends for me :p

Doesn't mean I enjoy it tho :rolleyes:

Spring Break! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I only get one week. :p
Me too, unfortunately. :(

Well, I sent a rather crappy portfolio as part of my application to the Vancouver Film School and to my surprise, I can get accepted :D :p
So if everything goes fine, I might enter on october this year :D

Got my Xootr scooter today. Works great. For 300 bucks, it should.

As for me, I got a cheap but good TV-In card for my PC. That and the nessisary PS2 -> S-Video and sterio to computer audio... I would say it went at 25$

Now I can record console playing, rip tv shows, bring consoles to lans and play them without a TV, broadcast my gaming as a webcamera on msn :D

It's kinda strange playing PS2 through a media player (WinDVR3) :o

*waves fist*

I miss my TV-In card.

OK, so there's this *other* girl now. Trouble is she flirts with everyone so I'm not sure if she fancies me or not. I was at a party on Wednesday and she was flirting, as she usually does. Another guy at the party thought I should go for it but I'm not really sure how I should. I'd rather meet her in person than text her but with the holidays, I'd have to come up with an excuse to meet her. As far as I know, there aren't any other parties on in the holidays and I'd rather not wait until term starts again. Anyone got any bright ideas?

What's wrong with texting? I've built a whole relationship out of it :p

I just don't get texting. You pay for every message... and you're using a cell-phone... so you could just CALL them, hear their voice, pay less (with some providers, probably), talk about things faster...
800th post. Oh yoik.

I just don't get texting. You pay for every message... and you're using a cell-phone... so you could just CALL them, hear their voice, pay less (with some providers, probably), talk about things faster...
800th post. Oh yoik.With texting you don't waste money while you're thinking of what to talk about next, you can take as much time as you want coming up with a reply, and it's just not as embarassing :p

I don't like phoning people. I prefer to either go and meet them or just text them. When I'm on the phone I sound like an idiot (last time someone phoned me I had some music on and had to ask who they were 3 times and it was embarrasing (infact it was the girl in question)). Plus people can hear yor conversation on a phone.

Plus people can hear yor conversation on a phone.
You know, that's actually the first thing that I really agree with about texting. I can't believe I never thought of that.
The other reasons are alright, but none of them are as convincing as that one.
I still don't like texting, though.
Coming from someone who doesn't use a cell phone or really want one. :p

Because I was busy catching up on other stuff yesterday, http://monkeyforahead.deviantart.com/journal/8477599/ and http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31822525/

Crikey, way to party down.

That's the first time I see someone draw the Flash icon :p

Because I was busy catching up on other stuff yesterday, http://monkeyforahead.deviantart.com/journal/8477599/ and http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31822525/
YAY INTERNETS

You know, that's actually the first thing that I really agree with about texting. I can't believe I never thought of that.
The other reasons are alright, but none of them are as convincing as that one.
I still don't like texting, though.
Coming from someone who doesn't use a cell phone or really want one. :p

I positively loathe the phone and everything about it. When I grow up, I'm going to have a cell phone (and no real phone), and leave the cell phone on 30 minutes a day. If you really need to tell me something OVER THE PHONE, you can do it then. I would much rather you type an e-mail or contact me over messenger.

I positively loathe the phone and everything about it. When I grow up, I'm going to have a cell phone (and no real phone), and leave the cell phone on 30 minutes a day. If you really need to tell me something OVER THE PHONE, you can do it then. I would much rather you type an e-mail or contact me over messenger.
I feel similarly. The only real purpose for a telephone that I can think of is emergency calling.

I feel similarly. The only real purpose for a telephone that I can think of is emergency calling.
Nuts to that. Mobile phones are the best things since personal music players.

I mean, do you people never go out? You can't go out without a mobile unless you plan it with military presicion. Say you're in the middle of town a bit early and the place you were supposed to meet up is really full. You phone your friend and tell them somewhere else. The bus is late. Phone your friend from the bus stop and tell them there's no need to rush. You meet a girl in a bar and want to put her number somewhere that you won't put through the washing machine before you find it. Stick it in your mobile. Even if you can find a payphone, your mobile has all the numbers in it.

Your phone can make food arrive at your door. It can summon taxis. It can do all kinds of wonderful things.

I can't imagine how you could live without a phone.

Nothing is necessary, nothing is urgent, and nothing is important.
:x

You meet a girl in a bar and want to put her number somewhere that you won't put through the washing machine before you find it. Stick it in your mobile.
Mobiles can very easily be put through washing machines :p

Mobiles can very easily be put through washing machines :p
Not by me. My mobile is in whatever pair of trousers I'm wearing. If I'm not wearing trousers, it's on a nearby horizontal surface. I rarely put the trousers through the washing machine while I'm wearing them.

Nuts to that. Mobile phones are the best things since personal music players.And mine is both! :p

I mean, do you people never go out? You can't go out without a mobile unless you plan it with military presicion. Say you're in the middle of town a bit early and the place you were supposed to meet up is really full. You phone your friend and tell them somewhere else. The bus is late. Phone your friend from the bus stop and tell them there's no need to rush. You meet a girl in a bar and want to put her number somewhere that you won't put through the washing machine before you find it. Stick it in your mobile. Even if you can find a payphone, your mobile has all the numbers in it.

Your phone can make food arrive at your door. It can summon taxis. It can do all kinds of wonderful things.

I can't imagine how you could live without a phone.Hmm, I guess I should go out more often. I've had my phone for months and it hardly has any calls registered on it. Plus I keep reminding myself that every call/txt costs me money. And money is very precious when you don't have a job. :p

Curiously, I have near 100 contacts on my phone. I wonder why people give me their numbers if they're not gonna call. :confused:

I keep forgetting to ask for phone numbers/email addresses. I have less than half of my friends' mobile numbers and even less for email addresses.

Dan, regarding keeping people you're not gonna' call in your phonebook: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If you keep them in your phonebook you'll know who it is when they call and can ignore it! Genius! Something useful out of laziness at last.

When are they going to give phones mini solar panels? They did it with calculators.

Birthdayness: http://paulpower.deviantart.com/journal/8522444/

On a Worms note:

Worms Armageddon played silly buggers at first due to XP, but once I installed the update it worked fine. Looking forward to testing it out.

I haven't played W:OW (DS) enough yet to give an opinion. So far a plus is the return (at last!) of Yorkshire Tykes :D.

Negative: McD's is killing my feet (and my brain), I've burnt a spot on the back of my hand already, and right now I'm utterly exhausted
Positive: Thursday is my day off, Megaman X Collection arrived in the mail, got myself a Tamagotchi Connection v3.

On average, positive. :p

Your feet might get used to it.

After that, your LEGS will kill you instead. :)

Or your co-workers will pressurize you in to killing yourself like they do in the UK.

I got Final Fantasy XI today and will be playing with some friends...

but I've spent several hours updating T_T"

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl explosion. I, of course, have an airtight alibi - I was on the other side of the planet being born at the time.

And I wasn't born. Strange day to share your birthday with though, happy 20th.

Happy birthday.
Curiously, yesterday was the 32nd birthday of the end of dictatorship and start of democracy in Portugal.

I got a new PS2-PC adapter, one that can calculate L+R and U+D.
So now I can truly play Stepmania.
Yoooooo!

I got a new PS2-PC adapter, one that can calculate L+R and U+D.
So now I can truly play Stepmania.
Yoooooo!
Remind me to track you down and burglarize you for this express purpose.

I was not attacked by ninjas last night.

I was not attacked by ninjas last night.
Congratulations. :)

Not everyone is that lucky.
Btw, someone is offerning Ninja lessons here :O

WHOA. I TOTALLY need to do that. I used to tell everybody in high school that I was gonna be a ninja after I graduated.

Lesson three thousand four hundred fifty-seven: The Silent Wind of Doom, also known as The Headband Thingy.

http://members.shaw.ca/tcennon/pictures/ninja%20mask%20lessons.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/tcennon/pictures/ninja%20mask%20lessons.jpg
Fscking saved.

Yeah, I'm holding onto that.

http://members.shaw.ca/tcennon/pictures/ninja%20mask%20lessons.jpg
Yay I'm a ninja!

I just got accepted into the Defcon alpha test. Nya ha.

I saw The Divine Comedy in Sheffield last night. Very good it was.

Of course, it did involve standing two feet to the right of my best friend (who I'm pretty sure I am hopelessly in love with), three feet from her boyfriend (who introduced us, long before they were a couple) and five feet in front of Neil Hannon who was singing "Our Mutual Friend" (which is of course one of mine and her all-time favourite songs, and is all about someone introducing him to a girl, them getting along really well, and then her going off with the person who introduced them). That was something of an awkward moment, but then I'm more or less used to those by now, so I have decided not to care. It was a great night, and as such it goes in the Positive thread.

I'm buying a laptop to help my Book Writer profession. As I can hardly see text on the Desktop.

I've been looking at the Acer Aspire 5672 for $1475.

This Laptop/Notbook is meant for business purposes.

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home
Memory: 1GB DD2 at 667MHz
HD: 100GB
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 128MB
Screen Size: 16 Inches

So yeah, seems like a good deal. Just want a ATi chip to be included, don't care much of the memory or HD.

Had my S1 exam earlier today. If I do well, which I think I did then I can fail C4 and get an A:p

Who'd want to fail C4? BOOM!

Had my S1 exam earlier today. If I do well, which I think I did then I can fail C4 and get an A:p
I had my C2 retake on monday, and I think I did alright. This revision lark is severely under rated.:p

Last day of school ever on Friday.

I'm going to buy a big bottle of Diet coke and add a couple of packets of mentos: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1450915772177922792

Had my S1 exam earlier today. If I do well, which I think I did then I can fail C4 and get an A:p
S1 = walk in the park :D

In fact, P1 - P6 (or P1 - C4 as you now call it :rolleyes: ) including S1 done inside 25 weeks makes the entire A-level maths system look like a walk in the park :p

Last day of school ever on Friday.

I'm going to buy a big bottle of Diet coke and add a couple of packets of mentos: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1450915772177922792
As you've pointed out yourself, it's been done.

Now, do it indoors and it'll be novel.

Oh God, so many thoughts, so many thoughts, and I don't know what to make of them all.

I don't know, but lately I've felt some sort of kindness, sweetness from Katie, and I don't know what to make it of. But part of my mind has been telling me that there's something there, and that maybe I have a future after all.

Today. Well, today, Katie and John who is, or at least was or something - I really don't know and that's kinda complicated, but anyways, I witnessed Katie and John basically not getting along well. It escalated to John insulting her, her walking away, and John basically trying to convince her not to do so. And, well, I dunno. So many thoughts. I have a feeling they won't be together much longer. If they still are. I, fact, I haven't seen them together in ages, and when I do I feel a sort of awkwardness - like Katie doesn't want to be around him - and I don't know. So many thoughts. God do I love her. But anyways.

I felt like a had a plan, like a had a method to what I was going to say, but it just kinda fell apart when I tried to express it.

So yeah, I don't know what this means. But hopefully possibly it means what I hope it means. So many thoughts, so many thoughts...

Wow, strange. Sarah told me she was upset because James told her his priorities were: Revision, Games, Her. As Sarah is moving to Norfolk, she's wondering if he can be bothered with a long distance relationship. Personally I hope she dumps him. Not for me, but for herself. He's the sort of person that, if they get together, will lay around in bed until the afternoon, then go on the computer for the rest of the day while Sarah feeds him and does everything - and she doesn't deserve that, she deserves to be appreciated.

I certainly wouldn't say it's a major fall out but it's a hope. The last thing I want her to do is waste her life on him. Then again if I interfere, it could damage our friendship.

lay around in bed until the afternoon, then go on the computer for the rest of the day
Hey! What's wrong with that? I do that most of the time.
With the exception that I have to feed myself.

Hey! What's wrong with that? I do that most of the time.
With the exception that I have to feed myself.
Because it's no way to treat someone you love. That's basically what I do, apart from going into town or going to see friends. But if I were in a relationship I would spend as much time as possible with her. A relationship means more to me than going on the computer.

I graduated the other day from high school. WOOOP! No more of THAT crap! :D

High school?
I thought you said you were in college... :confused:

Congrabulation!
Ye graduated!
Yerrr full-fledged tank paratrooperrrrrrssssssssssssss.

Today's exam wasn't that bad. Stars had an essay question on the endpoints of stellar evolution, which I blitzed, and I got most of the Topics question out, along with the first part of AFD and bits of Relativity. With luck, that's about 70 marks and 7 alphas. Doesn't quite compensate for my previous two exams, but another good one tomorrow and I should be all right.

Yes, this summer I'm going to an amusment park with my friend for a couple days.

Why am I excited?
Because the whole time....we will be with his female super model friends. And we'll all be in the same hotel. I...I ...cannot wait. *drools*

That is not for public consumption! :eek:

Good luck you tiger ;D

Yes, this summer I'm going to an amusment park with my friend for a couple days.

Why am I excited?
Because the whole time....we will be with his female super model friends. And we'll all be in the same hotel. I...I ...cannot wait. *drools*
Hey, uh, how about bringing your buddy Josh along?

In a confusing turn of events it turns out that my Harpo comics have been published.

Aparantly the students got their act together and have put out 2 issues without me knowing, with two of my comics in each.

I'm officialy a published cartoonist! I'm right up there with the rubissh strip that ran for 2 issues in my schools monthly newsletter.

It's wierd seeing my stips actualy printed in an actual magazine. And what a magazine it is! Printed in glorious black and white with an illustrious blue cover that proclaims "Encounters- Canterbury Christchurch University's premier creative writing magazine". Or words to that effect. Come to think of It I'm not 100% sure if the title is 'Encounters', But I'm sure it begins with an E.

In anycase, If you ever find yourself in canterbury why not track down one of the 3 or 4 newsagents that sell the magazine? For that 50p investment you'll get at least 20 pages of the finest short stories and poetry by unknown (and not all crap) authors and, of course, a couple of low quality and mostly incomprehensable comic strips about talking cats.

I'm a little bit pleased with myself, if you havent noticed.

Congrats. I remember getting a few of those kinds of mags from Chester college back when it was a college and not a university. They were utter ****e. Hope yours is better!

That just drips of awesome. 'grats.

Hey, uh, how about bringing your buddy Josh along?
I take it your plan is to look like the mature, enlightened one in comparison to Jeff here?

As of 7:30 this morning I am an uncle.

And I just had the best pair of Biology exams ever.

It's turning out to be a good week for uncle phill.

You lucky bast.

uncle phill.
That is awesome.

Edit: Onto my own good news, I have two items, both relating to work:

1. I remain un-attacked by ninjas
2. I'm being spurred to seriously think about where my life is going.

1. I remain un-attacked by ninjas
/me sends off elite Ninja squad.
2. I'm being spurred to seriously think about where my life is going.
Down the drain?

/me sends off elite Ninja squad.

Down the drain?
PAGING CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, ROOM 37 PLEASE

I want to climb this mountain http://www.cpnlac.org/prueba/img/Cerro_LaSilla.GIF , which is the most representative mountain of my city. I want to climb to it's highest point.
Someday...

Down the drain?
Not quite, but kind of in the right park. The answer is "freakin' nowhere."

In all fairness, do most lifes actually go anywhere? In the end it always ends up being the same old boring ritual.

http://www.cpnlac.org/prueba/img/Cerro_LaSilla.GIF
Those teams in the stadium have confusingly similar strips, haven't they?

No, seriously, good luck with that. Do you climb, or is this just a random urge?

Random urge. I sometimes feel like running in the night too. And sometimes I feel like just wondering off to nowhere.

I sometimes feel like running in the night too.
I sometimes feel like running to the next cigarette vending machine at night.
Barefoot.
Wearing only my underpants.

Damn, that would rule.

"SlR, PLEASE EITHER BUY SOME CIGARETTES OR PUT SOME PANTS ON"

Vending machines can talk?

I was quite worried about the Biology synoptic paper that I sat earlier today, but it was the easiest A2 exam I've sat, and my last.:D

Vending machines can talk?
In Soviet Russia.

In Soviet Russia.
Да здравствует Советская Россия!

Что вы сказали? Россия сегодня не советская? Замолчи, враг родины!

Went down to EB to pick up Battallion Wars yesterday (they have a deal going, only in Canada, where every day 2 particular games come on sale for $10). Soon as I got there, noticed Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, and Starfox 64 sitting in the bargain bin for $15 each -- got the first two (since I've played the crap out of Starfox and I need to save cash for Donkey Konga and Jungle Beat which are coming on the $10 sale in a few days).

Battallion Wars is pretty great -- picture Medal of Honor meets traditional Advance Wars. The friendly AI positively sucks, though, and there are times when the lock-on system will drive you out of your head. Worth the $10 at the very least.

As for the other two, I don't think I should have to tell you how much ass they kick. :p

I have returned.

I have returned.
From the Oort cloud?

As for the other two, I don't think I should have to tell you how much ass they kick. :p
I'm still sad about Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. They sucked all the life out of them, just like with Bungie.

I'm still sad about Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. They sucked all the life out of them, just like with Bungie.
Actually, their recent decline in overall quality has had nothing whatsoever to do with that: the best creative members of their team, the people who created Banjo-Kazooie and Conker and such, split off from Rare to work elsewhere in the games industry (I seem to recall one of them was one of the lead designers on Timesplitters). So while they still take forever to make their games, and they still have the edgy English humor, and they still push the graphics envelope that extra bit, the games just don't have the traditional Rare quality of superb entertainment value.

Which happened after the Microsoft acquisition, if I recall correctly, just as happened with Bungie.

Which happened after the Microsoft acquisition, if I recall correctly, just as happened with Bungie.
Happened long before. Shortly after CBFD's release, I believe. Most likely around the time they changed Dinosaur Planet to Starfox Adventures, going on simple deductive logic. :p

Actually, their recent decline in overall quality has had nothing whatsoever to do with that: the best creative members of their team, the people who created Banjo-Kazooie and Conker and such, split off from Rare to work elsewhere in the games industry (I seem to recall one of them was one of the lead designers on Timesplitters). So while they still take forever to make their games, and they still have the edgy English humor, and they still push the graphics envelope that extra bit, the games just don't have the traditional Rare quality of superb entertainment value.
Timesplitters was made by Free Radical Design -- essentially a splinter group of Rare. Hence the name, presumably.

Timesplitters was made by Free Radical Design -- essentially a splinter group of Rare. Hence the name, presumably.
That would explain why the game is so remarkably good.

I'm being given a PS1 memory card for free by my friend. I'm intend on purchasing Final Fantasy 7,8 and 9 once again. I loved those games.

Battallion Wars is pretty great -- picture Medal of Honor meets traditional Advance Wars. The friendly AI positively sucks, though, and there are times when the lock-on system will drive you out of your head. Worth the $10 at the very least.
Battallion Wars sort of reminds me of a slightly beefed up 3D version of Cannon Fodder, and that was why I picked up the game (I paid a bit more, though - £32.99, which is about £$61 US and $68 Canadian).

Battallion Wars sort of reminds me of a slightly beefed up 3D version of Cannon Fodder, and that was why I picked up the game (I paid a bit more, though - £32.99, which is about £$61 US and $68 Canadian).
Damn, and I thought the prices here were bad. I've very rarely seen a GC game top $60 CDN.

If I can, I tend to import games now. It's a world cheaper.

lololololrofllmao

I got my exam results in. Apparently I got 13 out of 20 at Math. Without studying. Gawd I'm awesome.

http://www.planethalflife.com/screenshot.asp?src=/images/screensnew/tf2_20060714_01.jpg
:D:D:D
edit: Needless to say, I love the new style.

http://www.planethalflife.com/screenshot.asp?src=/images/screensnew/tf2_20060714_01.jpg
:D:D:D
edit: Needless to say, I love the new style.
Yeah, indeed!
Reminds me of the latest game "The Ship (http://www.theshiponline.com)".

I especially like the guy with the white tennis socks and the oversized syringe.

Found the very rare Trackmania Sunrise at EB. It is excellent. And challenging.

Found the very rare Trackmania Sunrise at EB. It is excellent. And challenging.Do you mean that Trackmania Sunrise is very rare, or that it's very rare to find it on EB?

As I understand, both.

...Wait, wasn't it available for download or something? I don't remember. Either way, it's stupid rare to find it sitting on a shelf somewhere. Was pretty cheap, too.

Oh yeah, and while I'm in this thread, I paid off my car.

Wow Zeor you should come to this thread more often!

I paid off my car.
I didn't know your car was blackmailing you.

Id've been sunk if those photos had gotten out. I had no choice.

Well, dad's getting evacuated out of Lebanon. Good. Extended family's still stuck in Lebanon. Not good. Aforementioned extended family's in northern, more peaceful part of Lebanon. Good enough.

Wohoo! After over a day of swearing, crying and tearing my hair out, I finally got my own model into Half-Life 2.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/2124/scoutstugan0000rb0.jpg

*releif*

Now, on to learning more advanced things than making barrels..

Now, on to learning more advanced things than making barrels..
Why?
The model is almost identical to your face.

Vacation. A whole week to myself to do nothing at all and love every minute of it.

God do I need it.

Put in an application at a Best Buy. Hoping to hear them call soon. They are hireing and everthything...so let us hope.:p

(It's like a electronics store for those who don't know)

(It's like a electronics store for those who don't know)
moar liek an electronics SUX lol

Seriously, though, hope you'll be moving up the corporate ladder soon. :p

Wooot!
This is my 5,000th post on this forum since joining on 14th of December 2003.
I am now the #9 top poster.
Without being a mod like thomasp and AT, spammers like Akuryou13 and Alien King or veterans like Paul.Power, StarWorms, svenneundulat or pilo62, that is.
:D

Heh, I was the #10 top poster once, I think. I might also have been #9, I don't remember, but I kinda dropped off after that.

I've never been much of a poster, really. I don't think my average has ever been over 4 ppd. Usually closer to 3.

I don't think my average has ever been over 4 ppd.
Hmm.
It's been 969 days since 14/12/2003 for me. That makes 5.17 posts per day.
Amazing.

Edit:
Akuryou13 has a spammingly 7.33 post per day.

Hmm... 6362 divided by... err... something like 1700 days... 3.74

Gosh, I'm lower than I thought. Must be all that time in OD that does it.

Err... How exactly do you find how many posts you have what with the post count hidden and all?

Err... How exactly do you find how many posts you have what with the post count hidden and all?

Check the page source code, it's hidden between comment tags.

Check the page source code, it's hidden between comment tags.
Best search for your name. It's a few lines beneath.
You also find your join date there.

The other, more expensive way would be to use the advanced member search function and search for numbers higher and lower than your postcount or join date and then gradually approach.

Thanks!

1,856... (I wonder how many that is if you include OD - actually, even if you only count the 100% Off-Topic Whatever It's Called Now, it jumps up a whole 30% to be 2415)

4 years,* that makes 1.27 or so per day...

*Actually, now that I think of it, I think yesterday was my 4 year anniversary here...

Damn, I missed my 5th anniversary on this forum last month.

Anyways, 3378/1833=1.84 for me. I also suspect that's because OD posts don't count.

This could make a good separate thread.

This could make a good separate thread.
It could make a seperate thread, anyway.

My 4th anniversary was last June. I decided not to bother adding fanfare.

Speaking of which, I guess that means I'd better start the drawing contest soon.

England v. Pakistan, Third Test at Headingley-Carnegie

England 1st Innings: 515 (Pietersen 135, Bell 119)
Pakistan 1st Innings:538 (M. Yousuf 192, Younis Khan 173)
England 2nd Innings: 345 (Strauss 116, S. Nazir 3-32)
Pakistan 2nd Innings: 155 (Mahmood 4-22, Panesar 3-39)

England win by 167 runs and win the series 2-0 with 1 to play.

More damn good stuff.

England win by 167 runs and win the series 2-0 with 1 to play.
...and therefore there will now be five days of wholly futile cricket.

(Well, all cricket is, but you know what I mean.)

...and therefore there will now be five days of wholly futile cricket.

(Well, all cricket is, but you know what I mean.)Well, might not be five days. And it'll make a bit of a difference to the ICC points table, as flawed a ranking system as it is.

Remember that website-making service I made? Well, I got my first customer!

*does happy dance and throws pineapples in place of absent Worm Mad*

Remember that website-making service I made? Well, I got my first customer!

*does happy dance and throws pineapples in place of absent Worm Mad*As I said in the W:A game, congrats.

Well, I can't remember if I actually said that. But I meant it.

My girlfriend is returning on Friday. Whoo!

Sadly. I don't get to see her till Sunday but meh. I'll see her then and during my friends party on Monday. Whoop.

Hans Blix seems to be doing quite well for it's self at the moment. The drummer and keyboard guys are returning from holiday on the 16th, so we'll be commencing work then. Whoo.

Buttered toast

(In homage to Slick's post in 100%OT)

Buttered toast
I think that should be the 1000th post in this thread.

Well, might not be five days. And it'll make a bit of a difference to the ICC points table, as flawed a ranking system as it is.In addition, it has a few bits of significance:

1. Pakistan will be getting some of their best bowlers back from injury for this match, so it would be cool if we could beat them then as well.

2. As it stands in our recent home/away tussle, the scoreline is 2-2 with two draws, so it's a decider of sorts.

3. Keeping momentum up for the one-dayers and of course the Ashes.

My girlfriend is back.

Whoop.

I practically have a job as a painter now. My brothers old friend is hooking me up. All I have to do is to fill out the application.
Also, the guy is GIVING me a Jeep for free. It just nees about $3,000 worth of work on it. :p

Also...I'm not sure if Best Buy is calling me... but if they offer to hire I don't know who I'd go with. :/

Still, those are two very big steps in the right direction, yes? Awesome.

My mom just finished one of her last exams.

I got my SATA drive working!

I'm now scared to reboot in case it fails again.

Just say "I hope this doesn't work", then reboot.

It should work fine.

This is a modification of Murphy's Law, called KB's Law.

It states:

"When you want something to happen, it won't. And vice-versa."

I'm a scientist! :D

I finaly got off my big fat **** and actualy did some work on my Monkeyshine script.

The first draft is now 100 pages long ad about 80% done.:D

Nice, Phil! :)

I managed to borrow a pair of headphones from my dad, so the dull, dusty day dusting out PCs at the university wasn't unbearable. Listening to the Chemical Brothers, Silverchair, and Radiohead made it decent. :)

Are Silverchair still around?

I lost interest after Frogstomp. I think I got less angsty, so their music didn't appeal so much.

I don't really know much about them and they're definitely not near my top most-listened-to bands (http://last.fm/user/AlexFolland), but I happen to own one of their albums, Freak Show, which I think has some really well-created music. :) I haven't listened to any other album by them, to be honest.

Frogstomp is great for young teenagers :P

I wouldn't know. ;) I did listen to The Offspring a ton as a young teenager, though.

I still like Smash :)

Who doesn't?

Today I got to see Katie for the first time in 7 weeks!

(Marching band started - 7 hours a day. It's nuts, but her being there makes it bearable)

Not much to report. She smiled at me, and then patted me on the back on one occasion when she was walking behind me.


I know for certain though that she's not with John anymore... I dunno, we'll see...

I got an unconditional offer from Glamorgan! :D

SomePerson, good luck, but try not to get too ahead of yourself.
Paul, congrats muchly.

As for myself... You know, I gripe about my job and life, but my job is a steady and stable source of income, and my life could be fixed if I could dredge up a little more willpower. I guess I have a lot of blessings to be counted.

I just ate a pickle. Pickles are great.

And I still haven't been attacked by ninjas lately.

I got an unconditional offer from Glamorgan! :DIs this a postgraduate offer? Well done all the same. A levels results are out in 2 days.

Is this a postgraduate offer? Well done all the same. A levels results are out in 2 days.Well, yes, on the basis that I've just done three years at Cambridge. MSc Communicatng Science, it is.

Microwave is fixed! :D :D :D :D

Yes! How did you survive without a microwave!?

Yes! How did you survive without a microwave!?Well, I did quite nicely for three years with just a toaster, kettle and fridge for company.

(As food-related electrical appliances that is).

Although I did use the bar microwave a few times for those little pastry pizza things...

My car is back from being fixed, and it's running great now. New shocks, brakes, ect. And I even have it where my radio accually WORKS!
Of corse you gotta screw with it everytime you turn off the car. BUT STILL!:D

Yes! How did you survive without a microwave!?
I remember when everyone survived without a microwave.

I also remember a golden era when microwaves had buttons on the front and proper, reliable electronic timers instead of these stupid mechanical clockwork-looking you-turn-the-dial-and-it-ignores-you-and-does-whatever-it-wants affairs. Ah, those were the days.

Funny story about microwaves: Maplin sell a cheapo microwave leakage tester that is so sensitive it can inform you of the fact your microwave will likely start to leak microwaves some time in the next thousand years. As a preliminary measure, its beeping signals indicate it's time to take a trip to Currys. However it seems all Currys' microwaves leak. What would you do if you hadn't spent that tenner on our little blue plastic box, eh?

Paul's appliance story reminds me of the time I got locked in the shop overnight.

I also remember a golden era when microwaves had buttons on the front and proper, reliable electronic timers instead of these stupid mechanical clockwork-looking you-turn-the-dial-and-it-ignores-you-and-does-whatever-it-wants affairs. Ah, those were the days.I don't think I've ever seen a microwave with a dial on:confused:

What's wrong with cooking food properly?

Microwaves are rubbish, although they do make cooking poached eggs much easier.

Microwave ovens are great for reheating juicy meat and rice, or anything that isn't affected negatively by water. :)

What's wrong with a saucepan on a hob?

We all love cookin' when we're cookin' on gas!

What's a hob? I would look it up, but I wanted to point out that I don't know what it is. Maybe I'll look it up anyway.

Edit: Oh, I see.

I don't think I've ever seen a microwave with a dial on:confused:
http://microwave.gotovim.ru/pics/microvawe.jpg
Those mechanical clockwork dials suck. They tend to get loose and can give you several minutes of uncertainty in heating time, has already burned many my lasagnas.

BTW, does this microwave antenna look familiar? :D
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/MWtwer.jpg
http://wa.team17.com/images/hiband/hiband_4.jpg

Yes! How did you survive without a microwave!?
I have no clue, but I'm glad it's over :D


Also, Bonz, nice find :O

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/MWtwer.jpg
http://wa.team17.com/images/hiband/hiband_4.jpgConspiracy!

(although it's a good one for a change)

What's wrong with a saucepan on a hob?

We all love cookin' when we're cookin' on gas!

It takes longer and makes more washing.

I mean, you could do that. It's not a major problem to use a pan. But why bother, if you're just reheating something?

Got AAA and going to York:D

I remember when everyone survived without a microwave.

I also remember a golden era when microwaves had buttons on the front and proper, reliable electronic timers instead of these stupid mechanical clockwork-looking you-turn-the-dial-and-it-ignores-you-and-does-whatever-it-wants affairs. Ah, those were the days.My microwave has an electronic LED timer. :)

Well, I did quite nicely for three years with just a toaster, kettle and fridge for company.

(As food-related electrical appliances that is).

Although I did use the bar microwave a few times for those little pastry pizza things...Oh yes, I used the oven in our staircase kitchen a few times to make proper pizzas, as well.

But why bother, if you're just reheating something?

Because it's a more wholesome approach to cooking. It's a less lazy approach and, believe it or not, food tastes better when it's cooked properly.

I'd rather take my chances. There's many more ways of messing up the food when using an oven than a microwave. :p

food tastes better when it's cooked properly.
I'm not disputing that, but I am disputing that food which has already been cooked tastes better if you put it in a pan on a hob and do nothing but heat it than if you put it in a microwave oven and do nothing but heat it. Hell, you could wrap it in tinfoil and put it on a fire or in a dishwasher and it would have the same effect. It's just heat.

If it tastes different to you I'd bet it's purely placebo flavour.

It tastes better when you heat it on a pan than on a microwave, it really does.
But I'm too damn lazy.

Andrew, I was going to use that exact same word ("placebo"). You are absolutely right there. The change is physical, not chemical, in the case of reheating.

A level results today.

I got a C in biology and a D in maths.

What's so positive about that you ask?

Wel regardless of my failings The University of Kent (my first choice) have given me an unconditional offer.:D :D :D

If it tastes different to you I'd bet it's purely placebo flavour.

I don't see how that's an issue so long as it's yummy!

It's a while since I've owned a microwave so I could be wrong about this, but reheating, say, a sausage in the microwave rather than under the grill will not yield as good a flavour.

I guess it comes down to what you're reheating and how you reheat it.

Oh, and there's definitely something different about coffee when it's been reheated in a microwave. It's just wrong.

Whenever I heat something in the microwave it gets soggy...

Paper plates seem to help some though...

I think as much as anything that's because when water evaporates from food in a pan it just floats off into the room. Microwaves are small and that can't happen.

So you admit that food reheated in a microwave is soggier than reheated using an oven or hob?

So, there is a difference in texture and flavour?

So, reheating food in the microwave is rubbish.

Vader 1-0 Microwaves

Well, it can be, but the microwave itself isn't to blame for that. I mean, if you reheat a leg of lamb in a pan all you'll achieve is scorching the outside without heating the centre at all -- that doesn't make pans rubbish. You want an oven for that. But if you put sauce in the oven you waste an hour and achieve nothing you couldn't do with a pan, and that doesn't make the oven rubbish. Besides, often you want to keep the moisture in something when you reheat it.

What tool you should use depends what job you want it to do, but yes, I freely admit there is a difference between microwaves and other methods that I hadn't considered before.

Mirowaves are just lazy. There is nothing you can do in a microwave which you cannot do using other cooking methods.

In fact, there is nothing I can think of which is better off being reheated in a microwave than using a more conventional cooking method. It may be faster for some things but it certainly isn't better... ever.

There is nothing you can do in a microwave which you cannot do using other cooking methods.
Creating plasma balls?

It may be faster for some things but it certainly isn't better... ever.
Faster is a type of better. The result might not be better, but the process can be.

but the process is just a means to an end. It is the end result which is important.

A crude example of this is instant coffee. It's faster, sure, but it taste rubbish compared to a percolated cup of Kenyan AA. I'd rather enjoy the coffee than have a cup sooner.

I'd contest to say that making Kraft Dinner in the microwave is much tastier than on the stove.

What is Kraft Dinner?

Is it a microwave meal? If so then you are wrong. No microwave meal I ever had was tastier than a freshly prepared version.

but the process is just a means to an end. It is the end result which is important.

A crude example of this is instant coffee. It's faster, sure, but it taste rubbish compared to a percolated cup of Kenyan AA. I'd rather enjoy the coffee than have a cup sooner.
No, I know that, and I'm the same way usually. But if it tasted the same, faster would be better. That's all I meant.

What is Kraft Dinner?

Is it a microwave meal? If so then you are wrong. No microwave meal I ever had was tastier than a freshly prepared version.

My stars, you have no idea what you're missing. Kraft dinner is basic smallish elbow macaroni in a box with a little packet of cheese flavouring powder, and it's great. You can either boil it, drain the water, pour on the cheese powder and mix it in (melts really quickly so it's easy), or you can put it in the microwave in a bowl of water, heat it for [x], take it out, stir it, heat it, take it out, stir it, etc., and I think there was something else you had to do as well.. It's really stupidly complicated for a microwave meal which is why I practically never do it that way, but it does at least taste different when done in the microwave. Inferior, certainly not, but superior, I'm not sure.

Yeah, microwaving KD has always tasted much better for me. It may be because I tend to eat much of the pasta during the stirring phases, making the cheese-to-pasta ratio much-more ideal. However, I'm not sure.

The trip to the theme park with the super models...is well sometime around MONDAY or TUESDAY!! FINALLY!:D

What?

I am a super model. Honestly.

What?

I am a super model. Honestly.
I believe you.

Got my accomodation sorted for next year. It's house about .7 of a mile from where I'll be having my lectures (so easily walkable), and I'll be sharing with four other people.

Today, my global BattleField 2 score landed on 13,337. Muhahaha.
But it will soon be disrupted.

Ceder Point TOMMAROW MORNING!
Hopefully I can get a picture or two! :D

If you get spoils, you need to get proof. ;)

I take my driver's license test tomorrow!

Oh, right. I'm taking drivers ed.

Not too hard so far, but I still haven't driven a car yet.

Not too hard so far, but I still haven't driven a car yet.
Hmm...
I started driving cars with 14.
Through the woods with a car without a battery.
A nice way to learn not to let the motor die.

I take my driver's license test tomorrow!My theory test is on the 31st, as it happens.

I should probably start revising for it at some point.

I crashed my beautiful MG Metro, 1.3, built in Abingdon, all because of a wrong turning. :( :(

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/misc/metrocrunch.jpg

Ouch! How fast were you going? I know someone who did slightly less damage to their Metro (not much though - bonnet was bent by more or less the same amount) in a 20mph collision (hit stationary vehicle)

I presume you want congratulations?

Wow, that's real nasty.

I've just realised - why is this in +ve events?

I've just realised - why is this in +ve events?
Perhaps because it's an insurance fraud and he now gets more money than the car was worth? :D