I think it's a combination.

Ah, so now love is caused by decision rather than hormones, instinct or coincidence? :D

It's all four, I think.

"Decided" was the wrong word. "Concluded" would be more appropriate.

I just got my pair of sick Sennheiser headphones (reccomended by our own futureworm... thanks bro) and I am listening to Panda Bear - Person Pitch and it is really really amazing

I'm taken aback at how much a difference they make

I just got my pair of sick Sennheiser headphones (reccomended by our own futureworm... thanks bro) and I am listening to Panda Bear - Person Pitch and it is really really amazing

I'm taken aback at how much a difference they make
your only mistake was not buying them earlier.... heh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7061164.stm - yay, finally :D

The world of aviation has finally taken one small step forward after the A380 took off for its first commercial flight. Mind you, the aviation world hasn't made up the ground it lost 4 years and a day ago when Concorde was retired from commercial service :(

i got a 2140 composite (this is out of 2400) on the SAT :)

this includes a 770 (!) on the critical reading portion, a 640 on the math portion, and a 730 on the writing portion

Good job! You did better than I - I got a 2010...:p

The SAT suxxors. Now it's way too biased against english-oriented people, y'know? Where it used to be 50% math based and 50% right brain? Whatevs, I got into my first choice college, so I'm not going to complain. When applying as an engineer I don't think they even look at your english scores or overall score quite so much as the math one.

Apparantly they've abolished SATs in Wales now...

I never had to take SATs. I don't know how my school got away with that.

On a positive note, I finally have a damn internet connection and don't need to go down to the uni to get internet. It only took 3 and a half months!

Also, this thread reached 2000 posts and nobody cared.

Huh, didn't notice.

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Whoa, what am I doing way up there?

I guess FutureWorm is our most positive member. Who'd have thought?

I guess FutureWorm is our most positive member. Who'd have thought?
it kind of confuses me as well

I bet you just have lower standards than the rest of us.

I'm not one to talk about what goes on in my life, except when it's driving me out of my mind and I need to offload it, but since I said it's a good idea to post more, inside and out, I see no harm in getting involved here.

Less than a month ago, my last boss contacted me and asked if I'd like to be a Sales Team Leader in the new store, opening November 17th. That's the next step up from a Sales Advisor, and the first rung on the management ladder. Only been five years!

Because of this, and because I need to complete my driving learning and pass my tests, I bought a car on the Thursday of last week. It's a new Mitsubishi Colt CZ2 in Atlantis blue. Oooh!

I bet you just have lower standards than the rest of us.
haha ouch

I finally managed to cut my way through the packaging holding my new Graphical Calculator. I spent ages in a Tesco's restuarant trying earlier.

Mitsubishi Colt CZ2 in Atlantis blue. Oooh!holy crap! props on buying something I've never heard of! I guess those must not be popular in this area or something.

and no, I'm not being arrogant, I just work valet, and typically recognise just about any car that's relatively new.

holy crap! props on buying something I've never heard of! I guess those must not be popular in this area or something.

http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/colt/range.asp

http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/colt/range.aspyeah, I googled it when i didn't recognize it, thinking maybe I just hadn't seen many of them, and didn't know the name.

Not necessaily most positive - I just comment on things, like I'm doing now. And I also sometimes link to a negative event like so:

I have an extra hour to do my essay because of the GMT switch.

Maybe you should work on it instead of posting here.

I could ban you for a bit if it would help.

My components for my new computer are on their way! :D Whoooo

I bought myself a capo for my classical guitar Gigi (a 1967 Gianini - my Uncle's old guitar which I love to death)!

And then I went home for the weekend and brought my electric balalaika to uni with me.:D

My components for my new computer are on their way! :D Whoooo

"Waiting for computer parts to arrive in the mail krew" represent!

I bought myself a capo for my classical guitar Gigi (a 1967 Gianini - my Uncle's old guitar which I love to death)!
Wawww. Nice. I love capos. Such useful things. Open up a whole new world of composition. I love putting a capo on the seventh fret and just strumming beautiful open chords. :)

"Waiting for computer parts to arrive in the mail krew" represent!
man i am about as excited for that as you are!! just remember to stay fully grounded when you're installing

man i am about as excited for that as you are!! just remember to stay fully grounded when you're installingawww, but according to my friend, buying 3 computers worth of parts because you're too stubborn to ask what you're doing wrong is FUN! :p

man i am about as excited for that as you are!! just remember to stay fully grounded when you're installing

Yeah

I'm just going to put it together completely naked except for a pair of galoshes and like 30 livestrong bracelets, and on a fake plastic "linoleum" floor

Or is there a... better way??

Clean your hands first by rubbing them on a balloon.

I just bough Alien Hominid off eBay. :cool:


Clean your hands first by rubbing them on a balloon.

I second that.

Also put some lotion on your skin, or else you may get the hose again, and nobody wants that to happen ;)

My friend is coming over and we're gonna build the PC together. Whoo whoo. :D

Also, I like my new avatar.

Also, I like my new avatar.

Isn's that from the Hubble Telescope. Pillars of creation or something.

Correct. :) Nebula.

The full-size version of that image is fantastic.

Though if that's a picture of you then your location line is a blatant lie...

Hahaha yeah. I just realised that. The Oort cloud is a very very long away still. What would my new location be?

Also.

My new computer, is setup and running, and it is fantastic. :)

Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz
Geforce GTS 8800 Superclocked
2.0Gb Ram

Vista is taking some getting used too, I've got Ultimate, and it's pretty good, I can't really tell the difference myself.

Hahaha yeah. I just realised that. The Oort cloud is a very very long away still. What would my new location be?

Also.

My new computer, is setup and running, and it is fantastic. :)

Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz
Geforce GTS 8800 Superclocked
2.0Gb Ram

Vista is taking some getting used too, I've got Ultimate, and it's pretty good, I can't really tell the difference myself.
that's got to be something of a bummer now that the 8800gt literally just came out and it is eating the 8800gts's lunch for a much lower price

did you get it through eVGA? apparently they have a pretty nice trade-in program

I was playing guitar one day in the hallway and She came up and asked me to learn the song after which she was named. And so I did. And she was pretty stoked. And it was happy.:)

I was playing guitar one day in the hallway and She came up and asked me to learn the song after which she was named. And so I did. And she was pretty stoked. And it was happy.:)

Cough me a glob of hardened mercy you'll see a nuzzle ooooh
Tell you fetch that mercy and you know I'm gonna fetch it too
You fetch, you fetch that mercy and you know he's gonna dig it too
Molly Molly Molly Molly Molly Molly Molly

?

it only took 6 or 7 episodes, but Heroes' second season is FINALLY going somewhere! woot! :D

it only took 6 or 7 episodes, but Heroes' second season is FINALLY going somewhere! woot! :D
Right on! I just finished watching the latest episode and - to avoid any kind of spoilers - I'll just say I love the direction the plot is taking right now. I didn't expect it to happen, and it's going to provide a real nice story arc.

Right on! I just finished watching the latest episode and - to avoid any kind of spoilers - I'll just say I love the direction the plot is taking right now. I didn't expect it to happen, and it's going to provide a real nice story arc.yeah. it took long enough to get to, though. the last few episodes, while good regardless, were moving really slow. it had the kind of "middle of a trilogy" sort of plot development. it was necessary, and it was still enjoyable, but I'm glad we're past that.

and yeah, I REALLY didn't see that one coming at all. I mean, holy crap :p

yeah. it took long enough to get to, though. the last few episodes, while good regardless, were moving really slow. it had the kind of "middle of a trilogy" sort of plot development. it was necessary, and it was still enjoyable, but I'm glad we're past that.

Yeah, that's pretty much my arguement to people who watch the first few episodes of series one (sorry, I'm British, it's "series" to us guys :p).

Oh yeah, and latest episode = awesome.

sorry, I'm British, it's "series" to us guys :p.

What is it in America?

What is it in America?

Seasons .

I feel a lot better, infact, I think I'm at peace with the situation (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=620973&postcount=2139).

Funny really, I didn't think I'd "get over it" this fast :-/

Oh, and since I've gotten a new haircut some girls have been flirting with me :D

Hmm.

My ex wants me and her to go out and get drunk.
I'm also the only reason she's still living in Wales.
And that she told me she needs me in her life in someway.
All the boys she likes, she compares to me. Being some sort of zenith.

And better yet, her boyfriend doesn't like me because I apparently flirt with her.
Well, it's true.
But he can go **** himself.

But he can go **** himself.
Since when does "kill" get filtered? ;)

I donated £17.98 to give a copy of Puzzle League DS to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, as part of the Child's Play charity. First time I've taken part in it :)

I get to be the one to kill yauhui in HK's thread! I'm the luckiest person in the world! :D

and to add icing to the cake:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9219/smb3yayth1.png

Hmm.

My ex wants me and her to go out and get drunk.
I'm also the only reason she's still living in Wales.
And that she told me she needs me in her life in someway.
All the boys she likes, she compares to me. Being some sort of zenith.

And better yet, her boyfriend doesn't like me because I apparently flirt with her.
Well, it's true.
But he can go **** himself.Does she want to go out with you again? Do you want to go out with her again? If the answers are both yes, then do it. If one of them is no, more notably the second one, then it's probably best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Both are No.

Leading me on...slightly. It's all true. But she just doesn't see me like that.

I got to see a university I'm thinking about attending today, and it looks pretty great.

We went into town today and I got to be her Shopping Buddy for like 5 hours.:)

We were standing around and this guy was singing "DAAAAAY-O DAAAA-AAA-AAAY-O" and we were highly amused. And then he comes up to us and says to me "YO NAME MUST BE KOOL AID CAUSE YOU GOT SUGAR RIGHT NEXT TO YA"

It was good times.

I got to be her Shopping Buddy for like 5 hours.:)I appreciate that this is me coming from my "never had a girlfriend" position, but unless she likes shopping for books and computer games (or at Maplin, or whatever the American equivalent is, possibly RadioShack) that sounds more like a NEAO to me :p.

Or I guess it could be a NEAO (the other NEAO, if you follow me. Maybe I should call them +EAO, -EAO and 0EAO) if you balance off being with her (which of course is a positive) with shopping for clothes and not being able to sit down in some quiet corner of the shop and read a book like you can with your mum.

We went into town today and I got to be her Shopping Buddy for like 5 hours.:)Wrong thread...

Seriously though, you really do need to get over her. I've been through the same thing and there's a snowball's chance in hell that anything will happen between you two, no matter how much you want it, because to her you're a friend and nothing more.

Wrong thread...

Seriously though, you really do need to get over her. I've been through the same thing and there's a snowball's chance in hell that anything will happen between you two, no matter how much you want it, because to her you're a friend and nothing more.You do realise that he might not necessarily be talking about Katie, right?

Wrong thread...

Seriously though, you really do need to get over her. I've been through the same thing and there's a snowball's chance in hell that anything will happen between you two, no matter how much you want it, because to her you're a friend and nothing more.

he's got a new obsession now, don't worry
We went into town today and I got to be her Shopping Buddy for like 5 hours.:)

We were standing around and this guy was singing "DAAAAAY-O DAAAA-AAA-AAAY-O" and we were highly amused. And then he comes up to us and says to me "YO NAME MUST BE KOOL AID CAUSE YOU GOT SUGAR RIGHT NEXT TO YA"
lol

We went into town today and I got to be her Shopping Buddy for like 5 hours.:)

We were standing around and this guy was singing "DAAAAAY-O DAAAA-AAA-AAAY-O" and we were highly amused. And then he comes up to us and says to me "YO NAME MUST BE KOOL AID CAUSE YOU GOT SUGAR RIGHT NEXT TO YA"

It was good times.
You should have replied with "OH YEAH!". :p

And bursted through a wall.

I appreciate that this is me coming from my "never had a girlfriend" position, but unless she likes shopping for books and computer games (or at Maplin, or whatever the American equivalent is, possibly RadioShack) that sounds more like a NEAO to me :p.

Or I guess it could be a NEAO (the other NEAO, if you follow me. Maybe I should call them +EAO, -EAO and 0EAO) if you balance off being with her (which of course is a positive) with shopping for clothes and not being able to sit down in some quiet corner of the shop and read a book like you can with your mum.

Now that I think about it, yeah, this must have been the only time I've actually enjoyed shopping. It was more like we were just hanging out and shopping happened to be the context under which we did so.

he's got a new obsession now, don't worry

:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

don't worry bro, just joshin' ya!

Now that I think about it, yeah, this must have been the only time I've actually enjoyed shopping. It was more like we were just hanging out and shopping happened to be the context under which we did so.

Then I presume she was better at shopping than my ex, who picks out something, goes to a closed till, then, wanders off and leaves me there while they reopen it and I have to try to get her attention from some distance away.

Possibly she was hoping I'd buy the things, but I paid for dinner, which I think was plenty 4 days into a relationship.

I hate shopping with women.

- Do you want to take this one or that one?
- I don't care, either are fine.
- But you must choose.
- No I don't, either one is fine. Take both if you want.
- But why?
- Because they're fine.
- But don't you like grey better than lighter grey?
- I don't care.
- Ok, but first, let's check every other store for the exact same thing because they might have it cheaper. (protip: they don't)
- ...

- Ok, but first, let's check every other store for the exact same thing because they might have it cheaper. (protip: they don't) that one never made sense to me. unless you're shopping for ridiculously high-dollar clothes, the best you're gunna get is $5 cheaper unless there's a sale. if there is a sale, it'll have been advertised, so as a consumer in the market for such an item, you would already KNOW about the sale. therefore, why not just pay the price you find it as and save yourself the 5 hours of hassle.....

I lived with my mom and 3 sisters, and they always loved to do the "shopping around" thing, when it's worth the tiny bit of extra money you may or may not even spend to just for-go the 5 hour shopping times...

Not to mention they somehow use sales as an excuse even though nothing stops them. (and clothing shops always have some sale or other)

She's actually a highly effective shopper. We pretty much went into a bunch of stores, looked around, and didn't buy anything. She bought one shirt all day, and tried on an additional three items which she quickly decided not to buy of her own accord. So for like most of the time we just kinda walked along the street.

People have been catching on that I like her, which is kinda awkward. But then at the same time they think she likes me, so hopefully they're right.

I got home from shopping today to find that I'd passed my MSc with a merit overall :D.

(The confusing bit is that I thought I'd need to get a distinction on my dissertation to get a merit overall, but I only got a merit on it. Oh, well, I'm hardly going to complain ;))

Well done, Paul.

My brother is going to the netherlands, to do some practice on a company there.
He's studying agronomy(?), the job is something related with greenhouses.
They will provide him with a house during his stay there, which will be until may next year. He leaves in about 2 weeks.
That is, least to say, awesome. Great oportunity for him, and also I get to have our room for myself. :p

My brother is going to the netherlands, to do some practice on a company there.
He's studying agronomy(?), the job is something related with greenhouses.
They will provide him with a house during his stay there, which will be until may next year. He leaves in about 2 weeks.
That is, least to say, awesome. Great oportunity for him, and also I get to have our room for myself. :p
They provide him with a house, you say?
I think I know where the "OD Get Together 2008" will happen.

Holland? Sure, that sounds convenie---

Actually, I'll be in Holland next year. Can I pick the date?

just watched Beowulf, and it's actually rather good. not entirely accurate with the original story, but close enough that the differences are no more than you would expect from a story if it were told many times over (some things were exaggerated, some not mentioned, some things added etc). all in all a good movie.

it's also overly manly. so manly I think I'm going to go bend things now! *flexes*

just watched Beowulf, and it's actually rather good. not entirely accurate with the original story, but close enough that the differences are no more than you would expect from a story if it were told many times over (some things were exaggerated, some not mentioned, some things added etc). all in all a good movie.

it's also overly manly. so manly I think I'm going to go bend things now! *flexes*

I had absolutely no idea whatsoever that that movie was fully CGI from watching the commercials. I only learned that after reading a newspaper review.
That's... damn impressive. I honestly can't tell it isn't real, but I don't plan on seeing it, so I guess I won't know if there're any glaring "THAT'S TOTALLY FAKE" moments.

If the commercials fail to get across one of the most important aspects of the movie, I think it's time to get a new advertising team. :p

I had absolutely no idea whatsoever that that movie was fully CGI from watching the commercials. I only learned that after reading a newspaper review.
That's... damn impressive. I honestly can't tell it isn't real, but I don't plan on seeing it, so I guess I won't know if there're any glaring "THAT'S TOTALLY FAKE" moments.

If the commercials fail to get across one of the most important aspects of the movie, I think it's time to get a new advertising team. :pit's actuall rather easy to tell it's CG as they went with a slightly cartoony sort of feel to people (something like what shrek's people look like, but with more realistic detail), so that's not a question really outside of the previews. agreed on the advertisement team though :p

I had absolutely no idea whatsoever that that movie was fully CGI from watching the commercials. I only learned that after reading a newspaper review.
That's... damn impressive. I honestly can't tell it isn't real, but I don't plan on seeing it, so I guess I won't know if there're any glaring "THAT'S TOTALLY FAKE" moments.

If the commercials fail to get across one of the most important aspects of the movie, I think it's time to get a new advertising team. :p
Really? I could tell it was cgi with just watching a second of any clip in that movie. It looks totally fake.
I mean the CGI is pretty darn impressive and all, but it still looks really fake.

Really? I could tell it was cgi with just watching a second of any clip in that movie. It looks totally fake.
I mean the CGI is pretty darn impressive and all, but it still looks really fake.
I had absolutely no interest in that movie at all before I found that out, as it looked to me like a run-of-the-mill "hey, 300 was popular so lets do something like that", so I guess I never looked all that closely.

And when I DID find that out, the movie was out and there were no more commercials, so there we go. :p

it's actuall rather easy to tell it's CG as they went with a slightly cartoony sort of feel to people (something like what shrek's people look like, but with more realistic detail), so that's not a question really outside of the previews. agreed on the advertisement team though :p

I hear that Princess Fiona was actually made less realistic on purpose to fit better with the other characters.

I can tell it's CGI, but I knew it was before I saw any. At a casual glance I'd think you probably wouldn't notice.

At a casual glance I'd think you probably wouldn't notice.the scenery in the movie you couldn't tell even sitting down and studying it (in some parts anyway), but the characters and the buildings you definitely can.

I saw a commercial for it, and I wondered, but couldn't make up my mind. "Is that...? No way, it couldn't be."

Ray Winstone doesn't look like that in real life!

Nice avatar, Zeor.

Nice avatar worMatty.

Cheers, Melonius.

Ray Winstone doesn't look like that in real life!read an interview in the newspaper around here that says despite himself not being as buff as beowulf, he DID rather enjoy the scenes where he was rubbing up against angelina jolie cause she DOES look like that :)

You mean, slightly plasticky and fake?

You mean, slightly plasticky and fake?ironically, yes :p

although I should mention that wasn't in the interview :p

Nah, he's just into the whole botox thing.

Nah, he's just into the whole botox thing.

If "the whole botox thing" involves injecting poison into Anne Robinson, then so am I!

If "the whole botox thing" involves injecting poison into Anne Robinson, then so am I!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/graphics/2006/03/27/hsilver27.jpg
Go Botox!

Go Photoshop!

Wouldn't want to cross her in a dark alley!

Wouldn't want to cross her in a dark alley!

the original anne robinson would be scary enough imho

by the way i got new speakers yesterday and they are pretty great :cool:

Wouldn't want to cross her in a dark alley!

What if you were armed? It'd be doing the world a favour.

i went to best buy (usually this would be a negative event/occurrence) to pick up some speakers but they were all sold out! fortunately one of the guys managed to special order a pair for me, and they should be delivered by 29 november

i also picked up a copy of justice's cd "†"

I've just figured out a way to manage to play the Age of Conan tech beta this sunday and still manage to sleep for a full day. I'll finally be able to try out the game I've had preordered for a year.....

I just bought a new pair of shoes

to kick it with her :cool:

I just bought a new pair of shoes

to kick it with her :cool:
NOT KICK IT WITH YOU

WOOT!!!! I just got invited to Age of Conan's General Beta!!!

so rather than being allowed to play once a month or so on a random day for 4 hours while I'm asleep, I can actually play and enjoy the game anytime I want! WOO!!!! :D

edit: the down-side is the game hasn't been optimized or anything, so I'm having to download a 6-part file....each part is 1.6GB....

There's this slight chance that I might be visiting my brother on Amsterdam around christmas.
One whole week, would leave on thursday dec 20 and would return on wednesday 26.
Not certain yet tho, but if it happens that would be about the only time ever I could actually possibly be at a forum get-togheter, unless you all decide to come to mexico some time. :p

The bad news about it is that that would mean that my new pc would get further away from me. :p
Stupid expensive tickets. :(

There's this slight chance that I might be visiting my brother on Amsterdam around christmas.
One whole week, would leave on thursday dec 20 and would return on wednesday 26.
Not certain yet tho, but if it happens that would be about the only time ever I could actually possibly be at a forum get-togheter, unless you all decide to come to mexico some time. :p

The bad news about it is that that would mean that my new pc would get further away from me. :p
Stupid expensive tickets. :(what part of that is positive? sounds more like a neutral occurance to me :p

also, Age of Conan's battle system is SERIOUSLY awesome. obviously I can't go into detail and such, but if you're keeping an eye on the game, the combat so far in the little I've played is amazing. so fun I actually want to try to play a melee class (which I've never done on an RPG where you pick your class)

what part of that is positive? sounds more like a neutral occurance to me :p

Well it's possitive to me since it would be a great vacation. I've never been to Europe. :D
It hits me in the wallet(QUITE.), but I don't really care much about that anymore.

Well it's possitive to me since it would be a great vacation. I've never been to Europe. :D
It hits me in the wallet(QUITE.), but I don't really care much about that anymore.ah ok then. the way you said it it all seemed like a bad thing :p

School's going alright.
I had a pretty bad report on parents evening, but I think things are picking up.
I'm not if I should drop maths or physics? I can't cope with 4 A level subjects.
The band is abit of a waste of time at the moment but meh, it's kinda fun.

I also still fancy that girl I mentioned. Quite alot.
No idea if she likes me. She seems to be the most affectionate towards me. Well, only me then. Stroking hair, hugs etc. Kinda unsure if it's anything more.
She had another guy come on to her, and she turned him down because she didn't want a boyfriend.
But at the moment, I'm not looking for a girlfriend, just fun I guess.

The need for love is a flaw in human nature. It should be untrained as quickly as possible.

The need for love is a flaw in human nature. It should be untrained as quickly as possible.should I hand you a razor blade? :p

I didn't realize it at the time, but wow, that sounded extreamly emo. I appologize. yes please

Tickets are EXPENSIVE, to say the least. Hmmm....
I mean, I can pay for it, easily. Might as well wait till april, that way I could stay there longer, because I would have a full vacation.

On the other hand, I do not look forward to spending christmas here. Where it has been allways fun, my family did not cope well with my aunt dying. Not so much because of sorrow, but because everyone's fighting, for some reason, and it's kinda splitting up into two sides.
It's getting rather nasty, too, with people throwing random accusations of things being done because of interests in keeping my grandfather's heritage. And the guy hasn't died yet. :p

Sounds more Orwellian than emo if y'ask me.

should I hand you a razor blade? :p
You mean for cutting off his penıs?

You mean for cutting off his penıs?eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee

I like where this thread is going :D

I like where this thread is going :D
Where's that?
The nearest microsurgery clinic to get your penıs re-attached?

I'm sorry, I appear to have wandered into the wrong thread. I thought this was Positive Events and Occurences.

Well it certainly seems positive for Xinos.
I like where this thread is going :D

CASTRATION FTW!!!!!!*

*Might not have actually said this.

Best band practice we've ever had tonight.
Wrote three new songs.
Fragments (Lyrics me, Music Stephen )
Open Heart Surgery (not the final name)(Lyrics Stephen, Music Stephen,)
Maximo Narc (not the final name)(Lyrics Stephen, Music Me)

They sound good. Fragments is a pretty epic. Verses are pretty laid back and mellow, and the choruses are pretty uplifting.
Open Heart Surgery is like piano driven for the most part until the chorus.
And Maximo Marc is an indie riff based song that's pretty catchy.

Anyway. You probably don't care but meh. :)

Your band isn't called Blinx 182 by any chance?

Best band practice we've ever had tonight.
Wrote three new songs.
Fragments (Lyrics me, Music Stephen )
Open Heart Surgery (not the final name)(Lyrics Stephen, Music Stephen,)
Maximo Narc (not the final name)(Lyrics Stephen, Music Me)

They sound good. Fragments is a pretty epic. Verses are pretty laid back and mellow, and the choruses are pretty uplifting.
Open Heart Surgery is like piano driven for the most part until the chorus.
And Maximo Marc is an indie riff based song that's pretty catchy.

Anyway. You probably don't care but meh. :)

I'll care if you post the songs once they're all polished up :)

Your band isn't called Blinx 182 by any chance?
hahahahaha

Maximo Narc
Is that the undercover cop that is roaming around in Maximo Park? :D

Your band isn't called Blinx 182 by any chance?Thankfully no. It's called S.E.L, Some Electric Life.

I'll care if you post the songs once they're all polished up
Ahuh. Defiantly. Alot of the animosity in the band dissolved last night. It was brilliant.

Is that the undercover cop that is roaming around in Maximo Park?

Hehehe. I suppose that would be quite apt. :) But I'm not sure what the name of it is yet, I haven't seen the lyrics.

The first positive event is that I finally remembered to post in this thread after something happened.

Second is Umberto Eco came to the Slovenian capital yesterday to receive the honorary doctorate the University here has awarded him and later gave a brief lecture about his coming book. I was there and afterwards when he was signing books I got to shake his hand and exchange 7 words with him. He has this air of intelligent irony about him that makes me wish he was my history teacher or something. Brilliant man.

Slovenian capital
Ljubljana FTW!

I'm actually drawing stuff!

At a desk!

I'm actually drawing stuff!

At a desk!
For money?

For money?
I wish.

To elaborate I've set up a desk for all my drawing stuff, and in doing so have spontaneously generated a work ethic. I'm currently running at a page a day. For two days so far, but belive you me, that's twice as long as my last attempt. And my pages are bigger now.

7 sopes, 2 tacos, 2 tostadas, 1 enchilada, and a bowl of pozole make me a VERY HAPPY PERSON.

"Abusing a technicality… FOR JUSTICE

To precis: Erin is a 29 year old woman who needs between $1500 and $5000 to pay for brain surgery, which she can’t afford. In order to raise the money, she’s bought a paid account at the file hosting site MegaUpload. MegaUpload uses a reward program whereby people with paid accounts are given money if their file is downloaded over five million times. She’s uploaded a 2.3kb txt file which should take about half a second to download, and is trying to get as many downloads as possible to see if she can break five million and get the money. It will only count one download per day from your IP no matter how many times you do it.

The link is here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5QBOA940) (left click; if you right click and save as then it won’t work). If you could (1) download it and (2) pass it around, that would be nice. The URL is http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5QBOA940."



For any good Samaritans hanging about.
It's easy, AND you help someone pay for brain surgery, since here in the US of A, you have to pay money for health care or else you're screwed. WHEE!

Posted in Positive Events because it makes me FEEL GOOD TO HELP.

My scam detector is buzzing.

My scam detector is buzzing.personally, I'm willing to help the lady just for being creative enough to get 10,000 without working at all.

My scam detector is buzzing.

Yeah, it could be.

But the thing is, it could also be 100% legit. She has no way of proving that, and she knows it. She says so on the webbsite (http://www.projecterin.com/index.html).

I'll beleive it when she makes a youtube video.

I'm pretty sure Megaupload would catch on, or they'd be handing $10000 to every Jack and Joe. I'm not even sure this is allowed, but we'll see.

I'm pretty sure Megaupload would catch on, or they'd be handing $10000 to every Jack and Joe. I'm not even sure this is allowed, but we'll see.I'm pretty sure that this is just the first time someone realized that there are enough people in the world with internet bored enough to click a random link. at least for this particular giveaway.

I'm also pretty sure that after this, megaupload will be changing their policy.

My scam detector is buzzing.

Seems likely to me that someone thought of a way to scam MegaUpload.

Now we have to ask: what are the odds of that person having a serious disease and no health insurance? I say they're small, but finite.

I finally have the internet after 2 months, despite it being extortionate.

welcome back SW!

also, good news everyone! you're all going to the galaxy of pain in the dimension of torment and anguish.

actually, I just got my Worms discs in the mail today! WOO! so now I can play random games against random people. anyone interested in seeing how bad I suck after about 3 years of not having touched a worms game? :p

also, is THIS (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32992) the latest update?

Barack Obama has a one-point edge over Hillary Clinton in the most recent New Hampshire poll: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071214/FRONTPAGE/712140350

Barack Obama has a one-point edge over Hillary Clinton in the most recent New Hampshire poll: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071214/FRONTPAGE/712140350dear god PLEASE let him win!!

Barack Obama has a one-point edge over Hillary Clinton in the most recent New Hampshire poll: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071214/FRONTPAGE/712140350
a recent iowa poll put him ahead by nine percent :D

also other good news: i ordered a copy of alive 2007 (the deluxe edition) from tower.com and it seems that it was right before they sold out for good

I'm going to become a father in about 7 months.
Yay! :D

Woah. Congratulations man!

Woah. Congratulations man!
Thank you!

You don't see much yet, but the baby will be beautiful!
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3024/ultraschallbildxi6.jpg
;)

oh, wow! congrats there bonz!! :D

Congratulations!

Nice one bonz :D

You must be one of the few forum regulars to have kids (well, soon to be having...). Excluding T17 staff.

bonz i didn't even know there was a woman in your life, seems like most folks around here (*cough*plasma*cough) wear that sort of thing on their sleeve

then again, you're not 15! i'm really excited for you :)

I wonder why nobody has commented on that (obviously faked) sonogram yet. ;)
Nice one bonz :D

You must be one of the few forum regulars to have kids (well, soon to be having...). Excluding T17 staff.
Yes, I don't know anyone else.
xDMxKitty (http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=37697) has two sons, although she has posted rarely.
bonz i didn't even know there was a woman in your life, seems like most folks around here (*cough*plasma*cough) wear that sort of thing on their sleeve

then again, you're not 15! i'm really excited for you :)
Thanks!

Haha, sonograms are rubbish. That, and congratulations.

Yesterday was pretty good, I think. I had a viva for the end of the first year of my PhD and I'm officially Allowed to do the second year, then I went to a party where I chatted to a delightful girl who I have arranged to meet again after Christmas. I'm having trouble figuring out how that day could plausibly have gone any better.

I wonder why nobody has commented on that (obviously faked) sonogram yet. ;)
i was going to note that the familial resemblance is really quite striking

I'm going to become a father in about 7 months.
Yay! :D

Congratulations, BOYO.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Team Fortress 2.

Can't beat it.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I have no idea what you're talking about.
i'm assuming that he's talking about playing a musical artist (godspeed you! black emperor) while playing a computer game (team fortress 2)

i'm assuming that he's talking about playing a musical artist (godspeed you! black emperor) while playing a computer game (team fortress 2)

He was implying Bonz was a Black Emperor and he wished him to go with God's speed :rolleyes:

Gadzooks. Congrats, Bonz.

So yesterday I go to work, I get out of my house with enough time to be there early, and the bus I take decides to just not show up. So I realize it's getting late and I decide to grab a cab and... well, no cabs. I finally get a cab, and then there's a lot of traffic... So I get to work like 15 minutes late. Which is not good considering my supervisor sent me back home on tuesday for being late and I skipped work on friday for reasons posted in the other thread. So I get there and... my supervisor is on vacation! :p So I didn't have to explain me not showing up on friday and there was no one to send me back for being late again. :cool:

I've had that happen to me a few times, except for the boss on vacation bit.

Wooo, congrats Bonz!

I'm going back to Stockholm next week and visit family and old friends. :) What sucks is that my headphones are broken so I can't listen to music during the 5 hour train ride T_T. I'll have to ask someone at school if I can buy/borrow some old crappy headphones.

Congratulations bonz!

I'm going to go :( just to contradict the thread.

Congratulations Bonz, as this means at least one of us here is getting laid.

Phew.

Congratulations, BOYO.
Gadzooks. Congrats, Bonz.
Wooo, congrats Bonz!
Congratulations bonz!
Congratulations Bonz, as this means at least one of us here is getting laid.
Thanks, everyone!

Congratulations Bonz, as this means at least one of us here is getting laid.

Phew.hey now, he's not the only one :p I just don't have any ****-spewing money vacuums to show for it :p

I graduated from Glamorgan today: MSc Communicating Science, Merit.

Congratulations. :D

Congrats to you too!

It's great to see people using their lives in ways I'm not. :)

Maybe I'm the control in the experiment.

What?! How did this happen?! I can't imagine a world with TWO bonzs. What will we do? How will we survive?!

Well done, both of you, bonz. How is your lady? I take it her pregnancy was a surprise? Glad to see you're taking it positively.

Congratulations to bonz and Paul!

How did this happen?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coitus#In_humans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_fertilisation
I can't imagine a world with TWO bonzs.
I too am slowly getting used to that thought.
What will we do?
Hide.
How will we survive?!
You won't.
Well done, both of you, bonz.
Thanks!
How is your lady?
She's quite fine.
A bit tired most of the day though.
I take it her pregnancy was a surprise?
It was.
Although predictible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coitus#In_humans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaculation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_fertilisationhehe, that was awesome :D

hehe, that was awesome :D
Awesome indeed!
Espescially the second one.

No input from me on the third one.
(Well, depending on how you define "input".)

Awesome indeed!
Espescially the second one......I do'nt know if I should slap you or laugh :p

Went out to a massive end of year party last night as got rather drunk.
That girl I mentioned, well she pulled me twice. :D So I'm rather happy.
Not sure what it means to be honest, but regardless of what happens I'm happy :D

Final day of College today (at least for a couple of weeks).

Final lecture was also pretty fun. Computing, but all we did was play Halo.

I added the drummer of one of my favourite bands, Amplifier, on myspace.

He messaged me asking what was my profile song (my myspace hides who it is for some reason), and wished me luck with my band! :D

*End of 1st Year 1st Semester of College*

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=629118&postcount=2297

Replaced CD Drive with IDE DVD Drive. Win2K boot disc is now being read. Currently waiting for it to format the HDD.

Got a Turn Table for Christmas :D

Was it a USB one? :eek:

Got a Turn Table for Christmas :D
i got a surround receiver :cool:

I got a book of Cat Stevens music for guitar.:)

Ahhh noice. Is it difficult to play his stuff? I've got a load of his albums on my PC, I need to listen them sometime.

I wouldn't say his songs are really that difficult to play. It really varies, honestly. "Where Do the Children Play" is just a few chords, while "The Wind" has some fingerpicking that I found tricky to get the hand of. It's really not that bad - I mean, I can manage it and I've been playing for I think under a year still.

edit: Not that it says much, but his music is a good deal harder than Linkin Park though, or at least what I've heard of their guitar music... Bleed It Out is just xxxx79 xxxx77 xxxx97 xxxx107 (as in 10 and 7 not 1 and 07) played over and over and over for the whole song.:rolleyes:

My mom just arrived with Super Mario Galaxy and-

- blew it up with dynamite
- ate it
- used it as a frisbee
- all of the above

- blew it up with dynamite
- ate it
- used it as a frisbee
- all of the above

Erm... isn't this supposed to be positive?

Erm... isn't this supposed to be positive?

They seem pretty positive options to me.

They seem pretty positive options to me.

Ah, so you were trolling. Well, that's alright then.

Ah, so you were trolling. Well, that's alright then.

Possibly? Frisbees and explosions always seemed fairly positive to me.

So I just called the warranty service of that store I purchased the graphics card off, they have determined the card is indeed faulty and will replace it for another one. Now, if this one doesn't work, something will die.

POSTING ON MY WII. :D

I was fortunate enough to find one of those handy-dandy Buffalo AOSS WiFi access things. DS already online too. PSP to follow.

:D :D :D

Edit: Although it's completely inferior: Posting from PSP. :cool:

I'm not paying 500 points just to get a browser on my Wii.

I'm not paying 500 points just to get a browser on my Wii.

Okay, then.

I'm not paying 500 points just to get a browser on my Wii.ha ha! you and your not having gotten it before they charged :p

For the first time I got a score of over 100 in bowling!:) (107)

Yes, I'm really that bad.

I recenly broke 200 for my first and only time. I think it was 240-something.

I recenly broke 200 for my first and only time. I think it was 240-something.
hey, not bad

i'm known to bowl in the 70-90 range :cool:

Are we talking about real bowling?

Real bowling? Ahahahaha! That involves leaving the house.

I just bought myself an A5 size Wacom Bamboo Fun graphics tablet, which I was getting money for for Christmas. It's not the same type that Splapp and HK have, they have the superior Intuos3 tablet, but that was far too expensive for poor stundent me.

Should get it in a few days. Wheeee.:D:D:D

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And HAPPY NEW NO-SMOKING-IN-PUBLIC-PLACES LAW!

And HAPPY NEW NO-SMOKING-IN-PUBLIC-PLACES LAW!another one?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And HAPPY NEW NO-SMOKING-IN-PUBLIC-PLACES LAW!Good on you for banning those annual forest fires! (y)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And HAPPY NEW NO-SMOKING-IN-PUBLIC-PLACES LAW!
hey, chicago did that too

after giving my wife my old surround sound speakers in a fit of laziness, I realized that I needed to get my own speakers, as I can't listen to music well on just my headphones (which, while surround sound and high quality, just aren't made to use unless you're in the comp chair....duh :p).

I went today to go to wal mart and decided to look around to see if there were any decent quality speakers at the nearby Best Buy and Circuit City. Circuit City was closed for new years, so I headed to best buy. there, I ran into these (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1068243&CatId=98). the sound quality is friggin amazing. by far the best speakers I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. I love these things!! :D

I've got... Chicken Soup! :3

my old surround sound speakers [...] I ran into these (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1068243&CatId=98)
Yeah, Logitech make the best computer peripherals and accessory stuff IMO.
Those are not quite "surround" though. ;)

Yeah, Logitech make the best computer peripherals and accessory stuff IMO.
Those are not quite "surround" though. ;)bonz: Wit Check vs Perception: *Critical Failure* (1 + 1 = 2 vs. DC 20)
bonz suffers from Brain Dead

you'll notice I said my OLD speakers were surround sound. I let my wife have them. I then got new speakers.

bonz: Wit Check vs Perception: *Critical Failure* (1 + 1 = 2 vs. DC 20)
bonz suffers from Brain Dead

you'll notice I said my OLD speakers were surround sound. I let my wife have them. I then got new speakers.
Yes, I'm perfectly aware of that. :)
What I meant was that you had a surround sound system before and now you're satisfied with stereo sound?
Logitech produces surround systems too.

Yes, I'm perfectly aware of that. :)
What I meant was that you had a surround sound system before and now you're satisfied with stereo sound?
Logitech produces surround systems too.our computers are right next to each other and so the surround sound is still right next to me, it's just far easier to leave it next to me rather than move it around. if I want surround sound, I can either just listen through her speakers, or I can use my headphones. for gaming, I'm going to use the headphones, but for listening to music and watching DVDs, the stereo sound works just as well.

OMG so I just found out the Russian band DDT, my favorite Russian band and one of my favorite bands in general ever, is playing in LA on the 18th!!!

I'm soo totally going! SO stoked!:D

HURRAH!!
Book 4 of the Codex Alera by Jim Butcher has apparently come out at some point recently. I just got a notice from amazon suggesting that I buy the book, and while I hate those kinds of e-mails, this one was actually useful.

YAY JIM BUTCHER!

OMG so I just found out the Russian band DDT, my favorite Russian band and one of my favorite bands in general ever, is playing in LA on the 18th!!!

I'm soo totally going! SO stoked!:D

I just found out Boredoms will be playing in Boston on March 29th :)

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWAT00862520080104 :)

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWAT00862520080104 :)oh thank god!

also good news: romney was defeated, possibly leading to a second ass-kicking in new hampshire

I has a bucket 8800GTS 512MB and AMD Athlon 64 X" Dual Core 3800+ :)

also good news: romney was defeated, possibly leading to a second ass-kicking in new hampshire

In any system that worked, Romney could be defeated by a bag of skittles.

In any system that worked, Romney could be defeated by a bag of skittles.
maybe the system is actually working :eek:

Hell yeah. I'd vote for Skittles.

Britney loses children: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7172640.stm

Britney loses children: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7172640.stm
Don't do drugs! Drugs are bad mkay.

Britney loses children: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7172640.stm
those poor kids, seriously they are going to have the worst life

I just got my graphics tablet! Yay!!! :D:D:D

Wow. It seems so hard to use. I tried to use it to browse here and I really struggled.

I'm sure I'll get used to it.

I just got my graphics tablet! Yay!!! :D:D:D

Wow. It seems so hard to use. I tried to use it to browse here and I really struggled.

I'm sure I'll get used to it.why are you using it in place of a mouse anyway? :p

Practice.

Besides, you can use them as a replacement for a mouse, but it's not advised for playing games and the like :p

Practice.

Besides, you can use them as a replacement for a mouse, but it's not advised for playing games and the like :pgee, go figure :p

Fun stuff. Second one requires that you have an account at conceptart.org, but it's worth it.
No tablet-accuracy training though, sorry =P

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112049
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108180
http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials/

My band are set to record an EP in mid-Febuary and we're gonna do a few gigs.
We're gonna release the EP for free on the internet, so if you guys are interested I'll post a link.
Also, we've got a few fairly well developed and known bands saying we could support them such as The Boxer Rebellion, The Worldisonfire and Amplifier, who's singer we name our band after. :)

So it's going very very very well. :D

I decided to try my luck at poker for real money on the internet. Started off with £50 and now have £100 :)

Who needs a job?! That makes it well over £10 per hour.

I decided to try my luck at poker for real money on the internet. Started off with £50 and now have £100 :)

Who needs a job?! That makes it well over £10 per hour.
I have friends that play online poker too.
They earn several hundred Euros per month, but that still doesn't pay all their bills.
They say that you'd have to play nearly as many hours every day as you'd have to in a regular job.

Getting good and then playing in bigger tournaments against real humans at a table could really do the trick.

A friend of mine played it to help fund his time at Cambridge.

Apparently the trick is never to spend any money that you haven't already made through playing poker, i.e. never spend anything more than (the money they give you as a free trial thing + winnings).

I think 'don't spend more money than you earn' is a good rule of thumb that can be applied most anywhere.

I think 'don't spend more money than you earn' is a good rule of thumb that can be applied most anywhere.

What if you aspire to own a house someday?

Then you better be pretty good at online poker.

I got a house on PartyPoker.com last week.

But some ******* from Mexico had four sixes.


HA HA IT IS A PUN

I got a house on PartyPoker.com last week.

But some ******* from Mexico had four sixes.


HA HA IT IS A PUN.........:rolleyes:

i dont get it :(

i dont get it :( 4 of a Kind beats a Full House :p

I get it having paid more attention to the context from the previous few posts.

I got a house on PartyPoker.com last week.

But some ******* from Mexico had four sixes.


HA HA IT IS A PUN
And a good one. :)

I purified my DNA earlier today and get to fingerprint it on Friday tomorrow :)

You übermench you.

My new iMac should arrive in a week or so. :3

Tablet PC get!


It's an ancient model from a company that I've never heard of before, but it's nifty terrific!


also, this handwriting recognition thingy is actuary quite good, if a bit slow.

I purified my DNA earlier today and get to fingerprint it on Friday tomorrow :)
You mean your own DNA?
I extract DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded liver samples of lots of dead people.

Yes, my own DNA. Turns out it's Friday when we finish it. The PCR has been done, it just needs to be run through the gel.

I'll probably post the result up here (it's only for a few genes, not the entire kaboodle). Hopefully the results turn out well.

I extract DNA from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded liver samples of lots of dead people.Interesting hobby :p

Yes, my own DNA. Turns out it's Friday when we finish it. The PCR has been done, it just needs to be run through the gel.

I'll probably post the result up here (it's only for a few genes, not the entire kaboodle). Hopefully the results turn out well.Actually there's a massive biology party going on tonight... everyone, including myself, will be dreadfully hungover.

And short of a few organs I imagine.

Tamales made from Deer meat, now THAT is awesome. Also homemade. My Grandma made them. She's to making tamales what Jimmy Hendrix is to playing guitar. :cool:

kaboodle
The correct terminus technicus.
Interesting hobby :p
It's my job.
Also my field of study.