I'm in Los Angeles. It's bloody hot. I bought a PC today, and I am very likely going to be buying an Xbox 360 tomorrow. I'm toying with the idea of picking up one o' dem Elite models.I'm surprised you didn't get a Wii, or was one already available?

I'm surprised you didn't get a Wii, or was one already available?
As I understand it, his dad already has one.

Is that a negative event or occurrence?
Yes, it is:

Tasty food +1
Vomiting -1
Still sick -1
Less work +1
Less money -1
-----------------
Total -1

Yes, it is:

Tasty food +1
Vomiting -1
Still sick -1
Less work +1
Less money -1
-----------------
Total -1

What about new PC and potentially Xbox 360?

What about new PC and potentially Xbox 360?

They're canceled out by aditional 'less money -1's.

UK-US exchange rate +1

I am entirely lost. WorMatty asks how S2k's post was a negative event, and then something about sickness indeed being a negative occurance? But wasn't it was Slick who got sick? Are Slick and S2k the same person or something, or am I going crazy?

Well, Ben was flying to LA and he got jetlag after he arrived. But I don't think he vomited.

A handy tip to cure jetlag: shine a torch on the back of your knees.

I... er... posted my previous comment in the wrong forum. D'oh!

In actual negative news, my blog appears to be experiencing technical difficulties.

Hey there Scott, well here's my comment on why so many X360's are dying as of late: Summer.
Being a repair technician for a local repair shop, this is the time of the year we get the most faulty computers, and all it has to do is with overheating, caused either by:
1) People placing them in terribly ventilated places, such as custom desks with a "nice spot" to place the case.
2) Heatsinks so full of dust that you probably can weigh the amount of dust inside the case.
3) Poor craftmanship of the original heatsink, or bad placement of components (CPU directly above GPU)
4) Or just faulty or low quality components. Like the Xbox 360.

A friend of mine buys people's dead X360's just to repair this problem and resells them. What's the problem in them? Well MS decided to use really cheap thermal paste (A goo that goes between the CPU and the CPU COOLER) that doesn't dissipate heat too well and ends up solidifying and going to waste. And secondly, they CPU's fan runs only at a fraction of the speed it should be running at. Easy things to fix, just poor design, like usual.

Times like this I'm glad I'm still a Nintendo fan.

Double-check your thread, bro. :p

Dells seem to get very hot just below the screen, where the logo is.

Anything I can do about that?

Times like this I'm glad I'm still a Nintendo fan.You read Fanboys and therefore you are awesome.

On the matter of NE&O... guess what? I cooled down the case, cooled down the hard disks, so what's next on the line? My graphics card! Yes, the little ***** now overheats and shuts down in a matter of minutes, for no good reason!

WHY, DEAR GAWD WHY?!?

*cries*

thermal paste (A goo that goes between the CPU and the CPU COOLER) Thank God for the experts of this world.

Yeah, so I kinda was invited to go to a Weird Al concert, tickets were free, and we would go backstage and meet him. Yeah, that's this Friday. I had to turn it down. I'll be on the other side of the f***ing country. :)

Yeah, so I kinda was invited to go to a Weird Al concert, tickets were free, and we would go backstage and meet him. Yeah, that's this Friday. I had to turn it down. I'll be on the other side of the f***ing country. :)

You sure there isn't some kinda ancient gypsy curse running in your family? :p Seriously.

I'm actually planning to go see him in September because it's the first time that he'll have been in Victoria to my knowledge, but the tickets are $50. Ouch. Is that standard concert fare? I've never been to one before.

Weird Al puts on a damn great show, anyway.

Weird Al puts on a damn great show, anyway.
Yeah, THAT won't make Slick feel any worse. :p

Speaking of concerts, I might be going to see Junior Senior in august.

Dells seem to get very hot just below the screen, where the logo is.

Anything I can do about that?
http://www.readykor.com/images/M-563.jpg

Speaking of heat, apparently my graphics card can't take it (after further testing) so I'm back down to my Radeon 9600 until my dad can get a replacement.

Ah Well. R.I.P. Geforce 7600. :(

Have you considered getting sum cooling?

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/zalman-cool.html#vid

Timely, as usual.

So, my mom left on vacation today, and I just somehow just accidentally pinched my index finger right where it folds, happened to hit a vein, the blood coudln't come out because I don't know why and now my finger looks all swollen in that area because of what I guess is accumulated blood, I have my guitar lesson in... about now and I can't call my teacher to tell him I won't be able to go because... I had his number saved on my mom's cellphone. And she took it with her. Oh joy. And I'm left alone here wondering what to do with this. Maybe I should pinch it further so the blood comes out. :-/

Have you considered getting sum cooling?

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/zalman-cool.html#vidThe whole computer already has a bazillion fans, and the card already has its own externally-powered heatsink, I can't possibly put another fan on top of that.

Ah, I just have the loveliest luck with electronic devices.

Ok, so I have this perfectly normal Sony Ericsson K300i phone. Well, except that... IT'S POSSESSED! Or at least that's the only reasonable explanation I can come up for it.

At no less than random times, at random intervals, and for no apparent reason, the phone will simply start blinking, with a completely white blank screen. It doesn't matter if it was off, on, or whatever, but it will do this! It'll do this for a good while and completely not respond to any input as it blinks its creepy blink (even if you yank out the battery and put it back, it'll resume its blinking). Eventually it'll stop and return to normal as if nothing happened.

It's probably blinking an hypnotic pattern to POSSESS YOU!
Do not, I repeat, do NOT look at the blinking, you might be in danger!:eek:

It's probably blinking an hypnotic pattern to POSSESS YOU!
Do not, I repeat, do NOT look at the blinking, you might be in danger!:eek:

Blink and you're dead!

My K700i and K750i have had blinking fits, too. I think it's the software. But my current phone (K750i) is using the latest version. Mind, I've not seen it blink for a while. My blinking's not as bad as yours, though.

I HATE jetlag. Just flown a red-eye flight back from Florida to London. Woke up at 7:30am Eastern time yesterday (Wed. 11th) - that's 12:30pm UK time and haven't yet been to sleep.... I can't sleep on planes, especially in cattle class

I HATE jetlag. Just flown a red-eye flight back from Florida to London. Woke up at 7:30am Eastern time yesterday (Wed. 11th) - that's 12:30pm UK time and haven't yet been to sleep.... I can't sleep on planes, especially in cattle class
I've never had jetlag myself (because the furthest I've flown to is Spain). However if I flew over to the USA I think I'd be ok because I tend to go to sleep about 4am anyway.

I HATE jetlag. Just flown a red-eye flight back from Florida to London. Woke up at 7:30am Eastern time yesterday (Wed. 11th) - that's 12:30pm UK time and haven't yet been to sleep.... I can't sleep on planes, especially in cattle class

I'm exactly the same. You should've heard the incoherent ramblings that were coming out of my mouth after I'd arrived at LAX two weeks ago.

I don't see how anyone would notice something like that in LA.

I've never been bothered with Jet Lag..I've been to the US like 8 times or something, but I don't feel it. Tiering, sure, but once I sleep my bio clock resets =)

I don't really have a bio clock so I'm safe.

I've never had jetlag myself (because the furthest I've flown to is Spain). However if I flew over to the USA I think I'd be ok because I tend to go to sleep about 4am anyway.

Trouble is, aircraft are so noisy from external noise (at the moment - will have to try to sleep on the A380 or 787 when they're in regular service) and internal noise...

I'm exactly the same. You should've heard the incoherent ramblings that were coming out of my mouth after I'd arrived at LAX two weeks ago.

Watch out if you fly back to England then - jetlag really hits you when you fly west-to-east, not east-to-west. That was just general "I've spent too many hours inside an aircraft"-lag

I've never been bothered with Jet Lag..I've been to the US like 8 times or something, but I don't feel it. Tiering, sure, but once I sleep my bio clock resets =)

I seem quite fine now - after sleeping for 15 hours last night :D

I didn't actually get jetlag when I went to Orlando and flew back from Houston when I went to NASA.

But then I think I managed to get some sleep on the plane.

I was playing BF2 the other day and experienced some jet lag. Luckily it didn't cause me to crash.

=P

Next in line on my computer being ****: the power supply. :mad:

Yes, the lovely thing decided to just plain die on me. Luckily I had a spare one around, but still, this will eventually cost me more than a new computer would.

The firewire ports on my computer don't work anymore.

I wouldn't ever notice if mine did stop working.

A busy freeway bridge just suddenly collapsed like, a mile away from where I live.
http://www.komotv.com/news/national/8861042.html

I'm okay and so is everyone I know (I think...), but... damn...

I had just gotten a haircut and I believe that I looked at my watch at exactly the same time the bridge went down. (I didn't notice anything, though, even though I must have been less than a mile away from it).
My parents noticed, as we were driving away, a police car driving really erratically. It was only until later when we found out what happened.

If I wasn't getting my hair cut, my parents would've taken the regular route home, which goes right under the bridge. And it would've been around the collapse time, too.
However, I don't think that section fell down very much, so it probably wouldn't have crushed their car, but it's still rather nerve-wracking.

I've been taking it far better than it seems I should, though. I've become rather resilient in the face of tragedies in recent years.

Holy Hell.

A busy freeway bridge just suddenly collapsed like, a mile away from where I live.
http://www.komotv.com/news/national/8861042.html

I'm okay and so is everyone I know (I think...), but... damn...

I had just gotten a haircut and I believe that I looked at my watch at exactly the same time the bridge went down. (I didn't notice anything, though, even though I must have been less than a mile away from it).
My parents noticed, as we were driving away, a police car driving really erratically. It was only until later when we found out what happened.

If I wasn't getting my hair cut, my parents would've taken the regular route home, which goes right under the bridge. And it would've been around the collapse time, too.
However, I don't think that section fell down very much, so it probably wouldn't have crushed their car, but it's still rather nerve-wracking.

I've been taking it far better than it seems I should, though. I've become rather resilient in the face of tragedies in recent years.
holy ****, that is something else

i was just passing through minneapolis the other day, thank god it wasn't yesterday

Oh heck :(

S*** hit the fan :-/

I was woken up this morning by a plane that shook my bedroom - it must've been flying extremely low:(

I was woken up this morning by a plane that shook my bedroom - it must've been flying extremely low:(
Do you know which airport it was going to/coming from?

The Jones at 43, apparently.

Do you know which airport it was going to/coming from?
Probably to or from Brize Norton or Fairford.

Oh how I despise the ignorant media... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6933482.stm

"Overweight cats are said to be more than three times as likely to suffer from diabetes, which develops when the body has problems making insulin."

Actually that accounts for just 15% of diabetes sufferers - the other 85% just don't respond well to it. But that's the way the media works - injecting insulin sounds a lot worse than controlling the diet, although it's still quite unusual for the media to actually lie (excluding newspapers *coughdailymailcough* of course), as opposed to bending the truth.

Edit: Also, that cat is a reincarnation of Hitler.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44042000/jpg/_44042312_fatcat203.jpg

You mean, 15% of human diabetes sufferers. I've not seen figures for cats. Maybe type-one diabetes doesn't happen in cats.

Oddly enough, that sentence could be corrected entirely by removing a single comma.

You mean, 15% of human diabetes sufferers. I've not seen figures for cats. Maybe type-one diabetes doesn't happen in cats.

Oddly enough, that sentence could be corrected entirely by removing a single comma.Or you could correct it better by saying "type" two " instead of "type one".

This is a far better article: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1234072007

"Between 85 and 95 per cent of the cats suffered from type 2 diabetes, which in humans usually develops in later life in those who are overweight."

Although even that article it says that human diabetes sufferers need insulin injections:

"Diabetes in cats is a very serious condition and often fatal. Cats with the illness need daily insulin injections, just like humans, and a special diet."

Or you could correct it better by saying "type" two " instead of "type one".

Okay, so I got the types confused there. But if you want to be a pedant then that sentence was probably a mistake. It took me ages to work out what the hell it was supposed to mean, and even now I think it's wrong.

Dammit, I should be the one pointing this sort of thing out :p.

Or at least the one liasing between you guys and the media.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9396/118634492979kz6.jpg

What's with cats and diabetes? Is someone giving them loads of sugery Cola?

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9396/118634492979kz6.jpg

What's with cats and diabetes? Is someone giving them loads of sugery Cola?

The joke is that the cat looks like Wilford Brimley

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/59069/

...
I don't really know what to say.
I know these people are completely insane and shouldn't be taken seriously, but it's just disgusting that there are people like this who will shove their hatred anywhere they want.

Religious sanity (oxymoron?) is at a premium lately.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/59069/

...
I don't really know what to say.
I know these people are completely insane and shouldn't be taken seriously, but it's just disgusting that there are people like this who will shove their hatred anywhere they want.
This is nothing new, they're just huge attention whores

I strongly recommend watching Louis Theroux's documentary (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4413388146858417528) about them

I saw that.

The ex-documentry-maker who got brainwashed is seriously creepy.

You think "Dear God, what could have happened to make this man this way?"

I was fighting back the tears when I watched the sixteen year-old girl deal with serious issues about being asked for a coffee coffee; I so wanted her to just run and escape like her disowned aunt!

It's striking, their opinions and the force at which they project them, and in a manner that disallows them the reception and comprehension of sensible criticism in return, as if they refuse to allow themselves to be open to anything that might cause doubt in their minds. It's like they're metaphorically sticking their fingers in their ears and screwing their eyes shut while they scream their slogans. It's a lot easier for them to brand anything a normal person has to say in response as desperate words from a malevolant, influential sinner. Who happens to be a fag-lover, usually.

I say bomb the ****ers and get it over with! :)

A new generation of nazis had to come sooner or later.

I strongly recommend watching Louis Theroux's documentary (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4413388146858417528) about them


At 10:10. I would of just slapped her. "WRONG ANSWER B1TCH!"
Also:
"Fun?"
"Does that equal fornicating?"
...
"Sending little notes to each other?"
"So just what so you can teach them how to fornicate later?"
Lol.

So can't Social Services do anything about those poor kids getting brainwashed?

At 10:10. I would of just slapped her. "WRONG ANSWER B1TCH!"
Also:
"Fun?"
"Does that equal fornicating?"
...
"Sending little notes to each other?"
"So just what so you can teach them how to fornicate later?"
Lol.

So can't Social Services do anything about those poor kids getting brainwashed?

Do you have any idea how long it took me to work out what the hell this meant? Quote button, dammit.

There, I fixed it. But on my defense, everyone was already commenting on the video, so...

Wow, those are the biggest hypocrites I've ever seen.

My laptop's gone in for repair (finally) to hopefully correct the broken temperature sensor on the trackpad that was causing it to go to sleep when I was using it. However, I now don't have a computer. I either have to wait for my dad to stop using his laptop or use his old iBook which can only run Internet Explorer 5.1, and therefore refuses to load 99% of the internet.

My laptop's gone in for repair (finally) to hopefully correct the broken temperature sensor on the trackpad that was causing it to go to sleep when I was using it. However, I now don't have a computer. I either have to wait for my dad to stop using his laptop or use his old iBook which can only run Internet Explorer 5.1, and therefore refuses to load 99% of the internet.
there's some good builds of mozilla available for os 9, try those

My laptop's gone in for repair (finally) to hopefully correct the broken temperature sensor on the trackpad that was causing it to go to sleep when I was using it. However, I now don't have a computer. I either have to wait for my dad to stop using his laptop or use his old iBook which can only run Internet Explorer 5.1, and therefore refuses to load 99% of the internet.

Ohhh, temperature. That's why I can't use a stylus on it.

there's some good builds of mozilla available for os 9, try those

OS9's even worse than OSX.1 on the iBook - takes about 6mins to boot up

Ohhh, temperature. That's why I can't use a stylus on it.

No, you can't use a stylus because that doesn't have the same capacitance of a fingertip.

MOTHAF***ING FU***NG S*** ON TOAST!



Details later.

Have you had it with this motherf***ing s** on this motherf***ing toast?

Have you had it with this motherf***ing s** on this motherf***ing toast?

I bet it's honey.

Have you had it with this motherf***ing s** on this motherf***ing toast?
oh for ****'s sake

Hmm.

The Strokes latest album sucks.

Hmm.

The Strokes suck.

Fixed, Penny Arcade Forum style.

Fixed, Penny Arcade Forum style.
I'd probably agree with you actually. First album was brilliant, then the rest sucked alot of willy.

I'd probably agree with you actually. First album was brilliant, then the rest sucked alot of willy.
penny arcade isn't particularly great either

Oh, don't get me wrong - I agree with y--... wait, you don't like Penny Arcade? I can't agree with that. I like Penny Arcade. I have the books and everything.

Oh, don't get me wrong - I agree with y--... wait, you don't like Penny Arcade? I can't agree with that. I like Penny Arcade. I have the books and everything.

It was weird, reading those three posts in reverse order.

Oh, don't get me wrong - I agree with y--... wait, you don't like Penny Arcade? I can't agree with that. I like Penny Arcade. I have the books and everything.
i can't say i'm a particularly big fan, i mean it has its moments sometimes but it's basically become the archetype that spawned all gaming comics

MOTHAF***ING FU***NG S*** ON TOAST!



Details later.So anyways, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this will be yet another OH NOES LOVE TROUBLE NEAO. But I'll try to keep it brief.

Girls are cold-hearted *****es. Here's why. A common situation:


So you know this girl. Get to know each other, go on dates, develop feelings, yada yada yada. But wait! Suddenly, she's acting all awkward and shy towards you for no good reason. What could have happaned?

a) She found someone else because girls never stop looking even when they're taken.
b) She found someone else and never gave a damn about you.
c) She found someone else but still gives enough a damn about you so that she doesn't tell you.
d) She found someone else and you're an idiot.

But of course, she'll never tell you exactly that. No, she thinks she can hide it. Even though this is merely an illusion, because girls are as subtle as an elephant in a crowded room firing rainbows out of its ass! So, why didn't she tell you?

a) She didn't wanna hurt you.
b) She was confused.
c) She thought you two weren't quite exactly a relationship.
d) You're an idiot.

Congratulations, you're now out on your ass! Have fun picking up the pieces and listen to all the blatant lies people will tell you in an attempt to make you feel better. If you're feeling daring, start over, spin the cylinder and hope you don't get shot in the face again.


For those thinking this is highly unlikely, this is now the third time in a row I've had this happen. Not to mention that one of them was actually a very valuable friend that I had known for years and ended up just telling me "it's best if we don't talk again". So as you can understand, it gets aggravating. And apologies for excessive use of italics.

Italics? Italics?!

That's remarkably s**t. I've only ever asked out four girls. Two of them said "Yes" and the other two didn't say "No" but did have other reasons. That said, I'd have been better off if one of the "Yes" girls had said "No", but then if she did then maybe I wouldn't be in America. So... y'know.

Girls are very very strange creaters.
I'm starting to think that men, are actually more mature than women.

How do you tell if a girl is interested in you?
I know vague, and I do know some things. But pointers I haven't seen. : /

Speaking as a man, and speaking as a man who has lived with women for most of his life, I can tell you that both genders are as bad as each other.

Agreed S2K.

And Sup, that sucks something bad. Welcome back to the the dating 'field'. While you were gone, I dug a hole. :)

My advice on dating right now is to just wait. I mean really. Kids these days, as well as young adults seem to rush into just about everything they do, including relationships. Not saying that you did rush into anything. I'm speaking in general. But since you're 'free' now... ENJOY IT. Further discover who you are as a person even more than what you know now. That will come in handy next time you get into a relation****. :p Or it will protect you from crap like this happening again. It'll help you know what you want out of a relationsljo;wje;fjasdf....-bran met donw-


>Rebooting

>Run
>Pimp mode

>Starting

...


I say you slap the b!tch. :cool:

Speaking as a man, and speaking as a man who has lived with women for most of his life, I can tell you that both genders are as bad as each other.

You beat me. I was gonna be more of a smartass and be all like "Well, you're off to a good start -- step one to getting a girl is to generalize the entire gender."

:p

True.
The supposed stereotypical differences between the genders are merely created by stupid magazines & idiotic TV shows.

Although, a woman's messed-up hormone balance during menstruation and pregnancy can affect her mind.

True.
The supposed stereotypical differences between the genders are merely created by stupid magazines & idiotic TV shows.

Oh, no, that's not all true. Men and women are both utterly insane in their own special ways.

Oh, no, that's not all true. Men and women are both utterly insane in their own special ways.
With my previous comment I have not stated any preference on a specific gender.
There are both stupid "male" and "female" magazines and TV shows (TV shows to lesser extent though).

Your file of 10.0 KB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 9.8 KB for this filetype.

I really hate this

OH NO XINOS!! You've been BANNED! :eek:

Jeepers! I can tell by the text that looks exactly like all of the other text on the forum!

Doesn't really work on Retro Purple, though

Yeah I know.. If only there was a way to have your avatar dynamically change depending on the forum layout ;)

Yeah I know.. If only there was a way to have your avatar dynamically change depending on the forum layout ;)

Doesn't really work with ClearType either. Or on a Mac (I assume).

You can make an avatar with a transparent background and a message in grey and one in blue/purple so people will only see the one that doesn't match their skin. Won't help your plan, but it's something that fun could be had with.

Doesn't really work with ClearType either. Or on a Mac (I assume).

it's about as ineffective as you can possibly get on a mac

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6046/picture2wu9.png

That's exactly how I see it, and I'm most definitely NOT on a Macintosh...

That's exactly how I see it, and I'm most definitely NOT on a Macintosh...
you have inferior text smoothing :cool:

I don't like text smoothing. I like pixels.

I would have reverted to XP from Vista had I not found a way to disable text smoothing.

Don't most people use the standard forum style? It's way better anyway :p

I don't mind text smoothing, but I can't stand the way IE7 smooths text so that black text has a border with pink, yellow and blue pixels scattered around the edge.

I don't mind text smoothing, but I can't stand the way IE7 smooths text so that black text has a border with pink, yellow and blue pixels scattered around the edge.
use firefox instead then :)

I don't mind text smoothing, but I can't stand the way IE7 smooths text so that black text has a border with pink, yellow and blue pixels scattered around the edge.

That's great on an LCD monitor (provided it's the right way up and configured right) but it's a bit rubbish on a CRT, certainly. Also, it works much better with flat colours and greys than it does on fancy GUIs.

Blinx has a *******ing hangover.

Blinx has a *******ing hangover.
well quit drinking then :rolleyes:

Bad news everyone. Zeor has turned into a CAT. :confused:


http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/5755/nekoblackzero04daiconbypg6.gif


:cool:

I would have reverted to XP from Vista had I not found a way to disable text smoothing.

Don't most people use the standard forum style? It's way better anyway :pBlasphemy! We're retro and we like our monotonous shades of blue!

Bad news everyone. Zeor has turned into a CAT. :confused:


http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/5755/nekoblackzero04daiconbypg6.gif


:cool:... :confused:

Bad news everyone. Zeor has turned into a CAT. :confused:


http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/5755/nekoblackzero04daiconbypg6.gif


:cool:
that :cool: emoticon makes me laugh every single time

Blinx has a *******ing hangover.

What swear was that? You've a ba*starding hangover?

that :cool: emoticon makes me laugh every single time

For seriously. This forum has the best emoticons ever. :eek: :mad: :cool:

http://www.filmcow.net/forums/images/smiles/emot-psyduck.gif

Bad news everyone. Zeor has turned into a CAT. :confused:


http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/5755/nekoblackzero04daiconbypg6.gif


:cool:

my dream has come true

What swear was that? You've a ba*starding hangover?Yup. Correct. :)

http://www.filmcow.net/forums/images/smiles/emot-psyduck.gif
don't go pilfering sa's emoticons now

Jeepers! I can tell by the text that looks exactly like all of the other text on the forum!Apparently you're not alone (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599774&postcount=72) :rolleyes:

my dream has come true

FURRY!!:mad::mad:

Furry fury?

Fury of the Furries (http://www.mobygames.com/game/fury-of-the-furries)?

Oh, I love that game. Far better than The Lost Vikings, IMHO.

Apparently you're not alone (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=599774&postcount=72) :rolleyes:...If I read too many posts containing this incredible magnitude of retardation, I'm fairly certain I will die. Every one of them brings me slightly closer to death. I think my heart just skipped a beat.

Oh, I love that game. Far better than The Lost Vikings, IMHO.

I had a demo of FOTF. It added itself to autoexec.bat so that we could do nothing on the computer but play that one game. That rather clouded my opinions of it.

The Amiga version is, of course, better. It doesn't force you to play it.

My aunt is getting a lot worse.:-/

I think I've contracted a mild food poisoning or something. Or whatever else. Basically, I ate something last night and have spent most of the day getting rid of it via whichever end of the body is closer to it. :p I feel really tired, and a little bit like I could probably still hurl some more.

I feel really tired, and a little bit like I could probably still hurl some more.

I just watched the beginning to Mega Man : Star Force -A MOVIE-.
The point I'm trying to make, is that I feel about the same that you do now.


Who ever the hell is giving people money to produce absolute CRAP, needs to be slapped.

Well, I just found out something after seeing it in the news paper. Turns out someone I knew quite well from school, just died.

Someone I saw only a few months ago. Someone I used to go to my vocational class and talk to all the time.
Man... I even had to make a movie where she was a co-star, and I have a copy of the video. So to watch that now and think that shes dead now, blows my mind. She was just so freaking young.

Not only that, but she gave birth her senior year. And now she wont be able to see her kid grow up or anything.

This just...sucks.

I almost fainted today because of lacking air. I couldn't see shiznit (was all white and unstable) and I had next to no balance on my way to fresh air.

And I almost threw up in the church!

Cool, once when I was a kid I stood with my arms straight out to the side for about ten minutes and and my vision started to go white. It was a contest to see how could hold out the longest..

Cool, once when I was a kid I stood with my arms straight out to the side for about ten minutes and and my vision started to go white. It was a contest to see how could hold out the longest..

just out of curiosity why are you quoting a post from 2004

also it makes sense that he fainted, because he was in church (church crushes your mind (im an atheist) (deal w/ it))

Because I'm smart >:[

Well, I just found out something after seeing it in the news paper. Turns out someone I knew quite well from school, just died.
Totally weird feeling. How can they die so young? What was the problem?

Totally weird feeling. How can they die so young? What was the problem?

Well she got pneumonia and then slipped into a comma, and then died from a form of bacteria in the brain.

It's just horrible. :/

Well she got pneumonia and then slipped into a comma, and then died from a form of bacteria in the brain.

It's just horrible. :/
God damn. That's the most sobering thing I've read all day.

I'm sorry for your loss, and hope you're doing all right.

Wow. I'm sorry to hear that.

I really am sorry to hear that.

I think that I've said this before, but it's hard for me to reply to news like that on a forum because plain text just seems too cold, especially when coupled with a humorous avatar/signature.
I don't say something in response to news like this in real life, either. I usually just go into a state of deep contemplation.

I still don't know how I'd truly respond to someone telling me bad news, and I don't want to find out (But I know that I will have to, eventually...)

I think that I've said this before, but it's hard for me to reply to news like that on a forum because plain text just seems too cold, especially when coupled with a humorous avatar/signature.
I don't say something in response to news like this in real life, either. I usually just go into a state of deep contemplation.
I know what you mean. What the hell can you do? Be all kawaii~~ and give the person a *hug*? You can't help but feel helpless.

One of my coursemates has just died of cancer.

She was only 22 :(.

I'm sorry for you're losses Paul and Slick :(

One of my coursemates has just died of cancer.

She was only 22 :(.
Aw, crap. :-/

Okay, what. Now another one has died, in a gas tank explosion:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070902/que_fire_070902/20070902?hub=Canada

I didn't even know she'd gone to Canada.

Another coursemate?

Another coursemate?
Yeah :(.

It's a good job I believe in coincidence.

I was going to say...

Did somebody in your class during a fieldtrip freak out and think the buss was gonna explode and then got the trip cancelled and now death feels cheated and is taking revenge on your class? It can happen..

No, sorry, that's terrible. It must feel very unreal. O_o

Did somebody in your class during a fieldtrip freak out and think the buss was gonna explode and then got the trip cancelled and now death feels cheated and is taking revenge on your class? It can happen..

No, sorry, that's terrible. It must feel very unreal. O_o
Oddly enough, I considered that as well.

Sorry to hear about your classmates Paul.

Bloody hell, Paul. How well did you know them?

(I mean, there's poetry and there's prayers, but basically you can't beat curse words for simple, effective emotion.)

It's a good job I believe in coincidence.

Now who says rational people are inherently miserable?

Bloody hell, Paul. How well did you know them?

Reasonably well. I knew Claudia better, because her, Lee and me were the only ones doing their masters' straight on from their batchelor's (and were therefore the only ones in their early 20s), so we hung out together quite a bit (including the baking of one extremely disasterous cake. "Giant biscuit" would be a better description of the result. So would "bring your scraper". I said use self-raising flour, but noooo...). I didn't know Mimi (Meriem Maza on the news item) quite as well, but we were all a fairly close-knit group due to the nature of the course.

(I mean, there's poetry and there's prayers, but basically you can't beat curse words for simple, effective emotion.)Have to agree with you there, that was my reaction as well when I heard the news. I'm not thinking about it too much, but I'm probably still in denial or something.

Set some time aside to think about it.

That is terrible... sorry to hear it, Paul.

Sorry to hear that mate. :(

Umm... What they all said. :-/ Seriously, I hope you're feeling alright. I'd be more than a little weirded out, myself.

My grandfather just died.

...

That is all.

Sorry to hear that, Dan.

My grandfather just died.

...

That is all.
Agh.

I am very sorry to hear that.

Man alive. :-/

I'm sorry for your loss.

My grandfather just died.

...

That is all.Sorry to hear that man. :(

Ever wake up and feel like you were hit by a train?


...augh.


*stumbles off to work*

Ever wake up and feel like you were hit by a train?


...augh.


*stumbles off to work*You just saved me the trouble of writing an autobiography.

Well I have came back home from work feeling like I was hit by two colliding trains. Not sure if that counts.

Also I'm sorry to hear about your losses, Paul and SupSuper.

Today really sucked.:)
To sum it all up...
Machine went BOOM. Slick got an ouchy. That ouchy is now turning into a scar. On his FACE. (seriously) Boss yells at Slick for not making production. Slick wants to kill people. Slick drops a tool. Bends down, and rips his pants. Slick then goes outside to go home, when leftover water on the roof decided to fall on Slick. Slick is now wet. Once Slick got home, Ex-Girl friend contacts him. To get away from it all, Slick gets on the Team17 forum. This is the first post Slick reads.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=606741&postcount=12

...Really. I just kinda want to not exist right about now.

Sue their pants off.

Machine went BOOM. Slick got an ouchy. That ouchy is now turning into a scar. On his FACE. (seriously) Boss yells at Slick for not making production.This sounds like a "quit in the middle of your shift with everything running" situation.

Good Luck Chuck, a film coming out featuring Jessica Alba is making me very mad. WHY?!

Dane Cook. The worst stand up comedian. Ever. I hate him. He just flat out sucks. AND HE IS THE MAIN ROLE WITH JESSICA! AUGHUASHGSlk;ajsdlfkj;dslfaj;l

It's like my fantasy has finally bumped into my effing nightmare. :mad:

Someone shat on the coats.

Good Luck Chuck, a film coming out featuring Jessica Alba is making me very mad. WHY?!

Dane Cook. The worst stand up comedian. Ever. I hate him. He just flat out sucks. AND HE IS THE MAIN ROLE WITH JESSICA! AUGHUASHGSlk;ajsdlfkj;dslfaj;l

It's like my fantasy has finally bumped into my effing nightmare. :mad:
just think

it could be richard simmons

I'm falling for a girl, who has a boyfriend.

That's a toughie, Blinx. The best course of action here is to try not to dwell on it, because really there's little you can... hang on...

Someone shat on the coats.

...?!

Problem is, even if she breaks it off with him and goes to you, you don't want her to write you off as a rebound.

...?!......??!!

$%^&$#%^$%&$^#$%@$%^&)%R^!!!!!!!!!!!

Stubbed my toe!:mad:

Haven't slept in 40 hours. Still not tired.

Not really an 'occurence', but you know.

......??!!

Even more confusing is that I swear Munkee's post wasn't there before.

Me, I'm doing my best not to become any more enamored than I already am with a friend over the internet. :p

I don't think this situation is anything worth really getting worked up about, but it still sucks a lot.

Also, my work and work/sleep unbreakable loop have been pretty merciless lately.

I'm falling for a girl, who has a boyfriend.more in response to the other thread but since it's related to this one, I'll do my postings here. you're 16, right? at your age, just about everyone isn't even starting to have an idea of what they really want in life. you may be maturing faster than others around you, but as a general rule the girls you're trying to shack up with are nut-cases driven by hormones in such a way that they're willing to sleep with anything with 2 legs, or that they explode into fits of emotional instability beyond the likes of anything known by sane man. either way, not a good represenation of the world as a whole. so your worries about never finding someone to be with are premature. wait till the people around you become slightly less insane (or just insane in a way that fits the lifestyle of your average adult) before you start worrying about it too much. once the girls you're after start to realize what they want in life, you'll have less of the "ZOMG HE'S CUTE! *hump**hump**hump*....but wait! HE'S CUTE TOO! *hump**hump**hump*" and more of the MATURE form of psychotic nonsense that is women in general :p at least that kind you can get more help with, as there are professionals who study the behavior of wild and incomprehensible beasts of that sort.

Heh. You have a point Akuryou :) I don't wanna sound big headed, but alot of my friends seem to pretty childish and a need a large smack in face of "GROW THE **** UP".

Women. At my age. Are idiots.

Women. At my age. Are idiots.

I am strongly inclined to agree with you. Although that is a massive generalisation.

Thursday is here, which means, Day Off!
But wait, what? Oh yes I have to go to work!
Because they have scheduled a training for today!
And I just learnt this YESTERDAY.
And they're probably gonna set my day off this week on saturday, which is not a good thing since saturday there's not many calls getting in and I enjoy getting paid for doing less work. :p

Even more confusing is that I swear Munkee's post wasn't there before.

That post was one of Dane Cook's jokes, in response to Slick.

Girls manage to beat me in everything I do academically and then they go pretend they are anime people in the cafeteria >: o[

Our house is apparently having roof-work done in a few days.

Now I know you're asking "But Pigbuster! Why is this in negative events? Your house will have brand new shingles!"

And I say, if I thought that the construction on the neighbor's house was loud...

but as a general rule the girls you're trying to shack up with are nut-cases driven by hormones in such a way that they're willing to sleep with anything with 2 legsDamn, I wish I wasn't three-legged.

Why does no piece of hardware I ever buy work properly? Why must every driver hate me so much?

I try to install my AverMedia CardBus TV Tuner into my Vista laptop, and I get the error "This program requires SAA7134 driver" and then "ERROR: Tv Tuner card Initialization failed!" I love the exclamation mark at the end and the random capitalization of "Initialization"... But not really.

If I can't get this bugger worked out by tomorrow, I'm gonna have to miss Doctor Who...:(

Heh. You have a point Akuryou :) I don't wanna sound big headed, but alot of my friends seem to pretty childish and a need a large smack in face of "GROW THE **** UP".

Women. At my age. Are idiots.yeah, I used to think I was maybe just being big headed and thinking too much of myself. now that I'm out of high school, I realize that everyone there was pretty much a complete ****-tard in one way or another.

if only i had perfectly chiseled abs, all the girls would like me
That post was one of Dane Cook's jokes, in response to Slick.

Girls manage to beat me in everything I do academically and then they go pretend they are anime people in the cafeteria >: o[

seriously, why the hell do they do that??? they don't even know the ways of the true anime... :'(

Twice this week, I have:

1. Cut myself on some jagged metal thing
2. Screamed bloody murder at an inanimate object
3. Been asked if I ever smile.

:-/ job

now that I'm out of high school, I realize that everyone there was pretty much a complete ****-tard in one way or another.How very true. No wonder I hate everyone.

Edit: My fish just died. :(

He had a good run, I suppose...

$%^&$#%^$%&$^#$%@$%^&)%R^!!!!!!!!!!!

Stubbed my toe!:mad:

Last night I stood on the big toe of my right foot, using my right foot.

Christ that hurt. Still not right.

Last night I stood on the big toe of my right foot, using my right foot.

Christ that hurt. Still not right.:eek: OUCH!

Last night I stood on the big toe of my right foot, using my right foot.

Christ that hurt. Still not right.

Aaaaaagghghgh. :eek:

Last night I stood on the big toe of my right foot, using my right foot.

Christ that hurt. Still not right.
How exactly does one manage to do that without breaking their big toe?

I've had to go to the hospital to have my big toe nail removed before it dived too deep and permanently slaughtered the toe.

****ing nails.

How exactly does one manage to do that without breaking their big toe?

I can't absolutely promise that I did.

I've had to go to the hospital to have my big toe nail removed before it dived too deep and permanently slaughtered the toe.

****ing nails.

Yeah... things like that are a bugger. I remember having a slice taken out of my toenail after a year long infection. Quite possibly the most painful thing I have ever experienced.
I can only imagine that having the whole thing removed would only be more painful.

I've lost my pencil case. :/
Had a nice calculator, all my pens, pencils, compasses etc. :(


...also.

My dad walked in...

:/

...also.

My dad walked in...

:/

...hopefully not while you were reading the "hot babes" thread?

He should be proud of having raised a well-developed son.

...hopefully not while you were reading the "hot babes" thread?is that what they're calling it these days?

...also.

My dad walked in...

:/

while... ?

I seemed to have misplaced the net for disposing of Elvis' brightly-colored little carcass. I'll have to take a better look around tomorrow, or go out and buy one, but I'm not going in there after a dead fish without a proper net. :p I was traumatized by something like that when I was a kid.

I seemed to have misplaced the net for disposing of Elvis' brightly-colored little carcass. I'll have to take a better look around tomorrow, or go out and buy one, but I'm not going in there after a dead fish without a proper net. :p I was traumatized by something like that when I was a kid.

I wonder if you any idea how bewildering that was until I read the word "fish".

I wonder if you any idea how bewildering that was until I read the word "fish".ROFL!!! :D

while... ?
Dismantling a kyack.

Or whatever metaphor you want to call it these days.

I've never seen a dismantlable (if there is such a word) kayak, before. Do you mean having a wank?

Everything is dismantlable if you have a large enough spanner.

I've never seen a dismantlable (if there is such a word) kayak, before. Do you mean having a wank?It's a play on phonetics.

I wouldn't worry too much Blinx, I've been caught before and got more privacy for it.

A what what what what what? You mean it sounds like something?

your doors don't have locks on them?

I wonder if you any idea how bewildering that was until I read the word "fish".

That... Does make the situation kinda funny. :p

I seemed to have misplaced the net for disposing of Elvis' brightly-colored little carcass. I'll have to take a better look around tomorrow, or go out and buy one, but I'm not going in there after a dead fish without a proper net. :p I was traumatized by something like that when I was a kid.

Aww...:( What kind of fish?

Just say you were trying to cut your risk of getting cancer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3072021.stm

Aww...:( What kind of fish?Betta. Think he was only my third one... had a good couple of years on him.

Got the tank taken care of and all today. Thankfully. Man, death water gets ripe quick.

Betta. Think he was only my third one... had a good couple of years on him.

Got the tank taken care of and all today. Thankfully. Man, death water gets ripe quick.

:-/ Do you know what happened?

I got myself a "Betta splendens" (the common variety, probably what you had) a little bit ago. http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4166/img0087gb8.jpg He's my first betta so his name is "Alf", short for "Alpha Betta" (First betta).;):rolleyes:

Not my first fish by a long shot - I've never had a betta before, but now I got one for college/uni. Because, y'know, they're native to swamps, so they don't need pristine water and they can breathe atmospheric oxygen, making them one of the lowest maintenance fish around.


Goldfish, on the other hand, are perhaps one of the worst fish to put in a bowl, but don't get me started there...

That's a neat fish.

Cause of death was probably just age... and/or maybe undernourishment... :-/

Here he was in life.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7752/imag0064tp4.jpg

That's a neat fish.

Cause of death was probably just age... and/or maybe undernourishment... :-/

Here he was in life.

that is certainly a fish

Sorry to hear about your fish Zero. :(

I've had 10 fish. They all died.

Morbid start to the day.

We have a bigass fish tank in the middle of the corridor. Every once in a while **** happens and a few fish die unexplicably. Ah well, survival of the fittest.

Our fishpond contains an innumerable quantity of incestuous goldfish (There was a bit of a bottleneck where all but five fish died, and they bred from there)

One plus side of said incest is that some of our goldfish have a recessive white-skin gene. Some are even piebald orange/white.

It's like koi carp without the expense!

This one time I introduced a fish I caught in a lake to a tank of docile gold fish.

It ate the other fish, and then it died immediately afterward.

Yep.

My grandma just got hospitalized.

I lost my girlfreind to my best freind.

I'm on a designer's block while 2 customers are waiting for their websites and ad campaigns.

That would sum up the last 3 months..
Life sucks.:D

My grandma just got hospitalized.

I lost my girlfreind to my best freind.

I'm on a designer's block while 2 customers are waiting for their websites and ad campaigns.

That would sum up the last 3 months..
Life sucks.:D
Aww. :(
Maybe OD access can cheer you up? :-/

Aww. :(
Maybe OD access can cheer you up? :-/

It pretty much did. ;)

It pretty much did. ;)

You certainly seem to have fitted into this thread fast enough ;)

I'm on a designer's block while 2 customers are waiting for their websites and ad campaigns.

So, you have a JOB, I see.

Well, ya know how it feels to have to take a dump really bad, but you have to hold it in? That's how I feel right now. I have this weird stomach thing thats killing me. After going to the bathroom for the fourth time in the last few hours, I simply cannot let myself do it anymore. I'm only getting rid of my intestine juice/acid. And dear lordy... Does it ever hurt like hell.


I have to poop. :(

Maybe you should try and see a doctor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipation
I like the bristol stool chart. :)

Anyway, if you're into nicotine & caffeine, try smoking a strong cigarette while drinking a strong, black coffee.
That usually makes me run to the toilet within 5 minutes, regardless if I have to poo or not.

Today I was Luigi.

Whoever said college was all mature and grown up, I seriously don't know what you were on.

...ok

It seems my mate dumped his girlfreind because he got near suicide depressed.
Which means she is available again.
but now i got him crying on one shoulder, her crying on the other. oh, and she got back to her "I really like you" - "I love you" mode towards me.

dammit.

Today I was Luigi.

Whoever said college was all mature and grown up, I seriously don't know what you were on.Well it wasn't me.

...ok

It seems my mate dumped his girlfreind because he got near suicide depressed.
Which means she is available again.
but now i got him crying on one shoulder, her crying on the other. oh, and she got back to her "I really like you" - "I love you" mode towards me.

dammit.just pray she doesn't do to you what my cousin had with HIS last ex. he got a text message that said basically this:

"I don't know why I put up with you, I can't stand to be around you. I can't stand what you do to me and I hate you for everything you've done. you're the biggest ass hole I've ever met. I want us to be friends. I don't want to leave you. I can't stand to be away from you anymore. we could be great together if you just give us another chance. I love you so much. I can't be without you. just give me another chance. I'll make it better!"

lol, wha'?

wormthingy, you're better off out of it. Just stay being a shoulder. Repeat after me: "There, there. Everything will be all right."

Eek The Cat isn't available on DVD.

aurughahushg

I might disagree with Matty and say give her another shot if you can. But I don't think anyone on an internet forum can have a true sense of the real situation, so really I say do whatever feels right to you. I've heard of such situations strengthening bonds, or being a total farce. It's a toss-up, really.

just pray she doesn't do to you what my cousin had with HIS last ex. he got a text message that said basically this:

"I don't know why I put up with you, I can't stand to be around you. I can't stand what you do to me and I hate you for everything you've done. you're the biggest ass hole I've ever met. I want us to be friends. I don't want to leave you. I can't stand to be away from you anymore. we could be great together if you just give us another chance. I love you so much. I can't be without you. just give me another chance. I'll make it better!"

O.o what ended up happening?!

O.o what ended up happening?!she switched to work a shift as opposite to his as possible. to my knowledge she still sends texts occassionally, and I think they're still sleeping together occassionally, cause she's too desperate and lacks self-esteem and he's immature and an ass hole, so he doesn't care.

she switched to work a shift as opposite to his as possible. to my knowledge she still sends texts occassionally, and I think they're still sleeping together occassionally, cause she's too desperate and lacks self-esteem and he's immature and an ass hole, so he doesn't care.
haha, that's fantastic

Today I was Luigi.

Whoever said college was all mature and grown up, I seriously don't know what you were on.
Yeah, college is just like school, only people have more money, can buy better drugs and throw better parties (the ones where the police shows up and drinks with you).
just pray she doesn't do to you what my cousin had with HIS last ex. he got a text message that said basically this:

"I don't know why I put up with you, I can't stand to be around you. I can't stand what you do to me and I hate you for everything you've done. you're the biggest ass hole I've ever met. I want us to be friends. I don't want to leave you. I can't stand to be away from you anymore. we could be great together if you just give us another chance. I love you so much. I can't be without you. just give me another chance. I'll make it better!"
LOL, what?
Does she have multiple personalities?
She changes 180° after the 5th sentence...
wormthingy, you're better off out of it. Just stay being a shoulder. Repeat after me: "There, there. Everything will be all right."
Also, slight patting motions to their heads while you say that.

LOL, what?
Does she have multiple personalities?
She changes 180° after the 5th sentence...I promise you, the ACTUAL text message was far, FAR worse.

I promise you, the ACTUAL text message was far, FAR worse.
you owe us to get a copy of it and post it on the internet

you owe us to get a copy of it and post it on the internetthat was a long time ago. he's destroyed the phone in a fit of boredom since then......

So, after gouging my hand on another pointy metal thing, I pull something in my back at the very end of the night while lifting a trash bag that somehow managed to bloat itself to an insane weight. I lug it to the bin in which I plan to dispose of it, and while hoisting it, my body bows in such a fashion that my groin collides with a metal handle sticking off the side of the bin. "You alright?" asks passerby, as I stumble away from the thing, clutching the offended area. "Yup," I replied. "Didn't need that one."

You seem to be having a lot of trouble with metal objects lately.

Also, ow.

Didn't sleep that well through the night. My left shoulder is hurting like hell.
Good thing I don't have to go to work now, and use any physical labor to do my job. :)



Oh, thats right... well f***. :(

I just found out the company I order computer stuff from is retarded, apparently:

Service Plan Term: 12 months
Type of Service Plan: Replacement after Manufacturer Warranty Ends
Purchased on: September 25, 2007
For the amount of $11.99
The Service Plan number is: TigerDirect169****
The effective date is: December 25, 2007
The expiration date is: December 25, 2008

It rained today. a lot.
Im totally drenched. even my boxers are soaking wet.

It rained today. a lot.
Im totally drenched. even my boxers are soaking wet.

It's 90 degrees out today (32.222... Celsius) and I'm probably going to have to run in a few minutes here.

It's 90 degrees out today (32.222... Celsius) and I'm probably going to have to run in a few minutes here.
that's what you get for running cross SUCKAAAA

that's what you get for running cross SUCKAAAA

Yeah, cross isn't very cool, is it? I should probably join debate club. Then I'd be cool.

Yeah, cross isn't very cool, is it? I should probably join debate club. Then I'd be cool.
sorry, i can't understand your neanderthal-like grunts

you really need to enunciate better

sorry, i can't understand your neanderthal-like grunts

you really need to enunciate better

Sorry, I've been talking in Spanish (the language of the kings of the cities of gold). Over there they appreciate the beauty of the minimalist grunt. Forgot I was in "Philistinemerica". Sorry. Hope I'm speaking clearer now.

I just found out the company I order computer stuff from is retarded, apparently:

Service Plan Term: 12 months
Type of Service Plan: Replacement after Manufacturer Warranty Ends
Purchased on: September 25, 2007
For the amount of $11.99
The Service Plan number is: TigerDirect169****
The effective date is: December 25, 2007
The expiration date is: December 25, 2008

Oh, I wish it could be Effective Christmas every daaaay,
When the bells may as well be ringing and to all intents and purposes the band begins to plaaaay...

Oh, I wish it could be Effective Christmas every daaaay,
When the bells may as well be ringing and to all intents and purposes the band begins to plaaaay... that = WIN :D