I did a couple of random acts of kindness today. I feel so special.You go, Zeor! And condolences on the first anniversary of... you know what.

I've probably been doing a few too many directed acts of kindness... I've come to the conclusion that given I can't be in love with someone owing to them loving someone else, I'm going to have to direct all my energies and feelings for them into being friends with them as hard as I can. So I'm kinda feeling happy but exhausted.

I suppose I'm cursing my luck a bit that I have a friend who's a woman of my age who I know well and is really interesting, who I can make laugh and who considers me sensitive, and that presumably there's someone else who fills these criteria and more. But ah well, as the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

How strange. You appear to be me.

You go, Zeor! And condolences on the first anniversary of... you know what. Thanks. My mood's been doing the up-and-down thing all day. I've probably been doing a few too many directed acts of kindness... I've come to the conclusion that given I can't be in love with someone owing to them loving someone else, I'm going to have to direct all my energies and feelings for them into being friends with them as hard as I can. So I'm kinda feeling happy but exhausted.

I suppose I'm cursing my luck a bit that I have a friend who's a woman of my age who I know well and is really interesting, who I can make laugh and who considers me sensitive, and that presumably there's someone else who fills these criteria and more. But ah well, as the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.I know more or less how you feel. Some differences, but basically that same thing.

Only probably not as bad. That was something else. A year ago, specifically.

Don't listen to me, I'm rambling.

I just started reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. My brother got the book at his college's library.
Fun!
It seems to be all the books in one, but I'm not entirely sure. It has a nice intro in it with a lot of explanations and history of how he got the idea and stuff.

Edit: Oh so that's where Babel Fish comes from!

I've read The Restaurant at the end of the Universe through So Long and Thanks for All the Fish several times, but I only read the original HHGG once, and I didn't take much of it in. I should see if the library has it.

i've only read the first 3 books. mind you, they're translated to portuguese, but properly translated (so there's lots of footnotes when a joke was removed, pointing out the original joke) ;)

off-topic (or is that on-topic?), the bar on top just changed to SUMMER. like, a couple of minutes ago.

Was hoping Sel to make an Announcement about the Worms4 demo. And a possible link since he was on the forum ;)

i've only read the first 3 books. mind you, they're translated to portuguese, but properly translated (so there's lots of footnotes when a joke was removed, pointing out the original joke) ;)

off-topic (or is that on-topic?), the bar on top just changed to SUMMER. like, a couple of minutes ago.I noticed that

*looks out of window*

Cambridge hasn't noticed.

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This seemed vaguely appropriate for the current board mood, and also to tie in with all the Star Warsyness. I picked Sarge and Run because they've been around ages, and actually are from the "old community". Nutter's there because, though he hasn't been round for ages... who else would you have as Yoda?

lol, seems like a pretty well-chosen cast to me.

LOL Paul, that's fantastic.

Heh heh heh. That one actually made me laugh out loud. Excellent job, Paul.

Don't forget APJ as Anakin.

Hahaha. Was going through old IRC logs and remembered a conversation Nutter and I had involving googlefight, which Nutter then brought to the Team17 forum ;)

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=127033

Christ, almost two years ago. It doesn't seem like it...

Cheers, guys. I think it needs Philby or someone to really do the concept justice, though.

I get to be the black dude who dies!

Don't complain to me about spoilers. Either you already knew or should've guessed.

In other news, my Soldat mod is in its final stage of preperation.

Hahaha. Was going through old IRC logs and remembered a conversation Nutter and I had involving googlefight, which Nutter then brought to the Team17 forum ;)

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=127033

Christ, almost two years ago. It doesn't seem like it...
Hehehehe... I remember that thread. :)

I just got to that part in The Restaurant at The End of the Universe where Arthur and Ford are stuck a couple of million years ago in Earth. That whole part is just hilarious.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=396047&postcount=3

Ohhhhhhhh!

Handbags at dawn!

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

It isn't Serban, but if anything it's worse:

superman has no brain says:
wait

superman has no brain has left the conversation.

James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
hello paul power
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Hi
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
i like your lemmings site
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Thanks
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
hang on

superman has no brain has been added to the conversation.

James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
say paul power, did you get my emailed joke?
superman has no brain says:
hey
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
oh hi
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
To where was it e-mailed?
superman has no brain says:
hey who's this dude?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
internet freind
superman has no brain says:
what's his hotmail/msn?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
i emailed it to 'Lemmings Laughs
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
*'
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I think it'd save a lot of time if you told me it now.
superman has no brain says:
ms
superman has no brain says:
me?
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
No, him. The joke
superman has no brain says:
tang_dan@msn.com
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I don't check that account any more
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
What?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
what do you get if you cross Lemmings with Terminator
superman has no brain says:
?
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I don't know, what do you get if you cross :Lemmings with Terminator?
superman has no brain says:
i dnt know much abt lemmings
superman has no brain says:
?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
Hasta la vista, Lem-ming!
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Hmm
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Could use some work
superman has no brain says:
ha'
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
really?
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
... Yes
superman has no brain says:
hey Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
me and my mum thought it was rather good
superman has no brain says:
whats you msn/hotmail?
superman has no brain says:
i meant Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I suppose it might make a better joke if it was said out loud
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Not so bad for a first try
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
yeah
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
hey what are your wormnet hours?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
im talking to Paul.Power
superman has no brain says:
hey am i in the conversation??
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
yeah
superman has no brain says:

James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
feel free to butt in at any moment
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I don't go on at Uni. 'Tis sort of banned
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
well at home?
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Superman, there's one way you can check without actually asking me
superman has no brain says:
whats Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell's hotmail/msn???
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Every so often I venture onto Wormnet 2
superman has no brain says:
thats my 3rd time
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
For my second time, "Superman, there's one way you can check without actually asking me"
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
i only go on Wormnet 1
superman has no brain says:
im a hacker you know
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I'm afraid I don't own Worms armageddon
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
oh no!
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Really
superman has no brain says:
im a nerd at computers too
superman has no brain says:
now lets see
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
look at the top of the messenger screen
superman has no brain says:
it says '2 participants'
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Okay, look to the side
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Well done
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
okay then
Superman has no brain says:
okay i added you my contcts
Superman has no brain says:
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Just "Paul" will do
Superman has no brain says:
soooooooo

Then it descends into scribbles, which is apparantly an MSN 7.1 feature.

Deary, deary me.

double post edit

Continued:

James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
paul do you have hand writing?
Superman has no brain says:
if so use it
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
If I do, I've no idea where it is
Superman has no brain says:
down at the bottom
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
click on the pen'
Superman has no brain says:
yup
Superman has no brain writes:

Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
pen?
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
yup!
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
fun isn't it?
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Where is this pen of which you speak?
Superman has no brain says:
you need msn 7.1 and windows messenger 5
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Ah.
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I have 6.2
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
wow!
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
And quite frankly I can't be bothered to upgrade
Superman has no brain says:
your running 6.2 or later/earlier
Superman has no brain says:
sorry for bumping
Superman has no brain says:
like it
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
oh no!
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
not the pig
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
anything but the pig
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
This is presumably some injoke
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
yup
Superman has no brain says:
you cant see this cos you don't have 7.0
Superman has no brain says:
only we can
Superman has no brain says:
soo
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
so lets work on my joke paul power
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Okay
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
no more winks
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Give me a minute while I look something that may be useful up
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
ok i gotta have brekkie so my status will be 'Out to Lunch'
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Right
Superman has no brain says:
i need brekkie too
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
i gotta sabre spoon
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Lovely
Superman has no brain says:
nothin to eat
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
it's a small plastic light-up spoon
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Oh, I think I remember seeing those
Superman has no brain says:
we have them here too
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
it's red
Superman has no brain says:
o
Superman has no brain says:
oo
|
{-}
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I hope this doesn't sound like a personal question, but how old are you guys?
Superman has no brain says:
me 10
Superman has no brain says:
how old are you
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
20
Superman has no brain says:
twice my age
James: DarkEvilWorm, Dexxa Worm. Wich one? says:
i'm 9
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
Okay, fair enough
Paul.Power | "You're the most ingenious fool I know" - Jack Levell says:
I am indeed twice your age
Superman has no brain says:
yes

EDIT: I forgot to save the last third of the conversation, but it was mainly me manoeuvring into a position where I could discreetly block them.

I've just come up with 100,000 "what do you get if you cross Blank with Terminator" jokes.

Woah a 9 year old hacker.

And they say kids don't need mobile phones...

Well I just saw the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. And it was ok. I was rather dissapointed as I was expecting something a little bit more like the book, but I still enjoyed it.
I was laughing out loud in quite a lot of parts, specially at the idea-smacking shovel things part :p
And Marvin. Marvin rules.
Edit: Ah yes, I must say that I was deeply annoyed that the narrating was dubbed to spanish. Why on earth would they dub the narrating when the rest of the movie is subtitled?!?

Well I just saw the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. And it was ok. I was rather dissapointed as I was expecting something a little bit more like the book, but I still enjoyed it.
I was laughing out loud in quite a lot of parts, specially at the idea-smacking shovel things part :p
And Marvin. Marvin rules.
Edit: Ah yes, I must say that I was deeply annoyed that the narrating was dubbed to spanish. Why on earth would they dub the narrating when the rest of the movie is subtitled?!?You missed Stephen Fry? Bah.

Woah a 9 year old hacker.There is of course a difference between a nine-year-old hacker and nine-year-old who thinks he's a hacker. "Script Kiddie" taken quite literally, possibly.

Or even worse. Aged 11 I thought I was good with computers because I knew how to get into the games on an Acorn (right click on the cross in any of the directories they'll let you look at to go up a directory level, keep doing that till you hit the root directory, then go hunting for games), I could get into the Acorn's equivalent of a DOS prompt (and more importantly, get people out who had got stuck in there), and I knew a fair bit of BASIC. I was actually made school computer monitor (yes, I know that's ambiguous, and I appreciate that if someone else had said that I'd be the first to make an awful pun based around it) and, in fairness, Acorns are so simple that most of the time I could cope with whatever they threw up (and when I couldn't, SIOASIBOA could). Now I just get confused when people talk computer jargon at me.

Heh, I've just found something online that allows me to emulate an Acorn on my PC. Pity it costs £149.

http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/index2.htm

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24001

Why do I feel such a strong urge to reply with "5. ???, 6. Profit!"?

It's not often that I have to turn the volume down on a game because the penguins won't stop shouting "Dood!"

Penguins rock.

Must... Not... Keep... Returning... To... Forum...

Penguins rock.
Mmm-MMM! They'd taste great betwixt thick slices of Hovis!

I hate women

Yeah, they suck.



So to speak.

Yeah, they suck.



So to speak.
Yeah.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24001

Why do I feel such a strong urge to reply with "5. ???, 6. Profit!"?
He is not going to be unbanned (if he is, let's unban... Cheech while we're at it).Indeed, let's.

double post edit

Wikipedia is down at the moment. :(

VARLEY!

I know you're online!

Read your damn PMs!

Edit: Never mind. MSN will do just as well.

Message (eventually) received and understood

I'm in truth K^2. I've had multiple forum accounts for years now!

Yeah, they suck.



So to speak.They suck in mysterious ways. (U2 song refrence)

I think I've just invented the Finger Twister. Like a tongue twister for keyboards.

Anyway: type "Violent violet violinists" ten times fast.

BATTLEFIELD 2 DEMO IS OUT!

Huraaay!

I think I've just invented the Finger Twister. Like a tongue twister for keyboards.

Anyway: type "Violent violet violinists" ten times fast.

Violent Violet Vionlinists Violent Vilot Vinolinists Viionlent Violet Violinists Violent violet violinists violent vioutle vilinists vilent violet vioninsits vioent vioelt violinists.

I hate you. :p

Hang on a sec, that wasn't even 10 times. Froooon.

violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists
violent violet violinists

Time taken: just over 1 minute
Use of backspace: high :p

I keep wanting to spell 'violinists' 'violinests' for some reason. Anywho, I would try but if I start typing quickly I hit the wrong keys altogether so that 'violent' would turn out like 'bipkrby' or something.

violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins
violent violet violins




hehehehehehe.

Should I get a Dell XPS or a Dimension 8400? Check www.dell.ie for the differences.

double post edit

And yes, that's me in my avatar.

Should I get a Dell XPS or a Dimension 8400?
No. Dells are a rip-off.

No. Dells are a rip-off.
Yes. Yes they are.

Go with ABS or Alienware - I've heard very good things about the Ultimate M5^64 and Aurora 5500, respectively.

Well yes, but you pay through the nose for an Alienware box.


Build it yourself! :D

Build it yourself! :D
Aye.

Just be sure to get a well-ventilated case and many cooling components if you intend to seriously overclock your rig.

In Ireland, it costs MORE to build a PC than to buy the XPS. I've looked. And the XPS allows me to mod it.

I finaly found the option to turn the volume up on my playstation2 DVD player.


I can finaly hear over that damnable fan.

I got my computer from Mesh. It was pretty good value compared to other models of similar ability

Edit:

Noooo, someone else got the 400000th post on the forum before me!

*nudges thomasp to delete the suspect post*

Edit 2:

Damn, Spadge got it:p

In Ireland, it costs MORE to build a PC than to buy the XPS. I've looked. And the XPS allows me to mod it.
Every time someone buys a Dell, God kills a kitten.

Please, think of the kittens!

Every time someone buys a Dell, God kills a kitten.

Please, think of the kittens!

I have an XPS and it's fine. I agree I would build one instead now, but I'm very happy with my computer, even if it is a Dell.

I have an XPS and it's fine.

I've got a Dell as well, it works great and with no problems. Got a Dell due to my mom's friend's friend works for Dell and he was able to lower the price.

I'm able to play all the 3D hardcore games excellent, The Tower is quiet, I love my Dell PC and I don't give what anyone thinks.

I have a Dell. It's a 4300. It's been screwing with us ever since we bought it.

I'd like to put two rounds into it.

Well, I went to a Subway for the first time yesterday, and I must say it's the first time I've been impressed by a chain-run fast food restaurant (Well, there's Cafe Nero, but I'm not sure how much that counts)

In Ireland, it costs MORE to build a PC than to buy the XPS. I've looked. And the XPS allows me to mod it.

And it has cheapy components, and an Intel chip. Ew.

I finished reading Mostly Harmless yesterday, I have to say I don't quite like how it ends... :-/

it's maths and physics IN ACTION!!!

http://supremesuper.tripod.com/Spaceship.html

...yes i'm still bored

it's maths and physics IN ACTION!!!

http://supremesuper.tripod.com/Spaceship.html

...yes i'm still boredI lost my spaceship for absolutely ages and had to navigate it back to the screen with only the numbers and trial and error to go on.

I lost my spaceship for absolutely ages and had to navigate it back to the screen with only the numbers and trial and error to go on.fine, it wraps around now so you can't get lost anymore.

who knows what i may turn this into?

A slightly wrong version of Asteroids?

A slightly wrong version of Asteroids?yeah i know it's wrong, but i never liked the realistic physics on spaceships because they're much harder to control properly.
maybe i'll add an option: "Stupid but Easier Control" or "Realistic but Harder Control"

Then you definitely won't like...

The Boats Game :: http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/index.php?id=code/boats

Though Paul probably will. There's some good OTT maths in that.

Then you definitely won't like...

The Boats Game :: http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/index.php?id=code/boats

Though Paul probably will. There's some good OTT maths in that.well i did manage to sink myself as well as put both boats in a constant collision path.

Then you definitely won't like...

The Boats Game :: http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/index.php?id=code/boats

Though Paul probably will. There's some good OTT maths in that.Love the concept

Wouldn't it be simpler though if the boats were different colours, and had a correspondingly coloured score? Make it easier to tell who was who.

EDIT: Oh, wait, they are different colours. Very subtly different shades of brown.

EDIT: No, I was right. That's just a measure of how sunk they are.

Probably would be better that way, yes. I only really made it as a "proof of concept" kind of a thing.

there you go, the spaceship now has realistic physics.
let me know if there's anything else wrong.

there you go, the spaceship now has realistic physics.
let me know if there's anything else wrong.
Very nice. You might want to make the turning a bit faster.

Ideally, the thruster should only be active when UP is held, not just when the speed is nonzero. Otherwise great.

Very nice. You might want to make the turning a bit faster.curiously, it runs faster on my computer than on my website. hmmm...
Ideally, the thruster should only be active when UP is held, not just when the speed is nonzero. Otherwise great.ah yes that was just a quick tweak. fixed now.

Ummm... AT... I broked the game(as usual).

I accidently... Well, see for yourself...

Can't attach. Too big.

I pushed one of the boats on top of the other. When I fire the top boat's thrust, it spins in a circle (the boat). This propels both boats in spirals!

This is hilarious. If you study maths.

http://www.collegehumor.com/?movie_id=149448

Fantastic.

Opera 8 got released for Mac today. as well as the 8.01 upgrade for other platforms.
i like this new feature:
- Introduced Browser JavaScript, a JavaScript file that fixes the rendering of certain Web pages and page elements that malfunction in Opera.

I still want to know how to do JavaScript for all browsers... does anybody know where I can learn?

Like my new avatar?

You've got some red on it.

Like my new avatar?
That would be Ben's old avatar.

Mine is better, and where's a good JS tutorial site ;)

Have you read The Walking Dead?

That would be Ben's old avatar.
That it would.

now THIS (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16247) is a heatsink!

oh, and i updated my spaceship thingy (http://supremesuper.tripod.com/Spaceship.html). now it's got randomly generated space background! and it fires (space)! and it looks niftier!

now THIS (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16247) is a heatsink!!
How on earth could you fit that into any ATX-compliant case?

and where's a good JS tutorial site ;) http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/

i updated my spaceship thingy (http://supremesuper.tripod.com/Spaceship.html). now it's got randomly generated space background! and it fires (space)! and it looks niftier!
You still need to make it turn faster.

That would be Ben's old avatar.I recall his beign slightly diffrent.

Meh. I'll change it soon.

Done

*blinks*

Bangladesh. Have. Just. Beaten. Australia.

I'd faint if I did that sort of thing.

http://weebls-stuff.com/wab/hols/

Once again, Weebl and Bob has made me laugh.

Indeed.




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I recall his beign slightly diffrent.
Well, it was smaller.

Just saw Batman Begins. Kickass movie.
Best Batman movie ever.

Just saw Batman Begins. Kickass movie.
Best Batman movie ever.I wouldn't have thought there was that much competition :p.

The ninjas can only see the future my young padawan, they cannot see what the badgers intentions are

[19:13] Serban: hi
[19:13] Serban: new screens
[19:13] Serban: look in www.wormsmayhem.com

it's like i'm subscribed to this thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21790) without even knowing it.

www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

go therr

I tell you, he is an advertising experiment that went wrong.

I tell you, he is an advertising experiment that went wrong.that'd make sense. he also stated afterwards:

[19:14] Serban: go to www.messenger.com to have the latest version of msn messenger
[19:14] Serban: version 7.0

He also likes to captialize NEW. Would you like some NEW wallpapers? FOR GOD'S SAKE FREAKING NO.

I'm still sorry I wasn't online when he sent me this gem:

Serban: hello
Serban: i see that you are a mod

There was no way that would have ended well.

It continues:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4106312.stm

Yes, I watched the last few overs of that. From just before the last wicket to the end. That's a nice sort of a length for cricket, and I enjoyed it.

Who is Serban? I want a NEW friend to take the **** out of.

Maybe I can offer him a NEW brain?

Yes, I watched the last few overs of that. From just before the last wicket to the end. That's a nice sort of a length for cricket, and I enjoyed it.Funnily enough, that was pretty much what I watched too. Of course, in my case I had been listening on the radio beforehand (and steadfastly ignoring people at the garden party I was at :p)

I currently have 5.22 GB and 3.5 days' worth of music.

That's strange. We've got almost a week in less gigabytes than that. We're trying to get up to a week. We're ripping almost every CD in the house.

my free disk space is now 2.7% of 108gb

so much for all-night downloading :-/

Have you got SpaceMonger? It's an ace app for seeing where all your hard space is going! Google it or something, it's worth it :)

Yes, I watched the last few overs of that. From just before the last wicket to the end. That's a nice sort of a length for cricket, and I enjoyed it.Right, that's what you've got to do then. Randomly switch on the TV when there's cricket on and watch it for half an hour (longer if you think you can handle it). We'll make a fan of you yet...

Nobody will get me to wathc the same game for five solid days. Nobody.

http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=18198

Space Monger.

Nobody will get me to wathc the same game for five solid days. Nobody.

I can't even watch a game for more then 10 minutes.

Have you got SpaceMonger? It's an ace app for seeing where all your hard space is going! Google it or something, it's worth it :)i know very well where all my free space is going, my problem is that i need more :p

besides, there's something wrong in it. since it compares the sizes as uncompressed (and my NTFS partition is compressed), values can vary a lot. for instance, my p2p client's Temp folder (incomplete downloads) takes up 136gb (bigger than my hdd!). compressed, it only takes 5gb.

not counting that, it's not too bad. it clearly shows how my biggest folders are "Jogos" (games), "MyDownloads" and SupFiles (my work. as well as p2p downloads).

i'll just have to do some spring-cleaning again.

Could you not just burn it all?

I did that once... my bedroom was too small for my sofa so i burnt it and now it fits

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=402530&postcount=212

Or better yet, make an "invite-only" forum yourself and invite all those "leet" artists AKA Splapp and HK. :rolleyes:if he only knew... :p

He's such a noob lol

That is absolutely hilarious, considering that the very forum was referenced a few posts back.

double post edit

Wait a minute. He knows.

Wait a minute. He knows.
I don't think so.

Er, yeah, sorry, that one's my fault. He guessed it during an MSN conversation. If it helps any, I made him promise to tell no-one.

well this is fun. apparently serban can't run the demo on his comp so now, instead of asking ppl if they want worms4 screenies, he asks ppl to GIVE HIM worms4 screenies from the demo. so you can tease him with them :p

Er, yeah, sorry, that one's my fault. He guessed it during an MSN conversation. If it helps any, I made him promise to tell no-one.

NOOB OMFG LOL !!!1one WTF LMAO ETC

I wish I had done that.

well this is fun. apparently serban can't run the demo on his comp so now, instead of asking ppl if they want worms4 screenies, he asks ppl to GIVE HIM worms4 screenies from the demo. so you can tease him with them :p
Let's send him all the ones off the website!

I just played a quick game and noticed that NZkiwi was one of the opponents. :p

I just played a quick game and noticed that NZkiwi was one of the opponents. :p

:D !

As FatWhitey learns the long lost NZkiwi is still around, the clouds move and sun appears in the sky.

But, without any contact of her, the clouds quickly close again.

:p

Er, yeah, sorry, that one's my fault. He guessed it during an MSN conversation. If it helps any, I made him promise to tell no-one.
Gah, Paul. *flame*

Ughn.. It's 05:09AM and i'm still up!

*flame*BANZAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIII *FTHOOM*

This in-joke must never escape OD.

Ughn.. It's 05:09AM and i'm still up!
I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and then had to go to the art class at 11:00 AM... Then came home and fell asleep at 5 PM... And just woke up about an hour ago (1 AM)...
I feel like poo.

Well, today's the day where I found out whether I'm coming back here next year. Wish me luck.

Well, today's the day where I found out whether I'm coming back here next year. Wish me luck.

TEH GEWD LEWKS!1!1OENES

It's a bloody third again, but at least I passed.

It's a bloody third again, but at least I passed.


TEH CONGRATULASHUNS R IN ORDA!

TEH CONGRATULASHUNS R IN ORDA!
Here's an idea with potential. Well-spoken leet.

1 54Y 0LD CH4PP0RZ!!!1!1one! MY N3\/\/ B0XX 15 51/\/\P|_Y 5P|_3ND1D!!!1!!one!!

double post edit

POST OF THE WEEK

It just gets more and more insane as it goes on. And it starts off pretty mental.
Really? You liked it? Well in that case, how about there is this particular cursed statue, which, you MUST NOT harm or touch in any way. If you do, then all but one of your worms are loaded into a flying pelican blindfolded.
The pelican 's mouth is on fire on the inside, so your worms are being burned and crunched in a terribly twisted painful way with screams of anguish.
The pelican drops the first worm in a burlap sack into the sea where he shakes about and drowns. You can use the movement keys to try and manouvre him onto land before he sinks forever.
The second worm is savagely beaten by a koala with a pineapple (on the pelicans back) and you must try and dodge his fierce blows and jump off the pelican without getting stabbed by the trechorous marsupial with the pineapple. Try and jump onto some land.
Your third worm is thrown by a proffesional hammer-thrower out of the pelican's mouth towards the statue you befouled. The statue wields a tremendous kebab skewer which you must not fall on or you will be skewered. At this point you can use any of your existing weapons to manipulate your fall, but the enemy worms will be tossing slow-moving harpoons at you. These are poison tipped and will make you poisoned.
The next worm is stretched out on the ground into the shape of a trampoline by sharp pegs. Feathers from the pelican bounce up and down on your worm with pneumatic drills, thus drlling huge holes into the poor worm. You must click on each feather to remove its evil spirit and let it float away. Try and get rid of all the feathers before you get so many holes you snap.
The next worm is stretched out by two koalas and fired like an elastic-band. For moments you can adjust the trajector slightly, thus attempting to land on the terrain.
The next worm is continually burned and chewed in the buccal cavity of the bird. You must try and get him to fall down the oesophagus. If he does, he will fall and wake up from his horrible nightmare, with his original health and weapons in his starting place.
The sixth worm simply falls on to the ground somewhere. The seventh is teleported to a far-away land where he becomes a slave and must pick coconuts from tall trees for his masters throughout the rest of his life.

How's that for a malfunction? Oh my... did I really type all that? What was I thinking... well anyway I'm sure I win the award for the best/worst malfunction possible. Hope to see it soon in the next worms game.

I think the only thing I can say to that is "Wow."

:D Talk about your inventive imaginations...

I think the only thing I can say to that is "Wow."


yeah... really. :eek:

but what about the eighth worm? :p

yeah... really. :eek:

but what about the eighth worm? :pNote he miscounts. He says "the third worm", then three "next worm"s, then "the sixth worm" and "the seventh worm"

So there are still eight worms.

oops.... :o :o

Maybe he's afraid of the number that is Seven Plus One, or Twice Four

"What do you get if you multply six by nine?"
"Forty Two."

It works in base 13; therefore, the universe is in base 13.

"What do you get if you multply six by nine?"
"Forty Two."

It works in base 13; therefore, the universe is in base 13.

"Nobody makes jokes in base 13".

Tom cruise is a jumped up git, I would have sprayed him with acid

Tom cruise is a jumped up git, I would have sprayed him with acid


Yes. :p :p

Tom cruise is a jumped up git, I would have sprayed him with acidWhere did that come from?

Where did that come from?
Did you here about some C4 show sprayed him with water? I cna see how it would be a shock if you hadn't.

He had a bit of a rant at them and came off looking rather better than them.

double post edit

I just had to block Serban from MSN. Oh, well.

http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/index.php?id=chat/serban1

Did you here about some C4 show sprayed him with water? I cna see how it would be a shock if you hadn't.Bear in mind that Doctor Who and the cricket is pretty much all I watch at the moment. And Doctor Who just finished...

I just had to block Serban from MSN. Oh, well.

http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/inde...id=chat/serban1He's sending photos at me!

Serban says:
hi
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
Hi
Serban says:
this is ME
Serban sends:

Open (Alt+P)

You have successfully received C:\Documents and Settings\Paul Varley\My Documents\My Received Files\Serban1.jpg from Serban.

Serban says:
how i look?
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
Okay
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
You certainly seem happy
Serban says:
of course
Serban says:
worms4 next month
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
Indeed
Serban sends:

Open (Alt+P)

You have successfully received C:\Documents and Settings\Paul Varley\My Documents\My Received Files\Serban2.jpg from Serban.

Serban says:
how i look in this picture
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
Umm. Like you're doing that horns sign, for no real reason
Serban says:
yes
Serban says:
Serban sent you a wink which requires the latest version of MSN Messenger. To download the latest version of MSN Messenger, go to http://g.msn.com/5meen_us/122.
Serban says:
(football emoticon)
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
Football.
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
What we need is a cricket emoticon!
Serban says:
i hate football games!
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
So why did you send me a football emoticon?
Serban says:
yes

He wanted to videoconference with me the other day. I only got out of it because my MSN didn't support it.

Serban says:
i hate football games!
Paul.Power | Halves all angst in play says:
So why did you send me a football emoticon?
Serban says:
yesAmazing. We should see if we can sell him to a zoo.

Having said that, he seems quite a happy individual:

(Attatchment removed at Run Blinx's request)

Having said that, he seems quite a happy individual:
Yikes, is that the man himself?

Yikes, is that the man himself?Indeed it is.

Having said that, he seems quite a happy individual:
Remindes me of Lawd for some reason. He put his webcam on and he was topless. Another reason why I blocked him.

Also Paul. I reckon you should take that photo down. Even tho he's a tad obsessive I reckon he should be able to maintain his privacy and not be gawked at.

Remindes me of Lawd for some reason. He put his webcam on and he was topless. Another reason why I blocked him.

Also Paul. I reckon you should take that photo down. Even tho he's a tad obsessive I reckon he should be able to maintain his privacy and not be gawked at.Roger that.

I am called Run. (according to PP)

Intrestingly enough I smoked cannabis the other day.

I am called Run. (according to PP)Whoops, sorry, your avatars have very similar colours.

Intrestingly enough I smoked cannabis the other day.
How was it?

So where do you live son?

yes.

Ahhh... So this is stimulating, intelligent, enlightened conversation?

*dies*

i've become his source for worms4 demo content:

[15:35] Serban: didi'nt you make some new screens
[15:35] Serban: ?
[15:36] Serban: didi'nt you make some new screens?
[15:38] Serban: didi'nt you make some new screens?

[15:38] {SUP} Worms4 demo is OUT!: not yet
[15:39] Serban: yet?
[15:39] Serban: plz
[15:39] Serban: can you make some new screens?plz

unfortunately, no matter how annoying he is, i'm too much of a nice guy to just not send him any and block him. specially because he looks like a drug addict who'll die if he doesn't get his daily load of screens.

update:

[15:29] Serban: HI
[15:29] Serban: MAKE ME SOME RANDOM SCREENS FROM W4
[15:30] {SUP} Worms4 demo is OUT!: i thought i already sent them to you
[15:30] Serban: I KNOW
[15:30] Serban: BUT MORE

more proof of my theory.

Woah. He needs help ASAP.

Woah. He needs help ASAP.anyone know of a Screenaholics Anonymous?

more:
[16:00] *** Serban has received C:\Jogos\Worms 4 Mayhem Demo\Screen024.jpg.
[16:01] Serban: WHAT THE HECK
[16:01] Serban: NEXT
[16:01] {SUP} Worms4 demo is OUT!: holy hand grenade
[16:01] Serban: WOW
[16:02] Serban: AGAIN
[16:03] Serban: AGAIN
[16:03] Serban: AGAIN
[16:04] Serban: AGAIN
[16:04] Serban: S***
[16:04] Serban: AGAIN
[16:05] Serban: STOP
[16:06] *** Serban has received C:\Jogos\Worms 4 Mayhem Demo\Screen025.jpg.

from all this i could write a program to speak like he does. if the screenie fails to send, say "AGAIN". if it's successfully sent, say "NEXT". if it's a very good screenie, say "WOW" before saying "NEXT". if it fails to send 5 times in a row, say "S***" before saying "AGAIN".
now he's said "STOP" and has become completely quiet. maybe he's had an overdose?

oh, and a bit of a convo between serban and s2k:
[13:48] aciduta82@hotmail.com: windows FD
[13:48] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: Very nice.
[13:48] aciduta82@hotmail.com: i have a cool taskbar and trart menu
[13:48] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: Well done.
[13:48] aciduta82@hotmail.com: theme name is
[13:49] aciduta82@hotmail.com: Plex Style M4 II
[13:49] aciduta82@hotmail.com: have w4 demo?
[13:50] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: I do.
[13:50] aciduta82@hotmail.com: can you make some screenshots for me?plz!
[13:50] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: http://www.fried-comic.com/dream17/softography_worms4_screenshots.html
[13:50] aciduta82@hotmail.com: thx
[16:07] aciduta82@hotmail.com: WANT TO CHAT WITH SUPSUPER?
[16:07] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: WHATWHAT OMG!
[16:07] aciduta82@hotmail.com: ?
[16:07] aciduta82@hotmail.com: SUP SUPER IS A WORMSFAN TOO
[16:08] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: I'm already speaking to him.
[16:08] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: He's a member of staff at Dream17. Like me.
[16:08] aciduta82@hotmail.com: OK
[16:08] aciduta82@hotmail.com: WANT
[16:08] Ben/S-2K [ A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing ]: http://www.dream17.co.uk/

i think he likes me now. oh dear :p

*dons special cloak that renders him invisible to anyone with an IQ lower than 50*

How was it?Not too bad. But it gave me a nasty headache. I probably wont do it again until Glasto 2007.

I HAVENT POSTED HERE FOR A WHlLE.

I Haven't Either. Wow.

Wow. Serban's becoming more and more like a demented crack addict.

I Want To Rape Tom Cruises Face With Phillips Screwdrivers

So that's where my screwdrivers went.

He had a bit of a rant at them and came off looking rather better than them.
/me disagrees. I think he came across as looking like a humourless git.

Serban is stupid? Nope.

I don't believe a second of it. Perhaps I am conditioned, but Serban seems to be like a downright genius. TO apperciate how smart he is, I have documented my trials with the biggest idiot I have ever met. El-Trucha, who now goes by the alias SULFURIK. I will regularly update it from the plethora of chatlogs that ms-plus auto-archives for me.

link: http://bistec.ath.cx/trucha/

Post of the day:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24278

Read the guy's latest post.

And Pickle? Holy ****. You poor sod, to have to undergo that.

/me disagrees. I think he came across as looking like a humourless git.
In fairness, though, squirting someone with water basically isn't funny once you pass puberty. It was barely funny when it happened to Kilroy, and that was opportunist. Premeditated squirting is just... boring. And he's right; he does ingdulge press and public more than most.

In fairness, though, squirting someone with water basically isn't funny once you pass puberty. It was barely funny when it happened to Kilroy, and that was opportunist. Premeditated squirting is just... boring. And he's right; he does ingdulge press and public more than most.

I think he got what he deserved. I mean the same channel 4 team did it to sharon osbourne and she ran back after them with a bucket of water! And captain cruise had the nerve to say "you are a jerk, im out here working hard giving you people interviews" Of course working hard mate. Should have been a brick that shot out of that microphone...

Should have been a brick that shot out of that microphone...
So, hang on, now you're advocating shooting bricks at people?

Fair game if you think he deserved bringing down a notch, but he's hardly going to get much work with his face all messed up by masonry catapulted at point-blank range, is he?


Edit: Idunno, I mean, I'm all for some lighthearted jabs at people who deserve it, but he didn't have to talk to them, did he? He chose to, for reasons of his own, and effectively got punished for it. It would be far funnier to me if they'd found someone who was hiding in a huge mansion and not coming out for less than $100,000 a day and squirted them somehow. That would serve them right.

i've gotten fed up with him and blocked Serban. yep. he should be proud, first person i ever went to the trouble of blocking (instead of just mentally ignoring and wait for them to go away).

The hell?

The Trucha folder randomly deleted itself (honestly, I didn't do it).
It must have got what must folders call "folder hell". I'll work on getting it back up, if you so desire.

i got a Xanga. weird name, that. what's a Xanga? well, it's like a LiveJournal, but it's not. anyways, it's just so i have my own place to rant so i don't have to go mad here or in other forums, so if any of you wanna see me whine about my life or just rants about... whatever i can come up with, looky here:
http://www.xanga.com/supsuper

so now you can expect much less posts from me in the Positive/Negative threads :)

i got a Xanga. weird name, that. what's a Xanga? well, it's like a LiveJournal, but it's not. anyways, it's just so i have my own place to rant so i don't have to go mad here or in other forums, so if any of you wanna see me whine about my life or just rants about... whatever i can come up with, looky here:
http://www.xanga.com/supsuper

so now you can expect much less posts from me in the Positive/Negative threads :)

My sister has that.

I think I have one. I signed up so I could look through them to find which one linked to me. Never found it. So, if I have one, it's totally blank.

I have a livejournal. You'll be able to find it easily. However, none of you will be able to read it! Ha!

I've heard of squirrels doing this sort of thing, but this is ridiculous...

Can anyone remember that squirrel advert from the 90's which had the mission impossible theme to it? I think it was for kitkat or something, but the squirrel went from like 3 washing lines and all this crap to get to his nuts.

i got a Xanga. weird name, that. what's a Xanga? well, it's like a LiveJournal, but it's not. anyways, it's just so i have my own place to rant so i don't have to go mad here or in other forums, so if any of you wanna see me whine about my life or just rants about... whatever i can come up with, looky here:
http://www.xanga.com/supsuper

so now you can expect much less posts from me in the Positive/Negative threads :)
Xanga is Satan, son. Get yourself a LiveJournal or something.

It's been just 24 hours since my world was rocked.

At 16:00, I went to my first concert. In Croke Park.

At 18:00, The Bravery began playing.

At 19:15, Ash started up.

And at 20:30, the main act: U2.

Holy s***, that was incredible. Check http://www.u2.com for their set list. The concert that day went on longer than the previous days. And it, sorry for this, |*\/\/|\|3|)!!!

That was really awe-inspiring. The occasion was marred slightly by having to walk through a very rough area of Dublin. However, I got a cap and poster! I got them cause a T-shirt was €25. Unfortunately, the cap and poster were €28. Oh well.

Check http://www.u2.com for their set list.
I think I can guess how it went:

U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
Interval
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song (Instrumental)
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song

Encore:
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song

It's been just 24 hours since my world was rocked.

At 16:00, I went to my first concert. In Croke Park.

At 18:00, The Bravery began playing.

At 19:15, Ash started up.

And at 20:30, the main act: U2.

Holy s***, that was incredible. Check http://www.u2.com for their set list. The concert that day went on longer than the previous days. And it, sorry for this, |*\/\/|\|3|)!!!

That was really awe-inspiring. The occasion was marred slightly by having to walk through a very rough area of Dublin. However, I got a cap and poster! I got them cause a T-shirt was €25. Unfortunately, the cap and poster were €28. Oh well.

Awesome. Must have been a blast. There are pretty good band.

Yeah... well, I'm back from Glastonbury, which was EVEN BETTER! :D

Seriously, it was the most incredible weekend.

Yeah... well, I'm back from Glastonbury, which was EVEN BETTER! :D

Seriously, it was the most incredible weekend.

And then you get to see Pink Floyd.:p

*murders TZ*

I think I can guess how it went:

U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
Interval
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song (Instrumental)
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song

Encore:
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song

??? I don't get it... Soz.

I think I can guess how it went:

U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
Interval
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song (Instrumental)
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song

Encore:
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song
U2's Only Song


Some old celtic bollocks

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Blinx 227
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OldSkoolCrazy 202
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tundraH 104
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Run 10
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Lawd 6
NZkiwi 3
Nutter 3
M3ntal 2
svenneundulat 2
craxxor 2
Pooka 2
Xinos 2
Helkite 2
Babylon 2
Dim Worm 2
Striker 1
thomasp 1
PsyDome 1
Compudragon 1

Woah that's one large list. Helkite? Compudragon? Who are these guys?
And what ever happened to War Worm? or Striker? or The Paladin?

I also lost my first place :p

MY DELL XPS ARRIVED!!!

WOO-HOO!!!

It's too big for my desk...

MY DELL XPS ARRIVED!!!

WOO-HOO!!!

It's too big for my desk...

I was going to buy an Inspiron XPS to replace this ageing iMac. I decided to go for a Powerbook :p Hopefully, we'll order it in about a month or two.

Reasons for choosing the Powerbook over the Dell:


COST!! Despite what people think, I kitted out a 15" PB with the same specs as the top-of-the-range Inspiron XPS. Although the Inspiron had a bigger screen (17") and a faster processor, it came out at over £500 MORE than the PB - that didn't include MS Office (you can get a student edition for Macs, which costs £100, the only version for Windows is the full version which costs £300*)
Size. The PB is thinner - a lot thinner. OK, it has a smaller screen, but even the 17" is thinner than the Inspiron or XPS. I felt I could put two PowerBooks on top of each other (closed) to match the thickness of the Inspiron (closed)
Weight - My friend brought his Inspiron into school and when I lifted it up, I thought I was lifting a desktop. It seriously felt almost as heavy as this 5 year old iMac I'm sitting in front of. When I looked on the Dell website, I found out it was 1.5Kg's heavier than the Powerbook 15" and over a kilo heavier than the 17" Powerbook
OSX - I like Mac operating systems. They are more secure and imo look nicer than WinXP.
The PowerBook looks a lot sleeker and generally better than those horrible black Dulls. (intentional typo)
It would really annoy my friends if I got a Powerbook instead of a Dell - they love Dell's (I would also go as far as to call them dell fanboys)



* The student edition is identical to the standard edition for mac, apart from it can be installed legally on 3 computers, and it can't be upgraded. For some reason, there isn't a student edition for windows.

lol.

I got the XPS desktop. I got it for a few reasons:

1) It's cheaper than building a PC here. I'm serious. Inflation here is horrible. As well as that, my mom works for UCD(http://www.ucd.ie), so she decreased the price by €200. Which is serious money.
2) It runs all my games
3) It looks very, very good. Unlike the other Dells.
4) It has enough space to upgrade to high heaven. There's enough space for 1TB. I'm not sure of whether that's for RAM or HDD. But it's a lot.
5) It's cheaper than a Mac.

If a Mac ran more games, and was a bit cheaper, I would buy it very quickly. Macs look MUCH cooler(soz) than PCs. Most PCs, that is.

lol.

I got the XPS desktop. I got it for a few reasons:

1) It's cheaper than building a PC here. I'm serious. Inflation here is horrible. As well as that, my mom works for UCD(http://www.ucd.ie), so she decreased the price by €200. Which is serious money.
2) It runs all my games
3) It looks very, very good. Unlike the other Dells.

I'll agree with you there - it is the best looking of all the Dell's. Trouble is, when placed next to a PowerBook, no Dell laptop has a chance on looks

4) It has enough space to upgrade to high heaven. There's enough space for 1TB. I'm not sure of whether that's for RAM or HDD. But it's a lot.

I'm assuming you have the Inspiron XPS Gen2 ( http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=N07XPS5&s=dhs&sbc=inspn_xps ). Based on that, I can't see how you could have 1000Gb of HD space. 1000Gb is RAM is impossible - desktop computers only recently cracked the 8Gb barrier. The only way I can see that you get 1Terabyte of storage is to have a load of external hard drives - as far as I know, laptops only have one HD bay.

5) It's cheaper than a Mac.

I disagree on this point, sorry.

Below are from the respective computer manufacturer's online shops, based in the UK (Prices may be different where you live)


• 17" Screen
• 1440x900 Screen resolution
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (128MB DDR)
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 2 SO-DIMMs
• 100GB Ultra ATA drive (5400rpm)
• 8x SuperDrive (DVD R/CD-RW)
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Backlit Keyboard & Mac OS
• 1.67GHz PowerPC G4
• 56K internal modem
• Power Adapter
• Battery

Total: £1,949.00 (including VAT at 17.5% and shipping)


Intel® Pentium® M 760 ( 2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
100GB (5,400rpm) IDE Hard Drive
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display with TrueLife™ (what's TrueLife??? :confused: )
NVIDIA® Geforce™ Go 6800 ULTRA with 256MB DDR video memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem
Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
European - Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth 2.0 Module

Total Price: £2,037.25 (including VAT at 1.5% and shipping

The only differences spec-wise are the processors (Intel processor = faster, but probably much cheaper than the Motorolla G4) and graphics card. The PowerBook graphics card can power a 30" monitor, which has well over 4Megapixels. The graphics card is probably the only thing that might make the Dell cheaper. But only slightly. If you put the fastest processor in the Dell, that bumps the price up by another £149 - making the Powerbook (which had the fastest processor) a very nice deal.

I realise this isn't a totally fair test, but its as close as I could get - both computers were top-of-the-range models.

If a Mac ran more games, and was a bit cheaper, I would buy it very quickly. Macs look MUCH cooler(soz) than PCs. Most PCs, that is.

That's the one downside of macs :)

Macs look MUCH cooler(soz) than PCs
That's only because you lack imagination. PCs are so preposterously customisable you can have them look more-or-less however you please. You could make a beautiful wooden case for one if you liked. I've seen a couple made entirely from LEGO, and one made with a little model bride and groom and a lot of bunting inside, with a glass side engraved with the words "Will you marry me?" apparently made by a geek for his (hopefully equally geeky) girlfriend. I don't know what she said. You can't do that with a Mac, at least, not half as easily.

I want a PC that looks like a Game Cube.

Yeah.

i want a Windows XP Box... literally!

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/windowsxpbox/

there's also a Linux Box in the end.

MY DELL XPS ARRIVED!!!

WOO-HOO!!!

It's too big for my desk...

Sweet. I have the older XPS. The newer one is a lot better and cooler looking. But I'm very happy with mine. As for the dest problem. I wouldn't recommend putting on the desk. I did that and it has really loud and annoying so I just put it under. It was a lot better that way. I can now hear my speakers.:p

I just saw War of the Worlds. Great movie, reminded me of HL2 :p

You may think I'm crazy but I would like something like that happen on earth.

All I really know about War Of The Worlds is that it was presented as fake news bulletins, and people fell for it.

I wonder who would believe them if every major news channel claimed aliens had invaded. Would you? If every major news source reported it?

The War of the Worlds audio musical stylee thing involving Jeff Wayne crushes the film to dust!

I just saw War of the Worlds. Great movie, reminded me of HL2 :p

You may think I'm crazy but I would like something like that happen on earth.

I thought the movie was entertaining. Nothing special though. Doesn't match up to the older Spielberg films such as Close Encounter of the Third Kind.

All I really know about War Of The Worlds is that it was presented as fake news bulletins, and people fell for it.

I wonder who would believe them if every major news channel claimed aliens had invaded. Would you? If every major news source reported it?

Yes.

It won't be long either. The millions and billions of reanimated corpses within my grasp are on their way to consume all life.

Your best bet is to soil yourself - it's not nice to eat.

I'm assuming you have the Inspiron XPS Gen2 ( http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=N07XPS5&s=dhs&sbc=inspn_xps ).


Sorry tp. I meant desktop:
http://tinyurl.com/a5abg
1.5TBs of HDD space, etc.

I disagree on this point, sorry.

http://tinyurl.com/9dfd2
That's the closest in specs to my PC. I got a discount. My PC cost €1444.27. As I said, Ireland has lots of inflation.

http://www.discretos.net/content/0429-sonic-collection.php

That guy is having so little sex with other human beings he is actually having negative sex

Sorry tp. I meant desktop:
http://tinyurl.com/a5abg
1.5TBs of HDD space, etc.

Ah, that changes things considerably :)

I have no idea how much HD space you can squeeze into the G5 - it's certainly got at least two bays each accomodating a 250Gb SATA drive. It may have up to four...

http://tinyurl.com/9dfd2
That's the closest in specs to my PC. I got a discount. My PC cost €1444.27. As I said, Ireland has lots of inflation.

That link doesn't work... Apple store sessions time out.

Mac desktops are more expensive in comparison to PC's. But, the top-spec laptops seem to match quite fairly to Dell, as I proved.

However, can your PC drive two 30" monitors, side by side, giving a total of more than 8 Megapixels of desktop? ;)

Aye. I'm not complaining about that.

I've no idea. Can a GeForce 6800 run two 30" monitors side-by-side.

Can a GeForce 6800 run two 30" monitors side-by-side.

Who knows, I'm running my GeForce 6800 on a 19" LCD Monitor ;)

The graphics cards that can drive two 30" monitors are ATI Raedon 9650's

The ATI Mobility 9700 can drive one 30"

Does anyone here have Guild Wars? If you do we should add each other so we can play.:) My name is Ather of Loidid.

I have Guild Wars but had to uninstall it, the flashy lights/magical stuff made me sick.

If this thread is 100% off topic then nobody should reply to what anybody else says, since that creates new topics of discussion within the thread.

Got back from Live 8 this morning. Was actually pretty disappointing, untill Robbie Williams came on. The Who, Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney rocked.

Got back from Live 8 this morning. Was actually pretty disappointing, untill Robbie Williams came on. The Who, Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney rocked.

Your so lucky you got to see Pink Floyd! And on top of it The Who and Paul McCartney. I'm glad Radiohead said they couldn't go otherwise I would be so sad that I coudn't see my two favorite bands play on the same stage. Man I wish I could have gone.

I sure hope Pink Floyd does a tour one more time. :p

*crosses fingers*

They are old men now so I doubt it very much.

I must say, Coldplay dissapointed me. :(

I wish Aerosmith would come to Ireland. They haven't been here before.

They are old men now so I doubt it very much.

I must say, Coldplay dissapointed me. :(
That never stoped the stones.

I watched the bbc coverage of live8.

wasn't that bad a show.

Highpoints:

PINK FLOYD playing my favorite floyd song.
REM!
Peter Kay telling joss stone that she's going to burn.
The interview with george michael (simply because you could still see peter kay on the oniter behind them)
Robbie williams (I hate his music and I hate him, but he's an excelent showman).
Sargent pepper's lonley hearts club band. (only slightly ruined by bono).

Lowpoints:

Marriah whatshername explaning that the african childrens choir she'd draged on to stage with her where all from africa.
Dido.
The killers.
Dido.

I boycotted the entire live 8 proceedings as I f*cking hate geldoff

I boycotted the entire live 8 proceedings as I f*cking hate geldoff

Why would you boycott something that helps the people of Africa?

Why would you boycott something that helps the people of Africa?
Because he hates Geldoff... he justsaid it...

Who's geldoff?

Dunno .

Because he hates Geldoff... he justsaid it...

Yes, but that still doesn't mean you should boycott a worthy cause just cause of one a**.

Dunno .
You're avin a larf aren't ya?

Sir bob's the guy who orgnized liveaid, bandaid, bandaid 20 and live8.

He's an ****, but a charitable **** nonetheless.

You're avin a larf aren't ya?

Sir bob's the guy who orgnized liveaid, bandaid, bandaid 20 and live8.

He's an ****, but a charitable **** nonetheless.

He's trying to buy his way to salvation, eh?

Yes, but that still doesn't mean you should boycott a worthy cause just cause of one a**.
Well, for him it seems to be a good enough reason. You can't change other people's point of view. You can just get rid of them or cripple them if they are too much a problem for you :p

Well, for him it seems to be a good enough reason. You can't change other people's point of view. You can just get rid of them or cripple them if they are too much a problem for you :p

lol, you're right.

Edit: Uhh... not about the crippling part that is.:p

I'm glad Radiohead said they couldn't go
They offered Radiohad a place, but they refused because Jonny's wife had recently given birth.
I must say, Coldplay dissapointed me. :(Yeah, the crowd-participation thing Chris Martin tried at the end of In My Place worked great at Glastonbury, but it just failed at Live 8.

They offered Radiohad a place, but they refused because Jonny's wife had recently given birth.

I know. That's why I said I'm glad they didn't go because then two of my favorite bands in the same place and me not being there would make me sad.:p

I want people to see my new page, and I don't want to spam to do it. So I come here, to the Unspammable Thread to say:

http://apathy.freeownhost.com -- my new "hub" page for my twin sites. With added bonus: there are six (at the last count) randomly-appearing "extra" characters and things that take you to other parts of my sites.



I didn't watch Live 8, as I didn't see how watching it would help anyone.

Who's geldoff?
Mr Bob Geldof.

Google him.

Mr Bob Geldof.

Google him.

I just saw him on TV talking for a sec on the news. He seemed sensable when talking about politics, but it was just a few words so I can't really judge him by that.

Hooray! I found the first 419er that gave money to his victim!

http://www.scamorama.com/threebucks.html

The last post by the "victim" is very funny, when you put it in context.

Classic.

Classic.

Classic!

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i finally found a defragmentation utility that'll actually work in my computer's craptastic condition (that includes installing and running without blurting out nonsense errors). anyways, the utility just finished analyzing my hard disk. the veredict?

Degree of Fragmentation: 94.34% :eek:

i'm surprised my computer is not running at snail speed.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/32237/details/
Counter-Struck video.
This guy is playing CS:S, and suddenly finds himself inside the game. It's like RL Counter-Strike, looks awesome. :p
Quite funny too.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/32237/details/
Counter-Struck video.
This guy is playing CS:S, and suddenly finds himself inside the game. It's like RL Counter-Strike, looks awesome. :p
Quite funny too.

Funny

I have that Old School Homer shirt as well, what the hostage was wearing :p

Funny

I have that Old School Homer shirt as well, what the hostage was wearing :p

I do to.:p Though it's old and I only wear it when I don't want to ruin my other shirts.

From the people who brought you Max Payne: www.alanwake.com (I recommend browsing gametrailers.com for the trailer, as it tends to be faster and more reliable than any of the links on the official site).

Those graphics make it look like a Half-Life 2 killer. I'm scared just to THINK of what the required specs must be.

It does look fantastic, but I wouldn't call it a HL2 killer. HL2 will get prettier with the HDR stuff that will be released soon.
Altough this one's got more detailed scenarios. I'll certainly get this one once it's out.
http://www.alanwake.com/screenshots/Alan_Wake_014.jpg
:eek:

This game interests me quite much. I'm in to thrillers and such, so I hope it's good.

Just saw the video, the landscapes are AWESOME. The whole sky stuff is also AWESOME.
The only thing that didn't impress me was the player model and the animations of this.
But the landscapes kick ass :p

I'm scared just to THINK of what the required specs must be.

The landscapes look breathtaking and awesome, I'll probably spend most of the game time just looking at the Landscapes in awe, taking pics using print screen.

Specs?

Probably P4 2.8GHz +

AMD Athlon 64 3200+

512MB Ram Minimum/ 1GB prefered

Radeon 9600 and above/ Radeon 9800, X800 prefered

GeForceFX 5700+ and above/ GeForce 6 series, GeForce 7 prefered

I'm just guessing :p

WAFFLES! (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/249366)



.

You know that OD is missing?


http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7036/13535542hz.jpg

You know that OD is missing?Really? Last time I checked it was still here.

WAFFLES! (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/249366)

Do you like waffles? Yeah I like waffles!

Do you like french toast? Yeah I like french toast!

Most catchy yet best flash movie I've seen in a while

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/247886
Eh there's a small worms anim in that compilation. :p

This post is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=407951&postcount=54

ALL POLITICTS ARE STUPID!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/250062

Splapp's been holding out on us!

Frontpage, too. Awesome.