People seem to have this obsession with building a stable Windows. It's weird - there's almost no demand for a stable OS X despite the fact that, from my experience, it's just as crash-tacular as Windows is. A co-worker of mine has both PCs and Macs at his desk and at last check (he keeps count, because he's a dork) his mac has crashed more times than his Windows box.

This thread is getting silly.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=557642&postcount=1076547545

People seem to have this obsession with building a stable Windows. It's weird - there's almost no demand for a stable OS X despite the fact that, from my experience, it's just as crash-tacular as Windows is. A co-worker of mine has both PCs and Macs at his desk and at last check (he keeps count, because he's a dork) his mac has crashed more times than his Windows box.
I have found it to be more stable than Windows, even when running both on the same Hardware.
Windows will usually give me strange errors(both on my iMac and on PC's I've had before), stop supporting the webcam at random times, and when a program or game crashes, it will take me a while to terminate the program. After running games it also tends to become stupidly slow. On OS X I have had Safari crash a few times, but the Force Quit option does actually do it's job, unlike End Task on Windows... :p

The OS itself has crashed a total of four times, but none while doing anything important. And restarting it is a lot less of a pain than Windows, since the startup time is a lot shorter than when running WinXP.

All in all, I have personally had a much better experience with OS X than I had with Windows. Coincidence? Maybe. But I suppose the reason you don't see people wanting a more stable OS X is because in their experience, it has been much more stable than Windows.

This thread is getting silly.

Agreed, it's developing a topic. Therefore:

MONKEYS!

STAPLERS!

eeeeeeeeeee

Non-generically random word and/or phrase!

A spiral eggcup full of dice!

Just saying, because one's on my desk right now.

7 LIGHTLY-ARMORED RUBBER PIGGIES!

(cause that's what's on MY desk)

Enormous pile of assorted garbage, misery, mail, cds (including the u.s. version of boris's "smile" that i was prtty pumped to find at borders today), batteries, change, white-out stains, post-its with scribbles all over, wrappers...

Happy New Year!

oH NO THE THEORISTS WERE RIGHT, IT TURNED 2009 AND NOW THE WORLD ENDED

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RUN WEST

Thanks for the heads up - still 2 hours to go. :eek:

Although, being undead is kinda cool.

Damn that 2008 - it just dragged on and on. 24 hours and one second longer than most other years.

oH NO THE THEORISTS WERE RIGHT, IT TURNED 2009 AND NOW THE WORLD ENDED

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RUN WEST
Strangely, it did if you were a 30GB Zune. Nobody knows why. Microsoft can fail in ways other companies would never even think of.

First they don't realise that there was a change in millennium approaching, then they can't figure out that a leap year will end.

I'm glad I use a Mac :p

oH NO THE THEORISTS WERE RIGHT, IT TURNED 2009 AND NOW THE WORLD ENDED

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RUN WESTwas it really a theory? I'm not familiar if it was :p

Damn that 2008 - it just dragged on and on. 24 hours and one second longer than most other years.wait. 1 second?

was it really a theory? I'm not familiar if it was :p

wait. 1 second?

Yeah, there was a leap second because our clocks are actually crap.

UTC time is more accurate than the movement of the Earth. To keep UTC time close to mean-solar time, we've had to add a second.

Well, more's the point - all these fancy atomic clocks are too accurate. :p

Well, more's the point - all these fancy atomic clocks are too accurate. :p

Yes, god damn Caesium!

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/12/wii_credit_card.jpg (http://kotaku.com/5121855/dumb-lady-physically-puts-credit-cards-in-wii)

that says it all, but feel free to click to see the story.

was it really a theory? I'm not familiar if it was :pNot that I know of. :p

Not that I know of. :pok. felt I should check :p

Attention please: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpCWJnnWVI

Best movie ever?

0.o

Don't know what to say to that.

I have this small program on my Mac called iSquint, pretty nifty, allows me to convert videos so that I can play them on my iPod.
So it gives you an estimate time for how long it'll take the video to convert, and just noticed that it appears to get it wrong some times. But at least it has the courage to admit it, changing the status to "...Looks like I lied. File n will be done when it's done."

That made my day. :p

I have this small program on my Mac called iSquint, pretty nifty, allows me to convert videos so that I can play them on my iPod.
So it gives you an estimate time for how long it'll take the video to convert, and just noticed that it appears to get it wrong some times. But at least it has the courage to admit it, changing the status to "...Looks like I lied. File n will be done when it's done."

That made my day. :pthat is truly amazing :D

also, that video? I was thinking "worst movie ever" until I saw "drill bra" at which point I decided I was wrong for ever thinking bad about the movie and I will now to flay myself until I have repented for my sins.

unfortunately, the guy who develops isquint has stopped developing it :(

this was the best "conversion cancelled" screen ever

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6579/nostalgiajo1.png

Also, if you hover over the "Advanced" button for a couple of seconds, it says "Don't! You'll screw it all up!" :p

And when you hover over the "Start" button: "This button destroys all the hard work you just did. Don't click it!" :D

the "similar threads" thing on the bottom that I've just noticed is completely useless. it keeps linking threads at least 4 years old :p

also, does it show OD stuff to everyone? cause I'm getting a lot of OD threads as being similar.

the "similar threads" thing on the bottom that I've just noticed is completely useless. it keeps linking threads at least 4 years old :p

So it does! I've only just noticed that, volc must have just enabled it.

also, does it show OD stuff to everyone? cause I'm getting a lot of OD threads as being similar.

I would assume not, as they won't have permission to view OD - same as OD threads dont' show up in search results. Easiest way to check is to log out and see if the OD threads show up then.

Double post because I'm a mod:p

No they don't show up to "outsiders"

Double post because I'm a mod:p

lol like that really means anything!

double post

triple post... hell yes :cool:

aaaaaaand the rarely seen but often rumored... quadruple post?? can it be done, ladies and gentlemen??????

lol like that really means anything!
No, it just makes me feel powerful :p

YES! YES IT CAN! oh my, that was a real thing of beauty. who knows what feats of daring this "futureworm" will attempt in the future? stay tuned to find out, kids!

dammit thomasp you and your combo breakers

DENIED! :cool:

Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Steam account phishing warning..

I was just playing GTAIV and i got this message over steam.
Hi, I need your opinion, out of 10, what would you give my friends profile pic? http://steamcommunitybeta.com/profiles/76561197985824851 We're having an argument and need some help...

Paul logs out from steam 2 seconds later.

Very suspicious. But nothing bad should happen just by going to that page, riiight? So I clicked the link. Steam warned me that it wasn't the official site. I went there with firefox instead. However I could not see the profile page and was prompted to log in. At the bottom of steamcommunitybeta.com it says "This site has nothing to do with Valve Corporation and is no way affiliated with the steam trademark."

How nice of them to warn me that it was fake before I give them my account details :p

My account got hijacked, basically. Because the same thing happened to me and I didn't spot the stuff Xinos spotted. Whoops. Sent off a thing to Steam about it (and changed my Gmail and PayPal passwords while I was at it).

Don't ever log in with your Steam account and password anywhere else than in the Steam client itself. Simple as that.
You can do everything from within there anyway.

Ah, that explains that, then.

www.starslip.com

Starslip just WON EVERYTHING.

I'm guessing what you currently see on the site won't last for long, and it won't make much sense for people who haven't been recently following the comic, or haven't even heard of it. But it's awesome.

www.starslip.com

Starslip just WON EVERYTHING.

I'm guessing what you currently see on the site won't last for long, and it won't make much sense for people who haven't been recently following the comic, or haven't even heard of it. But it's awesome.
Is that supposedto be the final episode of the comic?
If so, it's an awesome ending.
Otherwise a very creative intermezzo, reminding me of that Wario Shake YouTube advertisment from Nintendo. :D

I had no idea people could be so stupid: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7819372.stm

I had no idea people could be so stupid: http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/behindinfinity/1228878946658.jpg

That headline should read "Tourist puts legs in panda's mouth. Third time so far."

damn it, matty, I'm trying really hard to think of a third leg reference with that line of yours, but I jsut can't think of anything :p

I had no idea people could be so stupid: http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/behindinfinity/1228878946658.jpg

Mmmmmm, bacon composite structure.


I've been doing an engineering degree too long...

*Gets coat and quietly leaves*

Mmmmmm, bacon composite structure.


I've been doing an engineering degree too long...

*Gets coat and quietly leaves*it's ok. if you can look at that without yoru brain melting you're doing pretty good.

I had no idea people could be so stupid: http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/behindinfinity/1228878946658.jpg

Yeah. The meat to fat ratio on the Bacon is all wrong - too much fat and not enough meat.
Why bother with cheese either? Just eat the bacon lattice.

Is that supposedto be the final episode of the comic?
If so, it's an awesome ending.
Otherwise a very creative intermezzo, reminding me of that Wario Shake YouTube advertisment from Nintendo. :D
It's not the ending, I hope :p
It's just a moment where the whole timeline they were in was destroyed by Deep Time, and they were trying to escape by starslipping to a different enough universe. :p

It's not the ending, but it does look like Kris is doing a soft reboot of the concept. I think fans miss the more casual character-based strips from the comic's earlier days.

Personally, I'm interested in seeing how today's page translates when Kris puts out the next book...

Also
http://overspraymag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/1.jpg

Man bites panda (yes, you read that right): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5364058.stm

I had no idea people could be so stupid :p

Man bites panda (yes, you read that right): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5364058.stm

I had no idea people could be so stupid :p

That's quite old. Also, that story was also mentioned in that other story you posted a few posts ago. :p

I remember that the first time it came around. September 2006, eh? Bloody hell.

Just got Lost Odyssey for the 360. I was going to purchase Assassin's Creed when the guy presented me with the option of Lost Odyssey, said it's a lot harder to find around here than Assassin's Creed, and also mentioned it's a large game (uses 4 disks).
Pretty much bought it without knowing much else about it. :P
Having read up on it now it seems like I made the right choice. :cool:
Should quench my recent thirst for a turn-based RPG.

4chan is today's featured article on Wikipedia O_o

4chan is today's featured article on Wikipedia O_o

Yeah, that scared me too.

what, you mean you look at wikipedia expecting intelligence?! :eek:

Watch this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CyPlQJQvUC4&feature=PlayList&p=42122E1B97804728&index=40

Watch this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CyPlQJQvUC4&feature=PlayList&p=42122E1B97804728&index=40that song, for the record, is ridiculously easy to play on ocarina.

I claim nothing near his skill, but it's pretty easy :p

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oLxlc_83zU0&feature=channel_page that one, however, is deceptively hard :mad:

edit: and just in case any of you aren't reading XKCD religiously already (and if you aren't, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?) I had to share: http://xkcd.com/530/

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)

before I watch that video, I want everyone to gaze upon the raw manliness and sex-appeal present in this picture found on a gothic dating site (found by a friend reading demonbaby.com): http://www.demonbaby.com/goth/demonknight.jpg

GAZE INTO HIS RAW MANLY AWESOMENESS! GAZE AND FEEL INFERIOR!

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)
Excuse me while I jump off of a bridge. That's just way too cringeworthy to be healthy.

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)that should be considered an endurance test for the mind. I just couldn't take the last song....

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)

Hmmmmmmmmmm, is it me or is that a MacBook Pro sitting there? With stickers cleverly hiding the Apple logo? And then they go and call the girl Lisa :p
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/8619/picture1yz7.png (http://imageshack.us)

"Microsoft: we know our products are rubbish, so we advertise the competitor!"


Microsoft can stick to those dire "I'm a PC" ads, thank you very much.

But you can install Windows on the new Intel Macs.
Microsoft probably just invented Songsmith to cleverly drag (Intel-)Mac users of all demographics over to the Windows side.

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)
this looks like one of those intentionally awful microsoft internal videos, along the lines of that vista bruce springsteen song a couple years back

e: this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU), guess that was more recent than i thought

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)
Ewwwww grosss. D:

that ad owns and if you have something wrong with it you probably also have no sense of humor

e: amazing, songsmith exhibits yet another microsoft gui

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832191.stm

Wow, that's lucky. Lose both engines on takeoff and make a survivable water landing and everybody escapes relatively unhurt.

I'd like to see more comments on the video I posted, and not just ones saying how easy it is to play the song. Some appreciation of the work would be nice, so I know there are people who feel the same about it as I do. Obviously you have to have played, completed and liked Zelda Ocarina of Time, but I think there are a few of you about :-)

I like the ad for Songsmith, I think it's funny and has a childish charm, a bit like The Chuckle Brothers over here. I'm gonna give it a go and see how it does when I sing some popular classics!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832191.stm

Wow, that's lucky. Lose both engines on takeoff and make a survivable water landing and everybody escapes relatively unhurt.

I love the quote they put on the side: "It made a pretty big splash when it landed on the water" - Onlooker.

I'd like to see more comments on the video I posted, and not just ones saying how easy it is to play the song. Some appreciation of the work would be nice, so I know there are people who feel the same about it as I do. Obviously you have to have played, completed and liked Zelda Ocarina of Time, but I think there are a few of you about :-)well if it makes you feel better to have more information, that guy is the one who decided me on an ocarina when I was looking for something along those lines a few months ago. I was planning to get a wood flute, but listening to that guy and the ladies over at stlocarinas finally swung me towards that end....now I just have to find some music to play (other than the 2 little songbooks I got from stlocarina)

Microsoft can stick to those dire "I'm a PC" ads, thank you very much.The 'I'm a PC' ads are 100% less infuriating and patronizing than 'I'm a Mac:cool:/I'm a PC:('.

well if it makes you feel better to have more information, that guy is the one who decided me on an ocarina when I was looking for something along those lines a few months ago. I was planning to get a wood flute, but listening to that guy and the ladies over at stlocarinas finally swung me towards that end....now I just have to find some music to play (other than the 2 little songbooks I got from stlocarina)

I don't care about that, I want to know what you thought of the vid and how it made you feel.

The 'I'm a PC' ads are 100% less infuriating and patronizing than 'I'm a Mac:cool:/I'm a PC:('.

They're about 150% more ****ing stupid, though.

Edit: I mean, seriously, the fact that DEEPAK CHOPRA uses your product is NOT an endorsement. The man is just a charming moron.

I don't care about that, I want to know what you thought of the vid and how it made you feel.

Didn't make me feel much.
It was an ok rendition to the song, but, eh.

I'm not sure when Microsoft switched to really embarrassing ads, but it seems to be a trend. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTXG2uKNLIw)

I was gawking in horror, and then suddenly I was excited when the other guy a little after 2 minutes in starts using the program too, because he was using my exact laptop, a Toshiba M400. I don't know why that excited me, but it did.

The ad was terrible though... All the things they were singing sounded so very generic..... Not to mention the cheesiness of it all

I think the idea behind that program is utter tripe. I suppose it could be entertaining for simple mortals to hear it come up with inane, simple, boring background music for their similarly inane singing, but I just loathe the idea as a whole...

I do concur that it should be slightly amusing to see what it comes up to when singing classic tunes, but the fact that it's going to be easier to stumble into crap as the one presented in that ad trough the internet makes me wonder if it's worth it...

definitely NOT worth it. even jingle writers are gunna use better programs. all that one can do is annoy the parents of pre-teen cheerleaders-in-training.

The irony for me is that I'm quite good at making rhythm sections for songs I make, but can't write melodies.

So for me, Songsmith is exactly as useless as it could possibly be.

Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4222155/Student-auctions-off-virginity-for-offers-of-more-than-2.5-million.html)

Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4222155/Student-auctions-off-virginity-for-offers-of-more-than-2.5-million.html)
nudes plz

Lego Politics (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4270990/Barack-Obamas-inauguration-in-Legoland-California.html)

What a difference (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205) an upturned mouth makes (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510)

*doesn't get it*

What a difference (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205) an upturned mouth makes (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510)uh....were those 2 comics supposed to be related in some way?

Lego Politics (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4270990/Barack-Obamas-inauguration-in-Legoland-California.html)
not enough people

What a difference (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205) an upturned mouth makes (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510)
thanks for this link to a comic that sucks

Lego Politics (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4270990/Barack-Obamas-inauguration-in-Legoland-California.html)

How about that

*doesn't get it*He's talking about how nobody likes Boxbot (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205) (robot with sad mouth) but everyone loves Robox (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510). (robot with happy mouth)

He's talking about how nobody likes Boxbot (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=205) (robot with sad mouth) but everyone loves Robox (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=510). (robot with happy mouth)uh....this is something we were expected to get? :confused:

uh....this is something we were expected to get? :confused:
Pretty much, yes. You have two nearly identical robots shouting "helloooo!". The only difference (apart from a slightly different configuration of limbs) is the orientation of their mouths. And yet the characters react in an entirely different way to each of them. And there isn't much else to link the two strips together. Finally, you've got the author's comment below each picture.

Heck, I'd've thought the fact that I took it entirely out of context would have made it easier to spot...

Pretty much, yes. You have two nearly identical robots shouting "helloooo!". The only difference (apart from a slightly different configuration of limbs) is the orientation of their mouths. And yet the characters react in an entirely different way to each of them. And there isn't much else to link the two strips together. Finally, you've got the author's comment below each picture.

Heck, I'd've thought the fact that I took it entirely out of context would have made it easier to spot...even having it explained gives me a very tenuous grasp on the joke there... :-/

Pretty much, yes. You have two nearly identical robots shouting "helloooo!". The only difference (apart from a slightly different configuration of limbs) is the orientation of their mouths. And yet the characters react in an entirely different way to each of them. And there isn't much else to link the two strips together. Finally, you've got the author's comment below each picture.

Heck, I'd've thought the fact that I took it entirely out of context would have made it easier to spot...
doesn't make it interesting and/or funny

swing and a miss on this one, i'm afraid

Apparently it's hard to play Fallout 3 without knowing about decimals (http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=939933&topic=47703755)

I would feel bad posting a whole new thread for this request, so I'm slapping it in here instead.

I would really rather like the Worms 2 death animation and sound effect ("weee bicky boink doink", is how it goes in my brain). I know I can get the WA animations of John Skeet's old page but the animation and sound effect in question don't appear to be listed.

Any help would be appreciated. Any unhelp will be met with an accute case of illiteracy. Yes.

edit: By the way, Lego>everything. Also, my character in Drawn to Life is called Robox. Drawn to Life disappointed me somewhat.

knowing the differences in taste between me and every single one of you, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I've been reading through a webcomic I found. it's about geekdom, but rather than video games it focuses more on TV and comic books. so far the comics have been fairly damn great. I feel a mixture of pride and shame for every one I understand :p

anyway, first actually good one is 6, so I'll start you off with a link to that one.
http://www.bjccreations.com/geek/comic.php?6

I would really rather like the Worms 2 death animation and sound effect ("weee bicky boink doink", is how it goes in my brain). I know I can get the WA animations of John Skeet's old page but the animation and sound effect in question don't appear to be listed.
It's actually in a number of separate .wav files IIRC. I'm going to install W2 just for you so I can upload them.

knowing the differences in taste between me and every single one of you, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I've been reading through a webcomic I found. it's about geekdom, but rather than video games it focuses more on TV and comic books. so far the comics have been fairly damn great. I feel a mixture of pride and shame for every one I understand :p

anyway, first actually good one is 6, so I'll start you off with a link to that one.
http://www.bjccreations.com/geek/comic.php?6Those mouths really bug me, it's like THEY'RE SCREAMING ALL THE TIME.

Looks like this thread was not ready to learn that Robox is awesome, but Boxbot is lame.
knowing the differences in taste between me and every single one of you, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I've been reading through a webcomic I found. it's about geekdom, but rather than video games it focuses more on TV and comic books. so far the comics have been fairly damn great. I feel a mixture of pride and shame for every one I understand :p

anyway, first actually good one is 6, so I'll start you off with a link to that one.
http://www.bjccreations.com/geek/comic.php?6
It's no Gunnerkrigg Court.

In all seriousness I found this a while ago and while I only read a bit and it's not the worst webcomic in the world. It's pretty bland In my opinion but if you enjoy reading it good for you.

Those mouths really bug me, it's like THEY'RE SCREAMING ALL THE TIME.
http://www.digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=ftt

http://www.digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=ftt

Heh, the woman with red lipstick looks like she has her tongue constantly hanging out of her mouth.

"Bluuuuh"

http://kotaku.com/5134683/the-house-of-the-dead-overkill-gets-a-hand-cannon
This thing is awesome. Twice as awesome if you can do dual-wielding. :cool:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7839744.stm

Scroll down to the last Favicon entry. Remind you of anything? :p

Oh dear :p

Didn't someone try to pull the same thing with the Olympics logo?

A 90° rotated 'Oh dear!' :p

* Muzer doesn't get it

* Muzer doesn't get it
Here, I'll link you to the joke.

www.goa.......... no, no I can't do it. I'm not that cruel.

It's actually in a number of separate .wav files IIRC. I'm going to install W2 just for you so I can upload them.

I must have missed this post before. Any luck? :)

http://hbcapps.com/miight/crap/worm_die

EDIT: If you want, here are the explosions as well:

http://hbcapps.com/miight/crap/asplode

Oooh, I like those asplojuns muchly. I may have to replace the WA ones with them :o

Someone should have linked you to this earlier:
http://worms2d.info/SoundEddy
Would have allowed you to switch sound effects between W2 and WA/WWP, even specific ones.
:)

My mouse needs new batteries after every week or so. However, my keyboard, after nearly 1 year (and around 75639294 keypresses) since I bought it, finally drained its first set of batteries (that came with the box).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7839744.stm

Scroll down to the last Favicon entry. Remind you of anything? :p
man, even the description. that's fantastic

My mouse needs new batteries after every week or so. However, my keyboard, after nearly 1 year (and around 75639294 keypresses) since I bought it, finally drained its first set of batteries (that came with the box).
Yes, the light source in optical mouse devices are quite energy hungry. More so if it's a wireless one. Even more so if it's a cheap brand with bad or no energy saving functions.
You should buy a good Logitech mouse with NiMH batteries and a recharging station.

I've got the Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless, which I bought for €50, but there are already cheaper ones for around €30 (Cordless Click Plus).
That'll probably amortise after a couple of months.

If you get Logitech, make sure you check out this tweaking tool for Logitech's Setpoint software:
http://www.mstar.net/users/rlowens/
You'll be in customisation heaven.

My mouse needs new batteries after every week or so.

Get some rechargables. I use them in my Mighty Mouse and they're great. I've also got one of these Energizer quick-chargers that charges 4 AAs in 15 minutes.

my Mighty Mousedidn't you specifically suggest I NOT get one of those? :p

didn't you specifically suggest I NOT get one of those? :p
Yes I did. And my comment, as is now obvious, was based on personal experience. It's an OK mouse - when it works.

But given that it was a birthday present I'm not going to bin it till it needs replacing, and I can cope with a trackpad for most thing.

Yes, the light source in optical mouse devices are quite energy hungry. More so if it's a wireless one. Even more so if it's a cheap brand with bad or no energy saving functions.
You should buy a good Logitech mouse with NiMH batteries and a recharging station.I've got rechargable batteries with a charger that can hold up to 10 batteries of all sizes. Don't like those stations where you just place your mouse, they never worked well for me and it means I can't use the mouse in the meantime.

I've got the Logitech MX 1000 Laser Cordless, which I bought for €50, but there are already cheaper ones for around €30 (Cordless Click Plus).
That'll probably amortise after a couple of months.I have a Logitech Cordless Desktop MX3200 Laser, really nice stuff. So far Logitech products haven't let me down, their driver support is flawless and I haven't had any of their products die on me yet. (unlike cheaper brands)

I wanted to get one of the Logitech Gamer Desktops but they're not available in a Portuguese layout. :-/

If you get Logitech, make sure you check out this tweaking tool for Logitech's Setpoint software:
http://www.mstar.net/users/rlowens/
You'll be in customisation heaven.Nice. Problem is I never remember my own customizations so I use no more than the standard 3-button-setup. :p I can finally disable the annoying keyboard zoom though, yay!

Get some rechargables. I use them in my Mighty Mouse and they're great. I've also got one of these Energizer quick-chargers that charges 4 AAs in 15 minutes.I've got rechargable batteries, but it's still a bother when I have to swap them mid-game or something. Ok so the mouse does flash this red blinking light when it's low, but I like to use them all up to increase their lifespan.

Someone should have linked you to this earlier:
http://worms2d.info/SoundEddy
Would have allowed you to switch sound effects between W2 and WA/WWP, even specific ones.
:)

Awesome! Having tried it I think I prefer most of the WA sounds, to be honest. They have more bass.

Yes I did. And my comment, as is now obvious, was based on personal experience. It's an OK mouse - when it works.

But given that it was a birthday present I'm not going to bin it till it needs replacing, and I can cope with a trackpad for most thing.LOL! ouch.

sounds fun :p

Awesome! Having tried it I think I prefer most of the WA sounds, to be honest. They have more bass.
Have you ever tried Thrik's Sound Replacement Pack?
He used quite realistic effects from various games with bombastic sound.
http://www.mediafire.com/?lxzmzyz2oxw

I wonder if Etho could add a feature to his SoundEddy, that would allow to specify a folder containing custom sound effects...
Would make switching to Thrik's pack easier.

Oh, I remember that! I used it at one point.

If it's the one I think you're talking about, where you can hear splintering glass, fire etc during explosions.

Oh, I remember that! I used it at one point.

If it's the one I think you're talking about, where you can hear splintering glass, fire etc during explosions.
Yeah, highly likely.
It sounds like the battlefield of a Hollywood blockbuster war movie.

Have you ever tried Thrik's Sound Replacement Pack?
He used quite realistic effects from various games with bombastic sound.

Wicked! I was thinking of doing the same thing - I'll have to try it out :)

Thanks, buuuuuuuuuuhhhhh-ddy.

EVE Online player, Xabier, has recently made off with 80 billion ISK (the in-game currency) due to hosting a bank in the game and then running off with all the money in said bank. the EVE devs had this to say:

The most recent event and one which has caused the most controversy is surrounding Xabier. First and foremost I would like to point out that it is still not known for certain whether Xabier has, for lack of a better word, scammed. What we DO know is that he has missed a dividend payment on a personal bond, and his bio now states “Thanks for all the fish”.

See, what he should have done is loaned all the money to shady customers and then got a bail-out from the devs.

(topical!)

See, what he should have done is loaned all the money to shady customers and then got a bail-out from the devs.

(topical!)HA! :D good one

I think it's fair enough.

It's only a game. People should put less time into single games. People who play the same game for 12 hours a day (when they could be playing 6 games for 2 hours each) are detrimental to the games industry.

Whilst said players will feed one studio for a lifetime, hundreds of other indy studios suffer from a reduced demographic, e.g. hardcore WoW players are unlikely to buy Super Mario Galaxy, meaning the target audience is reduced by a significant amount.

So yes, I think knocking people down a virtual peg or two should give them a bit of a deserved reality check. I might start an EVE account 10 years ago and do just that.

/launches WA
**12 hours later
/exits WA

lol, completely agreed, vader. its really their own fault for trusting a player to run a bank.

also, I found out that apparently he wasn't even the owner of the bank. he was simply promoted within his corporation and made off with the money in response to this promotion. definitely not against any rules in my book. too bad so sad and all that.

AHA! HA!! HAHA!! http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/

AHA! HA!! HAHA!! http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/
I've snatched that background to use as my new desktop wallpaper.

mousechat: i have a logitech g5. it has adjustable weight + dpi and an awesome texture. highly recommended if you're going to be doing some gaming

I have a Logitech MX Laser but it won't charge anymore :(

It was the most awesome mouse I'd ever owned.

I'm not sure what the acual model is, but I've been using this Logitech optical mouse for ages now, and it shows no real signs of decay. I love it. I dread having to look through the mouses of today, with their bizarre pseudo-ergonomic shapes.

Well I've had this Logitech MX-518 for a good while now.
Works fine, but it's getting really dirty.

Do they have charging cradles? My MX700 and MX1000 both suffered the same fate: the contacts on both the mouse and the cradle went manky. Basically it looks to me like Logitech don't put nickel between their copper and gold plating, allowing the air to get to the copper, causing oxydisation which later appears through the gold plating. Stupid Logitech.

Luckily my MX700 takes AA batteries, unlike my super-sexy ultra-ergonomic MX1000 and it's irreplaceable Lithium Ion job.

I like my £5 microsoft mouse, never understood the fuss over these really expensive logitec things.

Do they have charging cradles? My MX700 and MX1000 both suffered the same fate: the contacts on both the mouse and the cradle went manky. Basically it looks to me like Logitech don't put nickel between their copper and gold plating, allowing the air to get to the copper, causing oxydisation which later appears through the gold plating. Stupid Logitech.

The 518? Mine's not wireless. It's just covered in dirt from my desk.


I like my £5 microsoft mouse, never understood the fuss over these really expensive logitec things.

Instantly adjustable sensitivity can be nice. The most useful feature though I find, is an extra two mouse buttons.
Fits nicely in my hand too.

Instantly adjustable sensitivity can be nice. The most useful feature though I find, is an extra two mouse buttons.
Fits nicely in my hand too.extra 2 buttons definitely the most useful feature. worth the money :p

extra 2 buttons definitely the most useful feature. worth the money :p

I didn't buy it.

It's much nicer to use over the others I end up using at college and such.

MX1000
Hmm.
I have the MX1000 too.

The only problem I have with the charging cradle is, that it will only get contact in a certain position when I slightly let it slide in. If I push it down until the casing hits the bottom, it won't charge most of the time.

I had the very same problem with my previous two Cordless Click Plus mouses, which used the same cradle, so I guess it's the flexible electrodes at the bottom that cause the fuzz.

On a side note, I exchanged the first Cordless Click Plus after six months because the middle mouse button didn't work anymore on certain positions of the wheel.
Incidentally, that coincided with the first time I used Firefox and tabbed browsing, so I guess I wore of the thing with all the middle-mouse-button-tab-closing. :rolleyes:

Yay for more reasons against charging cradles!

I always use Cordless Optical Mouses now, never would go back to the old ones. Cordless because mouse cords break pretty easily, and Optical because I'm not going to that much trouble to clean something else's balls. :p

Yay for more reasons against charging cradles!

I always use Cordless Optical Mouses now, never would go back to the old ones. Cordless because mouse cords break pretty easily, and Optical because I'm not going to that much trouble to clean something else's balls. :p
A mouse cable has never broken for me.
I just hate it when you have to pull cord up from below the desk.

I've almost forgotten how to use a mouse since getting my Wacom tablet ;)

I use both. I use the WACOM for everything except gaming (although I do use it for Peggle fair bit) - I don't like having the tablet in mouse mode and WA just doesn't work with pen mode.

A mouse cable has never broken for me.
I just hate it when you have to pull cord up from below the desk.I don't mean break as in snap, I mean break inside from too much bending or twisting so it gets more unresponsive and eventually doesn't work. I have the same luck with headphones, and cordless ones are too expensive.

Maybe I'm just terrible at making things last. :(

I don't mean break as in snap, I mean break inside from too much bending or twisting so it gets more unresponsive and eventually doesn't work. I have the same luck with headphones, and cordless ones are too expensive.

Maybe I'm just terrible at making things last. :(

Even so, a mouse chord doesn't get moved around that much. Unless you're constantly changing wires around and moving things, then the chord should experience minimal movement.
This mouse has lasted me a good while now and I hope it will continue to.

Headphones on the other hand, I can understand - mine barely last a few months.

apparently (and annoyingly) no one sells anything less than a 320GB SATA HDD anymore. I find this odd.

The chord on the original Apple Pro Mouse (the black & see-thru soap bar mouse) my dad had on his now-6 year old G4 frayed where it entered the mouse about 3 years ago - don't really know how it happened, but we replaced it with the superior-yet-inferior mighty mouse which seemed to have a much more sturdy cable.

Yeah, mine has a regular old USB cord that seems to be holding up just as well as the rest of the mouse and doesn't particularly get in the way of anything. :p

apparently (and annoyingly) no one sells anything less than a 320GB SATA HDD anymore. I find this odd.
Huh?
I bought an 80GB SATA2 HDD for 30€ about two weeks ago.

apparently (and annoyingly) no one sells anything less than a 320GB SATA HDD anymore. I find this odd.How is that annoying? You are laziness personofied. :p

Huh?
I bought an 80GB SATA2 HDD for 30€ about two weeks ago.well no one near ME sells them :p

How is that annoying? You are laziness personofied. :phow is that NOT annoying? I wanted a new hard drive but only for windows. I had no need of a 320GB HD and I wasn't going to sit and wait for a week for a HD to be shipped to me just to avoid reformatting :p

I don't mean break as in snap, I mean break inside from too much bending or twisting so it gets more unresponsive and eventually doesn't work. I have the same luck with headphones, and cordless ones are too expensive.

Maybe I'm just terrible at making things last. :(
the g5 has a cord that is actually braided to prevent this from happening. it has the look and texture of nylon rope
apparently (and annoyingly) no one sells anything less than a 320GB SATA HDD anymore. I find this odd.
http://www.newegg.com

http://www.newegg.comas mentioned in my last post: I just wanted it to install windows on. I've already reformatted. it wasn't worth waiting a week or paying double for shipping.

well no one near ME sells them :p

how is that NOT annoying? I wanted a new hard drive but only for windows. I had no need of a 320GB HD and I wasn't going to sit and wait for a week for a HD to be shipped to me just to avoid reformatting :pWell it's not like you're paying extra for all the free space. Who knows how big Windows will get in the future? :rolleyes:

But yeah, I have a 250GB hard disk just for Windows and junk and it fills up well.

So Paul, I know you like the music from Sonic the Hedgehog 2....

DO YOU LIKE THIS? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MUSIC NOW????? (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtqoyxWkhU) mwahahahahaha

(Warning, this is both loud and terrible)

I have a 700GB drive in my old Xbox, about 500GB in this PC and a couple of hundreds in the girlfriend's PC and we still constantly need to move stuff about to make space for all our pron stuff.

Best TF2 machinima ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO1oDEkxfpY) (watch in HD to be able to read all the text)

Best TF2 machinima ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO1oDEkxfpY) (watch in HD to be able to read all the text)

Being the only TF2 machinima I've ever seen, I have to agree that it's definitely the best one I've ever seen.

Best TF2 machinima ever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO1oDEkxfpY) (watch in HD to be able to read all the text)
man, that was fantastic

muahahaaa! I'm posting while playing mirror's edge. in-game XFire browser ftw :cool:

The game can't be that boring, can it?

:p

The game can't be that boring, can it?

:plol, no. I was enjoying it quite a bit, but it seems my computer wasn't, cause I keep crashing on it....I only posted that cause it was the first opportunity to test out the new XFire browser

MGS2 in comic form:
http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/23570.html#cutid1

I really enjoyed that, even though I've never played MGS4.

I just made scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toast. Why is it that scrambled eggs and mushrooms smell like dog while being cooked? It's really off putting.

I really enjoyed that, even though I've never played MGS4.neither have I. it's just a good comic.

I just made scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toast. Why is it that scrambled eggs and mushrooms smell like dog while being cooked? It's really off putting.government conspiracy. dogs are actually made of a special combination of scrambled eggs and mushrooms animated with alien technology found in the middle ages.

MGS4 in comic form:
http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/23570.html#cutid1That's MGS2 you noob. :rolleyes:
The whole series of (awesome) MGS comics are here: http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/?skip=5&tag=metal+gear

And Mirror's Edge is kinda annoying.

government conspiracy. dogs are actually made of a special combination of scrambled eggs and mushrooms animated with alien technology found in the middle ages.

That explains why the Chinese eat so much dog, then.

That's MGS2 you noob. :rolleyes:I DID say I didn't play it :p

And Mirror's Edge is kinda annoying.I'm rather enjoying it.

BRRRRRROTHERS

(and so on)

I'm rather enjoying it.It's really annoying to slightly miss a fence or a pipe because you weren't at the perfect angle and couldn't look at it and die and have to redo whatever the game decides.

It's really annoying to slightly miss a fence or a pipe because you weren't at the perfect angle and couldn't look at it and die and have to redo whatever the game decides.lol, yes, that it is. however, I've played R-Type, Kid Icarus and other such games that punish you relentlessly and can accept that sort of thing. honestly I find it a bit refreshing that a game has gone back to the old "pixel perfect" way of doing things.

Lamp-post stops prisoners' escape: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7857469.stm

That has to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen on BBC News :D

Someone needs to add some funny sound effects and a Benny Hill soundtrack.

Approval from the American crowd is overwhelming. 5 stars. :p

amusingly, after coming home and watching that video, me and the wife went to wal mart and heard Bob and Tom talking about this very news video. they've apparently liked it enough to host a copy on their site too, lol.

I remember seeing the exact same situation on a video on a tv show. I think it was on "America's Dumbest Criminals" or something.
Still, watching morons being morons never gets old. :p

<SupSuper> Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants says (22:23):
i can't believe there's a site with unboxing videos
Paul.Power says (22:24):
videos that are not about boxing?
<SupSuper> Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants says (22:24):
videos about opening boxes
Paul.Power says (22:24):
videos about a sport that is the antithesis of boxing?
Paul.Power says (22:25):
OH MY GOD NINTENDO SIXTY-FOOUUURRRR
Well, it's a video about opening a box
<SupSuper> Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants says (22:26):
:p
<SupSuper> Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants says (22:28):
but yeah: http://itsunboxed.com/
that's the most boring thing i've ever seen
Paul.Power says (22:28):
what
Paul.Power says (22:29):
this is it
the internet has reached its logical conclusion
we may as well pack up and go home
although they'll only unbox it again
<SupSuper> Supreme King Awesome Thunderpants says (22:29):
but they'll just unpack it again :p
lol, beaten

Deboxing, you mean.

Deboxing, you mean.

They mean, you mean.

Finally the Internet is catching up with the Vordster:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y9/sritchie/debox.jpg

LOL.

DAN means. Paul is sexay and takes photos.

THE SITE means. :p

until the cool new favicon, i never really realized that the t and the 7 are fairly symmetrical

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5512/1233205058538rv4.jpg
This is slightly weird...

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5512/1233205058538rv4.jpg
This is slightly weird...WHY?! :eek:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5512/1233205058538rv4.jpg
This is slightly weird...
That's more scary than the time Gordon Brown smiled.

I've just read through parts of a thread somewhere, filled with people arguing that 0.999... (recurring) does not = 1.
Can people not accept mathematical proof and plain logic?


http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5512/1233205058538rv4.jpg

This is slightly weird...

Slightly?

http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2009/01/30/the-tragic-life-of-andops-von-skanklejanger/
This comic probably doesn't make much sense to anyone who doesn't follow 'Anders loves Maria', but I just had to share because it's awesome. :P

I've just read through parts of a thread somewhere, filled with people arguing that 0.999... (recurring) does not = 1.
Can people not accept mathematical proof and plain logic?So you haven't seen this then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:0.999.../Arguments :p

http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2009/01/30/the-tragic-life-of-andops-von-skanklejanger/
This comic probably doesn't make much sense to anyone who doesn't follow 'Anders loves Maria', but I just had to share because it's awesome. :PGiven the recent guest strips, I'm guessing Anders ****s everything. :p

I've a bit of a crush on Rene Engstrom, and I've told her as such. I adore Anders Loves Maria and I can't wait to see her at the Thing in London this March.

Lucky you. :P

Unbelievably hilarious: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4401631/Cake-Wrecks-when-professional-cakes-go-horribly-hilariously-wrong.html?image=5

Unbelievably hilarious: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/4401631/Cake-Wrecks-when-professional-cakes-go-horribly-hilariously-wrong.html?image=5
oh no!

the rest of the pics in this album are pretty great too

I've just read through parts of a thread somewhere, filled with people arguing that 0.999... (recurring) does not = 1.
Can people not accept mathematical proof and plain logic?

I think the main issue is here is that people don't really understand just how abstract maths is. "Yeah but it wouldn't do that in real life" is not a valid argument in mathematics. The trouble is, saying "but look we can prove it mathematically/logically" is not going to make much headway with these people, because that's just piling on further abstraction.

For example, if you say "0.9 recurring has to equal 1 because it's a limit and we know that limits work because if they didn't then the structures of analysis and calculus would fall down", they'll interpret that as "analysis and calculus are bunk".

It's frustrating, yes. But speaking as someone who's training as a maths teacher, it's hard enough getting kids to understand decimals. Here, for example, is a list of common decimal misconceptions:


"Decimals are just like a different whole number, right?" i.e. "0.16 > 0.5 because 16 > 5"

"Oh wait no, they're like reciprocals" i.e. "0.45 < 0.3 because 1/45 < 1/3"

"Any amount of hundredths you have is less than any amounth of tenths" i.e. "0.51 < 0.5 because surely 51/100 can't be bigger than 5/10, they're only hundredths!"

"0.1 is one tenth. 0.01 is one hundredth. 0.11 is eleven tenths" i.e. "Sure, 0.05 < 0.5. But 0.16 is still bigger than 0.5"

"What do you mean, they're supposed to end in "th"?" i.e. "0.165 > 0.53 because 561 > 35"

"Oh yeah, it's just like money" i.e. "I'm fine with 0.16 < 0.5, but 0.161 = 0.16 because you can't have a tenth of a penny"


So yeah. You've gotta get past all this first before you can even think about addressing recurring decimals...

Right, who's fault was that? Come on, own up? Who got Paul started on maths talk? :p

Right, who's fault was that? Come on, own up? Who got Paul started on maths talk? :p

Oops.


So you haven't seen this then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:0.999.../Arguments :p

Er, no. Actually, that's worse.

Er, no. Actually, that's worse.

But pretty hilarious. I thought the little proof with x=0.999.., then 10x=9.999.., 10x-x=9, :. x=1 was conclusive enough by itself :p

But pretty hilarious. I thought the little proof with x=0.999.., then 10x=9.999.., 10x-x=9, :. x=1 was conclusive enough by itself :pWell, it's more of a justification than a proof.

Plus that justification in itself wrestles with the very idea of infinity + 1 = infinity.

Requesting thread title change to "The 99.9999999...% Off-Topic Thread", unless it's been done before.

Well, it's more of a justification than a proof.

Plus that justification in itself wrestles with the very idea of infinity + 1 = infinity.

The infinite series proof is fairly straight forward and clear though.
The geometric series: 9*(1/10) + 9*(1/10)^2... = 1 is hard to argue against, so long as you accept the fact that s = a/(1-r), where a = 0.9 and r = 0.1. If they don't accept that, then their problem lies in their understanding of abstract mathematics and the concept of infinity.

The infinite series proof is fairly straight forward and clear though.
The geometric series: 9*(1/10) + 9*(1/10)^2... = 1 is hard to argue against, so long as you accept the fact that s = a/(1-r), where a = 0.9 and r = 0.1. If they don't accept that, then their problem lies in their understanding of abstract mathematics and the concept of infinity.
Which, well, yes. That's the point I've been trying to get at. If they don't understand abstract maths and the concept of infinity, they aren't going to understand 0.9999... = 1

Trouble is, we tend to teach 0.9999... = 1 before we teach abstract maths and the concept of infinity.

Allow me to give an engineer's view on this whole nonsense...

0.999... == 1 to 3 significant figures or to a suitable engineering tolerance :p


Case closed.

Allow me to give an engineer's view on this whole nonsense...

0.999... == 1 to 3 significant figures or to a suitable engineering tolerance :p


Case closed.

Damn you engineers and your lack of mathematical precision!

Damn you engineers and your lack of mathematical precision!
Do you know how expensive everything would be if we made it to femtometre precision??? :p

*divides thread by 0*

OH SHI-

http://philip9876.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/nuclear-explosion.jpg

*divides thread by 0*

OH SHI-

http://philip9876.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/nuclear-explosion.jpg
hey, i've seen that picture before

Requesting thread title change to "The 99.9999999...% Off-Topic Thread", unless it's been done before.

I'm pretty sure it has been done before, but the hell with it, now it's been done again.

Paul, did you see the VerizonMath thing when that was around?

I'm pretty sure it has been done before, but the hell with it, now it's been done again.

We've had 99.999999%, but never recurring.

Allow me to give an engineer's view on this whole nonsense...

0.999... == 1 to 3 significant figures or to a suitable engineering tolerance :p


Case closed.
I can only second that from a biologist's view...

0.999... = 1 or 0.9 or 1.1

because that stupid scale is so sensitive that it'll jump a few decimals whenever someone enters the lab.
Screw it, add another spatula and your good! :p

Astrophysics: 0.999999999... ~= 10

Astrophysics: 0.999999999... ~= 10
Well, 1 is a power of 10 too :p

(also, I for one think it's awesome that pi, the speed of light in metres per second, the number of seconds in a year and the number of light years in a parsec are all pretty darn close to 10^(n+½))

i found some dirt

can i have some? you can have some of my mayonaise.

I don't like mayonnaise. :(

(also, I for one think it's awesome that pi, the speed of light in metres per second, the number of seconds in a year and the number of light years in a parsec are all pretty darn close to 10^(n+½))

Well if you let n take any real value, then that would be true of all numbers.
I assume you mean where n is an integer.

Well duh...

I just realised .pdf is about 50% of the filesize of .docx (and probably .doc) - wheeeeee!

Where's your precious maths now? Oh yeah. In what I said. Bugger.

edit: I also just realised... PDF. PD file. Paedophile. Ahahahaha. I really need to get out more.

edit: I also just realised... PDF. PD file. Paedophile. Ahahahaha. I really need to get out more.

I'm pretty sure I've heard of people making that mistake and getting cross.

Portable Document Format.

Well if you let n take any real value, then that would be true of all numbers.
I assume you mean where n is an integer.n generally is an integer by convention.

In the same way that p and q tend to be rational, x and y real and z and w complex.

I just realised .pdf is about 50% of the filesize of .docx (and probably .doc) - wheeeeee!
Text formats are usually much bigger than binary formats. If you check .doc, it's probably a lot smaller. Unless .docx is gzipped or something, I dunno, I've never taken a look at a .docx before.

Oh yeah, I was a bit wrong on that. It turns out .pdf is 75% of the size of .docx and about 29% of the size of .doc.

At least that's the case with my CV.

I find PDFs are usually noticeably smaller than docs when created using the "Save to PDF" feature in Mac OSX, unless there are images in the word file, which can usually make the PDF pretty huge.

I tend to dislike PDF files for their ability to get stuck on my desktop.

If it's February, it must be snow.

edit: I also just realised... PDF. PD file. Paedophile. Ahahahaha. I really need to get out more.http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4254/pdffilevspaedophileyh0.gif

Whoa, wait a second, when did we get to page 500?

It's not page 500. Stupid people not using the maximum posts per page.

Whoa, wait a second, when did we get to page 500?125 pages from now. you're doing it wrong.

What? 500 was yonks ago. We are up to page 1499 now. :cool:

I modified my cookies to let me view all threads as one long page

I modified my cookies to let me view all threads as one long page
Hehehe, that sounds nice

/me does the same

I modified my cookies to let me view all threads as one long page
Doesn't that might give you cancer or something? :rolleyes:

Doesn't that might give you cancer or something? :rolleyes: damn near it with this thread.

Flarghenwargen.

OK, how do you do that? I couldn't find any entries in my cookies, and when I tried modifying the edit settings page, it just defaulted back to the default.

OK, how do you do that? I couldn't find any entries in my cookies, and when I tried modifying the edit settings page, it just defaulted back to the default.

It was a joke :p you'd bring down the entire forum when you viewed this thread

Post 15000 approaching!

Post 15000 approaching!
Fasten seatbelts and stop smoking, please!
Life vests are under your seat.

Flight 100%OT on short final, requesting clearance for landing, awaiting reply one-fives-zero-zero-zero*


* 15k posts, 14,999 replies :p