General conversation thread: Chat about anything that's not WipEout.

[mdhay]

Wow, I just realised some girls my age are backstabbing b******. >:(

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah, I think it's 1000
Edit: Dammit Ace, I wanted the 1000th post! :P

:lol schneaky schneaky does it!! :P


Wow, I just realised some girls my age are backstabbing b******. >:(

Dude, just don't go doing anything silly - girls, will always be girls... sometimes sweet as pie :D sometimes kinda hot like chillies :D and sometimes as cold as ice :( it's all part of something, I havent quite figured out yet... :?

[omega329]

Wow, I just realised some girls my age are backstabbing b******. >:(

What's happened?

[mdhay]

A girl who I've known for around 4 years, who was the first decent friend I've ever had, who I've been sticking my neck out for a lot of times has been taking advantage of me and treating me like **** behind my back. All I did was show that I love/ care about her. >.<

[ACE-FLO]

Harsh reality of life mate, shitty things do happen to the best people...

... ya know what though bud? How you deal with a problem what makes or breaks a persons character. You'll be fine man, you're a sharp knife in a place full of blunt tools! :D

[omega329]

Lack of social life FTW

[MrSmadSmartAlex]

Yeah, I think it's 1000
Edit: Dammit Ace, I wanted the 1000th post! :P
I'm sure when Lance sees that ACE double-posted to get it, he'll merge the posts, making yours the 1000th post! :lol

[omega329]

Indeed, it's all part of my plan :D

[mdhay]

Harsh reality of life mate, shitty things do happen to the best people...

... ya know what though bud? How you deal with a problem what makes or breaks a persons character. You'll be fine man, you're a sharp knife in a place full of blunt tools!



Lack of social life FTW

I know, guys - but the bitch that's been doing it has hell to pay tomorrow. :twisted At least I hope she has. Thing is, 3/4 of the year hates her (That's what she says, it's actually more like 8/10's) and if the **** hits the fan, she'll need all the friends she can get... and her 'friends' are just like her - backstabbing you-know-whats.

[SaturnReturn]

Yeah, I think it's 1000
Edit: Dammit Ace, I wanted the 1000th post! :P

You got it. ;)

Omega wins!:+

[omega329]

Woop!
Anyway mdhay, just do what feels right, and hope for the best, no-one can blame you if you try your best :)

On another note, anyone played Dwarf Fortress?

[mdhay]

Can't say I have. :g

[omega329]

It's... erm...
quite difficult to describe really...
the main level of my fortress at the moment:
http://imagebin.org/74640

[ACE-FLO]

You got it. ;)

Omega wins!:+

+1 :D schneaky schneaky, did it :D

[mic-dk]

On another note, anyone played Dwarf Fortress?

Only, like, 5000 times :D Unfortunately my current laptop isn't quite up for the job and as soon as I get the first wave of immigrants it slows down to a crawl - even on a 4x4 map.

Losing is fun!

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

mic-dk,what is your laptop's Operating System?
Recently,I ran into problems with Windows 7,so I retrieved Windows Vista.Wanted to experience the setup of Vista and wait for things to go up to speed.

[mic-dk]

It's small netbook with Win XP and no graphics card to speak of. DF is quite CPU intensive and the small Atom 280 in my laptop just isn't made for it.

[omega329]

indeed, the game is in desperate need of multi-threading

[mdhay]

I've just lost it.

[mic-dk]

Abandon fortress.

@omega - That's a fine looking place you got there. I tend to build too small and cramped at the beginning, making it a PITA to construct proper access and defences later on. Hum... I think my coming christmas vacation will be a fine opportunity to strike the earth once more!

[Mr Phlanj]

I've just lost it.

don't worry everyone has just lost 'the game'. we're all loosers together :D

[q_dmc12]

On another note, anyone played Dwarf Fortress?

yes, I don't get it, they all die.:paperbag

[omega329]

@q_dmc12: Just remember the motto, Losing is Fun!
And if you want some help, the wiki has a great tutorial http://dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Your_first_fortress

@mic-dk: It's only my third ever fortress, the first two died from starvation and lack of water. The trouble now is getting used to sieges and goblin ambushes. It wasn't until recently that I found out that enemies could pass through doors.
I was having a lot of "Fun" then ;)

[q_dmc12]

eh that doesn't work, I read that already

[OBH]

Ive been a member of this site for over a year, yet have only just realised my location was set to SE England instead of SW England :beer

[Lance]

Ship-shape and Bristol fashion?

[ProblemSolver]

How fanboys see operating systems;

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5486/howfanboysseeoperatings.jpg

Here is my point of view. :g

Windows is for sissies. If ain't there is no button then the problem is
unsolvable. http://www.consolewars.de/messageboard/images/smilies/m-rofl3.gif

And Mac is for pussies, obviously. :nod Most girls do have a Mac, fits their
shape 'n style more closely. :+ But I've also recognized that more and more
guys do buy a Mac these days. Especially at university one can see how
some of those guys try to pimp their style by wearing / using a Mac. http://www.consolewars.de/messageboard/images/smilies/SC05.png

Well, Linux is for those who wanna get a job done.

[q_dmc12]

Aah, can I get an Amen!?? :mr-t aaaaaaaaaameeen!

1up:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5486/howfanboysseeoperatings.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/howfanboysseeoperatings.jpg/)
By q_dmc12 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/q_dmc12)

I win..

[mic-dk]

How fanboys see operating systems;


Can you even see the ground all the way up that horse?



Well, Linux is for those who wanna get a job done.

Oh please... I do Unix admining for a living, mostly Solaris but also a lot of linuxen. When I get home, I don't want to spend another 4 hours messing around with configfiles, codecs and packages with 4-deep dependencies just to view a youtube vid or log on my netbank. It ain't fun or interesting, it's tedious and smells like work.

Linux definitely has it's uses, but desktop computers isn't one of them.

You're comparing a heavy digger to a sportscar. Each get the job done, but if you need to win the Le Mans you don't race in a Komatsu PC300.

[omega329]

more Dorfyness: http://imagebin.org/75848

[q_dmc12]

I want my digger to have a custom paint job with racing stripes :P

[ProblemSolver]

... When I get home, I don't want to spend another 4 hours messing around with configfiles, codecs and packages with 4-deep dependencies just to view a youtube vid or log on my netbank. It ain't fun or interesting, it's tedious and smells like work. ...
Linux on PCs (on x86 architectures) runs like nothing else. There is even Flash,
YouTube etc. on x86. A good distribution has most of the things already
configured. The situation is somewhat different on non-x86 (where Windows
isn't an option at all, lol). Anyways, I even got YouTube running on a PS3Linux
without flash. Adobe is just too lazy to port a ppc version of their Flash
implementation. So even if there is no support, no need to give up under Linux,
another strength the system.



Linux definitely has it's uses, but desktop computers isn't one of them. ...
Desktop is the only part where Linux 'lacks' behind due to the way it has
evolved over time. But anyways, I don't think that any Windows can match a
fully-configured GNOME and / or KDE desktop system. No way. Best of all, Linux
is free (like in freedom). I don't know why I should pay 199,99 € (http://emea.microsoftstore.com/DE/Microsoft/Windows/Windows-7) to get Windows 7.
Nice try, M$. xD

[mic-dk]

LOL, yeah, apparently you can have your digger any colour you like, as long as it's yellow.


more Dorfyness: http://imagebin.org/75848

I like your entrance with the staggered ballistas :rock But are caravans still able to enter?

Edit @ ProblemSolver Okay, let's dance :) My point isn't that linux (or unixen in general) is pointless, far from it. I wouldn't run real business application on anything else.

My point is that; this entry is written on a bogstandard Ubuntu 9.09/Gnome, with the pre-installed Firefox. I accepted all the auto-updates, and it checks every day, but it is still unable to show a youtube video. I could do it at one point, but somewhere in the process the codecs got screwed. Sure, I could fix by performing my magic incantations, but I really shouldn't have to.

My small, cheap netbook at home with Win XP never fails me in this way. It happily plays videos and show me my bankaccount - even after patches has been applied. I could manage all these smallish problems and issues if I really wanted, but I can only imagine what eg. my fahther would do. Well, I know what he would do; call me and let me do yet more sysadmin work in my already precious sparetime. Time that could be spent playing the game that shall not be named in this thread. Time I'll gladly pay for.

[omega329]

@ mic-dk: Yeah, they can enter through the wide passageway up the brook, that entrance is easily floodable to prevent unwanted entry.
There's also 5 (now 6) catapults placed further back behind the massive stockpile of random crap (ballista ammo and flung stones can pass through fortifications :D)

[mic-dk]

Ooh, yeah thats pretty sweet with those catapults :)
I'll admit I can't quite figure out how you get the caravans inside - they enter from the south, running north towards your depot? Also, are your forges magma powered? I see a lot of bars lying around :)

This morning I chatted with a friend of mine about his latest adventure:
http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-7659-metalsoothe - he actually killed a dragon with the traps on lvl 15 :D

I'm so playing DF over christmas!

[omega329]

The wagons enter along the brook, then go up the floodable passageway, up the 3-wide ramps, across the top of the wall, and down again on the other side (this prevents the whole fortress from being flooded when the passageway gets flooded)

He killed a dragon with traps? XD

I have over 50 war dogs assigned to a single hammerdwarf, who makes up his own military unit...
he's permanently outside, as it takes too long for all the dogs to get through the narrow passageways XD

[q_dmc12]

Yellow and black - a black racing stripe :+

[yeldar2097]

Plasma TVs make my head throb just like I've got the beginnings of a headache going on.
LCD TVs don't have this effect.

Something I realised today :nod

[ACE-FLO]

Last night, my first and oldest friend, Rashid passed away. He was diagnosed with cancer. I'm not feeling too great tbh, but my pain/loss is nothing compared to the loss/pain his dear parents, family and wife are feeling.

Rashid was a good man, with no vices or bad habits. An only son, he was the bread winner for the family... full of smiles, full of love and life, he was a brother I will always miss.

I never got to tell him some things, like how dear he is to me, or how much love I have for him... I believe in God, and just know in my heart that he is in a good place.

I'm in a bad way atm. sorry

[SaturnReturn]

Sorry to hear that ACE. He sounds like a great guy. Cancer can affect anyone, no matter who they are, where they're from, how healthy they are, or how old they are. It's a horrible thing and I really hope all the research that is being done in the field pays off some day. Too many good people are lost to it.:(

[ACE-FLO]

Thanks SR, dunno what else to say atm. numb. The funeral is tomorrow, (Muslims have to bury their dead within 3 days) and it's gonna be even harder when I see his father shoulder the weight of his son...

... that's gonna kill a part of me, inside - just know it. Another friend of mine died in 1998, and a part of me kinda died when I saw that his father was in line to shoulder the weight of his sons coffin - near the end of the line where you lower the body into the grave (Body is taken out of coffin first).

[BulletWraith]

was going to talk about the ug ness of christmas trees(we just got ours) but meh
my condolences Ace, much love to you and Rashid's family
& seasons greetings for those who believe in that sorta thing and those who love binging on turkey and such

-zer:donut

[abukii]

Im terribly sorry, ACE. Ive been dealing with a family bout with cancer too. I feel for ya, bro. Stay strong. LiveStrong.

[ACE-FLO]

You too bud. And thank you for your kind words :)

The funeral was today at 5:30pm gmt... Huge turnout. Was very cold - freezing in fact. Muslim cemetaries are not as nicely maintained as some well established Christian cenetaries, so it was tricky navigating our way around the other graves (ice and hard uneven mud/ground), was pretty dark too - only the occasional bit of light from a hand held HID lamp (about 4 of these). There must have been at least a 1000 people there... I saw a lot of old friends who I hadn't seen. Some in years. I managed to get near the grave, when the prayers were being called. All us friends were there, and some got emotional. Those bonds were there from nursery days, there's friends, and then there's friends who are more like brothers... Was pretty intense. I'm proud of my friends, they all managed to turn up. Some travelling from far away to be there.

There was a lot of Rashids family there too, as you'd expect. Lots of elders aswell, who took care of the calling to prayer and stuff. I'm gonna miss my friend... But I'm confident he's in a better place.

[willsgb13]

hey ace, i'm very sorry to read about that. death is never easy to handle and i offer my sincerest condolences. perhaps a positive is that it brought so many people together to grieve, but i'm sorry about your friend. RIP

[yeldar2097]

Just started using my PS3 for proper non-downladable games and it's ****ed...brilliant -_-

First I get “An error occurred during the start operation. 80010514″

Some geyser told me to restore the file system so I did, now everything is freezing up and I'm in a loop of having to restore the file system every 5 mins because my games keep freezing.

Edit: Now I just get “An error occurred during the start operation. 80010514″ regardless.

Dammit I knew I should have just stuck with 'the game that must not be named (in this thread ;) )'

Stupid ****ing useless piece of.....

RAGE :bomb

[abukii]

Hope is not lost, young padiwan. The same thing happened to me. You have to reset your account infos. Hold the power button down until you get a screen that asks you to restore to default settings, but be warned-- youll have to re-activate ALL of the accounts on the system. This WILL NOT delete your saves, media or stored games (or any other DLC for that matter).
[Wow...Im all sorts of 'techie-guru today...not bad for a crappy 'passed couple-o-days']

[Lance]

Shouldn't that sort of thing be in the actual game-related and PS3 tech threads?

Answer: Why, yes, it should. :g

[yeldar2097]

There's a PS3 tech thread?

Well the good news it, it works ^_^

Thanks a bunch abukii :g

...although now every time my PS3 freezes I have to go through the same process to get it working again. :pirate

Spoke too soon, still doesn't work. Dammit! I REALLY want to punch my PS3 but I reckon that'd just make things worse (but I would feel SO much better ;) )

[abukii]

Then your blu-ray drive might be on the fritz :(
Im sorry:(:(
LoL...Lance, are you refewrring to the "Error Code" thread? I dont think anyone should have to contribute to that one...means their system is being wonky :) If not, by all means...make a new thread and I will aid and abet. Its hard to actually 'diagnose' a system "hypethetically" though. But, Ill do what I can.
*runs off to check on Wolfkills thread*

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Here is another PS3 WipEout HD question:Does the game freeze up when you press the PS Button while loading online mode?(Mine is download)

[mdhay]

Wrong thread. ;)

[SaturnReturn]

F.E.I.S.A.R - Did you mean to ask that in this the following thread? This one is supposed to be a non-WipEout haven.
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5273&page=91
I think there will be lots of other places where the game freezing is mentioned too, if you have a search.

On topic
I became slightly depressed yesterday. Based on a BBC article, it seems that house prices are rising at a rate faster than I can save money, even though I'm saving virtually everything I earn. Even if I were to save every single penny I possibly could, they'd still be rising faster than my savings. All this really means, is that I'll have less savings after buying, once I can actually afford something (based on getting a big enough mortgage, which depends on salary). But it's annoying to be in this position. I'd like to move out to gain some independence and find somewhere more convenient for getting to work. But if I were to move out of home and start paying proper hefty London rent (As opposed to smallish money-to-Dad type rent), then I'll be even more screwed in a few years' time. Knowing how much I would need to save would only make the rent feel like money down the drain. I really thought I was in a reasonable position, as I've basically been a scrooge my whole life. :|

[yeldar2097]

Damn, sounds like a crap situation to be in.

Have you tried playing online roulette? The only thing I can think of is making more money, apart from that I don't have any ideas :(
Whereabouts in London you trying to move? You could try sharing with someone...maybe...possibly?

[mic-dk]

Saturn, I can relate to your story. My brother is in almost the same situation. He, his wife and their 1 year old girl, my niece, is stuck in a rented apartment, with no hope of saving enough money to pay the downpayment on a house.
While the rest of the country suffers from declining prices, for some reason that just doesn't happen here abouts.

That basically means that I get richer and richer just by owning a house and my brother and his wife is just stuck in their small apartment, despite both having reasonably paying jobs.

And on that happy note, I'll wish you all a Happy New Year - gotta get started cleaning the fish and crabs :D

[ACE-FLO]

Saturn mate - I feel for your predicament mate. London living is expensive as hell though, so it just means that knowing the art of the "scrimp 'n save" = WIN. A small one type apartment starts at around £700 PCM locally in East London, and a can of coke is still 50p :D Around the same as what you pay in your ends...

... the suck of London is the commute - hideously de-energising experiences to be had in the rush hours of London - and you pay an arm and leg for it...

Bah - almost forgot the whole congestion charging issue - it may have alleviated some traffic from central London but in reality, it has just diverted it around London, therefore increasing carbon footprint (moronic)... sorry, I'm off on one aren't I? :paperbag ok ok I'll shut up.

:donut

[abukii]

@Saturn-- Almost the same situation here. Back in October, 2 friends and myself were on the hunt for a house. We found several that should have been condemned and 1 "keeper". The asking price was 115,000 dollars USD. We bid $110K. It came time to finallize and we signed the papers...only one problem-- in the uber fine print (that was never explained to us by either banks or realtors), it stated we had 48 hours to do ALL of the home repairs upon signing. This included a boiler, new kitchen and a new roof. It was literally impossible. So longer story short, they kept our $1000 deposit and we lost the house. Now prices are going back up and theres not a snowbalkls chance in hell that we're going to get a 3 bedroom house for what our loan is. Stupid banks and realtors!!!!!

[ACE-FLO]

The system that governs us - has indeed ****ed us... :( royally, with like a big fat hairy baseball bat! Bastards! :evil

[SaturnReturn]

... the suck of London is the commute - hideously de-energising experiences to be had in the rush hours of London - and you pay an arm and leg for it...

This is one of the main things that makes me want to move somewhere a bit more convenient. At the moment I have to get a packed train and a packed tube. The trains are cancelled frequently in the slightest bit of bad weather, which is even more annoying. There's one which is relatively empty, because it's only 5 minutes after the previous one, but it's cancelled about half the time, with no reason given. I don't think many people can realise just how draining it is doing the commute every day. It's almost like a fight for survival. It is indeed, also ridiculously expensive. I almost felt a bit silly finding it so tiring, but then my old family doctor admitted this himself, without any prompting. I think he also called it 'hell'.:(

Even with all the gripes though, I'm in a reasonably privileged position. I'm not in the position where I have to pay rent but I can at least afford to move out and pay rent for myself if I choose to. That makes me one of the lucky ones really. But given how much it will cost me in the long run, I'm not sure it's worth it. It's a hefty price to pay for a feeling of independence, and compared to putting the money towards a mortgage, it's really cash down the drain in some ways. I've looked at part own, part rent schemes, but so far not found anything particularly appealing. They're either in places that seem less convenient than where I am now, or they're in dodgy areas. It's not like I want to live anywhere particularly swanky - just that, when you find somewhere that looks like a nice apartment, and then it turns out to be in the area of London which is reported as having the highest murder rate, and when everyone who asks if it's an OK place to live is straight up told NO, it suddenly becomes less appealing. -_-

[ACE-FLO]

Yeah, that commute is a killer man. I sometimes let entire trains just leave the platform, sometimes delaying my journey intentionally buy up to half hour, just so I can get a seat, and even then I end up being squashed between quasimodo and shrek :D Nah, seriously, it really does suck. my stop is Leytonstone on the central line, and beleive me when I say 'it feels like the whole of East London lives here' - everyone gets off at this stop, or the one before it which is called Leyton :D


just that, when you find somewhere that looks like a nice apartment, and then it turns out to be in the area of London which is reported as having the highest murder rate, and when everyone who asks if it's an OK place to live is straight up told NO, it suddenly becomes less appealing. -_-

A friend of mine is renting a one bed for around £680 PCM, its a nice flat but the crime rate is pain. In the 5 months he's lived in his flat (also in Leytonstone), his car has been broken into twice (nothing nicked though:?) we've chased muggers down the road once and 2 murders have taken placew, countless stabbings and a rape have occured in the ends... one of the murders was on the top of my road, and I live in a nice part, Upper Leytonstone (toff :D)

The only real reason to live here I guess is to be close to work, or to be entertained - or both...

...but being entertained costs money in the city... there's just too much temptation. Which is why i've chosen to keep a lower profile these last couple years. Gotta admit, Wipeout and the Zone (Rob you are a legend) have helped keep me occupied in my free, idle hours - otherwise, it's split commitments between work, family, GF and friends - and that split commitment is one helluva hard balance to achieve the older I get :? And the older I get, I realise that I need to put money away too. Got a lil stashed away but its clearly not enough to start out, build yer own nest etc. There's millions of us in the same hole, trying to find a way of getting on the property ladder, yet we have to slave over it - just to secure a roof. Slave - over - it...

Ya know SR, Say you had the deposit, and you had the job which paid good peas, and say with your skill of scrimp n save - you had to find a mortgage deal... where the hell would you start? The marketplace is saturated with a staggerring number of mortgage options from each lender... just figuring all this out takes work, and damn I don't think I could handle the stress on my own. I'd need to be married and let the wife handle that kinda thing :D kidding kidding :D but the question stands - is it becoming increasingly difficult to get on the property ladder? :?

[KGB]

We bought a flat in 2000 for about £48,000. It was just at the right time as the property market exploded soon afterwards. We sold it a year later and made about £15,000 on it. We would have no chance now of starting up as that same flat is worth more than 3 times as much. Must be hard to find the money to get anything decent.

I would be tempted to live in the rougher parts just to get a start. Once you have a mortgage and are paying it, banks are more likely to lend you more, enabling you to make a move to somewhere a bit better.

Or move to the North. It's grim but it's cheaper (just). :P

[ACE-FLO]

What is it with people trying to walk and show off in snow? I mean, I see guys walking like they own England, only to slip and land flat on their fleshy partitions :D snow and ice is dangerous man. I see young kids in crappy cars, pulling donuts in car parks - it aint that hard to skid a car in the snow is it? or what about the government - who fails to acknowledge that winter does indeed bring snow. When will they pull their fingers out and get the salt on the roads?

... Me, well - when in the snow, I walk like a hunchback, or like someone who has sharted (inbetween a schitt and a fart, involves wetwess :D), I find it helps with balance, lowers my centre of gravity so to speak... oh, shoot - Speaking of gravity makes me think of the taboo subject, not to be discussed here on this thread - so I'll be off then... ciao... :blarg

[omega329]

I've been running/jogging on the ice and snow for the past few days, I've yet to fall over on anything other than a fresh, powdery snow 30deg+ gradient slope (going up), I guess I've just got a good sense of balance...

[BulletWraith]

okay peeps
for those who haven't heard hell just froze over
Sonys announced its own line of SD cards (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/sony-announces-line-of-sd-memory-cards-no-really/)
I dunno what to think:paperbag

[OneAVGNFan]

What's with the plugs all over the world? I saw an Apple product that is basically a charger with removable plugs for different plugs all over the world. That make me think: Why can't there be just one type of electrical plug that any electrial thing works anywhere?

[rdmx]

Whose plug gets picked as the universal standard? No country wants (neither can they afford) to spend the money needed to change all local infrastructure to a global standard.

[OneAVGNFan]

They should had thought of that before they were putting the plugs in the first place.

[Mr Phlanj]

only 5 more years until back to the future is proven worng :P

[Harvai]

Whose plug gets picked as the universal standard? No country wants (neither can they afford) to spend the money needed to change all local infrastructure to a global standard.

Universal adaptors should be more readily avaliable. I've got one for my PSP (it's Japanese) and the adaptor is at least twice the size of the actual plug. Aussie plugs are huuuge!

[Rachel Johnson]

Augher... I hate slipping on ice. >=/ Know any good bruise correcting remedies?

[Lance]

Time.

And healthy food including plenty of vitamin C.

[Rachel Johnson]

Well, the healthy food part isn't hard, it's just the time part I'll have trouble with. :P

I heard comfreys pretty good for it though, that or more ice, but I don't think I'll be wanting ice near me again for a little while. Hehe.

[Lance]

Right now I want the ice far away, not flying through the air as sleet the way it was this morning. In effing FLORIDA. SLEET. It's not right.

[SaturnReturn]

My Mum would always tell me to put Arnica cream on bruises.

[andy]

lol lance, sleet's fine, its the ice and the hailstones you have to worry about.

I slipped on the ice twice on thursday, so I've got bruises on both arms and my right hip. I wouldn't mind, but I sleep on my right side and I can't sleep on a bruise, so I've got a few uncomfortable nights still to go until that bruise goes. Ah well eh. :P

[Lance]

Hailstones we get in summer, sometimes associated with small tornados. One year we got golfball-sized hail twice in one week in two different parts of the metro area only a few miles apart. There were many cars going around town covered with golfball-sized dents all over the top surfaces. A couple of automobile dealers had almost their entire stock ruined this way.

[BulletWraith]

I could do with a couple days of snow, blazing hot here, my sun burns just finished peeling off my arms and legs
wasn't expecting to do much walking today so I wore some tight black jeans
really bad idea, but atleast I didn't get re burnt:+

[KGB]

Just watched Slumdog Millionaire which was superb and now I can't stop watching the Who wants to be a Millionaire Indian special on Channel 4.

[ACE-FLO]

good film, that one :) lucky git is dating that bird in reality lol

[SaturnReturn]

Gah, I forgot that was going to be on TV.:(

[yeldar2097]

If you had a younger brother (or just any younger relative) and found out they were dealing drugs, would you hand them into the Police immediately or would you try to help first/ask what's up?

Mate of mine just got handed up to the Police by his older brother...I feel a bit sorry for him but I don't know what I would have done if my younger bro was dealing and I found out about it.

Any thoughts?

[blackwiggle]

The brother obviously did some soul searching and came up with what he thinks was the correct thing to do.
Better to get charged while he's young and get the whole sordid thing over with and hope he learns his lesson and doesn't re offend.
If the brother had let it go,who knows how bad the situation could of got.

[yeldar2097]

Hmm true. Not quite sure how long he was soul searching for though. He was the one who found the drugs in the first place. Within about an hour he'd handed his bro up to the police.

Probs a good thing in the long run, like you say. He's a bit upset now though cos his mother is kicking him out of his house (cos she owns that block) and telling all his friends' parents that we aren't to contact him any more.

Idiot...

[SaturnReturn]

I think it would depend heavily on what kind of drugs and how often, and the general behaviour of the person who was dealing, which would also affect my decision on whether I could believe them or not. But I'd definitely talk to them first and find out the details.

I don't think anyone would turn a family member into the police that quickly solely because they broke the law. There are lots of ways to do that and if everyone did it then pretty much everyone would have a criminal record of some kind.

[Dark-Twisted]

Post anything not WipEout related eh?

Don't you hate it when you can't find the can opener and resort to opening a tin of spaghetti with a knife? OR have you ever tried eating spaghetti in the dark? (I found that difficult :D )

If you can't relate to that which I doubt you can, have you ever had a shower and then realised there are no clean towels around?

Yeah, I'm in a random attitude, don't ask.

[Lance]

If the knife were a Swiss Army Knife with a can opener, like most models of SAK, there would be no problem. I always use an SAK to open cans. Two kitchen can openers in a row have proven very inconsistent in their ability to open cans, and I always have an SAK in my pocket, anyway. Usually two or three different ones.

[mdhay]

I hate girls. My £0.02. :/

[Dark-Twisted]

They waste our time.

[yeldar2097]

Sometimes quite nice to look at though ;)



...no touching though, that's icky :nod

:megaturbouberlol

[BulletWraith]

mmm I love girls, yesterday I was reading a short email my ex sent me 5 years ago, I could feel the centre of my brain heating up, I almost got dizzie :hyper

about showering:
yeh I have a couple times, think I just used the clean shirt I was going to wear after the shower to dry myself with, then wore a different shirt

-zer:donutshen

[OneAVGNFan]

Are there any food junkies on the Forum? Reply ASAP

[mdhay]

Peanut Butter!!!!! :P

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Can't beat good old chips (or fries for those of you in the US) ;)

[Aeroracer]

its a really good film i loved it.:)

[ACE-FLO]

Food Junkies? is that a trendy term for 'greedy pigs' ? :g kidding! For a slim trim type, I eat quite a bit. Mainly home cooked Indian food, either made by myself, me mam or me girlfriend... or me sister :)

Though I love Indian food, I also love me cod n chips, with a pickled onion thrown in! :rock

[OneAVGNFan]

My hometown is near San Bernardino,the birth place of McDonalds and Taco Bell. No Lie!!:o:burger

Living near that city had an influence on me being a food junkee. But I also like Jack in the Box and Carl's Jr (also from Southern California).:burger

My favorite food would be a good old phily chesse steak though.:p

[Dan Locke]

Not a food "junkie" per se, but nothing beats a really well-made gourmet burger.

[ACE-FLO]

Nothing beats most things made well... One of my pet hates is going to a restaurant and having to return a meal! Nuff said! :burger time

[OneAVGNFan]

MEAT is GOOD (for me to eat).:guitar:burger

Meatlovers unite!!!!

[omega329]

I prefer my steak (beef) rare, and with a peppercorn sauce, in terms of other foods, I enjoy Chinese, Indian and Thai. A recent recipe I found for tuna steaks involved marinading it in soy sauce and honey, mixed in equal quantities, then grilled/shallow fried, it was rather tasty, if not sweet (serve with cous-cous) :P.

[yeldar2097]

I'm pretty sure that Tuna thingy is what I had on Friday actually. Yum!

I like my steak bleu in England, rare anywhere else (because for some reason most English people think that a medium steak is rare and will cook it as such - fools :P)

Lots of Indonesian food because I'm 3/8-ish Indonesian :g

Meat is murder, Shoplifters of the world unite, yada-yada. Gotta love Mozza (hopefully someone else apart from just KGB will get this :lol )

[OneAVGNFan]

Strangely, I am addicted to the smell of steak sauce. I often open the bottle just to smell it for 20 sec.

I also like to eat Nutella from time to time.

[Kyonshi]

Its now possible to make yourself a Napolitan NesQuik drink. Just mix chocolate, strawberry and the new vanilla NesQuik syrup and SHAZAM.

I also systematically pick up any paperclip i find. It's beyond me, i can't let it standing there, i must obey. :eek

[blackwiggle]

I'll eat ,and have eaten just about everything you could think of + some.
I cook at home as I enjoy it and rather good at it,years of working with professional chefs you tend to pick up little tricks that make all the difference.

I had a good chuckle at the supermarket the other day,two early 20's female backpackers from the USA were looking at getting rice,ones saying to the other get the instant rice as she didn't know how to cook it.:g
Instant rice! Is there such a thing? Can people really be that inept that they can't boil water? :rolleyes:
I was able to do that when I was 10.
The mind boggles.

[Harvai]

Strangely, I am addicted to the smell of steak sauce.

Caesar salad dressing for me. I could drink the goddamn stuff straight from the bottle!

Lamb cutlets on the BBQ with a hint of salt...mmmmm

[OneAVGNFan]

Everything seem better with food.

My 50th post. :eekwow!!!!
50 post in less than a month since starting:!:mr-t:guitar

[Aeroracer]

hahaha..


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100127/tuk-website-offers-reward-for-tony-blair-45dbed5.html

anyone need money for new 60 inch plasma read this..

i agree with it too :nod

[Rachel Johnson]

The other week, I ate prawns 6 meals in a row. Surely that's bad for me. :P

[KGB]

Meat is murder, Shoplifters of the world unite, yada-yada. Gotta love Mozza (hopefully someone else apart from just KGB will get this :lol )

"A boy in the bush is worth two in the hand, I think I can help you get through your exams!" That kind of thing. :D

Just been to Game and bought Fallout 3 for £19.99, there were two versions on the shelf, this one and The Game Of The Year Edition with all the extra DLC included which was £44.99. Decide to go with the cheap version. Just got home and low and behold there in the case was a Game Of The Year disc and booklet :rock. Epic balls up by Game staff :g.

[yeldar2097]

Looks like it was only KGB then :g

Just lost my job again, similar sort of situation as with SL. Online roulette here I come.

[Mr Phlanj]

that sucks yeldar, what is it u you do??

[yeldar2097]

Nothing fancy, I do (did :P) tech support in french, dutch & english for Navman/Mio (In-car sat-nav people). Emails, phone calls etc.... Good fun actually :)

[Mr Phlanj]

fair play, you should be able to find something similar (if u still want to) quick when you can speak 3 big launguages

[ACE-FLO]

So me speaking Gujarati, Hind and Urdu will get me a job working for t-mobile customer services in Mumbai, India? I'm so glad I speak English, and that I have a job. meh. India is all good for a holiday, couldnt live out there though!

[Mr Phlanj]

i wouldnt say t-mobile but im always seeing jobs when im looking for one that are looking for multi linguistic skills. I will admit its mainly German, French or Spanish there after.

also i was quite ignorant to the fact that gujarati and urdu were even languages until today :paperbag. hey hey!! i learnt something new!!

[ACE-FLO]

really? :) Urdu and Hindi are actually really similiar... difference being that Urdu is like the Queens English and Hindi is like Cockny English but essentially they are the same language.. However, Urdu is native to Pakistan and Hindi to India... i'm Indian in case you wondering... though some peeps beleive Sir Ben Kingsley is my biological father :D gah lol

[Mr Phlanj]

yer knew you were indian, and i think we are all related to Ben Kingsley in some way. he looks like the kind of guy who gets around a bit :P

im going to use my new found knowlage to show off to my mates (and then ingore any follow up questions :)).

[ACE-FLO]

laugh out loud, wish i could witness their interrogation just to watch how you'd react. But that would defeat the purpose coz they'd just ask the Indian guy, me :D

[Mr Phlanj]

i will go with the classic awnser a question with a question tactic uintill they give up

[ACE-FLO]

record it and slap it on youtube lol kidding

[Mr Phlanj]

I did some drawing this morning. I havn't drew in ages. This isnt my pic but i copyed it freehand and I could only find a pen.

Oh and i hate the chin :paperbag

UPDATE: i just finished another drawing but this time im going to give colour ago on photoshop tommorow before putting it up :P

[Mr Phlanj]

I couldn't arsed to colour it in in the end :)

[OneAVGNFan]

They are great artworks.

Also, I would like to speak a third language like some in the zone.

[IH8YOU]

That first picture reminds me of Balsa, for some reason.

[OneAVGNFan]

If anyone would learn a third language, regardless of the second language, what would it be?

I'd take German since Spanish is my second language.

[willsgb13]

japanese, 100%, and then french, spanish and italian on top. might do it anyway.

i am unable to have a good evening without saying something stupid/making a catalogue of mistakes/being really awkward. holy ****, what the **** is wrong with me.

[SaturnReturn]

I've wanted to learn Japanese for a long time. I should learn Dutch (and want to as well), but that would count as my second language if I did. I speak a little German, but can't really call it a second language at all.

[willsgb13]

yeah, i forgot dutch, i'm keen to learn that as well. if you know german, does that give you a an advantage with dutch, in terms of similar words, syntax etc. ?

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I am a Chinese(that language is my mother tongue),but I am not really good at speaking that language

[SaturnReturn]

When the Dutchmen are chatting in the mother tongue I can understand bits of it. This is a combo of having been to Holland a few times and watched some Dutch-subbed English shows and having done A-level German. German does help with vocabulary, but I'm not sure about syntax. I think German and Dutch have similar rules about where the verb goes and stuff so probably does help there too. English, Dutch and German have a lot of similar words, I think Dutch has more in common with English and German than either of those two do with each other. It can also be confusing though, when you see a word which looks the same as English and it's actually something completely different. I still only know the odd word of Dutch anyway though.

[willsgb13]

chinese is another one actually... perhaps it's prudent to remember that there are over 4000 languages around :P where in china are you from? what's it like there?

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

I am a Singaporean Chinese...Singapore is an immigrant country.If you look into Singapore's past,you will see that early immigrants came from Asia and some settled in Singapore.
Singapore has only one season,and that is Summer.Being a densely populated country,most of us(Singaporeans)live in flats(or as some people may say,"stacked" on each other).Education is begins by first going to playgroup,then Nursery(and maybe Nursery2),then Kindergarten 1 and 2,followed by Primary school(very competitive that in good schools,people have to ballot)then PSLE at Primary 6(Primary School Leaving Examination,EVEN more competitive as Secondary school is decided by score)then Secondary school and "O" Levels at Secondary 4.Then Junior College or Polytechnic,and if you are successful,University.

[ProblemSolver]

Btw; Did you know that Kindergarten is a German word? Well it's not only a word.
Being in a Kindergarten as a child is the best thing you can get.

[IH8YOU]

I'll agree with that. I miss having play time, followed by naps, and then chocolate milk!

God I wish we had naps at work....

[willsgb13]

When the Dutchmen are chatting in the mother tongue I can understand bits of it. This is a combo of having been to Holland a few times and watched some Dutch-subbed English shows and having done A-level German. German does help with vocabulary, but I'm not sure about syntax. I think German and Dutch have similar rules about where the verb goes and stuff so probably does help there too. English, Dutch and German have a lot of similar words, I think Dutch has more in common with English and German than either of those two do with each other. It can also be confusing though, when you see a word which looks the same as English and it's actually something completely different. I still only know the odd word of Dutch anyway though.

yeah, i know no dutch but it sounds great to listen to, like spicy german. german's too rigid, but it's a typically efficient and in those terms satisfying affair, from my experience. i'd love to learn some dutch though, currently reading a book about dutch footie and have always harboured a desire to spend some time exploring the country, not just the dam but the rotterdam and the country and the dykes and all of it. seems like a progressive, artful, fascinating place


I am a Singaporean Chinese...Singapore is an immigrant country.If you look into Singapore's past,you will see that early immigrants came from Asia and some settled in Singapore.
Singapore has only one season,and that is Summer.Being a densely populated country,most of us(Singaporeans)live in flats(or as some people may say,"stacked" on each other).Education is begins by first going to playgroup,then Nursery(and maybe Nursery2),then Kindergarten 1 and 2,followed by Primary school(very competitive that in good schools,people have to ballot)then PSLE at Primary 6(Primary School Leaving Examination,EVEN more competitive as Secondary school is decided by score)then Secondary school and "O" Levels at Secondary 4.Then Junior College or Polytechnic,and if you are successful,University.

i didn't know much about singapore, only that it was a small but quite prosperous place, amirite? constant summer sounds nice but despite the annoyance of slushy roads and freezing temps snow can be fun. still, we don't get particularly 'real' summers, know what i mean? we get some scorchers, but not many. we have plenty of flats here though, i think in the 60s it was decided that all boroughs should have council estates for those who couldn't afford houses. we do have open spaces though... are you guys thus more adept at using whatever space you have to its maximum potential? is there more of a community? i grew up in london and it's a big place, but from where i grew up and from my experience, there's not much community here.

are you at uni then? i hope you aced it all mate! make the most of it, life's short and a bitch and the rest of it. competition is good too though, builds your steel for later life. perhaps i'm lacking, but that's not a particularly interesting story for telling :beer


Btw; Did you know that Kindergarten is a German word? Well it's not only a word.
Being in a Kindergarten as a child is the best thing you can get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0IpS_3S-0

ih8you, i don't hate you, or anyone else here, but i do love chocolate milk.

cigarettes and chocolate milk! these are just a few of my cravings!

well, not cigarettes

but chocolate milk, definitely

[F.E.I.S.A.R]

Yes,Singapore is a small,but it is prosperous country.
I am actually not in University,yet.Look at my profile page,and you will see that I am too young to be in University(in Singapore that is,as there is National Service(or drafting in US English(I think)) for males aged 18-20 before University).I am in my second year at Secondary school.Thanks for the motivation,though.
Most people get their housing from the HDB or Housing Development Board.Hence,the flats are sometimes called HDB Flats.You may say that we are adept at maximizing land use.The housing that I am living in(a 5-room HDB flat)has made me not dependant on having private property.

[OneAVGNFan]

In the future, we will all get universal translatore to speak/understand languages.

How?

"With SCIENCE, of course!!" :!

[willsgb13]

Yes,Singapore is a small,but it is prosperous country.
I am actually not in University,yet.Look at my profile page,and you will see that I am too young to be in University(in Singapore that is,as there is National Service(or drafting in US English(I think)) for males aged 18-20 before University).I am in my second year at Secondary school.Thanks for the motivation,though.
Most people get their housing from the HDB or Housing Development Board.Hence,the flats are sometimes called HDB Flats.You may say that we are adept at maximizing land use.The housing that I am living in(a 5-room HDB flat)has made me not dependant on having private property.

i am currently reading about the dutch and how they maximise land space as well - the book's primarily about their football, total football and all that - apparently they have very steep staircases, even in country houses ^____^ anyway good luck getting to uni dude, and make the most of it once you get there, take it from me, it's amazing 8)

[OneAVGNFan]

Friday is coming again. YES!!

13 posts till my hundredth (sic).

[willsgb13]

albums you're heard recently that've completely blown your socks off? for me, florence and the machine with lungs - a grower, some very intelligent songs and some extremely intense singing, a few gratifying belters - bjork with homogenic - an utterly perfect record, a stunning blend of electronics, strings, bass, some more intelligent lyricism and bjork's own uniquely spine-tingling voice - and kate bush with hounds of love - she's very canny with the creative song formation and she what on the surface is simple music very effective and affecting, not hard to see why she's a somewhat seminal artist - also listened to sketches of my sweetheart the drunk by jeff buckley, and jesus, he was onto something, some stunning music there, what a shame he died :(

[Lance]

Did you mean to post that comment in the 'what have you been listening to lately' thread?

[RedScar]

Up and down day
- 87% on my WWII elective Midterm
- write and most likely fail my flight performance midterm
- Get my gas dynamics midterm mark back, 100%

2/3 isn't that bad is it? lol

[OneAVGNFan]

five minute rebuttal today.
finals week starts on monday, but my two finals are both on Monday so... basically, i have the week off. :hyper

[OBH]

My old man used to wear a pisces necklace my old deer bought him that he never took off. I always wanted it after he died, yet my mum lost it.

Nearly 14 years later she finds it! and gave it to me today.

Needless to say, im a very happy man :)

[willsgb13]

wasn't aware of that thread lance, sorry, kthxbye

[mdhay]

Borderlands needs more guns. I keep getting the same fecking things from eneral Knoxx's Armory; 12 round combat rifles. Who decides to have that low a capacity?

[UB3R~JKP]

so...who else bought Yakuza 3 over FFXIII
I did and boy what a decision, fricking win!

[yeldar2097]

Hmm dunno why but I didn't like the demo of Y3, felt a bit....square?

Wossit like?

[q_dmc12]

Also, I would like to speak a third language like some in the zone.

Rosetta Stone

[UB3R~JKP]

its like, A good gta, Mixed with some tiger woods, bowling, arcade, tekken and takes the good parts of an RPG to boot, frickin win dammit!

[SaturnReturn]

I tried the demo of Yakuza 3. I've not played a Yakuza game before and I struggled to even tell what kind of game it was supposed to be. It felt like Tekken's Force mode with a bit of an RPG element. It felt kind of dated and awkward to me; not really a good impression from the demo.

[JJPAP]

Anyone knows the easiest way to get a stucked DVD out of the PS3? :?

For your information the DVD, which got stucked, is Thomas & Friends ... Really don´t want to watch a slow train moving around Sodor Island for the rest of my life :paperbag

[mdhay]

Open it up. All I can think of right now.

[RedScar]

Don't open it up yourself unless you want to void your warrenty. Call sony first and see if they have a fix, but it is most likely a broken BD player. If you are still under warrenty then lucky, if not then unlucky, prepare to open your wallet.
I had my laser die, but apparently there is an issue with the eject mechanism as well because I was asked both by the customer service rep and on the form when sending my PS3 if there was a disc stuck in the console.

[blackwiggle]

Most of the know it all's at the official PS forum recommend this method to eject a stuck disc from your PS3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni3hD7zg9Bs&feature=related

[OneAVGNFan]

a simular incident occured to me months ago about a disc stuck on the console. After a few moments, i used a toothpick as a feeble attempt and it worked. But that was a rare and freaky incident and the toothpick idea was at the spur of the moment.

[JJPAP]

Thx, mates :)

The DVD has left the PS3!

Did something similar to the video shown in Blackwiggle´s link - Pressed the eject-button for 10-15 secs and voila: Out comes Thomas & Friends, speedier than ever!

Cheers

[BulletWraith]

hey all
dunno if anyone follows IronStar but they are playing through God Of War 3 non stop till its finished, few of them have gone to sleep but Truth is still up with 3 others all going through it
http://tinychat.com/thatruthmvp 4
been going since they got back from the midnight launchs

-zer:donutshen

[OneAVGNFan]

Just got Platinum for Uncharted a few minutes ago. :clap :hyper

Now I can start "Platinuming" the sequel. :)

[Aeroracer]

congrats above for the plat....


question to all the brain boxes on this site which i know are many...


im making sheet in microsoft excel 2003..

i would like to know the following

question one

on sheet one of my book i have a spread sheet the calculates my budget and gives my the answer in the box at the bottom of th sheet..so...

how can i get that answer to trasfer to sheet two in the same book automatically..

ie when sheet one is updated and answer changes and that info is automatically sent to page two without me having to do it..

question two (harder i think)

how do i make a macro button on a sheet that when pressed will generate a random number or a random word from a selection..

i would be most happy for any help on this

thankyou :)

[yeldar2097]

@Jas:
1) You just type "=" in the cell where you want the answer to appear, and then click on the cell where it is calculated and then press enter.

2) Not sure, all I can suggest is that you go forth into the garden of Google and garner knowledge from the cornucopia that is the interweb :)

[Aeroracer]

thx it worked well...:dizzy

almost worked out the other one just reading google..

[rdmx]

For the random number generator, you can place

=Rand()*(b-a)+a in a field where b is the largest number you want to generate and a is the smallest. If you want to make it an integer, use
int(expression)
so =int(Rand()*(b-a)+a)
You could then record a macro to recalculate this field by pressing f9 (i think?)
Set this macro to a button and bam

[SaturnReturn]

Recent happenings in this thread have all been a bit more like troubleshooting than conversation. Does no-one ever talk any more? Someone must have something interesting to say.

How about that budget, eh? Scorcher!:?

[DrMannevond]

Ok, not quite. A runaway set of empty flatbed train-cars weighing 31 tons each just rammed their way through Oslo harbor and leveled a few buildings and killed three people. According to witnesses it was going so fast the rear-most cars weren't touching the tracks. That's 31 tons of steel flying...:eek
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8585315.stm

[KGB]

Reminds me of an old Saxon song - Princess of the night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49noOAFsG8). Heavy metal song about a train :rolleyes:.

The Budget is crap, 10% on cider WTF! :(:-

The extra child allowance should about cover it though :):+

[SaturnReturn]

Extra child allowance? I don't even have one and some people are allowed more? That's not fair!:mad:

The stamp duty thing is supposed to make things easier for first time buyers, but I really don't think it's all that helpful. I actually think those with money to invest will be more likely to buy the cheap properties and there'll be less on the market. That's what happened with the last cut, all the cheap houses I had bookmarked vanished really quickly, not necessarily from investors buying them but I reckon it will be those people who have the funds ready and are waiting for a bargain that will snap them up.

[willsgb13]

i know that the budget covered more important things, but... 1% raise on fags, 2% raise on beer, spirits and wine and... 10% raise on cider?? what the ****?? makes no sense WHATSOEVER. we're not all sitting in parks with 3 litre bottles of white lightning accosting runners and birds and crying inside, and there's no reasoning behind the choice or the amount of the raise. i'm biased because i recently started drinking cider exclusively, at least when out, but really? **** them, i'm going to buy 30-40 ****ing bottles of kopparberg like a lunatic before the clock strikes sunday and then stash them at home. alternatively, i could cut down the amount i drink, but that's of course crazy talk

[mic-dk]

That's 31 tons of steel flying...:eek


I saw the pictures on the news yesterday - pretty scary... Nobody really expects to be hit by a free-falling freighttrain!

Did they find the one that was missing?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Strongbow already costs a fortune in a pub and now it's going to cost even more :bomb

And they wonder why pubs are closing and people are switching to buying drinks in supermarkets...

[yeldar2097]

Soon it'll only be wetherspoons that are still in business.... :brickwall

just started my travels, in NYC at the moment, lovely place :g

50% sale at the Moreschi store - sorted :rock

[ACE-FLO]

Yeldy does NY :D

They gonna love your shoes mate :)

btw, I got blue canvas winkle pickers now, they're blinkin' cool man :rock

[yeldar2097]

Careful, if they're too cool I might have to steal them off you ;)

[ACE-FLO]

They're piped in white, and you'll have to wrestle for them :D

[Mr Phlanj]

Ive just been on the phone with someone who is "apparently" on this website :P (I think im being stalked)

[ACE-FLO]

... :rolleyes:

[Mr Phlanj]

Oh no there he is!!! Run away!!!

[ACE-FLO]

:bat :)

[Aeroracer]

@insert coin...

:clap:clap:hyper:clap thankyou .that was so helpful.i finished my first spread sheet and it works ..

@saturn..next time i post i will talk and not ask for trouble shooting for a question..I would do it now but i seriously cant think of anything to say..my mind is devoid of any thoughts at present..

[slimjim]

haha jasmin that sounds as active as my mind xD

[ACE-FLO]

my mind is um, well... :g hehe ;)

[mdhay]

When isn't it? :P ;) :g

[ACE-FLO]

during the day, I'm sober. And serious too :twisted but in the evening ... not always, but often, I like a lil doobie, just one. It's plenty.

Truth be told, i wish i was T-total mate, :?

[mdhay]

T-total?

[ACE-FLO]

Yep, it means you don't take drugs, alcohol, cigarrettes etc. Unfortunately I smoke weed more for pain relief, doesn't always work though. So I end up high anyway, but no1 can tell coz I'm sharper than ya average toker ;)

But y'all know me to know I'm Mr Happy anyway, right? :)

[mdhay]

What pain you in, mate?

[ACE-FLO]

Ah, it's stomach pains... strange actually, like a pressure pain, just over my lower left rib. Sometimes it gets so bad, I can't stand even the weight of my T'shirt on my lower rib, feels like a kilo weight on it :(

It all boils down to the fact that I am underweight, my BMI is pretty low atm. Truth be told - I live a hectic lifestyle, where I'm always missing meals and getting late nights. It doesn't help. But I stopped drinking a few years back (now I hardly touch alcohol, like maybe once a year...maybe), and I dont do any other drugs or anything, just the occasional cigarette (nasty).

Anyway, all my bodyparts are now confined in a smaller place than they need to be, hence the pressure type pain on my lower rib (left) just over my stomach.

Funny thing is, dependant on the strain - Smoking weed actually helps to alleviate the pain - and for that, I am grateful. Governments of the world, please wise up ffs ;)

EDIT: It benefitted me so that when I coul;dnt afford to buy it anymore, I learnt to grow it, and took care of my medical needs - and those of a few others. Like my GF who suffers from Endometriosis (it can kill), and she takes it in the form of a tincture which I made for her. ANd there's a few peeps - one in Hampshire and one in Epping, London, who suffer bad pains and I send it for free for mthese peeps. I understand what it is to be in pain and not have anyone understand the predicaments one faces when having to find meds that work. Standard. That's why I do it.

Still, if by some chance, I sorted myself out healthwise - I'd give it all up, totally - Coz quite frankly, I've got bigger fish to fry...

Now where's that Piranha? :D

[mdhay]

You seriously need to eat you ****in' arse off, then. :P

[ACE-FLO]

Damn straight, But i cant eat spicy food... and i'm Indian, its all i get at home. i'm fed up of takeout too. gah... thing is, I can cook, but am too tired and lazy after work to be bothered mate :paperbag...

but when 16yr old gentleman give GOOD advice to prat more than double his age, the prat (me) would be a fool not to act on it, eh?

i'm gonna cook something tonight. Definitely. Thanks mate, your questions have forced me to open my eyes - for that, I thank you for real, Smart ass! :)

[mdhay]

Haha, that's starangely true. How do you feel like chocolate?

[ACE-FLO]

Love the stuff mate. My faves are Crunchie, Cadburys Fruit n Nut, Jaffa Cakes, Maltesers, and sometimes I like to be spoilt by the French Monsieur when he brings a tray of Ferrerro Rochers, loverly sturf, slurp... yum :D

[mdhay]

I can give you a recipe for chocolate cakes, if you want. Should put on some pounds. :P

[ACE-FLO]

2 words - "PM me" :D

:EDIT - Eff that - post that recipe online - it'll become the official WipEr friendly Chocolate :cake, now that's something eh?

[mdhay]

It's just the usual stuff - flour, eggs, butter, sugar etc, but with ****loads of cocoa powder and chocolate chips. OF course, eating the cake mix is always better than the cakes themselves. :twisted.

[ACE-FLO]

Ooh hoo hoo, making choccy cakes... with erm, meds in them...:g now that's gotta be an awesome combination. Well actually, it is.

Only, if I made hash cakes, I won't move for a day, so I'll stick to the extra choccy variety - cakes, I like making cakes, no pun intended :D

[Mr Phlanj]

mdhay you could kick start the long awaited 'zones cookbook' thread :)

[mdhay]

Do you do imperial measurements?

[omega329]

T-total = tee-total = doesn't drink at all
also, I think I just overdosed on cadbury creme eggs D:

[mdhay]

Here's the recipe (Attached): :cake

[ACE-FLO]

Here's the recipe (Attached): :cake // Note: If you really want to go nuts, double the quantities of chocolate chips and cocoa for twice as much choclatiness, although you'll probably do this anyway.
Chocolate!!!! Yay!!!


Damn right man, double up on them chips, and cocoa :hyper

[SaturnReturn]

Yep, it means you don't take drugs, alcohol, cigarrettes etc.

Drugs - check. Alcohol - check. Cigarettes - check. Etc - damn, so close.

Just kidding, I don't think I take etc either. Probably one of my only vices is chocolate (damn you hay!).

I started buying chocolate raisins a while back and seem to be addicted. You can a big 200g bag from Tesco for 60-70p (varies between stores). It says one of the ingredients is icing sugar, but I'm sure it must be something stronger. I offered some to a workmate at one stage and the next day he asked me to get him a bad. He ate them all in one sitting, just like I always did at first. Seriously think there's something addictive in them. Also, as much as I try to pretend they're healthy healthy fruity fruit, they're actually like 70% sugar just for the raisins.:eek

[Amorbis]

I'm quite fond of Tesco's own brand confectioneries too, my favourite being the Tesco Value Roll, they have them at the local Tesco Metro for 13p each. You can tell when you eat it that its artificial, it has some weird uncakey consistency and is quite sticky, the cream in the centre is also a bit solid. I's still recommend them at that price though. :lol

[SaturnReturn]

That reminds me of a guy I went to uni with. He would buy Tesco value mini pizzas for his dinner. I think he would get them reduced for 10p or something. They probably were good value, but I reckon there's more nutrition in a spoon of ketchup.

[mdhay]

Drugs - check. Alcohol - check. Cigarettes - check. Etc - damn, so close.

Just kidding, I don't think I take etc either. Probably one of my only vices is chocolate (damn you hay!).

...Also, as much as I try to pretend they're healthy healthy fruity fruit, they're actually like 70% sugar just for the raisins.:eek

that reminds me, you can also put prunes/ beetroot in my recipe to make them moist. You won't taste the beetroot, don't worry. :) Yum.

[Mr Phlanj]

i just had a lovey chiken kormer. this is how i made it:

phone + cash + 20mins = take away :D

now back to what shall not be mentioned here with a bottle of corona on hand.

[Motorsagmannen]

oh sweet, Akira Kurosawas seven samurai is on the tv :D

[ACE-FLO]

Got in on DVD - its a classic, love that movie! :+

and chicken korma - it aint spicy enough to trouble me :lol

[Mr Phlanj]

i was thinking of going for a Phall curry but i did want to sit there all night panting :P

[willsgb13]

one of the royales has a hermaphrodite kid - does it go ahead of or behind the son in the pecking order? behind - it is half boy and half girl, not all boy. ahead - it is boy, therefore = 1, and it is also girl = 1/2, add the 2, hey presto, it's crown-bound!

the above is designed to illustrate the absurdly accepted mysoginism that still prevales even today.

by the way, kick ass is ****ing superb. show's over, mother****ers

[OneAVGNFan]

A week ago, I came up with a word that kind of appeared on a previous post to this thread:

Platinumize (verb): To obtain the Platinum trophy of a PS3/PSN game that has one. Example: "Those who platinumized Infamous are masters of that game." Other way of saying it is "Platinuming"

If you like the word, you can use it.

[SaturnReturn]

Copyrighted? I don't understand. Why create a word and then copyright it so that no-one can use it?

[blackwiggle]

A friend of mine was going to start a clothing line , he copyrighted the word "LIFT" for the brand , about 4 months after doing so he got an offer from the Schweppes company who had a new lemonade style drink that they had been taste trialing,their marketing department had already decided to call it LIFT and had all the art work & promo stuff in the works....until they found out that somebody else had registered the name.
He got an offer that he couldn't refuse for the rights to the name.:beer

[Dan Locke]

I think that I'll just start copyrighting random words in the hopes that I'll end up in the same situation.

[SaturnReturn]

But does that mean that the word "Lift" is copyrighted, or the capitalised form, or the use of the word on that particular product? Surely people can't go copyrighting random words that already exist?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

A week ago, I came up with a word that kind of appeared on a previous post to this thread:

Platinumize (verb): To obtain the Platinum trophy of a PS3/PSN game that has one. Example: "Those who platinumized Infamous are masters of that game." Other way of saying it is "Platinuming"

If you like the word, you can use it.

I've been using that word since I got my first platinum in September 2008 ;)

[Woopzilla]

Don't people just use 'platted'? "Hey, I just platted Wipeout HD!" It's easier to type and pronounce. :P

Trademarks and Copyrights... ugh. It should only be a war between big corporations anywhow. I remember how a little pub was being hounded by KFC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6641819.stm) for some stupid naming of a dish.

A little funnier though: Remember that russian businessman trying to trademark a smiley face (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7778767.stm). ;-)

[OneAVGNFan]

I don't know, but to me "Platinumizing" sounded better to me. As for the copyright thing, it was a joke and i edited my post by removing it a few minutes right after posting it.

I also apolagize(sic) for not knowing that someone else founded it before me.

[blackwiggle]

You can get the totally over the top manufacturer who goes around suing people left right and center for the use of a word that has been registered as a brand name.
The worst example of this by far is a guy called Noel Lee who owns the MONSTER brand audio/visual cables company.
His numerous petty legal actions on other use of the word MONSTER have become the topic of many a thread in both Pro and consumer audio - visual forums,they have become so ridiculously and notoriously bad that lots of people now purposely avoid his products in protest.
Servers the greedy sod right.

[Woopzilla]

@OneAVGNFan I didn't know you had anything like that in your post. I was just thinking generally about trademarks and whatnot since people were talking copyright. Didn't mean to sound like I'm attacking/criticizing anyone. ;) I suppose the word 'copyright' gets me all riled up due to examples such as mentioned above.

Which makes me wonder... an anime called Monster has been released on DVD recently... Uh oh. :eek

[OneAVGNFan]

I respect with what you said. :)

[ACE-FLO]

At SaturnReturn. When copyrighting a name, you have to approach "Companys House" and pay them to do a name check on your chosen name. Say you chose "AirLicker" and wanted to have that copyrighted for use as a clothing label, but you discovered that there was a Lunderette chain called AirLicker for example. That doesnt mean that you vant use the name AirLicker for your clothing label. The copyright will cover a sector of industry only, to protect you from the unfair use of your chosen name/label.

For example, in the naughties, I registered a name for an urban youth magazine and had it copyrighted too. However, at the time there was a British company who had already copyrighted my magazines initials (UGC) for use in another industry. I checked with companys house and was told that the copyright for UGC was available for use in paper media only and got given a list of companys in various industries with the same initials as my UGC copyright. They all had copyrights too, pertaining specifically to their industries...

Copyright law is complicated. I couldnt for example, open a Snooker club and call it Coca-Cola Snooker... some giants are just too big to take on! ;) Coca-Cola have a registered trade mark, meaning that the brand Coca-Cola is exclusive to them, and cannot be used in any other industry around the world, period. Giants indeed :D

[DrMannevond]

Here's some unexpectedly good news regarding patents :

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/nyregion/31about.html

About bloody time:)

[AspenExcel]

I'm going to be away for the next week, so you won't be seeing me on PS3 for the next seven days. Going on a cruise for spring break! 8)

[yeldar2097]

Spring break rocks, enjoy! :rock

in a sleezy motel at the moment, en route to Princeton.
Living the american dream lol

Now we just need a massive truck instread of the Volvo 240 we blagged :lol

[KIGO1987]

^^

Volvo 240 FTW.

Those old school station wagons are a tank.

Drop the clutch and let it rip ;) :lol

[Harvai]

lawl, Volvo 240. Used to hate them as a kid. Probably because they looked so god-damn stupid...

Anyhoo, you all know the deal with that bloody PS3 error (It only fixes itself)?
Well, this morning, my PSP decided to fix itself, after a few days of the select button not working and the home button not doing anything besides bringing up the 'quit game ' menu. I have no idea what went wrong with it, I have no idea how it fixed itself, all I know is it's back to normal, and I like it that way!

[OneAVGNFan]

Laptop's busted so I won't be here as much. :mad:
Need to get another one soon.

[yeldar2097]

Drove for 8 hours from New York (City) to Niagara Falls this afternoon...really lovely drive with awesome scenery. Sadly my mates we asleep the hole way so they missed it but I shared the experience with some top tunes on my iPod.

Mountains, trees, valleys, steriotypical US towns, sun, blue sky, awesome! :g

Arse is a bit dead though.

Looking forward to seeing the Falls tomorrow :rock

[IH8YOU]

Niagra eh? Say hello to Canada for me. :g Something to ponder while you're at the falls - take a really good look at how much water is flowing over the falls - the world uses enough oil each day - to flow over the falls for 1-2 HOURS. Nuckin Futz, eh?

By the way Eureka - Volvo 240 Wagon = Grocery Getter. :+ :g

That's what we always called em.

Gaz, you guys get those thunderstorms tonight that are currently dropping Quarter-sized hail and 70mph winds in NH?

[yeldar2097]

That's a lot of water! Or lots of oil...i'm not sure..

Nope haven't had any hail or wind, just really bloody foggy here at the mo.

...just found that the motel bed I am sleeping in is full of last night's pubes...crusty :blarg

[KIGO1987]

Drove for 8 hours from New York (City) to Niagara Falls this afternoon...really lovely drive with awesome scenery. Sadly my mates we asleep the hole way so they missed it but I shared the experience with some top tunes on my iPod.

Mountains, trees, valleys, steriotypical US towns, sun, blue sky, awesome! :g

Arse is a bit dead though.

Looking forward to seeing the Falls tomorrow :rock

That is a really nice part of the world there, would love to see it one day.

BTW who is looking after Hedwig while your on holidays? :D



By the way Eureka - Volvo 240 Wagon = Grocery Getter. :+ :g

That's what we always called em.

Yeah they have similar names over here. But they are a bit too rude to post it on this forum.;)

[OBH]

Got a job interview tomorrow as a barman in a strip club! :beer classy!

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Love is complicated isn't it?

EDIT: Was there a particular reason you applied for that job OBH? ;)

[mdhay]

Love is complicated isn't it?

Damn right. :+

[yeldar2097]

Stood on the transparent glass deck on the 103rd floor of the Sears/Willis Tower in Chicago today o_O

Very high indeed. I think kgbizzle sent me a pic of something similar once. Anyone else been up?

[KGB]

Not sure if the Blackpool Tower is similar to that really......I suppose in it's own little way it probably is. It was more to satiate your shoe fetish ;).

Love is only as complicated as the people involved.

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Interesting statement KGB, sounds pretty spot on to me :+

Guess myself and the girl in question are just complicated people :dizzy

[KIGO1987]

Stood on the transparent glass deck on the 103rd floor of the Sears/Willis Tower in Chicago today o_O

Very high indeed. I think kgbizzle sent me a pic of something similar once. Anyone else been up?

Ive got a relative that has been up on the roof observation deck of Two World Trade Center back in the day, over 400 meters up. Higher than the Willis tower observation deck. windy a **** up there. He went in the observation floor in One World Trade Center too, i think that was on the 107th floor. I think he has some photos still somewhere, also has the best photos of midtown Manhattan from the Windows of the World restaurant. Shame it doesnt exists anymore.

[Woopzilla]

I've only ever stood at the base of the WTC, looking up. Think I got a picture of that somewhere... even after so many years it's hard to believe they're gone. Wish I had gone up to the observation deck now. :/

Only big buildings/structures I've been up are the Eiffel Tower, Blackpool Tower and Statue of Liberty. :D Think I got a crushed/squashed 1p coin somewhere with a picture of the Blackpool Tower on it... you know, from those machines they have around the place there. :D

[yeldar2097]

Yeah really weird to think they're gone. Looking at a comparison photo from 'then' and now they were MASSIVE. S'all a construction site now - I think they're rebuilding one of them and keeping one footprint as a memorial. Don't quote me on that, it's what the tour guide on the boat said and he was a bit cuckoo :dizzy

[KIGO1987]

This is what it will look like;
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54857501&postcount=13816

1WTC and 4WTC are being constructed atm (building on the far left, and far right), along with the memorial and the transportation HUB. 2 and 3WTC are pending, due to financial issues.

Old WTC Complex looked better though.

[yeldar2097]

Just checked-in to a sleezy American sex-motel at the Grand Canyon and it's snowing...

I thought it was supposed to be hot hot hot here?

:confused2tehmax

[UB3R~JKP]

Global Warming Yeldar :P :D.

[IH8YOU]

It's just FUBAR.

Last week 32c.
Now -2c.

Seriously. :blarg

[Dark_Phantom_89]

Argh why has my connection decided to completely slow down? :bomb

[SaturnReturn]

Dunno, but mine has too. :bomb:

[yeldar2097]

Maybe it's that thing that they were/are doing sonthat people can choose which Internet browser they want to use?

Or did that already happen? Or was it scrapped? I haven't the foggiest.

[SaturnReturn]

What are you talking about yeldar?:dizzy

[KIGO1987]

Maybe it's that thing that they were/are doing sonthat people can choose which Internet browser they want to use?

Or did that already happen? Or was it scrapped? I haven't the foggiest.

Error 404

ok, im lost. :lol

[rdmx]

Anybody heard of Beat Hazard?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUn3LAGuS-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9DKLeJtWc
Think the baby of audiosurf and geometry wars :P
It's really good, but not for people with seizures.
Currently $7.50 USD on steam