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Mutant Sheep

2012-03-31, 07:54 PM

Welcome, currently ponified banterites, to the 176th Random Banter! Come in, lay your hooves on the expensive furniture, and banter away like the newest edition of The Foal Free Press came out.:smallwink:

The Previous Random Banter, the Septaquintaquinquecentennial Banter itself, was held here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235950).
Rules of these Honorable Halls
1. Spam. For the purposes of RB, one word posts are generally considered spam. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* are also be considered spam. Remember that the quality of the post's content is much better than the speed of your response.

2. This isn't the Play by Post or Town forum, nor is it the Silly Message Board Games or Structured Games forum. Please avoid continuous roleplay or mock battles and fights such as the "competition for control of the universe".

3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well. The exception to this is to bring something that is off-topic from one thread, but on-topic for RB and the subject doesn't warrant a thread of its own.

4. Don't advertise other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.

5. Please don't post single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."

6. Don't poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."

7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.

8. As this is a public forum, where the current topic is nicely recorded for you, and not a conversation where you could have missed the beginning, please refrain from asking something to the effect of "What's the topic?". Please take the time to read up a bit first.

9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.

10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

11. Remember, Random Banter is not your IM client. If you want to have a back and forth discussion with just one person, look in their contact information for IM details.

12. Whenever a new thread is created, all "first post", "first page", and all posts of that nature will be deleted by the administrators. Please avoid doing this, as it is frustrating for them to deal with one-lined posts like this.

13. Double-posting is not your friend. We have edit buttons for a reason.

14. Once you have made a Random Banter thread, you must wait 50 threads before making another one.

15. If you can avoid dibs calling on making the next thread, that will avoid people needing to wait if the thread hits 50 pages while the dibs-caller is asleep.

Random Banters that have been held previously, all without being held on a Pony Day.:smallamused:
Amotis' Random Banter #1 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13484)
Dhavaer's Random Banter #2 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13401)
PhoeKun's Random Banter #3 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13319)
Rei Jin's Random Banter #4 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13205)
Toxic Avenger's Random Banter #5 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13146)
Jibar's Random Banter #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13026)
Ego Slayer's Surrogate Random Banter #7 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12939)
Sneak's Random Barroom Brawl #8 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12918)
Sophistemon's Solemnly Random Banter #9 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12855)
Vaynor's Very Random Banter #10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12834)
Bookman's Blathering Random Banter #11 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12809)
Gralamin's Glorious Random Banter #12 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12785)
Rilik's Resplendently Random Raillery #13 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12766)
Gezina's Growling Grazing Random Banter #14 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12747)
The Zerglings Utterly And Geeky Random Banter #15 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12740)
jaqueses Truthfully Randomly Fireside Banter # 16 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12735)
Jack Squat’s Jubilantly Quixotic Random Banter #17 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12693)
Cardel's Banter of Cookie Jubilation #18 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12668)
Archonic's Chaotically Random Banter of Rods #19 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12657)
The Rod's Inanimate Temple of RANDOM banter #20 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12638)
Lucky’s Loquaciously Loud-Mouthed Random Banter#21 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12630)
Deckmaster's Divinely Delightful Random Banter #22 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12614)
Saithis' Soliloquy of Random Banter #23 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12598)
Loveable Lianae's Ludicrous Lampooning Lottery #24 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12578)
NEO|Phyte's Neolithic Nest of Weasel Banter #25 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12544)
Target's Random Banter of "non-violence" #26 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12533)
Tarnag40k's Random banter of "grammar errors" #27 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12515)
Kyrian's Random Banter of ADHDness #28 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12507)
El Jaspero's Random Drunken Ramblings #29 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12503)
Boss Smiley's Eloquently Eggy Banter #30 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12494)
Lykan's Looney Explosionarama & Random Banter #31 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12482)
Iames's Iambic Yarn of Yammering #32 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12468)
Dispozition's Deviously Distressed Banter #33 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12458)
CP's Copiously Combusting Banter of Carnage #34 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12445)
Alarra's Altar of Random Banter #35 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12432)
Eloquent Rune's Electrifying Rambling Banter #36 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12423)
E_P's Very Own Quite Popular Random Banter #37 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419)
Hydrogelic's Foolish Mortal Random Banter #38 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12413)
Ink's Smudgy Splotchy Random Banter #39 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12405)
Azrael's Big Black Book of Banter #40 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12397)
The Logic Vampire's Rational Random Banter #41 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12387)
Shiny's Shimmering Space-hitchin Random Banter #42 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12376)
ZombieRockStar's Random Banter #43 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12360)
Nostrabel's Realm of Cookies and Random Banter #44 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12342)
Charity's Cheery Chatter Circle #45 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
Samiam's Spontaneous Scintillating Soliloquy #46 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12310)
LLama's Masked Mysterious Random Banter #47 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26599)
Ravishing Rydia's Recumbentibus ^_^ Random Banter #48 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27622)
Penguinizers Perilous Random Banter #49 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28083)
Death's delightfully morbid surrogate random banter #50 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28444)
Wayril's wonderfully weird surrogate random banter #51 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28990)
Rawhide's Deck of Random Banter (52 Cards) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29697)
Korith's Sorrogate Random Banter of Zombie Killing #53 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30353)
Surrogate thread of random Bor-dom #54 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31109)
Rex Idiotarum's Painfully Pogoing Thread #55 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31512)
The Wrath of KHAAAAAANtalas’s William Shatner Flavored Random Banter # 56 (Surrogate) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32080)
EmeraldRose's Random Banter of Lashing Wit #57 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32494)
Captain van der Decken's Surrogate Ship of Random Loot (Banter) #58 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32847)
SDF's Neverending I-Don't-Have-an-OotS-Avatar-Yet Story Banter #59 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33465)
Mauril's Surrogate Dwelf Banter of Fantasy Race Confusion 60th Edition (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34165)
Rockphed's Dice Rolling Toga Party of 61 Drunken CIA Analysts (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34568)
var Lord_Magtok = Random(Banter*62) + Surrogate (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34801)
Jibar's Retro Random Banter #63 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35014)
Malina's Random Spanish Banter #64 of morphical annoyance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35256)
Mr. E's Random Banter #65 of Cane Toting and Hat Tipping (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35418)
Ego Slayer's Hellishly Random Banter #66.6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35596)
Purple Gelatinous Cube o' Doom's bowl of bantery j-e-ll-o randomness #67 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35859)
Zephra's Random Banter of Ghostly Wailings, and Howling Fun#68 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36317)
Cobra Ikari's Random Banter #69 of Rampant Hugging, Guttermindedness, and ;-) Kinky. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36977)
Scorpina's Random Banter #70 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37480)
Raistlin1040's Super Special Awesome Random Banter #71(Now with 20% more tacos) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37824)
Uberblah's Random Banter #72 Of Caffeine And Sleep Deprivation Induced Randomness (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38225)
Lucky’s Random Banter #73 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38987)
Castaras's Random Banter #74 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37836)
D'anna Biers RB #75 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39495)
Zeb The Troll's RB#76 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39801)
Egdpollard's RB #77 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40128)
Gezina's and Calamity's Random banter #78 of double entendre and doom (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40410)
Random Banter #79 In Loving Memory of Hexa_Regina (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40909)
Zeratul's random banter #80 of throwing puppies off bridges (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41778)
Vespe's Random Banter #81 of singing dolphins and mostly harmless planets. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43254)
CSK's Giant in the Playground Forums Addicted Anonymous, Random Banter #82 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44919)
Iames's Ramblingly Erratic Belldandy-Charged Random Banter #83 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47592)
Serpentine's Scintillating Sensually and Sinuously Seductive Stochastic Satire #84 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49048)
Radikalskippy's Random Banter #85 of lost ideas and where to find them... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50658)
Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51825)
Lilly's Lovely Random Banter #87 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52783)
FdL's Fuzzbox-Fueled Random Banter #88 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54612)
SweetRein's Sugary Restrained Random Banter #89 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59668)
Midnight's Mutant Motorcycle Madness Random Banter #90 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62430)
Em's Extremely Extraordinarily Epic Random Banter #91 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65645)
Dragonrider's Random Banter in Conjunction with the Weighted Cube #92 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67629)
Bushranger's Bodaciously Buffed Random Banter-y Rooster #93 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69425)
Haruki's Historically Hilarious Honey-covered Random Banter #94 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71161)
North's Maple Syrup Flavored Non-Alliterative Random Banter #95 Eh? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73464)
Wadledo's Weirdly Warbling Watercress Watching Washing Machine Only Random Banter #96 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75946)
SMEE's Random Banter #97 of gender bending and closet bursting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78694)
Raiser's Rambunctiously Rambling Random Banter #98 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81626)
Dr. Bath's Random Banter, dripping with daring deeds of dastardly deipnosophists #99 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84068)
VOTE, the Democracy Demon's Devilishly Devious and Decidedly Diabolical Desultory Derision (Random Banter) #100 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84914)
Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87577)
Dallas-Dakota's Dundering Dandelion's Devilish Damsel's Distress Random Banter #102 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4790602#post4790602)
Destro Yersul's Dangerously Distracting and Doubtlessly Disturbing Random Banter #103 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4903962#post4903962)
Aziraphiles Actually Alliterative and Awesomely Affluent Random Banter #104 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92718)
Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94491)
Dish's Delightfully Deranged and Deliciously Deliquent Random Banter # 106 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95905)
Slayer's Seemingly Sweet and Socially Silly Random Banter # 107 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97703)
Zero's ambrosial and aberrantly adventitious, abstemiously erudite Random Banter #108 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99100)
Coplantor's Completely Creative Cautious and Contemplative Random Banter #109 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100414)
Rutskarn's Roly-Poly Rebellious and Rejected Random Banter #110 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101156)
TwoBitWriter's Tubular Tracts of Thought-Talking Random Banter #111 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5600540#post5600540)
Phase's Phully Phormed, Phalangeal, and Phantasmagorical Random Banter #112 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101988)
Wolfbane's Wonderfully Wacky and Wildly Wandom Random Banter #113 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102865)
The Kiwi's Kinkily Knotted and Kookily Kickass Random Banter #114 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103674)
Jude's Judgmental Jugular Jab and Jibber Jabbery Random Banter #115 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104480)
The Throne of Thufir's Thoroughly Theoretical and Therapeutic Random Banter #116 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105584)
Random Banter #117 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106698)
Dragonprime's Dynamically Dangerous Dextrous and Destructive Random Banter #118 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107882)
Farmer Felix's Fantastic FRandom FBanter #119 (may contain traces of fnuts) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109007)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part one) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110963&page=50)
Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness (part two) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113197)
Mrmud's Mixed-Up and Minimally Mechanized Random Banter #121 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114623)
Dogmantra's Dastardly, Despotic and Dangerous Random Banter #122 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116660)
Alteran's Amazingly Anachronistic, Altruistic, and Antagonistic Random Banter #123
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118380)Admiral Euphoria's Random Banter Thread of Delusional Grandeur #124 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6614894)
Fred's Flying Fishy, Fighting, Fiery, Fantastic Face Off Random Banter #125 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121385)
Cyrano’s Non-Alliterative Inaugurational Random Banter #126 To Usher In The Future (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122977)
Thanatos's Tharmturges Present: Tropical, Tipsy, and Typically Random Banter #127
loopy's Legendary and Long-Awaited Lollipop Fuelled Random Banter #128 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123816)
Shadow's Shady Shop of Sharks, Shingles, Shammies, Shiny and Random Banter #129 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125667)
KataraAltinaII's Premature Not So Short & To-The-Point Random Banter #130 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126557)
Supagoof's Supa-Sensational Silly Symphonies Set Sizzingly On Fire Random Banter #131 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128570)
Pyrian's Pyrotechnic Pyre of Pyrrhic Pyros with Pyrotic Pythics Random Banter #132! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130459)
Perenelle's Pleasantly Playful and Passionately Peculiar Random Banter #133 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131814)
Rpgsr4me's Ravenous, Roaring, Raging Rampage of Random Banter #134 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7373844#post7373844)
Il'deav Ilah'naie's Indiscreet Intimacies on Indigo Iceboats Random Banter #135 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134438)
Recaiden's Resplendent and Rotating Realistic Random Banter #136 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136879)
Jibar's Random Banter #137: Return of the Cat-muffin (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138879)
Edge's Effluence of Extravagant and Effulgent Random Banter #138 (”http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7876065”)
Zeb The Troll's Zecond Go At Ze Random Banter #139 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8061505&postcount=1)
Curly's Rambunctious and Erudite Random Banter #140 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148462)
Deth Muncher's Destructive and Meandering Random Banter #141 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150904)
A Thread in Which Banter Most Random is Expulsed Into Existence, By Ravens_cry #142 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8722755)
Several Silly Sealions Stuffed Seaweed Southward Swiftly (Or, Random Banter #143) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159998)
The thread that changed name one last time, with style. (Random Banter #144) (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161407)
Banjo’s Bodacious & Boosted Bumper Bulletproof Box of Banter Most Random #145 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162819)
Masa's Massively Masterful Message Medium - Random Banter #146 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164224)
KuReshtin's Vociferously Ruminating Harbinger of Random Banter - #147 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166664)
Archonic's Archaic Acronymical Antidisestablishmentarianism Random Banter - #148 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169890)
Skeppio's Splendidly Strange & Superbly Scintillating Random Banter - #149 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173056)
Teddy's Turbulent and Topicless Random Banter #150 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175338)
Fifty-Eyed Fred's Ferociously Fanatical and Fabulously Fascinating Random Banter #151 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178205)
Rae's Really Rascally and Ridiculously Rowdy Random Banter #152 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181296)
Haruki's Hot n' Holy Random Banter #153 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10176275#post10176275)
MoonCat's Magnificently Mythopoeic Random Banter #154
(http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187576)Eadin's Exchange of Extraterrestrial Excuses AKA Random Banter #155 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190034)
Happy HalfTangible's Horrific Hail of Random Banter #156 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10629167#post10629167)
AtlanteanTroll's Atrocious and Terrific Arcade of Terror - RB #157 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196302)
LaLa’s Laughably Silly Random Banter Thread – RB #158 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198767)
Zaydos's Zany Zooetic Random Banter - RB #159 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=200208)
Blue's Blessed and Blissful Random Banter - RB #160 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201653)
Absolmorph's Azoic Arete of Adventitious and Aimless Random Banter - RB 161 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202546)
Gwyn's Gloriously Green Garrumphing Garter of Garrulous Gabble! Random Banter #162 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203954)
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Happy Pony Day! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SjQaUNH7xxU#t=380s)

LaZodiac

2012-03-31, 07:56 PM

Yes, yes, Happy Ponyday!

*Gallops*

Rawhide

2012-03-31, 07:57 PM

Oh boy, I almost forgot my Random Banter of April Fools Day Thread Stealing. Who did I steal it from?

Mutant Sheep

2012-03-31, 07:58 PM

Oh boy, I amlsot forgot my Random Banter of April Fools Day Thread Stealing.

*gasps* Attempted RB burglary! From a Stablemaster slavedriver! :smallwink: (ARE there stables in Equestria? Those be some ... implications.:smalleek:)

Rawhide

2012-03-31, 08:01 PM

You going to post a link on the old thread so I can close it?

Teddy

2012-03-31, 08:04 PM

All your points are completely understandable and a coincede. For now :smallamused:

Don't worry, I'll come through eventually. My Easter break is two weeks, and there aren't that many MLP episodes for me to catch up on. :smallwink:

Crisis21

2012-03-31, 08:09 PM

You going to post a link on the old thread so I can close it?

I just did if that works. Congrats on an awesome April Fools by the way.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-03-31, 08:17 PM

@Mutant Sheep
'tis a good movie. Great banter!

Mutant Sheep

2012-03-31, 08:20 PM

@Mutant Sheep
'tis a good movie. Great banter!

Yay, Gwyn's talking to me again! (You werent ignoring me, at least, I hope not, but the lack of interaction between you 'n me made me worried my constant name calling got to you or something.:smalltongue: If it did, you woulda handed over your Mutant Sheep thinks you're a cool punk badge.)

And now, to watch Robert Downey Jr. do silly things!:smallcool: And punch people!

LaZodiac

2012-03-31, 08:26 PM

Don't worry, I'll come through eventually. My Easter break is two weeks, and there aren't that many MLP episodes for me to catch up on. :smallwink:

Oh you :smallamused:

AsteriskAmp

2012-03-31, 08:29 PM

And now, to watch Robert Downey Jr. do silly things!:smallcool: And punch people!

Sherlock Holmes?

LaZodiac

2012-03-31, 08:31 PM

Sherlock Holmes?

Well yes, he specificly mentioned this last thread or early in this one. Don't lose your head over it, though :smallamused:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-03-31, 08:32 PM

Yay, Gwyn's talking to me again! (You werent ignoring me, at least, I hope not, but the lack of interaction between you 'n me made me worried my constant name calling got to you or something.:smalltongue: If it did, you woulda handed over your Mutant Sheep thinks you're a cool punk badge.)

And now, to watch Robert Downey Jr. do silly things!:smallcool: And punch people!

No, I just don't post generally unless I have something very specific to add that hasn't been already said.

AsteriskAmp

2012-03-31, 08:33 PM

Well yes, he specificly mentioned this last thread or early in this one. Don't lose your head over it, though :smallamused:

Bloody corny.

Eruantion

2012-03-31, 09:04 PM

Mutant Sheep, is there any clown-based reference in the ApRiL fOoLs part of the title? Or am I getting excited over a coincidence? :smalltongue:

Cobra_Ikari

2012-03-31, 09:48 PM

Oooh, new thread! And ponies! =D

...*tries to figure out how to boogie now that he has 4 more feet than usual*... =\

Blue Ghost

2012-03-31, 09:51 PM

Oooh, new thread! And ponies! =D

...*tries to figure out how to boogie now that he has 4 more feet than usual*... =\

You reach your right hoof in, you reach your right hoof out... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JBbXw4V-Tc)

:smallbiggrin:

AsteriskAmp

2012-03-31, 10:23 PM

Ponies seem to be gone now, instead, I'm seeing this:

http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss257/araveugnitsuga/GiantitpAero.png

Kindablue

2012-03-31, 10:30 PM

Ponies seem to be gone now, instead, I'm seeing this:

http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss257/araveugnitsuga/GiantitpAero.png

I do like that better than the layout the forum had before permanently becoming Ponyland forever, but that's not what I'm seeing.

TechnoScrabble

2012-03-31, 10:40 PM

Happy...

*puts on sunglasses*

April Foal's Day

YEEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!

Mutant Sheep

2012-03-31, 10:41 PM

Mutant Sheep, is there any clown-based reference in the ApRiL fOoLs part of the title? Or am I getting excited over a coincidence? :smalltongue:
:smallwink:

No, I just don't post generally unless I have something very specific to add that hasn't been already said.
Ah. Well, stop doing that and post nonsense like the rest of us.:smalltongue:

Sherlock Holmes was a cool movie. A bit confusing, the ending explained most of the weird things though. I knew that the rain was weird, so I was all "haha!" when Holmes explained the spontaneous combustion thing. Ending had a very Batman Begins vibe to it, but since instead of it just being "boom, calling card of Joker" we had Moriarty already do things in the movie. Anyways, it was funny and the naked Holmes handcuffed to a bed scene was just as completely strange as I thought it was when I saw the ads.:smallsigh:

August, that's actually a really cool layout and I want it combined with my poniness. Its all pseudo 3D and stuff.:smallcool:

Crisis21

2012-03-31, 10:52 PM

Sherlock Holmes was a cool movie. A bit confusing, the ending explained most of the weird things though. I knew that the rain was weird, so I was all "haha!" when Holmes explained the spontaneous combustion thing. Ending had a very Batman Begins vibe to it, but since instead of it just being "boom, calling card of Joker" we had Moriarty already do things in the movie. Anyways, it was funny and the naked Holmes handcuffed to a bed scene was just as completely strange as I thought it was when I saw the ads.:smallsigh:

I love that movie. Dr. Watson is a bonafide badass in it. I always disliked how he was portrayed as this fat incompetent bumbler in other movie adaptations.

Triscuitable

2012-03-31, 11:00 PM

Happy...

*puts on sunglasses*

April Foal's Day

YEEEEEEAAAHHHH!!! (http://instantyeah.org/)

Was that a fix? I call it an enhancement. :smallcool:

Eruantion

2012-03-31, 11:12 PM

:smallwink:

If I have interpreted you correctly (I have), I think you deserve a special place in my catalogue of awesome people.

Mutant Sheep

2012-03-31, 11:19 PM

If I have interpreted you correctly (I have), I think you deserve a special place in my catalogue of awesome people.
Me not already being in this catalogue of fantabulous people confuses me.:smallamused:

Too bad the 1st is on a Sunday.:smallsigh: School would be hell of course, but FUN hell.:smallbiggrin:

Edit: Haha, Youtube, you have April'd me! Now all I have to do is get $557,024 and wait until June 16th, 2045. I shall have ALL the youtube (that I want, anyone daring enough to get it all?:smallwink:)

Crisis21

2012-03-31, 11:37 PM

Too bad the 1st is on a Sunday.:smallsigh: School would be hell of course, but FUN hell.:smallbiggrin:

I think my college is nutty enough as it is without the extra help. :smallamused:

Elemental

2012-03-31, 11:43 PM

Indeed. It is the first of April...
Too bad I'm both terrible at coming up with pranks and too nice to implement them.
Oh well...
I'll just sneak hidden messages in white text into all my posts.
I'm being held captive inside the Internet! If you are reading this, contact the FBI! Help!

Edit: Hopefully I'll get the words right next time.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 12:15 AM

I'll be content with slowly fixing that which drives me mad progressively through the use of browser extensions and a hell lot of dreamweaver.

absolmorph

2012-04-01, 12:34 AM

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 02:52 AM

LaLa, I'm mostly sore from the extended period of shoveling; it took a couple hours before I felt noticeably fatigued, and I kept going after that. I don't recall you mentioning shoveling for 5 hours at a time. Also, I'm not sure, but I suspect a shovel-full of dirt is more dense than one of non-melting snow.

Yha, I haven't shoveled for 5 hours in a row, but I'm aaaaalmost sure that snow is heavier then dirt, depending on when you're shoveling and where.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 03:53 AM

Yha, I haven't shoveled for 5 hours in a row, but I'm aaaaalmost sure that snow is heavier then dirt, depending on when you're shoveling and where.

Mmm...I'd have to disagree with you there. I don't remember shovelling snow being a particularly difficult task...though the only time I've ever shovelled dirt was for a grave, but I think it was harder than snow. Shovelfuls weigh about the same, if only because melting snow is denser than loose dirt. But getting the dirt in the first place is a chore. =P

Elemental

2012-04-01, 04:48 AM

Mmm...I'd have to disagree with you there. I don't remember shovelling snow being a particularly difficult task...though the only time I've ever shovelled dirt was for a grave, but I think it was harder than snow. Shovelfuls weigh about the same, if only because melting snow is denser than loose dirt. But getting the dirt in the first place is a chore. =P

Grave digging, that sounds depressing...
Fortunately, I've managed to avoid shoveling dirt for graves, though I have shoveled quite a few wheelbarrows worth of dirt over the years.

I remember when we had to dig a series of trenches in our yard so our house wouldn't keep flooding. We even put it into a small wall.
Most of that's eroded away by now, but you can still see where the trench was and where the wall stood.
Makes mowing really annoying.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 04:55 AM

Grave digging, that sounds depressing...
Fortunately, I've managed to avoid shoveling dirt for graves, though I have shoveled quite a few wheelbarrows worth of dirt over the years.

I remember when we had to dig a series of trenches in our yard so our house wouldn't keep flooding. We even put it into a small wall.
Most of that's eroded away by now, but you can still see where the trench was and where the wall stood.
Makes mowing really annoying.

Was for my puppy. =\

...well...she wasn't a puppy anymore, but she was a small dog. Was...very sad. Dun like thinking about it. Was a couple years ago.

We have a tractor with a loader, so luckily, we haven't really had to deal with that for any yard projects. Hardest thing I've ever had to move by hand was...roughly a ton in gravel. And that was more time consuming than anything else.

Mowing the lawn gives me nightmares. ._. We live on 45 acres of land, it's justified. =P

absolmorph

2012-04-01, 05:10 AM

Yha, I haven't shoveled for 5 hours in a row, but I'm aaaaalmost sure that snow is heavier then dirt, depending on when you're shoveling and where.
When it's sprinkling and you're moving the dirt from a driveway into the backyard?
Also, an hour and a half (which included a shower) after I stopped working, my arms were basically back to normal. Of the three people shoveling, I was the only person who wasn't still bothered/complaining about their muscles when I left about 3 hours later.
I love my body at times like this.

Elemental

2012-04-01, 05:14 AM

Was for my puppy. =\

...well...she wasn't a puppy anymore, but she was a small dog. Was...very sad. Dun like thinking about it. Was a couple years ago.

We have a tractor with a loader, so luckily, we haven't really had to deal with that for any yard projects. Hardest thing I've ever had to move by hand was...roughly a ton in gravel. And that was more time consuming than anything else.

Mowing the lawn gives me nightmares. ._. We live on 45 acres of land, it's justified. =P

I managed to avoid burial detail when one of our cats died about three years ago.

I've never had to move a tonne of anything at once, but if you add it all up over time, it's probably a lot. Which reminds me... I need to finish shifting that pile of dirt. (That is going to be so annoying because it's overgrown with grass)
And I've never had to shovel snow. One of the virtues of living in Queensland. You never have to worry about snow.

Our yard isn't very big, just a standard suburban lot, but it's really uneven and my brothers seem to think they can keep cars there.
But forty-five acres... That's justifiably nightmare inducing. Which is why I flatly told my mother that if we ever move up to Proston we aren't getting anywhere that big because caring for it would fall on my shoulders.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 05:22 AM

Our yard isn't very big, just a standard suburban lot, but it's really uneven and my brothers seem to think they can keep cars there.
But forty-five acres... That's justifiably nightmare inducing. Which is why I flatly told my mother that if we ever move up to Proston we aren't getting anywhere that big because caring for it would fall on my shoulders.

Well, I'm lucky in that my crazy uncle who collects lawn mowers (I'm pretty sure he's had upwards of 30 at a time) usually handles that part. I've never had to do the entire lawn. Thank. God. =P

Elemental

2012-04-01, 05:31 AM

Well, I'm lucky in that my crazy uncle who collects lawn mowers (I'm pretty sure he's had upwards of 30 at a time) usually handles that part. I've never had to do the entire lawn. Thank. God. =P

Collecting lawn mowers isn't that strange.
Over here in Australia, we had a show on the ABC, we might even still have it, called Collectors.

There was one person on it who collected miscellaneous blue things she found lying around.
Though, admittedly, they were rather pretty when she arranged them on white shelves. It was a rather nice contrast...

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 05:58 AM

Collecting lawn mowers isn't that strange.
Over here in Australia, we had a show on the ABC, we might even still have it, called Collectors.

There was one person on it who collected miscellaneous blue things she found lying around.
Though, admittedly, they were rather pretty when she arranged them on white shelves. It was a rather nice contrast...

...no, he's an actual crazy person, he just also collects things. Like lawnmowers, and guns, and die cast cars. But trust me on the crazy. I could tell you stories. =P

Edog

2012-04-01, 05:59 AM

This has to be the bast April Fools Day joke ever. This had me in stitches laughing. Well done, whichever mod came up with this.

Although it's annoying trying to work out which sub-forum is which...

Also, I'm Spike. I don't like Spike.:smallfrown:

Elemental

2012-04-01, 06:03 AM

...no, he's an actual crazy person, he just also collects things. Like lawnmowers, and guns, and die cast cars. But trust me on the crazy. I could tell you stories. =P

So actually crazy? Because collecting usually isn't a symptom of insanity... But then again... People who collect things are often delightfully insane...

And I know what it is to have crazy relatives. Most of the people I'm related to are utterly mad. In a good way.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 06:10 AM

Ooh, a shiny new thread? Rarity approves, this will make FABULOUS fabric!

Teddy

2012-04-01, 07:05 AM

Ooh, a shiny new thread? Rarity approves, this will make FABULOUS fabric!

Dumb fabric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fWmDcujkIjw#t=168s).

Eruantion

2012-04-01, 09:21 AM

Me not already being in this catalogue of fantabulous people confuses me.:smallamused:

No, you are, but referencing a favorite character of mine elevates you.

Elemental

2012-04-01, 09:24 AM

No, you are, but referencing a favorite character of mine elevates you.

I usually avoid making lists of fabulous and/or awesome people. If I did, I'd have to keep adding to almost every day.

EmeraldRose

2012-04-01, 09:32 AM

Hey guys! The coffee in my cup has gone cold. :smallfrown: I need to go upstairs and put more in it to warm it up, but that means I'd have to go up the stairs and my knee hurts. Alternatively, my pain-killers are also upstairs...so that might not be a bad idea...

Elemental

2012-04-01, 09:34 AM

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 10:12 AM

When it's sprinkling and you're moving the dirt from a driveway into the backyard?
Also, an hour and a half (which included a shower) after I stopped working, my arms were basically back to normal. Of the three people shoveling, I was the only person who wasn't still bothered/complaining about their muscles when I left about 3 hours later.
I love my body at times like this.

Same here :smallamused:

You know, I had a good idea for an April's Fools Day joke, but I won't do it. It's kinda mean.

Form

2012-04-01, 10:19 AM

factotum

2012-04-01, 10:24 AM

Yha, I haven't shoveled for 5 hours in a row, but I'm aaaaalmost sure that snow is heavier then dirt, depending on when you're shoveling and where.

I doubt it. Simple physics comes into play here--the constituent chunks of dirt are denser than water (try putting some in a water-filled container--it'll sink once all the air has come out), so unless dirt is less densely packed than snow (which seems unlikely) the shovelfull of dirt will be heavier than the snow.

EmeraldRose

2012-04-01, 10:24 AM

It sounds like you don't have much of a choice. :smallfrown:

*sighs*
You are correct sir. I think I must brave the stairs for the sake of my caffeine level.

Also, my youngest will soon be in need of a nap and his crib is upstairs. The stairs are inevitable. At least there will be coffee there somewhere...

On a happier note, there are also Reese's Pieces upstairs. :smallbiggrin:

Form

2012-04-01, 10:26 AM

*sighs*
You are correct sir. I think I must brave the stairs for the sake of my caffeine level.

Also, my youngest will soon be in need of a nap and his crib is upstairs. The stairs are inevitable. At least there will be coffee there somewhere...

On a happier note, there are also Reese's Pieces upstairs. :smallbiggrin:

You might not want to forget the painkillers, lest you're forced to make a second trip.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 10:42 AM

Same here :smallamused:

You know, I had a good idea for an April's Fools Day joke, but I won't do it. It's kinda mean.

Tell us, tell us! =D

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 10:45 AM

Naw, I'm not going to :smallamused:

Elemental

2012-04-01, 10:47 AM

Tell us, tell us! =D

Perhaps the joke is that she says she has one, but doesn't actually, stringing us along until this day finally ends and she laughs at how gullible we all are?

Form

2012-04-01, 10:56 AM

Perhaps the joke is that she says she has one, but doesn't actually, stringing us along until this day finally ends and she laughs at how gullible we all are?

O_o

Fiendishly cunning!

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 10:58 AM

Perhaps the joke is that she says she has one, but doesn't actually, stringing us along until this day finally ends and she laughs at how gullible we all are?

Perhaps that's just what I want you to think.

Also, Youtube's april fools joke is still not visible to me.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 11:08 AM

Naw, I'm not going to :smallamused:

D=

Now that's just cruel. I'd threaten you, but I don't really have much in the threat basket except "withhold hugs", and I'm not very good at doing that. And I don't even know if you like my hugs in the first place. =P

Perhaps the joke is that she says she has one, but doesn't actually, stringing us along until this day finally ends and she laughs at how gullible we all are?

Maaaaaaybe, but that's a really, REALLY lazy joke. I think more highly of people. =P

Perhaps that's just what I want you to think.

Also, Youtube's april fools joke is still not visible to me.

It's not working for me, either. And the lightswitch disappeared, which is a shame, because stealth mode is easier on the eyes.

I'm told it's something to do with offering the entirety of youtube on DVD, though. >.>

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-01, 11:10 AM

Perhaps that's just what I want you to think.

Also, Youtube's april fools joke is still not visible to me.

Really? Click the little CD thing behind the logo if you have it, or just sit there and whine about Youtube being logical and just ignoring Canadian shipping.

HEY COBRA YOU RUINING THE SILLINESS OF YOUTUBE JOKE SHUSHIE! ONLY MODERATELY VAGUE HINTS!:smallwink:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 11:21 AM

Perhaps that's just what I want you to think.

Also, Youtube's april fools joke is still not visible to me.

Me neither. Maybe Canada is just un-loved this year... :smallfrown:

Edit:
Really? Click the little CD thing behind the logo if you have it, or just sit there and whine about Youtube being logical and just ignoring Canadian shipping.

HEY COBRA YOU RUINING THE SILLINESS OF YOUTUBE JOKE SHUSHIE! ONLY MODERATELY VAGUE HINTS!:smallwink:

Yeah, it's just the normal page. Not CD, no little house symbol. Sorry.

EmeraldRose

2012-04-01, 11:24 AM

You might not want to forget the painkillers, lest you're forced to make a second trip.

Ah crap. :smallsigh:

Oh well. I'll have to make my way back up again for lunch at some point. I'll get some then. Some days I kinda wish we had a one-level house.

LadyOfWar

2012-04-01, 11:26 AM

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 11:35 AM

April Fools on a Sunday *sigh*

AND I have today off work (for a rare change) so there is absolutely NOBODY for me to prank!

I must perpetrate any pranks electronically via Facebook, but I can't come up with any good Facebook pranks.

Help me people! Help me! I can't go through this most glorious day of the year without playing some sort of trick on someone.

Well, once a friend and I changed our name and profile picture to match another friend's, and we made everyone think she was talking to herself. That really freaked her out.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 11:36 AM

Me neither. Maybe Canada is just un-loved this year... :smallfrown:

Edit:

Yeah, it's just the normal page. Not CD, no little house symbol. Sorry.

Try going here. (www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection)

Form

2012-04-01, 11:38 AM

Ah crap. :smallsigh:

Oh well. I'll have to make my way back up again for lunch at some point. I'll get some then. Some days I kinda wish we had a one-level house.

I was afraid this would happen. I was hoping you'd read my reminder before you went up. Hopefully your knee won't hurt that much?

Eruantion

2012-04-01, 11:40 AM

I usually avoid making lists of fabulous and/or awesome people. If I did, I'd have to keep adding to almost every day.

It's a mental list. In more than one way, I suppose :smallwink:

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 11:43 AM

Try going here. (www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection)

In the voice of Strongbad, FOUR OH FOURed XP

Thanks for the help, though.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 11:48 AM

Really? Click the little CD thing behind the logo if you have it, or just sit there and whine about Youtube being logical and just ignoring Canadian shipping.

HEY COBRA YOU RUINING THE SILLINESS OF YOUTUBE JOKE SHUSHIE! ONLY MODERATELY VAGUE HINTS!:smallwink:

How do I vague hint at something I CAN'T SEE? =P

...but no, really, sorry if that spoiled anything, but I have no access to it. Maybe it's a "not in a large country" thing.

April Fools on a Sunday *sigh*

AND I have today off work (for a rare change) so there is absolutely NOBODY for me to prank!

I must perpetrate any pranks electronically via Facebook, but I can't come up with any good Facebook pranks.

Help me people! Help me! I can't go through this most glorious day of the year without playing some sort of trick on someone.

Hmm...I can't remember...ever having a good prank pulled off on me. That's a bit disappointing, in retrospect...

...and all the things I keep coming up with are really depressing. Wow. I am not cut out for humor.

...is it ok if an April Fool's prank makes someone want to kill you when they find out it's a joke? The first thing that came to mind was discussing with someone feelings of being suicidal, waiting for them to think it was just a prank in poor taste, and then faking a suicide and having them stumble upon it. Wow. I am a horribly cruel person. And I think about suicide too much. =\

Sorry if that offended anyone. Am I allowed a free pass at making jokes about suicide if I actively consider it on a regular basis?

Try going here. (www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection)

Link does nothing for me, sadly. Loads a blank page.

LadyOfWar

2012-04-01, 11:48 AM

Oh, Gwyn, that IS a good one.

Hmm...

*starts trying to think of some other ideas*

And, Cobra... I think that completely depends on the joke and the person.... though usually "Stabbity death :smallfurious:!!!!" is not the first response you want someone to have.

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-01, 11:50 AM

Well, once a friend and I changed our name and profile picture to match another friend's, and we made everyone think she was talking to herself. That really freaked her out.

I approve.:smallamused: But if everyone does this, all of FB will just be Matt Damon talking to himself. :smalltongue:

Edit: OMG OMG OMG *actually rofl'ed for a bit* Foxtrot, what can I do with you....:smalltongue: Perfection.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 11:54 AM

And, Cobra... I think that completely depends on the joke and the person.... though usually "Stabbity death :smallfurious:!!!!" is not the first response you want someone to have.

Well, the joke that came to mind is in the post. It's not really funny so much as cruel, which...wow. I think today's just not really a good day for me being nice. =\

...also, I feel like I should know you, but I can't remember who you are. That bothers me. >.<

LadyOfWar

2012-04-01, 12:03 PM

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 12:11 PM

Ah, I didn't highlight for white text, my mistake....

I have a bit of a mood disorder... so my friends get legitimately worried about that sort of thing... in other words, that prank might make at least one of my friends actually kill me... or stop being my friend, which would be worse. *nod nod*

As for why you recognize me... Hi Cobra! It's Wingrae from Enupnion :smallsmile: I vanished a few years ago and just came back this past December. *smiles*

...yeah, that's probably how my friends would feel about that, too. =\

It's hard translating a really black sense of humor into pranks without coming off really, really...asshat. >.<

*hugs*...ah, that makes sense! Welcome back! =)

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 12:33 PM

Try going here. (www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection)

No, just a white page. I guess the world just hates me today.

... I should get off GitP, I have way too much work that I need to do today...

Tragic_Comedian

2012-04-01, 12:40 PM

Any British peeps wanna help me with my sociology project?

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 12:42 PM

Any British peeps wanna help me with my sociology project?

Why specifically Brits?

Tragic_Comedian

2012-04-01, 12:47 PM

Why specifically Brits?
Well, I guess it could be anybody from a Commonwealth realm. It's about how people feel about the queen.

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 12:48 PM

Does Canada count?

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 12:48 PM

Well, I guess it could be anybody from a Commonwealth realm. It's about how people feel about the queen.

Mmm, that's pretty political... not sure if it's within forum rules, mate.

Tragic_Comedian

2012-04-01, 12:49 PM

Mmm, that's pretty political... not sure if it's within forum rules, mate.
Well, I wasn't gonna do it on here. E-mail, PM, there are a number of possibilities.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 12:50 PM

Well, I wasn't gonna do it on here. E-mail, PM, there are a number of possibilities.

fair 'nuff. I'll PM you my Email.

Tragic_Comedian

2012-04-01, 01:03 PM

Groovy.

ION: Got news in the mail yesterday that I've been given two scholarships! It's a shame I'm no longer planning on going to the college that sent them.

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 01:12 PM

Groovy.

ION: Got news in the mail yesterday that I've been given two scholarships! It's a shame I'm no longer planning on going to the college that sent them.

Have someone go to the school in your name and pretend to be you. Wacky sitcom hijinks!

Teddy

2012-04-01, 01:18 PM

Trial and error (http://www.giantitp.com/404.html) is fun. I just figured out how to make a fancy reverse-underlined rainbow and secret links.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 02:11 PM

Trial and error (http://www.giantitp.com/404.html) is fun. I just figured out how to make a fancy reverse-underlined rainbow and secret links.

Not working for me. Link is still underlined, and the underlining on rainbow is the same colour as the letters.

Coidzor

2012-04-01, 02:14 PM

Trial and error (http://www.giantitp.com/404.html) is fun.

Depends on who you're doing it with, in my experience. :smalltongue:

What did you mean by reverse-underlining though?

Teddy

2012-04-01, 02:24 PM

Not working for me. Link is still underlined, and the underlining on rainbow is the same colour as the letters.

Hmm, I suppose it might be browser-dependent, or something like that. Probably has something to do with in which order the HTML-tags are read...

Say, what colour is the link underline in for you, because to me it's white (transparent didn't work out as intended).

Depends on who you're doing it with, in my experience. :smalltongue:

What did you mean by reverse-underlining though?

To me, the word rainbow has its underline coloured in reverse order compared to the rainbow, i.e. the rainbow is roygbiv while the underline is vibgyor.

EmeraldRose

2012-04-01, 02:25 PM

I was afraid this would happen. I was hoping you'd read my reminder before you went up. Hopefully your knee won't hurt that much?

It's doing ok today. I was still mostly going from the earlier ones, so not quite at the point where I needed more. Of course, then I went up and stood for too long folding and putting away laundry that's been clean for like a week and a half staring at me because it's been hurting too much for me to do yet. So then there were pain-killers to be had!

Also, I've finally been smart and put the hinge brace back on. Annoying though it is, it does keep me from overdoing it. Thank you for trying to catch me before I went up though :smallsmile:

Coidzor

2012-04-01, 02:26 PM

Hmm, I suppose it might be browser-dependent, or something like that. Probably has something to do with in which order the HTML-tags are read...

Say, what colour is the link underline in for you, because to me it's white (transparent didn't work out as intended).

Google Chrome, should be most up to date version, and the underline and text is just standard forum-default black.

To me, the word rainbow has its underline coloured in reverse order compared to the rainbow. To me, the rainbow is roygbiv while the underline is vibgyor.

Huh. Yeah, it's all just Roy G. Biv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf33ueRXMzQ) for m.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 02:26 PM

Teddy

2012-04-01, 02:39 PM

Google Chrome, should be most up to date version, and the underline and text is just standard forum-default black.

Huh. Yeah, it's all just Roy G. Biv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf33ueRXMzQ) for m.

Black. I'm using Chrome, incidentally. And the rainbow is roygbiv.

Ok, because I'm using Firefox (probably latest version as well). I suppose I could figure out exactly in what order Firefox interprets the HTML-tags with some further testing, but that would be both time-consuming and of marginal interest to the rest of you.

Elder Tsofu

2012-04-01, 02:44 PM

Ok, because I'm using Firefox (probably latest version as well). I suppose I could figure out exactly in what order Firefox interprets the HTML-tags with some further testing, but that would be both time-consuming and of marginal interest to the rest of you.

Opera works as you want it to.

Mercenary Pen

2012-04-01, 02:47 PM

Teddy

2012-04-01, 02:51 PM

Worked for my Firefox, so no need to do time consuming experimentation of marginal interest...

Well, I figured so far (using Firefox myself), but as an (soon to be) engineer, wishing to know the underlying mechanisms is in my blood.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 02:57 PM

Well, I figured so far (using Firefox myself), but as an (soon to be) engineer, wishing to know the underlying mechanisms is in my blood.

I'm using Netscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox) and it shows ok.

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 03:06 PM

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4374/35195301.png

This is what I see. Using IE.

Teddy

2012-04-01, 03:15 PM

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/4374/35195301.png

This is what I see. Using IE.

This is how it should look, yes. For the record, the secret link is "error" (for those of you who were to lazy to scroll over it), which conveniently leads to the giantitp 404 page.

Also, it appears that Chrome is the black sheep of the browser herd. It probably has some weird way of prioritising colour and/or underlining tags.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 03:17 PM

So Chrome is apparently the only browser it doesn't work on.

EDIT: Just checked on Safari on my iTouch. The rainbow works fine, bit bizarrely, the underline on error is in a shade of grey that varies depending on the zoom level - the more I zoom in, the lighter it becomes, until it get white as intended.

Eon

2012-04-01, 04:13 PM

This is how it should look, yes. For the record, the secret link is "error" (for those of you who were to lazy to scroll over it), which conveniently leads to the giantitp 404 page.

Also, it appears that Chrome is the black sheep of the browser herd. It probably has some weird way of prioritising colour and/or underlining tags.

Silly Chrome. It works for Firefox though, good reason to have two browsers. :smallbiggrin:

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 04:26 PM

On chapter 12 of the Hunger Games. So far it's...well, a lesser Battle Royale, in all manners. Liking it though.

Qwertystop

2012-04-01, 04:50 PM

I have the CD and house, but not the lightswitch.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 05:36 PM

I have the CD and house, but not the lightswitch.

The lightswitch was yesterday, for Earth Hour.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 05:50 PM

Xkcd has gone epic. Probably the... april's fools joke.

Heliomance

2012-04-01, 05:52 PM

I don't get it.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 05:55 PM

I don't get it.

Change browsers, or move to another country, or try to reach xkcd through another page referring you to it, everyone sees something different.

You must be getting the England comic, or the Umwelt black hole.

LadyOfWar

2012-04-01, 06:11 PM

Wait.... you're telling me that XKCD is showing a different comic for each geographic region?

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 06:13 PM

Wait.... you're telling me that XKCD is showing a different comic for each geographic region?

Region, browser, place referred from and random chance.

The two best ones for me were the one when you are referred from 4chan, and the one when you use Netscape.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 06:33 PM

Region, browser, place referred from and random chance.

The two best ones for me were the one when you are referred from 4chan, and the one when you use Netscape.

THIS IS SO EXCITING. The one from Canada on Mozilla Firefox is awesome, because it's SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EARTHQUAKES IN TORONTO. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS PATHETIC BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FREAKING OUT.

LadyOfWar

2012-04-01, 06:37 PM

I'm browsing the xkcd forum now and looking at all the screen-caps.

I like the military one, and the "I shoot helicopters from a wolf" one for Alaska. Everyone keeps mentioning a turtle one, but I haven't seen any pictures of it yet.

I also wonder how long it took to make this many comics for one day.

Kindablue

2012-04-01, 06:42 PM

Wait.... you're telling me that XKCD is showing a different comic for each geographic region?
These got posted in the xkcd forum by two different people:
http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=32771&mode=view

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab327/IulusCofield/unmelt.png

Whereas I'm getting:
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8148/xkcd1.png

ETA: The turtle one.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7243561/Screenshots/Umwelt-Firefox-Mac.png

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 07:02 PM

I bet there is no special one based from where I am! :smalltongue:

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-01, 07:37 PM

It seems like the earthquake one specifically changes where the "BUT THIS IS ----" to where you live, with a corresponding disaster far worse than "Haha, I'm California" girl's.:smallamused: Amusing I say. Hey Gwyn, does it say "But this is Toronto" or "This is CANADA"? :smalltongue:

Rawhide

2012-04-01, 07:37 PM

Try going here. (www.youtube.com/theyoutubecollection)

Just a 404 message. I am disappoint. :smallfrown:

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-01, 07:41 PM

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 07:42 PM

Just a 404 message. I am disappoint. :smallfrown:

Same here. We have the same issue, it seems *solem brofist*

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-01, 07:49 PM

On xkcd: too bad that screenshots don't communicate alt-text.

I got the snake one, but I'm perfectly fine with that. =3

AtlanteanTroll

2012-04-01, 07:56 PM

What happened to the poor alliteration? WHAT DID IT DO WRONG? WHERE DID IT GO?

WHY DID YOU KILL ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

EDIT: What the ... What's going on? Why did get on today? :smallyuk:

Eruantion

2012-04-01, 08:03 PM

These got posted in the xkcd forum by two different people:
http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=32771&mode=view

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/ab327/IulusCofield/unmelt.png

Whereas I'm getting:
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8148/xkcd1.png

ETA: The turtle one.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7243561/Screenshots/Umwelt-Firefox-Mac.png

It has my state! That's so cool! :smallcool: I don't know how to screencap, but being in the Southeast, the last panel is a hurricane.

Rawhide

2012-04-01, 08:07 PM

Same here. We have the same issue, it seems *solem brofist*

*cough* brohoof (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/new-welovefine-product-hoof-hands.html)

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 08:10 PM

*cough* brohoof (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/new-welovefine-product-hoof-hands.html)

I'm not a pony. I'm the Rinnosuke of Equestria.

Rawhide

2012-04-01, 08:13 PM

I'm not a pony. I'm the Rinnosuke of Equestria.

All the more reason to buy one of those, then. :smallwink:

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 08:14 PM

All the more reason to buy one of those, then. :smallwink:

*shiny glasses poses* Hmm, according to my analyzation, these products are used...for hitting things. Must be some sort of weapon.

Qwertystop

2012-04-01, 09:22 PM

I've been rereading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

How did Hermione win the first battle? I don't understand.

HalfTangible

2012-04-01, 10:26 PM

Yesterday my toilet overflowed, flooded the bathroom, and leaked downstairs through a light and the living room ceiling. (Yes, one of the LIGHTS) And then i went to take a make-up exam i originally got a 42 on.

And I can't use my toilet so I need to walk downstairs every time i need to take a leak, which happens far more often than I'd like even when I have a three second commute to the toilet.

And my dad is still a prick.

Life is good. Life is... good. :smallannoyed:

On the plus side, Ceika made me an awesome raccoon avy! =3 Procyon Lotor FTW!!

Elemental

2012-04-01, 10:31 PM

That just plain sucks...

The avatar on the other hand, is suitably awesome.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 10:33 PM

It kinda reminds me that of Rakoon.

Coidzor

2012-04-01, 10:38 PM

And I can't use my toilet so I need to walk downstairs every time i need to take a leak, which happens far more often than I'd like even when I have a three second commute to the toilet.

Well, you could have been a foul bachelor frog and just pee in the closet, It's That Easy!used the sink or shower. :smalltongue:

Awesome raccoon. Though I have no idea what a Procyon LycorLotor is.

Elemental

2012-04-01, 10:40 PM

Awesome raccoon. Though I have no idea what a Procyon LycorLotor is.

It's the scientific name for the Raccoon.
I admit that I only know that because I read Sandra and Woo.

HalfTangible

2012-04-01, 10:41 PM

Awesome raccoon. Though I have no idea what a Procyon LycorLotor is.

A raccoon. :tongue:

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 11:09 PM

There's a rat in the second floor of my house, I practically live there. The uncertainty of the creatures location is frightening.

Coidzor

2012-04-01, 11:13 PM

Do you know someone that possesses a cat you can borrow?

Failing that... Trap time. :smallamused:

Elemental

2012-04-01, 11:19 PM

There's a rat in the second floor of my house, I practically live there. The uncertainty of the creatures location is frightening.

We had a slight problem with mice recently.
I was going to go down and get traps, but the cats seem to have politely asked them to move on already.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 11:24 PM

Do you know someone that possesses a cat you can borrow?

Failing that... Trap time. :smallamused:
No, my household posses only the useless type of quadruped, namely, a dog. Cats are nor very common where I live.
Traps are the most probable solution, with some luck it will kill twice the vermin it was meant to.

We had a slight problem with mice recently.
I was going to go down and get traps, but the cats seem to have politely asked them to move on already.
I wish I had a catlandlord as well.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-04-01, 11:26 PM

useless type of quadruped
Non-Alien, non-ninja, non-teenaged Turtles?

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 11:30 PM

Non-Alien, non-ninja, non-teenaged Turtles?

Middle aged Michael Bay Turtles?

Hey, now that I remember I do have a turtle, which I got as birth gift, not birthday, but birth, the turtle has my age, I kinda forget about it because it has barely done anything in 17 years.

LaZodiac

2012-04-01, 11:32 PM

There's a rat in the second floor of my house, I practically live there. The uncertainty of the creatures location is frightening.

Try not to get to freaked out. It IS just a rat.

ION: Finished The Hunger Games. Was decent. Everything past the twist was kinda stupid, everything past Foxface's death was unbelievably retarded. Overall, I wouldn't actually recomend getting involved with the series as a whole, just reading the first book and seeing if you care about the two bits I note.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-01, 11:37 PM

Try not to get to freaked out. It IS just a rat.

ION: Finished The Hunger Games. Was decent. Everything past the twist was kinda stupid, everything past Foxface's death was unbelievably retarded. Overall, I wouldn't actually recomend getting involved with the series as a whole, just reading the first book and seeing if you care about the two bits I note.

It's the anxiousness of where could it be, and accidentally touching it, not to mention I live in one of the only two countries left with the bubonic plague.

What annoyed me of the series was the turn in the third book, where it changed the essential premise of pitting kids to kill themselves on a hostile environment to a more anvilicious message.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-04-01, 11:40 PM

Middle aged Michael Bay Turtles?

Bayformers, Bayturtles, what's next? Bayruto? The sad thing is that would have the potential to actually be really good.

Feytalist

2012-04-02, 02:54 AM

Elemental

2012-04-02, 02:59 AM

I've got a random question.

There's a fallacy that states that if someone doesn't hold to your views, it doesn't necessarily mean they hold to views totally opposite yours. That is, if they don't think A, it doesn't have to mean that they think Z, totally precluding the possibility of B through Y.

Does anyone know what that fallacy is called, and where I would be able to find its formal breakdown? Google has failed me once again.

Somehow I don't think that's a fallacy...

For example, if there are four cake recipes to choose from; a caramel mud cake, a cinnamon tea cake, a chocolate mud cake and a carrot cake; and you choose to make the caramel mud cake, but your friend wants to make the chocolate mud cake, their view on the matter is different to yours, but hardly opposite.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 03:46 AM

Feytalist

2012-04-02, 04:21 AM

Teddy

2012-04-02, 04:36 AM

Somehow I don't think that's a fallacy...

For example, if there are four cake recipes to choose from; a caramel mud cake, a cinnamon tea cake, a chocolate mud cake and a carrot cake; and you choose to make the caramel mud cake, but your friend wants to make the chocolate mud cake, their view on the matter is different to yours, but hardly opposite.

I think you got that a bit wrong. What I think he means is that if you want to bake cake A, and your friend doesn't want to bake cake A, you instantly assume that he hates cake and is an inhuman being, which would be quite a fallacy indeed.

That was actually what I meant.

My use of negators are a bit confusing, I suppose. I thought I made it as clear as possible, but perhaps not.

I meant that anyone who thinks that has fallen into a fallacy (that is, the fallacy is the opposite of what I said).

Does something like that exist?

The closest I get from Wikipedia's list of fallacies is the straw man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man), but that one is more general and more about intentionally misinterpretting your opponents position in order to make it easier to attack. Perhaps a subset of denying the antecedent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent) (wanting to bake cake A implies that you like cake and are a human being, you don't want to bake cake A, ergo you don't like cake and aren't a human being (there's an incorrect premise in there as well, but still)).

ION:
I really should've tried to remember that I'm not feeling especially well when I decided to go outside earler. My head is not thanking me at the moment.

Feytalist

2012-04-02, 06:15 AM

Hmm. Perhaps I should construct my own fallacy on this subject then, seeing as there aren't anything sufficient for my needs at this time.

I shall call it Feytalist's Fallacy.

Formal breakdown to follow later. :smallbiggrin:

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-02, 06:33 AM

I've been rereading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

How did Invisibles the Text monster win the fashion contest? I don't understand.

I believe it was that her team 'played dead' and if a stun blast went near them, they went down even if they weren't hit. The first battle of the 5th graders is the one where Harry and Draco just kinda focus on each other, right?:smallconfused: I might be confusing it with a different battle, but I think that's the first one.

(Also, please stop reading it now before you suffer.:smalltongue: It's OK in the beginning, but once Harry starts making Neandrathal patronasus(Yeah, spoiler tags ruin the white text, so what, sorry. :P) and its barely past Christmas...:smallannoyed: I'm sorry, but even 8 first years SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A 7th YEAR, NO MATTER HOW MANY GAMES OF DODGEBALL THEY PLAY. I NOW ANGRY!:smallwink:)

Thufir

2012-04-02, 06:56 AM

That was actually what I meant.

My use of negators are a bit confusing, I suppose. I thought I made it as clear as possible, but perhaps not.

Er, no, you very clearly stated the opposite of what you meant.

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-02, 07:07 AM

Yeah, your original post meant the opposite of what you mean Fey.:smallamused: It still made more sense than most of my posts, but blah. :smalltongue:

Feytalist

2012-04-02, 07:13 AM

Eh. I blame the language. :smalltongue:

So, whatever I said, but the opposite of all that. That's what I want. :smallbiggrin: Which apparently doesn't exist. Yet.

Elemental

2012-04-02, 07:18 AM

Eh. I blame the language. :smalltongue:

So, whatever I said, but the opposite of all that. That's what I want. :smallbiggrin: Which apparently doesn't exist. Yet.

English is a silly language.
I even know of a poem about it...
I'll see if I can find it.

And here it is:

We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Then shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let’s face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing,
grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother’s not Mop?

AND IF PEOPLE FROM POLAND ARE CALLED POLES THEN PEOPLE FROM HOLLAND SHOULD BE HOLES AND THE GERMANS, GERMS

I can't remember the title or the author's name...

Dr. Bath

2012-04-02, 07:40 AM

All languages are silly, that's why I don't know any language. I just mash the keyboard and by chance sometimes sentences asihrufg jja -=rtt ir jn js asdjfn kthijyjuju;l

Rawhide

2012-04-02, 07:56 AM

All languages are silly, that's why I don't know any language. I just mash the keyboard and by chance sometimes sentences asihrufg jja -=rtt ir jn js asdjfn kthijyjuju;l

Pony typewriters have only three buttons!

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3804/ponytypewriter.jpg

Discuss!

Dr. Bath

2012-04-02, 08:00 AM

It's Gmail tap (https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html)

Elemental

2012-04-02, 08:05 AM

Pony typewriters have only three buttons!

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3804/ponytypewriter.jpg

Discuss!

Well, little is known about the writing systems used in Equestria...
Yes, English characters are seen. However, ponies can often be seen reading from right to left if I remember correctly.
And it is hard to write or type without fingers...
So I'm going to assume that the ponies use a few different scripts for different purposes.
Kind of like Heiroglyphics and Demotic.

Rawhide

2012-04-02, 08:14 AM

But, is that good or bad for mashing keys?

Elemental

2012-04-02, 08:18 AM

Well, according to my understanding of what mashing keys mean, you kind of can't do it if they're that large.

Mashing keys ends up with this result:
HEEIOrhjsdfio!@#

If a pony were faced with a keyboard from our world, that is most likely to be the result, until they learn to adjust.
Seems odd that they're capable of playing the piano and various stringed instruments...

Teddy

2012-04-02, 08:58 AM

Pony typewriters have only three buttons!

*typewriter*

Discuss!

Isn't it obvious? They're writing in machine language. What looks like a spacebar is actually a linefeed button.

I guess they're coding the advanced algorithms that their computers require in order to make sense of the highly limited input that pony keyboards produce (i.e. the pony version of T9).

Dr. Bath

2012-04-02, 09:02 AM

http://images.wikia.com/dinotopia/images/0/09/Dino_alphabet.jpg

This is how it would work. But with hooves I guess?

Who even cares about ponies. Horses are weird and dumb looking.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 09:13 AM

http://images.wikia.com/dinotopia/images/0/09/Dino_alphabet.jpg

This is how it would work. But with hooves I guess?

Who even cares about ponies. Horses are weird and dumb looking.

This looks uncomfortable, but the more comfortable alternative I came up with only had three positions (Diagonal left, vertical, diagonal right) only codes for 21 symbols. But really, turning a foot entirely around in the middle of a character is just...awkward.

Dr. Bath

2012-04-02, 09:19 AM

This looks uncomfortable, but the more comfortable alternative I came up with only had three positions (Diagonal left, vertical, diagonal right) only codes for 21 symbols. But really, turning a foot entirely around in the middle of a character is just...awkward.

You're supposed to hop, like a nimble little dinosaur. Alternatively use a stamp. So left button is stamp, right button changes direction. The characters would not simply go left to right while being typed though I suppose. It would go:

135
246...

perhaps?

At this point though, morse is considerably simpler. Like I said at the beginning!

Teddy

2012-04-02, 09:23 AM

I just found this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-sH53vXP2A&feature=colike) little Minecraft pearl. Notch himself stated that he got an onion in his eye (it's regular ordinary Swedish courtesy to put onion in your eyes upon experiencing something beautiful), and I must say that I'm a bit teary-eyed myself.

Rawhide

2012-04-02, 09:27 AM

If every letter required each button joystick to go in one direction each, it could work. A = two ups, B = left up and right down, etc.

EDIT: No it couldn't. Not with only four directions each.

LaZodiac

2012-04-02, 09:29 AM

I've got a random question.

There's a fallacy that states that if someone doesn't hold to your views, it doesn't necessarily mean they hold to views totally opposite yours. That is, if they don't think A, it doesn't have to mean that they think Z, totally precluding the possibility of B through Y.

Does anyone know what that fallacy is called, and where I would be able to find its formal breakdown? Google has failed me once again.

I believe, if I understand you correctly, that you're going for the Either Or Fallacy.

If I like Cake, then you Do Not Like Cake. There is no room for "I enjoy cake but not all the time" or "Cake is eh".

Huh. Good to know. But would you recommend reading just the first book?

Eh, kinda. It's really good up untill the twist, then it's just kinda good, and then the character I mentioned last post dies and things go really, really stupid.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 09:30 AM

Eh, kinda. It's really good up untill the twist, then it's just kinda good, and then the character I mentioned last post dies and things go really, really stupid.

Ah, alright. I already own it, I'd just have to get it back from my little sister, which is...difficult.

...*requests hug from GitP*...

LaZodiac

2012-04-02, 09:47 AM

Ah, alright. I already own it, I'd just have to get it back from my little sister, which is...difficult.

...*requests hug from GitP*...

*hugs* Feel better soon Cobra.

EmeraldRose

2012-04-02, 09:48 AM

Ah, alright. I already own it, I'd just have to get it back from my little sister, which is...difficult.

...*requests hug from GitP*...

*flyingtackledragonhugs*

Dr. Bath

2012-04-02, 10:53 AM

Can't... stop... drawing dr. DOOM...

help me.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 11:50 AM

*hugs* Feel better soon Cobra.

*flyingtackledragonhugs*

Thanks, guys, I really needed that. I've been really stressed out for my exam today. >.<

But has been kinda rough lately, too. *snuggles*

Can't... stop... drawing dr. DOOM...

help me.

There's nothing wrong with a healthy love of Dr. Doom. :smallamused:

Mercenary Pen

2012-04-02, 02:12 PM

Weekly supermarket trip done, but I currently have pain to about halfway up my right calf... Feels like the human body isn't what it's cracked up to be...

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 02:34 PM

Weekly supermarket trip done, but I currently have pain to about halfway up my right calf... Feels like the human body isn't what it's cracked up to be...

...is it like a Charley horse or something? Do you get those regularly?

Mercenary Pen

2012-04-02, 02:44 PM

...is it like a Charley horse or something? Do you get those regularly?

Not like that, it's just painful when I put much weight on the leg- or try to stretch it significantly. Also, nope, not something that happens too regularly.

absolmorph

2012-04-02, 03:46 PM

I believe it was that her team 'played dead' and if a stun blast went near them, they went down even if they weren't hit. The first battle of the 5th graders is the one where Harry and Draco just kinda focus on each other, right?:smallconfused: I might be confusing it with a different battle, but I think that's the first one.

(Also, please stop reading it now before you suffer.:smalltongue: It's OK in the beginning, but once Harry starts making Neandrathal patronasus(Yeah, spoiler tags ruin the white text, so what, sorry. :P) and its barely past Christmas...:smallannoyed: I'm sorry, but even 8 first years SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A 7th YEAR, NO MATTER HOW MANY GAMES OF DODGEBALL THEY PLAY. I NOW ANGRY!:smallwink:)
I thought one of the morals of that story is that wizards are almost blind to what they can actually do with magic, and only those who've lived in the Muggle world are likely to see the full potential.

Weekly supermarket trip done, but I currently have pain to about halfway up my right calf... Feels like the human body isn't what it's cracked up to be...
It's really not.

Thanks, guys, I really needed that. I've been really stressed out for my exam today. >.<

But has been kinda rough lately, too. *snuggles*

There's nothing wrong with a healthy love of Dr. Doom. :smallamused:
-hug-

What about an unhealthy love for Dr. Doom?

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 04:04 PM

Today I found out why they call the Uni's medical staff vampires.

I had a scheduled laboratory appointment, give samples, get blood taken out and fill a questionnaire about STDs, addictions and medical histories, everything is fine until the blood samples come up.

I have thin veins, which means that doctors have to prod around sticking needles repeatedly until they find a suitable spot, this means blood samples are not so much painful but rather time taking tasks. This time it only took two needles to find the vein. He cottons me up, reads up a small chart and goes again to my veins. As the needle enters, he commends me for donating blood, to which I tell him to check if that chart is mine. He takes the needle out and apologizes and throws out the barely collected sample, he then asks me If I'd like to donate blood, to what I said I would, and before I finish my sentence the needle is in, to which I tell him that I can't because I'm not legally able to consent. And hell breaks loose.

Half an hour latter I finally get out of the Uni's health centre.

LaZodiac

2012-04-02, 04:11 PM

Becareful what you say when dealing with doctors. Thats all I can really say.

Also they better of given you a shortbread cookie after all that crap.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-02, 04:16 PM

Triscuitable

2012-04-02, 05:11 PM

What's going on here? I'm really stinking bored for a Spring Break, when I should be dating or something. :smallsigh:

After reading a single sentence from a post a few posts ago, I recall going to Forks in '09, and seeing that there was a parking spot at the local hospital for a Carlisle Cullen.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 05:20 PM

Becareful what you say when dealing with doctors. Thats all I can really say.

Also they better of given you a shortbread cookie after all that crap.
I'm trying to see if future med check-ups have to be there, or go into my usual clinic and get decent service.

And no, I got paperwork.

...this...is odd, and entirely unprofessional, and I'm really surprised that it was a doctor doing it, because usually nurses handle bloodwork. My only guess is that it has something to do with it being a university hospital? But seriously, that's the worst excuse for a medical professional I've ever heard, and I've known some ****ty doctors. =\

*hugs tight, offers bandaid and lolipop*
Pretty sure it was a doctor (or probably one of the senior med students from over another Uni which has weird ties with mine), there are only two nurses overall, it's overstaffed with doctors, which may be the most insane imbalance I've ever seen.

And yes, it's one of the worst, but not the worst by a fair chance, when your veins are hard to find you get used to being a pincushion.

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-02, 05:21 PM

Jeez, some people need HUGS!:smallwink:

Ah, alright. I already own it, I'd just have to get it back from my little sister, which is...difficult.
...*requests hug from GitP*...
*tacklehugs*

Weekly supermarket trip done, but I currently have pain to about halfway up my right calf... Feels like the human body isn't what it's cracked up to be...
Oohf, unexplained leg pains are painful. Was it much walking, or do you just suddenly have massive pain going up your leg? Because I suggest you get it checked out if it keeps like this for a few days. Leg infections happen, and they can get damn painful if ignored.:smallfrown: *upper body near-chest bump*:smalltongue:

Today I found out why they call the Uni's medical staff vampires.

I had a scheduled laboratory appointment, give samples, get blood taken out and fill a questionnaire about STDs, addictions and medical histories, everything is fine until the blood samples come up.

I have thin veins, which means that doctors have to prod around sticking needles repeatedly until they find a suitable spot, this means blood samples are not so much painful but rather time taking tasks. This time it only took two needles to find the vein. He cottons me up, reads up a small chart and goes again to my veins. As the needle enters, he commends me for donating blood, to which I tell him to check if that chart is mine. He takes the needle out and apologizes and throws out the barely collected sample, he then asks me If I'd like to donate blood, to what I said I would, and before I finish my sentence the needle is in, to which I tell him that I can't because I'm not legally able to consent. And hell breaks loose.
Ok, this is one crappytastic doctor, but in my special critical way, I shall now point out that the last unnecessary jabbage is a result of your reasonable impatience on answering "yes I'd love to bu-OW I CANT LEGALLY CONSENT TO THIS!":smalltongue: *offers sympathy hug*

Aside from my overly critical criticism, good god that is a terrible place to get a blood test. I remember getting about a dozen blood tests in one month, and all the tests needed new, fresh, 11 year old blood. And not a little bit of blood, it'd be about 20 minutes each time just sitting there waiting after they finally get the blood to go up the tube-thing . And then a few days after that I had a biopsy. Then they said they might have to do another one but thank goodness they didn't need to.
/apologizes about starting the medical horror story contest :smallredface:

I thought one of the morals of that story is that wizards are almost blind to what they can actually do with magic, and only those who've lived in the Muggle world are likely to see the full potential.
WARNING: BADLY WRITTEN RANT ABOUT FANFICTION
Really, magic shouldn't be so unlike everything else humans do. All of sudden, these two muggle born first years (that is what, 6th grade or so?) revolutionize Transfiguration when most of them cant turn a rodent to a teacup, convince the school to have publicized magic-ultra dodge ball and start it with first years, and Quirrel has this "oh god muggles are all evil, but apparently the fact they can do this space stuff I practically worship means nothing about them not being the worst that humanity can possibly be". All of this while Harry has a creepy KKK thing with Draco to convince him that pureblood superiority is bad with SCIENCE that still doesn't make any damn sense. Being able to grab any kind of moral from this story beyond "death scares the author intensely so he loves cryogenics", "worship modern humanism and ignore all the well honed tradition humanity has made to better itself", and "take history literally" is a feat. /ends rant, runs out of breath, pants.:smallredface: My flawed argument awaits the brutal tearing it will get, but still. When I rant, I rant, and they tend to make much less sense than this one.

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 05:55 PM

I've been playing Spore again recently. Difficulty is set to Normal, and I have the PlatinumSpore mod (with GA).

Anyone know why, whenever I go to a planet that I want to attack, no matter what level the empire is, there's enough enemy ships to form a nearly solid cloud all chasing me at once? There's at least fifty of them on a 1-star T3 planet.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 06:02 PM

Mercenary Pen

2012-04-02, 06:07 PM

Oohf, unexplained leg pains are painful. Was it much walking, or do you just suddenly have massive pain going up your leg? Because I suggest you get it checked out if it keeps like this for a few days. Leg infections happen, and they can get damn painful if ignored.:smallfrown: *upper body near-chest bump*:smalltongue:

Yes, I did a fair amount of walking as part of this, but it didn't come on whilst I was carrying any serious weight. Pain is fairly liveable at the moment, so I'm going to see if it recovers on its own, but I will take it to medical professionals if need be.

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 06:21 PM

Planetary Bomb, or Automatic takeover
Do a Barrel Roll!

I understand that flying in circles while shooting Proton Missiles avoids almost all damage. The problem is that there's just too many, so I can't attack the actual city or I die in a second.

I ended up with the all-Red Archetype, so I have no auto-takeover, and I'm just starting out, so no Planet Buster.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 06:26 PM

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 07:35 PM

I don't know about platinum, but could you by chance be trying to attack a system who's owner has a massive system of alliances or something new?

No. That's what I meant by 1-star.
PlatinumSpore is here:
http://www.sporemodding.com/index.php?topic=11.0

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 07:44 PM

No. That's what I meant by 1-star.
PlatinumSpore is here:
http://www.sporemodding.com/index.php?topic=11.0

Have you tried temporarily uninstalling it temporarily?

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 08:32 PM

Have you tried temporarily uninstalling it temporarily?

Mods can cause game breakage if removed when there's a mod-dependant save, and I can't find where the game saves files to make a backup.

Also, this is my first time playing on non-Easy, so that might be normal amount + shock at seeing it. I'll put up a screenshot, maybe.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 08:35 PM

Mods can cause game breakage if removed when there's a mod-dependant save, and I can't find where the game saves files to make a backup.

Also, this is my first time playing on non-Easy, so that might be normal amount + shock at seeing it. I'll put up a screenshot, maybe.
Worst case you install it back on, from my time using spore mods, that didn't happen, but my experience was based on release day Spore and neighbouring dates.

But even Hard is rather easy, so I don't think that's normal.

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 08:46 PM

Here's a screenshot of the minimap, with the ships spread out so you can see how many there are:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8743/29984800.png
And here's one of the screen after I laser a building to provoke them:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/9058/13666317.png

This is a T2 planet of a 1-star empire. The T3 (which later turned out to be their homeworld) had at least 1.5x as many, in one huge cluster, like bees.

Looks like it's a trade-based empire for me, then!

absolmorph

2012-04-02, 08:51 PM

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 08:52 PM

Here's a screenshot of the minimap, with the ships spread out so you can see how many there are:

And here's one of the screen after I laser a building to provoke them:

This is a T2 planet of a 1-star empire. The T3 (which later turned out to be their homeworld) had at least 1.5x as many, in one huge cluster, like bees.

Looks like it's a trade-based empire for me, then!

Yeah, you can't start off conquering empires, you need to start colonizing unconquered planets and after getting enough spice trade set, running of your nuke running operation, and probably ally with the grox, which gets you epic bonuses and trade. But yeah, you play Eve online for a good while before running bombs.

Qwertystop

2012-04-02, 09:09 PM

Yeah, you can't start off conquering empires, you need to start colonizing unconquered planets and after getting enough spice trade set, running of your nuke running operation, and probably ally with the grox, which gets you epic bonuses and trade. But yeah, you play Eve online for a good while before running bombs.

Problem is that in Spore, you don't get the Bomb until you've conquered some cities. The Laser is too slow, the Pulse... don't even bother, and the Proton Missile is anti-turret-or-ship-only. Planet Busters don't leave you anything to take over.

The bomb icon in my weapons list is the Orbs of Doom. It's a new weapon added by the mod, and you start with it. Leaves an airborne tiny light behind you, and if an enemy hits it or enough time passes, it explodes. No good against cities, as you can't get close enough...

It's pretty good against the huge swarms that seem to have glitched in or however they appeared, but there's so many that I'd need to bankrupt myself on Energy Packs if I was to get anything done after I finished with the swarm. And they seem to regenerate.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-02, 09:12 PM

Problem is that in Spore, you don't get the Bomb until you've conquered some cities. The Laser is too slow, the Pulse... don't even bother, and the Proton Missile is anti-turret-or-ship-only. Planet Busters don't leave you anything to take over.

The bomb icon in my weapons list is the Orbs of Doom. It's a new weapon added by the mod, and you start with it. Leaves an airborne tiny light behind you, and if an enemy hits it or enough time passes, it explodes. No good against cities, as you can't get close enough...

It's pretty good against the huge swarms that seem to have glitched in or however they appeared, but there's so many that I'd need to bankrupt myself on Energy Packs if I was to get anything done after I finished with the swarm. And they seem to regenerate.
Are you sure planet buying doesn't count?

I remember not having many issues getting weaponry early on, though I attacked T0 colonies or terraformed into T0 to kill cities. Some more hours into it and you'll be begging for the terraformers to be on sale.

Elemental

2012-04-03, 01:50 AM

Aah... Spore...
I should start playing that again, but every time I try, all my planets start demanding I rush in and save them.
Anything bad happen if you ignore them?

Feytalist

2012-04-03, 02:17 AM

I played Spore right up until the Tribal phase. And then I just couldn't care anymore. I never really got interested in it.

Qwertystop

2012-04-03, 07:08 AM

Space Phase is fun. Honestly, that's the main game.

I advise getting PlatinumSpore, or some other modpack. One of the many things it gives is a reduced frequency of planetary disasters and pirate attacks.

Yes, something bad does happen if you don't help. Ecodisasters can drop a planet's T-score if you don't stop them, and pirates steal your spice.

Teddy

2012-04-03, 10:35 AM

I understand that flying in circles while shooting Proton Missiles avoids almost all damage. The problem is that there's just too many, so I can't attack the actual city or I die in a second.

I ended up with the all-Red Archetype, so I have no auto-takeover, and I'm just starting out, so no Planet Buster.

Have you gotten access to the consumable anti-ship missiles yet? They cause AoE damage and the best ones are capable of bringing down whole grox fleets in one missile (they cost accordingly, however).

Also, pulse isn't too bad against cities (especially when upgraded), but you need some patience if you are to use it while hunted by a huge enemy fleet. At least you're faster than them.

LaZodiac

2012-04-03, 11:34 AM

Never really got into Spore. I like designing things, but the playing is kinda eh at times.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-03, 01:31 PM

Never really got into Spore. I like designing things, but the playing is kinda eh at times.

I've never seen much of anything about spore, but I didn't even realize that it had gameplay beyond the designing phase. ._.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-03, 01:34 PM

Aah... Spore...
I should start playing that again, but every time I try, all my planets start demanding I rush in and save them.
Anything bad happen if you ignore them?
Depends on what you define as bad. When you gather enough cash you can use the fast solution tactic. You nuke them so they stop complaining.

Alternatively, make an empire of T0 colonies.

I played Spore right up until the Tribal phase. And then I just couldn't care anymore. I never really got interested in it.
You never dressed your alien race?! That's one of the best parts. That and designing your rocketship.

Never really got into Spore. I like designing things, but the playing is kinda eh at times.
You can spend the last stage designing 99% of the time, it's called city designing, terraforming and ship designing. And well, carpet bombing is technically designing a wasteland.

AtlanteanTroll

2012-04-03, 03:23 PM

Guys. I drew a really quick self portrait. Except it sort of turned into a Troll Face. Oh yeah.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/546548_2741250339957_1518408529_31822724_590949088 _n.jpg

Teddy

2012-04-03, 03:40 PM

Guys. I drew a really quick self portrait. Except it sort of turned into a Troll Face. Oh yeah.

*self portrait*

Not bad. It kind of looks like your hair is actually a had made from the wings of a bird, but that's not really a problem in my book.
...
Hmm... Just because of that, I started to wonder how awesome a hat you could make from the wings of a reasonably large bird...

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-03, 03:47 PM

LaZodiac

2012-04-03, 04:00 PM

Not bad. It kind of looks like your hair is actually a had made from the wings of a bird, but that's not really a problem in my book.
...
Hmm... Just because of that, I started to wonder how awesome a hat you could make from the wings of a reasonably large bird...

You could probably make some really fancy hats. I'm sure some birds are big enough to just be turned into a hat, body and all.

Also, if you wanted a fancy hat, I'd probably go with either Peacock or Flamingo.

Teddy

2012-04-03, 04:09 PM

You could probably make some really fancy hats. I'm sure some birds are big enough to just be turned into a hat, body and all.

Also, if you wanted a fancy hat, I'd probably go with either Peacock or Flamingo.

I don't think such a hat would look good anywhere except in a caravan train. It's just a bit too much.

Also, fancy isn't my thing. I generally prefer it toned down with but one strong colour. Female mallards are a good example.

LaZodiac

2012-04-03, 04:53 PM

I don't think such a hat would look good anywhere except in a caravan train. It's just a bit too much.

Also, fancy isn't my thing. I generally prefer it toned down with but one strong colour. Female mallards are a good example.

Makes sense. Flamingo's are one solid colour, for the most part.

Teddy

2012-04-03, 05:08 PM

Makes sense. Flamingo's are one solid colour, for the most part.

I don't think pink suites me very well, however. A blue flamingo would probably make a more fitting hat, although it would be harder to come by...

ION:
Notch is working on a space game (which he recently announced will be called 0x10c, by the way). It will have a fully programmable computer with its own assembly language, and the full specifications will be released "shortly". I must say that the timing of my assembly programming course couldn't have been better. :smallbiggrin:

Rawhide

2012-04-03, 05:11 PM

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-03, 05:12 PM

What about polar bears? You all know what colour they are, right?

They are invisible!

Teddy

2012-04-03, 05:17 PM

What about polar bears? You all know what colour they are, right?

White on black is a pretty pretty combination. Could work for a fur hat. And I do like magpies, after all...

Polar bears are not birds, however, so it's not optimal material for my feather hat...

Kindablue

2012-04-03, 05:40 PM

Google Chrome is ridiculously bad at spellcheck. I'm pretty good at spelling, so for the most part I'll just correct it myself when I see a red line, but when it asks me if I mean "individuality" or "individualism," but not "individual" when I type "indivudal," I don't know. I'm not really complaining, I just think it's weird.

Qwertystop

2012-04-03, 06:24 PM

Have you gotten access to the consumable anti-ship missiles yet? They cause AoE damage and the best ones are capable of bringing down whole grox fleets in one missile (they cost accordingly, however).

Also, pulse isn't too bad against cities (especially when upgraded), but you need some patience if you are to use it while hunted by a huge enemy fleet. At least you're faster than them.

No. In fact, I don't think I got that on my Easy Mode file either. Is it specific to this mod, or is it just really hard to get?

Will try to remove the mod later today and see if that helps, when I get a chance.

Rawhide

2012-04-03, 06:32 PM

White on black is a pretty pretty combination. Could work for a fur hat. And I do like magpies, after all...

Polar bears are not birds, however, so it's not optimal material for my feather hat...

It's not white on black... but rather, transparent on black.

LaZodiac

2012-04-03, 06:43 PM

What about polar bears? You all know what colour they are, right?

Oh man your avatar! You're a gazebo!!

absolmorph

2012-04-03, 09:00 PM

Oh man your avatar! You're a gazebo!!
Speak not the name of the dread gazebo, lest ye wake its fury.

Blue Ghost

2012-04-03, 11:48 PM

I've just discovered Brawl in the Family. And I'm in love. Just when I thought I couldn't love Kirby any more... <3
Adeleine is sooooo cuuuuuute! :smallbiggrin:

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-03, 11:56 PM

I've just discovered Brawl in the Family. And I'm in love. Just when I thought I couldn't love Kirby any more... <3
Adeleine is sooooo cuuuuuute! :smallbiggrin:
Have you reached the brawl school plotline yet?

Rawhide

2012-04-03, 11:56 PM

Nah, you'd have to taunt me, threaten me, and shoot me with an arrow before I'd attack. (http://web.archive.org/web/20080804140516/http://www.dreadgazebo.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8)

Blue Ghost

2012-04-03, 11:59 PM

Have you reached the brawl school plotline yet?

Yeah, I finished the comic. Plotline was quite nice. But I'm content with just having my dose of Kirby, Meta Knight, and Adeleine.
Want more Adeleine!

Adeleine is the player's character in Canvas Curse. That is my headcanon.

Maxios

2012-04-04, 12:21 AM

Years ago, I was on the wikia for a show I liked. On the page of the character Valerie, the description was totally different from the actual character. It said she was a minor antagonist (an assassin) and how she was killed by a character named Alvin (it made it seem like Alvin was the protagonist), and how with her dying breaths she lamented not being in the arms of her ex-lover (a guy named Simon).
The article ended there, but it made whatever the other Valerie was from seem like a spy story. The article was fixed the next day. Since then, I've been trying to find out where the above characters and story were found.
I just found out where it's from: an Alvin and the Chipmunks fanfiction that I can't even find! There goes years of searching...

Triscuitable

2012-04-04, 12:27 AM

Nah, you'd have to taunt me, threaten me, and shoot me with an arrow before I'd attack. (http://web.archive.org/web/20080804140516/http://www.dreadgazebo.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8)

Said arrow hit the forearm. I'm not letting anybody make a joke on what you've put into your post.

That's my job. :smalltongue:

Teddy

2012-04-04, 05:08 AM

No. In fact, I don't think I got that on my Easy Mode file either. Is it specific to this mod, or is it just really hard to get?

Will try to remove the mod later today and see if that helps, when I get a chance.

They're not a part of the mod, and the image look like a missile with two radiating orbs attached to its side. They shouldn't be too hard to get, but I can't remember the specific lines of achievements that lead up to it.

It's not white on black... but rather, transparent on black.

Reflective transparent (like some prisms)?

Feytalist

2012-04-04, 05:26 AM

Milk finished again. Have to drink coffee black. Bleargh.

Elemental

2012-04-04, 05:59 AM

Milk finished again. Have to drink coffee black. Bleargh.

Is there no shop within easy walking distance?
Because that's terrible. Personally, I don't drink coffee, but I understand that a large proportion of people enjoy.

Feytalist

2012-04-04, 06:07 AM

Is there no shop within easy walking distance?
Because that's terrible. Personally, I don't drink coffee, but I understand that a large proportion of people enjoy.

This is at work. I imagine they'd frown at me if I went out to go shopping. :smalltongue: Also no shop within walking distance. Also we have people to do that sort of things for us.

Also I'm too lazy. I might hate black coffee, but I hate getting up more. :smallbiggrin:

Elemental

2012-04-04, 06:10 AM

This is at work. I imagine they'd frown at me if I went out to go shopping. :smalltongue: Also no shop within walking distance. Also we have people to do that sort of things for us.

Also I'm too lazy. I might hate black coffee, but I hate getting up more. :smallbiggrin:

Well, in that case, you'll just have to resolve yourself to working through this catastrophe.

Feytalist

2012-04-04, 06:31 AM

The weird thing is that I never minded black coffee, as long as it had a whole sugarcane slowly dissolving in it. Then I worked as a barista for some time, and I learnt to drink it with milk and no sugar (coffee snobs that my coworkers were, heh). And now everything else just tastes horrible.

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-04, 06:47 AM

Yeah, I finished the comic. Plotline was quite nice. But I'm content with just having my dose of Kirby, Meta Knight, and Adeleine.
Want more Adeleine!

Adeleine is the player's character in Canvas Curse. That is my headcanon.

You didn't know BitF?:smalleek: I feel ashamed for not shoving it in your face months ago.:smalltongue:

LaZodiac

2012-04-04, 03:35 PM

The spice sand must flow (http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/mit-develops-self-sculpting-sand-that-can-replicate-objects.php?ref=fpnewsfeed)

Qwertystop

2012-04-04, 03:57 PM

Well, I just checked. Apparently, the huge swarms of ships in spore are:
1: Part of the mod
2: An unlisted but intentional effect ("What kind of wimpy empire has only a few ships guarding it", "Your advantage is being agile with powerful weapons")

So in other words, I need to figure out how to get some of the mod's new weapons before I do any conquering.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-05, 12:59 AM

The spice sand must flow (http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/mit-develops-self-sculpting-sand-that-can-replicate-objects.php?ref=fpnewsfeed)

That...is awesome. Is there any way to get the sand replicas to disassemble, too? Can the sand replicate its own replicas? Do want.

LaZodiac

2012-04-05, 01:07 AM

That...is awesome. Is there any way to get the sand replicas to disassemble, too? Can the sand replicate its own replicas? Do want.

Yes and yes. It disassembles just as easily as it puts itself together.

Cobra_Ikari

2012-04-05, 01:13 AM

Yes and yes. It disassembles just as easily as it puts itself together.

...this sounds endlessly entertaining. >.>

...and I would probably end up doing something stupid like swimming in it. *coughs* =P

LaZodiac

2012-04-05, 01:45 AM

...this sounds endlessly entertaining. >.>

...and I would probably end up doing something stupid like swimming in it. *coughs* =P

Not stupid at all. It'd probably feel weird though, as part of its programing is to stay solid when something is incontact with it, and the whole "a pile of sand, by physics, will just be a solid chunk of sand, not a liquid" and thus it'd prooobably hurt diving into it.

Sadly, our dreams of swiming in money is for not.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-05, 02:02 AM

Not stupid at all. It'd probably feel weird though, as part of its programing is to stay solid when something is incontact with it, and the whole "a pile of sand, by physics, will just be a solid chunk of sand, not a liquid" and thus it'd prooobably hurt diving into it.

Sadly, our dreams of swiming in money is for not.

Not in coins, but you can swim in money, just not dollars for most people...

absolmorph

2012-04-05, 02:03 AM

Not stupid at all. It'd probably feel weird though, as part of its programing is to stay solid when something is incontact with it, and the whole "a pile of sand, by physics, will just be a solid chunk of sand, not a liquid" and thus it'd prooobably hurt diving into it.

Sadly, our dreams of swiming in money is for not.
This is why I'm in favor of switching to liquid currency.

LaZodiac

2012-04-05, 02:14 AM

This is why I'm in favor of switching to liquid currency.

But think of all the liquidations we'd have to do!

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-05, 02:15 AM

Pooling liquid assets would be easier however.

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 07:20 AM

Hee!

I'm so happy that I can more or less read Spanish. And by 'read Spanish' I mean: 'know enough French and Latin and Italian to be able to figure it out using cognates and common sense in conjunction with my minuscule knowledge of actual Spanish'.
And I hardly know much Italian either.
Not to say I know all the intricacies of the language and grammar, but I can get more than the gist of the sentence.

Romance languages: got to love them.

AsteriskAmp

2012-04-05, 07:35 AM

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 07:45 AM

I'm willing to guess you'd also be able to understand Portugal's Portuguesse without many issues.

Most likely. I understand that Portugal's Portuguese and Spain's Spanish are mutually intelligible to a small degree.

ION:

Ahem.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I've just found out my exam timetable! 14/05/2012 for a whole week and two day the next week too.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Cue the Panic Button!
Paaaaaaniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic!

(Although admittedly there are a few papers about which I am reasonably confident. But still! It's my Finals!)

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll

2012-04-05, 07:48 AM

Exams are terrifying. I feel for you.

University exams must be even MORE terrifying.

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 08:12 AM

Exams are terrifying. I feel for you.

University exams must be even MORE terrifying.

Let me put it this way.
I'm in my final year of my degree. These are my Finals. In a very final sense of the word.
My entire degree (minus two papers already handed in) rests on these exams. These exams are in five weeks.
Time to kickstart my revision. My actually starting to revise for more than two hours a week.

I usually rock my exams pretty hard with or without proper revision. This calls for serious revision.

T-minus five weeks.

:eek:

Thufir

2012-04-05, 08:30 AM

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 08:38 AM

*Hugs panicking Curly*

Calm. Quiet calm deliberation disentangles every knot (I don't plan these or anything, I just start typing and G&S quotes appear on the screen).
You will be fine, you will ace the exams, everything will be wonderful in the world of Koorly.

(Not saying you shouldn't do all that serious revision, and a bit more concern than I had for my exams is probably advisable, but so is a certain level of calm)

I only panic upon finding out my exam timetable for the first time.

I'm now starting my write up thingy of 'The Invasion' Part 4/8. Because who cares about revising for Finals when I could write about Doctor Who!
My brain is weird like that.
Here's hoping I don't write 10 000 plus words for this episode too.

Seriously my brain.

Dr. Bath

2012-04-05, 08:56 AM

LaZodiac

2012-04-05, 09:00 AM

Good luck with your school troubles everyone!

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 09:00 AM

Pish posh, you'll be fine. I've got to increase my average grade by 20% this coming set of exams or I get nothing: no degree at all. WOO. And even if/when I get through there's another year to go.

Ah crap.

And you too, will do absolutely fine. Just pull up your socks and buckle down and utilise all the British stereotypes at your disposal! Except the ones about being drunk. Or yobbish.

Dr. Bath

2012-04-05, 09:03 AM

And you too, will do absolutely fine. Just pull up your socks and buckle down and utilise all the British stereotypes at your disposal! Except the ones about being drunk. Or yobbish.

But that's what I'm best at!

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 09:14 AM

But that's what I'm best at!

Then it's time to put on your monocle and pretend like crazy that you're a genteel and dignified teetotal scholar from some moderately well-off landed minor nobility!

From now until the end of June you are Dr. Charles Augustus Ffinch-Bathington-Smythe. Bath for short.
You like shooting, hunting, high teas, occasional antics with wastrels (while abstaining from the booze), chemistry, physics, art, nerdery, Bond films, reading, and waistcoats.

Dr. Bath

2012-04-05, 09:25 AM

Then it's time to put on your monocle and pretend like crazy that you're a genteel and dignified teetotal scholar from some moderately well-off landed minor nobility!

From now until the end of June you are Dr. Charles Augustus Ffinch-Bathington-Smythe. Bath for short.
You like shooting, hunting, high teas, occasional antics with wastrels (while abstaining from the booze), chemistry, physics, art, nerdery, Bond films, reading, and waistcoats.

Maaan. That sounds hard. I'll try though. I do own a tweed jacket now.

Do I have to like Bond films on any day other than Sunday? That's the only time I can handle them.

CurlyKitGirl

2012-04-05, 09:30 AM

Maaan. That sounds hard. I'll try though. I do own a tweed jacket now.

Do I have to like Bond films on any day other than Sunday? That's the only time I can handle them.

You only have to watch one Bond film every fortnight. Any more is extra work. Bonus points for the tweed jacket.

And hey, at least I didn't make you an Old Boy from some public school like Harrow or Eton. And at least you're not a member of a university rowing team.

You are, sadly, a member of your local Conservative Club, because I gather it's compulsory for landed gentry. Not that you ever do much but show up to network, gossip, gloat about 's latest scandal, and sip delicately from some sort of flavoured sparkly cordial.

(You also have a secret life on the internet where you pretend to be (get this) a [I]commoner who lives on an estate somewhere in Londinium or Manchester or some other large city.
And you once ate a cheeseburger from MaccyD's!)

Mutant Sheep

2012-04-05, 09:45 AM

Ohhh, super duper college finals. Sounds scary enough, but as a high school freshman... *shrugs it off*:smalltongue: I'd probably write about Dr.Who too.

ION: Hey, first day of my Spring break and instantly a dentist visit. What logic and kindness!:smallmad: