Random Thoughts Thread. (Clean version)

[cottonvibes]

I dont doubt that shes partially doing this for attention but I also think she
compares her body to body types like Miranda Kerr and feels like she falls short
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lug15zTdUY1qars9eo1_500.png

the interesting thing is that the reason that girl is hot is not because she's skinny, but because she's got a cute face and large symmetrical breasts.
she would look better if she gained like 7 lbs imo, she's too boney.

many girls for some reason think anorexic-skinny is sexy; its not.
whats sexy is cute symmetrical face + symmetrical boobs + round and firm butt.
guys like curves in the right places.
the downside is women can't really do much about improving their face/breasts w/o plastic surgery. They can improve their butt and legs though by workouts like squats and running.

[Phil]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lug15zTdUY1qars9eo1_500.png

Hmm.....


Average.

The tits stand out, but the rest of her comes from a bunker in Auschwitz.

[snickothemule]

I don't think I've ever seen a model on the catwalk and thought she looks amazing, they look like goofy big headed skinny women who are tired and hungry. Take Miranda Kerr away from the horrors of the catwalk and she looks gorgeous.

[Phil]

I actually agree with you there.

[koko]

You be slapping Tushi on her Tushi? oO
I want some of that :D
No :innocent:

You will never get my pikachu sugar cookies now! D:
._.

[Silenus]

http://giveaway.downloadcrew.com/offer/ashampoo_burning_studio/27200

Ashampoo burning studio free for 22 hours.

50 msrp.

I know double post but I wanted to pass the word around.
Get it guys.

[ElijahTW]

Never head of "Ashampoo" before, but for free I guess it'd be worth a shot.

I never burn anything but ISOs nowadays, which Imgburn does perfectly.

[snickothemule]

Thanks Silenus, Ashampoo burning studio is a tool I've always liked. Might get around to digitizing some of my albums.

[Princess Garnet]

It seems like you have to activate it too. If I get it right, you probably only get to activate it with one of these "free" versions for 48 hours, so if you ever have to reinstall Windows or whatever, it won't activate then?

Anyway, I have no need to burn stuff, but what about ripping stuff? Does this work with ripping ISOs, namely, PlayStation games? ISODisk is minimalistic and got the job done, but it didn't want to rip PlayStation games. I need to get around to ripping the rest of my collection now that I have the space for it (I have for years but never got around to it).toI never burn anything but ISOs nowadays, which Imgburn does perfectly.As does Windows (7), no?

[redlofredlof]

I'd like to bring to your attention

http://forums.ngemu.com/showthread.php?p=2031538#post2031538

[Noja87]

Have you ever bought anything you didnt really want but did anyway because it was super cheap? i just did. Now what?

[redlofredlof]

Have you ever bought anything you didnt really want but did anyway because it was super cheap? i just did. Now what?

put it in a showcase and forget about it :lol:

[snickothemule]

Have you ever bought anything you didnt really want but did anyway because it was super cheap? i just did. Now what?

I always chalk it up to poor life decisions.

Then strap fireworks to it and go wild.

It seems like you have to activate it too. If I get it right, you probably only get to activate it with one of these "free" versions for 48 hours, so if you ever have to reinstall Windows or whatever, it won't activate then?

You get a key that gives you unlimited access to the software without any time limits, if you reinstall windows, use your key they issue you and it will still work.

[ElijahTW]

Have you ever bought anything you didnt really want but did anyway because it was super cheap? i just did. Now what?

I have piles of stuff that I bought because it was cheap and I would "need it eventually".

[Princess Garnet]

It's coincidental that you guys mention that, as I'm in the process of getting rid of stuff I don't really need, but I never really had a whole lot to begin with. My mother (and one of my sisters) have that problem though.You get a key that gives you unlimited access to the software without any time limits, if you reinstall windows, use your key they issue you and it will still work.I know there's no "time limits", but I was asking something else. Per the last bit, this doesn't seem to imply that.EXTENDED! We've extended this promotion until 23:59 Sunday. Note you must activate your software before the expiration of this offer!It seems it's as I thought. If you try and install/activate one of these copies any time in the future, it will be worthless.

[blueshogun96]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fm7wSNT4zMs/TFf901_TWeI/AAAAAAAAASw/RIy1_uNdILs/s1600/Black_rose.jpg
by

[Bill_gates]

I didnt win the lottery

[ElijahTW]

I forgot all about daylight savings BS. I have an alarm clock that automatically adjusts itself for DST. I just happened to be looking at it at 1:59 and suddenly it's 3:00... Kind of a mindfk when you're half awake.

[Princess Garnet]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fm7wSNT4zMs/TFf901_TWeI/AAAAAAAAASw/RIy1_uNdILs/s1600/Black_rose.jpg
byHuh?

[aceloop]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fm7wSNT4zMs/TFf901_TWeI/AAAAAAAAASw/RIy1_uNdILs/s1600/Black_rose.jpg
by

whats with you posting that across the forum??

http://shirtsays.com/images/large/what-does-it-mean-bustedtees.jpg

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Oh wow, not a single birthday today here, that's pretty rare.

[Hard core Rikki]

Blue bought a girl a flower on valentine, and demanded to be reimbursed that dollar as soon as he got rejected or things will get bloody :p

[Bill_gates]

I also forgot about daylight savings. I have a project due by midnight and now i have 1 less hour to complete it :/

[n_w95482]

I changed my alarm clock before I went to bed. When I woke up, I changed the rest of them. DST is stupid, maybe I'll have to move to Arizona :p.

[Radix865]

I changed my alarm clock before I went to bed. When I woke up, I changed the rest of them. DST is stupid, maybe I'll have to move to Arizona :p.

Already? ...In here it's not until 25th.

[Beatrix]

I wondered why something felt off *changes clock*

[n_w95482]

Already? ...In here it's not until 25th.

Yep, it was this morning.


I wondered why something felt off *changes clock*

If you're in Arizona right now, don't change it. They don't observe DST there.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

I'd kill myself if I lived in a DST country...either that or move away but the first sounds more dramatic.

[Strike105X]

Since i only get by using my PC clock (which of course synchronizes) i didn't even noticed till you guys mentioned it :lol:.

[Kaizen]

doubletoast, now with butter

[Kaizen]

[IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fm7wSNT4zMs/TFf901_TWeI/AAAAAAAAASw/RIy1_uNdILs/s1600/Black_rose.jpg[./IMG] by

..

It's up to you to make sure he's fine. I have a hunch he'll listen to you.

My brostincts say he's lost his job and some confidence.

Have you ever bought anything you didnt really want but did anyway because it was super cheap? i just did. Now what?

Never, not once unless you count buying food when you're out socializing.

Is that strange; that everything you buy is utility based and important?

[Kaizen]

To follow up from yesterdays thoughts, I'm saving my money pretty hard right now, living on bare bones for food and amenities. Being homeless is a real possibility if I fall on my luck and I'm considering buying a holiday property and a rejuvenation property so at least I'll never be homeless.

I'll also be applying to university and planning emigrating in the future, I've been talking with a few workmates about it, getting advice and such. Every path is going to be tough but there's no family or future to hold me in Scotland any more and I need out away from the 16 hours of darkness 6 months a year.

[Strike105X]

Ouch wish you good luck on that, but strangely it seems quite similar with my plans, though my plans involve just a limited immigration, one where i can just get the money i want to start my own plans here.

[Bill_gates]

my car is fixed! At a cost of 465 dollars...
I wish I was more knowledgeable about cars so I could do more things myself :/

[Irukapooka]

Puppies anyone?

Sorry, random thought is totally oh so random. <3

[ElijahTW]

my car is fixed! At a cost of 465 dollars...
I wish I was more knowledgeable about cars so I could do more things myself :/

1) Get a cheap mechanics toolset (Walmart - $60 for Stanley brand. I recommend the craftsman sets though, about $90 at kmart or sears)

2) Buy a service manual for your car (~$25/autozone, or $4 for a shady CD off eBay)

3) Get to work!

Seriously, best way to learn.

[snickothemule]

http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/saban-to-release-power-rangers-to-blu.html

Feels good man. I'm intrigued as to what they'll be doing with blu-ray releases, but I'd also wish they'd do the original Sentai shows as well seeing as they kick ass.

[Princess Garnet]

Puppies anyone?All my life! It started with one Pekingese and one Dotson. It got crazy from there (think rabbits). One of the many dozen (no way do we have/keep them all) just had six more.

[Irukapooka]

Speaking of rabbits, garnet, have you ever owned one?

[Princess Garnet]

Way back when I was very young, yes, we had one. It was Black and White and I think it was named Ying Yang.

I also had some hamsters, but one (Midnight) escaped and we never found it around the house, and the other (Cheddar) died of age. I kind of want another now.

[Ahielia]

Puppies anyone?
Puppies are cute, but kittens are awesome <3

[Silenus]

My daughter have always wanted a Hamster, I have to get one for her.

[ElijahTW]

I also had some hamsters, but one (Midnight) escaped and we never found it around the house, and the other (Cheddar) died of age. I kind of want another now.

I had a hamster that escaped and found its way inside our running old metal blade fan...

[Princess Garnet]

We never even found mine, or what happened to it. We had him in one of these.

http://www.kidstoychest.com/images/sp60515.jpg

[Ahielia]

Did you have a cat at the same time?
If so, I got a pretty good guess :p

[Princess Garnet]

No, I didn't.

[Beatrix]

I had a hamster that escaped and found its way inside our running old metal blade fan...

That is disgusting......

Our hamster were breeding like crazy, so I let some go. I miss them a bit.

[ElijahTW]

That is disgusting......

I know. Believe me, I know.


--

I shouldn't have installed Windows 7 on my basement/workshop computer that only has a 80GB hard drive. I only have like 300MB free... I was kinda wondering why until...

http://i.imgur.com/GFnaM.png

I mean seriously, WTF. Am I storing Bill Gates porn collection or what? Stupid bloat. Also, what's the deal with the created on date? I just installed it a few months ago...

I guess I'll be buying a bigger hard drive... or re-installing XP.

[Bill_gates]

My collection is sacred! :p

[ElijahTW]

My collection is sacred! :p

Haha! Well I guess I can cross "Bill Gate's porn collection" off the list of reasons why Windows 7 is so morbidly obese.

[n_w95482]

I shouldn't have installed Windows 7 on my basement/workshop computer that only has a 80GB hard drive. I only have like 300MB free... I was kinda wondering why until...


I mean seriously, WTF. Am I storing Bill Gates porn collection or what? Stupid bloat. Also, what's the deal with the created on date? I just installed it a few months ago...

I guess I'll be buying a bigger hard drive... or re-installing XP.

I just installed Win7 x64 in VirtualBox, with 20 GB allocated, and it's barely using over half of it (11.2 GB), and that's with a 4 GB pagefile. What the heck do you have on it? :p

Try going to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and clearing out everything.

[Irukapooka]

Way back when I was very young, yes, we had one. It was Black and White and I think it was named Ying Yang.

I also had some hamsters, but one (Midnight) escaped and we never found it around the house, and the other (Cheddar) died of age. I kind of want another now.Funny. My brother also owned a hamster and named it Midnight. :p

I love hamsters. I've had 4 of my own during the years but I hated their short life span. :(

You should get a house bunny again. They're great companions and are highly intelligent. I love Jack. And the reason why I got him was to help cope with the difficulties of getting a disease. He's my little boy. He takes care of me. Lol.

And they can live up to 8-10 years. :) You just have to baby proof your house. >.< But they are like little kids. I adore him so much. Oh, and you can also liter train them! :)

Puppies are cute, but kittens are awesome <3 >.>

Dude, Ahielia...

Let's breed cats and dogs together and make cogs! <3

My daughter have always wanted a Hamster, I have to get one for her.you should. They're low maintenance pets and very cute. Just keep in mind of the short life span. But they're great for kids. You just have to be very very fragile with them.

I cannot tell you how many times my friends would come up to me and tell me the horror stories of their hamsters. A few times I've heard of kids getting too scared of them or not knowing their own strength and crush them to death in their hands.

It always makes me emotional to think of any creature dying in that way. :(

[ElijahTW]

I just installed Win7 x64 in VirtualBox, with 20 GB allocated, and it's barely using over half of it (11.2 GB), and that's with a 4 GB pagefile. What the heck do you have on it? :p

Try going to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and clearing out everything.

1.12GB in that folder... doesn't make a big difference.

I've noticed that the size of the Windows directory grows over time.

Also, just noticed some interesting English on my Samsung Printer's power cable:
http://i.imgur.com/lROOD.jpg

[n_w95482]

1.12GB in that folder... doesn't make a big difference.

I've noticed that the size of the Windows directory grows over time.

True, but the whole install still should only use a small portion of an 80 GB drive. Maybe some of the data stored on it can be moved to another PC and shared over the network?

[ElijahTW]

True, but the whole install still should only use a small portion of an 80 GB drive. Maybe some of the data stored on it can be moved to another PC and shared over the network?

Probably, but it's too much of a PITA. I have a 320GB USB drive that I believe contains a 2.5" SATA drive... I don't really use it, so I might dissect that and throw it in there... I don't have any 2.5" brackets, so I'll probably just let it sit there.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

You cleared out all system restores and shadow copies right?

[ElijahTW]

You cleared out all system restores and shadow copies right?

Nope, but I just put the 320 gig drive in there which should solve the problem once and for all.


Also: My WiFi router has damn good range. I can sit by the creek down the hill from my house (about 500 feet / ~150 meters) and pick up a pretty decent signal. (2 bars). It's peaceful down here.

Also, I'm rather enjoying the beautiful weather we've been having over the last few days. Nice to be able to do some work in the garage with the doors open and no heaters. :) The bad news is that I'm going to have to install a AC in the garage here soon.

[Bill_gates]

Its almost St Patrick's Day
I havent drank in weeks so Im ready for some fun fun fun

[snickothemule]

Does anyone have any experience with headphone amplifiers? I'm going to go for a prowl tomorrow and was wondering if anyone has any personal experience dealing with them.

[Bill_gates]

video editing's tedious as hell!

[Ahielia]

Does anyone have any experience with headphone amplifiers? I'm going to go for a prowl tomorrow and was wondering if anyone has any personal experience dealing with them.

Is that a fancy term for receiver and speakers?

[snickothemule]

In a sense, Headphone amps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphone_amplifier) are designed specifically for headphones and are supposed to deliver better sound. My current headphones (very average Plantronics Gamecom 367) aren't that great, but reading about headphones and all the lingo, headphone specific amps have been known to give fantastic results without having to hose around with EQ settings which can stuff up sound.

I know of one place in town that has a couple of generic headphone amps, so I thought I'd try them out to see what the deal is.

[Ahielia]

headphone specific amps have been known to give fantastic results

I seriously doubt that.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

video editing's tedious as hell!

Indeed. Though it's not quite as bad with a newer stronger system since you can do other stuff during the encode and barely notice a hit unless the other stuff is also heavy on the CPU but usually the encode then just throttles back a bit and takes longer.

[Silenus]

Really long day.
Too tired and can't sleep.
Maybe need a drink.

On a related note my second daughter was born earlier today.
Hailey Sade.
:D

[Irukapooka]

OMG congrats, Silenus!!!!

Do you think you could show us a pic of your new baby girl? :)

I can't wait to see her. Congrats to your wife and you! I hope your other little one won't get jealous and be a good sister, which I'm sure she will be a great sister since she has you and her mom as parents. :)

[Strike105X]

Congrats Silenus!

[redlofredlof]

In a sense, Headphone amps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphone_amplifier) are designed specifically for headphones and are supposed to deliver better sound. My current headphones (very average Plantronics Gamecom 367) aren't that great, but reading about headphones and all the lingo, headphone specific amps have been known to give fantastic results without having to hose around with EQ settings which can stuff up sound.

I know of one place in town that has a couple of generic headphone amps, so I thought I'd try them out to see what the deal is.

try noise cancellation headphones, you will forget every other headphone or amp

[snickothemule]

Really long day.
Too tired and can't sleep.
Maybe need a drink.

On a related note my second daughter was born earlier today.
Hailey Sade.
:D

AWESOME!

Congratulation dude, that is fabulous news.

[Ahielia]

Congrats Silenus, good job :D

[Silenus]

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

[redlofredlof]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

Chooooo cute :x3:

[Bill_gates]

Indeed. Though it's not quite as bad with a newer stronger system since you can do other stuff during the encode and barely notice a hit unless the other stuff is also heavy on the CPU but usually the encode then just throttles back a bit and takes longer.

The encoding's not the tedious part for me. I have a fairly fast laptop for that.
The painful part is putting in all the alteration effects and assembling parts of 879845 source clips....

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

Woah, just noticed I totally missed that news yesterday. Congrats Man :)

The encoding's not the tedious part for me. I have a fairly fast laptop for that.
The painful part is putting in all the alteration effects and assembling parts of 879845 source clips....

Ouch. I usually just work from one source and don't have to alter anything, just cut some bits out.

[Hard core Rikki]

Congrats man. Quick hello to Hailey.

[Beatrix]

Aww Congratulations!!

[Irukapooka]

Aw, she looks just like her daddy! <3

[Strike105X]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

She's very cute congrats again man ^^.

[aceloop]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

congrats man, your a lucky guy.

[Smooth Criminal]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

thats cute :D ..

[Kaizen]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418247_371725016192272_100000643297290_1142763_984 438466_n.jpg

Remember I asked you guys about how to best write Hailey. :D

D'aww, she's adorable! :)

[ElijahTW]

Obligatory congratulations, Silenus. But did everyone feel the need to quote the picture? lol.

--
How come the place something you lost is in is a location that you've checked seven or eight times already and somehow missed?

[Kaizen]

Obligatory congratulations, Silenus. But did everyone feel the need to quote the picture? lol.

--
How come the place something you lost is in is a location that you've checked seven or eight times already and somehow missed?

Because you search without logic, to lose something you first define it as lost.
Once you have decided it's lost, you decided to also lose looking for it.


Check everywhere once then when not found, imagine the unusual falling spots and check over again.

[Princess Garnet]

Congratulations Silenus!

Random thought; I am surprised at how true it often is that no matter what, there's always someone else and you're not the only one. In this example, I was browsing the Command & Conquer forums, and came across an apparent coincidental member. There aren't as many female Command & Conquer fans, but I cam across one (the name made it obvious...), and while that's nothing special in itself, I noticed she was also a fan of Nod, like me (again, the name made it obvious), and apparently in Ohio, again, like I am. Not only that, but her deviantART page lists her having the same name (first only; not the whole thing obviously) as me! Talk about a sister.

I just found it a bit coincidental, is all, but more so as an example that there's probably someone else out there like you are than you may first think. Anyone else ever come across someone out of the Blue who continued to line up with you, a few things after another, like that about anything?

[@ruantec]

Felicidades mi hermano Silenius y que Dios te la vendiga!!!

^Congratulations in case you don't understand guys :p

[ozzgx4]

Congrats Silenus!! ^_^

[Beatrix]

Residing back in Zona. Looong flight.

[masta.g.86]

Grew tired of the Big Apple?

[Beatrix]

Back here for school. I flew home for a few days for some family business.

[Silenus]

thanks a lot guys.

So tired.

Woke up at 11pm, 1am, 4am, 7am.
I haven't slept much.

2 Quick facts about babies:

1 Damn baby stuff is expensive.


2 Damn baby stuff is expensive.

:D

But really just the pot to clean the baby bottles is like 40 bucks the cheapest one.

[@ruantec]

Indeed they are and i know it by experience too... luckily enough you get around 1500€ 1 month before you get the baby and after that you get paid around 550€ every month for the first 3 and half years after getting a baby here which helps a lot to buy such stuff. After that you get paid 350€ every 2 months but still helps a lot. I wish that were the case over there...

[Xblade]

The republicans here would kill themselves before they let that happen. They only care about the baby before it's born.

[ElijahTW]

Ugh. Just drove 100 miles home while extremely tired.

At least 20 times I noticed that I was going 20 miles under the speed limit.... Stalled my car by accidentally doing a 1-5 up****.... Forgot to turn my headlights back on after getting coffee at a gas station, didn't realize for a good fifteen mintues.

Yeah... I think I shouldn't have been driving. Now time for bed.

[Hard core Rikki]

Same person, same age. This looks photoshopped.


http://i.imgur.com/OlUL9.jpg

[Strike105X]

Indeed, the one on the right, the one with the big earing hanging, is definitely photshoped.

[Phil]

Weather has changed from awful to awesome. It's on baby.

[Radix865]

Went to visit a steel mill today as a part of a course... Pretty awesome Terminator vibes, all it was missing was the music.

qtDI1LZw8jY

Otherwise it was a dirty, depressing, dark and seemingly a dangerous place to work... Plus it didn't really have anything to do with our course, the place only had one place that used a LabView program, which is what our course is about(graphical programming actually, we're only using labview though).

[Xblade]

I'm so tired lately :(, not enough time for gaming.

[Ahielia]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538492_10150624309994607_105352449606_9323559_2055 400230_n.jpg
I guess I'm one of these.

[thelittlegumnut]

i was just searching through threads and noticed there are these forum award things. was there one for 2011? i only see 2010 and older.

[Phil]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538492_10150624309994607_105352449606_9323559_2055 400230_n.jpg
I guess I'm one of these.

Count me in as well, but for me, it's more of a person's demeanor. Just being smart alone does not do it for me.

i was just searching through threads and noticed there are these forum award things. was there one for 2011? i only see 2010 and older.

There are no awards after 2010. I guess no one cares enough to do them anymore.

[Kaizen]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538492_10150624309994607_105352449606_9323559_2055 400230_n.jpg
I guess I'm one of these.

within reason of course, if intelligence comes at the cost of being a wreck of a person who needs to be better than others = no sex/sad for yoooouuuuuuu

Same goes with ugliness, I might as well date brian cox if I discount genuine sex appeal, in for a penny and Brian probably makes great dinner conversation.

i was just searching through threads and noticed there are these forum award things. was there one for 2011? i only see 2010 and older.


We skipped 2011 iirc

[Phil]

I doubt there is going to be one for 2012...or unless the mods are planning to do one that they won't let on about.

[Hard core Rikki]

Related forums skipped 2011 too (or more) by the way.
The concept itself kinda turned meaningless. Things like sigs fit best as part of more frequent gratification, like on other forums ('sig of the month' and so), or as part of a permanent event section (where 'awards' and events like live e3 coverage could be partaken into).

Fervor of one does not move pyramids. Suggestions for events/whatever could always be publicly shared in site feedback/OD/bin, to feel the water.

[Strike105X]

Well at least its cool that old contest winners got to keep there stars XD.

[Hard core Rikki]

Unless events are kept, they'll likely go actually. It would be divisive for them to stay, and unfair for those not provided opportunity to get similar visual gratification.

[Strike105X]

http://i.imgur.com/HTDRA.png

[thelittlegumnut]

ohh ok. fair enough. Damn! what was it like the day there was like 2900 or so people online?! in like 2004?

[Kaizen]

ohh ok. fair enough. Damn! what was it like the day there was like 2900 or so people online?! in like 2004?

The same thing we do every night pinky.

[thelittlegumnut]

heehee

[KrossX]

http://i.imgur.com/HTDRA.png

Such a sad picture indeed. :(

[Hard core Rikki]

Down with sadness. Bread, dance and music for everyone.

mrt4TCwQUuQ


different video with the same song, and english subtitles

zZps5vgdd4o

[Princess Garnet]

The concept itself kinda turned meaningless.It was meaningless even back in, and before, 2010, as I said back then.

[Strike105X]

Personally i think it was fun.

[@ruantec]

Life can be fun sometimes and a lot of things happen daily. Sometimes we watch something, somewhere and we don't even realize that those things were probably made by someone we know. I'm not allowed to post links or names as is against the rules of my job but today i watched a very well known German TV program about a big company a big machine and the application behind that big machine... the German sender is a very known one and a lot of people from Germany, Austria and Switzerland watch it everyday.

The program shows the big company in a town in Germany that has a very big machine and during the video they show the machine as well as the application they use to manage the machine and other data comming from it... what people don't even know is that the app showed a lot on that video is being developed by no other than your buddy @ruantec and his team :)

quite interesting that so many things happen in this world without people even noticing they are happening or even better... that they were made by people they probably know.

[Strike105X]

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How did i miss this ? Me likes ^^.

[redlofredlof]

When is this game coming out on PS3?

[Hard core Rikki]

Its already out as Dreamy theater, I think.

[thelittlegumnut]

just found out that the word "ambient" isn't in my dictionary... FML jks
hey, why isn't the random thoughts thread stickied?

[Phil]

Because it is updated so often, it really does not need to be.

[Kaizen]

MLG Pro!!!

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>Implying you swag


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[Phil]

The more I look at this photo the more awesome it becomes.

And Bill_Gates can agree with me here, that Montgomery County Police will stop you for anything, even if you are the caped crusader and you are speeding to the scene of the crime in your Black Lamborghini. Taken by a friend only a few minutes away down the street. I also love how they brought backup. :lol:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg46/tomegathericon/Batman.jpg

[Radix865]

The more I look at this photo the more awesome it becomes.

And Bill_Gates can agree with me here, that Montgomery County Police will stop you for anything, even if you are the caped crusader and you are speeding to the scene of the crime in your Black Lamborghini. Taken by a friend only a few minutes away down the street. I also love how they brought backup. :lol:

*image*

Well, you can't take batman on with just a few county policemen... I'd call backup too.:lol:

[Beatrix]

Batman? Who was he saving?

[DarkSamus]

The more I look at this photo the more awesome it becomes.

And Bill_Gates can agree with me here, that Montgomery County Police will stop you for anything, even if you are the caped crusader and you are speeding to the scene of the crime in your Black Lamborghini. Taken by a friend only a few minutes away down the street. I also love how they brought backup. :lol:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg46/tomegathericon/Batman.jpg

Are you sure your friend took those pics?

As I got these from another website...
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/539599_276296072447949_181109288633295_613507_8057 22023_n.jpg

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/319743_276285425782347_181109288633295_613487_1690 987690_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/543658_276288032448753_181109288633295_613495_1117 095089_n.jpg

Regardless of who took them, they are funny pics though.

[Bill_gates]

The more I look at this photo the more awesome it becomes.

And Bill_Gates can agree with me here, that Montgomery County Police will stop you for anything, even if you are the caped crusader and you are speeding to the scene of the crime in your Black Lamborghini. Taken by a friend only a few minutes away down the street. I also love how they brought backup. :lol:


LMAO true story! Officers here need to watch Wildest Police Chases and get themselves a taste of real action. Instead of pulling over everyone who does 36 on a 35 :rolleyes:

[ElijahTW]

My current areas police station seems to be pretty laid back. I've drove past them going 5-10 miles over the speed limit and haven't got pulled over.

My old area police were douchebags. I got pulled over for going 35... in a 35 zone. "Unsafe for the conditions".... There was a light dusting of snow on the ground, and I have good tires, traction control, and all wheel drive. I didn't get a ticket, but still.

[redlofredlof]

I hate the police, government aided thugs IMO

[Radix865]

I hate the police, government aided thugs IMO

That really depends where you live... In here they're not that bad. Though, I've never really gotten into their bad side.

But seriously, our justice system is a joke... Shoplifters get fines that they don't really have to pay as they can't be turned into imprisonment or anything. Not to mention the prison sentences... Rape and stuff like that is often ruled as mild and they'll get away with a year or two, if they're unlucky. The highest sentence is "life" but it only means 13-15 years, which you can get from murder and economic crimes...

The more I think about it, the more f***ed up it sounds.

[Strike105X]

Police... remembers my youngest days... i had a few adrenaline rushes cause of them... well one cause the other wasn't anything of worth....

[Phil]

Are you sure your friend took those pics?



Regardless of who took them, they are funny pics though.

I think you are right, I seen them on her facebook page, but they seem to have been taken by the moco police :p

LMAO true story! Officers here need to watch Wildest Police Chases and get themselves a taste of real action. Instead of pulling over everyone who does 36 on a 35 :rolleyes:

Seriously. The sheer amount of cops in Moco is staggering, and they have literally nothing better to do then hide behind bushes waiting to pounce on someone. I was near Ledo's at Montgomery mall the other night, they had 9 police cars there. Yes, nine. What were they there for? Yes you got it, free late night Pizza.

My current areas police station seems to be pretty laid back. I've drove past them going 5-10 miles over the speed limit and haven't got pulled over.

My old area police were douchebags. I got pulled over for going 35... in a 35 zone. "Unsafe for the conditions".... There was a light dusting of snow on the ground, and I have good tires, traction control, and all wheel drive. I didn't get a ticket, but still.

I'll never get this. The funny thing is your car being all wheel drive, it handles snowy conditions twice as well as his cruiser :p

[ElijahTW]

I'll never get this. The funny thing is your car being all wheel drive, it handles snowy conditions twice as well as his cruiser :p

All wheel drive doesn't make a big difference in snowy conditions once you start moving. (it's more about getting you going. Once you start moving the different between AWD and FWD is negligible), but all-wheel traction control does a world of difference.

[Phil]

Well then you are talking about momentum, and no technology can do anything with once an object is in motion, it tends to stay in motion. Especially when there is less resistance (snow.)

I wasn't talking about allwheel drive it self though, more that your car will handle the snow twice as well. Crown Vics are rear wheel drive, no weight over the driven wheels, so they are awful in the snow. Loaded with tons of police gear, they are better, but not by much. If the cops around your area have Impala's instead of Chargers or Crown Vic's, then yes the front wheel drive does surprisingly well in the snow due to the engine wieghing down the nose to provide traction.

And you are completely right about traction control.....but there's no fun in it lol. Actually rear drive cars are awesome for the drifting skills in the snow. Just don't be an idiot and take out a lamppost or something. :p

[ElijahTW]

I wasn't talking about allwheel drive it self though, more that your car will handle the snow twice as well. Crown Vics are rear wheel drive, no weight over the driven wheels, so they are awful in the snow.

I've driven a Grand Marquis (same car more or less) in the snow and it handled surprisingly well considering.

[Beatrix]

Elijah, ever have navigation problems with your car? The nav on mine posts my position as in the middle of the Atlantic...

I guess I have to take it to the dealer.

[n_w95482]

The more I look at this photo the more awesome it becomes.

And Bill_Gates can agree with me here, that Montgomery County Police will stop you for anything, even if you are the caped crusader and you are speeding to the scene of the crime in your Black Lamborghini. Taken by a friend only a few minutes away down the street. I also love how they brought backup. :lol:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg46/tomegathericon/Batman.jpg

It made it onto the Top Gear website :D.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/batman-traffic-stop-montgomery-police-maryland-lamborghini-2012-03-26

[thelittlegumnut]

Elijah, ever have navigation problems with your car? The nav on mine posts my position as in the middle of the Atlantic...

I guess I have to take it to the dealer.

are you sure you arent driving in the middle of the atlantic?

[Beatrix]

I am sure Arizona is not under water!

[thelittlegumnut]

I am sure Arizona is not under water!

wait, aren't you in new york??? your on a road trip?

[@ruantec]

What happened to this forum???... Most devs are gone and there is little to no interest for Emulation nor advanced development... there is almost no reason to stay here except for the nostalgia of old days which is dying slowly.

http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/11846/dead-rose-love-black.jpg

[thelittlegumnut]

I happened. soz all, i havent posted an answer to someones question for a while...

[Hard core Rikki]

Console/mobile homebrew and porting (like to linux) are all the rage now. The skill there compares monstruously to 'mere' pc emulation. Theyre also now driving all research and organized far better.

[Samor]

most existing pc emulators are at a very high level, though...

[Hard core Rikki]

Ports done in days on newly jailbroken mobiles, handhels and consoles. Explain that one away.
More than skill, mindshare also moved on. Feats are no longer anything as amazing as in the past when they were rare. Even huge pc updates go unappreciated nowadays, and its not for lack of significance or visibility.

[Kaizen]

What happened to this forum???... Most devs are gone and there is little to no interest for Emulation nor advanced development... there is almost no reason to stay here except for the nostalgia of old days which is dying slowly.

[IMG]http://images2.layoutsparks.com/1/11846/dead-rose-love-black.jpg[./IMG]

It's very normal, there's only so much you can say about a subject before you lose interest in discussions as a group. It's happened on a few forums I've frequented.
There's only so many regular posters and the community either starts posting about their lives and socialising for the sake of it or the forum breaks down to a point of closing down.
6 string heaven was such a case, it was a forum where the regulars were all pretty boss on the guitar and we would have group projects, rivalries broke out and ended the posting. We certainly didn't talk about guitars or music theory too much because we all knew our crap inside and out.

You have to think about the future of this place and what's happened in the past. In my experience it was all emulators and hardware then 4chan-esque bin material but that tired out too,
everyone here that regularly posts does so quite a lot of the time like this place is facebook or a hangout. We're in an internet pub.

[ElijahTW]

It's happened on a few forums I've frequented.

In which case, maybe it's a problem with you. :p

[ElijahTW]

Elijah, ever have navigation problems with your car? The nav on mine posts my position as in the middle of the Atlantic...

I guess I have to take it to the dealer.

I don't have built-in navigation in my car. I either use my phone or my TomTom.

[Kaizen]

In which case, maybe it's a problem with you. :p

Oh you...

I didn't post much on them and nothing like I post on here.
I keep my stuff formal and impersonal everywhere else.

[Beatrix]

wait, aren't you in new york??? your on a road trip?

School.

[Princess Garnet]

What happened to this forum???... Most devs are gone and there is little to no interest for Emulation nor advanced development... there is almost no reason to stay here except for the nostalgia of old days which is dying slowly.Surely you're not just now realizing this?

[Ahielia]

We're in an internet pub.
Then where is my beer?!

[@ruantec]

Surely you're not just now realizing this?

Actually since quite long time but after some of the recent releases of Emulators it got totally clear... its just sad that nobody cares and devs are leaving one after the other as the only thing that keep them here is the feedback an interest people show which is as good as non-existent in this forum this days.

[Strike105X]

Personally i kind of lost my enthusiasm for emulation as well, i still use it and test some stuff i also like to hear about new developments but that's it (well except @ES which does have my enthusiasm), honestly i'm here mainly for the community.

[Princess Garnet]

Actually since quite long time but after some of the recent releases of Emulators it got totally clear... its just sad that nobody cares and devs are leaving one after the other as the only thing that keep them here is the feedback an interest people show which is as good as non-existent in this forum this days.The motivation shouldn't be whether emuforums.com will swoon something with attention though. The ones who are here and want it will, but because the community and atmosphere isn't the same as the old days is hardly an excuse, and to be honest, I don't believe that's all there is to stopping progress (so that is, I'm not blaming any authors here for not doing it solely because of lack of attention, even though I understand how a smaller community means there's less motivation to do something for it). I think there's a variety of issues to the matter.

Personally, I'd love to see things get back to how they were, but most of that is nostalgia calling. In practice, I don't emulate as often. I haven't abandoned the matter, but I have largely moved on to more modern games. Having played them through enough, I'm more worn of them, and not having a CRT kind of doesn't make it the same either.

[Strike105X]

Then where is my beer?!

Indeed damn japanese robot waitresses not bringing beer on time... i've been waiting for mine as well for ages now.

[@ruantec]

Personally i kind of lost my enthusiasm for emulation as well, i still use it and test some stuff i also like to hear about new developments but that's it (well except @ES which does have my enthusiasm), honestly i'm here mainly for the community.

You're not alone there as i lost interest in Emulation myself too hence why my developments go other ways too as @ES shows... still i miss the old times and today i guess i really miss those days.

The motivation shouldn't be whether emuforums.com will swoon something with attention though. The ones who are here and want it will, but because the community and atmosphere isn't the same as the old days is hardly an excuse, and to be honest, I don't believe that's all there is to stopping progress (so that is, I'm not blaming any authors here for not doing it solely because of lack of attention, even though I understand how a smaller community means there's less motivation to do something for it). I think there's a variety of issues to the matter.

Personally, I'd love to see things get back to how they were, but most of that is nostalgia calling. In practice, I don't emulate as often. I haven't abandoned the matter, but I have largely moved on to more modern games. Having played them through enough, I'm more worn of them, and not having a CRT kind of doesn't make it the same either.

Yeah, i think people move forward and new generations are just interested in other stuff instead of Emulation.

[KrossX]

Then many emulators have their own established forum and all nowadays.

[aceloop]

plus alot emulators are now on portable devices and ngemu dont have sections for those emulators.

[Princess Garnet]

plus alot emulators are now on portable devices and ngemu dont have sections for those emulators.To be honest, I think the whole forum (and website, really...) needs "rethought".

For one, a lot of the stickies need cleaned up to be just rules, guidelines, and stuff pertaining to emulation, not the "this is popular with the regulars at the time so stick it" mentality. 99% of those need unstuck. This is what's keeping things stuck in this cycle; the forum went too geared towards a core group and not everyone. It did the opposite of what gaming these days does by ignoring the core group for potential users. You need a balance. Maybe put the general forums back on the bottom again (like old days...).

The ePSXe forum needs to have it's sub-forums removed and all of it's stuff in one now; consolidate it. It's not "active" to need the others, like the ones for reporting problems with games. it's just a user to user forum now; it just needs one. That's just one example. Some other emulators may not warrant their forum, and some that don't have one may warrant one. I'm not as into the emulators so I can't speak for those.

Then there's the issues with the website not being a resource of plug-ins and emulators and such anymore; it's all unintuitive hidden in the forums in threads as attachments last I recall. The setup is so unintuitive.

It's no wonder PCSX2 closed shop and moved. Maybe they were probably going to anyway, but I'm sure the lack of flexibility and all didn't make them think twice. The place is becoming a shell of it's past.

Every forum slowly does this over time; it's natural, but the place hasn't been kept up with. The emulation forums (and website) is unintuitive done and left to rot, and much of the staff seems to do things to revolve around the regulars (pinning their active threads to keep them happy, being too lax at times because of how long one's been here, etc.).

There's a whole lot more to it, but in short, I don't think the site has been "kept up", so to speak. There's nothing you can do about people moving on, so don't try and cling to them, but the site hasn't tried to get anywhere either. It just sits there revolving around a small and aging core.

[Thanakil]

Adam Savage is a pretty cool dude.
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(And I'm a glad a new season of Mythbusters finally started.)

[aceloop]

To be honest, I think the whole forum (and website, really...) needs "rethought".

For one, a lot of the stickies need cleaned up to be just rules, guidelines, and stuff pertaining to emulation, not the "this is popular with the regulars at the time so stick it" mentality. 99% of those need unstuck. This is what's keeping things stuck in this cycle; the forum went too geared towards a core group and not everyone. It did the opposite of what gaming these days does by ignoring the core group for potential users. You need a balance. Maybe put the general forums back on the bottom again (like old days...).

The ePSXe forum needs to have it's sub-forums removed and all of it's stuff in one now; consolidate it. It's not "active" to need the others, like the ones for reporting problems with games. it's just a user to user forum now; it just needs one. That's just one example. Some other emulators may not warrant their forum, and some that don't have one may warrant one. I'm not as into the emulators so I can't speak for those.

Then there's the issues with the website not being a resource of plug-ins and emulators and such anymore; it's all unintuitive hidden in the forums in threads as attachments last I recall. The setup is so unintuitive.

It's no wonder PCSX2 closed shop and moved. Maybe they were probably going to anyway, but I'm sure the lack of flexibility and all didn't make them think twice. The place is becoming a shell of it's past.

Every forum slowly does this over time; it's natural, but the place hasn't been kept up with. The emulation forums (and website) is unintuitive done and left to rot, and much of the staff seems to do things to revolve around the regulars (pinning their active threads to keep them happy, being too lax at times because of how long one's been here, etc.).

There's a whole lot more to it, but in short, I don't think the site has been "kept up", so to speak. There's nothing you can do about people moving on, so don't try and cling to them, but the site hasn't tried to get anywhere either. It just sits there revolving around a small and aging core.

you seem to have good ideas, if i could, i would make you into a super mod. :thumb:

[Princess Garnet]

I wouldn't want that, especially right now (but not exclusive to just now), and I probably wouldn't be the best fit in some regards. I don't want that responsibility/position either; I'm just here for the fun.

[Kaizen]

Indeed damn japanese robot waitresses not bringing beer on time... i've been waiting for mine as well for ages now.

In our lifetimes, they will exist.

Isn't that incredible!!!!! I can't wait for the second kind of intelligent life to exist. Pour my brain into a computer when I die too.

[KrossX]

Even without the powers, there's the website feedback section. Maybe with enough attention and/or discussion about some changes, something gets done.

[Phil]

True... the site does need a rethink.

[Samor]

problem is, the site was acquired by CrowdGather, who just happen to lean on the existing community. no significant features were added to ngemu.com in years, just an immensely simplified front page.

NGEmu became big because it focused on popular forms of emulation. It doesn't anymore. Emulation scene on pc smaller or not, its not even tried anymore.

Another forum I frequent is MSX.org. The community has always been smaller than ngemu, and admittedly currently it suffers from a dip of sorts, but its more likely that it will survive and/or live up in the long run because the site's focus is clear and staff & community are dedicated.

NGEmu however, as a site has lost its core functionality. It's now "just" a random game / anime discussion board, with a slowly decreasing number of members.

[Strike105X]

^I wouldn't say that at least from the active users point of view, sure some oldies left us but we did get a few extras in as well.

[Kaizen]

I have the most disgusting feet you can imagine.

-I have pinch skin up the sides from tight shoes, it's like a hard and thick callus ridge of skin that's discoloured.
-My feet are covered in blisters at the various stages of healing.
-One spot has 5, count them, 5 blisters merged into each other and ripped up.
- My toenails are black and red from accumulated blood prising the nail apart from the skin, they look like tortoise shell (the material)
-My feet and toes are swollen with fluid.
-I have a few welts where chunks of skin have been ripped out.
-I think I now have (mild) athletes foot too. Already treating it with mad skills.

It doesn't hurt to run with them though, the running is going fantastic actually!
I took pictures of my feet if that doesn't sound weird because it's kind of an achievement to work through such massive intensity and have the battle scars to prove it.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

You really shouldn't be running with all that. It isn't gonna get a chance to heal and is just gonna get worse.

[Radix865]

I have the most disgusting feet you can imagine.

-I have pinch skin up the sides from tight shoes, it's like a hard and thick callus ridge of skin that's discoloured.
-My feet are covered in blisters at the various stages of healing.
-One spot has 5, count them, 5 blisters merged into each other and ripped up.
- My toenails are black and red from accumulated blood prising the nail apart from the skin, they look like tortoise shell (the material)
-My feet and toes are swollen with fluid.
-I have a few welts where chunks of skin have been ripped out.
-I think I now have (mild) athletes foot too. Already treating it with mad skills.

It doesn't hurt to run with them though, the running is going fantastic actually!
I took pictures of my feet if that doesn't sound weird because it's kind of an achievement to work through such massive intensity and have the battle scars to prove it.

Those black toenails don't sound good... Have you been to a doctor, don't they usually puncture those to drain the blood. You don't want them to go necrosis...

And you're seriously running with those?oO U mad?

[Strike105X]

I have the most disgusting feet you can imagine.

-I have pinch skin up the sides from tight shoes, it's like a hard and thick callus ridge of skin that's discoloured.
-My feet are covered in blisters at the various stages of healing.
-One spot has 5, count them, 5 blisters merged into each other and ripped up.
- My toenails are black and red from accumulated blood prising the nail apart from the skin, they look like tortoise shell (the material)
-My feet and toes are swollen with fluid.
-I have a few welts where chunks of skin have been ripped out.
-I think I now have (mild) athletes foot too. Already treating it with mad skills.

It doesn't hurt to run with them though, the running is going fantastic actually!
I took pictures of my feet if that doesn't sound weird because it's kind of an achievement to work through such massive intensity and have the battle scars to prove it.

I think you should see a doctor about the nails and chunks of skin part, it could be nothing alarming, or it could be alarming, but better with a whole in the wallet then loosing something or limiting something, take it from someone with some experience regarding it...

[Kaizen]

You really shouldn't be running with all that. It isn't gonna get a chance to heal and is just gonna get worse.

They're all healing fine, early last week I was limping pretty badly but today if I couldn't see the condition of my feet, I wouldn't even know.

I think you should see a doctor about the nails and chunks of skin part, it could be nothing alarming, or it could be alarming, but better with a whole in the wallet then loosing something or limiting something, take it from someone with some experience regarding it...

Already saw a chiropodist, I have some cool skin lotion for them and I just need new trainers, thinking of vibrams but it's so hipster to wear them, probably get a pair of asics or nb's. Nikes just can't compete in price/performance and I currently wear some midrange nikes. They sucked the first 500 miles but aren't too fatiguing now they're broken.

[Strike105X]

^I see well, its at least good to hear its nothing serious :), wish you a swift recovery ^^.

[ElijahTW]

I bought a little 1TB USB drive (maxell brand, 2.5" seagate drive) and the drive makes a little "chirp" kinda noise when it starts up. The drive seems to work perfectly fine, but I've never heard a drive make such a noise..... Then again I've never owned a 2.5" 1TB drive. Should I be concerned?

[Noja87]

Coincidence? i think not.

http://i.imgur.com/fHeLz.jpg

[thelittlegumnut]

doesn't feel like long ago i was complaining about school starting somewhere on here. well, i assume im approximately quarter way through as its the holidays tommorow. YUH!

it seems like life goes faster the older you get. im sure there is some sort of math for that... like, one year doesn't seem like as much when your 16 as opposed to when you were 4. there must be a formula...? oh well.

[Kaizen]

doesn't feel like long ago i was complaining about school starting somewhere on here. well, i assume im approximately quarter way through as its the holidays tommorow. YUH!

it seems like life goes faster the older you get. im sure there is some sort of math for that... like, one year doesn't seem like as much when your 16 as opposed to when you were 4. there must be a formula...? oh well.

You're 16, nearly finished the end of school and should be thinking hard about the path of your future.
Let me give you a proper life lesson, son. As someone who never gave credit to his life at that age.


Life doesn't go faster when you get older, you automate more of your tasks into a routine. By constantly presenting new seriously difficult challenges, you get the slow time back.
Finding time to plan your life is strange, when you have lots of free time you'll seldom do it but when you're busy doing something you hate, your mind will be working hard to figure it out.

The good times and big achievements are never big deals. Imagine losing 300 pounds of weight and how long it must take, time goes by so slow that you see no immediate improvements at any point on the journey. There's no gratification in getting results with the tougher goals in life, it's the progress that yields the fun, the journeys and challenges. Yesterday I reached a clean 20nps alternate picking, it's a holy grail number on the guitar but it brings no joy, my sweeping is now close to jason becker's level of accuracy and speed when he was 19, again little joy.

I would blow the mind of the 16 year old version of me with what I can do now, totally surpass every dream he had.
It meant everything in the world to me to become like I am now, the real deal, a proper ranking player but the payoff is nothing.
Not even the biggest dream in the world brought happiness at the end.

That one time I messed up big time playing a small hotel bar by having my stuff turned off in front of Chris Scott (a friend and rival that I majorly respected) made me happy.
The first time I performed in front of my advanced music class and played very badly, so badly the teacher swore calling my playing the s word, the only time I heard her swear makes me happy (after about 3 years of 'u mad bro').
The first time I played in rehearsal with my second band ice 9 and heard my drummer talking about me behind my back in an expression of amazement, makes me happy.

I guess what I'm saying is that trains move on rails and they don't move past stations. Make sure you don't take many pit stops in life, keep the goals rolling and do stupid stuff.

[Strike105X]

^I'd like to add to his idea that Gumnut you should really start considering what you want to do with your life, for some things it can be just to late if you leave them in the last second... Except for that i have never regretted anything about my life.

[Kaizen]

^I'd like to add to his idea that Gumnut you should really start considering what you want to do with your life, for some things it can be just to late if you leave them in the last second... Except for that i have never regretted anything about my life.

Not a single thing?
Not one single thing?

Is it perhaps that you have nothing to regret important enough to last time or that you undervalue the mistakes you make.


I regret quitting a job on my first day twice over, I regret flunking uni because I was too scared to try and fit in, I regret not telling my dad to go **** himself when he said mum didn't need to go to hospital when I seen signs of paraneo-plastic cerebral degeneration, I regret not flooring my brother when he imposed that I should back off a certain conversation, I regret picking up girls at a works night out causing jealousy from a girl who lied to have me fired, I regret so much that I could pump another thousand words into this post and everything I regret is properly important stuff. Live more :p

[Strike105X]

You omitted the word "Except" :P, not giving proper thought about my future at the right time is that single thing i regret... Don't get me wrong i did had a lot of failures, moments i was/am ashamed of and things in which i should have proceeded better with, but even failures help in shaping a person and give him a certain experience, that's why i don't have regrets (well except one).

[Kaizen]

You omitted the word "Except" :P, not giving proper thought about my future at the right time is that single thing i regret... Don't get me wrong i did had a lot of failures, moments i was/am ashamed of and things in which i should have proceeded better with, but even failures help in shaping a person and give him a certain experience, that's why i don't have regrets (well except one).

Well, regretting something genuinely tried for and failed is a bad move for the brain. :p

My own random thought, I went running last night in the gym and I swear when I got out I was high as a kite. I sat on a bench for 30 minutes looking at the sun, it was glorious.

[redlofredlof]

I regret going to uni. I could have done the same job without a degree

[Ahielia]

But could you have gotten the job without that little piece of paper?

[thelittlegumnut]

You're 16, nearly finished the end of school and should be thinking hard about the path of your future.
Let me give you a proper life lesson, son. As someone who never gave credit to his life at that age...

hey, thanks. :) i liked the saying a lot and i definately agree with you on your whole statement. Its about time i be mature about my business and stop being so ******* lazy! ive got exactly two weeks to clean up my act before next term.

i would like to be a programmer some day and a musician, since ive always loved computer stuff in general. ever since i was a kid, i wondered how on earth video games worked! like, how it does this when you get to a certain event, when you press this, etc...

so im definately certain with all that, i try my best to teach myself programming at home, and compose my own piano pieces. (unbelievably difficult)

but i cant just expect all this to fall on my lap. gotta think of pathways to get there instead of whinging about it all.

so thanks again for the wake up call. :thumb:

(i also read the original stuff you wrote too before you edited it out because of e-mail notifications but anyway, whyd you delete it? it was all good.)

[redlofredlof]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought my ps3. My first big purchase from my own money :cry: tears of happiness
Don't have a TV yet :p

[Phil]

Congrats. Play it on your monitor :)

[thelittlegumnut]

nice buddy ;)

[redlofredlof]

Congrats. Play it on your monitor :)

I sure will, as soon as I get it back.
For now I put the ps3 in a suitcase and installed the motionjoy driver for using the controller in windows.
I can't seem to get the vibration working on it.

Come to think of it, the ps3 has regular usb ports, cann I use my wired xbox360 controlller as a controller for ps3?

[Phil]

No, the PS3 has no drivers for support of the 360 controller.

[Bill_gates]

Mega millions tonight!
I have 17 tickets :p

[Phil]

Mega millions tonight!
I have 17 tickets :p

Haha! I heard it's like half a billion now right? It's crazy lol. They were talking about it at work :)

[ElijahTW]

I love being able to give customers good news every once in awhile. Like when they think their engine has blown and it's just a clogged fuel filter.

Also: You're not a real man until you start working on your lawn tractor in your basement. Or maybe that makes me a redneck. I'm pretty sure if I put bigger doors in, I could squeeze a car into my basement too.
http://i.imgur.com/domf3.jpg

(See Also: My new dog)

[Beatrix]

Haha thats a funny picture, and old tractor next to a high tech computer in a basement!

[Bill_gates]

Haha! I heard it's like half a billion now right? It's crazy lol. They were talking about it at work :)

640 million :dead:
The winner bought the ticket in baltimore

[ElijahTW]

Haha thats a funny picture, and old tractor next to a high tech computer in a basement!

The tractor is a year newer than the laptop. :lol:

Tractors haven't changed much in the last few decades, so it's pretty hard to tell.

[cottonvibes]

rznYifPHxDg

google maps in 8-bit nes-graphics!
its an actual new feature, pretty awesome.

[niku]

is it enabled for mobile devices?

[Princess Garnet]

Well... my family is awake now... (they were anyway)

http://i.imgur.com/C2gB0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mWCdM.jpg

This thing came into my peripheral vision crawling across my monitor. I'm not truly frightened of them (hence I was able to get pictures [with luck of it not running off and worrying me about where it was hiding]), but I do get startled of things like that. At first I thought it was a fly or something, but then I saw it crawling (first time I saw a spider on my monitor) and screamed!

[Beatrix]

Aww he looks cute!! You should keep him as a pet!!

[Princess Garnet]

No can do. I already let it go, and I capture them in cups with paper towels and let them go out the back, by the way, for those who may be wondering what I did of it. I don't kill them.

Speaking of pets and the other thread for them, I posted some puppies before (in this thread), and I'll have to get around to posting them proper there sometime.

[Beatrix]

Aww. He'd make an exotic pet :(

[Strike105X]

RT: Made my 360 pad emulate mouse for a VN but i kind of like to use it in windows to lol, why didn't i think of this sooner >.< ...

[Phil]

Aww he looks cute!! You should keep him as a pet!!

Why would you want a spider for a pet?

[Strike105X]

Why not ? :P You said it yourself you wouldn't mind a crock, before you say its not the same thing, it is, some people would be equally surprised with that, people have can have strange tastes its part of who we are...

[Phil]

Well I'd like a scorpion. A spider? Especially that little guy, probably not :p

[KrossX]

A big huge scorpion. Yeah, that would be a cool pet indeed.

[thelittlegumnut]

would you get banned for reviving a thread from 2001?

[Cid Highwind]

You won't get an instaban for something like that. At worst the thread will simply get locked and a warning will be given. But if it's an on-topic and relevant question, I see no problem with a thread revival.

Alternatively a new thread could be made with a link to the old one, as it will prevent the confusion of first being confronted with some ancient posts.

[thelittlegumnut]

You won't get an instaban for something like that. At worst the thread will simply get locked and a warning will be given. But if it's an on-topic and relevant question, I see no problem with a thread revival.

Alternatively a new thread could be made with a link to the old one, as it will prevent the confusion of first being confronted with some ancient posts.

i just love looking at those old threads! theres one with people arguing about IE 5.5!!! ahhh... good old Windows ME... *cough :p

thanks for telling me before i did, i was gonna revive it as a joke (pretty much off-topic). anyways im pretty sure people are sick of my ever so lame trolls...

[Radix865]

You learn new things everyday...

I just learned that in Finland it seems that giving a knife as a gift means you're wishing for the wellbeing of the person you're giving it to, as it helps the person with crafts, work and also serves as a sidearm. This makes it funny to think that in some cultures giving a weapon as a gift means you want him to commit suicide, or at least that's what I've heard.

:lol:

Funny how things sometimes just go into opposite directions in different cultures!

[Kaizen]

rznYifPHxDg

google maps in 8-bit nes-graphics!
its an actual new feature, pretty awesome.

but it's april 1st....

Your face when they release it for the master system instead..

[Hyuga]

I'm starting the night shift tonight! Wish me luck :D

[Beatrix]

Good Luck! <3

[Prafull]

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So this bird today, made the video but its beautiful colors are still stuck in my mind. :wub:

[Strike105X]

Caught Fast and Furious 4 today on TV, damn i liked the movie, this is probably one of my favorite series, despite the 2nd one not being that good.

[KrossX]

Eeewww, ugly bird.

[redlofredlof]

Whoa, that bird looked weird until I looked at its tail, it became weirder.
Isn't the bird retarded or something, all it does is go back and forth.

[ElijahTW]

http://i.imgur.com/hJ2Np.jpg

Craftsman hand tools are made in China now? It's official... America doesn't make anything but babies, though with China's overpopulation problems they may start just selling us Chinese babies, negating the need to make our own.

It seems kind of stupid to buy Craftsman tools if they're made in China. You can buy tools from Harbor Freight for 1/4th of the cost - also made in china, and get the same lifetime warranty on most things. If I'm gonna buy cheap chinese crap, it should be priced at the level you expect for cheap chinese crap, not Craftsman prices.

Craftsman hand tools was the last thing I could buy that still was made in America.

WTF Sears, WTF.

[Prafull]

Whoa, that bird looked weird until I looked at its tail, it became weirder.
Isn't the bird retarded or something, all it does is go back and forth.

Everyone becomes retarded when caged.:p

[Princess Garnet]

Craftsman hand tools are made in China now? It's official... America doesn't make anything but babies, though with China's overpopulation problems they may start just selling us Chinese babies, negating the need to make our own.

It seems kind of stupid to buy Craftsman tools if they're made in China. You can buy tools from Harbor Freight for 1/4th of the cost - also made in china, and get the same lifetime warranty on most things. If I'm gonna buy cheap chinese crap, it should be priced at the level you expect for cheap chinese crap, not Craftsman prices.

Craftsman hand tools was the last thing I could buy that still was made in America.

WTF Sears, WTF.That reminds me of some country song I heard my mother listening to; some patriotic song about a guy who'd buy American like WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench, and fix what he could. I guess the Craftsman part isn't true anymore. We're such a cheap and throwaway country (the whole world is more or less, not just us). When things break, throw it away; don't fix it, right? When there's something just a bit better that you don't need, throw away your perfect one, right?

Corporate America sold the rest of us out long ago. There's a reason I want to see the country fall. I love the country and the ideals it once stood for, but America itself is all but literally now a corporation itself, and the government doesn't serve us or the whole like it should, but instead it serves itself and the few; the corporate world (itself), and what America has become is what I want to see fall and burn. Wishing to see a country fall doesn't mean you have ill intent towards it as a whole; to the contrary, what this place now is ruined what America once was. I want America to flourish with those ideals, so the corruption in it now needs burned and purged from it.

I saw some nice (maybe it was Amish made?) furniture at a small section in the mall a few weekends back. I guess they have a store a mile or a few away and I took one of the cards (it was a gated off and closed corner section) and want to head there sometime and look. They had a nice desk, but I didn't see a price on it. It's both smaller and better (real wood, not that particle board stuff like what I have now). Last time I needed a desk, I still had my big CRT, which made it hard to find stuff that wasn't too big and overpriced for what I wanted. While this will be more expensive than cheap stuff, it's much nicer and will last as a result, and it's maybe a local-made thing, which yes, I'd feel better about buying/supporting.

[Strike105X]

^Wow, i never expected we'd see eye to eye on many relevant matters in your post that much.

[Princess Garnet]

What do you mean? Don't be afraid to be honest since I'm asking.

[Ahielia]

When things break, throw it away; don't fix it, right?

Because for the most part, it's much cheaper (both in time and money) to simply buy a new one instead of fixing the old one.

[Strike105X]

What do you mean? Don't be afraid to be honest since I'm asking.

I'm never afraid to be honest :P, i was referring to all of it, how America is going down hill due to corporate elitist who hunger for absolute power and control, how a new form of management in which the majority of those having the reigns needed to be weeded out is needed. And how how a country (not just America i'm thinking for instance of mine as well) should support and encourage more development on its own market rather then keep on milking over the chinese products.

[ozzgx4]

I'm starting the night shift tonight! Wish me luck :D
Have fun :) Where do you work?

[Princess Garnet]

Because for the most part, it's much cheaper (both in time and money) to simply buy a new one instead of fixing the old one.Yeah, that is often true, although that's not always the case, and even if it is, we're much more a throwaway society these days anyway. New tech (TVs, PC related, phones, etc.) stuff comes out; jump to it even if you don't really need it. A new car comes out; gotta have it even though the current one works and may not be that old. Think of your grandparents; they're probably the type who, if something broke, they fixed it. These days, we hardly seem to attempt that as much and just throw it away and replace it. Part of the reason is because, yes, things are cheaper (in cost and in quality) which is precisely what I was getting at, and then the ones who can more generally afford the better stuff ironically generally (and perhaps more so) tend to be the types to just ditch it for the next new thing as well, so the same thing happens there too. I'm not saying people can't get what they want or that nobody re-purposes stuff at all (either directly or indirectly; selling stuff usually [but not always] re-purposes it, although hoarding it does not), and there is a good side to it all, but as a result of how things are, I think the bad side of it is that we're much more a throwaway and wasteful society these days; not very efficient per se.I'm never afraid to be honest :P, i was referring to all of it, how America is going down hill due to corporate elitist who hunger for absolute power and control, how a new form of management in which the majority of those having the reigns needed to be weeded out is needed. And how how a country (not just America i'm thinking for instance of mine as well) should support and encourage more development on its own market rather then keep on milking over the chinese products.What I meant was the part about where you said something about agreeing with me for once. Usually when one says that, it's because they hardly agree. I did not know that was the case with us.

[Strike105X]

No, you misunderstood me there completely, what i said was that i didn't expect it for us to be quite in such an unison about those points, since the way you expressed it was exactly just the way i felt about it as well :P.

[Hyuga]

Have fun :) Where do you work?

Alcon Ireland (now part of Novartis), making intraocular lenses. I mainly play chemist and formulate a goo that later becomes the lens. Not a bad job and much better paid on nights than days :D

Anyways, the first night went well, though a little boring without my usuals around. I slept 3.5 hours now only after work and don't feel tired at all. Will have a little nap before work too later on.

[ozzgx4]

Yeah night pay is always better :D I did it a couple of times but then I slept throughout the whole day and missed out on the daylight :p

[@ruantec]

Sometimes i hate presentations specially when there is so much to say and time is way too short for that :/

Anyways... Preparing my MVVM(Model View View Model) coding pattern presentation for tomorrow. Lets hope my team like it :)

--Logout--

[ozzgx4]

Awesome
HuC6q9kbryw

[Ahielia]

The older I get, the more realised (and saddened) I become, as I see a lot of good (looks and personality) women and men having children at a young age (early twenties), and the chances are overwhelmingly large that they will split before the child becomes an adult.

It makes me sad, because with each passing year, the chances of me finding a partner who isn't already a parent, is greatly diminished.
As it stands now, I do not want that. Largely because I don't want to raise a different person's offspring (that isn't mine).

[thelittlegumnut]

gimme

[@ruantec]

A warning to those considering or having already purchased a True Blue clone: we have previously implemented special anti-clone technology in the True Blue firmware which accurately detects clones and when such a clone is detected, will activate one of several effects at random intervals, such as erasing the internal PS3 HDD. The recent JBKing 2.5 software update is especially affected by these measures; anyone using this clone will be subject to data loss as a result of random HDD erasure as well as other effects. Other anti-clone measures are now being developed and will be deployed shortly.

Clones of True Blue will be blocked and future EBOOT's will not function with such devices. It is therefore important that users, in the interests of enjoyment and to avoid wasting money on trivially detectable clones, should purchase only original True Blue devices.

Source (http://www.truebluejb2.com/news.html)

This world is definitely f***ed up.... in the past things were so great and nowdays is just a mess after the other where even piraters believe they are a legal company or something and piraters pirate piraters to pirate there pirated stuff(the "Yo dawg" meme comes to mind)..... i mean do we still have morals????

Where is the time when we enjoyed our favorite games in our PC or consoles and places like this were golden with a big interest for Emulation and coding in general?????

so sad.......

[Hard core Rikki]

Where is the time when we enjoyed our favorite games in our PC or consoles and places like this were golden with a big interest for Emulation and coding in general?????

In history books and forever retold in legends.

[Strike105X]

The way things are going its probably not going to cut into the history books, i'm guessing they are going to become legends.

[Beatrix]

The older I get, the more realised (and saddened) I become, as I see a lot of good (looks and personality) women and men having children at a young age (early twenties), and the chances are overwhelmingly large that they will split before the child becomes an adult.

It makes me sad, because with each passing year, the chances of me finding a partner who isn't already a parent, is greatly diminished.
As it stands now, I do not want that. Largely because I don't want to raise a different person's offspring (that isn't mine).

So maybe you can make an emotional connection with the kid, don't just write off a potential partner for that...

But I understand how you feel though. If I get married, I wouldn't want my husband to have any kids ideally...but I wouldn't turn him down just because of that.

[Hard core Rikki]

How about the other 'extreme'? Adopting, namely.

[Beatrix]

I would love to do that myself :)

[Strike105X]

Personally i wouldn't have a problem with either of the options.

[Ahielia]

How about the other 'extreme'? Adopting, namely.

That I could actually truly consider.
But only if the child's parents weren't involved.

I know how much it sucks for a child to have several "sets" of parents to relate to, I don't want that for mine.

[thelittlegumnut]

omg! its already damn near 4:30 AM? any other fellow insomniacs? this is actually really bad for my health eh...

[Ahielia]

8.30 here, so not so much :p

[thelittlegumnut]

i think i can stay up till tonight actually... heh, idk how though, its very weird for me to not be at least a little bit tired now.

[KrossX]

sWMhADqlPYg

=O !!!!!!!

[ElijahTW]

omg! its already damn near 4:30 AM? any other fellow insomniacs? this is actually really bad for my health eh...

2:39am here. I'm used to running on 3-4 hours of sleep. I've always been like that.

Once a week I'll sleep for like 12 hours and in my mind that somehow makes up for it. :p

[@ruantec]

A true man doesn't sleep more than 3-5 hours.

[thelittlegumnut]

who's had a lucid dream? i reckon i've had a few by now.

[Princess Garnet]

Oh my goodness! I knew Criagslist and the like could have people contacting you out of the Blue for "other" things, but...Is your goods still available? Umm...this might be strange but you sound hot in your posting. Do you want to get drinks sometimes? I promise I'm not a weirdo, just feeling alone. If you're interested, meet me on my exclusive dating profile (it's like facebook for grownups), there's no cost to sign up! My photos and my phone # are all on there so get in touch with me. There are too many phonies on here so if you're legit text me and maybe we can meet to become friends and maybe more? It's up to you! Okay, I won't bother you again! You'll be astonished to find out what I look like! :)

http://i-didn't-even-want-to-look.org

-Sent via my iPadNote that this wasn't in like a personal or relationship section or anything; just some of my stuff is up for sale since I'm moving soon and really don't need some of it anyway and this is what I got?

This was the second e-mail sent. The first was just asking something; nothing to make me suspect much. How can someone "sound hot in their posting"? Really? Oh well.

It was in a spam folder, but a lot of e-mails from Craigslist seem to end up there.

I guess it was a break from the few "get wedding dresses at discount prices" or whatever.who's had a lucid dream? i reckon i've had a few by now.I feel like my life is a lucid dream.

[Strike105X]

Oh my goodness! I knew Criagslist and the like could have people contacting you out of the Blue for "other" things, but...Is your goods still available? Umm...this might be strange but you sound hot in your posting. Do you want to get drinks sometimes? I promise I'm not a weirdo, just feeling alone. If you're interested, meet me on my exclusive dating profile (it's like facebook for grownups), there's no cost to sign up! My photos and my phone # are all on there so get in touch with me. There are too many phonies on here so if you're legit text me and maybe we can meet to become friends and maybe more? It's up to you! Okay, I won't bother you again! You'll be astonished to find out what I look like!

http://i-didn't-even-want-to-look.org

-Sent via my iPadNote that this wasn't in like a personal or relationship section or anything; just some of my stuff is up for sale since I'm moving soon and really don't need some of it anyway and this is what I got?

This was the second e-mail sent. The first was just asking something; nothing to make me suspect much. How can someone "sound hot in their posting"? Really? Oh well.

This cracked me up good :lol:.

I guess it was a break from the few "get wedding dresses at discount prices" or whatever.

But i found this even more hilarious for some reason :lol:.