the L O N G thread

[SolarFlare]

I have set out on a quest to make this the longest thread in codeguru. Talk about anything on your mind here, and all will see. Got anything at all to say? Let your voice be heard.

Remember, the sooner you respond the higher up your message will be, and the sooner you will be a part of history. You could be the John Hancock of codeguru.com.

Here, I'll get you all started:
Who is the evilest person in history (fictional or real)? Some suggestions: Scott Evil, Saddam Hussein, Catbert, Bud Selig, Bill Gates, Monty Burns.

[aio]

I will support you in your effort. Here's my downpayment ;)

[proxima centaur]

You're starting late ;)

The "Where are we from?" poll is some posts ahead of you hehehe!

[SolarFlare]

I know... I've been a part of that, but give this string some time. If the "where are we from" string could go to a thousand responses in under two months, I figure it's not over yet.

So come on... who's really evil??? Some more suggestions: Sun Tzu (wrote The Art of War), Wile E. Coyote.

[Platinum Plus]

Is there a prize for this :(

[Platinum Plus]

Look at Simon666's avatar ... someone blew him up. Who ever did that must definitly be the most evil person. It must be that same driver who's been running over his cats. Common fellow ! Must be the same guy who's bin Lady and now we don't know what he is... aNOnyMOUS maybe :mad:

[Simon666]

I don't think he let it happen directly. In governments all over the world the rule is the bigger the government institution, the bigger the bureaucracy, such as paperwork, formalities and the difficulties to communicate to other people on the same level in different departments.

He did let it happen indirectly by supporting the Taliban because they gave the necessary stability for the proposed Unocal pipeline. And his family has proven contacts with the bin Laden family.

By the way, NS, what state is that? New S... ? I know NY (New York), TX (Texas) and some others, but not NS (Nebraska maybe)?

[Goodz13]

By the way, NS, what state is that? New S... ? I know NY (New York), TX (Texas) and some others, but not NS (Nebraska maybe)?

It's not a state, it's a province. I'm in Canada. NS stands for Nova Scotia.

[Brad Jones]

I would prefer that you picked a different topic to create your "long" thread with. Evil people is a subjective topic and like religeon and politics ends up causing more trouble than good. This is especially true as names of real "regular" people start getting mentioned. I'd rather you talk about chicken chops (Xeon?) or something else. Topics like favorite foods, most unique foods, that great movie you just saw..., common things to do for fun in your country/area, Unreal Tournament 2003 or some other game, etc...... These are safer topics that don't result (generally) in my getting lots of e-mails with complaints. :)

By the way, at some point, the threads in this category (General Discussion) will be taken off the top list on the front page of codeguru (www.codeguru.com), so that the more technical threads will appear instead.

Brad!

[Simon666]

Sorry you get complaints Brad, I removed my post. Why don't people mail to the person in question and ask them to withdraw it. But when people start with asking for evil people and mention Saddam Hussein from start on, people indeed ask for it. As far as UT 2003 is concerned, I've heard it's not that good. And moving too fast, like Quake. Graphically it would be OK of course.

[Platinum Plus]

Hey Solarflare, do you prefer chicken chops or lamb chops.

[Goodz13]

I'm sorry Brad Jones, you're right there's no need to get political.

Boxing! That's what we should be talking about!

How about that Kirk Johnson.

Who do you think he'll fight next? :D

[Tom Frohman]

A) It sure is a nice day.

B) I've always thought dolphins are very intelligent.

And always ready to start a controversy....

C) The oatmeal is lumpy here.

Tom

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Brad Jones
I would prefer that you picked a different topic to create your "long" thread with. Evil people is a subjective topic and like religeon and politics ends up causing more trouble than good...

By the way, at some point, the threads in this category (General Discussion) will be taken off the top list on the front page of codeguru (www.codeguru.com), so that the more technical threads will appear instead.
Brad!

First, sorry about the evil people. I certainly top the list. Everybody forget about the evil people, cuz I've already won (according to Brad). Secondly, you've destroyed the soul purpose of this thread:( (which was to get on the front page by being the longest).

Hey Solarflare, do you prefer chicken chops or lamb chops.
I like all of nature's animals.

Especially the taste.
:D :) ;) :p :eek: :D

[Pug]

Cats and dolphins are the most intelligent animals. My cat uses my computer when I'm not around, I know it.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Pug
Cats and dolphins are the most intelligent animals. My cat uses my computer when I'm not around, I know it.
I agree. I'm nearly certain my dolphin uses my comp when I'm not home. I need to go teach it a lesson...:mad:

[Goodz13]

My cat uses my computer when I'm not around, I know it.

Mine chase my mouse pointer when I'm trying to work.

[SolarFlare]

I have a rabbit who just sits around all day. He eats, defecates, and sits. And sits. He's very exciting.

[Goodz13]

Solarflare, it seems people just don't want to keep this thread alive.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Goodz13
Solarflare, it seems people just don't want to keep this thread alive.
:( :mad: :mad: :( :eek: :confused: :confused:
It's so sad, but true. My experiment has failed. But don't give up hope! Some time, when you least expect it (or whenever's good for you), this string will come back to life!!! And you'll be sorry you doubted it!!!!!!!! And all will hail SolarFlare (identity unknown) as the lord of the universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pug]

Coke or Pepsi?

[Mick]

Coke ;)

[Mick]

But more importantly what do you call it?

Soda, Pop, Coke

[Pug]

Soda

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Pug
Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi. I can't quite place it, but it's just better.

But more importantly what do you call it?
I call it coke, sometimes cola. That reminds me of this scene in Super Troopers (great movie) where someone goes into a fast food restaurant and says, "Gimme a liter o' cola," and the guy taking the order says something like "what's 'leeteracola'?

[Xeon]

Let's face.........it. If you want any thread of any kind to stay around longer and get more posts and views etc., u can't do without Xeon. And Elrond. And oh yes : the invincible Simon666, the ultimate post-provoking engine of all time.

Combine these 3 together with additonal power-packs like JeffB, Gabriel Fleseriu and such, and you'll get a much sought-after post.
And oh yes. Yves M too, that great tempter who gives lots of precious views etc.

But then, I know that even with power-guys like those mentioned above, this thread ain't gonna be better than the Where are we from thread, simply cos' of 1 reason : the initial topic of this thread is meaningless!
It has no form, no aim, no destination, no goals. Oh yes. The only goal for this thread is to make it long. Now, forgive me, but that's too artificial! In such cases, people wouldn't know what to talk about. They feel weird, cos' it's not natural in the first place at all.

Anyway, if Brad Jones can allow us to discuss extremely hot topics like sex actions in details and such, the number of views and posts in this thread will be much much much higher. Hmmm......but given Brad............hmmm......I don't think he'll.

But just to give you guys something to talk about : suppose you've a personal program which is already 60% done. Now, u discovered that there's lots of bugs suddendly and u feel like puking. And for the time being, u're too tired to fix them. Arrgggghhhh........in such a case, what do you do?

1) Do u shut down the PC, forget the problems, lie in bed, and after that, switch on the PC again and delete that program and all the related source files entirely and forget about it?
No bugs, no worries, no nothing. Life goes on as usual......ahhh......that sweet afternoon.
Probably, better still, give up programming altogether and look for something new to indulge yourself in.

2) Lie in bed and dream of your fantasies and pleasures.
Go and fix those cursed bugs later on.

3) Cry in your bedroom cos' it's such a pity. The program is almost completed and now this had to happen......

4) Go fix the bugs, but it's very hard and tough and it's almost impossible, and worse still, bugs after bugs appear after that particular part is done......

5) Go be a male sex slave

Now, if you were me, which of the following would you choose?
Now, that's something to tak about. :):):)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Combine these 3 together with additonal power-packs like JeffB, Gabriel Fleseriu and such, and you'll get...
Captain Planet?
Originally posted by Xeon
suppose you've a personal program which is already 60% done. Now, u discovered that there's lots of bugs suddendly and u feel like puking. And for the time being, u're too tired to fix them. Arrgggghhhh........in such a case, what do you do?

There's really only one best answer, and here it is. Write a program which writes your programs for you. It would be voice activated- all you do is say "make a program to do whatever," come back in an hour, and there, it's done. Now, of course this wouldn't work, but you could market it for millions of dollars (or whatever currency you prefer) and go into retirement, thereby making your original program entirely useless.

But going back to the original question, if the program had a ton of bugs that would be difficult to fix, then it wouldn't really be 60% done, would it?

Xeon- same question.

[Amn]

Originally posted by Goodz13


Mine chase my mouse pointer when I'm trying to work.

Do your cats have usernames and passwords for the computer, or they just regurarly crack the login ;)


LOL :D :D :D

[Amn]

Originally posted by Xeon
Let's face.........it. If you want any thread of any kind to stay around longer and get more posts and views etc., u can't do without Xeon. And Elrond. And oh yes : the invincible Simon666, the ultimate post-provoking engine of all time.

Combine these 3 together with additonal power-packs like JeffB, Gabriel Fleseriu and such, and you'll get a much sought-after post.
And oh yes. Yves M too, that great tempter who gives lots of precious views etc.

But then, I know that even with power-guys like those mentioned above, this thread ain't gonna be better than the Where are we from thread, simply cos' of 1 reason : the initial topic of this thread is meaningless!
It has no form, no aim, no destination, no goals. Oh yes. The only goal for this thread is to make it long. Now, forgive me, but that's too artificial! In such cases, people wouldn't know what to talk about. They feel weird, cos' it's not natural in the first place at all.

Anyway, if Brad Jones can allow us to discuss extremely hot topics like sex actions in details and such, the number of views and posts in this thread will be much much much higher. Hmmm......but given Brad............hmmm......I don't think he'll.

But just to give you guys something to talk about : suppose you've a personal program which is already 60% done. Now, u discovered that there's lots of bugs suddendly and u feel like puking. And for the time being, u're too tired to fix them. Arrgggghhhh........in such a case, what do you do?

1) Do u shut down the PC, forget the problems, lie in bed, and after that, switch on the PC again and delete that program and all the related source files entirely and forget about it?
No bugs, no worries, no nothing. Life goes on as usual......ahhh......that sweet afternoon.
Probably, better still, give up programming altogether and look for something new to indulge yourself in.

2) Lie in bed and dream of your fantasies and pleasures.
Go and fix those cursed bugs later on.

3) Cry in your bedroom cos' it's such a pity. The program is almost completed and now this had to happen......

4) Go fix the bugs, but it's very hard and tough and it's almost impossible, and worse still, bugs after bugs appear after that particular part is done......

5) Go be a male sex slave

Now, if you were me, which of the following would you choose?
Now, that's something to tak about. :):):)

Xeon you talk too much....
























Nah, just kiddin :)

* Do you see him ? Yes. OK we re moving in sir. Sir, yes, sir.... Take him alive... AAAaa...aaaa no no not again !!!?!*
- The Simpsons, the episode when two FBI agents track down Millhouse

[SolarFlare]

Does anyone know when civ3: ptw is coming out? I know it's this month, but infogrames hasn't said exactly when... very strange. Civ3 is amazing, I can't wait to buy the expansion.:confused: :D

[Pug]

The expansion ships October 29.

[SolarFlare]

The expansion ships October 29.
Good to know. Where did you hear this?

[Xeon]

Hmmm.....it seems that more and more programmers are getting more handsome than ever. Amn is one such example. Whoa!
U're just the same kind as Gabriel, Elrond, and many others. Instead of being a full time super-model or something that allows you to express your physical talent, u choose a job like programming.

Have you try going for Hollywood interviews and such?:cool: :cool: :cool:

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by Xeon
Let's face.........it. If you want any thread of any kind to stay around longer and get more posts and views etc., u can't do without Xeon But Xeon, there are two thread I know of that were closed because of your posts :D :D :D
Originally posted by Xeon Anyway, if Brad Jones can allow us to discuss extremely hot topics like sex actions in details and such, the number of views and posts in this thread will be much much much higher. Hmmm......but given Brad............hmmm......I don't think he'll.

If Gab is following this one, it could soon be closed No. 3 (from my count) ;)

[Simon666]

But Xeon, there are two thread I know of that were closed because of your posts.
Well duh... Don't you see? Xeon WANTS this thread to be closed. He wants to start the longest thread him(or her:D )self. That is the first step in his evil plan to become assistant site manager. Xeon has far eviler plans than mine. ;)

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by Simon666 Xeon has far eviler plans than mine...
and they work !

[Simon666]

and they work !
Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh.... Xeon is assistant site manager. Please Xeon, spare my life and don't ban me. What's that? Are you pressing the "ban for life button"? Noooooo.....

TOTAL SILENCE FOLLOWS....

Seriously now, what do you mean by that? His plans are not working. The thread is not closed yet and Xeon is luckily not assistant site manager. :)

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by Simon666

Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh.... Xeon is assistant site manager. Please Xeon, spare my life and don't ban me. What's that? Are you pressing the "ban for life button"? Noooooo.....

TOTAL SILENCE FOLLOWS....

Seriously now, what do you mean by that? His plans are not working. The thread is not closed yet and Xeon is luckily not assistant site manager. :)
And you are beginning to sound like him :cool:
Double Trouble :D :D :D

[Simon666]

And you are beginning to sound like him
Well duh... Xeon is spreading a very contageous disease. It affects the brain and slowly destroys it, turning the brain back to its most primitive functions, such as eating (favourably chicken chop) and reproduction (favourably with gurls). As I reply to much to his posts, I have become infected and now my brain is slowly degenerating. This is the main reason why I am beginning to sound like him.

[Pug]

EBGames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/deptpage.asp?wherefrom=comingsoon&web_dept=PC+Games&intpageno=5)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Simon666
Well duh... Don't you see? Xeon WANTS this thread to be closed. He wants to start the longest thread him(or her:D )self. That is the first step in his evil plan to become assistant site manager. Xeon has far eviler plans than mine. ;)
No one will ever have a longer thread than 'Where are we from' regardless of the title. It is simply the most successful of all time. Xeon can use his superhuman skills to change the creator of the post to himself. And remember: (especially all you Xeon wannabes out there) If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness.
:D :) :) :) :) :D

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by Simon666
Xeon is spreading a very contageous disease. It affects the brain and slowly destroys it, turning the brain back to its most primitive functions, such as eating (favourably chicken chop) and reproduction (favourably with gurls). As I reply to much to his posts, I have become infected and now my brain is slowly degenerating. This is the main reason why I am beginning to sound like him.
I should get more folks to respond to his posts and that way I will take over CG ...

[SolarFlare]

It's the sad truth...

We've all made this mistake some time or another, whether you will admit it or not. You looked directly into Xeon's eyes, and he stole your soul. Well guess what, Xeon, this is one soul you're not going to get!
[sells soul to the devil]

What??? You tricked me, Xeon! You posed as the Devil and bought my soul! What? You weren't posing? Dammit, I knew it! Eternal damnation, doing Xeon's dirty work in hel. I guess there's worse things than that...

So how did Xeon get that name, anyway? I figure it's a cross between Neon and Xenon, two noble gases. This could never happen in the real world, the two gases would not bond, thereby proving that Xeon does not really exist. He's certainly no angel, so he must be a messenger from hel. So, Xeon, tell us the truth: are you just a messenger or are you the spawn of Satan?

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare

So how did Xeon get that name, anyway? I figure it's a cross between Neon and Xenon, two noble gases. This could never happen in the real world, the two gases would not bond, thereby proving that Xeon does not really exist. He's certainly no angel, so he must be a messenger from hel. So, Xeon, tell us the truth: are you just a messenger or are you the spawn of Satan?


Maybe he was just dreaming of intel processers and gurls one night.

[Pug]

Intel or AMD?

YOU make the call!

[Mick]

Well if xeon's name was something like Athlon then I'd say dreaming of AMD processers and gurls, and don't forget the chicken chop.

Personally I like AMD. I always like the underdog. (good toon btw).

[Pug]

Well if you like underdogs, you gotta root for my Angels to win the World Series!
http://espn-i.starwave.com/@v=20021008@/i/mlb/clubhouse/ana.gif

[SolarFlare]

actually, since most of my family is from new york, I root for the yankees. Clearly... this angels team was from **** for all yankee fans. Of course, I could root for the mets, but that would be counter productive since they are in the same division as the (philadelphia) phillies, whom I also cheer for. So... with the yankees gone, cardinals all the way!

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by solarflare
He's certainly no angel, so he must be a messenger from hel. So, Xeon, tell us the truth: are you just a messenger or are you the spawn of Satan?
So is that where Xeon is from :confused: Speaking of devils, will the Red Devils conquer EUFA :rolleyes:

[Simon666]

Speaking of devils, will the Red Devils conquer EUFA
You mean will they win in 2004? Hahahaha... They are our national team and they couldn't conquer Belgium if they wanted to, let alone Europe. Although the French suck recently (we won from them in a qualification match before the world cup!!!), Germany actually too but they got lucky in the World Cup to get so far (as did many other countries). But even then there is still virtually every other European country that is a tough deal for our team.

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by Simon666

Germany actually too but they got lucky in the World Cup to get so far (as did many other countries). But even then there is still virtually every other European country that is a tough deal for our team.
That was not luck but hard work. We could blame the refs here and there but the guys love their soccer ;)

[Mick]

Originally posted by Pug
Well if you like underdogs, you gotta root for my Angels to win the World Series!
http://espn-i.starwave.com/@v=20021008@/i/mlb/clubhouse/ana.gif

Well I don't know. I'm kinda rooting for the Twins due to them almost losing the team due to contraction. If they win the world series that's really sticking it in the owners face.

I'm an O's fan BTW. Hasn't been much to cheer about (except for for the glory of Cal jr), but we have the BEST stadium. Every baseball fan should come to camden yards at least once. Don't forget to hit little italy for some chow then on to fells point for some night life ;)

[Pug]

Ok, a little love for the O's fans. My wife is from Baltimore and she gets me to root for them as well, but it's been hard to do that recently.

http://espn-i.starwave.com/@v=20021008@/i/mlb/clubhouse/bal.gif

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
Every baseball fan should come to camden yards at least once.
Agreed. Excellent stadium. I was there only once, unfortunately though, not to see a game, but at least I got to go on the field :). Camden Yards has this oldish-newish field. It's slightly historic (not as historic as, say, Yankee Stadium) but also up close and personal. It's new and modern but gives an old time feel with its bricks and old foul pole and the building in right field... very nice place to spend a Sunday afternoon. And, if I recall correctly, not far from H:eek::eek:ters!
:D :D ;) :p

[SolarFlare]

This thread is now in the top ten! That means it's on the front page (http://www.codeguru.com) under hot threads! Domination is close...

[WayneS]

I think that because this formu is about programing I would like to see a discusion on programing. What do you think makes a good program? What makes a good programer? How do you design your programs?
I am probably the only one here that is not a team sports fan. I like indivual sports (tennis, golf & racing). You only get paid for what you accomplish.

[Goodz13]

I'm not much of a team sports fan either. I like Boxing, Kickboxing, but I sometimes watch hockey.

I generally like sports where the beat the u know what out of each other.

[Mick]

Originally posted by solarflare

Agreed. Excellent stadium. I was there only once, unfortunately though, not to see a game, but at least I got to go on the field :). Camden Yards has this oldish-newish field. It's slightly historic (not as historic as, say, Yankee Stadium) but also up close and personal. It's new and modern but gives an old time feel with its bricks and old foul pole and the building in right field... very nice place to spend a Sunday afternoon. And, if I recall correctly, not far from H:eek::eek:ters!
:D :D ;) :p


Yep hooters is down in the inner harbour. It's about hmm maybe a mile or two to walk from the stadium to there. And how long it takes you depends on how many bars you hit on the way ;)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by WayneS
I like indivual sports (tennis, golf & racing). You only get paid for what you accomplish.
Do you think you aren't working as hard if you're helping the team instead of yourself? Sports like baseball, soccer, football, etc. still require a maximal physical exertion. The effort is still there. Team sports are generally more complex and there is more action, more strategy, etc. That's why they're better to watch. In terms of which type is better to play, it depends on your own personal interests.
By the way, even in team sports, athletes get paid for what they accomplish. What they do in one year determines how much they will be paid the following year. It's not like they're getting paid a ton of money because they sit around and do nothing. Some sports have a higher average salary because they attract more fans and merchandising (=more money), and these are the team sports for reasons stated above.
It's fine that you prefer individual sports, but your reasoning is hardly solid.

[WayneS]

It's probably just me but I used to be a Redskins fan. It seemed like everytime they raised a players pay then the next year they were really bad, like they didn't care because they got their money. I am not talking about others enjoy, just that I lost intrest in team sports, afterall baseball is America's sport.

[Mick]

If I were a redskins fan I would have lost interest too ;). Go Cowboys!

[Pug]

Dolphins!
http://espn-i.starwave.com/@v=20021010@/i/nfl/clubhouse/mia.gif

[SolarFlare]

For many, many years, ending about 5 years ago, every Philadelphia sports team sucked! But now, due of course to my persistent presence in the city, all the teams have improved. The 76ers (basketball) lost only to the heavily favored Lakers in the NBA finals, to a team whose star player, Kobe Bryant, grew up in Philadelphia; the Eagles (football) have been a Superbowl favorite, the Phillies (baseball) almost had a .500 season, but not quite, maybe next year; and the Flyers (hockey) have been to the Stanley cup. Talk about improvement! It's always fun to root for the home team.

[Mick]

Yea ;) I like all football teams actually, cause I just like the game!. But to think the Ravens are in first place with a 2-2 record. Now that stinks!

The Green Bay v New England and Miami v Denver outta be some rocking games this weekend.

[Pug]

Is there an NFL database anywhere online where I can look up something like every game played between Miami and Denver? So I could see:

Oct. 16, 1973 Miami (31) at Denver (28)
Nov. 22, 1978 Denver (13) at Miami (6)
...
Oct. 12, 2001 Denver (10) at Miami (26)

You guys ever see anything like that?

[Mick]

Football reference. But I'm sure there are others. Search the web ;)

http://football.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-reference.com%2F

[Pug]

I've looked, but I never found anything that would give me that list. Like that football reference. It has all the player stats and team stats and records, but I can't get it to show me all the scores between Denver and Miami.

[Amn]

*opens the door and asks the people*

Umm is it long yet ? :D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Amn
Umm is it long yet ? :D
I'm glad you asked that question!
That would depend on your meaning of long, since it is a relative adjective... consider that donut you're holding in your hand - yes that one - now put it down and pick up a ruler. I don't know how long standard rulers are in normal countries, but I'm guessing about 30cm or so. My country started a war over 200 years ago to become independent from England and the only thing it kept was the English measuring system... anyways, now compare the length of that ruler to the length that this string would occupy if you lined up every word of every post. Which is longer? Well, unless you use EXTRAORDINARILY small fonts on your computer, this string is clearly longer. If it's not, I congratulate you on your eyesite. At any rate, compare this string now to the circumfrence of the earth, or the distance across the milky way. Not so big now, huh? Thought so. So... in conclusion, "long" is all in your mind.
But as strings go, this is pretty long! Consider the fact that there have been 212885 strings in existence since CodeGuru started. Now remember that this string is the 7th longest and growing fast. That means it is in the top .0033% of all time. Quite an elite membership. Is it long now? It still depends on your point of view. For me, I would say that it is a fairly lengthy and equally meaningless thread.
:cool: :cool: :D

[Tom Frohman]

<---Believes the Detroit Lions will win a championship sometime in the next millenium.

[SolarFlare]

As long as we are on the topic of sports, does anyone realize the parallel in the baseball playoffs to 1997? In 1997, the heavily favored Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians in the division series, who went on to win the pennant and lose the world series to a wildcard team. This year, the Anaheim Angels beat the heavily favored Yankees again in the division series, have won the pennant, and are going to lose the world series (hopefully) to the San Francisco Giants, the national league wildcard. Pretty sneaky there...

And isn't it odd that, if the Giants win the pennant, the world series will be two wildcard teams? Has that ever happened? No. This will be a first, unless by some miracle the Cardinals can come back from a 3 games to 1 deficit. It will be the North vs the South in California! And if history has tought us anything, specifically the American Civil War from 1861-1865 for you non-Americans, the north will win.

[Mick]

Yea but the south will rise again. Yee-haw :)

[galathaea]

Why is it that when men are asked to talk for a while, they stutter around for some time and eventually turn to football? Come on now, that can't be a good indicator of what's going on upstairs...

[Xeon]

Guys.......football kinda sucks, and it's so boring! I had rather offer to play with pets like dogs and such! Football????!!! UUGGGHHH!!!!!!! Yucks!

[Tom Frohman]

<---thinks that Xeon's idea to play football with dogs is cruel to animals. However, would rather Xeon played with dogs than squirrels. :)

[SolarFlare]

I see that the opinion of many at this forum that sports are not their favorite form of entertainment, and that is acceptable ;). So then, what is the best game there is? Or what other kind of entertainment?
:D :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Simon666]

So then, what is the best game there is? I don't know, but is certainly isn't UT2003.

[Xeon]

From Tom:


thinks that Xeon's idea to play football with dogs is cruel to animals. However, would rather Xeon played with dogs than squirrels.

Nah, Tom! U interpreted it wrongly! :)
I mean, I would rather play with animals than to play football, not play football with animals. :)

And Simon, although he's a Dark one, he's kinda shy sometimes. His real answer as to what is his favourite hobby is :

1) Watch exciting full-length videos of buildings getting blown up and people being killed
2) The development of the atomic bomb
3) Making big plans to overtake the universe
4) Conquer h_ell. :)

[Simon666]

Apart from number one, you're not that far off Xeon. Maybe replace number one with playing football with dogs. :D I hate dogs. :mad: They bark when they shouldn't, defecate when and where they shouldn't (at least cats have the decency to bury it in the garden) and can be agressive to other people and animals. A dog killed my guinea pigs once because the idiot owning it didn't use a leash when he came visiting my parents. I never had guinea pigs since. :(

[Xeon]

Wow! Whoa! The Great Beast rearing cute guinea pigs???? Are you sure you really love them? Or maybe, u wanna test radiative substances on them, like those atomic/nuclear scientists? :D

And yeah. Dogs can be darn dangerous. In England recently, lots of folks have been mauled to death with those matiffs and bull dogs and pit-bull terriers.:rolleyes:

[Simon666]

Oh my God, I've just told my greatest secret. I am not the Great Beast or the most evil person in the universe, I'm just a wannabe who loves Guinea pigs.

[Platinum Plus]

Are you sure you really love them? Or maybe, u wanna test radiative substances on them, like those atomic/nuclear scientists? :eek: No. Simon is just a wannabe who loves Guinea pigs ....

BUT why the h£ll you wannabe evil :mad:

[Goodz13]

It depends on the Dog. I prefer Rotties. They are big and lovable, but no one would dare cross you with one.

Alas my girlfriend is a cat person and hates the big dum, loveable animals.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Goodz13
It depends on the Dog. I prefer Rotties. They are big and lovable, but no one would dare cross you with one.

Alas my girlfriend is a cat person and hates the big dum, loveable animals.

I also like Rotties. I used to have one. They don't have a very good reputation in Europe, though (along with other breeds, like Bull Terriers or Am-Staffs or, come to speak of it, Dobermanns).

[Simon666]

They don't have a very good reputation in Europe, though (along with other breeds, like Bull Terriers or Am-Staffs or, come to speak of it, Dobermanns).
<IRONY>Now why would that be?</IRONY>

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Simon666

<IRONY>Now why would that be?</IRONY>

<IRONY>Because they're so lovable, no matter how you train them.</IRONY>

It's no big secret why, actually. Because dogs from these breeds were too often held by people who either had no idea of what a dog is, or, worse, wanted to use the dog as a weapon.
And then it came to that tragical accident (incident?) in Germany (about 2 years ago, or so), that being enough to make the public oppinion over-sensitive on this subject. A lot of thigs have been said and done since, many of them plain stupid.
Especially the german authorities had a stupid reaction: they simply out-lawd the import and breeding of certain dogs and begun to perform a series of stupid "behaviour" tests with the dogs already present in Germany.

[Simon666]

If you had people holding tigers (cat-likes) in their house - also animals that can kill or maim humans - you would probably also insist it would be forbidden or that they would be trained, no matter how huggable some people find them.

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

Originally posted by Simon666
If you had people holding tigers (cat-likes) in their house - also animals that can kill or maim humans - you would probably also insist it would be forbidden or that they would be trained, no matter how huggable some people find them.

Yup. Wanna drive a car? Get a (drivers) license that proves that you are able to. Wanna have a dog, especially a large one? Get a license that proves that you are able to.

That would be the ideal solution. It's not exactly feasable, that way, though...

[Tom Frohman]

The reputation that Rottweilers have of being bad drivers is un-earned. For example, I've never seen a Rottweiler talking on a cell phone while driving and I've never seen a Rottweiler driving more than 5 over in a school zone.

I rented a car recently and they gave me an SUV. I made some startling discoveries.

1) The turn signals on SUV's actually work!
2) You can start the engine of an SUV without having a cell phone to your ear!
3) An SUV can actually be driven at the speed limit!


I think this information needs to get out to the general public.

Tom
:p :cool:

[Gabriel Fleseriu]

What is a SUV? Some kind of Yugo?

[Tom Frohman]

SUV=Sport Utility Vehicle

[Simon666]

Yugo = crappy car that is not made any more ever since USA bombed the hell out of Serbia and a local car factory.

[Xeon]

From Simon666:

Oh my God, I've just told my greatest secret. I am not the Great Beast or the most evil person in the universe, I'm just a wannabe who loves Guinea pigs.

Really! That's a whole new thing altogether! Agree totally, guys?
Now, even the Great Beast has a soft spot! How about Satan? Does he have a soft spot too?

From Platinum pal:

No. Simon is just a wannabe who loves Guinea pigs ....
BUT why the h£ll you wannabe evil

Cos' he thinks being evil is cool, Platinum. U know, those bad guys in movies wearing all black clothes and sunglasses and carry guns and such. Simon thinks that he's one of them, only much more invincible : The spirit of the Great Beast is in him.

From Goodz:

Alas my girlfriend is a cat person and hates the big dum, loveable animals.


U're obviously taking her for granted. A cat person, u say? That means she's all hot and totally femine and such.....and ohhh......awwww.......:D :D

[Mick]

Originally posted by Simon666
Yugo = crappy car that is not made any more ever since USA bombed the hell out of Serbia and a local car factory.

At least something good came out of that ;)

[Simon666]

Very funny Mick. :D Speaking of bombing companies making bad products, do you think there is a remotely small chance the legal problems of Micro$oft with your government get a bit out of hand? ;)

[Goodz13]

Hey!

Good old Bill is trying to do that Platinum Plus has been joking around about. Let's see... He almost has a Monoply over the OS/Software world. He's getting into the Gameing world. He tried(I'm not sure if he's still in it or not) to get into the satellite TV, He has a contract with Mattel, Internet TV, and a contract with NBC.

He's more powerfull than Governments. After all he probally created about 90% of the software that the National Defence uses. You don't think he could get in and send off a Nuke?

[Mick]

Originally posted by Simon666
Very funny Mick. :D Speaking of bombing companies making bad products, do you think there is a remotely small chance the legal problems of Micro$oft with your government get a bit out of hand? ;)

Absoulutley not! I love the goverment socking it to them. It's forcing them to release their source code. Making them stop trying to hammer companies that compete with them. My company (I work for a startup) probably will either

1. Get bought out by microsoft
2. Get squashed by microsoft (in years of legal battles against them)
3. Implement a better solution than Microsoft and reap huge profits.

I wish I had the source code like SAIC and other vendors have. It would make my job easier.

[Simon666]

You don't think he could get in and send off a Nuke? I'm more worried that other people could go in and launch a nuke. You never know these days. And I thought most USA defense software used Linux and consorts.

[Mick]

I'm not a guy that's guarded nukes but my brother has so maybe i'll ask him. But I don't think for the USA anyways you can just set off a nuke with a puter. I would imagine/hope there are mechinal things that require human intervention. Remember your talking 1950's technology which probably hasn't changed all that much.

[Goodz13]

Originally posted by Simon666
I'm more worried that other people could go in and launch a nuke. You never know these days. And I thought most USA defense software used Linux and consorts.

I don't know. I just figured thaty they use MS

[SolarFlare]

simon666:
do you think there is a remotely small chance the legal problems of Micro$oft with your government get a bit out of hand?
Definitely! The problem with the government (and almost all governments) is that they're all talk and not actually doing anything. If they did something, problem solved, move on with life. But the problem is this: they are too concerned that if they do something, they will lose popularity. i.e.: if they vote to do something to microsoft (which I think they did, but havent implemented it yet, but thats beside the point), then all the people who didn't want it to happen (such as software companies, etc.) won't like it, and won't re-elect that person to the gov't. And that's all that matters to the gov't. Pretty messed up.

goodz13
I don't know. I just figured thaty they use MS
You know what happens when you assume.
(You make an a s s out of u and m e)

[SolarFlare]

We have reached the elite plateau of triple digits... that's correct, we have over 100 posts! Not that anyone is counting...

[Mick]

What haven't they implemented? The states I believe are going to file their own class action suits. But as far as I know the DOJ case is over with. And the DOJ doesn't care about politicians but one thing that was obsured was the notion of breaking them up into smaller companies ala baby bells.

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_index.htm#supreme


excerpt for august 5th 2002

By a Stipulation filed with the Court on November 6, 2001, Microsoft agreed to comply with the terms of the Proposed Final Judgment pending its entry by the Court. Section III.E. of the Proposed Final Judgment requires Microsoft to make available for use by third parties on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms certain technology used by server operating system products to interoperate with a Windows operating system product. Under the terms of Section III.E., Microsoft must offer this technology for license no later than August 6, 2002. Microsoft has informed the Department that it will begin to offer these licenses and start the process of negotiating the terms with prospective licensees on August 6, and that information concerning the licenses will be available on Microsoft's website on that day.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Mick_2002
What haven't they implemented? The states I believe are going to file their own class action suits. But as far as I know the DOJ case is over with.
Sorry, I obviously haven't been following this as closely as you have. But the main point is, Microsoft is not yet free from lawsuits of this nature.

[Mick]

Well haven't been following it that closely :) But I am interested in the changes.

[Tom Frohman]

So this termite walks into a bar and says to the bartender..
"Bartender! Where is the bar tender?"

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
So this termite walks into a bar and says to the bartender..
"Bartender! Where is the bar tender?"
Hahaha, oh Tom Frohman, you're quite the class clown.
Here's a question for thought- Who's you're favorite comedian? As for me, I might just go with Jack Handey... he's so random

:D :cool:

[Tom Frohman]

Twenty years ago I'd have said Steve Martin.

There are some authors/books I've read that were terribly funny. So I'll put down Douglas Adams as my favourite comedian for The Hitchhikers Guide. The more off the wall the better.

Honorable mention: Evelyn Waugh for Scoop and Vile Bodies.

Tom

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Douglas Adams my favourite comedian for The Hitchhikers Guide
Douglas Adams changed my life. I never leave home without a towel now.

I'll leave you with a piece of Jack Handey, for those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of knowing him:
As we were driving, we saw a sign that said ''Watch for Rocks.'' Marta said it should read ''Watch for Pretty Rocks.'' I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!
[i]-Jack Handey

[Pug]

Why is it that when men are asked to talk for a while, they stutter around for some time and eventually turn to football? Come on now, that can't be a good indicator of what's going on upstairs...

Sorry, I have to go back a ways in this thread...

Why is it that so many women assume an interest in football indicates low intelligence, even though they don't understand how the game works themselves? I realize there are a lot of beer-totin' slobs that love football, but that's only because there are a lot of beer-totin' slobs out there and football is the most popular U.S. sport. It's not the beer-totin' slobs that play the game. Football's an exciting, team-oriented, strategic sport and it takes a decent amount of intelligence to play it.

[galathaea]

Many of the poster's on this thread have developed complicated software for things like physics simulation, drug pharmacokinetics, etc. These are interesting things, that I'm sure a lot of people want to sit down and explore with others. For example, me and some friends the other day were talking about Wachterhauser's theory that the origin of life was assisted by thioester's ability to act both in group transport phosphate energy channels and electron transport NADH type channels. That's the Origin Of Life. Really interesting stuff. Compared to... football?

My post was not about saying guys are stupid but an attempt at prodding an elevated level of conversation so I might be interested in joining this thread more. I understand the rules of football quite well, even american football. I just don't enjoy spending alot of time talking about it.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
I understand the rules of football quite well, even american football.

You speak as though European football (American soccer) and American football are the same thing. Anyone who thinks that the two sports have anything in common aside from 11 player teams is very mistaken. Interesting topics are a matter of opinion. I consider sports interesting if there is a situation, i.e. if we were to say the football team has the ball on their own 30 yard line on 3rd and 4, what play do they run, etc. Football, and other sports, are humans doing human things, that's what makes them interesting. There's no single correct or best thing to do in a football game.

If you want something more intelligible, how about talking about Schroedinger or someone like that, that seems to be what you like, intelligent scientists. Just say something and others will follow.

[Xeon]

From Galathaea:

Many of the poster's on this thread have developed complicated software for things like physics simulation, drug pharmacokinetics, etc. These are interesting things, that I'm sure a lot of people want to sit down and explore with others. For example, me and some friends the other day were talking about Wachterhauser's theory that the origin of life was assisted by thioester's ability to act both in group transport phosphate energy channels and electron transport NADH type channels. That's the Origin Of Life. Really interesting stuff. Compared to... football?


That's totally extreme and crazy! What u mention seems to be more geared towards scientific programming, like FORTRAN and such on those mainframes and such. I was thinking that most Windows programmers like me wouldn't do such stuff. We write normal programs with normal GUI for mere mortals. This is crazy! :):)

And I thought US and UK footbal/soccer are exactly the same sport with different names???!!! Again, this is getting crazy! :eek: :eek:

[galathaea]

Yes, humans have been interested in sports for quite some time. Particularly ball sports. There are some artistic displays of ball games in some Middle Eastern sites dating back 5 to 6 thousand years, and in the new world there are the well known mesoamerican depictions. There are no depictions I know that show women playing, but that is definitely something I would love to be contradicted on. Women more likely were gathering, as it is well known that until the Industrial Revolution, women spent a greater percentage of their time working on obtaining food and maintaining the dwelling than men, and provided according to most estimates, between 80 to 90 percent of the nutrition of humanity. Hunting, it is quite humorous to me, never really did help much, since there are many studies which show that usually the effort of hunting consumed more calories than were brought home. Which is why, it seems to me, women were never really into ball sports until very recently in our history. I'm glad you responded to my original post asking why men found football interesting. It definitely is something we can talk about more.

Oh, but please do not assume my ignorance and I will not assume yours. I was the one who made the clever little distinction between football and american football. And I claimed I knew the rules of both (plus I understand many other sports... I played volleyball in highschool and even played baseball as a kid).

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
I thought US and UK footbal/soccer are exactly the same sport with different names???!!! Again, this is getting crazy! :eek: :eek:
First of all, they are the same. Second of all, you couldn't be any more crazy than you already are. I could always be proved wrong...

[Rick O'Shea]

Forgive me, but:

A horse walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Hey buddy, why the long face?"

A hamburger walks into a bar. Bartender says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve food here".

A priest, a rabbi, and a Baptist minister walk into a bar. Bartender says, "What is this, some kind of joke?"

A skeleton walks into a bar, and says to the bartender, "I'll have a beer and a mop"....

A three-legged dog limps into a saloon in the Old West. He sidles up to the bar and announces, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

A neutron goes into a bar and asks the bartender, "How much for a beer?" The bartender replies, "For you, no charge."

Polar bear walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "I'll have a gin......................................and tonic". Bartender says, "What's with the big pause?" The Polar Bear says, "I dunno...I've always had them."

A guy walks into a bar, and there's a horse behind the bar serving drinks. The guy is staring at the horse, when the horse says, "Hey buddy? What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a horse serving drinks before?" The guy says, "No, it's not that... it's just that I never thought the parrot would sell the place."

[Tom Frohman]

Bartender jokes...My favorite:)


A grasshopper walks into a bar and says to the bartender "Bartender, I'll have a screwdriver!". The bartender says "Sure and since we have a drink named after you. You can have it for free". The grasshopper says "I've never heard of a drink named Irving!".

Tom

[Pug]

I understand the rules of football quite well, even american football...Oh, but please do not assume my ignorance and I will not assume yours.

Well, it seems to me that you are the kind of person that usually assumes they understand any topic, but I have a feeling in this case, football, you do not. Your original post seemed to already assume our ignorance.

Hunting, it is quite humorous to me, never really did help much, since there are many studies which show that usually the effort of hunting consumed more calories than were brought home.

Ah, so it's a "women are just more intelligent" kind of thing. Perhaps hunting was more useful in maintaining the fighting skill of the men at an adequate level to defend the women from wild animals or other men. Or are you saying that men served no purpose other than reproduction?

As for Gunter, that's a very interesting topic, but to many people, so is football. Maybe to you the origin of life is all we need concern our minds with, but others lead a more balanced lifestyle. It's a matter of personal choice. To claim a discussion of football is at some lower level of intelligence shows some extreme arrogance. Software engineers taking a short break from work to discuss football, in my lesser lifeform opinion, is quite healthy.

[SolarFlare]

A hamburger walks into a bar. Bartender says, "I'm sorry, we don't serve food here".

Hilarious!

Polar bear walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "I'll have a gin......................................and tonic". Bartender says, "What's with the big pause?" The Polar Bear says, "I dunno...I've always had them."

Another gem!

Ok ok... here's one:

The Texan visiting Vermont asked a farmer how large an acreage he cultivated. The Vermonter said meditatively, "Oh, it's quite large. My farm extends for about a hundred yards in that direction and for nearly a hundred-twenty yards in that. And how large an acreage do you handle?" The Texan could not help but smile. "Back home," he said, "I have a ranch with my house at one end. I can get into my car at the house, turn on the ignition key, step on the gas, and atthe end of the day, still not have reached the ther end." The Vermont farmer nodded sympathetically. "Tough! I once had a car like that, too."

[galathaea]

Listen, Pug. I really did not intend to turn the feel of this thread into something negative. It's been entertaining and I hope it continues to be. So for anyone who took my original post as an attack:

I appologize.

I am just one of those types that enjoys teasing and prodding those I am communicating with, but I never intend harm. I'm just playful.

And well, I am the type who assumes I CAN know anything if I put the time into it. This has served me well throughout my life. I basically figure that learning any field involves knowing two things: the objects the field talks about, and the transformations those objects have been described to undergo. This is the basis of the modified noun/modified verb semantics that all human languages support. I don't think its a bad thing to assume that I can know something.

But, lets get back to the fun. Does anyone here enjoy the satirist Robert Anton Wilson? In my life, I have enjoyed satire by Douglas Adams, Oscar Wilde, Kurt Vonnegut, and RAW. But I really hold the greates admiration for RAW. All of his works are CrAaZy!!

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
I really hold the greates admiration for RAW. All of his works are CrAaZy!!
Never heard of him... what's his style? And recommend something good by him.

[galathaea]

Perhaps his most famous work is The Illuminatus Trilogy (in collaboration with Robert Shea). Another popular work of his is Cosmic Trigger, but he has written some other very fine works like The Schroedinger's Cat Trilogy and Willhelm Reich in He**. He writes both fiction and essays. His fiction is really psychedelic/libertarian oriented and he borrows the cut-up technique of Brion Gyson/William Burroughs alot. He's a futurist in many respects, but in a creative way.

To get a feel for his style, I would check out his web page at
http://www.rawilson.com/main.shtml

He's really a must read!

[SolarFlare]

sounds interesting, I'm always looking for a good book ;)

[SolarFlare]

The best book I've read lately would have to be Black Lotus by Laura Joh Rowland. I had never heard of her before, but this is truly an outstanding book. It's part of a series, and not the first, but the book stands on its own. It's a murder mystery in 17th century Japan involving a corrupt branch of Buddhism. The "Black Lotus Temple" is really a cult trying to conquer Edo (ancient Tokyo), while the Shogun's Detective is trying to determine the cause of some strange happenings recently in town. I won't ruin the action for you! Definitely a book worth checking out, if you have time to read.

[Pug]

I've read The Illuminatus Trilogy. It definitely has a unique style, very clever and creative. Pretty wacky, though. It jumps all over the place. The "chapters" of the book are based on drug trips. Psychedelic/libertarian is a good description.

[freaky_NL]

Who is the evilest person in history (fictional or real)?

I wouldn't know. But I feel like bush is making a run for it.

aww, even the riddle thread is longer :/

[Platinum Plus]

Who is the evilest person in history (fictional or real)? Simon :(

[Simon666]

It is queen Beatrix from Holland. I say she shot Pim Fortuyn, got rid of her aging husband, made the government fall and will soon take off with billions of dollars (remember the budget deficit risk coming out of the blue) leaving Netherland as broke as Argentine and easy prey for an expansionist Belgium. :D :p

As you can see, I am the most evil person around.

[freaky_NL]

I'd hardly call our weak pathetic queen evil muhahaha. She can't do anything anyways... Everything is decided by the government, she just exists out of historical and social (yuck yuck) reasons.

You are evil tho' :-) Go stand in the cornor. Shame on you for dissing such an old lady hehe

[Simon666]

Originally posted by freaky_NL
She can't do anything anyways... If I had such a fortune I could do a lot with that, you could put up a terrorist organization and buy nuclear warheads with that amount of money. Just a thought...

Originally posted by freaky_NL
Everything is decided by the government,...
What government? :D :cool:

[Platinum Plus]

It is queen Beatrix from Holland. Is she still alive I mean is she still alive ? Who is Pim Fortuyn so that shooting him/her makes one wicked ? Many women are in the habit of getting rid of their husbands that would render half the women folk evil.
How many take off with billions of dollars belonging to companies, countries, individuals :rolleyes:

But who will set his cats on you ....
Who rides bicycles in the night ...
Who keeps rodents just to hear them shriek under 1000 volts ...
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[freaky_NL]

Is she still alive I mean is she still alive ? Who is Pim Fortuyn so that shooting him/her makes one wicked ?

You're not from europe are you? :-) Yea Beatrix is still alive. Her husband Klaus died recently. Pim Fortuyn was a new radical strongly opinioned politician (especially where emmigrants/refugees are concerned) who could have had a lot votes. His party (which was new) still got a lot of votes even though somebody decided to shoot him.

Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide....

[Simon666]

By the way, I need to mention something, as we are discussing evil people (again) for a moment. It appears in the USA people (read : lousy conservatives) grab any chance they can to be able to forbid certain games such as UT. If it were up to them, we would play paintball in UT. :mad: I think those people are as dangerous as the sniper himself. (slight exageration, no flame war please)

[freaky_NL]

AFAIC you're absolutely right Simon. They also forbid you to commit suicide, drink nitro glycerine, piss fire, whatever. If I wanna die painfully that's my problem, I should be allowed to do that if I want that (not that i'm that sick haha, it's just the idea that I should be allowed, i don't want to). Heck, if I wanna go to the gas station and drink a couple of gallons they'll probably stop me in an institution.

Wonder how people invented things in the past.... They just had to drink it, inject it or whatever to find out what it did, didn't they?

It may be sick, very sick even, but if people want to and they don't harm others, what the heck?! Let em...

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by freaky_NL


You're not from europe are you? :-) Yea Beatrix is still alive. Her husband Klaus died recently. Pim Fortuyn was a new radical strongly opinioned politician (especially where emmigrants/refugees are concerned) who could have had a lot votes. His party (which was new) still got a lot of votes even though somebody decided to shoot him.

Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide.... No I am not from Europe. Simon has already gone to great lengths to prove I am not from Spain, France, China and you have just picked I am not from Holland :rolleyes:
Question is ... where the HE double toothpicks am I from :mad:

[freaky_NL]

I think you're a little lab mouse called brain from some small country i probably never heared from in the former USSR.

typo

[Simon666]

I think he is either from Malaysia or the Philippines. I guess Malaysia because otherwise Platinum would probably have known some Spanish.

[Xeon]

Garbage, Simon!
U really should go fuse together with Java, cos' it has Garbage Collection built into the programming language/platform. That way, you don't need to worry about talking garbage. :):D:D

And no......Platinum IS NOT from Malaysia or the Phillipines. He CANNOT be from ANY ASIAN country.
East Asians(Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) don't talk in this manner. They're not as cute.
Central Asia(Mongolia and Tibet etc.) is just too darn impossible.
South East Asia(Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines etc.) is just too impossible too.
Some Asians can be funny, but not in this kinda unique manner like Platinum. The way he expresses his speech is clearly more geared towards the Americas.(Canada, the USA, and the entire S. America continent)

For example, Americans call a spanner a "monkey wrench", and they use very expressive and creative terms to call things and such.(even Europeans have difficulty understanding their speech sometimes)

Platinum should be from Canada, the US, either one of those countries in South America(Brazil, Argentina etc.)
If not, he must be an American living in South Africa. I KNOW there's lots of Westerners working and living there.
Period. :):D

From Platinum:

Question is ... where the HE double toothpicks am I from :mad:

This guy is totally cute.
HE + Double Toothpicks? Whoa! Such creativity that can only be seen in a 9 year old sweet cute boy! Platinum.......don't lie to us about you being 6"5 or higher. We know u're a really cute and nice and very huggable li'l baby everyone wanna cuddle up and such. Ohh.....even Xeon is melting.......ahhh.......oooohhh!!!!!!!!!

[Simon666]

Look, if he would be from South or North America he could only be from Brazil. His English has contained mistakes before if I remember correctly, his French is terrible which excludes Canada and his Spanish has been corrected by a native Spanish so that excludes the rest of the America's, apart from Brazil where they speak Portugese.

About that Asian thingy you are in a better position to know than I am. And I think his claims of knowing Chinese are false, just as the Swahili thingy. I'm beginning to even doubt he knows English. :D

[Xeon]

Platinum Plus......hmmm.......could it be that this guy is from nowwhere?

In para-normal facts(extraordinary happenings), there was this boy who actually appeared outta nowhere sometime in the past, in the UK, I think.(around the 17th - 18th century)

He couldn't really speak any language, and he doesn't even seem to know what he is and such. And when he was first seen by folks, they mentioned that he was dirty and dragged, and utter no English word. And all he ever wanna eat is bread and water.

When the folks managed to teach him English, he said that he was locked in some really small and dark place whereby he's given only bread and water daily.

A few years later, this mysterious guy was killed(stabbed) by some mysterious man and died. Thus, no one really knows.

Platinum Plus.......could he have been communicating with us from somewhere in the future???!!
Einstein states that time is not linear, and the past, present and future could collide with each other at some point in time.

If that's the case, Platinum must be from some new country which will only be discovered in the future : a country unheard of.
We dunno his origin, and could not decipher his race, religion, national language, hobbies, height and such.

Platinum.......at least, tell us the first alphabet of your country??!! :):D

[Simon666]

You are referring to Kaspar Hauser. Judging on the name German boy however. Maybe perform a search on Google with this name.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Simon666
It appears in the USA people (read : lousy conservatives) grab any chance they can to be able to forbid certain games
This is not true! The US doesn't ban any games. Grand Theft Auto III is a great example: it was banned in many European countries and Australia, but in the US sales are still going strong.
Originally posted by Platinum Plus
Question is ... where the HE double toothpicks am I from
Well first of all, I always go with the classic double hockey stick instead of the double toothpicks. More of an image, more action there. You must be from... India! You just seem so... Indian. (please note: I did not mean anything demeaning by this comment. It is the same as saying "you seem so... [any adjective here]")

[Xeon]

Now, we cannot rule out the fact that Platinum IS a Spanish.
He says he's not, but he may be lying.

And as for the fact that he wrote his Spanish wrongly and got corrected by Irona, he might be faking that too.
If not, it's just a coincidence. Even native speakers of a particular language will make mistakes in writing/saying in that language.

For example, Mick_2002. I remember in one of his posts, he use "don't" in the wrong place, and it's darn obvious. There's plenty of examples of such cases around here.

More crucially, notice that Irona has a special bond with Platinum.
I know Irona has a boyfriend, but look :

From research on their previous posts, it is obvious Irona is in some way connected to Platinum.
People from the same country tend to have a special bond with one another.

For example, a guy from China will be able to get along better with another guy from China, cos' they're more similar in their customs and such than people from other countries.

And since Irona is from Spain, it could be that Platinum is somewhat living in Spain too. Or probably, he could be from one of those countries in the Meditterenean.(wrong spelling, but you get the meaning)
Could Platinum be from the Maldives?

I've already wrote to George War Bush on this issue. And the deal between us is that if I send him a plate of chicken chop each day, he'll sponsor my team in search of the answer : Just where Platinum Plus is from.
I'll be contacting NASA in the afternoon to get tools such as statelittes to help in the researching and tracking.

Tomorrow, I might not be able to post here, cos' I'll be having a chicken chop cuisine with the US Chief of Defence at the White House. I hope I'll be able to get at least 50 fighter-planes from him instead of the current 12, and I hope he can lend me the USS Lincoln. Currently, I only have the USS Roosevelt and that's not enough.

Chief Secretary of Gobally Harmful Unsolved Mysteries(GHUM),
Xeon.

[galathaea]

Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide....


Well, to give you an idea... Today: 20+ hours news on serial "sniper" (attacked 13 americans) vs. maybe 30min russia hostage situation (several hundred to maybe a thousand "foreigners").

How many americans know about Sept. 11th attacks vs. how many americans know about rwandan genocide.

I don't want to talk about it anymore. Makes me sad.

[Platinum Plus]

How many americans know about Sept. 11th attacks vs. how many americans know about rwandan genocide. galathaea it makes me sad too :( If anything tragic occurs in a First World Place the whole world has to know but if it happens in a Third World Place hardly any First World inhabitant knows ( They might not even know the Third World Place exists or where it is on the map :( )

Hardly can't believe you didn't hear that on the news :/. The news went world wide.... The First World Places are not the whole world but freaky_NL thanks for bringing me up to speed ;)

[freaky_NL]

his French is terrible which excludes Canada
That's bullshit simon.... Back when I was an IRC-addy I had a canadian internetwife (yea that was fun hehe) from Quebec. She spoke french yea, but when going more west they'll stop speaking french. Heck, belgium, the little dot next to the a bit bigger and the even smaller dot, doesn't even have that much french speaking people. ****, I've been in Kortrijk (or whatever u spell it) and they didn't even speak french there (atleast not the ppl I met)... And I guess I don't have to elaborate on how small belgium is compared to canada.

[freaky_NL]

For example, a guy from China will be able to get along better with another guy from China, cos' they're more similar in their customs and such than people from other countries.
That ain't necessarily so... When I was still a chat addy I rather talked to foreigners since they are more interesting. You can learn a lot from foreigners because of the different habbits they have and ways of doing things. Also the cultural differences are nice and you come to notice you shouldn't talk to some people in the same way you talk to them here. We dutchies are pretty direct usually and when anyone ****s up we usually aren't subtile about it. Other people might think we're offensive but usually we're just pointing out something, see it as possitive feedback. That you're (<- no one in particular) a ****head doesn't mean I like you less :-)

[Simon666]

Originally posted by freaky_NL
That's bullshit simon.... Back when I was an IRC-addy I had a canadian internetwife (yea that was fun hehe) from Quebec. She spoke french yea, but when going more west they'll stop speaking french. Heck, belgium, the little dot next to the a bit bigger and the even smaller dot, doesn't even have that much french speaking people. ****, I've been in Kortrijk (or whatever u spell it) and they didn't even speak french there (atleast not the ppl I met)... And I guess I don't have to elaborate on how small belgium is compared to canada.
I only said his French was terrible: he spelled bonjour in two words. I did not say French is the only language in Canada, but it is a commonspread one in some parts as Quebec. I know most part of Canada speaks English. So I can conclude that this pretty much excludes Canada unless he's someone from the English speaking part who really didn't pay attention during French lessons, but that I consider very unlikely too.
Originally posted by Solarflare
This is not true! The US doesn't ban any games. Grand Theft Auto III is a great example: it was banned in many European countries and Australia, but in the US sales are still going strong.
I said they grab any chance to be able to forbid them, so they try but do not necessarily and luckily succeed.

For Freaky_NL AND solarflare : Read my posts more carefully please. You are reading things that are not there.

[freaky_NL]

Simon... you can't conclude anything. After all he might have immigrated, or like me, just plainly hates french. I had french lessons in school and I don't speak more than 2 words nowadays and I rather don't even say those and basing a whole theory like that on one word? ****, you ain't afraid are ya? He might have accidently hit space or whatever. Or perhaps he's just trying to mislead you.....

Is it actually wrong to use bon jour? They are 2 seperate words and they can be used as 1. Depends on context probably. Now stop about french, cuz I'm through my 2 words now :-)

[Simon666]

Than read this post (http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=613955#post613955). I'm not basing myself on two words. And I orgiginally was planning to say something about the Dutch and French, but thought you wouldn't appreciate it. :D Maybe there is a core of truth in all those jokes, though I hope Belgians are not dumber than Dutch people. Anyway, it is ofcourse possible that he IS from Canada, but please, admit it, if your English and French isn't that great, the odds are against you that you still are from Canada, although there still is a (small) chance.

[Simon666]

Although that French is really bad and could be indeed to mislead me, as he has frequently done in the past. He might just be from Senegal, where they do speak French but that is then also as much civilisation as they got there.

[freaky_NL]

And I orgiginally was planning to say something about the Dutch and French, but thought you wouldn't appreciate it. Ah come on, say it. You're being a tease and that's for females or gays (have nothing against either of them, although I don't like the last to flirt with me)... :-P

But there ain't much to say I guess. The french ***** on the dutch because the french get the drugs here. The beautiful thing is, 95% of our drugs get imported from french hahaha so actually the french are very stupid. First they drive to the netherlands to drop of the drugs. Then they come to the netherlands to buy drugs and bring it back.

But, that's probably not what you wanted to point out hehe.

[Simon666]

Ah come on, say it. You're being a tease and that's for females or gays. That's also why I didn't want to say that. :D But it is true, I do like to tease people. For the record, I'm not gay though, despite me, Xeon and Platinum Plus making allusions on it about each other. :D And what I meant was that Belgians have the impression Dutch people know very little French in comparison to Belgians, and I've heard the French don't like the Dutch because of their poor knowledge of French and because of the fact that if they do know, they tutoye (incorrect, but don't know the translation) them.The beautiful thing is, 95% of our drugs get imported from french hahaha so actually the french are very stupid. Didn't know that, and would surprise me if true.Then they come to the netherlands to buy drugs and bring it back.More and more, they come to Belgium instead. It's becoming a problem.

[Platinum Plus]

He might just be from Senegal, where they do speak French but that is then also as much civilisation as they got there. Is speaking French a sign of civilisation ? In Egypt, they did not speak French :rolleyes:

[freaky_NL]

The dutch hate french yeah... For the simple reason that the french don't like to speak any other language. They think french is it, the most wonderful language on the earth and then they come here and they expect EVERYONE to speak french because their language is the most beautiful on earth (or so they think, cuz i don't like it). They come here asking directions to the coffeeshop (the store where you can buy soft-drugs) in french?! Then you tell them you can tell them in english no no it must be french. You tell them again you don't speak french but you can speak english, no no it must be french. Then you tell them to **** off and find the shop on their own and then english will do... If all else prevails, english will do. **** em, they came here....

PS, I'm not generalising, that's just how it usually goes. Not all french people are like that and education also has something to do with it. Newer generations want to learn english, but the old ones can't teach it, nor do they want to learn how to teach it. So all the english they get is writing and reading. If you hear them speak english you'll laugh (not that my pronouncement is all that great) because they NEVER heared english in their entire lives. All movies are synchronised (yuck yuck bloody yuck (subtitles here)) and in school they don't get it. And the worsed part it... a lot of french/english words are the same, when used as verbs n stuff they change. However, the speech is so different you won't recognize it unless written down :/

I like France btw, it's a beautiful country. Just don't like a lot of the inhabitants (cause of lingual reasons, I'm sure they're great as persons, there's just this we don't wanna communicate thing between dutch n french ppl, wonder who will give in first). Ah heck, you can see it in Quebec how the french are. Every year they'll vote if they'll become totally french and every year they loose by an inch. Why doesn't the whole world just speak english? :-( It's easy, it's easy and most of all, it's really friggin' easy...

[freaky_NL]

What's up with all this guessing where he's from anyway? Why not just ask? Here let me.

Hey Platinum, where you from dude? :-)

[freaky_NL]

We shouldn't type too much in 1 message. This thread is supposed to become the one with the most messages and as of yet it has a hard time catching up with the where are we from thread.

[freaky_NL]

Hmmz... we should figure out a way to measure how much work time is totally wasted here. It would be fun to know hehe..

[Platinum Plus]

Originally posted by freaky_NL
What's up with all this guessing where he's from anyway? Why not just ask? Here let me.

Hey Platinum, where you from dude? :-) Africa !

[Simon666]

Originally posted by freaky_NL
For the simple reason that the french don't like to speak any other language.True in general, indeed. But you haven't been to Italy yet. It is as bad. Nearly nobody speaks English or does an effort, yet Italian has never been a widespread language as French.
Originally posted by freaky_NL
I like France btw, it's a beautiful country. Just don't like a lot of the inhabitants.We say that about France and Afghanistan too: it would be a beautiful country, if it weren't for the inhabitants. :D
Originally posted by Platinum Plus
Is speaking French a sign of civilisation ? In Egypt, they did not speak French.No, that was just a test. I searched your posts a bit, and in one of them you claimed to be Senegalais. I was just trying to insult a bit so I could see by the fierceness of your reaction whether that is true, just as you can check whether somebody is really 15 on the web by "mistakingly" calling him/her 14 years old. I think it is just another one of your false claims, just as the Chinese, Spanish, French and Swahili thingy. Can I ask you a question? Are you a mythomaniac?

[Platinum Plus]

No, that was just a test. Are you an agent of some sort ?

[Simon666]

Originally posted by Platinum Plus
Are you an agent of some sort ? If I were, I would have had your IP number already and tell from that where you are from.

[Platinum Plus]

Trainee agent then :(

[freaky_NL]

Are you an agent of some sort ?

Whow, you didn't do anything nasty now did you Platinum? :-) But uh, what's all the fuss about guessing where he's from anyways? And why didn't u answer my question? :-P

[Platinum Plus]

And why didn't u answer my question? :-P I did ... Africa. It's a place or is it not :confused:

[Simon666]

Yeah right. And ofcourse, you know fluently French, Spanish, Chinese AND Swahili. Come on. Even if you are, you've lost all credibility.

[Platinum Plus]

Ok Simon:

I did French at school for only one year (14 years ago)
I have a friend who learnt in Cuba and knows some Spanish
I cannot even tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese
My grandma speaks Swahili and I only know a few words
I followed Senegal a lot at the World Cup (though I don't remember mentioning it )
I don't care any more what rock you came crawling under from and where this rock is located. The third rock from the sun Simon :rolleyes:
I enjoyed your arguments though :D :D :D

[Simon666]

Apparently I didn't scroll up and read it incorrectly from this post (http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=589625&highlight=senegal%2A#post589625). I read it "as Senegalais" while this is the user name of the thread starter, I didn't scroll up. My mistake.

And your Cuban friend isn't by accident called Fidel C. isn't he? :D The coolest old dictator on earth.

[Xeon]

From Freaky_NL:
We dutchies are pretty direct usually and when anyone ****s up we usually aren't subtile about it. Other people might think we're offensive but usually we're just pointing out something, see it as possitive feedback. That you're (<- no one in particular) a ****head doesn't mean I like you less :-)

Whoa! Really direct? Assume you're a hypocrite.(I know you're probably not, but just an example! :))
If u're a Dutch and I tell that to your face, will u be offended?
If not, then I think that's real gallant and cool! Whoa!

And yeah, conclusion :

Platinum is from Africa. Case closed.

By the way, Platinum pal.......are u a black? I never had the chance to talk with a person of true native African origin, and it's real cool if u're. But if you're not, you're still out li'l Platty cutie baby who's totally soft and cute to hug, k? :):):D:o

[freaky_NL]

If u're a Dutch and I tell that to your face, will u be offended?No ofcourse not :-). It's like, we just say what we think, we don't wait until we're totally pissed off or so annoyed we could shoot you, in contradiction to some other cultures where they don't want to offend anyone and talk between the lines. Most people don't mind once they know how we work... Atleast... a lot of people used to be like that, times are changing tho'.

[SolarFlare]

I said they grab any chance to be able to forbid them, so they try but do not necessarily and luckily succeed
They don't succeed because they can't, because we have a constitution that prohibits anything like that, and therefore they don't. They don't grab any chance because there is no chance. I have to live in this country every day, I know what goes on here.

you can't conclude [that Plat isn't French]
Alors, ecrivez quelque chose en francais et vous pouvez voir s'il comprends et connait le francais. C'est tres simple. (Pardonnez moi, ce n'est pas ma langue naturel)

Africa !
I've never heard of a country called Africa... where in Africa? South Africa? If so, do you know Joe?

[Tom Frohman]

I'll settle this argument once and for all:


Otto a éclaté dans la piscine. Les dauphins tendent à être intelligents. Infestez la pauvre veuve avant le 14 juillet!!!!


So there!


Tom

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
Otto a éclaté dans la piscine. Les dauphins tendent à être intelligents. Infestez la pauvre veuve avant le 14 juillet!!!!

Oh that made a lot of sense...

[Pug]

What the hell was Otto doing?

[Tom Frohman]

The truth about Otto:

Ist die eine Ente auf Ihrem Kopf, oder sind Sie gerade froh, in Las Vegas zu sein? Nein, mag ich Kaffee in der Dusche trinken, aber mein Radio ist defekt.


Tom

[SolarFlare]

you are quite a polyglot

[Simon666]

You're lucky Sonu is not around. Who the h*ll drinks coffee under the shower? That will be pretty weak coffee if you ask me. And why does his broken radio prevent him from doing that? And what is the duck flying around his head (could be an expression though) ? Did you just put some German words in a more or less random but syntacticly correct order? Not to mention your senseless French.

[Platinum Plus]

And your Cuban friend isn't by accident called Fidel C. isn't he? Fidel C# :p

[Tom Frohman]

You're lucky Sonu is not around.

Let me see if I understand correctly.
From some of the discussion in the General Discussion area , slamming Americans, French and random talk of international hatred isn't offensive. Talk of mass slaughter with nuclear weapons, conventional bomming and snipers isn't offensive.
However, random babble is offensive? Hmmm.

[Simon666]

I didn't mean Sonu would KILL you, you know. What I meant was that he would be in a good position to put you on the test about that German phrase or excerpt.

[Platinum Plus]

Did you just put some German words in a more or less random but syntacticly correct order? Not to mention your senseless French.Say it Simon :D :D Better bad French than senseless French ... I think :rolleyes:

[SolarFlare]

Did you just put some German words in a more or less random but syntacticly correct order?
Here's a really funny site which does that (but in English): Random sentences (http://www.intersrv.com/~dcross/sentence.html)

[Tom Frohman]

This site makes sense to me.:p

[Pug]

Pick a topic, any topic.

[SolarFlare]

Okay... how bout music?

Does anyone play an instrument?
What about favorite musician/group/style?

[galathaea]

Pick me! Pick me!

I play guitar and keyboard. I use to sing for a post-punk/industrial band... My favorite scale used to be the enigmatic scale, but now I think I am falling in love with the pentatonics because I can only get songs from it that sound like its directly out the orient.

What are your favorite composition programs? Mine is Logic Platinum. Its great for remixing and composing!

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
What are your favorite composition programs? Mine is Logic Platinum. Its great for remixing and composing!
I've never used any such program, but one day I will write a program where you can play an instrument into the microphone and it will write the music you played, complete with rhythm, pitch, meter, scale, etc. I'll probably be 200 years old when I'm done :).

As for me personally, I play the marimba (it's like a xylophone but sounds really nice) and the piano (I love this the most). In the past I have played the violin and guitar, but I really hated the violin :(.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Brad Jones on October 2
By the way, at some point, the threads in this category (General Discussion) will be taken off the top list on the front page of codeguru (www.codeguru.com), so that the more technical threads will appear instead.

Brad!
NO!!!!!!! I didn't think he would actually get around to it, but after three and a half weeks... :( Ladies and gentlemen, this is a sad, sad, sad day for the long thread.

[galathaea]

Originally posted by solarflare

I've never used any such program, but one day I will write a program where you can play an instrument into the microphone and it will write the music you played, complete with rhythm, pitch, meter, scale, etc. I'll probably be 200 years old when I'm done :).

As for me personally, I play the marimba (it's like a xylophone but sounds really nice) and the piano (I love this the most). In the past I have played the violin and guitar, but I really hated the violin :(.

You have a very big project ahead of you (as I see you know well by your estimate)! Respect. I can't wait till you'r done as I need exactly that for some of my most recent projects. Logic has a cheap little attempt at computing notes from an audio file, but it rarely works right no matter how much I fidget with it. It even sometimes will put three notes when only one is played. I hear MOTU has a product out that does some of these things, but I haven't gotten around to checking it out (I hear thats where they got their name -- Mark Of The Unicorn, referring to the audio spikes when a note envelope sounds), and I am fairly confident it cannot do all of what you want in your program. I could really use something that would try to figure out tempo and time signature through a more intelligent look at the audio, for remixing and dj'ing.

So you play piano too? What type do you work on (upright, baby grand, grand, player:)). What brand? I wish I had a yamaha acoustic, but I only have a clavinova and an old upright I got from a university sale(which is actually waiting in my old town -- I haven't moved it to my new place yet).
And what is your favorite scale? Lately, I've been messing around with E minor pentatonic and finding all sorts of wacky oriental and middle eastern harmonies...

[SolarFlare]

You have a very big project ahead of you (as I see you know well by your estimate)! Respect. I can't wait till you'r done as I need exactly that for some of my most recent projects.

It's not something I'm currently working on. I don't know when (or if) I'll get around to it.
So you play piano too? What type do you work on (upright, baby grand, grand, player:)). What brand?
A yamaha upright ;).
And what is your favorite scale?
I would have to say C major is good enough for me :). But seriously, whatever scale gets the job done. I've played a lot of music by Gershwin, and if you know his style, it would be a stretch to say it's even in a scale.

[galathaea]

ALERT!!!! ALERT!!!! ALERT!!!! ALERT!!!!

For everyone living on mars and related solar satellites: TORI AMOS' NEW ALBUM IS OUT NOW!!!! Its a beautiful representation of the goddess incarnate (in carne?).

Back to the sobering reality of this thread...
About scales: for some reason I am constantly getting into these obsessions with certain scales. Some of the songs I have written include some BASIC scale changes, and I've even tried twelve-tone (but I get lost in the freedom... maybe sometimes I just need to be tied down :eek: ?). Anyway, I do like to mess around with some jazz scales (is that an oxymoron?) sometimes, but I usually find that I will mess around with a 5-7 note scale for a while because each one gives me a new emotional canvas to mess around with.

Off topic:TORI AMOS HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY!!! IF YOU DO NOT BUY IT, THE GODDESS WILL PUNISH YOU MIGHTILY!!!!

Oh Solarflare: I'll trade you my old upright for your yamaha... even steven... I won't even ask you to pay me the extra!

Did anyone get the notice about Scarlet's Walk? Do a google search...

[Simon666]

Originally posted by galathaea
TORI AMOS HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT TODAY!!! IF YOU DO NOT BUY IT, THE GODDESS WILL PUNISH YOU MIGHTILY!!!!
Hahahaha... If Cradle Of Filth would punish me for not bying their record I would feel some fear, but that red-headed dwarf woman. :D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
About scales: for some reason I am constantly getting into these obsessions with certain scales. Some of the songs I have written include some BASIC scale changes, and I've even tried twelve-tone (but I get lost in the freedom... maybe sometimes I just need to be tied down :eek: ?). Anyway, I do like to mess around with some jazz scales (is that an oxymoron?) sometimes, but I usually find that I will mess around with a 5-7 note scale for a while because each one gives me a new emotional canvas to mess around with.
I've never tried to compose anything serious... I'd rather play music that has stood the test of time, proving it to be worth playing, rather than something that was created out of my own sick mind.

I find that playing music can be highly relaxing. Part of that is its predictability. If you know what's coming next, and you hear it, it's very satisfying and relaxing. When you play a song, you know exactly what you expect to hear, and you hear it, but you're also not just sitting down listening. It's more active: you're physically making the music, so it's like you're very much a part of the relaxing aura around you.

[SolarFlare]

So... today's Halloween (except, by the time you read this it will be Nov. 1)! What traditions or customs do you or your country have? And if you could dress up as one line of code, what would it be?

[Simon666]

Originally posted by solarflare
So... today's Halloween (except, by the time you read this it will be Nov. 1)! What traditions or customs do you or your country have? And if you could dress up as one line of code, what would it be? Imported traditions. :mad: Everyone is talking about America invading Iraq, but about the pumpkins everywhere oh no. I feel like smashing them. :D But ebough about bad music. If I could dress up as one line of code, it would be format c:\ :cool: :rolleyes: :eek:

[Platinum Plus]

solar says So... today's Halloween

Simon answers Imported traditions... and he's mad

he goes on to say about the pumpkins everywhere oh no. I feel like smashing them.
And Simon when you are done, I could boil them and make me a nice pot of porridge ;) if you could dress up as one line of code, what would it be? While Not poor Make_Money .... :D:D:D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by solarflare
if you could dress up as one line of code, what would it be?

cout<<endl;

Just think of the utter simplicity yet necessity of this line!
:rolleyes: :cool: :D

[Rick O'Shea]

Today, it would be:

AfxMessageBox("I need a strooooong drink!", MB_ANDQUICK);

[Xeon]

Solar, your subscription fees are due.
By tomorrow, please deliver a chicken chop set meal + 1 cute **** to me; thank you. :D

Anyway, to make this thread live longer.......does anyone knows how Halloween came about?

I'm kinda curious to know it's origin. Was it something related to St. Augustine and the witches and the chicken chop set meals in the witches house or something?

I believe Halloween used to be called "Hallow Eve". Since Hallow means divine/holy, it gotta have something to do with saints and such, but I wonder how and why the theme of Halloween has changed to ghosts, ghouls, Beasts(666), Satan/Devil, spirits and souls, vampires and imps instead.

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Solar, your subscription fees are due.
By tomorrow, please deliver a chicken chop set meal + 1 cute **** to me; thank you. :D
you're a pretty tough landlord.


Anyway, to make this thread live longer.......does anyone knows how Halloween came about?

I don't know entirely, but here's what I do know:
There used to be some holiday (from Ireland or something) on November 2nd, but the church outlawed it and made "All Hallow's Day" on November 1st to prevent people from celbrating that other holiday (don't ask me how it worked), and then All Hallow's Eve(ning) is the night before, when people scared evil spirits away to prepare for All Hallow's Day.

I could be entirely wrong, but this is what I've heard.

[galathaea]

Hey there SolarFlare (whoosh... radio static)! I found some websites about Halloween (I know its a bit late, if you lost interest). Try

this website (http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm)

and this one (http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/halloween/hallowmas.html)

or even this one (http://www.new-life.net/halowen1.htm)

They all say pretty much the same thing with their own nuances and details...

Now Simon666, you headbanging stud, I said nothing about Tori punishing you. I specifically stated that it would be the Goddess herself that would punish you. This is a much bigger threat!

To develop this discussion furthur, maybe interested peeps can post the evolution of their musical preferences. That's something I'm always interested in, and I'm sure we all have had our embarrassing phases that we would NEVER tell anyone about (except in the anonymity of the CodeGuru forum). Particularly include that music which you study/code in. For example:

I really started choosing my musical preferences late. I started out into bands like Queen and Rush from the seventies. This was mainly because my ma was into these, and I was really naive about what was out there. But through my friends I began getting into Metallica, Megadeath, and the whole metal scene, but that never suited me. I was much angrier than I had realized, and bands like Gwar, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, and classic Death Metal like Celtic Frost (before their big-hair days) seemed interesting. However, then I found myself basically splitting up in two musically, with a punk side like Suicidal Tendencies, X-Ray Specs, the Damned, Sham69, GBH, and even such classics as the Sex Pistols emerging on one hand as my more favorites and on the other hand more industrial bands like Ministry satisfying my more experimental/apocalyptic cravings. Even as I grew bored with punk, I realized that it was this industrial streak which more satisfied my self-view, so I really got into bands like Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten and Cabaret Voltaire. For several years, Throbbing Gristle was my favorite band of all, though I experimented in japanese noise bands like Merzbow and the Boredoms. Eventually my teenage angst played itself through, and I began to find myself enjoying more mellow music from the Cleopatra catalog like Death In June and Psychic TV (a TG spinoff), and I also began listening to Dead Can Dance and related. This was probably when I started liking Tori Amos as well. Eventually, I found electronica and enjoyed the musicianship of some of the subfields. I now particularly enjoy much of the downtempo/drum-n-bass type musics, such as IDM like Muziq, DJ Spooky, Boards of Canada, etc. I have always coded and studied with music playing, and I have enjoyed doing so to all of the musics mentioned.

Anyway, there is my life-music history. Some of it I am still proud to listen to, others I have become somewhat embarrased of. I would love to hear about others' histories. I think the music you have listened to says alot about your past and present personality.

[SolarFlare]

Since I'm a cheap guy ;), instead of letting my music taste develop itself, I let my listening preferences tune to radio stations. (That means no $$$ lost on CDs or other forms of music). Various stations at various times, of course. But that's only music I like to listen to. Music to play is a lot different; on the piano, I enjoy classics and a little bit of modern stuff, and when I used to play in a (school) band I enjoyed anything that had a lot of brass.

[Xeon]

From SolarFlare:


Xeon : Solar, your subscription fees are due.
By tomorrow, please deliver a chicken chop set meal + 1 cute **** to me; thank you.
Solar : you're a pretty tough landlord.


Of course not, Solar! By paying me a chicken chop set mean and 1 cute **** in her birthday suit, you'll be getting free protection from bad guys online. Plus, you can post any number of posts/threads in Codeguru and browse for as many times per second as you wanna. That's the advantage.
In addition, you get free advertisements at the top of Codeguru and such. Ordinary members who don't pay me any fees don't get such great stuff. :D

(the above are meant as a joke, and I don't mean anything harmful and such.....so Brad......please don't ban me)

I don't know entirely, but here's what I do know:
There used to be some holiday (from Ireland or something) on November 2nd, but the church outlawed it and made "All Hallow's Day..."

Yes, yes. I think I understand. :D

From Galathaea:

Now Simon666, you headbanging stud, I said nothing about Tori punishing you. I specifically stated that it would be the Goddess herself that would punish you. This is a much bigger threat!


Galathaea......although you're a power-coder, for making this threat in public against the Great Beast 666, you might get banned.
Just to warn you, u had better hire me as your lawyer and we can discuss the legal issues and how to counter Codeguru from suing you. That's the point. :cool:
I'll be out for dinner later on, so please visit me at my law firm 4:00 AM in the morning, thank you.(together with 5 gurls, 1 lorry of chicken chop/chicken burgers and US$6000 as base fee):cool: :cool:

[Simon666]

Originally posted by galathaea
Now Simon666, you headbanging stud, I said nothing about Tori punishing you. I specifically stated that it would be the Goddess herself that would punish you. This is a much bigger threat!Still not scared. She does make good msic, just for the record.Originally posted by galathaea
Anyway, there is my life-music history. Some of it I am still proud to listen to, others I have become somewhat embarrased of. I would love to hear about others' histories. I think the music you have listened to says alot about your past and present personality.I still like heavy metal so in a way you could say I haven't evolved, yet on the other hand, metal has evolved along the years. However, I can't program with music on. It just distracts me. I also don't have a soundcard on my computer at work, I don't know whether any of you listen to these webradios? I've never wanted tosign up yet, you never know what they do with the information, I don't want to be flooded with junk mail. Anyone has experience with this? I ask this because in Belgium, since a couple of years we don't have any good heavy metal program any more on the radio.Originally posted by Xeon
Galathaea......although you're a power-coder, for making this threat in public against the Great Beast 666, you might get banned.
Just to warn you, u had better hire me as your lawyer and we can discuss the legal issues and how to counter Codeguru from suing you. That's the point.
I'll be out for dinner later on, so please visit me at my law firm 4:00 AM in the morning, thank you.(together with 5 gurls, 1 lorry of chicken chop/chicken burgers and US$6000 as base fee) Now Xeon, that is extortion of women, food and money. What's next? Drugs and alcohol? Those evil practices would make one suspect YOU are The Great Beast.

[Xeon]

:D:D
From Simon:

Now Xeon, that is extortion of women, food and money. What's next? Drugs and alcohol? Those evil practices would make one suspect YOU are The Great Beast.

Of course not, Simon! Don't be silly! I never force him to hire me as a lawyer, and besides, if he can't pay any of them, he can always pay me in installements, right??!

For example, orginally, I need 5 gurls age 20. That would be a total age of 100 years old.
If he can't send me 5 gurls who're each 20 years old, he can send me a **** per day who's younger, like 6 years old and such.

And who says anything about doing something bad to those gurls??!!! Daddy Xeon's gonna take 'em to amusement parks, buy toys and candies for 'em and pamper them and take care of them and such. Besides, I love baby gurls. That's why.

In that case, wouldn't they be much safer with me than with their natural fathers who abuses them physically and such? Aye......Simon. U've misunderstood my kind intentions and replace 'em with vile notions.......aye~. :cool: :D

[SolarFlare]

Xeon you pedaphile

Simon, others may be fooled, but I am not. Despite the fact that it says it's not, that picture is still an avatar. :)

[Simon666]

Originally posted by solarflare
Simon, others may be fooled, but I am not. Despite the fact that it says it's not, that picture is still an avatar. :) No it isn't. Read this (http://enculturation.gmu.edu/3_2/introduction4.html) and this (http://www.williamweston.co.uk/pages/previous/single/218/181/1.html) and become a bit confused.

[Platinum Plus]

No it isn't. Read this and this and become a bit confused. Hi, Mr Confusius :(

[Simon666]

Originally posted by Platinum Plus
Hi, Mr Confusius :( Very funny. :D

[Xeon]

From Solar:

Xeon you pedaphile


Hmm.....it's paedophile. But anyway, I'm still continuing with my crimes everywhere. The FCI(Federal Center of Investigation) has told me to watch out, but I told them to relax and have chicken chops daily, and they actually gave me an award and commended me as the most friendly, kind-hearted, warm, peace-loving and helpful paedophile of all time.

So, as you can see, even bad guys can be real darn likeable sometimes. Cool! :)

From Platinum:
Hi, Mr Confusius

Arrggghhh!!!!! This guy is crazy! Platinum......you must be so creative cos' u live in Africa and the nature and scenery greatly enhances your mind!
This is what they call, "thinking with the flexibility of liquid and the power of platinum".
That's your new slogan, Platinum!

I'm still thinking of my own slogan. :):D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Simon666
No it isn't. Read this (http://enculturation.gmu.edu/3_2/introduction4.html) and this (http://www.williamweston.co.uk/pages/previous/single/218/181/1.html) and become a bit confused.
So you think you're fancy, huh? Well guess what, this is a post! :);):rolleyes:
Originally posted by Xeon
Hmm.....it's paedophile. But anyway, I'm still continuing with my crimes everywhere. The FCI(Federal Center of Investigation) has told me to watch out, but I told them to relax and have chicken chops daily, and they actually gave me an award and commended me as the most friendly, kind-hearted, warm, peace-loving and helpful paedophile of all time.

The spelling doesn't matter, but I thought the most friendly paedophile of all time was Peewee Herman!

So, if you get excommunicated from CodeGuru, are you going to programming h3ll? Does Satan make you go insane from continuously writing lines to programs without semicolons? Is everything incompatible there, and the network crashes everytime you type "e"?

[Xeon]

[b]From Solar:/[b]

The spelling doesn't matter, but I thought the most friendly paedophile of all time was Peewee Herman!


Peewee Herman.....I know him. He was my rival in last year's Most Lovable Internet Paedophile Award 2001. We were on par, but this year, we're gonna compete again.(the cops are gonna let him outta jail to compete with Xeon)

But like it or not, George War Bush just said on the media today that I'm a darn good example for all Internet Paedophiles to follow, cos' I've the following remarkable qualities :

1) Compassion : I don't do those prey who have a sad story or background
2) Intelligence : I flirt around with female cops who come to catch/spy on me, and I gave those male cops lots of presents and gifts for their kids and wives
3) Understanding : If my victims/prey gave me chicken chop, I would very gladly let 'em off, provided that they call the cops after they got home. That way, it makes the whole game more exciting.
4) Kindness : Before preying on my victims who're usually teenage gurls, I would find out about their family problems and such. If they've any, I would go all out to help 'em before doing anything to them.
5) Humbleness : Despite receiving 60 awards, 223 medals, 92 trophies and 2641 certificates over the last 3 years, I never boasted about anything, which is cool.

Disclaimer to the Moderators : The above mentioned are all fictionous, regardless of how true they're. The fact, which proves that Xeon is totally harmless and cute, should be taken into account.


So, if you get excommunicated from CodeGuru, are you going to programming h3ll? Does Satan make you go insane from continuously writing lines to programs without semicolons? Is everything incompatible there, and the network crashes everytime you type "e"?


If I get banished from Codeguru, I would perish with ye', pal. :D:D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
If I get banished from Codeguru, I would perish with ye', pal. :D:D
Is that a threat? If you get taken down you're bringing me with you? Haha just kidding. If you were banished from Codeguru, only the banisher would go to programming hel|.

[Xeon]

From Solar:

Is that a threat? If you get taken down you're bringing me with you? Haha just kidding. If you were banished from Codeguru, only the banisher would go to programming hel|.


Banisher? In this case, "Banisher" means the one who banish others.
So, it's Brad???!!!(high time to banish Solar pal, Brad :cool:)

The one who got banished is the banished party, not banisher. How dare you try to banish a moderator? Is this open treachery, sonny? :):):):D

[Pug]

That's 10 uses of the word banish in Xeon's post.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Banisher? In this case, "Banisher" means the one who banish others.
So, it's Brad???!!!(high time to banish Solar pal, Brad :cool:)

The one who got banished is the banished party, not banisher. How dare you try to banish a moderator? Is this open treachery, sonny? :):):):D
Don't read into it too much. I'm just saying you're a big part of CodeGuru. (To Brad: if I have offended you, maybe I could set you up with one of those "Office space" scams where you get a fraction of a cent from every bank transaction in the world - you'd make millions overnight - am I off the hook now?)

Has anyone here ever played Diplomacy by Avalon Hill?

[Pug]

Has anyone here ever played Diplomacy by Avalon Hill?

I played it a few times with my college buddies. There were many arguments over backstabbing and a good time was had by all.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Pug
I played it a few times with my college buddies. There were many arguments over backstabbing and a good time was had by all.
It's probably the best board game ever. I rank it above chess because chess has been destroyed by over analyzation for anyone not at the master's level, and to get there it takes years and years of work. In diplomacy, all your work is original and each game is unique.

[Xeon]

From Solar:

Don't read into it too much. I'm just saying you're a big part of CodeGuru.

That's the thing, Solar! Since you're beginning to suck up to me, I will pardon every of your sins. :D:D:D


(To Brad: if I have offended you, maybe I could set you up with one of those "Office space" scams where you get a fraction of a cent from every bank transaction in the world - you'd make millions overnight - am I off the hook now?)


Now now! U're scot-free now, Solar! I've interceded with Brad on your behalf.
Just remember to suck up to me more often, and u should try to get Simon666 to suck up to me too.

In return, I'll look after your welfare here in Codeguru. And don't forget to pay me those monthly protection fees every month.
And don't grumble : it's only a mere US$2480; what's there to grumble about? U should grumble only if I ask you to pay me US$8000 per month, as in the case of some junior members.
In other words, Daddy Xeon's gonna take care of you, k???!!! :D:D;):D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
u should try to get Simon666 to suck up to me too.
Okay Simon, you heard the man.

In return, I'll look after your welfare here in Codeguru. And don't forget to pay me those monthly protection fees every month.
And don't grumble : it's only a mere US$2480; what's there to grumble about? U should grumble only if I ask you to pay me US$8000 per month, as in the case of some junior members.
In other words, Daddy Xeon's gonna take care of you, k???!!! :D:D;):D
Can I charge the Junior members too? Or do I have to be an elite member like you? And if I can, are there any restrictions as to the currency? I'd probably use the Ugandan currency: the eye-crud.

[Xeon]

From Solar:

Okay Simon, you heard the man.


Thank you.


Can I charge the Junior members too? Or do I have to be an elite member like you? And if I can, are there any restrictions as to the currency? I'd probably use the Ugandan currency: the eye-crud.


No no......in order to charge any members for $$$, you have to do something noble, which isn't easy.

Look at me, for example : 1 year ago, there was a battle.....a terrible one......that happened in Codeguru. All of us were fighting like there's never a better chance. Gabriel lost his pets, Emi lost his hair, Elrond lost his books and was wounded, and Jase Jennings had to sell his house in order to fund us for the war.

That terrible war was started cos' some traitor(not me!) wanted to become a site manager, and overthrow Brad Jones!

In the real world, we swear by God.
In Codeguru, we swear by Codeguru Itself, and then Brad the Untouchable.

I actually lost 75%(around 2000) of my gurls to those darn rebels, and they almost kill me but luckily, my troops arrive.

That was a total bloody battle that was never forgotten.....aye, my son.

So, because of my darn glorious history, I can became da' man here and charge junior members and bully 'em hard and watch 'em cry.
So, if you don't wanna pay me fees, u're gonna become a statistic.

It's up to you, young 'un. :D:D:D:D:D:D

[SolarFlare]

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There you go... this month's fees... 2480 dollars (American - not those cheap Canadian ones).

[Xeon]

Gotcha!

Brad! Quick! Now! See all that spamming Solar has done? It's high time to push that Ban button! Now! :D:D:D:D:D:D:)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Gotcha!

Brad! Quick! Now! See all that spamming Solar has done? It's high time to push that Ban button! Now! :D:D:D:D:D:D:)
Fine! I'm never paying my dues again!
HAHAHAAHA!!! who beat the system now??!!!

[Pug]

This thread has lost some steam...

[galathaea]

scarab_cn's Learning English thread is catching up.

[galathaea]

evry now and then....

[galathaea]

there is a burst of activity over here.

[SolarFlare]

Valid points, but remember, now that Brad has taken the general discussion threads off the front page, this thread is worthless anyway. At the moment, it is the second longest in the history of codeguru and that's fine. Thanks to people like Galathaea who posts three things instead of one because it's all about the numbers, right?

[galathaea]

In fact, it was those three posts that pushed me over 400 posts. This post will get me 407. I love big, impressive numbers!

[SolarFlare]

Yeah, cuz you know god loves big, round numbers. And 400, well, its just so BIG and ROUND. Anywho, you're posting so much useless stuff that I will no longer be able to keep up with you. You'd have only about 100 if they counted useful posts. And me, I'd owe posts.

Argh, what a slow week.

[Cimperiali]

A new topic:

Have a nice day, you all

Cesare I.

;)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Cimperiali
Cesare I.
What is that supposed to mean?

[Xeon]

Solar pal......can't you see Cimperiali is looking for a way to boost his total number of posts??!!!
Hmmm......Cimperiali looks like a fine moderator to bribe.
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Solar pal......can't you see Cimperiali is looking for a way to boost his total number of posts??!!!

Yes I can.

[galathaea]

Solar pal......can't you see Cimperiali is looking for a way to boost his total number of posts??!!!


Why? Is he trying for Moderator Emperor? :)
I doubt he could catch up with Xeon post-wise, though...

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by galathaea
I doubt he could catch up with Xeon post-wise
Actually, by percentage he's not too far away.

[Xeon]

From Galathaea:

Why? Is he trying for Moderator Emperor?
I doubt he could catch up with Xeon post-wise, though...

From SolarFlare:

Actually, by percentage he's not too far away.


What??!!! I better hurry! Cimperiali! U ain't gonna catch up with me! Never! :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p

[Cimperiali]

Catching you?!? Impossible!

Cesare I.:D

[SolarFlare]

And the race is on...

[Xeon]

From Cimperiali Lothar Hansler:

Catching you?!? Impossible!
Cesare I.


It is possible! My posts and your posts are currently in the 3000++ range.
However, I wanna succeed Sam Hobbs as the No. 1 poster in Codeguru! :D:cool::D:cool:;)

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
I wanna succeed Sam Hobbs as the No. 1 poster in Codeguru! :D:cool::D:cool:;)
When do you expect him to stop posting?

[Xeon]

From Solar:

When do you expect him to stop posting?

Solar pal.....u're really disgracing us and our mafia high boss, Yves M.
I'll get the job done real quick and clean.

Need I say more??!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Tom Frohman]

And the punchline is.... Choose 1

A) I can't understand all this arguing about the oatmeal.


B) One side of a duck is always longer than the other.


C) And the duck says "Just put it on my bill"


D) And the pig says "I won it in a raffle".


Feel free to add your own jokes to these "Never Fail" punchlines.

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
Solar pal.....u're really disgracing us and our mafia high boss, Yves M.
I'll get the job done real quick and clean.

Need I say more??!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Hmmm... reminds me of Road to Perdition. Great movie (for what it was). And at the end, when the pig says "I won it in a raffle".

[Xeon]

Road To Petrition, u mean! That famous movie starring Xeon and Bruise Willis, I think. And I remember there's this cute female lead called Lunar Flare or something. Or was it Solar? :cool::cool::cool::cool:

[Tom Frohman]

No Xeon, you are thinking of "Attack of the Axe Wielding Beach Bimbos From Mars".

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Tom Frohman
No Xeon, you are thinking of "Attack of the Axe Wielding Beach Bimbos From Mars".
Are you making fun of my favorite movie???

[Xeon]

I dunno anything about that bimbo movie, but really : it must be a sexy, adults-only involving cute young gurls who makes men freeze like anything!

Whoa! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[SolarFlare]

Originally posted by Xeon
I dunno anything about that bimbo movie, but really : it must be a sexy, adults-only involving cute young gurls who makes men freeze like anything!

Speaking of movies, there are gonna be some good ones that I'm gonna see this week. Most notably "Die another Day" and "Eight crazy nights". Adam Sandler is hilarious!