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by DV8
Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:53 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: [CoC]Ancient's Polygraph
Replies: 2
Views: 162

Damn, AH, that's a pretty fucking amazing. I'll definitely use this in my upcoming game. :)
by DV8
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:41 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Texas On Fire
Replies: 17
Views: 269

Yeah, but you guys are like those idiots that live on vault lines, you're just asking for trouble. Texas doesn't get many of these types of inferno's from what I remember. :)
by DV8
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ideas for your next Shadowrun LARP
Replies: 12
Views: 169

I saw this mentioned on DSF a couple of months ago. It's so bad. So so bad. :)
by DV8
Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:36 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Article on the Military-Industrial Complex
Replies: 64
Views: 731

Article on the Military-Industrial Complex

This is an interesting article that was sent to me by Eva from the January edition of The Atlantic. It's about the Military-Industrial complex; The Tyrannhy of Defense Inc. I have no clear opinion on it, but I found it a fascinating read so I thought I'd share it with you guys and gals.
by DV8
Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:40 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: The Death of Animalball
Replies: 132
Views: 2340

I recently had a two hour skype conversation with Bone, and I can attest to the fact that he no longer talks as if he's borderline catatonic. :)
by DV8
Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:36 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 943

Yeah, sure, until you're trying to tag someone while playing Modern Warfare. Out of sheer curiosity, are you running over a pure digital connection (HDMI or DVI) or component? "Monitors" sold as TVs, especially, seem to suffer from processing lag when running on component input. I run HDM...
by DV8
Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:11 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 943

Yeah, sure, until you're trying to tag someone while playing Modern Warfare.
by DV8
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:42 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 943

Re: [Tech] Monitors

Raygun wrote:
and 5ms really isn't good enough.
What isn't 5ms good enough for? Compared to what?
Gaming. Compared to 2ms.
by DV8
Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:39 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] Monitors
Replies: 58
Views: 943

1920x1080 is such a limiting resolution, and 5ms really isn't good enough. I use the 26" iiyama ProLite E2607WS which has a 2ms response time and a 1920x1200 resolution. I don't know about you, but when I'm coding I really need the height and not just the width of the screen. I'm in love with t...
by DV8
Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:33 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: [Tech] I don't believe it
Replies: 2
Views: 56

A month or two ago two Italian scientists claimed to have unlocked the secret of cold fusion and claimed they would start commercial production of these units. I don't believe it because it's the holy grail of clean energy production. And because they're Italians. And because they won't submit to pe...
by DV8
Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:47 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Coding Help
Replies: 7
Views: 345

The getElementById probably didn't work because the input element didn't have an id. What you came up with will also work; I don't know of any reason not to use it.
by DV8
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:44 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Coding Help
Replies: 7
Views: 345

Specifically; you insert a javascript snippet right underneath the html of the input tag so in which you do a document.getElementById("username").focus();
by DV8
Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: The Embassy
Topic: Coding Help
Replies: 7
Views: 345

The focus() method of the object?
by DV8
Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:23 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Drug Legalization
Replies: 11
Views: 177

On the point of legalisation, there are a lot of people that make a lot of money out of drugs. If someone where to suddenly make all drugs legal those people would lose their considerable incomes. People with considerable incomes have a great many resources at their disposal for making sure that th...
by DV8
Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:24 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Money Where Your Mouth Is
Replies: 8
Views: 145

I regularly give to two charities; the KWF Kankerbestrijding, the Dutch cancer research foundation, and Bits of Freedom, a free speech/net neutrality foundation.
by DV8
Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Conspiracy Theories
Replies: 2
Views: 68

Conspiracy Theories

There are many conspiracy theories, go to Alex Jones' site and you'll find some wild ones, and I like them all, though believe almost none of them. Here's something that gets my spidey sense tingling; The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine. Enjoy. :)
by DV8
Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gay Caveman
Replies: 18
Views: 249

I have two friends that work in argaeology and they said something very similar to what you said. :) Well if they work in argaeology aren't they studying how people were gay in the past? Seems their methods of determination would be higher than in archaeology. :lol That's a particularly unfortunate...
by DV8
Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:01 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Gay Caveman
Replies: 18
Views: 249

If anyone ever wondered how inexact a science archeology really is, then, well, look no further. To use one of my new favorite acronyms, this "discovery" is what one might refer to as a SWAG, as in: Scientific Wild-Ass Guess. I have two friends that work in argaeology and they said someth...
by DV8
Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:23 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: CERN
Replies: 15
Views: 233

He asked if I wanted to go with him. I said yes. I asked Heavy D if he wanted to go with us. He said yes. . . . Now, the question is, can we create a singularity while we're there, and if so, how should we go about doing that? How anybody reads this without thinking it's a euphemism for surreptitio...
by DV8
Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:01 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: CERN
Replies: 15
Views: 233

CERN

So, a friend of mine, Francis, had a brilliant idea as a birthday present to his best friend Roger; take him for a day trip to Geneva and a tour of the LHC at CERN. He asked if I wanted to go with him. I said yes. I asked Heavy D if he wanted to go with us. He said yes. We're still ironing out the d...
by DV8
Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:32 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 331

Van Der Litreb wrote:Have any of you ever fasted? (Not including for medical purposes, of course.)
No, I don't think so. I've often gone long stretches without alcohol. Does that count?
by DV8
Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:44 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ray, is this yours?
Replies: 4
Views: 114

Ray, is this yours?

http://raygun.10gauge.de/

Or has someone copied and pasted your entire page?
by DV8
Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:34 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 331

Jeff Hauze wrote:Except sobriety isn't on the other end of that spectrum. On the other end of that spectrum from gluttony is starving yourself. That's not any better. Sobriety falls somewhere more in the middle.
Fair point.
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 331

I don't think vasting is silly at all. It's easy to get lost in gluttony so a change to sobriety every once in a while is a pretty good thing. Not sure how gluttony and sobriety relate. Or why my thinking fasting is silly implies that I'm suddenly supporting gluttony. Two ends of a spectrum, I ackn...
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:51 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 471

*zing!*
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:55 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 290

For dogs there are. Perhaps Mo's owner found a special piglet-only loophole.
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:54 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 471

Jeff Hauze wrote:Pancakes (French style)? Does that translate to crepes?
Yeah, pretty much, though true crepes, like Heavy D said, are usually just a mite thinner.
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:53 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ugh. This shit annoyed me.
Replies: 14
Views: 241

I have a hard time believing Bone (or anyone) mistook you for a girl. :)
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:53 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 331

I don't think vasting is silly at all. It's easy to get lost in gluttony so a change to sobriety every once in a while is a pretty good thing.
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:50 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 471

Last night I had two pancakes (French style), one with slices of apple, one with cheese. :)
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:48 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 290

There's a dude who lives close to where I work that has a little piglet as a pet. He walks around with it, sits on a terrace outside bars and the little dude runs around while he sits and reads his newspaper. His name is "Mo," and I took a photo of him. http://www.wiredreflexes.com/gen/gfx...
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:38 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Beer Fast
Replies: 25
Views: 331

Wait, so the dude is just going to be drunk for a couple of weeks?
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:36 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Ugh. This shit annoyed me.
Replies: 14
Views: 241

It has nothing to do with you being nice, it has something to do with that girl being a shit.
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:32 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Earthquake in NZ, anyone know if our folks there are ok?
Replies: 23
Views: 234

Has he even explained what a Vatican assassin is, and how he came to be one? Out of all the crazy shit he's said over the last few months, that must be the most intruiging thing. :)
by DV8
Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:31 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Twitter
Replies: 33
Views: 639

Good to see you're back online, Elf. :lol
by DV8
Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:17 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 290

Tomato soup bath is probable code for something? :)
by DV8
Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:11 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Awesome Pets
Replies: 20
Views: 290

Awesome Pets

So when most people consider having a pet, they think of cats, dogs, a bird or two, maybe some fish, but I recently saw some translucent jellyfish in an aquarium, in a clear tank with a black light on them, and from what I've read they require little maintenance, and look like a real life lava lamp....
by DV8
Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 471

FUCK that sounds good right about now.
by DV8
Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:25 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hassle Fee
Replies: 47
Views: 562

Similarly, while I don't smoke, I always found the need to ban smoking from bars and restaurants...ridiculous. If there was such a demand for a non-smoking establishment, wouldn't the market take care of that?
by DV8
Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:23 am
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: [D&D3E - FR] A New Campaign
Replies: 38
Views: 1147

That's unfortunate. I have to admit I find it hard to find the time as well, but a lot of the brunt of the work is developing the concept, which I can do while on my way to work, ride an elevator and do other mundane things. What's left to do is a couple of hours of crunching and jotting things down...
by DV8
Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:19 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: [D&D3E - FR] A New Campaign
Replies: 38
Views: 1147

We ended up stopping fairly soon before I rebooted the story with different characters about a year and a half later. It turned into an almost year-long campaign that is, to date, my most accomplished campaign. I was really happy with the pacing and the scaling of the story and I'm actually quite ke...
by DV8
Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:10 pm
Forum: Words Without End
Topic: Hong Kong Containment Zone
Replies: 21
Views: 800

Blast from the past. Holy shitballs, this was a fucking hilarious campaign. :)
by DV8
Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:29 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How do you prefer to watch TV?
Replies: 10
Views: 163

How do you like Sons of Anarchy, Jeff?
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:07 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: How do you prefer to watch TV?
Replies: 10
Views: 163

I usually watch everything almost autistically in one go, but once I'm all caught up I'll watch it by week because it severely fucks with my productivity if I get hooked to watching something. It means I do very little else. :) Oh, and TSCC was really very good. Brian Austin Green actually impressed...
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:05 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Dinner
Replies: 32
Views: 471

Dinner

I just had sushi, sashimi and yakitori for dinner. Now that I've stuffed myself with lean proteine, I'm going to do some work on Corrosion.

What did you savages have for dinner? Or what will you have for dinner later?
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hassle Fee
Replies: 47
Views: 562

Yeah, no. It ties in with the idea that people have become to used to getting their way as a customer. That you can sharpen your demand to a fine edge and still be able to find a product that perfectly fits your particular demand. You want a pickle-flavoured cornflake that has hot-dog sprinkles on i...
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Enter the Void
Replies: 3
Views: 77

I was told about this by a colleague who said he wasn't sober while he watched it and found the rather epileptic way of filming to be too much for him to handle, so he switched it off. He didn't switch it off because he didn't like it, he switched it off because he couldn't handle it without freakin...
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:04 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Twitter
Replies: 33
Views: 639

Now that we have a bit more traffic, anyone want to shoutout their usernames on twitter? I'm @thatdv8.
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:02 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Trip Planning: New York
Replies: 10
Views: 199

I know nothing of upstate NY but I've spent a lot of time in NYC but I can't imagine you need suggestions for that. :)
by DV8
Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:00 am
Forum: Semi-Serious Topics
Topic: Hand Injuries
Replies: 4
Views: 88

paladin2019 wrote:Sorry, the extent of my punching injuries are a few low knuckles and boxer's fractures.
Same here. I know some of the guys I train with develop nerve damage which causes numbness, etc.