January 12, 2004
AnyNowhere — daily chat log — back (to logs index)

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21:55, Stargazer meant: confined
21:56, Stargazer meant: enter = as in going inside them
21:57, Stargazer> ...at least that how it is in NIV, and I imagine it being the same in NV... but then again, I could be somewhat wrong
21:57, Perryrhodan> I hope we'll find it out soon :)
21:58, Stargazer> :-)
21:58, Stargazer has to go to bed. Goodnight. :-)
21:58, Perryrhodan> Good night
00:41, Cryoburner> Woohoo... my new dslreports.com score for my cable connection is 1987 kbps! I'm glad I called the cable company to get that worked out.
00:42, Cryoburner> It's over 5 times faster than it had been since I hooked it up a few days back.
01:48, Cryoburner> Nice... a couple optimizations, and a new score of 2108 kbps
01:52, Cryoburner> That's over 60 times faster than the crappy dialup I used to get over here, which would only connect without huge packet loss at 32k.
04:15, Vib rib> Dear Cryo: Give us Scorchstuff. Sincerely, Vib.
04:16, Cryoburner> Boo
04:16, Vib rib> PS: Right now
04:21, Cryoburner> I'm posting
04:21, Cryoburner> :P
04:29, Xeiran> Hey what is this optimization stuff?
04:29, Cryoburner> Where?
04:29, Xeiran> I want 60 times faster than the crappy dialup I get over here :(
04:30, Cryoburner> Oh... well I just got a cable connection a few days back, and just set my computer to take full advantage of it.
04:31, Xeiran> Aww.
04:31, Xeiran> I'm still waiting for the cable company to check out my property to see if they can hook me up...
04:33, Cryoburner> Yeah, they ran fiberoptic cables along the main road here over a year ago.
04:34, Xeiran> Lucky!
04:34, Cryoburner> I didn't need to have new cables installed outside of the house.
04:35, Xeiran> LUCKY!
04:35, Cryoburner> Inside, all I had to do was install an extra splitter, and run a cord through the ceiling of this room so that I'd have a connection near the computers.
04:36, Xeiran> YOU'RE TOO LUCKY SHUT UP
04:36, Xeiran> Just kidding.
04:36, Cryoburner> I even have a router set up with a home network, so both computers can be online at the same time.
04:37, Vib rib prods Cryo with a stick
04:37, Xeiran> I have that too :)
04:37, Xeiran> BUT I USE A 36.6 SO IT GOES SLOW!
04:37, Cryoburner> :D
04:37, Xeiran> So what's Scorchstuff?
04:38, Cryoburner> Oh... he's referring to the game I've been programming in Lino... Scorch3k.
04:38, Xeiran> Cool. What do you do?
04:39, Cryoburner> I personally am not one to release many screenshots. :D
04:40, Xeiran> Well what's the gameplay? Plot? Timeline? Characters? Idea? Quality? Sound Effects? Graphics?
04:40, Cryoburner> It is a 2d side-view artillery game, similar to "Scorched Earth" from the early 90's.
04:40, Xeiran> I love that game!
04:40, Xeiran> Ever heard of Gunbound?
04:41, Cryoburner> No... is it something similar?
04:41, Raptorjedi> Yes, I used to play it
04:41, Xeiran> Yes. But massively multiplayer. I haven't been playing for a while... it goes too slow on my machine to have fun with it.
04:42, Raptorjedi> I don't play because of the scammers/just plain jerks that play it...
04:42, Cryoburner> I actually do have one screenshot released... although I have the link to it hidden in my "fractal terrain Mapper" thread in "Member's Projects"
04:43, Cryoburner> I haven't made an official thread for it yet, so that I can work on it in peace. :)
04:43, Vib rib> Speaking of which.
04:43, Vib rib pokes Cryo
04:44, Cryoburner> Besides, many things I want to stay surprises, anyway.
04:44, Vib rib> Aww.
04:44, Vib rib cries
04:45, Cryoburner> []-:(
04:46, Xeiran> I love this story generator!
04:46, Xeiran> Xeiran got a letter bomb from his mum on an ironing board and got locked in prison because his leg hurt and a heated argument arose which started a party, he made a run for it and with his last ounce of strength he got the money and lived the rest of his life in England
04:46, Xeiran> It's so funny :)
04:46, Cryoburner> Quite the life you have there.
04:47, Xeiran> It keeps putting "because his leg hurt" in the story, though.
04:48, Xeiran> ROFL! It said I was "exiled from the country because I felt like it"
04:49, Cryoburner> :D
04:49, Vib rib sobs violently
04:50, Cryoburner> Don't worry Vib, it might be out before you die.
04:51, Cryoburner whispers: I'm not so certain about NV though :D
04:52, Xeiran> /whisper That must mean Vib will die before NV...
04:53, Xeiran> URGH
04:53, Vib rib> Do not taunt Happy fun ball.
04:53, Xeiran> Heh I meant to do that
04:54, Vib rib> Happy Fun Ball contains a glowing material that fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
04:54, Cryoburner> Mmm... happy fun ball.
04:55, Cryoburner> Oh cat... another weapon idea.
04:55, Vib rib wonders if Cryo responds to begging
04:56, Cryoburner wonders if Vib responds to electroshock therepy.
04:56, Cryoburner> :D Just kidding! ()-:)
04:57, Vib rib wonders if Cryo responds to threats
04:58, Cryoburner> Yes I do
04:58, Cryoburner> ...like in that movie
04:58, Vib rib wonders if Cryo responds to him starring in a new That's Bad! in a post-sex change operation scene
04:58, Cryoburner> ...where that guy responds to that threat.
04:58, Xeiran> Oh THAT one, huh?
05:00, Cryoburner wonders if Vib responds to throwing perfectly good carrots down the garbage disposal.
05:00, Xeiran leaves!
05:00, Cryoburner> Um... really?
05:00, Vib rib has plenty - it's not like they're living things.
05:00, Xeiran is gone, so don't talk to him
05:01, Cryoburner> Later then! ...unless not really. :D
05:01, Vib rib> Cryo, just give us another screenshot, that's all I'll ask! Even just a simple landscape shot! That's all! Come on now, how can you turn down THAT?
05:01, Cryoburner> Well... actually...
05:02, Cryoburner> I suppose I could, but I can't guarantee tonight.
05:02, Vib rib sniffles sadly
05:16, Vib rib sighs
07:40, Bgreman hugs his super fast connection.
07:49, Bgreman> Hey, Cryo, so I can check...can you take the i-net connection test at pcpitstop.com?
08:35, Xeiran> AHHH PCPITSTOP IS A SPYWARE PAGE NOOOOO
08:36, Xeiran dies
09:23, Cryoburner is going Atomsk.
09:26, Stargazer> Atomsk?
09:28, Cryoburner> That's more like it.
09:29, Cryoburner> /me
09:29, Cryoburner> \wa
09:30, Stargazer ?
09:36, Cryoburner> I'm getting tired... time for crossing over.
09:37, Cryoburner> See you all.
09:37, Cryoburner> -> cryo out;
09:38, Stargazer> See you later, Cryo. :-)
12:56, Crembo> Rated ROFLMAO!!!: http://www.bash.org/?113023
12:56, Crembo> Checked, verified, it's true.
13:03, Stargazer> ... o.O hmm.. I don't think I understand the humor. It's just a name, and since they have based it in Italia, why not?
13:06, Stargazer> ..but then again, my humour is often as dry as the Arrakis dessert :-P
13:08, Stargazer meant: desert
13:22, Crembo> ... http://www.powergenitalia.com
13:22, Crembo> I think the funny bit is obvious here.
13:58, Mcwgogs stands up erect
13:58, Mcwgogs> guys!
13:58, Mcwgogs> hi!
14:01, Buuks> Hi
14:04, Perryrhodan> Hi
14:10, Buuks> Bye, I got college
14:14, Perryrhodan> Cu
14:26, Mcwgogs> there will be an new thread in a few moments... in noctis discoveries
14:27, Perryrhodan reads it
14:29, Mcwgogs> just a few moments.................
14:30, Perryrhodan> Will there be new cool animations of planet rotation in it? :p
14:30, Mcwgogs> right!!!!
14:30, Perryrhodan> Woohoo \o
14:30, Mcwgogs> i'm uploading the gifs......
14:31, Mcwgogs> ready!!!!!!
14:31, Perryrhodan> Woah, very nice :D
14:32, Perryrhodan> How do you make them?
14:33, Mcwgogs> see the system clock there?----->
14:33, Perryrhodan> Sure...
14:35, Mcwgogs> run noctis, take a snap shot, exit nctis, double click on the clock, go forward 10 minutes,
14:35, Mcwgogs> run noctis, take a snap shot, exit nctis, double click on the clock, go forward 10 minutes,
14:35, Mcwgogs> and don't move in noctis!!
14:36, Perryrhodan> Woah, that's a lot of work... I'm going to make such an animation when I've got the time. But now I must learn :(
14:39, Mcwgogs> sadness..
15:00, Fop> depression
15:00, Perryrhodan> desperation
15:01, Fop> anguish
15:01, Perryrhodan> The emotional climax of a rainy monday afternoon
15:02, Fop> rainy? as in water?
15:03, Perryrhodan> Uh... it's raining. You know, water that falls from the sky :p
15:03, Mcwgogs> the snow melted here!!!!! and it rainded!!!!!!! my pants were all wet!!!!!!
15:03, Fop> Where the heck do you live? Kenya?
15:03, Perryrhodan> Same here
15:04, Mcwgogs> i live in POLAND i've added my flag in my avatar :)
15:04, Perryrhodan noticed it ;)
15:06, Fop> I'd hate to live in a country without a proper winter. Like England or anyplace south of England.
15:07, Perryrhodan> Sometimes, we have a nice winter with lots of snow, but most of them only have a few snowy weeks
15:08, Mcwgogs> hate winter when it snows 3 days non stop and then it all melts!!!!
15:13, Mcwgogs> who want's a gif avatar?
15:14, Perryrhodan> I like mine, but thanks :)
15:15, Eldarion> yesterday, IRON MAIDEN IN BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA!!! I still can't believe it... it was great...
15:15, Mcwgogs> look at cd/gifs/mcwgogs/gwózdź
15:16, Eldarion> hi all
15:16, Perryrhodan> I saw them at Rock am Ring
15:17, Perryrhodan> What I hate about such concerts... You forget EVERYTHING that happened after one day ;)
15:17, Eldarion> 30.000 fans were satisfied in Velez Sarsfield Stadium... too bad for metallica fans here, they did canceled the show here... anyway, I hate them, so I don't care for that...
15:18, Perryrhodan loves Metallica and has seen two of their shows :)
15:18, Eldarion thinks Iron Maiden is far greater...
15:19, Perryrhodan likes pretty much every kind of metal as long as you can still recognize it as music ;)
15:20, Eldarion thinks Iron Maiden is far greater anyway...
15:21, Eldarion loves Dance Of Death...
15:21, Perryrhodan> Do you know Death Angel?
15:22, Eldarion> hm... no... should I?
15:23, Mcwgogs> i like KORN <link cd/gifs/mcwgogs/gwózdź>
15:23, Perryrhodan> No, it's a rather nonfamous band, but they're great
15:25, Eldarion> Do you know Symphony X?
15:25, Perryrhodan> No, I don't
15:26, Mcwgogs> <link cd/gifs/mcwgogs/gwuzdz>
15:26, Mcwgogs> look at that
15:26, Stargazer> Very nice 3D images, Mcwogos! I like the Felisian in the stardrifter, looking up at those debris-rings ^.^
15:27, Stargazer> Oh and also, nicely done detail with the green gas-giant - I like the aurora above the pole
15:28, Mcwgogs> i'll put it in a therad...
15:29, Stargazer> Also, the Vimana-picture is quite well done, although maybe not quite so realistic. I like the effect though. :-)
15:30, Mcwgogs> look at my gifs.... :)
15:31, Stargazer> Yup, I like the time-lapse photos, nicely filmed. :cat:
15:35, Stargazer will return momenterily
15:37, Mcwgogs> anyone saw KORN's "right now" video clip?
15:38, Perryrhodan> Yes, I did
15:38, Mcwgogs> you like it?
15:39, Perryrhodan> Nah... too squirmy :p
15:40, Mcwgogs> what "squirmy" means? i dont speak english very gud
15:40, Perryrhodan> Disgusting...
15:42, Mcwgogs> oh like this? www.anywherebb.com/postline/cd/gifs/mWKiOVmfKbjfXvpjml5.gif
15:42, Perryrhodan> That's a scene from the clip, isn't it?
15:43, Mcwgogs> yes... cool isn't it? it fits for a avatar
15:43, Buuks> Aaauuuww, that hurts
15:44, Mcwgogs> that nait should be rusted...
15:46, Buuks tries not to imaging that with his own feet
15:46, Mcwgogs> Shivers huh?
15:50, Buuks> yes, a lot
16:07, Mcwgogs> i'we made a new thread in whatever with that!!!!!!!!! buahahaha
16:18, Trout> heh
16:23, Mcwgogs> hey hi shadowclaw!!!
16:27, Mcwgogs> i've just downloaded the 3 first versions of noctis (again! i'love the factonic cannon)
16:30, Mcwgogs> i will say NI !!!!
16:32, Mcwgogs> when's the new inbox
16:35, Mcwgogs> how to get a title under my avatar?
16:42, Trout> hey mcwgogs your pics or quite funny but i really don´t believe felisians look like that...
16:44, Mcwgogs> that's why tpp view in noctis would be cool
16:44, Mcwgogs> everyone could see how felisians look like...
16:49, Trout> yes I agree with that.
16:51, Mcwgogs> hi all you people!!!
16:56, Kalliope> Hi there!
17:07, Ponche> hi
17:11, Asmgge> Hi ! new game on lino forum goodbye
17:12, Perryrhodan> I'm playing it at the moment :)
17:14, Ponche> yeah, me too
19:00, Stargazer keeps studying the newest Mars true-colour Panorama from Spirit. Beautiful!
19:04, Fop> I am Jane's broken heart.
19:09, Perryrhodan> Yes, this panorama is really amazing. *is looking for a 360° picture viewer to gaze it that way*
19:15, Trout> yep they look really good
19:41, Crembo> Aaah! It looks like the astronauts on the ISS can breath again.
19:41, Crembo> They found the source of the air leak.
19:43, Shadow151> hi
19:43, Shadow151> oh wow
19:43, Shadow151> space.com?
19:43, Crembo> Slashdot.
19:45, Shadow151> its on space.com
19:45, Shadow151> too
19:45, Shadow151> the russians say it was on out side of the station :P
19:45, Shadow151> our = US
19:45, Crembo> Hehehehe
19:46, Raptorjedi> Well seeing as there probably hasnt been a whole lot going on over there, its likely...
19:46, Shadow151> I don't get why nasa reduced the crew size because of the shuttle the soyuz can handle three people
19:48, Shadow151> unless they want the cabability to send up a rescue soyuz with one crewmen
19:50, Shadow151> that must be it
19:54, Shadow151> although i don't think the russians have surpluss soyuz launch vehicals
19:54, Shadow151> thye have to manufacre one for each mission
19:55, Shadow151> do you know for sure stargazer?
19:56, Stargazer> The Souyz is mostly a reusable vessel...
19:57, Shadow151> no i mean the launch vehical
19:58, Stargazer> I'm not quite sure, but I havn't seen a parachute on one...
19:59, Shadow151> i mean they don't have a surplus of them right they don't make them in batches
19:59, Shadow151> so they couldn't do a rescue mission anyway
19:59, Stargazer> I think they got a number of Starseem launchers - waiting for duty
20:00, Shadow151> not man rated i'd think but in an emergancy i guess you could use them
20:01, Stargazer> What emergency can there be at this time? The ISS already has a Souyz rescue capsule docked at all times, and the Shuttle isn't even flying
20:01, Shadow151> oh btw a multiplayer version of radu's lcx59 is out
20:02, Shadow151> oh I was thinking of what the reason would be for reducing crew size to 2
20:03, Stargazer> It's reduced to two becouse the shuttle don't fly after the Columbia mishap
20:03, Shadow151> ya but soyuz can handle three
20:04, Stargazer> Althoguh there is room for three onboard the Souyz, resources wil be limited - as the shuttle can't come and resuply
20:04, Stargazer> ..one additional crewman would be one more mouth to feed
20:05, Shadow151> okay.. although mir was fine with 3 using progress vehicals
20:06, Stargazer> Yes, but Progress is handled by the Russians - who's program is quite limited at this time
20:07, Shadow151> k, i gtg do my homework
20:07, Stargazer> See you later Shadow. :-)
20:08, Shadow151> btw check your PMs
20:08, Stargazer nods and checks
20:53, Stargazer> http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/cyborg_mann_041012.html The future is here :-P
20:59, Stargazer> So, anyone stil say Cyborgs belongs to the realm of sci-fi?
20:59, Stargazer meant: still
21:00, Stargazer> ..and 'lo, we even got the first Cyborg revolutionist too.. kinda.. :-P
21:03, Stargazer> Well, I for my part have mixed feelings about this new tech, but I still view it as a step in the right direction. :-)
21:11, Perryrhodan> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801, 54940,00.html Did you read about this?
21:32, Xeiran> I feel like Cyborgs should be cyberpunk
21:32, Xeiran> Sci-fi, in my opinion, is more space and stuff :\
21:34, Ginja_ninja> But cyberpunk is science fiction
21:35, Ginja_ninja> oh wow thanks gazer I saw about that dude on my LJ, didn't see a image of him mind
21:35, Xeiran> True but it's more of a deteriorating-earth feeling than a space exploration thing
21:36, Stargazer> Xerian: there has alreayd been a similar attempt last year at using human grainwaves to move the same orbotic arm - the details are in the article I posted
21:37, Stargazer meant: already
21:37, Stargazer meant: brainwaves
21:37, Stargazer meant: robotic
21:37, Stargazer mumebles something nasty about typos
21:37, Stargazer meant: mumbles, damnit! :-P
21:37, Ginja_ninja> What you seem to be saying is it's no space opera and more hard science fiction in a dystopia.
21:38, Xeiran> Yes
21:38, Stargazer don't think Cyborg technology needs to lead to a dystopia and neitehr nessererily a utopia - it'll simply be a new way of life
21:38, Ginja_ninja> Correction it's more soft science fiction which is a shame.
21:38, Stargazer meant: neither
21:39, Ginja_ninja> 'gazer I ain't going to predict what it will lead too.
21:39, Xeiran> Human grainwaves :D
21:40, Stargazer> Xerian: :-P
21:40, Stargazer> I am quite sure of one thing though: resistanse is useless - the cyborgs are here to stay and evolve, it's impossible to stop the development now that it has began
21:40, Xeiran thinks you meant: Xeiran
21:40, Stargazer> ..or not impossible, it'll just take sending Mankind back to the dark ages :-P
21:40, Ginja_ninja> I'll still always fight as hard as possible against body modifications.
21:41, Stargazer> Ah yes, Xeiran, sorry about that misspelling
21:41, Stargazer> Ginja: why fight? It'll be a thing of choice, of course
21:42, Xeiran> I don't want to marry a girl who has a piece of metal sticking out from her forehead :(
21:42, Stargazer> ..besides, it don't have to end like the cybernovels
21:42, Ginja_ninja> Depends, if your coming across the machine vs organic argument there will be a shift in the world of $$ towards machine.
21:43, Stargazer> Xeiran: I think it is highly probable the technology will eventually evolve into nanoshape - just look at how much it has evolved already
21:43, Ginja_ninja> Stargazer I never said I was agaist 'small' implants but the idea of people interchangeing limb and organs scares me. It's just one of my deep rooted fears.
21:44, Xeiran> I think it would be neat if people who had lost limbs could get replacements that move, but I don't really want it for much else
21:44, Stargazer> who said anything about interchanging organs? that's not cyborgs
21:44, Xeiran> Like that girl with no arms could now have arms
21:44, Stargazer> ..although growing new organs is already possible
21:44, Xeiran> Even though she was born without em
21:44, Ginja_ninja> Actully 'gazer depends on what defintion.
21:45, Stargazer> Cyborgs are by definition cybernetic lifeforms - life-forms with digital implants
21:45, Stargazer> ...that is implants that connect and works together with the biological body
21:45, Ginja_ninja> cyborg - A human who has certain physiological processes aided or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices.
21:45, Trout> maybe we all will be cyborgs soon...
21:46, Ginja_ninja> Nearly all new prosthetic limbs act at least in some limited way with the biological body.
21:46, Stargazer> Trout: I think I'll take a shot at it, if I ever get that chance i the future...
21:46, Stargazer meant: in
21:46, Xeiran> I'd rather just keep my body without any cyborg implants
21:47, Xeiran> Cyborgs are cool, but I mean, imagine taking a shower... it'd be so weird
21:47, Buuks> "resistance is futile"
21:47, Stargazer> What would be vierd about taking a shower? most of the implants would be nanotech
21:47, Xeiran> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
21:48, Xeiran screams and runs
21:48, Stargazer> Buuks: correct. This development will proceed, there is no way of stopping it now
21:48, Xeiran> (in respons to Buuks)
21:48, Xeiran> (in respons to Buuks)
21:48, Xeiran meant: response
21:48, Stargazer> ..or as I said, there is one way: to send our species back to teh dark ages
21:48, Stargazer meant: the
21:49, Stargazer> ..but wiht every day, that possibility grows more and more distant
21:49, Ginja_ninja> Stargazer please stop correcting your self.
21:49, Xeiran> It WOULD be cool to be able to think and have a robot move because of it
21:49, Xeiran thinks Stargazer meant: with
21:50, Stargazer> Yes, but Ginja told me not to correct myself... so... :-P
21:50, Xeiran> That's okay, I'll correct you! :D
21:54, Xeiran> I like Mcwgogs' 3D rendition of a Felisian :)
21:56, Stargazer> Indeed, its quite nice.
21:57, Stargazer goes to bed. Goodnight everyone. :-)
21:57, Xeiran> Night
21:57, Buuks> Time for a funny game http://www.makaimedia.com/games/game_frame.aspx?gid=64
21:58, Xeiran> HAHAHA WHAT A FUNNY GAME
21:58, Xeiran> :( Server too busy
21:58, Buuks> Try again
21:58, Xeiran> Not anymore.
22:00, Xeiran> I love that one flash video with Osama bin Laden and the "Deeeeeeeo" song
22:03, Xeiran> Hehe why is this funny
22:05, Buuks> It is multiplayer and I like it!
22:06, Xeiran> Oh I haven't tried multiplayer yes
22:08, Estu kaami aftadai> It's not funny (to me, anyway), but it's certainly a nice game. It's a Scorched Earth clone.. though SE was better :p
22:09, Xeiran> Yes
22:09, Buuks> SE is better, but this is in real-time. So you must be quick
22:10, Ginja_ninja> http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/11/elvis_church040111
22:13, Trout> Some christians can do just about everything to save souls...Heh...
22:14, Xeiran> LOL
22:14, Xeiran> That is outrageous! Personally I would say that if you got "saved by a priest singing Elvis" you aren't really saved.
22:14, Xeiran> Crazy...
22:22, Xeiran> Buuks and I have very simple conversations ;)
22:24, Buuks> Yes!
22:25, Xeiran> No!
22:26, Xeiran> Hello!
22:27, Xeiran> Haha
22:27, Xeiran> I love the way he says "No!'
22:28, Buuks> Don't make fun of my Dutch accent
22:28, Ginja_ninja> So we can make fun of your liberal laws and intresting take on language? :P
22:29, Xeiran> Hello!
22:29, Xeiran> But even "Hello" sounds mean. It's just so funny.
22:39, Xeiran> Knife-throwing game=fun
22:41, Buuks> I'll check it out.
22:54, Xeiran> I like that game.
22:55, Buuks> I am going to sleep, good night everybody.
22:56, Xeiran> Goodnight
22:59, Estu kaami aftadai> yeah, xeiran, that is a super game
22:59, Estu kaami aftadai> on multiplayer anyhoo
23:00, Estu kaami aftadai> Scorched Earth isn't on multiplayer internet, so :p
23:00, Xeiran> But SE goes up to like 10 players or something.
23:00, Estu kaami aftadai> true
23:00, Estu kaami aftadai> I never said it's better than SE, lol
23:01, Estu kaami aftadai> SE is simply one of the best games ever made
23:01, Xeiran> :)