June 23, 2008
daily UTC chat log for Anywherebb (Postline 6.1.30)

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23:11, Cryoburner> I suppose.
23:14, Languidiir> HOW COULD YOU FORGET YOUR LANDER NOW YOU'RE STUCK
23:23, Cryoburner> It's okay. Notice the size of that planet? I can reach escape velocity just by jumping.
23:25, Languidiir> Yeah, probably. How close would your SD be, anyway?
23:41, Cryoburner> Close enough.
23:41, Languidiir> I'm playing soup soup dddd
23:42, Languidiir> Sorry. Rather, I'm playing IVaN, which is a pretty good rogue-like.
00:44, Languidiir> It's quiet. Too quiet.
01:30, Tacogeddon has arrived! And the citizens rejoice!
03:47, Deanfrz> Hail Satan!
03:48, Languidiir> Tacogeddon, unfortunately, arrived and left.
03:48, Deanfrz> Aw.... were there free Tacos?
03:48, Languidiir> I don't know. I do know Taco personally, though.
03:50, Deanfrz> Does he love Tacos?
03:50, Languidiir> Most likely.
03:50, Deanfrz> I like Taco Bell
03:54, Languidiir> The bell, or the tacos?
04:01, Deanfrz> The Tacos!
04:01, Deanfrz> Also, how is TAco in real life? As faggy as he is here?
04:15, Languidiir> That's offensive.
04:17, Deanfrz> Musta never seen Idiocracy.
04:17, Deanfrz> Funny movie, I mean he reads too much.
04:18, Deanfrz> I'm sorry, that was 100% inappropriate and I do apologize.
04:20, Deanfrz> I was going to make a "I mean, if you guys..." joke, but no.
04:20, Deanfrz> Jeez, way to let your sense of humor die...
04:20, Deanfrz whispers: just one more....
04:26, Languidiir> Back.
04:27, Languidiir> Oh jesus, you've got to be kidding me. They made a guitar hero for DS.
04:29, Tom> I played Guitar Hero Wii once, it was fun but not worth $90. I guess the DS version is cheaper, but still I wouldn't pay for it.
04:29, Languidiir> I set out to make a discovery in Noctis, but I ended up just reading the GUIDE for a while.
04:30, Languidiir> Yeah, the Guitar Hero for DS is like, you plug it in to the GBA port and it's got the buttons on the edge of the cartridge.
05:03, Tracco> GH is a waste of time.
05:09, Languidiir> In an objective sense, all games are a waste of time.
05:09, Languidiir> You could spend that time much better growing food for your family.
05:27, Raptorjedi> In that sense, you could say television, books and movies are also wastes of time. Entertainment is hardly a waste of time.
05:27, Chad> Yes it is.
05:28, Chad just finisd MGS4 BTW... :P
05:31, Raptorjedi> I don't know if you've noticed Chad, but humans don't do well if all they do is work. It keeps us sane, and takes our minds off of hardships and allows someone to relax. A world without it wouldn't be one I would want to live in :P
05:32, Chad> I know... R&R is needed to keep life interesting and fun. Entertainment by mean of electronics or other people help enhance life. :P
05:36, Raptorjedi> You have to keep the people happy. Unhappy people do things like revolt :P
05:37, Raptorjedi> Playing Civilization has taught me well :P
05:38, Languidiir> That's true, but if you look at it in a completely objective and unbiased way, it's a waste of time.
05:38, Zjc92> I would just like to direct everyone to my new Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/zjc92 [/Shamelessplug]
05:39, Languidiir> The HTML joke was well-placed, but where was the start of it? There should be [Shamelessplug] before it to actually validate it as a shamelss plug.
05:39, Languidiir meant: Shameless
05:39, Raptorjedi> That's a matter of opinion really. I don't see it as a waste of time.
05:39, Zjc92> INVALID SYNTAX. Happy? :P
05:40, Chad> Zj looks scary.
05:40, Zjc92> That's just the lighting. My room is dark.
05:40, Languidiir> You're playing an RTS, but sometimes, instead of farming or fighting, your citizens take off an hour or two to mess around. Waste of your time?
05:42, Zjc92> I don't quite understand how you mean that it's a waste of time.
05:42, Chad> Everything can be a waste of time if you have something better and more important to do. :P
05:42, Zjc92> Unhappy people just go nuts, and get NOTHING done. :P
05:42, Raptorjedi> Well it hardly works that way. But you can't farm during the night. On farms, they day starts when the sun comes up and ends when it goes down.
05:43, Raptorjedi> But most people don't go directly to sleep when the sun goes down, between sundown and bed is free time.
05:44, Raptorjedi> People who are always working without much downtime to persue other interests usually end up making mistakes in the long run. A misplaced tool, a poorly aligned block, or a doctor making a mistake and killing someone.
05:46, Tom> or code that craps out when compiled for Windows in Visual Studio for absolutely no reason whatsoever (speaking from experience)
05:46, Tom> (that worked fine on Linux)
05:48, Zjc92> Still angry about something, Tom? :P
05:56, Tom> angry? not really, more resigned now
05:57, Tom> the only thing that CS course taught me is that I'll never be a programmer.
05:57, Cryoburner> Bah! When it becomes dark and the citizens can no longer farm, they will be sent to the mines.
05:58, Cryoburner> There they will spend the night before returning to the farm at first light.
06:00, Zjc92> Poor little farmer. WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU?!
06:00, Cryoburner> It won't matter if they make a mistake, because we'll have piles of diamonds.
06:04, Cryoburner> Oh, don't worry about the farmers. Each farmer is allotted a generous three hours of sleep every night.
06:05, Cryoburner whispers: Except on tuesdays.
06:16, Zjc92> Sounds reasonable.
07:48, Starchaser> Wtf? "19:31, Duskesko> Starchaser moved house, who was phone? Is this serious?"
07:50, Raptorjedi> He was making a joke on how you said it :P
07:50, Raptorjedi> You said you moved house, when instead you should have said "I moved to a new house." or something like that.
07:52, Starchaser> oh. I should probably think before I post. So such misunderstandings or humiliations don't happen.
08:21, N5corp> BEEERHAAAAANDSS!!!111oneoneone
08:30, Megagun> MWAHAHAhahahahaaaaa
09:21, Languidiir> GEORGE CARLIN DIED
09:22, Languidiir> I am sad. I wanted to meet him one day.
09:41, Starchaser> Who is George Carlin?
09:43, Languidiir> Amazing comedian.
09:43, Magnulus> He's one of the early stand-up comedians.
09:43, Magnulus> Just Youtube him or something.
09:43, Languidiir> Died yesterday.
09:44, Languidiir> Heart failure, too. Just what he never wanted to do; Pass away.
09:45, Languidiir> You know, it seems like heart failure being so common, they should be better able to prevent it.
09:46, Languidiir> Douglas Adams died of heart failure, too.
09:46, Starchaser> well a disease or a defect or what ever it is being more common doesn't make it more easily curable
09:47, Languidiir> I know. It's just such a quiet way to go out.
09:47, Languidiir> He was meant to recieve a humor award in November.
09:49, Languidiir> Anyone here actively play Noctis?
09:52, Starchaser> I haven't played in a while. I should dust off the old SD and take her for another spin.
09:53, Languidiir> I set out to make a new discovery, but ended up just reading the GUIDE for a while
09:55, Languidiir> I wonder if there will ever be a day when no unnamed planets/stars exist
09:56, Magnulus> Just Youtube him or something.
09:56, Languidiir> what?
09:56, Starchaser> I think people don't play much anymore because any new discovered wont be added to the guide for anyone to read. so why bother. but the guide is very fun to read. skinnymon has the most guide posts I think.
09:57, Starchaser> and aren't new stars randomly generated every time you name one anyway?
09:58, Languidiir> really?
09:58, Languidiir> Oh, and the GUIDE for NIV still works
09:59, Starchaser> yea I know but new stuff isnt added to a new inbox so its pointless anyway.
10:00, Languidiir> Why not, anyway?
10:01, Starchaser> because no one but you are gonna end up reading it, anyway
10:01, Languidiir> no, i mean why is the inbox inactive
10:03, Starchaser> Because Alex stoped making new ones. and NV should be out... eventually.
10:04, Languidiir> Man, we haven't heard from Alex recently.
10:06, Starchaser> at least he is visiting more and more.
10:06, Languidiir> He is?
10:09, Starchaser> not recently. but every few months instead of every few years. I think.
10:09, Languidiir> That's pretty bad.
10:09, Starchaser> Just a note. you can't trust my own concept of time.
10:09, Languidiir> I hope he's working on NV in the meantime
10:11, Starchaser> in his sparetime.
10:11, Languidiir> That's bad as well. At this rate, I'll forget about Noctis completely before NV even comes out.
10:14, Languidiir> Lkraider used the word 'realistical'.
10:14, Languidiir> Thornex: mystiririous
10:15, Starchaser> Well most people just learn to wait. no matter what. I mean its not his everyday job. Alex doesn't have to make NV.
10:15, Languidiir> No, he doesn't. But the forum is hemmorhaging users. He should give a small update to his faithful followers every other week or so. Doesn't seem too difficult.
10:16, Languidiir> Thornex: VIRAMA
10:18, Languidiir> SO who here has the Spore creature creator
10:19, Starchaser> How many people use NoctisMapper? it would be awsome to see what other drifters are doing or where they are.
10:19, Languidiir> I don't. It's a difficult install.
10:20, Starchaser> not really. you just put it in the "Data" folder in your noctis directory.
10:20, Languidiir> Alright, where is it?
10:23, Languidiir> Hmmmm?
10:23, Starchaser> under noctis companion programs
10:23, Languidiir> Which is where?
10:24, Starchaser> on the noctis page
10:25, Languidiir> The latest screenshots are from '03.
10:25, Languidiir> That's a little worrying.
10:27, Languidiir> " Let me say one thing: I'll strive to get a working alpha release of Noctis V (yes, you're reading it well), to be here within next autumn. I rely on summer time and the extra free time I will be getting to complete a reasonably working release."
10:27, Languidiir> Haha, very funny.
10:28, Languidiir> Hey, if I got NoctisMapper, I could still talk ingame. awesome.
10:30, Languidiir> Can't wait for the new epoc. that'll be awesome.
10:30, Languidiir> AWESOME DUDE, GNARLY. TOTALLY TUBULAR AND/OR RADICAL.
10:31, Starchaser> It will be... Ill be 23. woot. KEG STAND FOR THE NEW EPOC!!! lol
10:32, Languidiir> Let's see. 2015 is in... 7 years. I'll be 20.
10:32, Languidiir> wait.
10:32, Languidiir> I mean 21.
10:33, Languidiir> Oh, hey Raptor.
10:34, Starchaser> hmmm. is "mapper.php" still working?
10:35, Languidiir> I don't know what that is.
10:35, Languidiir> Hey, I just had an idea.
10:35, Starchaser> its what "Should" be dislaying all the drifters. but I can't even see me.
10:36, Languidiir> Why not make a thread which is the unofficial GUIDE? All new updates and logs could be there.
10:36, Starchaser> oh wait there it is... no matter
10:36, Starchaser> its working
10:36, Languidiir> I'm gonna install it and go ingame.
10:40, Languidiir> Dirty cheating features?
10:41, Starchaser> no Idea. I never enabled it.
10:42, Languidiir> everyone's in the same place.
10:43, Starchaser> whats everyone?
10:43, Starchaser meant: whos
10:44, Languidiir> you and I
10:44, Languidiir> both in the same place
10:44, Languidiir> and I can't seem to find any stars at all
10:44, Starchaser> orly? I can't see u
10:44, Languidiir> I can see you
10:45, Starchaser> wait now I do
10:45, Languidiir> but I can't see any stars
10:46, Starchaser> you have to load them. in the data menu.
10:46, Languidiir> there we go
10:48, Languidiir> looks like we're the only two on
10:48, Languidiir> that's kind of sad
10:50, Languidiir> whoa
10:50, Languidiir> never noticed the music on the manual page
10:51, Starchaser> TO BALASTRACKONASTREYA!!! AND BEYOND... thats if i Don't run out of fuel... :D
10:53, Languidiir> lol
10:53, Languidiir> How do you run Noctis windowed anyway
10:53, Languidiir> Is that only available in NICE?
10:53, Starchaser> I thinks so. I just alt + Tab it anyway ;)
10:54, Languidiir> meh. that's a little laggy though.
10:55, Languidiir> Found you.
10:55, Languidiir> It's nice that the NoctisMapper is realtime.
10:57, Starchaser> I guess you could run it In a dosbox type program. and you havent moved on mine.
10:57, Languidiir> I'm not playing. :P
10:58, Starchaser> ohhh. well thats probably why :D
11:00, Languidiir> Gawd, theorizing about Noctis is so interesting
11:00, Starchaser> I see u serpens.
11:00, Languidiir> It's all basically meaningless and random, but the mythology is fascinating
11:01, Starchaser> Yes I like the mythology aswell.
11:03, Languidiir> The fanfics should be put in order for easy reading
11:03, Languidiir> and then we can put them all in a nice hardback book for the forumgoers. man that would be cool.
11:04, Starchaser> Everyone Party on felysia at LQ 040.055. theres some crumbling city walls there
11:06, Languidiir> Too bad the NoctisMapper can't track felysians on planet surfaces
11:12, Starchaser> http://anywherebb.com/postline/cd/pngs/rc6eYozfaPWe7eRhUDgh1TC3l.png picture of those ruins i spoke of
11:13, Languidiir> did you know that if you stare at white text on a black background you can see your computer's refresh lines
11:13, Languidiir> not much left.
11:14, Starchaser> indeed. but i saw three structures in that area so. KEWL!!!
11:14, Starchaser> Oh man I can't belive I stoped playing Noctis
11:16, Languidiir> stoped.
11:16, Languidiir> I know. Alot of people on the forum don't actively play anymore, but it's such a great game.
11:16, Languidiir> I bet if they all played it again they'd remember how awesome it is.
11:19, Languidiir> Is there any particular reason for the PPS meter?
11:19, Starchaser> I think its ur heart rate
11:19, Languidiir> I know, but why do you need to know it
11:20, Starchaser> no reason. its just kool. why do you need to know the gravity or air pressure?
11:21, Languidiir> Why do you need to play the game at all? :P
11:21, Starchaser> to escape.
11:22, Languidiir> from?
11:22, Starchaser> to live the dream
11:22, Languidiir> of?
11:23, Starchaser> to escape from everything else. just for a while. to live the dream of travelling wonderous place and discovering new life... without nuking the snott out of it
11:24, Serpens> Maybe to reach what is unreachable by other means. It's not a complete experience of space exploration, but it still gives great joy.
11:25, Starchaser> hey i just found a hopper and a charger in the same spot
11:27, Serpens> Are they looking at each other and saying "Wow, what a dumb creature!"?
11:28, Starchaser> most likely. i don't speak hopper. or charger
11:29, Languidiir> I don't know if they even speak
11:29, Languidiir> or make noise for that matter
11:30, Starchaser> theres no audio.
11:31, Languidiir> exactly
11:32, Serpens> There's always the sign language.
11:33, Starchaser> true
11:33, Starchaser> but they don't have fingers
11:35, Serpens> Still, they always seem to spin around too much. Maybe that's how they say "Wow, what a dumb creature!"
11:35, Languidiir> they undulate in interesting ways
11:36, Languidiir> we should make a documentation of all of the different variations on them
11:39, Starchaser> They do crazy flips aswell
11:40, Starchaser> I wanna try and make it to the galaxy boundaries. but the stars dont do that far. :(
11:46, Languidiir> you'll have to wait until NV introduces manual drive
11:46, Languidiir> it's fun going to the farthest sun
11:46, Languidiir> just to have been there
11:58, Languidiir> Back.
11:58, Languidiir> So, how's Noctis
11:59, Starchaser> very noctisy
12:00, Languidiir> Good as ever?
12:01, Starchaser> when I find my landing pod it will be ;)
12:03, Languidiir> Lost on a thick-atmo?
12:03, Starchaser> nope i just kept on runnig past it :D
12:04, Languidiir> lol
12:05, Starchaser> Im gonna go check if NICE is compatible with Noctismapper
12:31, Languidiir> I'm so lonely.
13:12, Languidiir> Hey, Serpens. I liked your old discovery thread.
13:34, Serpens> Thanks. I'll keep posting there from time to time.
13:40, Languidiir> Still actively play Noctis?
14:22, Languidiir> Taco!
14:34, Languidiir> Two farthest stars: Salthos and Hakim
14:47, Languidiir> Of course, Salthos is a grey giant and Hakim is a brown dwarf
14:59, Duskesko> Raptorjedi> But most people don't go directly to sleep when the sun goes down, between sundown and bed is free time.
15:00, Duskesko> I go to bed during the day and work about 8 hours at night.
17:00, Ouch> damnit: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_en_tv/obit_george_carlin
17:58, Twylight> I EXIST
17:58, Twylight> I am both new and old
17:59, Twylight> I've just registered but have been following noctis since 2001
18:00, Chad> Welcome.
18:19, Twylight> I take it not much is said here
18:36, Ouch> well it just depends on the day
19:06, Serpens> Twylight, be sure to post something in the discoveries forum. After all those years, you must have accumulated lots of interesting finds.
20:27, Cryoburner> "09:45, Languidiir> You know, it seems like heart failure being so common, they should be better able to prevent it."
20:28, Cryoburner> They are better able to prevent it. If someone smokes constantly and ends up dying of heart disease or cancer from it, it's their own fault.
20:38, Chad> Its the cigarette companies fault! :P