Profile for Icshi
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| Displayed name | Icshi |
| Member number | 1528 |
| Title | Mongolian Barbeque |
| Postcount | 907 |
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| Registered | Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Saturday, August 20 2005 10:20
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quote:That is one freakin' cool clawbug there! :D With your origami, and Destrier's knitting, I can envision a massive merchandising empire developing in the near future that will rocket Jeff into the Forbes top 40. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 19 2005 14:51
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Welcome, Destrier! Always nice to see new faces here, even if we never actually see them. Maybe you can go into business with Jeff and start selling Geneforge sweaters and over mits? ;) Well, that's not going to happen, but it would be neat. I'd love to have things like that around the house. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, August 19 2005 10:43
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I think the main difficulty in learning English—for those born into it, and those learning it as a second language—is the unpredictable difference between how a word is pronounced and how it's spelt. My brother struggled with spelling for most of his elementary days, and well into high school. And he's a bright guy, one of the smartest I know. The auxiliary verbs are also troublesome—I'm still unsure of the corect way to express some ideas, since I get all the relative past tense subjunctive frellywhatever auxiliaries mixed up. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 20:57
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That's one of the funniest things I've ever read! Thanks for sharing that. I've been a long-time fan of garbled manuals from Chinese manufacturers and so on. I have a friend who works in the automobile replacement part business, and he often shares excerpts from the latest Chinese import manuals and catalogs his company receives on a regular basis. Here are some of his favorites: quote:His sister was in China for a while teaching English as a second language, so I'm sure she inadvertently treated her students to some hum-dingers in the other direction! And now my brother is over there teaching English too. I really pity anyone trying to learn English as a second language. It's hard enough as one's native tongue. I've studied the history and development of English in some depth so I have some idea of how it got to be such a mess. I really think more English teachers—for both American students and those learning it as a second language—should be more familiar with its history so they could explain to their students why the language has so many idiosyncracies. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| RWG in Richard White Games | |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 17:44
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Richard White was an old man. An old man with a beard. An old man with a cane. Playing chess in the park. But not any kind of chess. But his own kind of chess. A kind of chess where men's very souls are the playthings of the gods. Where these tortured souls fight futilely with one another over land to make themselves strong. They fight forever. And ever. Against a checkerboard background. With a bottomless chasm beneath them. Dance on the Plaid or plunge into the Abyss. It's their choice. And once doomed they are resurrected. To fight again for the gods' amusement. Forever. Richard White was an old man. An old man with yellow eyes. An old man with claws. [ Thursday, August 18, 2005 17:50: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 16:32
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quote:Yes, he's a good one—I can't believe I forgot to list him! I liked the fact that Lucas featured him so heavily in the last Star Wars film. He really is a fascinating character and was masterfully depicted. Such cunning and brilliant duplicity. Hmmm. I'm starting to worry about my great admiration for villains... Trouble is they're so darn interesting! Good guys are usually a pretty dull bunch. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 16:26
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I usually don't pay attention to these monthly statistics, but took a look this time and was rather amazed to see my name coming in at #27. I expected to come in at maybe #284 or so. I had no idea I've been jabbering that much! I seem to have a cycle around here. There's a long period of no activity beyond reading a few threads—this can go on for months—then there are other times when I seem to post, post, post; this can also go on for months. I guess this is one of those post, post, post times. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 14:34
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<gives him a comforting pat on the shoulder> That's all right. We all have days like that. Don't take it too hard. After all, far worse things will happen to you in your life—I can think of at least a dozen off the top of my head! Cheer up, and look on the bright side! :D Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 14:26
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quote:Does anybody know if Ambrosia's WireTap Pro would do the job? I read somewhere that it can record any sound on your computer, but really don't know much about it. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD: THE THIRD COMING! in General | |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 14:22
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No kidding! But they're nothing compared to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. I'm pretty sure Google throws away the older data after its updated, while the Wayback Machine keeps everything. However, the latter doesn't store as much with each cache—most larger images tend to get passed over. But it's still a lot more data than Goolge stores. [ Thursday, August 18, 2005 14:29: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 14:17
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[Yeah it is, isn't it? I found that over at Wikipedia.] [That's me transforming into Alorael and back. Or vice versa.] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 10:06
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quote:[  ]Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 09:49
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I love the startup music to Avernum 3, Geneforge, and Geneforge 3. I once wasted a long afternoon trying to create soundclips in a format playable by Quicktime by digging around in the data files with ResEdit and/or ResFool. No luck. Phooey. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 18 2005 09:46
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Depending on the website, Google's caches can be made as far as a few weeks apart. So if they're going to edit their posts to remove Primaryism's name, they'd better do so as quickly as possible before the Shadow of Cache passes over the forum... -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
| A plea for iBook help in General | |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 21:17
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Well, I can't speak for your situation exactly, but something I recently did with my "old" iBook (bought in early 2001) was to wipe the contents and do a clean re-install of the operating system. My iBook had been getting more and more sluggish, and recently got to the point where it would take almost a full minute to wake from its sleep mode. Restarting took about ten to fifteen minutes. I still wanted to use my iBook for some programs that don't run in Classic, but all my files and so on were backed up on CDs or already transferred to the new iMac. After doing a clean re-install, my iBook is running like it was brand new. Of course, I never had any problems with the hardware, so this may or may not do any good for you. But it's certainly more likely to speed things up than anything else I can think of. You can do a clean reinstall using the installation disc(s?) that came with your computer. I'm sure someone else can offer more detailed instructions on this. I did it on an OS 9 machine, and haven't had to do anything like this with OS X so it may be done differently. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 21:09
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Ah! Separation of first and surname. We're expecting another Supreme Court ruling on that in the near future. EDIT: On a more helpful note, I just had a thought: You can ask everyone to edit their messages wherever your name occurs, then swear us all to secrecy. Or, failing that, raid Google's headquarters with a giant axe and hack apart their servers. [ Wednesday, August 17, 2005 21:52: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 21:05
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I haven't seen A Clockwork Orange, but I did read the book. Alex was certainly an unusual villain. (Incidentally, Wendy Carlos did the music for the film. Very good soundtrack! I like all of Carlos' work.) I forgot to mention Mojo Jojo as one of my favorites. Though not exactly on par with the great villains, and is more of a joke really. But I love the way he talks on and on about his evil plans. I used to have a plush toy of him sitting on top of my printer!  -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 19:56
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Well, in spite of Not I's commendable detective work, it was easy to know your real name. The link to your website in your profile was a bit of a giveaway. :P (Just as the link to my website is a bit of a giveaway!) Oh, and before you say "Well, my last name isnt' anywhere on my website," let me say "Well, it could've been deduced. Eventually." EDIT: The offending passage has been excised! :D [ Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:31: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 19:50
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[I take the chronological attitude to noobism. In other words, if you've been around for less than two months you're still a noob despite any massive spamish post-count you may have accumulated in that short time. Mind you, I don't mind noobs. In fact, I'm rather fond of them. But noobs are a lot like butterflies: best when recognized for what they are... Then smothered in chloroform and pinned to a wall.] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 11:28
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Scorpius from Farscape—probably one of the most fascinating characters to ever appear on television  The Master from Doctor Who—he's unkillable, and he's got a cool beard!  Sauron from Lord of the Rings—He's a big red floating ætherial eyeball of pure corrupted evil. You can't beat that!  The Overmind from Starcraft—A bit like Sauron, but this eye is gooey. And it wants to infest you...  General Grievous from Star Wars: Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith—lightsabers deluxe  -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 10:37
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quote:It was a bug! Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 10:35
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I hate multiplayer online games. I'm a Lone Gamer.  -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 10:32
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I really like UBB. It's simpler, faster, and more stable than most of the other bulletin board types I've used (such as Ambrosia's terrible forums). I've also not really noticed any of these quirks with UBB that everyone keeps mentioning. The oddest thing I've had happen is the occasional duplicating of the same post when I try to post it just once. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 10:27
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I've been using a Mac for years now, and am very happy with it. It's nice to see that in the poll results everyone so far is happy with what they have. :) -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 17 2005 10:23
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quote:This is the first time I've heard of anything like this, so it made quite an impression with me. But if I'd known this sort of thing was so passe, I wouldn't have bothered drawing attention to it. However, I apparently didn't learn anything from this since I ended up "accidentally" playing Master of Orion II yesterday from about 1 pm to 1 am, with about four hours in there with me not in front of the computer. I didn't meant to do that—I kept saying to myself, "Well, I'll just wrap up this little war with the Alkari before stopping." Then it was "Okay, well, that's done, now I should rebuild my empire while I have this master plan in mind." Then the Klackons suddenly declared war on me because those insidious Darlok were spying on them and framed me for stealiing some inconsequential technology or other, so I went into "galactic emergency" mode and refitted all my ships with the new Graviton Beams, and said "Okay, just get the Klackon fleets out of the Dorado system, and, well, maybe destroy a few of their systems, then I'll stop." Once that was done, there was just the puny Darlok and Bulrathi empires left. I looked at the clock and thought "Yeah, I can wrap up this game in the next fifteen minutes. Neither of these guys will put up much of a fight." An hour later I had eradicated all other life in the galaxy. I then looked at the clock and kicked myself for wasting the entire day on some stupid computer game. This regret lasts about four days, then I start up another game. Further evidence that human beings are truly incapable of learning in the ways that truly count. So if you read about some guy dropping dead in front of an iBook as he's playing Master of Orion II, you can send flowers to my parents... -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
