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We Never Stop Stripping in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Sunday, February 12 2006 14:49 Profile Homepage #53
quote:
Originally written by Lady Davida:

Well, it's along the same lines... with all the medical lawsuits flying around, it would be very, very risky not to give forewarning about every little thing that could possibly go wrong. I always half expect to hear "possibilty of choking to death" after any orally ingested drug ad.
"Warning: Inserting this bottle rectally can cause grievous injuries."

There are people who do this, allegedly...

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The Mountain of Shadows RP in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Sunday, February 12 2006 04:43 Profile Homepage #518
OOC: Crap, I had my IC ready in the train this morning but need to adjust for Ephesos now. I'll post this afternoon when I'm home.

Edit: So I did, Ephesos. Still, it is disheartening to put off an IC for half a month and then have someone post just when you're done. :p

Well, the collision is not that bad. In fact, you killing the demon fits in perfectly where I left off, so in terms of synchronicity my post can begin slightly before yours and finish slightly afterwards, sort of wrapping around.

[ Monday, February 13, 2006 21:35: Message edited by: Arancaytar the Grey ]
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Random Observations of the Moment in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Sunday, February 12 2006 03:22 Profile Homepage #4
Substituted by panting among the viewers, possibly?

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THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD REVOLUTIONS in General
Arancaytar
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 written Sunday, February 12 2006 03:13 Profile Homepage #193
Not unlikely. :rolleyes:

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Sunday, February 12 2006 02:23 Profile Homepage #2
That's what I'd have said two years ago, when I was in highschool and had only about 4-5 sites to check regularly. :P The trouble is that it's not the "active" sites that take your time, it's lots and lots of the quiet ones (and I've already dropped many of them to free up time...).

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 17:05 Profile Homepage #181
quote:
Originally written by Kingy:

It seems to me that Ed's just an idiot, not a troll. Also, he seems to be very emotionally unstable for a 14 year old.
... Zephyr? o_O

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 17:02 Profile Homepage #0
Once you get to the point where you study, have a full-time job, and are a perennial member of a round dozen or so web boards, you'll usually find you are a bit short on time. Online news sources came up with a clever way to save time checking sites for new content: They publish their latest updates as an XML feed that can be read by any number of feed readers - which automatically alert you when new things are published.

I figured something like this might be useful for Spiderweb, which sadly lacks an "email subscription" feature that other systems like Invision Power and phpBB have. So I made a small script this afternoon that reads the "daily topics" list and generates an atom-formatted xml feed.

It's quite rudimentary, and could use some additional features, but the xml appears to validate. You can enter this url into any reader that understands Atom. (For RSS, try FeedBurner)

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Additional options:

Adding the parameter "forum=..." will get only the latest post from that forum. Adding "topic=..." will display only updates to the given topic.

Example: http://www.ermarian.net/stats/feed.php?forum=1&topic=2705
will only show replies to the Mountain of Shadows (#2705 in General).

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Those cartoons... in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 11:08 Profile Homepage #5
Ben, we're talking about these cartoons here.

IMAGE(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_drawings.jpg)

And while I do believe it was very unwise of the newspaper to unnecessarily fuel such a controversy, I also think the issue has been blown entirely out of proportion. Why can't everyone just go back to hating the West for shooting wounded civilians and torturing prisoners, rather than hating them for not punishing its free newspapers for publishing caricatures? There's enough to be angry about without resorting to this.

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math equation in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 04:13 Profile Homepage #9
quote:
insofar as the LambertW function counts as standard and known.
Can it be solved analytically then? I'd say that's as good a criterion as any. The equation I posted above looks like it can only be approximated, but then, I basically suck at numerical math.

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[ Topic closed ] in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 02:22 Profile Homepage #118
quote:
Originally written by Prometheus:

Oh, look. Chaplin Pryor has spoken, folks.
Tentacles are no longer funny- let's talk about how great of a place Polaris is and A4's multiple merits instead.
I take exception to your implicit equating of Polaris with A4. <_<

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math equation in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 02:14 Profile Homepage #7
If this equation was given without additional information, then the one who gave it to you was either being a moron, messing with you, or asking you to solve for one in terms of the other.

It so happens that Maple is your friend when it comes to math. Solving for y in terms of x:

IMAGE(http://stuff.ermarian.net/arancaytar/images/misc/solution.png)

Where LambertW stands for Lambert's W Function.

Instinctively, I'd say that if you had come across or understood that function (I haven't, and I study Math), you wouldn't need to post math questions on this forum...

[ Saturday, February 11, 2006 02:17: Message edited by: Arancaytar the Grey ]

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Just what is the deal with Alorael?* in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, February 11 2006 01:41 Profile Homepage #18
quote:
Originally written by Ash Lael:

quote:
Originally written by DanielJacksonMPC:

Currently Playing: One PC, Torment Difficulty Avernum III challenge.
:eek: How do you DO it?!?! :eek:
Uh, Ash, hasn't The Creator beaten every Avernum game and scenario like this?

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Just what is the deal with Alorael?* in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, February 10 2006 23:19 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by DanielJacksonMPC:

I can now make ... sense of this place.
You deserve a medal. :)

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The Spiderweb Instant Custom Title Generator? in General
Arancaytar
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 written Friday, February 10 2006 16:13 Profile Homepage #52
Or a comedy show, possibly...

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No Canister Code in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, February 10 2006 05:22 Profile Homepage #4
It looks similar to Avernumscript, so by instinct I'd say it needs to go in one of those startup text scripts that come with the game. Where items and creatures are defined, possibly?

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THE ABOMINABLE PHOTO THREAD REVOLUTIONS in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, February 10 2006 03:34 Profile Homepage #142
quote:
Originally written by SupaNik:

nothing's happened so far.
Remember that Spiderweb isn't the only place where things can happen. I've seen some people get nasty surprises after checking various satellites...

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, February 10 2006 02:00 Profile Homepage #47
quote:
Originally written by Slartucker:

Wait, no, here's a better one for Aran. "Neighborhood Super Spy." You can never go wrong with Square One music videos.
"Domestic Surveillance Program", and then "Neighborhood Super Spy"...

For some reason I get the feeling you all think I'm out to get you. Honestly, take off those tinfoil hats. No conspiracy here. Nobody watching you. Move on, nothing to see. :)

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Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, February 10 2006 01:46 Profile Homepage #140
quote:
Originally written by Scorched Earth Sarachim:

quote:
Originally written by Prometheus:

IMAGE(http://davidbass.net/photos/gal/for_Neesha/_thb_left-hand-back.jpg)

I totally did her.
FYT
I was so going to post that when I saw his post. And now I see it's been done already. :P

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Forum software tips, yet again in General
Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 23:51 Profile Homepage #12
Ouch, so much to choose from... o_O

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 17:21 Profile Homepage #9
And now can someone explain to me how I managed to make a post that was half an hour after the last one, and did not see the last one? :confused:

Ah well, Thuryl explained it already.

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Question. in General
Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 17:18 Profile Homepage #5
If she (he?!) is walking through the flames like that, I assume she must have some kind of fire immunity. So no pain.

But then, I don't know jack about FF.

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Forum software tips, yet again in General
Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 14:45 Profile Homepage #6
quote:
Originally written by The Dark Crusader:

Try InvisionFree
As I said, I did want to host it myself. :)

In fact, I trust InvisionFree more than any other remote-hosted services (since unlike ezboard they don't randomly delete posts, and also don't charge as much for ad removal), but seeing as they want money for a backup, I'd rather have it on my own database and server.

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Will Exile ever be carbonized? in The Exile Trilogy
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Thursday, February 9 2006 12:27 Profile Homepage #22
Just one more off-topic inquiry, since the other thread was locked: The way Kelandon wrote that last post, it sounded as though he had banned the guy.

Can mods really ban people, or did you just give Drakey a shout on AIM, Kel?

[ Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:30: Message edited by: Arancaytar the Grey ]

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 07:51 Profile Homepage #14
This one does not have a nonsense option. Yours usually do. :P

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Arancaytar
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 written Thursday, February 9 2006 03:36 Profile Homepage #11
quote:
Originally written by Synergy:

Postmaster General
Ha, how original. <_< Even the Date one is better than this. :P

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