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Sadly, Mars is the only one of them I ever heard, and that mostly because I found out it was used as the intro screen music in Escape Velocity Nova. I've been planning to get a CD of the entire suite some time, but always put it off so far.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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London Bombings in General
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Member # 2984
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Awful. I just saw it on TV this morning. A possibly Al-Quaeda-related site has already confirmed they are behind this. They're threatening Denmark and Italy as well, and everyone currently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Here in Landshut, we have one visitor who lives quite close to there, and who is already wondering how to get back to London next week (she's going to Liverpool Station, which was one of those bombed).

They say there are 33 definitely dead now, and there might be much more. Ouch. Condolences to anyone there right now, and I hope nobody here lost any relatives/friends. :(

[ Thursday, July 07, 2005 09:09: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"Really, Spiderweb is just a big, steaming pool of estrogen." --- Robin
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I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #21
quote:
Originally written by Lady Davida:

Not to sound like I have a stick inserted in a certain orifice or anything, but Thralni, please edit long quotes like that down to the specific part to which you are responding.

I'm still a bit wary about the whole sprinkling of love thing...

Aran, I don't know more about it, but I'd appreciate it if you could let me know when you do.

Dave, the Interim is at the usual place. http://fritze.leukefeld.com/forums/index.php

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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Anyone else notice the jokes here? in The Avernum Trilogy
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #23
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

Specifically, this bit of the chat:

quote:
SpidWeb : Omigod, I'm glad someone asked that. Everywhere I can. Friends. Books. Movies. Place names I get from atlases. The provinces in Exile III are named after women I've been ... ummmmmm .... intimate with. (Does that violate AOL TOS?) (Or just the bounds of good taste?)
From this, some have inferred that whoever Ms Midori was, Jeff doesn't like her very much any more.

Why, what's so awful about Midori Province?

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I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #17
quote:
Originally written by Jewels of the Forest:

Don't try to understand me, it will only confuse you more. :P
With any Spiderweb member, this is pretty much a given.

Oh, and I'm back from my brief absence. The exam went well. After this, I'm leaving on what could be an absence until the weekend (though it'll likely be only tomorrow), so bye everyone! :D

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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ANNOUNCEMENT in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #31
quote:
Originally written by Obnoxious:

quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

Remember, it's only spam if no one finds it of any value.
"SPAM" stands for "Sending People Annoying Messages".

Actually, it doesn't stand for that any more than "****" stands for "Ship High in Transit" or similar nonsense.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Official Election Primary Voting in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #38
quote:
Originally written by FBM:

*Raises an eyebrow at the reasonably unecessary double-posting*

*Shrugs*

If the pre-primary is any indication, then I think I might be able to say one thing - despite that the majority of candidates are equally able to moderate well, including myself, who wants the votes that I might receive, as the phrase "Unlikely" comes to mind?

Wouldn't say no to that, Mr. :P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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Underwater Design in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
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Profile Homepage #3
Ouch. Raise Logo somehow, I guess. I'm going to an exam in ten minutes, and doing a lot of hectic packing and catching trains after that, and I won't be online until Wednesday evening or possibly even Sunday. See you!

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
I have a love of woodwind instruments.
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Underwater Design in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
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Ouch. Raise Logo somehow, I guess. I'm going to an exam in ten minutes, and doing a lot of hectic packing and catching trains after that, and I won't be online until Wednesday evening or possibly even Sunday. See you!

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
I have a love of woodwind instruments.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #13
I'm gone for two and a half hours! In another 20 minutes, I embark on the terribly thrilling endeavor known to most as a Linear Algebra examinations - meet matrices, linear transformations, 3d-planes, infinite-dimensional vectors and linear equation systems. YAY! :)

Or OH NOES!, which might be more appropriate. :eek:

There is no real point to this post, but then again that is quite in line with most of General.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Underwater Design in Blades of Avernum Editor
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #1
Well, I'm sure the water floors and terrains would be a useful addition to the graphics database. Even if it's technically hard (or impossible?) to make something like this in the actual game, it might be possible to make an underwater cutscene or some such...

Oh, and ef? I'm getting a 404 on the System here. Is it my PC, or do you get it too? It's been such a long time since our last big crash... :rolleyes:

[ Monday, July 04, 2005 02:30: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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EncyclopaediaArchivesMembersRSS [Topic / Forum] • BlogPolarisNaNoWriMo
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
I have a love of woodwind instruments.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Underwater Design in Blades of Avernum
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #1
Well, I'm sure the water floors and terrains would be a useful addition to the graphics database. Even if it's technically hard (or impossible?) to make something like this in the actual game, it might be possible to make an underwater cutscene or some such...

Oh, and ef? I'm getting a 404 on the System here. Is it my PC, or do you get it too? It's been such a long time since our last big crash... :rolleyes:

[ Monday, July 04, 2005 02:30: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.
I have a love of woodwind instruments.
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Official Election Primary Voting in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #35
Drakey, can we have an update of how many (and possibly who) have voted and who hasn't? No need to publish the votes yet, it'd just be interesting to see the turnout.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
TM Banned? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #100
quote:
Originally written by Spring:

I actually thought it was edited to add the bold writing for the 'Major infraction for a moderator' part of the Code.

Aran — 'Bloody Pirates.' :D

It's been bold before. I don't know since when... possibly as far back as the TM/Scorpius thing? :eek:

Longer than I've been around, anyway. Or I think so.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
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Profile Homepage #11
I am hoping Google messed up that sentence. Indeed, it does sound horribly unsettling...

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Official Election Primary Voting in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #34
quote:
Originally written by Jumpin' Salmon:

That very fishiness is what makes it highly unlikely that one person could throw the election. Once Drakey has finished "tallying" the votes, he could email the candidates with their vote totals, and their rank. I would suspect that conversations might occur, and then Drakey would receive emails telling him how to redistribute votes. What would be ideal is if every candidate got an equal number of votes.

And then there is that whole blood tensioning process afterwards. That sounds more like the kind of electioneering I would have been comfortable engaging in. Oh well, maybe next time.

*this message has not yet been rated by the mpaa*

In other words, smoky backrooms, shady deals and mysterious assassinations, here we come! Yay for the CONPIRACEY! :D

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #9
quote:
Originally written by Thralni:

quote:
Originally written by Jewels of the Forest:

Adios, senior Jade. Bese a una chica bonita mientras usted está allí.

*rocía TM con el amor*

may I have a translation?

Goodbye, Mr. Jade (JadeWolf?). Kiss a pretty girl while you're there.

*sprinkles TM with the love*

IMAGE(http://justinsomnia.org/images/i_will_use_google_before_asking_dumb_questions.jpg)

Google is your friend. At least for short translations like this.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Official Election Primary Voting in General
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Profile Homepage #30
I wonder... how does this happen? Drakefyre collects all the votes, then publishes them on the forum. Then what? Do the candidates have a week to shift votes, and then he announces the final results? Or do the results get updated in real-time every time someone shifts? Can you shift several times to adjust for the reactions of others? Is it possible to boot, say, the third candidate from his place by a group of unpopular candidates uniting behind one of their number? Is it possible to do the same through a very popular candidate shifting a number of their votes to another person.

Say, Thuryl, me and Dolphin are in the third round, and Kelandon is fourth. Can Thuryl shift a number of his votes to Kelandon (still maintaining his first place, or possibly going to second place after me), so that Kelandon moves up to third place and Dolphin is out?

It's all very fishy...

[ Sunday, July 03, 2005 23:48: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Official Election Primary Voting in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #28
quote:
Originally written by Drakefyre:

Candidates can shift votes that come their way to other candidates - that's part of what makes the election interesting and won't happen until after these results are collected.
Strikes me as undemocratic in the first degree, and I might have said as much here at some point. But hey, the house makes the rules...

Also: How many candidates enter the final round? The top three? Top four?

[ Sunday, July 03, 2005 22:31: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
I will be gone some time in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #7
quote:
Originally written by Unpleasantness for its Own Sake:

I don't mean a sticky, because UBB can't do that. I mean something like we used to have on Misc. If nothing else, Mr T would approve.
You mean like "ADOS IS A ..."?

That didn't go so well last time...

:P

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
TM Banned? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #97
quote:
Originally written by VCH:

Yes "the Code" No more following the CoC please.
Especially because it sounds freaking cool!

And it also makes it far more apt to say...

"You know, the Code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules."

:D

Oh, by the way, Drakey: What did you just edit in the CoC? Yeah, I'm curious... :P

[ Sunday, July 03, 2005 23:19: Message edited by: Arancaytar. You Owe it to the Door. ]

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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Heaviest Cabbage in General
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Profile Homepage #3
quote:
Originally written by VCH:

A cabbage grown by Bernard Lavery of Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, in 1989, weighed 56.24 kg. (124 lb.).

Cabbage

IMAGE(http://www.recordholders.org/images/vegetables/red_cabbage.jpg)

Straight from the dark laboratories of Terror's Martyr... Black Mark Cabbages!! :eek: :eek:

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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In only 139 days. in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #81
quote:
Originally written by Thuryl:

How fast does your friend cycle? If he's manic for weeks at a time and depressed for months at a time he may be bipolar. If he can be manic and depressed several times within the space of a week he's probably just cyclothymic.
According to him, it lasts for at least a week. And he's been on sick leave since Easter, with what I think is depression (he usually comes in when manic; he has some concentration trouble but is otherwise able to work).

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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Preprimary Poll in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #66
So what's the turnout now? How many haven't voted?

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
TM Banned? in General
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
Profile Homepage #82
quote:
Originally written by Spring:

Since I can't be stuffed reading back...how long has it been? Times nearly up, I think.
Half != Nearly.

June 27 + 10 days = July 7.

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"Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft.
"I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik
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