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Home-written comics in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Monday, January 8 2007 10:05 Profile Homepage #36
quote:
Originally written by Our Frank xx:

Is it wrong I giggled more at Aran saying "thrust" then the cats?
Yes. Go see a doctor. <_<

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Home-written comics in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Monday, January 8 2007 06:42 Profile Homepage #33
quote:
Originally written by Dikiyoba:

Originally by Sarasaphilia:

quote:
...Dikiyoba the Great...
That appears so often that it's rather scary. Oh well. At least it's spelled right.
"...and some have greatness thrust upon them."

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I Need Math Like a Hobo Needs A Bath in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Sunday, January 7 2007 23:17 Profile Homepage #14
quote:
Originally written by Nioca:

The hypotenuse is 5. :)

They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused:
5 cm. They do actually deduct points for that.

And it's not impossible. I can do the first few in my head - let's see:

1.41*1.41=1.99, approximately.

And Google yields:

1.41421356

And if this isn't Algebra but, say, Numerics (or maybe even just Analysis), you might have to write that out.

[ Sunday, January 07, 2007 23:19: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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Home-written comics in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Sunday, January 7 2007 09:49 Profile Homepage #25
quote:
Originally written by SNM:

Oooo. I'm very impressed.
You should get a cheap little website and just upload them all in one go. :)
[The obligatory...]

You would be welcome to a *.ermarian.net site with FTP access, completely free and devoid of ads.

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Home-written comics in General
Arancaytar
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 written Sunday, January 7 2007 05:13 Profile Homepage #21
These comics rock, as does the cat. I never thought photo comics could be as funny as drawn cartoons. :)

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LOTR: I think everyone should see this in General
Arancaytar
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 written Sunday, January 7 2007 04:35 Profile Homepage #5
I hereby decree that you shall all shut up.

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In memoriam, Polaris in General
Arancaytar
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 written Saturday, January 6 2007 17:36 Profile Homepage #10
The domain may take a while to propagate. If you're impatient and tech-savvy you can add 208.113.138.17/polaris.ermarian.net to your hosts file so you can bypass the DNS.

Endeavor is down, yes. It will be up by next update, but probably not a day before.

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In memoriam, Polaris in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, January 6 2007 17:03 Profile Homepage #7
While that's down, here's an Interim Interim.

Goodness, I'm beginning to think someone has it in for us.

http://polaris.ermarian.net/

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Saddam Hussein's Execution in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, January 6 2007 02:38 Profile Homepage #65
Upon, I'm sorry to say this, but your incoherence makes it a challenge to understand what you're saying. I understand English isn't your first language, but if you tried to put your thoughts in complete sentences, I'm sure it would be a lot more understandable.

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A modest proposal in Richard White Games
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, January 6 2007 02:16 Profile Homepage #2
Nothing but posting a BMP online could fully convey the evil of eating babies.

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In memoriam, Polaris in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, January 5 2007 14:58 Profile Homepage #2
quote:
ez-board
Surely you are joking, Mr. Helman.

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Waiting Time in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, January 5 2007 14:22 Profile Homepage #2
I asked a question regarding pricing, got my answer, placed my order, paid through Paypal, and was playing A Small Rebellion all within one hour.

Probably related to the time of day (late evening in Europe, noon on the west coast) and how much other stuff is going on, but it was plenty quick for me.

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In memoriam, Polaris in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Friday, January 5 2007 12:24 Profile Homepage #0
[Executive brief: Polaris gone. Backup one year old. Replacement forum here. Non-executives read on.]

As has been said so often for this particular little community, The System Is Down.

This crash is unfortunately one of the more ugly ones this board has experienced; the worst since early 2004.

In summary, due to a mixture of incompetence and trigger-happiness from our web host (Hostgator), Polaris has likely lost the year 2006. Everything - posts, topics, new members, private messages, forum settings, even skins such as haven't been backed up - is gone; unless a miracle happens, the last complete backup is from December 30, 2005.

Meanwhile, the Interim Forum stands ready as it always has - http://fritze.leukefeld.com/forums . Polaris is a community, not a place: We'll survive this, as we have in the past. We'll save a few scraps and move on.

Meanwhile, I hope to welcome all past and present Polarans (and maybe a few future ones) to our home in exile. Despite what you may have heard, we're actually a fun bunch to be around. We discuss, we roleplay, and generally hang out with each other. Our community has been through many years, beautiful times and deep trouble. It's currently the latter but, well, take a look. It can't hurt.

:)

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For members on ez-board. in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Thursday, January 4 2007 14:09 Profile Homepage #23
Aw, you know we love you too, Scorples.

*huggles the cute kitty*

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A hypothetical scenario in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Thursday, January 4 2007 07:08 Profile Homepage #21
Given that the entire poll was about people saying what they would do, adding an extra subjunctive struck me as redundant.

Honesty (to oneself, too) is another factor, of course. For example, there was this story yesterday about a man jumping on a subway track to save a stranger, and I read comments by people saying they'd do the same. Yeah right - maybe they wish they would, but the danger is a lot more tangible from close up.

And no, I have no idea why this is in GF. Too bad this mod thing doesn't work backwards, or I'd take it to General. :P

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A hypothetical scenario in Geneforge Series
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Thursday, January 4 2007 03:13 Profile Homepage #18
Reminds me of a poll I saw on NationStates about two years ago. I blogged about it here.

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Saddam Hussein's Execution in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Wednesday, January 3 2007 14:19 Profile Homepage #62
quote:
Originally written by Randomizer:

Actually filming the execution and showing it on national television makes sense. Most Iraqis wouldn't believe that the execution had happened without some public display. After all since Saddam Hussein used decoy doubles to guard against assassination, even the US wasn't sure that they had the real one without DNA testing. Rumors that he was still alive would have resulted.
One wonders whether the potential denial of his death by his supporters could have been as damaging as the definite rage of his supporters at the manner of his execution. A spectre neither visibly alive nor evidently dead against a fully dead martyr? On that note, has anyone seen Bin Laden on TV lately?

Short-term thinking is dangerous.

[ Wednesday, January 03, 2007 14:20: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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For members on ez-board. in General
Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, January 2 2007 15:03 Profile Homepage #16
Done. And deleted the 450 spammer accounts still stuck in validation since June. And validated the three other real accounts I found among them.

To everyone else: Sending me an email to my gmail address as soon as you register guarantees a speedy approval. :)

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Happy Festivus in General
Arancaytar
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 written Tuesday, January 2 2007 01:30 Profile Homepage #5
Happy new year! Lots of lockage for all around.

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For members on ez-board. in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, January 2 2007 01:20 Profile Homepage #14
For anyone who uses ezboard:

Every night, I pray for your souls. Have hope. Here's a poem to cheer you up.

grey milk of the spammers
you drink
crash with glee
white horse of nightmare
you rear
neighing for backups
awaking
in sweat
dark oblivion: prune follows post
woe to old times
the archives, where?
the googles, they do nothing
description? NO SCRIPTS!
you turn over
fall asleep
and dream of boards
with ease.

Thank you.

--This message was brought to you by the Campaign for Ezboard Awareness.

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With the notable exceptions of Polaris and Desperance, which are both half-dead at this point
Not so much half-dead as experiencing the annual New Year's Crash. Seriously - 2004 we lost all data, 2005 the server was unavailable for over a week, 2006 we moved and lost our domain name - always around this time. Logo's off vacationing or being questioned by HLS, so for now we have to stay on the Interim.

[ Tuesday, January 02, 2007 01:38: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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have you of heard of broken back mountain in General
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Tuesday, January 2 2007 01:03 Profile Homepage #1
Originality: C+
Hilarity: A-
Coherence: F

Additional comments: Fascinating concept. Too bad the awful spelling and grammar brought your grade down.

C.

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Happy New Year's Eve in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Sunday, December 31 2006 15:06 Profile Homepage #9
Happy new year here too, as of about one hour ago. :)

May 2007 be filled with joy for all of you.

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Saddam Hussein's Execution in General
Arancaytar
Law Bringer
Member # 2984
 written Saturday, December 30 2006 01:03 Profile Homepage #6
To say anyone has an execution "coming" for improper conduct in a trial is ludicrously ignorant and shows you do not understand the justice system at all.

For his crimes, Hussein deserved a harsh penalty (you know where I stand on the death penalty, however). You won't see me lament him, even though his execution was a pointless and vindictive act and the very existence of capital punishment a travesty that should have been eradicated half a century ago.

However, what really pisses me off is the self-righteousness gloating. Ding dong, the dictator is dead. Mission accomplished, the war in Iraq was a victory and totally worth it, take that you anti-war anti-Americans.

Iraqi civilian casualties: On the order of 600,000.
American troop casualties: Over 3,000.
Foreign civil contractors and reporters: No precise number but more than the troops.
Current status in Iraq: Civil war and chaos mixed with religious extremism.

Executed dictators: 1.

IMAGE(http://ermarian.net/images/politics/zomg_bush.png)

On the other hand, I suppose there is a silver lining. Objectives:

1. Get rid of Iraq's WMD - check, they don't exist.
2. Bring Hussein to justice - check, he's dead.
3. Liberate Iraqi people - ...

Whoops. But hey, two out of three ain't so bad. And the oil is safe.

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December Blades Chat? in Blades of Avernum
Arancaytar
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Member # 2984
 written Saturday, December 23 2006 07:33 Profile Homepage #12
Do you have Jabber? There are gateway servers that can log in to AIM for you (you still need to create an AIM account for that), and which will send your messages into the AIM network.

But in all seriousness, if you don't have that, it's infinitely less bother to just submit to the great evil and create an account.

If your OS allows it, you should then get Trillian (for Windows) or gaim (for Linux). For Mac, I think there is only the (unfortunately ad-infested) standard client.

[ Saturday, December 23, 2006 07:38: Message edited by: Arancaytar ]

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