Profile for Dintiradan
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| Displayed name | Dintiradan |
| Member number | 6670 |
| Title | Guardian |
| Postcount | 1509 |
| Homepage | http://dintiradan.ermarian.net/ |
| Registered | Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, September 1 2006 16:42
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By Salmon: quote:Do not mock Canadians. Secure in our impenetrable land, we can act with impunity. Just try to invade us, and our border guards will... erm... well, actually, they'll run away. See, they aren't armed, and it's their policy to run away when they feel threatened. -------------------- (Shelves plans of world domination and begins whipping Canada into shape.) Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 1 2006 16:33
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Does PageBuilder require any software on your end? If you didn't need to download anything, the problem is most likely on their end. Even if it isn't, probably best to send an e-mail or check a FAQ; it might be a common error. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I capture an enemy known for escaping via ingenious and fantastic little gadgets, I will order a full cavity search and confiscate all personal items before throwing him in my dungeon. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, September 1 2006 16:17
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Well Ralph, it's time to say goodbye. For real, this time. The last fourteen years have been wild. We'll remember with fondness your taste in fine cuisine (mmm... pancakes and pie), the humour you brought to the First Ministers meetings, and... oh yeah, making us filthy rich. But it's time for you to go. Oh, it's not you, it's us. We're just not ready for your enlightened policies, such as your... erm... unorthodox methods of distributing funds to the financially challenged. There's no sense in making a long goodbye; it's best to make it a clean cut. Who knows? Next year perhaps we can celebrate your legacy somehow, maybe with autographed golf balls or something. And remember: don't think of it as 55% confidence. Think of it as 55 Proof. --------------------  [ Friday, September 08, 2006 07:40: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 29 2006 17:31
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By Ash: quote:Ooh. That's evil. Actually, a few weeks ago I came up with an idea for a series of this type (read: I'm getting sick and tired of the scenario I'm working on). Have four small scenarios, each with a pre-fab singleton. Each singleton's personality is developed in their scenario. Then have a fifth scenario that comes with a utility that extracts all the character info from each save. Bingo! A four PC scenario, in which each PC has an individual history. The problem is that for me to be able to write such an utility, JV would have to release the format for the .SAV file. EDIT: Such an utility could probably extract SDF values as well. That way, in the fifth scenario, the pre-created dialog could reflect choices made in the earlier four. -------------------- I think that all right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I am most certainly not. And I'm sick and tired of being told that I am. - John Cleese (Monty Python) [ Tuesday, August 29, 2006 17:33: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 26 2006 17:04
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By Nico: quote:Yes, yes we are. In fact, I think I feel another song coming on! -------------------- It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd The only light we ever see is from our monitor We argue about comic books and Internet connections The biggest highlight of the year is the Star Trek Convention Our town's not big enough to sign up any stars But we once met a red shirt who was phasered by a Borg (Man, he knew Mr. Sulu!) (What?) It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We wear our Star Trek uniforms and talk like Captain Kirk We have our own heroes who we try to emulate I dream of one day being as sexy as Bill Gates We hate watching sports 'cause we're reading Carl Sagan But we'd watch the Olympics if they played Dungeons and Dragons (I'm a Hobbit! Ha ha ha ha!) It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We think Tolkien was a genius and Shakespeare was a turd We rarely get a date or get talked to by a girl Unless they're having trouble with their algebra homework We're emotionally bereft and we're sexually frustrated But we can download photographs of Agent Scully naked It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We know the truth is out there but we'd have to leave our room We are the nerds in your neighbourhood Polyester's a fashion statement But there's more room on the beach for you 'Cause we're locked in our basement It's great to be a nerd, It's great to be a nerd We like to wear colours that do not appear in nature It's great to be a Poorly-dressed fashionless Star trekking roleplaying Ninety pound when wet down Pasty skinned pop drinking Underfed genius Yes, it's great to be a nerd - It's Great to be a Nerd (The Arrogant Worms) [ Sunday, August 27, 2006 18:23: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 26 2006 11:52
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Forumer's IPB is a little old: version 1.3. Recent enough? The link for phpBB's version is broken. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will hire a drama coach. The hero will think it must be a case of mistaken identity when confronted by my Minnesota accent (if everyone sounds American) or my Cornwall accent (if everyone sounds British). Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, August 25 2006 19:14
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Either very early or late, depending on when I start a landscaping job and how long it takes. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: Before using any device which transfers energy directly into my body, I will install a surge suppressor. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 23 2006 19:15
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By Randomizer: quote:I have a sudden urge to watch The Great Escape again. Forumer offers both phpBB and IPB free, if that's what you mean. I'd have done the comparison on Forumer itself, but the links to the phpBB features and to why Forumer recommends phpBB are broken. Didn't mention it before, but I'm looking for free services. Not going to set up a domain name, either. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will relegate the task of spearing loose hay with pitchforks to the lowest rank of my Legions of Terror, instead of wasting my Kommandant's time. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 23 2006 18:49
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Let's see, for the last three or four years I've had... 400 Mhz, 128 MB RAM, 8 GB HD... yep, time to trash the ancient Aptiva and get a new computer this year (still, can't argue with the hand-me-down price ;) ). Still debating whether I should get I laptop so I can take it to school, or build my own desktop with all the bells and whistles. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not hold any sort of public celebration within my castle walls. Any event open to members of the public will be held down the road in the festival pavilion. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 21 2006 19:59
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To all the multi-forumers out there: In the next month, I'll be setting up a forum, probably on forumer.com (non-Spid). Personally, I couldn't care less whether it would be phpBB or Invision. But since the majority of the people going on these forums would be complete newbies, I was wondering what type people found more user-friendly. Also, I'd like to know what it's like on the admin side (Polaris is IPB, right?), and what performs better. Thanks muchly. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will decree that all hay be shipped in tightly-packed bales. Any wagonload of loose hay attempting to pass through a checkpoint will be set on fire. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 21 2006 17:32
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Kel, I think you need to put semicolons at the end of your character references. -------------------- Jonah was eaten by a whale. C'mon, VeggieTales said so! Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 21 2006 17:23
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I'm surprised no one posted these classics yet: To be or not to be: that is the question, whether its nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune... -> In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong -> A thin man ran; makes a large stride, left planet, pins flag on moon! On to Mars! EDIT: Line breaks. -------------------- Someone out there either has way too much time to waste or is deadly at Scrabble. [ Monday, August 21, 2006 17:24: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, August 20 2006 10:33
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By Drakey: quote:That would be the two second method. But now that you've said that, we won't have anybody wasting their time putting up a half-page explaination with sigma notation! Curse you! -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I ever build a device to transfer the hero's energy into me, I will make sure it cannot operate in reverse. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, August 20 2006 10:22
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Joy! Yet another topic in which I can practice my gimmick! EDIT: Crap. Stupid image won't load. I'll find another. EDIT: GAH! Must... find... pic... before... topic... locked. --------------------  [ Sunday, August 20, 2006 10:29: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, August 20 2006 09:55
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A pox on all PDN changers. It took me a few minutes to figure out who you were. Congrats, d3m0n5L4y3r. --------------------  Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Sunday, August 20 2006 09:46
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By Ash: quote:I find it funny when people try to explain this one. This question's become a sort of mathematical psychoanalysis for me. Either somebody will spend two minutes playing around with summation notation to prove their point, or they'll spend two seconds drawing an analogy. Don't worry, I won't give the answer. It's fun to watch people squirm with n -> inf. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will not outsource core functions. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Saturday, August 19 2006 14:59
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I am anxiously awaiting the day Alorael makes a milestone post and puts the rest of us to shame. And since I can't let Kel have all the Google fun... --------------------  Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, August 18 2006 18:37
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"She... frightens me." Gnosis pauses in its musings. Why would you feel threatened by one such as her? The spell she cast on you originated from her tome. Her magical prowess would be diminished without my aid. For a few moments there is silence from the Curator. Communicating with him is different than contacting a physical through a book. There is no information to be gathered through the raw rush of emotions, just dead silence between each sending. Finally, he replies, and his sending is full of quiet smugness. "You have lost access to much information, Gnosis. This 'drow' bears a name in a tongue you have apparently forgotten." A pause. "'Touched by the Shadow'. If you were capable of vision, if you could see what I have seen in her eyes, you would be frightened too." Gnosis returns to its previous musings. After what must have been centuries, the Curator has made contact once again. Considering his strange request, Gnosis supposes that he must have fallen out of favour with the Guardian. With him apparently powerless, it found no reason to withhold information on its fruitless conversation with Melora. The physical is informed of the situation with Tuulentekija, but that does little good with her trapped. Gnosis feels frustration; all its hopes dwelt on these physicals, and of the entire lot, only two are heading towards the Guardian. "Grant me my powers again," the Curator sends once again, this time with a touch of petulance. "I will aid your cause." Why not? Now that Gnosis has thought it through, it seems that denying the Curator access to his powers is due to the Guardian making absolutely sure that he would deal with the physicals one by one. Even if this druid is as strong as Tuulentekija has suggested, he would be no match against the Guardian alone. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Gnosis comes to a decision and draws upon its energy reserves. It had nearly depleted them when it first came in contact with Melora, but with the advent of regaining contact with the tome held by Tuulentekija, the availiable reserves had increased again. I will grant you your powers again, on one condition. I will regain contact with Melora and Tuulentekija. I will find from them where they are located, and you will shift the ice to make a path for them as well as for yourself and Lisha. Gnosis still harbours doubts regarding the Curator's newfound loyalty, but sending nearly every physical in the Mountain seems the only way that the Guardian could possibly be defeated. -------------------- Hopefully, this will help pave the path to THE FINAL SHOWDOWN! Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 17 2006 18:08
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By Aran: quote:Ah, that's where you lost it sir. The King of Somewhere has a monocle. No, I couldn't resist. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If a scientist with a beautiful and unmarried daughter refuses to work for me, I will not hold her hostage. Instead, I will offer to pay for her future wedding and her children's college tuition. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Thursday, August 17 2006 18:06
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Bad double post! Bad! Bad! -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I have the hero cornered and am about to finish him off and he says "Look out behind you!!" I will not laugh and say "You don't expect me to fall for that old trick, do you?" Instead I will take a step to the side and half turn. That way I can still keep my weapon trained on the hero, I can scan the area behind me, and if anything was heading for me it will now be heading for him. [ Thursday, August 17, 2006 18:10: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 16 2006 18:16
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Weekend's best for me too (MST). After around a three month hiatus, I've starting working on it again. It's mostly just dialog and alpha testing left, done in fifteen minute increments. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will add indelible dye to the moat. It won't stop anyone from swimming across, but even dim-witted guards should be able to figure out when someone has entered in this fashion. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 15 2006 17:45
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So, like, what's happening, eh? -------------------- I'm... a... bump ba dump a bump BUMP! Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 14 2006 19:52
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Pfft. Canada has four seasons: winter, winter, winter, and construction. Let's see: about seven years ago we had a couple of feet in early June, made humourous because there was chilren's festival in town that operated solely out of big-top tents. Sitting outside during a tornado watch and gazing at two cloud fronts moving towards each other is pretty nice too. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: I will have my fortress exorcized regularly. Although ghosts in the dungeon provide an appropriate atmosphere, they tend to provide valuable information once placated. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 14 2006 19:30
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I'd love to pitch in, but even after one year of CompSci I'd be limited to operating off the command line (stupid introductory classes). Oh well, I'll just keep on writing Perl scripts that no one else can use. ;) -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: If I am dangling over a precipice and the hero reaches his hand down to me, I will not attempt to pull him down with me. I will allow him to rescue me, thank him properly, then return to the safety of my fortress and order his execution. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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written Friday, August 11 2006 18:27
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quote:Pfft. I want more Cheeseball. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: Although it would provide amusement, I will not confess to the hero's rival that I was the one who committed the heinous act for which he blames the hero. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |