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Happy Halloween. in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, November 1 2003 11:56 Profile Homepage #8
Right. There are famous accounts in psychological literature of people who distinctly remember doing things they couldn't possibly have done at the time of some famous event. For example, one man remembers that he was listening to a baseball game on the radio at the time Pearl Harbour was attacked, which couldn't really have happened as it wasn't baseball season.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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Public Service Announcement: The Arena in General
Thuryl
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 written Friday, October 31 2003 21:43 Profile Homepage #0
EDIT: Disregard. The arena at Desp is back up.

[ Saturday, November 01, 2003 00:26: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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What was the first game u played? in General
Thuryl
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 written Friday, October 31 2003 12:13 Profile Homepage #8
First SW game was Exile: Escape from the Pit.

First game ever would have been Dark Castle, I think. Anyone else remember this classic platformer?

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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Christianity and the West in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, October 29 2003 11:47 Profile Homepage #20
Sometimes, X, I wonder what it is that you do believe.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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Report in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, October 28 2003 00:09 Profile Homepage #7
Why not explain the shareware concept in your report? There's plenty to talk about there.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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kobalds, Rakshasi and Beholders, i wonder what is everybodies favorout RPG monster in General
Thuryl
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 written Monday, October 27 2003 01:50 Profile Homepage #40
TM: According to the OED, "griffin" is the standard spelling, although the two you list are also acceptable.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Panther is SWEET! (Spoilers - kind of :p) in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, October 25 2003 00:22 Profile Homepage #16
Why don't judges ever award $1 in damages any more? They used to do that all the time when the plaintiff was legally in the right but hadn't been harmed to any real extent.

Of course, legal costs would make that a very expensive $1 for both parties.

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I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,105,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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How long you been playing Spiderweb in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, October 25 2003 00:13 Profile Homepage #27
We do get particularly good newbies every once in a while. We generally deal with it by accusing them of being old members in disguise for a few months, until they're not so new any more.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
What could be next, I wonder? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, October 24 2003 13:51 Profile Homepage #8
Ocean Bound wasn't made by Jeff. It was only published by SW, the same way Exile was once published by Fantasoft.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Am I one of the oldest? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, October 24 2003 00:45 Profile Homepage #51
Um, Imby? TM is member number 4.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Panther is SWEET! (Spoilers - kind of :p) in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, October 24 2003 00:44 Profile Homepage #9
Which still makes it a hog product far preferable to that to which Windows XP may be compared.

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I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,105,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
will spidweb ever change? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, October 23 2003 12:40 Profile Homepage #28
Jeff lists as one of his major inspirations for Exile I the Might and Magic series, which have used a first-person view since forever. So Jeff deciding that a 3D game is a good idea isn't implausible; at the same time, one could suggest that if Jeff wanted to make a 3D game, he'd have done it by now.
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Panther is SWEET! (Spoilers - kind of :p) in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, October 23 2003 12:34 Profile Homepage #6
TGM, old computers suck regardless of OS. My university has computers that are still running Windows 3.1.

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I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,105,653,961,181,555,468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,631,031,296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
To speak english or not to english speak veeri vel... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, October 22 2003 03:23 Profile Homepage #1
You show more respect for the English language than many who speak it natively.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I am new here...... in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, October 21 2003 12:28 Profile Homepage #25
TGM, when Alec says to look something up on E2, he means http://www.everything2.com/ not Exile II.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Book-burning? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, October 21 2003 03:22 Profile Homepage #20
From what I've gathered from a little Google-assisted research, standard chip-etching procedures require the chip to be treated with a series of chemicals before and after laser etching to add and strip away surface layers needed at various steps in the process.

http://www.svtc.org/ seems to be a rather good source of information on the environmental impact of the electronics industry, if you can wade through all the propaganda.

[ Tuesday, October 21, 2003 03:23: Message edited by: Thuryl ]

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
html coding question about fonts in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, October 19 2003 12:13 Profile Homepage #3
If you make your text into GIFs, it'll be annoying for people on slow connections and inaccessible to blind people who use text readers. Let the damn font display as Arial if people want it to display as Arial.
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Sorry if this is not Spiderweb related. I need advice, and ideas... in General
Thuryl
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 written Sunday, October 19 2003 04:50 Profile Homepage #10
In my experience, there are no airheads, or at least not nearly as many as most people seem to think. You don't show every facet of your personality to everybody; why would you expect others to? Are you sure your opinions of her aren't biased by the fact that to you she's unwanted competition?

You say that you didn't talk to this guy often; he can't read your mind. Everything he knows about you and this other girl is based on the impressions he's gathered of the two of you; he can't know how much you have in common if you don't talk.

If he gets to know you, maybe he too will feel that the two of you are well-suited to each other. Unfortunately, it seems you've left your move a little late. My advice is to make yourself known to him, and quickly; once he's in a relationship, trying to break them up is only likely to make everyone's life more difficult.

Whether you end up getting the guy or not, at least by communicating you'll find out how he feels about you. Don't let your chance pass you by because he never knew you well enough to love you.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
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Question about Profiles in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, October 19 2003 00:22 Profile Homepage #4
I prefer AOL's client to Adium, partly because I prefer having multiple windows open to the tabbed interface Adium makes you use. Also, Adium's sound effects grate on my nerves, but I miss IMs from people if I have sound off.

Haven't tried Fire yet; I might give it a look.
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kobalds, Rakshasi and Beholders, i wonder what is everybodies favorout RPG monster in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, October 18 2003 22:10 Profile Homepage #31
This is because FFT was translated by trained monkeys.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Am I one of the oldest? in General
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, October 18 2003 15:22 Profile Homepage #11
Might as well get this out in the open, since everyone who's anyone knows already. Alec is Custer.
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Book-burning? in General
Thuryl
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 written Saturday, October 18 2003 15:15 Profile Homepage #5
Books have a natural division between pages, which can be used for effect to create divisions between sections of a work; this is more difficult to do with a file on a computer, which one naturally just scrolls through. You can't easily stick a bookmark in a computer when you're halfway through reading something, either.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Extrapolated 100m (4.972chains or 109.4yards) spirnt times in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, October 17 2003 12:16 Profile Homepage #24
They are record breaking. If he could average 45 kph over 100 metres he'd run 100 metres in 8 seconds flat.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
suicide methodes in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Thursday, October 16 2003 12:14 Profile Homepage #80
quote:
Originally written by Balathermo of Blackrock:

I agree with what's being said, but an interesting observation of what Ironweed said- I noticed you used 'her' and 'herself'. I wasn't particularily disturbed or insulted, but it did manage to stand out from the rest of your paragraph, for some reason, most likely because I almost never hear it used. (Usually, it's either 'him' and 'himself' or 'one' and 'one's self'.)
Some people deliberately use female pronouns to refer to a hypothetical person some or all of the time for the purposes of promoting gender equality. We'll know the sexes are truly equal when you're no longer surprised to see either "him" or "her" used in any context.

And Vaevictis, the disease you're talking about is called Duchenne muscular dystrophy here. I did work experience at an institute that researched it.

[ Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:15: Message edited by: The Lined Paper Man ]

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
How old are you? in General
Thuryl
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 written Wednesday, October 15 2003 21:39 Profile Homepage #65
But off by 15 years in which direction?
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