Logfile from ifmud. ************************************************************************ ** ** ** Welcome to ifMUD! ** ** ** ************************************************************************ FAQ: http://www.allthingsjacq.com/ifMUDfaq/ IP: 66.114.68.227 MONKEY: Ook. If you... have an account Type "connect name password" to log in need an account Go to http://ifmud.port4000.com:4001/ and apply are just visiting Type "connect guest guest" to login as Guest want to see who's on Type "who" for a list of players online have problems Email markm - mark.musante@gmail.com TYPE connect, who, or quit: Login Succeeded ifMUD An interactive real time social network chat bulletin board quotebook url database with a parrot bot Copyright 1997-2007 by Loungent Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of rec.[arts|games].int-fiction; All rights reserved. Release 4 / Serial number 990908 / perlMUD v2.1z "The characters were mostly of the cardboard cutout variety. I wanted to punch everyone except the one Scottish guy." --Jearl NOTE: Whenever a fix or enhancement is in place, it will be announced on the channel '#mud-updates'. OTHER NOTE: There is a mailing list where people can say things like "hey, the mud's down, what's up with that?" In fact, since this is the only thing the list is used for, you should join it if you are interested in this subject. To join, go to http://groups.google.com/group/ifmud/ or talk to Steve. Robinson Manor A gracious, welcoming, airy space. Music drifts in from unseen speakers. A picture window on the southern wall provides a pleasant source of light and a sense of openness. You can see: teleporter, a picture window, comfy sofa, Jeopardy podium, buzzer1, buzzer2, buzzer3, Jota greets Rob Visible Exits: west, east Olly says, "Golly." No new channels have been created since your last check. Adventurer's Lounge Candles on the wood-panelled walls create a comfortably dark atmosphere. Hand-drawn maps are taped to nearly every surface -- the walls, the ceiling, the trophy case in the corner. Seating is plentiful. A small storage closet is to the north. You can see: new laundry list, Birthday Calendar, magic laundry list, blank banner, Even Newer World Map, charset sampler, Automeeter, TheMasterTheorem player names, time zones, MUD Client Wish List Players: Alex, Jon, markm, Bishop, Ryan, Doug, GDorn, Touchy, DorianX, Jearl, Psmith, lpsmith, baf, Grocible, annabianca, Matthew, Lionheart, Dave, schep, vaporware, Jacqueline, vimes, maga, zaphod, genericgeekgirl, DavidW, Johnny, marc, Marktwo, ghira, borowski, Lucea, boucher, Hugo, inky, McMartin, Pinstripe, BrenBarn, Ellison, ParserGirl, ctate, jenrexrode, Emily, olethros, Adam, two-star Visible Exits: north, west, southwest, southeast, up, east Rob comes right on in. Recapping 1000 of 4033 lines from recent channels: [craft]/17:38 Emily asks, "speaking of Goofus' behavior -- is there any sort of boardgame-meet tradition of a party where people bring crap board games that aren't fun and then the party makes up a new ruleset for the pieces?" [sf]|17:38 Matthew says, "He could import it." [sf]|17:38 Gunther says, "from the ore merchant" [D&D]|17:38 baf says, "At the very least, Turning is a matter of making the undead understand that your god hates them and is more powerful than them and that they should run away now, while Rebuking is a matter of making them realize that your god is on their side and that attacking that god's servants would be counterproductive." [sf]|17:38 (from lpsmith) Jon says (to inky), "Brilliant! You're name is going in the credits!" [craft]|17:38 inky says, "that sounds fun" [sf]|17:38 Jon says (to Gunther), "yeah, I went with 'they trade with dwarves for it'" [music]|17:38 Allen says, "Forqueray is tough tough tough music" [craft]|17:38 Emily says, "my sister has this really dull annoying game about being a barista but it has fancy parts" [craft]|17:38 Iain says, "Huh, it does" [sf]|17:38 Matthew asks, "Dwarves on the space station?" [music]|17:39 Gunther asks, "is that pronounced 'fuckery'?" [sf]|17:39 Jon says, "they don't know they're on a space station" [D&D]|17:39 baf says, "But yeah, this is terms of art, not common usage." [craft]|17:39 Emily says, "so we were trying to figure out if there is a way to subvert this into something cool" [music]|17:39 Gunther says, "because if so I'm sure it's a prank" [sf]|17:39 Matthew asks, "So they're dumb dwarves?" [music]|17:39 Allen says, "approximately, I guess" [sf]|17:39 Jon says, "it's one of those 'people on a generation ship forget they're in a space ship' deals, except they were deliberately made to forget" [craft]|17:39 Iain asks, "What are the parts?" [craft]|17:39 Grocible says, "only if the new rules involve inudity" [craft]|17:39 inky says, "combine with operation, and you get a bikini coffee shop" [tangent]|17:39 Gunther says, "#music loving this so far: http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/23/instagrambient-music-project-draws-inspiration-from-instagram-photos/ " [sf]|17:39 Jon says, "the dwarves are actually representatives of the station owners, who are in on the con." [craft]|17:39 Grocible says, "what inky says" [sf]|17:39 Matthew says, "You should call it Ore Get Me Not." [sf]|17:39 Gunther says (to RobertaWilliams), "NO" [craft]|17:40 Iain says, "Maybe the meta-game is that everybody has to bring a dull game (or interesting parts) and you have to use them all." [craft]|17:40 Johnny asks (of Groc), "How is iNudity different from nudity?" [craft]|17:40 Iain says, "(Not body parts)" [craft]|17:40 Emily says (to Iain), "there are custom dice, cards representing different drink features, and a cup to throw the dice in, and a little custom velveteen bag for the dice" [sf]|17:40 Jon says, "it's like the Truman Show, except the entire village is the unknowing star of this reality show." [sf]|17:40 Matthew asks, "Who's playing Laura Linney?" [craft]|17:40 Iain says, "Huh, not bad" [sf]|17:41 baf says, "Maybe the metal is generated by nuclear synthesis. You need elements that have more or less the right atomic number." [craft]|17:41 Emily says, "okay, clearly we need to throw this party" [craft]|17:41 Iain says, "Sounds like the basis of a drinking game for teetotallers" [sf]|17:41 baf says, "So the 'ore' is whatever organic compounds have components that can be turned to metal." [craft]|17:41 Emily says, "ha" [sf]|17:42 Jon says, "this is basically a Doctor Who fanfic. medieval village on a space station who don't know they're on a space station? The Doctor is all over that." [lounge]|17:42 Hugo goes home. [lounge]|17:42 * Hugo has disconnected. [sf]|17:42 baf says, "This is woefully inefficient, due to the vast amounts of energy required, but what are you going to do? You don't have a mine." [lounge]|17:42 Tale is fired from breathing. [lounge]|17:42 * Tale has disconnected. [sf]|17:42 Roger says, "The ore might be barfing out reclaimed materials from human waste and/or corpses" [sf]|17:43 Jon says, "(Likewise, I'm unsure about there being a tannery. Because, yeah, they need leather, but a medieval tannery is not something people want to see.)" [sf]|17:43 Roger says, "Or smell" [sf]|17:43 Gunther says, "you can use lasers to tan" [sf]|17:43 Jon says, "A medieval village doesn't have lasers!" [sf]|17:43 vimes says, "seriously, it's the Future, you can use lasers to ANYTHING." [sf]|17:44 Jon says, "(I typed #fantasy but ended up on #sf due to LIES.)" [sf]|17:44 Roger says, "All non-human animals are pretty suspect here" [sf]|17:44 baf says, "Alternately, the mine could just be a very old trash dump, from centuries ago when people thought the trip was going to be shorter and freely threw away foil packaging." [sf]|17:44 inky asks, "two legs good, four legs bad?" [sf]|17:44 Jon asks (of baf), "on a space station?" [sf]|17:46 baf says, "OK, perhaps it was a recycling unit, but it broke a long time ago, and people just kept throwing metal-containing waste into it anyway because they were already starting to forget stuff." [lounge]|17:46 Grocible asks, "does anyone wanna keep dustspotting these photos for me?" [lounge]|17:46 Grocible says, "my head is melting" [lounge]|17:46 Grocible says, "I've been doing this for fucking hours" [sf]|17:46 Roger says, "Soylent Green is made from GARBAGE" [lounge]|17:46 Olly asks, "Dustspotting?" [sf]|17:46 Gunther asks (of Jon), "yes, but they have no idea what 'medieval' really is, so why not have lasers?" [lounge]|17:46 Grocible says, "painting out dust spots in Photoshop" [sf]|17:47 Jon says, "it's a reality show; the viewers probably do. (though I guess that since this is in the future, maybe the viewers are equally clueless)" [food]|17:48 zarf says, "rice! it's yummy!" [peeves]|17:48 Jon says, "when I try to concisely explain a concept, explaining only the most important things first, and then when I keep having to explain some of the less important stuff to explain why some suggestion won't work. The worst part is that sometimes the suggestions are better than what I had in mind, but I'm in the habit of saying 'no, because FOO'" [lounge]|17:48 Olly says, "Sorry, I don't want to help." [lounge]|17:49 Grocible says, "at least you're honest about it" [sf]|17:49 Jon says, "honestly this all came from the kernel of 'there is a witch, in the forest, on the space station. the villagers are going to burn her.'" [sf]|17:49 baf says, "Eventually they started to run out of stuff, of course, because the station wasn't recycling it any more, so they started manually reusing and repairing more, and consequently forgot the idea of throwing waste into the recycling chutes because they didn't really have waste. So when a later generation discovered the 'mine', they had no idea why there where it came from." [lounge]|17:50 Recchi asks, "For hours? Where were these photos taken, the middle of the crab nebula?" [lounge]|17:50 Recchi says, "I am outraged on your behalf" [sf]|17:50 Roger says, "That sounds more like Lexx fanfic" [sf]|17:50 Jon says, "I know nothing about Lexx except there is a device that destroys the universe or something." [sf]|17:51 Gunther says, "it is the worst sf series ever made" [sf]|17:51 DorianX says, "Meh" [sf]|17:51 DorianX says, "There are WAY worse" [sf]|17:51 zarf says, "that, and the music episode was pretty awesome." [sf]|17:51 DorianX says, "That too" [sf]|17:52 Jon asks (of Gunther), "worse than The Starlost?" [sf]|17:52 DorianX says, "Lexx may be the most *intentionally* awful" [sf]|17:52 zarf says, "I need to go back and watch the first season / pilot / whatever oyu call it" [sf]|17:52 inky says, "lexx is a sf series about an alternate universe where everyone uses rexx" [lounge]|17:52 Grocible says, "they're mostly macro shots of photographic products" [lounge]|17:52 Grocible says, "taken in a retail shop" [lounge]|17:52 Grocible says, "so they were customer-handled products" [sf]|17:52 DorianX says (to jon), "It is not worse than starlost" [lounge]|17:53 borowski is a dog which has met his main sandwich. [sf]|17:53 DorianX says, "It is basically what you would expect to happen if Cinemax made a sci fi series" [sf]|17:53 zarf says, "really, Lexx is intentionally so far over the top you can walk your pet diplodocus under it, but it's not intentionally awful." [sf]|17:53 zarf says, "at least at first." [sf]|17:53 DorianX says, "Only it was Showtime" [lounge]|17:53 Grocible says, "I'm not outraged. Just exhausted" [lounge]|17:53 Lucea is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin. [lounge]|17:53 * Lucea has disconnected. [sf]|17:53 zarf says, "later it got weak" [sf]|17:54 DorianX says, "Yeah. The last season was really dull and lame" [sf]|17:54 DorianX says, "except for the singing" [news]|17:54 Allen | Saved From the Dinner Table: Activists Rescue More Than 500 Caged Dogs Destined for Restaurants in China [news]|17:54 Allen says, "another blow for Obama!" [sf]|17:56 DorianX says, "the last season really felt like someone said "THis is great. BUt the problem is all the things that are different from eveyr other cheaply made cliche sci fi show."" [lounge]|17:56 Olly | Goofus eats his own young. [news]|17:56 inky says, "ha ha" [lounge]|17:56 Iain says, "Gallant allows himself to be eaten" [lounge]|17:56 Johnny | Gallant eats the young of others. [news]|17:56 Matthew says, "Ha ha ha ha." [lounge]|17:57 Olly | Gallant takes care to reproduce successfully every 24 days. [lounge]|17:57 Johnny asks (of Olly), "Where are these coming from?" [lounge]|17:57 Olly | http://tinyurl.com/6ral3da [lounge]|17:58 Johnny says, "wow" [videogames]|17:59 DorianX says, "Heavy Rain LP (no spoilers)" [videogames]|17:59 DorianX says, "I love that the player snarks the child actors by adding captions in french" [apropos-of-nothing]|17:59 Gunther says, " http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/11/119607/2161974-2152382_no_you_re_not_the_only_one_who._lold_not_mine_cc16ca_3200577_super_super.jpg " [lounge]|18:00 Olly takes a plastic hamster ball from their pocket, steps into it, and rolls away. [lounge]|18:01 baf says, "Goofus shoots Seeds, and makes new Life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was. Gallant shoots Death and purifies the Earth of the filth of Brutals." [lounge]|18:01 Gunther says, "seeds, eh" [lounge]|18:01 borowski is a science, not simply a screensaver! [lounge]|18:02 baf says, "Goofus is simply a screensaver." [lounge]|18:02 Johnny says, "Hi borowski" [lounge]|18:03 borowski says, "Hi Johnny, every body" [music]|18:03 Iain says, "Belatedly -- http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html " [lounge]|18:03 baf exclaims, "Goofus is a number. Gallant is a free man!" [music]|18:03 Iain | The spectrum analysis feature is very useful for working out those hard-to-hear chords, but you must still use your ear and brain to decide which of the peaks in the spectrum are notes being played, which are merely harmonics, and which are just the result of noise and broad-spectrum instruments such as drums. [lounge]|18:04 borowski says, "I didn't realize the deeper implications of Goofus and Gallant." [lounge]|18:04 borowski says, "I used to read that in Highlights when I was a kid." [lounge]|18:05 zarf walks off through the wall; rich crimson light flares briefly around him. [lounge]|18:06 Olly arrives in a puff of yellow smoke, which makes them cough. [lounge]|18:06 Olly says, "It's ouroboroski." [lounge]|18:06 borowski says, "It's an Olly" [lounge]|18:07 Johnny says, "Hey Olly" [lounge]|18:07 Yuri goes home. [music]|18:09 Iain says, "Wow, this app does a much better job than the docs suggest." [music]|18:10 Gunther asks, "does it remove all traces of Lars Ulrich?" [lounge]|18:10 Olly says, "Nobody likes a snore looser." [lounge]|18:11 borowski asks, "Somebody that snores when they lose?" [lounge]|18:11 Olly says, "Someone who lets loose with snores." [lounge]|18:15 Recchi goes home. [lounge]|18:15 * Recchi has disconnected. [gameofthrones]|18:16 Gunther says, "#skyrim http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17k0a4a2hvzw9jpg/original.jpg " [lounge]|18:18 Roger goes home. [lounge]|18:18 * Roger has disconnected. [lounge]|18:18 Gunther was like watching the world's most boring car crash, and then someone with a monotone voice overanalyzing it. [jobs]|18:33 Dave says, "looks like I need to speed up my job search" [jobs]|18:33 Dave says, "the client is waffling on my end date" [jobs]|18:34 Dave says, "and it looks like they're focusing on documentation and build process stuff, which is a clear indication they have no more work lined up for me" [jobs]|18:34 Dave says, "there's plenty of work in Chicago...I should land okay...and I'm NET-30 so I'm ahead on cash-flow" [lounge]|18:36 Olly says, "I need to go rest." [lounge]|18:36 Olly says, "Bye, everyone." [lounge]|18:36 Olly takes a plastic hamster ball from their pocket, steps into it, and rolls away. [jobs]|18:38 inky asks, "what is NET-30?" [workplace]|18:44 inky says, "I can't decide if this person is missing the point or not: http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/propaganda-and-barbie " [jobs]|18:46 vimes says, "it's a tennis score, like LOVE-15" [jobs]|18:46 Jon says (to inky), "well, in product-based business it means the customer has 30 days from invoice date to pay you" [jobs]|18:46 Jon says, "I presume it's the same in software contracting" [jobs]|18:46 inky says, "oh yeah" [jobs]|18:46 Jon says, "which means even if this is his last day, he still has one more paycheck coming in" [jobs]|18:47 inky says, "that makes sense" [jobs]|18:47 Jon says, "Now, .NET-30 is something entirely different" [lounge]|18:51 baf says, "Hm. Catching up on Adam's calendar, reading about pineapplegate." [lounge]|18:51 baf says, "My reaction was that the Hare's words were the wisest." [lounge]|18:51 Jota arrives from the east. [lounge]|18:51 Jota greets. [lounge]|18:51 borowski asks, "I vaguely remember that. Did it involve overly expensive?" [lounge]|18:52 two-star took 30,500 buckets -- why? [lounge]|18:52 vimes says, "jota: the man, the myth, the legend" [lounge]|18:52 borowski says, "+pineapples" [lounge]|18:53 Jon asks, "jota doesn't have sleeves?" [lounge]|18:53 Fang says, "I didn't even register that Hare was an option" [lounge]|18:54 baf says, "in that the owl's words take figurative speech literally, which doesn't seem very wise to me, whereas the Hare accurately assesses the whole situation." [lounge]|18:54 baf says, "The Hare is in the list of choices for that question." [lounge]|18:55 Fang says, "yeah, now I see" [lounge]|18:55 borowski says, "Oh that, pineapple thing. I didn't realize it had reached 'gate' status." [lounge]|18:56 Fang says, "I guess the Hare does, however, make some untrue statements" [lounge]|18:56 vimes says, "Wisdom speaks lies so others hear truth." [lounge]|18:56 Fang says, "namely 'this must be some sort of joke'" [lounge]|18:56 Fang says, "whereas everything the owl says is true" [lounge]|18:57 Fang says, "also, the hare ran 26 miles for no reason" [quotations]|18:58 borowski | As Judge Judy famously said, "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining." [lounge]|18:59 Ellison has appeared in three Bigfoot/Abominable Snowman-themed movies: Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter, Little Bigfoot and Abominable. [lounge]|19:00 Fang says, "when I read boingboing, I was surprised at the commenters objecting that the animals ate the pineapple because they were annoyed" [lounge]|19:00 Fang says, "instead of merely hungry" [lounge]|19:00 vimes says, "or pragmatic - that pineapple had tricked them before" [lounge]|19:01 Fang says, "well, it seems like a fundamental failure to understand huma... er animal emotions" [lounge]|19:05 borowski asks, "It also incorrectly teaches children that owls eat pineapples. How can we expect them to compete in a global economy with that sort of thing filling up their brain?" [lounge]|19:06 baf says, "The hare running 26 miles is irrelevant: the question asks about the animals' words, not their actions." [lounge]|19:07 inky says, "if the hare was really right he should have got someone to bet on it" [lounge]|19:07 inky says, "Adam had some commentary on the hungry vs angry thing" [lounge]|19:07 Emily goes home. [lounge]|19:07 * Emily has disconnected. [lounge]|19:08 borowski asks, "Hmmm. Did the owl bet on the race?" [lounge]|19:08 inky says, " http://adamcadre.livejournal.com/175046.html#comments " [lounge]|19:08 borowski says, "I wonder what the odds in Vegas were." [lounge]|19:10 baf says, "There's no mention of betting in the passage. Just animals not wanting to look like fools because they rooted for the wrong one." [lounge]|19:14 borowski says, "It wasn't mentioned in the story, but forest critters are notorious for their gambling habits. At least in my imagination." [lounge]|19:14 borowski says, "I imagine the owl nervously smoking a cigar while we bets his money for nest-rent." [lounge]|19:16 borowski says, "s/we/he" [lounge]|19:24 Pinstripe trips his way inside. [lounge]|19:24 Pinstripe exclaims, "Hey guys!" [comics]|19:25 K-Y says, "the problems with comics, #253" [comics]|19:25 K-Y | "If there's one thing my adult pro self wanted out of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, it was a return to the days of Infinite Earths. And it starts here." [lounge]|19:25 Fang says, "Hi Pinns" [lounge]|19:25 Pinstripe says, "Hey, Fang." [lounge]|19:26 Iain leaps astride a mountain pony and gallops off bareback for reinforcements. [lounge]|19:26 * Iain has disconnected. [music]|19:26 * Pinstripe has joined the channel. [lounge]|19:27 genericgeekgirl says, "hi Pinstripe" [lounge]|19:28 Pinstripe exclaims, "Hello, ggg!" [nameless]|19:31 * Pinstripe has joined the channel. [music]|19:31 Fang says, "grfg" [nameless]|19:31 Pinstripe says, "New Cadre game! Woohoo! Never thought I'd see that." [craft]|19:32 * Pinstripe has joined the channel. [lounge]|19:39 Fang says, "gtg" [lounge]|19:41 Johnny says (to Fang), "c u l8r" [tangent]|19:45 Jota says, "I wonder if we could trick people into believing that 'to culate' means to depart temporarily." [tangent]|19:45 inky says, "heh" [tangent]|19:46 Jota says, "And thus, saying 'cul8r' to someone is simply accusing them of being someone who's doing so." [lounge]|19:46 borowski is a dog which has met his main sandwich. [tangent]|19:47 K-Y says, "culating sounds like an awkward skin condition" [lounge]|19:48 borowski is a science, not simply a screensaver! [lounge]|19:49 Firion eat beans. Beans taste good. Num num num. Why violence in streets? [lounge]|19:57 Fang is told of the death of Christ, and becomes so angry that the brain bursts from his head, and he dies. The blood from the wound baptises him as a Christian, and his soul goes to heaven. [lounge]|19:58 Allen says, "almost-wreck on drive home, on home street" [lounge]|19:58 Allen says, "car pulled off to side of the road. Then, when I was passing them, suddenly pulled out and made a U-turn" [lounge]|19:58 Allen says, "'screeeech'" [lounge]|19:59 borowski exclaims, "eek!" [lounge]|19:59 inky says, "man" [band-name]|19:59 borowski says, "Yesterday's Jam" [blokes]|20:01 inky | was trying to break up with her gently when I saw a tow truck hooking up to my car outside her apartment, so I bolted mid-let down saying "you're too crazy!" over my shoulder as I ran. [lounge]|20:04 Pinstripe says, "god, that's terrifying" [blokes]|20:05 Ellison says, "ha ha, man" [lounge]|20:08 Allen says, "just ordinary dallas traffic" [politics]|20:09 Allen | Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said that the Secret Service scandal has raised concerns about whether enemies of the state might try to attack President Obama in the near future. [politics]|20:09 Allen says, "with ... prostitutes" [politics]|20:10 inky says, "I'm pretty confused about the whole scandal" [politics]|20:10 inky says, "like is this a moral panic or a security panic or what" [politics]|20:11 borowski says, "It sounds like it's a moral thing." [politics]|20:11 Allen | Maloney and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, called for the Secret Service to recruit more women. "I can't help but wonder if there'd been more women as part of that detail if this ever would have happened," Collins said on ABC. [politics]|20:11 Allen | "I can't help but keep asking this question: Where are the women?" she said. [politics]|20:11 inky says, "well, that doesn't seem like a crazy assertion" [politics]|20:11 inky says, "ha ha" [politics]|20:13 Allen says, "it's spreading out to the military too. Man, when a soldier can't go a-whoring without making the national news" [politics]|20:13 Allen | The military service members now under investigation for their activities in Colombia include seven Army soldiers, two Marines, two Navy sailors and an Air Force airman. [videogames]|20:14 K-Y | Even if people decide not to scalp their enemies, they’re going to be aware it’s there. “Once it’s in the game it’s polluted, and then there’s this distasteful element to it. We found out that most of the scalping was done alive, so if you imagine… once you get into, and we try our level best to be true to history… people who survive scalping… you see that and you go…” Hutchinson made a face of disgust. [videogames]|20:14 K-Y says, "argh quotes" [videogames]|20:17 K-Y says, "*and* ellipses" [lounge]|20:17 Jota turns into a slimy toad! [lounge]|20:20 Lucea had the olive complexion. [lounge]|20:20 Johnny says, "Hi Lucea" [programming]|20:24 borowski says (to Johnny), "What was the name of that cross platform language you mentioned the other night? I think it was based on haxe." [videogames]|20:24 Jon says, "hah: http://i.imgur.com/w6Ixd.png " [videogames]|20:24 Jon says, "(Mass Effect 3 related)" [programming]|20:24 borowski says, "Oh I found it. haxenme." [programming]|20:24 Johnny says (to borowski), "No, it's Haxe." [videogames]|20:25 inky says, "hmm" [programming]|20:25 Johnny says, "NME just makes it easier to build cross-platform programs." [videogames]|20:25 inky asks, "so basically they're saying ME3's quests got a lot simpler?" [videogames]|20:25 Jon says, "yeah. it's especially funny when you take it alongside a quote from the lead game designer which promised ME3 had very few fetch quests" [programming]|20:25 borowski says, "Ah." [drwho]|20:26 Jon says, "kind of want: http://www.etsy.com/listing/76550639/doctor-who-poster-the-time-of-angels " [programming]|20:27 Johnny says, "For example, 'nme setup windows' installed Visual Studio Express 2010." [news]|20:27 Allen | Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people last July, said on Monday he wanted to apologise for killing "innocent" people in hisOslo bombing. He also insisted that not only his victims and their families had their lives ruined on July 22: "I also lost everything," he lamented to the court. [news]|20:28 Allen | When prosecutor Enga Bejer Engh asked if he wanted to say the same to any of the 69 people -- mainly teens -- he slaughtered in his shooting massacre on the nearby island of Utoeya after the bombing, Breivik said: "No, I do not." [programming]|20:28 Johnny says, "You can also use nme instead of calling haxe directly, but I've barely played with some of he sample programs." [programming]|20:28 Johnny says, "+t" [news]|20:28 Allen | He stressed the shooting spree had been a "gruesome" experience for him as well, and that he had to force himself to carry it out since it felt so "against human nature." It was almost like "being asked to eat a plate of excrement," he said. [videogames]|20:31 K-Y says, "I was going to make a joke about assembly" [videogames]|20:31 K-Y says, "then I realized that, wait, it normally has ass in it" [videogames]|20:31 K-Y says, "it's just spelled wrong here" [blokes]|20:36 * borowski has joined the channel. [beer]|20:37 K-Y says, " http://uberbeergeek.com/bih/coldbox.htm " [beer]|20:38 K-Y says, "for some reason I imagine the abrupt ending as being like Cask of Amontilado" [food]|20:39 Allen | NAAN-BURGER.jpg [food]|20:40 Allen says, "oops" [food]|20:40 Allen says, "this is in Dallas:" [food]|20:40 Allen | So there's this burger. A burger that lives inside a sushi restaurant. Its creator claims its fame to every customer who will listen. The claim is that it's the best in town. [food]|20:41 Allen | ny burger whose reputation precedes it this hard deserves some attention. In cases like this, there's always a slim chance of epicness, and I'm an optimist. So I decided to try this burger. ... Three of us ordered the "cheeseburger." Our fourth ordered a couple of sushi-restaurant-appropriate items, as to not draw suspicion. [food]|20:42 Allen says, "diagram: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/NAAN_burger_physiology2.jpg " [lounge]|20:42 boucher? C'est pas vrai! [French expletive]! [food]|20:42 boucher says, "Huh, I just learned the etymology of 'tempura'" [food]|20:42 Allen | ay you don't like tomatoes. Too fucking bad. The cheeseburger comes the way it comes, [food]|20:45 boucher says, "They got it from the Portuguese missionaries who visited in the 16th century, who would eat battered and fried vegetables during their meat fasts on the Ember Days, referred to in Latin as the quattuor tempora" [food]|20:46 Allen says (to boucher), "nice" [lounge]|20:46 Olly arrives in a puff of yellow smoke, which makes them cough. [food]|20:46 Allen says, "the only way to make it more awesome would be that "ember" refers to the smoking embers left over from burning heretics" [lounge]|20:46 Olly says, "re" [lounge]|20:47 borowski says, "reolly" [ollyprattle]|20:47 Olly says, "Today I got a membership invitation from the AARP." [ollyprattle]|20:47 borowski exclaims, "Yay!" [food]|20:47 boucher says, "Sadly, no:" [food]|20:47 boucher | The English name for these days, "Ember", derives from the Anglo-Saxon ymbren, a circuit or revolution (from ymb, around, and ryne, a course, running), clearly relating to the annual cycle of the year. The occurrence of the Anglo-Saxon compounds ymbren-tid ("Embertide"), ymbren-wucan ("Ember weeks"), ymbren-fisstan ("Ember fasts"), ymbren-dagas ("Ember days") makes this etymology quite certain. [ollyprattle]|20:48 Olly says, "I'm having trouble finding it quite as amusing as it seems I should." [lounge]|20:49 inky says, "ok zip" [lounge]|20:49 inky isn't nearly as awesome as a time-lost cowboy trained by aliens to raise a ruckus on Earth should be. [ollyprattle]|20:49 borowski says, "You get a free doughnut at Dunkin' Donuts." [ollyprattle]|20:50 Olly says, "I don't think they would actually let me join. The sign-up form does ask for my date of birth." [ollyprattle]|20:51 borowski says, "If they don't let you join, claim age discrimination." [ollyprattle]|20:51 boucher says, "Join the AARP, NRA, and NAACP. Then you can be old, black, and let everyone know you have a gun to back up your claims." [ollyprattle]|20:52 Olly says, "You probably don't have to be black to join the NAACP." [ollyprattle]|20:53 boucher says, "Well, yes...and you don't need a gun to join the NRA either, I suppose." [ollyprattle]|20:53 Olly says, "Probably not." [ollyprattle]|20:53 Olly says, "I don't think it would be a good idea for me to own a gun." [ollyprattle]|20:53 boucher says, "Though there was a Simpsons gag, IIRC, to that effect." [ollyprattle]|20:54 boucher says, "No...I agree...we removed all the guns from our house when my father was having his delusions, and I'm just as happy for myself, given my moods." [ollyprattle]|20:54 Olly nods. [ollyprattle]|20:55 boucher says, "Though when I was in Boy Scouts, I turned out to be a pretty natural marksman." [ollyprattle]|20:55 Olly says, "Nifty." [ollyprattle]|20:56 Olly says, "The things you don't want to be doing with the guns don't require much marksmanship, I believe." [ollyprattle]|20:56 borowski says, "Yeah, I learned in Boy Scouts that aiming a bow and arrow is a lot harder than a gun." [lounge]|20:56 Hugo attempted to enter the lounge in triumph towed by an elephant. As it happened, it would not fit through the gate and some hasty re-planning was needed, much to the embarassment of Hugo and amusement of those present. [lounge]|20:57 Olly says, "Hello, Hugo." [ollyprattle]|20:57 boucher says, "My mother was always very squeamish about guns, while my grandfather was all, 'Nonsense. He's almost 10! Boy his age should have at least a dozen!' So she spent a lot of time lying to me about what he sent me for birthdays and such." [lounge]|20:57 Hugo says, "I suppose it is." [ollyprattle]|20:57 boucher says, "I was pretty good at archery too, but yeah...it was no picnic, and my muscles ached by the end." [lounge]|21:00 Johnny says, "I am amused." [food]|21:01 Allen says, "ok, minor pastebomb for a dallas donut place I vaguely know:" [food]|21:01 Allen | Hypnotic Donuts [food]|21:01 Allen | 9007 Garland Road [food]|21:01 Allen | Actual conversation that happened when I was in line the last time I was at Hypnotic: [food]|21:01 Allen | Customer: (looking at a case full of animal-cracker-topped donuts) So, um -- you guys have [food]|21:01 Allen | anything gluten-free? [food]|21:01 Allen | Owner: (unapologetically) Naw, man. No. [food]|21:01 Allen | Customer: OK. Gimme a half dozen of the bacon ones. [ollyprattle]|21:01 Olly says, "I'm afraid of guns, probably even more than is rational." [ollyprattle]|21:03 Johnny says, "Well, the line for irrational starts a little bit after "disembodied gun floats around shooting stuff"" [ollyprattle]|21:04 Olly says, "I would find it frightening to touch a gun that I had very good reason to believe was not loaded." [food]|21:06 baf says, "Also, that etymology makes it tempting to think that this is also the source of the suffix -ember on month names, but apparently that's not so." [TV]|21:06 Dave says, "crap night" [TV]|21:06 Dave says, "monday shows are all reruns" [ollyprattle]|21:06 Johnny asks, "Is the safety on?" [ollyprattle]|21:06 borowski asks (of Johnny), "Are you suggesting guns migrate?" [ollyprattle]|21:06 Olly says, "And I do find them alarming even when no one is holding them." [TV]|21:06 Dave says, "think I might watch dollhouse or something" [TV]|21:07 Dave says, "or not" [ollyprattle]|21:07 maga says, "I think if you stop finding guns somewhat alarming, you shouldn't really have access to one" [ollyprattle]|21:07 Olly says (to Johnny), "Well, I wouldn't be able to tell, but let us say that it is." [TV]|21:07 baf says, "I was thinking about Dollhouse lately" [TV]|21:08 baf says, "because I was watching The Cabin in the Woods, which features at least two major cast members from Dollhouse." [TV]|21:08 Dave says, "also tempted to see Cabin tonight" [TV]|21:08 Dave says, "I hear it's very cool" [ollyprattle]|21:09 Johnny says, "If the gun shoots, the safety's probably off." [ollyprattle]|21:09 Allen says, "living in Montana can't be easy for someone who doesn't care for guns" [jobs]|21:09 Dave says, "think I'm slightly peeved at the sudden change of business at my client" [ollyprattle]|21:10 Olly says (to Allen), "Well, it isn't as if people walk down the street with six-shooters in their belts. Not most people anyway." [ollyprattle]|21:10 maga says, "yeah, that's Wyoming" [jobs]|21:10 Dave says, "the manager has done a complete 180 on how he's handling our project" [ollyprattle]|21:10 Allen asks, "do you still have gun racks in trucks?" [ollyprattle]|21:10 Allen says, "those have actually disappeared from TX in the last 20 years" [ollyprattle]|21:10 Olly says, "I haven't noticed them." [jobs]|21:10 Dave says, "and not giving me a straight answer on an end-date" [ollyprattle]|21:11 Olly says, "I probably pass people who are carrying guns fairly frequently, but I have only a couple of times been able to tell." [ollyprattle]|21:12 maga says, "the cop badge is a dead giveaway" [ollyprattle]|21:12 Olly says (to maga), "Yes. I find police quite frightening because they carry guns." [ollyprattle]|21:12 Allen says, "I own a gun, but I've never fired it. I've got a double barrel 12 gauge I inherited from my grandfather. It's got a patent number on it from the 1890s. He told me it's "cursed"" [ollyprattle]|21:13 Olly says, "Probably good you haven't fired it, then." [ollyprattle]|21:13 Allen says, "his uncle accidentally killed his best friend with it. After a hunting trip. There was alcohol involved" [ollyprattle]|21:13 Olly says, "Uf." [ollyprattle]|21:13 Olly says, "My mother was taught to shoot as a young teenager." [ollyprattle]|21:13 maga says, "that doesn't really require a curse" [ollyprattle]|21:14 Allen says, "and then his cousin shot off his big toe and second biggest toe. He was sitting down, leaning on the butt of the gun, with the barrel resting on his toe, and kinda bouncing up and down" [ollyprattle]|21:14 Allen says, "one accident doesn't make a curse... but two? I don't know" [ollyprattle]|21:14 maga says, "so by 'curse' we are to understand 'habit of doing dumb shit around guns'" [ollyprattle]|21:15 Allen says, "anyway, I don't have any ammo. But I've got it in a closet, in case a burglar breaks in. I can hit him with it" [ollyprattle]|21:15 Olly says, "Maybe your family is cursed, not the gun." [ollyprattle]|21:15 Johnny says, "And then he'll sue you and win." [ollyprattle]|21:15 Allen says, "same difference, since I'm in that family!" [ollyprattle]|21:15 borowski exclaims, "'Curse' as in, "Fuck! I shot my toe!" [ollyprattle]|21:16 Olly says (to borowski), "I was thinking more of a family culture of carelessness with firearms." [ollyprattle]|21:17 maga says, "we've still got Jacq's old police Glock" [ollyprattle]|21:18 maga says, "it is probably no longer all that useful now that she's out of LE and unlikely to be subject to death threats" [ollyprattle]|21:19 maga says, "but hey, maybe someday we'll be somewhere they're protecting an owl or something, and then it'll be death threats for everyone" [ollyprattle]|21:21 Allen asks, "forest rangers aren't technical law enforcement officers?" [lounge]|21:21 nm, Whitehead and Russell reveal themselves as complete amateurs [lounge]|21:21 nm says, "hi" [ollyprattle]|21:21 maga says, "park ranger" [lounge]|21:21 Olly says, "Hello, nm." [ollyprattle]|21:21 maga says, "and she's not a ranger any more, she's management" [ollyprattle]|21:21 Allen says, "whatever. Everyone knows every park is a forest" [ollyprattle]|21:22 Allen says, "In TX, gobs of state officials are technical "law enforcement officers"" [ollyprattle]|21:22 Allen says, "it's kinda surprising" [ollyprattle]|21:22 maga says, "she could have kept her commission if she wanted to" [ollyprattle]|21:22 maga says, "but it would have been kind of bullshit" [ollyprattle]|21:22 maga says, "she'd have been required to do just enough training to waste a lot of her time, for skills she'd never have used" [ollyprattle]|21:23 maga says, "but not enough to stop her being rusty on the off-chance that she *did* need to use them" [ollyprattle]|21:23 maga says, "so it'd have been a big old waste of money and time" [lounge]|21:23 nm says, "I have a new movie" [lounge]|21:24 nm | youtu.be/wk_9hSiBtGo [ollyprattle]|21:24 Olly says, "The only somewhat plausible context in which I can imagine fear of guns being a problem for me is if I am ever involved in a tense situation with a police officer. I think exaggerated fear of guns, and therefore of people who carry them, could possibly make me do something unexpected." [lounge]|21:24 nm says, "at 3 minutes and 12 seconds, it may be worth your while to view it" [ollyprattle]|21:25 Olly says, "I already think I look kind of shifty whenever I'm around police (and of course worrying that I look shifty probably makes me look even more shifty)." [ollyprattle]|21:25 maga says, "everybody's edgy around cops" [ollyprattle]|21:26 Olly says, "Yeah, I guess so." [ollyprattle]|21:26 Johnny says, "Just don't say "I smell bacon" unless immediately followed by "Would anyone like some?"" [ollyprattle]|21:27 Olly asks, "?" [ollyprattle]|21:27 Olly says, "Oh." [ollyprattle]|21:27 Olly says, "Right." [ollyprattle]|21:27 Allen says, "Jacqueline, Texas Ranger has a great ring to it, though" [ollyprattle]|21:27 maga says, "I liked the look of Big Bend" [ollyprattle]|21:27 maga says, "she is not fond of deserts, though" [ollyprattle]|21:28 Allen asks, "deserts??" [ollyprattle]|21:28 Allen asks, "Do we have any true deserts in TX?" [college]|21:28 Bishop says, "Wow. The University of Florida is _eliminating_ its computer science department? Madness." [college]|21:28 Allen says, "recap" [ollyprattle]|21:28 maga says, "just the Chihuahua" [college]|21:28 Bishop says, "Man, I should just always recap before saying anything." [ollyprattle]|21:28 maga says, "not your Texas" [lounge]|21:29 Pinstripe has departed, dahlings. [college]|21:29 Bishop says, "Hmm, that is less distressing than I thought, but still a bit crazypants." [ollyprattle]|21:29 Allen says, "ah, the Chihuahuan desert does extend to TX" [ollyprattle]|21:29 Allen says, "that's good. We encompass just about every terrain type." [ollyprattle]|21:29 Allen says, "unlike every other state" [ollyprattle]|21:30 Olly says, "California has a very wide variety of terrain." [lounge]|21:30 Dave says, "nice" [ollyprattle]|21:30 Olly says, "That's one reason it is a good place to make movies." [ollyprattle]|21:31 Olly says, "Besides the fact that the police have guns and I'm scared of guns, I was raised among lefty activist types, so I was taught as a child that the police are not necessarily friendly." [lounge]|21:32 Allen says, "the texts go by too quick" [ollyprattle]|21:33 Olly perseverates. [ollyprattle]|21:33 Allen says, "california doesn't begin to equal Texas. It's not a quarter of the diversity or greatness or awesomeness of Texas" [ollyprattle]|21:33 Olly says (to Allen), "No doubt." [ollyprattle]|21:34 Olly says, "Nobody feels patriotic about California. At least nobody I know." [lounge]|21:34 nm says (to Allen), "sorry about that ... yours is the second comment of that sort. I'll tell the filmmakers in case they want to try to fix that" [lounge]|21:35 Miseri regularly eats multiples of things inky wouldn't eat more than zero of. [lounge]|21:35 Miseri says, "arrr" [lounge]|21:35 Olly says, "Hello, Miseri." [lounge]|21:35 Olly says, "Arr." [lounge]|21:35 trikiw was unable to father children after a freak accident at a zipper testing facility. [lounge]|21:35 Olly says, "Hello, triki." [lounge]|21:35 trikiw says, "heya" [ollyprattle]|21:37 Olly perseverates some more. "The police came and took me away to the hospital at the end of my time at college." [urls]|21:37 K-Y says, "I like that paidcontent.org is not" [ollyprattle]|21:38 maga says, "oof" [ollyprattle]|21:38 Olly says, "It was scary." [ollyprattle]|21:38 Olly says, "They were pretty nice, though." [ollyprattle]|21:39 maga says, "that's good" [gardening]|21:39 Bishop says, "Anyone know anything about pachysandra procumbens? Had it recommended as a native groundcover." [ollyprattle]|21:40 Olly says, "I don't know if they were the special mental health retrieval team or anything. They were both women, which was kind of different." [ollyprattle]|21:41 maga says, "police in general are super-edgy about mental health issues" [ollyprattle]|21:41 maga says, "largely because police, especially in the US, are trained to worry *all the time* about being attacked" [ollyprattle]|21:41 maga says, "and rational people rarely attack police" [ollyprattle]|21:41 Olly says, "Well, people experiencing mental health crises are unpredictable." [ollyprattle]|21:43 Olly says, "Yeah." [lounge]|21:45 inky is mostly just chilling, trying to avoid pollution and forest fires. [lounge]|21:45 maga says, "hey inky" [lounge]|21:45 inky says, "re-me" [lounge]|21:45 Olly says, "Hello, inky." [lounge]|21:45 Jacqueline says, "Hi, inky." [ollyprattle]|21:45 Olly says, "Overall it was kind of a sudden and upsetting chain of events. I kind of wonder how much of a lasting effect it has had." [exercise]|21:46 maga says, "grr, I have cuts on my hand from the pool wall" [exercise]|21:46 maga says, "stupid stibbly pebbled nonsense" [exercise]|21:46 Jacqueline says, "yeah, you have to be careful." [ollyprattle]|21:46 borowski asks, "What do you mean?" [exercise]|21:46 Jacqueline says, "You knew though..." [exercise]|21:46 Jacqueline says, "(For I have had holes put in me.)" [TV]|21:46 borowski says, "I wonder if Twin Peaks is as good as I remeber. Let's find out." [exercise]|21:47 Jacqueline asks, "How far did you go?" [exercise]|21:47 maga says, "as far as last time; 2k" [ollyprattle]|21:47 Olly says (to ouroboroski), "How much of the anxiety I experience about certain things now is related." [exercise]|21:47 inky asks, "does anyone wear gloves when swimming?" [TV]|21:47 Allen says, "I hated twin peaks" [exercise]|21:47 inky says, "I've never heard of it but it doesn't seem crazy" [TV]|21:47 DorianX says, "my guess is" [TV]|21:47 Allen says, "and never understood people who said it was good" [TV]|21:47 Ellison says, "the second season really suffers when they added that third peak" [exercise]|21:47 maga says, "I was going for Ironfish, but I had phlegm issues and then there were Other People in the pool" [TV]|21:47 inky asks, "now that people have seen Lost, will Twin Peaks still seem crazy?" [TV]|21:48 inky says (to Ellison), "hee hee" [TV]|21:48 DorianX says, "that you will very quickly discover that television has evolved a lot in the past 20 years" [TV]|21:48 borowski says, "Heh." [exercise]|21:48 Jacqueline exclaims, "!!!" [exercise]|21:48 Jacqueline asks, "?" [housing]|21:48 K-Y says, "come Friday night, I will have a bed and a single chair in this place" [news]|21:48 inky | The Washington Post notes that the South Korean president has been the focus of harsh rhetoric from the North for years, especially after his decision to end the generous aid packages of his predecessors. Recent articles from the North's state-run news agency have called him "human scum" and an "underwit with 2MB of knowledge." [exercise]|21:48 maga exclaims, "I know! It never happens!" [news]|21:48 inky says, "but 2MB should be enough for anyone" [exercise]|21:48 Jacqueline asks, "What did they want?" [exercise]|21:48 maga says, "I was trundling back and forth and then there were LEGS" [news]|21:48 Allen says, "ha ha ha" [TV]|21:48 DorianX says, "This is basically how Ifeel every time I watch something that was groundbreaking when it first aired" [housing]|21:48 inky asks, "is that an improvement or a comedown?" [exercise]|21:48 maga says, "they wanted to have a nice time in the pool" [exercise]|21:48 maga says, "the bastards" [exercise]|21:48 Jacqueline says, "Damn." [news]|21:48 inky says, ""underwit" is a pretty good phrase" [news]|21:48 Ellison says, "whoa, that 2MB thing is awesome" [exercise]|21:48 Jacqueline asks, "So how far did you go before they had the nerve to try swimming?" [TV]|21:48 borowski says, "I mostly remember liking Kyle MacLachlan's character." [exercise]|21:49 Jacqueline says, "(Bastards.)" [news]|21:49 maga asks, "is Onstad's new job writing press releases for the North Koreans?" [housing]|21:49 K-Y says, "well, right now there are six chairs, two couches, three tables, three bookcases, and three dressers" [news]|21:49 inky says, "ha ha" [housing]|21:49 K-Y says, "and a bed" [news]|21:49 Allen says, "of course, Verisign sent me a 64k usb thumbdrive a couple years ago" [exercise]|21:49 maga says, "I was close to 2 km when they got in, so I just got to a round number and called it" [news]|21:49 Allen says, "I couldn't believe it. They must have been clearing out a warehouse full of 1990s era usb drives" [ollyprattle]|21:50 borowski says, "I can relate to that." [news]|21:50 Allen says, "Verisign gives away weird crap to their customers." [news]|21:50 Allen says, "they sent me a bamboo plant once" [ollyprattle]|21:50 borowski says, "I wonder if it's possible to have some form of PTSD from mental health issues." [ollyprattle]|21:50 Olly says, "That would be messed up." [news]|21:50 Allen says, "and this anime comic about evil pirate hackers" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline says, "Ah. Well, still. You were phlegmy." [ollyprattle]|21:51 maga says, "well, you don't need PTSD to have a formative experience" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline says, "Go back down now and do it, maybe." [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline says, "(Kidding, though only just.)" [exercise]|21:51 maga says, "but my finger" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline asks, "Your finger?" [exercise]|21:51 maga says, "it has holes in" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline asks, "Your finger is the excuse?" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline says, "So don't touch the rocks." [exercise]|21:51 maga says, "I have also had a beer" [exercise]|21:51 Jacqueline says, "Oh." [exercise]|21:52 maga says, "and my trunks are nasty and damp" [exercise]|21:52 Jacqueline says, "Oh." [TV]|21:52 Ellison says, "I wonder if it's partly due to Twin Peaks that there was a strong 'pie culture' in the early ifMUD days" [exercise]|21:52 Jacqueline says, "Tomorrow, then." [exercise]|21:52 maga says, "and I am enjoying to listening to angry Finns" [ollyprattle]|21:52 Olly says, "Yeah, and getting taken away by the police and locked up more or less against your will is pretty disruptive even absent the mental health issues." [books]|21:52 Allen says, "I bought two books from the UK which sounded good on Abebooks" [exercise]|21:52 Jacqueline says, "It has rained non-stop here. People are blaming me, because I am from Seattle and it is sunny in Seattle." [exercise]|21:52 Jacqueline says, "They claim it has followed me." [exercise]|21:52 maga says, "muahahahaha" [exercise]|21:52 Jacqueline says, "So you should have lots of sun tomorrow for more swimming." [exercise]|21:52 maga asks, "you have pointed out that it rains more in DC than Seattle, right?" [exercise]|21:53 Jacqueline says, "Because by their theory, I am still here." [exercise]|21:53 Jacqueline says (to maga), "No, but they know that, I think." [books]|21:53 Allen says, "Records of English Court Music vol IV 1603-1625 and Records of English Court Music Volume VI 1558-1603" [lounge]|21:53 ASchultz has arrived. [lounge]|21:53 Olly says, "Hello, ASchultz." [lounge]|21:53 ASchultz says, "Hello Olly." [ollyprattle]|21:54 Olly says, "I had a cell phone back then and didn't know anyone's phone number, so I spent the first part of my time at the hospital worrying that nobody knew where I was." [books]|21:54 Allen says, "yeah, out of order. A review mentioned that, but it also said what a fabulous resource they are" [lounge]|21:54 ASchultz goes southwest to play with toys. [books]|21:54 Allen says, "it turns out to be literal records of the english court" [books]|21:55 inky says, "ha ha ha" [ollyprattle]|21:55 Olly | :( [ollyprattle]|21:55 Olly says, "I think I should think about something else now." [books]|21:55 Allen says, "so, hundreds of pages of the names of musicians and the amount of pounds, shillings, and pence they were paid" [books]|21:55 Allen says, "with dates" [books]|21:55 Allen says, "and no context except that" [lounge]|21:55 McMartin will IMMEDIATELY receive POWERFUL BONUSES [lounge]|21:55 Olly says, "Hello, McMartin." [books]|21:55 Jacqueline asks, "Gosh... how much?" [lounge]|21:56 Olly takes a plastic hamster ball from their pocket, steps into it, and rolls away. [books]|21:56 Jacqueline asks, "Enough to make you sad?" [books]|21:56 inky says, "man" [books]|21:56 Allen says, "oh, they were cheap because it's abebooks. $25 each, plus $20 shipping because it was from the UK" [books]|21:56 inky says, "I wonder what it was a fabulous resource for" [books]|21:56 Allen says, "the price of the books new from Amazon are like $150" [books]|21:56 inky says, "I guess it tells you who a bunch of musicians were and how much they were valued" [books]|21:56 Allen says (to inky), "musicological research" [TV]|21:57 borowski says, "I feel like my cultural life is often lacking in pie." [lounge]|21:58 ASchultz arrives from the Toyshop, declaring, "It's Castle Grayskull -- AND IT'S MINE!" [lounge]|21:58 ASchultz takes the elevator up the magic bird perch. [books]|21:58 Allen says, "ah, retail on Barnes & Noble.com is $130 apiece" [videogames]|21:59 McMartin says, "Hmm. The ME3 thing is avoiding something moderately important" [videogames]|21:59 McMartin says, "To wit, the huge number of fetch quests replaces *mining*" [videogames]|22:00 inky says, "if so then a bunch of quests just disappeared instead of being converted into fetch quests" [videogames]|22:01 McMartin says, "Yeah. The 'UNC' missions, mainly." [kitties]|22:03 DorianX says, "we've decided that the next time we take the cat to the vet is the last time" [books]|22:03 Allen says, "oh well, I'll stick it in my library. I've been building a decent music library. I envy the person who gets to handle my estate when I die, and figure out how to price and dispose of everything" [videogames]|22:04 McMartin says, "That said, I'm not at all sure I buy this claim:" [videogames]|22:04 McMartin | A quest whose only purpose was to justify multiplayer content. While these are classified as N7 they are so much weaker than Mass Effect 2's N7 quests that I think they should be classified separately. [videogames]|22:04 McMartin says, "IIRC, ME2's N7 quests were basically one room full of dudes that you mowed down" [band-name]|22:05 borowski says, "Pocket Rocket" [band-name]|22:05 borowski says, "Maybe, 'Pocket Rock-it'" [band-name]|22:05 McMartin says, "Pocky Rock" [band-name]|22:06 borowski says, "Pokey Rock" [videogames]|22:06 McMartin says, "Also, while I'm not sure how this stacks up" [videogames]|22:06 McMartin says, "I found all three games to be about 30 hours long, and despite all the fetch quests I spent much less time in 'resource gathering' mode (which is where those fetch quests fit in)" [kitties]|22:07 DorianX says, "They gave her fluids and an appetite enhancer" [videogames]|22:07 McMartin says, "So while quest count is down, quest length, I think, is up." [kitties]|22:07 DorianX says, "She seems to have gone into a tailspin toda. She's unsteady on her feet" [videogames]|22:08 Jon says, "hm, yeah, it felt like the Thessia mission in ME3 was longer than, say, the Mordin recruitment or Jack recruitment in ME2." [TV]|22:08 Grocible says, "I liked Twin Peaks a lot" [videogames]|22:08 Jon says, "but I don't really think it was good that it was longer." [TV]|22:08 Grocible says, "until the season where they went busily shark jumping" [kitties]|22:08 DorianX says, "if she won't eat soon, she's almost out of time" [videogames]|22:08 McMartin says, "This was the first Mass Effect where the resource gathering part didn't offend me" [kitties]|22:08 borowski says, "I'm sorry to hear it. I had a cat that went the same sort of way." [videogames]|22:08 McMartin says, "I am not sure how much of that is due to" [videogames]|22:09 McMartin says, "XEBTNA QVABFNHE PNINYEL" [TV]|22:09 Grocible says, "and of course the movie was a big pile of fish entrails" [videogames]|22:09 Jon says, "heh" [TV]|22:09 Grocible says, "smelly, foetid, and the only people who said they liked it were crazy or lying" [TV]|22:09 borowski says, "I've never seen the movie, but I've heard that." [videogames]|22:09 McMartin says, "There is definitely a sense of Not Much to Do On The Hub" [TV]|22:10 borowski says, "I'm not sure if Twin Peaks jumped the shark, or David Lynch just started being his weird self." [videogames]|22:10 Jon says, "I think the only part of the ME3 story that I felt was worthwhile were the Tuchanka and Rannoch missions." [TV]|22:10 borowski says, "Though I never saw most of the second season." [TV]|22:10 Grocible says, "it felt like a bunch of hired hands were running the show" [videogames]|22:10 McMartin says, "Well, those were mission sets." [TV]|22:11 Grocible asks, "though having said that, given what he did with the movie, who knows?" [videogames]|22:11 McMartin says, "Rannoch has two 'Priorities' before it that are part of the same Act, as it were." [videogames]|22:11 Jon says, "sure" [videogames]|22:11 McMartin says, "And the two Tuchanka 'side quests' are so heavily tied in to the priority they should count too" [videogames]|22:11 Jon says, "no real branching, though, so I consider them to just be long missions" [videogames]|22:11 McMartin says, "And yes, those were easily the strongest points in the game." [photoshop]|22:11 K-Y says, "okay, beta hasn't expired yet" [TV]|22:11 borowski says, "I heard that Lynch wasn't as involved in the second season because he was mad about being pressured by the network into revealing the killer." [videogames]|22:11 McMartin says, "Wnpx'f erghea va Tevffbz Npnqrzl trgf zl Zbfg Vzcebirq njneq." [photoshop]|22:12 K-Y says, "however, basically the new brushes lag far too much for me to actually use" [videogames]|22:12 McMartin says, "And the mission there is, I think, my #3." [videogames]|22:13 McMartin says, "Really, the Post-Thessia gameplay was also pretty good, though not with quite as massive a payoff." [lpRPG]|22:14 lpsmith exclaims, "OK, pitch email/survey sent!" [videogames]|22:14 McMartin says, "I do continue to find it kind of aggravating that because of the way sidequest mechanics work in Mass Effect games, 'Priority' means 'Do this dead last, for God's sake'" [lpRPG]|22:14 lpsmith says, " http://spod-central.org/~lpsmith/rpg/seattle/lprpg_pitches.html for the pitches; http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M35DB62 for the survey." [lpRPG]|22:15 maga looks [lpRPG]|22:15 lpsmith says, "I came up with the first two, then stalled, then finally wrote the third and said, "Screw this, I'm sending it out before we actually meet."" [lpRPG]|22:16 inky says, "ha ha" [lpRPG]|22:16 inky says, "#3 is for me complaining about not enough politics, I see" [lpRPG]|22:16 maga asks, "so you decided to just ditch the Zorro thing?" [videogames]|22:17 K-Y asks, "isn't that straight out of the RPG cliches list?" [TV]|22:17 Grocible says, "you know that a movie's going to be self-indulgent twaddle when the director, who doesn't normally act, casts himself as a non cameo part" [lpRPG]|22:17 lpsmith says, "Oh, I could put that back on the list, sure. I thought Jacq in particular was not keen on it." [lpRPG]|22:17 maga says, "I think she's tentative at best" [videogames]|22:17 Jon says, "well, there are some missions in ME3 with a deadline" [ftoast]|22:17 schep asks, "Anybody for some #ftoast?" [lpRPG]|22:17 lpsmith asks, "About Zorro or about playing?" [lpRPG]|22:17 inky says, "if she's the only one who's not into it then maybe we should do it anyway" [lpRPG]|22:18 maga says, "about playing" [lpRPG]|22:18 inky says, "it seemed like Cathy and Tom were pretty much up for whatever" [lpRPG]|22:18 maga says, "she may be up for occasional sessions but I don't think she's super-keen on committing for a full campaign" [lpRPG]|22:18 maga says, "so you probably shouldn't design around her too heavily" [TV]|22:18 K-Y says, "Lynch didn't even go on stage at the end of that Duran Duran concert he directed" [TV]|22:19 K-Y says, "when they all gestated to an empty bit of the stage expectantly" [TV]|22:19 inky says, "ha ha" [lpRPG]|22:20 lpsmith says, "If this was Skype you'd see my pencil erasing everything and giving up a few times." [lpRPG]|22:20 lpsmith says, "It would be neat if she could make it." [lpRPG]|22:20 lpsmith says, "And she makes it a good M:F ratio ;-)" [lpRPG]|22:21 maga says, "I've said this before" [lpRPG]|22:21 lpsmith says, "But, sure, I will add Los Vagos to the list." [lpRPG]|22:21 lpsmith says, "Oh, I know." [lounge]|22:22 trikiw goes flopbot [lpRPG]|22:23 lpsmith says, "(I'm not surprised; I know she's been waffling. I was just hoping she would come 'round in the end.)" [lpRPG]|22:24 maga says, "I'd think about coming up with some awesome guest-star roles" [lpRPG]|22:25 maga says, "if we do Dresden Files Sigil than we can have monsters-of-the-week" [lpRPG]|22:26 lpsmith says, "Any of these could be monster-of-the-week, really." [lounge]|22:27 Rob comes right on in. [lpRPG]|22:28 lpsmith says (to inky), "Also, Khazarica is partially your 'more politics' request, and partially a discussion I had with Sara, who basically pitched this exact idea (essentially describing the premise of B5 she thought we should imitate)" [lounge]|22:28 Rob says, "gvello" [videogames]|22:28 McMartin says, "Yes, and the deadlines are, IIRC, 'once you complete the mission marked 'Priority''" [lounge]|22:28 inky says, "hey it's Rob" [lounge]|22:28 Rob says, "harp" [videogames]|22:28 McMartin says, "Unless I'm forgetting some" [videogames]|22:28 McMartin says, "Which I easily could be" [lounge]|22:28 Ellison says, "hey Rob" [TV]|22:29 Rob says, "yesterday I gayed out and watched all the episodes of Smash" [videogames]|22:29 McMartin says, "The other thing about the RPG Cliches list is that players get very, very, very butthurt when you violate them" [TV]|22:29 Rob says, "that show they promoted heavily during the super bowl for some reason" [videogames]|22:29 McMartin says, "It's even legitimate, if it doesn't warn you first or indicate that it's happening in some way" [videogames]|22:29 McMartin says, "Looking at you, Fallout 1.0" [TV]|22:29 Rob says, "one of the characters at one point says 'sports are anathema to me' and I liked him instantly" [TV]|22:30 Ellison says, "oh, yeah? I sort of wanted to see it just because of Angelica Huston (or however it's spelled) but didn't, for somewhat obvious reasons" [TV]|22:30 Rob says, "well-plotted show, soap opera and backstage musical" [videogames]|22:30 McMartin says, "But this is also something of a barrier to entry" [TV]|22:30 Rob says, "which is a reliable musical formula because you can do show-within-the-show songs, people 'rehearsing' songs, people randomly bursting into song because they are people who love to sing, etc" [lounge]|22:31 McMartin says, "Grob" [TV]|22:31 Rob says, "there's kind of an even divide between hetero characters having hetero relationships and gay characters having gay relationships" [TV]|22:31 Rob says, "really good cast" [TV]|22:31 Rob says, "really good-looking cast" [TV]|22:32 inky says, "naturally Matthew hates it" [TV]|22:32 Rob says, "and because half of each episode is a dance rehearsal the women all wear dancing tights, which is a lovely sight" [TV]|22:32 (from Ellison) Rob says, "but part of me has to admit that I thought there'd be more smashing" [TV]|22:32 Rob says, "and the men don't, which is fine by me" [lpRPG]|22:33 maga says, "I guess my main objection to Planescape:Fallout is that the premise kind of ensures the PCs are all Clueless" [lpRPG]|22:33 maga says, "and from more or less the same place" [TV]|22:33 Rob says, "I watched the episodes in this order: 7, 8, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 1, 3" [TV]|22:33 Ellison says, "it takes a special type of show where I can appreciate attractive actors and actresses for being attractive" [TV]|22:33 inky says, "also, "I keep clicking on the pictures of lesbians on this dating site but it won't let me send them a message" "Sure, don't you notice, the icon is gayed out"" [lpRPG]|22:33 maga says, "whereas a lot of the fun of Planescape is that it takes the 'exotic diverse party from all over the world' concept and turns it up to 11" [lpRPG]|22:34 maga says, "*everyone* is a cursed half-tan'ari tiefling bard raised by exiled bariaurs on Mechanus" [lounge]|22:34 Miseri is very disappointed in you. Earlier, he may have ransacked your office, but he is *very* disappointed in you. [TV]|22:34 Rob says, "so the first thing I saw was the big investor try-out performance, then the episode that dealt with the aftermath of that (people getting fired and stuff), then I wanted to see how it led up to that but decided the pilot was redundant so I'd start over with 2" [lpRPG]|22:34 maga says, "or equivalent" [TV]|22:35 Rob says, "anjelica huston is great" [TV]|22:35 Rob says, "it is glossily well made in general" [videogames]|22:36 McMartin says, "Hrm." [videogames]|22:36 McMartin says, "There's at least one mission I remember taking that I don't see on the ME3 quest list" [videogames]|22:36 McMartin says, "Gur bar jurer lbh'er pbyyrpgvat cubgb bcf va gur ershtrr nern sbe cebcntnaqn checbfrf" [videogames]|22:36 Rob says, "I see you speak Krogan" [TV]|22:37 Ellison says, "I finally got around to watching the show Kings (after remembering liza's recommendation the other year). it was entertaining, but after I got to the end, I read the wikipedia entry on the Book of David (on which its based) and then was sort of glad it got canceled" [videogames]|22:37 McMartin headbutts Rob? [TV]|22:37 Rob says, "huh, I never heard of Kings" [videogames]|22:37 Rob nope, he doesn't [lpRPG]|22:38 lpsmith says, "Hmm." [videogames]|22:38 McMartin says, "That's really the only word of Krogan I know" [lpRPG]|22:38 vimes says (to maga), "funny thing is that in the last planescape campaign i was involved in, three people, sight unseen, came up with that character give or take the Mechanus part" [videogames]|22:38 Rob says, "that IS the only word of Krogan" [tangent]|22:38 K-Y says, "that reminds me, Nielsen called with a survey today" [movie]|22:39 Rob says, "I finally saw Gladiator" [tangent]|22:39 K-Y says, "I told them I got rid of the TV last weekend and won't be getting another one" [lpRPG]|22:39 maga says, "well, yeah, tieflings are the coolest" [movie]|22:39 Rob says, "tried for years to watch that but I found the first half hour godawful boring and could never get into it" [movie]|22:39 Ryan says, "Yay" [lpRPG]|22:39 maga says, "they get to goth it up and sass people" [movie]|22:39 Ryan says, "Oh" [TV]|22:39 Ellison says, "is Smash not canceled yet? you may have convinced me to give it a try" [movie]|22:39 Rob says, "so I started 20 minutes in this time on purpose and shouted 'finally the story starts, finally there's a plot' and settled into it" [TV]|22:39 Rob says, "there was a new episode tonight" [TV]|22:40 Ellison asks, "has it been canceled since then?" [lpRPG]|22:40 maga says (to lpsmith), "also, I started watching the Dresden Files largely at your prompting and was pleasantly surprised" [TV]|22:40 Rob says, "that I meant to watch but I guess I have to wait until it pops up in the on-demand menu, which is how I watched the other episodes" [TV]|22:40 Rob asks, "I don't think so ...?" [TV]|22:40 Ellison says, "sorry, bad joke" [movie]|22:40 Rob says, "it was pretty good" [lpRPG]|22:40 lpsmith says, "Well, I don't really know Planescape further than the CRPG, but making everyone clueless is great from my persepective as the GM, since I don't know much, and from the perspective of the newbies, who also don't know anything, so this gives them an in-game reason to be clueless." [lpRPG]|22:40 lpsmith says, "Oh, is the show good? I've only read the books." [photoshop]|22:40 K-Y says, "dammit, the brushes selection has gone weird" [lpRPG]|22:40 lpsmith says, "(which are great)" [movie]|22:40 Rob says, "it took a long time for me to make up my mind about that though" [lpRPG]|22:41 lpsmith says, "(in a pulp-y way)" [movie]|22:41 Rob says, "I was pretty skeptical for an hour or so" [lpRPG]|22:41 maga says, "it kind of follows the Whedon formula of a) not padding your episodes out with waffling and b) a steady stream of hot chicks" [photoshop]|22:41 K-Y says, "it goes haywire and doesn't know what brush you had selected right after you select it" [lpRPG]|22:41 lpsmith says, "Ha." [lpRPG]|22:41 vimes says, "there's two taps, one for hot chicks and one for cold chicks" [movie]|22:41 inky says, "if you didn't like it for the first hour and a half it doesn't seem like there could have been much left" [lpRPG]|22:41 vimes says, "but they're both labelled 'C'" [movie]|22:41 Rob says, "kept wondering why it had been such a success, how the mass movie audience had the taste for it" [movie]|22:41 Ellison says, "my brother's friend's x-box tag is DeathByTrident" [movie]|22:41 schep asks, "you couldn't just take shouty-Rob's word for it?" [lpRPG]|22:41 inky says, "hot running chicks" [movie]|22:41 Rob says, "well it's one of those 3 hour deals" [movie]|22:41 inky says, "oh ok" [lpRPG]|22:42 vimes says (to inky), "they frequently are" [movie]|22:42 Rob says, "the whole thing has this really chilly vibe" [lounge]|22:42 zarf walks in through the wall. Behind him, light shines briefly through, deep blue this time of day. [movie]|22:42 Rob says, "but ridley scott always kind of projects an emotional sterility" [movie]|22:42 Ellison says, "it's interesting since I think of Gladiator as a movie that it was good I saw it right away since I think it has aged so horribly, but yeah, maybe it's just because the beginning is so terrible. who knows? I won't watch it from the middle to find out." [movie]|22:43 Grocible asks, "rob; even in thelma and louise?" [lpRPG]|22:43 lpsmith says (to maga), "That said, if we did end up with Planescape: Fallout, and you wanted to be from outside the city, that'd be perfectly fine." [movie]|22:43 Rob says, "I guess they are sort of making a greek tragedy as roman tragedy thing" [movie]|22:43 Rob says (to Grocible), "hmm, good counter-example" [lpRPG]|22:43 maga says, "good good" [lpRPG]|22:44 maga says, "I will ready my gobby mascara, horns and rat tail" [lpRPG]|22:44 lpsmith says, "Hee" [movie]|22:45 Rob says, "it all leads up to the captive hero and those who have dared to plot with him to destroy the evil mad usurper's reign and replace it with republican democracy, and the plan is to smuggle him out of the city where he'll reassemble his former loyal troops and smash into the palace and save the day and the world" [movie]|22:45 Rob says, "which would be a pretty audience pleasing epic hollywood style finish" [movie]|22:45 Grocible says, "of course, I'm fully expecting Prometheus to be an emotionally sterile effects epic" [movie]|22:45 Rob says, "but instead the plan fails and the scale of everything narrows down instead of widening out" [movie]|22:46 Rob says, "and then there's a sad ending but with some justice and with some failure" [movie]|22:46 lpsmith says, "Oh, man, I thought Gladiator was the most boring movie ever." [movie]|22:46 Rob says, "a real downer" [movie]|22:46 Rob says (to lpsmith), "hooray" [movie]|22:46 Rob says, "validation" [movie]|22:46 Grocible says, "I remember enjoying Gladiator well enough" [movie]|22:46 Rob says, "I really did try for years to rent it and watch it on cable and I could never stop my mind from wandering" [movie]|22:46 maga says, "I was in the generation where Gladiator was the dumb action movie that was always on in someone's dorm room" [movie]|22:47 maga says, "if I'd been born a few years previously it would have been Braveheart" [movie]|22:47 lpsmith says, "Sara didn't like it because she was pregnant at the time and was over-sensitive to gore." [movie]|22:47 K-Y says, "for further validation, wait until Gunther's here" [movie]|22:47 Rob says, "suddenly it'd be 45 minutes in and I didn't know who anyone was or what was happening and I'd end up returning the video/changing channels with most of it unwatched" [movie]|22:47 Rob says, "I liked Braveheart at the time, but I can't watch it now" [movie]|22:48 Rob says, "although occasionally I will stop to watch Patrick McGoohan be badass for that one scene" [movie]|22:48 Rob says (to lpsmith), "oog" [movie]|22:48 Rob says, "'this movie is bad for the baby!'" [kitties]|22:49 DorianX says, "Man. We were hoping that after the vet, the cat would at least be a little better, but she seems to have gotten worse" [movie]|22:49 Rob says, "my nesting instinct says fie" [kitties]|22:49 Rob says, "aw" [kitties]|22:51 maga asks, "vet visits are a lot of stress?" [drawing]|22:53 K-Y says, "yes, I have figured out a composition digitally" [drawing]|22:53 K-Y says, "after just two hours of mucking about" [movie]|22:53 lpsmith says, "Survey and pitch page updated with Los Vagos." [movie]|22:53 lpsmith says, "whoops, ilac." [lpRPG]|22:53 lpsmith says, "Survey and pitch page updated with Los Vagos." [lpRPG]|22:54 maga says, "voted" [drawing]|22:55 K-Y asks, "why doesn't the pencil brush even work?" [drawing]|22:55 K-Y says, "is this, like, supposed to simulate a 20H pencil" [drawing]|22:55 Rob says, "I thought you had your pencil brushes all figured out" [lpRPG]|22:55 * Rob has joined the channel. [drawing]|22:55 K-Y says, "this is the new erodible CS6 pencil brush" [lpRPG]|22:55 Rob says, "huh missed this" [news]|22:55 DorianX says, "Oh, so that lead on the missing kid from the 70s didn't pan out" [news]|22:56 inky says, "really? lame" [lpRPG]|22:56 Rob asks, "why don't you bb those links?" [news]|22:56 Allen asks, "aw, man, the corpose-sniffing dog blew it?" [news]|22:56 inky says, "so basically it was a non-story" [news]|22:56 Allen says, "er corpse" [lpRPG]|22:56 Rob says, "then it's like keeping a blog journal of progress" [drawing]|22:56 K-Y says, "no matter how hard I press on this tablet, however, the little picture of a pencil never gets closer to the virtual paper surface" [news]|22:57 Rob says, "huh" [news]|22:57 Allen says, "fire him. Stick an ad on milk cartons, "Need: dog that can accurately sniff corpses"" [drawing]|22:57 Rob says, "algorithmic simulation of nib erosion" [lpRPG]|22:57 inky says, "blogress" [drawing]|22:57 Rob asks, "does it leave speckles as it erodes?" [news]|22:57 Ellison says, "not only that, but the dog took a sick day for 4/20" [lpRPG]|22:57 Rob says, "yeah and ew and hey yah" [lpRPG]|22:57 inky says, "ha ha" [news]|22:58 Rob says, "sick day eatin doritos and wackin out" [drawing]|22:58 K-Y says, "I wish" [drawing]|22:58 K-Y says, "I'm sure they're saving it for CS8 or something" [drawing]|22:58 Rob asks, "so what is the erosion actually simulating?" [drawing]|22:58 Rob says, "of course with actual erosion speckles you're able to blow on the paper and they largely vanish" [drawing]|22:58 K-Y says, "the erosion of the lead" [drawing]|22:58 K-Y says, "seriously" [drawing]|22:59 K-Y says, "you watch as the virtual lead wears down to a nub" [drawing]|22:59 Rob asks, "does it run out or what? or you start 'sharp' every new stroke?" [drawing]|22:59 K-Y says, "it doesn't run out, but I'm not sure how to sharpen yet" [drawing]|22:59 Rob says, "cute, but this gets into a valley where it seems like you ought to just be using paper and graphite for real" [drawing]|22:59 Rob says, "ha ha" [drawing]|22:59 Rob says, "a tablet menu full of dull nibs" [lpRPG]|23:00 lpsmith says, "Sure, I can bb 'em." [drawing]|23:00 Rob says, "that makes me chuckle a lot" [lounge]|23:00 Rob says, "I like that connect" [lounge]|23:00 Rob says, "kind of navin-johnson-like" [lpRPG]|23:01 Rob says, "what do you mean by 'live RPG'" [lounge]|23:01 Pinstripe trips his way inside. [lounge]|23:01 Pinstripe says, "hey." [drawing]|23:01 K-Y says, "yeah, there's charcoal and crayon and stuff" [movie]|23:01 Rob says, "oh yeah I saw another movie that was pretty good" [lpRPG]|23:01 maga says, "the sort where everybody can grab chips from the same bowl" [movie]|23:02 Rob says, "like a really solid B-movie" [drawing]|23:02 K-Y says, "they also happen to have more realistic airbrushes and watercolor" [movie]|23:02 Rob says, "called Centurion" [movie]|23:03 Rob says, "it was one of those british/french/other-euro co-productions, so I figured it would have classy actors" [movie]|23:03 Rob says, "it was also kind of short, like 83 minutes, and it moved at a fast clip" [movie]|23:03 Rob says, "this roman garrison in 117 AD is at war with tribes of Picts" [baking]|23:04 Jon says, "cornbread in oven" [movie]|23:04 Rob says, "the garrison is slaughtered from 300 down to 12, and then whittled down and whittled down and whittled down some more, as they go on the run and try to make a last stand at a protected fort" [movie]|23:04 zarf says, "and then the phone rings!" [movie]|23:05 Rob says, "they jostle a love story into it in the last couple of chapters but it gives a chance at some kind of happy ending" [movie]|23:05 Rob says, "anyway, yeah, Centurion, solid B-movie. rather bloody, being set in barbaric times" [movie]|23:06 Rob says, "the Oddjob like henchman is this slavic babe who never speaks but has the cunning and treachery and killer instincts of a wolf - huntress" [movie]|23:06 Rob says, "which is well and good" [baking]|23:06 Rob says, "and all is well" [lpRPG]|23:07 Rob says, "oh ok right" [lpRPG]|23:07 * NewsBoy hollers, "Extra! Extra! lpsmith has posted message 1, about 'Pitches!', to the bulletin board! You have a mind of your own, take it to the Dome." [lpRPG]|23:07 Rob says, "I was thinking too far ahead and imagining a live-action RPG instead of a 'live, not on-MUD' ('analog, not digital') RPG" [movie]|23:08 Rob says, "also, actual wolves" [movie]|23:09 Rob says, "scotland-as-middle-earth" [nameless]|23:10 Pinstripe says, "uuurgh, this game is frustrating" [lpRPG]|23:10 Rob says, "heh I read the 'khazarica station' synopsis and sat back and thought, 'ah, it's like deep space nine', only to read the next paragraph" [movie]|23:11 Allen says, "that's the new robin-williams-as-doctor" [nameless]|23:11 Ellison says, "I just mapped it out the other day but have yet to honestly try to make much progress" [baking]|23:13 borowski says, "mmm" [lounge]|23:14 BrenBarn busta. [lounge]|23:14 Rob says, "BB" [lounge]|23:14 Rob says, "uh oh, I'm running out of battery power again" [lounge]|23:15 BrenBarn says, "hi" [lounge]|23:15 inky says, "well, you need a AA, not a BB" [lounge]|23:15 Rob says, "this netbook used to run for six hours without straining" [lounge]|23:15 Rob says, "now it needs constant attention" [lounge]|23:15 Rob says, "guess I'll be back later" [lounge]|23:15 Rob moseys right on out. [news]|23:15 BrenBarn says, "funny article about male fans of My Little Pony" [news]|23:15 BrenBarn says, "they call themselves 'bronies'" [news]|23:16 BrenBarn | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/04/bronies-let-their-my-little-pony-flag-fly.html [news]|23:16 BrenBarn | NPR quizzed former President Clinton on “Pony” trivia for its show, “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.” (He aced all questions, solidifying his brony cred.) [news]|23:16 Jon asks (of BrenBarn), "have you paid attention to anything Sargent or Matthew have said in the last year?" [news]|23:16 vimes says, "man, i hope you aren't just now hearing about bronies" [news]|23:16 Jon says, "we _have_ a #mylittlepony channel" [news]|23:16 BrenBarn says, "I had not heard of bronies" [news]|23:17 inky says, "he is totally brohind the times" [news]|23:17 BrenBarn says, "I had heard of My Little Pony" [news]|23:17 vimes says, "which for some reason doesn't have either a #brony or #bronies alias" [news]|23:18 borowski says, "I used to watch the Powerpuff Girls in high school. I ought to try MLP." [news]|23:18 inky says, "that's a broversight on our part" [news]|23:18 BrenBarn says, "ha ha" [news]|23:18 Jon says, "I found the show proper to be unwatchable, despite my best efforts." [news]|23:19 inky says, "(I guess this is actually a how I met your mother joke)" [news]|23:19 BrenBarn says, "you're broverdoing it with these puns" [news]|23:19 vimes says, "i always interpret "a how i met your mother joke" as "a your mom joke"" [news]|23:20 borowski says, "Your momma's so fat, I met her at a buffet." [news]|23:20 BrenBarn says, "you mean broffet" [news]|23:21 borowski says, "heh" [lounge]|23:21 nm back [news]|23:22 borowski says, "Little Miss Moffet sat on a broffet." [lounge]|23:22 ASchultz has arrived. [band-name]|23:25 borowski says, "The Log Ladies" [kitties]|23:26 DorianX says, "she's kinda mixing moans in with her purrs now" [personals]|23:26 BrenBarn | http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/mis/2968397090.html [lounge]|23:29 Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. [lounge]|23:29 * Ellison has disconnected. [lounge]|23:32 Ellison arrives from the east. [baking]|23:36 Jon says, "good news, everyone. the cornbread I made is delicious." [baking]|23:37 vimes says, "oh, thank goodness" [lounge]|23:40 Firion goes home. [lounge]|23:43 ParserGirl is the opera that cured lycanthropy. [lounge]|23:43 Ellison says, "hey PG" [lounge]|23:44 ParserGirl says, "Evening." [lounge]|23:45 borowski says, "Hi ParserGirl" [nameless]|23:46 Pinstripe says, "I guess I'm a bit disappointed by it, after extended playing. I dunno." [lounge]|23:46 Pinstripe says, "Hi ParserGirl" [nameless]|23:47 inky says, "you might like it better after you beat the adventure game" [nameless]|23:47 Ellison asks, "you expected more multi-colored mobiles?" [nameless]|23:47 Pinstripe says, "hahaha" [nameless]|23:48 Pinstripe says, "oh is there more too it? because thats what has been disappointing me i guess, is I felt after the novelty wore off it was just a barebones game. I dunno." [nameless]|23:48 inky says, "hmm" [nameless]|23:48 inky says, "yeah" [nameless]|23:48 inky says, "I mean, it's the endgame at that point, it's not a huge portion of the game" [nameless]|23:48 inky says, "but it sheds an interesting light on the game as a whole" [nameless]|23:49 Pinstripe says, "cool! haha." [nameless]|23:50 Pinstripe says, "you know the "About" file reminded me about an idea i had a while ago. I don't know what it would have been, a short story or whatever, dunno." [nameless]|23:50 Pinstripe asks, "but I guess I'm just fascinated with internet communities? And how that stuff can all disappear?" [nameless]|23:50 Pinstripe says, "so I had this idea of, like, exploring the remnants of a community, seeing little scraps of their lives" [nameless]|23:53 Ellison says, "I've had a similar idea. I guess whoever writes that game first gets the spoils." [nameless]|23:53 Pinstripe says, "hahahaha" [nameless]|23:53 Pinstripe asks, "did you ever play that game by gregory weir, that he released on april 1?" [nameless]|23:54 Ellison says, "nope" [nameless]|23:54 Pinstripe says, "I forget the name, but the conceit was that he had discovered a sort of primordial version of IF - made entirely out of writing on paper, by some dead woman long ago - and had implemented it" [nameless]|23:55 Pinstripe says, "it was a cool conceit that he didn't do enough with, I felt. The individual games didn't feel like glimpses into someones mind so much as just fragments of unrelated game ideas." [nameless]|23:58 Pinstripe says, "actually, inky, might i ask you for help with something? I'm a little stuck." [nameless]|23:58 inky says, "sure" [nameless]|23:59 Pinstripe asks, "thanks! whispers?" [nameless]|23:59 inky says, "probably best" [google]|00:01 K-Y says, "man what" [google]|00:10 Jon says, "hah!" [baking]|00:12 Allen says, "I hope there was no sugar in it" [baking]|00:12 Allen says, "I've heard of strange people putting sugar in corn bread. They probably come from some strange african country where Prester John rules and people's mouths and eyes are in their stomachs" [baking]|00:13 Lucea says, "ew" [baking]|00:13 BrenBarn says, "sugar in cornbread is great" [google]|00:14 Jon says, "there was in fact sugar in it. and honey!" [google]|00:14 Jon says, "ilac" [baking]|00:14 Jon says, "there was in fact sugar in it. and honey!" [baking]|00:14 Lucea says, "noooo" [baking]|00:14 Jon says, "also, the second batch didn't turn out well, due to too small a surface-area to volume ratio" [baking]|00:15 ParserGirl says, "I like a bit of sweetness in my cornbread, heresy nonetheless." [baking]|00:15 Jon says, "the outside became very carbony while the inside was not yet done" [baking]|00:15 Jon says, "I will adjust for this next time." [baking]|00:15 Allen says, "egad" [baking]|00:16 Allen asks, "did you at least cook it in a bacon-grease rubbed iron skillet, well-heated in the oven before pouring in the mixture?" [baking]|00:17 vimes asks, "on a moonless night, wearing an anorak of oak and elm leaves?" [baking]|00:17 Jon says, "no bacon-grease" [baking]|00:17 Jon says, "but I did use cast-iron skillets" [baking]|00:18 BrenBarn asks, "while walking around the stove seven times widdershins?" [lounge]|00:25 nm goes home. [lounge]|00:30 ASchultz retreats to his comfy little shack [lounge]|00:30 * ASchultz has disconnected. [lounge]|00:32 DorianX says, "I'm not sure the cat is going to last the night." [lounge]|00:36 Jearl says, ":(" [lounge]|00:39 DorianX says, "When we took her to the vet today, I did not think she would degenerate quite this rapidly" [lounge]|00:39 DorianX says, "Like, I was thinking "over the next couple of weeks"" [lounge]|00:39 DorianX says, "But since we got home she seems to have spent whatever she had left" [lounge]|00:41 ctate spent last year enabling bioelectromagnetic synergies. [lounge]|00:41 ctate says, "wotcha" [lounge]|00:41 ctate says, "i mean, hi folks" [google]|00:43 ctate says, "seen in my G+ stream on april 18" [google]|00:43 ctate | Today in computer history: The SQL language was invented by IBM in the early 1970's. Then other teams and eventually other companies came along and used the language specification to develop their own database implementations. Some of those companies became quite large & wealthy. [lounge]|00:45 DorianX says, "I did get her to eat a little bit" [lounge]|00:45 DorianX says, "I think if she can be coaxed into eating, she will stabilize and go back to dying slowly" [videogames]|00:49 DorianX says, "Hm." [videogames]|00:49 DorianX asks, "Is Skyward Sword the only Zelda game where the Master Sword is in fact the ultimate sword?" [lounge]|00:55 jenrexrode has entered the lounge. [ Your score has gone up by 10 points ] [lounge]|00:55 jenrexrode says, "hi" [lounge]|00:55 Allen goes home. [lounge]|00:56 jenrexrode says, "oh" [lounge]|00:57 Hugo says, "It's a common fear, I think." [lounge]|00:58 Hugo says, "You know, that you're going to live too long." [lounge]|00:58 Hugo says, "Like, even one day too long. And you're going to be lying there, incapable of moving or, worse, dying, thinking, 'Cripes, I wish I'd had one less day in my life.'" [lounge]|00:58 Hugo says, "That's why they invented Perl." [lounge]|00:58 inky says, "the only language with a die() statement" [lounge]|00:59 jenrexrode says, "oh my" [lounge]/01:15 Emily arrives. [lounge]|01:16 maga says, "evening Em" [lounge]|01:16 Pinstripe says, "Hello, Emily." [lounge]|01:16 Emily says, "re, briefly" [exercise]|01:17 Emily says, "still need to do at least some cardio today" [lounge]|01:17 Pinstripe says, "Thank you for all of your input on that poll I made, Emily." [lounge]|01:18 Emily blinks [lounge]|01:18 Emily asks, "which was that?" [lounge]|01:18 Pinstripe says, "Oh, um, the one about games which are overlooked often." [lounge]|01:18 Pinstripe says, ""Games which aren't normally on polls" or something like that" [lounge]|01:18 Emily . o O ( what did I sound off about now ) [lounge]|01:18 Emily says, "oh yes right" [lounge]|01:18 Emily says, "well, it's a good question" [lounge]|01:18 Emily says, "there's a lot of almost-top-tier-but-not-much-mentioned stuff out there" [lounge]|01:19 Pinstripe says, "Thank you! I thought so myself, haha." [lounge]|01:20 olethros was so annoyed he sat down and angrily wobbled his jowls for a full 45 minutes. [videogames]|01:20 GDorn | http://www.grimrock.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2118 [lounge]|01:20 Pinstripe says, "Blighted Isle has gone on my "to play" list. As has Adventurer's consumer guide, though not as high up." [videogames]|01:20 GDorn says, "status of the level editor (with LUA scripting support) for Grimrock" [lounge]|01:20 inky says, "blighted isle is cool" [lounge]|01:21 Emily says, "yeah, both of those are major efforts that somehow haven't received the attention they (IMO) deserve" [lounge]|01:21 olethros says, "meh" [videogames]|01:22 GDorn says, "now if they added a decent community-oriented mod rating site..." [videogames]|01:24 GDorn says, "or I should register grimrockvault.com and build one." [lounge]|01:24 Ellison says (to Pinstripe), "oh, yeah, no offense, but I thought some of your additions to your poll were odd, in that some games are mentioned a lot by various polls" [lounge]|01:24 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "Oh? I hadn't seen them mentioned often, but I guess I could have missed that." [lounge]|01:25 Ellison says, "well, mainly Little Blue Men. I would just assume that's been mentioned a lot, but maybe not." [lounge]|01:25 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "That was the one I see mentioned the most often of those I added." [lounge]|01:25 Adam's reaction time is one nanosecond, and his "memory" capacity is 1,000 megabits. [lounge]|01:25 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "I don't know. I just really like Little Blue Men, I guess." [lounge]|01:25 Pinstripe says, "Stay frosty." [lounge]|01:25 Adam says, "Yeah, Smurfs are awesome" [lounge]|01:26 Adam says, "Also, hello" [lounge]|01:26 Ellison says, "heh, hey Adam" [lounge]|01:26 Pinstripe says, "In the mean time I have my hands busy playing Endless, Nameless" [lounge]|01:26 Ellison says (to Pinstripe), "well, I guess it's only on four lists and (now) two polls. that is less than I would have expected." [lounge]|01:26 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "Aha! That'll show you to doubt me. :P" [lounge]|01:26 Adam says, "Awright" [lounge]|01:26 Pinstripe says, "Er, that was in jest." [lounge]|01:27 two-star sought a woman and found a monkey. Well, it happens. [lounge]|01:27 Adam says, "How far along in it are you" [lounge]|01:27 Pinstripe says, "Quite a ways." [lounge]|01:27 zarf walks off through the wall; pale green light flares briefly around him. [lounge]|01:28 Pinstripe says, "I can safely say that it is the single greatest Rock IV-watching simulation to ever grace the interactive fiction community." [lounge]|01:28 Pinstripe says, "*Rocky" [lounge]|01:29 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "I guess my biggest reason for including LIttle Blue Men was that everyone overlooks it to talk about Anchorhead, usually." [lounge]|01:29 Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "and I think that, in certain areas, LBM is actually much better." [lounge]|01:30 Rob comes right on in. Recapped 1000 of 4033 lines from recent channels. Current time: Tuesday, 24 Apr 2012, 01:30:18 AM EDT There is one new message on #misc/personal/lpRPG. Rob says, "vrrsmrf" Adam says, "See, everyone walks in talking about smurfs" olethros says, "I feel you" inky says, "ha ha" Pinstripe says, "haha" olethros says, "apropos the bartenders in that open bar at cully jazz were dressed up as smurfs" Adam says, "I am so used to Skype that I actually just tried clicking on that to fix the capitalization" Adam says, "ifMUD is old skool even for me" Pinstripe says, "Olethros that sounded like something out of A Clockwork Orange" jenrexrode says, "oh stuff happening" Recapping 21 of 21 lines from food/baking: [baking]/001 Jon says, "cornbread in oven" [baking]/002 Rob says, "and all is well" [baking]/003 borowski says, "mmm" [baking]/004 Jon says, "good news, everyone. the cornbread I made is delicious." [baking]/005 vimes says, "oh, thank goodness" [baking]/006 Allen says, "I hope there was no sugar in it" [baking]/007 Allen says, "I've heard of strange people putting sugar in corn bread. They probably come from some strange african country where Prester John rules and people's mouths and eyes are in their stomachs" [baking]/008 Lucea says, "ew" [baking]/009 BrenBarn says, "sugar in cornbread is great" [baking]/010 Jon says, "there was in fact sugar in it. and honey!" [baking]/011 Lucea says, "noooo" [baking]/012 Jon says, "also, the second batch didn't turn out well, due to too small a surface-area to volume ratio" [baking]/013 ParserGirl says, "I like a bit of sweetness in my cornbread, heresy nonetheless." [baking]/014 Jon says, "the outside became very carbony while the inside was not yet done" [baking]/015 Jon says, "I will adjust for this next time." [baking]/016 Allen says, "egad" [baking]/017 Allen asks, "did you at least cook it in a bacon-grease rubbed iron skillet, well-heated in the oven before pouring in the mixture?" [baking]/018 vimes asks, "on a moonless night, wearing an anorak of oak and elm leaves?" [baking]/019 Jon says, "no bacon-grease" [baking]/020 Jon says, "but I did use cast-iron skillets" [baking]/021 BrenBarn asks, "while walking around the stove seven times widdershins?" Recapped 21 of 21 lines from food/baking. olethros says, "maybe due to the lack of punctuation" ctate would love to watch a sporking contest, preferably involving berry pie. so cold... so very very cold... i die No quotations available. Ellison says (to Pinstripe), "yeah, I also like LBM more than Anchorhead, but that's mainly because the end of Anchorhead where the protagonist goes all Linda Hamilton action hero on us" Rob says (to Adam), "wow, hmm." Adam says (to Ellison), "I read that as 'IBM'" olethros says, "I guess they could have been selling belgian beer. We didn't stop there, but went to a fisherman's little fish'n'chips shop, whence cameroonian music was blaring out" Rob says, "I always say a bit of gibberish as I come in, but the secret is that I actually think of what gibberish I'm going to say beforehand slightly before I login" Rob says, "so it's interesting that I felt like adding a smurfy syllable to my nonsense given that smurfs had just been bandied about" Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "I think it just reflects my preferences in horror." Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "I found Anchorheads' unspeakable horrors a lot less compelling than what LBM did, which was to make the mundane terrifying" No quotations available. Quote added to Allen's quotebook. Quotations: Allen (quoted by Rob, 24-Apr-12): [baking] Jon says, "good news, everyone. the cornbread I made is delicious." [baking] vimes says, "oh, thank goodness" [baking] Allen says, "I hope there was no sugar in it" [baking] Allen says, "I've heard of strange people putting sugar in corn bread. They probably come from some strange african country where Prester John rules and people's mouths and eyes are in their stomachs" Adam says, "In Smurf Village, every syllable is a smurfy syllable" Adam says, "Teaching etymology is a bitch" olethros says, "must be off" olethros has ordered three mega-generators to be installed in his boathouse. Please stop quaking and remain calm. two-star says, "I figure it has to be a tonal language." Quote added to Pinstripe's quotebook. Quotations: Pinstripe (quoted by Rob, 24-Apr-12): Rob says, "so it's interesting that I felt like adding a smurfy syllable to my nonsense given that smurfs had just been bandied about" Pinstripe says (to Ellison), "I think it just reflects my preferences in horror." ParserGirl goes home. I know this, for I am Antonio Awesome. Rob says, "smurf, sma:rfen, smarf, smerfonus, smu:rfenzie, smirf" Rob says, "the genitive case is left to the reader's imagination" Adam says, "Based on what I've seen at rule34.com, no it isn't" Rob asks, "what's rule34.com?" Adam says, "It is a joke" Adam says, "Rule 34 is Internet slang for 'porn featuring children's cartoon characters'" Pinstripe says, "he's implying he's seen pornographic pictures of the smurfs" Rob says, "good to know" Pinstripe says, "Well, drawings." Pinstripe says, "Not pictures." Rob googles 'urban dictionary rule 34' and lo and behold Rob says, "further confirming how much of an old man I have become" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "So a caller was accusing Jeff Ward of being negative, and Jeff asked him "How long have you lived here?" and they guy said 3 years, and the Jeff went off on some rant about Liberty Lunch, the Magic Time Machine, and Charlie the Alligator, and then told him to call back in 20 years." Pinstripe says, "hahaha." [Austin] Rob says, "yay magic time machine" two-star says, "Huh. I thought it was, "Anything you can think of, there is porn of it on the internet."" [Austin] Rob says, "I should do a movie where it's set in an austin time such that there can be a scene set at the magic time machine" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "yeah, it was an awesome rant" BrenBarn says, "IRTA 'lol and behold'" Adam says, "You're not old until you no longer recognize the characters getting it on with Scooby-Doo and Skeletor" [Austin] Rob says, "every time I drive down riverside I think of the magic time machine" BrenBarn says, "for which there are 3.2 million google hits" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "cool" [Austin] Rob says, "in that stretch, you know" [Austin] Rob says (to jen), "how are you" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "yeah, you-know-which" Rob says, "my parents watch SNL, and I do not. they have a better grounding in current pop culture than I do" Rob says, "I am starting to feel as if I am decades older than my parents" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "I am fine, but am being all nostalgic after that and accidentally thought about OM" [Austin] Rob says, "wow, OM" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "and I don't remember anything about him, heh" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "except yecch" [Austin] Rob says, "I wish that guy had not tormented me in a bullyish fashion and bullied my website" [Austin] Rob says, "and I wish he had not been so fat because he was really really unhealthy looking" [Austin] Rob says, "but other than that he was quite a character to have come across" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "that's what I was thinking" [Austin] Rob asks, "do you remember his real name?" [Austin] Rob says, "I used to know it" [Austin] jenrexrode asks, "david?" [Austin] Alex says (to jenrexrode), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that David is not quite as common a name as Andrew." Adam says, "Speaking of current pop culture, Elizabeth says it is time to watch Game of Thrones" Adam says, "Bye bye" Adam lives in a world of glass skyscrapers, high-speed trains, gas-powered automobiles, calculators, and a worldwide communications network, yet cannot find happiness and comes to a tragic end. Adam has disconnected. [Austin] Rob says, "I'm being alarmed a lot these days at how many memories I used to have a firm recall of are now spongey and slippery" [Austin] Rob says, "('and mangey')" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "I couldn't remember if I was remembering him, or someone else," Rob says, "I'm glad Adam is popping in now and then again" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "hehe mangey" Rob says, "he does know how to fill an idle conversation with quips" [Austin] Rob says, "yay" [Austin] Rob says, "yeah that one was for you" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "Actually now that I think about it, I'm getting him confused with some other gross guy, hehe.. They are all a big blobby blur" [Austin] Rob says, "I went to RoadRich's birthday party for his car Clyde recently" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "cool" [Austin] Rob says, "I remember when there was a Lord Julius astride a Clyde" [Austin] Rob says, "it was actually kind of a bummer dinner party for various reasons" [Austin] Rob says, "but" [Austin] Rob says, "JoeD was there" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "wow" [Austin] Rob says, "and he's the same as always and ever" [Austin] jenrexrode asks, "a moe?" [Austin] Rob says, "he has a wife and kids, but he's exactly the same" [Austin] Rob says, "hee hee" [Austin] Rob says, "and his daughter looks (prettily) like him but is actually an extroverted popular girl" [Austin] Rob says, "which perplexes him, which is funny" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "heh, joeD perplexed, I cna see it" [Austin] Rob says, "anyway I sat next to him, as if it were a romp in '86 or whatever" [Austin] Rob says, "Rael was across the table" [Austin] Rob says, "Dwight was there" [Austin] jenrexrode exclaims, "ugh, I bumped into Mike and dwight at best buy and had an awkward moment that is still painfully awkward right now!" [Austin] Rob says, "and JoeD at one point turns to me and says, 'hey, I just recently came across that RADDIAL bill you made, where it was a comic with that bully at the beach, but it was James T. Kirk as the skinny kid who becomes a hero" [Austin] Rob says, "'chew on this flying kick!' he says to the bully Khan" [Austin] Rob says, "and I was like, man, JoeD still has this comic I made way back when" [Austin] Rob says, "I don't even know where my copy of that is" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "more fun to read them than pay them" [Austin] Rob says, "yeah I was always a terrible businessman" [Austin] Rob says, "I'd rather give all I got for fun/free than run a mitt romney profit operation" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "hm, I bet I could find one if you gave me an hour" [lpRPG] lpsmith says, "Well, the two of you like Planescape:Fallout and Los Vagos the best." [Austin] Rob says, "he said, mixing decades" [Austin] Rob says, "I would reprint anything scanned and sent digitally to me" [Austin] Rob says, "(to facebook, or something)" Pinstripe says, "Wait, is that Adam Cadre? Huh. I've never seen him on before, I don't think." Rob says, "yeah, that was Adam Cadre" Rob says, "he hasn't been a regular for 7 years or so" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "I have a button with you an phant" [lpRPG] lpsmith says, "He had to go get some car insurance." Rob says, "which is why I express gladness to see him pop in and out lately" lpsmith says, "He had to go get some car insurance." Pinstripe says, "Yeah, its been nearly a decade since he made a game, too." [lpRPG] lpsmith says, "ilal" lpsmith says, "Either that or two weeks." Rob says, "there was kind of a soap operatic falling out with sore feelings and stuff, but water has flown under the bridge for a year and half a year and three years" Rob says, "he is about to publish a new game" Rob says, "it's one of the things he reappeared to promote" Rob says, "which is cause for enthusiasm" Rob says, "I told him I've basically retired from authoring IF, as far as I can tell, so it was inspiring to see that he's still sticking an iron into the furnace" Rob says, "or whatever metaphor sounds least weird" [Austin] Rob asks, "what button?" Pinstripe says, "Oh, really, there was drama? I'm sorry to hear that." [Austin] jenrexrode says, "photo y'all made for my birthday" [Austin] Rob asks, "which year?" Rob says, "ehh, really smart creative guys, working in close quarters, there's going to be drama" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "uhm, probably that year you graduated high school" Rob says, "but the latest weather report is sunny" [Austin] Rob says, "88!" Pinstripe asks, "Is that a metaphor?" BrenBarn says, "he means they starred in a play together and forgot to shower" Emily says (to Pinstripe), "Rob lives in Austin so it probably is also literally true" Pinstripe says, "hahaha" [Austin] Rob asks, "wow were you like [redacted]?" Whizzard enters the lounge, and then he burns his finger. Whizzard says, "heyo." Rob says, "hey Whizzz" Rob says, "speaking of old guys and new visions" [WNIP] two-star says, "Trying to pick at this story I was working on last year." [Austin] jenrexrode asks, "a child?" Rob says, "once upon a time, both Rob and Adam were in Austin" Rob says, "and Adam appeareth in Rob'eth's motion picture, and thus was it so" jenrexrode says, "I know adam from photos, so it's weird to see him here" [Austin] Rob says, "I'm trying to remember what I meant a few minutes ago" [WNIP] two-star says, "I had a short story that I finished, and tried to shop around to no avail. The bigger plan around that was a series of short stories on this space station. So the second one is the one I'm picking at." [Austin] jenrexrode asks, "22?" Pinstripe says, "Well, anyway, I'm glad he's interested in IF again." [Austin] jenrexrode says, "that's some pretty effective redacting there" [Austin] Rob says, "I was trying to do the gallant thing of not mentioning a lady's age" Ellison says, "speaking of SNL and Game of Thrones, I saw a SNL skit the other day where they are showing 'behind the scenes' at the Game of Thrones filming, and they attribute all of the boobies to the co-director of the series, a 12 year old boy" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "yeah yeah" Rob says, "my take is that he didn't lose it, he back-back-back-back-burnered it while he became professionally busy" [Austin] Rob says, "22 seemed a lot older than 16 to a 15-year-old" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "hee hee, and now I can't every tolerate people who are 22" [Austin] Rob says, "there were only two categories: 'my age' and 'grown-up-n'stuff'" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "er even" [Austin] Rob says, "me either, nowadays" [Austin] Rob says, "it's the anti-logans-run" [Austin] Rob says, "anyone under 30 is suspect" [Austin] Rob says, "for being dumb and douchey" [Austin] jenrexrode says, "heh" Not a valid command. Try typing 'help'. Rob says (to Ellison), "heh" [WNIP] two-star says, "The problem is it's not so much a story as a bunch of stuff happening." Recapping 3 of 3 lines from if/WNIP: [WNIP]/001 two-star says, "Trying to pick at this story I was working on last year." [WNIP]/002 two-star says, "I had a short story that I finished, and tried to shop around to no avail. The bigger plan around that was a series of short stories on this space station. So the second one is the one I'm picking at." [WNIP]/003 two-star says, "The problem is it's not so much a story as a bunch of stuff happening." Recapped 3 of 3 lines from if/WNIP. [TV] jenrexrode says, "I'm gonna have to rewatch all my shows tonight, or be resolved to only have half-watched them" [WNIP] Rob asks, "where do the stories collide and collude?" [TV] Rob says, "which shows are your shows" [TV] Rob says, "recap #tv to see which show is my most recent show" [TV] Rob says, "and #movie for my most recent movie" [TV] jenrexrode says, "dancing with the stars, daily show, colbert report and killer kids" [TV] Rob says, "I almost planned for then skipped daily show and colbert" [TV] Rob says, "I watched them last week but I was feeling like not enough happened this past week for them to have much material to work from tonight" [TV] jenrexrode says, "I was caught up in being all annoyed that I suspect that the new Kerbey Lane location isn't cozy."