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 "An artist doesn't burn out with age because he works too much. Working hones his craft." 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, markm, Bishop, GDorn, Touchy, DorianX, Jearl, Psmith, annabianca, Whizzard, Allen, Ryan, Dave, Grocible, baf, vimes, jpt, Jon, Marktwo, schep, Johnny, lpsmith, Doug, McMartin, borowski, vaporware, olethros, Hjalfi, Nitku, Richie, Fang, genericgeekgirl, Tale, Gunther, maga Visible Exits: north, west, southwest, southeast, up, east Rob comes right on in. Recapping 126 of 3205 lines from recent channels: [workplace]/06:49 marc says, "back" [workplace]|06:55 marc asks, "short of a problem with my service, any ideas on how to try and diagnose what's wrong?" [workplace]|06:55 marc says, "er" [lounge]|07:03 Nitku doesn't even know what glutz is! [lounge]|07:06 Richie ambles off. [ShouldHaveSaid]|07:12 * Nitku has joined the channel. [German]|07:16 olethros says, "hm, confusing endings once more" [German]|07:16 olethros | Sie werden die Bücher zu meiner neue Addresse senden. [German]|07:16 olethros asks, "is this OK?" [German]|07:17 Gunther says, "an meine" [German]|07:17 Gunther says, "also that sounds very rude" [German]|07:17 olethros says, "they will" [German]|07:17 olethros says, "(sorry, no way to distinguish polite sie from they)" [German]|07:17 Gunther says, "ah, not third person polite" [German]|07:17 Gunther says, "olk" [German]|07:17 Gunther says, "ok" [German]|07:18 olethros asks, "so, 'meine neue Addresse' is also Akkusativ?" [German]|07:18 Gunther says, "ja. "an wen oder was? an meine neue Adresse"" [German]|07:19 Gunther says, "that's probably the easiest trick to figure out the case" [German]|07:19 Gunther says, "wer? -> nom" [German]|07:19 Gunther says, "wessen? -> gen" [German]|07:19 Gunther says, "wem/was -> dat" [German]|07:19 Gunther says, "wen/was -> acc" [German]|07:19 olethros says, "that's not much of a trick, as I can't distinguish wem / wen" [German]|07:20 olethros asks, "(whom/who)?" [German]|07:20 Gunther says, "well, wem is dative and..." [German]|07:20 olethros says, "I thought one used dative for specifying location, but not for moving to locations" [lounge]|07:22 marc asks (of hjalfi), "back from aus?" [lounge]|07:27 Richie is here! [lounge]|07:33 Richie says, "hi" [lounge]|07:34 marc goes home. [lounge]|07:34 * marc has disconnected. [web-toons]|07:35 olethros says, "yay, smbc" [Skyrim]|07:41 Gunther says, " http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/05/03/june-cover-revealed-the-elder-scrolls-online.aspx " [hee-hee]|07:43 olethros | The shape of the phone is all curves; no sharp corners or edges. It was apparently modeled on the shape and feel of a pebble. Samsung is going to great lengths to emphasize how "organic" the whole thing is. I'm no chemist, but I suspect that most pebbles are inorganic (unlike the phone's carbon-based plastic shell) [lounge]|07:50 * Marktwo has disconnected. [lounge]|07:50 * Marktwo has connected. [videogames]|07:56 Gunther says, "well! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/04/choo-choo-ffracer-is-a-train-racing-moviegame/ " [videogames]|08:00 Gunther says, "needs VER version, obviously" [blokes]|08:04 Jon says, "ever since I started shaving with a razor, it seems like I have to shave more often, because the hairs grow more quickly" [blokes]|08:11 Gunther says, "HA ha" [blokes]|08:13 Gunther says, "the only solution is to play more Journey" [lounge]|08:13 Fang is a veritable smorgasbord of visual variables. [space]|08:13 Gunther says, "shut the hell up about the goddamn supermoon, media" [space]|08:14 Gunther says, "furthermore, shut up with supermoon debunking, literally nobody cares" [space]|08:18 Allen asks, "what's with this supermoon? I'd never heard of it before last year, now we're having them all the time. Is this the reason for all the tornadoes this year? And that freaky flooding?" [space]|08:18 Gunther says, "No." [space]|08:18 Allen says, "gotta be" [space]|08:19 Gunther says, "Nope." [space]|08:19 Allen says, "can't be just coincidence" [space]|08:19 ghira says, "and the bees" [space]|08:19 ghira says, "though actually we know that was daleks" [space]|08:19 Gunther says, "literally not the reason for literally anything literally whatsoever" [videogames]|08:19 Gunther says (to ghira), "check out above link!" [space]|08:20 Nitku says, "I'm pretty sure the supermoon is why my healing crystals don't work" [lounge]|08:22 Dave says, "morning" [lounge]|08:22 ghira says, "dave" [videogames]|08:23 Gunther says, "dang Torchlight 2 looks nice" [videogames]|08:25 ghira checks out link [videogames]|08:27 ghira agrees with gunther's proposal, of course [videogames]|08:27 K-Y | Notch: EA methodically destroying gaming [videogames]|08:28 K-Y says, "he is angry about EA ruining indie bundles" [videogames]|08:28 Gunther says, "yeah, tons of shit games ruined indie bundles, sorry Notch" [videogames]|08:28 K-Y says, "because, of course, they were not ruined prior to now" [videogames]|08:29 Gunther says, "the only ones ruining gaming are gamers" [lounge]|08:29 genericgeekgirl's the DJ, markm's the rapper. [lounge]|08:29 genericgeekgirl waves. [videogames]|08:29 Gunther says, "as long as people will buy Goddamn Fucking Shooter 320948230984, the industry will continue making Goddamn Fucking Shooter 320948230985ff" [lounge]|08:31 Tale's first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning with the letter W. [lounge]/08:47 * Marktwo has disconnected. [lounge]|08:47 * Marktwo has connected. [lounge]|09:01 Tale is fired from breathing. [lounge]|09:01 * Tale has disconnected. [videogames]|09:02 Johnny says, "Why can't they just give people what they want? (Games numbered in decimal. Fucking Final Fantasy!)" [climate]|09:04 Fang says, "#wtf http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/may/04/heartland-institute-global-warming-murder " [climate]|09:05 Fang | Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world's most notorious criminals say they "still believe in global warming" . and ask viewers if they do, too [climate]|09:05 Fang | The people who still believe in man-made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society. This is why the most prominent advocates of global warming aren't scientists. They are murderers, tyrants, and madmen. [climate]|09:06 Fang froths at mouth. [climate]|09:07 maga says, "Hitler, of course, annexed the Sudetenland because a bigger Germany would have more carpooling opportunities" [English]|09:07 Doug | Mozilla expelled a new chronicle of a Firefox web browser that can now refurbish itself but tellurian assistance on Windows [climate]|09:07 Fang says, "haha" [climate]|09:08 Gunther asks, "frothing at the mouth? Why, Fang, do you feel like... killing everyone at the Heartland Institute??" [climate]|09:09 * NewsBoy hollers, "Extra! Extra! Fang has posted message 33, about 'You know who else believes in Climate change?', to the bulletin board! I set a goal to save for a car. So far, I have about 3 dollars. The goal setting has been helpful. I have learned a lot." [lounge]|09:11 Gunther was like watching the world's most boring car crash, and then someone with a monotone voice overanalyzing it. [cars]|09:21 Ryan says, "Okay, now we have claims open with both Geico (our insurance) and State Farm (other lady's insurance)." [cars]|09:21 Ryan says, "It's a bit worrisome that the State Farm rep didn't appear to have any knowledge whatsoever of this incident, as if the lady didn't actually call and report it like she said she was going to." [cars]|09:22 Ryan says, "But maybe that's just how they process things." [cars]|09:23 katre asks, "why are you talking to State Farm?" [cars]|09:23 katre says, "that's Geico's job" [mozilla]|09:28 katre says, "what the hell" [mozilla]|09:28 katre says, "I have a copy of FF6 that I use for testing" [cars]|09:28 Ryan says, "Geico said I could talk to State Farm directly and possibly get them to just agree to pay for things directly, rather than pay for it myself and wait to get reimbursed." [mozilla]|09:28 katre says, "whatever it's doing, whenever I start it now it gives me FF12" [cars]|09:28 katre says, "ah" [cars]|09:28 Ryan says, "But if State Farm won't do that, then we'll go the normal route." [cars]|09:28 katre says, "good luck with that" [lounge]|09:35 Tale's first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary, where he worked mainly on the history and etymology of words of Germanic origin beginning with the letter W. [board-games]|09:40 markm asks, "Where's vimes when you need him?" [lounge]|09:41 Gunther just looks like a moron throwing around jars of spiders... bitch please. [lounge]|09:41 Gunther says, "ah, the weekend" [nameless]|09:41 * Gunther has left the channel. [workplace]|09:43 marc says, "gave the second interview -- poor guy was here for 2h30" [lounge]|09:43 Tale says (to Gunther), "Indeed, old chap. Indeed." [travel]|09:48 Hjalfi says, "Glad I didn't read this before flying:" [travel]|09:48 Hjalfi | ...an investigation into [travel]|09:48 Hjalfi | a Jetstar flight JQ57 between Darwin to Singapore discovered that the [travel]|09:48 Hjalfi | airline captain failed to lower the landing gear during the first attempt at [travel]|09:48 Hjalfi | a landing as he was too busy with his mobile phone.# [travel]|09:49 Hjalfi exclaims, "That was two years ago, but I did that flight on Wednesday!" [UK]|09:52 ghira says (to hjalfi), "you weren't around when it was planned but it seems there's going to be a UK mudmeet in brighton on the 16th of June" [UK]|09:52 Hjalfi says, "Yep, that sounds doable." [travel]|09:53 Nitku exclaims, "You almost died!" [UK]|09:54 ghira says, "bb #uk 98 for proposed contents" [UK]|09:55 Hjalfi asks, "What is the Train of Death?" [UK]|09:56 Gunther says, " http://www.volkselectricrailway.co.uk " [lounge]|09:58 maga enters the lounge. Thumps and penitent shrieks follow. [UK]|09:58 Hjalfi says, "Aha." [lounge]|10:03 ghira goes home. [lounge]|10:03 * ghira has disconnected. [lounge]|10:06 Johnny says, "Yo maga" [poop]|10:10 * Ryan has joined the channel. [poop]|10:10 Ryan | http://jezebel.com/5907587/zookeeper-saves-tiny-monkey-by-licking-its-butt-until-it-poops-seriously [poop]|10:11 Fang says, "I guess it was only pooping for fun previously" [poop]|10:11 Ryan | Last message: 15-Mar-08 19:41:04 [poop]|10:12 Ryan says, "Not much poopin' goin' on." [lounge]|10:16 Rob comes right on in. Recapped 126 of 3205 lines from recent channels. Current time: Friday, 4 May 2012, 10:16:59 AM EDT There is one new message on #sci/climate. There is one new message on #sci/med/health/exercise. There is one new message on #tech/programming/programming. There is one new message on #web/urls. Rob says, "gblonk" #9 [sci/med/health/exercise] From: Roger Date: 02-May-12 23:59 Subject: Roger lifts 300# (dark video, loud grunting) http://youtu.be/5miqsAuHewc #148 [tech/programming/programming] From: marc Date: 04-May-12 03:25 Subject: Simplicity Matters (Rich Hickey keynote) http://confreaks.com/videos/860-railsconf2012-keynote-simplicity-matters #1172 [web/urls] From: ParserGirl Date: 03-May-12 17:30 Subject: Best Youtuber Ever Native Sweedish man plays scary and hilarious games. http://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie #33 [sci/climate] From: Fang Date: 04-May-12 09:09 Subject: You know who else believes in Climate change? THAT'S RIGHT. BIN LADEN. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/may/04/heartland-institute-global-warming-murder [poop] Rob says, "I just heard about that on the stephanie miller show" [poop] Rob says, "still not clear why a tongue had to be used as a tool here" Johnny says, "Hey Rob" [robmumble] Tale says (to rob), "I really liked the movie." [poop] Ryan says, "Same as closing envelopes. Sometimes you just don't have a sponge handy, so you use what you've got." [poop] Fang asks, "didn't stephanie miller write Twilight?" [poop] Fang says (to Rob), "I suppose he liked the taste" [travel] Rob says, "gee seems like that rule about turning off all electronic devices should apply to people in the cockpit, too" [travel] Fang says, "I think it's basically bullshit" [travel] Johnny asks, "So they don't get margarita on the electronics?" [robmumble] Tale asks, "One thing confused me: What did the russian mean by "Now the US is showing their true color - not red white and blue but yellow and black"?" [robmumble] Rob says, "ha ha" [robmumble] Rob says, "well good" [robmumble] Rob says, "hm" [robmumble] Ryan says, "He meant we're all BEES! AAAAAA" [robmumble] Rob says, "I dunno, yellow for cowardice, black for evilness, I guess" [robmumble] Rob says, "or implied snakiness or something" [robmumble] Rob says, "it sounded good when I wrote it and when the actor said it" [robmumble] Rob says, "I never thought about it until now" [robmumble] Ryan says, "Hmm. I prefer the bees explanation." [robmumble] Rob says, "well don't trust the author" [robmumble] Fang asks, "pee and poop?" [robmumble] Tale says, "Never do," [robmumble] Rob says (to Fang), "ha ha" [robmumble] Gunther says (to Fang), "funny, that was my initial answer too" [robmumble] Tale asks, "And is there a story behind the collapsing house? I don't hink you had the budget to pull that off, right?" [robmumble] Johnny says (to Fang&Gunther), "You need to see a doctor." [robmumble] Rob says, "it was designed to be something expensive looking at the halfway mark to give the whole thing a cred boost" [robmumble] Rob says, "the story of it is on the commentary tracks, but basically we called to ask if there was a demolition company about to take anything down and if we could film it happening" [robmumble] Rob says, "but it took several weeks of going back to the site again and again as city bureaucrats kept delaying giving them the proper permits" [robmumble] Rob says, "and then all of a sudden it all comes down in 10 seconds and we hope to belboz we're rolling and ready" [robmumble] Rob says, "it was munched down with a dinosaur-jaw like eating machine from behind, and the guy sort of deliberately knocked it over in our direction" [robmumble] Tale says, "cool" [robmumble] Rob says, "one of the many cool guys / companies / individuals who did something for free for the production just because it sounded fun" [robmumble] Rob says, "every fifteen minutes or so something of slightly more obvious production value happens" [robmumble] Tale says, "Funny story about that scene: You first see the agent who looks a bit like a hippie and I thought: "Wait a minute, that's Rob" and then it pans over and of course you are the other agent, dressed as the polar opposite." [robmumble] Rob says, "ha ha" [robmumble] Rob says, "well he is also a skinny guy" [robmumble] Rob says, "he's also an indie filmmaker" [robmumble] Rob says, "and the brother of the guy who played Alex Runyan" [robmumble] Rob says, "who are both sons of the guy who played the russian scientist" [robmumble] Rob says, "it's a home movie made by two families, the pascoes and the wheelers" [robmumble] Rob says, "both families stuffed with actors and writers and directors and producers" [robmumble] Ryan says, "I hope you have a feud going back generations about who killed whose pig." [robmumble] Rob says, "we have whatever the opposite of a feud is" [robmumble] Tale says, "Sounds like I really should watch the prequel" [robmumble] Tale says, "Er, commentary track" [robmumble] Rob says, "the story of making it is the real tale" [robmumble] Johnny says (to Tale), "impostor!" [robmumble] Tale sobs. [spelling] Rob says, "feud, fuel, feud, fuel, feud, fuel" [spelling] Rob says, "it's a typing tongue twister" [spelling] Rob says, "and it's making both words look really strange to me" Quotations: ghira (quoted by Rob, 03-May-12): [angst] ghira says (to inky), "well, rob has the "never having heard of foodstuffs" gig locked up tight. I make do with what's left." ghira (quoted by markm, 03-May-12): [wtf] ghira says, "(we're a waitrose household, but sometimes we like to slum it)" inky (quoted by Roger, 03-May-12): [peanut-gallery] inky asks, "how can it be #gaywrong when it feels so #gayright?" zarf (quoted by Roger, 03-May-12): zarf says, "I have to go buy cheese now" Storme (quoted by inky, 03-May-12): [smoochies] Storme says, "if they only knew the truth: clothing has hit points" [robmumble] Tale says, "I thought it was a black hole appearance that happened every 15 minutes" [robmumble] Rob says, "by some coincidence that may be right" [robmumble] Tale says, "Like the kills in slasher movies" [robmumble] Rob says, "I wonder if the movie could ever be successfully up-rezzed" [robmumble] Gunther says, "other changes: guns now walkie-talkies; Rob walkietalked first." [robmumble] Rob says, "to go along with the surround sound mix it was always supposed to have, being a movie based around a sound effect happening" [robmumble] Rob says, "exactly" [robmumble] Rob says, "I can also see how this type of thinking leads to dark places" [robmumble] Rob says, "leads to doubt, leads to fear, leads to anger, leads to the dark side" Gunther says, "csb" Gunther was like watching the world's most boring car crash, and then someone with a monotone voice overanalyzing it. You cannot become a viking overnight, unless you are a viking, in which case you can. Rob says, "heh" Oh, I'm sorry, was it a *private* distress signal? Gunther just looks like a moron throwing around jars of spiders... bitch please. Rob says, "that was a fast switch" Tale says, "He lives close to work" [robmumble] Tale says, "The movie stands pretty well as what it is and wants to be." has connected. zarf walks in through the wall. Behind him, light shines briefly through, rosy pink this time of day. Rob says, "or he has very long arms" [robmumble] Rob says, "thanks" Rob says, "g'zarf" [robmumble] Tale asks, "Oh yeah, what was Adam Cadre doing in there?" [robmumble] Rob says, "a cameo as a really geeky smart guy" zarf says, "that's an assumption" Johnny says, "It could be e-zarf (electronic zarf. AP proposes ezarf.)" [robmumble] Rob says, "we were sort of at the peak of our getting along in those days and I just asked him if he wanted to do it, and he and Jearl came all the way out here for a day so he could do it" [robmumble] Rob says, "I guess it was also the peak of his getting along with Jearl in those days" [robmumble] Rob says, "the different types of guys who make up the think tank is my favorite bunch of casting choices" [robmumble] Tale asks, "Wait, is Jearl in there?" [robmumble] Rob says, "nah, but she was hanging out on set and stuff" [robmumble] Rob says, "she's listed in the credits" [robmumble] Rob says, "probably as a production assistant" Tale Damn, I'm called away for dinner. Thanks for sharing! I'll be back with more pestering questions later. Tale says, "ilac" Rob says, "seeya" [robmumble] Tale says, "Damn, I'm called away for dinner. Thanks for sharing! I'll be back with more pestering questions later." Tale is fired from breathing. Tale has disconnected. Rob says, "this might be a good opportunity to run an errand and go get brunch & coffee" [robmumble] Gunther says, "dinner at 1648, huh" [robmumble] Rob says, "hmm" [robmumble] Rob says, "''dinner''"