I have a plan: A plan concerning the weekend and games

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:52:13 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua
<kendrick.DeleteThis@nospam.io> wrote:
>In article <okb1i3ph7qgkl0mgbmjje60kcn8s34kcf6.DeleteThis@newsposting.sessile.org>,
>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie.DeleteThis@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:37:18 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>><kendrick.DeleteThis@nospam.io> wrote:
>>>In article <8sa1i31psofl4rnnsufuupu4vvicir19bp.DeleteThis@newsposting.sessile.org>,
>>>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie.DeleteThis@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>>>On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:10:48 -0500, Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>>>><kendrick.DeleteThis@nospam.io> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>-- Universal
>>>>
>>>>Yer sig's bust.
>>>
>>>Sorry, I'm in a super productive technical writing mode, which means I'm
>>>slang-impaired at the moment. Can't tell if you mean to say you like it,
>>>hate it, or are indicating that it is unreadable or otherwise not parsed.
>>
>>Sorry. Your signature is malformed. Unless you really wanted it to
>>have an extra dash-dash-space?
>
>Ah, that's what you meant. Actually, trn inserts an extra dash-dash-space
>just before the .sig file, whereas elm does not.

Either can be pointed at a sig file not called ~/.signature, which
would fix up nicely.

>-KKC, who is now wasting time with xkcd content until he gets edits back.

I just went through them all again last night....

Cheers - Jaimie
--
"In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded." Terry Pratchett

In article <5oe0ghFk6jivU1 RemoveThis @mid.individual.net>,
the_proper_one RemoveThis @hotmail.com says...

> > Can I avoid the 2 point achievement? I only ask as I'm at the bit where
> > I think the singing cave probably is (13 points), and I've either got to
> > get both achievements or neither if I'm to avoid an uncomfortable
> > gamerscore. It took ages to fix it last time.
>
> Get both. They're both extremely easy. Do you want to know?

As they're a doddle, I'll honourably decline....for now

"Nils Tanner" <ntanner DeleteThis @datacomm.ch> wrote in message
news:5kq2i3d7heb035q8pcrt53e2b87l4eec3k@4ax.com...


> Moving (RL): It isn't me who's moving though, but we're going to help
> some friends of our's. So lot's of heavy things on my tiny shoulders.
> Which somehow is exactly the same thing I'll be doing next weekend. Do
> I smell a career starting? (Or what else is that strange smell???)
>

I remember helping my mate move a couple of years ago. You never really
think that that small sofa is heavier than it looks until you try lifting
the thing! I was in agony for days after that. I'm dreading the day when I
finally get moving myself, although admittedly I don't have things like
sofas or chairs yet.

The only game I'll be playing this weekend will be Oblivion (PC), but it's
starting to annoy now. It seems that every one in three saves I make is
corrupted, forcing me to replay an hour or more and I'm getting fed up with
it. This is a very recent occurance and I'm beginning to wonder if it's the
Battlehorn Castle mod that's causing it. The game seemed to be more stable
before I installed the thing.

The usual techniques don't work anymore. Things like loading, quickly saving
again and restarting doesn't work and now I'm finding that if I'm in an
enclosed location like a town or part of the Imperial City, the game will
not let me leave, either through the gates or through fast travel without
crashing back to desktop.

Paul.

Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article <MPG.218bd9701bd02e6c989770 DeleteThis @News.individual.NET>,
> Trooper <removethis DeleteThis @trooperlooper.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <ZY6dnXFYteCtVbzanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d DeleteThis @io.com>, kendrick DeleteThis @nospam.io
>> says...
>>
>>> -KKC, testing the new .sig file...
>> It's a wee bit confusing for those of us who have progressed beyond
>> fixed font
>
> I don't understand. How can you run a VT-100 terminal screen without a
> fixed-width font?
>
> -KKC, who should really get to work now. Which today, is taking two
> weeks'
> worth of developer feedback and turning into a one-character document
> change.
> -- -- Universal survival rule #109 - Chicken nuggets must be served --
> kendrick in a quantity that is also a prime number. Failure to do so
> will -- @io.com result in a geometric disturbance conducive to the
> resurrection of Cthulhu. Disregard this rule if the meat in the
> nuggets is not actually chicken.

From the charter...

"Basic netiquette should be adhered to at all times. In short: Binary
posting is banned, and attachments in other formats (eg. HTML, VCF, etc)
are frowned-upon heavily, as are excessively long signature files."

I consider 9 lines of nonsense no one is interested in excessively long.

In article <rib1i353a41otojvmkqmdmdngll8r803kg.RemoveThis@newsposting.sessile.org>,
jaimie.RemoveThis@sometimes.sessile.org says...
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:26:32 GMT, Jaimie Vandenbergh
> <jaimie.RemoveThis@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:36:05 +0100, "Shak" <me.RemoveThis@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >>"Trooper" <removethis.RemoveThis@trooperlooper.co.uk> wrote in message
> >>news:MPG.218bce94b4c5aaba98976e@News.individual.NET...
> >>> In article <5odn1lFlu7o8U2.RemoveThis@mid.individual.net>, me.RemoveThis@privacy.net says...
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Portal - This arrived midweek and I'm around half way through. Strangely
> >>>> there's something slightly more accessible about PC games than console
> >>>> (it's
> >>>> always on, can save anywhere so can play for 10 mins at a time etc) so
> >>>> very
> >>>> likely I'll carry on.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Finished this last night. At about halfway through I have to admit I
> >>> was wondering what all the fuss was about, but by the end it was
> >>> fantastic.
> >>
> >>I didn't want to mention that I wasn't finding it particularly hillarious up
> >>to now, so this is reassuring.
> >
> >Half way through, right? There have been comedy comments (like about
> >truthfullness, and at the introduction of deadly goop floors), but it
> >really accelerates.
> >
> >>I love the game though if only for the portal gun. I can spend ages just
> >>marvelling at it.
> >
> >http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cube/
>
> Bother - kinda spoily, so unless you've done the level with the
> Companion Cube skip that.
>

That is exactly the reason I got motion sickness...

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:55 +0100, Trooper
<removethis.DeleteThis@trooperlooper.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <rib1i353a41otojvmkqmdmdngll8r803kg.DeleteThis@newsposting.sessile.org>,
>jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org says...
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:26:32 GMT, Jaimie Vandenbergh
>> <jaimie.DeleteThis@sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:36:05 +0100, "Shak" <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>I love the game though if only for the portal gun. I can spend ages just
>> >>marvelling at it.
>> >
>> >http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cube/
>>
>> Bother - kinda spoily, so unless you've done the level with the
>> Companion Cube skip that.
>>
>
>That is exactly the reason I got motion sickness...

There's an Achievement for it, too!

Cheers - J
--
"You know how dumb the average person is? Well, by definition,
half of 'em are dumber than THAT." - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

jochta wrote:
> I consider 9 lines of nonsense no one is interested in excessively long.

I count four lines after the first delimiter, which is
McQuarrie-compliant. Perhaps you need a newsreader that understands the
concept of not wrapping lines unnecessarily?

--
Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

In article <ZY6dnXFYteCtVbzanZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d.DeleteThis@io.com>, kendrick.DeleteThis@nospam.io
says...
> In article <MPG.218bc476ef048ce19896ab.DeleteThis@unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> hurricanepilot <ask.DeleteThis@me.com> wrote:
> >
> >Putting up shelves (RL) - I bought the Master Chief figure from
> >kotobukiya the other day (really good figure, but a bit pricey for just
> >PVC), and the back of the box reveals that there are 4 figures in the
> >series, the next one being Cortana. Mr Spartanpants is currently ruining
> >the ambiance of the DOA(X) shelf, which just won't do.
>
> I humbly request the privilege of viewing pictures. I only have a handful
> of those super-posable figures that game out as promo items for DOA3, but
> those are quite lovely. Also, doesn't the Halo/DOA4 crossover make the
> shelf usage more sensical in some way?

It took me a moment to work out why, but I suppose it does, yeah...

I shall endeavor to take some photos over the weekend and get them put
somewhere for your viewing pleasure.

I've got only one set of posable figures for DOA which (I think) are
more tied to the arcade version of the game as they don't look quite
like the DOA characters in their current console form. I've 3 other sets
as well that are non-posable, and all of the 1/12th scale ARTFX figures
(that I know of).

Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:55 +0100, Trooper
> <removethis.DeleteThis@trooperlooper.co.uk> wrote:
>> That is exactly the reason I got motion sickness...
>
> There's an Achievement for it, too!

What, for getting motion sickness?

"Achievement Unlocked! Projectile Vomit (Carrots + Peas)"

--
Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:15:45 +0100, Gareth Robert Halfacree
<usenet RemoveThis @halfacree.co.uk> wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:55 +0100, Trooper
>> <removethis RemoveThis @trooperlooper.co.uk> wrote:
>>> That is exactly the reason I got motion sickness...
>>
>> There's an Achievement for it, too!
>
>What, for getting motion sickness?
>
>"Achievement Unlocked! Projectile Vomit (Carrots + Peas)"

Which would be good. But no, for falling 30000 feet.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
"Hard as nails, hard as nails - So would you be if you lived one hundred
and eighty years on sunflower seeds and biscuit crumbs." - Polynesia

"Paul Evans" <paul.evans913 RemoveThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Nils Tanner" <ntanner RemoveThis @datacomm.ch> wrote in message
> news:5kq2i3d7heb035q8pcrt53e2b87l4eec3k@4ax.com...
>
>
>> Moving (RL): It isn't me who's moving though, but we're going to help
>> some friends of our's. So lot's of heavy things on my tiny shoulders.
>> Which somehow is exactly the same thing I'll be doing next weekend. Do
>> I smell a career starting? (Or what else is that strange smell???)
>>
>
> I remember helping my mate move a couple of years ago. You never really
> think that that small sofa is heavier than it looks until you try lifting
> the thing! I was in agony for days after that. I'm dreading the day when I
> finally get moving myself, although admittedly I don't have things like
> sofas or chairs yet.
>
> The only game I'll be playing this weekend will be Oblivion (PC), but it's
> starting to annoy now. It seems that every one in three saves I make is
> corrupted, forcing me to replay an hour or more and I'm getting fed up
> with it. This is a very recent occurance and I'm beginning to wonder if
> it's the Battlehorn Castle mod that's causing it. The game seemed to be
> more stable before I installed the thing.
>
> The usual techniques don't work anymore. Things like loading, quickly
> saving again and restarting doesn't work and now I'm finding that if I'm
> in an enclosed location like a town or part of the Imperial City, the game
> will not let me leave, either through the gates or through fast travel
> without crashing back to desktop.
>
> Paul.
>
>

And in a further annoyance, I've just tried loading all my saves (I have
three on rotation), and none of them work anymore. Terrific.

I think it's time I called it a day with Oblivion and take it off my
machine.

Paul.

Why is a mushroom called mushroom? As usual, "Paul Evans"
<paul.evans913 DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> got it all completely wrong and wrote:


>I remember helping my mate move a couple of years ago. You never really
>think that that small sofa is heavier than it looks until you try lifting
>the thing! I was in agony for days after that. I'm dreading the day when I
>finally get moving myself, although admittedly I don't have things like
>sofas or chairs yet.

Well, the my friend and I will probably be able to lift anything
they've got, so that's no worry (although at least I don't look very
strong, just a bit heavy ). It's the stairs and the corners which
are getting me worried...

On Oct 26, 11:57 am, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendr... RemoveThis @nospam.io> wrote:
> In article <MPG.218bc476ef048ce1989... RemoveThis @unlimited.newshosting.com>,
>
> hurricanepilot <a... RemoveThis @me.com> wrote:
>
> >Putting up shelves (RL) - I bought the Master Chief figure from
> >kotobukiya the other day (really good figure, but a bit pricey for just
> >PVC), and the back of the box reveals that there are 4 figures in the
> >series, the next one being Cortana. Mr Spartanpants is currently ruining
> >the ambiance of the DOA(X) shelf, which just won't do.
>
> I humbly request the privilege of viewing pictures. I only have a handful
> of those super-posable figures that game out as promo items for DOA3, but
> those are quite lovely. Also, doesn't the Halo/DOA4 crossover make the
> shelf usage more sensical in some way?

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hurricanepilot

I've put a public gallery up (I hope) with some pictures of the DOA
figures. The ones I think you want to see are the first few.

There are some photos of other figures there too, including the
excellent SOTC figures and the Master Chief figure in its temporary
home.