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At 5/25/07 06:33 PM, Woodsie123 wrote: Nothing is Better Than America

Im really quite aggrieved that this topic has been dredged back up. I was quite happy to let this die, because it mostly became an argument between me and cellardoor.

Now that its back I fear that itll flare up again

And by the sounds of this Woodsie motherfucker cellardoor's got an ally

A less articulate and much more noobish ally though...

Your photos are nondescript, and your source uncredited. Im not saying this didnt happen, but you've really not given any proof that it did.

At 5/22/07 08:29 PM, SeefuSefirosu wrote:

Yes, it's an awesome use of money to stop terrorists from plotting against us. Glad you could notice.

I thought it was the war in Afgahnistan that was to stop the terrorists, and Iraq was about removing a terrible dictator.

It seems your reasoning has become so twisted its now up its own arse.

At 5/22/07 05:18 PM, zeroLOGIK wrote: the fresh water will slow down the current
from the Gulf of Mexico carrying warmth to the north, resulting in the eventual
freezing of North America and Europe

You've been watching "The Day After Tomorrow"

At 5/22/07 12:46 AM, trojanhippie wrote: Rant

Granted the temperature of the planet has been shown to fluctuate between ice ages, but the same research has proven that humanity is speeding up the process.

Go look up other topics on the same [links handily provided in the post above you] and get a clue.

And don't give me this petty ass shit about greenhouse gases and Carbon Dioxide. A very small amount amount of hte atmosphere contains Carbon Dioxide.

That "petty ass shit" is called reasoned debate. Its the point of the forum. Now hush.

At 5/22/07 02:52 AM, psycho-squirrel wrote:

the saying is "if its too hot get out of the kitchen" not "if its too hot, remove the kitchen".

*Rapturous applause*

You have epitomised my views on the modern world. Well done sir, well done.

Mind if I join you? Maybe get one of those bats?

At 5/22/07 03:58 AM, Alphabit wrote: Most people tend to think that you either have free will or you don't, that there is no in-between state. Well, personally, I don't believe in us having complete Free Will over our actions. One argument is that people who have mental health issues do not have free will; and I'm a strong believer in that, and the law itself agrees with me (insanity is a valid defense for crime).

Im not sure Id call insanity a lack of free will. Theres more to the insanity plea than " [Insert Deity/Devil/Supernatural force] made me do it"

That being said, I think that the whole story of free will goes much deeper than that.
I think that we do have some free will, but it is limited. It we had absolute free will; we would be able to levitate in the air, to shoot lightning bolts from our hands and to make things appear out of nowhere, ect... There would be NO limits to possibility; it would be like what some people like to call "heaven."

Thats a tricky point right there. This all hinges around your definition of free will. In my book, we have free will - such things as the law of gravity and evolutionary paths do not constitute a restriction of free will.

The fact is that we DO NOT have 100% free will, we are limited to a certain range of actions!
Now, this is a HUGE range of actions... But it's limited nevertheless.

Without going into such nitty gritty as reflex actions, every motion that a human body can do, we can choose to do at any time. Like if i chose to pick up the pen on the desk in front of me, I could. Every bigger achievement is an extention of basic functions.

Some people say that our ability to do evil is proof of our free will. Yes, it does increase our free will, but it doesn't stop there... If you look at a regular butterfly; you can safely say that they cannot do evil... At least not on purpose (like getting exploding on a car's windscreen). But they do seem to have free will nevertheless, it's just that it is more restrictive in a way; but in another way, they can fly; and that's something that we can't do (without machines that is).

Yes, and thats where my earlier comment on evolutionary paths comes in. We didnt evolve to fly. Just because we lack the naturan equipment nescessary for flight doesnt mean that our free will is restricted. The butterfly flying is one of its basic motor functions, and extentions of said functions. Same with humans.

So yeah, if we had true free will, we should be able to do anything beyond our wildest dreams. So no, we do not have a great deal of free will.

By much the same (but not identical) logic, our free will would always be restricted.
Say we have these powers, telekinesis, flight etc

Now I can fly by levitation, but I want to fly like the birds, so my physical structure changes. Thats your idea of free will existing there. But I grow weary of these abilities, and I want to stop being able to do all this, and my powers vanish - again your version of free will. Now Im powerless to do what I want. Thats a restriction of my free will.

So in conclusion, I can see where youre coming from, but I think youre putting to strict a definition on free will.

Although from the point of not having free will, I know what you mean. I can make you obey me. I can make you think of a pink elephant.

:Ready?

Dont think of a pink elephant! Worked, didnt it? =p

At 5/16/03 08:14 PM, r3load3d wrote: Tyranids are the best no questions

Hmm. Tell that to my Basilisk detatchment, Vanquisher squadrons and flamer armed armoured fists.

At 5/12/07 06:23 AM, Lt-Brookman wrote: Actually, the Leman Russ Destroyer mounts a "laser destroyer" and not a turbo laser.

Though the Thunderhawk has one mounted on top.

I thought that was the case. I just assumed wikipedia was right and I was out of touch with the Guard Armoured options.

Wiki bastard. Editing...

My comments about pokey - out guns still stand though

At 5/10/07 04:19 AM, Ravariel wrote:

At 5/10/07 02:36 AM, tweek-666 wrote: Garbage

You don't need the fourth dimension... you need a subscription to a Hentai Magazine.

Or a girlfriend / life / anti-psychotics.

At 5/11/07 04:19 PM, LateckS wrote: Because women can't take slightly edgy humor without getting offended.

Second

At 5/11/07 04:08 PM, WuForever wrote: Actually whatever it is i havn't seen it. And that disappoints me.

I think the situation I posted is seen in a flashback, when the sniper is asked why he was discharged.

On a related note, you should watch Enemy At the Gates. Surely a great war movie.

Indeed it is.

Im trying to remember a film from the only scene that I can remember.

All i can remember is that theres a sniper and his CO in either iraq or afgahnistan or something. The CO orders the sniper to shoot a lil kid they think has been working with the enemy, and they end up fighting about it.

Thats the only clear scene that comes to mind. Please, NG, help me remember what it was!

At 5/9/07 06:28 PM, TMP3z wrote:

That makes no sense since you're starting off with a side shot of the rifle firing. Then you scroll and the suddenly the bullet is sudden flying in some other direction. You should start out by showing the bullet from the side then panning behind it. Or animate the gun firing from the shooters point of view and leave the bullet as it is.

What will eventually is a side view for the shot, 90 degree turn into a chase camera then another 90 degree turn back into a sideways cam.

Also the rim along the primer would have been ejected from the casing once the the bullet is fired. So it looks awkward showing the projectile with a hole in the back flying through the air, but now I'm just nitpicking.

I didnt think about that, but youre right

I supposed for the background you could do a radial blur around the bullet as it speeds towards the target and import it to flash.

It was all done in flash anyway. No need to import

Heres the link for everyone.

With regards to the actual menu, it seems to be about 5% complete. Graphics look good so far, but it needs finishin.

At 5/9/07 03:58 PM, Deathcon7 wrote: to make it look like it's going fast create a blurred background and a bunch of shapes or something that pass by quickly,

That works for the side view of the bullet, but I cant get a smooth transition from camera behind the bullet (like through a car windshield) to the side view (out of a side window).

I think I might have to resort to the mother of all cop-outs... bullet time!!

Sorry for the double post. The effect as it stands is at http://denvish.net/ulf/090507/75134_Test_Rifl e_Fire.php

At 5/9/07 03:28 PM, KonohaLegion2012 wrote:

Should I retry converting it?

No point unless you now know where the converted file ends up .. in which case you could retrieve the original.

The point is moot

Sorry, I just wanted to use the word moot in a sentence

Really stuck here. Im not sure that this fits into the art forum, so Ill ask you all.

Ive created an effect where the "camera" follows a bullet, before coming round to the side of it. Mainly just shape tweening.

My question is how do I make a convincing background that looks as though it is speeding by, AND rotating around an axis.

Any help would be much appreciated.

At 4/25/07 05:12 PM, Lt-Brookman wrote: Space Marines seem to be getting a new Land Raider pattern this year, dubbed the "Terminus". Some git is shouting that it will feature turbo lasers as it's main weapon...

Really? Even the Guard destroyer only mounts one, and forfeits its turret and other hull mounts for it. I cant see the land raider having a massive barrel poking out the front of it. It would kinda detract from the sleek image of the LR.

A LR with turbo laser would either be hefty on the points cost or short on other weapons. Kinda defeating the armed-to-the-teeth visage that the LR has about it.

Good day all.

After a long absence from the 40k world, my Imperial Guard smash their way back into flash....

Well not quite yet.

Have a look here.

Thats the alpha for the upcoming Imperial Guard Flash. Still looking for voice actors and whatnot. Check it out and message me if your interested.

If you admitted that the pipe was yours, you could still claim that you never used it at that time, and just took it over to your friends to show them how much of a rad rebel you are. Y'know, cause you got a pipe!

Anyway, as has been mentioned before, claim that you smoked pot in Holland or somewhere where its legal / out of their legal reach and that your pipe was clean when you left it.

Hey. I dont really know what Im doing when it comes to audio, Im basic at best. The only audio edtiors I have are Nero wave editor and audacity.

Im hoping someone can help me out. I need to make a few characters in my upcoming movie have a slightly robotic tone to their voice.

Nothing drastic, just enough to sound as though their speech is being modulated by electronic equipment.

If you've ever played Fire Warrior, I need a tonal quality that resembles the Tau voices.

Thanks in advance guys

At 5/6/07 07:14 PM, KillerPooMuffin wrote:

So If A 3 Dimensional Object ( Human For Example) Was Placed Into A 4 Dimesional Space And An Object Was To Touch A Human Could It Hit The Insides Without Breaking The Skin Like Ur Example Like A 3 Demsional Figure Can Touch The Center Of 2 Demensional circle?

In esscence, yes. Also, there is no need to capitalise every word =P

From the early news reports hes setting his sights a little high, I reckon. Did you see the amount of targets he set for himself to achieve within 100 days!

Hes either going to fail with a few of them and look daft or manage them and then run out of steam after his 100 days.

Im not sure which one would be the better scenario

Umm, it seems to have straigtened itself out.

Not sure what caused it. But still, just as a theoretical - does javascript tend to bugger up other scripting languages?

Is it common that javascript messes with PHP?

Ive been trying to put bidvertiser ads onto my site, but whenever I do it moves my PHP shoutbox to wherever the javascript is, and puts the ads onto the PHP script location!

Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Thanks in advance guys

I dont know if anyone Stateside has seen this, but im assuming most of the UK team will have.

I sympathise with the parents, and it is a tradgedy that their child has been taken, but does anyone else think that this is a case of severly bad parenting at the root of it?

"..Her parents had been dining at a Tapas bar several hundred metres away but had checked on Madeleine and their other children, two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, every 30 minutes."

"..Gerry’s sister Philomena slammed Portuguese police for not doing enough to find Madeleine’s faster. "

But the kicker is this:

"The McCanns could have dropped all their three children off at a drop-in creche provided by the Mark Warner holiday firm at the Ocean Club while they dined out last Thursday, or paid for one of the firm’s staff to babysit for them at the apartment, but chose not to use either option."

They would rather leave 3 children, with a combined age of 7, alone in a hotel room instead of paying a few extra euros to use the creche or private childminder.

Of course no-one expects tohave their hotel room broken into, but I have to say I tihnk it was a supremely bad idea to leave the kids alone in the first place.

I can only hope that Madeleine is found safely, and that the parents will have more sense in the future.

At 5/5/07 08:32 PM, JakeHero wrote: Charging someone with a hate crimes is idiotic itself. Only fools are for the savage hypocrisy of "Hate Crime" charges.

Have you been taken in by the South Park boy's presentation too?

Really though, that had a good point, like a lot of South Park shows. Funny and with a point to make.

I always use it as a qualifier for watching it!

Time isnt really a fourth dimention.

Think of it this way. There is a 2 dimentional man. he has only height and width, no depth. To him, a circle appears an a solid object, he cannot touch the middle of it without breaking the outer line.

For us, in 3 dimentions, it is as simple as putting your finger on the middle point of the circle.

Its logical that this continues. For a being that exists in 4 dimentions, they would be able to touch the inside of a sphere without breaking any of the outer covering.

Seems impossible to us, but then doing the same to a circle appears impossible to a 2d man