If you're interested at all in making Flash games, then you NEED to know algebra, trigonometry, and physics. Action script is a programming language and like most higher end languages, there's TONS of math involved. Nothing worth doing is easy.

I just saw it yesterday and it rocked my world.

At 5/28/09 03:15 PM, GodsBitch wrote:

I know you are told not to judge a book by its cover, but I feel that the covers can tell you quite a bit about the book.

I'm going to go off on a tangent, but this is something every serious reader/writer needs to know. Taking a look at the cover actually would give you some insight to the quality of the book. Some bookstores and many bookstore websites will sell what is called print on demand books: books where the author pays all the publishing costs and/or the books are made to order as they're needed instead of one big batch at once. Most POD books don't go through any kind of quality control process and therefore crappy writers and posers tend to gravitate to using POD companies. The usual giveaway for POD books is lousy cover art since they're almost always not designed by professionals. Not all POD books are bad though. I heard John Grisham started as a POD writer and Piers Anthony (very well known fantasy/sci fi author) went on a POD streak a while back after he went big time. POD companies are also a good source if you need a small volume of books to sell to a select group (ie, you're making a book on your family history and JUST want to sell/give it to your family).

Smaller presses will also tend to have lower quality art on their book covers and many of these companies are starting to crop up and selling books in electronic formats only. The quality of these books is definitely better than most POD material, but keep in mind that the big boys didn't think they were good enough.

At 7/6/07 03:30 AM, gunground wrote: How many years have you been writing:

Going on two

How many flash story's you have written:

My animated Flash has a back-story, but I did a weak job of including it. If you include my live action submissions, I've written the story for one of them.

How many real life story's you have written:

Working on one novel and two short stories.

And your name (optional):

Bryan F

For anyone looking for a good word processor (and office suite) to do your writing, check out www.openoffice.org and download it. It's legally free and it's superior to MS Office, Word Perfect, and MS Works and it even lets you save in MS Office formats.

Windows 7 is supposed to come with an XP virtual environment built in. Problem solved.

At 5/15/09 06:57 AM, Nev wrote: Well I've warned you. Mods don't like it.

If you're not a mod, then let them warn me.

At 5/15/09 06:45 AM, Nev wrote:

At 5/15/09 06:42 AM, Doomhammr wrote: Can't you see I'm responding to multiple separate posts?

Yes, but that is what multi-quoting is for. Open up several posts at once (if you have tabs) and copy and paste all your responses into one post.

Unless Tom Fulp wants to automate it like other sites (ie Toms Hardware where you can click the posts you want to quote before you click reply) that's too much work.

At 5/15/09 06:28 AM, Nev wrote: Don't double post.

Don't triple post.

Don't quadruple post.

Can't you see I'm responding to multiple separate posts?

At 2/13/09 05:27 PM, AKACCMIOF wrote: Wow! A lit club! Sweet! Chugging my way through the bible, Genesis to Revelations. Its a tough read at times, especially when you're an atheist, but it has some REALLY interesting parts.

If you're approaching the Bible from a nonbeliever's perspective, it's amazing how this is a book that parents let their children read. It's got all the makings of an R rated movie.

At 2/21/09 12:25 AM, GodOfTheGodless wrote:

At 2/20/09 07:02 PM, Valjylmyr wrote:

At 2/20/09 11:03 AM, AKACCMIOF wrote:

Wow, pretty good. But if that's the whole chapter, then it needs to be longer.

When I write chapters, it usually ends up being 8 or 9 pages long

There's no rule saying how long a chapter must be. Mine come out to an average of 8-12 pages double spaced on 8.5x11" in Courier New.

At 2/20/09 12:05 AM, GodOfTheGodless wrote:

At 2/19/09 11:51 PM, Soldierofhentai21 wrote:
His style isn't for everyone.

I had a girlfriend who LOATHED him. She always complained that he was a rip off of King, and said he should sue for plagarism. She said that about alot of writers, and it annoyed me to no fecking end!

Unless you copy a story word for word, you cannot sue for plagiarism.

At 2/24/09 12:55 AM, Foxpaw wrote: Hey, I'm a sci-fi/fantasy fan. I've been writing a novel for the past...two years, and the rough draft I just completed a couple of weeks ago(roughly 1200 novel-sized pages, lmao). Should I post an excerpt of it here for review? Or will I be ripped off before I even decide to get this beast published?

How many words is it? Don't be afraid to post part of it on NG. If someone is lazy enough to steal part of your book, they'll be too lazy to finish writing it. If you're serious about publication, I only recommend putting it on sites and forums where you can delete them after they're posted when it comes time to search for an agent/publisher. Publishers and agents won't consider your book if parts of it are already out there on the net.

At 5/14/09 07:36 PM, Piss wrote:

At 5/14/09 07:35 PM, Guest8792 wrote: You listen to radio?
iPod, baby.

The absolute worst music is found in iPods.

With a music player as big as one of those, you bet my guilty pleasures will find their way on there.

I think you need a mod chip to play your backup copies. The legality of this may vary by your locale.

Military dolphins: Not just for Command & Conquer anymore.

My best friend showed me NG 11 years ago. He regretted it ever since.

At 3/19/09 05:52 PM, itsflemz wrote: So, I've been wondering, why do Americans love their guns so much? I mean why would anyone who's over the age of 12 and not a psychopath want to go out and buy a gun? They seem to be more trouble than they're worth, is there actually any use for a live gun other than slaughtering another living thing?

I used to think the same thing until someone told me you can do more than self defense, law enforcement, murder, and hunting (in essence, taking lives with them). There's a whole hobby and sport based around target practicing. A gun won't do you any good if someone breaks into your house, the gun is under the bed, and you're in the shower. I absolutely wouldn't want them outlawed though. Washington DC's gun ban made crime blow up in that city. Now they're the murder capital of the world.

I have no clue as to the specifics. I just go by tomshardware.com's benchmarks for the programs I intend to be using. I would have gotten the Core i7 920 CPU, but I stuck with the much cheaper tried and true e8500.

At 3/12/09 05:07 PM, TomFulp wrote: I am officially working on a MAC today. Everything seems to run well... Except the Flash authoring software... WHICH HAPPENS TO BE JUST ABOUT THE ONLY SOFTWARE I USE. So the jury is still out on whether I'm gonna have to go back to the PC with worthless Vista. I'm giving it some time.

Lol, sorry to hear that. I've used both Mac and PC frequently throughout high school and college and Flash runs absolutely horrendous on a Mac. I just got Vista 64 almost a month ago and it works fine. If you have older programs, just remember to run them under XP compatibility mode. Doing that I was able to get a ton of programs to work. Also, don't forget to shut off those worthless security features.

I really like how that turned out. I personally would have done it in one color but I understand you appreciate the patchwork look and I can't diss you for that. I'm also thrilled heat wasn't an issue.

If all you have is a virus and you don't mind losing all your documents, just reformat it with your restore CDs.

At 2/17/09 08:15 PM, MercatorMap wrote: Not to mention that if the motherboard or what not gets too hot, the legos could possibly melt, or worse, the glue could melt and get all over your PC. Also, how are you planning on suspending a motherboard in the middle of the case so that air may flow between all of the parts, cards, hard drives etc.?

I looked into that. Melting the Legos won't be a problem for him. Most PCs are 60 degrees C. Legos melt at almost double that.

Interesting idea. I've seen it done successfully before on various blogs. Make sure you take all the precautions to make sure the parts are grounded.

At 2/6/09 09:34 PM, thingie-348 wrote: Recently, one told me I should buy a Mac because its the only system that has a "widget mode"

I made a screenshot of my computer to prove him wrong.

How foolish. Even Mac users should know that ANY OS can use widgets now.

At 2/1/09 05:56 AM, MrNiceGuytm wrote: Where would you think you would be in life at this exact moment?

I probably would have learned Flash at a much later time in my life.

I know most people won't think of him, but I loved Vincent from the movie Collateral (probably the only villain Tom Cruise ever played). He was a bad guy who was damn good at improvising and at even his weakest moments he was unstoppable. He even makes a dry joke before he dies at the end which is a great payoff from a line he spoke earlier in the film. Payoff scenes are some of my favorite moments in movies and books.

I'm sure I'm preaching this to the wrong audience, but if you're into classic rock, then Journey's new CD Revelation is a VERY solid effort. If you get it at Walmart it also comes with a live DVD and a CD of their greatest hits rerecorded.

At 1/23/09 05:05 PM, SLiPZ wrote: HOLY SHIT!

Knowing this was NG, I knew someone was gonna do that.

At 1/24/09 02:28 AM, AnonymousAlchemist wrote: I found them using Amazon, and I used the address I always use when I buy stuff off of Amazon. Never before has there been such problems.

If they're an Amazon merchant, then you should be able to complain to Amazon and they might be able to do something about it.