3,173 Forum Posts by "Ted-Easton"
Andrea died long ago. Don't you remember the big argument over whether a zombie could be an effective mod?
No change in efficency thus far.
Oh, and as for contacting a mod, feel free to email me at ted@newgrounds.com - I get less complaints than Shrike or Maus, so I should take some emails for them.
At 5/29/05 10:17 PM, Proteas wrote: I don't think anyone actually makes a replica of the Master Sword itself.
I actually heard of someone who was having it made, piece by piece. He had a swordsmith (blacksmith?) making the blade, a metalsmith the handle and pommel, etc, and I guess he had someone who could put it all together.
Oh, and
here's a link to an image of the sword. Got $3,300 laying around? Go get it forged.
Another question is: Would the world tolerate it if the U.S. invaded Denmark because of it?
I think a European nation would garner a very different response.
Glad to see everyone's friends again.
Let's get back to talking about belly-dancers and shuriken-throwing ninjas, though. That's what I paid for.
Regarding recent developments:
So much drama over so little! It's a thread on an internet BBS. Does it really require multiple other threads on other internet BBS's to discuss and attack it?
People always seem to blow everything out of proportion, but view it in the proper perspective.
How big is this thread compared to the Politics Board?
Compared to the BBS?
To all of NG?
The internet?
The rest of your life?
It's really not that important. So cut the whining, stop the complaining and the bitching.
If you want to post, post. If you don't want to post, leave. It's not rocket science.
If you're looking for drama, go watch a play.
At 5/28/05 06:40 PM, -poxpower- wrote: hey Ted, you forgot one thing on your list:
GOATS!!!111 LOLOL GOATS LOLO GOATS GOATS GOATS LOLOLOLOL
>: (
don't think you've won this round, mister Powers!
I typed it, but they wrestled me down and backspaced it out.
Not that I didn't enjoy being wrestled down...
At 5/28/05 06:40 PM, TienTangShyrJer wrote: Hmmm......I see strait people but not gay people....makes you think.
Well, I wanted to make sure there was a loophole for you to slip through.
I had to list everything I could think of because I'm an attention whore and I crave your approval.
Jumping on the bandwagon like the rest of my mod companions, I'm going to list all the things I don't want to see here on NG any longer.
Number One:
You
Numbers Two through Twenty-Eight:
Females
Young people
Theists
Conservatives
Foreigners
Communists
Blacks
People who can't spell
Athiests
Old people
People who enjoy anime
Males
Other Canadians
People who can spell
People who pretend to be something they're not
People who can spell but choose not to
Straight people
Anglophones
Middle-aged people
Christians
Do-gooders
Punks
Idiots
Healthy people
Jocks
Whites
Dark-haired people
Time travellers
Non-humans
Number Twenty-Nine:
Carmen Sandiego
If you don't fall into any of the above categories, you're welcome here.
If you do, take note that you may be banned at any time and without good reason.
If you fall into more than one, God help me, you're taking your life into your own hands.
A chain letter is a "get rich quick" scheme that promises that your mail box will soon be stuffed full of cash if you decide to participate. You're told you can make thousands of dollars every month if you follow the detailed instructions in the letter.
A typical chain letter includes names and addresses of several individuals whom you may or may not know. You are instructed to send a certain amount of money--usually $5--to the person at the top of the list, and then eliminate that name and add yours to the bottom. You are then instructed to mail copies of the letter to a few more individuals who will hopefully repeat the entire process. The letter promises that if they follow the same procedure, your name will gradually move to the top of the list and you'll receive money -- lots of it.
There's at least one problem with chain letters. They're illegal if they request money or other items of value and promise a substantial return to the participants. Chain letters are a form of gambling, and sending them through the mail (or delivering them in person or by computer, but mailing money to participate) violates Title 18, United States Code, Section 1302, the Postal Lottery Statute. (Chain letters that ask for items of minor value, like picture postcards or recipes, may be mailed, since such items are not things of value within the meaning of the law.)
Recently, high-tech chain letters have begun surfacing. They may be disseminated over the Internet, or may require the copying and mailing of computer disks rather than paper. Regardless of what technology is used to advance the scheme, if the mail is used at any step along the way, it is still illegal.
The main thing to remember is that a chain letter is simply a bad investment. You certainly won't get rich. You will receive little or no money. The few dollars you may get will probably not be as much as you spend making and mailing copies of the chain letter.
Chain letters don't work because the promise that all participants in a chain letter will be winners is mathematically impossible. Also, many people participate, but do not send money to the person at the top of the list. Some others create a chain letter that lists their name numerous times--in various forms with different addressee. So, in reality, all the money in a chain is going to one person.
Do not be fooled if the chain letter is used to sell inexpensive reports on credit, mail order sales, mailing lists, or other topics. The primary purpose is to take your money, not to sell information. "Selling" a product does not ensure legality. Be doubly suspicious if there's a claim that the U.S. Postal Service or U.S. Postal Inspection Service has declared the letter legal. This is said only to mislead you. Neither the Postal Service nor Postal Inspectors give prior approval to any chain letter.
Participating in a chain letter is a losing proposition. Turn over any chain letter you receive that asks for money or other items of value to your local postmaster or nearest Postal Inspector. Write on the mailing envelope of the letter or in a separate transmittal letter, "I received this in the mail and believe it may be illegal."
They don't have their account terminated unless we check their posts and every one they've ever made is "N*****!".
Otherwise, they receive a ban, like any other infraction of the rules. NG can disassociate itself from racism without being totalitarian.
I don't usually read all the posts in the EGC, Quik, so you'll have to forgive my late reply.
I usually only stop by when Coop has alerted me to a problem.
Provided your club is clean and appropriate, and you follow all the rules of NG, I won't lock your cub. If it turns out to be insulting to a certain group, or it's entirely "home-dawg, SUP!", chances are it will be locked.
Otherwise, feel free to start your club.
At 5/20/05 04:03 AM, QuikFox wrote: If it gets locked, I will bitch about how discriminatory it is and petition and bitch and moan until the same fate happens to this.
Thou need not trouble thine self, QuikFox. The EGC is always quiet and polite and never causes problems. Therefore, it will never be locked.
The sun never sets on the English Gentleman's Club.
Would not the phrase "well-regulated" conflict with "shall not be infringed"?
On one hand, the government is given the mandate of introducing restrictions and regulations. On the other, restrictions and regulations are not permitted.
It must really rankle with Stephen Harper that even with the sponsorship scandal the Liberals still have more support than them.
What Harper should be doing is accepting that there will inevitably be another week of a Liberal government and get what work done he can. Canadians should not be paying for Stephen Harper to advance his career by pretending that voting to take the day off is anything other than grandstanding.
Power does not equal knowledge. The person at the top rarely hears everything.
That's why they have everyone under them, to delegate tasks to. Chances are Martin knew there was a sponsorship program, he knew it was in Quebec and was 'combating' separatism, but I doubt he knew all the details.
That, and the program was apparently run under the last Tory gov't, too, but no one mentions that.
At 5/11/05 05:37 AM, EnragedSephiroth wrote: I dare you.
English homework. It can't be much else.
I do so hate to jump in, but as a relevant point of interest, if you get the Globe and Mail, check the front page, right hand side.
I'll summarize it here, just let me go grab it.
Researchers in Sweden who studied the effects of chemicals derived from testosterone and estrogen said that their findings suggest that the functioning of the brain can be linked to sexual orientation.
The study, which will be published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at 36 subjects, an even mix of straight men, gay men and straight women.
By scanning their heads as they were subjected to routine odours, the researchers found that all of them reacted in the pars of their brains designed to handle smells. But when gay men and straight women were exposed to the smell of testosterone, the part of their brains that deals with sexual response was activated.
The brains of straight men responded to testosterone as a smell only but reacted sexually to estrogen.
"The experimental conditions were standardized and identical in all subjects," writes Ivanka Savic, lead author and associate professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm..."we detected an undistorted physiological response."
... ... ...
Mr. Kelly, whose group campaigns on behalf of gays and lesbians in the school system, said it comes down to respect for the differences in society, no matter what their cause.
Just something interesting, and this seemed the most appropriate place.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled debate.
A vote was just taken in the House of Commons to reccommend a committee charge the government to resign. The result was 153 for and 150 against (if the two liberal caucus members who were absent, the only two in the whole house, were present, the vote would have been 153 to 152). This was widely publicized as a vote which could topple the government despite the fact that it wasn't a confidence motion (if the government loses a confidence motion it must call an election). It was merely a set of instructions to a committee (albeit a set of instructions telling the committee to tell the government to resign).
Stephen Harper tried to force Paul Martin to call a confidence motion, saying he "challenged" the PM, but no furthur vote was made.
Things are winding up in this session of the house, and it ispossible the government will fall on Thursday when the vote is taken on the revised budget, which now includes many NDP proposals.
Glad to see things are cleaned up, though Maus beat me to it (damn her lightning-fast finger).
Keep up the top-quality posting and let us know if any more trouble arises.
Don't listen to any of them. It's Turok 2 for N64. It had a crossbow as one of the main weapons, with arrows, explosive arrows and magic arrows.
Most of the game was jumping, running, swimming, shooting.
I'm right. Believe me.
Except that the one for being the saviour is so much cooler.
All this cost that everyone is so concerned about is only going to get higher. They were worried about it when Canada switched, but imagine the difference in cost between before computers and after they were invented. More and more things are going to have to be changed, so it only makes sense to change over now before it becomes even more astronomically expensive.
HG2TG
(Spoiler Warning )
I liked it. It began with, and encompassed throughout the movie much of Adams' original work. It necessarily deviated from the plot in several instances to cater to a theatre audience, but the handiwork of Adams is characteristic when it does. The number of creative new scenarios and incidents were humourous and fit well into the plot.
All that was lacking was a few points from the book, which one cannot fault them for removing. Milliway's, I was looking forward to. The disproving of God (though a minor thing) was a favourite part of mine that I regret was cut. The extra emphasis on the romance thread of the plot was also very noticeable, which also detracted slightly from the absurdity.
Overall, however the film was both enjoyable and unpredictable. Even for old Adams fans there was new elements, new characters and new situations. The POV gun was particularly fun, as were the idea-seeking slappers. Beeblebrox was hilarious and flambouyant. Ford laid back and cool. Arthur was British and dynamic and Marvin characteristically depressed.
One cannot help but love the film. There are only minor objections to it, and we can sweep aside those related to missing/different events, as this is a unique work of Adams in its own right as much as the books.
Finally, it was the campaign "Don't vote for stupid", Dent's housecoat, and Zaphod's exuberance that pushed me from liking to loving this movie. Oh, that and the yarn. And the music. And the workers making Earth. And Zaphod's fight with Arthur. And the Vogon's forms. And the Vice-President.
A terrific film. So many little joys in it really add up to more than the sum of their parts.
Out of 10, I give this film a 42.
I'm off to see The Guide. Leaving in about 15 minutes. I'll opine on it later tonight or tomorrow.
What about people who ask for their subs cut "the old way". I love the look on the face of the employees when they're really busy or don't know how.
