At 11/22/09 04:33 AM, StarF68 wrote: Well I understand where you're coming from, but that's just sort of the point of this particular piece, that by ripping out the cable within himself he's sort of short-circuiting and jumping between trains of thought sporadically.

Yea... see in retrospect I recall those lines about short circuiting and the cable being ripped from himself, but the presentation was so distracting I couldn't even follow the point. Poetry has always struck me as the economy of word-use, and if you're speaking so you can intone, add effects, etc. you can economize your words a lot better. I mean... his point was almost already made by the time he'd identified it with the line about his circuited connection with earth being ripped from him. The rest REALLY lost me.

This is really his only poem like this, you can see another amazing (and more cohesive) example of his work here:
Joan of Arcadia (Original)
Joan of Arcadia (Remix)
Joan of Arcadia (Live)

Noted. Can't watch/listen now but I'll probably check it out soon.

They-uh jus' ahvin'-a-laff, guvnuh.

At 11/22/09 11:59 AM, 749-Pi wrote: If I can get a less biased source of facts on Wikipedia than a classroom, why should I show up to school?

Wikipedia isn't accredited by any school board, so you cannot earn a degree, or any other reality-based credentials like experience. Wikipedia and the internet are great supplemental learning tools, but they don't teach you the value of trudging through coursework for someone else who may or may not have bias in order to learn.

Furthermore, pretty much every teacher ever assigns an essay of some sort where can give you opinion on all the research you've done on your own. I mean... it's kind of ridiculous to me that you've only JUST NOW come to the realization that any source may be biased toward reporting information that jives with its own views, that's cynicism/common sense 101 IMO.

Keep attending school, it's a better idea.

You can embed up to 12 youtube videos in your userpage news posts. Feel free to put your youtube videos there.

On behalf of those who helped: you're welcome.

For future questions, you should consult the FAQ and if you're still stumped, check out the Where is/How to? forum in the forum listing @ www.newgrounds.com/bbs . That forum is essentially dedicated to answering NG-related questions.

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Yes. Excellent critical thinking there. If nothing then nothing.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sourc e=hp&q=video+game+music+downloads+free&a q=f&oq=&aqi=

www.google.com query: "songs for singing"

I can do witty banter with the best of 'em. It has to be an extended conversation, though, since I like to incorporate things previously talked about with newer points in the conversation.

Or funny voices/impressions to make fun of someone or something. Valley Girl, Yoda, Movie Announcer Voice (thank you Pablo Francisco), etc.

Some of my favorite people to hang around with are those who observe something and then suggest this absurd change to it. Y'know, everyday comedy that COULD happen but didn't so they decide to imagine and ask 'what if' about it. Those are situationally funny, though, so I can't really give any examples without the standard 'you had to be there' problem.

Glad MA finally got with the program and decrim'd it.

Anyway, all these unhelpful whiners who didn't link you to this huge thread we have about marijuana or any of the others goin' on recently are right. This discussion's happening every other day. The search bar is at the bottom of the BBS.

I love me some good poetry, but I pretty much hated that. I can see how it's appreciable, for sure... I mean, he does a great job with his little effects and stutters. But the jowel-shake annoyed me and I'm never a fan of poetry that seems to just spit out a bunch of unrelated nonsense with vague allusions toward coherence and imagery that seems to be simply snatched from a scattered mind.

So... great performance, but I don't think I'm a fan.

Your use of 'activity' threw me from this forum game.

At 11/21/09 08:51 PM, TrantaLocked wrote: OMFG I am actually getting it! This actually takes a lot of experimentation before you can found out the way to do it. I am trying different areas and angles and all areas sound different. Damn I did not know harmonics can get this complicated 0_0

Look up harmonics online. They work because when the string is vibrating at a certain pitch, there are 'nodes' along the string where there is little movement. The easiest to find is 1/2 the length of the string, which is typically right at the 12 fret on a guitar neck, though it's different depending on the condition or quality of your guitar and strings. So when you're hitting different nodes, you're sounding primarily a different harmonic pitch, all of those pitches make up the full-sounding note of the individual string. Harmonics have a similar relationship to a note that strings do to chords. Closer to the bridge makes notes sound metalic and rigid, whereas going further down the neck makes them sound more buzzy and soft.

Physics is facinating, BTW.

Emphasize how badly you feel that you've led her on, but every time you emphasize that, you should be following it up with 'so I conclude that the only way to set things right is to stop this farce and own up to my feelings like an adult.'

The rest is up to her. Do not let it drag out. She'll somehow notice and get down on herself because she won't understand the subtleties you're conveying while you two are together. Whether it's immediately or ages from now, eventually she should understand if you're mature and respectful about it.

And that's how you're not a douchebag. You approach it as if you respect her too much to lie to her and let her believe things that aren't there.

Yea, like others have said it's a pinch harmonic. P.H. Tabs are non-standardized notation, unfortunately, so maybe the v means a vibrato of some sort? If it's a really high pitch, then you shouldn't be striking the body-end of the string, you should be striking the string between where you're pinching and the string lock at the top of the neck.

I've never heard the song in question, but I bet the guitarist used one of his other fingers on his fretting hand instead of the picking hand to strike that note. So, I guess you are supposed to put a finger on the string at the 3rd fret, strike it with another finger to sound the note. As for the v... listen to the song and figure out what they're referring to there. I don't really know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_guitar_
company

They give some clues as to how to identify different models kay used to offer, but it doesn't appear to be expansive. Take it to a guitar shop, Guitar Center might work, but I bet if you find a local guitar repairist with more than a few decades in the business he'll probably be able to tell you what your particular instrument features (in terms of pickups, headstock material, etc.) and if not a model name some clues to find out what model it is. You'd probably need to see someone who appraises antique musical instruments for a living to really know. I certainly have no idea.

... for what it's worth, it looks like quite a quality guitar you have there.

At 11/21/09 07:55 PM, Lizzardis wrote: Your Trillian has a spellcheck? Dang....Mine doesn't! How did you get one? :'(

Come to think of it, it was a feature that would underline and link keyword, I don't know that it was a spell-check per-say. I disabled it years ago and have since updated several times, so I don't even know if that feature is supported.

http://www.trillian.im/learn/tour-featur es.html Yea, 'instant-knowledge' I think, and then there's a wikipedia auto-lookup as well. So, I guess maybe there isn't a spell-check. Fanaticism claims another victim. : x

Watching the Patriots lose a game they had already (by all rights) won simply by failing the 4th and 2 conversation on their OWN 30 yard line instead of punting was the most pain I've endured watching football since watching them perform similarly against the Giants in '07. The team's brilliant, and then they go and make STUPID FUCKING GAME-CHANGING MISTAKES at the MOST CRITICAL MOMENTS toward the end of the game. Meanwhile, fans everywhere are all "RRRRHGGFFFFFFFFFFF."

Furthermore: you're going down, Jets.

Weird. There's almost as much age difference between the daughter and mother as there is between the mother and father.

Once you're in the habit of healthy eating, it becomes second nature. It's the same way it's become second nature to you to eat some of the unhealthy crap that you've been eating at present. Because you've got into the habit so it's easy to stay in the habit.

Breaking habits is easy: change your routine. When do you crave chocolate? Late at night it seems. Instead, go to bed several hours earlier. That way you don't even have to bother craving chocolate at such a late hour, because you're in bed getting rest. Or go for a jog or something.

Being healthy is a lifestyle choice, but you have to take it one decision at a time until you've actually established the habit.

Get yourself a bongo, play it terribly while you recite that aloud, record it, youtube, userpage.

At 11/21/09 04:58 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: I used to use trillian... but I like digsby better. You should try it! You might like it better too! ;)

I double dog dare ya! ;)

Ha ha, well I'll keep in mind that you recommend it, anyway. Once I finish getting off my lazy ass and finish setting my PC back up in my room I just might.

He'd probably have a great rant about the fictionalization of reality and how that says volumes about society. Each punchline would undoubtedly be hilarious.

But... he's dead and gone. Move on to new hilarious comedians.

I can't stand Monopoly. It's so long and boring. I usually play for about 20-30 minutes, then decide instead of killing myself via suffocation from breathing in the horse figurine I'll just give all my money and properties away and go do something else.

At 11/21/09 03:06 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: I use digsby... it lets you have aim, msn, yahoo, facebook, etc... all in one. Plus it has tabs AND spell check, unlike trillian. :D

Uh, trillian's got both and much more since I've been on, which is now since 2005. In fact, words that it doesn't recognize you had the option to hover over and it would automatically load a small blurb from the web either defining it or whatever else.

I really recommend trillian. Astra is pretty sweet and once I started trillian I never went back. It supports pretty much every client for chat there is.

No. The law is not susceptible to paradox.

At 11/20/09 12:40 PM, gumOnShoe wrote: www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1122519

Sure enough, I viewed it on this very PC, as my browser recognized that link and it was entitled "Rage Against the Machine." Now for the truly burning question: why was it deleted?

Why do I swear that I posted in this exact same topic within the past month? That EXACT phrasing and everything. I said I liked their covers such as "Pistol Grip" and "Kill a Man."

Explain this to me. I can't find it in my post history.

Creatine supposedly supplements your muscles giving them some sort of vitamin or mineral that naturally takes longer to regenerate. From what I understand, it's involved in the stamina of said muscles, allowing you to work out harder, not feel as terrible when you do, and recover faster from the exertion. I also understand that, as with any performance enhancing product regarding working out, there is some debate on the pros and cons.

I do, however, doubt that it's a good idea to be using it at age 14. That's just my opinion, though.

That would be Adobe's "Flash" series of software. www.adobe.com .

Actually, I'm pretty sure that's the ONLY Flash software with all the capabilities of Flash. If you google, maybe you'll find some mediocre freeware imitations, though.