Interesting that the Flash submission linked below was posted only yesterday, and makes mention to that very statement (that we've hit bottom) being made during the Great Depression... and how it was made falsely over, and over, and over...

History Repeats Itself

I've never been fond of the grape flavored sodas. There's always this bitter aftertaste... probably the dye used to make it purple.

At 10/5/08 05:51 AM, altmeister wrote: atheism sucks, lol. how can something come from nothing? you crazie people will say that we evolved from monkeys.

Honestly... why does there ever have to have been a point in the history of the universe where there was "nothing"? What is it with people's requirement that there have been a beginning at all?

Isn't it at least somewhat ridiculous to look around you in awe at everything, understanding that you know about jack-squat about how it all really functions, but then turn around and say for certain that you KNOW that it "began" at some point. And then to go and say you KNOW HOW IT BEGAN?? It's borderline lunacy in my opinion.

You're not serious, are you? You don't think steel or iron girders can bend?!?? It all depends on the thickness and the amount of force. With enough force ANY metal will bend.

Sounds more like your parents probably screwed you over in the genetics department, my friend.

Women (and men of course) are animals. Therefore (and as sad/unfair as it may be for all of us who aren't the "perfect" specimens of human-kind), intellect can't be blamed 100% for women's tendency to choose the good-looking/sexy guys (no matter how stupid, insensitive, arrogant, etc. they may be). Our basic instinct to have sex is for the purpose of procreation (even though we tend to want to deny that). In doing so, a woman is most concerned (at least subconsciously) with mating with a male of the species who will give her genetically viable off-spring. It's seen in species all over the world. Why do female apes go for the biggest male who can perform the most aggressive "dance"? Why do female birds pick the male with the most flourishing plumage of feathers? instinct to create off-spring who can out-survive the rest. Plain and simple.

People are simply another animal on the face of Earth doing what animals do. What is needed for survival, and then some when possible. It just so happens that we of the human race stand on the shoulders of our ancestors not just in terms of handed down genetic coding and instinct, but also in knowledge. It's what allows us to have all the tough work (hunting, finding water, building shelter) done for us while we sit on our asses.

When the Earth gets too over-populated with humanity in its current, you can be damn sure it is going to let us know. It may be slow and subtle at first, but some day we are going to be bitten very hard in our asses by the rules and regulations of Nature itself.

The world does not need YOU to ensure ANYTHING. That is for damn sure. To assume otherwise is ridiculous, conceited and foolish.

At 10/1/08 11:23 AM, AdairTishler wrote: deny it all you want, but the need for others is a fundamental human need, without which one will suffer

That's because foolishness is also a basic human trait. We are, seriously now, the whiniest little bitches of the animal kingdom... you have to admit.

At 10/1/08 02:10 PM, blass87 wrote: Hey, I was wondering if there was anyone out there that could help me come up with a story for an animation I'm working on. I can't give you much details except it's Sci-Fi/Fantasy and there's about 8 characters involved and I have to fit them in somehow. I have the opening scene all planned out but I need a solid story for it. If I use your story, your name will definitely be in the credits and I am uploading this to NG. Right now I am working on the character designs so this is going to take a while but it's going to get done.

So you need a back-story for a bunch of odd-balls, is that it. You can always go with the classic "I have summoned you all here to fight!" story. 'Cause then it doesn't require that they be tied together in any specific way. Hey... it worked for Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Street Fighter, Killer Instinct etc. ad nauseum.

Literal translations are never the same as the "feeling" you get when you know the phrase/saying well from having spoken it. There are thousands of little stupid sayings in English that probablly literally translate to absolute shit in other cultures. Even something as simple as "What's up?" Think about it literally (even in English). It's idiotic. But to us, as a culture, it is understood as a greeting and a sign that you care what's going on with the person. It doesn't mean what it says. Same holds true for the Chinese phrase you decided to massacre in your topic post.

Original post mentions "at least you have your parents, close friends", etc... I seriously do not understand people's obsession with depending on others for a sense of self-worth. I mean come on... be your own source people. Life is what it is, and you can't expect people to make it something it's not. And always remember that someone who's got it 100,000 times worse than you is deciding to live their horrifying life everyday. Man the fuck up.

At 9/25/08 10:40 PM, DarkRedFlame wrote:

At 9/25/08 10:38 PM, appledragon2 wrote: good for you now go do something else other then hover around this thread all day!

Says the man who had 44 posts in one day, soon to be 45.

Hah! He/she/it did end up hanging around in the thread ALL DAY.

It's some kind of bug within the replay system. Probably to do with the engine assuming that it will make decisions the same way for the computer player or something, and that not synching up 100% with the memory of activity made by the player. By the way... so what?

If ever asked what you look, or have someone demanding you show a pic on the 'net trying to prove that you're a nerd, or fat, or whatever other stereotype, simply reply:

"Don't worry about it. I look just like your father."

Mine is currently left over from me displaying the fruits of, and linking to my latest flash submission. It needs changed... mostly because I am now ashamed of such a shameless explotation of BBS space...

Yeah, you're asking for a whole heck of a lot. You'll sooner or later need to face the fact that no one is going to build you a full-fledged Flash application and just hand over the code for FREE. It's amazing you even thought that was within the realm of possibility.

Has anyone run into a static text of a certain size just not displaying after a certain point?

What I've got going is a custom display box that does nothing more than scroll the movie inside it up and down via a control on the side. The movie inside that box that I am testing now is nothing but a static text box with a bunch of lines of code in it, so it is pretty "tall".

The object scrolls what appears to be the entire height of whatever the text is, but the text just simply stops displaying past a certain point. Like its there, but its not there.

In editing the FLA, everything appears fine. Viewing the SWF is where its a different story. And it doesn't seem to be connected to a number of lines, because two different movies of text have the problem occur at different line numbers.

Seems like a bug, and I just don't know a way around it.

At 9/12/08 04:50 PM, shadowchaotailsevil3 wrote: thats the shittiest ocon ever..
I can make a better on in photoshop queer

I think the quality was not supposed to stand out so much as the fact that it was a DOUCHE/TAMPON to be granted to you as a level and icon unto yourself... does it all make a bit more sense to you now?

A friend of mine worked in computer support for a place. Told me about all sorts of idiotic behavior. Like:

Folding a 5 1/4" floppy in half because it wouldn't fit in the 3 1/2" drive.

At 8/27/08 03:30 PM, TheRipper00 wrote: People are scared to belive in Aliens Because of simple fear or the Fearof the Unknown or Because it might desolve any theroys we have about Religion or the Afterlife.

It all boils down to conceit, in my opinion. People want to believe that they are "the chosen ones"... that some high power deemed them the greatest creation ever. And they don't want to admit that there might not be an afterlife because it means that they just end at the conclusion of it all.

"ME? Cease to exist?! But... but I'm ME!!!"

Ideas are there, but you need to work out some issues with run-ons, fragmentation and some grammar. For instance, in the second one, there are at least 2 times you reference the plural of an object, but then use singular verbs with them. See "tears is all I ever saw" and "all I can hear is cries". "IS" should be "are" in both of those cases. The sentece this is in is composed of some ideas fragmented all to hell:

"but her cynicism views against what I am as a man and driven me to the complete end"

And what exactly does that mean anyway? I believe you meant "cynical", an adjective to describe her "views", whereas "cynicism" is a noun. Putting noun against noun here doesn't make any sense. "Cynical views", however, does. And the word "and" right before driven totally confuses me. I believe the true meaning of this particular fragment is best layed out in this:

"but her cynical views against what I am as a man have driven me to the complete end"

Also, I just have to mention the simile in the second sentence of #1. How is a "clear highway" supposed to conjure up feelings of "speed"? A car roaring down a clear highway perhaps... but the highway itself clear of all traffic? It just fell flat for me for that reason. I knew what you meant to get at... you just didn't quite put me there.

I'm with the guys who say "aliens" may only be in the early stages of development. Who says all planets with life outside of Earth have to be loaded with intelligent, space-travelling, sentient beings? There could be scores of planets who are right now going through their own dinosaur age. Hell... there could be planets just starting out that only have single-celled organisms crawling around on them.

At 8/26/08 08:01 PM, BlackPT wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Philli ps_(animator)

Why not? Isn't Wikipedia about preserving history and world objects with documentation? Does it really matter if it is something miniscule?

Wait a minute... are you just some weasel being paid to make this post and get us all to sign up for this "Mingle2" nonsense so we can try out that crappy cuss-o-meter?

What in the HELL does the first paragraph of the original post even say?

Worst part is when the nasty octopus woman squishes the oranges which are placed to mimic the placement of her disgusting octopus breasts. What the hell emotion was that supposed to illicit from the viewer?

At 8/26/08 10:53 AM, ark99999 wrote: i am trying to learn! but i hit a spot i just cant figger out so stop being a dick and shut up unless you can say some thing helpful! everyone has to start some where! and alot of ppl ask for help also im not bitching if u dont know too much and given a code you may have a few questions... do i have to apoligise for being new to flash??? think befor you say something!!!

Quite honestly, more people need to realize that they should be more apologetic than brash and ungrateful when it comes to expecting people with more knowledge in an area for help. Ever hear the saying "catch more flies with honey than vinegar"? I suggest you brush up on the meaning of that phrase before you continue to ask for more help in the manner you are currently using.

I don't think the action is wrong, per se. But the reason you're doing it, and possibility of hurting others probably puts it more on the side of wrong, yes.

At 8/24/08 07:39 PM, Kiddmeizter wrote:

:A bunch

My belief is that there is a "big bang", but I think current scientistific views on the matter are actually a bit short-sighted. I think that the universe collapses on itself every so many billions or trillions of years. Take orbits of revolution around bodies such as the sun. We are actually falling toward the sun at all times. Which is what being in orbit means. Your velocity/momentum makes up for the gravity you are experiencing toward the more massive body, and so even as you fall, you escape falling too quickly by continuing your momentum-driven path. However, when we put satellites up into orbit around Earth, what happens years later? They eventually fall and crash into the Earth. Look at what happens when stars die and go super-nova... black-holes, masses so dense they draw in anything near them. Think about that. Once all of the stars die in this manner, it is all just one huge mass of matter sucking matter. I imagine it all crushing inwardly on itself creating a super-dense, super pressurized and hot mass, made up of a giant portion of the universe's content. Then, it reaches a point of terminal, inward growth, and the whole mess explodes. A "big bang" if you will... but not just once. Eternally. The amount of matter and energy in the universe being fixed means that it constantly has to be recycled in order for life to even be sustained. Everything is cyclical. On a grand scale, revolution around the universe, the galaxy, the solar system. On a small scale, the changing of the seasons, the turnover of generations of life. And, nature is the force that drives that life. I believe that given the correct circumstances and environment, life is imminent. It WILL come about. Simply because the physical laws of the universe make it so. It isn't some form of "magic". There is no being to whose whim we are subject. It is simply the physical laws of nature that drive the universe. Things like the fundamental gravity, velocity, acceleration, electicity, matter phases, etc. etc. etc. Nobody made this shit up, swished their magic wand, and created it all. Its the way things are. Period.

At 8/24/08 03:47 PM, So-Smart-s0-Dumb wrote: You were born and will most likely die at a specific point in time, within these time periods, your consciousness was realized. Would it be so far out to say that in the future scientists will of created another system of matter that would be capable of supporting Consciousness, much like how a Homo sapien sperm and egg eventually created you?

If you're not atheist, don't bother replying

Doesn't make sense... especially if you are atheist. Your consciousness is a collection of synapse, memory cells, and small electrical currents. It is NOT some ethereal object that can be saved.stored in some fashion, except in the biological house in which it currently resides. Unless you could somehow map out every bit of the brain, with an understanding of what each does to the letter, you'd never be able to suck off the collective memories and function that is the human brain. Even then it is outlandish to think it can be undone in this matter, as EVERY brain is different. Some people will have stored certain types of memory in completely different locations than another in some cases. You'd need some sort of generic, analog method of drawing the information out. Even then, it is no longer YOU, no longer your consciousness you're looking at at that point, but a replica. I would argue that only within your own human brain do you have the thing you call consciousness... taking it out of that context makes it something different altogether.

Got it.