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« Reply #121 on: September 14, 2003, 10:19:24 AM » |
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What IS Yu-Gi-Oh? I've heard of it, but I haven't bothered to look it up or anything. Dv: It is a large galaxy, but almost by definition the best bounty hunters would be the ones who are the best-known. Who's the best football player? Maybe there's some controversy, and since there are many aspects to football it's not exactly an analogous question, but I bet you that all the players who are named I will have heard of. And this notion of Fett being the greatest, most-feare bounty hunter has to have come from somewhere. All the EU books ARE approved and sanctioned by LucasBooks, and they have a large host of data on their website about that sort of thing. q quick conversation-killer is a "let's get back on topic" post. Yeah, I think that forcing people to strictly adhere to the topic can stifle creative discussion. When a purpose needs to be accomplished then digression can be counter-productive, but when it's just intelligent (or even just random) conversation a seeming tangent may lead to a more productive topic than otherwise. |
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« Reply #122 on: September 14, 2003, 12:32:13 PM » |
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What IS Yu-Gi-Oh? I've heard of it, but I haven't bothered to look it up or anything. yeah, make *me* look it up! [_[ here is what I found. you should like this part, Vlad!: it is Yu-Gi-Oh! rather than merely Yu-Gi-Oh. (maybe you should sue for use of the exclamation mark.  ) it started as a comic book and now has an animated show and video games and card games. the character plays a magical (?) card game and playing is called "dueling". my initial impression is that it is like Pokemon for older kids. I'm not too interested in digging deeper. here is a link to the website I visited: http://www.yugiohkingofgames.com/indexmain.html |
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« Reply #123 on: September 14, 2003, 12:38:39 PM » |
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I have a few friends who are in to Yu-Gi-Oh! And I got some free trading cards in my breakfast cereal...
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« Reply #124 on: September 14, 2003, 03:22:09 PM » |
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I like coffee, but only if it has lots of sugar and cream. I've actually never had Starbucks, but I think that I would like it.
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« Reply #125 on: September 14, 2003, 04:56:51 PM » |
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yeah, make *me* look it up! <_< here is what I found. you should like this part, Vlad!: it is Yu-Gi-Oh! rather than merely Yu-Gi-Oh. (maybe you should sue for use of the exclamation mark. ) it started as a comic book and now has an animated show and video games and card games. the character plays a magical (?) card game and playing is called "dueling". my initial impression is that it is like Pokemon for older kids. I'm not too interested in digging deeper. here is a link to the website I visited: http://www.yugiohkingofgames.com/indexmain.html Sorry, from your earlier post I thought you were already familiar with it ]_[ I like the ! thing, but I'm not too enamored with the animated shows that have been released as of late. Though I suppose dueling through cards is better than dueling with swords or giant mechas or whatever... |
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« Reply #126 on: September 14, 2003, 05:45:38 PM » |
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« Reply #127 on: September 14, 2003, 06:34:13 PM » |
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« Reply #128 on: September 14, 2003, 07:08:21 PM » |
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« Reply #129 on: September 14, 2003, 07:43:45 PM » |
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« Reply #130 on: September 14, 2003, 08:12:52 PM » |
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I have no idea what age group likes Yu-Gi-Oh! but to me it just looks less cutesy or whatever than Pokemon.
who invented boba drinks and why do people like them so much?
how should I vote regarding Proposition 53?
do I even care? should I? if I don't, should I not vote? or should I try to Be Informed?
and I think I figured out how to program the vcr, but we'll see.
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« Reply #131 on: September 14, 2003, 10:22:13 PM » |
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I have no idea what age group likes Yu-Gi-Oh! but to me it just looks less cutesy or whatever than Pokemon.
who invented boba drinks and why do people like them so much?
how should I vote regarding Proposition 53?
do I even care? should I? if I don't, should I not vote? or should I try to Be Informed?
and I think I figured out how to program the vcr, but we'll see. What's "boba drinks"? What's "proposition 53"? I don't know, and... Congrats! |
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« Reply #132 on: September 14, 2003, 10:42:41 PM » |
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thanks! I think the vcr thing worked. boba drinks have these huge tapioca things at the bottom. ...hey, whaddaya know, http://www.boba.com/whatsboba.shtmlProposition 53 is another thing to vote about when we vote on the governor recall thing. it pertains to using "General Fund revenues to state and local (excluding school and community college) infrastructure projects". Gilmore Girls wasn't on tv tonight, wah. the show was the whole purpose of figuring out how to program the vcr. I like having this Arwen avatar. makes me feel Arwen-y. |
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« Reply #133 on: September 14, 2003, 10:46:37 PM » |
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« Reply #134 on: September 14, 2003, 10:59:45 PM » |
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This is the first time I have controlled all five forums. Funny that it took so long.
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« Reply #136 on: September 14, 2003, 11:16:56 PM » |
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I feel rather silly posting with my little brother, since he is only downstairs at the moment. Behold the electronic age!
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« Reply #137 on: September 15, 2003, 07:35:38 AM » |
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I feel rather silly posting with my little brother, since he is only downstairs at the moment. Behold the electronic age! My roommate wanted a file from me last night, so I sent it via IM. Therefore, I was instant messaging my roommate who was about a foot away. I like Eowyn better too, but since I don't like Liv Tyler very much at all, maybe I'm just projecting my feelings. You'd think that as a CS major I'd be a better typist, but I still generally look at the keyboard when I type. I don't as much now as I used to, but it's become almost a habit for me. And speaking of headphones, I have a pretty cool pair of wireless headphones. They claim to get a reception of 150 feet, but I'm lucky if I can walk all around the room and get consistent reception. I guess a dorm has a lot of electromagnetic interference. |
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« Reply #138 on: September 15, 2003, 10:31:56 AM » |
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« Reply #139 on: September 15, 2003, 01:21:04 PM » |
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As some of you may know, I have both a laptop and a desktop. I was mistaken about my laptop being a Dell, though; it's really this no-name brand. It's a long story, but anyway...
Recently, the hard drive failed. Not a huge surprise, given the cheap parts they like to use in these things. But tech support/customer "service" generally try to offer these inane suggestions, and it's probably not their fault, given the horror stories regarding idiot users that some of my friends in tech support tell me. So instead of my usual "there's a problem and I think it's my hard drive" shtick, I busted out with something more like "My hard drive failed and I need an RMA number so I can return it." They said something to the effect of "how do you know it's the hard drive?" and I replied "the events log in Windows XP mentioned several disk errors during paging operations and the atapi manager logged a large number of timeouts due to bad hardware." They were all like "yes, sir, let me get that for you right away."
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« Reply #140 on: September 15, 2003, 02:50:44 PM » |
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Have you noticed how we generally avoid all political discussion? Do you think is wisdom on our part, or are we just being sissies? I think when there are big issues at stake, it might be worth starting a thread on them. For example, this whole WTO thing sounds like its important. I would start a thread on it, but I know next to nothing about world trade and why they might be disagreeing. |
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« Reply #141 on: September 15, 2003, 03:16:21 PM » |
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I try to ignore politics even more than I try to ignore current events.
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« Reply #142 on: September 15, 2003, 03:18:04 PM » |
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Does everyone know what my avatar is?
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« Reply #143 on: September 15, 2003, 03:30:40 PM » |
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« Reply #144 on: September 15, 2003, 03:32:57 PM » |
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« Reply #145 on: September 15, 2003, 03:38:34 PM » |
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Does everyone know what my avatar is? Me! =D =D And I'm going to steal the explanation, Dv. Dv's avatar, schill, is a picture of a person playing "paintball." Basically, a very advanced form of "tag" in which you use compressed CO2 (or nitrogen) to propel paint-filled gelatin balls at each other. When they hit you, SPLAT!, you're marked, and out of the game. |
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« Reply #146 on: September 15, 2003, 03:40:44 PM » |
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« Reply #147 on: September 15, 2003, 03:41:02 PM » |
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« Reply #149 on: September 15, 2003, 03:42:43 PM » |
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Yes, many times the said hits cause welts. Not a sport for sissies! Oh, its not that bad. Did you know that Dick Clark is trying to bring paintball to TV? If he succeeds, then everyone will understand my avatar! |
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« Reply #151 on: September 15, 2003, 04:32:36 PM » |
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I shy away from political discussion because it generally becomes a point of contention, and though I like to debate and discuss, political discussions never really get anywhere. And despite what some may claim, I don't just argue for argument's sake; I prefer to get something out of it.
In short, I get as ill from political discussions as Josh does from predestination debates. And due to my (arguable) status as a preeminent member of the posting community (and the fact that many others agree with me, or I with them), we don't talk about politics. Either that or we're sissies. Take your pick.
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I have indeed played. I'm not a fanatic about it, but it's fun. I prefer ultimate frisbee.
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« Reply #154 on: September 15, 2003, 05:35:52 PM » |
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Either that or we're sissies. Ding! Actually I have to agree with you on that one. There's an ongoing debate among reformed ppl in Ontario whether to vote for the Conservatives or to vote for the official Christian whatever party. And it sickens me to death to hear about it over and over again, and people predicating on me their silly thou-must-vote-for-the-redeemed-party-for-it-is-thy-christian-duty crap. Skraps |
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yeah dude i used to play paintball 3 or 4 times a week with my viper M1 - oh it was glorious, but then i realized how expensive it was and how little money i had. whats your gun? A Spyder Xtra. Not horribly exciting, but it works. And yes, paintballs are expensive. But speedball rocks. |
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yeah dude i used to play paintball 3 or 4 times a week with my viper M1 - oh it was glorious, but then i realized how expensive it was and how little money i had. whats your gun? 3 or 4 times a week? Wow. I wish I could play once a week. Heck, once a month would be good. We only get to play a few times a year. I shoot a very old Spyder Compact, but will upgrade soon, probably to an electro Pirhana. I ordered one back in June, but it never arrived, so I have cancelled the order. Luckily, a guy at our (me, Dv, and Harey's, that is) church is a big paintball player (or was) and knows a store owner that can get me a gun really cheap. |
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