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- Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:58 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0435: "Purity"
- Replies: 649
- Views: 189384
Re: "Purity" Discussion
Going farther to the left, we have Economists, then Business majors, then Business Administration, then Philosophy, followed by writers and artists . This is definitely not accurate, especially for musicians. When it comes down to the heart of the matter, music is a half step down from pure math, s...
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:51 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0435: "Purity"
- Replies: 649
- Views: 189384
Re: "Purity" Discussion
I am disappointed in the lack of engineer-love :( I suppose if the meaning of "purity" in this sense is "theoretical purity", then it goes pretty well. But, engineering is at the peak of purity in the sense of the universe (you know, that place we exist in?). Pure mathematics is ...
- Sun May 18, 2008 8:28 pm UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Forums troubles
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3372
Re: Forums troubles
Okay I think everything that can be said here has been said.
If you have a legitimate post for this thread, feel free to PM me. Otherwise, lock'd.
If you have a legitimate post for this thread, feel free to PM me. Otherwise, lock'd.
- Fri May 16, 2008 6:16 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The best kind of cookie
- Replies: 78
- Views: 7038
Re: The best kind of cookie
I've been known to have a slice of cake in the morning, it seems waffles would only be better. Why are they not breakfast food again?
Come to think of it, I will eat absolutely anything for breakfast, lunch, dinner or somewhere in between. Perhaps it is I that is odd...
Come to think of it, I will eat absolutely anything for breakfast, lunch, dinner or somewhere in between. Perhaps it is I that is odd...
- Fri May 16, 2008 6:11 am UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: [Deprecated by Lazy Mods] Points!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 17136
Re: Points!
Hey guys, sorry about the massive delay.
I've been having some major troubles with the old desktop. Basically I haven't been online very much lately, but hopefully I'll get it figured out soon and get around to assigning super ultra mega important THD points soon!
I've been having some major troubles with the old desktop. Basically I haven't been online very much lately, but hopefully I'll get it figured out soon and get around to assigning super ultra mega important THD points soon!
- Fri May 16, 2008 3:22 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Forums troubles
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3372
Re: Forums troubles
Subsilver2 is no longer supported by davean. I would not bother asking for a fix if it is directly and only related to subsilver2. If you do not like prosilver, you are welcome to submit a theme of your choice to davean as long as it is standards compliant and good clean code . This is how prosilver...
- Wed May 14, 2008 8:46 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Pizza Thread!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 14455
Re: Pizza Thread!
Wow, that actually looks pretty tasty!
- Wed May 14, 2008 12:24 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Pizza Thread!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 14455
Re: Pizza Thread!
Your dad is a pizza engineer? I don't know If I would go around bragging about that...
EDIT:Unless the Pizza Express is actually a train. In that case, well, that's pretty weird.
EDIT:Unless the Pizza Express is actually a train. In that case, well, that's pretty weird.
- Wed May 14, 2008 4:43 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Noteworthy Achievements in the Field of Sandwich-making
- Replies: 103
- Views: 17570
Re: Noteworthy Achievements in the Field of Sandwich-making
Today I made a truly epic sandwich.
A heap of freshly sliced corned beef that has been brining for 9 days and cooked for 4 hours on top of marbled rye bread.
DELICIOUSITY OVERLOAD
A heap of freshly sliced corned beef that has been brining for 9 days and cooked for 4 hours on top of marbled rye bread.
DELICIOUSITY OVERLOAD
- Sat May 10, 2008 10:08 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Way to go, Open Office
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2711
Re: Way to go, Open Office
THD is for help. If you don't need help, it goes in G (at least until a software forum exists).
- Sat May 10, 2008 9:11 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Way to go, Open Office
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2711
Re: Way to go, Open Office
Soooo, is there a question or not?
- Thu May 08, 2008 6:52 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: It's Pimms O'Clock!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2464
Re: It's Pimms O'Clock!
Awesome. I'm planning a mass Pimm's / Punting to Granchester combo now the weather is great :) It's the best bit of the summer, it really is. Well, that and going to Strawberry Fair (Midsummer Common, 6th June). Going by punt has to be the classest way to travel. Edit: And if you do it when I'm bac...
- Thu May 08, 2008 6:38 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Weird OS X kernel panic problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1641
Re: Weird OS X kernel panic problem
CrunchyFoodstuff wrote:Okay, what I wrote in another thread isn't exactly true: my eMac sometimes does crash.
Basically, after upgrading to 10.2.8, when waking up after sleep, it sometimes crashes, complete with 4-language "please restart your computer by holding the power button"-dialog box.
Reading is hard.
- Thu May 08, 2008 6:37 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Debian XServer failing to work
- Replies: 3
- Views: 908
Re: Debian XServer failing to work
Could have tried
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sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
- Thu May 08, 2008 6:32 pm UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Link missing on General (minor issue)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1794
Re: Link missing on General (minor issue)
And lock'd.
- Thu May 08, 2008 12:17 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: It's Pimms O'Clock!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2464
Re: It's Pimms O'Clock!
The internet is your friend.
http://www.google.com/search?q=egg+nog+recipe
http://www.google.com/search?q=egg+nog+recipe
- Sun May 04, 2008 8:08 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: @ Mighty Jalapeno, your signature has a four dot ellipsis :(
- Replies: 97
- Views: 12945
Re: @ Mighty Jalapeno, your signature has a four dot ellipsis :(
Thought this the best thread to raise this in, seeing as it's about MJ: what happened to him? His profile says he's "inactive" because his "profile details changed". What? Please forgive me if this has already been discussed somewhere. No, this thread is not and was not about MJ...
- Sun May 04, 2008 6:37 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: The taste of vodka
- Replies: 66
- Views: 11405
Re: The taste of vodka
ST, try Jock's. It's under new ownership now, but a couple weeks ago it's a VERY local place with little to no music. It's on breckenridge.
- Sun May 04, 2008 6:22 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Fast Food Fight!
- Replies: 114
- Views: 8595
Re: Generic O'Malley's Sit-Down Restaurant Chain Discussion
And on Monday's you can get a burrito, drink, chips and salsa for $5!
- Sat May 03, 2008 9:14 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Fast Food Fight!
- Replies: 114
- Views: 8595
Re: Generic O'Malley's Sit-Down Restaurant Chain Discussion
1) Moe's is better.
2) 22/7 is correct on the second point.
2) 22/7 is correct on the second point.
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:54 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Energy Drinks
- Replies: 72
- Views: 10723
Re: Energy Drinks
Never do peyote in the Himalayas with the Sherpas. Weirdest feeling ever.
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:52 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Student Cooking!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3590
Re: Student Cooking!
I would never add sugar to onions as they caramelize perfectly well on their own. Just crank the heat up as high as you can and keep them moving. They will still have a full and firm (not mushy) texture as well as those wonderful brown caramelized sugars. Also for the pasta I would recommend buying ...
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:46 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Noteworthy Achievements in the Field of Sandwich-making
- Replies: 103
- Views: 17570
Re: Noteworthy Achievements in the Field of Sandwich-making
Question to sandwichtologists: Is it still a sandwich if it's wrapped in a tortilla?
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:45 am UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Youtube download/conversion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1693
Re: Youtube download/conversion
When will people realize that Nightly Tester Tools allow approx 98.999...% of ff2 extensions to work in ff3?
- Fri May 02, 2008 8:40 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Display Wackiness--Lines + Un-Lines
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1990
Re: Display Wackiness--Lines + Un-Lines
I love to use ImgBurn, because it is simple and easy to use, plus it works with CD-RWs and will automatically blank them before you start the burn, if you so choose. CD-RWs save so much money when you burn as many images as I do.
- Fri May 02, 2008 3:23 am UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
- Replies: 1738
- Views: 341874
Re: Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
I'm not sure if any of the other aussies in the forum have jumped in on this one (and i'll be disappointed if they haven't!). I come from a country best known (IMHO) for it's distinctive love of beer... Real Beer... not the watered-down stuff that Americans (stereotypically) drink... A few good one...
- Thu May 01, 2008 6:31 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Ubuntu 8.04 grub error 25 ftl
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1907
Re: Linux 8.04 grub error 25 ftl
Especially since Linux 8.04 doesn't exist.
- Thu May 01, 2008 12:06 pm UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Tagging system for comics?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1887
Re: Tagging system for comics?
Perhaps there have been 872 transcriptions?
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Generic O'Malley's Sit-Down Restaurant Chain Discussion
- Replies: 111
- Views: 9906
Re: Generic O'Malley's Sit-Down Restaurant Chain Discussion
What do people think of Max & Erma's?
Seems like pretty good food to me, but a tad expensive for what you get.
Seems like pretty good food to me, but a tad expensive for what you get.
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:28 pm UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Free as in Destitute Forum
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13903
Re: Free as in Destitute Forum
Here you go:
Mods have the same exact mod powers on every single post in the entire fora (except news[deprecated], if that's still here). Users in FAID do not have any editing or deleting capabilities. Mods do not use their moderating abilities in FAID.
Mods have the same exact mod powers on every single post in the entire fora (except news[deprecated], if that's still here). Users in FAID do not have any editing or deleting capabilities. Mods do not use their moderating abilities in FAID.
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:21 pm UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Partitioning my hard-drive
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3743
Re: Partitioning my hard-drive
Ya, I remember testing it out on my dad's computer after 7.04 came out. It worked very well then, so I can only imagine that it is a very solid program today.
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:43 am UTC
- Forum: The Help Desk
- Topic: Partitioning my hard-drive
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3743
Re: Partitioning my hard-drive
Wubi has actually been around for a year. This is the first release of Ubuntu that actually includes it, though.
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:38 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Free as in Destitute Forum
- Replies: 54
- Views: 13903
Re: Free as in Destitute Forum
#1 "The mods" didn't have much to do with the FAID forum, davean said "these people are complaining so I'll give them a place to complain in", and lo, it was done. #2 If you have questions or comments on the function and/or happenings of said forum, feel free to put them in here....
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:39 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hardy Heron
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3845
Re: Hardy Heron
The update-manager upgrade has worked perfectly for me every time. I've been using Ubuntu pretty regularly since 5.10. If it doesn't show you the upgrade is available, just alt+f2 -> "update-manager -d" and the button will appear at the top. I've been using Hardy for almost 2 months now, s...
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:25 pm UTC
- Forum: Food
- Topic: Pizza Thread!
- Replies: 139
- Views: 14455
Re: Pizza Thread!
Lenary's post made me smile, and Sine Nomen's made me decide that there is nothing wrong in my life that can't be cured by getting myself some Dominos for dinner. Temporarily, at least. As a Domino's employee for over a year I think I am well qualified to say that Domino's is shitty pizza. There is...
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:04 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Oh, so that's where that comes from....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1417
Re: Oh, so that's where that comes from....
I really can't see that as the only reason a car is the width it is. There is an enormous amount of study that goes into every aspect of a car's design, including human interface, machine components, ergonomics, physical, material and economical constraints. The width of two horses side-by-side is p...
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:33 am UTC
- Forum: Serious Business
- Topic: Drugs and other addictive things
- Replies: 388
- Views: 31616
Re: Drugs and other addictive things
That may be the answer you wanted to hear, but I seriously doubt that is true.
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:15 am UTC
- Forum: Serious Business
- Topic: Drugs and other addictive things
- Replies: 388
- Views: 31616
Re: Drugs and other addictive things
We clearly don't make drugs illegal on the basis that they are addictive, harmful to the individual, or harmful to society, or all of the above, so why some drugs and not others? Lobbying power. I cannot think of any other reason that I have ever seen presented other than 'lobbying power' that make...
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:40 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Self-Deletion
- Replies: 107
- Views: 11957
Re: Self-Deletion
As long as were extending our e-peen, I started using my infamous #ff0050 pretty much as soon as I started moderatoring. Mostly to correct Akira's atrocious spelling mistakes, because I wanted to make a blatant example about how most of her posts were basically half red text. And it all snowballed f...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:11 am UTC
- Forum: Your art and links
- Topic: Facebook Graffiti Thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5614
Re: Facebook Graffiti Thread
Wow these are amazing?
Do you use a tablet?
My graffiti always ends up looking like something a retarded 4-year old drew in paint...
Do you use a tablet?
My graffiti always ends up looking like something a retarded 4-year old drew in paint...