Cloudy's Cafe, a conversation zone, January 23, 2006 - Page 7

Ladyzekke · 01-27-2006, 06:23 PM

I like Sacred myself, especially with the UK version of the UW expansion. I've played the heck out of that game LOL, and am not finished either.

I am taking a break though cause I have these older games I bought that I've never played. I decided to go for Divine Divinity. Without a manual (it got lost somewhere LOL) it took me awhile to figure out a lot of things, especially how to buy/sell/repair/identify. Now that I've gotten more into it I find it pretty fun. LOL it throws me offbase quite a lot, and people just come up to you out of nowhere a lot to talk to you, rob you, or whatever else LOL, you never know LOL!

It's definitely also more older of a game than I had thought once I got a gander at the graphics. I do miss not being able to at least zoom in and out LOL, but hey, my favorite games ever are the older ones where you couldn't do that in them either. Soo. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Lots of humor in it too, lots of quests and dialog with people, which is always cool.

I've also dabbled a little bit into Dungeon Siege II. Was hoping the mapping would be better (easier LOL), but no! ROTFL at the little tiny one inch map you get, oh boy! And the tiny scroll "in and out" bar on it is even more hilarious! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Ilander · 01-28-2006, 02:08 PM

Oh, it's good to be home for a while, despite the, y'know, nearly unbearable speed of the internet. I guess I should get used to 24.1 k, though, because I'm sure that when that time in my life comes, where, y'know, I have to live independently, I'm gonna have to get used to it.

I've been looking into summer research programs lately...not a single one in Kentucky. Not one.

Oh well, I'm sure anybody on this board could tell me there are no jobs for physicists in this state...Okay, I take that back, but they are few and far between.

Thankfully, most of them grant travel reimbursement.

I'd really like to go to the one in Seattle. I wouldn't mind making $4000 for 10 weeks of work, in a field I love (physics!) [img]smile.gif[/img]

I have to apply, though...and my grades aren't the greatest in the world, due to some bouts of manic depression last semester. *sigh*

It's all a very anxious thing for me right now...I know I'm good enough/smart enough, but I'm not sure whether I will get in or not, because it's not always about your actual skill...sometimes, it's about who you know.

I'll talk to a professor about it, though I'm still not sure which one to go to...

Szass-Tam · 01-29-2006, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ivelliis:
My Arctic Monkeys album came, it rocks. £8.99 off play.com, and it's really really good. I don't know how to describe it, but give it a listen if you can. "I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun goes Down" are their newest songs, and I love the second one.

It's one of the fastest selling albums ever in the UK. It sold 100,000 in the first week! And it's their debut!

Ilander · 01-30-2006, 07:27 PM

Wow, seems like everyone crawled into their holes and hoped Monday would just go away!

Not that I can blame you all...today was one of those days I woke up before the alarm clock went off, and wanted my extra 45 minutes of sleep, but there was no hope for that!

Anyway, fellow IWers, come back to the Cafe! Without your tales of the mundane, my life has no meaning!

Cloudbringer · 01-30-2006, 08:18 PM

Just stopping in quickly to say hello! Got my husband's cold, [img]tongue.gif[/img] and now he's come home sick again...sigh.. it's winter for sure!

Bungleau · 01-30-2006, 10:34 PM

You want mundane, Ilander? How's this...

Over the weekend, we washed some laundry, including a pillow which desperately needed it. If you know anything about washing pillows, you'll know you can't do just one... you have to do two to balance the washer.

Precisely half of the adults in this household understand and recognize that fact [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img]

Today, after working out, I tossed in my pillow with the other one because it also needed a bath, so to speak. Made my breakfast and headed down to the office.

On the way down, I heard what sounded a little like an animal scratching. Strange, but since the washer was going, I thought it was probably just washer-related.

After setting breakfast down, I thought another second, and decided that it probably *was* washer-related... and went over to see water dripping from the walls.

Apparently, putting a king-size pillow in with a standard-size pillow is not a case of one and one makes two. It's a case of one and one shoots water out of the washer at incredible speeds and distances.

I've had the pillows on spin about three or four times, and frankly, plan on throwing them out shortly. I could take them to a laundromat... say, Saturday, if I'm lucky... and they'll be festering in there until then. Or spinning their days away, costing me more than it would cost to replace them.

Their replacements arrived this evening. And for the record, my son tried to steal my new pillow in place of his... fat chance, kid. I've been scrounging pillows since long before you were born... [img]smile.gif[/img]

There. Mundane enough for ya?

Ilander · 01-30-2006, 11:31 PM

Sure is

That's a great story, at least, Bungleau!

Stratos · 01-31-2006, 11:50 AM

Heh, I just changed ISP and got a 100MBit/s conncetion. And cheap too.

It seems to work well this far...

Cloudbringer · 01-31-2006, 12:00 PM

LOL, mundane and oh so familiar, Bungleau! I had one queen size pillow in our old washer and it got wound around the agitator and thoroughly shredded.

But now we have a front loader and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this washer! No worries about balancing loads with pillows, no agitators, uses minimal water... oh yah.. and it leaves minimal water when spinning them, too! LOVE it!

Luvian · 01-31-2006, 12:28 PM

Well, I managed to get Sacred but now I remember why I didn't play it back then.

When I move, everything get blured, the pixels seem to be moving or something, and it's getting me dizzy.

That's not the only problem. The other is the resolution. By default you can't see more than 3 feet in front of you, and if I zoom out just one time it zoom out way too much and I lose much details, the level I would want is the one between these two.

I can do with the strange zoom, but not the diziness. I looked on their official website and they have no solution for it from the threads I saw on their forum.

I talked to my brother about the game, and he too had the blurry problem.

[ 01-31-2006, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

01-27-2006, 06:23 PM	#61
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 58 Posts: 9,005	I like Sacred myself, especially with the UK version of the UW expansion. I've played the heck out of that game LOL, and am not finished either. I am taking a break though cause I have these older games I bought that I've never played. I decided to go for Divine Divinity. Without a manual (it got lost somewhere LOL) it took me awhile to figure out a lot of things, especially how to buy/sell/repair/identify. Now that I've gotten more into it I find it pretty fun. LOL it throws me offbase quite a lot, and people just come up to you out of nowhere a lot to talk to you, rob you, or whatever else LOL, you never know LOL! It's definitely also more older of a game than I had thought once I got a gander at the graphics. I do miss not being able to at least zoom in and out LOL, but hey, my favorite games ever are the older ones where you couldn't do that in them either. Soo. [img]smile.gif[/img] Lots of humor in it too, lots of quests and dialog with people, which is always cool. I've also dabbled a little bit into Dungeon Siege II. Was hoping the mapping would be better (easier LOL), but no! ROTFL at the little tiny one inch map you get, oh boy! And the tiny scroll "in and out" bar on it is even more hilarious! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] __________________ Reality Show Recaps

01-28-2006, 02:08 PM	#62
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Oh, it's good to be home for a while, despite the, y'know, nearly unbearable speed of the internet. I guess I should get used to 24.1 k, though, because I'm sure that when that time in my life comes, where, y'know, I have to live independently, I'm gonna have to get used to it. I've been looking into summer research programs lately...not a single one in Kentucky. Not one. Oh well, I'm sure anybody on this board could tell me there are no jobs for physicists in this state...Okay, I take that back, but they are few and far between. Thankfully, most of them grant travel reimbursement. I'd really like to go to the one in Seattle. I wouldn't mind making $4000 for 10 weeks of work, in a field I love (physics!) [img]smile.gif[/img] I have to apply, though...and my grades aren't the greatest in the world, due to some bouts of manic depression last semester. sigh It's all a very anxious thing for me right now...I know I'm good enough/smart enough, but I'm not sure whether I will get in or not, because it's not always about your actual skill...sometimes, it's about who you know. I'll talk to a professor about it, though I'm still not sure which one to go to... __________________ Is that what you really want to say?

01-30-2006, 07:27 PM	#64
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Wow, seems like everyone crawled into their holes and hoped Monday would just go away! Not that I can blame you all...today was one of those days I woke up before the alarm clock went off, and wanted my extra 45 minutes of sleep, but there was no hope for that! Anyway, fellow IWers, come back to the Cafe! Without your tales of the mundane, my life has no meaning! __________________ Is that what you really want to say?

01-30-2006, 08:18 PM	#65
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Just stopping in quickly to say hello! Got my husband's cold, [img]tongue.gif[/img] and now he's come home sick again...sigh.. it's winter for sure! __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

01-30-2006, 10:34 PM	#66
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	You want mundane, Ilander? How's this... Over the weekend, we washed some laundry, including a pillow which desperately needed it. If you know anything about washing pillows, you'll know you can't do just one... you have to do two to balance the washer. Precisely half of the adults in this household understand and recognize that fact [img]graemlins/angel.gif[/img] Today, after working out, I tossed in my pillow with the other one because it also needed a bath, so to speak. Made my breakfast and headed down to the office. On the way down, I heard what sounded a little like an animal scratching. Strange, but since the washer was going, I thought it was probably just washer-related. After setting breakfast down, I thought another second, and decided that it probably was washer-related... and went over to see water dripping from the walls. Apparently, putting a king-size pillow in with a standard-size pillow is not a case of one and one makes two. It's a case of one and one shoots water out of the washer at incredible speeds and distances. I've had the pillows on spin about three or four times, and frankly, plan on throwing them out shortly. I could take them to a laundromat... say, Saturday, if I'm lucky... and they'll be festering in there until then. Or spinning their days away, costing me more than it would cost to replace them. Their replacements arrived this evening. And for the record, my son tried to steal my new pillow in place of his... fat chance, kid. I've been scrounging pillows since long before you were born... [img]smile.gif[/img] There. Mundane enough for ya? __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

01-30-2006, 11:31 PM	#67
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 39 Posts: 2,820	Sure is That's a great story, at least, Bungleau! __________________ Is that what you really want to say?

01-31-2006, 11:50 AM	#68
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 3,888	Heh, I just changed ISP and got a 100MBit/s conncetion. And cheap too. It seems to work well this far... __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.

01-31-2006, 12:00 PM	#69
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	LOL, mundane and oh so familiar, Bungleau! I had one queen size pillow in our old washer and it got wound around the agitator and thoroughly shredded. But now we have a front loader and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this washer! No worries about balancing loads with pillows, no agitators, uses minimal water... oh yah.. and it leaves minimal water when spinning them, too! LOVE it! __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

01-31-2006, 12:28 PM	#70
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 44 Posts: 6,766	Well, I managed to get Sacred but now I remember why I didn't play it back then. When I move, everything get blured, the pixels seem to be moving or something, and it's getting me dizzy. That's not the only problem. The other is the resolution. By default you can't see more than 3 feet in front of you, and if I zoom out just one time it zoom out way too much and I lose much details, the level I would want is the one between these two. I can do with the strange zoom, but not the diziness. I looked on their official website and they have no solution for it from the threads I saw on their forum. I talked to my brother about the game, and he too had the blurry problem. [ 01-31-2006, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ] __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...

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