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...looking left... ...looking right... No Fionavar around right now :ph34r: Just sneaking this one in while he is absent :D Any reasonable/hilarious ideas what it might stand for anybody ? Fionavar, Locker of Sandboxes and Derailment, Obsidian Board Emperor ? Whats your guess...

The choice of language is really a secondary thing to the right mindset, i.e. being able to visualise problems and solve them in a structured way. For some, it's a matter of taste, for others it's a given depending on where there interests lay and what platform they are going to work on. C++ is probably as good a language as any to practise and get familiar with for the important part is the way you think about the problem (functional, object oriented, stack based, whatever), language is just a tool you use to express your thoughts regarding the solution. Pick one, get good at it, remember that it is just one way of doing things. You might run across several language requirements during a lifetime

I think, the last time I suffered a full session of ESC was when Brotherhood of Man won... that was a few years ago :">

Beauty that is Cesiom... For non cesiophiles, cesium is the most electropositive element known, and as such has merited its own newsgroup alt.cesium. It has a number of unique properties: It explodes violently on contact with water. It burns with a brilliant blue flame - the name cesium derives from the sky-blue lines in its spectrum. It's hydroxide (what is left after it is finished exploding with water) is the most powerful base known, and will eat through glass. It is used as the central component of cesium-beam clocks, the most accurate time pieces in existence. When consumed over a period of time, it produces a characteristic mania. The following songs were posted to alt.cesium over a period of several weeks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oh Cesium (Tune, Oh Christmas tree) Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, Thy spectrum doth us please-ium. Thy sky-blue lines in plasma's fire, Do dreams of icy lakes inspire. Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, Thy spectrum doth us please-ium. Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, When held, you never freeze-ium. Thy gently smoking silver spheres, When dropped in water, please the ears. Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, When held, you never freeze-ium. Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, You put us at our ease-ium. You tend the seconds of the day, So that our watches never stray Oh Cesium, oh Cesium, You put us at our ease-ium. ---Songs of Cesium #34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I Wish I had a Pound Oh I wish I had a pound of cesium. Oh I wish I had a pound of cesium. I would take it in the shower, And I'd glory in its power. Oh I wish I had a pound of cesium. ---Songs of Cesium #111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium Cesium, 'tis of thee, Thy 'positivity, Of thee I sing. Thou whose hydroxide, dis- solved my wife when she died, Glorious too, for suicide, Here, death, is thy sting. ---Songs of Cesium #65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium the Beautiful Oh beautiful for blue of skies, Among thy spectral lines. When cast upon the waters clear, Thy splendid fire shines. Oh Cesium, Oh Cesium, Our days we trust to thee. Thy faultless rhyme, In keeping time, From care doth set us free. ---Songs of Cesium #68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium (Burning in the Dead of Night) (Tune, Blackbird) Cesium burning in the dead of night. Take your sky blue lines and start to shine. All my life, I was only waiting for the moment you were mine. Cesium burning on a lake of ice. Lift your glorious flame up to the skies. All your life, You were only waiting for some water to arise. Cesium burn. Cesium burn. Give your light to this coal black night. --- Songs of Cesium #133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Don't We Mix Up the Two (Tune, "Why don't we get drunk..." with apologies to Jimmy Buffett) I've got a pound of Cesium, It's burning gently near. The sky-blue flame looks lovely, But it's noise I want to hear. So darlin' bring some water, A couple pints'll do. And why don't we mix up the two? Why don't we mix up the two? 'Cause Cesium and water, Really make a wicked brew. You say I've got a death wish, But honey, I'm just blue. So why don't we mix up the two? ---Songs of Cesium #29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yesterday Yesterday. I had Cesium with which to play Now all my fingers have been blown away. By cesium, since yesterday. Yesterday. Her sky blue flame appeared to light my way. Now the world seems so cold and gray. My eyes are dim since yesterday. Why she had to blow, I don't know, They wouldn't say. I used water wrong, And my skin dissolved away. Yesterday. Her path seemed such an easy way. Now I know that there's a price to pay. Oh, I believed just yesterday. ---Songs of Cesium #117 Soon after the publication of the above translation A mysterious monkey paid a call and pointedly insisted that the translation of SOC #117 (Yesterday) from the Cesish was seriously flawed, particularly in the second stanza, and offered a corrected version, which I supply without further comment. RN Yesterday Yesterday, I had Cesium with which to play. Now all my fingers have been blown away. And silence reigns since yesterday. Suddenly, I'm just half the man I used to be. I have no eyes with which to see. My legs have parted company. Why she had to blow, I don't know, I can only say. Something went awful wrong, In the waterbed where we lay. Yesterday, Her sky blue path seemed such an easy way. Now I know there is a price to pay. Oh, I believed just yesterday. ---Songs of Cesium #117(b) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Lectropositive Mama (tune, Lady Madonna) 'Letropositive mama, Cesium on your meat, Wonder how you manage, To stay on your feet. How d'ya stand the smokin'? How d'ya 'bide the flame? Do you think that life's just A burnin' game. Monday night your hunger's a blue fire, Tuesday morn' you're cookin' 'fore the sun. Wednesday rain, you're only flamin' higher, Having your fun. 'Lectropositive mama, Cinders in your curls, No way can compare you, To ordinary girls. Likin' the explosions, Rock you on your seat. How can any woman handle All that heat? ---Songs of Cesium #47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's So Easy (Tune, It's so Easy) It's with Cesium I'm in love! It's with Cesium I'm in love! People say that I'm a fool, When I take my Cesium into the pool. And it's so easy, So doggone easy, Yes it's so easy, Where my love's concerned, To get myself burned. But it's with Cesium I'm in love, It's with Cesium I'm in love! I look into her flame and see, A sky-blue light floodin' over me. Though it's so easy, So doggone easy, Yeah it's so easy, When she's concerned, To get myself burned. Still it's with Cesium I'm in love, It's with Cesium I'm in love! ---Songs of Cesium #87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium (All through the Night) (Tune, Fever) (1) Never know how much I need you, Never know how much I'd dare, When I mix you up with water, I get a heat that's hard to bear. I need my Cesium! Burnin' brightly, Cesium to give me light. Cesium -- In the morning, Cesium all through the night. (2) Sun lights up the daytime. Moon lights up the night. Cesium lights up heaven above, With a brilliant sky-blue light. I need my Cesium! Burnin' hotly. Cesium shinin' so bright. Cesium -- In the morning, Cesium to make me feel right. (Coda) Everybody, Needs some Cesium, Cesium to give 'em that glow. Cesium -- Add some water, Get a fire hot as down below! (3) Romeo, he had Cesium, Cool water Juliette. When they mixed it up together, Things got as hot as they can get! They needed Cesium! Flamin' madly. Cesium burnin' so blue. Cesium -- Shared between them. Cesium to make their love true. (4) Come to the end of my story. Got to the point that I made. Cesium's the stuff to heat you up, And you ain't gonna find no shade! You'll need cesium! As you sizzle. Cesium some comfort to earn. Cesium -- It's almighty. What a lovely way to burn! --- Songs of Cesium #96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium Glows (Tune, Love's a Rose - Neil Young) Cesium glows, but you better not lick it, It's fire grows when it's on the tongue. Lips full of holes, you'll know you've kissed it, Just take a bite if you want to die young. I want to see what's never been seen, I want to dream that Cesium dream. Come on love, we can glow together, Let's eat it all right now. Take a bite right now. I want to lie in a hole in the ground, Six feet deep, and twelve feet 'round. Sky blue light around me shinin', Pale blue worms upon me dinin'. Cesium glows, but you better not lick it, It's fire grows when its on your tongue. Mouth full of holes if ever you kiss it, Gimme a spoon 'cause I wanna die Young. ---Songs of Cesium #109 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium's Burning (a round, tune Scotland's Burning) Cesium's burning, Cesium's burning. Look out! Look out! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Pour on water, pour on water. Oh ****! Oh ****! (repeat) ---Songs of Cesium #81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seventy Six Neutrons (Tune, Seventy Six Trombones) Seventy six lithe neutrons swayed on Cesium's bar, Half a hundred and ten bold protons... Hold it! Hold it!. That's Cesium 131. Half life only about 9.69 days. Let's go for immortality here. Worth a shot anyway... Seventy Eight Neutrons (Tune, Seventy Six Trombones) Seventy eight lithe neutrons swayed on Cesium's bar, Half a hundred and ten bold protons joined the press. And the eletronettes were a-whirling in duets, All but one, the singular miss Six S. Seventy eight nubile neutrons writhed in close array, Half a hundred and ten lusty protons swelled the crowd. And the electron pairs played blue photonic airs, From within a shining quantum cloud. There were pions, muons, quarks and other fermions, Tunneling, tunneling, in a state of partial dress. 'Till an oily bit of water came a wandering, And miss Six S got in a great big mess. Seventy eight screaming neutrons ran and jammed the door, Half a hundered and ten brave protons hit the ground. There was a sky-blue flash, then nothing left but ash, And the echo of a glorious thundering sound. --- Songs of Cesium #76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cesium's Strange (Tune, People are strange - The Doors) Cesium's strange, when you're a stranger Consummate danger, ready to blow. Water is wicked, wet and unwanted, Folks are unfriendly, when you glow. Don't take it out in the rain. You're insane! You're insane! Don't you remember the pain? You're insane! You're insane! You're insane --- Cesium's strange, pregnant with danger, Hand the next stranger a kilo or two. Pour on the water, lamb at the slaughter, Bathe in the light that is blue, sky-blue! Don't take it out in the rain. You're insane! You're insane! You'll always remember the pain. You're insane! You're insane! You're insane --- --- Songs of Cesium #13

I'll just stand over here in the corner and look very impatient. Just ignore. >_ Keep up the good work!

Got our own little insider (read: Spy) at E3 http://www.winterwind-productions.com/foru...opic.php?t=3260 >_

Hmm, T3 has the honour of figuring in both my hate and love list Favourites would be T3 (K2), Hanharr and Jolee Least favourites would be T3 (K1), Zaalbar and Bastila That makes a droid, a wookie and a jedi in each :D

Interesting reading. "In fact, Fritz Haber, for many, personified the parodox of science, with all its potential for good and for evil." Sums him up pretty well, although he's not alone in that particular club of scientists.

&^%$# !!! It wouldn't even offer me Hanharr nor Nihilus as favourite npc Picked T3

Ladies and gentlemen, in the blue corner we present a representative of, erhh... whatever it is Bush presidents are known for: And in the red corner we have, magic loving and pointy eared: One says science and morals need balance, the other says that one can be part of the other but doesn't necessarily make any sense on it's own (If I understood you correctly, feel free to correct me)... Place your bets! :D Now how to we get Mr. Bush to register here so he can participate in the discussion ?

Got the same three. Kind of sad really Too old for all that post modernistic geekiness

Where was that number mentioned in the bible the first time ? Just curious, because if it was the number written by John, it might have been written in Roman numerals, DCLXCI. Perhaps he just got an L too much in there.

Uh huh, I see... Don't worry Eldar. We are all your friends... ;)" :D

Euww... My two favourite FPS' games aren't on the list: Painkiller and Red Faction

From http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html Saturn is the least dense of the planets; its specific gravity (0.7) is less than that of water. So yes, Saturn would actually float in a tub of water (if the astronomers/astro physics guys are right) :D

It's just that the VMBL patch is an .exe file... no manual file extraction there

In that case, I love that crap. Part of my install ritual for BG2/ToB is to install some of the individual files from Baldurdash, that are actual bugfixes (no silly ease of use stuff or weird re-balancing junk). 171 bugfixes installed from that folder where I keep them. Thats because you are one of the lucky ones. If you had to deal with the Leviathan bug (which was a gamestopper unless you had a bit of tech knowhow, not unlike the SoL bug in unpatched VMBL), you "might" think differently...

Like the blessed Sith guy, I loved the game, that is the game that was there. I didn't like the ending, but then I didn't like the ending of VMBL either. Still loved both games for the rest of them though. Never really had any technical issues except for the things usually listed (music quality, low res FMV's etc.). But then, if you survive the bugfest that is BG2 (just look at the number of fixes in Baldurdash), NWN (after 65 patches, It still has known issues) and Kotor1 (which after 3 patches still has a game stopping bug in the middle) you get thick skinned, shrug it off and enjoy the game (especially since the number of CTD's can be counted on one hand in four games). The only thing that seriously detracted was the feeling here and there that things had obviously "gone missing" What was there was good fun.

You don't really need the help of others to do that. Lies don't support your claims very well. Yet, you still post stuff like this, doing your best to disrupt people from doing something constructive about small issues.

Thats scary, I lived and worked in that part for a few years :ph34r:

Hmm... I smell an opportunity there o:)" Scandinavian vikings were the first european settlers in north America. Perhaps we should file a lawsuit and demand the outstanding rent from the current squatters residing on our valuable coastland on the US east cost :cool:

Just curious about which part of "This is not an official technical support forum" that is hard to understand

I know you have to eat, but... Sure you want to go there ? Well, good luck anyway

Often overlooked, yet interesting even if it's just because it was a logistical masterpiece by the russians: The battle for Manchuria, commencing 9th of August 1945 between the Soviet Union and Japan was one of, if not the largest single battle in WWII (operation Barbarossa by the germans was split on three seperate theatres, north, center and south) featuring: On the russian side: 1,500,000 men 26,000 guns 5,500 tanks 3,800 aircraft Against the japanese: 710.000 men 5,300 guns 1,100 tanks 1,800 aircraft Needless to say, the japanese lost that battle. In less than two weeks they lost 80,000 killed, 20,000 wounded and 594,000 men taken prisoner by the russians.

"..." (empty list) Possibly BG3 and FO3 some day, but too little information currently available about them to look forward to them.