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General Discussion / Re: Let's get ancient players back...
« on: January 31, 2024, 11:32:41 pm »
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General Discussion / Re: Let's get ancient players back...
« on: January 28, 2024, 09:23:32 pm »
This caught my attention. How ancient is ancient? (Holy smokes, my login still works!)
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: October 20, 2003, 09:48:17 pm »
ooh!
184: You don\'t stare at midgets.
184: You don\'t stare at midgets.
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Newbie Help (Start Here) /
« on: October 19, 2003, 05:16:28 am »
Aha! Greetings Havardi!
I thought I should clarify something regarding the game being free. Yes, the software is and will always be free. There is one thing, though, that could at some date theoretically be charged for: hosting a server.
Of course, if the software is free, and if a server begins to charge people (aside from perhaps a small amount of advertising revenue), then of course someone will take the server software, start it up on his own server, and let people play for free. So, although it\'s technically possible and perfectly legal, you\'ll probably never see the Planeshift team require payment.
And BTW, Caldazar, good job with the picture in the signature...now have it tell me what kernel I\'m using. ;-)
I remember seeing a page that would show my Windows desktop in a window, and it was supposed to scare you into thinking that your system was so vulnerable that anyone could see the desktop. I wonder what it would look like on a Gnome desktop...
I thought I should clarify something regarding the game being free. Yes, the software is and will always be free. There is one thing, though, that could at some date theoretically be charged for: hosting a server.
Of course, if the software is free, and if a server begins to charge people (aside from perhaps a small amount of advertising revenue), then of course someone will take the server software, start it up on his own server, and let people play for free. So, although it\'s technically possible and perfectly legal, you\'ll probably never see the Planeshift team require payment.
And BTW, Caldazar, good job with the picture in the signature...now have it tell me what kernel I\'m using. ;-)
I remember seeing a page that would show my Windows desktop in a window, and it was supposed to scare you into thinking that your system was so vulnerable that anyone could see the desktop. I wonder what it would look like on a Gnome desktop...
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: October 17, 2003, 04:29:09 pm »
now that I know we\'re allowed to post not-so-funny ones... ;-)
179. You can\'t get it to run in Slackware 9.1, so you run the Windows client under Wine.
179. You can\'t get it to run in Slackware 9.1, so you run the Windows client under Wine.
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: October 12, 2003, 09:27:31 pm »
regarding number 57...
\"57. You have a dream about it and come up with a bizarre story. *whistles*\"
I\'m almost done defining the outline for the story. of course, chapter 1 is here, and I roughly almost finished Chapter 2 in one sitting. this thing is really turning huge and, dare I say, close to Dune in fantasy...
I plan to make the story public domain, perhaps in CVS on SourceForge. ;-) \'course, that doesn\'t mean I don\'t plan to make money with it, tee hee hee...
okay, just for anyone wondering, progress *is* being made on the story...
\"57. You have a dream about it and come up with a bizarre story. *whistles*\"
I\'m almost done defining the outline for the story. of course, chapter 1 is here, and I roughly almost finished Chapter 2 in one sitting. this thing is really turning huge and, dare I say, close to Dune in fantasy...
I plan to make the story public domain, perhaps in CVS on SourceForge. ;-) \'course, that doesn\'t mean I don\'t plan to make money with it, tee hee hee...
okay, just for anyone wondering, progress *is* being made on the story...
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General Discussion /
« on: September 22, 2003, 12:55:11 am »
\" I thought that surely some other captions were better than my own\" - *psst* he\'s talking about me. 
\"Thanks anyways, guys. Your all winners in your own way.\" - *psst* he\'s not talking about me.
*checks imposter Jedi for loose change* \"ooh, a credit card!\"
\"Thanks anyways, guys. Your all winners in your own way.\" - *psst* he\'s not talking about me.
*checks imposter Jedi for loose change* \"ooh, a credit card!\"
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General Discussion /
« on: September 21, 2003, 01:55:14 am »
\"After seeing everyone staggering around, carrying beer mugs, the newbie police officer, who was not accustomed to seeing the effects of lag, started ordering people to walk the straight line.\"
Congratulations, Jedi!
I\'ll just have to find some other way to pay for my sick mother\'s operation, I guess.
(That reminds me...my mom actually asked me to set her up on Planeshift. That will be....interesting.)
Congratulations, Jedi!
I\'ll just have to find some other way to pay for my sick mother\'s operation, I guess.
(That reminds me...my mom actually asked me to set her up on Planeshift. That will be....interesting.)
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General Discussion / Ends tomorrow?
« on: September 19, 2003, 11:11:09 pm »
aww, I don\'t wanna get disqualified for having too long of a caption. how short does it need to be?
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General Discussion / My entry
« on: September 18, 2003, 12:55:04 pm »
Moogie, I think I rebuild PS more than you. ;-) I rebuild nearly twice a week on six systems...
For screenshot 4:
\"Graduating class of BBCSU: Barnum and Bailey Circus Sideshow University. Congratulations! From right to left:
Hillbilly \"Toothless\" Gums - Proudly holding his graduation gift of a longsword to help him chop up his milk so that he can drink it. Congratulations!
Mary \"Hadalittle\" Gas - The camera flash really brought out the toxicity of her, um, gift. Conflatulations!
Lemme \"Axeyoua\" Question - This sneaky little guy spiked the punch, and boy did it hurt! Good luck!
(Behind Lemme) Edward Scissorthumbs - Edward says that he probably won\'t enter the Barnum and Bailey Sideshow profession. He\'ll be transferring to medical school, as he really is a genius of a doctor. He performed his birth (c-section). Farewell, Edward!
(Behind Edward) Darryl \"And\" Darryl - The siamese twins have long been great help as the school security guard. Darryl says he\'ll be getting married after graduation. Extra congratulations!
(Next to Lemme) - Cousin \"Malepatternbaldness\" It - This brave older man came out of retirement to represent everyone from his ethnicity.
(Far left) - Bob - Graduate with honors. Thank you for attending. *grumble*
Edit: (Fixed Italics) Moogie, what is the size limit? I know this is way too long, but I don\'t know what to trim it to.
For screenshot 4:
\"Graduating class of BBCSU: Barnum and Bailey Circus Sideshow University. Congratulations! From right to left:
Hillbilly \"Toothless\" Gums - Proudly holding his graduation gift of a longsword to help him chop up his milk so that he can drink it. Congratulations!
Mary \"Hadalittle\" Gas - The camera flash really brought out the toxicity of her, um, gift. Conflatulations!
Lemme \"Axeyoua\" Question - This sneaky little guy spiked the punch, and boy did it hurt! Good luck!
(Behind Lemme) Edward Scissorthumbs - Edward says that he probably won\'t enter the Barnum and Bailey Sideshow profession. He\'ll be transferring to medical school, as he really is a genius of a doctor. He performed his birth (c-section). Farewell, Edward!
(Behind Edward) Darryl \"And\" Darryl - The siamese twins have long been great help as the school security guard. Darryl says he\'ll be getting married after graduation. Extra congratulations!
(Next to Lemme) - Cousin \"Malepatternbaldness\" It - This brave older man came out of retirement to represent everyone from his ethnicity.
(Far left) - Bob - Graduate with honors. Thank you for attending. *grumble*
Edit: (Fixed Italics) Moogie, what is the size limit? I know this is way too long, but I don\'t know what to trim it to.
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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: September 08, 2003, 07:38:02 pm »
on that problem, occasionally you can reset the BIOS by holding one of the following keys during boot: insert, F1, F2, F10, F12, escape, delete, scroll lock, or alt-F2. however, that\'s almost guaranteed to leave the password in, since it\'s, frankly, a security thing... you\'re pretty much stuck with having to take the laptop apart and find the battery...
you *might* be able to get around it by flashing the BIOS. this is slightly risky, but if you follow the directions, you usually end up with a better system anyway, and sometimes it will clear the CMOS settings...
good luck...
-Benjamin Vander Jagt
-Proprietor, Vander Jagt Computers
-Now opening a new location!
you *might* be able to get around it by flashing the BIOS. this is slightly risky, but if you follow the directions, you usually end up with a better system anyway, and sometimes it will clear the CMOS settings...
good luck...
-Benjamin Vander Jagt
-Proprietor, Vander Jagt Computers
-Now opening a new location!
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: September 08, 2003, 07:27:46 pm »
Doh! I knew the answer, but I didn\'t get to the forums. :-( here was my hint...
\"dispite the fact that we live half a Britain apart from one another. Infact, next Sunday I\'m off to Kent for another week-long stay.\"
oh well, I probably wouldn\'t have posted b4 Abemore anyway. ;-)
and speaking of being addicted to PS, I have really not been playing for almost a month. as it turns out, God has just greatly blessed me with a storefront! I could go on and on about how extraordinary this retail spot is, but I\'ll bore you with that later. ;-)
in any case, it means that I\'m really not gonna be around for another month or two. I will probably have time to play from Friday evening to Saturday evening, tho, since that\'s the sabbath...
I\'ll try not to totally disappear, but this new store and my DLIP project require me to give up my social life.
I still plan to be here for the PS project on the 13th at 2000 hours, tho! ^_^
(Edit: 2000 GMT)
\"dispite the fact that we live half a Britain apart from one another. Infact, next Sunday I\'m off to Kent for another week-long stay.\"
oh well, I probably wouldn\'t have posted b4 Abemore anyway. ;-)
and speaking of being addicted to PS, I have really not been playing for almost a month. as it turns out, God has just greatly blessed me with a storefront! I could go on and on about how extraordinary this retail spot is, but I\'ll bore you with that later. ;-)
in any case, it means that I\'m really not gonna be around for another month or two. I will probably have time to play from Friday evening to Saturday evening, tho, since that\'s the sabbath...
I\'ll try not to totally disappear, but this new store and my DLIP project require me to give up my social life.
I still plan to be here for the PS project on the 13th at 2000 hours, tho! ^_^
(Edit: 2000 GMT)
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The Hydlaa Plaza /
« on: September 08, 2003, 05:24:38 pm »
Radeon 8500? that\'s the R200 chip, and that\'s fully supported by X... in fact, DRI supports the others, like the infamous 7500, but it takes a bit of work to install DRI...
are you currently having troubles with it? if so, you might need an AGP patch...
and yes, Slackware is good. be sure to check out Vector, which is based on Slackware. it\'s actually a bit more compatible, and at a CD size of 225MB and something like 16MB minimum required for internet usage, it\'s a very speedy Linux.
but don\'t forget FreeDOS! SEAL is supposedly getting good. it\'s still tiny, but I\'ve heard of people browsing the \'net in FreeDOS. there\'s Arachne, too, which is a DOS-based internet browser and dialer. I had to use that for a while when I was reduced to a 386-16 with 1MB RAM...browsed at 56K, too. ;-)
are you currently having troubles with it? if so, you might need an AGP patch...
and yes, Slackware is good. be sure to check out Vector, which is based on Slackware. it\'s actually a bit more compatible, and at a CD size of 225MB and something like 16MB minimum required for internet usage, it\'s a very speedy Linux.
but don\'t forget FreeDOS! SEAL is supposedly getting good. it\'s still tiny, but I\'ve heard of people browsing the \'net in FreeDOS. there\'s Arachne, too, which is a DOS-based internet browser and dialer. I had to use that for a while when I was reduced to a 386-16 with 1MB RAM...browsed at 56K, too. ;-)
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: September 07, 2003, 09:14:01 am »
/me is happy!
I love taking credit for stuff!
But actually, if you search for Anagram Generator, there are plenty of web-based tools. The tough part is sifting through the hundreds of thousands of anagrams it produces and trying to find relevant ones which you can make jokes from.
I tried Benjamin Vander Jagt in an anagram maker. I got millions of anagram.
For anyone else who likes anagrams, Gnu.org has some great anagrams (and some of my ASCII smilies).
Among my favorites:
The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
Year Two Thousand = A Year To Shut Down
Eleven Plus Two = Twelve Plus One
May my posse of nerds rejoice! = My eyes! Moogie frocks a Jeep = Yep, a comfy Moogie sees jerks = A free jock spy sees my Moogie = Yes jock spy, a Moogie frees me = See Fry? My Moogie socks a Jeep
Bwa ha ha! That was only a little distance down the list...
Dameon creepers of Missy Joy = RIP Dameon, of my recesses joy = (oh NO!) = Fierce Mr. Jose Dameon, Soy Spy! = Dameon joys, prime rosy feces
(Oh boy, the further down the list I get, the worse it gets! I\'ll just stop here.)
I love taking credit for stuff!
But actually, if you search for Anagram Generator, there are plenty of web-based tools. The tough part is sifting through the hundreds of thousands of anagrams it produces and trying to find relevant ones which you can make jokes from.
I tried Benjamin Vander Jagt in an anagram maker. I got millions of anagram.
For anyone else who likes anagrams, Gnu.org has some great anagrams (and some of my ASCII smilies).
Among my favorites:
The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
Year Two Thousand = A Year To Shut Down
Eleven Plus Two = Twelve Plus One
May my posse of nerds rejoice! = My eyes! Moogie frocks a Jeep = Yep, a comfy Moogie sees jerks = A free jock spy sees my Moogie = Yes jock spy, a Moogie frees me = See Fry? My Moogie socks a Jeep
Bwa ha ha! That was only a little distance down the list...
Dameon creepers of Missy Joy = RIP Dameon, of my recesses joy = (oh NO!) = Fierce Mr. Jose Dameon, Soy Spy! = Dameon joys, prime rosy feces
(Oh boy, the further down the list I get, the worse it gets! I\'ll just stop here.)
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General Discussion / Re: You Know You're Addicted to PlaneShift When...
« on: September 06, 2003, 01:19:16 pm »
140. You make this:
A FLESH PINT - Sounds like Shakespear\'s trying to collect a debt.
FASTEN PHIL - \'cause he\'s in for quite a ride!
ETHAN FLIPS - \'cause he wasn\'t fastened in.
SHAPEN LIFT? (\"How do I work the elevator?\") - NAH, ELF PITS
SHAPE FLINT - Flint? I thought these were *real* crystals! No wonder it takes 500 of these huge rubies to buy a $5 mug.
PENAL SHIFT - For your punishment, we have taken away all your enem
PLANET FISH - HAL PET FINS - SLAP THE FIN
HALF INSTEP - Something\'s not quite right with the way they stand.
HALF SPENT I - Hmm, there\'s a joke here...I\'m just not sure what.
HALF PETS IN - Err, that would be the Enkidukai, I guess. Or maybe Krans represent pet rocks.
HALF STEP IN - And only a quarter make it back out.
FLASH INEPT - I just get a puzzle piece when I visit the homepage.
FLASH PET IN - And there\'s probably a dirty joke here...just not sure what.
HELP FAINTS - What?! You want me to build CEL from CVS? *faint*
HE SPIT FLAN - It was his first time trying it. It\'s an acquired taste.
FLAP THE SIN - Hmm. Any ideas?
FLAT HE SPIN - Wheee, mouselook.
FAN HELPS IT - When the players become developers.
FAST HELP IN - Slow, exhausted help out.
AH ELF PINTS - Ooh, is it blood? NAH, ELF SPIT
AH FELT SPIN - Good ol\' Mouselook
PATHS ELFIN - or IN ELFS PATH
Giladrial HAS LEFT NIP in the bong by the blacksmith\'s
SPINAL HEFT - It comes from sitting in a chair with a keyboard on your lap, your spine all out of alignment, and lack of exercise.
THIEF PLANS - The thief plans to steal the source code.
FISHNET LAP - Wow! Okay, no joke needed here.
SPLAT HE FIN - Nooo! Fall damage has been enabled!!
TAN ELF SHIP - Which reached the outer wall, only to find that it\'s not a real universe at all...it\'s a game.
TAN HELPS IF - you\'re one of those red guys.
HI ELF PANTS - No wait, those are my pants you\'re trying to put on.
A FLESH PINT - Sounds like Shakespear\'s trying to collect a debt.
FASTEN PHIL - \'cause he\'s in for quite a ride!
ETHAN FLIPS - \'cause he wasn\'t fastened in.
SHAPEN LIFT? (\"How do I work the elevator?\") - NAH, ELF PITS
SHAPE FLINT - Flint? I thought these were *real* crystals! No wonder it takes 500 of these huge rubies to buy a $5 mug.
PENAL SHIFT - For your punishment, we have taken away all your enem
PLANET FISH - HAL PET FINS - SLAP THE FIN
HALF INSTEP - Something\'s not quite right with the way they stand.
HALF SPENT I - Hmm, there\'s a joke here...I\'m just not sure what.
HALF PETS IN - Err, that would be the Enkidukai, I guess. Or maybe Krans represent pet rocks.
HALF STEP IN - And only a quarter make it back out.
FLASH INEPT - I just get a puzzle piece when I visit the homepage.
FLASH PET IN - And there\'s probably a dirty joke here...just not sure what.
HELP FAINTS - What?! You want me to build CEL from CVS? *faint*
HE SPIT FLAN - It was his first time trying it. It\'s an acquired taste.
FLAP THE SIN - Hmm. Any ideas?
FLAT HE SPIN - Wheee, mouselook.
FAN HELPS IT - When the players become developers.
FAST HELP IN - Slow, exhausted help out.
AH ELF PINTS - Ooh, is it blood? NAH, ELF SPIT
AH FELT SPIN - Good ol\' Mouselook
PATHS ELFIN - or IN ELFS PATH
Giladrial HAS LEFT NIP in the bong by the blacksmith\'s
SPINAL HEFT - It comes from sitting in a chair with a keyboard on your lap, your spine all out of alignment, and lack of exercise.
THIEF PLANS - The thief plans to steal the source code.
FISHNET LAP - Wow! Okay, no joke needed here.
SPLAT HE FIN - Nooo! Fall damage has been enabled!!
TAN ELF SHIP - Which reached the outer wall, only to find that it\'s not a real universe at all...it\'s a game.
TAN HELPS IF - you\'re one of those red guys.
HI ELF PANTS - No wait, those are my pants you\'re trying to put on.