Math is awesome
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/glaie l-gamer/insect-fractal

Math I didn't enjoy in school at all and purposely slacked off. Ended up in Math 10 Daily and eventually Math 11 Essentials (Dummy math in Canada). I liked the art classes, PE, lunch, and the end of the day. Their was not much in school I liked. The entire thing was a negative experience.

Anyway I still dislike math and discovered that shortly after graduation I'm not the only one who decided to try with effort to not do math. My friends and I refuse math and use calculators or wait for one of us in the group who doesn't to do the math. Even when I do math to program I have the calculator open. Even easy things like 8 X 7 I do on the calculator cause I'd rather not waste the front stage thinking on small things while I'm trying to balance what I'm doing and all the thoughts in the back-brain.

A final thing about school I disliked. I was squeezed through cracks by teachers, had fake letters written by my parents, and eventually sat on my ass and was babied all the way through school until I was graduated. Where I come from you don't try to graduate. It looks too bad for 'em so they just keep sqeezin' ya through to the next year and put ya in classes even if ya failed the prereq the year before - they'd rarely check and rarely give a shit.

Now where most would love a system to get you through there were horrible effects. No teacher took the time to explain anything to me, I don't feel I actually learned that much, I forgot most stuff during summer break anyway except for basic stuff. But anyway from being squeezed through I'm a slacker in Uni with no skills from my entire 12 grads of schooling and have slim chance to "find a path" like most people. Though thats just how it feels to me. My sister bugs me saying I'm smart so maybe I've just perceived the entire this way and I'm just not aware of the skills I learned in grads K - 12.

Aldous Huxley I think is quoted saying he learned more a few hours high on Peyote or Mescaline then he did 4 years in Harvard. I haven't been to Harvard, but damn here's right.

At 11/16/09 11:09 AM, Deadclever23 died, his will said:

At 11/16/09 07:03 AM, CloudEater wrote: Yea!! When me and her were still mods she was very helpful when I was unsure what to do with a certain users who was misbehaving.

Just figured out who you are. You're Tom Fulp.
So Wade finally kicked you out of your own company. Shame. Oh well, can I have an autograph?

No I'm not. I wanna know what will happen when the admins get too old to be admins.
Is Tom's son going to take over the lead role here?

At 11/17/09 02:54 AM, CloudEater wrote: No I'm not. I wanna know what will happen when the admins get too old to be admins.
Is Tom's son going to take over the lead role here?

I bet tom's son won't even be interested in flash

Newgrounds; and its contribution to procrastination

This is completely my fault, however, I've noticed when I'm working on a flash project I always start posting on the BBS. I've been inactive for a couple of months now but suddenly I have the urge to lurk the flash forum. It's quite an odd habit and perhaps indicative of the rudimentary issue that causes my projects to, time after time, fall short of success.

At 11/16/09 05:21 PM, The-Super-Flash-Bros wrote: Sadly not possible :( I'd recommend Kuler though, really helps with that kind of colour selection. Added bonus: it's built into Flash CS4 as a panel.

Tom-

I second that. Kuler is a nice little palette chooser to have around.

I'll also throw this one out there. It's just way too easy to look at a bunch of colours and make your decisions and save them. It really helps break out of that 200 or so colours they give you on the primary swatch palette in Flash.

At 11/17/09 09:55 AM, Deathcon7 wrote: Newgrounds; and its contribution to procrastination

This is completely my fault, however, I've noticed when I'm working on a flash project I always start posting on the BBS.

I do the exact same thing.

looks like everyone had a nice long look at this.

http://www.skytopia.com/project/fractal/
mandelbulb.html

It's boss hog. Believe.

Still, since the lounge is heavily populated by our friends in the UK, I would like to ask them, specifically, what they think of AMC's new 're-imagining' of 'The Prisoner'.

I despise it, though I absolve Sir Ian McKellen of all wrongdoing. I think he's the shit. It's like they really never watched the old series at all, and that is their loss.

Also...Palm Pre needs to die for using 'Doot Doot' by Freur to slang celly tellys. You bitches should be ashamed.

At 11/16/09 11:01 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Math is awesome
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/glaie l-gamer/insect-fractal

That's pretty amazing. All I've made is a zoomable Manelbrot set renderer, but I've not contemplated creating new fractals, especially 3D ones. I think you've inspired me :D

Mini Fulp

I can just imagine in 15 years, mini Fulp yelling at his mum and dad and quitting the family business to fulfill his dream of become a office supplies manager.

OR him and Tom go around dressed in purple chainsawing everyone.

My god
(nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcXvqiho 4w

I couldn't decide if it was funny, disgusting or awesome. One of the most WTF videos I've seen in a while

At 11/17/09 05:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: My god
(nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcXvqiho 4w

I couldn't decide if it was funny, disgusting or awesome. One of the most WTF videos I've seen in a while

That was the weirdest thing I've seen on youtube since it launched. That was amazing.

At 11/17/09 05:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: I couldn't decide if it was funny, disgusting or awesome. One of the most WTF videos I've seen in a while

Go for the third. Amazing beyond belief.

Also, the Geordie picture is brilliant. Though my friend didn't get the reference.

At 11/17/09 05:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: My god
(nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcXvqiho 4w

I couldn't decide if it was funny, disgusting or awesome. One of the most WTF videos I've seen in a while

already downloaded it. can't be on youtube that long. or maybe not as long as that age confirmation is enough

BT ARE SHITE

They are. I've had Internet with them for about 8 weeks and it's already gone down 5 times. Once every 8 months is unexceptable, so I'm really fucked off. I'm gonna phone them tomorrow and proper kick off because this is way out of hand. If you don't turn up for work you'd get the sack.

What I need from you guys is some stuff to say. Like, "your company is a joke", "we've paid you for a service you've not delivered, refund plz", "your mother is a whore", etc etc.

In other news I'm posting this from my iPhone (lol I'm so kewl) and I won £75 in s pub quiz tonight.

At 11/17/09 05:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: My god
(nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcXvqiho 4w

I couldn't decide if it was funny, disgusting or awesome. One of the most WTF videos I've seen in a while

Hahaha that was so awesome. Best pixel animation ever.

Another kind of wtf video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQpcO8x6N NY

At 11/17/09 08:37 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: What I need from you guys is some stuff to say. Like, "your company is a joke", "we've paid you for a service you've not delivered, refund plz", "your mother is a whore", etc etc.

If my cable internet goes out for more than 5 minutes, I call them up and paraphrase the following.

"I take online courses and do business online. I trust your company to provide me a service that allows me to do that. Your service has gone down, and now it is costing me money and potentially putting my education at risk"

I generally get a few free months out of the deal.

At 11/17/09 08:37 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: BT ARE SHITE

They are. I've had Internet with them for about 8 weeks and it's already gone down 5 times. Once every 8 months is unexceptable, so I'm really fucked off. I'm gonna phone them tomorrow and proper kick off because this is way out of hand. If you don't turn up for work you'd get the sack.

What I need from you guys is some stuff to say. Like, "your company is a joke", "we've paid you for a service you've not delivered, refund plz", "your mother is a whore", etc etc.

In other news I'm posting this from my iPhone (lol I'm so kewl) and I won £75 in s pub quiz tonight.

True that, regarding their stupid home-hub router (best connection in Britain.....yeah right! Whatever), well it seems I am always restarting the thing. It just dies.

On some days it's great on others I must restart it at least 3 or more times. thank god they placed a big restart button on the side, otherwise I would have chucked it out ages ago.

Internet sucking

This conversation has quickly turned into the four yorkshire men but with internet connections.

BT don't give a shit how bad their service is because you have no choice but to pay them! (I'm reffering to line rental in general)

Was on my first ever job interview today :) It was for a PHP developer position, and I think it went well, but I will have to keep my fingers crossed until they call me up in a couple of days.

It's really hard to type with your fingers crossed :(

At 11/18/09 05:46 PM, knugen wrote: Was on my first ever job interview today :) It was for a PHP developer position, and I think it went well, but I will have to keep my fingers crossed until they call me up in a couple of days.

It's really hard to type with your fingers crossed :(

im perertty su8re nit must bwe :D

Yeah, it really is...

At 11/18/09 05:46 PM, knugen wrote: It's really hard to type with your fingers crossed :(

You should probably get a bigger keyboard. That's what I had to do.

Hi Housemates

This is to inform you that LANDLORD may be visiting the property (depending on how previous appointments go) on Thursday 19 November at 6.45 - 7.45 pm to show round prospective tenants for next year.

We have keys and will unlock and relock rooms where necessary. The visitors will be accompanied at all times.

If you could have the house nice and tidy this will speed up the sale and minimise any disruption to you.

Many thanks.
LANDLORD

"We have keys and will unlock and relock rooms where necessary, because remember, you have no privacy".

Holy fuck this is gonna be good; "don't move in, this house is shit" is essentially what I'm gonna say. I'm also tempted to make the house a mess, because, quite frankly, no part of that email was endearing. In fact most of it was just offensive.

In other news, I'm glad that you lot have worse interwebs than me! Well, by glad I mean I'm sorry for you, but it makes me feel better! :P

Good luck knugen with your pcp job. I also got a job recently. My first freelancer job. A company called Oak is paying me £12h/r to make some flash banners.

I've totally made it.

Also for those who care (i.e. no one) I phone BT and proper kicked off.

"We're sorry for the down time, we have our best engineers working on it".

Bullshit.

At 11/17/09 05:07 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: My god

I'm going to have to say it is a combination of funny and awesome, just because on a disgusting scale, there are things many times more disgusting out there, even on youtube I'm sure. Plus it's pixel art, how disgusting can it get?

that's rhetorical...

Speaking on internet problems, my router croaked in some mysterious way yesterday, got a new one today, can't transmit up two flights from the basement to my room, WTF. I know little to nothing about the workings of routers, modems, and internets, but seriously, it can't be that hard to make shit that works. They claim it has a distance of 600ft, maybe that's if it's 600 feet of open space.

At 11/19/09 05:31 AM, hdxmike wrote: Also who gets the feeling that LARRY ep 1 isnt going to be one of those temporary #1s ?

I just watched it, it's not bad.. but it's definitely not great :S

I've got the first few seconds of my 5 Shades of Orange entry up today, so I figured I'd post it here for comments and such since lots of people check this thread.

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/3009/380 13_5ShadesOrange_JKR.php

At 11/19/09 11:18 AM, notwasimthatsforsure wrote: BIG NEWS

ok so im workin on an animation project for school and ive already
FINISHED my animation i actually had 2 weeks the time

but eh fuck it i got other projects waiting for me

this is my animation btw

I bet the school is going to love that! :P

At 11/19/09 05:31 AM, hdxmike wrote: Appaerrently ( i saw on discovery channel) one day there will be wirless internet stations that will give wifi to areas the size of england and it will come out of our tax D: but i dont mind :D

You shouldn't take the Discovery channel seriously, they exaggerate and sensationalize for effect and entertainment (it's why Mythbusters is such a good show. It wouldn't be nearly as entertaining if they didn't escalate every 'myth' to biblical proportions and blow stuff up).

90% of "futurist ideas" you have right now will be phased out by something better before they come to fruition.

You know like in the 70s they were all like "Ya in the future there'll be video phones instead of normal telephones". Guess what, we hvae cellphones and internet, and nobody really cares about videophones any more.

At 11/19/09 11:18 AM, notwasimthatsforsure wrote: BIG NEWS

ok so im workin on an animation project for school and ive already
FINISHED my animation i actually had 2 weeks the time

but eh fuck it i got other projects waiting for me

this is my animation btw

that's pretty cool, wasim