The Draft

I just wrote a four page paper on why I would support the draft(a non-traditional Israel-esque version specifically) and I'm somewhat pleased with my work. I almost feel like posting it in general or something.

I think the highlight of the paper is when I quoted Fight Club.

RE: Books on Animation

My all-time-favorite flash animation book is: Flash 8 for Dummies. It's ace :D

Gust UOTD
Woo gust. Congrats XD

Torrents

At 4/1/07 09:33 PM, MethodMinus wrote: So yesterday I got a bit torrent thing, as I mentioned, and I picked a few things to download. Now this one movie had like no seeds but for some reason I was curious. Took hours to download and once it finishes its a 30 second clip that you need a license to play.

you one of those fake porn sex tapes didn't u..

you muppet.. learn how to use torrents :P

Click

Rather good movie i thought.

Books on animation

i don't have any, but since my bro did some courses at uni i now have a few books on grapphcis and random stuff though :P

Wide screen

what looks best, a swf with a widescreen resolution or a swf with a 4:3 resolution but with black borders put on?

UOTD

Shazam!

At 4/2/07 02:18 AM, ShortMonkey wrote: Gust thinks its efficient, and it works and makes them make better flashes. I definitely agree with you, its getting quiet.

I think I'm too smart for you to have any idea of what I think. Five percent of new people that post here have the capacity to be creative on such a level they wouldn't be wasting time with Flash.
I've made like, what, five mistakes of the multiple hundreds I've gtfoed?
Don't be concerned with the user-of-the-day thing, if someone new would notice it he would express it and have it explained.
:P

Sorry if I annoyed you with the stuff I was saying it was just really slow when I was on and I noticed you got UOTD so I decided to make some comments on it. No harm meant.

I'm too cool to be annoyed. :D

At 4/2/07 07:24 AM, GustTheASGuy wrote: I'm too cool to be annoyed. :D

Cool people never get annoyed.

Hitler was never cool.

At 4/1/07 09:33 PM, MethodMinus wrote: So yesterday I got a bit torrent thing, as I mentioned, and I picked a few things to download. Now this one movie had like no seeds but for some reason I was curious. Took hours to download and once it finishes its a 30 second clip that you need a license to play.

Check the filesize first, if it's less than a GB and a DVD, it's no movie. Check your download speed (less than 50-100 kB/s for a movie, don't bother). And use a tracker where comments are allowed, and check what people have to say about it.

At 4/2/07 04:30 AM, Lord-Sonx wrote: Click

Rather good movie i thought.

It is a sad, sad day for humanity...

RE: The draft

At 4/2/07 04:05 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: Care to explain what 'the draft' is to us not so.... world savvy?

If it hadn't of been for that fight club thing - i'd have thought it'd be you expressing your love for air conditioning or something.

Sometimes I forget how many people here aren't American. The draft is when the US government forcefully recruits people into the military in a time of need. The last draft was back in the Vietnam Era and it was so unpopular that no politician would enact it today. The problem is that our all volunteer army doesn't have the man power to both protect our interests at home and abroad.

Something similar to the way Israel has all citizens join the military at a certain age would not only give us a near limitless supply of troops for defense and humanitarian needs(the kinds of things we least credited with but still are expected to do) and greatly impact American society(for the better most likely). If nothing else, having so many people serve in the military would solve our obesity problems.

At 4/2/07 11:26 AM, MethodMinus wrote: RE: The draft

At 4/2/07 04:05 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote:

Sometimes I forget how many people here aren't American. The draft is when the US government forcefully recruits people into the military in a time of need.

We call that "conscription". The UK will call up it's young people to fight if another World War breaks out too. Don't worry...

Something similar to the way Israel has all citizens join the military at a certain age would not only give us a near limitless supply of troops for defense and humanitarian needs

Not all people in the armed forces need to be fighters. Plenty of opportunity for national service without needing weapons training. Friends in Greece have to serve it, and they simply have desk jobs in logistics, thanks to spending five years over here learning a computer animating trade and getting thier Masters.

I don't like the idea of National Service or conscription. But then again, I know I'd fail physical tests for front line combat, and have skills better suited for computer administration. Oh... and having a Bachelors Degree helps...

Hmm... actually, another major war in Europe would probably solve a lot of the UK's chav problem...

At 4/2/07 11:26 AM, MethodMinus wrote:

Sometimes I forget how many people here aren't American.

Well I'm learning something new..

The draft is when the US government forcefully recruits people into the military in a time of need.

Evil them..

The last draft was back in the Vietnam Era and it was so unpopular that no politician would enact it today.

oh... how could it be popular? they we forcing people to kill/die

The problem is that our all volunteer army doesn't have the man power to both protect our interests at home and abroad.

nobody wants to kill/die
well maybe kill yes..

Something similar to the way Israel has all citizens join the military at a certain age would not only give us a near limitless supply of troops for defense and humanitarian needs

Humanitarian needs?
lol, here when a male turn 18 he picks a ball, if its white he does military service on saturdays the whole year, if its black he doesnt, but in war he'll be the irst to go, its plainly luck..as if there was war on mexico...

and greatly impact American society(for the better most likely).

Well, yeah, there may be less crimes i guess.

If nothing else, having so many people serve in the military would solve our obesity problems.

Good point. I loed at it.

Draft
You know, guys, there's countries that force citizens to be part of the military at a certain age. I feel satisfied with our current situation.

At 3/30/07 02:07 AM, ShortMonkey wrote:

At 3/30/07 02:01 AM, Vengeance wrote: Then don't try and help out...

Agreed.

Also, you constantly spam with pointless shit...

Erm... I didn't realise that. :(

noob.

Thank you, that is all I wanted to say.

At 4/2/07 11:39 AM, PinkSkull wrote: oh... how could it be popular? they we forcing people to kill/die

I dunno. It was fairly popular in our country when the rest of Europe was under control of the Axis...

Click
Stupid thing about it was that any device with an auto-fast-forward function would also have an option to switch it off. For that reason i didnt like it.
I liked when the kids toy gets crushed.

So I actually like KingBen now. http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 0683
Neat gradients (Look from the bottom). :3

All My Files Are gone :(:(

Every single .fla, .doc, .as, photoshop, image or photo i've ever had, gone :(. XP decided it was missing a critical file, so i had to reinstall it, and in the proccess, i lost all my files, even though it assured me i wouldn't >:(.

So i'm pretty pissed at the moment. Almopst 2 years of work, thetutorialcollab, depredationdesigns, virtual psp, all my as, everything, gone forever.

King-Ben's Masterpiece

At 4/2/07 01:23 PM, GustTheASGuy wrote: So I actually like KingBen now. http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 0683
Neat gradients (Look from the bottom). :3

Wow, that's done in Flash? Neat.
...And then, of course, subarufreak ruins the thread. Again.

Happened to me twice. Which reminds me, I was going to write an uber-deadly virus sometime to sabotage Windows some. Anyone got any ideas?

At 4/2/07 11:26 AM, MethodMinus wrote: RE: The draft

At 4/2/07 04:05 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: Care to explain what 'the draft' is to us not so.... world savvy?

If it hadn't of been for that fight club thing - i'd have thought it'd be you expressing your love for air conditioning or something.

Alot of stuuf about the draft that I can't quote all of it =D

The draft is actually considered unconstitutional now and would take alot of work in order to get it re-instated. The only good thing a draft or forced service could bring is a lack of willingness to blindly go to war. cough*iraq*cough. Personally I believe if a volunteer army can get the job done, then forced enlistment is a little, you know, pointless. Not to start a political battle, but honestly with the current administration, i'd rather not give them more troops to play with.

It's been a while since i posted,

I was reading some of subaru freeks posts and how hasn't he been banned, it seems he posts everyday and every single time its abusive or in someway insulting kingben, (I don't htink he knwos how to handle himself either but at leaste he's trying).

But, that is a nice trace job, but to me it still is a trace, which just takes time and patience. The coloring on the other hand, is spot on and that takes alot of work =P

At 4/2/07 01:41 PM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Happened to me twice. Which reminds me, I was going to write an uber-deadly virus sometime to sabotage Windows some. Anyone got any ideas?

Install and run hijackthis. Copy the log out, and get it taken to the Castle Cops Hijack This Forum

They will give you step by step directions on how to remove any viruses or spyware from your computer for free, and will eliminate incredibly difficult problems that your antivirus can't get rid of.

Oh no, a virus is not a problem for me. Windows is. >:C

At 4/2/07 02:20 PM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Oh no, a virus is not a problem for me. Windows is. >:C

Oh blah, never mind then. I fresh install of windows will do the trick most of the time, unless its a hardware issue. Try that for starters, make sure you back up your life's work on a storage media.

Does anyone wanna play chess? I don't feel like doing anything else at the moment. D:

Lesson of the Day:

Never try to use Acne-Blemishing Treatment cream for like a pimple on your face. I just tried it and it like burned away my face. I literally thought I was dying, I was running around the house screaming -- "AH, MY FACE IS BURNING! I'M DYING... I'M ON FIRE!"

My parents just looked at me like I was crazy. It literally burns your face away for like 10 minutes.

It's better now -- BUT never put too much on. Just deal with the pimple -___- I guess.

Burning them away HURTS...fucking treatment cream.

I can't stand pimples though..or anything thats on my face -- I'm so self-conscious that everyone is looking at me just because of it. Ah I'm such a loser.

What do you guys think?

Everyone is a looser or a geek in their own respect. I wouldn't worry about it.

<3

Lesson of the Day

Can't say I've ever tried the stuff myself. I am sure I never will now :P

Make a fake Rock Band

Just read this not too long ago. Being a Guitar Hero fan, I am in love with this idea, and think that if it's done good, it will be an amazing game, especially if you have everyone playing in the same room.

I expect someone to say "Learn play the real thing" which I am trying (for guitar), but this will probably be awesome nonetheless.

At 4/2/07 03:45 PM, CrazyChihuahua wrote: Lesson of the Day

Can't say I've ever tried the stuff myself. I am sure I never will now :P

It hurts like hell. I was literally doing "stop, drop, and roll" for like...10 minutes :P

RE: Make a fake Rock Band

Guitar hero is pretty fun for the first 5 times of playing it -- well for me. I liked playing it and all but I soon got bored with it. Probably because I was basically horrible at it. I'm gonna stick to my dancing skills in Dance Dance Revolution rather than my Instrumental department.

;)