glaiel, a way i found to stop jittering like that supposing you are just using impulses, is to set a threshold so that when th relative velocity is small enough, you apply smaller impulses than are otherwise needed, and allow penetration to occur that is then fixed ofcourse by the projection, but overall it stops the jittering.

Bull fighting
Last night I was watching "when good times go bad" followed by "when good pets go bad" lol just got sky. Anyway, there was alot of injuries with bull fighting, but i never felt sorry for the people who got trampled or stabbed by the bulls horns. They agrovate the animal then ride it..

In mexico the riders wear spurs so that they can dig into the flesh of the animal to help them stay on, i mean wtf.

donkey sex
On a lighter note, there was this guy who desided to take a piss in some feild and his mates thought it would be a laugh to record him with his trousers down, anyway.. This donkey got pissed that he was on his teratory and so he started chasing him and then tried to mate with him. "Luckily he survived, AMAZING"

At 7/22/07 12:38 AM, Luis wrote: thought itd be fun to give these away at comic con.

btw if you did a luis day thing PM me your address i'll send you sum.

I want me one of those :P Does that offer apply outside the US?

At 7/22/07 08:02 AM, Paranoia wrote: I want me one of those :P Does that offer apply outside the US?

Already answered, Luis doesn't mind posting outside of USA.

Dreaded BlueScreen

Recently, I was updating my .fla file for my Apocalypse collab, when my computer started to freeze. Wise guy(me), thought maybe I should shut down the computer and just restart it when I turn it back on, since it was already saved.

Soon after trying to restart my PC, this fucking error came up. The Windows Blue Screen, I tried numerous attempts on what to do to fix this, but I really don't quite know how. I can't access any of my files nor log on my computer under Safemode. I go directly to that fucking Blue Screen.

I'm currently on my father's computer, hopefully he won't bug out on me. I have my computer currently unplugged and shut down until further notice. Ugh.

Here's a screen shot though. Can anyone please help me? I don't want any files gone :( I have alot of important work on this damn computer.

At 7/22/07 08:05 AM, Vengeance wrote:

At 7/22/07 08:02 AM, Paranoia wrote: I want me one of those :P Does that offer apply outside the US?

Already answered, Luis doesn't mind posting outside of USA.

Hot dog!

At 7/22/07 07:32 AM, fuzz wrote: Bull fighting

Haha I saw some pictures in The Age and most of the people were drinking. Then suddenly the bull jumped over the rails and full on ploughed into some small kid. OWNED.

At 7/22/07 04:13 AM, dELtaluca wrote: glaiel, a way i found to stop jittering like that supposing you are just using impulses, is to set a threshold so that when th relative velocity is small enough, you apply smaller impulses than are otherwise needed, and allow penetration to occur that is then fixed ofcourse by the projection, but overall it stops the jittering.

Nice. Next time on MSN i need to talk to you, because after a while I just sorta guessed on the physics and how to find the collision point, which might be a problem becayse it always finds the collision point as one of the verticees of one of the polygons. I know there's probably a better way but this method seemed pretty fast when I was making it.

TV Nostalgia (sp?)

Any british people (not sure if it was on in the US) remember El Nombre? The mexican mouse thing that would catch baddies and also teach people maths? That was such a great program.

Heres a picture to jog your memory:

At 7/22/07 10:57 AM, Gi-go wrote: Homophobia

I think you have a very long road ahead regarding conquering stereotypes but alas that topic is over now.

Any interesting userpages out there?
I noticed some people are really taking a cool approach to making the most out of their userpage regarding their blogs, I wandered into Mindchambers post that BoMToons referred us to a few pages back and it was cool because it turned into this long conversation i had with him and realized we had alot in common.. so in a way the userpage was a stepping stone to understand someone i probably would have otherwise not understood if not for the simple post that initiated it.

You notice anyone else's userpage that was particularly interesting?
I was on Denvish's userpage and it was kind of interesting to read about someone going out there and roughing it with nature.. made me want to get out more.. im so sheltered in big city life...

RE: Any interesting userpages out there

One userpage that really interests me is Ross's. Not particularly his last post, but his first post. He talked about a few of the technologies used in the redesign, which is really cool to read about. He said he'll be talking more about the inner-workings and coding methods used for the site which I really want to here about.

So yeah, I guess if you're a geek you should probably check out Ross's userpage every so often :)

What's happened to Newgrounds? D:
Everything is all weird and stuff :O

At 7/22/07 11:55 AM, ArthurGhostly wrote: I just hope we don't start to see "Post this in 10 profile responses within the next x minutes - or your mum will die." - they're like... the main reason I hate the youtube community.

I saw that last week and thought exactly the same thing as you :P.

At 7/22/07 12:30 PM, Claxor wrote: What's happened to Newgrounds? D:
Everything is all weird and stuff :O

That's just the weed kicking in, trippy isn't it?

P.

At 7/22/07 12:30 PM, Claxor wrote: What's happened to Newgrounds? D:
Everything is all weird and stuff :O

The Pokemon evolved. It now knows Hyper Beam.

I can sense a Splash Attack coming on now... :/

I mainly dislike YouTube because of the lax attitude towards stealing videos. I mean, there's this guy who does as few cool WoW related things so I use the search bar to find some of his stuff, only to get like eighteen users all with exactly the same video, most of them with several thousand views. It's not even like Flash where you can have an effective link to your website and some tracking code inside the video. That annoys me.

The chain letters are bad too. I mean, I kinda admire whoever started them since it's a pretty good idea for making idiots out of a load to twelve year olds, but the appalling sentence structure in most of them just makes my eyes bleed. "omg i am v gost of bd gramer, if u do no2 paest ths in 10 vidios in 5 minuts 2hen i will rip ur face of, if u do 2hen ur drems wil cum tru!!!".

Reputations

So, I've been thinking a bit about how easy reputations are to manipulate. I figured I'd throw this here since a lot of the Flash community involves dealing with people we don't get to see face to face, especially when it comes to sponsorships and stuff.

All it takes is for someone to suggest something, and you get thinking "Hey, maybe that extra money I got given in that competition wasn't so altruistic. Maybe it was an investment..." Or when somebody feels they're being under-sponsored for something - it's entirely a matter of personal judgement whether to view it as a total rip-off an get the site boycotted, or to just think that maybe the guys who looked at your game just didn't personally like it, or maybe they're a little short on funds at the moment; sure there could be no reason to assume that they're untrustworthy. Or take the thing about sponsors co-authors; the way you personally look at it is what determines whether it's just another cynical attempt to get more hits, or just some guy thinking: "Well, Tom's put this great system out there; why not ask about using it? It'll probably make things look more professional, and it makes it easier to keep track of things."

Sometimes it seems like a huge reputation is entirely reliant on somebody choosing whether or not to give the benefit of the doubt.

If anyone is interested in making a new game, check out my thread.

DAMMMN I need get rid of some of this desire for creativity :(

it involves penguins killing each other.... you know you want to.

Not that I read the books, but anyone spoiling the ending should get a perma-ban. I wonder how safe it is for Harry Potter fans that haven't read the book yet to wander 'round the internet.

To Spoilers goes the Ban
Ban for the rest of the summer for anyone spoiling shit... if you want to spoil the harry potter book, go make a thread in general forum. I'm serious dont even think about it.
I dont read harry potter but i know some people who are going to tear the world apart if you ruin their livelihood and this thread is not going to harbor dickheads who think they are being 'cute'.
Dont even joke about it, consider it as bad as a bomb threat.

-L

At 7/22/07 04:55 PM, Luis wrote: To Spoilers goes the Ban
Ban for the rest of the summer for anyone spoiling shit... if you want to spoil the harry potter book, go make a thread in general forum. I'm serious dont even think about it.
I dont read harry potter but i know some people who are going to tear the world apart if you ruin their livelihood and this thread is not going to harbor dickheads who think they are being 'cute'.
Dont even joke about it, consider it as bad as a bomb threat.

-L

Rhats happening on every site. I HATE Harry Potter. I really do. The movies just about reach below average on the score table in my mind >:(

I really don't like reading books too much.. Though I got pretty interested in Harry Potter. Thats like the only thing a read..

The 5th Harry Potter movie wasn't very good, but the fourth one I liked.

At 7/22/07 04:55 PM, Luis wrote: To Spoilers goes the Ban

I dont read harry potter

Sure you don't... sure you don't.
But ya I know some people who would flip a shit if someone ruined the ending for them.
Amazing how into those things people get.

At 7/22/07 04:55 PM, Luis wrote: To Spoilers goes the Ban

I must say, that's a pretty incredible achievement for an author whose fans can break down crying after someone reveals the ending. Either that, or they're mad because they just wasted hours of their time reading the stupid thing (like me; I could have been doing Flash). :P

Thanks Luis, since I'm not getting the book anytime soon and i do read harry potter, tho i dont mind much being spoiled, the fun is reading yourself how eveyrthing happened, and yeah the 5th movie sucked, but still i like the books a lot. :)

I'll be gone this week, cya.

I got tempted to star a chain on the profiles, but i've greputation of being a good user to keep, so i'm not doing it.. :)

At 7/22/07 05:19 PM, hashbrown wrote: OMG DUMBELDORE DIES!!!

lol that would be great, every book at the end they kill every important character then in the next book they get resurected then killed again. What a plot :D

Holy crap the third page... i've been watching this sink and was wondering if anyone else was gonna save it.

At 7/23/07 12:57 AM, Ertyguy wrote: Holy crap the third page... i've been watching this sink and was wondering if anyone else was gonna save it.

Everybody wanted to let it sink in what a twat you made of yourself above.
(Loser).
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Re:Tattoo's

The reason I was enqiuring about tattoos is because when i'm 18 I am wantin' to get this on me. I dont know which yet, the one on the left is the old badge, and the right is the new one, just been made. Im still considering the old badge, despite it being the old badge, because that is the one I know - i've grown up with that one and all the times ive been to the villa or worn a shirt it has had this on.

The new one is (for the club) to represent their new future under a new manager & owner, however I dunno, although it's going to be the one that sticks, and its representing new times - the ideals behind it are a little tacky. They are promoting it to much.

Am probably planning to only get the lion of either.

At 7/23/07 01:25 AM, Mogly wrote: Am probably planning to only get the lion of either.

If you're only getting the lion, I'd say go with the old one. Not only does it (in my opinion) look better and more fierce, it's the design you know and (obviously) love. You said yourself you grew up with the old design, so you know what that one represents. I don't know what the last 2 letters stand for in the new one, and don't really know what the AVFC is (and I don't know how much it could change with new ownership), but you obviously like the old one, and perhaps you won't like the new one and what it represents as much in a month, 2 months, a year, or however long.

Just thought: Does the FC stand for 'Fitness Club'?

Also, just saw the ad for the Realjock gay fitness forum for the first time. Definitely not the RPG ones I'm used to :P

At 7/23/07 01:25 AM, Gi-go wrote: Taking a Break From Flash

Most of you wont care but, I'm considering taking a break from flash and newgrounds for a while after I release my next movie in early August. I think ive been too consumed in it, and its starting to really stress me out instead of be some fun hobby. I think I'm going to pursue music, which I've always wanted to do, but just dont have the time to focus on it.

What do you guys think?

What instrument do you play... if you don't already play one picking up an instrument can be frustrating... especially if its your first one.

I found a piece of paper from 2 years ago of mine

In shit handwriting it says "Good ideas I'll forget"
most of them were actually bad ideas untill I cam across an idea for a game that just clicked, won't give away anything till I've started but I'm just glad something I've found something I've genuinly wanted to do, as recently I've forced myself to make bad ideas just to be making something, and then I just never end up finishing them beyond basic art and engine.

I'm also going to finish something that I find terrible just for the hell of it, haven't submitted anything in a while and what was supposed to take 3 days between a friend and me has gotten put off for several months.
Fuck it, I'll do it myself =D

Anyone else found old slips of paper, who knows what you don't remember =P

At 7/23/07 01:50 AM, CrazyChihuahua wrote:

At 7/23/07 01:25 AM, Mogly wrote: Am probably planning to only get the lion of either.

Just thought: Does the FC stand for 'Fitness Club'?

Yeah that's it, Aston Villa Fitness Club. It's my local gym see.

I bigged up the old badge a little more than nessecary, it's not to much of a big deal, they are still the same club, and I actually prefer the look of the new one. I dont know.

Re:music // what do you guys think
Sounds like a good idea Next2Nothing. Maybe that's what wears us all out, just being here to much and being around it to much. I bet getting into much would be a quality way to spend the summer.

I have a guitar but have never learnt to play it. Would really like to, so maybe I should too..

Re: I found a piece of paper from 2 years ago of mine

Hah yeah I do that too. You can look at some and think how naive and silly they are, but then others you realise they are great ideas, and it was definetly wrth taking the time. Nostalgia either way