Cool stuff you've found on the web

Post by **Ameena** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:57 am

Ohh never mind...1862 now, wootage

. I think I can safely say I'm starting to get a bit good at it now

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Post by **linflas** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:14 pm

next year on ps3... a nice trailer for a rally game.
http://www.gametrailers.com/download.ph ... ype=wmv&f= (warning : big size!)

there are many other vids from E3 convention, i recommend KillZone for Gambit37 and FPS lovers

http://www.gametrailers.com/e3_2k5_ps3. ... r=&start=0

Post by **Gambit37** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:34 pm

Eh? I'm not obsessed with FPS's! Where'd you get that idea?

Post by **linflas** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:27 pm

got it when i saw your avatator on msn messenger... but i think you like good FPS just like me

Post by **Ameena** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:56 pm

Gah don't you start with the Avatators as well now! lol

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:30 pm

Do we have to censor the word Avatator like we did C*rol V*rdm*n?

Post by **Gambit37** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:25 pm

A few links to weird and wonderful stuff from the last week or so:

Russian Man Hammers Nail Into Head After “Hearing Voice”:
http://mosnews.com/news/2005/06/08/nailhead.shtml

Clifford Ross' Hurricane Wave photos:
http://www.cliffordross.com/hurricane1_ ... ne_ix.html

Single molecule transistor:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0, ... 69,00.html

Rather strange:
http://www.deathbrand.com/rs.html

'Asbo' and 'chav' make dictionary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4074760.stm

Des · Post by **Des** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:56 pm

Interesting about "chav" - they suggested it was from the Romany word "chavi" meaning child, but I thought it was originally an acronym for "Council House And Violent" for badly behaved youngsters but later became more closely identified with the tasteless clothing they wore.

Talking of things naff (another word with interesting etymology - apparently from the gay slang Polari) a quick 5 minutes of retributive joy can be had here http://hatethatfrog.desktopcreatures.co ... rog+Axel+F - my best was just a helmet over 90 metres.

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:10 pm

This game is awesome! Just blasted the freak 92 metres which has made my day, punk.

I remember at school we used to call younger kids 'chabs'.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:13 pm

I got a 71 and a 93 .. fun times : )

Some of the additions to the dictionary disturb me greatly...

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:15 pm

You git (in rimmers voice). I'll be up all night now blowing the thing away.

Yes, some of the additions are just plain stupid. Some are phrases. Which are composed of individual words which are in the dictionary anyway.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:38 pm

lots of 60s 84s and finally a 90
the least was 9 and a third!

Florent · Post by **Florent** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:25 pm

My poor friends ! I only hear that ring tone every once in a while when watching cable TV at a friends... I can't imagine how it must feel to actually hear it on the street all the time. Reminds me of that English hidden camera show where the guy had a HUGE fake cell phone with an abusively loud "basic n*kia" ringtone, and would start yelling into his phone to annoy people around him. I can't help laughing whenever I hear that n*kia ringtone now !

Post by **Gambit37** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:28 pm

*HELLO? I'M IN THE LIBRARY! WHAT? NO! IT'S RUBBISH!*

For a while a few years back, everyone was copying that. Sitting on the beach after work having a beer, a ton of phones would ring with that ring and everyone would scream into them. Got very dull, very quick...

Post by **PaulH** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:32 pm

I had the Axel F ringtone BEFORE that sodding frog adopted it! As we all know (hopefully), it is from Beverly Hills Cops and composed by the legend that is Harald Faltemeyer (also some Top Gun stuff).

Post by **Ameena** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:02 pm

The sound effect used by the Crappy...err sorry, Crazy Frog is taken from a website tha's a couplke of years or so old...
http://www.frenzy.com/~jester/racecar.html
I lasted about erm...ooh...maybe one second...ish. I suppose this site would be funnier if the Crazy Frog hadn't been created and used the same sound effect

/. Although saying that, I had another go at the Insanity Test a few weeks ago and I did still find it funny. I don't know WHY it's funny...just something about the picture and the sound effect combined...

Florent · Post by **Florent** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:48 am

Gambit : I imagine how dull it can get... As dull as that crazy frog ringtone right ?

Anyway I was in France so nobody was doing that, at least not on purpose, so I could still enjoy the irony of it.

Adamo · Post by **Adamo** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:54 am

I DISCOVERED THE COOLEST INTERNET RADIO THAT EXISTS ON THE WEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I listen to it 24 h/7 days a week !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It`s the BEST music I have EVER heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!

www.italiandancenetwork.com/

السلام عليكم لكل ما يحب هذه مسيقة

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:40 pm

Italian dance music?!

Its 85F here, sun is shining, at last! Summer has arrived!

Post by **linflas** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:36 pm

anti italian-dance-music machine

http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/punk.htm

enjoy those tiny but very irritating games (most of them have an english version) :
http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/jeuxchiants/index.htm

Post by **Ameena** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:59 pm

Hehe the Invisible Mouse game was good - got to level 17 then got a bit bored. The 2004 one was good too

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Post by **Ameena** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:01 pm

Link posted to me from a friend...
http://www.extremefunnypictures.com/funnypic914.htm

Showed it to PaulH yesterday in the chat room and he wondered if it was edited. No, those sounds are real. They really can learn stuff like that. A famous example is a grey called Alex.

Wismerhill · Post by **Wismerhill** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:49 am

http://mosnews.com/news/2005/06/21/deadboy.shtml

Mmmh... don't know what to think about that.

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:10 pm

I want to know what السلام عليكم لكل ما يحب هذه مس means Adamo... my Arabic is a little off..

Post by **Zyx** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:36 pm

That's interesting, Wismerhill... Also, since many people die in their beds, we should stop providing beds until we receive a sign from God. Or a sudden stroke of common sense. Or until a scientific investigation leads to new drugs sold by the laboratory who financiated the investigation, with some governmental fines on the computer clubs to obtain the support of the authorities.
Seriously, this is very interesting on a psychological level, yet quite frightening to watch the reaction of people. "A special medical commission will decide if playing computer games could have led to his death." People who cannot control their seek of pleasure do have a problem; I don't think the source of pleasure to be relevant.

Post by **Ameena** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:25 pm

Yeah, you could get addicted to playing football or running and give yourself a heart attack or something

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Mind you, you could probably do the same by coming round a corner in a DM dungeon and being teleported into a square surrounded by Scorpions and Dragons

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beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:56 pm

Obviously the tax on computer games doesn't bring in as much money as alcohol and cigarettes

I wonder what percentage of all countries populations are functionally addicted aswell as addicted to something

andyboy_uk · Post by **andyboy_uk** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:35 pm

I want to know what السلام عليكم لكل ما يحب هذه مس means Adamo... my Arabic is a little off..

I have an friend who speaks arabic, he says its along the lines of:-

peace on all of you that like this place

Is that about right?

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Post by **Zyx** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:29 pm

OK, I know I will sound like a ranting troll: the training of this parrot is simply disgusting (though amazing). Animals are not toys or tools to make money; can't we have another relation to wilderness than taming, taking, using? I hate AnimalPlanet, I can't help it. The few this channel teaches us isn't worth the many crimes it endorses.

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:07 pm

Do you agree with the training of police dogs or guide dogs? This is an interesting subject. Like eating pigs. If we didn't eat them, we wouldn't have any here.