Avatars

[rhsunderground]

i was inspired by an insult:p from jona to ask - who has the best avatar? the worst? or perhaps, what are the best and worst you've ever seen?

ps - don't say mine, cause that would make me feel bad.:p

[Daniel T]

Worst: Jeff Archer (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=12983) :D Just kiddin' man. Maybe. :p

And my favourite is 96turnerri's old one(not sure if he still has it). It was the one with all the chicks. That was a NICE avater! :cool:

-Dan

[Jona]

I like pyro's, but he wanted to change it once to one with a kid that looked terribly smug - it was great; I'm beginning to regret that I convinced him to keep his old one.

I also like my own, as I am a very large fan of the Metroid video game series, and what's better, the hero - or should I say, heroine - is a woman! :D (Hey guys, take it from me, the girls like it when you say this kind of thing, so get used to putting yourself down un-manly-like. They'll be more sympathetic to you, in most cases. Don't tell them I said this, though...) :p

[Jona]

I used to have my title text as "The Oystinator," and use the attached avatar. Isn't he cute!? :D

[Robert Wellock]

But mine is of a manifestation of a certain Dark XHTML God... So be afraid, be very afraid indeed.

[rhsunderground]

i like the oystenator. i think i once saw an avatar of homer choking the boy (bart), which was most cool.

[buntine]

What about mine? Its brutal.

[Jona]

Originally posted by buntine
What about mine? Its brutal.

What is it? If it's what I think it is, I wouldn't consider it brutal, I'd consider it sacreligious.

[rhsunderground]

it appears to be a cd cover. tupac, maybe...

[buntine]

tupac?? I dont think so.

Its the CD cover for Deicide's (yanky death metal) new album.. By the way, hes not giving you the finger, he doing this \m/

Regards.

[David Harrison]

Well I think that mine sucks a large amount of ass but I just can't be bothered to change it. :p

Ah yes Andrew, you like the Death Metal. For those of you who don't know, some Death Metal bands include; [censored], [censored] [censored] and let's not forget [censored] [censored] [censored]. :D

I know a guy in my class who likes Death Metal, sometimes we gather round his CD Player and laugh at the deep throaty growls. :D

[Jona]

Some people like music, others like this stuff they call... death metal? :p It's amazing, any noise you make could be classified as good music these days! I can understand intesne rock, but you know sometimes that metal stuff just gets too... nasty sounding. Anyway, that's just my opinion.

Oh and buntine, now that I know what it is, ignore the comment I made about it being sacreligious.

[MstrBob]

I like my new avatar. (From Jet! (The band, not the airplane)) :p

[Jona]

lol. Jet's okay... I like ~points to sig~ Linkin Park. Well, I like Trapt, Limp Bizkit, Kutless, and a lot of other bands... In fact, I think I oughtta change my avatar to something like "Linkin Park Rules!" or something. They should let you put graphics in the signatures... :(

[David Harrison]

Originally posted by Jona
They should let you put graphics in the signatures... :(Please God no, then everyone would have those terrible 6000000px wide banners in their sig. Do you know how long it would take for me to load a page? It wouldn't, I think I'd leave. :(

Linkin Park are pretty good but I didn't like Meteora much. Generally I listen to whatever is on Radio 1 or Key 103 when I'm on the school bus, they play all kinds of RnB crap but occasionally something good will come on.

When it comes to music I'm a bit weird, I like D12 - My Band but I also kinda like some of the music that Pink does, I have an Evanescence album and also a Nine Inch Nails Album. I'd say that I'm pretty easy going really, I even like some Classical music!

[Jona]

<observation type="random">
It's a good thing we can be off-topic in the off-topic forum. :p
</observation>

I like D12 - My Band! My mom doesn't let me listen to rap, but she doesn't know what I do when she's not around. I listen to 97.9 "the box" which plays rap only, 94.5 "the buzz" which plays alternative rock (Linkin Park, Trapt, Hoobastank, 3 Doors Down, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, etc.). They're my favorite station. Then there's 96.5 which plays a lot of 80s (but mostly the good 80s) and some Evanescence and Creed (w00t! Go Creed!!) and other things like that. Then we have like three other 70s-80s stations. lol. My mom likes that older music, I hate it... Who listens to the Beach Boys!? :rolleyes:

I like a fairly wide variety of music as well, but I absolutely dislike classical music as well as Country. (Kind of ironic, though, as I live in the state of Texas. :p)

[jeff_archer7]

Originally posted by Daniel T
Worst: Jeff Archer (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=12983) :D Just kiddin' man. Maybe. :p

And my favourite is 96turnerri's old one(not sure if he still has it). It was the one with all the chicks. That was a NICE avater! :cool:

-Dan

HEHEHEHEHE.... What about it Don't you like.. Lol...

:D

The pic I use in my avatar was from about 4 years ago...... I'll put up a new one if you like :)

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by jeff_archer7
HEHEHEHEHE.... What about it Don't you like.. Lol...
Heh heh.. I just thought it was very... um... Australian ;) Now, whenever I here of an Aussie, I'll think of that Mighty Man of Valour with his arms crossed and think... "Whoa, better be careful 'round those Aussies, cuz they can surely beat the living $hit outta me!" :D

[buntine]

And dont forget it!!

[jeff_archer7]

Originally posted by buntine
And dont forget it!!

:D

[Ben Rogers]

Let's see...
P.O.D. is ok.. (only have Satellite), Cold pwns... especially YOTS, Disturbed kicks ass in general, Linkin Park is pretty good, but Hybrid Theory is still their best. Limp Bizkit is good... I have CS&HFW + RMV... RMV is just horrible tho, Evanescensce was good, but they get old.
Trapt is ok, Led Zeppelin... much pwnage, System of a Down: gotta be in the mood, but they still kix0r ass, Korn isn't too bad, Chevelle is pretty good, Deftones ya gotta be in the mood, 40 foot echo, I only have 1 of their songs (online friend from the RDS on a3 sent it to me long time ago), but it was good, Adema is good too... I've recently been obsessed with Placebo, Yellowcard, and Aphrodite because of their music on SSX3. Techno-ish, but I still gotsta hear some more of their music. Well, that's all I can think of right now. Rock, pretty much, with some techno if I hear a good song.

And evil is the only way. :D So I like my avatar (Avatar = Japanese aku character = evil).. but make no mistakes I'm american, not Native American or anything (You know who you are.)

[Jona]

Yellocard is awesome, too!

[Paul Jr]

I would have to say Buntine is the only one here who has good taste in music. :P
I mean, c'mon... Evanescence? Yellowcard? Led Zeppelin? Placebo? Hoobastank? 3 Doors Down? Sheesh. ... But since I am a big Eminem fan, I'm with Jona on the D-12 song. ;)

[Daniel T]

d12, 3 days grace, korn, rage against the machine, couple trapt songs, some eminem, krs one, acdc, cypress hill, some creed, dmx, pod, papa roach, some kazzer, linkin park, some mad capsule, some nelly, some mxpx, offspring, queen had a few good ones, i dont mind smashmouth, sum 41, swollen members is alright, system of a down is ok, tubthumping (chumba wumba), some white stripes

and for parodies, my favorites are weird al yankovic, adam sandler, and opie and anthony.

That's good music ;)

[MstrBob]

Aah, we're off topic as always. Anywho, it seems many of use, coolely, like rock. Omega, you are awesome, really awesome. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Doors - awesome classics, ya gotta love. Also Audioslave, Jet, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, QotSA, Sometimes Metallica and Rage Against the Machine. Linkin Park and the Vines are good too. And The Darkness... they amuse me, crazy brits that they are. :D But getting back on topic somewhat, I love my avatar, "Disco Sucks!"

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by Jona
I like a fairly wide variety of music as well, but I absolutely dislike classical music as well as Country. personally, i can stand anything that ISN'T country. omega, your muzak choices - :D :D :D !. i was in a punk band for about a year and they got me into come really interesting stuff. if you guys want to hear a funny album, just ask - i've got plenty. as far as a favorite band, STAIND HAS HAXORED MY HEAD!!! they have amazing lyrics and damn fine muzak to go along with it. dashboard confessional is also quite haxorific, along with a band out of Lincoln, NE, USA, called mr. 1986. currently i'm on a big matchbook romance fix. they're a bit more than i usually go for, but a couple songs by mudvayne make me want to flipping haxor M$!!! assuming i knew how, of course. i have a bit of a random midi composition here (http://rhsunderground.netfirms.com/newballad.mid). it's more of 8 songs i duct-taped together, but the end is schweet. tell me what you think! (unless you think it suxors).:p

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
tell me what you think! (unless you think it suxors)
I think your host sux0rs! (it doesn't allow me to access the midi file because they're throwing hissie fits about their bandwidth consumption :rolleyes: Make a page with it on it (or link to one), then we'll be able to here it ;)
-Dan

[rhsunderground]

sorry. forgot about that. http://rhsunderground.netfirms.com/songness.html

[Jona]

Wow... now we're listing bands! :p

Anyway, I don't see how you can like some bands... Like AC-DC or Led Zepplin... We have a Rock station here, but I rarely listen to it; I'm a fan of alternative rock and "modern"/hard rock, but ... AC-DC? lol. Now if you're talkin' Van Halen, that's a whole different story!! (I know Peo will agree with me here. :D)

There's this parody band called "ApologetiX," which seems interesting. The re-did Alient Ant Farm's/Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, and called it Smooth Grandmama. :p

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by Jona
Wow... now we're listing bands! :p

Anyway, I don't see how you can like some bands... Like AC-DC or Led Zepplin...

Jona, I like you. Don't go there with Led Zeppelin. There will be lots of pain. You can like whatever you like, but never disrespect Zeppelin. Besides being one of the best bands ever, they made the best song ever, and simply are the greatest ever. Just watch yourself, Jona. :cool:

[Jona]

Originally posted by MstrBob
Jona, I like you.

...Okay, now I'm spooked!! :eek:

Originally posted by MstrBob
Don't go there with Led Zeppelin. There will be lots of pain. You can like whatever you like, but never disrespect Zeppelin. Besides being one of the best bands ever, they made the best song ever, and simply are the greatest ever. Just watch yourself, Jona. :cool:

If you wanna listen to something from the 70s, listen to Van Halen or Journey. :p

[MstrBob]

Or, you could listen to actual music. :D

[Ben Rogers]

So true. Jona, if you diss Zeppelin, I'll borrow my friend's (also a Zeppelin fan) switchblade. Ah, the possibilities.... :p BTW, Bob (That's what I'm gonna call you... I don't feel like typing out the "mstr" part) what do you think is the 'best song over'? I think, out of Zeppelin's music, it's either "Kashmir" or "Achille's Last Stand".

And RHS... I'm listening to it now :D

[MstrBob]

Sure, call me Bob, tis me name. And of course Stairway to Heaven. Although, it isn't really I rock song, I do love it so. Of course, When the Levee Breaks and Kashmire are real close. My, we get off topic, don't we?

[Jona]

Originally posted by omega
Bob (That's what I'm gonna call you... I don't feel like typing out the "mstr" part)

Isn't that harder to type out than "MstrBob"? You typed out the "mstr" part anyway. :rolleyes:

<disclaimer print="small">
&nbsp; I know, I know, you're saving yourself from having to type it out later. The point here, though, is to make you look like a dork. ;)
</disclaimer>

[Ben Rogers]

Hey, if anyone doesn't feel like staring at the screen trying to read Jona's disclaimer... Originally posted by Jona
<disclaimer print="small">
I know, I know, you're saving yourself from having to type it out later. The point here, though, is to make you look like a dork.
</disclaimer> There ya go! :D

I know... I'll have to refer to Bob by name like 10 times to make typing all that I did practical. Um... Bob's name is Bob, but I don't know if Bob looks like a Bob or why Bob is named Bob, all I know is that Bob's name is Bob. But it's also possilbe Bob claims his name is Bob for the greater good of a secret society of Bobs who are all named Bob. There we go. ;)

[MstrBob]

Bob doesn't like hearing Bob's name used over and over again. Bob looks for who is calling, but Bob sees no one. It is all very confusing for Bob... Bob wish he knew why Bob was named Bob, but Bob doesn't know.

[Ben Rogers]

Well, maybe Bob should try to learn why Bob was named Bob, huh, Bob? And, that's a shame Bob, that you don't like it when people call your name repeatedly Bob.

OK, the last sentence sounds _just_wrong_.
Oh, does anyone watch Futurama? "This concept of wuv confuses and angers me! I will destroy all!"

[MstrBob]

Bob's friend one day decided that a good nickname for Bob would be Bob. So Bob stuck. I am Bob, Bob I am. BTW, Bob does watch Futurama, but is confused by you. (Oy, talking in third person is rather hard).

[Ben Rogers]

Ben doesn't think that talking in 3rd person is hard. Ben doesn't like referring to himself as his webmaster name, though, so Ben refers to himself as Ben. So, Bob, you've never seen the episode I'm referring to? Ben thinks that's a shame. :p

[Jona]

You guys are nuts... :rolleyes: I had a friend that used to talk in third person so much, he started doing it in his English class! :p

[Webfreak]

Originally posted by omega

Oh, does anyone watch Futurama? "This concept of wuv confuses and angers me! I will destroy all!"

I really like watching the Futurama they are awesome!! And this sentance in the Futurama has been said from ruller of Omicron Persia 8 (I have problem with correct spelling of this name :rolleyes:). But never mind you have put this sentance in the right place where it suposed to be so I really have to laugh! :p

[rhsunderground]

if you guys think that talking in third person is hard, try referring to yourself in 2nd person! it's pretty hard.

omega - your name is ben? my name is ben. or enigma, depends on where i am. you like good muzak? i like good muzak! we're practically sisters!



oh....................wait.........

[Robert Wellock]

The crippled songs of an age that won't thaw are ringing in my ears.

[David Harrison]

What?

[Ben Rogers]

2nd person is easy... just do it as the Battosai does. This one thinks that (other) Ben should stop talking. :p And, what, exactly, are you talking about Rob...? (I was referring to the Hitokiri Battosai, Himura Kenshin, of Rorouni Kenshin fame if you didn't catch that. ;))

[jeff_archer7]

I do believe you are all nuts!!!!!

I do not think I am alone in this either..... hehehehehehehehehe

:rolleyes: :confused:

[Ben Rogers]

Ya gotta love the evil laugh is all I gotsta say. ;)

[jeff_archer7]

Originally posted by omega
Ya gotta love the evil laugh is all I gotsta say. ;)

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

as I said.... "I do believe you are all nuts"

xept 4 mabe...... no wait.... sorry my mistake..........:rolleyes:

[Jona]

Oh yeah, I know just what Jeff was thinking:

Originially thought in the mind of Jeff
Except for maybe... wow, that Jona guy is the smartest fellow I've ever come across! Everyone else is a bunch of weirdos, but that Jona guy, he's cool. I better not say that here, though, because with all these weirdos (or sons thereof), I'm liable to be probed, beheaded, and burned at the steak!

:D :D :D

[jeff_archer7]

Wow.... till then I honestly thought Jona was a GIRL

Sorry dude

I'm serious too

but no I was not thinking that at all.... lolololololol

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by jeff_archer7
Wow.... till then I honestly thought Jona was a GIRL

Sorry dude

I'm serious too

but no I was not thinking that at all.... lolololololol
WTF?! You mean.... Jona's a dude?!! Holy $hit! Gees, I oughta hire someone to keep me informed on matters such as these!

Just kiddin' Jona. And Jeff, I can't believe you didn't know he was a guy! Although, with that feminine avatar and a name so close to Joan, I can't say I blame yeh :p

[Jona]

Some people get the name right - Jona - but they think I'm a girl anyway. I think it's because it ends in an "a." But oh well, I like my name, so there. :p

[Ben Rogers]

Wait, wait, wait... are you SURE you're a guy? [Realized how wrong this was] :p And if you don't want to have people mistake your name, just go by your actual one, Jonny boy. ;)

<lie>I'm just kidding... I'm not going to call you that...</lie>

EDIT: Sorry, Lavalamp. I'll keep it clean.

[David Harrison]

Ooh, I'm so unsubscribing from this thread.

[Jona]

...I'm sure I'm a guy. What, do you want proof?! I can give you some, but I don't think you want to see. :D

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
i was inspired by an insult:p from jona to ask - who has the best avatar? mine is the best. Its the autobot symbol from transformers, one of the best shows and movies ever. I had so many of the action figures back in the day... till my mom through half of them away.

[Jona]

Peo, if you just started reading, you have a long way to go! :p

[soccer362001]

I've read through the whole thing but I like my avatar.

[Jona]

Originally posted by soccer362001
I've read through the whole thing but I like my avatar.

I found it first!!! :p

[soccer362001]

Originally posted by Jona
I found it first!!! :p
Well your not using it so Ha!
P.S. Its on my server not yours.

[Jona]

That makes no difference! LOL. It wasn't on my server when I first found it, either! ...In fact, I found it a long time ago.

http://archive.gamespy.com/avatars/

But it looks like they've closed down now... That's where I got my little baby face and the freaky woman avatar. I'll put the freaky woman one back up, I really liked that one... Reminds me of my mom.

[soccer362001]

Oh boy. Something to tell your mother about.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona
...Okay, now I'm spooked!! :eek:



If you wanna listen to something from the 70s, listen to Van Halen or Journey. :p halen was more 80s. If you want 70s 80s and early 90s, ronnie james dio all the way.
~~== Best of the 80s ==~~
def leppard
van halen (NON VANHAGAR, it turned gay when he came around)
led zeppelin
ac/dc
the scorpians
men at work
black sabbath (ozzy and dio)
ronnie james dio
the cure (some of it)
Yngvie Malmstein (possibly best guitarist ever)
stephen wolf
this list goes on and on... never mind, because I can just keep going. I should just list my favority metal bands, I can think of them real fast, get about 10 out. Buntine and myself seem to be the two local metal fans... he likes death metal more, I like power metal more.


ps: my avatar still puts everyone else's to shame.

[Jona]

You know sometimes I just don't see how people like some music... But oh well, I'm not going to kill anyone for it... ;)

[soccer362001]

Or you can be like me and have no clue what you are talking about.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona

I like D12 - My Band!
...
I listen to 97.9 "the box" which plays rap only, 94.5 "the buzz" which plays alternative rock (Linkin Park, Trapt, Hoobastank, 3 Doors Down, Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, etc.)
...
Evanescence and Creed (w00t! Go Creed!!)
...
Beach Boys!? :rolleyes: I aggree, I do not see how people can listen to some music :rolleyes: this rap, new age 'alternative' rock / raprock (my mother didn't love me enough I will sing about it, wahhh, kinda stuff), and punk. Grrr. I'll listen to the beach boys and classical any day :p
tchaikovsky woot!

[Jona]

Hey everyone, now we all know Peo's problem!! :D :D :D

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona
Hey everyone, now we all know Peo's problem!! :D :D :D people who listen to the same music as you :confused: We need to destroy the bad music jona. Its time for you to admit that you have a problem then burn you cds and delete your files.

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
(my mother didn't love me enough I will sing about it, wahhh, kinda stuff)

That's only stuff from the 50s or if you listen to Country music... :rolleyes:

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona
That's only stuff from the 50s or if you listen to Country music... :rolleyes: or stained maybe? That is 'alternative' rock.

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
people who listen to the same music as you :confused: We need to destroy the bad music jona. Its time for you to admit that you have a problem then burn you cds and delete your files.

I agree - we should completely destroy every single classical song!

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
or stained maybe? That is 'alternative' rock.

You mean Staind? They're cool, but I don't even know their lyrics, so I have no clue. lol. They aren't on the radio much.

[MstrBob]

Haven't we all figured this all out by now? All the really good music is from the 60's-70's. Two words everyone, classic rock. Although there is some good current rock, though I'm really fussy when it comes to modern rock. The only exception probably would by Linkin Park... But come on, THE BEATLES, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and PINK FLOYD!!! Who can touch these bands? No one, plain and simple. You want some good modern rock, I still say Jet and Audioslave. And I will say this real shocker:

Disco Sucks! :p

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona
You mean Staind? They're cool, but I don't even know their lyrics, so I have no clue. lol. They aren't on the radio much. Their lyrics are 'daddy and mommy didn't give me enough attention, I am going to cry about it and write lil songs'. There is little or no substance in modern alternative rock, it is weak and meaningless crap. Rap today is like the stereotype, sex sex sex. Watch the music videos much?

[Jona]

I didn't say I listened to a lot of rap, just sometimes. And I agree, 90% of the time it's about sex or something - I like Eminem's music, but I don't listen to it because of the lyrics. I think "My Band" is just hilarious, though!

[PeOfEo]

'my band'?

[Jona]

And the alternative rock songs I listen to do have meaning; at least, the ones I listen to mean something to me -- that may be relative.

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
'my band'?

Yes, by D12 featuring Eminem. It's just the most hilarious song I've heard in forever!

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Jona
And the alternative rock songs I listen to do have meaning; at least, the ones I listen to mean something to me -- that may be relative. ah, so your parents don't love you either :cool:

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
ah, so your parents don't love you either :cool:

LOL! No, haha.

[PeOfEo]

well I guess all I am trying to say is, My avatar is the best. Also the scorpians rule, Yngvie Malmstein is reat, halen (before hagar), and def leppard are cool, and a lot of metal rocks.
=== Peo's top 5 favorite metal bands ===
iced earth -- good metal band, almost thrash because they do a lot of upbest stuff, but still just regular heavy/black metal
blind guardian--one of the best power metal bands of all time
symphonyX -- lately my favority power metal, usually I hate keyboards interfacing w/ rock, but these guys can do it right, and they only use the keyboard in some songs, go download them they are not half bad.
savior machine -- great christian power metal, stright from revelation
megadeath-- a spin off from metalica, they do not suck like metalica though. They are some good thrash.

[Jona]

I changed my avatar again!

[Conor]

i changed my avatar!

[PeOfEo]

are you guys afraid of commitment?

[rhsunderground]

afraid of commitment - lol - that's why they have computers, not girlfriends ---> if they come home late some night, the computer doesn't ask where you've been (among other reasons) :p

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
afraid of commitment - lol - that's why they have computers, not girlfriends ---> if they come home late some night, the computer doesn't ask where you've been (among other reasons) :p Man that is so depressing






















I like computers, I do not have to try to fit in when I am working on them, and they will never make fun of me :(

[rhsunderground]

Why Computers Are Better Than Girlfriends (as quoted from several websites)

1. You wouldn't bother to play Strip Poker all night with a girlfriend.
2. No girlfriend can hold your undivided attention for 30 hours in a stretch.
3. Your computer never wants to be taken out for dinner.
4. Your computer doesn't mind if you are unshaved, haven't showered this week or are sitting by it in your underwear.
5. If a computer gets a virus, it can be cleaned away.
6. No matter how ugly your computer is, you can show it to your friends.
7. With a computer, you can press the buttons without it getting sore.
8. A computer doesn't mind you using other computers as well.
9. You will never find your computer in bed with your best friend.
10. Computers never, EVER gets a period.

one of the sites (http://members.fortunecity.com/peggyr/Jokes/Computer_Humor/Index.html) has quite the list of computer jokes.

[Jona]

That's truly sad... I'd even go as far to say that it wasn't funny... well, maybe not... But a computer can never substitute a woman... That's just wrong.

Oh by the way, you can sit in your office and finger a computer and won't get fired for it...

[Dark Dragon]

Seeking companionship from a box of silicon chips..heh, oh what a tangled yet sad web we weave, eh?

[PeOfEo]

it was funny, because it is true. But I am still on my never ending quest to find a woman... well my 4 month so far quest after the last one atleast.

[Dark Dragon]

Y'know..all jokes aside, this is the nice thing about computers and the internet..now one can converse with another who is half a world away.

Very neat indeed....it is so cool to be able to talk to someone from Australia, India or Japan. And it is all so instant...:D

[PeOfEo]

Almost as revolutionary as cupping my hands and shouting to talk to someone far away! :D

[Dark Dragon]

Almost as revolutionary as cupping my hands and shouting to talk to someone far away!

(Laughs) Or you could use two cans and a piece of really long string. :p

But really, I am serious..being able to IM or send e-mail overseas is great...unlike snail mail which can take a week or so.

[PeOfEo]

2 cans and a string was a godsend lol.

[Jona]

Yeah it's great if you think about it...

Peo, don't be on a never-ending quest to find someone -- because if the quest never ends, you'll never stop looking. :p

[PeOfEo]

never ending when I am not in a relationship*

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
never ending when I am not in a relationship*

There ya go! :)

[PeOfEo]

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.linkinpark.com/home.php

<.<
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[Jona]

What (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css2&warning=2&uri=http%3A//www.icedearth.de/eng/index.php) does (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.icedearth.de/eng/index.php) that mean?

[PeOfEo]

thats the german website
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.icedearth.com/news.php
old doc type but less errors
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css2&warning=2&uri=http%3A//validator.w3.org/check%3Fverbose%3D1%26uri%3Dhttp%253A//www.icedearth.com/news.php
valid css.

Linkinpark can't decide weather it is rap or rock, thus making it raprock which sounds terrible... a bastard child of two completely different forms of music. It should have been aborted before limp bizkit ever entered the stage... I am ashamed they are a band from my home town... freddurst when to highschool here, I know a whole bunch of people who knew him before his band got signed, he was a poser, he was made fun of by everyone, he got no respect, he was a complete loose. If you ask me he still is.

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Linkinpark can't decide weather it is rap or rock Linkin Park is SO rock. I don't know why they think they're rap, because they aren't even close to rap. Some of their older songs I'd even consider Metal. I think they've smoked too many if they think they're rap.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Daniel T
Linkin Park is SO rock. I don't know why they think they're rap, because they aren't even close to rap. Some of their older songs I'd even consider Metal. I think they've smoked too many if they think they're rap. have you heard them? They are rap rock, they do not sing. They have a techno beat and are saying 'fo shizzle dizzle' (sarcasm) in songs... it does not sound like rock! It hasn't from their first cd.

[Ben Rogers]

<rant>
Yes, the internet is great, and amazing, and all that.

Transformers SUCK. It is the worst, gaudiest, lamest show in existence, (next to "The Mullets", and "Hamtaro".) If you must watch anime, then... Zoids (both series pwned), DBZ (The Saiya-Jin Saga only), Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, .hack//Sign (Best series EVER), Lupin the 3rd... and a few others I can't think of right now. Oh, yeah, and if you've never seen "Akira"... he** yes.

It's a shame noone has created of a "reach through the monitor and beat the living he** out of someone" feature. Stop dissing modern rock- have you ever read the lyrics? A large amount IS pointless, I'll grant you that, but some bands do have meaningful lyrics (particularly System of a Down). LB does have meaningless lyrics, but good music, so leave 'em alone. And no Classic Rock has meaningful lyrics.. and out of those bands, only Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are any good. How old are you anyways, Peo, 17...? Then you're a poser too. :D You act like a bitter old coot, but your a teen. That's just sad, really. :-D;)

<threat type="meaningless">
You want a relationship, huh, Peo? Well, stop dissing good music or me and a pair of garden shears will make that an impossibility. :p
</threat>
</rant>

[PeOfEo]

you must be talking about that new transformers show... armada is it? That is not even transformers, that is immitation, so was the beast wars show. The original transformers went off the air in the mid 90s and started in the 80s. I loved it, it was even a movie, that I have here on video cd... it had some great hair music for a sound track. Omega, you would not know good music if it crawled up your butt. I 'diss' some modern rock when it really does suck. Alternative rock sucks. Alternative rock sucks. Alternative rock sucks. System of a down does have aning, Ill give you that, play their songs backwords, I bet they say blow up some buildings... I know that was a bit wrong, but they honestly mock christianity and say a lot of other hateful stuff in their songs, if you read the lyrics it is apparent. Classic rock is a lot better then this alternative trash that plays on the radio today, and punk too. Punk might have been good years ago, but todays punk is dead because it is too commercial. That is all todays 'alternative' rock is too, money money money. There is good music that is modern, but it is not punk or alternative, it is metal (minus metalica which is now a smoldering heap of money driven trash), metal is not always angry or shouty like the stereotype is either. It is when a band because more intereste din the money they can make then their sound that music becomes trash. I am 17 in a few weeks... its called an ounce of maturity omega, I act my age.

[Daniel T]

No offense, but in my opinion, all of those weird screwy anime shows deserve to lose their network deals.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Daniel T
No offense, but in my opinion, all of those weird screwy anime shows deserve to lose their network deals. I aggree, todays anime sucks. But another thing that was better back in the day was anime, original trnaformers, original speed racer, wasn't thundercats anime too, what about the original he man? THAT WAS A GOOD SHOW.

[Ben Rogers]

Peo, not only are all those listed shows an insult to entertainment as a whole, you fail to realize the difference between immature and informal. Please don't question my maturity, which in most cases is not impacted by age. Next to calling me a liar, that is the most insulting comment you can make. And it's obvious you don't like modern rock, which IS good music, but most classic rock and metal I detest as much as classical music itself. Most of it is washed out, stereotypical, bad music. Some is good, but I still think modern rock is better. Anyways, you can stick to your... whatever you listen to, I'm listening to the Deftones, and lovin' it :D.

[PeOfEo]

bah. Ill call you immature because you listen to immature music and your taste is not refined. Would you like me to analize alternative rock band by band and get down into the nitty gritty of why it sucks so bad and how it is music without a soul? Classic rock is the best music of eras past, it is rock with a purpose, rock that was great. Listen to the scorpians, they had some of the best rock love ballads ever. If you listen to metal you owuld know it is not that stereotypical garbage, which the bands mudvane and I guess I could lump in ramstein personify. Those bands are utter crap. Go download some blind guardian, some symphonyX, some iced earth, some mega death and see what power metal and thrash are all about.

[Ben Rogers]

"my taste is not refined"... this is a VERY common comment someone makes when someone's taste is different from their own. True enough, I may not like the the music I do now in years to come, but I highly doubt I'll like oldies metal. :rolleyes:

And, please do be specific with your arguments... makes 'em easier to shoot down. :D

EDIT: Typo

[PeOfEo]

refined, refined, refined, not redefined. Your music is all about money, and the bands care less about the quality of their sound then their gimics... you are getting ripped off when you support this kind of music. Like I said, go download some of the scorpians and some of the bands I mentioned before, see what classic rock and metal are all about before you go on saying its washed out. I have heard alternative rock before and I say it is utter crap, listen to what I listen to and compare.

[Daniel T]

For music, I tend to like anything that isn't Pop, Country, or R&B.

[Ben Rogers]

If I could, I would- that way I'd be able to actually argue, having heard what your talking about, but alas, Dial-up. Unless I feel like spending another 2 hours waiting for it to download.... not gonna happen. My opinions so far are based on what I've previously heard.

Plus, you don't know the band's agendas, opinions, and/or reasons for doing what they do, and for the most part, it doesn't matter. If a baker doesn't like baking, are you being ripped off when you buy their bread? Anyways, I STRONGLY doubt the incentive bands have for playing is any different now than it was 'then'.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by omega
If I could, I would- that way I'd be able to actually argue, having heard what your talking about, but alas, Dial-up. Unless I feel like spending another 2 hours waiting for it to download.... not gonna happen. My opinions so far are based on what I've previously heard.

Plus, you don't know the band's agendas, opinions, and/or reasons for doing what they do, and for the most part, it doesn't matter. If a baker doesn't like baking, are you being ripped off when you buy their bread? Anyways, I STRONGLY doubt the incentive bands have for playing is any different now than it was 'then'. yes, if the baker is trying to maximise revenue and starts lacing his bread with broken glass or whatever instead of flour, then I would say you are getting ripped off. That is what is happening with your music, have you ever noticed that you get maybe 1 good song when you buy a cd and then the rest is filler? They did not taken any time when they wrote that, they just needed to get a song out. Back 'then' music was not as corrupted as it is now by record lables.

[Ben Rogers]

No, I haven't noticed... but I have a screening process: if my sister (into heavy metal, so this doesn't apply much anymore) says it's a good CD, or my friend Jeff (into all the same music as me, but is more obsessed with Led Zeppelin than I'll ever be) says it's a good CD, I'll buy it/ burn it. So, I don't have much experience with bad CDs... and seeing as I have quite a few CDs, that's saying something.
EDIT: Typo (2). :p

[rhsunderground]

hows about we leave the great muzak wars as such, with guidelines that all (sober) can agree on :
1)people like different muzak :eek:
2)lyrics can be interpereted many ways
3)today's anime suxors
4)country suxors
5)i have a navel

[MstrBob]

This thread grows ever more. Just to catch up, I have seen Cowboy Bee-Bop, Inuyasha, Big-O, and some Trigun. Basically, I watch Adult Swim (on Cartoon Network for all of us night-owls. Plus futurama and FAMILY GUY!) Anywho, let me just say that despite what any of you say, I KNOW that Classic Rock was awesome. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors - they all put a lot of thought, heart, soul, and a helluva lot of talent into their music. But sadly, EVERY genre has bands that ruin it, that destory the credibility of the genre to non-fans. When I think metal, I think cheesy hair bands of late 80s. When I think of punk, I think of Good Charolette. When I think of alternative rock, I think of Poppy, I hate my life, pseudo-rock. But, this is simply my opinion. So I must agree with rhsunderground (would be shorter if I knew your name, eh?)

Except for the fact that today's anime sucks. And I second the motion. I, too, have a navel. :cool:

[rhsunderground]

don't know my name, eh? you could call me daddy...
Originally posted by rhsunderground
omega - your name is ben? my name is ben. or enigma, depends on where i am. you like good muzak? i like good muzak! we're practically sisters!

[Jona]

Originally posted by MstrBob
I watch Adult Swim (on Cartoon Network for all of us night-owls. Plus futurama and FAMILY GUY!)

Eh, never seen Adult Swim or Futurama... I've seen a bunch of Family Guy, though. That show is hilarious! Especially the little baby, he's so obsessed! LOL! The only thing is they get a little perverted sometimes, and they have too many swears for my taste... I need that thingie... What's it called? Bad Word Beeper? lol. I don't know, but it's that device that beeps out all the bad words. I need that...

[Ben Rogers]

Anime does NOT sux0r, and that's also a matter of opinion. BTW, is this what you meant by "I hate my life" rock?

Take me under/ I'm giving in to you/ I'm dying tonight/ I'm giving in to you/ Watch me crumble/ I'm giving in to you/ I'm crying tonight/ I'm giving in to you
-"Giving In", by Adema

It's about teenagers, drugs, and depression pretty much, but it's a positive message, which you'd only get if you listened to the lyrics... it's saying how they ruin the lifes of everyone involved. Good song... you should listen to it :D

j33buSs, Jona! Are you always this upset about swears? Damn... you wouldn't be able to stand my school; the only person I haven't heard mutter/ say/ yell anything profane is the headmaster.

[Jona]

I can stand swears. It's not that they offend me, or that I can't stand them. I just don't like to hear them. I've seen a lot of movies, that unfortunately have had an excellent storyline and an excessive amount of swears. It didn't make me sick, I still watched the movie; I just didn't enjoy hearing the swears, and I don't think everyone that wants to read a post should have to read them as well. Obviously when expressing something, such as if you hate something with a passion, there is room for that. I don't agree with their use in any case, but I can understand their use in some cases.

[Ben Rogers]

Hm. I'm the type who "casually swears", so I can't really appreciate your dismay. There are cases when there's EXCESSIVE swearing, and that's just gay. And as good and flexible a word f*** really is, it can be overused... btw, you gotta see this: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/fwordflash.html

Make sure no parents are in the room when you see it, even though it sounds like an English professor narrated it ;)

[rhsunderground]

back to the original topic (that's no fun, is it?)

i noticed that pyro's avatar is ruthless and quite fitting for a super mod. gotta keep them damn kids in line.

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
i noticed that pyro's avatar is ruthless and quite fitting for a super mod. gotta keep them damn kids in line.
Oh yes. Every time I see it, I can't help but feel he's watching us... a shiver runs down my spine, too.

[Ben Rogers]

I actually sometimes think that is him; I can picture it, too. He's sitting there with a dark black cape on, surrounding his body, and you can only see his eyes; he has a sickle, dripping in (fake) blood, too. Just kidding, Pyro. I don't think of you as the Grim Reaper. Really. Don't ban me. Please..? :p :D

[Jona]

Pyro's got a really cool avatar, but I've never thought of that actually being him. I picture the way people in my mind based on how they talk, what they talk about, and their grammar (or lack thereof). I'm not always right, but at least I have a visual picture in my mind of whom I'm talking to.

[MstrBob]

Jona, when I try to visualize you, I visualize the creepy guy in your avatar. Is it a self portrait? :p (jk)

[Jona]

...Not quite. I have dark brown hair, blue eyes, and I'm around 6 feet tall (haven't measured in a while, though). Err, I weigh about 150lbs. or so, and I can't do that with my mouth. :p

[rhsunderground]

every time i see a thread that gets off topic, i see pyro's avatar in my mind and think, OH MY GOD, HE'S GONNA GET ME!!! :p

[Ben Rogers]

I know! Whenever I see that Pyro has posted in a thread I was in, I just kind of think "Oh, shizz.". So, Jona, how do you picture me?

[Jona]

Originally posted by omega
So, Jona, how do you picture me?

Jewish.

[Ben Rogers]

Umh... okay, then. I would make a joke, but I don't think it has any place on a webbeh forum.

BTW... I'm listening to "Hit the Floor" right now. 'Tis infectious.

[Jona]

Originally posted by omega
BTW... I'm listening to "Hit the Floor" right now. 'Tis infectious.

YES!!! LINKIN PARK! NOW! LISTEN! MUST!

[Ben Rogers]

...Er... I'm thinkin' no. Anyone else with me?

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground

5)i have a navel I am going to dispute that. You nonnaveled freak.

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by omega
...Er... I'm thinkin' no. Anyone else with me? not now. i have my muzak set on random, just got done with 'hollywood and vine' by matchbook romance. wait ................... didn't this thread already drive by muzak?
Originally posted by PeOfEo
I am going to dispute that. You nonnaveled freak.you caught me. acutally, if you really want, i have a pic or two of it.

[PeOfEo]

sure, post away ;)

[Ben Rogers]

Please, RHS, no... maybe Peo wants to see your stomach, but I don't. :rolleyes: :-p

[sharkey]

I second that omega no navels or any other parts please:p

[Ben Rogers]

See? Neither the old, yellow man or the l33t zombie want to see your gut. (*Judges people by their avatars*) :p

[sharkey]

Yes im getting very old and yellow in my old age of 17:D

Hans Moleman from the simpsons is a legand

[rhsunderground]

if you don't want to see it, then don't look. this was at a friend of mine's going away party a week or so ago. we actually had a navel contest. i won, of course.
http://www.rhsunderground.netfirms.com/navel.html

and yes, hans rules.

[sharkey]

Hey only joking about the navel thing mate.

Ha ha more hans followers.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
if you don't want to see it, then don't look. this was at a friend of mine's going away party a week or so ago. we actually had a navel contest. i won, of course.
http://www.rhsunderground.netfirms.com/navel.html

and yes, hans rules. haha you are one nasty looken dude.

I am a glowing pink right now... nasty sun burn all over my back, i might be tan when it peels off, but I could go back to being pale, lets keep our fingers crossed that I am a sexy golden brown... that way the ladys will want to rub up on my or something.

[Ben Rogers]

"There is no escape from the fortress of the moles! Oh.. except that." Yesh! Moleman pwnz. :D And now worries Peo- the only way you'd get 'sexy golden brown' is if you took up Photoshop.

[rhsunderground]

peo - it looks like your avatar is a bit sunburnt too :p.
i work for the city, and i get a killer farmer's tan. maybe you should try that. or you could just step away from your computer long enough to acutally go outside :p.

[Ben Rogers]

Meh. I'm a mole in the winter, but in the summer... my pool opens, and it's either being by the computer alone, coding, or hanging out by my pool (It's small and above ground, but oh well) with some friends/ family. 3z ch0ic3.

[sharkey]

You lucky people where i live i rarly get hot weater or enough to actually get a tan.

[Ben Rogers]

Hey, I live in New England. How do you think I feel? It'll be a beautiful day... then my cat'll get killed by thunder. :D

Exaggeration is an underappreciated art. :)

[jeff_archer7]

Good greif..... what has this thread become..... how sad it is.........

By the way I think my Avatar "Rocks"
as for peoples navel and the like.... im sure there are many ubiquitous porn sites for that sort of thing

as for the rest...... yes you are insane
lol

lololol
:confused:

[rhsunderground]

that's what i love about this forums - you can go from avatars to tans and everywhere in between - and nobody yells at us for getting off topic :D

[Ben Rogers]

Mm. But if this was a coffee lounge, I would've left by now, or at least puked up my coffee after seeing that nastyass navel pic. *Shudder*

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
peo - it looks like your avatar is a bit sunburnt too :p.
i work for the city, and i get a killer farmer's tan. maybe you should try that. or you could just step away from your computer long enough to acutally go outside :p. I been at the beach for a week just about, I came home for a day or two and went back. I am really freaken red. I was tan for the first part of the week, then I went out for two long and burnt over the tan because I thought "I am not so pasty nemore, maybe I do not need stl"... that kind of logic will lead to melenoma.

[Paul Jr]

You people scare me...

[Ben Rogers]

How do we scare you? It's Peo and RHS who are talking about their skin. I think they want/need to arrange a "playdate". I don't care what you two do- as long as it's AWAY from me. FAR away. *Starts humming "Way Away"*

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by omega
How do we scare you? It's Peo and RHS who are talking about their skin. I think they want/need to arrange a "playdate". I don't care what you two do- as long as it's AWAY from me. FAR away. *Starts humming "Way Away"*
Yes... they are very disturbing.

[Ben Rogers]

No, you know what's scary/ disturbing (For me, anyways). We've got DSL hooked up today... but until we get another wireless thingy (not going to throw words around), I have to use the upstairs computer- but even worse, I think I'll have to use the Verizon Online v. of IE to browse with high speeds for now >_< It's like IE5.... I'm scared. Hold me. :p

<disclaimer>
I'm just kidding. Anyone who does hold me will be shot. Repeatedly. In the head.
</disclaimer>

[Jona]

Originally posted by omega
Hold me. :p

<disclaimer>
I'm just kidding. Anyone who does hold me will be shot. Repeatedly. In the head.
</disclaimer>


Don't worry, you couldn't get anyone to hold you if you tried! :rolleyes:

(Note the face, see how it is sarcastic. Realize it's a joke.)

[MstrBob]

*holds Omega*

[PeOfEo]

ok, lets get this thread going somewhere again. Read any good books lately?

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Read any good books lately?

Oh yeah. I read Yellow River by I. P. Freely.

[PeOfEo]

that was corney... and stupid. I don't read books.. I am above them lol. I only read 1 book, and I bet you can guess what that is, it has many sections, like acts, exodus, numbers, leviticus....
Otherwise I watch the movie or something, if there is no movie then it is obviosuly not important, it is also not important if that movie is no in the video store or on network tv.

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
that was corney... and stupid. I don't read books.. I am above them lol. I only read 1 book, and I bet you can guess what that is, it has many sections, like acts, exodus, numbers, leviticus....
Otherwise I watch the movie or something, if there is no movie then it is obviosuly not important, it is also not important if that movie is no in the video store or on network tv.

A friend of mine likes that kind of thing, so I've learned to be corny and stupid -- but at least I can still spell! ;)

I rarely read books, either. Unless my mom makes me, it's school, or of course, the same book you mentioned. And your philosophy on movies is also quite similar to my own! Fascinating, indeed. Do you like Social Science classes, Peo?

[PeOfEo]

no. :p

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
no. :p

Me either. Science? Yes. Social Science? No way! I like Ancient History, but modern history isn't very interesting to me...

[PeOfEo]

I like economics, law studies, government to a lesser extent, and I like history (mainly the wars, I like to learn about the battles and the who killed who). I was not thinking when you said social science. I prefer to call these cources social studies.

My music taste is different (and better) then yours.

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
My music taste is different (and better) then yours.

<acting style="melodramatic:100%;">
NOOOOO!!!!! Not music again. Have you learned NOTHING!!!!!!
</acting>

[PeOfEo]

<acting style="actor:william-shatner;">
But... alternative rock... is just angry... music... with no... depth... in my... opinion. I... do not mind... beating... a... dead horse.
</acting>

[Jona]

Who's William Shatner?

[PeOfEo]

captain kirk on star trek.

[Jona]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
captain kirk on star trek.

...But I've never seen Star Trek. :(

[MstrBob]

Tsk, tsk Jona. You're simply not nerdy enough!

[Jona]

Originally posted by MstrBob
Tsk, tsk Jona. You're simply not nerdy enough!

Is that a good thing, or...?

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by Jona
Is that a good thing, or...?

'Tis bad! Thou shalt embrace thy nerdiness! Or something along those lines. I don't know, it's semi-late here.

[Jona]

Originally posted by MstrBob
'Tis bad! Thou shalt embrace thy nerdiness! Or something along those lines. I don't know, it's semi-late here.

Well, I think I could be classified as some kind of a nerd... A computer one, definitely. I spend time on the computer working instead of sitting in front of a television screen watching movies or T.V. all day. Hey! It might still be sitting, but at least I get some work done! (Unless you're like study movie-making for college or something?)

[PeOfEo]

very bad. Lets look at my computer stats shall we :p

proc: intel p4 2.6 running at 2.9 (dynamic oc) had 800mhz fsb and ht

ram:512k kingston HyperX, pc2700, cas of 2

hdds: a wd 80 and a maxtor 40, soon I will get another 80 (or higher) SATA

Video: nvidea ti4200 128 gainward

psu: aspire 400 watt

asethetics and extra: vantec 3.5'' fan controler, gives me control over all 6 of my case fans, and cathods. I have dual blue cold cathodes.

Give us your pc specs and I will exampine your nerdy ness

ps: i am not a trecky, william shatner and leonard nemoy are just common knowledge.

[MstrBob]

Don't Judge Me By My Computer! It's an out-of-the-box Dell. Only customizing I ever did was a RAM upgrade (woopty-damn-doo!)

Proc: Pentium III processor GenuineIntel ~864 Mhz

RAM: 190 MB of plain old ram (no SD, DR, ZYX ram, just plain old ram!)

hdds: This acronym confuses me x.x

Video: I don't know, probably crappy

800 x 600 Monitor! 18 Gbs of storage! Windows ME! Creme-Colored, Dell Logo-stamped everything! ARRGH!

Yeah, so if you couldn't tell, I'm not all that fond of this computer, but I didn't buy it, pick it, or was involved in the picking process at all! I've done all that I can with good software, but the specs are sad compared to yours, Peo, and a lot of the people on this board!

[PeOfEo]

hdds, hard drives. Um... ram will be ddr, sd, or rd. It comes in
8 (yea on a 486 :p)
16 (old days sd)
32 (old days sd)
64 (still a pretty low number)
128
256
512
1024
2048 (well this is big but it could come in this)
and so on, it goes in powers of 2.

So how the crap did you get 190...
128 + 64 = 192

128 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 190... thats a hard number to get to.

[Jona]

ROTFL!! :D :D :D :D

[MstrBob]

See, I really don't know. This it is part of the mystery that is dell. I'm pretty sure I started off with 64 MBs. Then, I needed an extra push (really needed it) So I added 128 MBs. But somewhere along the way, I lost 2 MBs, as my computer will only tell me that I have 190. Argh, this computer is so fricken quirky anyway, I've given up on it. It's 5 years old, I guess sort of middle-aged for computers.

[Ben Rogers]

Right-o. Not reading all that. As for you, MstrBob... watch yaself. :p

So, am I the only person in here who reads? I just finished "That Was Then, This Is Now" by S.E. Hinton. Good, short book. You're all lame though.

Oh, btw... I won't be online regularly until we get a new upstairs computer, one with an ethernet cable port, so it can connect to the thing that'd send the DSL signal- thingie downstairs to my comp. So I have to be on this shizzbox until then.

My comp stats: Mine: Good. My sis's: Dead. The family comp: Crappy. My mom's: Laptoppish. Happy?

[MstrBob]

:D Hey, I read! My last two books: 1984 and A Brave New World. Current Book: A Clockwork Orange. I used to be a big book worm until I got into computers. Now I'm an Internet Junkie.

[Ben Rogers]

Yes, but MstrBob you also held me.... :p

Same here. Sadly enough, I've read all the Harry Potter books... but to redeem, I've also read all of Michael Crichtons fiction works. I like tekky+ sci fi+ suspense+ horror books (as in his books are all of those at once)... I'm just weird like that. My last actual book was... uh... Prey, I think. Good book... if you don't mind detailed explanations of areas of genetics (the cool ones :p) and people getting suffocated and mimicked by things that could actually exist.... then you should check it out. (Suffocation is very detailed, FYI) :D

[MstrBob]

Ah, you think Harry Potter is bad? There is a whole HUGE series of books about Star Wars, I counted once, I read over 50 of them. And they weren't tiny, either. Averaged about 400-500 pages. Eek, I don't know why or how I did it. But now, my reading is rather limited. And as for holding you, Omega, I'll hold you if/when I feel like it!:p Whoah, okay, yeah that sounds wrong. I'll stop now, sorry.

[Ben Rogers]

True, it does sound wrong. And you were a trekkie? God, I hate Star Trek. Better than an um.... Warrie, I guess. Pretty much anything that begins with "Star" is gonna be horrible.

<offtopic>
OK, new comp ^stairs, and DSL set up. Networks are impossible to set up... can't wait until I'm back on my own comp finally. I've been trying to set up the Linksys dealie so I can have DSL running on my comp and the family comp at the same time. >_< At least I can use IE6 now... oh, yeah, and on this new comp the resolution can be anywhere from 800/600 => 2048/1536... that's just pointless...
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[MstrBob]

I'm not a trekie!!!! I loved Star Wars which is MUCH different from Star Trek. Really now, never confuse the two. I feel your pain with the network, I use a Linksys wireless router to split cable internet to the computers at home. Twas a major headache, especially dealing with one of the computers which had Windows XP. Took me forever until I realized that I had to give it our network's actual encryption key, other than the passphrase used by linksys to generate the key. Did they tell me this anywhere? No. It was two months before I got that computer on the network. But in the end, it's all very much worth it. I never would have downloaded Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, apache, and many other programs without high-speed!

[Conor]

new avatar/best avatar ever/harry potter rules!

[Ben Rogers]

Oh, crap!!! Both my comp and the family comp have WinXP... I'm screwed, aren't I..? No security stuffs though, except for individual firewalls. Actually, the network was easy to set up, but it didn't do anything. Now the LinkSys thing connected to the modem won't recognize the connection... and yes, the directions are shizz. They even made my dad flip out. He _almost_ put his fist through the monitor... but he gave up instead. We'll have to try again tomorrow...

And no... HP blows. And sad zombie pwns. :D JP.

[MstrBob]

Turn off WinXP's personal firewall. It will stop the computers from being part of the Linksys network. If you have a broadband router, it has it's own firewall, anyway. Is it wireless or wired? Wireless is evil, but me mum didn't like the idea of drilling holes in the walls for cables.

[Ben Rogers]

How would I go about disabling the firewall? I've never had any security issues; hence I've never messed with the security settings. The routers are wireless; the comps are on different floors, and my dad would sooner forget DSL altogether than drill holes in the walls... and he wouldn't trust me doing that myself in...

Thanks for the tip, btw... this thing is a pain in the ass, but I'm having trouble thinking it's not worth it... I'm watching music videos. I've had dial up all my life, and now I'm watching music videos on launch.yahoo.com. Hell yes. :p

BTW: Reagan died. Sucks to be him.

[Jona]

Originally posted by omega

I'm watching music videos. I've had dial up all my life, and now I'm watching music videos on launch.yahoo.com.

BTW: Reagan died. Sucks to be him.

I heard about Reagan. That's sad. :(

Yahoo has the bestest music Web site!!

[Ben Rogers]

Not really. He probably deserved it. :D :p

And yes, Launch is great... especially on cable. I wish they'd just play the music tho... or maybe have a Britney Spears video play while like, Staind is playing. Eye _AND_ ear candy. Perfect combo.

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by omega
Not really. He probably deserved it. :D :p

Dude... that's cold, even if you're joking. I heard he died of pneumonia.

Smarty Jones lost the Belmont Stakes! No triple crown!

I have the exact same thing, then! Go to My Network Places, right click and click properties. Here you configure your network settings. The last tab, I think, should deal with firewall. Just a little check box. Uncheck it. It is a cool feature, but uneccessary and inconvenient with a network. It is quite helpful if ONE of your computers is wired to the ROUTER. Open up Mozilla, type http://192.168.1.1

You configure your router here. If you use WPA encryption at 128bits (HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) it will ask you for a passphrase. Type something random, whatever you want. You only need it once. It will produce a key. Copy down Key 1 exactly as is. You will need to enter this encryption key on all of your computers. Without this, anybody with a wireless adapter can use your network! Can get rather involved, but it is definately worth it.

[Ben Rogers]

Yes it is cold, and yes I was joking. And my Dad told me all about Smarty's loss. He was very upset... me? I hate horses.

When I was six, I was at a farm down the street (Middleborough is halfway between rural and suburban) and I had climbed up one of those corrugated steal fences to pat a horse (wicked tall thing) and it went to bite my hand, and I fell off the fence when I pulled away and smacked my head on something; I forget what. Since then I've loathed horses.

As for the routers... my family comp is wired to the modem and the modem is wired to the router... downstairs I have just a router... how else could I've done it..?

As for the security and configuration... I don't think we have any kind of encryption or whatever. My dad can worry about that. :D Also, that's where we got hung up... it won't let us log in, using any password ever supplied to this comp. The instructions say leave the username blank and put "admin" in the password field, but of course that doesn't work either...

[MstrBob]

As for horses, me mum loves horses. She was raised on a farm and always loved horses. She watches those big three races and such, and was screaming. As for me and horses, they're rather tall. I like them fine so long as we're seperated by a nice, tall wall.

See, I have cable going to modem, modem going into router. Router sends out internet to all computers. I have four computers, with one (mine) being wired to the modem, and the other 3 using wireless adapters. WinXP is evil when it comes to this (ironic, since it is supposed to be networking made easy :rolleyes: ) Actually, I think you are supposed to put username:admin, and password:blank. Or maybe its password admin as well. Of course, I don't know which router you use, so this could be different. Instructions (http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?action=search) Used that to set everything up. It only took me two months.

[Ben Rogers]

LOL. No wall and a shotgun in hand is another combo that makes horses (horsi? heece? :p) tolerable. :D

Cable, eh? I'm working with DSL. And I only have 2 comps, so that make it easier.. and using admin in any field, once or twice doesn't seem to work. It must hate me, lol. It'll just give me the prompt again, in both IE and Firefox (Yes, I downloaded it on the family comp. I'll have to delete IE to make everyone use it now ;))

[MstrBob]

Wait a second, wait a second. If you only have TWO computers, you don't need a router. You simply wire the two together, or hook them both up with wireless adapters. It's called Ad-hoc mode, or some such. No router is needed because there is only traffic between two computers, no switching is needed. One computer gets the dsl, and then shares it with the other computer. A lot easier than with a router (Infastructure mode).

[Ben Rogers]

Er... but would you still be setting up a network...? Or could you use the Router AS an adapter? Because the router and an adapter have already been purchased, and I don't know if we can return the router. Also, that's what I thought was going to happen anyways: the DSL gets into the router (donno how else to phrase it) and then gets sent down to the adapter.

But... if I'm wrong in my thinking (highly likely/ definite) then we'll have to get another adapter... but now that's a TOTALLY different thing. The adapter (already works with the 'network', it's getting the DSL to go into it that's the problem, basically it's not doing anything) didn't really have anything to set up a network or anything. I know I'm in over my head... but once this is set up, it's done.

EDIT: Just so you know, I can't work on it now because my aunt is over, and my Dad doesn't want me to mess with it unless he's there... :rolleyes:

[MstrBob]

Actually, the broadband router takes the incoming DSL signal from the modem, and splits it equally to all computers in the network. If you have but two computers, you only need two adapters, and the one computer hooked up to the modem shares the signal. If you already have the router and adapter, you can use it, it's just unnecessary (except for future network growth).

[Ben Rogers]

If I simply bought another adapter, could I plug in place of the router and be all set..? If it really is that much easier, then I'll do it. Thanks for your help again.

<offtopicness>Would it hurt Korn that much to put out a normal looking video..? Out of the ones on Launch, the most normal is "Right now (3D version)"</offtopicness>

[MstrBob]

Well, in terms of actually setting up the network, its a bit simpler. But either way, you have to set up your internet connection to be shared, which seems to be your problem. There should be a wizard in your Network Places with an option to set up your network. along the way it will ask you about internet. On the computer with DSL, select, I want to share the internet on this computer with others on my network. On your other computer, run the wizard and select "This computer connects to another computer which uses the internet." It's all about the wizards, man! I will probably be of more help tomorrow, as then I will actually be able to use my one computer with XP and give a bit more help x.x

[Ben Rogers]

Alright. Well, that works out nicely: tomorrow I'm going to give this thing another shot. :D

EDIT: Well, it's tomorrow, and I gave it another shot... then called customer service (again), and so it works now. Thanks for your help again, Bob. Gotta love DSL BTW: upgraded YIM, AIM, & WMP and am now watching the SSX3 Master Runs on merqurycity.com ... maybe I'll get some ideas. ;)

[rhsunderground]

<topic type="new">
i figured that this wouldn't get much attention as a new thread, so i'll just throw it in this one. IHOP (http://rhsunderground.netfirms.com/ihop.html)

[rhsunderground]

JONA! going to a newer version of your old avatar! i likes :D.

RHSUNDERGROUND! digging up a 2 month old thread! you ass!

[Ben Rogers]

Yes, you ARE an ass. Good to be mod, tho, eh? And what about my avatar? *glares* Only pplz who read Rorouni Kenshin (and I mean read, the show is horrible. Get the manga) know who Yahiko is, but I think the personality fits, so... :p

[Jick]

Well I've had my same avatar for a while. It was original until RHS changed his to cartmen. Only I'm allowed to like South Park. :mad::p

[rhsunderground]

OH YEAH?!?! BRING IT, MODERATOR!!!!





oh, wait...

[Daniel T]

Holy ****, how the hell did this thread get resurected???

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by Daniel T
Holy ****, how the hell did this thread get resurected??? how?Originally posted by rhsunderground
JONA! going to a newer version of your old avatar! i likes :D.

RHSUNDERGROUND! digging up a 2 month old thread! you ass! that's how. blame jona - it's his avatar :rolleyes:

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
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i figured that this wouldn't get much attention as a new thread, so i'll just throw it in this one. IHOP (http://rhsunderground.netfirms.com/ihop.html) http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com/pics/misc11.jpg

[Daniel T]

Damn, peo! You must have a ****load of those types of images! You should start a stock photo site with them. :p My favorite is the "Welcome to last week!" one :D

[Nevermore]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun.html

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by cijori
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun.html L....M.....A....O!!!

Here's my fave: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun/misc15.jpg

[Jona]

http://members.cox.net/sbssmp/gaywritten.jpg

:rolleyes:

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by Jona
http://members.cox.net/sbssmp/gaywritten.jpg

:rolleyes: http://thenamesdan.com/other/gaypost.gif
:D

[PeOfEo]

http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com/pics/gaymeter.jpg
http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com/pics/gaydar.jpg
http://quasi-ke.servebeer.com/pics/gayerror.gif

I have loads more where that came from. I would leave them on the original site but the url has profanity on it so I can't post it. But I do not want to give away its secret location either :)

[rhsunderground]

so jona, what's with the avatar? couldn't handle this much change?

EDIT - Peo - that's what i was talking about when i said "images abused"

[Jona]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
so jona, what's with the avatar? couldn't handle this much change?

I was asked to change it back to Samus or Yoda. I picked Samus, but a different one.

[rhsunderground]

who asked you? i didn't think it was bad? maybe i missed summat...

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by rhsunderground

EDIT - Peo - that's what i was talking about when i said "images abused" Liar :D. I could have posted wall paper sizes but I thought that would be wrong :(

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by PeOfEo
Liar :D. I could have posted wall paper sizes but I thought that would be wrong :( you recall that as mod i can change them<laugh type="evil">



</laugh>
oh..........sorry.....

[PeOfEo]

but my images are just 2 kew 4 skew.

[Jona]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
who asked you? i didn't think it was bad? maybe i missed summat...

No one thought it was bad; so far, everyone's loved my choice of avatars. (Except for my chicken one, which I still use at www.phpbuilder.com/board.) I forget who asked me to change it, it was in a post in the General forum...

[Daniel T]

My favorite avatar of Jona's was the one with the man with the screwed up face. Though, he probably had TONS more before I even showed up here, so I'm not one to talk.

Now, my avatar pwnz it all the way home, and it skools all of Jona's avatars put together, so I am now a self-proclaimed Avatar King.

[MstrBob]

I've had but 2...

Maybe I'll change it when I reach 1000 posts?

[Ben Rogers]

Really? I've hated your choice of avatars. It suxx0red much ass.

I've had 4, I think... but the first 3 count as 1, since they were all just diff versions of the omega sign... the first one sucky, the second not mine (so good) and the third by me (3dish and metallic) was mediocre. Then this one. I think.

[Daniel T]

I've had... Homer, Bart, Donkey, Kermit... I'm sure I had more, but I can't think of them. And Omega, you've had at least 5, as you forgot the Penny Arcade one ;)

[Ben Rogers]

Go to Marge. I think she'll fit you better than any of those... :p

Ah, yes. I feel bad for that zombie...

[rhsunderground]

i've got a stockpile of avatars on my computer, and i'm ready to use them if necessary...

[Jona]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
i've got a stockpile of avatars on my computer, and i'm ready to use them if necessary...

Do it, I hate your current one.

[soccer362001]

Originally posted by Jona
Do it, I hate your current one.
I'll second that.

[Daniel T]

I third it. Actually, to be completely honest, i've never liked rhs' shoice of avatars :(

[Jona]

Originally posted by Daniel T
I third it. Actually, to be completely honest, i've never liked rhs' shoice of avatars :(

I'll second that. :D

[soccer362001]

Originally posted by Jona
I'll second that. :D
And I'll third that!:D

[Ben Rogers]

But Cartman pwnz...

[Daniel T]

Originally posted by omega
But Cartman pwnz... That picture of him doesn't, though. This is a much better pic: http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~rusch/cartman.jpg

Now I do know they aren't supposed to look 3D, but they look much better tha way.

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by Daniel T
I third it. Actually, to be completely honest, i've never liked rhs' shoice of avatars :( :( :eek:
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edit - better?

[Ben Rogers]

Hey, didn't I post that pic of fez somewhere, saying it fitted someone..?

And, no, it is teh suxx0r. You lose. Play again?

[MstrBob]

I'm liking the new avatar there. The Daily Show is awesome. But, I didn't know that they had TV in nebraska?! :D :p

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by MstrBob
I'm liking the new avatar there. The Daily Show is awesome. But, I didn't know that they had TV in nebraska?! :D :p ouch. we've got everything new york has (more or less or at least something comparable) and even more. (cows, corn, dignity).

[Ben Rogers]

What?!? I mean I was surprised when I heard there were people who LIVED in Nebraska, nevermind did it not towards their will... :eek:

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
ouch. we've got everything new york has (more or less or at least something comparable) and even more. (cows, corn, dignity).

Oh, yeah. Can you walk down a block, and find an Indian, Korean, Pakistani, Sushi, Chinese, and Italian Restaurant, complete with a Deli run by an Indian man on the corner? And no one can touch our bagels and pretzels.

And for the record, cows suck, and miles and miles of corn fields is nothing to brag about...

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by MstrBob
Oh, yeah. Can you walk down a block, and find an Indian, Korean, Pakistani, Sushi, Chinese, and Italian Restaurant, complete with a Deli run by an Indian man on the corner?all but a deli.

yeah, you guys should come check it out. i live in a metro of 400,000-ish people. it's quite different from the east coast. people actually might say hello to you :eek:. and if cows suck, you must be vegetarian?

[MstrBob]

I don't like strange people saying hello to me, it's discomforting. When I visit me grandparents in Indiana, they people behind the counters are way too friendly. They feel the need to talk to me constantly (despite me not knowing them) whilst preparing my food. I rather less talk and more cooking, I didn't buy a conversation. And people in the midwest talk so sloooooooowwwwwly!

[MstrBob]

Originally posted by rhsunderground
all but a deli.

yeah, you guys should come check it out. i live in a metro of 400,000-ish people. it's quite different from the east coast. people actually might say hello to you :eek:. and if cows suck, you must be vegetarian?

Yeah, but the question is, how good is it? I wouldn't trust a sushi restaurant 1000+ miles from an ocean, either. And since cows suck so much, I have no problem eating them :D

[Ben Rogers]

LMAO! I wonder what a Chinese red sounds like... you'd think they'd cancle each other out, right...?

EDIT: Chinese redneck, as in a chinese guy who moved d33p south...

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by MstrBob
Yeah, but the question is, how good is it? I wouldn't trust a sushi restaurant 1000+ miles from an ocean, either. And since cows suck so much, I have no problem eating them :D but you trust beef 1000+ miles from the farm? i find most of the chinese here to be pretty good. i didn't get the chance to have any in NYC, but i did hit up Famiglia's about 4 times...that's good stuff....:D

[MstrBob]

Yes, but sushi is supposed to be raw. So what if the beef is a bit old? I'm going to throw it over the open flames anywho...

And who said there'd be any Chinese running the Chinese restaurant? Most of the pizzarias out here aren't run by Italians, our local Japanese/sushi restaurant is run by a Korean, and our favorite Italian restaurant has a french chef.

[rhsunderground]

Originally posted by MstrBob
And who said there'd be any Chinese running the Chinese restaurant? nobody? :confused:

and a chinese redneck would sound like william hung singing dixie.

[Ben Rogers]

R.O.T.F.L.!!!!!

William Hung... he needs... to be killed or something. The only reason he's popular is cuz of his name... think about it....