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[ShadowTiger]

I just had my College's Sci-fi anime club Thanksgiving dinner. I bought drinks and food and helped set up and everything. People were taking pictures and videos during the meal and speeches.

I didn't show up in a single one of them.

I believe that qualifies me to be a ninja, doesn't it.

[Mitchfork]

I have the opposite problem (sort of). I'll look back through pictures of myself on Facebook or something and I'll be in every photo from a particular event because I love photobombing... I spend a lot of my time cringing about things I've done in the past that are now embarrassing. I also regret that at a lot of parties/trips I've been on, there are no good pictures of me because of this habit.

So as of right now, we are on 24 hours of no power in my dorm. Apparently a bird flew into the transformer for the city block around 4 PM yesterday, which blew it. That was fixed at around 3 AM today, but when the power was turned on that blew or dorm's transformer which has yet to be fixed. Hurrah!

[ShadowTiger]

Ugh, I'm sorry. That's truly awful. I hope everyone in the situation ends up okay from the experience. Overexposure to such a lack of awesomeness can be a harrowing experience.

On a side note, I also hope everyone is okay from the lack of internet.

[Mitchfork]

The transformer is still blown, but the company that owns the building rented a huge generator and just plugged it in about 5 minutes ago, so the power is back after 27 hours.

Literally, as I was about to submit this post, the power went out again. Wow. x_x

[Gouanaco]

if u could make rename yourself what would it be?

for me it would be Zack

[Russ]

You can rename yourself. Just post a thread in the staff dropbox, asking for the name change.

I renamed myself Russ, so that's what I'd put as the answer. As my interests shift, I consider other name changes, but I never stay interested in one name long enough to justify changing it.

Unless you mean in real life. In which case, I have no idea. I like my name a lot, but if I had to, Todd, Michael, and Tom are up there on the list. I haven't given a whole lot of thought, just a little bit of thinking when I'm bored.

[Adem]

I was actually supposed to be named "Joshua", but recently, I've met a lot of Josh's, so I no longer think I'd like having such a common name.

I've always like the name Simon. Emile, as well. Not sure if I'd prefer either of them over my real name, but if for some reason I needed a new name, I think I'd go with one of those two. Don't judge me.

EDIT: No. Peter. Definitely Peter...lol

Edited by Rem, 24 November 2010 - 11:05 AM.

[Saffith]

I would name myself SuperJesus. Then I'd probably snap and shoot up a Wal-Mart or something, 'cause, let me tell you, there's a hell of a lot of pressure with a name like that.

[Banjo7J]

I'd probably make my name some sort of a reference. Like, not something completely out of place and obvious like Vold E. Mort but something subtle and obscure like Brendan *actual last name* so that no-one would realise my name is a Pokemon reference.

[ShadowTiger]

I would name myself

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[Mitchfork]

I would name myself

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Just sayin', Prince did it first. Although his was slightly cooler/less zombie-apocalypse-survivable.

I like my name quite a bit. After almost 20 years it kind of grows on you, and I don't want to make things inconvenient for people I know.

[ShadowTiger]

I have recently learned two things.

• If a customer walks up to you and says "Screws?" The correct reply is "No thank you." Occasionally followed by a "Thank you though. " and walking away. Though a better latter response would be to ask them what they are looking for and if they need help finding it. Particularly if they're standing right in front of it.
  
  This happens far, far too often.
  
• A great way to learn someone's name if you've been in contact with them for over a month without knowing it, is to ask them how they would spell their name if they changed only a single letter. It generally works better with longer names. "Rob" and "Bob" could easily become "Roe" or "Boe" but you don't know if they're changing it from "Rob" into "Bob" or "Roe."

[Ice Cream Link]

I've learned one thing throughout life:
Never judge a book by its cover...
Basic thing, but it can get you twisted up...
lol

[SpacemanDan]

Yeah, it's a simple but important lesson of life.

If anybody's bored, I'm doing a stream right now.

http://www.livestream.com/blamanlp

Dunno how long I'll be streaming, but there's plenty of failure to be had, I'm sure. If you have a suggestion, join in the chat and drop me a line.

(I hope this doesn't count as advertising. I'll stream whenever I feel like it. Who knows when that'll be.)

[Saffith]

So, I found an obscure, trivial glitch in Zelda. The NES game, I mean, not ZC.

The number of full hearts before the last is stored in half a byte, and how full the last one is gets a full byte. When the last heart byte hits 0, the next heart down becomes the last one. Thing is, it's when it reaches exactly 0, not when it's less than 0, so one heart is 255 HP, not 256. So, you start with 2 hearts + 255 HP. Take half a heart of damage twice, and it's 1 + 254. Two more half hearts, it's 0 + 253. If you keep taking half hearts of damage, refilling your health enough to stay alive but never to full, eventually, a half heart of damage will be displayed as a full heart.

Aren't you glad to know that?

Edited by Saffith, 25 December 2010 - 09:05 AM.