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[Ventus]

How do you sleep IN the floor? :O

I just can somehow... Its really not that bad >__>, Its just really really flat... >_<

Beneath the floorboards, obviously.

D: No I don't!. An evil monkey sleeps beneath the floor boards

Edit, My Sister and her husband left. But fantastic news!!!... They took my external modem with them V___V... Crap. My stuff got mixed with thier stuff somehow

Now I'm stuck using my crappy Internal...

Edited by Ventus, 02 September 2012 - 04:00 PM.

[kurt91]

Alright boys and girls, I feel like telling a story, so sit down, shut up, and pay attention! This is a true story, by the way...

A while back, a member of my family was using her computer. She's apparently a bit unhinged or something. She got an error message on the screen, one I'm sure you all are familiar with and have seen at one point or another. The "Illegal Operation" message. Usually no big deal, you just re-open whatever program was closed and hope that it backed up some of your work or whatever you were doing.

Instead of any rational response, she deduced that the "Internet Police" were out to get her, ripped all of the cords from the wall, brought the computer out into the yard, and began to attack it frantically with an ax. She refused to listen to any explanations of what really happened, and to be honest, would you have argued with a psycho old woman with a weapon? She was convinced that the message meant that special government forces were specifically and actively tracking her computer to arrest her or something, and that the only way to protect herself was to destroy the thing.

[Ventus]

@Kurt91:
My god that's sounds crazy... I remember when my sister use to act the same way... Well not the same way, she never killed her computer with a ax <.<

I was able to explain what it was by handing her a Windows 98 for dummies book. and that took care of that.

Edited by Ventus, 19 September 2012 - 12:56 PM.

[kurt91]

Alright, kiddies. Good ol' Uncle Kurt feels like tellin' another story...

We're taking care of two foreign exchange students, one from Germany and one from Pakistan. The German exchange student has been wanting to cook a recipe from home for all of us, so she got on Skype and got her mother to send a recipe.

We have a rather large family, eight people total if you include the two students, so we took the recipe and doubled it so there'd be enough food for everybody at dinner. Afterwards, we started converting all of the measurements from metric to cups, teaspoons, etc.

We learned an important lesson today. When making a recipe sent to you from somebody, make sure they weren't considerate enough to double it ahead of time before you go ahead and double it when you start preparing it. We all ate multiple heaping servings of the stuff, and I still ended up filling a bucket (literally, we save the giant buckets you can buy ice cream in and clean them out) with lentils and spaetzle, and yet another giant bucket with the leftover dough, because the largest mixing bowl we had wasn't enough to hold all the spaetzle noodles the recipe made.

It's a good thing this stuff tastes good, because we're going to be eating it every day for probably the next two weeks...

[Sora of Pen]

I'm mad... I just lost my bet in the Goku vs. Superman Death Battle... I'm not gonna go overboard, but seriously... I'm mad...

[coolgamer012345]

...why does the board keep enabling flood control?what is flood control and why is it used?and i am not just saying things i really would like to know...

[Rambly]

If you try to post too often within a certain timespan (30 seconds) the board will prevent you from posting again until that time has lapsed. This is... well, to prevent flooding. The same applies to searches, only the search time is much longer (180 seconds). The search time is longer because too many searches put strain on the server.

Basically, just slow down a little bit and be patient.

[coolgamer012345]

ok.....thanks for answering

[Schwa]

I hit the flood control a lot while using the search feature. But then again, that ought to be a reassuring sign. The search feature is any game author's best friend on a site like this, and back in the Rom Hacking community it was VITAL to make copious use of it, since we all had a strict "do the work yourself and don't bug us unless it's important" mentality, it was not uncommon to dig up a year old post from some guy I've never met just to find the answer to a question someone else already asked one time, without starting a new thread (the mods got REAL mad if you ever made a thread to ask a question someone else already asked, even a year ago or more).

Good times. And ZScript is a cakewalk compared to hacking an actual SNES Rom's raw, hexidecimal Assembly code, man. I had done quite a bit of that before learning ZScript, so maybe it's no wonder I picked ZScript up so quickly? A lot of the concepts were the same, only easier and more forgiving-- for one, you wouldn't utterly crash your game and make it unusable forever if you wrote one little line wrong. (WE KEPT BACKUPS OF OUR HACKS. LOTS AND LOTS OF BACKUPS.) No training wheels in Rom Hacking! If you're just some kid thinking how cool it would be to make new Mario Bros. levels, you'd be in for some harsh life lessons.

Feels good to ramble about it all, though. I've been through a lot of good and bad and plain old drama back in the Rom Hacking scene, and with a straight face I can say I regret none of it. If it weren't for such an upbringing, you can bet I wouldn't be here on PureZC today.

... Thinking about the search feature reminded me of all that. Now I feel all giddy and goofy with nostalgia...

[Omega]

I agree Schwa! I myself dip into rom hacking quite a bit! It can be FAR more rage inducing then ZC. >.< But some of the results can be amazing. Just be careful as you said.. don't want to corrupt or mess up the rom. They can be sensitive like computers.

[SpykStorm]

I wrote a short story for English class, and thought I would share it here.

Mark was in charge of a muffin factory. He had invented a very special and almost magical method of producing muffins: the muffin button. All you had to do to make it work is press it firmly and a muffin would spontaneously materialize out of thin air! Mark used this magical button to make a lot of money off of selling muffins. And as far as Mark was concerned, there were no drawbacks to his wonderful invention. There was no limit to how many muffins he could produce, so he could theoretically outpace all of his competitors and make an infinite profit!

Obviously, Mark had become quite wealthy off his new invention, as not only could his muffin button produce an infinite amount of muffins, they were also the best muffins around! Everyone wanted Mark’s muffins!

One day, Mark was at his factory as usual, and he was making more muffins with his muffin button. He produced his muffins on the main counter to display his button to his customers. As he was continuing his extremely easy work, he noticed a strange figure in a red cloak walk in, and he sat down in one of the tables. This unnerved Mark, but he carried on work as usual. Mark noticed other strange things that day as well. There was a strange smell in the air, and the sun seemed slightly less bright. His customers seemed slightly less joyful, with less personality.

But the real surprise came when the red-cloaked figure with no distinguishable face approached him. And after all the other customers and employees had left, this figure gave him a warning. He explained that the use of Mark’s muffin button had side effects. He went on to say that if mark continued to use his muffin button excessively, then the sun would be blotted out, and a result, people would lose their individuality!

But Mark, who had acquired a greed for money and power, chose to ignore this warning despite the gradual signs that what the red-cloaked figure was correct. He continued to make muffins, more than he ever had, serving more customers than ever before. But day after day, the world grew into a slightly darker place. As time went on, daytime was almost entirely shrouded in dark, as if there was a constant eclipse. And as the world lost its light, the people in it lost their happiness. But for whatever reason, they continued to eat Mark’s muffins.

Lightless days went by, and Mark continued to sell his muffins. By this point, Mark had become a millionaire, and there was nothing he couldn’t buy. But, as greedy as ever, he didn’t ever consider stopping using his muffin button. People wondered why there was no longer any sunlight as they continued to eat Mark’s muffins.

One day, the red-cloaked figure returned, and this time approached Mark directly. He exclaimed, “YOU HAVE IGNORED MY WARNING! NOW YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE!” He then pulled out a spear out of nowhere, and threw it into the muffin button! Second after, Mark fell asleep.
When Mark awoke, he was in a very different world. They sky was red, the people looked liked shadows, and there were muffins everywhere! Muffins replaced the everyday items you usually see in the world. They filled the streets, invaded the stores, and could even be found on top of power poles. So, with no ideas of what to do, he began eating muffins. And he didn’t stop. Ever.

Edited by SpykStorm, 30 April 2013 - 04:01 PM.

[Sheik]

So, what's the message? I think I have an idea but I would like to hear what you were thinking yourself (instead of putting words into your mouth).

[SpykStorm]

The main idea is that giving into greed can have negative consequences on yourself, others, and the environment. This assignment required that some sort of curse be involved, as this story is supposed relate to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In this case, Mark is cursed to live in an alternate reality where there is nothing but muffins. Now, whether that is good or bad can be left to your interpretation.

The reply form is tripping out.

[Aevin]

Personally, I took the muffins as being symbols for all different kinds of art, music, storytelling, etc. Trying to quickly mass produce these things not only damages the audience that consumes them, but also ends up being unfulfilling for the creator. The product may be popular, but will always lack the deeper meaning of a home made muffin. Of course, the exile to the muffin dimension at the end left me feeling confused from a symbolic standpoint ...

Edited by Aevin, 02 May 2013 - 03:05 PM.

[strike]

Aevin- Bill Waterson fan perchance?

-Strike