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By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 08:13 am:

Ha ha, sure does! :D

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 08:41 am:

So, that reminds me... What's everybody doing for New Year's and stuff? I gotsta work, unfortunately, BUT I may be able to swing a little gathering at my place, starting perhaps friday evening (Dec. 28th) and going until Jan. 1st. You see, I have off New Year's day, but must work New Year's eve. Fortunately, precedent has been set for early dismissal on such days as that (we got let out early day before thanksgiving and again then friday after)

IF you wanna do this, let me know, I must make arrangements. Brenna, unfortunately, will still be visiting her parents in NC, until Jan. 3rd. Lemme know, I check here regularly, and also my email. Byebye then!

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 10:11 am:

I'm going to florida to see my mum- leaving on the 28th actually =)

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 04:34 pm:

Well then, you SUCK.

I mean, ummm... Have a good trip?

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 11:15 am:

Uh, yeah. I'll be relaxin' on the beach with a nice martini while all the stupid people swim in the ocean and get bit by sharks. I had a strange dream about sharks last night. I was in a leaky tourist-type boat with lots of people and they were circling the boat.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 02:08 pm:

people circling the boat?

what about the sharks?

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Thursday, December 06, 2001 - 05:51 pm:

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 01:14 am:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That was hilarius.

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 07:46 am:

no it wasn't. It was cheezy.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 03:47 pm:

It ain't easy bein cheesy...

BUT, Somebody's gotta do it...

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 02:11 pm:

Nat,

I was ADMIRING! your 3D artwork again - awesome! I am going to try to imitate by creating a 3D figure for my Computer Graphics II class. You are awesome! Say, if I can ask, what will the final purpose of your art be?

Not that there needs to be a purpose!

Sol

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 02:12 pm:

And for some of you who know, my purpose will be creating a body for Lal. At last decent tools for C exist.

Sol

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:46 pm:

Thanks Sol, u r so kind =)

That model is for a 3D game character- high res for the cut scenes. Mind you this "game idea" is only in it's early "concept" phase. This is the second character I've worked on so far.

What kind of 3D software will you be using for your class? If you use maya (hard to learn) I suggest you learn to use SubD's, it's the best! If you're stuck with 3d sudio max (*blecchhhhh!*) then polygons are good for beginners. Use nurbs later on, as they're a pain in the ass. You have to do patch modeling in that case (EVIL!!!). Let me know if U need any pointers.

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:50 pm:

oh yeah, here's a basic character design guide that you might find useful, Sol.

Gamasutra Character Building Resource Guide

It would help U get started. Gamasutra is a good place to look for 3D info.

By Technomage (Houdini) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 11:13 am:

Soap powered Cars?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 02:55 pm:

So, how about it? Nobody got back to me about New Year's hang-outness. It has been almost 2 weeks since I mentioned it. Nat, I know you'll be in Florida, you are excused. Anybody else?

By Technomage (Houdini) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 05:05 pm:

I'm not sure yet. I have a week off durring the christmas break but I may not be able to leave town.

My sister is due to deliver her baby any day now and the family is expecting me to be in the waiting room with the rest of them. We have a pool going to determine when my Nephiew is going to be born. ETA is anywhere between DEC 22-JAN 3.

I'm betting he's gonna be a christmas baby.

I may still be able to hang w/ everyone its just that the horizion is still kinda fuzzy at this point. If he comes early enough my vacation time will be free and clear.

If my sister gets her way he's going to be be the first baby born in Syracuse for 2002.

I can't wait till the little tike is old enough to play magic. =)

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 12:34 pm:

Uncle Bryan! he he he that's cool!
I'm thinking about taking full time classes in the Spring to hasten my graduation... mostly 'cause I am weary of having homework or class every night and weekend :P

After this (winter) quarter, I'll have 6 classes left plus 2 co-op blocks. So 2002 will be the year of my academic victory, oh yes.

Cha!
Sol

By Vengence is Mine (Knight_Hawk) on Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 01:22 am:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, January 04, 2002 - 10:47 am:

Happy New Year!

Sol

2002

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 - 09:31 am:

Woah - did anyone see South Park last night? Ohmigosh! It blew a fuse in my brain. Cartman tries to get back at this kid with a Chili-con-carnival with a despotic plan involving a pony.

The surprise ending had me screaming in insanity for 2 str8 hours afterwards.

Sol

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 10:32 am:

Wow, sure is quiet around here. It's funny - I always think of myself as being too busy all the time, too busy to hang out with my friends, 60-hour weeks and all that - but wow, I guess everyone else is busier than me judging from the number of posts! It is the Doldrums of LEV. Hey, where are all you guys I gave accounts to last week?

Hello?

Sol

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 12:07 pm:

It's tax time for me, Sol. I have to itemize everything. Plus I'm getting over a VERY nasty flu that's had me feelin' icky for the past two weeks. This flu I have knocked out half of NYC during New Year's week. The pain! the pain!

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 12:20 pm:

and then you'll all wake up sterile...
didn't we write a story about this or something?

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 01:48 pm:

Don't be sick, Nat! Get better! I heard that Jar Jar will have a smaller role in CLONES, and when he does appear, he will be an older, wiser, more respectable Gungan.

Of course, I heard this on MadTV

Sol

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 03:20 pm:

Yeah we did write a story like that =)

Although if I wake up sterile it would make my life more carefree. I'm sick 'cuz I didn't get the flu shot I suppose. Now I feel icky and my throat still hurts after two weeks.

Jar Jar didn't bother me too much. I just accepted him as the "ewok factor" and ignored him throughout the movie.

By chicken nugget (Sherm) on Tuesday, January 15, 2002 - 09:56 am:

*snicker*

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 09:52 am:

Another oldie but a goodie from the VAXMig topic:

Darkfox heard cheers erupt around him, and he opened his eyes to find he was standing, right hand extended towards the viewscreen, as if reaching for something. He also saw the asteroids parting before the ship, essentially creating a worm-track through the field. A single droplet of sweat ran its course down his brow and onto his cheek, and he found he could not move his hand. After taking a second look at the events unfolding outside, he wasn't sure he wanted to move it
at all...

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 03:00 pm:

My VAXMig Flashback for you today:"Ambassador," says the young woman next to him, "Please, can you tell me what has happened to Jarrah?"

Sol turns his head to look at her, a calm expression on his face. He offers her a smile. Ensign Bean is almost as tall as he is with short, dark hair and piercing eyes. Otherwise beautiful, she is marred by a large "R" which has been burned over the entire left side of her face. Her right arm is mechanical, crude, robotic, with only three fingers. A line of tiny metal probes trace along her neck and up the side of her head. She is dressed in a black-and-silver uniform - a heavy weapon of some description hangs from her waist, a bandaleer strap hangs over her chest.

By Kelly (Vampy) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 12:07 am:

is there any way we could invent a new face here, like that smiley face here, but with the face with fangs? like :F' of course, with blood dripping for effect :P :D
-vampy

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 08:37 am:

Maybe :Z',',',

:F is pretty good

or >:<,,

Sol

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 - 11:36 am:

:[~~

with glasses:

B[~~

By Ms. Vice (Nat) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 10:19 am:

What about

@)--,--'---

and don't forget the very naughty:
=O <=====8

By Kelly (Vampy) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 04:42 am:

i think you guys missed my point.. i meant.. the smiley face one the standard kind, that was posted here awhile back.. the one with the yellow face, the smiley face that we seee all teh time representing walmart. the kind we see y yahoo messaging... not the html version.. like you guys have been doing.. yeah, i know the html version does that famous smiley face, but see thats what i meant.. couldnt there be more faces created from html to "icons"?? like my face with face html= :F' for an icon.. wouldnt it be kewl to have a devil for an icon here, although i do see it in yahoo messaging.. :P

-vampy

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 09:48 am:

Hey, maybe we can hack the board and change the Joe-Normal Smiley GIF to a little Vamp!

Sol

By Technomage (Houdini) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:43 am:

Nah.. we could possible hack the board to ADD a new vampire smile icon when someone posts a :F but I wouldn't want to remove the classic smiley.

Actually we do have quite a few faces to choose from in our clipart library:

icon - formating command

- \clipart{happy} or :)

- \clipart{sad} or :(

- \clipart{angry}

- \clipart{lame}

- \clipart{crazy}

- \clipart{proud}

- \clipart{proud}

- \clipart{smile}

- \clipart{wink}

By Technomage (Houdini) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:46 am:

oh and if you want the traditional asci happy face or frown you need to key it in like this:

:\char{40} = :(
:\char{41} = :)

Oh all the useless knowledge I know...hip hip whoopity do.

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 12:51 pm:

is there a way to associate ;) with with \ clipart{wink}?

By The One Known Only as (Greyfox) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 12:52 pm:

and why are we talking about it all in here, instead of chatterbox or something?

By System Admin (Admin) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 01:44 pm:

Moderator's note:

This thread has been moved as per Greyfox's request.

We now return you to your previously scheduled discusion.

By Technomage (Houdini) on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 01:54 pm:

Fred: here is what I would have to do to hack the icons.

Step 1: Gain access to Sol's csh account.

Step 2: Hack the scripts which run the board.

Step 3: pray that I don't screw anything else up in the process.

Steps 1 and 2 might be a problem.

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 03:55 pm:

I ate a baby!

By Yo' Daddy (Sol) on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 03:55 pm:

I ate a baby!