So anyway...
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
hi, everyone. :-)
I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
that like an omen, or what?
Best,
HK >^..^<
--
Hilary Williams | hcw at netway.com | ICQ 8195386
DC2.?[HMf]GfL-SkuCau-Fr++M/H++$--R++Ac~J++rSU++I--V+Tc+Df+++
"Spelling Tip: Did you mean to type *unread*?"
--Altavista's Ragingsearch engine, to the author.+
Keh'tel Wanderdragon
"Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> wrote:
> 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
> shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
> pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
> I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
> I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
But hey, who likes unix anyway?
>
> But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
> longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
> all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
> or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
> AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
> typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
> managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
> 6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
Eek. That's frustrating. That's also why I saved this ng on my deja
account (not that deja is the best, but hey...)
>
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
> sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
> sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
> to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
> hi, everyone. :-)
I'm glad your id thwapped you back here. Hello. I think, but I'm not
sure, I remember you in some vague sense. I was here 2-ish years ago (or
more like 3 now? I dunno for sure). 'Member me?
>
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> that like an omen, or what?
Ooh, hey, I see the unicorn! Cute! Really cute. I'd maybe make a unicorn
more like --:=8>
I think. I dunno. Maybe. Something. Yeah. Urg. Well, anyway, unicorn
smileys aside, welcome back!
|
^|^
o o
| |
0_0
How's that for a unicorn?
>
> Best,
>
> HK >^..^<
> --
> Hilary Williams | hcw at netway.com | ICQ 8195386
> DC2.?[HMf]GfL-SkuCau-Fr++M/H++$--R++Ac~J++rSU++I--V+Tc+Df+++
> "Spelling Tip: Did you mean to type *unread*?"
> --Altavista's Ragingsearch engine, to the author.+
>
--
-Keh'tel Wanderdragon
"Still looking..."
DC2.D Gm L W- T Phfwlt Skk Cor-br- B- A? Fr++ M ++ H+ $ F+ R+++! Ac+ J+++
! S++ U++ I# V++ Q+ Tc---
Read my journal at http://kehtel.diaryland.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" wrote:
> > 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
*glares at line of gibberish*
This is why I need a newsreader that allows me to PROOFREAD things before
sending them out. The above is my jerry-rigged way of figuring how wide
70 characters are, so my posts don't appear word-wrapped in stupid,
fragmented
ways. I'm running a rather old (but reasonably stable) version of Win95,
and the stuff that comes with it just doesn't cut it. I'm half-way tempted
to download MS Outlook Express, which was great, but I don't want a
program that will insinuate itself into my hard drive and try to take over
my desktop even MORE than MSIE 3.0.
(Forte Agent fans who are about to jump in can save themselves the
effort.
I have Free Agent, and I'm pretty unimpressed.)
<snip>
> Eek. That's frustrating. That's also why I saved this ng on my deja
> account (not that deja is the best, but hey...)
Yikes! I'll say! :-p You must have more dedication to this NG than I.
(Besides the obvious fact that I'm always AWOL...) If I don't have a
*personal* computer up and running, I won't be here. Period. Not even
roomates with computers count. I have used Deja in the past-- I hated it.
I can't stand waiting for a 20k graphic to load ONCE, never mind a new
banner ad and screen for every message in a NG!!
<snip>
> I'm glad your id thwapped you back here. Hello. I think, but I'm not
> sure, I remember you in some vague sense. I was here 2-ish years ago (or
> more like 3 now? I dunno for sure). 'Member me?
I think so. "Keh'tel" does sound vaugely familiar, but that might just
be my overactive imagination at work. I disappear for such long periods
of time, half the draks with Fr+ tags out there I don't even know. ;-p
Thanks for the welcome, though. It was sweet and didn't sound as though
you
had a template in place when you sent it.
<snip>
> |
> ^|^
> o o
> | |
> 0_0
>
> How's that for a unicorn?
|
^|^
- o
| |
0 0
U
> -Keh'tel Wanderdragon
Wren
"Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> spake
thusly:
>12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
>shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
>pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
>I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
>I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
>vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
>
*giggles*
> But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
>longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
>all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
>or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
>AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
>typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
>managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
>6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
>
Oh my.
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
>sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
>sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
>to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
>hi, everyone. :-)
>
Id? Here? Quick! Fetch Citan Uzuki!
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
>to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
>MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
>that like an omen, or what?
>
Fear the rooster. Or don't.
>Best,
>
>HK >^..^<
WB!
--
Wren Flametongue Darkflight - Shapeshifty Dragonkitty
Goddess of cheese, and owner of 148 Chocolate points.
Team Rocket's rockin'! Walkin' trouble, talkin' trouble!
DC2.~D Gf L- W- T Phwlft Sku Cor+|bk B? A- Fr+ Ni M++
O H+ $ Fo R+++! Ac J+++ S+ U+ I--# V--- Q Tc++
Cerulean
> But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
>longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
>all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
>or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
>AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
>typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
>managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
>6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
Reading and writing is almost always that way in dreams. I think the
literate part of the brain must be inaccessible during the dream
state, or something. I once had a dream in which I spent who knows how
long repeatedly attempting to sign my name on a guest list, and I just
couldn't get it right.
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
>sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
>sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
>to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
>hi, everyone. :-)
Hi! :=} I myself probably haven't made more than ten posts here in the
past year, but it's nice to see you around!
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
>to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
>MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
>that like an omen, or what?
Well, it also looks like the top of the Empire State Building. (Not
"The Top of The Empire State Building," which is a basement in Newark.
The top of the actual Empire State Building.)
--
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<__,` Z / ( DC2.~D GmAL~W-R+++Ac~J+S+Fr++IH$M-V+++Cbl,spu
`~~~) )Z) ( FDDmp4adwsA+++$C+D+HM+P-RT+++WZSm#
/ (7 ( hjjnp - ,,h+!7eaJ uo ad!J6 wJ!j e,,
Keh'tel Wanderdragon
> > "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" wrote:
> > > 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
>
> *glares at line of gibberish*
>
> This is why I need a newsreader that allows me to PROOFREAD things before
> sending them out. The above is my jerry-rigged way of figuring how wide
> 70 characters are, so my posts don't appear word-wrapped in stupid,
> fragmented
> ways. I'm running a rather old (but reasonably stable) version of Win95,
> and the stuff that comes with it just doesn't cut it. I'm half-way tempted
> to download MS Outlook Express, which was great, but I don't want a
> program that will insinuate itself into my hard drive and try to take over
> my desktop even MORE than MSIE 3.0.
Ewwww. Doesn't sound good.
> Yikes! I'll say! :-p You must have more dedication to this NG than I.
> (Besides the obvious fact that I'm always AWOL...) If I don't have a
> *personal* computer up and running, I won't be here. Period. Not even
> roomates with computers count. I have used Deja in the past-- I hated it.
> I can't stand waiting for a 20k graphic to load ONCE, never mind a new
> banner ad and screen for every message in a NG!!
I have a T1 connection. It takes about a second and a half. :)
> <snip>
> > I'm glad your id thwapped you back here. Hello. I think, but I'm not
> > sure, I remember you in some vague sense. I was here 2-ish years ago (or
> > more like 3 now? I dunno for sure). 'Member me?
>
> I think so. "Keh'tel" does sound vaugely familiar, but that might just
> be my overactive imagination at work. I disappear for such long periods
> of time, half the draks with Fr+ tags out there I don't even know. ;-p
Yeah, me too. Well, I'm meeting a lot of 'em now. But still. But I ws
here way back there. I do remember seeing you around.
> Thanks for the welcome, though. It was sweet and didn't sound as though
> you
> had a template in place when you sent it.
I try to give people I greet a little extra attention. Everyone else just
says, "Hi! I don't know you! Here's choiocolate!" I used to do that, but
I realized that if it's just by rote it's not really a very welcoming
greeting. I figure, if I see someone I want to say hi to, I'll give them
attention.
> <snip>
> > |
> > ^|^
> > o o
> > | |
> > 0_0
> >
> > How's that for a unicorn?
>
> |
> ^|^
> - o
> | |
> 0 0
> U
|
^|^
o 0
| |
0_0
U
>
> > -Keh'tel Wanderdragon
>
> --
> Hilary Williams | hcw at netway.com | ICQ 8195386
> DC2.?[HMf]GfL-SkuCau-Fr++M/H++$--R++Ac~J++rSU++I--V+Tc+Df+++
> "Spelling Tip: Did you mean to type *unread*?"
> --Altavista's Ragingsearch engine, to the author.
>
--
Hespa
\"Kinetic\" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> interrupted me by
saying:
"Happy!!" Hespa pouncehuggles her. "Welcome back! LTNS!" She
bounces happily and pulls a greenberry pie out of thick air as a WB
pressie.
<snip cool dream>
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
>sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
>sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
>to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
>hi, everyone. :-)
"Hi!" *g* "Sounds like your subconcious is with us, wherever the rest
of you is. It's good to see you again, whatever brought you Here!"
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
>to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
>MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
>that like an omen, or what?
"An omen for what, though? I mean, I could understand it if *you*
were a unicorn... (you haven't changed shape without telling, have
you?) Could just be a cool coincidence..."
She huggles HK again and runs off to bring her back to solid in the
Portrait...
>Best,
>
>HK >^..^<
Hespa.
}:=8D Eternal Optimist (8=:{
# DC2.Dw Gf L8f7w Skh Cgr+\ag B- Fr++"mango" #
Genus: Draco Megaptera Novaeangliae - Large-Winged Dragon
Wingsister to Karenji, Rowan, Volkiserith, Sonarrat, SeaKing, Athagon and Ninereeds!
Creator of the AFD Family Portrait - http://afdportrait.cjb.net/
Non-Deputy Wielder of the Anvil of Pun-ishment (made of top-grade Irony)
Hespa's Hoard [HH] is now open - 'Where you can buy, sell or trade ANYTHING (almost)'
Hespa's Wyrmberg: http://minkirri.apana.org.au/~emann
Yes, there is a spam-trap in my email, but if you can't spot it, you must be blind.
ICQ=32722485
"'Cos we all have wings, But some of us don't know why." - INXS
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> > > "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" wrote:
> > I can't stand waiting for a 20k graphic to load ONCE, never
> > mind a new banner ad and screen for every message in a NG!!
>
> I have a T1 connection. It takes about a second and a half. :)
*cough cough choke!!* Uhhh... sorry, I was drinking a soda. You
have WHAT!? That's just not right. >;-j It wasn't so very long
ago that I connected with a 14.4 baud modem. I would leave a
stack of magazines and comic books on my computer desk to read
while loading pages. (And no roomate could beat my minesweeper
scores!) I will always have a soft spot for Opera and Lynx.
> > Thanks for the welcome, though. It was sweet and didn't sound
> > as though you had a template in place when you sent it.
>
> I try to give people I greet a little extra attention. Everyone
> else just says, "Hi! I don't know you! Here's choiocolate!" I used
> to do that, but I realized that if it's just by rote it's not
> really a very welcoming greeting. I figure, if I see someone I
> want to say hi to, I'll give them attention.
*giggles* Now... I don't want to step on too many tails, and I do
realise that many Alfandrans have developed unique and beautiful
formulaic greetings (the late and lamented Image Perlinoire comes
immediately to mind...), but I am really and truly tired of "The
green dragon flies down to greet you, carrying a malted milk ball
the size of a house!" etc. First of all, <stage whisper> I HATE
CHOCOLATE </stage whisper>, and I find such shallow role playing
increasingly tedious.
> > > |
> > > ^|^
> > > o o
> > > | |
> > > 0_0
> > >
> > > How's that for a unicorn?
> >
> > |
> > ^|^
> > - o
> > | |
> > 0 0
> > U
>
> |
> ^|^
> o 0
> | |
> 0_0
> U
|
}|{
o o ...It's a sea-unicorn, with gills instead of ears,
| | and a forked tongue! :-)
0 0
Y
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
Luckily. Yes. >;-j
> "Happy!!" Hespa pouncehuggles her. "Welcome back! LTNS!" She
> bounces happily and pulls a greenberry pie out of thick air as a WB
> pressie.
The felid (ooh! Third person!) returns Hespa's embrace warmly, her
black and red eyes slits of delight. Having disengaged herself, she
sketches a sweeping bow, angling her large golden ears and tail
winsomely.
<snip>
> > I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> >to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> >MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> >that like an omen, or what?
>
> "An omen for what, though? I mean, I could understand it if *you*
> were a unicorn... (you haven't changed shape without telling, have
> you?) Could just be a cool coincidence..."
Wellll, now that you want to ANALYZE it... ;-D I dunno. I think that
unicorns are pretty neat, and OUGHT to be in Alfandra, even if one drops
by only rarely. When the very very first discussions about doing a major
overhaul of the DC began, I recall, there was a very cool unicorn-spirit
poster here. I've forgotten her name (of course), but I thought to
myself that she really seemed like a *real* unicorn, not a unicorn
fan or a person role-playing a unicorn character. This is when the
issue of the "reality" tag really started. We were both non-dragons,
and so D+++ would never do, but we didn't feel any less *real* than,
say, Baxil or Jia. (Who also *ought* to haul their butts in here! >;-j)
We actually had a discussion about this in the ng and via email.
Ahh... I should stop now before I drown in sentiment. ;-p
> She huggles HK again and runs off to bring her back to solid in the
> Portrait...
GrrrRRRRRRRRrrr!!! You did that on PURPOSE?!? By sheer serendipity,
I felt like looking at the AFD portrait today, but I couldn't remember
the .cjb address, so I found *your* pages through Altavista. I
saw the weird transparency of some of the figures (including yours
truly), and assumed that you must have been using some weird beta
version of whatever software you used to combine the various pictures
in the version of the AFD Portrait on your web page. And I was
going to write to you, personally, to tell you that I am NOT 5'6".
I'm 6'1", or 186cm, whichever you prefer. I logged into my account
on the .cjb page and corrected the info myself, at least for THAT
version of the portrait.
*tearing of hair and rolling of eyes* I can't beLEEEEEEEVE you would
slowly erase my picture, Hespa!! Yarrrrgh! You KNOW I *always* come
back, no matter how long I've been gone! It's like some kind of
curse to return here that I can't escape!
*evil, thoughtful look* I can see that I'll have to harrass you
regularly UNTIL THE END OF TIME if this portrait-easing business
continues. Mua ha...
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> Quoth Hilary "Kinetic" Williams:
<snipple>
> Reading and writing is almost always that way in dreams. I think the
> literate part of the brain must be inaccessible during the dream
> state, or something. I once had a dream in which I spent who knows how
> long repeatedly attempting to sign my name on a guest list, and I just
> couldn't get it right.
I agree, I've heard that elsewhere. But I don't usually have THAT much
trouble reading or writing in dreams. I can't think of too many examples,
but I often dream about fantastic libraries, filled with all kinds of
books which don't exist in this world. (Yes. That's what I fantasize
about. Libraries.) Or there was the time when an historical figure in
my dream gave me a letter written in French. I could barely make
out what he was trying to say-- but that was the foreign-language-that-
I-don't-understand-much-at-all part, not the act of reading per se.
I did note, even with my crude grasp of French, that all of the
verbs were written in the infinitive. (The historical figure didn't
speak French, either.) I snickered, and he looked discomfited. >:-)
> Hi! :=} I myself probably haven't made more than ten posts here in the
> past year, but it's nice to see you around!
Well, I'm truly flattered that you feel that way! :-) I hope that
you can stick around. I'm working on some ideas for interesting
questionnaire posts-- you know, the usual stuff about non-humanity, etc.
I haven't done any kind of scientific survey, but it seems as though
an unusual number of Alfandrans describe themselves as R++ or even
R+++, but they don't seem to spend much time talking about it. It is
shyness, or do they feel so completely comfortable in their (presumably)
human incarnations that it's just not an issue...?
(My god, am I secretly longing for more whining and talk of
depression!? >;-j)
> > I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> >to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> >MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> >that like an omen, or what?
>
> Well, it also looks like the top of the Empire State Building. (Not
> "The Top of The Empire State Building," which is a basement in Newark.
> The top of the actual Empire State Building.)
Blah blah blah, I like my story better. :-)
Keh'tel Wanderdragon
"Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> wrote:
> *cough cough choke!!* Uhhh... sorry, I was drinking a soda. You
> have WHAT!? That's just not right. >;-j It wasn't so very long
> ago that I connected with a 14.4 baud modem. I would leave a
> stack of magazines and comic books on my computer desk to read
> while loading pages. (And no roomate could beat my minesweeper
> scores!) I will always have a soft spot for Opera and Lynx.
Heh. Yeah, I like this campus. T1 in every room. *grins big* I'll be
spoiled completely by the time I get back home. My dad's got a really
slow connection (I can't remember the speed). So Deja works just fine for
me, except that occasionally it goes down and comes back with every
thread split into about 12 new ones. Blah to that!
> *giggles* Now... I don't want to step on too many tails, and I do
> realise that many Alfandrans have developed unique and beautiful
> formulaic greetings (the late and lamented Image Perlinoire comes
> immediately to mind...), but I am really and truly tired of "The
> green dragon flies down to greet you, carrying a malted milk ball
> the size of a house!" etc. First of all, <stage whisper> I HATE
> CHOCOLATE </stage whisper>, and I find such shallow role playing
> increasingly tedious.
Especially when they're completely ridiculous, like the malt ball the
size of a house. I know giving food is a tradition here, but at least be
creative! I used to try to come up with something new every time, but I
very quickly realized that I would eventually greet someone with eggplant
casserole, so I stopped trying. Now I say Hi. The food thing has gotten
old. Except there's someone, I don't remember who, here who gives newbies
and returnees baklava. No that's creative enough that it never gets old!
:)
> > > > |
> > > > ^|^
> > > > o o
> > > > | |
> > > > 0_0
> > > >
> > > > How's that for a unicorn?
> > >
> > > |
> > > ^|^
> > > - o
> > > | |
> > > 0 0
> > > U
> >
> > |
> > ^|^
> > o 0
> > | |
> > 0_0
> > U
>
> |
> }|{
> o o ...It's a sea-unicorn, with gills instead of ears,
> | | and a forked tongue! :-)
> 0 0
> Y
Haha! The tongue's in backwards! Er, maybe she's licking her lips?
|
}|{
o o
| |
0Y0
Hmmm...that doesn't look quite right either...Maybe..
|
}|{
o o
| |
0_0
A
Whaddaya think of that? Maybe? *grins*
Teflon Cougar
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams wrote in message
<01c0382f$e2132de0$LocalHost@certifiu>...
>Hespa wrote
>> I think I may have been raving back there, but luckily "Hilary
>> \"Kinetic\" Williams" interrupted me by saying:
>
> Luckily. Yes. >;-j
>
>> "Happy!!" Hespa pouncehuggles her. "Welcome back! LTNS!" She
>> bounces happily and pulls a greenberry pie out of thick air as a WB
>> pressie.
>
> The felid (ooh! Third person!) returns Hespa's embrace warmly, her
>black and red eyes slits of delight. Having disengaged herself, she
>sketches a sweeping bow, angling her large golden ears and tail
>winsomely.
>
><snip>
Hespa having just departed may have lulled the unsuspecting felid into a
false sense of security. Suddenly a second golden feline form explodes out
of the shadows.
"HAPPY! Kitty pal!"
Tef pounce huggles happy in a manner similar to the technique used by Hobbes
to pounce Calvin.
"Hya cat buddy"
-Tef
Athagon
01c03829$312e33e0$724943d8@certifiu in Alfandra on 10/17/00 3:53 AM:
>> I have a T1 connection. It takes about a second and a half. :)
I have Cable: many 'sites have tested my line and said that it beats the
speed of a T3. Ha. Beat that!
-Athagon
/ (The Dark, dark, black male dragon with \
| the golden eyes and the silver belly) |
\ http://www.crosswinds.net/~athagon /
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Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" wrote
> > green dragon flies down to greet you, carrying a malted milk ball
> > the size of a house!" etc. First of all, <stage whisper> I HATE
> > CHOCOLATE </stage whisper>, and I find such shallow role playing
> > increasingly tedious.
>
> Especially when they're completely ridiculous, like the malt ball the
> size of a house.
*giggles* I just made that one up, but I've certainly read enough
examples of gigantic foodstuff here to inspire me-- and have you
noticed that it's always crap!? Thank god this food is virtual, or
we'd all be rotted out by MSG and red dye No. 2 by now. >;-) Never
is anyone welcomed with, say, delicious rare tenderloin au jus.
But the gears of my brain are really turning about the giant malt
ball. *giggle* I'm imagining dragons, dwarfed by its bulk, flying
around and trying to take bites out of it, only to ignomiously
bounce off the solid chocolate shell. :-D *ROARRR!!* *squish!*
*GYARRR!* *thwap!* *RAAARRR!!!* *sproingg!* (And of course
breathing fire on it will only melt the chocolate into the
surrounding countryside, not to mention ruin the malt part.)
> > > > > |
> > > > > ^|^
> > > > > o o
> > > > > | |
> > > > > 0_0
> > > > >
> > > > > How's that for a unicorn?
> > > >
> > > > |
> > > > ^|^
> > > > - o
> > > > | |
> > > > 0 0
> > > > U
> > >
> > > |
> > > ^|^
> > > o 0
> > > | |
> > > 0_0
> > > U
> >
> > |
> > }|{
> > o o ...It's a sea-unicorn, with gills instead of ears,
> > | | and a forked tongue! :-)
> > 0 0
> > Y
>
> Haha! The tongue's in backwards! Er, maybe she's licking her lips?
>
> |
> }|{
> o o
> | |
> 0Y0
>
> Hmmm...that doesn't look quite right either...Maybe..
> |
> }|{
> o o
> | |
> 0_0
> A
>
> Whaddaya think of that? Maybe? *grins*
Oh puh-LEEZE! You just have to be SOOO superior, don't you? >;-j
|
&^|^&
@ @
| | Mine just looks kind of neurotic and alarmed...
0_0
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> Hilary "Kinetic" Williams wrote in message
<snip>
> Hespa having just departed may have lulled the unsuspecting felid into a
> false sense of security. Suddenly a second golden feline form explodes
> out of the shadows.
>
> "HAPPY! Kitty pal!"
>
> Tef pounce huggles happy in a manner similar to the technique used by
> Hobbes to pounce Calvin.
> "Hya cat buddy"
"Aaack!! Oooff! Ow!!" Happy tumbles comically for several feet before
rolling to a stop and scratching her head. (Stupid cartoon effects!!
Grrr...) She smiles knowingly at the Cougar Trooper.
"Well, if it isn't TEF!! So.. um, apparently I was in a state of semi-
consciousness when I downloaded your furry story, as I saved it to some
obscure folder and promptly forgot about it. Then, while browsing for a
..signature I had just made, I came across it and was like, 'WTF?!
*This* isn't a MS readme file!'" Happy grins felidly.
"But I'll read it soon and ICQ you my response. Thanks for the warm
welcome, as always... welcoming ME back must be pretty routine by now."
>;-j
Archyx (a.!k.a. Lauri Lindholm)
> and the stuff that comes with it just doesn't cut it. I'm half-way tempted
> to download MS Outlook Express, which was great, but I don't want a
LookOutExpress(tm) isn't great. I've configured that software once and
it was last time too...
> (Forte Agent fans who are about to jump in can save themselves the
> effort. I have Free Agent, and I'm pretty unimpressed.)
Get slrn. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much quicker to use than
(Free) Agent, takes less disk space than OE or Netscape, it runs well on
a 486DX2, etc. Its mouse support is poor, but still it's more usable
than most of the other readers...
Or I've used too much old QWK readers, like BlueWave...
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Keh'tel Wanderdragon
> > Especially when they're completely ridiculous, like the malt ball the
> > size of a house.
>
> *giggles* I just made that one up, but I've certainly read enough
> examples of gigantic foodstuff here to inspire me-- and have you
> noticed that it's always crap!? Thank god this food is virtual, or
> we'd all be rotted out by MSG and red dye No. 2 by now. >;-) Never
> is anyone welcomed with, say, delicious rare tenderloin au jus.
*stomach grumbles* Tell ya what...Here's a delicious rare tenderloin au
jus. If I leave for a week, will you greet me back with one too? };=89
> But the gears of my brain are really turning about the giant malt
> ball. *giggle* I'm imagining dragons, dwarfed by its bulk, flying
> around and trying to take bites out of it, only to ignomiously
> bounce off the solid chocolate shell. :-D *ROARRR!!* *squish!*
> *GYARRR!* *thwap!* *RAAARRR!!!* *sproingg!* (And of course
> breathing fire on it will only melt the chocolate into the
> surrounding countryside, not to mention ruin the malt part.)
*falls into an explosive fit of laughter, taking almost a minute to
recover* That's the hardest I've laughed at anything on this newsgroup
since I got back here!
>
> > > > > > |
> > > > > > ^|^
> > > > > > o o
> > > > > > | |
> > > > > > 0_0
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How's that for a unicorn?
> > > > >
> > > > > |
> > > > > ^|^
> > > > > - o
> > > > > | |
> > > > > 0 0
> > > > > U
> > > >
> > > > |
> > > > ^|^
> > > > o 0
> > > > | |
> > > > 0_0
> > > > U
> > >
> > > |
> > > }|{
> > > o o ...It's a sea-unicorn, with gills instead of ears,
> > > | | and a forked tongue! :-)
> > > 0 0
> > > Y
> >
> > Haha! The tongue's in backwards! Er, maybe she's licking her lips?
> >
> > |
> > }|{
> > o o
> > | |
> > 0Y0
> >
> > Hmmm...that doesn't look quite right either...Maybe..
> > |
> > }|{
> > o o
> > | |
> > 0_0
> > A
> >
> > Whaddaya think of that? Maybe? *grins*
>
> Oh puh-LEEZE! You just have to be SOOO superior, don't you? >;-j
No, just better! :P Nah, just kidding. Actually, I don't like mine
either, because forked tongues don't tend to have a cross-bar. That would
be odd though. But at least it's forking, not converging! ;)
>
> |
> &^|^&
> @ @
> | | Mine just looks kind of neurotic and alarmed...
> 0_0
Eep! Aww. But it's cute too.
( | )
^|^
o O
| |
0_0
It's a...DEMONUNICORN!! Except it has three horns, so it can't be a
unicorn now. Drat. It's a tricorn. It's a hat. Duh. *smirk*
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> Get slrn. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much quicker to use than
> (Free) Agent, takes less disk space than OE or Netscape, it runs well on
> a 486DX2, etc. Its mouse support is poor, but still it's more usable
> than most of the other readers...
Hmmm, well, I've used slrn (non-GUI version) on my unix account, and
while it beats tin and trn IMO, I still don't like it. ;-p Of course,
I have no clue about how to customize the .slrnrc to my needs. This
is what I want in a newsreader:
1)The ability NOT to group messages by thread.
2)The ability to quickly sort messages by subject, author, or date
received.
3)The ability to easily mark all, some, or none of the messages
as read.
4)The ability to easily toggle between all/unread messages display.
5)The ability to see how my posts will appear and edit them, if
necessary, before sending them to the server.
6)The ability to mung my email address.
7) (optional) a GUI text editor for composing messages.
I don't think that's asking too much, but Forte and every unix
newsreader that I've tried doesn't make the grade. Outlook Express,
for all its known bugs and security problems, DOES meet my
requirements. Suddenly it's OK for all the Cool Computer People to
praise MSIE 5.x, which I personally think sucks for its ActiveX
security hazard if nothing else, but MS news/mail programs are still
laughable. ;-p
The unintentionally comic,
Terratek
Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams wrote:
> 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
> shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
> pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
> I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
> I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
>
> But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
> longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
> all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
> or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
> AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
> typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
> managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
> 6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
>
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
> sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
> sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
> to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
> hi, everyone. :-)
>
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> that like an omen, or what?
Yay! Happy Kinetic is back!
*Terratek's island launches into a massive fireworks display, and rains
choco-sparklies on everyone below.*
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Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
>
> *Terratek's island launches into a massive fireworks display,
> and rains choco-sparklies on everyone below.*
Umm... wouldn't they be all full of salt peter and magnesium
and stuff? Are you sure these choco-sparklies are FDA approved?
;-)
> "The Fuolornis Fire Dragons were revered throughout the lands
> of Brequinda in the Foth of Avalars for their savage beauty,
> their noble ways, and their habit of biting people who didn't
> revere them." -Douglas Adams
*giggle* God, how I love that quote...
Keh'tel Wanderdragon
Athagon <jac...@mediaone.net> wrote:
> Hilary "Kinetic" Williams (h...@netway.removethis.com) did a huge flood of
> 01c03829$312e33e0$724943d8@certifiu in Alfandra on 10/17/00 3:53 AM:
>
>
> speed of a T3. Ha. Beat that!
>
> -Athagon
I dunno, at that speed, you are usually loading pages faster than the
other computer can send the information. It's good if people want to
download things from your computer (for instance, I can often download a
4 minute song from Napster off a computer with a T3 connection in about
40 seconds), but it doesn't allow you to do much else that I know of
faster than a T1 connection. At least not enough faster to notice. A
second or two here and there. Not that I know much about this to begin
with.
Rai
[munch]
>(Forte Agent fans who are about to jump in can save themselves the
>effort. I have Free Agent, and I'm pretty unimpressed.)
Fair enough. I shall consider my breath saved. ;=8)
I was going to recommend SLRN as the next option, but you've already
tried that, so howzabout Gravity? If you've got a few shekels to
spend, it's apparently rather good, and a 30-day trial version is
available free if you want to try it out first.
Oh, and welcome back! *huggles*
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Rai
>formulaic greetings (the late and lamented Image Perlinoire comes
>immediately to mind...)
Immie's still around. I and many of the other UK dwaggies met her at
the last Gather here, in fact.
*wavies to Im if she's reading*
Wren
Lothaekor <loth...@execulink.com> spake thusly:
>It depends on two things: 1) The speed of your line, and 2) the speed
>of the other side. (Plus a little bit is where in the world the site
>is, but the first two items seem to have more effect)
Not when you live in a country quarter of the way round the earth from
the site...
Lothaekor
<keh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I have a T1 connection. It takes about a second and a half. :)
>>
>> I have Cable: many 'sites have tested my line and said that it beats the
>> speed of a T3. Ha. Beat that!
>>
>> -Athagon
>
>I dunno, at that speed, you are usually loading pages faster than the
>other computer can send the information. It's good if people want to
>download things from your computer (for instance, I can often download a
>4 minute song from Napster off a computer with a T3 connection in about
>40 seconds), but it doesn't allow you to do much else that I know of
>faster than a T1 connection. At least not enough faster to notice. A
>second or two here and there. Not that I know much about this to begin
>with.
It depends on two things: 1) The speed of your line, and 2) the speed
of the other side. (Plus a little bit is where in the world the site
is, but the first two items seem to have more effect)
Basically you're limited to the speed of the other side if they're
slower. Common sense really... You can have the fastest connection in
the world, but what good does it do when the sites you visit are
slower?
(This coming from someone who has DSL :=8)
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Keh'tel Wanderdragon
Lothaekor <loth...@execulink.com> wrote:
<snippageness>
> It depends on two things: 1) The speed of your line, and 2) the speed
> of the other side. (Plus a little bit is where in the world the site
> is, but the first two items seem to have more effect)
OK, good. I'm not completely off base. I don't really know much at all
about computers, but that's how I understood it.
> Basically you're limited to the speed of the other side if they're
> slower. Common sense really... You can have the fastest connection in
> the world, but what good does it do when the sites you visit are
> slower?
'S what I'm sayin. :)
> (This coming from someone who has DSL :=8)
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Teflon Cougar
>welcome, as always... welcoming ME back must be pretty routine by now."
>>;-j
>
A little routine isn't a bad thing. Besides where's the routine? Has anyone
here ever greeted you the same way twice?
-Tef
Cira
>
> 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
> shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
> pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
> I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
> I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
I found a vi settings module for MS word one time. I never
tried it though...
> But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
> longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
> all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
> or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
> AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
> typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
> managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
> 6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
>
> I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
> sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
> sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems trying
> to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
> hi, everyone. :-)
>
> I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> that like an omen, or what?
>
> Best,
>
> HK >^..^<
Definitely an omen. The dream too. Welcome back Happy!
*grinz*
I think I've had a few dreams like that...
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>
> In article <01c037a9$a3b32040$88131440@certifiu>,
> "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> wrote:
> > 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> > ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
> > shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
> > pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
> > I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
> > I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> > vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
>
*wavespawwildly* Oh, oh, me me!
> > But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
> > longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list of
> > all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
> > or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
> > AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
> > typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
> > managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
> > 6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
>
> Eek. That's frustrating. That's also why I saved this ng on my deja
> account (not that deja is the best, but hey...)
Did you know that Deja is up for sale? I might not be there
for much longer...
<snip>
> > I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> > to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> > MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> > that like an omen, or what?
>
> Ooh, hey, I see the unicorn! Cute! Really cute. I'd maybe make a unicorn
> more like --:=8>
> I think. I dunno. Maybe. Something. Yeah. Urg. Well, anyway, unicorn
> smileys aside, welcome back!
>
> |
> ^|^
> o o
> | |
> 0_0
>
> How's that for a unicorn?
Oooh, that's cool. ]:8)
> > Best,
> >
> > HK >^..^<
> -Keh'tel Wanderdragon
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
Um, well, discounting the "pouncehuggle," I think I've received about
three "greenberry pies" from Hespa. ;-) I'm hopeing they're something
like gooseberry pies.
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> Quoth "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams"
> >I do realise that many Alfandrans have developed unique and beautiful
> >formulaic greetings (the late and lamented Image Perlinoire comes
> >immediately to mind...)
>
> Immie's still around. I and many of the other UK dwaggies met her at
> the last Gather here, in fact.
I did not know that Image was a UK dwa- er, dragon. I had heard
rumors that Image (along with many others who aren't on the NG anymore)
had disappeared to #afd or Alfandria Muck. But since **I'M** not
going to use IRC or go on any MU*s, **THEY** need to post to AFD
once in awhile!! ;-p
> *wavies to Im if she's reading*
*waves to Im and quen*
[look, I'm facing east already ;-)]
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> > (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> > vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
>
> tried it though...
Hmmm. I have WordPad and Notepad. While I much prefer dragging
and dropping text to vi's obscure "yank" and "mark" commands, I
miss the ability to quickly move to and/or append text to the
beggining and end of the current line. And typing dd is quickly than
highlighting the current line with the mouse and pressing delete.
I can't say that I've ever tried emacs, since none of the telnet
programs that I use to connect to my unix account fully support it.
But I do find vi pretty speedy and powerful. I use it to clean
up misspelled words, broken links, etc. on my web pages all the
time. And when my computer is down (which happens alarmingly
often), it writes my email and (rare) Usenet posts. :-)
<munch>
> Definitely an omen. The dream too. Welcome back Happy!
> *grinz*
>
> I think I've had a few dreams like that...
>
> --
> -Cira ]:8)
Yeah. And I've found a new pal who has a gigantic collection
of the cheesy TSR novels that I crave, and he lets me borrow them! ;-)
Finishing a novel recently which had a (clever, albeit evil) dragon
in it as a semi-major character prolly influnced my dreams as well.
But I really do think of AFD often, whether or not I'm here.
Besides, no one writes me email anymore, but at least my posts tend
to generate a few responses... ;-p
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vi rulez!! :-)
Hilary "Kinetic" Williams
> I am new to this group and I am rather fascinated with this all.
> Mind clarifying things for me a bit. I find myself drawn to dragons
> of late. Although, that is not to say that I have not had my fair
> share of dragons in the past. My dreams of dragons always showed
> up when I was making mountains out of mole hills. So what angle
> does the discussions of dragons in this newsgroup usually take?
> Dragons in dreams or what?
> Vick
<snip rest>
Everything related to dragons is fair game, not to mention a
heck of a lot of things NOT related to dragons. ;-) There have been
discussion threads in the past about dragons in dreams. This is
primarily a "social" newsgroup, and as you may have noticed, there's
a whole lot of sillyness always going on-- foodfights, roleplaying
as dragon (or other fantasy) characters, deliberately silly
arguments, etc. There's not a great deal of "on topic" posts, but
at least this is a pretty troll-free region on Usenet, and posters
being upbraided for drifting from the subject of dragons is all
but unheard of.
And then there are people who believe that they are dragons (or
other nonhuman creatures) in spirit. There's nothing that makes that
incompatible with participating in the fluffier discussions. ;-)
PLEASE feel free to start a conversation about dragons... why you
feel drawn to them, how they appear in your dreams, whatever. This
is a very friendly group, with a generally high signal-to-noise
ratio. Have you visited AFD's homepage, http://www.dragonfire.org ?
Lurk for a bit to get the feel of it, if you'd like, but don't be
afraid to join in!
Bill Walls Jr
Mind clarifying things for me a bit. I find myself drawn to dragons of late.
Although, that is not to say that I have not had my fair share of dragons
in the past. My dreams of dragons always showed up when I was
making mountains out of mole hills. So what angle does the discussions
of dragons in this newsgroup usually take? Dragons in dreams or what?
Vick
"Cira" <sam.g...@usu.edu> wrote in message
news:39EDFECC...@usu.edu...
> Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams wrote:
> >
> > 12345678901234567890123456778901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
> > ...my peecee has been working again for almost a week, no more unix
> > shell account if I want to check email or news. :-) As if I wasn't
> > pathologically lazy enough when it comes to dropping into AFD or ALF,
> > I hate ALL unix newsreaders... or at least the non-GUI ones. I guess
> > I'll just never be cool. (Now if only I would stop trying to execute
> > vi commands when using MS's text editors...)
>
> I found a vi settings module for MS word one time. I never
> tried it though...
>
> > But I digress. I was planning on avoiding the Dominance for a little
> > longer, but last night I had a bizzare dream. I was looking at a list
of
> > all the newsgroups available on my server (starting with a.aaa.aardvarks
> > or whatever is waaayy at the beginning), and desparately trying to find
> > AFD. Except that in the dream, reading was an incredible effort, and
> > typing anything was next to impossible. Hissing in frustration, I
> > managed to get "alt." into the search box, narrowing it down to all
> > 6.02 x 10^23 "alternative" groups, before waking.
> >
> > I may be wrong, but I interpret this as some kind of rebellion from my
> > sub- or semiconscious mind (or possibly just my left brain?) against my
> > sabbatical from this group. Since I have more than enough problems
trying
> > to keep my id under control, I thought I had best show up. So um...
> > hi, everyone. :-)
> >
> > I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
> > to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
> > MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
> > that like an omen, or what?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > HK >^..^<
>
> Definitely an omen. The dream too. Welcome back Happy!
> *grinz*
>
> I think I've had a few dreams like that...
>
> --
> -Cira ]:8)
Wyrm
"Hilary "Kinetic" Williams" <h...@netway.removethis.com> wrote in message
news:01c03943$d343c580$LocalHost@certifiu...
> Rai wrote
> > Quoth "Hilary \"Kinetic\" Williams"
> > >formulaic greetings (the late and lamented Image Perlinoire comes
> > >immediately to mind...)
> > Immie's still around. I and many of the other UK dwaggies met her at
> I did not know that Image was a UK dwa- er, dragon. I had heard
No, she is/was just visiting.
> had disappeared to #afd or Alfandria Muck. But since **I'M** not
> going to use IRC or go on any MU*s, **THEY** need to post to AFD
> once in awhile!! ;-p
I can understand not wanting to use many of the MUCKs that there are, but
what's the problem with using Alfandria MUCK?
IRC is a different environment altogether which might not be to everyone's
tastes.
--
Wyrm: http://www.wyrm.org.uk/
DC2.DGmA+++!L700fW--T-PhlltBflF~+++!R+++!Ac++J+++
NfSFr+++!U+++!I++H++$M/O/V+++!Q---Tc+++Cre'Sks
Dragon's, coming, out of the sea.
Shimmering silver head of wisdom looking at me.
Peter Gabriel - Genesis.
Hespa
saying:
>Hespa wrote
>> I think I may have been raving back there, but luckily "Hilary
>> \"Kinetic\" Williams" interrupted me by saying:
>
> Luckily. Yes. >;-j
Hmmph! }:=8/
>> "Happy!!" Hespa pouncehuggles her. "Welcome back! LTNS!" She
>> bounces happily and pulls a greenberry pie out of thick air as a WB
>> pressie.
>
> The felid (ooh! Third person!) returns Hespa's embrace warmly, her
>black and red eyes slits of delight. Having disengaged herself, she
>sketches a sweeping bow, angling her large golden ears and tail
>winsomely.
(What's wrong with third person? Hespa often uses third person!)
Hespa grins and bows back with a flourish, wings spread wide. "Now
take the pie before I splut you with it!"
><snip>
>> > I also just turned my keyboard upside down and shook it, in an effort
>> >to get the coffee which I just spilled on it out, and it SPONTANEOUSLY
>> >MADE an unhappy cartoon compu-unicorn, like this -=[ I mean, woah! Is
>> >that like an omen, or what?
>>
>> "An omen for what, though? I mean, I could understand it if *you*
>> were a unicorn... (you haven't changed shape without telling, have
>> you?) Could just be a cool coincidence..."
>
> Wellll, now that you want to ANALYZE it... ;-D I dunno. I think that
>unicorns are pretty neat, and OUGHT to be in Alfandra, even if one drops
>by only rarely. When the very very first discussions about doing a major
>overhaul of the DC began, I recall, there was a very cool unicorn-spirit
>poster here. I've forgotten her name (of course), but I thought to
>myself that she really seemed like a *real* unicorn, not a unicorn
>fan or a person role-playing a unicorn character. This is when the
>issue of the "reality" tag really started. We were both non-dragons,
>and so D+++ would never do, but we didn't feel any less *real* than,
>say, Baxil or Jia. (Who also *ought* to haul their butts in here! >;-j)
>We actually had a discussion about this in the ng and via email.
>Ahh... I should stop now before I drown in sentiment. ;-p
LOL "Sorry, it's my scientific mind at work, I have to analyse
eveything! It has been a while since we've seen a unicorn, hasn't it?
Funny, I'd have thought it would be a fairly common mythalogical
animal..." She pulls out her bottle of Artlan's Shapeshift Pills,
grins mischeviously, and pops one. Sure enough, second later, there
is a silver-green-furred unicorn with a violet mane and tail and a
silver horn standing in front of HK. "Cool!"
"BTW, I know Jia's around ATM, although I'm not so sure about Baxil."
>> She huggles HK again and runs off to bring her back to solid in the
>> Portrait...
>
> GrrrRRRRRRRRrrr!!! You did that on PURPOSE?!? By sheer serendipity,
>I felt like looking at the AFD portrait today, but I couldn't remember
>the .cjb address, so I found *your* pages through Altavista. I
>saw the weird transparency of some of the figures (including yours
>truly), and assumed that you must have been using some weird beta
>version of whatever software you used to combine the various pictures
>in the version of the AFD Portrait on your web page. And I was
>going to write to you, personally, to tell you that I am NOT 5'6".
>I'm 6'1", or 186cm, whichever you prefer. I logged into my account
>on the .cjb page and corrected the info myself, at least for THAT
>version of the portrait.
Hespa runs back again. "The address you want is in my sig, I'll be
getting rid of the version on my site shortly. As it says in the FAQ
on the new site, the transparency increases the longer someone is
gone, until they vanish completely. Sorry about the sizes, I dunno
how that mistake happened! I'll make sure Lothaekor corrects the size
in the javascript for the next update."
> *tearing of hair and rolling of eyes* I can't beLEEEEEEEVE you would
>slowly erase my picture, Hespa!! Yarrrrgh! You KNOW I *always* come
>back, no matter how long I've been gone! It's like some kind of
>curse to return here that I can't escape!
"I'm sorry, Happy, but I've got set rules for how long someone can be
gone before they fade, and I can't just break them for you because I
know you come back!" She backs away a little in case her friend os
planning to yell again.
> *evil, thoughtful look* I can see that I'll have to harrass you
>regularly UNTIL THE END OF TIME if this portrait-easing business
>continues. Mua ha...
"Now *that* sounds like a good idea! Just make sure you post Here at
least once a month, and you'll always be fully visible!" *g*
>--
>Hilary Williams | hcw at netway.com | ICQ 8195386
Hespa.
}:=8D Eternal Optimist (8=:{
# DC2.Dw Gf L8f7w Skh Cgr+\ag B- Fr++"mango" #
Genus: Draco Megaptera Novaeangliae - Large-Winged Dragon
Wingsibs: Karenji, Rowan, Volkiserith, Sonarrat, SeaKing, Athagon, Ninereeds and Viriatha!
Creator of the AFD Family Portrait - http://afdportrait.cjb.net/
Non-Deputy Wielder of the Anvil of Pun-ishment (made of top-grade Irony)
Hespa's Hoard [HH] is now open - 'Where you can buy, sell or trade ANYTHING (almost)'
Hespa's Wyrmberg: http://minkirri.apana.org.au/~emann
Yes, there is a spam-trap in my email, but if you can't spot it, you must be blind.
ICQ=32722485
"'Cos we all have wings, But some of us don't know why." - INXS
Lothaekor
wrote:
[snip]
>LOL "Sorry, it's my scientific mind at work, I have to analyse
>eveything! It has been a while since we've seen a unicorn, hasn't it?
>Funny, I'd have thought it would be a fairly common mythalogical
>animal..." She pulls out her bottle of Artlan's Shapeshift Pills,
>grins mischeviously, and pops one. Sure enough, second later, there
>is a silver-green-furred unicorn with a violet mane and tail and a
>silver horn standing in front of HK. "Cool!"
>
>"BTW, I know Jia's around ATM, although I'm not so sure about Baxil."
I've seen Baxil more than I have Jia... I haven't seen any posts from
Jia for about a month...
>> GrrrRRRRRRRRrrr!!! You did that on PURPOSE?!? By sheer serendipity,
>>I felt like looking at the AFD portrait today, but I couldn't remember
>>the .cjb address, so I found *your* pages through Altavista. I
>>saw the weird transparency of some of the figures (including yours
>>truly), and assumed that you must have been using some weird beta
>>version of whatever software you used to combine the various pictures
>>in the version of the AFD Portrait on your web page. And I was
>>going to write to you, personally, to tell you that I am NOT 5'6".
>>I'm 6'1", or 186cm, whichever you prefer. I logged into my account
>>on the .cjb page and corrected the info myself, at least for THAT
>>version of the portrait.
>
>Hespa runs back again. "The address you want is in my sig, I'll be
>getting rid of the version on my site shortly. As it says in the FAQ
>on the new site, the transparency increases the longer someone is
>gone, until they vanish completely. Sorry about the sizes, I dunno
>how that mistake happened! I'll make sure Lothaekor corrects the size
>in the javascript for the next update."
I'm planning on doing even better :=8) I'm working on a way to pull
the information directly from the db, rather than inputting it for
every portrait :=8) In which case, changes made to the profile will be
reflected on the portrait as well :=8)
[snip]
> Hespa.
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Cira
<munch>
> >Hespa runs back again. "The address you want is in my sig, I'll be
> >getting rid of the version on my site shortly. As it says in the FAQ
> >on the new site, the transparency increases the longer someone is
> >gone, until they vanish completely. Sorry about the sizes, I dunno
> >how that mistake happened! I'll make sure Lothaekor corrects the size
> >in the javascript for the next update."
>
> the information directly from the db, rather than inputting it for
> every portrait :=8) In which case, changes made to the profile will be
> reflected on the portrait as well :=8)
I'm impressed! We're getting so hi-tech! *grin*
> [snip]
>
> > Hespa.
>
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Lothaekor
>Lothaekor wrote:
><munch>
>> >Hespa runs back again. "The address you want is in my sig, I'll be
>> >getting rid of the version on my site shortly. As it says in the FAQ
>> >on the new site, the transparency increases the longer someone is
>> >gone, until they vanish completely. Sorry about the sizes, I dunno
>> >how that mistake happened! I'll make sure Lothaekor corrects the size
>> >in the javascript for the next update."
>>
>> I'm planning on doing even better :=8) I'm working on a way to pull
>> the information directly from the db, rather than inputting it for
>> every portrait :=8) In which case, changes made to the profile will be
>> reflected on the portrait as well :=8)
>
>I'm impressed! We're getting so hi-tech! *grin*
*grin* Just so many ideas that I've had for the portrait, that are
often beneficial for the portrait itself :=8)
Lessee here, I've added the little blue box that shows the name and
size of a being, I created the profile scripts, and in those scripts I
should have no problem adding one that grabs the size directly from
the database. (a project for tomorrow, got work today...)
It's fun too. I know it wouldn't hold my attention if it wasn't fun
:=8)
>> [snip]