[OT] It's dead Jim!
emmel
this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
elephants or whatever...
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Neo
> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
> elephants or whatever...
Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
And since you can't kill what is already dead...
Just make sure AGLAMI doesn't find out, they will try to free her (did I
just carelessly cross-post that?).
Neo
--
Everything that has a beginning has an end.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>> elephants or whatever...
>
> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
Nice try.
> And since you can't kill what is already dead...
>
> Just make sure AGLAMI doesn't find out, they will try to free her (did I
> just carelessly cross-post that?).
Nope, carefully.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>>> elephants or whatever...
>> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
>> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
>
> Nice try.
The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
would have been able to kill it by now!
But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>>>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>>>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>>>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>>>> elephants or whatever...
>>> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
>>> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
>>
>> Nice try.
>
> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
> would have been able to kill it by now!
I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
Like what?
> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>>>>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>>>>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>>>>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>>>>> elephants or whatever...
>>>> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
>>>> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
>>> Nice try.
>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>
> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
They were simultaneous however. To our knowledge no one ever captured an
immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>
> Like what?
There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>
> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges? Or is our carpet now
immortal?!?
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>>>>>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>>>>>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>>>>>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>>>>>> elephants or whatever...
>>>>> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
>>>>> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
>>>> Nice try.
>>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>>
>> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
>> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
>
> They were simultaneous however.
*What* was simultaneous?
> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
OK, what have you been drinking?
>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>
>> Like what?
>
> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>
>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>
> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
/Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
chunks of immortal elephant in there...
> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
what it eats?
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>>> OK, it has been one week without posts. Looks like it's dead for good
>>>>>>> this time. Anyone wanting to participate in the death rites feel free to
>>>>>>> do so, I'll meanwhile try to get some tumbleweed for atmosphere, as even
>>>>>>> that seems to have fallen to dust, or stolen, or eaten by immortal
>>>>>>> elephants or whatever...
>>>>>> Actually, since no-one probably told you, JNCOBOY is the immortal
>>>>>> elephant we keep in stasis for extracting substances to put in the fridge.
>>>>> Nice try.
>>>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>>>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>>>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>>> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
>>> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
>> They were simultaneous however.
>
> *What* was simultaneous?
JNCOBOY and the capture of the immortal elephant of course.
>> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
>> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
>> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>
> OK, what have you been drinking?
I am not touching the immortal elephant stuff if that is what you mean!
>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>> Like what?
>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>
> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>
> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
>
> /Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
> was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
> 'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
> dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
> enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
> supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
> Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
> chunks of immortal elephant in there...
It isn't? Is is Akira then? That is just as good as an immortal elephant
isn't it? We just need to study it so its powers can be harnessed as a
weapon of mass destruction.
>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>
> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
> what it eats?
I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
limited lifespan AFAIK.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>>>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>>>>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>>>>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>>>> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
>>>> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
>>> They were simultaneous however.
>>
>> *What* was simultaneous?
>
> JNCOBOY and the capture of the immortal elephant of course.
::shakes head::
All immortal elephants were eaten by specially trained norns.
>>> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
>>> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
>>> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>>
>> OK, what have you been drinking?
>
> I am not touching the immortal elephant stuff if that is what you mean!
Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>> Like what?
>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>
>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>
> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
dismantled our defences first.
>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>
>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>
> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>>>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>>>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>>> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
>>
>> /Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
>> was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
>> 'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
>> dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
>> enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
>> supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
>> Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
>> chunks of immortal elephant in there...
>
> It isn't? Is is Akira then? That is just as good as an immortal elephant
> isn't it? We just need to study it so its powers can be harnessed as a
> weapon of mass destruction.
Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>
>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>> what it eats?
>
> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
> limited lifespan AFAIK.
Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
from different... stuff.
Red Dragon
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>> Just make sure AGLAMI doesn't find out, they will try to free her (did I
>> just carelessly cross-post that?).
>
> history of Aglami! Guess we can give it another try in May.
>
> After ten years, it seems like I'm the only one left...
>
Well, at least you can decorate the place exactly the way you want
without people whining at you.
Except for the decorations. They may whine at you.
DG
>> Just make sure AGLAMI doesn't find out, they will try to free her (did I
>> just carelessly cross-post that?).
>
> history of Aglami! Guess we can give it another try in May.
>
> After ten years, it seems like I'm the only one left...
>
--
Danny.
emmel
::snickers::
DG
>>> After ten years, it seems like I'm the only one left...
>>>
>> You're not. You'd have felt the quickening if you were.
>
>
> All I wanted is to be in Aglami all on my own, till the end of times
> and beyond!! But for now I feel like eating pizza.
>
What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the Andes mountains?
--
Danny.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>>>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>>>>>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>>>>>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>>>>> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
>>>>> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
>>>> They were simultaneous however.
>>> *What* was simultaneous?
>> JNCOBOY and the capture of the immortal elephant of course.
>
> ::shakes head::
> All immortal elephants were eaten by specially trained norns.
Some norns were trained to eat each other. And where did that get them?
>>>> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
>>>> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
>>>> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>>> OK, what have you been drinking?
>> I am not touching the immortal elephant stuff if that is what you mean!
>
> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
Don't worry, I won't spill.
>>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>>> Like what?
>>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>
> Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
> dismantled our defences first.
That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
solutions are the best.
>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>
> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
Insanity is controlled madness.
>>>>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>>>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>>>>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>>>> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
>>> /Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
>>> was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
>>> 'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
>>> dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
>>> enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
>>> supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
>>> Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
>>> chunks of immortal elephant in there...
>> It isn't? Is is Akira then? That is just as good as an immortal elephant
>> isn't it? We just need to study it so its powers can be harnessed as a
>> weapon of mass destruction.
>
> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>> what it eats?
>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>
> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
> from different... stuff.
That figures.
DG
>>> Hey! Aren't you supposed to be non-active?
>>>
>>> All I wanted is to be in Aglami all on my own, till the end of times
>>> and beyond!! But for now I feel like eating pizza.
>>>
>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the Andes mountains?
>
> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>
Transparent.
--
Danny.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>>>>> The 'keep it alive' was the perfect cover for this project. Since an
>>>>>>> immortal elephant is neither alive nor dead. If it had been alive we
>>>>>>> would have been able to kill it by now!
>>>>>> I wasn't aware the old security systems were still around. I wonder what
>>>>>> triggered the release of that particular old cover story.
>>>>> They were simultaneous however.
>>>> *What* was simultaneous?
>>> JNCOBOY and the capture of the immortal elephant of course.
>>
>> ::shakes head::
>> All immortal elephants were eaten by specially trained norns.
>
> Some norns were trained to eat each other. And where did that get them?
IIRC they starved to death on top of their mental deficiencies...
>>>>> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
>>>>> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
>>>>> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>>>> OK, what have you been drinking?
>>> I am not touching the immortal elephant stuff if that is what you mean!
>>
>> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>
> Don't worry, I won't spill.
I was *saving* that stuff. You don't go around handing out Jesus's blood
to anyone either! Wait, you do exactly that, don't you? Last supper and
everything... So what was I saying again?
>>>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>>> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>>
>> Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
>> dismantled our defences first.
>
> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
> solutions are the best.
No!
>>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>
>> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>
> Insanity is controlled madness.
You are mixing up craziness and madness again.
>>>>>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>>>>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>>>>>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>>>>> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
>>>> /Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
>>>> was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
>>>> 'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
>>>> dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
>>>> enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
>>>> supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
>>>> Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
>>>> chunks of immortal elephant in there...
>>> It isn't? Is is Akira then? That is just as good as an immortal elephant
>>> isn't it? We just need to study it so its powers can be harnessed as a
>>> weapon of mass destruction.
>>
>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>
> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
::takes bottle away::
That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>> what it eats?
>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>
>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>> from different... stuff.
>
> That figures.
::nods::
emmel
Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
Red Dragon
> Thus DG spoke:
>
>> ervaqre schreef:
>>>>> Hey! Aren't you supposed to be non-active?
>>>>>
>>>>> All I wanted is to be in Aglami all on my own, till the end of times
>>>>> and beyond!! But for now I feel like eating pizza.
>>>>>
>>>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the Andes mountains?
>>> Yes I am! How on earth did you find out?? Is it part of the
>>> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>>>
>> Transparent.
>
> Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
Ugh. That combo always gave me a stupefying headache.
emmel
Yeah, that's why leave conspiracy to the piracy guys.
DG
>>>>>>> Hey! Aren't you supposed to be non-active?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All I wanted is to be in Aglami all on my own, till the end of times
>>>>>>> and beyond!! But for now I feel like eating pizza.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the Andes mountains?
>>>>> Yes I am! How on earth did you find out?? Is it part of the
>>>>> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>>>>>
>>>> Transparent.
>>> Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
>> Ugh. That combo always gave me a stupefying headache.
>
> Yeah, that's why leave conspiracy to the piracy guys.
Now that's a conspiracy! Conspiracy nuts using headache inducing color
combinations to keep out sane people.
--
Danny.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>> To our knowledge no one ever captured an
>>>>>> immortal elephant and lived to tell about it. So it was a big deal to
>>>>>> keep it a secret until our research was complete.
>>>>> OK, what have you been drinking?
>>>> I am not touching the immortal elephant stuff if that is what you mean!
>>> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>> Don't worry, I won't spill.
>
> I was *saving* that stuff. You don't go around handing out Jesus's blood
> to anyone either! Wait, you do exactly that, don't you? Last supper and
> everything... So what was I saying again?
I think they just use red wine for that these days. It is not actual
blood.
>>>>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>>>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>>>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>>>> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>>> Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
>>> dismantled our defences first.
>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>> solutions are the best.
>
> No!
Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
<phun intended> here!
>>>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>> Insanity is controlled madness.
>
> You are mixing up craziness and madness again.
Hmm. Don't like the sound of the new word here. Crazy is random. Madness
is unusual thinking. Insanity is unusual thinking and winning because of it!
>>>>>>>> Plus check out the fridge. Full of immortal elephant stuff!
>>>>>>> It's empty. Hardly a surprise - even if it did held chunks of immortal
>>>>>>> elephant at one time, the carpet would have made short work of it.
>>>>>> Are you sure? Have you checked both fridges?
>>>>> /Both/ fridges?! We only have... Wait, You didn't... You did! That door
>>>>> was labelled 'KEEP OUT', 'NO TRESPASSING', 'AUTHORIZED PERSONAL ONLY',
>>>>> 'BEWARE OF THE PINK SHELLFISH' (never understood that one myself), had a
>>>>> dozen high level locks, was welded shut and hidden behind a titanium
>>>>> enforced false wall. Didn't it ever cross your mind that you were
>>>>> supposed to, you know, leave it alone?
>>>>> Besides, that no fridge, that's the cryo equipment. And that's not
>>>>> chunks of immortal elephant in there...
>>>> It isn't? Is is Akira then? That is just as good as an immortal elephant
>>>> isn't it? We just need to study it so its powers can be harnessed as a
>>>> weapon of mass destruction.
>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>
> ::takes bottle away::
> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
immortal emmelphant.
Oops.
>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>> what it eats?
>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>> from different... stuff.
>> That figures.
>
> ::nods::
I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
Red Dragon
Sane? You take that back!
DG
>>>>>>>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the
>>>>>>>> Andes mountains?
>>>>>>> Yes I am! How on earth did you find out?? Is it part of the
>>>>>>> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Transparent.
>>>>> Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
>>>> Ugh. That combo always gave me a stupefying headache.
>>>
>>> Yeah, that's why leave conspiracy to the piracy guys.
>>
>> Now that's a conspiracy! Conspiracy nuts using headache inducing color
>> combinations to keep out sane people.
>>
>
> Sane? You take that back!
I have a strict no return policy. Unless you bribe me.
--
Danny.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>>> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>>> Don't worry, I won't spill.
>>
>> I was *saving* that stuff. You don't go around handing out Jesus's blood
>> to anyone either! Wait, you do exactly that, don't you? Last supper and
>> everything... So what was I saying again?
>
> I think they just use red wine for that these days. It is not actual
> blood.
Whatever happened about turning water?
>>>>>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>>>>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>>>>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>>>>> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>>>> Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
>>>> dismantled our defences first.
>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>> solutions are the best.
>>
>> No!
>
> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
><phun intended> here!
Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
>>>>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>>>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>>>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>>> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>>> Insanity is controlled madness.
>>
>> You are mixing up craziness and madness again.
>
> Hmm. Don't like the sound of the new word here. Crazy is random. Madness
> is unusual thinking. Insanity is unusual thinking and winning because of it!
Nah. Madness is behaviour lacking any kind of logic founded in
(reproducible) reality.
Craziness is just a way to cope with that reality while refusing to
acknowledge it.
InSaNiTy is here.
>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>
>> ::takes bottle away::
>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>
> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
> immortal emmelphant.
>
> Oops.
OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
137% of ethanol in that stuff?
>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>> from different... stuff.
>>> That figures.
>>
>> ::nods::
>
> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
be shot on sight.
emmel
Okay...
::steals DG's watch::
[Editorial note: Bribe: 1. To commit robbery or theft.]
DG
>>>>>>>>>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the
>>>>>>>>>> Andes mountains?
>>>>>>>>> Yes I am! How on earth did you find out?? Is it part of the
>>>>>>>>> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Transparent.
>>>>>>> Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
>>>>>> Ugh. That combo always gave me a stupefying headache.
>>>>> Yeah, that's why leave conspiracy to the piracy guys.
>>>> Now that's a conspiracy! Conspiracy nuts using headache inducing color
>>>> combinations to keep out sane people.
>>>>
>>> Sane? You take that back!
>> I have a strict no return policy. Unless you bribe me.
>
> Okay...
> ::steals DG's watch::
> [Editorial note: Bribe: 1. To commit robbery or theft.]
Can you tell me how you managed to steal something from me that I haven't got???
--
Danny.
DG
>>>>> Sane? You take that back!
>>>> I have a strict no return policy. Unless you bribe me.
>>> Okay...
>>> ::steals DG's watch::
>>> [Editorial note: Bribe: 1. To commit robbery or theft.]
>> Can you tell me how you managed to steal something from me that I haven't got???
>
> that watches grow so well on you though, you must be exceptionally
> fertile for a pirate.
>
My exceptional fertility is a problem, yes. But at least I'm not growing meadows.
--
Danny.
DG
>>>> Can you tell me how you managed to steal something from me that I haven't got???
>>> She must've planted evidence on you! Damn norn gardener. I didn't know
>>> that watches grow so well on you though, you must be exceptionally
>>> fertile for a pirate.
>>>
>> My exceptional fertility is a problem, yes. But at least I'm not growing meadows.
>
> turn Aglami into a money making machine, you see.
>
Are you suggesting we should shake our money makers?
--
Danny.
emmel
Why should I tell you my secrets?
DG
>>>>>>>>>>>> What? Are you part of a rugby team that crash landed in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Andes mountains?
>>>>>>>>>>> Yes I am! How on earth did you find out?? Is it part of the
>>>>>>>>>>> conspiracy? And if so, which color is this conspiracy?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Transparent.
>>>>>>>>> Nonsense! It's Ultra Violent and Infra Dead striped.
>>>>>>>> Ugh. That combo always gave me a stupefying headache.
>>>>>>> Yeah, that's why leave conspiracy to the piracy guys.
>>>>>> Now that's a conspiracy! Conspiracy nuts using headache inducing color
>>>>>> combinations to keep out sane people.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sane? You take that back!
>>>> I have a strict no return policy. Unless you bribe me.
>>> Okay...
>>> ::steals DG's watch::
>>> [Editorial note: Bribe: 1. To commit robbery or theft.]
>> Can you tell me how you managed to steal something from me that I haven't got???
>
> Why should I tell you my secrets?
Why shouldn't you?
--
Danny.
emmel
Secret \Se"cret\, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg.
secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See
{Secret}, a.]
1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general
knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
[1913 Webster]
To tell our own secrets is often folly; to
communicate those of others is treachery. --Rambler.
[1913 Webster]
2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a
mystery.
[1913 Webster]
All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be
concealed; the genital organs.
[1913 Webster]
DG
I share secrets with people all the time. A secret is nothing less than
something someone doesn't know and nobody wants to tell them. I however tell
people those things all the time. You know, things like "there's spinach between
your teeth", "you have b.o." and "your wife is cheating with your best friend".
Mind you, sharing secrets doesn't get the appreciation it deserves. Especially
from ones best friend.
--
Danny.
emmel
> emmel schreef:
>>>>>>> I have a strict no return policy. Unless you bribe me.
>>>>>> Okay...
>>>>>> ::steals DG's watch::
>>>>>> [Editorial note: Bribe: 1. To commit robbery or theft.]
>>>>> Can you tell me how you managed to steal something from me that I
>>>>> haven't got???
>>>> Why should I tell you my secrets?
>>> Why shouldn't you?
>>
>> Secret \Se"cret\, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg.
>> secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See
>> {Secret}, a.]
<snip>
> I share secrets with people all the time. A secret is nothing less
> than something someone doesn't know and nobody wants to tell them. I
> however tell people those things all the time. You know, things like
> "there's spinach between your teeth", "you have b.o." and "your wife
> is cheating with your best friend".
>
> Mind you, sharing secrets doesn't get the appreciation it deserves.
> Especially from ones best friend.
I wonder why...
And tell your newsreader that posts with a line length exceeding 70
characters are bad netiquette and generally not welcome. Even a stinking
pirate should be expected to show *some* good behaviour.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>> And tell your newsreader that posts with a line length exceeding 70
>> characters are bad netiquette and generally not welcome. Even a stinking
>> pirate should be expected to show *some* good behaviour.
>
> Netiquette?? We're in Aglami! It's even allowed to post in HTML here!
Do you know what 'keelhaul' means?
> Or to have signatures that are more than four lines long.
Well that goes without saying.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>>> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>>>> Don't worry, I won't spill.
>>> I was *saving* that stuff. You don't go around handing out Jesus's blood
>>> to anyone either! Wait, you do exactly that, don't you? Last supper and
>>> everything... So what was I saying again?
>> I think they just use red wine for that these days. It is not actual
>> blood.
>
> Whatever happened about turning water?
They do that at the vineyard.
>>>>>>>>>> But we have learned a lot from experimenting on it.
>>>>>>>>> Like what?
>>>>>>>> There are two different routes we can take. We can use the knowledge to
>>>>>>>> slowly destroy the pirates in AGLAMI. Or we can try to turn you into
>>>>>>> Um, they have even less traffic these days than *we* do.
>>>>>> Hmmm. The ettins must have launched a preemptive attack on AGLAMI.
>>>>> Actually not. We never managed to properly train them. They always
>>>>> dismantled our defences first.
>>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>>> solutions are the best.
>>> No!
>> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
>> <phun intended> here!
>
> Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
You are nigh indestructible. That is not the same as immortality.
>>>>>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>>>>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>>>>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>>>> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>>>> Insanity is controlled madness.
>>> You are mixing up craziness and madness again.
>> Hmm. Don't like the sound of the new word here. Crazy is random. Madness
>> is unusual thinking. Insanity is unusual thinking and winning because of it!
>
> Nah. Madness is behaviour lacking any kind of logic founded in
> (reproducible) reality.
> Craziness is just a way to cope with that reality while refusing to
> acknowledge it.
> InSaNiTy is here.
I refuse to acknowledge reality. Most people do! Except Prak maybe. But
he is mad!
>>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>> ::takes bottle away::
>>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
>> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
>> immortal emmelphant.
>>
>> Oops.
>
> OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
> precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
> 137% of ethanol in that stuff?
::quickly gives Shee Wine::
I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
completely sure how that can happen.
>>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>>> from different... stuff.
>>>> That figures.
>>> ::nods::
>> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
>> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
>
> Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
> latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
> be shot on sight.
Unless you are a missionary yourself, in which case shooting other
missionaries would qualify as a sin.
Neo
> DG wrote me a love letter...
>
>> I share secrets with people all the time. A secret is nothing less than
>> something someone doesn't know and nobody wants to tell them. I however tell
>> people those things all the time. You know, things like "there's spinach between
>> your teeth", "you have b.o." and "your wife is cheating with your best friend".
>>
>> Mind you, sharing secrets doesn't get the appreciation it deserves. Especially
>> from ones best friend.
>
> you borrowed from me. Why does it have all these stains on it??
You are lucky it didn't blow up or you would have been in serious
trouble! And learn the traffic rules. A bus coming from the right has
the right of way. The pedestrians had no right to be in the middle of
the road. You were correct about that. And ignoring two stop signs. Hmm,
that is kind of bad too. You could lose your driver's license for all of
that combined I think (IANAL).
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like Shee Wine. Damn it, that stuff is impossible to replace!
>>>>> Don't worry, I won't spill.
>>>> I was *saving* that stuff. You don't go around handing out Jesus's blood
>>>> to anyone either! Wait, you do exactly that, don't you? Last supper and
>>>> everything... So what was I saying again?
>>> I think they just use red wine for that these days. It is not actual
>>> blood.
>>
>> Whatever happened about turning water?
>
> They do that at the vineyard.
They just let it go bad.
>>>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>>>> solutions are the best.
>>>> No!
>>> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
>>> <phun intended> here!
>>
>> Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
>
> You are nigh indestructible. That is not the same as immortality.
Good regeneration can put quite an end to ageing, you know.
>>>>>>>>> 'the immortal emmelphant' as a defensive weapon.
>>>>>>>> Insanity I can deal with... But this is madness!
>>>>>>> It is a fine line between madness and insanity.
>>>>>> No, no, no. Those two are completely different.
>>>>> Insanity is controlled madness.
>>>> You are mixing up craziness and madness again.
>>> Hmm. Don't like the sound of the new word here. Crazy is random. Madness
>>> is unusual thinking. Insanity is unusual thinking and winning because of it!
>>
>> Nah. Madness is behaviour lacking any kind of logic founded in
>> (reproducible) reality.
>> Craziness is just a way to cope with that reality while refusing to
>> acknowledge it.
>> InSaNiTy is here.
>
> I refuse to acknowledge reality. Most people do! Except Prak maybe. But
> he is mad!
That wasn't reality, but truth. Big difference. Somehow. I think.
>>>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>>> ::takes bottle away::
>>>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>>>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>>> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
>>> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
>>> immortal emmelphant.
>>>
>>> Oops.
>>
>> OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
>> precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
>> 137% of ethanol in that stuff?
>
>::quickly gives Shee Wine::
::stores the bottle somewhere very safe::
> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
> completely sure how that can happen.
At any rate it tastes aweful.
>>>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>>>> from different... stuff.
>>>>> That figures.
>>>> ::nods::
>>> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
>>> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
>>
>> Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
>> latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
>> be shot on sight.
>
> Unless you are a missionary yourself, in which case shooting other
> missionaries would qualify as a sin.
The reasoning was that (on the discworld at least) people went where
they thought they were supposed to go after their death.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> Netiquette?? We're in Aglami! It's even allowed to post in HTML here!
>>
>> Do you know what 'keelhaul' means?
>
> Yeah, it has something to do with your "keel", it's a wonderful
> invention by Dutch pirates and it can cause moderate "keelpijn".
Tsk, not even recognizing classic quotes anymore...
>>> Or to have signatures that are more than four lines long.
>>
>> Well that goes without saying.
>
> Damn, I wanted to top-post here, but I don't see a way to do it and
> still be able to reply to these two things separately. Also, I could
> have made a JISBU, which definately is against netiquette, but it's
> too late for that now.
Oh JISBU's are kinda traditional in AGC...
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> Do you know what 'keelhaul' means?
>>>
>>> Yeah, it has something to do with your "keel", it's a wonderful
>>> invention by Dutch pirates and it can cause moderate "keelpijn".
>>
>> Tsk, not even recognizing classic quotes anymore...
>
> Is it from one of the first two MI games? I never played those.
The first. Say, what newsgroup are you posting from again?
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> Mind you, sharing secrets doesn't get the appreciation it
> deserves. Especially
>>>> from ones best friend.
>>> I'd appreciate it if you'd tell me what you did with the Suzuki Swift
>>> you borrowed from me. Why does it have all these stains on it??
>> You are lucky it didn't blow up or you would have been in serious
>> trouble! And learn the traffic rules. A bus coming from the right has
>> the right of way. The pedestrians had no right to be in the middle of
>> the road. You were correct about that. And ignoring two stop signs. Hmm,
>> that is kind of bad too. You could lose your driver's license for all of
>> that combined I think (IANAL).
>
> driver's license, so they won't be able to take it away from me. Or do
> you need a driver's license for a Suzuki Swift these days?
It seems having a driver's license doesn't add to your ability to drive
a metal box of carnage. Maybe you are better of without it. Still under
the illusion that the other metal bricks on the road actually have a
clue in what they are doing and the great risks they are taking with the
well being of others and their families.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>>>>> solutions are the best.
>>>>> No!
>>>> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
>>>> <phun intended> here!
>>> Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
>> You are nigh indestructible. That is not the same as immortality.
>
> Good regeneration can put quite an end to ageing, you know.
So can sexual reproduction. I mean, humanity is virtually immortal as
long as our sun is not too cool and not too hot.
>>>>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>>>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>>>> ::takes bottle away::
>>>>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>>>>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>>>> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
>>>> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
>>>> immortal emmelphant.
>>>>
>>>> Oops.
>>> OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
>>> precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
>>> 137% of ethanol in that stuff?
>> ::quickly gives Shee Wine::
>
> ::stores the bottle somewhere very safe::
>
>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>> completely sure how that can happen.
>
> At any rate it tastes aweful.
Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>>>>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>>>>> from different... stuff.
>>>>>> That figures.
>>>>> ::nods::
>>>> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
>>>> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
>>> Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
>>> latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
>>> be shot on sight.
>> Unless you are a missionary yourself, in which case shooting other
>> missionaries would qualify as a sin.
>
> The reasoning was that (on the discworld at least) people went where
> they thought they were supposed to go after their death.
I never played discworld. You can't get copies of all games ever
published!
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
><snip>
>>>>>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>>>>>> solutions are the best.
>>>>>> No!
>>>>> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
>>>>> <phun intended> here!
>>>> Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
>>> You are nigh indestructible. That is not the same as immortality.
>>
>> Good regeneration can put quite an end to ageing, you know.
>
> So can sexual reproduction. I mean, humanity is virtually immortal as
> long as our sun is not too cool and not too hot.
Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
it's experimenting with several already.
>>>>>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>>>>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>>>>> ::takes bottle away::
>>>>>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>>>>>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>>>>> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
>>>>> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
>>>>> immortal emmelphant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oops.
>>>> OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
>>>> precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
>>>> 137% of ethanol in that stuff?
>>> ::quickly gives Shee Wine::
>>
>> ::stores the bottle somewhere very safe::
>>
>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>
>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>
> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
that's responsible for it's... special properties.
>>>>>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>>>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>>>>>> from different... stuff.
>>>>>>> That figures.
>>>>>> ::nods::
>>>>> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
>>>>> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
>>>> Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
>>>> latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
>>>> be shot on sight.
>>> Unless you are a missionary yourself, in which case shooting other
>>> missionaries would qualify as a sin.
>>
>> The reasoning was that (on the discworld at least) people went where
>> they thought they were supposed to go after their death.
>
> I never played discworld. You can't get copies of all games ever
> published!
I wasn't talking about those games... You *do* realise that there are
books, don't you? The quote came straight from 'Eric' BTW. Not that that
would mean anything to you.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> Tsk, not even recognizing classic quotes anymore...
>>>
>>> Is it from one of the first two MI games? I never played those.
>>
>> The first. Say, what newsgroup are you posting from again?
>
> It's called Aglami! But you can post to Aglami without having played
> those games. They're still on my to do list.
Yeah, suuuuure. Shame on you.
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> driver's license, so they won't be able to take it away from me. Or do
>>> you need a driver's license for a Suzuki Swift these days?
>> It seems having a driver's license doesn't add to your ability to drive
>> a metal box of carnage. Maybe you are better of without it. Still under
>> the illusion that the other metal bricks on the road actually have a
>> clue in what they are doing and the great risks they are taking with the
>> well being of others and their families.
>
> to keep the car on the road. And other cars don't explode unless you
> hit them like ten times.
The difference is that with GTA you can start over if you mess up. The
only life being lost being your own for playing the game instead of
going outside and enjoying the weather (until being run over by a car).
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>> <snip>
>>>>>>>> That is why we need to turn you into an immortal emmelphant! Low-tech
>>>>>>>> solutions are the best.
>>>>>>> No!
>>>>>> Don't you crave immortality? We are offering you a chance of a lifetime
>>>>>> <phun intended> here!
>>>>> Hello? Mu-lam'bda here!
>>>> You are nigh indestructible. That is not the same as immortality.
>>> Good regeneration can put quite an end to ageing, you know.
>> So can sexual reproduction. I mean, humanity is virtually immortal as
>> long as our sun is not too cool and not too hot.
>
> Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
> it's experimenting with several already.
Did you hear they launched a new space telescope (soon) to study
infra-infra red?
They can cool it for two years before it runs out of coolant and they
made the mirror as big as they could fit on a single rocket.
>>>>>>>>> Don't make *me* sober you up. You are not going to enjoy it.
>>>>>>>> I won't. Here, have some Shee Wine instead! ::offers wine::
>>>>>>> ::takes bottle away::
>>>>>>> That bottle is back to storage. Now. Well, maybe after I had a little
>>>>>>> drop. Or two. Or three... Now how high can I actually count...
>>>>>> Did I just offer you a bottle of immortal elephant stuff? I hope not
>>>>>> because I clearly remember you saying you didn't want to become an
>>>>>> immortal emmelphant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oops.
>>>>> OK, now I'm pissed. For one thing because you still haven't given me the
>>>>> precious Shee Wine, and for a second... Say, how did you manage to get
>>>>> 137% of ethanol in that stuff?
>>>> ::quickly gives Shee Wine::
>>> ::stores the bottle somewhere very safe::
>>>
>>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>
> No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
> that's responsible for it's... special properties.
Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
Wine.
A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Or is our carpet now immortal?!?
>>>>>>>>>>> 'Indestructible' more like. And it has always been - haven't you seen
>>>>>>>>>>> what it eats?
>>>>>>>>>> I have seen it eat anything. But having a high metabolism means having a
>>>>>>>>>> limited lifespan AFAIK.
>>>>>>>>> Nothing with a metabolism could eat all that stuff. The carpet is made
>>>>>>>>> from different... stuff.
>>>>>>>> That figures.
>>>>>>> ::nods::
>>>>>> I wonder if it posses a danger to the norns and ettins we have around
>>>>>> here. Seems like a likely cause of death.
>>>>> Nah, it'd ruin its taste for door-to-door salesmen and missionaries. The
>>>>> latter of which, I have it on authority (Eric by Terry Pratchett) should
>>>>> be shot on sight.
>>>> Unless you are a missionary yourself, in which case shooting other
>>>> missionaries would qualify as a sin.
>>> The reasoning was that (on the discworld at least) people went where
>>> they thought they were supposed to go after their death.
>> I never played discworld. You can't get copies of all games ever
>> published!
>
> I wasn't talking about those games... You *do* realise that there are
> books, don't you? The quote came straight from 'Eric' BTW. Not that that
> would mean anything to you.
I hardly read books after I stopped going to university. Well, I read a
couple of Scott Adams' books. You don't think highly about corporate
management after that! The funny thing is they *all* know they are
incompetent. It is just that they don't know the same thing is true
about each other. Take into consideration that they decide what happens
to the majority of the world GDP and you've got a very scary situation.
We could even hit recession! Thank God for socialism..
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>> Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
>> it's experimenting with several already.
>
> Did you hear they launched a new space telescope (soon) to study
> infra-infra red?
>
> They can cool it for two years before it runs out of coolant and they
> made the mirror as big as they could fit on a single rocket.
Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
::sniff::
>>>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>>> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>>
>> No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
>> that's responsible for it's... special properties.
>
> Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
> Wine.
>
> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
Socialism is kinda dead, you know.
emmel
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>> Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
>> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
>> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
>> Wine.
>
> Ahum! We have only one Immortal Elephant and one is enough! We also
> don't need to make a new one, because our current Immortal Elephant is
> not likely to stop existing all of a sudden. It's immortal, you see.
> Though, he might run away from home some day.
Now, how many of those have gotten eaten by our squads of specially
trained Norns over the years? Have to be plenty.
>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>
> Hey! We've had 6 Aglamians and 3 people from elsewhere post this
> month! We're alive...alive, yes..ALIVE!!! ARRR!!!!
You mean 'ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!'
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> The first. Say, what newsgroup are you posting from again?
>>>
>>> It's called Aglami! But you can post to Aglami without having played
>>> those games. They're still on my to do list.
>>
>> Yeah, suuuuure. Shame on you.
>
> Great! Why do people keep piling all this shame on me? One day, I
> won't be able to see the sky anymore being buried underneath all that
> shame. I'm going to the police with this!
With all that blame, they'll just do you in and throw the keys away.
After wielding the door shut. And enforcing it with concrete.
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> to keep the car on the road. And other cars don't explode unless you
>>> hit them like ten times.
>> The difference is that with GTA you can start over if you mess up. The
>> only life being lost being your own for playing the game instead of
>> going outside and enjoying the weather (until being run over by a car).
>
> since the last few weeks this factory underneath my window has been
> making a lot of noise. On top of the roof there is some sort of huge
> metal fan blowing stuff into the air (24/7) that is sometimes white
> and sometimes black. When it's black and I open my window for a few
> hours, my window sill will become black as well. So, I just think
> it's not too healthy to be outside a lot.
What is a little black smoke to an undead pirate?
> So, just as in GTA I need to find out where I can find the tank so
> that I can demolish this nasty factory.
You'll have to kill a few cops first I think. Can you give the tank a
paintjob btw? I never played GTA long enough to get the tank.
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
>> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
>> Wine.
>
> don't need to make a new one, because our current Immortal Elephant is
> not likely to stop existing all of a sudden. It's immortal, you see.
> Though, he might run away from home some day.
So put a GPS tracker in it! Then you can track it!
btw, give us the login details to the tracking web page so we can track
it for you too.
>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>
> Hey! We've had 6 Aglamians and 3 people from elsewhere post this
> month! We're alive...alive, yes..ALIVE!!! ARRR!!!!
Last time I looked you seemed like a bunch of dead pirates to me...
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>> Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
>>> it's experimenting with several already.
>> Did you hear they launched a new space telescope (soon) to study
>> infra-infra red?
>>
>> They can cool it for two years before it runs out of coolant and they
>> made the mirror as big as they could fit on a single rocket.
>
> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
> ::sniff::
Maybe you can hack into it.
>>>>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>>>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>>>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>>>> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>>> No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
>>> that's responsible for it's... special properties.
>> Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
>> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
>> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
>> Wine.
>>
>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>
> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
It is? Holland is kind of socialist to me, except for the insanely high
salary of our prime minister. I could do his job! Just puke out half a
dictionary every time you see a camera or a microphone and leave
everybody none the wiser!
Daffy
>>> Ahum! We have only one Immortal Elephant and one is enough! We also
>>> don't need to make a new one, because our current Immortal Elephant is
>>> not likely to stop existing all of a sudden. It's immortal, you see.
>>> Though, he might run away from home some day.
>> So put a GPS tracker in it! Then you can track it!
>> btw, give us the login details to the tracking web page so we can track
>> it for you too.
>
>>> Hey! We've had 6 Aglamians and 3 people from elsewhere post this
>>> month! We're alive...alive, yes..ALIVE!!! ARRR!!!!
>> Last time I looked you seemed like a bunch of dead pirates to me...
>
> Ha! Such a compliment! But our regulars are just lazy.
True enough
Daffy
>>> Hey! I do go outside and enjoy the weather a lot actually! But ever
>>> since the last few weeks this factory underneath my window has been
>>> making a lot of noise. On top of the roof there is some sort of huge
>>> metal fan blowing stuff into the air (24/7) that is sometimes white
>>> and sometimes black.
That's how they let you know who the new pope is.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>> Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
>>>> it's experimenting with several already.
>>> Did you hear they launched a new space telescope (soon) to study
>>> infra-infra red?
>>>
>>> They can cool it for two years before it runs out of coolant and they
>>> made the mirror as big as they could fit on a single rocket.
>>
>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>> ::sniff::
>
> Maybe you can hack into it.
I don't think they'd appreciate that...
>>>>>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>>>>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>>>>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>>>>> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>>>> No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
>>>> that's responsible for it's... special properties.
>>> Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
>>> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
>>> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
>>> Wine.
>>>
>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>
>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>
> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
Incompetent constitutional monarchy - *not* socialism.
Kasper
Are you saying the new pope is black!?
--
Kasper
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> Great! Why do people keep piling all this shame on me? One day, I
>>> won't be able to see the sky anymore being buried underneath all that
>>> shame. I'm going to the police with this!
>>
>> With all that blame, they'll just do you in and throw the keys away.
>> After wielding the door shut. And enforcing it with concrete.
>
> Sounds like fun! Hope I'll have internet access in there.
Most definitely not. And it will be fun, trust me on that, just not to
you.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> Ahum! We have only one Immortal Elephant and one is enough! We also
>>> don't need to make a new one, because our current Immortal Elephant is
>>> not likely to stop existing all of a sudden. It's immortal, you see.
>>> Though, he might run away from home some day.
>>
>> Now, how many of those have gotten eaten by our squads of specially
>> trained Norns over the years? Have to be plenty.
>
> How would a norn go on about killing an immortal elephant? The only
> way to kill it is to decapitate it. Ehmm...
>
> *runs off to the lab to modify the immortal elephant's anatomy*
>
> Headless immortal elephant, yeah..
::shakes head::
As if decapitating was the only way to go. You pirates are completely
missing the spark of creativity.
>>> Hey! We've had 6 Aglamians and 3 people from elsewhere post this
>>> month! We're alive...alive, yes..ALIVE!!! ARRR!!!!
>>
>> You mean 'ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!'
>
> I don't have a spell checker, but if I would have had one, I'm sure
> it'd mark your ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!
It wouldn't be properly configured then. Everything I write is per
definition correct, fawless, perfect and totally indented the way it is.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> Sounds like fun! Hope I'll have internet access in there.
>>
>> Most definitely not. And it will be fun, trust me on that, just not to
>> you.
>
> You don't know my definition of fun!
Heavily masochistic, aren't you?
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> *runs off to the lab to modify the immortal elephant's anatomy*
>>>
>>> Headless immortal elephant, yeah..
>>
>>::shakes head::
>> As if decapitating was the only way to go. You pirates are completely
>> missing the spark of creativity.
>
> It's the one and only Highlander way! We used to do it a lot during
> the old days of Aglami. That's why there are so few regulars left.
And totally not because you piraty folks have just run away...
>>> I don't have a spell checker, but if I would have had one, I'm sure
>>> it'd mark your ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!
>>
>> It wouldn't be properly configured then. Everything I write is per
>> definition correct, fawless, perfect and totally indented the way it is.
>
> Well, I haven't added those repositories yet.
VIM
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>>> So, just as in GTA I need to find out where I can find the tank so
>>> that I can demolish this nasty factory.
>> You'll have to kill a few cops first I think. Can you give the tank a
>> paintjob btw? I never played GTA long enough to get the tank.
>
> now! If I had a Windows machine here I would try it out, but I think
> the tank might be to big to get a paintjob.
I played it at a friends place. I probably have it laying around but
there are so much better looking games these days. I mostly played the
GTA series (briefly) because of the music in it.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, there are plenty of ways for humanity to end itself prematurely. And
>>>>> it's experimenting with several already.
>>>> Did you hear they launched a new space telescope (soon) to study
>>>> infra-infra red?
>>>>
>>>> They can cool it for two years before it runs out of coolant and they
>>>> made the mirror as big as they could fit on a single rocket.
>>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>>> ::sniff::
>> Maybe you can hack into it.
>
> I don't think they'd appreciate that...
You can always claim you're autistic.
>>>>>>>> I think the ethanol readings are a bit off the scale. The ettins are not
>>>>>>>> completely sure how that can happen.
>>>>>>> At any rate it tastes aweful.
>>>>>> Isn't the percentage of alcohol in Shee Wine also 137?
>>>>> No, thirty to forty percent, I think. It's not (exclusively) the alcohol
>>>>> that's responsible for it's... special properties.
>>>> Good thing. I thought Shee Wine and immortal elephant stuff were
>>>> basically the same thing. That would have caused a major war between
>>>> AGLAMI and AGC over resources to make either immortal elephants or Shee
>>>> Wine.
>>>>
>>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
>
> You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
Face it, AGC is getting smaller and smaller each week. So is AGLAMI.
We are the keepers of our culture, but one day we will be gone just like
the Shee. That would be a shame don't you think?
Our queen is not incompetent. It is just that her main political
influence is exerted by cutting red ribbons with scissors.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>>>> ::sniff::
>>> Maybe you can hack into it.
>>
>> I don't think they'd appreciate that...
>
> You can always claim you're autistic.
I don't think I can pull that off. There's to much evidence to the
contrary.
>>>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>>> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
>>
>> You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
>
> Face it, AGC is getting smaller and smaller each week. So is AGLAMI.
>
> We are the keepers of our culture, but one day we will be gone just like
> the Shee. That would be a shame don't you think?
Culture? Which culture? And to be frank we are more undead than anything
else. Sometimes I think we should just let it die in peace.
>>>> Socialism is kinda dead, you know.
>>> It is? Holland is kind of socialist to me, except for the insanely high
>>> salary of our prime minister. I could do his job! Just puke out half a
>>> dictionary every time you see a camera or a microphone and leave
>>> everybody none the wiser!
>>
>> Incompetent constitutional monarchy - *not* socialism.
>
> Our queen is not incompetent. It is just that her main political
> influence is exerted by cutting red ribbons with scissors.
All right, all right. Still a constitutional monarchy, though.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>>>>> ::sniff::
>>>> Maybe you can hack into it.
>>> I don't think they'd appreciate that...
>> You can always claim you're autistic.
>
> I don't think I can pull that off. There's to much evidence to the
> contrary.
Then accuse NASA of being autistic!
>>>>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>>>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>>>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>>>> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
>>> You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
>> Face it, AGC is getting smaller and smaller each week. So is AGLAMI.
>>
>> We are the keepers of our culture, but one day we will be gone just like
>> the Shee. That would be a shame don't you think?
>
> Culture? Which culture? And to be frank we are more undead than anything
> else. Sometimes I think we should just let it die in peace.
Well, AGLAMI has a culture. Not as good as ours, but it is a culture. As
Marilyn Manson once put it "The weak ones are there to justify the
strong".
>>>>> Socialism is kinda dead, you know.
>>>> It is? Holland is kind of socialist to me, except for the insanely high
>>>> salary of our prime minister. I could do his job! Just puke out half a
>>>> dictionary every time you see a camera or a microphone and leave
>>>> everybody none the wiser!
>>> Incompetent constitutional monarchy - *not* socialism.
>> Our queen is not incompetent. It is just that her main political
>> influence is exerted by cutting red ribbons with scissors.
>
> All right, all right. Still a constitutional monarchy, though.
At least we have a monarchy!
Daffy
>>> But what if it runs off into outer space?
>> http://www.google.com/sky/
>
> I tried to go to the End of the Universe by moving all the way to the
> right, but then you end up at the beginning again. Next, I tried to go
> as far north as I could. After a while the big flames disappear and
> then you get into a part of the universe where everything is grey.
> Where is this!??!
>
> http://www.google.com/sky/#latitude=89.81072050259678&longitude=-100.546875&zoom=19&Spitzer=0.00&ChandraXO=0.00&Galex=0.00&IRAS=0.00&WMAP=0.00&Cassini=0.00&slide=1&mI=-1&oI=-1
That's the part they don't want you to see.
>>> Ha! Such a compliment! But our regulars are just lazy.
>> True enough
>
> Slacker!
>
I was going to say... according to the list of regulars on the Aglami
website... but the website appears to have died. How very appropriate.
emmel
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>>>>>> ::sniff::
>>>>> Maybe you can hack into it.
>>>> I don't think they'd appreciate that...
>>> You can always claim you're autistic.
>>
>> I don't think I can pull that off. There's to much evidence to the
>> contrary.
>
> Then accuse NASA of being autistic!
WTF?!
>>>>>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>>>>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>>>>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>>>>> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
>>>> You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
>>> Face it, AGC is getting smaller and smaller each week. So is AGLAMI.
>>>
>>> We are the keepers of our culture, but one day we will be gone just like
>>> the Shee. That would be a shame don't you think?
>>
>> Culture? Which culture? And to be frank we are more undead than anything
>> else. Sometimes I think we should just let it die in peace.
>
> Well, AGLAMI has a culture. Not as good as ours, but it is a culture. As
> Marilyn Manson once put it "The weak ones are there to justify the
> strong".
Don I even want to reply anything to that? Nope, I don't.
>>>>>> Socialism is kinda dead, you know.
>>>>> It is? Holland is kind of socialist to me, except for the insanely high
>>>>> salary of our prime minister. I could do his job! Just puke out half a
>>>>> dictionary every time you see a camera or a microphone and leave
>>>>> everybody none the wiser!
>>>> Incompetent constitutional monarchy - *not* socialism.
>>> Our queen is not incompetent. It is just that her main political
>>> influence is exerted by cutting red ribbons with scissors.
>>
>> All right, all right. Still a constitutional monarchy, though.
>
> At least we have a monarchy!
Only because you couldn't do any proper revolution.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> Most definitely not. And it will be fun, trust me on that, just not to
>>>> you.
>>>
>>> You don't know my definition of fun!
>>
>> Heavily masochistic, aren't you?
>
> Well, if you're willing to inflict pain onto others, the least thing
> you could do is learn what it is like to be on the receiving end.
You are no fun.
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> It's the one and only Highlander way! We used to do it a lot during
>>> the old days of Aglami. That's why there are so few regulars left.
>>
>> And totally not because you piraty folks have just run away...
>
> NEVERRRRR!!! Pirates never run! They are brave!! They're just resting.
>
>>>> It wouldn't be properly configured then. Everything I write is per
>>>> definition correct, fawless, perfect and totally indented the way it is.
>>>
>>> Well, I haven't added those repositories yet.
>>
>> VIM
>
> So VIM has aspell-emmel by default? But I'm not using VIM. I don't
Not aspell. It actually uses the same dictionary format as openoffice.
> like to load my computer with bloatware!
You aren't some emacs fanatic by chance?
emmel
> emmel wrote me a love letter...
>
>>>> VIM
>>>
>>> So VIM has aspell-emmel by default? But I'm not using VIM. I don't
>>
>> Not aspell. It actually uses the same dictionary format as openoffice.
>
> Openoffice is too bloated for me as well. And since I don't live in an
> office I don't need to use Openoffice according to national law.
I said the same dictionary format. You only need the wordlist, not
openoffice. Tsk, some people.
>>> like to load my computer with bloatware!
>>
>> You aren't some emacs fanatic by chance?
>
> No! That's even more bloated I think! I use nano, but actually that's
> only in conjunction with slrn to post to Aglami. For normal everyday
A pico clone! Now that really improves things... (read: not)
> writing tasks I use Mousepad (the version of Leafpad included with
> Xfce) or Bluefish for when I want syntax highlighting and some more
> advanced features. Sometimes it happens that people send me something
> that is not in plain text (or PDF). In these situations I usually
> swear at them and open it with Abiword, though I do not particulary
> like Abiword to be honest.
::shakes head::
So instead of one text editor you use *three* different ones? So much
about bloat.
Neo
> Thus Neo spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> Thus Neo spoke:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, nice toy. Unfortunately ESA and NASA say I can't have my own.
>>>>>>> ::sniff::
>>>>>> Maybe you can hack into it.
>>>>> I don't think they'd appreciate that...
>>>> You can always claim you're autistic.
>>> I don't think I can pull that off. There's to much evidence to the
>>> contrary.
>> Then accuse NASA of being autistic!
>
> WTF?!
Obsessed with space and things relating to it? Perfectionists?
I don't have a DSM-IV TR handy, but that seems pretty autistic to me!
>>>>>>>> A war between AGC and AGLAMI would be bad. If anyone got killed it could
>>>>>>>> mean the end of a *whole* newsgroup.
>>>>>>> What's so bad about the end of AGLAMI?
>>>>>> I think our groups should merge, but I don't know how!
>>>>> You think WHAT?! I think someone here needs a LART session.
>>>> Face it, AGC is getting smaller and smaller each week. So is AGLAMI.
>>>>
>>>> We are the keepers of our culture, but one day we will be gone just like
>>>> the Shee. That would be a shame don't you think?
>>> Culture? Which culture? And to be frank we are more undead than anything
>>> else. Sometimes I think we should just let it die in peace.
>> Well, AGLAMI has a culture. Not as good as ours, but it is a culture. As
>> Marilyn Manson once put it "The weak ones are there to justify the
>> strong".
>
> Don I even want to reply anything to that? Nope, I don't.
It is from the Beautiful People track on the Antichrist Superstar album.
>>>>>>> Socialism is kinda dead, you know.
>>>>>> It is? Holland is kind of socialist to me, except for the insanely high
>>>>>> salary of our prime minister. I could do his job! Just puke out half a
>>>>>> dictionary every time you see a camera or a microphone and leave
>>>>>> everybody none the wiser!
>>>>> Incompetent constitutional monarchy - *not* socialism.
>>>> Our queen is not incompetent. It is just that her main political
>>>> influence is exerted by cutting red ribbons with scissors.
>>> All right, all right. Still a constitutional monarchy, though.
>> At least we have a monarchy!
>
> Only because you couldn't do any proper revolution.
But we fought off the Spanish and the French!
Neo
> Neo wrote me a love letter...
>
>>> now! If I had a Windows machine here I would try it out, but I think
>>> the tank might be to big to get a paintjob.
>> I played it at a friends place. I probably have it laying around but
>> there are so much better looking games these days. I mostly played the
>> GTA series (briefly) because of the music in it.
>
> I'm getting too old for games. Yikes.
If you buy a fast computer you could run GTA on Dosbox!
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=1783&letter=G
But you probably knew that already.