tkdguy Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures That first pic would be good in a FH campaign. A deity could appear to the PCs like that and communicate with them telepathically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures That first pic would be good in a FH campaign. A deity could appear to the PCs like that and communicate with them telepathically. Are you saying the second one wouldn't be good for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Are you saying the second one wouldn't be good for that? I could see a nature entity communicating that way. Druid: "I see a sign that we're taking the wrong path." Fighter: "Yea, I needed a druid to interpret that for me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Actually, you're right! There wouldn't be any confusion about that message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures for Cancer: #6 http://www.oddee.com/item_96639.aspx For Cancer, again: #3, 5 http://www.oddee.com/item_96579.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Lego http://www.oddee.com/item_96645.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_63602.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibear Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Are you saying the second one wouldn't be good for that? I've got coffee all over my monitor now. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures I've got coffee all over my monitor now... You're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures http://www.oddee.com/item_96561.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_96557.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_96633.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_96553.aspx -- #9 http://www.oddee.com/item_96589.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_96655.aspx http://www.oddee.com/item_96591.aspx (nudity -- NSFW) http://www.oddee.com/item_96582.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cancer Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sorting books by color is possible, but highly personal, and it'd be ... interesting ... if that person did not have normal color vision. Doesn't help much if you have an extensive collection of bound volumes of journals, either. The infinity bookshelf is the coolest of those, but getting into the inner portions of it is a problem (seems like "archival storage" to me). The clocks are interesting, though I tend to be more attracted to those with enhanced functions: e.g. lunar phase and (especially) hour angle; or merely one that gives both local time and UT in 24-hour format at the same time. Mechanical clocks are neat artifacts and can be quite beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Sorting books by color is possible' date=' but highly personal, and it'd be ... interesting ... if that person did not have normal color vision...[/quote'] You'd be amazed at the number of people coming into the library looking for a book and the only thing they can identify it with is the color. "I'm looking for a book; it's red. Do you have it?" Of course it's actually funnier when they think they know what it's about. "I'm looking for a book; it's about Jews. It's red. Do you have it?" Ah yes, the Big Red Book of Jews, right this way... I swear I'm not making this stuff up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures With a couple of librarians on the wife's side of the family, I know you're not making it up. What's bad is there have been times when I try to remember which of several different books (conference proceedings) I read a particular item from, and my mnemonic for recalling that is the color of the binding. Catalog information and numbering get pretty random (from my point of view) once you get way out in the technical esoterica, and binding color is more useful than most of the stuff that's in the catalog.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Whaddya mean, no ice?! Do I have to drink this coffee hot?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures You'd be amazed at the number of people coming into the library looking for a book and the only thing they can identify it with is the color. "I'm looking for a book; it's red. Do you have it?" Of course it's actually funnier when they think they know what it's about. "I'm looking for a book; it's about Jews. It's red. Do you have it?" Ah yes, the Big Red Book of Jews, right this way... I swear I'm not making this stuff up. Years ago, I worked at a deep discount bookstore. This story was related to me by my store manager, (Jason Vester, who wrote Broken Kingdoms for FH). The person that I had replaced had a customer come in looking for a book. Customer: "I'm looking for a book, I don't know the name or the author, but I know that the cover's yellow." Employee: "Well, let me take you to our 'Yellow Book' section." Customer (excited): "You have one?" Employee: "No, not really." So, we would refer to these folks as "Yellow Book People". And yes, it's really common. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Add a database field. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Add a database field. Problem solved. Easier said than done, especially considering it would require a modification to the software that is being used by a bureaucracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Add a database field. Problem solved. Riiiight. "You say the book is red? Ok...the catalog has 143,240 hits. Let's go look at the shelf." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Riiiight. "You say the book is red? Ok...the catalog has 143,240 hits. Let's go look at the shelf." You can always group it by shade. Crimson, Glistening Mauve, Blood of the Clueless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Now was it closer to 'Blood of the Clueless', or 'Fires of the Damned'?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Here it is." "Are you sure? You said the book was red, and that is clearly scarlet." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Here it is." "Are you sure? You said the book was red, and that is clearly scarlet." To which I'd reply: "Scarlet? Frankly my dear, I don't give a d@mn." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures You can always group it by shade. Crimson' date=' Glistening Mauve, Blood of the Clueless...[/quote'] Scarlet letter.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures http://www.oddee.com/item_91848.aspx I see origin stories... Lucius Alexander I see a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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