Old Man

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Exactly. If they reduced ammunition carried to a couple dozen rather than a couple dozen thousand, then there would be a lot more movement and aiming and a lot less suppressive fire.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

That would be the NPPL. 7 Man. But, what you're referring to is the same problem paintball affaciandos have been complainging about for years. There isn't a single thing to keep track of for spectators (like a ball). There is the flag, but that usually ends up being an addendum at the end of the game when the opposing team is in the dead box.

 

XBall tries to fix some of those things, but it almost doesn't seem like the paintball I've been playing for a decade.

You're going to have to give me a rundown on XBall, a quick Google search just turns up a bunch of links for XBall® brand paintballs. But I don't think rule changes are what's called for so much as better camera angles and maybe tracer rounds. And some kind of real ammo limit so that the game doesn't devolve into bunkerball.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

You only think that because you're assuming the wrong definition of 'fix'. There is also "to secure or attach to an object", "to assemble or prepare, as in a meal" or "influence the outcome of by improper or unlawful means". None of these are more correct, but all are more amusing.

Re: The cranky thread

I'd like a do-over, please.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

What type of paintball were you watching and how long ago?

The type of paintball where gaily-dressed men run about on a field amongst giant balloons, firing balls of paint at one another with paintball guns. This was maybe four months ago.

XBall makes it better, but it is difficult for those not familiar with it.

 

Everything happens too quickly.

Whatever I was watching looked like plain old paintball to me. It wasn't good on TV because you can't see the paintballs in flight, you usually can't see the shooter and target on the screen at once, and every team's strategy was "camp and shoot lots of paint".

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Their warranties all expired at the same time. You know how it is.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

Every day there are more potholes for me to detect and avoid on my dark morning commute. I swear the next car I buy is going to have a rally suspension.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

I've seen professional paintball on ESPN2 and have concluded that it's a poor spectator sport, especially on an inflatable field. I'd still come out, though, except I'm pretty far from L.A.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread

I demand a YouTube link.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Warmed-over spam. Blech!

Spam is awesome.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

Does anyone else remember a time when Britney Spears was a sixteen-year-old former Mouseketeer whose wholesome and innocent public image earned her superstardom and critical acclaim? Who publicly discussed her hope to retain her virginity as long as possible?

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Old Man just got repped by keyes_bill and knocked over the 2000 mark.

The bunny then has the nerve to decapitate Old Man and take his Quickening. The shame of it.

Hey, I hadn't noticed. Cool.

And unfortunately, the bunny fell victim to the old fake-head-and-fake-quickening trick! Works every time. You kids never learn.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Hobbes also plays with Lego!!

Re: The cranky thread

I shoulda stayed in Albuquerque.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

You're being redundant' date=' of course. CIOs are by the nature of being corporate officers a proper subset of Dilbertian dumb@ss's who don't know any better.[/quote']

 

Does that include company presidents and VPs as well?

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

The really big culprit is Siebel, followed by a couple of other CRM software mfrs. These clowns code for IE and nothing but IE, and then dumb@ss CIOs who don't know any better buy it for any website that requires even a marginally complicated back end database. So although I have 98% of my company on low-maintenance Macs, I have to support Parallels or VMware or Virtual PC on all of them, with Windoze licenses, just so that everyone has a copy of Windows IE6 they can use to use vendor configurators or bid on gubmint contracts.

I have yet to see any of these sites done in a way that couldn't have been done better in PHP/MySQL or (if it was reeeally complicated) Javascript or even Flash. Siebel has to be one of the bigger scams going on in the IT industry today.

Re: The cranky thread

Broke down? Wrong fuel shouldn't really break the car so much as require that you siphon it out and put right fuel in. Not to say that it's impossible, though.

Highway driving is easy. Fast, yes, but it's all in a straight line. Lane changes are iffy but if you can look over your shoulder without reflexively turning the wheel in the process, you should be fine.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

You know what throws me off? Cartoon terrain. All cartoons have the same terrain. GI Joe, Transformers, Robotech, Pokemon, Samurai Champloo--every one of them takes place in a mostly barren wasteland of dirt and rock formations, without even a weed in sight. Once in a while, for a change of scenery, an episode will occur in a forest in the wilderness--one that's perfectly level, with trees of identical appearance and height, and no undergrowth unless they're looking for something small. Cities? Swamps? Ravines? Streams and rivers? Tall grass? Not here.

Re: The cranky thread

Friday was going great! Then I got an email from my boss:

Subject: We need to talk

Re:: repeated complaints about the attiude of {your staff} (customers and salesreps). We need to have a come to jesus. Monday a.m.

I immediately raced over to his office to find out what was the matter. But I'd missed him; he'd gone out drinking with the sales guys. The good news is he'll be in a much better mood on monday. The bad news is now I get to stew about it all weekend.

Re: The "Nice Happy" Thread

Free pizza for lunch! And it's friday, for what it's worth.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

Note to self: henceforth, when paying the bills, make sure you are using the checkbook corresponding to the account that actually has money in it.

Moron.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

Resist the temptation! It's always better to aim for center mass, unless you know the target is armored.

Re: The cranky thread

Uh oh, the project is on a clear downward trajectory that will almost certainly terminate in a smoking crater. You can tell because the people involved are ejecting. Just hope I'm not caught in the blast radius--but cleanup will almost certainly be at least partly my responsibility. Fortunately, I'm much too tired to be angry today!

Re: The cranky thread

Oh, look, Bazza is incapacited from food poisoning, and contains both Death Tribble's quickening and his own. (ignites saber) Now I too will have Flaming Eye Power!

Re: Musings on Random Musings

As are the Raiders, believe it or not.