Bits and Bobs - Thirteen

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:20

Mimi wrote:

I was drawing mine straight into photoshop and having trouble with the shrinkle-age as it was making the lines to soft and blurry.

If you want to stick to Photoshop, just alter your brush hardness.

Select the brush tool then click on the size in the top menu bar, a drop down will appear with a hardness slider*.

* :hat:

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:25

Malc wrote:

I said "home" not "grounds" or "land"

Malc

What's the difference?

Also, what MaliA said has changed somewhat since this morning.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:28

Grim... wrote:

Malc wrote:

I said "home" not "grounds" or "land"

Malc

What's the difference?

Also, what MaliA said has changed somewhat since this morning.

I was trying to word it in a less inflammatory fashion.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:33

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NO WASP
IT'S NEARLY NOVEMBER
GET DOWN FROM THERE

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:34

Note to self: Finish Half Life 2 Episode 1.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Grim... wrote:

NO WASP
IT'S NEARLY NOVEMBER
GET DOWN FROM THERE

If you will bring jam sandwiches to work that's what'll happen.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:37

Trousers wrote:

Grim... wrote:

NO WASP
IT'S NEARLY NOVEMBER
GET DOWN FROM THERE

If you will bring jam sandwiches to work that's what'll happen.

That's my flat (well, the corridor near my flat, at least) - work is nowhere near as impressive.

Anyone looking to move, by the way?

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:38

intergrated appliances eh? That's swish.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:52

I want that new Mac Magic Mouse. Well, I'd like to try it out at least.

New 27" LED iMac looks tasty too.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Malc wrote:

I get home at 19:30 and she mentions it to me, and asks me what time I want to go to bed. I say about 22:00 (shortly after the football has finished) as I have to get up early in the morning (about 05:45) ...Still, I can't cook it how I'd really like to cook it (on S for about 6+ hours) as that would mean staying up 02:00!

Couldn't you have put it in at 10pm and just turned it off when you got up?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:56

Zardoz wrote:

I want that new Mac Magic Mouse. Well, I'd like to try it out at least.

New 27" LED iMac looks tasty too.

27" iMac looks yum, but I don't think I'd like the mouse at all.
Maybe it'll work okay, but I just can't imagine it being that good.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:58

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Malc wrote:

I get home at 19:30 and she mentions it to me, and asks me what time I want to go to bed. I say about 22:00 (shortly after the football has finished) as I have to get up early in the morning (about 05:45) ...Still, I can't cook it how I'd really like to cook it (on S for about 6+ hours) as that would mean staying up 02:00!

Couldn't you have put it in at 10pm and just turned it off when you got up?

Althought I know that I would have been safe, there still would be a nagging doubt that the oven was on whislt I slept. Also, I like to check it whislt cooking, basting it and so on.

Malc

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:59

Zardoz wrote:

I want that new Mac Magic Mouse. Well, I'd like to try it out at least.

Ooh, interesting. Me too.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Grim... wrote:

27" iMac looks yum, but I don't think I'd like the mouse at all. Maybe it'll work okay, but I just can't imagine it being that good.

I think I need to use it before I can judge. One thing that immediately jumped out at me; the web browser back/forward gesture on my Macbook is three fingers left/right -- but it's two fingers on the mouse (probably because of the smaller upper surface). I think that would confuse me.

Oh, and the iMac now supports video in, so you can use it as a plain monitor if you want (like if the rest of the guts are thoroughly obsoleted and you just want to use the screen in five years time). That makes the all-in-one thing a bit more palatable.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:02

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Oh, and the iMac now supports video in, so you can use it as a plain monitor if you want (like if the rest of the guts are thoroughly obsoleted and you just want to use the screen in five years time). That makes the all-in-one thing a bit more palatable.

That also makes it very nice to plug my MacBook Pro into. A very expensive second display though :DD

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:02

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Oh, and the iMac now supports video in, so you can use it as a plain monitor if you want (like if the rest of the guts are thoroughly obsoleted and you just want to use the screen in five years time). That makes the all-in-one thing a bit more palatable.

.. or if you want to plug your 360 into it...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:03

kalmar wrote:

.. or if you want to plug your 360 into it...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:03

Grim... can we get one for me to review for the site?

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:05

Have we offended Apple?

No?

Why not?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:05

Grim.... Can I get a Fireblade to review for the site?

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:06

kalmar wrote:

Have we offended Apple?

No?

Why not?

becasue some of you guys really really love teh iPhone....

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25874

Cripes. (BBC video of runaway Russian bus).

@Zardoz. Cheers chicklet. The pictures are drawn with hard edges and are perfects at the larger scale (sorry, I should have mentioned that I know how to use PS a fair bit) it was just the re-scaling I was having issues with, they are becoming too softened after the event, but I'm going to try something different when I have got some spare time. Or just scour the internet for some sheep smilies.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:11

Mimi wrote:

sheep smilies.

Try YakYak. I think they've cornered the market, there.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:12

It's the man's fault for being on the raod and the bus driver shouldn't be to blame as he clearly panicked.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:13

A fugitive German doctor who went on the run after poisoning his lover's 14-year-old daughter more than 27 years ago has been dumped, bound and gagged, outside a French court.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

KovacsC wrote:

becasue some of you guys really really love teh iPhone....

Yes. Despise Apple though.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

MaliA wrote:

It's the man's fault for being on the raod and the bus driver shouldn't be to blame as he clearly panicked.

I bet that bloke felt dead brilliant afterwards. I'd be playing the footage every time people came over to the house. Thoroughly twattish, but so exciting.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:26

sinister agent wrote:

MaliA wrote:

It's the man's fault for being on the raod and the bus driver shouldn't be to blame as he clearly panicked.

I bet that bloke felt dead brilliant afterwards. I'd be playing the footage every time people came over to the house. Thoroughly twattish, but so exciting.

I'd put more money on a sudden conversion to a new wave Christian sect.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:28

MaliA wrote:

It's the man's fault for being on the raod and the bus driver shouldn't be to blame as he clearly panicked.

Damnit, I was just about to post that.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

kalmar wrote:

.. or if you want to plug your 360 into it...

It's DisplayPort though. I have no idea if HDMI->DVI->DisplayPort would work.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:39

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

kalmar wrote:

.. or if you want to plug your 360 into it...

It's DisplayPort though. I have no idea if HDMI->DVI->DisplayPort would work.

according to the display port website... it should..

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:49

Shit,

I need to get a slight whiff of stale lager out of my suit in the next 45 minutes.

Please advise.

Anyone saying "Take it off" will be killed.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25874

sinister agent wrote:

MaliA wrote:

It's the man's fault for being on the raod and the bus driver shouldn't be to blame as he clearly panicked.

I bet that bloke felt dead brilliant afterwards. I'd be playing the footage every time people came over to the house. Thoroughly twattish, but so exciting.

I wouldn't

I'd be wrapping myself in a duvet and refusing to leave my bedroom for weeks.

The Egg · **Joined:** 16th Aug, 2008 **Posts:** 412

MaliA wrote:

Shit,

I need to get a slight whiff of stale lager out of my suit in the next 45 minutes.

Please advise.

Anyone saying "Take it off" will be killed.

hang it in the bathroom whilst you take a shower, the steam should freshen it up a bit.

Failing that Febreze.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:52

MaliA wrote:

Shit,

I need to get a slight whiff of stale lager out of my suit in the next 45 minutes.

Please advise.

Anyone saying "Take it off" will be killed.

Febreze yourself.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:53

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8316720.stm

Quote:

A new and rare species of "giant" orb web spider has been discovered in Africa and Madagascar.

In the journal Plos One, researchers describe Nephila komaci as the largest web spinning spider known to science.

Only the females of this groups of species are giants, with a leg span of up to 12cm (4.7in); the male spiders are tiny by comparison.

Scientists say the female spiders are capable of spinning webs that reach up to 1m (3ft 3in) in diameter.

That doesn't seem that big to me (the web I mean) I've seen webs across the path leading to my front door, and the gap between the wall and the bushes must be over 2m.

Malc

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:54

Fabreeze.. andstand outside in the fresh air for a bit

The Egg · **Joined:** 16th Aug, 2008 **Posts:** 412

40 B&H would also remove the smell of stale lager. I can't take responsibility for the condition of your lungs/heart after though.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

KovacsC wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

kalmar wrote:

.. or if you want to plug your 360 into it...

It's DisplayPort though. I have no idea if HDMI->DVI->DisplayPort would work.

according to the display port website... it should..

I agree. "Should". That's exactly the sort of cockamine scheme that falls apart due to obscure standards violations though.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:13

What I gather and say 'should' is that I have not checked in a while (few months) on the website, so it was from memory. Is that Display port will allow conversion do digital formats not analogue. when i get time later today I will have a look

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:14

From another place that amde me L-LOL

SteeleResolve wrote:

Fools Paradise wrote:

I may have to murder my neighbours. See for the last three weeks they have been having extensive work done on there house, so far they have had new bathroom and are currently putting in a new central heating system. It's been non stop banging and crashing for three weeks I could probably tolerate it but for the fact that the workmen are only there when my neighbours are not in. Thanks a lot fuckers, it's ok for you to do my fucking head in but not your own right? Also hire more than one person to do the work you cheapskate bastards would have been done weeks ago but oh no, it's not your problem is is? Its fucking mine.

I have spent since 9am listing to radiators being hammered in SHUT THE FUCK UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT FUCKING UP.

get a fucking job then

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:15

MaliA wrote:

From another place that amde me L-LOL

SteeleResolve wrote:

Fools Paradise wrote:

I may have to murder my neighbours. See for the last three weeks they have been having extensive work done on there house, so far they have had new bathroom and are currently putting in a new central heating system. It's been non stop banging and crashing for three weeks I could probably tolerate it but for the fact that the workmen are only there when my neighbours are not in. Thanks a lot fuckers, it's ok for you to do my fucking head in but not your own right? Also hire more than one person to do the work you cheapskate bastards would have been done weeks ago but oh no, it's not your problem is is? Its fucking mine.

I have spent since 9am listing to radiators being hammered in SHUT THE FUCK UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT FUCKING UP.

get a fucking job then

Lol is that forum again...

When does she expect them to do the work, in teh evening when her kids try and sleep?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:41

http://twitter.com/hollywills/status/5041135867

so...a way to a girls heart is a pearl necklace, who knew!
— Holly Willoughby (@hollywills) October 21, 2009

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I... I think I need to go somewhere private.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:43

Grim... wrote:

http://twitter.com/hollywills/status/5041135867

I... I think I need to go somewhere private.

I had just added her to my twitter, lol

Nemmie · **Joined:** 13th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 1643

Grim... wrote:

http://twitter.com/hollywills/status/5041135867

Attachment:

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I... I think I need to go somewhere private.

Yeh Gods.

You couldn't make it up.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:47

PS3 Slim, with Borderlands and stuff to win on VG247. 3000th post gets it.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/10/21/win-a-ps3-slim-plus-a-copy-of-borderlands-here-right-now/

on about 720 posts when I posted this.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:48

She's talking about Emmerdale, apparently. I find that I can ignore that fuck really easily.

[edit]Er, 'fact', not fuck. Paging Dr. Freud to the B&B thread...

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Malc wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8316720.stm

Quote:

A new and rare species of "giant" orb web spider has been discovered in Africa and Madagascar.

In the journal Plos One, researchers describe Nephila komaci as the largest web spinning spider known to science.

Only the females of this groups of species are giants, with a leg span of up to 12cm (4.7in); the male spiders are tiny by comparison.

Scientists say the female spiders are capable of spinning webs that reach up to 1m (3ft 3in) in diameter.

That doesn't seem that big to me (the web I mean) I've seen webs across the path leading to my front door, and the gap between the wall and the bushes must be over 2m.

Malc

I think they mean the central 'wheel' bit - the outer strands connecting the web to walls and things can be ridiculously long even for your average garden spider, but the actual trap part they spin is relatively small. These big buggers seem to have a trap bit that could be pretty handy at wimbledon.

They actually follow a pretty standard pattern, yet typical garden spider. They start with a horizontal strand that the wind carries to a suitable anchor point, then they make a kind of Y shape with a second strand. They make a triangle round that as the basis of the wheel, then start making lots of spokes outwards. Finally, they go around in a big spiral pattern connecting the spokes. Some little parts of the web aren't sticky, and they know exactly where to put their legs. Also they have little claws that keep them from getting stuck, right, and....

Well, anyway, spiders don't like bees. They'd probably cut a bee loose rather than risk getting stung. A wasp they might try for, as they're smaller and the venom will take faster, but it's a gamble. Also... argh, damn it. Stupid enthusiasm.

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:53

There's some outdoor furniture here and there's regularly a single strand of web going about 2 metres, completely horizontally, from one of the chairs over to a lamp pole.

How do they manage that?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:55

Wind. Float. Spider.

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