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by Sedwick
Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:40 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Back from the Brink
Replies: 4
Views: 1209

I know, I have no one to blame but myself for waiting so long and procrastinating. Fortunately the HD that failed was still under warranty and they got me a free replacement. I now have it in a device that makes it an external USB drive. It will soon be set up to be my main backup solution, and I ha...
by Sedwick
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:26 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How is your winter treating you?
Replies: 59
Views: 4548

The greater Milwaukee area's had worse. Temps have been somewhat mild, mostly in the mid/upper 20s F with plenty of snow since Thanksgiving weekend. It snowed dawn till dusk last Saturday. Almost a foot's worth remained on my lawn before it started getting back into the mid/upper 30s, which will pea...
by Sedwick
Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Back from the Brink
Replies: 4
Views: 1209

Back from the Brink

Just in case some of you were wondering where the hell I've been lately... My 7-year-old 1.4GHz P4 finally burnt out its IDE controllers after shutdown Sunday, November 11th, and the next night greets me with a \"disk read error\". It won't boot from an XP CD, but the data on the HD surviv...
by Sedwick
Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:12 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hello
Replies: 16
Views: 1626

Welcome home, Merry Christmas, and thank you for defending my freedom. Chat w you in Vortex some time...
by Sedwick
Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What are you getting your wives/girlfriends for Christmas
Replies: 16
Views: 1229

My wife's getting Clue DVD, Beauty and the Beast Platinum Edition, A Christmas Story, and I Am America and So Can You! on CD.
by Sedwick
Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:55 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Happy Christmas to all!!
Replies: 2
Views: 1250

Very nice! Mine will have a new joystick and throttle. Can't wait!
by Sedwick
Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Happy Halloween from South Park!
Replies: 12
Views: 2603

As promised, some action stills of their demise! First, Kenny gets it down the middle with my ice scraper, reminiscent of the first Halloween episode. The first hack was off-center, but the next one kinda made up for it: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z95/sedwick1024/DKenny1post.jpg http://i191....
by Sedwick
Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:25 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Project "Descent Relived"
Replies: 148
Views: 103736

Re: Slow...

novacron wrote: WIP shots. Trying to get back into the swing of things... bare with me. I haven't forgot.
"Bare" with you? Well, I'm normally not into nudism, but, very well... :lol:

But seriously, those do look great. Sharp enough to cut your finger on.
by Sedwick
Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Mother Teresa
Replies: 169
Views: 13081

Re:

Emotions do reveal truth. For example, an emotional person who has too much to drink at a party will more than likely speak the truth like I've seen some classmates do. Look at people who break down in front of a judge. Emotions reveal truth. Bee The truth about how you FEEL, perhaps. Emotions can ...
by Sedwick
Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:34 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Looking for a cool clan name
Replies: 55
Views: 4203

[BTU]
[RPM]
[CPS]
[MIPS]
[HAX]
[PMS] (women only)
by Sedwick
Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Mother Teresa
Replies: 169
Views: 13081

Re:

Emotions do reveal truth. For example, an emotional person who has too much to drink at a party will more than likely speak the truth like I've seen some classmates do. Look at people who break down in front of a judge. Emotions reveal truth. Bee The truth about how you FEEL, perhaps. Emotions can ...
by Sedwick
Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:42 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Happy Halloween from South Park!
Replies: 12
Views: 2603

Well, I don't know anyone with a trebuchet, so I figure next weekend, once \"rigor moldis\" has set in, I'll hack Kenny, drop Cartman, crush Stan and torch Kyle. I'll post some action shots from the raw video!
by Sedwick
Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:26 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Happy Halloween from South Park!
Replies: 12
Views: 2603

Happy Halloween from South Park!

In honor of South Park being on the air for a full decade, I decided the boys would be the theme for the jack-o-lanterns I'd carve this year: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z95/sedwick1024/SouthParkJOLs.jpg And on display: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z95/sedwick1024/HalloweenLineup.jpg So...
by Sedwick
Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I got a Seatbelt ticket...
Replies: 27
Views: 2081

Re:

Thats what I would do too. Take a picture with the jacket and the belt...and at the same angle the police officer would have viewed it. Not only that, but try getting similar light/shadows/glares/contrast by taking it on the same stretch of road at the same time of day in similar weather conditions...
by Sedwick
Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:32 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Post your photoshop pics or photoshop findings!
Replies: 19
Views: 1746

Honest--this is how the browser window came up when I clicked the pic:

Image
by Sedwick
Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Mother Teresa
Replies: 169
Views: 13081

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But the truth is, Good, Bad, Etc. IS meaningless if all i have to look forward to is being a good memory. Ditto that. If I KNEW there wasn't a God, I'd be the biggest freakin' hedonist you ever met. I'd do anything self-serving that I could get away with, squeezing all I could out of this only life...
by Sedwick
Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Caption this pic
Replies: 29
Views: 2089

Oh, I've wasted my life...
by Sedwick
Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: My extremely large playlist(only 100.0 kb of text)
Replies: 13
Views: 1536

Another option for those looking for variety in radio...
by Sedwick
Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:54 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: More Spider Macros
Replies: 8
Views: 1436

With the second pic, the two center eyes almost look human, with a cornea and pupils. Creepy!
by Sedwick
Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:48 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Really starting to regret going vista 64.
Replies: 68
Views: 5456

Re:

WarAdvocat wrote:[removed]
LOL @ the Amstrad! I still have mine from 1987!
by Sedwick
Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:45 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Primary
Replies: 3
Views: 1058

They probably feel New Hampshirians and Iowans are more intelligent and enlightened and thus more trustworthy of such an important decision :P
by Sedwick
Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: How to kill box elder bugs?
Replies: 5
Views: 1020

I too had to fight those little bastards! We saw several last year, but this year they just exploded. Got to see lotsa young ones, too. They sought refuge just underneath my garage shingles (and littered the siding with their s--t) and migrated to the cinder blocks on the SE side of my house. Enough...
by Sedwick
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:23 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Mapping software?
Replies: 5
Views: 856

Not to break topic but, nice avatar! You should animate it, rotating the heads and putting \"star points\" behind them.
by Sedwick
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Mother Teresa
Replies: 169
Views: 13081

From my church bulletin: A Message from Fr. Jim . . . Blessed Teresa of Calcutta There has been a great deal of focus these past weeks on a newly published book about the life of Mother Teresa, now officially known in the Church as “Blessed Teresa” following her beatification by Pope John Paul II in...
by Sedwick
Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Diet?
Replies: 32
Views: 2857

My dietary advice, with a focus on carbs: eat only whole-grain breads and pastas, and cut out high-fructose corn syrup. Drink 100% juice instead of anything sweetened with HFCS or other processed sugars. You'll keep your insulin levels lower and feel less hungry. I'd consider regular exercise vital ...
by Sedwick
Sat Sep 22, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: CTF Rant
Replies: 67
Views: 7971

I made a better effort to stay back less and move up more tonight, and my team only lost 10-12. We had the lead for a while. Being aggressive is just more fun too.
by Sedwick
Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:44 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Explosive entertainment!
Replies: 11
Views: 1151

I commuted from Waukesha to Sheboygan last winter. If I had been 10 minutes slower I would have witnessed Milwaukee's Falk plant explosion.
by Sedwick
Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:33 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: A Big Question...
Replies: 4
Views: 1271

LA-A-A-A-A-ZY-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y!!! Good grief!...

I remember V-hold. And H-hold, too, I think. Ah, that little Amstrad--the Rosebud to my Citizen Kane!
by Sedwick
Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: Coders Corner
Topic: VC++ 2005 Static Library
Replies: 2
Views: 3023

Re: VC++ 2005 Static Library

Disciple wrote:Project requirements dictate that I cannot use DLLs or .NET stuff....
Can't help you, but just curious--why not?
by Sedwick
Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:03 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Zora Easter Egg.
Replies: 5
Views: 1327

A giant rolling pin?
by Sedwick
Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:11 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Really starting to regret going vista 64.
Replies: 68
Views: 5456

I think I read something in either PC Magazine or The Code Project: you know your new OS is in trouble when people are still coming into stores begging for a system with XP installed. People are also having trouble installing the downloaded Vista; it gets to a certain point, a reboot I believe, and ...
by Sedwick
Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:48 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Old timer, Wants to play again
Replies: 24
Views: 6037

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I want a Gravis phoenix with USB port so I can use it on my laptop... maybe when I have time I will (try to) make an adapter similar to Grendel's for the 3Dpro, no promises, though I wonder if this would do the trick. It works for the programmable PS/2 keyboard (aka programmer's best friend) I have...
by Sedwick
Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:49 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Old timer, Wants to play again
Replies: 24
Views: 6037

If you can find one, and you still have a pre-USB keyboard port, you could do worse than a Gravis Phoenix. Turn, pitch, roll, and throttle all at once without touching a button (that you can save for sliding). Golly I miss that old thing...
by Sedwick
Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:38 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Labor Day!
Replies: 12
Views: 939

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Congrats on entirely missing the point of Labor Day! *sits across from tigerassault on top of the highest peak of the highest mountains and humbly asks "O Wise One... what is the meaning of Labor Day?"* :wink: Indeed! Holidays can mean different things to different people. For me, it's a ...
by Sedwick
Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:24 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: You no crush head!
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Guess that's the car Mark McKinney's character drove :wink:
by Sedwick
Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Labor Day!
Replies: 12
Views: 939

I finished getting the backerboard up in my shower stall, then a little sealing mortar, followed by a round of D3. Days off FTW!
by Sedwick
Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Is there a program...
Replies: 9
Views: 1058

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Ow, QuickBASIC flashback. That hurt! Actually, I did use QuickBASIC (That one compiled) to write songs. A friend of mine even transposed a Van Halen song in QuickBASIC. I know, crappy little PC speaker, but it was still great! I too did a QuickBASIC composition program some 12 years ago. After resp...
by Sedwick
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Microsoft Word just gained a few points
Replies: 38
Views: 3407

Re:

Doc incompatibility with other programs is a good reason not to use Microsoft Word and doc format for your documents, since nobody can figure out how to read docs except Microsoft Office, and even that doesn't get it right every time across all versions and platforms. Doc isn't supposed to be inter...
by Sedwick
Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Mother Teresa
Replies: 169
Views: 13081

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Both Kolodiejchuk and Martin assume that Teresa's inability to perceive Christ in her life did not mean he wasn't there. In fact, they see his absence as part of the divine gift that enabled her to do great work. But to the U.S.'s increasingly assertive cadre of atheists, that argument will seem ab...
by Sedwick
Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Website (suggestions)
Replies: 5
Views: 825

I found it weird how within each of the menus, the only item I could activate by hovering the mouse over any part of it was the first one; the rest you have to hover directly on the item text--kinda annoying. I'm using IE 6.