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- Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:07 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 504586
Re: Bug reports
I don't know what started this, but for a few days when I've logged on to apterous, I can see who's online but not any of the chat or start any games or see who's playing who. I disabled the sound in settings and now it works again. I don't know if it's relevant but I'm using Linux and Chrome, and I...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:58 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite board game
- Replies: 101
- Views: 79842
Re: Favourite board game
I've now got Brass, but only played it twice so I can't give much of an opinion though it looks good. Citadels - simple but good with excellent artwork. Civilization - requires at least a whole day to play it. One full game finished with a few aborted attempts - it's pretty excellent and the board g...
- Wed May 26, 2010 6:22 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite board game
- Replies: 101
- Views: 79842
Re: Favourite board game
If you don't vote for Settlers of Catan then I offer good odds that you haven't played it. This casual comment made a couple of years ago has quite severely altered my life, thusly: I played online to see if it really was any good. I decided it was. I bought it and played it some more. I discovered...
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Re: Give Your Vote
Then I fail to see how this system can cope with much of the corruption that goes on around the world. While I was in the Far East, and Egypt, I was cheerfully assured by locals that yes, they could vote, as long as they voted for the right people. Otherwise less friendly people would turn up on th...
- Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Re: Give Your Vote
Similarly, I am at a loss to see what you going to the polling station to give the vote of someone who knows nothing about our domestic infrastructure achieves. If you're going to do that you might as well research your own opinion and give your own vote (as I believe the system intended). Obviousl...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Re: Give Your Vote
For those of you who are sceptical, perhaps an animated featurette might help? I created this, it's probably my second best achievement ever.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Re: Give Your Vote
The turnout in elections here is pretty poor anyhow - this is a really unhelpful idea. :x I don't know if I really agree with the idea that it's your duty to vote, but personally this campaign has engaged me in politics for the first time. I can't see it really persuading anyone to not vote, but it...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Re: Give Your Vote
If you want to represent the interests of Ghanaians/Indians/whoever then why not just vote accordingly? You're in a better position to know the relevant parties than they are. The website never addresses this, maybe Mikey can. Maybe I can. 1) I might know the parties better than them but I don't kn...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Give Your Vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4269
Give Your Vote
This is a campaign I've just got involved with: Give Your Vote. The idea is that you give your vote in the next election to someone in another country by voting on their behalf. What do you all think? (to answer that fully you'll have to have a little look at the website)
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Philosophy
- Replies: 106
- Views: 9974
Re: Philosophy
Mikey's ways are just and he followeth after the path of righteousness . Hearken to him. Good point Richard. You were on my list for that time when you lost my stick, but I'll put you onto the maybes for that one. If you keep up the awesome prophetic style proclamations you might get a new name, li...
- Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Philosophy
- Replies: 106
- Views: 9974
Re: Philosophy
It never ceases to amaze me that there are still so many people who think that we, a swarm of insignificant creatures Bad start, Alec. I don't know you, but you're on my smiting list. I believe that Christianity may be rooted in truths as yet undiscovered by science. Too little too late. I'm going ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Philosophy
- Replies: 106
- Views: 9974
Re: Philosophy
Look, if I can prove God exists then he's going to owe me, isn't he? So I'd start sucking up to me if I were you lot, just in case he makes me a Lieutenant or something. What? No, that's not what I meant. Where's the smiley which is just as mental but has angel wings instead of devil horns?
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Philosophy
- Replies: 106
- Views: 9974
Re: Philosophy
I'm working on a proof of the existence of God. David (or anyone else, I had a feeling Paul knew about this stuff?), if you're interested and have some spare time, you can see my starting point on the richarddawkins forum. My username is mikeylear and if you've got anything useful to contribute I'd ...
- Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Philosophy
- Replies: 106
- Views: 9974
Philosophy
Does anyone here know anything about philosophy? This is a question which sort of extends from the Religion thread but that seems to be infested with a whole bunch of pictures of naked animals with one eye for some reason. So, philosophy. Who likes it and who's an expert?
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:02 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18978
Re: How autistic are you?
I started on 8 but then I tried again and whittled it down to 1. I reckon if the government gave away free iPods to autistics like they do to dyslexics, I'd be able to fake it no problem.
Re: Religion
I've been going on a pilgrimage for the last 7 months to Jerusalem. So I ticked "Super Religious Weirdo". Before I left I wrote sort of an essay on the current state of my theology. It's unedited and not very tidily put together, but I think the ideas in it are consistent, or at least cons...
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Literally Priceless Teapot
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3813
Literally Priceless Teapot
A couple of times I've tried to find a Countdown teapot on ebay and there weren't any. I also tried to search ebay for historical Countdown teapot sellings, and I couldn't find any. That, as far as I'm concerned, makes them literally priceless. Does anyone else know of an actual price that's been pa...
- Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:32 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
Able, dur.
- Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:12 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: How ratings work
- Replies: 51
- Views: 76842
Re: How ratings work
I think you should add a few hundred onto everyone's rating, then multiply it by 10. That way normal people would have a rating of somewhere around a hundred instead of -100. It might be a small incentive to people who like the game but not enough to start learning the two letter extensions for LOAT...
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:32 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 485317
Re: Feature requests
I think dictionary corner should list all the words which are longer than the one you got, not just all the maxima. Probably most people don't care about that because they always get the max or one below, but I quite often get a 5 when there's an 8 available and I kind of want to know if there were ...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Craig Beevers in NSC Final today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2575
Re: Craig Beevers in NSC Final today
The Times did a write up which makes Craig out to be pretty awesome. Bad luck Craig, hopefully next year...
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:26 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Village of the Damned
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4558
Re: Village of the Damned
I don't think you totally understood what I was saying then, but it's ok because I have since discovered that I was talking rubbish. I think I just about understand the puzzle now though. It's a good one.
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:23 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Village of the Damned
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4558
Re: Village of the Damned
I reckon all the blues kill themselves a hundred days later. Also I reckon that if the archaeologist wanted to save them all rather than just study buildings like he learnt at school, he could tell them that the whole tribe only has only two types of eye colour. So that's another puzzle, if you like...
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:56 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
Using thesaurus.com assignation
- Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:48 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
Lexonerd timewaster liable to rouse confusion. (8) A class of mineral returned to us without columns. (8) Pterosaur with no right to fly, maybe? (8) Fast tissue plasminogen activator comes back round to end selector gene. (8) They're all APTEROUS - sorry I messed up the second clue. What a div. The...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:59 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
1. Barium?
2. Tellurium?
2. Tellurium?
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
1. A*******
2. **T*E*O**
3. Kirk was right
4. ********
2. **T*E*O**
3. Kirk was right
4. ********
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Bug reports
- Replies: 2157
- Views: 504586
Re: Known bugs
Most of the time my chat tab just doesn't work. Have I been blacklisted from chatting? I type something and nothing appears and it doesn't have that friendly message saying who's there.
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:46 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
In order of easiness:
Lexonerd timewaster liable to rouse confusion. (8)
A class of mineral returned to us without columns. (8)
Pterosaur with no right to fly, maybe? (8)
Fast tissue plasminogen activator comes back round to end selector gene. (8)
Lexonerd timewaster liable to rouse confusion. (8)
A class of mineral returned to us without columns. (8)
Pterosaur with no right to fly, maybe? (8)
Fast tissue plasminogen activator comes back round to end selector gene. (8)
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:39 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Collaborative crossword writing
- Replies: 373
- Views: 37328
Re: Collaborative crossword writing
Imperious camel toe
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Asperger Syndrome
- Replies: 81
- Views: 20022
Re: Asperger Syndrome
I think it's interesting too. Partly because people with Aspergers are so fun (my experience of meeting Jeffrey Hansford was particularly awesome and one of the best bits about being in the finals in 2007) and partly because of everyone's odd attitude to it. I've noticed it on this forum - obviously...
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Asperger Syndrome
- Replies: 81
- Views: 20022
Asperger Syndrome
I know loads of people who have been on Countdown or enjoy Countdown have Asperger Syndrome, and I'd guess probably a bunch of people who use this forum. So... who does and who doesn't? To start this discussion off, I personally think I don't.
- Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: OVER and UNDER
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3227
Re: OVER and UNDER
If you want to make lists and stuff, TEA is really good. Get it from http://www.crosswordman.com/teadown.html It comes with its own dictionary but if you can get the Countdown dictionary as a .sthg file then it'll read that. I don't really know how to do that but my brother managed it fairly easily ...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Facebook Countdown
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4042
Facebook Countdown
Does everyone who cares know that there is a Facebook Countdown application? Well there is. It isn't precisely like the TV show, so most of you won't like it, but if you're keen to challenge someone who's not enough of a nerd to play an online game in the traditional manner (like me) but enough of a...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "...and a better one..."
- Replies: 89
- Views: 11332
Re: "...and a better one..."
Can someone who has memorised every episode tell me if there was an old guy on once who stayed for a few days and had a different pervy thing to say for each numbers round? Like "Two bigguns, and the rest from the bottom please Carol". Did I imagine it?
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Des Chiffres et Des Lettres
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7185
Re: Des Chiffres et Des Lettres
Fine thanks Jason. Yeah, I'm going to need a little while because I don't really speak much French at the moment. But it would be pretty cool if I could get on it, even if it's just so I could get anihilated by Creig Beveres.
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Des Chiffres et Des Lettres
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7185
Des Chiffres et Des Lettres
I was thinking about moving to France and getting a job which didn't involve doing anything at tea-time and learning the language and joining a Des Chiffres et Des Lettres club and applying to be on Des Chiffres et Des Lettres a year later when I'd mastered the French dictionary. But I'm worried tha...
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:17 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN games
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7828
Re: COLIN games
Games 3 and 4, and a table of myself, Kirk and Dinos... ROUND 1: D R N E I U L E D C1: ? possibly inruled C2: nerdled DC: UNDERLIE (8) OT: REDLINED & UNRIDDLE for 8 0-0 (MAX 8) Nerdled? Were you possibly thinking of nurdled, the tiddlywinking term for a wink which has landed so close to the pot...
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1114008
Re: Welcome!
Hi, I'm Mikey.
I just delurked because Soo asked me to. Also I wanted to use the word delurked, which I learnt a while ago.
I just delurked because Soo asked me to. Also I wanted to use the word delurked, which I learnt a while ago.