Bunches
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Jamie, you like sheep to much!

jamie
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Briareos wrote:
Is it just me, or did you just describe the EGA/VGA way of doing text mode?

Well, if I did, they stole it from the ZX Spectrum

Though I doubt it's actually as weird as the spectrums way of doing it... 256X192 resolution.. So each horizontal line would take 32 bytes.

The order in memory was first line (32 bytes) then jump down 8 lines, and do that line.. Ditto for 8 lines, then back to the top, and do the second line.. Carry on for 8 lines, then back to top for 3rd line etc.

Eventually, you'd have the first third of the screen drawn. Then complete for the second third, and then the final third, then finally the 768 byte colour map... MAD!

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Bunches wrote:
Jamie, you like sheep to much!

You can never like sheep too much!!

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jamie wrote:

Bunches wrote:
Jamie, you like sheep to much!

You can never like sheep too much!!

Baaaaaah... *ducks*

np: Sage Francis - Broken Wings (Personal Journals)

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Oneiromancer wrote:
Moved to the Anything board. Please carry on...



Game on,

I thought for sure that Oneiromancer's smiley was going to be .

Miketo wrote:
Briareos vs. Syntax cage match: "When Nerds Collide."

I'm gonna put that in my signature, it was so funny.

Keep posting,
-Jeremy

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UrAvgAzn wrote:
I thought for sure that Oneiromancer's smiley was going to be .

What makes you think I would be that predictable?

Game off,

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Oneiromancer wrote:
Game off,

Whoa. Ok, it was just a guess, lol.

Keep posting,
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Briareos wrote:

jamie wrote:

Bunches wrote:
Jamie, you like sheep to much!

You can never like sheep too much!!

Baaaaaah... *ducks*

Quaaaaack... *sheep*

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File: images.amazon.com_images_P_B000059GFN.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg (4.3 KB)
Downloaded 450 times.
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If you're Erik's wife, don't click.




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Briareos
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UrAvgAzn wrote:

Miketo wrote:
Briareos vs. Syntax cage match: "When Nerds Collide."

I'm gonna put that in my signature, it was so funny.

Hey!

*rattles cage and smashes a few folding chairs against it*

np: Underworld - Pizza For Eggs (RiverRun Project)

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Briareos
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b0rsuk wrote:

Click here to view the secret text

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Bah, old stuff - I've bought that CD when it came out...

np: Underworld - Pizza For Eggs (RiverRun Project)

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Briareos wrote:
First to 1000 wins!

Ha! I made it first!
Let's just check your rank points... oh wait.

Ok, I owe you a pint. Let me know when you're next in London

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Syntax wrote:
Ok, I owe you a pint. Let me know when you're next in London

Oh, boy... it's been 20 or so years since I last was in London. And I don't travel much these days and I hate beer...

But thanks again for recommending "A Bit Of Fry & Laurie" - I finally got round to watching the first 6 episodes yesterday after having the DVDs sit on my shelf for a long time - and it's hilarious!

(Too bad though that there are no German subtitles like there are for Monty Python's Flying Circus, as my mum is a big fan of at least Hugh Laurie but her English is, uh, almost nonexistent?)

np: The Fireman - Travelling Light (Electric Arguments)

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A pint of wine it is then... There goes my savings

I'm glad you got round to watching Fry & Laurie... they're definitely not as well-known as they ought to be and even though I can recite every line, I still watch them regularly. It's a shame though about the lack of German subtitles.

Whether their humour would translate well is another matter.

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If trading your children for locusts isn't funny in german, it's a rather boring language.

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NiroZ wrote:
If trading your children for locusts isn't funny in german, it's a rather boring language.

That's easily translated - it's the wordplays that are almost impossible to translate and/or substitute...

And you can only do "Pun? What pun?" so often per episode...

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I find it quite surprising that nobody has yet posted ☺,☻, or ☹...

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I like =), myself.

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bump
My Favourite is:
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