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Development blog / Re: It only took two guys two years...
« on December 1st, 2012, 04:21 AM »
I eagerly await the Public Alpha.

I'd apply for the private Alpha but I don't have the time right now to do a good test justice.

I've been a forum member a long time but computer issues have kept me from being underfoot.

Congratulations on reaching this Milestone!!!
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Off-topic / Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« on October 11th, 2011, 05:16 PM »
Thank You Steve.  :thanks:

I have Always bought Apple Computers.  :cool: 20 years of Apple OSes ... Wow! System 6.0.8 seems like yesterday.

Thank you for helping to maximize my productivity and creativity ...

The Angels all just got upgraded iPads ...  :angel: heavenly ....  :angel: :thanks:
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on September 1st, 2011, 06:38 AM »
Quote from Nao on August 30th, 2011, 12:44 AM
Are we all misfits in here? :P
I hope so.

I didn't want to join another boring forum.

I'm hoping y'all are half as crazy as I AM.

At least it would be interesting ....
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 28th, 2011, 09:25 PM »
Yes, I usually ignore 'em.

But this was the first unkind post directed towards me. I know I'm different.

I celebrate it.

I thought I'd let 'em know that I overmatch them in a battle of wits - they are unarmed. They might leave me alone if I show 'em my Poison Pen ...  :lol:

Oh, and Microsoft DID put some effort into the Development of the "Tasman" rendering engine (for IE 5/6 on Mac OS X) but eventually scrapped it. See the "Tasman" engine note over at Wikipedia.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_%28layout_engine%29 At the time there were high hopes for it.

(Huh. Entourage still used it.  So I've still got a working "Tasman" in my {unused} Entourage)
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 28th, 2011, 09:17 PM »
Quote from billy2 on August 25th, 2011, 03:17 PM
Sea Mac, you posts look dreadful.

 :whistle:
:eheh: So? I don't like your grammar.
I'd say "Your" posts look dreadful instead of "you posts look dreadful" myself.

What you gonna do about it? Not read 'em? Fine with me.

In case you haven't guessed: I don't follow the crowd.

So I'm GLAD I'm not like you! (especially the attitude. I live and let live, personally: and don't flame newbies. There's always got to be a Troll around: not contributing to the post, but trying to hurt peoples feelings.)
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 25th, 2011, 12:55 PM »
Quote from live627 on August 25th, 2011, 11:38 AM
Ah, so you're a Mac user?
  Oh, Yes! (But I'll GLADLY run Ubuntu on it! Am I up to 11.04? What is that? Natty Narwhal?)

I'm an IT guy with heavy HARDWARE Background - I KNOW Better than to buy a PC! ALWAYS bought a Mac ...  :thanks: :geek:

I will eventually upgrade from my 8 Core Work Station (MacPro3,1 runnin 10.6.8 or that lovely Ubuntu) to this 12 Core (24 hyperthreaded virtual cores) Work Station.  http://store.apple.com/us/configure/Z0M4?select=select&product=Z0M4&mco=MTg2OTQ5OTk

Microsoft won't LET me have their Browser! And I'm SOOOO Grateful! I use OpenOffice 3.4 Dev and ThunderBird 6 (I'm settled in now) and - at last - Microsoft Office can GO STUFF ITSELF!  I don't even know why I let that Leech of a SilverLight plugin Live on ...

I HATE "Lion" (Mac OS 10.7.2) and I'm not Lyin'!  Install an Upgrade over a network - Without a Install and Repair DVD in Hand?!? Not on MY Watch! Not on MY Mac Either!!! Go FU<K Yourselves, Apple!

I'm pleased with the Tower Hardware they make ($15,000 for "get-out-of-the-way-you-slow-AlienWare-Slug" 24 core performance / 8 TB on inboard Storage / and 64 GIGS RAM: ECC Buffered RAM at That!)  Snot, HOT!

But their Software Offerings remind me SO Much of the days of BubbleGum Rock: useless crap but catchy any way. ("Yummy-yummy-yummy I've got Love in my Tummy"  :whistle: ). No use for it .....

 And I really think both Apple and Microsoft are Dinosaurs. (MS - Stegosaur and Apple - Velociraptor) I'm not Happy with Either of them.

And I gave Chrome the Heave Ho when I found an Image containing an upgrade - on my desktop - from their remote server WHICH I didn't Choose to connect to OR Mount! Son-of-a-Bitch! Like it reached up my pants leg and grabbed my balls. Chrome/Picassa/Google Earth - ANY Google "Offering" got put through 'the shredder' AT ONCE! Not letting Google "Buy" me anymore free software 'cause I don't like their price! They got De-rezzed but Good!
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 25th, 2011, 10:47 AM »
I reiterate:

Microsoft TOOK AWAY our IE 5 after having a Squabble with Apple over some long moot point .... I can't get a decent Mac version of __________ from MicroSoft!

Even IF I were Jonesin' for IE on the Mac (HA!) I couldn't get a fix!  Keep that Active X demon (I'm sorry: daemon I think its spelled) away from my door!

And now insert SFX of a flushing sound as the world crappiest and most platform limited browser Flushes itself down itself!

And I originally guessed "Iron" for that 2nd one. 
Good Riddance!
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 24th, 2011, 05:37 PM »
I'll guess:

Firefox

Chrome

Opera

Safari

Internet Explorer.
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 7th, 2011, 04:44 PM »
Quote from Nao/Gilles on August 7th, 2011, 04:02 PM
My main issue with Comic Sans is probably when I see it used in web comics because of its name... When people could actually choose the better one -- an actual GOOD looking font for comic reading, like Wild Words.
Wild Words IS a lovely font and I would GLADLY toss over Comic Sans for it but for one little factor.

Wild Words costs $200 - Comic Sans is free. Considering the cost difference and the extreme similarity of the glyphs I predict Comic Sans will grow, not shrink, in popularity with web comic designers.
Posted: August 7th, 2011, 04:39 PM
Quote from Arantor on August 7th, 2011, 02:04 PM
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I found it amusing that the words "Ban Comic Sans" were in the Comic Sans Font.
That's the point, it's all a matter of irony ;)
Seems like they are admitting that it HAS a valid use (somewhere/somewhen) and even they can not live without it. (for less than $200, that is)

Ironic indeed. Why, I could mine $50 worth of I-ron out of that domain just sitting here (with one paw tied behind my back)!
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Off-topic / Re: IE users are dumb
« on August 7th, 2011, 02:16 PM »
Quote from Nao/Gilles on July 30th, 2011, 12:43 AM
Lol very funny.

I'm not surprised though. I have an iq of 179. :niark:

Iq could also be based on the number of opened tabs i'm sure.
I found this true - and very funny!

You see: Microsoft has refused to make the IE browser for us MACINTOSH USERS for a decade now (We were already too smart to use it 10 years ago!)

And I typically have 133 tabs open: one for each point of my IQ! And as fast as I close one two others get opened. I'm always wondering which window has the tabs that I'm posting a reply in at the moment ....

occasionally losing track of a thread ..... and posting an urgent reply a day late ....
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 7th, 2011, 02:04 PM »
Quote from Arantor on August 6th, 2011, 10:11 PM
Or you could do what I did; remove the Comic Sans font and replaced it with a separate font instead - a long time ago I butchered Arial Bold and make it have the Comic Sans name, consequently I just have anything in "Comic Sans" turning up in a less hideous font, but the fact it's bold tells me that it's not just what it seems to be ;)

Comic Sans has a place, but it's clear that a lot of people reeeeeeeeeally hate it - http://bancomicsans.com/
I found it amusing that the words "Ban Comic Sans" were in the Comic Sans Font.
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Almost inevitably, the Comic Sans backlash has produced a backlash of its own. There are already signs that the font may be becoming retro-chic, in the same way that we now embrace 80s fashion and pop. Most significant of all, it has become highly regarded by those who work with dyslexic children - one of the better uses for which it was never intended.

I used to have a problem with dyslexia: but now I can read upside down and mirrored font faces. Perhaps that is the root of my attraction.
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 6th, 2011, 10:02 PM »
Quote from Nao/Gilles on August 6th, 2011, 08:25 PM
Okay, okay! I give up. I've reset the css for IMG tags ;)
Now it should behave normally. I suggest you all go back to using [ img ] instead of [ bareimg ]. The only reason for it, indeed, is blogs, and to prevent people from posting large images with an img tag that will put them inline (bad results). But I'm not using blogs as such in here, so there's really no point... Let's just say I'll trust users to properly do linebreaks before adding an img tag.

Mac Sea, I'm fine with 'standing out' if you like, but please :sob: don't ever, ever use Comic Sans... I think I'd be willing to ban anyone using it in a place I'm moderating. :niark:
Thanks for telling me about your "Comic Sans" allergy. I figured when I saw this:  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/comic-sans-remover/ that it wasn't a very well liked font.

Obviously, if I prefer it, I MUST be Insane ...  :lol:

But I have to be crazy to play Santa Claus, anyway .... and succeed.

Perhaps you should switch to Firefox and install that add on. No matter what poopheads like me post out there: that nasty font will never sully your eyeballs again. Firefox is SO useful ....
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 6th, 2011, 08:01 PM »
Oh, Yes.  I seem to do that across most of the forums I post in, don't I?

I think it is a whole big stack of minuscule reasons and ideas. Primarily amongst them, I think, is the fact that I'm a crazy non-conformist Aquarian rebel.

I think everyone should use different colors in their posts. If nothing else just to make the world a more colorful place. I prefer cool colors most of the time but green is too low contrast and more people prefer blue to green anyway.

My aging eyes can see most things on most web pages OK but the tiny size 9 font most forums use is too small for my comfort so I boost it to a 12 minimum just for the forums I post in. Others may have to squint at everyone else's posts too.

I think forums have buttons like , , , and   for a good purpose. But I'm not afraid to try to use ALL the buttons in both rows instead of just the left two in each row.

There should be no mistaking Which Sea Mac I AM! If you knew what a Strange and Unique being I AM in real life you'd fully understand that LIFE Itself is attempting a full and colorful expression of itself through me: and standing out is the very least I can do! I'm not here to live up to anyone else's ideas of what life should be! I'm here to be the VERY Best Sea Mac I can be!

Comic Sans suits my personality .... About 2/3 of the people out there are like"WTF!" at me and the other 1/3 go "What a delightful Elf! What a Magickal Sprite!"

And I AM a Sprite! My Format - Guardian: To Mend and Defend. There is no greater life that that of service to others.

I told both of my psychiatrists "I don't SUFFER from Mental Illness: I AM enjoying every second of it!" and they Both Nodded (and one said "Yes.").

And, frankly, the way the world is going at this second, I'd rather be crazy than to join in the insane fray to grab the world's last Euro/Yen/Dollar/Franc/Etc.  I'm going to HEAVEN in a Handbasket and all of y'all that don't want to go to HELL in a Handbasket are welcome to tag along.

There appears to be a posting bug in SMF 2 RC2 that inserts a hard carriage return after an IMG forum tag: because those images were posted all in a single line separated by commas (and readable as a sentence). The last time I tried posting smilies I removed them because of the unsatisfactory results. This time I'm leaving the broken post as is and pointing out that smilies come with a carriage return whether you want it or not.
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 3rd, 2011, 01:26 AM »
Sign me up!  :thanks:
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Off-topic / Re: Kudos for Nao & Arantor
« on August 2nd, 2011, 06:42 PM »
You guys have been doing it quite well for many many years 'over there'.  I don't post much: but I've been watching ....

So I know the quality of your work: and I have high expectations for Wedge.

Will there be a public beta test version, or will Wedge be born 1.0 Gold?

I sometimes donate time as a beta tester to the occasional project I deem worthy ....  :eheh: