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Dutchling

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55770 on: August 06, 2014, 10:52:13 am »

I don't understand how people do this Twitter thing.

Where do they find the time. I can spend an entire day on the web and still be overwhelmed by the amount of nonsense people tweet about.



Also, I somehow found myself arguing with (presumably) a Scot, against independence.

I don't even care. How did this happen.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55771 on: August 06, 2014, 11:34:36 am »

Ummm...
I don't wanna rain on your parade, but what is an MUD and where can I acquire it?

I played one very briefly based on Discworld. I don't do terribly well with the solely text output and I got lost very easily in Ankh Morpork.
The game layout is a bit like "Zork 1" if you've seen that. A description is given and you enter commands to explore like "Move West", "Look", "Use X" etc etc.
I think the attraction to them still is rather the same as with Dwarf Fortress. The simple graphics of the game allows a surprising amount of descriptive and mechanic depth.
They're like early MMOs, as multiple players can connect at once and interact with each other. Monsters are fought turn based style based off stats is such a thing is included.
The discworld MUD (the one that I played the most,) was easily the best on the net. Easily.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55772 on: August 06, 2014, 12:13:25 pm »

How does the website of the national television broadcaster go down and stay down for hours on end? It's not like they don't have the money to hire decent employees.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55773 on: August 06, 2014, 01:36:22 pm »

The Curiosity rover has been going for 2 years.
But I remember it being more recent.

Human perception leaves a lot to be desired.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55774 on: August 06, 2014, 01:53:56 pm »

Spoiler: Perception, you say? (click to show/hide)
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« Reply #55776 on: August 06, 2014, 02:00:32 pm »

Goddamn penguin mafia
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55777 on: August 06, 2014, 02:23:34 pm »

While working today, I saw a notice above a fire extinguisher that read "In case of appliance fire, use fire extinguisher after primary fire suppression system has been actuated." Actuated. Not activated. This isn't the only misspelling I've recently seen on something it's fairly important to spell right.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55778 on: August 06, 2014, 02:24:53 pm »

Akura, I can´t see your avatar.
Are you sure it´s actuated?
but seriously, I think the link is broken or something
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« Reply #55779 on: August 06, 2014, 02:29:44 pm »

Akura, I can´t see your avatar.
Are you sure it´s actuated?
but seriously, I think the link is broken or something
ja it Is braked
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55780 on: August 06, 2014, 03:05:24 pm »

Akura has an avatar?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #55781 on: August 06, 2014, 04:06:32 pm »

While working today, I saw a notice above a fire extinguisher that read "In case of appliance fire, use fire extinguisher after primary fire suppression system has been actuated." Actuated. Not activated. This isn't the only misspelling I've recently seen on something it's fairly important to spell right.
I think "actuated" is correct in this situation, although it's an unusual phrasing.
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« Reply #55782 on: August 06, 2014, 04:18:30 pm »

Akura has an avatar?
Never seen one, so I'll assume not.
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« Reply #55783 on: August 06, 2014, 04:19:14 pm »

It was a Blobfish, wasn't it?
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« Reply #55784 on: August 06, 2014, 04:28:47 pm »

Maybe the lack of an avatar is an avatar itself?

The anti-avatar!
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