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Go!
EDIT: lol
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First!
WHY IS THIS BLURAY NOT OUT YET
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Second! I QUESTION FOR WHAT REASON IS THIS OPTICAL DISC STORAGE MEDIUM DESIGNED TO SUPERSEDE THE DVD FORMAT NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR GENERAL PURCHASE RECENTLY!?
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Third! THE REASON WHY THE OPTICAL DISC STORAGE MEDIUM DESIGNED TO SUPERSEDE THE DVD FORMAT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET IS THAT THE PREVIOUS CHAT THREAD LASTED FOR TOO MANY PAGES - THANKS TO OVER THE DTF FOR THE DELAYS!
:vomitard:
On a serious note, I'll start my summer job tomorrow - I'll mow the lawn in the local graveyard and the nearby area for the rest of the month. Having to wake up at 6:00 every weekday morning (AND FOR WHAT?!) will be brutal, but hopefully I'll get used to it like last year.
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Oh hi there.
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(https://tinylittlemariachi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/381595_2824757615262_947297647_n.jpeg)
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They should be proud of themselves :D
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(https://www.tickld.com/images/content/1823.jpg)
Nick, you're a boulevard of broken links.
Old but cool :tup
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Good morning first page.
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Good morning Joe! Did you get some restoring sleep in your cribcage? :D
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First page first page first page...
YES! Hello.
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I found this funny - in my local HMV:
(https://i42.tinypic.com/2wq7oef.jpg)
They couldn't give a single fuck and I couldn't approve more.
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I love Dream Theater Theatre! I can just imagine the logic behind making that sign.
"Is it Dream Theater spelled ER or RE?"
"Why not both?"
"Yeah, ok. Done."
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In London I've seen both Dream Theater and Dream Theatre in the same store :D
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I love Dream Theater Theatre! I can just imagine the logic behind making that sign.
"Is it Dream Theater spelled ER or RE?"
"Why not both?"
"Yeah, ok. Done."
It's my favourite kind of slapdashery. Not so much "I was confused and took a punt," just plain ol' "FUCK THIS."
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Monday... :yeahright
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I love Dream Theater Theatre! I can just imagine the logic behind making that sign.
"Is it Dream Theater spelled ER or RE?"
"Why not both?"
"Yeah, ok. Done."
It's my favourite kind of slapdashery. Not so much "I was confused and took a punt," just plain ol' "FUCK THIS."
:lol
It reminds me of a time I did some online test that required you to put a name/email, so I jokingly put Rudess as my last time. I got an email about my results, and the person asked if I was related to Jordan Rudess of the band Dream Machine.
You gotta at least give them points for knowing who Jordan Rudess is, and to be honest, I think Dream Machine is a much cooler name than Dream Theater!
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Someone should name their band Dream Machine :lol
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what is this chat thread all about?
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what is this chat thread all about?
BluRay's still not out. :P
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I love Dream Theater Theatre! I can just imagine the logic behind making that sign.
"Is it Dream Theater spelled ER or RE?"
"Why not both?"
"Yeah, ok. Done."
It's my favourite kind of slapdashery. Not so much "I was confused and took a punt," just plain ol' "FUCK THIS."
:lol :lol :lol
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I am now going to spend the rest of the afternoon trying to figure out ways to use "slapdashery" in sentences.
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Good afternoon new "other" chat thread :D
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'Sup, J8.
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Not much.
Sitting at work listening to The Delicate Sound of Thunder and overall neglecting my duties so I can browse DTF.
I'm a horrible person.
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Well, Hollywood people, I'm going to sleep. You enjoy the 3rd of June while it lats. It's gone forever for me. :emo:
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Not much.
Sitting at work listening to The Delicate Sound of Thunder and overall neglecting my duties so I can browse DTF.
Me too. Except Delicate Sound of Thunder. I don't have that loaded on my computer here. But excellent choice, I must say, and one that for some reason most of the Floyd fans I know of do not like. Their loss. It's a fantastic live album, as far as I'm concerned.
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I usually gravitate towards PULSE. In all honesty I was going to put AMLOR on and wound up tapping this instead. Works for me though... I just loaded them both on my phone.
One thing that bugs me though is -I think- Comfortably Numb has like 3 minutes of solo chopped off of the end on the release :sadpanda:
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I surprise myself to say that I actually find the topic of Civil Procedure far more interesting and engaging than Torts.
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what is this chat thread all about?
BluRay's still not out. :P
d'oh!
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I surprise myself to say that I actually find the topic of Civil Procedure far more interesting and engaging than Torts.
Civil Procedure may be the single most important of the required classes in law school. It's just hard for most people to visualize exactly how it will benefit you. But whether you are a litigator or a transactional attorney, knowing procedure is even more important than knowing the substantive area of the law.
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I am now going to spend the rest of the afternoon trying to figure out ways to use "slapdashery" in sentences.
It's how I spent mine!
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Hail, King Robb of the House of Webster! How is life south of the Wall?
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Slapdashery is even better than tomfoolery!
Rob, I want a connection directly to your brain so I can download your vocabulary to my own brain.
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I'm going to upload it all to the cloud, so you'll be able to download it off there. If you feel anything taking over, maybe a little hostile - ignore it, it does that. Besides, why would a computer want to create an army?!
Hail, King Robb of the House of Webster! How is life south of the Wall?
It's 8:13AM, and I'm awake, so... could be better! Fine considering, though. Yourself?
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I'm going to upload it all to the cloud, so you'll be able to download it off there. If you feel anything taking over, maybe a little hostile - ignore it, it does that. Besides, why would a computer want to create an army?!
An army of robs? I can think of much worse fates. :lol
That reminds me. When I'm around my 6 year old niece, I often do a voice I call "British robot". Basically imagine the voice of Moss from The IT Crowd, but in a monotone saying "I AM A BRI'ISH ROBOT." repeatedly. I hope your army is somewhat like that.
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Quite fine, thanks. The sky is a marvelous blue, birds are singing and I should begin studying. I would love to download your vocabulary too, by the way. Why don't you provide the Research with massive DNA samples? In 800 years there needs to be the 12th Rob.
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Quite fine, thanks. The sky is a marvelous blue, birds are singing and I should begin studying. I would love to download your vocabulary too, by the way. Why don't you provide the Research with massive DNA samples? In 800 years there needs to be the 12th Rob.
Can I be a companion? :D
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Hi new chat-thread!
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morning peeps
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My first day at work is over... I feel totally dead, but in every other way I am fine.
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You're a Tuesday morning lunatic.
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You're a Tuesday morning lunatic.
More like Tuesday evening lunatic :P
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I'm going to upload it all to the cloud, so you'll be able to download it off there. If you feel anything taking over, maybe a little hostile - ignore it, it does that. Besides, why would a computer want to create an army?!
An army of robs? I can think of much worse fates. :lol
That reminds me. When I'm around my 6 year old niece, I often do a voice I call "British robot". Basically imagine the voice of Moss from The IT Crowd, but in a monotone saying "I AM A BRI'ISH ROBOT." repeatedly. I hope your army is somewhat like that.
That information is top secret. Also, there is no revolution. Shhhh.
Quite fine, thanks. The sky is a marvelous blue, birds are singing and I should begin studying. I would love to download your vocabulary too, by the way. Why don't you provide the Research with massive DNA samples? In 800 years there needs to be the 12th Rob.
DNA samples!! I knew there was something I was forgetting.
Or, wasn't forgetting.
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Ugh - got shit-all for sleep. Today's gonna suck. Massively. :|
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I hate that lack of sleep got to work another 10 hours stuff. It's hard to focus at the job at hand when you are exhausted.
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I surprise myself to say that I actually find the topic of Civil Procedure far more interesting and engaging than Torts.
Civil Procedure may be the single most important of the required classes in law school. It's just hard for most people to visualize exactly how it will benefit you. But whether you are a litigator or a transactional attorney, knowing procedure is even more important than knowing the substantive area of the law.
Yeah, I've been told as much. I took a look at one of the Civ Pro professor's old exams last night, and to say the least it scared the bajeezes outta me (we're only permitted to bring the Federal Rules with us, no outlines from what I can tell). But overall I just like the subject, and for some reason it's just more intuitive for me than torts.
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EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER!! now to return to my 2nd year of (English/'British') college... Yaaay (!)
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I think I just experienced the loudest fucking thunderstorm ever... :eek
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I think I just experienced the loudest fucking thunderstorm ever... :eek
If it was interesting, you should have brought out a tape recorder... has Kevin Moore taught you nothing? :xbones although you can't really interview a thunderstorm. ;D
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It started right before my workday ended, so... :D And I don't have a tape recorder... :-\
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I think I just experienced the loudest fucking thunderstorm ever... :eek
I believed Finland was buried under a chilling white haze all year long. Your wheather backcast leaves me dumbfounded.
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I believed Finland was buried under a chilling white haze all year long. Your wheather backcast leaves me dumbfounded.
This will probably shock you, but before the storm began the temperature was like 27 degrees Celsius. It's been infernally hot here lately :tdwn
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27 degrees is "infernally hot"... you do already know this, but for the rest of the chat thread: aren't Finns just adorable? :lol
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It's no fun at all... :'(
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Mikael thinks it's hilarious.
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_3035_1359878908.jpg)
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Hey, aren't temperatures like that unpleasant for you Swedes, too? :lol
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Meanwhile in Australia...... 27 degrees is a refreshingly cool Summer day, or a warm Winter day.
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Hey, aren't temperatures like that unpleasant for you Swedes, too? :lol
Yeah at least for me. Temperatures above 25C is a little too hot for my liking.
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I've had trouble getting sleep at night, and in the daytime my hands and forehead are sweaty all the time... :yeahright People from the north shouldn't have to endure this - I hope you people are happy in Italy, Serbia, Australia or wherever you live :D
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You silly people rebelling against your American overlords with your silly metric system, calling soccer "football," and other such nonsense.
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I'm happy until it goes over 35-40 degrees Celzius (which happens for at least a couple of weeks per every summer), then I just don't leave the house :biggrin: this summer I am investing in more dresses, a cute umbrella that can be worn in the sun (not a parasol, although that could be spiffy too) and in a brain, so that I could remember having some water with me at all times.
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Yeah, water is useful indeed - today it was so hot at work that I drank 4 bottles (0,5 L) over the course of the day.
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Right now it's around 20°C here. Pleasently warm, too bad the sky is hazy. I once walked for about one hour at 3PM in August. Poor choice.
I empty almost two big bottles (2L each) per day without considering the water drank during meals. Under normal temperature circumstances. :lol
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It's a beautiful 64F / 17 C here today :)
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I hate that lack of sleep got to work another 10 hours stuff. It's hard to focus at the job at hand when you are exhausted.
Totally - I felt like a zombie all damn day. Oh wait... BRAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIINS! :lol :biggrin:
Got better sleep last night, thank goodness. Oh, and baby carrots dipped in ranch is the bomb dot com. :metal
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We are going to get a shit-ton of rain over the next 24 hours. I just hope my basement doesn't flood.
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We are going to get a shit-ton of rain over the next 24 hours.
When I read that first sentence, I thought it was a figure of speech for this forum after the DT announcement. :lol :| And now I'm worried.
But seriously though, I hope your basement doesn't flood. That's gotta suck. Not a problem here, since we don't have basements nor rain in this country.
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:tup
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So what else is new, hef? Hopefully something a little bit brighter than flooding!
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Not much. Things are progressing along.
You?
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Meh, about the same here. I never get much done. I blame DTF. :lol
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Just got back from a trip to the city I'm going to move to in a few months. I was checking out the facility where I will live. :tup
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We are going to get a shit-ton of rain over the next 24 hours. I just hope my basement doesn't flood.
Any of that unwanted rain would be most welcome here in Texas. :)
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We are going to get a shit-ton of rain over the next 24 hours. I just hope my basement doesn't flood.
Any of that unwanted rain would be most welcome here in Texas. :)
YOU CAN HAVE IT
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Good God, that Torts practice exam was brutal (or I think it was...I don't even know anymore). Bosk, what was your favorite 1L course?
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YOU CAN HAVE IT
AWESOME THANK YOU :biggrin:
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No flooding...yet.
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Looks like we got some of that unwanted rain too :P
Anyway, WEEKEND! :metal
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I'm interested to now how the traffic flow on the site was yesterday? I've have a gut some kind of record was set around 5pm (CET) and after or maybe not. :)
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No flooding...yet.
We've had quite a lot of rain as well, but we aren't as lucky. Our whole town is pretty much underwater:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/941552_10151474914997921_751005543_n.jpg)
This is pretty much what's left of the main city. Note that there is normally a street going through under the bridge. The river is a good six to seven metres higher than normally.
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Holy shit, that looks like Venice on a high water day. Did your house suffer any damage?
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Nope, I'm on what's the highest hill of the town, so that was lucky - we didn't even have our electricity turned off. However, pretty much the whole city is a wreck now and I'll probably be down in town a lot during the next few days helping out people that have suffered from the flood.
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That's great of you, bringing some relief to those who weren't as lucky as you. What's the name of your city?
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Well, I'm actually from Dresden, but the flood's okay here. I go to boarding school in Meissen, though, that's where the shit hit the fan.
EDIT: The flood is apparently not rising anymore, this is what it currently looks like:
(https://www.dnn-online.de/queport/jrs?xpath=namred/_2013/_23/bild_original/phpa860ff4a3c201306051559.jpg)
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Those flood pics... :o There are often some spring floods in the part of Finland where I live, but never in my hometown.
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being in southern CA my entire life, I've never seen anything like that! I don't think even in pictures! Do people just stay in their houses all day? How are all those cars out?!! Does everything just get destroyed and taken away when it goes under??!
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Well, the town goes on for quite a bit behind the center, there's a lot that's still (or again) above the water, and schools and public buildings have been made available for people to bunk out there (provided they don't have any relatives they can go to) after being evacuated from the flood zones. Since the flood took its time, there was enough warning for everyone to leave, so there haven't been any casualties or anything of that sort.
Most people don't stay in their houses all day, in fact, you see a lot of people, on the streets helping other victims of the flood, building dams, filling sand bags to secure doors and windows... that's also where the cars on the bridge come from, they're from voluntary helpers. You can't see it on the picture, but the other side of the river is much higher up and you can still access the bridge from there - you just can't cross the river.
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That's pretty fascinating. thank you :) Best of luck to everyone!
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Thank you. :)
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Another thunderstorm... :\ WHY MUST THERE BE ONE EVERY DAY?!
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Bro decisively dragged me away from the computer three hours ago :lol
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Bro decisively dragged me away from the computer three hours ago :lol
Why? WHY?
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Bro decisively dragged me away from the computer three hours ago :lol
Why? WHY?
The dude likes his smell of Diablo III in the morning :lol it's good he did, since I was forced to have some study time and will have lots more in the afternoon and evening :D
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Bro decisively dragged me away from the computer three hours ago :lol
Why? WHY?
The dude likes his smell of Diablo III in the morning :lol it's good he did, since I was forced to have some study time and will have lots more in the afternoon and evening :D
It's not so bad if it's for his own computering, I was just concerned it may have been just for the sake of getting someone away from a computer.
I don't understand the concept of communal computing though. I have 5 computers just in my room alone. It was 6, but my dad's computer recently died from senility, so I donated one of mine. :lol
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Do you use all of them regularly? I have one proper PC and a laptop, and I almost exclusively use the latter.
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Do you use all of them regularly? I have one proper PC and a laptop, and I almost exclusively use the latter.
Nope, mostly just the one main PC which I do everything on.
I also have a Mac tucked away in the corner which I use fairly regularly for rendering, test installing or running stuff I don't want to do on my main computer, and the occasional Mac only program.
I have an old laptop which I use fairly rarely, although it comes in handy as the only XP machine I have.
Then the other 2/3 computers are my dedicated render machines, which I used to use a lot, although haven't used in a while because for some reason my power goes hinky now when I have 3 or 4 computers on at once.
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The horrors of communal computing: a few years ago we got a second computer for the room so we all just switched back and forth between all three of them. Then both my brother and my sister gradually started saving all their stuff to only one of the computers, started refusing using the other one as well, so I get to use either of them only when they're not doing something, and I have to have my stuff spread out across both - some 80 gb of music (it used to be way more, but then I cleared out) on my brother's computer and the 60ish or more gb of DT bootlegs on my sister's computer (and that will sadly not increase as I'm pretty sure she's super mad at me for clogging hard drive space with "useless stuff"). And since my bro can't get his computer to access my sister's, I have to have all my documents/pictures/gifs spread across both.
I know I need a laptop, I'm just opposed to getting one since I'll never get off the internet then :lol
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Well, I use my regular PC for large uploads, because I live in the belief that it would get less hurt than the laptop would if I let it running for two days in a row.
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Treating your laptop with love :D
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Treating your laptop with love :D
Yeah, but that didn't prevent him to lose pieces like a leprous :yeahright
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Well, I use my regular PC for large uploads, because I live in the belief that it would get less hurt than the laptop would if I let it running for two days in a row.
Neither one should really have a problem with it, although a PC has better cooling and is more durable, so long time probably a wise move.
I tend to do all of my big uploads on my Mac, just because my main PC is too damn loud to leave on overnight. I do often leave both on overnight often rendering on a deadline.
I'd hate to have all of my data spread out across multiple machines. Much easier to organize and back up on the same computer. I have at least two backups of most of my stuff, although my 2TB external is updated a lot more frequently, because my 1TB externals don't fit everything.
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I have my bootlegs spread among two 500GB and one 2TB hard drives, and I live in fear of one of those (or all of them!) to just die out, so I have been planning to do a general DVD backup for quite a long time. My parents say I'm crazy and have tried to hinder my efforts, but at least the most precious of them have been stored away of the HDs.
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I've thought about making DVD backups, although with the size of a DVD, it would take a while, even for the essentials, plus you have to split it all to fit. And then you still have to worry about how durable they are.
Redundancy is always good though. The more backups you have, the less chance of losing data. My externals have saved me a couple of times. First, when my 500GB drive died (which had all of my TV shows and movies on it), then when my 320GB drive started failing, I was able to back it up and migrate over to a new drive much easier. I've luckily never lost any notable data in the entire time I've had my own computer. I still have backups of my floppies from my old 486!
I'm most worried about the irreplaceable than just mere pain in the ass to replace. If I lose TV shows, or music, those files exist elsewhere, so I could replace them, even though it would be a hassle. But then I have all of my own work, that doesn't exist anywhere but on my PC. I don't know what I'd do if I lost any of that.
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Another thunderstorm... :\ WHY MUST THERE BE ONE EVERY DAY?!
Yep, I tried to warn all a y'all.
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Another thunderstorm... :\ WHY MUST THERE BE ONE EVERY DAY?!
Yep, I tried to warn all a y'all.
Thanks Zeus.
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I was given the task to translate the instructions for some device from English to Finnish. Let's see how it turns out... :D
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Hope everything is drying out there, Scrop.
Glad your basement didn't flood, hef.
Greetings and salutations to the rest of you lot. :biggrin: SO tired, and I got plenty of sleep last night. :huh:
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Lately on the damn weekends, I get less sleep? What the hell!!
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I'm stealing it from you. :xbones
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F'ing cats jumping on us to be fed. I'm up earlier during the week and it throws them off. Then you see their love faces and you can't be mad.
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Yeah, same stuff happens to us with our three little monsters. :lol
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Looks like Finland got at least one flood too, this photo is from Tampere:
(https://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/uutiset/kotimaa/ajankohtaista/2013/1677285-max931x556.jpg)
I hope I won't have to experience those when/if I move there!
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Yikes. The locals don't seem to be fazed by it, though. Does that kind of thing happen often up there?
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Not in the bigger towns, but spring floods are typical in western Finland when the ice melts, causing water levels on the rivers to rise too fast. They were pretty bad this year: https://yle.fi/uutiset/worst_spring_floods_in_decades/6585333
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My CivPro professor just sent a class-wide email letting us know the term exam is open-book, including FRCP and a printed outline. There is a God.
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Looks like Finland got at least one flood too, this photo is from Tampere:
(https://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/uutiset/kotimaa/ajankohtaista/2013/1677285-max931x556.jpg)
I hope I won't have to experience those when/if I move there!
:omg:
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Meanwhile, in Venice...
(https://www.repubblica.it/images/2012/11/11/125800035-e5ac5f21-5867-401b-a3ac-4481fbea3f9e.jpg)
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You Italians sure know how to have fun :D
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It took me three hours but I compiled myself study materials for one more subject. Now to get snapping...
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snapping
or napping??
ZZZzzzzz
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Since I didn't sleep so much last night, yup, napping :lol
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You Italians sure know how to have fun :D
No kidding. :lol
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Not a bad idea. I think I might do that soon too
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Today I saw a car with the license plate number 666 :metal
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Today I saw a car with the license plate number 666 :metal
Was it a Lamborghini Diablo? :2metal:
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No, it was just some random red car.
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Time to escape the local festival and spend my weekend in the countryside...
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Hey, today, outside of my normal practice, I didn't skip past BMU,BMD when it came up on my mp3 player.
Yeah, I still don't like it.
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Count down the minutes and seconds until the album is released.
Hopefully after doing that for about 1 day, you'll have figured out something else to do ;D
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Live life, listen to other music, and don't worry about DT.
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Watch every single YouTube video of Fortune in Lies live, then Status Seeker and so on.
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Watch every single YouTube video of Fortune in Lies live, then Status Seeker and so on.
Gawd I think I'd shoot myself in the head before I even got to Images and Words. :neverusethis:
And the townspeople rejoiced.
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Watch every single YouTube video of Fortune in Lies live, then Status Seeker and so on.
Gawd I think I'd shoot myself in the head before I even got to Images and Words. :neverusethis:
And the townspeople rejoiced.
I think I might have to keep myself from wanting to play parts of each video again before moving on :lol
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Good luck being done by September, buddy. :lol
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The live discog is done in preparation for the next live release, so that explains why the DVD's been delayed! It's Atliator's fault! Get'im!!!!
:dangerwillrobinson:
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:rollin :rollin
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:o
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:splodetard:
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Quest for Dennis: Find and watch 1/4 of the bootlegs here listed before November 5th. https://boottrader.net/bootlist.php?artist=1&bootleg_recording=video&submit=show+bootlegs
:ontome:
:emo:
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(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/DTF/jp_all_you_got.jpg)
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(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/BlobVanDam/dt_rich_cake.jpg)
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:lol :lol :lol :rollin :rollin
oh I would love to have that collection.... Maybe some day I'll hire someone who can spend all day long every day finding me awesome bootlegs :lol :biggrin:
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(https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8q8awjMke1qgg53uo1_400.gif)
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So I've decided to do a listen-through of DT's discography in preparation for the new album. Typical Wednesday.
Well, that's finished. What should I do for the next few months?
Live life, listen to other music, and don't worry about DT.
:omg: :omg:
...Yeah, probably.
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In Flames are playing on the main stage of the local festival at the moment and it's raining heavily - oh the irony! Too bad for those who are in the audience...
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DT hit #8 with Home on this little poll.
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/top_10_wah_guitar_riffs.html (https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/top_10_wah_guitar_riffs.html)
WOMP WOMP :metal
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Cool! :tup Someone should make a thread about that...
Today I received some great news: I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE UNI! :2metal: :djhef: :victorydance:
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Told ya ;)
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I am Zeltar and I am making a stop in this thread.
Sup guys.
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Studying :hat
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Studying :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Then why are you two online? :D I always try to stay away from the computer if I have an exam coming up.
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Then why are you two online? :D I always try to stay away from the computer if I have an exam coming up.
Look at the cute little Finn having willpower and shit :D
I share a lot of my study blues on the class Facebook group, so a computer is a bit of a necessity, and entirely a necessity when I'm reading books or doing translation work.
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Oh, that makes a lot of sense!
I think I'll go to bed now, because I didn't sleep too well last night and overly early wake ups suck anyway. Good night (and studying)!
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Cool! :tup Someone should make a thread about that...
Today I received some great news: I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE UNI! :2metal: :djhef: :victorydance:
Congratulations! :footloose:
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Thanks!
My sister baked some muffins in my honor yesterday. They were delicious... :drool:
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Yeah, congrats, my Finnish bro! :tup
When are you coming to army?
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Cool! :tup Someone should make a thread about that...
Today I received some great news: I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE UNI! :2metal: :djhef: :victorydance:
SWEET!!!!! :woot:
T'was a nice little break I had from DTF-land, but... missed you folks. :hug: :heart
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Welcome back! :) What's up?
My workday is almost over and soon I can start my extended weekend :metal
Yeah, congrats, my Finnish bro! :tup
When are you coming to army?
Thanks! I've been exempted from conscription :biggrin:
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Right now, bored at work. Other than that and the skfjsjhfjskdhjshdf heat, it's going really swell.
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How hot is it?
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It was 98F today, but it felt like it was over 100F with the humidity factored in.
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That's not fun
it was today :hat
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That's not fun
it was 71 here today :hat
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Here it's 30sh, sunny and un-windy.
Also, I gave the written part of a major exam today, it should have gone very well :woot:
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Rock on ?
Where abouts in Finland are you? I may bump into you next week.
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When are you coming to army?
Thanks! I've been exempted from conscription :biggrin:
Hmh, why? That's unfair :|
I'm hopefully going to sport troops in late September, just after the DT release ;) I'm not an army person at all but I will do it rather than go to jail...
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Wait, where are you from? Here conscription has been abolished decades ago! :omg:
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@Sketchy: I live in a little town called Seinäjoki and I bet you won't visit that place :lol
@Konsta: The doctor thought my health might not be good enough for the army, so I was relieved. I think I would've done the civil service if he had decided otherwise.
@Marco: Yes, unfortunately Finland is one of the few European countries (I think Greece is the only one besides us) with conscription. I actually find it quite shameful that we still have it, although a lot of people seem to think it's necessary for the safety of the country. I'm glad I won't have to waste my time in the service!
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Ah, damn. I'm visiting a friend in Espoo.
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It takes approximately 4 hours to get here from Espoo, so it would be kind of difficult for you to make a stop here. I'll move to Tampere in the fall, though; I started looking for an apartment on the Internet earlier this week.
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Tampere! We found the third sibiling to Tampa and Tempe :lol
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Nashville also belongs to that group, because some people jokingly call Tampere Nääsville because of the local dialect :D It's the third biggest city in Finland, so I won't be living in a shithole anymore :lol
Where are you moving? I think you mentioned the name of the place once but I can't remember which it was.
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(https://www.ecozoom.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/pisa-oscar-energia.jpg)
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Pisa? Cool!
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Everyone's moving somewhere :sadpanda:
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By the way, that guy kicking the tower kind of looks like an older version of myself seen sideways :o
@Milena: the time comes for everyone :)
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Everyone's moving somewhere :sadpanda:
Sometimes you just have to get up and use your feet :neverusethis:
But seriously, I echo what Marco said: few people stay in the same town/city throughout their lives, so I'm sure you'll get a chance to move to a different place at some point :)
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Not here, really. I rarely heard of people who moved for the hell of it; most moves occur when you go to study in a different city, and I missed my chance there.
Then again, I'd probably dislike the shit out of any city I move to, so that's just an empty wish :lol
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Don't forget that you may get a job from another city or move to the same place with your significant other ;) On the other hand, every place has its pros and cons - some flaws just get replaced with others. For example, Tampere has more to offer than Seinäjoki, but it's a less peaceful place. That said, I'd much rather live in a city with two record stores and numerous interesting gigs instead of a place where you're dependent on what CDs a couple of local warehouses have to offer and only get to see gigs twice a year :lol
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I'd currently be happy in a country that has a decent choice of alternative CDs (decent = stuff outside of Metallica and Iron Maiden), let alone a city :lol
WHEN IT COMES TO PLACES, I CAN OUTGLOOM YOU ALL :mora:
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Good morning other chat thread :D
WHEN IT COMES TO PLACES, I CAN OUTGLOOM YOU ALL :mora:
I bet
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There's always something one can outgloom others at :mora:
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Hey guys, I'm back! What did I miss? Anyway, fieldwork was awesome but I slightly fucked up the last part which means that I have to go to the uni next week to rewrite a report. But oh well, it'll work out. How are things around here?
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Welcome back! :)
As you may have read already, the upcoming DT album is self-titled. You should've been here last Friday when the guy who runs the Roadrunner FB page joined DTF following an incident on FB - the "DT in the studio again" thread should be entertaining to read! :D Don't forget to take a look at the photo edit thread, there are some hilarious captions!
As for myself, I've just started my last week at my summer job. I also got accepted into the university I applied to :metal
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Thanks! I'll check that out. And grats on getting accepted!
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Welcome back, Onno!
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WHOOHOO GUYS I GOT A 31 ON THE ACT! :metal
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Whatever that is I am very happy for you :metal
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Whatever that is I am very happy for you :metal
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Ha! I guess you don't have it over in Europe. It's a standardized test everyone takes over here. It scored from 1-36, and 31 is good enough for the scholarship I wanted.
...
:metal
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Well, congratulations! What kind of test was it? General culture? :)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_(test)
It's actually four tests, English, Mathematics, Reading and Science.
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Anathema just announced that they'll play at an event whose bill includes (among others) a band called iLiKETRAiNS. My first thought: Steven Wilson's new project? :lol
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And so the pruning has come, finally. I lost about 850 posts ( :omg:). Well done, Vader, well done... :millahhhh
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As I said in the thread I made in the Forum Suggestions side, I lost approximately 400. Not that it matters that much...
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And so the pruning has come, finally. I lost about 850 posts ( :omg:). Well done, Vader, well done... :millahhhh
I lost almost 1k
Oh well... didn't take me long to jump from 4k to 5k :JayOctavarium:
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Got all y'all beat, as I lost close to 2000. Oh well. Time to :postwhore: again. :biggrin:
Onno!!!!! Welcome back!!! :squee:
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I should go to sleep.
But I'm not. :insomniac:
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11 more days and I am done with two more exams *bangs head on desk*
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11 more days and I am done with two more exams *bangs head on desk*
Good luck, you can do it!
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Almost an hour until I get home from work, yet I have nothing to do... Well, at least I'll get as much money as usually, even though I'm just browsing DTF :D
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Woohoo! Went back to the uni yesterday with my fieldwork partners to fix up the report, and I got an email today! I passed!
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Way to go, man! :hifive:
In other news - currently in Austin Texas is it 96F/36C with a heat index of 98F/37C. Is summer over yet? :sadpanda:
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Congrats Onno!
I just woke up to loud thunder, although I could've slept for one more hour :tdwn
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Apparently I don't have my exam on Saturday morning, but tomorrow morning :eek I'm an idiot who can't use the calendar and I should be shot.
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Way to go, man! :hifive:
Congrats Onno!
Thanks! :)
Apparently I don't have my exam on Saturday morning, but tomorrow morning :eek I'm an idiot who can't use the calendar and I should be shot.
Wow, that sucks. Good luck :tup
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Milena, you're not an idiot and you shouldn't be shot :) However, even one day can make a difference, so hopefully you've prepared well already!
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GOOD LUCK :mora: !!!!
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Cool! :tup Someone should make a thread about that...
Today I received some great news: I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE UNI! :2metal: :djhef: :victorydance:
Very late congratulations, I haven't read chat threads in ages :lol.
Apparently I don't have my exam on Saturday morning, but tomorrow morning :eek I'm an idiot who can't use the calendar and I should be shot.
Read at night, sleep is for sissies.
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Thanks!
I remember someone once said you shouldn't study at night, because your brains need rest and you'll only forget everything. I don't have any personal experience, so I don't know if it's true, though.
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That's kind of the same thing as pulling an all-nighter - you're better off studying in short bursts and getting a full night's sleep.
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Thanks!
I remember someone once said you shouldn't study at night, because your brains need rest and you'll only forget everything. I don't have any personal experience, so I don't know if it's true, though.
That's most definitely true; provided that you're actually missing sleep. If you can give your brains some rest by sleeping after that, you'll be fine.
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I remember someone once said you shouldn't study at night, because your brains need rest and you'll only forget everything. I don't have any personal experience, so I don't know if it's true, though.
It might depend on a person. I like to read to exams at night, because between 9 P.M. and 12 P.M. is my most lively time of the day. And no one will disturb, because my family goes to sleep early.
But I don't get enough sleep if I have to go to school at 8 A.M., that sucks. But I can stay sharp a few hours so I can get the exams properly done. The society has a wrong daily rhythm :lol.
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Emotes. Gotta catch 'em all. :pokeball:
Also, good luck, :mora:!
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Your emote hunt is SO reminiscent of Blob and Scrop (Scorpion) comparing how many they'd found several months back. :lol :tup
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I'm at 218 so far! almost halfway there.
:vlastoday:
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Your emote hunt is SO reminiscent of Blob and Scrop (Scorpion) comparing how many they'd found several months back. :lol :tup
369 btw. Haven't hunted for more recently though.
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Your emote hunt is SO reminiscent of Blob and Scrop (Scorpion) comparing how many they'd found several months back. :lol :tup
369 btw. Haven't hunted for more recently though.
:icwomangs: :jawdrop:
To show versatility
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Your emote hunt is SO reminiscent of Blob and Scrop (Scorpion) comparing how many they'd found several months back. :lol :tup
369 btw. Haven't hunted for more recently though.
:hefdaddy :lol
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373......
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damn..... 219
:myungwoot:
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374. :biggrin:
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:lol :lol :lol
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Do you just type in random code and see what comes out? I've done that a few times, but with a very limited success rate.
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WAVIN' MAH E-PEEN IN Y'ALL FACES
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:epeen:
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:lol
Do you just type in random code and see what comes out? I've done that a few times, but with a very limited success rate.
A true magician never reveals his secrets. :neverusethis:
I only do random when I've found ones in a pattern (for example if I find one that's :epeen2: then it stands to reason there's likely a :epeen: too. )
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WAVIN' MAH E-PEEN IN Y'ALL FACES
Gold - one LOLvarium coming up...
:rollin :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :rollin
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377......
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:makehimstop:
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:goblobgo: :xbones
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:dontcheerhimon:
:ninja: :thereisnospoon:
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:ariich2:
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:ariich:
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:dontcheerhimon:
:ninja: :thereisnospoon:
:Debra: :xbones
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380......
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lol380
.....222....
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If it makes you feel better, none of the ones you've posted have been new to me. :biggrin:
381.....
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Noooooooooooo
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383. Sorry.
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WHHHHYYYYYYYY???
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I haven't actively searched for emoticons, but if I see an awesome one, I try to keep the code in mind for future use.
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I gotta go to bed. The hunt will begin anew tomorrow!
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WHHHHYYYYYYYY???
Z. :D
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386. I think I'm about done for today.
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Failed the exam. Yay. :-\
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(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/BlobVanDam/mora_oh_no.jpg)
Sorry to hear that. What was the exam for?
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Too bad :sad:
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Victorian literature, a.k.a my favorite subject of subjects. But hey, I'll learn harder and maybe next time when I take it I'll get to talk about all the awesome shit about writers I learned outside class :metal
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As I said, even one day can make a difference, but you tried your best and that's all that matters :)
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:'( I'm sorry.
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Forgot to add that today was my last day at my summer job :metal I'll come back in August, though, so I'll only get to enjoy freedom in July.
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386. I think I'm about done for today.
238. Not that I'm obsessing over it or anything.
OMG GOTTA FIND MORE
MORE
MOOOOORRRRREEEEE
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So apparently someone put together a documentary on the shooting that happened at my former Jr. High school in 2008. This will be tough to watch.
https://valentineroaddocumentary.com/
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So, another childhood hero of mine died today. Sad day.
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I'm sorry. :'( :hug:
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I just found out Villeville is the name of some Finnish rapper... I could listen to some song on YT for half a minute before having to turn it off :lol I recommend not to search for his music, unless you're REALLY curious to hear what Finnish hip hop sounds like.
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I just found out Villeville is the name of some Finnish rapper... I could listen to some song on YT for half a minute before having to turn it off :lol I recommend not to search for his music, unless you're REALLY curious to hear what Finnish hip hop sounds like.
No matter the language, I despise all manifestations of this music equally :D
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Yeah, I have nothing against those who enjoy hip hop, but that kind of music does nothing to me. If you've heard rap in any language, you'll know what this Villeville is doing :lol Funnily enough, I just read an article where it was said that Finnish hip hop has diversified and many artists mix elements of different genres in their music. Good for those who can enjoy that vocal style, I guess :P
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I just got the result of another exam I had this morning, and it went almost smoothly. So, I'll take a break today before tackling the next one tomorrow!
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Good luck! It makes me feel kind of sad for others when they have exams and stuff while I'm just enjoying my vacation.
Will the next roulette results come tomorrow? Don't want to sound too inpatient, but I have a feeling I'll get a slightly higher score this time :biggrin:
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Good luck people avec examens!
Also: yeah, I'm back. There was an awesome day where I bumped into someone with a Nick-era Beard tshirt on their way to work. If anyone in here from Finland got their Tshirt complemented by some wierdo from britain on friday morning in Helsinki train station, that was me.
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Job Interview tomorrow so i'm off, Wish me luck!
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Good luck!
I wonder if we have a :goodluck: emote...
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Good luck!
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(https://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/delars2/smiley2php.gif)
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(https://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/delars2/smiley2php.gif)
(this is a nice emoticon)
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Perhaps bosk can add it?
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(https://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj151/delars2/smiley2php.gif)
(this is a nice emoticon)
Both of those!
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Perhaps bosk can add it?
He definitely should! :D
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? Ive been on the hunt for some new stuff to listen to and was getting increasingly frustrated that everything I sampled sounded like crap to me. Out of curiosity, I just clicked your link above and was blown away by your tune! Despite the (hope you don't mind me saying) low production values, the music had the most amazing hypnotic comforting effect on me and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.
You really need to get yourself some backing as I think you could go really far.
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Wow, thanks! Comments like that mean a lot to me :) I'll try to get more music done when I have enough time.
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Thanks for the support guys, interview went fine :)
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:tup :metal
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I've listened to Blob's The Dark Nintendo Light so many times that when the actual TDEN came on and the bridge didn't have that "flying" Mario theme, I thought something was wrong. :lol
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Mike Portnoy (@MikePortnoy) tweeted at 7:13 AM on Wed, Jul 03, 2013:
“@A_Mirunggan: Hi @MikePortnoy , when you & DT visit indonesia again? :)” As soon as you invent a time machine... : )
It's unbelievable how he Still gets these tweets.
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Oh come on, that one HAS to be a joke comment to him, right?
Right? :|
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You gotta wonder, if you look at some tweets to him... It's rather regular
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EMPEE THREATRE INDONESIA.COME PLSE
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So apparently Indonesia got stuck in a time warp in September 2010 or earlier :lol
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Trapped inside this Asiavarium.
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Of course the blue-ray is still not out, because there is no such thing as a "blue-ray" ;D
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Yeah, that thread title's been bothering me a while now. Can we fix it?
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Been working really hard on this exam, I really hope I'll pass it.
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Been working really hard on this exam, I really hope I'll pass it.
:hug:
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Yeah, that thread title's been bothering me a while now. Can we fix it?
Got it.
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Hef to the rescue! :tup
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Hef to the rescue! :tup
Yes, but let us not forget that it was also hef that screwed it up in the first place, and then left it that way for so long.
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You make a good point. Appreciation withdrawn.
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The feeling for hef on this thread is neutral.
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*shrugs*
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So I just came across the best bootleg ever. It's not DT, so hold your horses, but I had to share it somewhere. For starters, it's from a show that I attended, it's over three hours long, forty songs, amazing setlist, and a lot of humour and goofing off between the songs - plus it's of amazing quality for an audience recording - what more can you ask for?
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So I just came across the best bootleg ever. It's not DT, so hold your horses, but I had to share it somewhere. For starters, it's from a show that I attended, it's over three hours long, forty songs, amazing setlist, and a lot of humour and goofing off between the songs - plus it's of amazing quality for an audience recording - what more can you ask for?
The name of the band maybe? :lol
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So I just came across the best bootleg ever. It's not DT, so hold your horses, but I had to share it somewhere. For starters, it's from a show that I attended, it's over three hours long, forty songs, amazing setlist, and a lot of humour and goofing off between the songs - plus it's of amazing quality for an audience recording - what more can you ask for?
The name of the band maybe? :lol
Won't help you, I think - German band die ärzte (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_%C3%84rzte).
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While I'm not a big fan of Die Ärzte I always thought that they were really funny so I will absolutely belief the "lot of humour and goofing off between the songs" part.
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Well, they were the my first "favourite band" ever, and while I rarely listen to any comparable music, their humour and their amazing live shows still strike a chord with me - probably largely due to nostalgia reasons, I'll acknowledge.
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I found something curious on YouTube tonight.
(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/YouTube_zps884e01df.png)
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I found something curious on YouTube tonight.
(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/YouTube_zps884e01df.png)
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_7076_1364592449.jpeg)
Something rare will happen today: I'll go to church! :eek
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I hope it's for an happy occasion, at least!
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I found something curious on YouTube tonight.
(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/YouTube_zps884e01df.png)
That's not me, I can tell ya :biggrin:
I PASSED MY EXAM
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:panicattack:!
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Something rare will happen today: I'll go to church! :eek
I hope it's for an happy occasion, at least!
It was my sister's confirmation, so I guess it's a happy occasion :D From now on I'll probably only go to funerals and weddings.
...or maybe a Funeral Wedding? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzFELYZ6lU) ;D
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Or maybe a Red Wedding? :D
By the way, edit your previous post, it's always a pain to see the effects of the heinous practice of quote-cannibalism :D
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Yay, nice job Milena :tup And good morning all.
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I PASSED MY EXAM
:duncan:
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Congrats Milena, I knew you wouldn't have to take the exam three times :tup
By the way, edit your previous post, it's always a pain to see the effects of the heinous practice of quote-cannibalism :D
Done :lol
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Congrats Milena!
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Goddamnit, I had to cut off my beard. I can't even look into a mirror anymore... I hate the world now.
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Who or what forced you to do that?
I haven't even thought about growing a beard, I always shave my face (even though my facial hair doesn't grow too fast). I may try to grow a moustache for Movember, though :D
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https://img.class.posot.it/it_it/2013/05/01/MACCHINETTA-taglia-capelli-20130501015451.jpg
I use one of those accessories (not quite sure of what's their actual name) to make sure my beard is never trimmed past a certain lenght, but those protective spikes bent exposing the razors in the center. Therefore, I got an unpleasant naked patch in the middle of my chin and I had to remove everything. Flames on the side of my face.
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Aww, too bad :-\ Luckily it will always grow back.
Now that I think about it, I have blonde hair so if I grow a beard when my hair is longer, I may be able to look like Mikael Stanne and Nick Holmes :D
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It can't possibly be as fucked up as mine :D It's blonde, red and brown at the same time :D Roughly with a 1/4 - 1/4 - 1/2 proportion!
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Good night, my friends.
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Going to have my driving theory test today, hopefully I'll pass it!
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Going to have my driving theory test today, hopefully I'll pass it!
It's easy, just keep it calm :)
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Good luck, Ville! :tup
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Good luck!
Also guys, me and my dad are driving to Texas today, which is about seven hours from here. I won't be on the Internet for any of that time, so don't let anything happen until I return.
:millahhhh
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Thanks guys, I passed the test! :)
Have a safe drive, Shadow Ninja!
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Thanks guys, I passed the test! :)
Now you will sail into the west, and remain Galadriel? :biggrin:
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I don't get that reference, sorry! :lol I still need to do the driving test before I get the licence.
Tomorrow I'll travel to my roots: the oldest city in Finland, which also happens to be the place where I was born :)
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I don't get that reference, sorry! :lol I still need to do the driving test before I get the licence.
Tomorrow I'll travel to my roots: the oldest city in Finland, which also happens to be the place where I was born :)
Turku?
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Yup, it's a beautiful city.
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Anyone know how rare that green version of When Dream and Day Unite is?
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Thanks guys, I passed the test! :)
Have a safe drive, Shadow Ninja!
:metal
and thanks!
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So, Texas is hot.
:onfire:
:burntcorpse:
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It can't possibly be as fucked up as mine :D It's blonde, red and brown at the same time :D Roughly with a 1/4 - 1/4 - 1/2 proportion!
NEOPOLITAN BEARD
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. You have an ice-cream beard. That's awesome.
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I think he was talking about his hair... :lol
I've returned from Turku - I had a nice trip that included walking around the city, watching places, doing some record shopping, etc. The weather was really warm and beautiful yesterday, but today it was raining.
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Neopolitan hair is also awesome.
What's Turku like? The only places I saw were Lepaavaaraaaaa (I can't remember how many a's go where in that name), Helsinki and Porvoo, but damn, there were some nice pretty places.
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What's Turku like? The only places I saw were Leppävaara (I can't remember how many a's go where in that name), Helsinki and Porvoo, but damn, there were some nice pretty places.
FTFY.
Turku was founded in the Middle Ages, so there are some really old buildings like the cathedral and the castle (I've visited those two already, so I didn't go there this time). The Aura river flows through the city and it was nice to take a walk beside it in the evening. I'd say Turku is the most beautiful city in Finland thanks to the architecture and the closeness of the sea.
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That sounds quite pretty.
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It can't possibly be as fucked up as mine :D It's blonde, red and brown at the same time :D Roughly with a 1/4 - 1/4 - 1/2 proportion!
NEOPOLITAN BEARD
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. You have an ice-cream beard. That's awesome.
I was indeed talking about my beard. And I guess it's time to disclose that my father was born in Naples, aka Neapolis! :omg:
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Arrg, FaceBook, how does it work?!?! :zeltar:
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It can't possibly be as fucked up as mine :D It's blonde, red and brown at the same time :D Roughly with a 1/4 - 1/4 - 1/2 proportion!
NEOPOLITAN BEARD
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude. You have an ice-cream beard. That's awesome.
I was indeed talking about my beard. And I guess it's time to disclose that my father was born in Naples, aka Neapolis! :omg:
:dangerwillrobinson:
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So, the first two songs I heard this morning werre Space Dye Vest and Fade to Black. Today will surely be uplifting and glorious.
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Just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJo46oVF45U
Maybe James should join Katatonia? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPS6dLpkHY) :P
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Just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJo46oVF45U
Maybe James should join Katatonia? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPS6dLpkHY) :P
:lol Nice find man.
So, the first two songs I heard this morning werre Space Dye Vest and Fade to Black. Today will surely be uplifting and glorious.
:tup
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So, the first two songs I heard this morning werre Space Dye Vest and Fade to Black. Today will surely be uplifting and glorious.
:tup
Depressive and/or sad songs are the way to go :biggrin:
I just realized I've made over 40 posts today! :eek It has to be my new record.
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So, the first two songs I heard this morning werre Space Dye Vest and Fade to Black. Today will surely be uplifting and glorious.
:tup
Depressive and/or sad songs are the way to go :biggrin:
I just realized I've made over 40 posts today! :eek It has to be my new record.
POST WHORE
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:ruben:
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You two hurt my feelings, I'll report both right now! :'(
:P
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:hug:
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I am still waiting since the other thread for hef to give a rough estimation of his post/day ration during his golden age of postwhoring :lol
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Just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJo46oVF45U
Maybe James should join Katatonia? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPS6dLpkHY) :P
That is the funniest shit I've seen recently. :lol
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Thanks guys, I passed the test! :)
Now you will sail into the west, and remain Galadriel? :biggrin:
How did I miss this? Well, at least we have no dark queen to worry about coming from ?...
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And in related news - Is the Blu Ray out yet?
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And in related news - Is the Blu Ray out yet?
As far as I know, today isn't November 5th.
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Hey look at this.. totally off topic but idk where to put random stuff https://instagram.com/p/brObvtA_Oe/#
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This is a good thread for random stuff.
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Oh, what a great looking family :D
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Yeah :)
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Many years later than everyone else, I have discovered the joys of FaceBook.
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I joined in late 2010 and thought I was late... :lol
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I was at a grocery store and saw a really delicious chocolate cake that was 30% cheaper than normally (due to the close "best before" date), but unfortunately the package would've been totally crushed in my backpack :-\ At least it seems that I'm good at resisting temptation :D
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Guys, JP is doing a live webcam feed right now!
https://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
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:lol
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Huh. I think he's been working out.
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I've once again been reminded why I hate shoe shopping :yeahright Having big feet sucks...
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What's your feet number? Mine's 45, at least under Italian standards. :tup
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Mine is 48 (the same system is probably used throughout Europe). It's hard to find a good pair of shoes, because at basically all stores 99,9% of them are
a) too small
b) ugly
or
c) unpleasant to walk
It would be MUCH easier if my feet weren't so massive, but luckily I managed to find decent shoes for autumn walking.
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Mine is 48 (the same system is probably used throughout Europe). It's hard to find a good pair of shoes, because at basically all stores 99,9% of them are
a) too small
b) ugly
or
c) unpleasant to walk
It would be MUCH easier if my feet weren't so massive, but luckily I managed to find decent shoes for autumn walking.
Holy shit, 48, that's pretty big man. Mine's only 44 fortunately.
By the way, just got back from the Night of the Prog festival in Loreley, Germany, with (amongst others) Steven Wilson, Devin Townsend and Opeth. Holy shit, that was fucking amazing! I even got to meet Mikael Akerfeldt who went out to chat with some fans! Got a picture with him, but some random dude made it for me 'cause I didn't have a camera. Hopefully he'll email me that picture soon.
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That reminds me of the DT gig I attended! I promised to send the registration of the concert to two youngsters that were around me, but they didn't give me their email address, so they lost the train :lol
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Holy shit, 48, that's pretty big man. Mine's only 44 fortunately.
Yeah, I think there may be some kind of correlation between my height (1,86 m) and shoe size :lol
By the way, just got back from the Night of the Prog festival in Loreley, Germany, with (amongst others) Steven Wilson, Devin Townsend and Opeth. Holy shit, that was fucking amazing! I even got to meet Mikael Akerfeldt who went out to chat with some fans! Got a picture with him, but some random dude made it for me 'cause I didn't have a camera. Hopefully he'll email me that picture soon.
Wow, that's really cool! :tup I would love to see Steven and Opeth live and meet Mikael.
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That reminds me of the DT gig I attended! I promised to send the registration of the concert to two youngsters that were around me, but they didn't give me their email address, so they lost the train :lol
I gave him my email as a memo in his phone, I just hope he remembers to send me the pic :lol
Holy shit, 48, that's pretty big man. Mine's only 44 fortunately.
Yeah, I think there may be some kind of correlation between my height (1,86 m) and shoe size :lol
I'm 1,89 m, so I guess I'm just lucky :lol
By the way, just got back from the Night of the Prog festival in Loreley, Germany, with (amongst others) Steven Wilson, Devin Townsend and Opeth. Holy shit, that was fucking amazing! I even got to meet Mikael Akerfeldt who went out to chat with some fans! Got a picture with him, but some random dude made it for me 'cause I didn't have a camera. Hopefully he'll email me that picture soon.
Wow, that's really cool! :tup I would love to see Steven and Opeth live and meet Mikael.
Yeah, it was truly amazing. I really hope for you that you do some time! It was really luck that I got to meet Mikael; Magma was playing and suddenly I just saw Mikael standing near the side of the stage talking to some fans and taking pictures.
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I'm 1,89 m, so I guess I'm just lucky :lol
Oh, I didn't know you're taller than me! :o Well, maybe there are also some really short people with big feet :lol
It was really luck that I got to meet Mikael; Magma was playing and suddenly I just saw Mikael standing near the side of the stage talking to some fans and taking pictures.
That's really cool of him - bothering to talk with fans even when a band he likes is playing! :)
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I'm older than the two of you but I'm just 1,80. I guess beanpoles thrive up there in the Lands Of Always Winter! :\
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I'm older than the two of you but I'm just 1,80. I guess beanpoles thrive up there in the Lands Of Always Winter! :\
For me it's more the Land of Always Rain, but ok. Beanpoles do really thrive here indeed, I think we are one of the countries with the tallest people.
That's really cool of him - bothering to talk with fans even when a band he likes is playing! :)
Yeah, and Elite told me (he was there too) that he saw the rest of Opeth sitting in the audience watching Magma play! And Mikael did watch most of Magma standing on the side of the stage - he only came out for about 15 minutes. Steven watched them too, but he didn't come out to chat. He was the one who invited Magma to play on the festival! Mikael also said during his set that he really liked Magma and Caravan (who also played there).
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According to English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height#Average_height_around_the_world) the average height of Finnish men is 1.770 m and the Finnish version (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihmisen_pituus#Ihmisten_keskipituus_eri_maissa) says it's 181 cm, so I'm not giving the most accurate representation :D However, Dutch people are really big! :eek
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Dudes! I'm friends with Charlie Dominici on FaceBook! :omg:
I'm sure he friends everyone who sends a request, but still, it's pretty cool.
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Dudes! I'm friends with Charlie Dominici on FaceBook! :omg:
I'm sure he friends everyone who sends a request, but still, it's pretty cool.
Me too! Sent him a message one time thanking him and showing my appreciation for what he's done, and actually got a response. Cool guy.
Watch out though... he'll get a bit crazy with those conspiracy theories.. :lol
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Haha, I'm good with that. I actually really enjoyed the alien-overlord plot of 03. I'm probably the only one. :lol
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It took me 11 pages to realize there was a new one? yeesh I'm slackin
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I've never sent friend requests to musicians I appreciate even if they've been friends with fans. I would feel guilty and think I'm not respecting their privacy, which may sound silly, but I just don't want to bother them.
It took me 11 pages to realize there was a new one? yeesh I'm slackin
Don't worry, we all can be slow sometimes :)
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I've never sent friend requests to musicians I appreciate even if they've been friends with fans. I would feel guilty and think I'm not respecting their privacy, which may sound silly, but I just don't want to bother them.
Yeah, I can understand that. That's why I didn't send one to Amanda Somerville (even though I wanted to).
CD had something like 4000 friends though, which I figured was impossible unless they were fans. Besides, I figure if it bothered him, he could always turn it down. :P
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^ Yar, same, even though Google + keeps telling me I should add a chinese musician I rather like to my circles on it.
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Stupid Google. They're pushing this Google Plus thing really hard. Every time I do anything with my Google account, they're like "Oh, use Google Plus!". Dudes. I don't want to use it.
This has been on my mind recently. :lol
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Stupid Google. They're pushing this Google Plus thing really hard. Every time I do anything with my Google account, they're like "Oh, use Google Plus!". Dudes. I don't want to use it.
This has been on my mind recently. :lol
Man, Google love forcing their own products onto you. First Youtube required a Google account, now it forces a Google+ account on you too, so it can automatically set up a page whether you like it or not. And the worst part is that it screws up the layout and now the actual important stuff (like your Youtube Inbox) are buried in obscure menus, meaning I miss everything. And it kept bugging me about choosing whether I wanted to use my Youtube name or change it for Google+ to the point where it wouldn't even let me watch videos until I chose.
Eventually I realized I could unlink the accounts, and it was finally back good again, but then a couple of weeks later it forced it on me again.
And the Google homepage is always trying to push Google Chrome on me with an annoying message in the corner.
Screw you Google. You're a search engine to me. Nothing more.
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I thought about joining YT one day to share the few live videos I've filmed and I already use Gmail, but I don't want to be forced to create a Google Plus account.
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Woot guys my sister's coming home today! :metal
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I thought about joining YT one day to share the few live videos I've filmed and I already use Gmail, but I don't want to be forced to create a Google Plus account.
Dropbox them to someone and have them put it up for you if it's worth it!
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Nah, those videos aren't that great... :lol
Travelling to Kuopio today, maybe I'll bump into Marco Hietala (Nightwish)... :P
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I was just learning Moondance on piano yesterday ;)
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Bought a few awesome band shirts today :metal I also took some photos from the top of the local tower, I'll post them when I get back home on Sunday.
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"...and I lay here drained of strenghts"
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Going on a holiday to Southern France tomorrow with my brother and parents, it will be 2 weeks of relaxing and fun! I'll still be around here though, I have internet over there. And I'm happy that I have that, since I believe the pre-orders for Dream Theater were supposed to start in July? Here's to hoping they will!
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This literaly just came to me: Zydar must be an extremely serious person IRL. :o
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Going on a holiday to Southern France tomorrow with my brother and parents, it will be 2 weeks of relaxing and fun! I'll still be around here though, I have internet over there. And I'm happy that I have that, since I believe the pre-orders for Dream Theater were supposed to start in July? Here's to hoping they will!
Sounds nice, have fun! :tup
I enjoyed my visit to Kuopio, although the weather was pretty rainy. I'm once again at my late grandmother's house in the countryside with my family and will return home on Sunday, as I said in my previous post. I'm completely dependent on my phone, so you won't hear (and haven't heard) as much from me as usually...
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This literaly just came to me: Zydar must be an extremely serious person IRL. :o
Haha what did you base that on?
And yes. I am.
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Doctor Hakan and Mr. Zyde.
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Zydar: serious business
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Zydar: serious business
When you are in the business you gotta be serious to build yourself a name.
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Yeah, you need to take good care of your chloroform mansion if you have one :zydar:
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I also took some photos from the top of the local tower, I'll post them when I get back home on Sunday.
And here they are (I know it's Monday, but I was busy doing other things):
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/65262_530428290360134_1323668187_n.jpg)
Obligatory lake pic:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1069966_530428427026787_760763107_n.jpg)
Grammar mistakes in public signs are always worth immortalizing:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1014444_530428083693488_345382526_n.jpg)
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Paasylippusi? Philippousis? :justjen
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In addition to Finnish and Finglish the text was in German and Russian :P There were actually lots of German tourists.
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Cool pics man :tup
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Looks really cool. I need to visit Finland sometime.
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Those are shiny and nice, mr. ?.
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Thanks, everyone! It was raining a bit when we were there, but the pics are surprisingly clear :D There's a Wikipedia article for the tower: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puijo_tower
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The long awaited thunderstorm came at three this morning, and it was epic. :metal
How's everyone else dealing with the heat?
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The long awaited thunderstorm came at three this morning, and it was epic. :metal
How's everyone else dealing with the heat?
Yeah! We had a great thunderstorm yesterday afternoon! It rocked the house to its foundations :metal
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No heat or thunderstorms here (luckily), but we had our fair share of both earlier this summer. Lately the weather has been rather cool and it has been raining occasionally.
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I haven't had thunder for a long time. Not for a while back at home in Holland, and not yet here in France. I'm really hoping for a thunderstorm though, I love them.
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Finally raining and cool as well here in New England. The heat's been made worse thanks to me spending my spare time planning a december event which centers around skiing. ::)
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On-topic: I still can't believe that WIMH/TTTSTA is on a DVD again. Will automatically skip.
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Yeah, third apparence for what I see as the least interesting section of SDOIT. Shame. Fortunately the DVD will be full of greater songs and goodies to make up for that.
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Yeah, I hope TSCO and War/Test will never appear on a DVD again...
In other news, I passed the driver's license road test :)
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I successfully played the F# progression of LTL on one of these.
https://news.klikkapromo.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Super-Spaghetti.jpg
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:lol
What did it sound like?
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Like pizzicato notes on a really fucked up upright bass. :metal
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I successfully played the F# progression of LTL on one of these.
https://news.klikkapromo.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Super-Spaghetti.jpg
Like pizzicato notes on a really fucked up upright bass. :metal
You bloody hero :rollin :metal
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Had dream last night that DT released the instrumental from the upcoming album, but in order to save the mystery, they didn't release the name of it.
It was a pretty boss instrumental.
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No, that really happened.
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Straight into our brains?
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:1967:
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Dream Theater really can make theatres in our dreams!
The age of true music distribution has come, my brothers!
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One night I had a dream Kevin Moore released the samples for an upcoming Chroma Key album... And no, they weren't snippets of the songs - they were the spoken word samples he used on that album :lol
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I'd be dissapointed if there wasn't a time in the future when Kevin Moore actually did that.
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It's been a while since I came to a chat thread.
Why, hello.
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Hi there!
I'd be dissapointed if there wasn't a time in the future when Kevin Moore actually did that.
I could actually see Kevin trolling his fans like that :lol
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Yo Dll
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Sleep is not coming.
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Worst place to be when you're hungry? Right here:
https://browse.deviantart.com/photography/still/food/?order=15
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Ah, good thing I dislike elaborate looking sweets :D
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How are you good folk from the DT-side doing?
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Moderately well.
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(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_7628_1374079222.jpeg)
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That's my new favorite picture. I use it everywhere. :lol
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My day has been alright, although I had to sit in a car for 4 hours and the weather has been really warm by Finnish standards. I hate wearing shorts, but there's not much you can do in situations like this :lol
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What temperature is "warm" in Finland?
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I have to read a good dozen of professional physics articles about neutrinos and their magnetic moment for Monday. Life is beautiful and full of free time :D
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What temperature is "warm" in Finland?
If it's anything warmer than it was when I was there for a week: bloody hot.
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It's been approximately 25 degrees Celsius today. It's not too pleasant to spend most of your day travelling in that temperature, but luckily the 30-degree weather hasn't come back - those days were nightmares to remember!
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I need to move to Finland. It gets to be around 90-something Fahrenheit in the summer here, which is the equivalent of about 35 Celsius.
:onfire:
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I feel pity for everyone who has to tolerate 30+ Celsius weather... Come here, we have nice forests and lakes, and metal isn't too unpopular :biggrin:
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Well, we do have country music here.
:tempus:
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We're gonna have forty degrees Celzius for a few days next week, and it's been over 30 all week.
I'd ask you to give me a hug but it's too hot for hugs and I smell really bad right now.
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*gives a hug anyway*
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I just put 40 Celsius into my converter, and holy crap. Even Alabama doesn't get that hot very often.
How are you Serbians not melting?
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I don't know about other people, but my preferred method of combat is not leaving the house :lol
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Holy crap. We had 32C here today.
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36 degrees Celsius (in the shadows, not even in full sunlight...) here in Southern France.
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Inland Sardinia: an annual record breaking 45° in the shadows come this Monday. Thank god I live on the coast (only 38°).
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Today you guys have done the impossible. You've actually made me glad I live in Alabama.
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Phew, I feel so lucky compared to you all ;D
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Lol
64F/18C here
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Today you guys have done the impossible. You've actually made me glad I live in Alabama.
What's the matter with Alabama? :D
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.... You've not been to Alabama, have you?
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It isn't a sweet home?
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Where the skies are so blue?
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.... You've not been to Alabama, have you?
I have never set foot outside Europe in my life, man :D
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Marco, you have exactly 300 posts more than me! :eek
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It isn't a sweet home?
It is not. It's hot, humid, and everyone has an infuriating Southern accent.
Eh, I complain too much. I probably wouldn't actually want to live anywhere else. I just like whining. ;D
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Marco, you have exactly 300 posts more than me! :eek
I lost 900 in the Great Jedi Purge last month. :censored
It should be around 7200 now.
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And you all have more posts than me >:(
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(https://i.qkme.me/3t6m5g.jpg)
J/k, you can still catch up :)
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I don't think I can :P
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Man, it's been hot today! A couple of hours ago there were no clouds in the sky. Too bad it's 27 degrees, because it's another travelling day :-\
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(https://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a6wL5Pb_700b.jpg)
Look at fucking Monday: https://www.weather2umbrella.com/en/weather-forecast-kragujevac/eta2/11/1929968/0/meteogram just look at it.
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Still 1° colder than here. :D
And I'll spend my Monday in a place that is very, very, very hot and with no conditioned air :/
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Dude, if one of us dies, you know I loved you :lol
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Dude, if one of us dies, you know I loved you :lol
Same :D
If I'm dying I'll send you a distress code. You'll then send the NADS at my uni to rescue me :rollin
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Dude, if one of us dies, you know I loved you :lol
Same :D
If I'm dying I'll send you a distress code. You'll then send the NADS at my uni to rescue me :rollin
:lol
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*hero mode*
(https://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060312224343/lotr/images/3/35/Arwen_sword.PNG)
(https://static.tumblr.com/cf7d3833103c511f80814cdea849cb26/b6gkbgb/lv3mh74sr/tumblr_static_eowyn-fighting.jpg)
(https://imgs.tuts.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-fiona-adventure-time_1_000000008002_5.jpg)
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Don't worry guys, relief is ON THE WAY!
(https://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/ice-cube-smiley.gif?1292867623)
(https://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/ice-cube-smiley.gif?1292867623)(https://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/ice-cube-smiley.gif?1292867623)
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Look at fucking Monday: https://www.weather2umbrella.com/en/weather-forecast-kragujevac/eta2/11/1929968/0/meteogram just look at it.
Damn, that should be against human rights!
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Well thats my night planned..
(https://s23.postimg.org/g12nq07sr/IMAG0633.jpg)
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Just watched back to back DT ^^^ for 6 and a half hours... I dont need to visit the new album thread for a while now :biggrin:
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Y U NO BUDOKAN?
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Overslept :'(
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Y U NO BUDOKAN?
1: I DON'T HAVE BECAUSE I'M POOR
2. IT WAS 4AM WHEN IT HAD FINISHED (and that's without the score bonus features)
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Y U NO BUDOKAN?
1: I DON'T HAVE BECAUSE I'M POOR
2. IT WAS 4AM WHEN IT HAD FINISHED (and that's without the score bonus features)
NOT GOOD ENOUGH COME BACK AFTER YOU BUDOKAN
....
Actually Scenes and Score would be my pick if I had to pick 2/3
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Y U NO BUDOKAN?
1: I DON'T HAVE BECAUSE I'M POOR
2. IT WAS 4AM WHEN IT HAD FINISHED (and that's without the score bonus features)
NOT GOOD ENOUGH COME BACK AFTER YOU BUDOKAN
....
Actually Scenes and Score would be my pick if I had to pick 2/3
YOU Budoken!
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No posts in 2 days? Time to break the silence!
I just ate some delicious nuggetz...
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(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/mpnuggets_zps31ec2f26.jpg)
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You did that yourself? :lol
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No, I found it in an old thread. :lol It has joined my archive of nonsensical DT pictures.
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It has joined my archive of nonsensical DT pictures.
There are lots of those :P
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(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/DreamTheaterSeriousBusiness_zps938af020.jpg)
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:lol
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That one is classic :lol
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Two days ago, there was a massive thunderstorm near the place I'm at now during my holiday (Southern France). A few flashes per second with a lightning strike every few seconds, and it went on for over four hours. A few strikes hit the electricity lines which caused a few power outages, which in turn were fatal to the router, which resulted in us having no internet for two days. It was worth it, though; the thunderstorm was epic! And now I'm back, having missed nothing, I guess?
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Nothing new on the DT front, except that I found this gif of JP rocking out with his friends:
(https://pics.kuvaton.com/kuvei/bears.gif)
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I would love to know why in the world that one tree was so interesting :justjen
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Nothing new on the DT front, except that I found this gif of JP rocking out with his friends:
(https://pics.kuvaton.com/kuvei/bears.gif)
:lol :metal
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I just watched LSFNY with the commentary for the first time and I finally realized that the riff after the first chorus in Home is from Metropolis Pt. 1 :o It's shameful that I haven't noticed it before, although I've had I&W and Scenes for 4 years :blush
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That beats my "OMG PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET" realization, how brilliant for a lit student to remember that after only for years of loving the song :lol
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That beats my "OMG PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET" realization, how brilliant for a lit student to remember that after only for years of loving the song :lol
But PMU is about Aquatic Ruin Zone. ???
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That beats my "OMG PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET" realization, how brilliant for a lit student to remember that after only for years of loving the song :lol
Nah, that isn't as bad! Sometimes it amazes me how stupid I can be :blush I shouldn't be that surprised about it though :lol
Another cool thing pointed out in the commentary was the FF chord progression (from the murder part) before the bass solo in TDOE - it's in a different key, but I can definitely hear it now.
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I would have never noticed that PMU is about Hamlet if I hadn't been told beforehand. It's not that I know every single line of it (Hamlet) :D
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How long till you noticed SFAM was about Victoria's Secret? :biggrin:
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PMU is about Hamlet? Wow... I feel dumb.
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Yeah, remember at the end of Hamlet where it just
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Another cool thing pointed out in the commentary was the FF chord progression (from the murder part) before the bass solo in TDOE - it's in a different key, but I can definitely hear it now.
Holy shit! That's a pretty incredible piece of trivia, and I'm not sure I would ever have noticed if it weren't pointed out.
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Yeah, remember at the end of Hamlet where it just
:lol
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Was hoping someone would notice that. ;D
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It took me a second to get it.
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Yeah, remember at the end of Hamlet where it just
Ahahah, reading this I just mel-
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:millahhhh Greetings :millahhhh
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Another cool thing pointed out in the commentary was the FF chord progression (from the murder part) before the bass solo in TDOE - it's in a different key, but I can definitely hear it now.
Holy shit! That's a pretty incredible piece of trivia, and I'm not sure I would ever have noticed if it weren't pointed out.
It's good to know that I wasn't the only one who didn't know that! :D
Yeah, remember at the end of Hamlet where it just
Clever :lol
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PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET?? WHAT? I thought it was just about death...
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[5:47:30 PM] Milena: can you imagine dt writing a song about the nsa
[5:47:34 PM] Milena: NO
[5:47:35 PM] Milena: KEVIN
[5:47:39 PM] Milena: THE FUCKING NSA
[5:47:40 PM] MM: KEVIN!
[5:47:41 PM] Milena: IS BACK AGAIN
[5:47:45 PM] MM: ahahahaha
[5:47:46 PM] Milena: AND I JUST GOTTA GET THEM
[5:47:47 PM] Milena: :D
[5:48:09 PM] MM: *at the telephone, aware of being spied*
[5:48:14 PM] MM: MOTHERFUCKERS WHERE ARE YOU?
[5:48:34 PM] Milena: and they're eating dorritos, and i can't get 'em
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For the record, MM is not Mike Mangini, that's me :lol
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But PMU is about Aquatic Ruin Zone. ???
Sonic 2 :metal
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Thus I conclude that Wasteland must, therefore, really be the genie in disguise, and is posing as an ordinary regular just to put us at ease.
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Thus I conclude that Wasteland must, therefore, really be the genie in disguise, and is posing as an ordinary regular just to put us at ease.
I can confirm he's every bit as awesome as the Genie we know :tup
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Hmm... This means we must discover what the essence that they both run on is, so we can harvest it and make the entire world amazing!
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Thus I conclude that Wasteland must, therefore, really be the genie in disguise, and is posing as an ordinary regular just to put us at ease.
I can confirm he's every bit as awesome as the Genie we know :tup
Oh, you didn't :hearts:
Hmm... This means we must discover what the essence that they both run on is, so we can harvest it and make the entire world amazing!
I would try with the Italian cuisine. :biggrin:
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Hmm... This means we must discover what the essence that they both run on is, so we can harvest it and make the entire world amazing!
I would try with the Italian cuisine. :biggrin:
That could very well be true, the Italian cuisine is super awesome and probably my favourite.
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Do you make your own pasta? Is that the secret? I'm working on the art of making pizza from scratch (ie. right down to the flour).
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Do you make your own pasta? Is that the secret? I'm working on the art of making pizza from scratch (ie. right down to the flour).
An Englishman practicing pizza? Now, that's unnnatural! You guys should just stick to strawberries and cream :D
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Do you make your own pasta? Is that the secret? I'm working on the art of making pizza from scratch (ie. right down to the flour).
An Englishman practicing pizza? Now, that's unnnatural! You guys should just stick to strawberries and cream :D
At my parents' place, we have our own pizza oven and we often make our own pizzas from scratch too :)
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I mastered that as a child. My mother used to grow her own.
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I mastered that as a child. My mother used to grow her own.
She used to grow her own pizza ovens? :neverusethis:
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Yup. She cultivated her own shrub for it. Unfortunately the locals took issue and stole the plant.
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Yup. She cultivated her own shrub for it. Unfortunately the locals took issue and stole the plant.
Sounds a plausible lyrical theme for a song of the scope and depth of A Change Of Seasons.
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It would need more mellotron though.
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Speaking of which, this video is a must see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrXtmKGkSa4
As one of the top voted comment states, this is the most British thing I have ever seen.
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:lol
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That.
Was fucking awesome. I think I love the mellotron even more now.
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PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET?? WHAT? I thought it was just about death...
Hamlet is about death.
But yes, the lyrics for PMU are very much inspired by Hamlet. *common knowledge since 1992*
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PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET?? WHAT? I thought it was just about death...
Hamlet is about death.
But yes, the lyrics for PMU are very much inspired by Hamlet. *common knowledge since 1992*
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Wasn't sure where to post this.
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:lol
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Ah! I hid his post from my wall about a month ago. I got fed up with seeing aliens/NWO stuff :lol
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HAPPY OCTAVARIUM DAY!!!
:rollin :D :D :D :D :D :D :rollin
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HAPPY OCTAVARIUM DAY!!!
:rollin :D :D :D :D :D :D :rollin
:rollin :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :rollin
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SO MANY GUESTS AND MEMBERS
FEED ON THE FORUMS MOTHERFUCKERS
FEED ON IT
FEEEEEED ON IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
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TRAPPED INSIDE THIS OCTAVARIUMDAY :metal :metal :metal
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:octavarium:
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INB4 12.00 happy 8vm daY!
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Happy belated Octavariyum day, people! :D
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I wish today was my birthday...
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Happy belated Octavariyum day, people! :D
This!
I wish today was my birthday...
IT'S ON EARTH DAAAAAAAAAAAAY
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RECYCLE!
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Nick, I wouldn't have pegged you for a Devin fan.
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I am and I'm not. His voice, songwriting and production are all extremely hit or miss for me. His singing voice is great, and while his harsher stuff is better than most it can get old quick. I love Terria, Synchestra, and Epicloud. First three DTP albums are pretty bad for the most part. Ziltoid and Ghost are alright.
While I know there is more out there I've pretty much tired of going further. Will likely buy a new DTP album if it arrives though just because of Epicloud.
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First three DTP albums are pretty bad for the most part. Ki and Ghost are alright.
Ki is the first DTP album actually ;)
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First three DTP albums are pretty bad for the most part. Ki and Ghost are alright.
Ki is the first DTP album actually ;)
Fixed, meant to say Ziltoid.
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Happy belated Octavarium day, people! :D
This (fixed the typo :D )
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Happy belated Octavarium day, people! :D
This (fixed the typo :D )
What makes you think it was a typo? :D
Have you never heard of the delicious Octa-very-yum-yum, JP's small mammal milkshake of choice in the millennium leading up to the release of 8V? ???
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Nope, sorry! :blush
Anyway, as you all can see I've returned to DTF after a little break - it was necessary but I'm happy to be back :)
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Welcome back!
Hm, I need a :welcomeback: emote...
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Welcome toooooooooooo
DTF! (again)
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Welcome back!
Hm, I need a :welcomeback: emote...
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Fantastic!
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Just when I thought there were emoticons for pretty much everything here :lol
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:safetydance:
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Welcome back Ville!
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Ville, you missed quite a lot in a couple of days.. At least 50 pages of excitement in Enemy Inside thread :D
But hey, Saturday is my big day. I am in Finnish championships in long jump and try to take a medal there. I hope that I'm in shape then! ;)
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I did listen to the single although I wasn't here and reportedly all the 40+ pages I didn't read are just people sharing their opinions, talk about mastering, etc. :D
Good luck for Saturday, hopefully you'll do well! :metal
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Woot! Got my license today. :metal
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Congratulations! :metal
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Congrats! I got mine a couple of weeks ago.
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Congrats :tup
Will get mine in about half a year :-\
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Thanks guys! :D
Also, congratulations, Ville!
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Congrats :tup
Will get mine in about half a year :-\
Same here. And congrats SN and Ville!
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So I was wondering. I know we have Lifting Shadows, and it's a great DT history book, but do you think any of the members will end up writing a memoir sometime in their career? Considering how much detail MP put into remembering all the dates of where they performed, who they met, etc. etc. etc. I think getting a memoir from him would be very interesting.
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MP could be the only one I think. But not in a 20 years or so.
Myung's memoir would be quite short I think.
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Also, congratulations, Ville!
Same here. And congrats SN and Ville!
Thanks! I posted about it here when I passed the driving test, but nobody noticed :D
Didn't MP recently say he might write an autobiography or a memoir at some point? I'd say he would be the most likely person in the (ex-)DT camp to do that.
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I can't imagine MP letting that chance slip. He's most likely the first (and only?) one to write something like that.
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Maybe Myung will write one. Maybe that's what he meant by that "Read the book" statement during the making of I&W. He knew he'd be writing one in the future.
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I want James to write one :xbones
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I want James to write one :xbones
Only if that comes with Canadian phonetic writing.
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I want James to write one :xbones
Only if that comes with Canadian phonetic writing.
That would be phnomenal!
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I want James to write one :xbones
Only if that comes with Canadian phonetic writing Rap.
FTFY ;D
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Someone started singing Pull Me Under at me in the street earlier.
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Lol, that's epic :lol I assume you were wearing a DT shirt then?
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Yup. My SFAM one.
Embarrassingly it took me three repetitions of the line "Pull Me Under" before I realised what was going on, joined in, then air-guitarred my way down the road in a happy mood.
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I've never met another Dream Theater fan in real life.
Of course, I don't have anything to identify myself as a DT fan, so that's probably part of it.
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^^ same here :-\
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I have that problem as well :-[
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I have two real life friends who like DT. One of them is a friend of mine whose favourite band is DT but he isn't nearly as a music fan as most of us here. The other is Elite.
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Man, I've been so bored for the last couple of days. Almost all of my friends are on holiday, I don't have any games to play and with that the desire to do anything else just goes away. I don't even want to play my drums anymore. But I guess I shouldn't be complaining about my fucking long holiday.
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You should never complain about long holidays ;) However, I know the feeling - last spring when I had this "studying vacation" I felt pretty bored at times and it was a bit of a relief when my summer job started. I went back to work a week ago and I'll continue until the end of the month when it's time to start my uni studies.
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So, another exam down. One left. Finally the roulette will speed up a bit :D
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Yay preparing for a maths exam now :caffeine:
:angry:
I love maths honestly, but I love dem holidays even more
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I'll never ever have to study maths again :)
Finally the roulette will speed up a bit :D
You mean "come back to life"? :P
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Oh, give me some rest, I would have seen all of you having to deal with the past month I had! :D
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I was just teasing :)
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I've just come back from an evening with a few online friends from a DT FB group who have come down to my place on holiday! I brought them on a small tour of my beautiful city!
What's remarkable is that the last time I've been in a room with that many Dream Theater fans that room was pretty much a sport arena, and the band was with us to play :D
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The last time i remember being with more than 2 DT Fans in a room (apart from concerts) was back in the 90's with my band mates and that would count only up to 3 (including me).
I hope that from September on i will have at least 1 more fan at home.
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The last time i remember being with more than 2 DT Fans in a room (apart from concerts) was back in the 90's with my band mates and that would count only up to 3 (including me).
I hope that from September on i will have at least 1 more fan at home.
Incoming sibiling/child of yours? :D
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Daughter! ;D
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That's great, man :tup
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Thanks! ;D
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That's really great, mate! Congrats! :D
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That's great man, congratulations! :)
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As i child i remember my dads music collection including Floyd, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple... and look what i hear now. I hope i can educate my daughter's ears the same way my father did to me.
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Maybe you could use WFS or Eve or This Dying Soul as lullabies :D
Have you already settled for a name? :)
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As i child i remember my dads music collection including Floyd, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple... and look what i hear now. I hope i can educate my daughter's ears the same way my father did to me.
Yeah I owe my music taste (and love for music) all to dad bringing me up with his records from the 60s and 70s, and the taped concerts on VHS.
And congratulations :tup
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Yeah I owe my music taste (and love for music) all to dad bringing me up with his records from the 60s and 70s, and the taped concerts on VHS.
This. My dad has an incredibly broad music taste, and although I can't really say he introducted me to metal (since he doen't really listen to it), most of the other music styles I listen to nowadays I got familiar with through his immense CD collection. Especially his love for prog has influenced me, and I'm very thankful for that :tup
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Maybe you could use WFS or Eve or This Dying Soul as lullabies :D
Have you already settled for a name? :)
There are a lot of great songs i could use as lullabies, already thought of
Eve (of course, one of my fav tracks)
Silent man
The answer lies within
Wait for sleep (score)
Goodnight kiss (without the solo section)
Vacant
Beneath the surface
Honor thy father (tittle fits, lyrics i hope not so much in my case :lol )
...
Then lots of Pink Floyd
We are still in post production for the name :biggrin:
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Congrats in advance for the baby, serrano! :)
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Thank you all! :)
I was about to call her Victoria in case she watches me and thoughtfully smiles, but nah... just joking. But it would bring a lot of DT moments to my life.
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Anna Lee /green text
Seriously congrats :)
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Poor Vanessa.
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Poor Vanessa.
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That beats my "OMG PMU IS ABOUT HAMLET" realization, how brilliant for a lit student to remember that after only for years of loving the song :lol
Nah, that isn't as bad! Sometimes it amazes me how stupid I can be :blush I shouldn't be that surprised about it though :lol
Another cool thing pointed out in the commentary was the FF chord progression (from the murder part) before the bass solo in TDOE - it's in a different key, but I can definitely hear it now.
I'm the same way. I actually don't usually recognize where a band references a melody from an earlier song or anything like that. Subconsciously I might notice it, but I usually can't place it. I actually have a lot of trouble hearing the Metropolis pt. 1 melodies in SFAM. :\
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Watching LSFNY with the commentary is very helpful if you haven't noticed the Metropolis references, because the guys point them out many times :D However, the Home riff is the only one I hadn't noticed before, which is pretty embarrassing because it's so clear - maybe not as obvious as the beginning of Overture 1928, but... :blush
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Watching LSFNY with the commentary is very helpful if you haven't noticed the Metropolis references, because the guys point them out many times :D However, the Home riff is the only one I hadn't noticed before, which is pretty embarrassing because it's so clear - maybe not as obvious as the beginning of Overture 1928, but... :blush
:blush /hasn'teverseenLSFNY
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:blush /hasn'teverseenLSFNY
It's never too late to watch it ;) The full set is only included in the CD edition (which I don't have), but any DVD with SFAM in full, A Mind Beside Itself, LTL and ACOS is worth seeing!
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:blush /hasn'teverseenLSFNY
It's never too late to watch it ;) The full set is only included in the CD edition (which I don't have), but any DVD with SFAM in full, A Mind Beside Itself, LTL and ACOS is worth seeing!
What do you mean by this?
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There's a version with three CDs which contain the whole show, unlike the DVD version which doesn't feature some songs.
And what part of Metropolis Pt. 1 does the Home riff reference? :blush
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4.47 in Home = 1.23 in Metropolis
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Thanks, I thought you were talking about one of the chugga chugga riffs :D
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Never seen a video with this many likes and not a single dislike! For good reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nruVKMQaSGY
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That was pretty cool and funny :lol
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I can only have 10 hours of free music per month on Spotify? This is outrageous.
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They need to make some money :P
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They need to make some money :P
They already do wiith those painful ADs. Grooveshark in its free option offers a bigger catalogue, no in-song ads and no time limit whatsoever. Why then should people prefer Spotify? Because it's cool? Because every five songs you get told how amazing condoms are?
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Grooveshark in its free option offers a bigger catalogue, no in-song ads and no time limit whatsoever. Why then should people prefer Spotify?
I bet people are just used to Spotify, think it's trendy and are too lazy to look for other ways to listen to music - just like people would keep buying Coca Cola even if there were some cheaper cola soft drinks that taste better.
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I don't know where best to put this, but...
What's with the "special projects" boards under the General boards?
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No idea :dunno:
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I didn't even see that until you mentioned it :o
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I didn't even see that until you mentioned it :o
THis ^
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I don't know where best to put this, but...
What's with the "special projects" boards under the General boards?
That section is for projects that are special.
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I don't know where best to put this, but...
What's with the "special projects" boards under the General boards?
That section is for projects that are special.
Is there a hidden section for especially special projects?
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I don't know where best to put this, but...
What's with the "special projects" boards under the General boards?
That section is for projects that are special.
Is there a hidden section for especially special projects?
Of course there is, considering they have a hidden section for everything, including the "Discussing Lonestar" section. :azn:
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I didn't even see that until you mentioned it :o
Not a regular Polls & Survivors visitor, I'm guessing? ;)
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I have returned.
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I have returned.
Welcome back!
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Awake really early for the first time in ages. I thought the clock said 5:35. Turns out it was 3:35. Tried to get to sleep, but failed. The lesson is, never try.
Ah well. Good morning! :)
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I have returned.
Welcome back!
Thanks! :D First day of college.
Awake really early for the first time in ages. I thought the clock said 5:35. Turns out it was 3:35. Tried to get to sleep, but failed. The lesson is, never try.
Ah well. Good morning! :)
Morning!
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Awake really early for the first time in ages. I thought the clock said 5:35. Turns out it was 3:35. Tried to get to sleep, but failed. The lesson is, never try.
Ah well. Good morning! :)
Wow, that is really early. I woke up at 10 :rollin Good morning!
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I don't know where best to put this, but...
What's with the "special projects" boards under the General boards?
That section is for projects that are special.
Is there a hidden section for especially special projects?
Well, I don't know that it's technically "hidden" but there are definitely very cool things afoot that the general populace won't know about for a little while longer.
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You prison guards love messin' with the general populace. :lol
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I didn't even see that until you mentioned it :o
Not a regular Polls & Survivors visitor, I'm guessing? ;)
I don't see how Polls & Survivors has anything to do with the Special Projects boards.
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You prison guards love messin' with the general populace. :lol
Sometimes it's hard not to.
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Mowing the lawn while it's raining so much that you look like you've taken a bath with your clothes on is always so fucking nice and sweet... ::)
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The lunatic is on the grass? :biggrin:
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Mowing the lawn while it's raining so much that you look like you've taken a bath with your clothes on is always so fucking nice and sweet... ::)
I thought grass couldn't grow in Finland, but only Tundra? ???
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Yeah, but you mow the tundra when you're not busy hunting polar bears, drinking vodka or planning a suicide.
Anyway, the rain ended and the sun is shining so hopefully the rest of the work day will be more pleasant.
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Hey, that's a great idea! Let's drink some polar bears!
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Hey, that's a great idea! Let's drink some polar bears!
DUDE... DUDE... That's just a plain BAD idea. Why don't we just hunt some vodka? Or mow a suicide? Or plan the tundra? I just don't understand why ANYONE would want to drink a polar bear.
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Hunting vodka sounds even better. I'll get the spears.
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Dude, I don't want to be harsh. You can bring your polar bear. But if you start drinking it, then I'll be mad. REALLY mad.
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It's an alcoholic bear, don't worry.
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Of course it is, who'd want a non-alcoholic bear?
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People who didn't want their bears to be fitted with laser-blaster arms and chainsaw helmets?
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Wait a minute... If MP was in JP's body he would be an alcoholic bear! :dangerwillrobinson:
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People who didn't want their bears to be fitted with laser-blaster arms and chainsaw helmets?
Hey man, now don't exaggerate. It's just some armor.
Wait a minute... If MP was in JP's body he would be an alcoholic bear! :dangerwillrobinson:
IT WAS... THE SALMON MOUSSE
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Well, I'm working on those attachments, but the bear's not drunk enough yet.
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Well, I'm working on those attachments, but the bear's not drunk enough yet.
Make it drink the wine!
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Will 19 bottles be enough? That's all I have left at the moment.
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Will 19 bottles be enough? That's all I have left at the moment.
I highly doubt it.
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What if I throw in the bottle of port as well?
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That'll work. Is it drunk yet?
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It got really pretty drunk and ran off to Brew Dog, unfortunately it took off with a load of my prog too.
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Then it's time to hunt a polar bear. It seems so weird though, why'd anybody do that? Even drinking them seems more likely to be accepted by society.
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Damn it. It's secretly been building a rocket, and it's taken off into space now.
Well, I guess I'll just have to get another two crates of wine and start experimenting with a new polar bear. I knew I shouldn't have given it those neural enhancements.
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WTF have I started? :lol
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The ursine space programme?
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Damn it. It's secretly been building a rocket, and it's taken off into space now.
Well, I guess I'll just have to get another two crates of wine and start experimenting with a new polar bear. I knew I shouldn't have given it those neural enhancements.
ALL THE FINEST WINES
IMPROVE WITH AGE!
WTF have I started? :lol
The ursine space programme?
Yup. You should call your company Weyland, I think it's a good name.
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British Weyland: SPACE CARS
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An enchanted rubbish space car
for flying to Hogwarts for sending drunken polar bears with laser guns into space. Don't forget the vodka!
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Or the sausages
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Alright, I'll do the party pooping. How aboot reverting to a less outlandish level of banter? :lol
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MIEK POTRNOY POOL GOD!
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MIEK POTRNOY POOL GOD!
POOL MkPOURTNOY!!
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:rollin
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:rollin
Sketchy, that conversation was epic! o/
Anyway, just got back from the System of a Down show. It was great!
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Did they play Soldier Side?
If you they did, you are aware that you have to die, right? Nothing personal.
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Did they play Soldier Side?
If you they did, you are aware that you have to die, right? Nothing personal.
Only the Mesmerize intro :) I believe SoaD's your favourite band, right? I really love them but they're not my favourite band. Show was fucking amazing though. Downside: still have some stitches from a spot the doctor cut away last week, and on top of that I wasn't feeling ok either, so I couldn't really participate in all the dancing, chanting, jumping and moshing.
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Sounds like that was a solider downside.
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Did they play Soldier Side?
If you they did, you are aware that you have to die, right? Nothing personal.
Only the Mesmerize intro :) I believe SoaD's your favourite band, right? I really love them but they're not my favourite band. Show was fucking amazing though. Downside: still have some stitches from a spot the doctor cut away last week, and on top of that I wasn't feeling ok either, so I couldn't really participate in all the dancing, chanting, jumping and moshing.
Yeah, they're my favourite band. Saw them live two years ago, SOOO GOOD. But they only played the Soldier Side intro as well. :'(
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Did they play Soldier Side?
If you they did, you are aware that you have to die, right? Nothing personal.
Only the Mesmerize intro :) I believe SoaD's your favourite band, right? I really love them but they're not my favourite band. Show was fucking amazing though. Downside: still have some stitches from a spot the doctor cut away last week, and on top of that I wasn't feeling ok either, so I couldn't really participate in all the dancing, chanting, jumping and moshing.
Yeah, they're my favourite band. Saw them live two years ago, SOOO GOOD. But they only played the Soldier Side intro as well. :'(
SoaD is still around...? Wow...brings me back to my early high school days with Toxicity
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Just dropping by. 'Sup, folks?
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Just dropping by. 'Sup, folks?
Almost drunk, how are you?
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Just dropping by. 'Sup, folks?
Almost drunk, how are you?
Too many polar bears' :neverusethis:
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Just dropping by. 'Sup, folks?
Almost drunk, how are you?
Too many polar bears' :neverusethis:
Yeah pretty much :lol
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Gah, I just had two glasses of polarbears, and I feel no different. I swear those bottles in the shop were stronger last month.
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If you drink more tea, the polar bears will hit harder, trust me.
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I drank too much and one removed my head (I wasn't dreaming in reverse though, because it wasn't a dentist).
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I just got back from a trip around the local reservoir with my family. After 15 km of cycling my ass feels pretty numb :P
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Oh come on Ville, 15 km and your ass feels numb? :lol
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Aaah, numb asses, interesting topic :lol
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Oh come on Ville, 15 km and your ass feels numb? :lol
Yes :lol I'm not a sports guy.
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Just watched the StarCraft II WCS finals and when the winning player got to lift the trophy an edited version of The Count of Tuscany was blasting from the speakers. :laugh:
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I drank too much and one removed my head (I wasn't dreaming in reverse though, because it wasn't a dentist).
Your dream wasn't playing in reverse on piano keys? shit... that's all I can make of it... I think you're referencing shit that I don't know about
And have you screwed your head back on yet?
Just watched the StarCraft II WCS finals and when the winning player got to lift the trophy an edited version of The Count of Tuscany was blasting from the speakers. :laugh:
Nice, they did that some time ago with a League of Legends world championship too! And too bad the zerg didn't win :(
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DTF IS BACK POSTING BEFORE IT GOES AWAY
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And here I thought that the servers were down because there was an overload of people on here, because of some big DT news. Darn...
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What happened?
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What happened?
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I drank too much and one removed my head (I wasn't dreaming in reverse though, because it wasn't a dentist).
Your dream wasn't playing in reverse on piano keys? shit... that's all I can make of it... I think you're referencing shit that I don't know about
And have you screwed your head back on yet?
It's the Insurgentes movie, where he's talking about some dream. It's kind of wierd, but then again it's Steven Wilson on film, so...
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posting from class ftw
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I wouldn't have the guts to do that (except maybe if it was an IT class) because I've always been such an inoffensive nerd :lol
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I used to be too nervous to do it. I'm a senior now. I hardly give a :censored anymore. xD
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I posted many times from class. I have my methods of concealing an iPad, even when there's 6 people attending class (= all the time).
What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
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I drank too much and one removed my head (I wasn't dreaming in reverse though, because it wasn't a dentist).
Your dream wasn't playing in reverse on piano keys? shit... that's all I can make of it... I think you're referencing shit that I don't know about
And have you screwed your head back on yet?
It's the Insurgentes movie, where he's talking about some dream. It's kind of wierd, but then again it's Steven Wilson on film, so...
Does the movie come with a limited edition of Insurgentes? I still need to buy that album, and now I think I want the movie too!
I posted many times from class. I have my methods of concealing an iPad, even when there's 6 people attending class (= all the time).
What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
I probably won't post from class, I'm literally too busy paying attention :rollin Yes, you have exposed me for what I really am: a nerd. A NERD.
I think I once told you what I'm studying, but you might have forgotten. Have you?
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My memory fails very hard at remembering what people tell me casually. That's seriously my memory's biggest flaw (other than that it's a pretty strong one). So, I guess, you tell again and I will surely be refreshed :D
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What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
YOU CAN'T PREVENT ME FROM REPLYING, DAMMIT! :getoffmylawn:
Just kidding... Speaking of studies, mine will begin next Monday.
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It doesn't as far as I know. It's its own separate entity (but it is definitely worth it, although it may take you a while to actually stop being distracted by the wierd intermissiony bits, brilliant as though they are).
Basically: it's Wilson doing to film what he does to music.
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My memory fails very hard at remembering what people tell me casually. That's seriously my memory's biggest flaw (other than that it's a pretty strong one). So, I guess, you tell again and I will surely be refreshed :D
I have that too, don't worry :lol It's Earth Science, and I'll probably be doing a master's degree in geophysics.
What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
YOU CAN'T PREVENT ME FROM REPLYING, DAMMIT! :getoffmylawn:
Just kidding... Speaking of studies, mine will begin next Monday.
You can still tell me... I can't remember what you are studying :lol
It doesn't as far as I know. It's its own separate entity (but it is definitely worth it, although it may take you a while to actually stop being distracted by the wierd intermissiony bits, brilliant as though they are).
Basically: it's Wilson doing to film what he does to music.
Ok, I need that. It should be great.
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What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
YOU CAN'T PREVENT ME FROM REPLYING, DAMMIT! :getoffmylawn:
Just kidding... Speaking of studies, mine will begin next Monday.
You can still tell me... I can't remember what you are studying :lol
English language, literature and translation :) I'll probably orientate towards translation studies when it's time to choose between that and the language/literature studies, but only 15 out of the 70 students can pick the translation studies and your use of Finnish has to be excellent, so I'll see how it turns out.
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What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
YOU CAN'T PREVENT ME FROM REPLYING, DAMMIT! :getoffmylawn:
Just kidding... Speaking of studies, mine will begin next Monday.
You can still tell me... I can't remember what you are studying :lol
English language, literature and translation :) I'll probably orientate towards translation studies when it's time to choose between that and the language/literature studies, but only 15 out of the 70 students can pick the translation studies and your use of Finnish has to be excellent, so I'll see how it turns out.
Nice, good luck with that :tup By the way, is your custom title new? I like it :lol
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*in JP's voice* It is! :D
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I posted many times from class. I have my methods of concealing an iPad, even when there's 6 people attending class (= all the time).
What is that that you study, guys and girl? :D (Ville, you can not reply. I know! :p)
Oh wow I guess I was the only girl chatting. xD I'm a senior in 3D animation. :coolio
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I keep being shocked that so many people on this board are from Europe. Does Dream Theater have a large following there?
Also, I'm completely jealous because I haven't ever been before and it's on my list of places I must go before I die.
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I keep being shocked that so many people on this board are from Europe. Does Dream Theater have a large following there?
Check the wikipedia page for any of DT's recent albums, and check the highest chart position for different countries. That should answer that!
DT seem to do pretty well all over the world. Europe, and other parts of the world, seem to be bigger on metal than the US.
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I keep being shocked that so many people on this board are from Europe. Does Dream Theater have a large following there?
Check the wikipedia page for any of DT's recent albums, and check the highest chart position for different countries. That should answer that!
DT seem to do pretty well all over the world. Europe, and other parts of the world, seem to be bigger on metal than the US.
How is their fanbase in Australia? Sales and concert attendances?
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I keep being shocked that so many people on this board are from Europe. Does Dream Theater have a large following there?
Check the wikipedia page for any of DT's recent albums, and check the highest chart position for different countries. That should answer that!
DT seem to do pretty well all over the world. Europe, and other parts of the world, seem to be bigger on metal than the US.
How is their fanbase in Australia? Sales and concert attendances?
Their last couple of albums have just cracked the top 20 for first week album sales, and I think their shows did alright for attendance here. I don't think they're as popular as in the US (or Europe), but they do pretty well, I suppose.
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You people got the elusive and little known Chaos In Motion Evening Withs :D
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I keep being shocked that so many people on this board are from Europe. Does Dream Theater have a large following there?
Check the wikipedia page for any of DT's recent albums, and check the highest chart position for different countries. That should answer that!
DT seem to do pretty well all over the world. Europe, and other parts of the world, seem to be bigger on metal than the US.
See this is something I literally would never have thought to do. But that's so interesting! I guess I always assumed that metal was hugely popular in the US. Maybe I'm a bit more in the minority than I thought. :lol
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You people got the elusive and little known Chaos In Motion Evening Withs :D
Hey, I'd say we deserved it to make up for not getting any tour beforehand! :biggrin: Good setlist too. Hopefully they can make it out here this time.
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You people got the elusive and little known Chaos In Motion Evening Withs :D
Hey, I'd say we deserved it to make up for not getting any tour beforehand! :biggrin: Good setlist too. Hopefully they can make it out here this time.
Yeah, good setlist, but honestly not on par with 2004's, as you are well aware!
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You people got the elusive and little known Chaos In Motion Evening Withs :D
Hey, I'd say we deserved it to make up for not getting any tour beforehand! :biggrin: Good setlist too. Hopefully they can make it out here this time.
Yeah, good setlist, but honestly not on par with 2004's, as you are well aware!
Yes, but we didn't get a tour in 2004!! I'd say we got the best setlists of the SC tour.
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Still a losing bargain, I say :D
But hey, hopefully the '14 EWs will settle the matter forever! And check the inbox!
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Still a losing bargain, I say :D
We didn't get ACOS. I'd say we dodged a bullet. :P
Honestly, if we get any DT show, I couldn't care less about splitting hairs over what was the better setlist. :lol Although if I get to hear TGP live in my lifetime, I can die happy.
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Still a losing bargain, I say :D
Although if I get to hear TGP live in my lifetime, I will die happy.
:D
Anyway, you're a 3D artist too, like whatshername!
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Although if I get to hear TGP live in my lifetime, I will die happy.
That's how I feel about Octavarium or Wait for Sleep actually. :heart
Anyway, you're a 3D artist too, like whatshername!
Oh he's miles ahead of me still! :blush
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Although if I get to hear TGP live in my lifetime, I will die happy.
That's how I feel about Octavarium or Wait for Sleep actually. :heart
I'd love to hear Octavarium, although given they have a new 20 minute epic to play, I'm not holding my breath to hear it.
WFS would likely mean I'd have to hear LTL, so no thanks on that one. :biggrin:
Anyway, you're a 3D artist too, like whatshername!
Oh he's miles ahead of me still! :blush
What program are you using? Probably Maya?
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I'd love to hear Octavarium, although given they have a new 20 minute epic to play, I'm not holding my breath to hear it.
WFS would likely mean I'd have to hear LTL, so no thanks on that one. :biggrin:
But the intro for WFS! I mean it's magnificent! And I figured with IT we probably won't get to hear Octavarium. Still holding out hope maybe a bit! :metal
Oh he's miles ahead of me still! :blush
What program are you using? Probably Maya?
Yup, we get the student version free through school. I've noodled around in Blender a bit and I've touched 3DS Max once or twice, but since I get Maya for free I generally stick to that. I need to start working on hair simulations for our senior project. We're doing a female character and our goal is to do real hair so we have a lot of work to do. :\
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Although if I get to hear TGP live in my lifetime, I will die happy.
That's how I feel about Octavarium or Wait for Sleep actually. :heart
By that I meant to say that I hate The Glass Prison. On the other hand I narrowly missed WFS last year (got TSM instead!), and having to see LTL live sooner or later is one of the reasons I will never and ever consider suicide :D
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re: DT's success in Europe - you can find the Finnish chart positions for DT albums here: https://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=dream+theater&cat=a
I'm a surprised at how low TOT charted compared to the preceding and following albums. They say Finland is a metal country, but the heaviest DT album was their least successful in the 2000s here :D
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They say Finland is a metal country
In Helsinki they say that?
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By that I meant to say that I hate The Glass Prison. On the other hand I narrowly missed WFS last year (got TSM instead!), and having to see LTL live sooner or later is one of the reasons I will never and ever consider suicide :D
OH MY GOD YOU HEARD THE SILENT MAN LIVE. :hefdaddy I just... I can't even.
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They say Finland is a metal country
In Helsinki they say that?
Maybe not, I'm all mixed up...
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Yup, we get the student version free through school. I've noodled around in Blender a bit and I've touched 3DS Max once or twice, but since I get Maya for free I generally stick to that. I need to start working on hair simulations for our senior project. We're doing a female character and our goal is to do real hair so we have a lot of work to do. :\
We used Maya in the course I did, and I managed to use it just fine, although I'm so used to 3DS Max that I never much liked it. I find 3DS Max much easier and more forgiving to use, although Maya appears to be the more widely used software in general, so I expected that would be what you're being taught.
How long have you been learning 3D?
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inb4 Finns are dry until they hit the swimming pool :angel: /ETA: Quod Erat Demostrandum
By that I meant to say that I hate The Glass Prison. On the other hand I narrowly missed WFS last year (got TSM instead!), and having to see LTL live sooner or later is one of the reasons I will never and ever consider suicide :D
OH MY GOD YOU HEARD THE SILENT MAN LIVE. :hefdaddy I just... I can't even.
Well, not just me, every other person who went to a DT in EU in 2012 or in the US in 2011 got to hear it. :D
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We got Erotomania and Voices, but no TSM. That's like getting an entree and dinner, but no dessert. And TSM is my favourite part of AMBI. :(
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Well, not just me, every other person who went to a DT in EU in 2012 or in the US in 2011 got to hear it. :D
I need to visit a dream theater some day :neverusethis:
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Well, not just me, every other person who went to a DT in EU in 2012 or in the US in 2011 got to hear it. :D
I need to visit a dream theater some day :neverusethis:
Didn't it get knocked down? :neverusethis:
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We used Maya in the course I did, and I managed to use it just fine, although I'm so used to 3DS Max that I never much liked it. I find 3DS Max much easier and more forgiving to use, although Maya appears to be the more widely used software in general, so I expected that would be what you're being taught.
How long have you been learning 3D?
I started at my college in the spring of my freshman year, so... two and a half years. Not that long but enough for me to know I love it and don't ever want to stop. :biggrin:
Well, not just me, every other person who went to a DT in EU in 2012 or in the US in 2011 got to hear it. :D
Dammit, why could I have been a fan back then? :facepalm:
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We used Maya in the course I did, and I managed to use it just fine, although I'm so used to 3DS Max that I never much liked it. I find 3DS Max much easier and more forgiving to use, although Maya appears to be the more widely used software in general, so I expected that would be what you're being taught.
How long have you been learning 3D?
I started at my college in the spring of my freshman year, so... two and a half years. Not that long but enough for me to know I love it and don't ever want to stop. :biggrin:
Do you have any work posted up anywhere? :)
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Do you have any work posted up anywhere? :)
Aaaaaaaah. Um, yes but none of my recent stuff. SO yes but not necessarily stuff I want people see. Oh wait no I have a reel. It isn't the best but hey I can share if you want to look at a bunch of student work. xD
In other news, AW YISS I GOT PAID TODAY. :metal
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I seriously wish I was born sometimes in the seventies. :\ You know, James LaBrie in his prime, the improvisations in 2004, the semi acoustic shows in 1998...
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But no internet! And no DTF! COME ON, YOU LOVE US RIGHT? :heart
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But no internet! And no DTF! COME ON, YOU LOVE US RIGHT? :heart
Well, it's not that I wish I died before the '00s too :lol
After all there are plenty of people from the seventies here!
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True. Okay, I'll allow you that then. :P
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Do you have any work posted up anywhere? :)
Aaaaaaaah. Um, yes but none of my recent stuff. SO yes but not necessarily stuff I want people see. Oh wait no I have a reel. It isn't the best but hey I can share if you want to look at a bunch of student work. xD
I'd like to see it! I know first hand how long it takes to learn 3D, and I know how bad I was after only two and a half years, and I was only self taught.
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Although if I get to hear Octavarium, ACOS and LTL live in my lifetime, I can die happy.
FTFM
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Ahhhh okay fine, but be gentle! :blush
www.lianapenadesign.com (https://www.lianapenadesign.com)
That has the breakdown of the work I did in each shot too.
Although if I get to hear Octavarium, ACOS and LTL live in my lifetime, I can die happy.
FTFM
This all the way. Though I'd have to add WFS too. :biggrin:
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Every time I see those 3D animation I am left speechless. It's basically sorcery to me, and mind, I am physics student, I can't believe in sorcery. :D
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Every time I see those 3D animation I am left speechless. It's basically sorcery to me, and mind, I am physics student, I can't believe in sorcery. :D
Haha, you kidding me? Physics is like sorcery. The equations and stuff are insane. I walked into my Physics 101 class and sat down, and my professor began writing formulas on the board and my heart just dropped. I'm really not good at math, which is why I gravitated towards a field that has very little math in it.
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Both physics and 3D are sorcery to me :lol
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Although if I get to hear Octavarium, ACOS and LTL live in my lifetime, I can die happy.
FTFM
I hope you're not expecting that all at one show. :lol
Ahhhh okay fine, but be gentle! :blush
www.lianapenadesign.com (https://www.lianapenadesign.com)
That has the breakdown of the work I did in each shot too.
That's not bad at all. :tup Better than any animation I was doing after that amount of time, and I didn't have any concept of edge flow for a long time.
Both physics and 3D are sorcery to me :lol
So I guess the concept of me using the physics engine in 3D is pure witchcraft? :neverusethis:
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I hope you're not expecting that all at one show. :lol
HEY, WE CAN DREAM.
That's not bad at all. :tup Better than any animation I was doing after that amount of time, and I didn't have any concept of edge flow for a long time.
THANKS! :biggrin: I took Organic Modeling as an elective, and the professor helped teach us the concept of edge flow. It took about 3/4 of the term before I was able to wrap my head around it, but it made modeling faces for animation SOOO much easier. And it's amazing because I love how much I'm seeing myself improve, just in the past year or so.
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So I guess the concept of me using the physics engine in 3D is pure witchcraft? :neverusethis:
You've sold your soul to the devil! Seriously, physics are the hardest thing for me. Also my laptop can't really handle it so I run into issues in that regard too.
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That's not bad at all. :tup Better than any animation I was doing after that amount of time, and I didn't have any concept of edge flow for a long time.
THANKS! :biggrin: I took Organic Modeling as an elective, and the professor helped teach us the concept of edge flow. It took about 3/4 of the term before I was able to wrap my head around it, but it made modeling faces for animation SOOO much easier. And it's amazing because I love how much I'm seeing myself improve, just in the past year or so.
Modeling an accurate looking face with a good sense of edge flow is difficult at any level. I haven't modeled a head from scratch since about 2006. I just keep reusing the same basic model, and fixing it up a little better each time. :lol Unicyclist clown was the latest incarnation of that model.
I have a nice big library of stuff I've modeled now, which always comes in handy for putting together videos.
So I guess the concept of me using the physics engine in 3D is pure witchcraft? :neverusethis:
You've sold your soul to the devil! Seriously, physics are the hardest thing for me. Also my laptop can't really handle it so I run into issues in that regard too.
I don't know about in Maya, but in 3DS Max, the physics is really easy to set up, and a simple setup simulates quite fast on my PC.
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When you guys speak of "physics" in that context, what do you actually mean?
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Modeling an accurate looking face with a good sense of edge flow is difficult at any level. I haven't modeled a head from scratch since about 2006. I just keep reusing the same basic model, and fixing it up a little better each time. :lol Unicyclist clown was the latest incarnation of that model.
I have a nice big library of stuff I've modeled now, which always comes in handy for putting together videos.
Oh yeah, I'm not skilled enough to edit the faces I already have, so I end up recreating them from scratch. But every single time the model turns out better, so eventually I'll be able to start reusing the model. I'm trying to build up a library, but it takes the time. :neverusethis:
I don't know about in Maya, but in 3DS Max, the physics is really easy to set up, and a simple setup simulates quite fast on my PC.
It isn't hard to set up per se, but my laptop is about 2 1/2 years old and its age is beginning to show sadly. :\ I want to build my own desktop that can just demolish this 3D stuff, but I have to get a place of my own first, so that pipe dream will have to wait.
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I think Blob would do better answering the physics question. :lol
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When you guys speak of "physics" in that context, what do you actually mean?
3D graphics can use a physics engine to simulate objects acting against each other realistically, taking into account properties such as gravity, mass etc. Video games use them a lot these days, for crumbling buildings, or smashing cars into each other, or pushing boxes around, etc.
I've used physics simulations for dominoes knocking each other down, or animating billiard balls etc.
You can set up the properties of each object (initial velocity, friction, mass) and then just let the program automatically simulate the outcome for you, so everything moves realistically.
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Billiard balls... :lol Oh that was my first attempt at physics. It failed. Miserably. I think I actually still have the file floating around somewhere. I should see if I can get it working.
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Billiard balls... :lol Oh that was my first attempt at physics. It failed. Miserably. I think I actually still have the file floating around somewhere. I should see if I can get it working.
Worked quite nicely for me! I just animated the pool cue going through the ball, and it handled the rest quite nicely.
My old computer cried at simulating 300 dominoes though. The animation data alone ended up being about 200mb for less than half a minute. :|
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I remember reading about the way 3D renders are made. The amount of complicated physics there (not difficult, complicated!) nearly made me faint in shock. That thing where every light beam is made to interact with the model of the surface that is the object and the reflection is calculated consequently.
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Worked quite nicely for me! I just animated the pool cue going through the ball, and it handled the rest quite nicely.
My old computer cried at simulating 300 dominoes though. The animation data alone ended up being about 200mb for less than half a minute. :|
In my defense, that was the first assignment for hands-down the WORST class I've taken at my school. :mehlin It was our Computer Animation II class and I ended up having to teach the professor half the stuff. He was a Hollywood compositing artist. His strength was Nuke. He hadn't touched Maya in years. I learned very very little from that class. :\
And woooooww that's a lot of data.
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I remember reading about the way 3D renders are made. The amount of complicated physics there (not difficult, complicated!) nearly made me faint in shock. That thing where every light beam is made to interact with the model of the surface that is the object and the reflection is calculated consequently.
Yep, 3D rendering does a crazy amount of calculations. It takes literally 2-3 days per frame for a modern Hollywood movie to render on one computer. I have to limit myself to a mere fraction of that for obvious reasons. :lol
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I dunno WTF any of you are talking about.
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I dunno WTF any of you are talking about.
We're talking about MS Paint.
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3D
(https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/19/1250693481388/3d-glasses-001.jpg)
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I dunno WTF any of you are talking about.
We're talking about MS Paint.
:lol :lol :lol
Whenever I have people ask me how I do 3D things, there's that moment where I want to explain it, but I know that they won't really follow me. So I've taken to just waving my hands and saying "magic!" It's usually a pretty satisfactory answer.
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I dunno WTF any of you are talking about.
We're talking about MS Paint.
Doesn't help.
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3D
(https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/19/1250693481388/3d-glasses-001.jpg)
Amateur. Mine are real glasses. :blob:
Whenever I have people ask me how I do 3D things, there's that moment where I want to explain it, but I know that they won't really follow me. So I've taken to just waving my hands and saying "magic!" It's usually a pretty satisfactory answer.
The worst is when people ask "how did you make that?" Where do I even begin to explain that? Are you really asking me to condense the entire process of creating a video into one sentence? GAH!
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Whenever I have people ask me how I do 3D things, there's that moment where I want to explain it, but I know that they won't really follow me. So I've taken to just waving my hands and saying "magic!" It's usually a pretty satisfactory answer.
The worst is when people ask "how did you make that?" Where do I even begin to explain that? Are you really asking me to condense the entire process of creating a video into one sentence? GAH!
I still stand by "magic" as a valid answer. :biggrin:
On a totally unrelated note, I really hate developing Flash banners. :|
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Alright, then. How do you do 3D things? :o
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Alright, then. How do you do 3D things? :o
Magic! :neverusethis:
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Alright, then. How do you do 3D things? :o
Magic! :neverusethis:
Details! By the way, if the name on the blog is actually yours, it sounds rather funny in Italian :laugh:
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Details! By the way, if the name on the blog is actually yours, it sounds rather funny in Italian :laugh:
Name on the blog? As in the web site I linked? Yep that's my name.
And uh... HELP BLOB HOW DO I EXPLAIN.
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By the way, if the name on the blog is actually yours, it sounds rather funny in Italian :laugh:
The last name also sounds kind of comical in Finnish, because Pena is a nickname for men called Pentti :D
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It's actually Spanish. The full surname is "de Peña" which means "of the rocks." But over time the "de" was dropped, and no one can figure out how to pronounce it properly, so it became Pena.
Gee thanks guys, you're giving me a complex about my name now! :P
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Sorry, my intention was not to make you embarrassed of your name :) My name is "city" or "town" in French :P
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I remember reading about the way 3D renders are made. The amount of complicated physics there (not difficult, complicated!) nearly made me faint in shock. That thing where every light beam is made to interact with the model of the surface that is the object and the reflection is calculated consequently.
Yep, 3D rendering does a crazy amount of calculations. It takes literally 2-3 days per frame for a modern Hollywood movie to render on one computer. I have to limit myself to a mere fraction of that for obvious reasons. :lol
That reminded me of this article I just read about Pixar's Monsters University:
https://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/the-making-of-pixars-latest-technological-marvel-monsters-university/
Even with all of that computing might, it still takes 29 hours to render a single frame of Monsters University, according to supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi.
All told, it has taken more than 100 million CPU hours to render the film in its final form. If you used one CPU to do the job, it would have taken about 10,000 years to finish. With all of those CPUs that Pixar did have, it took a couple of years to render.
Holy tits!
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:o
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Yep, 3D rendering does a crazy amount of calculations. It takes literally 2-3 days per frame for a modern Hollywood movie to render on one computer. I have to limit myself to a mere fraction of that for obvious reasons. :lol
That reminded me of this article I just read about Pixar's Monsters University:
https://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/the-making-of-pixars-latest-technological-marvel-monsters-university/
Even with all of that computing might, it still takes 29 hours to render a single frame of Monsters University, according to supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi.
All told, it has taken more than 100 million CPU hours to render the film in its final form. If you used one CPU to do the job, it would have taken about 10,000 years to finish. With all of those CPUs that Pixar did have, it took a couple of years to render.
Holy tits!
Yup! I assume Pixar has a render farm which makes the rendering a bit faster. We have one at school but only the *graduate* students are allowed to use it. :rant:
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Well, the sooner you graduate... :D
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So someone just payed $455 for a copy of the clear ADTOE LP...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/281154519225
:o
That's a higher price than the test pressing that Cargo Records auctioned last December, which is certainly much rarer...
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:omg:
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Yep, 3D rendering does a crazy amount of calculations. It takes literally 2-3 days per frame for a modern Hollywood movie to render on one computer. I have to limit myself to a mere fraction of that for obvious reasons. :lol
That reminded me of this article I just read about Pixar's Monsters University:
https://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/the-making-of-pixars-latest-technological-marvel-monsters-university/
Even with all of that computing might, it still takes 29 hours to render a single frame of Monsters University, according to supervising technical director Sanjay Bakshi.
All told, it has taken more than 100 million CPU hours to render the film in its final form. If you used one CPU to do the job, it would have taken about 10,000 years to finish. With all of those CPUs that Pixar did have, it took a couple of years to render.
Holy tits!
Yup! I assume Pixar has a render farm which makes the rendering a bit faster. We have one at school but only the *graduate* students are allowed to use it. :rant:
I had my own little render farm of 3 computers, although they're getting old now, and my current PC is faster than all of them combined, so I just leave it rendering overnight now. I still use the render machines during the day though.
Back in the old days when my friend used to work at a high school, I used to use a whole room of their computers remotely to render. Good times!
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Well, the sooner you graduate... :D
Unfortunately, by graduate, I mean people going for their master's degree, so even if I graduate, I'd have to go back to school. Which I might do eventually but my finances are in such a shambles right now because of loans that I don't dare take out more yet.
I had my own little render farm of 3 computers, although they're getting old now, and my current PC is faster than all of them combined, so I just leave it rendering overnight now. I still use the render machines during the day though.
Back in the old days when my friend used to work at a high school, I used to use a whole room of their computers remotely to render. Good times!
I generally leave things rendering overnight. I also work on a Windows platform, so I've set up a lovely little batch file that will render each shot and put all the renders in their own folder by file name, without ever having to open Maya. It makes me feel smart. :coolio
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I had my own little render farm of 3 computers, although they're getting old now, and my current PC is faster than all of them combined, so I just leave it rendering overnight now. I still use the render machines during the day though.
Back in the old days when my friend used to work at a high school, I used to use a whole room of their computers remotely to render. Good times!
I generally leave things rendering overnight. I also work on a Windows platform, so I've set up a lovely little batch file that will render each shot and put all the renders in their own folder by file name, without ever having to open Maya. It makes me feel smart. :coolio
It doesn't have a render manager to do all that? 3DS Max has the network render manager, where I set up all of that stuff.
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Well, the sooner you graduate... :D
Unfortunately, by graduate, I mean people going for their master's degree, so even if I graduate, I'd have to go back to school. Which I might do eventually but my finances are in such a shambles right now because of loans that I don't dare take out more yet.
That's really sad. :-\
And, by the way, one of the reasons I wouldn't probably consider living in the US: University is too expensive.
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I had my own little render farm of 3 computers, although they're getting old now, and my current PC is faster than all of them combined, so I just leave it rendering overnight now. I still use the render machines during the day though.
Back in the old days when my friend used to work at a high school, I used to use a whole room of their computers remotely to render. Good times!
The rendering exerience I have is catpoop compared to what you do but I have done some gaming videos in 1080p and I remember always getting annoyed when you come back after 30mins or so and watched your rendered movie and realize you forgot to edit some or sync some scene and you had to do it all over again. I'm guessing you are more careful when you render for several hours. Although your brain can only functions for unlimited amount of time meaning you'll come to a point when you just want the shit to be done and that's when things get out of hand. :lol
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I had my own little render farm of 3 computers, although they're getting old now, and my current PC is faster than all of them combined, so I just leave it rendering overnight now. I still use the render machines during the day though.
Back in the old days when my friend used to work at a high school, I used to use a whole room of their computers remotely to render. Good times!
The rendering exerience I have is catpoop compared to what you do but I have done some gaming videos in 1080p and I remember always getting annoyed when you come back after 30mins or so and watched your rendered movie and realize you forgot to edit some or sync some scene and you had to do it all over again. I'm guessing you are more careful when you render for several hours. Although your brain can only functions for unlimited amount of time meaning you'll come to a point when you just want the shit to be done and that's when things get out of hand. :lol
My videos go through several different stages, so there's a lot to keep track of. And not only do I have to render off the frames from my 3D program, but then I still have to edit them together in After Effects and add effects and export from there, and that final video exporting stage like you go through is about the least of my problems. :lol
The 3D rendering takes so long, that I really have to keep an eye on it to avoid mistakes, because I often don't have time to render long shots twice. It often has to be right the first time. Some shots I can render several times without any problem though. It can take several days continuous just to render off one shot of under half a minute.
I've gotten pretty good at avoiding any catastrophic mistakes, and pretty good at covering up the minor mistakes. :biggrin:
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I generally leave things rendering overnight. I also work on a Windows platform, so I've set up a lovely little batch file that will render each shot and put all the renders in their own folder by file name, without ever having to open Maya. It makes me feel smart. :coolio
It doesn't have a render manager to do all that? 3DS Max has the network render manager, where I set up all of that stuff.
It might, but not having to have Maya open means that it takes away less processing power from the rendering, meaning things render a lot faster.
That's really sad. :-\
And, by the way, one of the reasons I wouldn't probably consider living in the US: University is too expensive.
Yup. Most the time it wouldn't be so bad but I chose to go to a university that didn't accept my associate's degree and won't give full scholarships to transfer students. I basically intentionally screwed myself. :\
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I generally leave things rendering overnight. I also work on a Windows platform, so I've set up a lovely little batch file that will render each shot and put all the renders in their own folder by file name, without ever having to open Maya. It makes me feel smart. :coolio
It doesn't have a render manager to do all that? 3DS Max has the network render manager, where I set up all of that stuff.
It might, but not having to have Maya open means that it takes away less processing power from the rendering, meaning things render a lot faster.
You don't need the program open. It's a separate render manager, not within the program itself.
It shouldn't affect rendering speed, unless you don't have enough ram, as having the program open does use up more memory.
It's been too long since I've used Maya, so I can't remember what its network rendering was like.
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You don't need the program open. It's a separate render manager, not within the program itself.
It shouldn't affect rendering speed, unless you don't have enough ram, as having the program open does use up more memory.
It's been too long since I've used Maya, so I can't remember what its network rendering was like.
Well I will definitely have to check that out and see if Maya has an option for that because it would make things much easier. The problem I run into is without the program open I sometimes will not realize there are issues with the shot until I go check the renders and then it's like d'oh! :facepalm:
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You don't need the program open. It's a separate render manager, not within the program itself.
It shouldn't affect rendering speed, unless you don't have enough ram, as having the program open does use up more memory.
It's been too long since I've used Maya, so I can't remember what its network rendering was like.
Well I will definitely have to check that out and see if Maya has an option for that because it would make things much easier. The problem I run into is without the program open I sometimes will not realize there are issues with the shot until I go check the renders and then it's like d'oh! :facepalm:
Whenever I'm rendering, I always have the render folder open to periodically check it. Nothing worse than having a finished render only to find you got some simple option wrong.
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I've taken to rendering the first 15-20 frames just to make sure everything is good, and then going back and rendering it for real. Can't believe how long it took me to realize that's a good idea. :\
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Censorship seems to be working well on a street in my new home city (photo taken by me):
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1176156_550111015058528_760522912_n.jpg)
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:lol
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Ariich, did you recently take a trip to Finland? ::)
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I'm not sure Rich is as conservative as whoever did that... Why would he make it harder for someone to be sexin' others later?
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Walked into Starbucks today for a small frappuccino. Found out I had a reward on my card, so I got a large one instead. :caffeine:
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I walk into Starbucks approximately once every two or three years. I hate having to go to London in order to do that. :(
Now I want a fruit frappuccino. NOW. :censored
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There's one across from my office. It's like they knew I would work here.
:caffeine: So guys I can't sit still now. Is this normal?
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:caffeine: So guys I can't sit still now. Is this normal?
Yep :biggrin:
I hate Starbucks, it's way too overpriced to me. That said, I never even bought anything there, but I just won't since it's so expensive.
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It is overpriced but they've suckered me in with fancy coffee things.
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That's true, it's original and it should be good... However, the only Starbucks here is at the Central Station and I just won't pay 5 euros for a cup of coffee, however fancy.
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And they do not do oolong!
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I had to Google that :lol
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Am I the only one who thought you were talking about this guy? :lol
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/6529/585468-dragon_ball_oolong.jpg
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I have a friend who's a major tea junkie so I knew what you meant.
Am I the only one who thought you were talking about this guy? :lol
https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/6529/585468-dragon_ball_oolong.jpg
:lol Now I will think of this forevermore.
I had a dream I was in a giant Teavana and I was looking for the oolong for my tea junkie friend and this place was the size of a giant supermarket and I was wandering up and down aisles and aisles of tea that I had never heard of looking for this one particular kind. :| I wonder if this is a metaphor for my life.
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I had a dream the other night where I was predestined to kill some kid by pushing them into a cage full of spikes, so that I could perpetuate some evil cycle.
I try not to over-analyze these things. :lol
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Note to self: never get Blob angry. :biggrin:
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WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?! I'LL KILL YOU. I'LL KILL YOU ALL.
I think you're safe. :angel:
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Wanna talk strange dreams? Here you go:
I was being told by a friend about the so-called "final university exam" - something that doesn't exist - and what it entailed. I distinctively remember that the third part of such exam was made up of multiple choice questions aimed at verifying one's lateral thinking. The question that I "saw" in my mind was:
The king trusts his mathematician and he finds 196.000 out of 197.000 pirated songs about Roma and Lazio (for the record, two Italian football teams that I don't support). Whom should he trust?
A - His horse
B - His horsekeeper
C - Can't remember
D - Can't remember either
I woke up while wondering whether a horse could be seen as a trustworthy animal and most of all what the fuck the question could be about.
Analyze that. :dangerwillrobinson:
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That's nothing! Every second dream I haveis about a final exam/project I didn't prepare for.
The most recent one I remember involved the teacher slipping me a note telling me he was my real father.
Analyze THAT. :panicattack:
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Well, frankly that's way easier than mine to analyze.
Your uncle told you your father was killed in the war between teachers and janitors by an evil teacher wearing a black mantle and a breathing helmet, didn't he?
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WELL WELL WELL.
Yeah I got nothing.
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Well, frankly that's way easier than mine to analyze.
Your uncle told you your father was killed in the war between teachers and janitors by an evil teacher wearing a black mantle and a breathing helmet, didn't he?
It all makes sense now! How did I miss it?
I think if you analyzed most of my dreams, you'd come to the conclusion that I just have no life. :lol
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Well, what conclusion would YOU reach if I told you that I dreamedof a friend of mine presenting me with a number of truffles boxes that, if aligned in a row, worked as a perfectly functional Haken Continuum Fingerboard. I even played a part of Octavarium in my dream to make sure it wasn't bullshit (it wasn't!).
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It's okay, Blob. Life is overrated.
I had a dream I was stranded in this rugged, beautiful countryside. All I needed was for the Count of Tuscany to show up for it to make perfect sense.
Well, what conclusion would YOU reach if I told you that I dreamedof a friend of mine presenting me with a number of truffles boxes that, if aligned in a row, worked as a perfectly functional Haken Continuum Fingerboard. I even played a part of Octavarium in my dream to make sure it wasn't bullshit (it wasn't!).
Oh my God I love how dream you can play Octavarium. Can you do it in real life?
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Well, what conclusion would YOU reach if I told you that I dreamedof a friend of mine presenting me with a number of truffles boxes that, if aligned in a row, worked as a perfectly functional Haken Continuum Fingerboard. I even played a part of Octavarium in my dream to make sure it wasn't bullshit (it wasn't!).
My conclusion would be that this story ends where it began.
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Well, what conclusion would YOU reach if I told you that I dreamedof a friend of mine presenting me with a number of truffles boxes that, if aligned in a row, worked as a perfectly functional Haken Continuum Fingerboard. I even played a part of Octavarium in my dream to make sure it wasn't bullshit (it wasn't!).
My conclusion would be that this story ends where it began.
:rollin :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :rollin
I thought the subject deserved a lolvarium.
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I am not a musician. I never went further than playing a recorder in middle school (I was quite good at that, though). But I onced learned to play the whole Octavarium intro on Morphwiz to hit on a beautiful lady :). She seemed impressed but it didn't work.
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:eek
That would work perfectly on me. Just saying.
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Would playing Far from Heaven on piano work? ;)
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No, but Wait For Sleep would. :heart
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That would be too hard for me, although I love the song more than FFH :-[ I need to practise more :lol
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Yeah, those time signature changes are a bitch. I tried learning the intro and gave up. I settled on Wither since I can transpose the vocals to my range and the piano is actually very simple.
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Yeah, WFS is much trickier to play than one would imagine. I've played Wither on piano and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to play on guitar, either (with the exception of the solo), but unfortunately I don't have a baritone guitar.
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I just need to actually get ahold of the sheet music. I can't learn it by ear. I should just pay the $5 to get it. Also I want to learn TSCO because I am such a sucker for ballads. :heart
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Yeah, WFS is much trickier to play than one would imagine. I've played Wither on piano and I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to play on guitar, either, but unfortunately I don't have a baritone guitar.
BITCH PLEASE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow7iGhv3o9k
I can't play piano. Especially from behind and looking at an inverse picture. I'll save this trick for the next girl.
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OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT. :lol
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I just need to actually get ahold of the sheet music. I can't learn it by ear. I should just pay the $5 to get it. Also I want to learn TSCO because I am such a sucker for ballads. :heart
I can play TSCO, at least the basics of it. It's a fun one to play. A nice laid back feel to it, and simple chord progression. I can also play part of Another Day (the intro, and first part of the verse). That's not too hard either.
Wait For Sleep is a bitch though. The time sig isn't the problem, it's the big finger spans at moderate speed with two hands. If I practiced it more I might be able to get it, but it's not easy.
I can nail the keyboard riff for These Walls, but that's only one hand, which makes it much easier.
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OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT. :lol
Sorry for the amount of exposed skin, but my position was precarious. Beside, show some respect, I paid 2$ for that app! (two years ago) :loser:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow7iGhv3o9k
That's a decent start :P
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I just need to actually get ahold of the sheet music. I can't learn it by ear. I should just pay the $5 to get it. Also I want to learn TSCO because I am such a sucker for ballads. :heart
I can play TSCO, at least the basics of it. It's a fun one to play. A nice laid back feel to it, and simple chord progression. I can also play part of Another Day (the intro, and first part of the verse). That's not too hard either.
Wait For Sleep is a bitch though. The time sig isn't the problem, it's the big finger spans at moderate speed with two hands. If I practiced it more I might be able to get it, but it's not easy.
I can nail the keyboard riff for These Walls, but that's only one hand, which makes it much easier.
Where do you get the sheet music for it? I've been searching for months to see if there was a way I didn't have to pay.
OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT. :lol
Sorry for the amount of exposed skin, but my position was precarious. Beside, show some respect, I paid 2$ for that app! (two years ago) :loser:
It's cool, just warn me next time. I'm at work! It's 10:30 AM here in Philadelphia!
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I just need to actually get ahold of the sheet music. I can't learn it by ear. I should just pay the $5 to get it. Also I want to learn TSCO because I am such a sucker for ballads. :heart
I can play TSCO, at least the basics of it. It's a fun one to play. A nice laid back feel to it, and simple chord progression. I can also play part of Another Day (the intro, and first part of the verse). That's not too hard either.
Wait For Sleep is a bitch though. The time sig isn't the problem, it's the big finger spans at moderate speed with two hands. If I practiced it more I might be able to get it, but it's not easy.
I can nail the keyboard riff for These Walls, but that's only one hand, which makes it much easier.
Where do you get the sheet music for it? I've been searching for months to see if there was a way I didn't have to pay.
I transcribe them myself. I have a good ear, and if I find tabs online, I end up spending longer fixing them up than I would just doing them from scratch anyway. :lol
Have you got any programs that will load up a MIDI file to notation?
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Yeah, and this remind me I should get back to beta decays. See you, people!
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Could you give me an example of a program? I don't know if I do or not.
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I learn most of the stuff I play by ear, but I never try to play any particularly difficult songs/parts.
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Could you give me an example of a program? I don't know if I do or not.
I use Noteworthy Composer, but there are tons of other programs. Any kind of musical notation program should be able to load a MIDI file just fine.
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I definitely don't have that. Where do you get it?
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I definitely don't have that. Where do you get it?
The interwebs? :lol
It costs moneys, although there's a free viewer for the files called Noteworthy Composer Viewer (how creative!).
I don't really know any other programs that well, so I don't know what alternatives are out there for free.
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Oh duh. :lol In my defense I haven't had Starbucks yet today. I shouldn't DTF without caffeine.
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A truffletinuum would be too awesome.
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A truffletinuum would be too awesome.
Add it to the chocolate cake guitar tone and you got the ultimate Extreme Glucose Metal band :D
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So I'm making a workout playlist. Any suggestions for DT songs? I work out best to metal, so I have the obvious ones like Honor Thy Father and The Enemy Inside. Anything I might not instantly think of as metal? I raided ToT for a good start.
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The Way It Used To Be is a good running track. So is Cover My Eyes. I would also include (maybe I will!) Don't Look Past Me for a fast pace engaging song that stimulates physical activity.
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The Way It Used To Be is a good running track. So is Cover My Eyes. I would also include (maybe I will!) Don't Look Past Me for a fast pace engaging song that stimulates physical activity.
Are these heavy songs?
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None of them are, but they are all very energetic, upbeat and stimulating. I used them more than once for my running playlists, with success.
Are you a recent fan? :D You oughta be if you don't know those songs!
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It's been like 4 months since I began listening to Dream Theater religiously. The reason I asked though is because I can't run (bad knees) so I'm relying more on weights to tone my muscles, and I need metal or really heavy stuff to pump me up.
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Well, then The Mirror, Lie, Home, The Dance Of Eternity, The Glass Prison (bleh), TOT, TROAE, The Dark Eternal Night, Lost Not Forgotten and the heaviest of them all: the acoustic cover of a Rush song: Tears.
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I think I have all those. :lol Except for Tears.
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Try Oh Holy Night too! It's such a metal song and James even hits a full G5 one the second to last line back in 1992. (Youtube to believe)
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Are there mp3s for these available? How does one get these?
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Well, I suppose the mp3s exist somewhere, but the only legal mean to acquire them is through the 1999 International Fan Club CD release Cleaning Out The Closet. If you have a spare 100$ (or at times 70$) you will be able to buy it on ebay.
ETA: no MP3 for Oh Holy Night (which is not metal at all, I was just goofing around :D), it's a live recording.
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No I don't. xDD Oh well. I'll stick with the other ones you listed.
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He was being sarcastic. Tears and O Holy Night are slow, acoustic songs. I'd be more likely to fall asleep than work out to them. :|
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In my defense I can say that James did actually hit a full high G in Oh Holy Night :D
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Well it's not Dream Theater but Black Label Society's S.D.M.F is a great workout song :hat
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Actually, I think Overture 1928 is a great workout song. It's got an upbeat tempo and it's very major, so it fills you with inspiration and positivity. Or at least fills me with that stuff.
James LaBrie's past 3 albums are great for working out, too.
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These are all terrible suggestions for a workout. The discarded B songs from FII aren't even great songs, let alone great workout songs. :lol
Just put on Eye of the Tiger like a normal person. :metal
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Moving to my new home today :)
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These are all terrible suggestions for a workout. The discarded B songs from FII aren't even great songs, let alone great workout songs. :lol
Just put on Eye of the Tiger like a normal person. :metal
Don't listen to him! He's a cangaroo! :dangerwillrobinson:
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These are all terrible suggestions for a workout. The discarded B songs from FII aren't even great songs, let alone great workout songs. :lol
Just put on Eye of the Tiger like a normal person. :metal
Don't listen to him! He's a cangaroo! :dangerwillrobinson:
This guy can't even spell! Don't listen to him!
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Eye of the Tiger is one 4 minute song. You can either listen to it and have it only last you 4 minutes, or listen to it on loop, and get a half-hour's worth of exercise out of it before it gets old. Might as well fill the rest of your time with DT rockers.
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These are all terrible suggestions for a workout. The discarded B songs from FII aren't even great songs, let alone great workout songs. :lol
Just put on Eye of the Tiger like a normal person. :metal
Don't listen to him! He's a cangaroo! :dangerwillrobinson:
This guy can't even spell! Don't listen to him!
Hey, I was barely awake and I got confused with the Italian spelling!
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Moving to my new home today :)
Cool, where are you moving to?
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Moving to my new home today :)
Cool, where are you moving to?
His new home.
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For the workouty thing, try this (don't worry, it's from the official channel of the people who play it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZpEjrdf56k
It does have a lovely calm bit in the middle, but most of it's really quite driving, percussive and completely mad rhythmically.
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I don't understand you people at all.
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Moving to my new home today :)
Cool, where are you moving to?
His new home.
::)
A more detailed answer: to Tampere. We're on the way there with a van full of my stuff. My apartment is on the fifth floor, so it will be challenging to get my bed, desk and everything else there and I bet I'll be pretty tired after the experience...
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I don't understand you people at all.
TELL THEM BLOB!!! :lol
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I don't understand you people at all.
Hey!
(https://i.qkme.me/36alk0.jpg)
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Moving to my new home today :)
Cool, where are you moving to?
His new home.
::)
A more detailed answer: to Tampere. We're on the way there with a van full of my stuff. My apartment is on the fifth floor, so it will be challenging to get my bed, desk and everything else there and I bet I'll be pretty tired after the experience...
:metal
I'll still have to wait at least one year before living on my own, but best of luck to you!
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:metal
I'll still have to wait at least one year before living on my own, but best of luck to you!
Thanks! We got all the stuff into my room and my parents went back home. I have a room mate so I'm not completely alone, but of course this is different from living with your family. I'm happy with my room, but I have to admit it makes me sad I couldn't take my CD collection with me :( Well, I'll buy some records (obviously including the new DT album) later :metal
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Why couldn't you bring your CDs with you?
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I imagine Ville has the problem I had in Uni. Too many CDs to bring with me if I'm likely to move each year.
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Maybe you guys have more CDs than me. I have 200+, and I brought them to college with me.
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I have a book case.
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My collection is pretty huge and there's no room for my big CD rack here. Maybe I'll take the smaller one with me next time I visit my folks.
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That's cool Ville! Too bad you couldn't bring your CDs. I've lived on my own for 2 years now, and my CD collection is at my place. It's not that big though, only about 120 CDs, but that's cause I've only been really listening to music for about 6 years. Before that, I only listened once in a while to some songs on the radio that I thought were good.
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A milestone in the countdown to DT12 happens tonight, as we enter September, the release month! Acknowledge! :metal
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8 MORE MINUTES!!!!11!!111!!!!!!!1 :xbones
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Yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhWSzY7erPA#t=106 (after the rain stopped)
And I was out there in the heaviest rain I've ever seen driving at 20km/h without being able to see the other cars (only lights) or the edges of the street. I was indeed quite frightened, and moreso because my parents' plane was about to land in that mess. :(
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Holy balls, bro. That's mad water.
Edit: I assume the plane came down correctly (hopefully).
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Thankfully it did, but just because the wind blew the storm away from the airport towards the east. But still no plane could land for half an hour before the storm moved away, and the airport was flooded.
This storm was probably equal in intensity to the great storm that hit the gulf in Autumn 2008. Whilst this one lasted for some 20 minutes, the other one stayed for hours and literaly changed the landscape (one lake was somehow obliterated), wrecked towns and took lives. (aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIYmYs0aw4 )
Today the sun shines with a few white clouds scattered about it. Madness.
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Whaaaaa...?
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Whaaaaa...?
Indeed. Hopefully this is the big even of 2013 and not just a prelude to a stormy autumn.
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Yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhWSzY7erPA#t=106 (after the rain stopped)
:omg: It's been raining quite a lot here today, but luckily not THAT much!
I've been a bit bored lately thanks to the fact that my MP3 player died just before the move and as I said earlier I have no CDs with me... :\ I watched a movie with my roommate, but the rest of the day has mostly been spent on surfing the Internet. Sunday isn't the most exciting day to be here, I guess, but luckily I found a solution for the CD problem - I found some CD shelves with no CDs in them and my roommate said they belong to his previous roommate, but they probably don't need them anymore and I could use them :metal
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Great news! :metal :metal
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I probably wouldn't survive (ROOOOAAAAR) a single day without either my CDs or the music on my phone :D
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I've been listening to a lot of music on the laptop, but it's pretty easy to get bored because there's no other way to listen to anything :-\
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WOW that's some mad water.
Tried my workout playlist out today. It works great for weights but I need some higher-intensity stuff for cardio. Good start though! :metal
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That's a big flood Marco, I hope it doesn't get worse. Where in Italy do you live?
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That's a big flood Marco, I hope it doesn't get worse. Where in Italy do you live?
Sardinia, the island far from the continent. Those are very rare events, but the whole land is actually quite exposed to hydrologic risks, for a number of reasons I never bothered to inquire. At least in the lower half of the island very heavy rain equals disaster.
And yeah, as I said I hope it doesn't get worse too, but at least EVERYONE SURVIVED this time and the damages were not as severe as the other time (because that time the storm hit full force the slope of the mountains instead of the valley, and the water just went down from there like an avalanche). Today facebook's full of pictures and videos, in one week it will be all forgotten :D
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All is well in my world, Got my first job and a nice girl :biggrin: over the moon!
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:omg: Marco, can I come visit please? I didn't know you lived in Sardinia.
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How do you even know Sardinia? :D
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C'mon Marco, everyone knows Sardinia. Well, I mean, everyone who likes fish knows Sardinia; it's where all the little baby sardines come from.
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The funny fact is that Sardinia is actually more about fishing tuna and earth food. Plus, I don't like most seafood (besides fish).
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I was joking :biggrin:
Plus, I don't like most seafood (besides fish).
o/
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But I love tuna and SALMON! :metal
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Tuna is awesome, and salmon is even better. Although even if I wouldn't like salmon, I wouldn't say it, 'cause otherwise JP would summon a big meteorite with his awesome powers to fall on my house.
Trout is awesome as well.
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I like a couple more kind of fish, but I don't know their name in Engish, so I won't bother to number them. I never tried trout, though, but I don't expect to like it. River fish is disgusting :(
I'm interested to know why Liana (assuming she likes to be called like that) knows about this little cursed island. :D
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Trout is really nice. And hey, salmon are also (partly) freshwater fish. They're born in freshwater and come back later to lay some eggs. They're also of the same family as trout according to Wikipedia.
I'm interested to know why Liana (assuming she likes to be called like that) knows about this little cursed island. :D
Maybe she's a pirate and you live on a treasure island. That would also explain why it's cursed.
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Salmon is great.
Swordfish is fantastic.
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Swordfish is fantastic.
I feel like Cozmo should be jumping in right about now to mention Halle Berry's boobs. :neverusethis:
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Those are also fantastic.
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I can't argue with that.
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Who could?
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Swordfish is fantastic.
I feel like Cozmo should be jumping in right about now to mention Halle Berry's boobs. :neverusethis:
What? :|
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"Better to save the mystery
Than surrender tuna sea crap
WHAAALEEE!"
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Swordfish is fantastic.
I feel like Cozmo should be jumping in right about now to mention Halle Berry's boobs. :neverusethis:
What? :|
So, I'm guessing you don't know Coz all that well?
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I know he plays guitar, enjoys beer and has fancy hair. And that he was knighted by someone sometime in the past. What a I missing? :blush
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I know he plays guitar, enjoys beer and has fancy hair. And that he was knighted by someone sometime in the past. What a I missing? :blush
His intense love of boobs.
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"Better to save the mystery
Than surrender tuna sea crap
WHAAALEEE!"
:rollin
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"Better to save the mystery
Than surrender tuna sea crap
WHAAALEEE!"
:rollin
:hefdaddy
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So it's been a bit since I've had time to pick up my bass for more than a couple of minute at a time, so I decided today was a good time to fix that. So I ran through the first half of Roll the Bones, plus Natural Science, and now I have massive blisters on my plucking fingers (more than half the size of a dime on my middle finger). i really need to just consistently block out 15 minutes a day...
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I'm interested to know why Liana (assuming she likes to be called like that) knows about this little cursed island. :D
Maybe she's a pirate and you live on a treasure island. That would also explain why it's cursed.
Oh damn, my secret has been discovered. :yarr
Also, because I love geography and travel, so I watch loads of TV shows on both those subjects, and I've seen scenery shots from Sardinia. Looks like a lovely place.
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"Better to save the mystery
Than surrender tuna sea crap
WHAAALEEE!"
:rollin
:hefdaddy
And now I've just got the image of Orbert standing at the top of a waterfall, swinging a chain with a claw on it.
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wut
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Watch the movie "Kung Pow".
I will leave that as the only elaboration I will make on the topic.
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Sketchy: Master of not elaborating enough.
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I have been spotted! I must hide!
*runs far away*
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Sketchy: Master of not elaborating enough.
Welcome to DTF!
someone please post the Morangini pic
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Sketchy: Master of not elaborating enough.
Welcome to DTF!
someone please post the Morangini pic
Thank you! :)
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I say, new person, there! Do you like fish?
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Well, I'm a fan of Trout.
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What would you say Brian has been chewing?
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Plastic Flashbulbs for his friends amusement.
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Hmm... Evidently, you know about the underwater weapons, and you have found the greatest of voyages. I can conclude thusly that you must indeed be a gentleman of such great dread that prog most high is played on mellotrons within your castle!
Long live Khan, master of the greatest shanties in space!
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And behold the Stargazers and Hillage's guitar work.
More on topic (I guess?), this Blu-Ray should probably come out before the new album but too late for that now.
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Sketchy: Master of not elaborating enough.
I have been spotted! I must hide!
*runs far away*
:rollin
Welcome GentlemanofDread!
The conversation between you and Sketchy is already epic. I expect great things from you in terms of (partial) randomness. Sketchy is good with that.
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Well, I like to believe I'm pretty good at my randomness, though I suspect Shifty's randomness is legendary.
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You should read the conversation Sketchy and I had a few pages back.
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Bears, eh? Bears are vastly beaten by the great Landsharks, though.
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Unfortunately, you are very wrong. Polar bears are vastly superior due to their ability to consume huge amounts of alcohol.
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And Landsharks did give up their ability to swim in alcohol.. Damn it Polar Bears, you win once more.
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Well, I like to believe I'm pretty good at my randomness, though I suspect Shifty's randomness is legendary.
Oh Shiftbreaker. You win again.
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You should read the conversation Sketchy and I had a few pages back.
That one was simply epic :lol
Btw, you change your avatar way too often ;). I always remember people by their avatar, so it's getting really difficult for me :dangerwillrobinson:
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I'll keep this one then, promised :biggrin:
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Ever considered naming yourself Oh No! ?
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I'll keep this one then, promised :biggrin:
It's a pretty awesome one :tup
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Ever considered naming yourself Oh No! ?
No, 'cause way too many people make that joke :lol
I'll keep this one then, promised :biggrin:
It's a pretty awesome one :tup
Thanks!
Anyway, good morning everyone. First piano lesson today! :D
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Anyway, good morning everyone. First piano lesson today! :D
I had mine 11 years ago :D
I had my first day at the uni yesterday and today there'll be some kind of opening ceremony. I have to go and buy myself some food now and then start waiting for the bus so bye everyone!
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Bye, have fun :tup
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Anyway, good morning everyone. First piano lesson today! :D
*insert shitty Porcupine Tree joke here* ;)
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:lol
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Good luck with the piano lessons, Onno!
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Thanks!
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It's not nice to be sitting in a bus when it's driving on a cobblestone road... :S
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It's not nice to be sitting in a bus when it's driving on a cobblestone road... :S
One of the main roads of Cagliari is entirely cobblestone. The noise is so strong that it's impossible to play music and you gotta yell to be heard by the other people in the car. :D
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It's not nice to be sitting in a bus when it's driving on a cobblestone road... :S
That always sucks, especially when it's a hill.
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I went to get coffee this morning, and I saw pumpkin had infiltrated the menu. Guys, guys! Winter is coming! :dangerwillrobinson:
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But... it's September! Pumpkin should only be an option in October onwards! What is this madness?!
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Capitalism, my good sir.
Edit: I really have no clue, but it sounded good in my head.
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Last year I saw advent calendars in stores in late October, so looks like capitalism has spread its ugly tentacles everywhere :P
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The running joke is that by Labor Day you see Halloween stuff, by Halloween there's already Christmas stuff, and by Christmas there's Valentine's stuff. It's all moving too fast!
That being said I love autumn so I'm not sad to see it coming soon.
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But.. Autumn should have it own things! I don't want winter things now.
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But pumpkin and spices and delicious tasty baked apple desserts are autumn, so I'm okay with this.
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I dislike autumn, even though it has come to be the quietest time of the year for me during the past two years.
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The two greatest seasons are about to come, yay :caffeine:
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I like autumn a lot, there's many beautiful colors to capture as an amateur photographer.
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Fall equals two things for me. I can wear sweaters and scarfs again, and Starbucks gets their salted caramel hot chocolates again.
....
I have a problem.
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Early autumn is nice, but when the nights grow longer, it's raining a lot and there's no snow at all it sucks. Winter = :heart
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and Starbucks gets their salted caramel hot chocolates again.
Seriously? Do those things even exist? :lol
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I'm just happy that I won't have to endure 28-40 °C all day long anymore :)
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and Starbucks gets their salted caramel hot chocolates again.
Seriously? Do those things even exist? :lol
Yes, and it basically tastes like a chocolate covered pretzel. They're amazing.
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chocolate covered pretzel
What the fuck ???
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chocolate covered pretzel
What the fuck ???
What? Is that not a thing in Germany?
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Swordfish is fantastic.
I feel like Cozmo should be jumping in right about now to mention Halle Berry's boobs. :neverusethis:
Glorious.
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chocolate covered pretzel
What the fuck ???
What? Is that not a thing in Germany?
Pretzels? Yes. Chocolate covered ones? Never heard of that :lol
Apparently a friend of mine who I just asked knows about that, so I'm just not really familiar with the country I live in :lolpalm:
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I never heard of chocolate covered pretzels until Cadbury just released some here. I don't really like pretzels, but they have enough chocolate on them so I can't taste the pretzel. :lol They're not bad at all. Same with chocolate covered popcorn. I don't like popcorn, but it works!
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They're delicious! They're salty and sweet and chocolatey and crunchy. One of my favorite sweet treats ever.
....
Damn now I want some.
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Sounds pretty weird actually ;D
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The caramel covered pop-corn they sell at some cinemas are firmly in my list of food I will never ever try out.
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You people are weird. :angel:
In not so good news, I got a call from the fraud department of my bank and there appears to be a hold on my account now! :dangerwillrobinson:
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Too bad :-\
Speaking of financial things, I recently created a PayPal account to be able to pre-order Lifting Shadows. I don't think I'll ever order a lot of stuff from abroad, but it's good to have the option to do so.
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Speaking of financial things, drivers licences are FUCKING EXPENSIVE :censored
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Speaking of financial things, drivers licences are FUCKING EXPENSIVE :censored
You wanna go somewhere? Pay a fortune for it all the time.
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Speaking of financial things, drivers licences are FUCKING EXPENSIVE :censored
How much do they cost? I can't remember how much it cost me to get mine.
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I payed a few hundreds euros to get mine, all included. It was expensive, yeah, but it was worth it.
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On that topic, what kind of test did you guys have to take? I assume it varies country to country?
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It's more in depth than it is here in the U.S. Here if you can reach the pedals and you know that red means stop... you get a license. :lol
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I payed a few hundreds euros to get mine, all included. It was expensive, yeah, but it was worth it.
What? I pay about 1500-2000 € (depends on how many lessons I have to take), and that's the cheapest possibility in my town :(
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I can't remember how much my licence cost...
On that topic, what kind of test did you guys have to take? I assume it varies country to country?
In Finland it goes like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_licence_in_Finland
I'm still in the practicing period and the advanced phase will come later.
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Multiple choice test with some 20 questions and then a driving exam that can last up to 30 minutes. While the first one is a standard test that is the same all across the country, the difficulty of the driving test can vary greatly according to who is the examiner. My city is built on a couple of steep hills, so it is possible to make a driving test as difficult as you wish by having the candidate to park backwards going downhill, which is never easy, let alone for beginners. Usually you fail if you touch the sidewalk. I was lucky enough to get a normal examiner, but some people I know had to repeat the exam many times for that reason.
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Pretty sure Germany has the most ridiculous laws and rules ever once again :\
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I checked the website of my driving school and the price is 1745 €, so it's pretty expensive here as well!
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Not too sure what the England one, but I believe it's a Theory exam and a practical exam.
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So it's not incredibly different from the US one. That's interesting. I cannot for the life of me find a price on how much I had to pay for my license, but I also went to a driving school and that definitely was at least a couple hundred dollars.
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Yep, I'll be happy if I get my driver's license with lessons included for 1500 euros. We have to take a theory exam and a practical exam, and the practical exams are actually pretty hard/strict.
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I admit it. It was far easier to get my driver's licence in real life than it was in GTA San Amdreas! :biggrin:
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Same for me, though I probably drive better in real life than in GTA San Andreas :lol
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Almost certain it's easier to get a real pilot license that the GTA San Andreas one.
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Yeah, the theory one expires after about two years too, and it includes a clicky-clicky hazard perception bit, there's also a five minute "free driving" section in the practical, where you follow signs to somewhere, and then there's reversing manouvers too.
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"Screw the reversing part"- Nearly every driver I've talked to.
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Yeah pretty much. Luckily, they've reduced the number of reversing things since my previous attempts.
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But there's more sideways things, isn't there? Sideways cones?
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Do you guys have like a learner's permit before you get your license?
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Provisional Drivers licenses, which only lets you drive cars with someone else in it.
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Ah okay. That's pretty much a learner's permit. Any restrictions on how many people or what times you can/cannot drive?
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Usually, only during hours of light unless they've mastered the night tests.
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But there's more sideways things, isn't there? Sideways cones?
No idea. There seem to be more hill starts, but then again, that's just because I live in Bristol, and that place is like a small mountain range.
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But there's more sideways things, isn't there? Sideways cones?
No idea. There seem to be more hill starts, but then again, that's just because I live in Bristol, and that place is like a small mountain range.
Hill starts must suck absolutely. Can't even use gravity to let you go down to the bottom.
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Hah, I generally tend to do two in the first five minutes of each lesson. After 8 months, I'm finally managing those two fairly reliably.
Fuck you Park Street.
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Just dropping in. 'Sup, folks?
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Sketchy's talent at getting up a hill is what's up.
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Just dropping in. 'Sup, folks?
Had my debit card info stolen, had to spend an hour and a half with the bank trying to sort it out. :|
Other than that though I'm good. xD
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Well, that sucks. :( How did that happen?
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Actually I have no clue. My bank put a hold on my account after a purchase went through from Quebec. Why they didn't reject the purchase since I hadn't informed them about traveling out of the country and I live in New Jersey I have no idea. But yeah. :\
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Yeah, that seems pretty sketchy to me. :neverusethis: I wish I could just use cash everywhere, but it's not really feasible, unfortunately.
It's good that you got it sorted out before they'd done too much with it, though.
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Yeah, that seems pretty sketchy to me. :neverusethis: I wish I could just use cash everywhere, but it's not really feasible, unfortunately.
It's good that you got it sorted out before they'd done too much with it, though.
Yep. I have to wait for the charges to go through before I can dispute them, but I should hopefully get my money back with no issues. If not I'll raise hell until I do. :lol
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Good luck Whatsername, but banks can be real sillypoofs about giving money back..
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Thanks. I'll get the police involved if I have to, but I don't think that'll do much good. My mom thinks it was a computer scam. Like they just kept hitting random numbers until they got a hit, and it happened to be me.
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Ouch. Good luck with getting it back.
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Yeah, good luck with that :tup
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Thanks. I got a new card and got that card closed, so at least they can't access my account anymore, so baby steps.
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Yeah, that seems pretty sketchy to me. :neverusethis: I wish I could just use cash everywhere, but it's not really feasible, unfortunately.
It's good that you got it sorted out before they'd done too much with it, though.
I'll have you know I live no where near there, and even if I did, I have my own card for purchases.
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Sketch has his own card that has 0 money on it because of Eastern music.
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Yeah, that seems pretty sketchy to me. :neverusethis: I wish I could just use cash everywhere, but it's not really feasible, unfortunately.
It's good that you got it sorted out before they'd done too much with it, though.
I'll have you know I live no where near there, and even if I did, I have my own card for purchases.
Sketch has his own card that has 0 money on it because of Eastern music.
:rollin
Omg, Sketchy, did you hack my account? :lol
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Well, I am known for spreading chaos and sometimes dispair among maidens such as yourself, but I regret that in this instance, someone was able to get to you long before I could have done.
And GoD, I'll have you know, I also spent it on wine.
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French wine or Chinese Wine?
...
Does China do wine?
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German, Romanian, Czeck, Spanish and Alsatian (officially French, but it's more them keeping the seat warm, as some Germans I know say)
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I'm taking a break from Dream Theater to binge on Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco since I will be seeing them this weekend. UNASHAMED. :biggrin:
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You do mean wine for the polar bears, Sketchy? 'Cause otherwise it's a waste.
I'm taking a break from Dream Theater to binge on Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco since I will be seeing them this weekend. UNASHAMED. :biggrin:
I've been having a break from DT since... probably since TEI comes out. Makes the new album experience better :)
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Nope, the wine is for me. It makes it possible for me to dream up new polarbears.
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Polarbears... on skateboards.
Gnarly.
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Rocket powered skateboards?
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I'm taking a break from Dream Theater to binge on Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco since I will be seeing them this weekend. UNASHAMED. :biggrin:
I've been having a break from DT since... probably since TEI comes out. Makes the new album experience better :)
I haven't been able to. I'm still a really new DT fan so we're still in the newlywed stage. :lol
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Rocket powered skateboards?
Presidential powered skateboards.
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Sounds to me like someone's got some jetpacks!
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People of the chat thread old and new! You are great and I come with a small gift for you! https://www.mediafire.com/?u4m85hh50uh9fen
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Oh that is awesome and an incredibly good recording too.
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Meganice.
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Do you know the song Jordan plays in the mid section, Ivan?
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Not yet, I'm waiting for this album to finish first (I have maybe five more minutes to go), but any JR piano solo is going to be the bomb.
Edit: it's a song I really should know, and the audience bloody knew it, but right now, I cannot place it. I just cannot get it. It makes me think LTE but I have no clue. (I bet it turns out to be Steven Wilson).
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Rocket powered skateboards?
No, nuclear fusion powered skateboard. Every board has its own mini fusion reactor.
People of the chat thread old and new! You are great and I come with a small gift for you! https://www.mediafire.com/?u4m85hh50uh9fen
Thanks for that! I couldn't figure out what song it was in the middle section, I'm curious.
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It's an Italian song from the Seventies. Mainstream in Italy, very famous abroad, especially in Japan. Definitely an highlight of DT's live career on the Italian soil! :)
It's called Impressioni Di Settembre, an appropriate song for this time of the year.
Notable studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0JNhd9Hhpc and live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS76YKxiOKU performances. :)
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People of the chat thread old and new! You are great and I come with a small gift for you! https://www.mediafire.com/?u4m85hh50uh9fen
Thank you.
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Thanks for sharing that, Marco! :tup
Speaking of Italian music, we had the uni opening ceremony yesterday and some tenor and an accordion player performed some Italian songs there.
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Just dropping in. 'Sup, folks?
Just dropping by. 'Sup, folks?
:|
Clearly I lack imagination. :lol
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At least you replaced "by" with "in" the second time! :lol
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It sounded like a pretty cool song.
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So I was raving about those salted caramel hot chocolate things yesterday. I went to Starbucks today... AND THEY HAVE THEM NOW.
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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I don't know where to post this, so I'll put this here: I visited a local library and there was the latest issue of a music mag that included an intie with James and JP. There was a lot of talk about the split with MP and not a lot of new info on DT12, but JP said they'll play some longer and more challenging songs on the upcoming tour and he guaranteed that Illumination Theory will be in the setlist. Not surprising, I know, but it seems that a bigger epic like ACOS or Octavarium may be played, or then they'll just play a lot of 10-15-minute songs.
James and Matt Guillory also talked about Impermanent Resonance - James admitted he's probably the biggest metal fan in DT now that MP is gone, but also reminded that he loves a lot of poppy stuff as well. He also said he played IR songs to his DT bandmates in the studio and they enjoyed the album. James and Matt plan on touring after the DT album cycle is over.
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I don't know where to post this, so I'll put this here: I visited a local library and there was the latest issue of a music mag that included an intie with James and JP. There was a lot of talk about the split with MP and not a lot of new info on DT12, but JP said they'll play some longer and more challenging songs on the upcoming tour and he guaranteed that Illumination Theory will be in the setlist. Not surprising, I know, but it seems that a bigger epic like ACOS or Octavarium may be played, or then they'll just play a lot of 10-15-minute songs.
James and Matt Guillory also talked about Impermanent Resonance - James admitted he's probably the biggest metal fan in DT now that MP is gone, but also reminded that he loves a lot of poppy stuff as well. He also said he played IR songs to his DT bandmates in the studio and they enjoyed the album. James and Matt plan on touring after the DT album cycle is over.
:panicattack:
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Who is Matt Guillory? I've never heard of him, and Wikipedia doesn't have a lot of information on him.
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Who is Matt Guillory? I've never heard of him, and Wikipedia doesn't have a lot of information on him.
Primary songwriter and keyboardist on JLB's solo albums, including the latest one, Impermanent Resonance.
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:omg:
Oh that would be so cool.
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Sweet! I love that album, be great to hear it live!
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So I was raving about those salted caramel hot chocolate things yesterday. I went to Starbucks today... AND THEY HAVE THEM NOW.
Sounds interesting... I've had Lindt chocolate with caramel and sea salt (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JT0A8K) before, and it definitely wasn't bad.
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So I was raving about those salted caramel hot chocolate things yesterday. I went to Starbucks today... AND THEY HAVE THEM NOW.
Sounds interesting... I've had Lindt chocolate with caramel and sea salt (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JT0A8K) before, and it definitely wasn't bad.
Similar flavor palate but these are warm and I can drink them and they have whipped cream. :heart
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:)
I wonder if any Starbucks in Switzerland has them and what they cost... :-X
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Probably too much. Starbucks always marks things as too expensive. :\
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Yeah :mehlin
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I kind of need one today though. It's just one of those days. :|
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What's up, Whatsername?
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I just found out I'm going to be working directly with my ex for all of senior year. And I kind of hate him. :\
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I don't know where to post this, so I'll put this here: I visited a local library and there was the latest issue of a music mag that included an intie with James and JP. There was a lot of talk about the split with MP and not a lot of new info on DT12, but JP said they'll play some longer and more challenging songs on the upcoming tour and he guaranteed that Illumination Theory will be in the setlist. Not surprising, I know, but it seems that a bigger epic like ACOS or Octavarium may be played, or then they'll just play a lot of 10-15-minute songs.
James and Matt Guillory also talked about Impermanent Resonance - James admitted he's probably the biggest metal fan in DT now that MP is gone, but also reminded that he loves a lot of poppy stuff as well. He also said he played IR songs to his DT bandmates in the studio and they enjoyed the album. James and Matt plan on touring after the DT album cycle is over.
That's cool, hope they'll come to Europe! And JLB played IR to the rest of DT and they liked it? I think JR has a bit of hate for growls though... (https://twitter.com/Jcrudess/status/373892692583141376)
I just found out I'm going to be working directly with my ex for all of senior year. And I kind of hate him. :\
That sucks, good luck with that.
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I just found out I'm going to be working directly with my ex for all of senior year. And I kind of hate him. :\
That sucks, good luck with that.
Thanks. I'm already planning my outfit for our first class. Gotta show him what he missed out on. :lol
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Hoping he doesn't think you're showing off for him. :yeahright
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Oh... I didn't think of that. But wouldn't my mood/body language/etc. make that very clear?
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I dunno. Wasteland might be right depending on how much of an arse your ex is.
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He has a girlfriend now. Dumped me and got with her less than two weeks after our breakup. I wouldn't say he's an ass so much as an idiot? Or maybe I'm being kind. :lol
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My advice is to just be as nonchalant as possible. He sounds like a tremendous arse who would want you to either show a lot of effort or to be wrecked up. Just acting like nothing up will probably make him angry.
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:lol Will do then. But I do want to look good when I go to class because I'm a girl and a bit of a vain one at that.
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My advice is act normal. You are a flirty kind? Act flirty. You are more withdrawn? Be so. Don't act differently than you usually do because he's in your same room. Maybe even greet him if you come across him, as him how he is doing and stuff. Just don't enhance anything, including ignoring him. Some particularly arse-y people take pride in seeing other people they damaged in the past act differently in their presence because of that. It feels like a trophy for them. Whether or not he's one of those people, I stand by my point. That's a good occasion to prove you moved on. :)
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Wasteland is absolutely correct and worded it much better than I could. Woo Wasteland! ;D
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Marco speaks words of wisdom, as usual :tup
That's cool, hope they'll come to Europe! And JLB played IR to the rest of DT and they liked it? I think JR has a bit of hate for growls though... (https://twitter.com/Jcrudess/status/373892692583141376)
My friend has some old issues of Metal Hammer and in one of them there was a huge list of essential albums from different subgenres of metal. Jordan had picked some prog metal releases and one of them was Blackwater Park - he said he's not really into growls, but appreciates the musicianship. IR includes less harsh vocals than BWP, so I bet he could enjoy it. James said he played some of the songs and the other guys thought they were cool, so we don't know which songs he had picked.
European dates would be awesome and some of the musicians in James' band are from this side of the ocean, so it wouldn't be a ridiculous idea by any means. That said, I don't think Finnish dates would be too likely... :sadpanda:
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Thanks for the advice, guys (especially thanks Marco, that makes a load of sense)! I'll just act like my self then. I never was entirely comfortable with him, even when we were dating, so if there's a bit of discomfort there that'll be normal. ::)
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I think we will need more information, especially visual information to help us assess the situation. Several pictures in each potential outfit will help us ascertain their effectiveness and allow us to guide you to the best possible decision.
Also, if in these pictures you look dissimilar to your avatar expect a wave of rage over the lie we will have collectively felt has been going on.
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... Well, I look nothing like my avatar I need to make a quick change right now then.
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I think we will need more information, especially visual information to help us assess the situation. Several pictures in each potential outfit will help us ascertain their effectiveness and allow us to guide you to the best possible decision.
Also, if in these pictures you look dissimilar to your avatar expect a wave of rage over the lie we will have collectively felt has been going on.
Zydar looks mostly dissimilar to his avatar face.
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I think we will need more information, especially visual information to help us assess the situation. Several pictures in each potential outfit will help us ascertain their effectiveness and allow us to guide you to the best possible decision.
Also, if in these pictures you look dissimilar to your avatar expect a wave of rage over the lie we will have collectively felt has been going on.
:eek
I'm totally Aeris what are you talking about? I'll just... be going now... *hides*
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Aerys II the mad king? :justjen
For the record, I totally look like my avatar pic :loser:
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For the record, I totally look like my avatar pic :loser:
...:faint:
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I look like my avatar...
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You're the one happy person in a sea of sadness?
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For the record, I totally look like my avatar pic :loser:
...:faint:
Ok, seriously. Take James and invert him. :D The only thing we have in common is that we are almost tall the same and that we both came early may (I came earlier, though, if 28 years later :P).
And by the way, you're welcome about the advice. I try to be of help people who look like good people. And I'm learning for the best in giving advice, who is currently having a birthday party :D
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I look like my avatar. Only difference: I have long hair and I can't make awesome music.
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You're the one happy person in a sea of sadness?
No, I'm the horde of clones trying to crush the spirit of the one holdout.
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I obviously have a moustache and a cute haircut :P
It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
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Oh, I can do that.. but I'd have to shave parts of my beard/mustache first and I ain't doing that.
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It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
I'm tempted to do just that.
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It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
I'm tempted to do just that.
We already have a winner :lol
I absolutely need to see this!
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Ok, seriously. Take James and invert him. :D The only thing we have in common is that we are almost tall the same and that we both came early may (I came earlier, though, if 28 years later :P).
And by the way, you're welcome about the advice. I try to be of help people who look like good people. And I'm learning for the best in giving advice, who is currently having a birthday party :D
Yeah well I'm one of the James fangirls so... :biggrin:
I obviously have a moustache and a cute haircut :P
It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
I could do that, but it'd require a bit of work on the hair. xD If I get it down though then I also would be set for any con I wanted to go to.
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Well, people. I feel like shit right now and I have a lot of work to do. I was given the task to write down the structure of my thesis and the first chapter of it for tomorrow morning. The thing is, I was given the assignment at about 7PM, for tomorrow 10AM. After 10 hours of being at the university working on it. It's 10,41PM right now and I'm in the middle of one of my "Change Of Seasons" allergic attacks. :(
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I look exactly like my avatar.
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Anarion?
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I'm sorry Marco. :\ I have a lot of friends working on their theses, and it seems like a ridiculously stressful experience.
Hef - The Argonath?
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Anarion?
Is that his name?
It's from the Argonath in TLOTR.
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It's Anarion and Isildur, though I can't tell which it is from your avatar.
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Anarion?
Is that his name?
It's from the Argonath in TLOTR.
I'm pretty sure that's who it is.
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Thanks :) I must have everything wrapped up 13 days from now, so it will indeed be. I had stressful moments in my studying life (like six exams in one month), but I feel this is going to beat them all. But this could also be the moment I have the chance to rise higher than ever before. I can definitely immedesimate in the lyrical theme behind the songs of DTDT James mentioned.
@Hef: yeah, the beardless is Anàrion. The poor lad who died in the siege of Barad Dur in 3440SA IIRC.
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Hey Marco, good luck man! Hang in there.
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Cool, I wasn't sure which was which.
In fairness, I have a beard.
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Everyone thinks I look like my avatar...
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I actually don't look THAT different from my avatar. I have brown hair and blue/green eyes. I would just say Aeris is prettier than I am.
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I don't look anything like my avatar. It just accurately represents my surroundings ~50% of the time :laugh:.
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You're trapped in a clock 50% of the time?
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Anything exciting new in the last 24h? I've been at the hospital with my wife, still there.
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Hey Marco, good luck man! Hang in there.
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Thanks, I was feeling really down yesterday, so I called it a day very early, at midnight or just earlier. But I woke up at 6. I had troubled dreams too. I was to record a bootleg (you may think otherwise, but bootleg dreams are very rare to me, just had them twice with this time) and the batteries of my device were low. So I basically run in the streets of my city (the concert was in a place) in the rain to find a battery. I would always come across semi-dangerous places or shop owned by questionable-looking people. Two of them would try to sell me a thai battery for 5,79€, unless I could find a hidden redeem code in the internet that would have brought the price down to 0,79€.
You see what happens to a stressed mind? By the way, I love being able to remember my dreams in such a detailed fashion when I wake up. :)
ETA: Yes, I heard part of Enigma Machine in the dream. For the record, it was something like Dream Theater meets 14th century happy music, which is why I realized I must have been dreaming, since even in my sleep I know EM sounds nothing like that.
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Pfft, don't try to fool us... We know you dream about bootlegs every night! :biggrin:
Seriously, I rarely remember anything about my dreams when I wake up. Maybe it's better that way? :lol
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I don't know, but I think it's a good thing to remember them. I haven't been scared by my dreams for years, and I have scary dreams in the early part of my sleep nearly every night. The last really bad dream happened years and years ago, and of course I perfectly remember it.
The good thing is that most of the time they are funny, absurd and would make a good plot for a humorous-surreal short story. The scary ones are even more interesting because make me more aware of my fears in a very visual way, like the driving nightmares. Recently I have been scary-dreaming of an hotel/residence somewhere in northern Italy (the shape of it is a mix between hotels I've been to, something unknown and an estate I used to go every summer until a few years ago). As of today I still have to make sense of what's behind it.
You see, you may discover something you don't know, but it's a ride, and it's always worth it to go along for the ride. :)
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I obviously have a moustache and a cute haircut :P
It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
I don't think I'll ever look like a flying teapot, but I am pretty sure I could function as one, or at least contain a lot of tea.
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You're trapped in a clock 50% of the time?
He's probably a watchmaker.
yes, reference intended
I obviously have a moustache and a cute haircut :P
It would be fun if everyone tried to look like the person in their avatar and posted a pic :D
everyone else can go first, I'm not gonna be grinning with a lightbulb in my hand
I don't think I'll ever look like a flying teapot, but I am pretty sure I could function as one, or at least contain a lot of tea.
For the record, we would like to see either of those.
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You're trapped in a clock 50% of the time?
He's probably a watchmaker.
yes, reference intended
I was thinking a clockwork angel. :justjen
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:lol
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You're trapped in a clock at 6:00 on a Christmas morning?
FTFY
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Does a siren kick him from a dream?
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You're trapped in a clock 50% of the time?
He's probably a watchmaker.
yes, reference intended
I was thinking a clockwork angel. :justjen
:rollin
No clocks for me. Just a combination of mechanical engineering student, machining, and robotics hobby work.
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My mom is reading the novelization of Clockwork Angels. She had no idea it was an album or anything. :lol
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How did she discover the book, then?
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Whatsername recommended it/Randomly found it in a bookstore amongst the million lesser books around it?
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Not sure. I know she's into fantasy novels, so maybe she saw the word steampunk and was interested. She might have also thought it was related to A Clockwork Orange (it might be, I have no idea).
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There's a book version of it?
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There's an album version of that book?
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Gut pains all day. Suffered, took paracetamol and listened to my healing song, Trial of Tears. Been painful.
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I'm sorry, GoD. That sounds awful.
I left work early because I had a migraine. Couldn't listen to Dream Theater on my commute because sound made it worse. :\
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Waking up early always upsets me. I can't even type a post straight...
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I've woken up at around 7 AM every morning in the past few days, but yesterday I travelled back to my family and I've been awake for 20 minutes or so now. Fridays are especially awesome for me now because I don't have to go to school on those days :metal
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Lucky! In a few weeks I'll be in the same boat! Getting up at the crack of dawn Mondays and Tuesdays, and then 8:30 for my other two days of school, and probably noon on the weekends. :lol
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Yay, weekend! First thing tomorrow: writing an essay on the formation of the Moon :lol
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Interesting topic. What's the leading theory nowadays? The giant impact event?
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Aliens.
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A glass moon? :neverusethis:
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I can almost hear the young Earth singing after the impact:
"Nervous flashlights steal my dreams... liquid lava silences my screams" :marriageanalogy:
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..That would probably make more sense to me if I actually knew the lyrics to UAGM. :lol
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Interesting topic. What's the leading theory nowadays? The giant impact event?
Yes, but there are some counterarguments still. Some studies show that the planetary body responsible for impact had to be the size of Mars or even three times that, which is of course ridiculous as the largest asteroid known to man is about 1000 km I believe. Furthermore, there is some debate on the actual chemical composition of the Moon; almost every paper/article states a different percentage of terrestrial material in the Moon. Still gotta do some research though, but it only has to be 4 pages or longer and we've got until Wednesday. Still plan to finish it tomorrow or Sunday though.
Interesting fact: the most interesting theory IMO (but probably not the most plausible) refers back to Darwin's theory on the Moon, which is that it parted from Earth during a fission when the Earth was still molten. However, this would require a far greater orbital velocity of the Earth than we now have and it probably doesn't explain the lack of iron in the Moon (its iron core is only about 3% of its mass I believe). The interesting theory I was talking about was only published recently and argues that a huge nuclear explosion in the Earth could've caused this fission, instead of the rapidly spinning Earth.
A glass moon? :neverusethis:
No, a cheese one.
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Forgive me if I am a bit skeptical about the gian nuclear explosion :D
As for Darwin's theory, the lack of iron probably means that the detatchement happened once the Earth had already at least partially solidified and the iron sunk into the core, there to remain virtually untouched by a superficel ejection of material, however conspicuous. But under these circumstances I can't see the Moon detatching (by the time Earth should have become a rigid body already).
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I am sceptical too, don't worry :lol I still have to read the whole article on that one though.
Darwin's theory has had some following up till the '80s, as it was pretty much the only theory until then. In 1984 the giant impact theory became the mainstream one, I believe.
Your argument about the detachment is true, but the Moon detaching is a bit strange and not very likely. I still don't really know which theory I find the most likely, I still need some more info on the composition of the Moon and the theories themselves.
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..That would probably make more sense to me if I actually knew the lyrics to UAGM. :lol
This. I can't for the life of me remember them.
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Learn them. They are among the most beautiful ones. They feel especially special when you are walking at night under a very thin but abundant rain.
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Eh, I've read them before. They don't really do much for me.
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Anyway, late night working and Mullmuzzlin' ;)
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Anyway, late night researching the lunar formation and Ghostin'... Peeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaceeee to youuuu
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So, apparently the forum has a 20,000 character limit for posts.
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Take that, Twitter!
How did you find out about that limit?
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I've been typing up my top 50 list, and I've been doing it with all the code already in there (like [b ] etc.), and I was using the preview function to make sure all of the coding was correct. (it wasn't, by the way. There were more than a few mistakes).
Anyway, it showed me the preview, but it said I couldn't post it because it surpassed the forum's limit. So, I learned something today. :D
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I hadn't heard about the limit before, but then again I've never had to type 20,000-character posts :lol
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Got a new MP3 player... The model I had wasn't available any longer, but I bought a new player and the price was reduced thanks to the guarantee for the old one.
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Anyway, it showed me the preview, but it said I couldn't post it because it surpassed the forum's limit. So, I learned something today. :D
You and me both! :lol
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Early bird on Saturday, Hef! How come? :o
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Got a new MP3 player... The model I had wasn't available any longer, but I bought a new player and the price was reduced thanks to the guarantee for the old one.
Nice, I always use my phone for listening to music. A 32 GB SD card is enough for me.
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Early bird on Saturday, Hef! How come? :o
Just woke up. Never fails, on a Saturday, which is the one day a week I can normally sleep as late as I want, I invariably wake up really early.
It works out, everyone else sleeps late so I get the place to myself for a few hours. :metal
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Screw cramps- Gentleman's PSA of 2013.
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Got a new MP3 player... The model I had wasn't available any longer, but I bought a new player and the price was reduced thanks to the guarantee for the old one.
Nice, I always use my phone for listening to music. A 32 GB SD card is enough for me.
If I listened to music on my phone I'd have to recharge it all the time :P
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Got a new MP3 player... The model I had wasn't available any longer, but I bought a new player and the price was reduced thanks to the guarantee for the old one.
Nice, I always use my phone for listening to music. A 32 GB SD card is enough for me.
If I listened to music on my phone I'd have to recharge it all the time :P
Because of that I have to recharge mine about two times a day :lol
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Proof-reading the first chapter of my thesis. Isn't there an emoticon that's supposed to show someone drowning in sheets of paper? :lol
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Proof-reading the first chapter of my thesis. Isn't there an emoticon that's supposed to show someone drowning in sheets of paper? :lol
I don't know, but good luck with that :lol I'll probably be starting my bachelor thesis in April.
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Proof-reading the first chapter of my thesis. Isn't there an emoticon that's supposed to show someone drowning in sheets of paper? :lol
I don't know, but good luck with that :lol I'll probably be starting my bachelor thesis in April.
But you are still a little more than a toddler!! :omg: \jk
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:lol In a month I'll be twenty, and I'll be one of the few who actually finish their bachelor in 3 years.
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Assuming your bachelor is the equivalent to our First Level Degree, do you start your bachelor at age 17 in the Eversinking Lands? :o
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I'll be one of the few who actually finish their bachelor in 3 years.
*a Chroma Key reference you wouldn't get* :lol
I tested the MP3 player and it's working well. The music sounds different on the new headphones, but I'll probably get used to that. The player also supports FLAC, so maybe even Steven Wilson could approve of it :D
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@wasteland:
I could use such an emoticon, too... About to finish my bachelor thesis.
@Onno:
Good luck, I thought so as well. Now 2 ECTS credit points are missing for the bachelor's degree... :|
But I can start the master course anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
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I'll be one of the few who actually finish their bachelor in 3 years.
*a Chroma Key reference you wouldn't get* :lol
I tested the MP3 player and it's working well. The music sounds different on the new headphones, but I'll probably get used to that. The player also supports FLAC, so maybe even Steven Wilson could approve of it :D
I probably wouldn't get it, no. I need to listen to CK some more still.
Good luck, I thought so as well. Now 2 ECTS credit points are missing for the bachelor's degree... :|
But I can start the master course anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
Only 2... That's too bad. All my courses are 7.5 ECTS each, but I only have two courses per quarter.
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Hey guys, watching the Score concert. This show is kicking butt, very nicely.
I'm currently at the Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence part of the show. My goodness, how on Earth do they prepare themselves for tackling this task of playing this track live?
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Assuming your bachelor is the equivalent to our First Level Degree, do you start your bachelor at age 17 in the Eversinking Lands? :o
Yes, I did. I was still 17 when I started my bachelor in September 2011 but I turned 18 in October. It's not really usual though, but I'm just young. Most people start at 18 and turn 19 in their first bachelor year.
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Hey guys, watching the Score concert. This show is kicking butt, very nicely.
I'm currently at the Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence part of the show. My goodness, how on Earth do they prepare themselves for tackling this task of playing this track live?
Well, it's 42 minutes of music. It's no different than learning 42 minutes worth of any other music they would learn, it just all runs together.
Honestly, preparing for something like that is probably old hat for them.
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I'm looking for that french wiki listing all DT releases, including very rare stuff such as the test pressing of the '86 demo tape... I thought I bookmarked it, but apparently I didn't.
Anyone?
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Hey guys, watching the Score concert. This show is kicking butt, very nicely.
I'm currently at the Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence part of the show. My goodness, how on Earth do they prepare themselves for tackling this task of playing this track live?
:tup that's an awesome show, come back when you're done ;)
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Milena, it's a hell of a show, buy you know very well that it's hardly 13 hours long. He must be long done by now :lol
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I just had a piece of rich, moist chocolate cake. Reminded me of JP.
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Just got back from Roger Waters - The Wall. Still my favourite live show ever. It was even better than in 2011.
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Yeah, I was done over half a day ago, and it was indeed a very good performance. I was very impressed with the amount of craft these guys and the Octavarium orchestra put into working a show like this, given the setlist, but I'm sure to these guys, it's just another day in the office.
Overall, it was over 2.5 hours well-spent and I enjoyed it pretty well.
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Yeah, I was done over half a day ago, and it was indeed a very good performance. I was very impressed with the amount of craft these guys and the Octavarium orchestra put into working a show like this, given the setlist, but I'm sure to these guys, it's just another day in the office.
Overall, it was over 2.5 hours well-spent and I enjoyed it pretty well.
Now get the CD version enjoy it even more :D
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Milena, it's a hell of a show, buy you know very well that it's hardly 13 hours long. He must be long done by now :lol
The extended intros to TSCO and Octavarium feel like they're 13 hours long :neverusethis:
Just got back from Roger Waters - The Wall. Still my favourite live show ever. It was even better than in 2011.
I didn't see it in 2011 and he didn't come back to Helsinki this year, so I'm jelly! My cousin saw both of the Helsinki shows 2 years ago.
Luckily I'm going to see one of my all-time favorite bands live in a couple of days :metal
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Luckily I'm going to see one of my all-time favorite bands live in a couple of days :metal
Which is?
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Paradise Lost. I think I'm even more pumped about this gig than the DT show in February :caffeine:
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That's cool, have fun.
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I didn't see it in 2011 and he didn't come back to Helsinki this year, so I'm jelly! My cousin saw both of the Helsinki shows 2 years ago.
Luckily I'm going to see one of my all-time favorite bands live in a couple of days :metal
Awesome! Have fun! :biggrin:
I saw Panic at the Disco and Fall Out Boy last night! :caffeine: It was like being 17 all over again! Fall Out Boy blew the roof off the place. I danced so much I threw my back out. :lol
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Visited a friend over the weekend and we shared our wierd music collection tastes with each other. He's now listening to Steven Wilson and Wu Man, and I'm blasting some Scott Walker. I think I will soon be unpopular with housemates.
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DO IT SKETCHY. If they can't accept your musical tastes then it was never going to last anyway.
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I definitely do not have a habit of putting the most challenging thing I have on when I am in a strange mood, honest...
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shell, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shock, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
I believe you mean Solitary Shell, unless you're referring to a non-Dream Theater song. Also, if that made me think any differently of you that would be a negative reflection on me, not you. :)
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shock, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
Why would we think of you differently knowing that you have Asperger? :)
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shock, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
I believe you mean Solitary Shell, unless you're referring to a non-Dream Theater song. Also, if that made me think any differently of you that would be a negative reflection on me, not you. :)
Whoops, I don't know where I got shock from, yeah, it's Solitary Shell I was referring to. All right, cool.
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shock, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
Join the club! Got diagnosed 5 years back or so. Yeah I definitely relate to that song to a somewhat disturbing degree.
I hardly ever mention it to people in the real world though. Some well-intentioned people develop some downright weird assumptions...
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shell, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
I recognize a few symptoms of AS in myself, so I don't think you're a weirdo :)
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Been listening to a lot of Solitary Shell, lately, and I'm really amazed how much the boy in the song describes me, personally-wise for the most parts. I think I definitely have Asperger Syndrome. I hope you guys don't think of me differently, not that you knew me a lot in the 1st place since I'm relatively new.
Why would we think of you any different now that we know you have been diagnosed Asperger? It's not that you told us that you robbed a bank or cut off somebody's arm in a fit of anger. Like Liana said, it would reflect very negatively on us should it be other then this. Don't be afraid, you'll find a lot of understanding and humanity here. Do not be afraid in the least. :)
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All right, thank you very much, for these comments. I appreciate this very much and I'm glad that there's good people in here that can relate to this very well.
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I can't relate to it personally but I have several very dear friends to me who can, so the song means a lot to me.
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Shameless bump:
I'm looking for that french wiki listing all DT releases, including very rare stuff such as the test pressing of the '86 demo tape... I thought I bookmarked it, but apparently I didn't.
Anyone?
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Shameless bump:
I'm looking for that french wiki listing all DT releases, including very rare stuff such as the test pressing of the '86 demo tape... I thought I bookmarked it, but apparently I didn't.
Anyone?
Was this it?
https://ymfr.free.fr/index.php?title=Accueil
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That's the one. Thank you, Another_Won! :tup
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I've caught a cold :-[ Luckily the Paradise Lost show will be tonight.
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There's a user called "Daybreak at the (bottom of a) lake" :D
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I'm still doing work for tomorrow morning at 2:20 AM. not good....
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I'm still doing work for tomorrow morning at 2:20 AM. not good....
Andhere you can see the trailer for my life in the next two or three days.
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My last year of school has just begun :-\
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Wow, I'm just so fucking tired. Uni started again last Wednesday, and immediately we got that Moon essay assignment. I've worked pretty much the whole weekend on that. Monday a programming course started, which is fun but again a lot of work. Yesterday should have been my day of but I pretty much worked from 10.00 to 20.00 on the programming shit and some reading I needed to do for lectures today. This morning I started again finishing up some programming shit. I've got a piano lesson in about two hours but I still need to do some reading really, which I probably won't do. After that I have another lecture, after which it's my evening off, cause tomorrow it's programming from 9.00 till 13.00 and working till 19.00 after that, after which I probably will have to do some reading again for lectures and practicals on Friday from 11-17, and the weekend will probably consist of making another essay.
/rant
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My last year of school has just begun :slayer:
A RITE OF PASSAAAAAGEE!! :slayer:
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Wow, I'm just so fucking tired. Uni started again last Wednesday, and immediately we got that Moon essay assignment. I've worked pretty much the whole weekend on that. Monday a programming course started, which is fun but again a lot of work. Yesterday should have been my day of but I pretty much worked from 10.00 to 20.00 on the programming shit and some reading I needed to do for lectures today. This morning I started again finishing up some programming shit. I've got a piano lesson in about two hours but I still need to do some reading really, which I probably won't do. After that I have another lecture, after which it's my evening off, cause tomorrow it's programming from 9.00 till 13.00 and working till 19.00 after that, after which I probably will have to do some reading again for lectures and practicals on Friday from 11-17, and the weekend will probably consist of making another essay.
/rant
Wow, that sucks.
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Yeah, it does. If I just work hard I guess I'll be fine. But I really can't cope with stress very well, so this just makes me very tired and sad all the time.
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Spotify commercials... the bane of every concept album, and the thorn in the side of DT fans. Seriously, if I'm listening to Scenes From A Memory, I don't want to hear a commercial between Overture 1928 and Strange Deja Vu. :rant:
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Spotify commercials... the bane of every concept album, and the thorn in the side of DT fans. Seriously, if I'm listening to Scenes From A Memory, I don't want to hear a commercial between Overture 1928 and Strange Deja Vu. :rant:
$10/month sounds like it's well worth it just for dodging that inconvenience! :lol
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Spotify commercials... the bane of every concept album, and the thorn in the side of DT fans. Seriously, if I'm listening to Scenes From A Memory, I don't want to hear a commercial between Overture 1928 and Strange Deja Vu. :rant:
And you just won the award for today's greatest agreeable sentence. Every time I play Wait For Sleep I pray the god I don't believe in to spare me the commercial before Learning To Life. Sometimes it's just too much to take and I quit three seconds into the AD. I can't stand their silly jingle :censored
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Do you guys not have iPods or some other portable device?
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Oh, sure we do. I mean, I can't talk about her but I have three iPods (one beyon its natural lifespan, one rather old that a friend of mine twice refused as a gift, and the latest about 4 years old). Still, when I'm to work in front of my PC for days softwares like Spotify and Grooveshark come in handy, as I wouldn't have to download and transfer to the iPod the music I'd like to listen to, even out of a whim.
The downside is that the free users like us have no power over the stream quality and the advertising, heavy on spotify. GS is less handy but has no ads and a bigger database.
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Oh, I see. I don't know much about it, but could you use something like Amazon's Cloud Player to store your music, so you could access it anytime?
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I share a premium account with my sister but if she's using it I can't. I also have no steady source of income so that $10/month is a bit scary. :\
And you just won the award for today's greatest agreeable sentence. Every time I play Wait For Sleep I pray the god I don't believe in to spare me the commercial before Learning To Life. Sometimes it's just too much to take and I quit three seconds into the AD. I can't stand their silly jingle :censored
OH MY GOODNESS IT'S THE WORST. I'll actually go back and take the slider all the way to the last couple bars of WFS just so I can hear the transition. It isn't so bad for some things (SDOIT only has 2 or 3 seamless transitions) but for others (SFAM) it's awful.
And I don't have an iPod, hence my dependence on Spotify. xD
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I actually have Spotify Unlimited. Only 5 euros a month = no ads and unlimited music.
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Thus I conclude Spotify hates prog, probably because the length of the songs cuts with their advertising to song ratio or something.
Paranoid theories of Ivan, number thirty seven.
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What's number thirty-eight?
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What's number fifty-eight?
Fixed for nuggetz :neverusethis:
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oh shit
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I've caught it only once, but my friend says he's plagued by the condom commercial on spotify. :lol
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*obligatory joke about prog fans not having any need for condoms*
My cold is still going strong and I need hankies everywhere I go :getoffmylawn: On a positive note, the Paradise Lost show last night was awesome (as you may have read in the concert thread in the GMD side) :metal
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There's an interview with JP on the Grammys site, titled "A Ride With John Petrucci"
https://www.grammy.com/news/a-ride-with-dream-theaters-john-petrucci (https://www.grammy.com/news/a-ride-with-dream-theaters-john-petrucci)
AAAH!!! HE'S THE COUNT OF TUSCANY! I KNEW IT! :panicattack:
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What's number thirty-eight?
Thirty eight is most likely the one about scottish fivers being deliberately engineered and propagated to stop people being able to get on busses in southern Britain.
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That might very well be true.
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Tomorrow, North Taiwan will be rainy with temperatures between 23 and 26 celcius, South Taiwan will be cloudy with highs of 33 celcius and Hong Kong will have thunderstorms.
Yes, apparently my bass now picks up Radio Taiwan International.
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:lol
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I wish that were a joke...
...mainly because I was trying to record at the time.
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How can a bass pickup a radio station? ???
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Instruments, amps, and speakers do weird things sometimes.
Occasionally, at our church, during our pre-service run-through, we get a weather or obituary report from a local AM station filtered through our PA system.
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I would love to see a guitar receiving a radio station, really. It still seems strange, I mean, the strings should resonate with the frequency of the note, right? So for a centra A it should be around 440Hz, while radio waves don't usually go much under 50kHz. I read on wiki that ~300Hz waves are used for communication in mines and between soviet submarines, so you may want to keep an open ear for those. :D
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lol
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I just found this on the news: to celebrate Nepal's Children Day 18 orphans were brought on a plane for a sky tour of Himalaya. I found this picture here to be absolutely jaw-dropping: the highest mountains in the world, white icebergs of stone in a whiter ocean of clouds. Marvelous. :)
(https://www.repubblica.it/images/2013/09/14/111301111-60ea235b-9737-4ac1-8b88-54a01add1e32.jpg)
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Well that's a fantastic human-interest story. . . unless the plane goes down, of course.
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I'm pretty sure they didn't have Wi FI on board, so the planed definitely went down on the slow course to upload the pics. :lol
Anyway, the tall peak on the left half of the right window is the famed Qomolangma Feng, also known, among the british invaders, as Everest. :metal
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And what good invading we did.
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So how is everyone on DT12 day? :biggrin:
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I'm freaking out and I can't even imagine how it'll be on Friday. My mail usually arrives at 2-3 pm, so I'll have to suffer through countless hours waiting for the CD :lol :dangerwillrobinson:
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:omg: You get it early you lucky person you!
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Yay Europe yay :wave: :P
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That is hands-down the best emoticon I've ever seen. :lol
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Just finished listening and singing along to Sacrificed Sons, bring on the new stuff!
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That is hands-down the best emoticon I've ever seen. :lol
Oh, you haven't seen anything yet. :lol
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Fascinating.
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New theme is awesome
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I'm liking the new theme :)
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Yes, this new theme is pretty amazing! It's a nice change from the BTS-theme I was using before :)
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That's pretty cool! (in Jordan's voice) The change in the color theme is pretty drastic IMO, but I'll get used to it like 2 years ago.
I lent a bunch of CDs from the library so instead of checking DT12 out I'll be listening to some other stuff!
E: I didn't realize the "most users online" record was broken when AFTR was made available for listening! Needless to say, that will probably happen again today.
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Yea it looks great!! especially the top part. Only thing is now some of the emoticons like :yarr don't look as good because they have a little bit of white behind them. But this color change alone is making me excited for the album! :biggrin:
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Yea it looks great!! especially the top part. Only thing is now some of the emoticons like :yarr don't look as good because they have a little bit of white behind them. But this color change alone is making me excited for the album! :biggrin:
Just use the light theme ;)
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How do I do that?
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Thank God for the light theme. The light text on the dark background was hurting my eyes. :lol
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How do I do that?
Profile -> Look and Layout -> Current Theme -> Change :smiley:
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whoa these are cool! haha now I'm gonna change mine like every day :) thanks
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Most Online Today: 701. Most Online Ever: 981
Looks like we're not even close to breaking any sort of record today. Next week though.
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Looks like I'm not the only one who skipped the stream then... I don't think the record will be broken, because the album will be released on different dates in different countries and everyone wouldn't listen to it at the same time anyway.
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Looks like I'm not the only one who skipped the stream then... I don't think the record will be broken, because the album will be released on different dates in different countries and everyone wouldn't listen to it at the same time anyway.
No, you're not, but I can hardly wait to listen to the album. Luckily my CD will probably come on Friday or Saturday so let's hope I can hold on :lol
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So you're holding on, holding on, holding oooon! :D
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:biggrin:
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I never felt euphoric so high after listening to a DT album :slayer: :lol
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I never felt euphoric so high after listening to a DT album :slayer: :lol
That's a good thing :) All the comments on DT12 are so great that I'm almost driven over the edge to listen. But I won't, not until I get the CD.
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I never felt euphoric so high after listening to a DT album :slayer: :lol
That's a good thing :) All the comments on DT12 are so great that I'm almost driven over the edge to listen. But I won't, not until I get the CD.
You are definitely misleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaad. Nothing wrong with listening already :P
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I can tell by your reaction you don't have my back.
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No more lame excuses! It's clear that you are my enemy!
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Most Online Today: 701. Most Online Ever: 981
Looks like we're not even close to breaking any sort of record today. Next week though.
Yes, I can almost guarantee it.
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No more lame excuses! It's clear that you are my enemy!
:sad: So tell me why, why are we wasting our time..
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No more lame excuses! It's clear that you are my enemy!
:sad: So tell me why, why are we wasting our time..
:lol :lol :lol
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No more lame excuses! It's clear that you are my enemy!
:sad: So tell me why, why are we wasting our time..
:lol :lol :lol
Ssssh! You're supposed to respond with another quote!
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:dangerwillrobinson: a night filled with everything but sleep...
I don't have any creativity anymore :D
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:dangerwillrobinson: a night filled with everything but sleep...
I don't have any creativity anymore :D
Should I send cavalry to the rescue? :biggrin:
A night filled with everything but sleep? But it's only 22:47 yet? :lol
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As I said, no creativity left :lol That was the first thing could think of :lol
So help meeeeeeeeeeeee
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As I said, no creativity left :lol That was the first thing could think of :lol
So help meeeeeeeeeeeee
Wow, I missed that lyric reference :facepalm:
Is the helpless feeling eating you?
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It's a two-edged sword for sure :D
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Giddy after hearing the new dt album. Everything about it makes me happy.
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Just minding my business on Facebook, commenting on my old school's confessions page because that's how I do, and this girl from my old university messaged me
"Oops I started FB stalking and saw you like Dream Theater and thats rad, you're rad, ok bye~"
Well, don't I feel all rad and stuff on the inside?!
Now to hope that she doesn't lurk or visit DTF and see this :ninja:
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Been listening more and more of Outcry. Killer track and them playing it live in Singapore with them not hearing what they are playing was nothing short of miraculous. Can't wait to hear the Luna Park version where they actually can hear what they are playing.
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Was your night full of SAUSAGES?
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I spent 40 minutes sitting on the train which was 4 minutes from my stop. Ended up being late for work. :rant:
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Erg. That sounds super-weak, WHN.
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Trains? What's trains?
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Trains? What's trains?
They're these magical things that take you to Hogwarts! :lol:
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Oh, I've neve seen any of those. Not here, fo sure :D
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Sadly we only have the non-magical variety here in the northeast. :\
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We have them too! I like trains.
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Trains? What's trains?
They're these magical things that take you to Hogwarts! :lol:
Don't forget that they also take you to the North Pole... ;)
I've only ridden on a train once in my life which was when I was a kid and we were in Arizona visiting the Grand Canyon. Train rides now make me of Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory :lol
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Wow, I take the train every day to get into the city! I live 30 minutes from Philadelphia by train, but an hour by car, so I use public transportation. I guess depending on where you live they might not be as common?
Don't mind me, my mind is just hurting trying to imagine that. :lol
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Wow, I take the train every day to get into the city! I live 30 minutes from Philadelphia by train, but an hour by car, so I use public transportation. I guess depending on where you live they might not be as common?
Don't mind me, my mind is just hurting trying to imagine that. :lol
Public Transportation barely exists in the Southeast (I'm located in Chattanooga, TN). I have traveled quite a bit so I've definitely flown and "sailed" enough to make up for my lack of train-riding. Oh! I took a train to Tuscany from Florence when I was in Italy 5 years ago. Sadly, there were no Counts to take me for a ride when I got there... :neverusethis:
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Public transport is the bees knees to get from Whitstable to Canterbury in Kent.
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Public transportation around here is meh. Apparently Washington D.C. has the best subway system in the country, a lot of people say. Philadelphia has a north-south line and an east-west line, but there's a ton of places that the subway doesn't go to. There's also trolleys and buses but it's a clusterfuck during rush hour. :|
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Public transport to the houses of either of my parents is laughable. A bus comes past my mother's house... once or twice a day, otherwise it's every half an hour stopping at a stop thirty minutes walk away, and for my father's house it's train once every half hour, stopping in the nearest town, which is about three or four miles away.
Not good for drawing faeries.
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Not good for drawing faeries.
...I feel like I'm missing something.
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I recently (ie. the last two days) restarted an old project I mused about with a friend of mine about two years back. Basically, we're writing a comic (or he's writing it, I'm drawing it), and it's about some dude who gets prophetic visions and faeries, as in the medieval/traditional type (as well as nymphs, naiads and other things of fay/other ilk) rather than the modern depiction of fairies.
Naturally, I'm completely obsessed with drawing faeries as a result at the moment.
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Ah. I still don't get the connection, but that sounds awesome!
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Ah. I still don't get the connection, but that sounds awesome!
I'm faery lost myself...
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:rollin I think he means to say that when traveling using public transport, you can spend your time drawing faeries. Since the public transport is shit, he has to travel using car/bike/whatever, meaning that he can't draw faeries.
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OH OH OH. Wow, that seems so obvious now. I use the train to work on character sketches for my assignments, so I really should have made that connection. :facepalm:
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Faerie good!
I may also be reading A Midsummer Night's Dream to get a feel for how his ideas about Puck should be.
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Dare we say...faery obvious...? :neverusethis: I'm done with the puns......for now....
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Puns are good. Please, do go on.
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Oberon the other chat thread, I'm sure things are way more serious.
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Puns are good. Please, do go on.
I feel almost certain there's a pun here, but I can't find it.
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He just wants to Puck with your mind.
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Puns are good. Please, do go on.
I feel almost certain there's a pun here, but I can't find it.
There is none. You are mistaken. Perhaps I have been misunderstood.
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Puns are good. Please, do go on.
I feel almost certain there's a pun here, but I can't find it.
There is none. You are mistaken. Perhaps I have been misunderstood.
I'm almost certain there's a pun in here, but I can't find it. :/
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There's only a nugget in there, nothing more. I couldn't think of anything :lol
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Someone could stop the man on my brain singing "someone save me, look behind the veil" ?
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Someone could stop the man on my brain singing "someone save me, look behind the veil" ?
Okay, but can someone stop the guy in my brain singing "I believe we're along for the ride"? Seriously, I wouldn't mind if he started singing a different track occasionally.
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Why are you two complaining about having JLB in your head, seriously :biggrin:
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I'm not complaining about JLB, Milena! :heart I just would like to hear other aspects of his voice too.
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I'm fucking tired... but tonight my roommate and I gotta choose a new third roommate, hope we can find a good one. SO I'M HOLDING OOOOOON until I can get some sleep.
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Good luck with that Onno.
My coworker is tapping his foot. And it's loud because he's tapping it against one of those plastic mats they put under office chairs. And I'm just... about to lose my mind.
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LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS IN THE WIND ONE BIG GUST AND WE COULD CAVE IN I DON'T WANT US WONDERING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEEEEE-EEEEEEN
I'm sorry but you said "holding on" and I hate Matt for writing such catchy stuff. :biggrin:
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LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS IN THE WIND ONE BIG GUST AND WE COULD CAVE IN I DON'T WANT US WONDERING WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEEEEE-EEEEEEN
I'm sorry but you said "holding on" and I hate Matt for writing such catchy stuff. :biggrin:
It was intended as a nugget :metal
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THAT BARBECUE NOT USED TO GRILL, IT'S KILLING YOU, AGONYYY!
Yes, the misheard lyrics man strikes again, but this time for a relevant reason: I was at a barbecue-kind of event held for us newbie English students :D
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I've spent all day listening to (:omg:) NOT Dream Theater. My friend finally convinced me to give Porcupine Tree a spin and I'm thoroughly enjoying them too. :lol
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Which album? Fear Of A Blank Planet is my favorite, but that's not a popular opinion.
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Nah, Stupid Dream. I liked it a lot though! :biggrin:
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Next you need to listen to In Absentia!
I think I am going to do so right now actually!
JOIN ME!
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Sure! I already heard the first track off this but I'll listen to the whole album now.
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Heartattack in a Layby has got to be the most beautiful song on the album. When in the right mood it can move me to almost tears :)
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All the three albums that have been mentioned are in my "big 4" of PT releases along with The Sky Moves Sideways :)
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Annnd now I am on a PT kick.
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Greetings! I'm new to this site.
Random: John Myung likes Death Cab for Cutie, I should start liking it too. :rollin
All hail John Myung :hefdaddy
All hail DT :hefdaddy
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Welcome Adii!
And yes you should. DCFC is a fantastic band with some really lovely songs.
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Welcome! :)
I remember that intie with JM (there are so few that each one of them is memorable :D)... My sister has downloaded some DCFC songs and I heard one of them, but I can't remember anything about it except that I thought it was alright.
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Annnd now I am on a PT kick.
Nothing wrong with that sir. :tup
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I found them a bit tough to get into, but I think they're really good.
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Which album? Fear Of A Blank Planet is my favorite, but that's not a popular opinion.
FOABP is my favourite PT album too!
Greetings! I'm new to this site.
Random: John Myung likes Death Cab for Cutie, I should start liking it too. :rollin
All hail John Myung :hefdaddy
All hail DT :hefdaddy
Welcome! All hail the supreme lords of music!
On a different note, me and my roommate just picked a new third roommate, pretty much perfect fit. Now gonna listen to some epic classical music while reading A Storm of Swords and then it's off to bed with me. Goodnight boys and girls!
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I found them a bit tough to get into, but I think they're really good.
They were tough for me as well. But when it hit me, it hit me HARD. I ALMOST wish I would have discovered PT instead of DT when I was in High School. Almost...
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I found them a bit tough to get into, but I think they're really good.
They were tough for me as well. But when it hit me, it hit me HARD. I ALMOST wish I would have discovered PT instead of DT when I was in High School. Almost...
:lol Oh I was referring to Death Cab. I'm finding no issues getting into PT. Funny how that works.
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ohhhhh ok
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Welcome Adii!
And yes you should. DCFC is a fantastic band with some really lovely songs.
Thank you for the welcome, Whatsername, ? and Onno! :laugh:
I've heard DCFC once and I thought they were awesome too, but I didn't pay too much attention, not until JM mentioned them on that interview ? was talking about. JM is the DT member which inspires me the most, I dunno. (I'm just so biased :lol)
Anyway, this seems like a nice place to chill but I would have to come back tomorrow since it's late here. I'll just greet you goodnight with this:
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/166ccbcdb1e3e6acb59a588450e2b402/tumblr_mff17eE8Ur1rqhgwuo2_500.gif)
(I really like this gif, lol Rudess wizard :lol)
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I lovelovelove the girl who made that gif. Haven't talked to her in a while, I think she's busy with school.
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Yesterday I was given a day off and guess what? I went to play tennis with a friend and excessive esposure to the sun ruined the rest pf the day. I had to sleep at fucking 10PM :D
At least I regained a few sleep hours.
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I guess i'll have to wait for sleep ;D
Since my daughter was born a week ago it has been difficult to find time to listen to DT12, even sleeping is a luxury at the moment.
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Oh, congratulations!
You have to get her a copy of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Lullaby-Versions-of-Dream-Theater/dp/B009D4MLWO
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Oh, congratulations!
You have to get her a copy of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Lullaby-Versions-of-Dream-Theater/dp/B009D4MLWO
Is anyone else finding it ironic that the first track is A Nightmare To Remember?
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And the last one is Panic Attack :lol
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And the last one is Panic Attack :lol
and.. AHEM.. check out Track 8.
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The nights are not really eternal currently, at least not the sleep part. :|
Interesting track list for lullaby versions. :lol
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Jesus christ, A Nightmare To Remember Lullaby version is very creepy.
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Maybe it's the Beautiful Agony section on a loop :P
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Maybe it's the Beautiful Agony section on a loop :P
Or the EVERYONE SURVIVES HUHHHH part
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I'm planning to order it just to hear the TDEN riff and the continuum solo in the lullaby version, I just can't imagine how it could be.
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I'm thinking of buying it, seriously :biggrin:
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
37...
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September has now just turned to the best month ever considering Roger Waters announced he will do another solo album :D
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
37...
:hifive:
Seriously, these are actually really beautiful. Although I'm having serious difficulty recognizing the snippets of the songs.
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
37...
:hifive:
Seriously, these are actually really beautiful. Although I'm having serious difficulty recognizing the snippets of the songs.
From NJ?
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
37...
:hifive:
Seriously, these are actually really beautiful. Although I'm having serious difficulty recognizing the snippets of the songs.
From NJ?
Yep. :lol I don't like to announce that though since I'm hoping to move in a few months.
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...is it bad that I'm 22 and I want this to go to sleep to? :lol
37...
:hifive:
Seriously, these are actually really beautiful. Although I'm having serious difficulty recognizing the snippets of the songs.
I was able to recognize just UAGM and PA ??? but still, I really wanna buy that.
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Hi guys. I think it's first time I'm visiting this thread ;)
As some of you mentioned PT I could listen to Stupid Dream today, great album but I never listened to it enough. BTW, FOTBP is my favorite by PT :tup
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I was able to recognize just UAGM and PA ??? but still, I really wanna buy that.
I got TW, OTBOA, Metropolis, UAGM, Forsaken, and PA... but it took repeated listens.
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Those tracks were produced before, I almost couldn't recognize half of the songs from the samples!
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Also, in the vein of different interpretations of DT songs...
https://www.amazon.com/Symphonic-Theater-Dreams-Tribute-Dream/dp/B00BMUY8NM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_dmusic_a_1
I'll just leave this here and go back to having an eargasm. :biggrin:
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My copy of DT12 was shipped this afternoon. Normally it takes one day to deliver them, and I really hope tomorrow won't be an exception :panicattack:
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That's great! You'll have to let us know.
I found this Dream Theater tribute album on Spotify. Couldn't listen to it. I didn't realize how much James's voice is iconic to the sound of the band until I was listening to someone else sing it. :\
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I got the two day shipping that comes on the release day. Does Amazon ever ship that deal early? I want mine early!! Of course I ordered it yesterday so.. :lol
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That's great! You'll have to let us know.
I found this Dream Theater tribute album on Spotify. Couldn't listen to it. I didn't realize how much James's voice is iconic to the sound of the band until I was listening to someone else sing it. :\
Which one was it? I remember there was one called Voices that came out in 1999 and it wasn't that great.
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
Holy god, this version of Under a Glass Moon is hilariously bad.
EDIT: :lol :lol Everyone on this board needs to listen to this recording right now. There's no keyboardist, the vocalist is ridiculous, and the guitarist isn't even playing the guitar solo and is just playing rhythm over the instrumental section.
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
I never heard of that one...strange. I might have to get it, just to get it.
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
Holy god, this version of Under a Glass Moon is hilariously bad.
EDIT: :lol :lol Everyone on this board needs to listen to this recording right now. There's no keyboardist, the vocalist is ridiculous, and the guitarist isn't even playing the guitar solo and is just playing rhythm over the instrumental section.
Looking it up now.
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Also, in the vein of different interpretations of DT songs...
https://www.amazon.com/Symphonic-Theater-Dreams-Tribute-Dream/dp/B00BMUY8NM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_dmusic_a_1
I'll just leave this here and go back to having an eargasm. :biggrin:
The dude who made that is on these boards just fyi. Eren is here. Rich Wilson is here. Everyone of importance is here :lol
It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
Holy god, this version of Under a Glass Moon is hilariously bad.
EDIT: :lol :lol Everyone on this board needs to listen to this recording right now. There's no keyboardist, the vocalist is ridiculous, and the guitarist isn't even playing the guitar solo and is just playing rhythm over the instrumental section.
I can't find anything on youtube.
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I haven't heard any DT tribute albums, but I remember seeing the tracklist for one and some band had covered You Not Me :lol
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I haven't heard any DT tribute albums, but I remember seeing the tracklist for one and some band had covered You Not Me :lol
That is ridiculous :rollin :rollin
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Also, in the vein of different interpretations of DT songs...
https://www.amazon.com/Symphonic-Theater-Dreams-Tribute-Dream/dp/B00BMUY8NM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_dmusic_a_1
I'll just leave this here and go back to having an eargasm. :biggrin:
Awesomeness on high levels there.
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I haven't heard any DT tribute albums, but I remember seeing the tracklist for one and some band had covered You Not Me :lol
I found that release! (https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=11237)
CD1: Dream Theatre Tribute:
1. Evil Wings: A Fortune in lies (4:52)
2. Moon Of Steel: You Not Me (5:07)
3. Aztec Jade: Another Day (4:29)
4. Accomplice: Pull Me Under (8:53)
5. Empty Tremor: dream Theatre Medley (13:23)
6. Overlife: Metropolis Part 1 (9:32)
7. Fifth Season: Peruvian Skies (6:19)
8. CMKY: Surrounded (5:52)
9. Eleventh Hour: Learning To Live (11:45)
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dat dream theatRE
ALSO WHOA I'M OVER 5000 POSTS
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"dream theatRE medley" On a tribute album? C'mon... ??? :tdwn
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I'd say "CD1: Dream Theatre Tribute" is an equally bad screwup :lol
ALSO WHOA I'M OVER 5000 POSTS
You didn't realize until now? :P
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"dream theatRE medley" On a tribute album? C'mon... ??? :tdwn
OMG THAT TOO
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The dude who made that is on these boards just fyi. Eren is here. Rich Wilson is here. Everyone of importance is here :lol
WHAT. WHERE. :hefdaddy I must worship them!
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I'd say "CD1: Dream Theatre Tribute" is an equally bad screwup :lol
Missed that, I'm so tired that I strongly resemble someone who's really really tired...
dat dream theatRE
ALSO WHOA I'M OVER 5000 POSTS
Grats!
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I'm not as excited about this as I once was. In my opinion they left it too late and now the material seems slightly outdated. It's still a day one purchase of course, I just wish it had come out when the initial excitement for the ADTOE stuff was still present. Would be awesome if they added a few "live in the studio" performances from the new album to keep things current.
I realise this sounds really ungrateful but I don't intend it to come across that way.
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Am I the only one who finds it funny that YNM was covered by a band with a proggy/bombastic name like Moon of Steel?
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I'm not as excited about this as I once was. In my opinion they left it too late and now the material seems slightly outdated. It's still a day one purchase of course, I just wish it had come out when the initial excitement for the ADTOE stuff was still present. Would be awesome if they added a few "live in the studio" performances from the new album to keep things current.
I realise this sounds really ungrateful but I don't intend it to come across that way.
Don't be such an ingrate. ;) :P :metal
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
Holy god, this version of Under a Glass Moon is hilariously bad.
EDIT: :lol :lol Everyone on this board needs to listen to this recording right now. There's no keyboardist, the vocalist is ridiculous, and the guitarist isn't even playing the guitar solo and is just playing rhythm over the instrumental section.
Looking it up now.
I'm sure they're trying, and I applaud their effort (hell, I couldn't come CLOSE to what they're doing :lol) but I mean... there are some bands that are better left uncovered.
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:P
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:zydar:
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There are some bands I'd definitely trust to cover Dream Theater. Seventh Wonder, for starters. And I don't like Circus Maximus' original material much, but legend has it they were a DT cover band when they were starting out, and Michael Eriksen is quite an outstanding singer.
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Michael Erikson really reminded me of JLB the first time I heard him. Which is odd, because now I can hardly hear any similarities. :lol
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There are some bands I'd definitely trust to cover Dream Theater. Seventh Wonder, for starters. And I don't like Circus Maximus' original material much, but legend has it they were a DT cover band when they were starting out, and Michael Eriksen is quite an outstanding singer.
I want to hear Mr. Tommy singing Surrounded. Can you arrange that, Mili? :D
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There are some bands I'd definitely trust to cover Dream Theater. Seventh Wonder, for starters. And I don't like Circus Maximus' original material much, but legend has it they were a DT cover band when they were starting out, and Michael Eriksen is quite an outstanding singer.
I want to hear Mr. Tommy singing Surrounded. Can you arrange that, Mili? :D
Man I wish I could :lol he likes Dream Theater though.
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Well, that's nice of him! I wonder if the DT boys like or listen to Kamelot or Seventh Wonder!
Speaking of Kamelot, I saw Silverthorn (regular and deluxe edition) in the terribly poor bookshop/record store at the local mall. I was shocked, I wasn't expecting it! I briefly even considered purchasing it, but this is not the best period for follies.
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this is not the best period for follies.
Yeahhhhh, I'm going to have to write a Doomy Woods Of Ypres jam based around this :lol
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I have teh awesome deluxe edition :angel: the poster is awful though. I mean, not the quality of the poster, but the picture.
But yeah, I'm not sure whether I'll be getting any CDs at all during this time period. Fall concerts, long distance relationship, school books to buy... :-X
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Moving up to a new city, January concert, seedbox, Grateful Dreams :biggrin:
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I think I will also be spending very little on non-music hardware for a while, as I realised that if I basically stop buying music and eat a lot of lentils for the next six/eight months, I can get an some shiny things, as well as get my friend in Changzhou some nice things, and maybe in the summer or whenever go on holiday with her.
Ok, I might postpone the getting of a fretless five string, but I do want a hifi amp and a nice keyboard...
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Hold on, what's Changzhou? The Chinese equivalent of the Dukedom of Anjou?
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Yeah, if I live on ramen and don't purchase any more tickets for shows (apart from DT whenever that is), I might be able to move out soon! So I fully support you guys in your no-spending endeavors.
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I'm on a no-spending endeavour now. I've bought an electric piano/keyboard a few weeks ago, then discovered that I owed one of my roommates 150 euros for the electrics (is that the right word for that?), had to pay for my piano lessons and discovered that I had no more money left :lol Tomorrow I'm gonna buy me some epic food, 'cause I still have some empty beer crates I can hand in for deposit money! :metal
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It's called "Déjà Vu a Tribute to Dream Theater". I wanted to like it, but I couldn't. :lol
Holy god, this version of Under a Glass Moon is hilariously bad.
EDIT: :lol :lol Everyone on this board needs to listen to this recording right now. There's no keyboardist, the vocalist is ridiculous, and the guitarist isn't even playing the guitar solo and is just playing rhythm over the instrumental section.
Looking it up now.
I'm sure they're trying, and I applaud their effort (hell, I couldn't come CLOSE to what they're doing :lol) but I mean... there are some bands that are better left uncovered.
Sounds like Dominici trying to cover JLB, How can you listen to this and think.. You know what? good enough to me, LETS RELEASE IT!
Edit: LTL time! WERE THESE DRUMS RECORDED IN A BATHROOM? I Know the Images and Words snare sound was bad but come on!
Also I was incredibly surprised when these vocals came in!! also the octave leaps :lol EVERYONE LISTEN TO THIS!!! IT'S LIKE SOUTH PARK COVERED IT!
There was a very good bit though, The F# part was actually really good
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Sounds like Dominici trying to cover JLB, How can you listen to this and think.. You know what? good enough to me, LETS RELEASE IT!
Edit: LTL time! WERE THESE DRUMS RECORDED IN A BATHROOM? I Know the Images and Words snare sound was bad but come on!
Also I was incredibly surprised when these vocals came in!! also the octave leaps :lol EVERYONE LISTEN TO THIS!!! IT'S LIKE SOUTH PARK COVERED IT!
There was a very good bit though, The F# part was actually really good
Listening to LTL. It's actually not so bad. Garage-band quality recording, but the garage band in question isn't horrible. The Under a Glass Moon cover is the really questionable one.
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I just got DT12 in the mail. So happy :caffeine:
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I just got DT12 in the mail. So happy :caffeine:
:metal
I was listening to it again on the way into work....pure amazement.
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I just got DT12 in the mail. So happy :caffeine:
:squee: SO HAPPY FOR YOU. I forget if you're one of the ones who've listened to it or not... :loser:
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I just got DT12 in the mail. So happy :caffeine:
:squee: SO HAPPY FOR YOU. I forget if you're one of the ones who've listened to it or not... :loser:
I listened to it once on Monday, but now I have the real thing which is much more awesome :2metal: :smiley:
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I just got DT12 in the mail. So happy :caffeine:
SAME HERE!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!111!!!!111!1 :metal :metal :metal
Gonna listen to it in half an hour when I'm done making pizza :hat
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Which ones did you guys get?
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Standard edition, I don't have a 5.1 Surround Sound system or an LP player.
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The jewel case. I don't have the equipment for the vinyl or the 5.1 mix, and the super-deluxe-special-extra-hyper-set was too expensive for me :)
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Ah okay. I'll probably be picking that one up too. Shame about it not including HDTracks though.
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As I said in the pic thread I started I got the CD+DVD edition because I had no choice :lol However, the price was the same as the one for the standard edition would've been in the record store I usually visit so I can't complain.
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Sprung for the cheapo shipping so mine is projected to arrive on the 25th. ::)
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So Roadrunner shipped them early? I got Amazon and it's supposed to arrive on the release date the 24th
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So Roadrunner shipped them early? I got Amazon and it's supposed to arrive on the release date the 24th
Today is the release date in (some/most/all :huh:) European countries.
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24th here in Sweden.
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oh really?? I knew some places was the 23rd, but I didn't know it was today anywhere! Ok well anyway, I'll have mine in 4 days if all goes well :corn :metal
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18th in Japan... 20th in Switzerland and Germany.
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18th in Japan... 20th in Switzerland and Germany.
And the 20th in Holland too.
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The deluxe box set arrived yesterday but i wasn't able to listen to the 5.1 mix yet because i'm moving into a new home now and the 5.1 system is not yet setup :| This will be my priority today.
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Hold on, what's Changzhou? The Chinese equivalent of the Dukedom of Anjou?
It's a city in China, in Jiangsu province, which is near Shanghai. It also happens to be where a friend of mine lives, with whom I am quite close.
There's also an epic dude of an artist who lives there too, by the name of Hong Lei, his stuff looks kinda very Lasse Hoile-esque in a strange sort of way, but more chinese.
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You know it's new album time when we talk about Dream Theater in the chat thread :lol
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WHAT? NEW ALBUM? WHEN?
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You know it's new album time when we talk about Dream Theater in the chat thread :lol
lol
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I'm pretty sure we have talked about Dream Theater in this past two years here. Did I miss any new albums? :biggrin:
Because yeah, that would be insane. A whole new album just now, again. I'm not sure if I could even take it :rollin
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What new album?
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Am I the only one who feels required to listen to Trial of Tears on a gloomy, rainy day?
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It's rainin', it's rainin'...
That's the only part of the song I remember, though. :lol
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Well because of that part I feel like it suits rainy weather well, although Porcupine Tree is quickly becoming rainy weather music too!
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When it's dreary and getting to the fall of the year, I have a hard place in my heart for Opeth.
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Ugh, I've tried listening to Opeth. My best friend showed me them. He's the one who got me into DT and PT so I trust his taste in music, but I really couldn't listen to Opeth at all. :(
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Well because of that part I feel like it suits rainy weather well, although Porcupine Tree is quickly becoming rainy weather music too!
Ah yes, P-Tree is very good for depressing settings. You should try posting over in GMD, you will discover many great bands. :tup
When it's dreary and getting to the fall of the year, I have a hard place in my heart for Opeth.
Opeth is very good, also.
Ugh, I've tried listening to Opeth. My best friend showed me them. He's the one who got me into DT and PT so I trust his taste in music, but I really couldn't listen to Opeth at all. :(
Don't like the harsh vox? You could try Watershed, it's the album that got me into them.
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Ugh, I've tried listening to Opeth. My best friend showed me them. He's the one who got me into DT and PT so I trust his taste in music, but I really couldn't listen to Opeth at all. :(
Don't like the harsh vox? You could try Watershed, it's the album that got me into them.
That is precisely why I can't listen to them, so I'll take your suggestion.
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It's worth noting, Watershed still has harsh vox, but apart from Heir Apparent, the clean vocals dominate. Damnation is entirely clean, but I personally don't care for the songs as much.
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It's worth noting, Watershed still has harsh vox, but apart from Heir Apparent, the clean vocals dominate. Damnation is entirely clean, but I personally don't care for the songs as much.
I like Damnation a lot, but Watershed is fantastic. Hex Omega FTW. :metal
My favorite album of theirs remains Blackwater Park. But I wouldn't recommend it for Whatsername.
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Am I the only one who feels required to listen to Trial of Tears on a gloomy, rainy day?
Especially since it is raining here in New York City. ;)
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is probably going to start getting plays over here in Broflat soon. It's very autumn saturday afternoon music, especially November.
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Ugh, I've tried listening to Opeth. My best friend showed me them. He's the one who got me into DT and PT so I trust his taste in music, but I really couldn't listen to Opeth at all. :(
Don't like the harsh vox? You could try Watershed, it's the album that got me into them.
That is precisely why I can't listen to them, so I'll take your suggestion.
I used to despise growing before I got into Opeth, but I loved the music and his clean vocals so much that I kept listening to them. Opeth introduced me to so much awesome new music, so even though I don't really listen to them a lot anymore (however I'm spinning Morningrise at the moment :metal), I have a huge lot of respect for them. They helped me discover my two favourite subgenres of metal at the moment (prog metal and melodic death metal), and opened my eyes to much more amazing music (I was mainly listening to thrash before), which is one of the reasons why they are still one of my top 5 bands (the other reason is that I think that Still Life, Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Watershed are some of the greatest prog metal albums of all time).
Even if they won't have such a big influence on you as they had on me, their wonderful music is really worth trying out, and Watershed is a great starting point imo :tup
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Ugh, I've tried listening to Opeth. My best friend showed me them. He's the one who got me into DT and PT so I trust his taste in music, but I really couldn't listen to Opeth at all. :(
Don't like the harsh vox? You could try Watershed, it's the album that got me into them.
That is precisely why I can't listen to them, so I'll take your suggestion.
I used to despise growing before I got into Opeth, but I loved the music and his clean vocals so much that I kept listening to them. Opeth introduced me to so much awesome new music, so even though I don't really listen to them a lot anymore (however I'm spinning Morningrise at the moment :metal), I have a huge lot of respect for them. They helped me discover my two favourite subgenres of metal at the moment (prog metal and melodic death metal), and opened my eyes to much more amazing music (I was mainly listening to thrash before), which is one of the reasons why they are still one of my top 5 bands (the other reason is that I think that Still Life, Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Watershed are some of the greatest prog metal albums of all time).
Even if they won't have such a big influence on you as they had on me, their wonderful music is really worth trying out, and Watershed is a great starting point imo :tup
I get what you are saying regarding the clean vocals. It's like a completely different band when hearing them with clean vocals and the harsher vocals. The cleans vocals keep me listening...from time to time. Now for a "cleaner" version of Opeth, I just listen to Anathema or the Polish prog band Votum. ;D
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Today is a momentous occasion. The day I finally graduate to becoming a true DT fan.
Today, I purchased my first DT album.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img19/3746/ak4p.jpg)
It's a beautiful day. :heart
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Great choice for first DT album :tup
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It's also the first one I heard, so it's really a perfect sphere.
:neverusethis:
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I second that, it's my favourite DT album! And only for $6? That's dirt cheap!
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One buck per degree? :neverusethis:
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I second that, it's my favourite DT album! And only for $6? That's dirt cheap!
Well dirty deeds are done dirt cheap.
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Good place to have started. I got it for three times that price at least...
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Yeah, it was from a local record store! They even had DT12 but I didn't have the money nor the means to play the vinyl version, and the 5.1 mix does nothing for me so I'm holding off to find the standard edition. It was a struggle, though. In the end, the $6 sold me on waiting, because I can get 2 beers for $6, and still get my beautiful music on Tuesday. :lol
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Nice. That reminds me, I need to drink some wine.
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Nice. That reminds me, I need to drink some wine.
DRINK THE WINE
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K
I initially intended to but I got distracted by bass.
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Today is a momentous occasion. The day I finally graduate to becoming a true DT fan.
Today, I purchased my first DT album.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img19/3746/ak4p.jpg)
It's a beautiful day. :heart
What a coincidence, it was the first album I bought myself! Four years and a half later I ended up mildly disliking the second half of it :lol
And by the way, I payed it the equivalent of 30$, if I remember correctly. Double CDs are that expensive in my place.
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Today is a momentous occasion. The day I finally graduate to becoming a true DT fan.
Today, I purchased my first DT album.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img19/3746/ak4p.jpg)
It's a beautiful day. :heart
I was listening to 6DOIT continuously in my car up until the latest release.
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I missed my bus... :censored
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I missed my bus... :censored
Where to?
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Today is a momentous occasion. The day I finally graduate to becoming a true DT fan.
Today, I purchased my first DT album.
(https://imageshack.com/a/img19/3746/ak4p.jpg)
It's a beautiful day. :heart
If I started from the top
And worked my way down
There's be no reason.......
To get the rest of the albums. :neverusethis:
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I missed my bus... :censored
Where to?
he should answer the wasteland :lol
@Blob you are so mean sometimes :biggrin:
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I missed my bus... :censored
Where to?
he should answer the wasteland :lol
@Blob you are so mean sometimes :biggrin:
SOMETIMES? Dangit, I try harder than that!
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He once imbued a stock of 1000 Awake jewel cases in sea-wasp venom and scattered them across the world to exterminate the lovers of that album, he can definitely be meaner than that. :lol
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He once imbued a stock of 1000 Awake jewel cases in sea-wasp venom and scattered them across the world to exterminate the lovers of that album, he can definitely be meaner than that. :lol
I really do pity him now.
:lol :lol
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I missed my bus... :censored
Where to?
To school. Luckily there was another one after that (with a different route) and I got here on time.
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This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
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He once imbued a stock of 1000 Awake jewel cases in sea-wasp venom and scattered them across the world to exterminate the lovers of that album, he can definitely be meaner than that. :lol
Meh. Awake isn't worth all of that effort.
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He once imbued a stock of 1000 Awake jewel cases in sea-wasp venom and scattered them across the world to exterminate the lovers of that album, he can definitely be meaner than that. :lol
Meh. Awake isn't worth all of that effort.
Awwww. Go back to your corner. :biggrin:
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He once imbued a stock of 1000 Awake jewel cases in sea-wasp venom and scattered them across the world to exterminate the lovers of that album, he can definitely be meaner than that. :lol
:rollin
This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
Why won't you join until next week?
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This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
Why won't you join until next week?
Because I still have to get my degree here in this city and spend three days of healing after two year of non-stop, no-holidays studying.
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Wow, that's really tough... So next week, you'll be starting again on no-holiday studying?
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Congratulations Wasteland! You are not wasting your time! :D
My army starts in 7 days! I don't wanna go! 347 days at the service. I'm going motha fakin' psychosane! :panicattack:
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Wow, that's really tough... So next week, you'll be starting again on no-holiday studying?
Pretty much. I know it will be much tougher from now on, too.
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Holy shit, and I thought I had a stressful study. Good luck man!
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This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
Why won't you join until next week?
Because I still have to get my degree here in this city and spend three days of healing after two year of non-stop, no-holidays studying.
Do you use your right or left hand for that?
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::) :lol
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This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
Why won't you join until next week?
Because I still have to get my degree here in this city and spend three days of healing after two year of non-stop, no-holidays studying.
Do you use your right or left hand for that?
It depends on a number of factors, including wind direction.
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This makes me realize that right now, in the city of Pisa, university lessons are starting without me. I'll be joining in in a week.
Why won't you join until next week?
Because I still have to get my degree here in this city and spend three days of healing after two year of non-stop, no-holidays studying.
Do you use your right or left hand for that?
It depends on a number of factors, including wind direction.
:lol
does it require 1.21 gigawatts also?
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1.22, just like diffraction from a circular opening. (true story)
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(https://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag94/ShadowNinja38/121gigawatts_zpsee1ed1c6.jpg)
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Great Scott!
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More trouble with buses... I was on the way back home and the doors of the bus stopped working, so the driver had to open them with his hands every time someone got off! As a result the trip took 10-20 minutes longer than usually.
My army starts in 7 days! I don't wanna go! 347 days at the service. I'm going motha fakin' psychosane! :panicattack:
Worst of all, you don't get to keep your hair!
Ok, that's not the worst thing about it, but I'd be pretty pissed off because I've been trying to grow my hair out for over 2 years and it's finally starting to look good. Good luck with your military service!
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Yes, yes... I'm George, George McFly. You're density... I mean your destiny.
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It's 22:38, and I've just begun working on deriving the classical Dulong-Petit law from the kinetic theory of gases and the equiparition theory. Woohoo!
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1/3 kT?
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Well, I only know that the answer is Cv= 3R or 3Nk. I don't get it at all... The exercise I have to derive it using the kinetic theory of gases and the equipartition of energy. My professor said it was not that hard and all the equations were on the web, but I have no idea how this works and which equations I need. I assume the kinetic theory of gases gives me PV=NkT but I don't know how equipartition of energy works.
Problem is, I can't use any quantum mechanics, I have to do this the classical way. It's a crystalline solid, by the way. I've found that the energy for an atom is k*T/2, and that it depends on the degrees of freedom for that atom. Now I've read that the DoF should be 6, I don't really know why other than that it has something to do with it being a crystalline solid (no translation or rotation). Then the molar internal energy U should be U=6*N*k*T/2, because of the six degrees of freedom and Avogadro's constant K. Then Cv= dU/dT with constant V, thus being 3Nk, but it surely couldn't be that simple? Where's the kinetic theory of gases in this?
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I'm surprised this talk hasn't touched Blob's Spidey senses.
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Well, it turns out I was right, that is the solution. Joy!
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I can finally say this:
"Hello, I'm The A Doctor! (in Physics)"
After three years of surrender, trust & passion I graduated with 110 and Praise, the highest score in the Italian University system. You'll see pics :D
It's a great day in my life, a great day.
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Cool, congratulations wasteland! :tup
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I can finally say this:
"Hello, I'm The A Doctor! (in Physics)"
After three years of surrender, trust & passion I graduated with 110 and Praise, the highest score in the Italian University system. You'll see pics :D
It's a great day in my life, a great day.
Congratulations man! :tup :tup
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I can finally say this:
"Hello, I'm The A Doctor! (in Physics)"
After three years of surrender, trust & passion I graduated with 110 and Praise, the highest score in the Italian University system. You'll see pics :D
It's a great day in my life, a great day.
WOO! Congratulations!
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Congrats Marco! :tup
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Rock on Dr. Wasteland!
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Hey Marco, how does it work in Italy regarding titles? Here in Holland, you'll get a "Drs." title after obtaining your Master's degree, but you'll only get a "Dr." after finishing a PhD.
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Hey Marco, how does it work in Italy regarding titles? Here in Holland, you'll get a "Drs." title after obtaining your Master's degree, but you'll only get a "Dr." after finishing a PhD.
I have absolutely no idea. The president bestowed the name (of the) "Doctor" on me "in the name of the Italian Republic", but it's a meaningless title. It becomes meaningful, as you said, once you complete the doctorate, that is in 4/5 years.
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And you're going to complete the doctorate in the next few years then? That's awesome! I'll be doing my bachelor's thesis in May-June and start my Master's degree in September 2014. Well, that is, if I don't screw it up. But I probably will be fine; the courses I'm following this year are some of the hardest in my Bachelor but they're also the most fun since I'm specializing in the things I like most :)
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And you're going to complete the doctorate in the next few years then? That's awesome! I'll be doing my bachelor's thesis in May-June and start my Master's degree in September 2014. Well, that is, if I don't screw it up. But I probably will be fine; the courses I'm following this year are some of the hardest in my Bachelor but they're also the most fun since I'm specializing in the things I like most :)
No, I'll have to pursue a Master Degree before, which I'll be starting this Monday. :)
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Ahhh ok, I thought you were already done with that, since you're a Doctor. But I guess it works differently in Italy. How long is your Master, 1 or 2 years?
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In America, they don't call you a Doctor unless you complete the PhD. A Master's degree doesn't get you a title, it's just a step on the road to PhD.
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Ahhh ok, I thought you were already done with that, since you're a Doctor. But I guess it works differently in Italy. How long is your Master, 1 or 2 years?
2 years. By the way, as I said, it's an empty title now. Just for people to make stale jokes on your graduation party :P
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:lol Yeah, mine will also be two years.
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Ok everybody, vote for JMX:
https://loudwire.com/john-myung-vs-sean-malone-greatest-metal-bassist-round-1/
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Sorry, but I've had it with those loudwire poll shit. It doesn't matter anyway.
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Sorry, but I've had it with those loudwire poll shit. It doesn't matter anyway.
Sure it doesn't matter, but it's still a nice and easy way to show support for the band. As much as DTF has invalidated every single poll DT is a part of, I like that DT has such a dedicated fanbase. :lol
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I voted and JMX has over 85% of the votes, so he'll probably make it to the next round even if we aren't spamming the poll every hour :P Sean Malone is a great player though, I like his work on the first OSI album.
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In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. It would be nice, however, to see the silent man win.
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Pretty excited that I'm possibly gonna soon be doing my top 50 DT songs list. Got to make a great (And yet confusing) list~
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Pretty excited that I'm possibly gonna soon be doing my top 50 DT songs list. Got to make a great (And yet confusing) list~
In my experience, the more confusing, the better. :biggrin:
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Yup! No fun seeing:
1. ACOS
2. Metropolis
3. Octavarium
4. SDOIT
5. LtL
6. The Glass Prison
and so on, with a sentence or 2 under each.
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Yup! No fun seeing:
1. ACOS
2. Metropolis
3. Octavarium
4. SDOIT
5. LtL
6. The Glass Prison
and so on, with a sentence or 2 under each.
I wish more people ranked 3, 4 and 6 that high! They're not as common choices as they deserve to be imo.
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WELL YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOVE MY LIST THEN.
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Yup! No fun seeing:
1. ACOS
2. Metropolis
3. Octavarium
4. SDOIT
5. LtL
6. The Glass Prison
and so on, with a sentence or 2 under each.
I wish more people ranked 3, 4 and 6 that high! They're not as common choices as they deserve to be imo.
Really? I feel like I see those six in top 10s regularly. Octavarium in particular gets #1'd a whole lot.
No such luck in my list though, only one of the above even made my top 14.
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As much as DTF has invalidated every single poll DT is a part of, I like that DT has such a dedicated fanbase. :lol
2013-09-02 -- Never forget. (https://loudwire.com/mike-mangini-vs-danny-carey-greatest-metal-drummer-round-2/)
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He lost? I demand a recount...in the state of Florida....where Carey's brother is governor...or something. ::)
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He lost? I demand a recount...in the state of Florida....where Carey's brother is governor...or something. ::)
"LET ME INTRODUCE
MY BROTHAH"
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WELL YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOVE MY LIST THEN.
QFT. Very QFT.
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Yup! No fun seeing:
1. ACOS
2. Metropolis
3. Octavarium
4. SDOIT
5. LtL
6. The Glass Prison
and so on, with a sentence or 2 under each.
The Gentleman's only teaser: None of those songs are in my top ten.
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Can someone explain how that qr-code in the booklet works? All I get is just DT's official merch site...
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Can someone explain how that qr-code in the booklet works? All I get is just DT's official merch site...
You have to use your phone I think. At least that works for me.
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Can someone explain how that qr-code in the booklet works? All I get is just DT's official merch site...
You have to use your phone I think. At least that works for me.
Well obviously, I have a smart phone (Nokia Lumia) and scanned it and it took me to DT merch. So what is this extra content? Am I just so dumb that I can't do it right or what? :P
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Yup! No fun seeing:
1. ACOS
2. Metropolis
3. Octavarium
4. SDOIT
5. LtL
6. The Glass Prison
and so on, with a sentence or 2 under each.
The Gentleman's only teaser: None of those songs are in my top ten.
(https://full.somecovers.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Haters-gonna-hate-dr-who-gif.gif)
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Yes. Haters are gonna hate my list.
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Found a karaoke track on Youtube of Beneath the Surface. Man, once I actually sang it out loud (not as good as JLB), that song really connected well with certain situations in life.
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Ok everybody, vote for JMX:
https://loudwire.com/john-myung-vs-sean-malone-greatest-metal-bassist-round-1/
Myung is awesome, but Malone is mindblowing.
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I'm at the Stress Factory in New Jersey. We're about to see Andrew Dice Clay. I'm not a fan but the wife is.
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Sorry, hope you don't mind me asking... Andrew Dice Clay?
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Sorry, hope you don't mind me asking... Andrew Dice Clay?
He's a comedian.
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Sorry, hope you don't mind me asking... Andrew Dice Clay?
He's a comedian.
Ford Fairlane is one of my favourite movies.
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Sorry, hope you don't mind me asking... Andrew Dice Clay?
He's a comedian.
Ford Fairlane is one of my favourite movies.
Hit paydirt with KDRT.
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GEEZ, who don't know Dice?!
Hicory, dickory dock....OOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!
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He did that last night. Of course my wife and her friends wanted to sit in the front so naturally we got picked on.
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The wife an I when we were first dating went to see Robert Schimel and we were in the 2nd row. I told her to go to the bathroom right away because there was no way in hell I was standing up during his set. Then she saw what he did to the other couple that were going to the bathroom.
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Hate comedians who pick on the crowd for jokes. Seems kind of wrong and unfunny to me.
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If you are going to interrupt their show be prepared for it. It's not like a large stadium where you can walk away and not be seen or heard.
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I always say that if you don't like getting picked on, don't sit in the front.
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Okay, I'm going to army today so goodbye DTF for a year. I could post here or there sometimes but not so actively.
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Okay, I'm going to army today so goodbye DTF for a year. I could post here or there sometimes but not so actively.
Bye and good luck!
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See ya dude and good luck!
(also what the fuck college has rearranged my learning days)
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Good luck!
Morning forumers!
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Morning.
Wow, I just picked up the new James LaBrie, the new Rudess-Minneman-Levin project, the Winery Dogs, and the new Haken album, so I have a lot to digest.
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I still need to check all of those out. There's so much good stuff out there now. I just checked out the new Subsignal and that's awesome to say the least.
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Honestly I can say I enjoy the new JLB more than DT12... It's that good :metal
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Honestly I can say I enjoy the new JLB more than DT12... It's that good :metal
Yeah, me too. It's my "go to" album at the moment, and I listen to it just about every day. :tup
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Honestly I can say I enjoy the new JLB more than DT12... It's that good :metal
I've listened to it all the way through one time, and while I certainly like it a lot, in no way do I find it to be better than the new DT album.
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Honestly I can say I enjoy the new JLB more than DT12... It's that good :metal
:2metal:
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I've listened to the first few songs on the JLB CD and I definitely don't think it's better than the new DT. The screaming vocals are hard to get past but it's still worth listening to.
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I think Impermanent Resonance beats DT12 easily.
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I still need to check all of those out. There's so much good stuff out there now. I just checked out the new Subsignal and that's awesome to say the least.
Yes, absolutely!
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I really, really want the US tour dates to be announced so that I can give DT all my money.
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I think LMR is WAY better than DT12, and IR may be a bit better. IR and DT12 won't be in my top albums for this year though.
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DT12 is my aoty right now.
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JLB just posted this on twitter:
"Just saw Korn and Asking Alexandria... Great show guys, thanks. @Korn @AfuckingA #toronto"
That guy keeps surprising me. I personally dislike both bands though :P
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It's been scientifically proven JLB listens to EVERYTHING. Like, really, double the number of all the genres you've listened to and that's about what he listened/listens too.
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It's been scientifically proven JLB listens to EVERYTHING. Like, really, double the number of all the genres you've listened to and that's about what he listened/listens too.
This is true. Even in the YouTube interview he mentioned being a fan of Deftones. That shocked me, but it's awesome to see his diversity. I'm sure the other guys have similar versatility when it comes to musical interests.
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I would argue that quite a few people on this forum have a more diverse taste than JLB :biggrin:
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I would argue that quite a few people on this forum have a more diverse taste than JLB :biggrin:
I know I do. ;D
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I think LMR is WAY better than DT12, and IR may be a bit better. IR and DT12 won't be in my top albums for this year though.
I still need to hear this.
I really, really want the US tour dates to be announced so that I can give DT all my money.
They aren't coming over here till spring, right? Convenient seeing as my birthday is in April :metal
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I think LMR is WAY better than DT12, and IR may be a bit better. IR and DT12 won't be in my top albums for this year though.
I still need to hear this.
I really, really want the US tour dates to be announced so that I can give DT all my money.
They aren't coming over here till spring, right? Convenient seeing as my birthday is in April :metal
I'm pretty sure they said March 2014.
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Oh, I've been rather absend these past few days. Major changes and all... stuff. So, what happened here?
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Yay, I'll be doing my bachelor thesis for 15 ECTS (for non-Europeans, that means I get the equivalent of 1 full quarter in points. I need 180 in total for my bachelor, which is 3 years) in geological/geophysical numerical modelling and programming! Woohoo, I'm really excited that I'm able to do this! Most people do it only for 7.5 ECTS, which means that you have to follow an additional course during that quarter, but this is a subject I really love and I don't mind at all to spend about 10-11 weeks only on this!
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I hope you found a professor who can follow you closely. It's really bad when their don't have/ don't dedicate enough time to you.
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I think I did. This professor actually told us that he had 3 places for bachelor thesis students, and that last year he did 4 but that was too much. A friend of mine also did her thesis with him last year and she was really content with it.
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Most teachers in my old Uni wouldn't dare have more than one graduating student at time. My friend and I did etherozygote-twin-thesises with the same professor and it was one big mess that eventually turned out rather well, but still a big mess it was!
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Up here I think most professors have multiple graduating students at once. I think mostly it turns out fine.
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What's the subject of yours, precisely? Mine was about calculating the way a Neutrino Magnetic Moment would affect the number of interacting neutrinos in a scattering experiment on polarized Gadolinium Orthosilicate crystals, should a number of proposed extension to the Standard Model hold true (which they probably won't).
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I don't know precisely what subject mine will be, I still have until about April to determine it. But it will involve a program that the professor has written and I and the other 2 graduate students will be adding some features to it probably. I don't fully understand what yours was about, I haven't studied physics enough for that :lol
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I don't know precisely what subject mine will be, I still have until about April to determine it. But it will involve a program that the professor has written and I and the other 2 graduate students will be adding some features to it probably. I don't fully understand what yours was about, I haven't studied physics enough for that :lol
I am very much looking forward to listening to that as your work progresses! We should have a bachelor thesis thread in GD for us Uni people :D
Anyway, put it like that: when I repeatedly fire a neutrino onto one electron, the latter will be affected (that is recoil with a kinetic energy T) roughly once every 10^45 times (one billionth billionth billionth billionth billionth chance of interaction, it's rather unlikely, as you see!), which is the order of magnitude of its cross section at a fixed reasonable energy. If I suppose that the neutrino has a magnetic moment as an intrinsecal feature, then there will be another term to add to the cross section, making it slightly bigger than 10^-45. This means that the electron will be affected slightly more often.
Fortunately, neutrinos are everywhere and in big numbers, and a detector with a huge number of electrons can be easily built (everything has a huge number of electrons!). So, if you camp near a nuclear reactor with a big detector made of those crystals I mentioned earlier on, you should be able to record every interactions and see that the actual number is higher than the number statistically expected when ignoring the magnetic moment.
According to the calculations I made with a code simulation, you would expect about 217 interactions per day in a detector made of 2 tons of those crystals, assuming the magnetic moment has a definite value I choose for various reasons. If there were no magnetic moment, we should only expect 215 interactions per day.
\nerd
\itsbeenapleasure
\getbacktostudy
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
a cold, metal frame? :laugh:
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
My best guess is the "cold metal frame" from Wait For Sleep.
Ninja'd by the Proggy Snob.
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
a cold, metal frame? :laugh:
AHEM ;)
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
My best guess is the "cold metal frame" from Wait For Sleep.
Ninja'd by the Proggy Snob.
I really don't pay attention to lyrics, so I had no idea about any mention of a cold metal frame. :lol I'll have to actually listen out next time!
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Random question - what is the girl on the IaW cover actually holding? Is it related to a lyric or just part of the photo for some random reason?
My best guess is the "cold metal frame" from Wait For Sleep.
Ninja'd by the Proggy Snob.
I really don't pay attention to lyrics, so I had no idea about any mention of a cold metal frame. :lol I'll have to actually listen out next time!
And the girl is clearly waiting for something...maybe sleep. :biggrin:
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Marco - that is really really interesting! I'm really interested in atom-scale (or smaller) physics myself, but there aren't many courses in my study which feature that, unfortunately :( I'll keep you up to date once I start my thesis :) By the way, did you actually test with a detector whether your simulation was right? And does the 10^-45 chance to interact mean that the neutrino will hit the electron only once every 10^45 times that you fire it? Does its path become altered somehow?
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With all the excitement of the new album, I fear that ADTOE will almost be dismissed by both band and fans as a "transition" album, not a full part of DT's catalogue. It is probably my personal top DT album (yes, even above I&W). I don't care that Mangini didn't really write the drumming for it. If anything, it proves that Petrucci can write wonderfully for drums, even though he doesn't play them.
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With all the excitement of the new album, I fear that ADTOE will almost be dismissed by both band and fans as a "transition" album, not a full part of DT's catalogue. It is probably my personal top DT album (yes, even above I&W). I don't care that Mangini didn't really write the drumming for it. If anything, it proves that Petrucci can write wonderfully for drums, even though he doesn't play them.
Not to take away from JP, but he wrote basic drums tracks just to give MM a feel for what the song should sound like, the tempo, etc.
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Today marks my 4th anniversary of being a DTF member! :2metal: Such a great timing for the first round of my song roulette :D
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Today marks my 4th anniversary of being a DTF member! :2metal: Such a great timing for the first round of my song roulette :D
Congrats ? !
Interesting punctuation.
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Marco - that is really really interesting! I'm really interested in atom-scale (or smaller) physics myself, but there aren't many courses in my study which feature that, unfortunately :( I'll keep you up to date once I start my thesis :) By the way, did you actually test with a detector whether your simulation was right? And does the 10^-45 chance to interact mean that the neutrino will hit the electron only once every 10^45 times that you fire it? Does its path become altered somehow?
There is interaction only once every 10^45 times. In all the other cases there is absolutely no change in the path or the energy of the neutrino nor in the state of the electron. Which is the reason why nobody dies, suffers from mutations or even realizes he's hit by 10^11 neutrinos every second on every square centimeter of our body for all our lives.
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Also, WTF is wrong with the alumni stars? ???
Also, happy aniversary Ville!
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Thanks!
The Alumni stars look normal to me.
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Now it's fine for me as well, but I couldn't have said the same a few minutes back, on my ipad:
(https://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1323/b3v8.png)
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:lol
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WTF :lol
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The hell is that..? :rollin
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:lol
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Now it's fine for me as well, but I couldn't have said the same a few minutes back, on my ipad:
(https://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1323/b3v8.png)
Time lock, Supreme Dalek and Dalek Sec in open tabs? I approve. :tup
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Also, WTF is wrong with the alumni stars? ???
Oh...nothing.
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Nothing to see here
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Move along.
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Move Along. You don't have the alumni stars we're looking for. Carry on.
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HOLY CRAP. You'd better warn Bosk, there's jedi in this thread.
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(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/DTF/hef_x.jpg)
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Whelp. I had some gin, and then got the munchies really bad, so now the labrador is covered in crisps.
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My vacation just started! :metal
...or: "Vacation with my parents, A LIFETIME IN HELL!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuDhK_EV5k#t=3m59s)
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My vacation just started! :metal
...or: "Vacation with my parents, A LIFETIME IN HELL!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuDhK_EV5k#t=3m59s)
To where are you heading?
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I just went back to my family today. We're going to do a little trip at the beginning of the next week, but other than that there are no plans for anything.
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I just went back to my family today. We're going to do a little trip at the beginning of the next week, but other than that there are no plans for anything.
Enjoy every last moment of it!
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I need to return a 700-word paper on October 21 and I haven't started working on it yet, so I need to write it during this vacation... Fuck.
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I need to return a 700-word paper on October 21 and I haven't started working on it yet, so I need to write it during this vacation... Fuck.
Sounds short. What is it aboot?
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I need to return a 700-word paper on October 21 and I haven't started working on it yet, so I need to write it during this vacation... Fuck.
Sounds short. What is it aboot?
^that
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There are 4 topics to choose from, each one related to American literature. The length is pretty huge for me, because I'm just a uni newbie :lol
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It's about 1.5 A4, can't be that bad, can it? :P My first paper this year was 2802 words :P
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We don't have to write papers, but once I went as far as to write 14941 words for a relation.
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Ok, now I feel better about it :D
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My advice, choose a topic carefully, study it, then come up with the structure of the paper before even writing a word of it. You can change it as you write of course, but I wouldn't advice eve starting a paper without knowing where you're going to.
Like GRR Martin often says when asked if he knows how his saga is going to end, "I know I'm leaving Chicago for Los Angeles, but I'm not completely sure yet if I'll visit Denver or Salt Lake City of both."
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My advice, choose a topic carefully, study it, then come up with the structure of the paper before even writing a word of it. You can change it as you write of course, but I wouldn't advice eve starting a paper without knowing where you're going to.
Like GRR Martin often says when asked if he knows how his saga is going to end, "I know I'm leaving Chicago for Los Angeles, but I'm not completely sure yet if I'll visit Denver or Salt Lake City of both."
I absolutely second this.
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Hairdrying my bed to make it warmer while reading about positronium and charmonium while rains falls heavy outside. I must be sick at heart.
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Back in my day, we used to dream of hairdrying a bed.
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Blugh, me being sick is painful.
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Just ate some delicious vendaces :drool:
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Cool, I've never eaten those before. What do they taste like?
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Like vendaces.
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Gosh, I hadn't expected that. I've never heard of fish that taste like themselves before.
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Like vendaces.
How informative :lol
We always fry the vendaces, which makes them taste pleasantly crispy. They are so small that you can eat them as they are with no fear of getting bones stuck in your throat. The only bad thing is that after frying vendaces it takes a while for the smell to disappear from the kitchen, so you have to make sure you get rid of the scraps quickly enough and wash your hands carefully.
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Wow, that probably tastes great...
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In other news, I just realized something: Marco, mine is bigger than yours now!
I'm talking about post counts btw.
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Ville, I would like you to discuss this oddly looking thing, clearly of Finnish origins:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Kalakukko.jpg)
Speaking of POSTCOUNTS, it's hard to be postful when the connection is so wibbly wobbly here :/
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Kalakukko? I've never tasted that, which is kind of shameful, because my dad comes from the part of Finland where it's a popular food. Maybe I should've tried it when I visited Kuopio last summer...
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Kalakukko? I think we need to take Ks away from Finland now.
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America has too many K's already...
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Not to Italy, please. Idiotic kids use k's to abbreviate all ch's (and even the simple c's) in texts, which is outrageous :censored
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But CHs don't look (or sound like) k's either! D:
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But CHs don't look (or sound like) k's either! D:
They do in Italian!
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Huh. The more I know.
(and knowing is half the battle!)
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It's snowing here! :)
Kalakukko? I think we need to take Ks away from Finland now.
We need them, because C's only appear in loanwords!
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It's snowing here! :)
Jelly :(
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Wheather in Pisa is an absolute mess. It can rain twice, melt and freeze in a single day. My clothes are no match for these conditions. I need something innovative.
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I think the huge usage of K in finland is to protect against attacks from Siamese Bats.
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Sketchy is probably right again.
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Do you guys have ever heard (of) Steve Balsamo?
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Nope, who is he?
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Good singer :tup
On other news, I bought my tickets yesterday.
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Do you guys have ever heard (of) Steve Balsamo?
Yes, he has a vinegar named after him. :lol ;)
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Do you guys have ever heard (of) Steve Balsamo?
Yes, he has a vinegar named after him. :lol ;)
Balsamo is also the Italian for hair conditioner. But seriously, you should check him out. His performance of Gethsemane is stunning.
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Do you guys have ever heard (of) Steve Balsamo?
Yes, he has a vinegar named after him. :lol ;)
Balsamo is also the Italian for hair conditioner. But seriously, you should check him out. His performance of Gethsemane is stunning.
I know. :P Maybe I'll cop a sonic feel of his stuff on YouTube.
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Man, being on a Joan Jett binge and going onto a Dream Theater binge is confusing.
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Is there not a separate thread to discuss The Looking Glass? ???
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Doesn't seem like it, I'm afraid. Maybe start one? ;)
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Dealing with the worst line ever. The funny thing is, stepping from the corridory into my room the line drops from 50MB/s to virtually 0. Fuck.
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Has Dream Theater hinted as to when North American dates will be announced?
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Not yet, but they might say something in the Google Hangout!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T27uaIb_D2Q&feature=youtu.be
First video from Luna Park released. 'Pull Me Under'
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Loving the camera movement.
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Very epic, but the bass guitar and bass drum (and the keys in some parts) are too low. Ah well, it's probably just the Youtube video :)
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Damn, Labrie sounds good.
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Awesome performance, I love how they look like they are really enjoying themselves. And JLB is really impressive :tup
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I was ripping Paradise Lost's B-side compilation to my computer and Windows Media Player thought it was the new Trivium album :mehlin
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I've used WMP for so long, but recently I switched to WinAmp. Couldn't stand issues like you mentioned VIlle, it always came up with wrong album art or wrong info :P
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WMP was always the worst for me. I believe it thought Dark Side of the Moon was a Sugarbabes album once.. :justjen
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Estates midterm in an hour, wish me luck.
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WMP was always the worst for me. I believe it thought Dark Side of the Moon was a Sugarbabes album once.. :justjen
:dangerwillrobinson:
WMP has been working alright for me, but it rarely recognizes new albums, which is a shame.
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Awww, those guys killed the funny pic thread. Now Where are we going to post funny stills from LALP.
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Someone could create a new thread...
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In a new Funny Pic Thread?
edit: Ninja'd by Ville
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I finally broke the guitar out after a while of not playing.
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Don't know if there's a thread for this and I'm too lazy to search, but I found this interesting nugget regarding the producers of making the Luna Park dvd. It's pretty cool to see a peek on all the things that these guys need to do to capture the right sound, with the right shot, at the right moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BBaQAecHI
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Very cool! :o
I loved the bit where the Edgers say that over the past few years they have developed a personal friendship with the band members, which gave them an extra personal motivation to produce the best work possible!
I guess I should say Thanks To Over The Edge for the facts! :lol
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Cool video!
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:lol
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Sooo...did anyone else notice that MP was lurking the in "MP Superstar" thread in GMD yesterday?
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Really?
MIEK POTRNOY Y U NO POST MOAR?
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COM TWO INDUNEAAAAAAAAAASSSAAAAAIAIAAA MIEK POTRNYOOOO
WIHTH WHITNEYEREY DHOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOSSSS
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COM TWO INDUNEAAAAAAAAAASSSAAAAAIAIAAA MIEK POTRNYOOOO
WIHTH ADREEEENOLINE MMOOOOOOOOOOOOBE
fify
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:biggrin:
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You deeply disappoint me, guys...
...they never mispell INDONESIA, PLS. :tdwn
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One day at school I saw a flyer that had listed some Asian countries where you can do an exchange program and Indonesia was one of them :lol I'm afraid I might turn into another dyslexic Twitter spammer stuck in a time warp, so it's better to choose some other country :P
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:lol
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Dyslexic Twitter spammer stuck in a time warp
Did you mean:
Several Species of Small Dyslexic Indonesian Gathered Together in a Time Warp and Spamming Out MP?
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Dyslexic Twitter spammer stuck in a time warp
Did you mean:
Several Species of Small Dyslexic Indonesian Gathered Together in a Time Warp and Spamming Out MP?
Holy fucking shit :rollin :rollin
Siging
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You deeply disappoint me, guys...
...they never mispell INDONESIA, PLS. :tdwn
Sorry Marco :( :(
Dyslexic Twitter spammer stuck in a time warp
Did you mean:
Several Species of Small Dyslexic Indonesian Gathered Together in a Time Warp and Spamming Out MP?
Holy fucking shit :rollin :rollin
Siging
Indeed :rollin :rollin :rollin Marco, you are a true genius!
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Dyslexic Twitter spammer stuck in a time warp
Did you mean:
Several Species of Small Dyslexic Indonesian Gathered Together in a Time Warp and Spamming Out MP?
:rollin :clap:
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I'm now wondering how that would sound in song form..
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The Blu-Ray is out now, isn't it? ...
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Good point!
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Yeah, now the thread title has to be changed and we need to complain about something else, like "the tour still hasn't begun" :P
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:JayOctavarium:
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olol
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Well, I think I've got it.
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I like the concept :tup
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I was sitting in a bus today and one guy there spent his entire trip telling everyone else to fuck off and calling them idiots ::) Alcohol can do wonders, it seems.
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My first ever oral argument in front of a panel of "judges" tomorrow. Let the shitting of bricks begin!
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Watching the Luna Park show in between watching hockey. I'm at the drum solo section. I am very impressed with Mangini with that one. Very captivating.
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My first ever oral argument in front of a panel of "judges" tomorrow. Let the shitting of bricks begin!
I love oral arguments!
"Suck it!"
"No please, stop."
"Suck it. You'll like it."
"Mmmpprhhgg"
"See!"
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:zydar:
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My first ever oral argument in front of a panel of "judges" tomorrow. Let the shitting of bricks begin!
I love oral arguments!
"Suck it!"
"No please, stop."
"Suck it. You'll like it."
"Mmmpprhhgg"
"See!"
Good God, man. :lol It's for this law school "Legal Practice" course I'm taking. It's pass/fail, but I've never been a great public speaker so I'm just nervous as balls. Especially because I just haven't had the time to practice.
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My first ever oral argument in front of a panel of "judges" tomorrow. Let the shitting of bricks begin!
I love oral arguments!
"Suck it!"
"No please, stop."
"Suck it. You'll like it."
"Mmmpprhhgg"
"See!"
Good God, man. :lol It's for this law school "Legal Practice" course I'm taking. It's pass/fail, but I've never been a great public speaker so I'm just nervous as balls. Especially because I just haven't had the time to practice.
I would suck at oral arguments. No pun intended. I could never speak in front of people without being nervous as fuck.
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Not only that, but they get to ask me hard questions. This is really gonna suck. :lol
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Not only that, but they get to ask me hard questions. This is really gonna suck. :lol
Maybe do a couple of shots of JW before getting up there? I probably would.
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Oh no no, those are for after I get ripped to shreds. (I actually do have plans with my "co-counsel" to go straight from there to happy hour.)
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Oh no no, those are for after I get ripped to shreds. (I actually do have plans with my "co-counsel" to go straight from there to happy hour.)
:lol
Well good luck with the whole situation. Let us know how it goes.
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My first ever oral
I stopped reading here.
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Someone must start a new thread now that the BR is out.
I was totally disapointed by this live show.
The crowd is inexistant, Mangini's lack of punch is just DRAMATIC...Technically he's awesome, but he's definitely NOT the showman that Portnoy was on stage!!
Compare the 2 live versions of "The root of all evil" : the "Score" dvd version and the "Luna Park" one.
The difference, in terms of "punch" and power, is SO HUGE!!
And it's the same for almost every songs of the Luna Park set!! :tdwn
"Live Scenes...", "Score" and mostly "Live at Budokan" are BY FAR SO MUCH BETTER than "Luna Park"!!
Notice that the French fans are,as I am, really dispaointed by this release...
And I even mention of the "bonus section", what a joke!! :facepalm:
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Well, since you speak for the French fans, I can without hesitation or doubt whatsoever say on behalf of the Italian Dream Theater fandom that this DVD is the best the band has ever put out :metal
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My first ever oral
I stopped reading here.
Wouldn't expect anything less.
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My first ever oral
I stopped reading here.
Wouldn't expect anything less.
how did it go?
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About as I expected, so not bad, not great. I didn't get overly nervous, but my argument went off the rails a bit when the Chief Justice asked me a text question (a 'may/shall' distinction; Bosk will know what I'm talking about).
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About as I expected, so not bad, not great. I didn't get overly nervous, but my argument went off the rails a bit when the Chief Justice asked me a text question (a 'may/shall' distinction; Bosk will know what I'm talking about).
You get graded on this I assume?
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Only five points, but I'm just inherently bad at public speaking so this entire week was stressful for me.
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Only five points, but I'm just inherently bad at public speaking so this entire week was stressful for me.
How was the JW?
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Someone must start a new thread now that the BR is out.
No.
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Only five points, but I'm just inherently bad at public speaking so this entire week was stressful for me.
How was the JW?
Ah, I actually ended up not having any. :lol Nah, a Bud is fine by me.
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Only five points, but I'm just inherently bad at public speaking so this entire week was stressful for me.
How was the JW?
Ah, I actually ended up not having any. :lol Nah, a Bud is fine by me.
Whatever calms the nerves. ;)
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Must say I´m very glad I eventually went and got the Deluxe version. Time to eat some crow again. Great performance alround.
Would have liked to have the audience more prominent in the mix but hell....awesome sound and picture quality.
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stupid windows media player randomizer played Hell's Kitchen immediately after Lines in the Sand
God hates me clearly
if I'm going to listen to those two together they better damn well be in the right order.
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Today, I started my top 50 list.
May god have mercy upon my soul.
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This. Gon. Be. Good.
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Going stir-crazy with studying.
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Good luck, what sort of stuff are you studying.
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Going stir-crazy with studying.
Tell me about it... I have an exam on Tuesday and I need to work on a couple of papers, but I have a cold. I'm also 100% sure I'll have to take the test I had on Monday again, and there's a load of exams coming up in early December.
This... is... SPARTA UNIVERSITY
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So JR and MP finally got to meet up again! Good to see! (https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1459940_698474203503558_2032620187_n.jpg)
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That's really cool. I'm glad they're still friends.
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Nice!
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Saw it on Facebook, very nice!
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I love that photo.
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GROTESQUE CREATURES BAAAA TLE!
:tick2:
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I was listening to some station on last.fm tonight, and a cool song came on. It was by a band called Mouth of the Architect. I immediately went to Amazon to find their albums and add them to my running list of albums I need to buy.
I then discovered that they were already on said list. :lolpalm:
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I dreamed that Dream Theater were playing a song (in a theatre, funny that), where Kevin Moore was on sitar. I'm now trying to work out how the song went so I can write it.
It was an awesome song, but my alarm clock went off just as it got to the solo (it was an accousic guitar solo, and John Myung was playing it).
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Holy shit, epic :rollin
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On the other hand, I dreamed they were playing Build Me Up, Break Me Down :lol
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I once had a dream where DT had a female drummer, and were having a reunion show with MP, with both drummers playing at the same time. And this dream was before MP left the band. :|
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On the other hand, I dreamed they were playing Build Me Up, Break Me Down :lol
Sounds more like A Nightmare...to remember
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I like the song, eh :lol
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I like the song, eh :lol
Eh, it's not bad. ;)
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Just had my last exam before the Xmas holiday... One more lecture tomorrow and I'll be free! :metal
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Nice man, have fun! That's an early holiday, but it seems logical since you're living in Finland... Mine start in two weeks, but I have two exams before that. They're not that hard though and the courses they belong to are really fun. Math ftw!
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Just had my last exam before the Xmas holiday... One more lecture tomorrow and I'll be free! :metal
:woot:
My finals are next week, I should be done by Wednesday.
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PARTY TIEM
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Nice man, have fun! That's an early holiday, but it seems logical since you're living in Finland...
Everyone else at school seems to have some exams next week, so I guess I'm the lucky bastard :lol I had two exams today and neither was too easy. I'm sure I'll pass both of them, but I need to work harder in the spring.
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That's nice. Such reflections are always good, especially since you probably passed them nonetheless. I have a tendency to work a lot harder for the courses I like than for the courses I don't like. Fortunately, in my study you are free to choose any course you like as long as you fulfill the requirements for a Bachelor's Degree in Earth Science. This does obviously include an x amount of courses in category x etc, to make sure that you cannot be a Jack of All Trades. But at the start of the second year I didn't really know what kind of direction/specialisation I wanted to do and I still have done only two courses that I didn't like in hindsight, and I've found what I like most now :)
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I dreamed I went to my first ever DT-concert, but the seats I got were in some room with no visual to the stage ??? All we got was a tv-screen to watch the show from and James coming to the room sometime during the show, and singing to us without the band. And then went back to the stage and continued with the band.. I was so relieved when I was woke up and realized it was a dream :D. Before the dream I had bought the tickets to the show in february and all that was left were the crappiest seats at the farthest corner of the arena, but I hope they wont be quite THAT bad ;D. A private solo gig with Labrie would be pretty unique though :P
Nice man, have fun! That's an early holiday, but it seems logical since you're living in Finland...
Everyone else at school seems to have some exams next week, so I guess I'm the lucky bastard :lol I had two exams today and neither was too easy. I'm sure I'll pass both of them, but I need to work harder in the spring.
I live in Finland and I still have three exams, last one on the 19th day. Still have to go to work at christmas though. But thats nothing really, at least I don't have to study half of the free time home.
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Oh, and Jordan Rudess' new piano album just got out!! Listening it from spotify atm :hefdaddy
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Cool, yet another Finn! :tup Happy Independence Day!
In other news: I ordered 3 CDs in August - one for me and the other two for my sister. I got mine pretty quickly, but my sister's CDs were out of stock, so she had to wait for one of them until November. According to the website the other one was sent 2 days ago, but I changed my address to my student apartment since placing that order and the mail will be redirected there. The problem is that I won't go back until early January, so my sis has to wait another month. Worst luck ever? :lol
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Cool, yet another Finn! :tup Happy Independence Day!
Thanx! You too! ;)
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Yep, that's a prime example of bad luck Ville :lol
Regarding Jordan Rudess' new piano album, it's awesome! Got the download through the pledge campaign, I pledged for the new piano album and Explorations both on CD :metal
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Yep, that's a prime example of bad luck Ville :lol
Regarding Jordan Rudess' new piano album, it's awesome! Got the download through the pledge campaign, I pledged for the new piano album and Explorations both on CD :metal
Nice! I only pledged for the download of explorations and the app. I usually strongly prefer to have physical CDs, this will be the first time I've bought a digital download.
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I was walking outside today when two little boys went past me and one said to the other: "See? He's a man, not a woman!" Apparently my hair and winter clothes can generate confusion :lol
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I was walking outside today when two little boys went past me and one said to the other: "See? He's a man, not a woman!" Apparently my hair and winter clothes can generate confusion :lol
Grow a manly beardly beard! No more confusion!
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I have considered that in this exact thread :lol I need to grow a Decembeard :D
I have blonde hair so if I grow a beard when my hair is longer, I may be able to look like Mikael Stanne and Nick Holmes :D
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Watching Episode 1 of The Spirit Carries On.
Is it me, or is the way that these episodes are presented comes out of something like old (early 2000s) MTV's Making of the Band reality series or something to that nature?
I feel like I expected a different way for them to present this, but I have no idea on how they could have presented this, differently.
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The Blu-Ray still isn't out?
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Anybody who can take the moment, please vote in my sites Album of the Year Poll. :D
https://www.wpapu.com/AotY2013.html
Thank you!
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I would, if I'd heard more than two of the albums listed. :lol
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Voted! Too bad my favorite album has just 1% :(
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Mine has only 7% :(
It appears everyone who likes prog has to check out that MindMaze album?
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Mine has only 7% :(
It appears everyone who likes prog has to check out that MindMaze album?
No. :lol
Well okay, it's just not my cup of tea. And I like tea.
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Mine has only 7% :(
It appears everyone who likes prog has to check out that MindMaze album?
No. :lol
Well okay, it's just not my cup of tea. And I like tea.
Well, it's not really prog, but definitely has some prog tendencies. Very little keyboard use, but some longer songs with interesting structures that make it more than your run of the mill metal album. Definitely worth checking out.
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Mine has only 7% :(
It appears everyone who likes prog has to check out that MindMaze album?
No. :lol
Well okay, it's just not my cup of tea. And I like tea.
Well, it's not really prog, but definitely has some prog tendencies. Very little keyboard use, but some longer songs with interesting structures that make it more than your run of the mill metal album. Definitely worth checking out.
The vocals are distracting me to be honest.
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^Funny, because I like the vocalist but find the music a bit average (based on one song).
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^Funny, because I like the vocalist but find the music a bit average (based on one song).
Don't know which you checked out, but my personal favorites are probably This Holy War and Destiny Calls.
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^Funny, because I like the vocalist but find the music a bit average (based on one song).
I only based my opinion on three songs. The music, like you said, is somewhat average but I can't get past the vocals. I'll listen again when I'm not distracted by the snow ruining my day. :P
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With the announcement of the 2014 inductees to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame today, the realisation just hit me that Dream Theater are now eligible for it. 2014 is 25 years since their debut album came out.
LET THE CAMPAIGN COMMENCE!!! :metal ;D
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With the announcement of the 2014 inductees to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame today, the realisation just hit me that Dream Theater are now eligible for it. 2014 is 25 years since their debut album came out.
LET THE CAMPAIGN COMMENCE!!! :metal ;D
Considering that KISS only just made it in, and Deep Purple are yet to even make it in, I'd say don't hold your breath for a relatively recent prog band to ever make it in. :lol
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We can but dream...
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A Christmas greeting from JR:
https://www.jordanrudess.com/eCard_JR/eCard_JR.html
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His site never works for me, so I can't see it. :(
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You don't work for his site, so that's probably it.
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:( But I'm special.
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You don't work for his site, so that's probably it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRB5h0YKKI
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You don't work for his site, so that's probably it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRB5h0YKKI
Video not available in my country. :lol OH GOD INTERNET WHY MUST YOU KICK ME WHILE I'M DOWN??
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:lol
Morning. It's Bryan Adam's Cuts Like a Knife.
If it's gotta hurt at least it can be the 80's.
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Right. It's just past midnight on the first weekend of my Christmas holidays, and what am I doing? I'm listening to Wagner while searching for some good articles that I can use for writing my own paper for my Seismology course. I must be going *slightly* mad.
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It's been a while! How are you crazy heads? :)
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I'm pretty good thanks, how are you Marco? Really enjoying my holiday, I needed it! Aside from the Seismology paper which only has to be about 4-6 pages and which can be handed in near the end of January, I don't have any studying to do! This will be two weeks full of meeting friends, gaming, playing the piano and drums and generally just good stuff.
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I've been translating (or trying to translate) a paper on religious diversity in Nordic countries my dad gave me a while ago. It's no wonder the guy who wrote it said those things are difficult to explain in Finnish - I'm glad I didn't choose the translating module at the uni :lol I've also downloaded a bunch of Katatonia bootlegs from a site that's no longer up with the help of Wayback Machine. I'm not much of a bootleg collector like a certain someone, but I wanted to save those because there's not a whole lot of Katatonia live stuff from the 2001-2003 era on YT.
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JLB and JP in Dungeons and Dragons? (hopefully the image links properly)
(https://www.rpgbooster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lords_of_waterdeep_box.jpg)
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Hey! James is a Dragon slayer on the side I see.
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Oh god I'm back.
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Oh god I'm back.
:djhef:
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Loudwire is begging for our votes once again: https://loudwire.com/megadeth-vs-dream-theater-classic-cage-match/ DT is still doing pretty well in the poll.
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Blu-Ray still not out?
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You're like the millionth one to say that :lol
But I'll forgive you, I don't want to risk the wrath of the almighty Zydar.
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What blue ray?
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Blu-Ray still not out?
No, I think Blu-ray is quite in still...
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:neverusethis:
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That was quite bad I know :blush
:neverusethis:
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Is there an official thread for the new album? I'd like to see the discussion on it since I'm really liking it, but I can't find one.
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Is there an official thread for the new album? I'd like to see the discussion on it since I'm really liking it, but I can't find one.
This is pretty much it. (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=38986.0)
Hah, what a good day. I'm finishing up a paper on injection-induced earthquakes that's due in the last week of January, and tomorrow is my last day off before I start uni again.
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:lol at the new thread title
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:lol :tup
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Don't post for my show outside of its thread often, but feel tonight is appropriate.
"When Prog and Power Unite returns tonight one hour from now for the first time in 2014! And it will be a monster of a show. We will be running down all the new music from 2013 in a special 4 hour show from 6-10pm EST. Don't miss out!"
www.wpapu.com - The year end wrap up show is always a good one, especially for those who don't typically tune in or chat. Always fun to go over the past year and discuss all the new stuff.
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What blu-ray? According to James it's a Dee Vee Dee.
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What blu-ray? According to James it's a Dee Vee Dee.
Well, that's cause we up in Canada don't know what Blu-Ray is yet, eh.
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Dream Theater are coming back to the Mesa Art Center April 20th! :metal
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Dream Theater are coming back to the Mesa Art Center April 20th! :metal
YES!!!
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WOohoo!!! Live At Luna Park - DVD and ice cold Beer!
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Enjoy!
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After not being here for a while, mainly being bummed out about the new album, I decided to make my return! :)
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Welcome back!
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Good to be back, thanks ;D
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So, with the new tour upon us, I seem to be having DT nightmares now... The other day I had a dream that I went to see them live, and they were playing in some crappy high school gymnasium, and they were just very lazy with their performance. At one point, they were performing Learning To Live, and I was so psyched to hear the F#, but then I look over to side stage, and I see that JLB is too busy texting someone to do that part, and when JR realized that JLB wasn't going to sing that part, he triggered a sample of JLB's F#. And at one point, MM wasn't at his kit, and the drums were sampled as well. I was so crushed... Hahah. Me and my crazy subconscious paranoia.
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Good to be back, thanks ;D
Is that why you chose that name?
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So, with the new tour upon us, I seem to be having DT nightmares now... The other day I had a dream that I went to see them live, and they were playing in some crappy high school gymnasium, and they were just very lazy with their performance. At one point, they were performing Learning To Live, and I was so psyched to hear the F#, but then I look over to side stage, and I see that JLB is too busy texting someone to do that part, and when JR realized that JLB wasn't going to sing that part, he triggered a sample of JLB's F#. And at one point, MM wasn't at his kit, and the drums were sampled as well. I was so crushed... Hahah. Me and my crazy subconscious paranoia.
:lol I've had some crazy DT dreams, but this one has got to rank right up there.
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So, with the new tour upon us, I seem to be having DT nightmares now... The other day I had a dream that I went to see them live, and they were playing in some crappy high school gymnasium, and they were just very lazy with their performance. At one point, they were performing Learning To Live, and I was so psyched to hear the F#, but then I look over to side stage, and I see that JLB is too busy texting someone to do that part, and when JR realized that JLB wasn't going to sing that part, he triggered a sample of JLB's F#. And at one point, MM wasn't at his kit, and the drums were sampled as well. I was so crushed... Hahah. Me and my crazy subconscious paranoia.
lol wtf?
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I too had a crazy dream lately. They were playing TTTSTA for the billionth time, and James went over to Jordan and had him sing a little bit of it, and then he tried to have JMX sing, and JLB kept shoving the mic in his face so John threw his bass guitar and picked James up and threw him offstage :lol
I woke up and was like, "Well, that escalated quickly."
Btw, did we do a song ratings thread in 2012 or 2013? Last I could find was 2011 so the ADTOE songs weren't ranked yet.
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Wow... That sounds like a hilarious and awesome dream (theater).
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I had a dream that Dream Theater were playing in Japan and people were walking out of the arena when they played On The Backs of Angels. Half of their crew even left. They couldn't perform on stage anymore so they took a hand held cam, and tried to finish their set outside the venue on a dirt road.
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Not worth starting a thread for this, so I'm posting it here.
Why the "X" in John Myung's abbreviation? It's not like there's another (ex-)DT member with JM initials.
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Not worth starting a thread for this, so I'm posting it here.
Why the "X" in John Myung's abbreviation? It's not like there's another (ex-)DT member with JM initials.
I believe it came from an MP behind the scenes tour before a gig (IIRC the 6D tour) it said JMX on his door, not sure why they came up with it though.
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I guess the X stands for ninja.
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I had an exam today but it was postponed as all public building are to stay close by official decree. The river is about to burst out. It's around 10m higher than it's usual level. Police says a flood is likely before noon. I'm there ATM.
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Holy shit, that's bad. Hope there won't be a flood, or if there is a flood, I hope no one is hurt.
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Holy shit, that's bad. Hope there won't be a flood, or if there is a flood, I hope no one is hurt.
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Here a few photos and a video I took a few minutes ago:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/679x508q90/801/cqa2.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/679x508q90/163/ncco.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlSTXVD8KsY
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Wow, that pretty much spells disaster indeed. When I was on fieldwork in Spain last June, we stayed in a small village for some 5 days. The weather was very bad for the time of year and a river running through the village looked pretty much the same as the one near you, only it wasn't quite as high. A few days later, when we had already moved to a different part of the country for the last part of the fieldwork, we heard that they were starting to evacuate people from the village we were before because the river was flooding. We had unintentionally escaped in the nick of time.
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The river Arno is one of the 3-4 major rivers of Italy. Clearly it's nowhere as big as some rivers in continental Europe, like the Rhine or even the ones in Spain and Portugal, but it's still major.
Here's a comparison pic of the same river (which is now Out Of Itself :hat ) and the same bridge I captured in the video.
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I think you forgot to post the comparison pic? Or am I just not seeing it? :P
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LOL, sorry :lol
(https://www.domuspisa.it/sites/default/files/wiki/fiume-arno1_0.JPG)
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Still quite fearsome here in Florence too (100 km upstream from Pisa). Here is a pic of the Arno river from the Ponte Vecchio webcam:
(https://www.meteofirenzehoteldavid.com/webcam/pontevecchio.jpg)
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Wow, that looks bad. Hope all goes well!
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No, I think it's a good thing. At least we'll all be prepared for THIS:
https://the9988.deviantart.com/art/Italy-in-2100-317956508
Actually, I don't think I'll live this long. But I had a map and a thread so wtf.
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I guess the X stands for ninja.
The X is the roman numeral for 10, denoting that this is the 10th robot to bear the name "John Myung".
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GUESS WHO'S BACK? BACK AGAIN? BACK AGAIN? GENTLEMAN'S BACK.
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:slowclap:
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So I'm reading a page from TVTropes, just because, and I found myself stumbling upon the Greatest Hits trope and they listed DT's Greatest Hit and 21 other pretty cool songs. Here's a quote that kinda questions me. "They also use some clever red highlighting◊ to quite literally sneak some crap past the radar as to their thoughts on the matter," referring to the album cover. What did the red highlighting symbolize?
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Greatest hit
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OHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Ok ty. That's an interesting tidbit there.
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Once again, I've found a Metropolis reference on SFAM way later than I should have :lol
1:50 in One Last Time = 5:21 in Metropolis
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:clap:
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Over the weekend.....popped in Liquid Drum Theater. Was once again BLOWN AWAY by this man.
Still.
AMAZING.
(carry on)
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Yeah, that's a great DVD.
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Part of me is tempted to start a really silly poll thread with an obvious choice and then after a while change the poll options such that You Not Me is the song steamrolling Learning to Live or something like that.
On the other hand this is a terrible idea.
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What are you trying to say?
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Part of me is tempted to start a really silly poll thread with an obvious choice and then after a while change the poll options such that You Not Me is the song steamrolling Learning to Live or something like that.
On the other hand this is a terrible idea.
Especially since I'm pretty sure every time you change the poll options the votecount gets a reset. Actually, I'm not sure about it, Hef?
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Part of me is tempted to start a really silly poll thread with an obvious choice and then after a while change the poll options such that You Not Me is the song steamrolling Learning to Live or something like that.
On the other hand this is a terrible idea.
Especially since I'm pretty sure every time you change the poll options the votecount gets a reset. Actually, I'm not sure about it, Hef?
I haven't touched the poll options in my thread. That vote count is legit.
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No, I just meant to say that I wasn't sure about this, and since you were the closes authority here I was just asking you :lol
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I'd suspect fiddling if You Not Me was beating Learning To Live.
Then again, I suspect fiddling on most things..
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Not even I would vote for YNM over LTL.
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I would.
not
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I heard The Root of All Evil on the radio! :metal
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Wow, that's cool :lol I've never heard a DT song on the radio.
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Yeah, that must have been a pleasant surprise! :metal
The only time I used to hear DT on the radio was when there was the metal show at night, and I remember them playing UAGM, As I Am, TROAE too, and even a few solo songs from Elements of Persuasion. Good times. It was actually the first time I'd heard most of those songs at the time.
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I got Lie of all songs to be played on Local Kent Radio recently, just to be a jerk.
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I heard Another Day on the radio in 92 when I was 1 year old. You have no way to disprove me. :blob:
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I heard Another Day on the radio in 92 when I was 1 year old. You have no way to disprove me. :blob:
And your first words were when you pooped yourself and said "I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE!"
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:lol
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In my defense, I did arrive early May...
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In my defense, I did arrive early May...
I remember it clearly. I was out in the waiting room with your father and two older brothers, and then the doctor came through the door and announced "the third arrives!"
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Then the doctor held Marco upside down, slapped his ass and James then photobombed the parents holding the newborn, Marco.
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MARCOTROPOLIS
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I don't have any siblings, Bolb. Can you hear the sound Bolb? That's the sound of your castle of cards crumbling under the overwhelming weight of falsehood.
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I don't have any siblings, Bolb. Can you hear the sound Bolb? That's the sound of your castle of cards crumbling under the overwhelming weight of falsehood.
Shhhhhh they were necessary for the joke. Don't you dare disrespect your invented siblings!
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They played their roles beautifully and this is how you treat them?!
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So, Dream Theater has lied to me. I am visiting the United States for the first time ever right now, and no, it is NOT raining on the streets of New York city. I... I don't even know what to believe anymore. Next thing you'll be telling me that Victoria isn't real.
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It's when they change the lyrics to that for when they're playing in other places, I found "it's raining, raining in the streets of London city" very appropriate, seeing as half the country is currently underwater.
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Got a boat yet, Sketchers?
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Not yet, I live on top of a big hill, so I'm ok for the moment. I'm thinking of building one from the desk draws in the spare room, though.
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Maybe a bridge to the next hill? Make a society of hillfolks.
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That's basically what Bristol is.
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"Watch out, the hillfolk of the south cometh"
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That's right. I am Ghan-Buri-Ghan.
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Get the pointy sticks to get them down from the hills.
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Well, I'm going to have to leave my hill now, but not for pointed sticks. I have to go to work.
Seeya later (WHEN I SHALL PLAY MORE BASS... hopefully).
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Man I'm just stuck in a rut recentally. Some issues I've been having are pretty terrible.
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I just changed my avatar for the sake of variety (credit: Zydar (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=39096.msg1679841#msg1679841)). The idea is pretty much the same, though :P
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:tup
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:lol
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Oh my. That's rather frightening.
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Oh my. That's rather frightening.
As frightening as the WDA-DUde's armpits? :neverusethis:
In other news, a couple of days ago I started a free 60-day trial of Spotify Premium and I'm liking the service so far :tup
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I only use the free basic version of Spotify, and I'm happy enough with that. Somehow I have yet to discover much new album I've liked with it yet though.
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Oh, hello thread.
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Hello Mr Hef, how are you?
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Hello Mr Hef, how are you?
Making history. And you?
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HEFDEREK
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HEFDEREK
lol
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He got that from me.
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I have to admit, I was on Stack Overflow the other day, looking up calculating epsilon for a decimal class, and I saw someone had answered a question and had the surname "Hefferman" or something like that and I wondered to myself "Is that Hefdaddy?".
(I seem to remember you also are a coder).
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Hef's last name isn't Hefferman, but it's a nice thought. :lol
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I am waiting for the day Hef actually turns 42 to see what happens :lol
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I thought he was the guy from Broken Lizard
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I am waiting for the day Hef actually turns 42 to see what happens :lol
This is the year, and the countdown is on. :metal
I am not a coder.
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You are a free man?
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You are a free man?
No, I'm married.
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Why'd you have to say that hef, now he's probably sad :(
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Why, because I'm off the market?
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Yeah.
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(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/funny/manlyessence.jpg)
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(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/funny/manlyessence.jpg)
I'm in love.
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Bosk and/or any other lawyer types: Does anybody know if Michael Jackson ever sued Dream Theater over Endless Sacrifice? I'm in a Copyright course and we're currently covering doctrines for determining how much similarity is enough to infer copying, and I want to bring in the Endless Sacrifice/Give Into Me comparison, but I don't want to bring it up unless actual litigation followed.
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I'm not a lawyer but I think that if MJ ever sued DT... it would be well known? I could be wrong though.
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I'm not a lawyer but I think that if MP ever sued DT... it would be well known? I could be wrong though.
Here is what I read. :lol
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I bet Jackson never even heard of DT :P
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You know what's awesome? The three ballads from Images and Words are being played at my store. Probably not during the day, but still, pretty cool.
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Awesome! :tup I spent one week working at the CD/DVD/video game section of a store around here in 2009 (as part of our school's TET program (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TET)) and the radio edit of Through Her Eyes was played there sometimes.
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uhhhh anyone want to write my wedding vows? :facepalm:
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"You may never be as awesome as Nick, and I may contemplate daily packing my things and flying across the country to be with him, but we all settle in the end, so count your blessings. Bitch."
You're welcome.
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LMAO awesome
Is it probably not appropriate to write "In the words of Phoebe Buffay, you’re my lobster."??
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Hey, Blob. Did you do the graphic animations for DT's live show this tour? Because if so, then I gotta say, phenomenal job, man! Absolutely stellar!
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Thanks. I did the intro video, and the taxi videos, but several other people contribute to the video show.
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This might sound crazy, and I can't find it anywhere, but did Roadrunner Records at one point say some dance group in New York was going to do a routine to Enigma Machine? I swear I remember this, but I can't find it anywhere (the press release or supposed video).
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Yeah, I remember that. I did a quick search on the forum and the google, and couldn't find the original article though. But you're not crazy (at least, not for that :P )
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Okay, good to know that I'm not insane just yet :lol
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I remember hearing about that and I got all excited and then.. nothing. Good to know I'm not insane and imagining it too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCH8ndt8qA WHAT THE HELL US WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND THEN IT COMES OUT?!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCH8ndt8qA WHAT THE HELL US WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND THEN IT COMES OUT?!
Woah, I'm not insane... I'm psychic!!! :metal
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"Now, now I know I'm not crazy..."
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Thanks. I did the intro video, and the taxi videos, but several other people contribute to the video show.
Yeah, I noticed that a few of the videos didn't seem like your style. But the intro was probably my favorite one they've ever done, so major kudos on that! It's amazing. I'm really hoping that we'll see it on the DVD.
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Well played, whoever made today's theme. Suddenly the skype makes more sense.
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FLASH.
AAAAAAH
SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE
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Well played, whoever made today's theme. Suddenly the skype makes more sense.
It was a dramatic turn of events. We were discussing what to do for it in a thread in the Admin forum, when bosky posted this.
In all seriousness, I'm so stressed and sleep-deprived that nothing is coming to ming at the moment. But I will give this some thought. Ideas are welcome.
Notice his typo.
To which XJ responded:
In all seriousness, I'm so stressed and sleep-deprived that nothing is coming to ming at the moment. But I will give this some thought. Ideas are welcome.
Well that settles it. Flash gordon theme.
And the rest of us immediately latched on enthusiastically.
**SPOILER ALERT***
That is how pretty much all decisions are made by the mod staff.
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To be fair, most of us latched on enthusiastically, I played along not really knowing what I was doing or what the hell was going on.
So yeah, basically another day at the office. :D
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Well it was probably my favourite April Fools joke of the day so :laugh:
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Well it was probably my favourite April Fools joke of the day so :laugh:
On that note, I actually felt this April Fools' Day was overall a huge letdown (this forum aside). None of the usual big suspects seemed to do anything, at least anything that I noticed or heard about. Usually April Fools Day is quite an occasion on the internet, but this year I didn't hear about much. Is the internet over it?
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Well it was probably my favourite April Fools joke of the day so :laugh:
On that note, I actually felt this April Fools' Day was overall a huge letdown (this forum aside). None of the usual big suspects seemed to do anything, at least anything that I noticed or heard about. Usually April Fools Day is quite an occasion on the internet, but this year I didn't hear about much. Is the internet over it?
I saw this floating around the internet yesterday... Pretty awesome April Fools joke:
https://www.today.com/tech/college-student-pulls-ultimate-prank-strict-professor-2D79488137
Besides that one though, I really didn't see much else either...
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Well it was probably my favourite April Fools joke of the day so :laugh:
On that note, I actually felt this April Fools' Day was overall a huge letdown (this forum aside). None of the usual big suspects seemed to do anything, at least anything that I noticed or heard about. Usually April Fools Day is quite an occasion on the internet, but this year I didn't hear about much. Is the internet over it?
As far as I'm aware, the only big sites to do it were Imgur (comment generator), IGN (Optimus Prime DLC for Titanfall) and here. Everyone else just kind of.. "DON'T TRUST ANYTHING"'d themselves into boringness.
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I saw this floating around the internet yesterday... Pretty awesome April Fools joke:
https://www.today.com/tech/college-student-pulls-ultimate-prank-strict-professor-2D79488137
Besides that one though, I really didn't see much else either...
:rollin
That was hilarious. I didn't hear about that one.
Well it was probably my favourite April Fools joke of the day so :laugh:
On that note, I actually felt this April Fools' Day was overall a huge letdown (this forum aside). None of the usual big suspects seemed to do anything, at least anything that I noticed or heard about. Usually April Fools Day is quite an occasion on the internet, but this year I didn't hear about much. Is the internet over it?
As far as I'm aware, the only big sites to do it were Imgur (comment generator), IGN (Optimus Prime DLC for Titanfall) and here. Everyone else just kind of.. "DON'T TRUST ANYTHING"'d themselves into boringness.
I didn't hear about those either. I think people are generally so aware and prepared for it on the internet that you're right about the "don't trust anything" attitude ruining the fun now.
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:rollin
That was hilarious. I didn't hear about that one.
Haha yeah, thats the best April Fools prank I've seen in a long time! :lol :lol
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I'm sure I'm late to the party, but this has just occurred to me. With the new DVD, this will be the first time we get a full live performance of The Dance of Eternity in its entirety, without the stupid psychedelic effects. I'm pumped for this!
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It's also gonna be the first time all the four SFAM songs in the current set appear on an official DVD since LSFNY. When you think about it, it's kind of ironic that only two songs (which happen to be my least favorites :P) from Scenes have been included in the DVDs after LSFNY, knowing the fan-favorite status that album has.
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It's also gonna be the first time all the four SFAM songs in the current set appear on an official DVD since LSFNY. When you think about it, it's kind of ironic that only two songs (which happen to be my least favorites :P) from Scenes have been included in the DVDs after LSFNY, knowing the fan-favorite status that album has.
Well, I always feel like SFAM, amazing as it is, is kind of a delicacy. They don't want to just load their setlists with SFAM songs all the time. TDOE is a special treat, like Caviar or Creme Brulet. It's the most delicious thing in the world if your pallet is sophisticated enough for it.
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Other than BAI/OTBOA, when was the last song on this tour that appeared on a live album? Scarred?
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This might sound ludicrous, but A Nightmare to Remember is fucking brilliant in a thunderstorm. The sky sporadically exploding, the water slipping down the glass - top atmosphere. It's like I'm hearing it in its natural habitat.
Other than BAI/OTBOA, when was the last song on this tour that appeared on a live album? Scarred?
Scarred, yes, Chaos in Motion. Before that, Trial of Tears was on Budokan, and anything else is Metropolis 2000, earlier, or never. We've never had footage of The Mirror or Lie, (audio of both though,) never had TSF or Space-Dye Vest played, and the rest is either from DT12 or SfaM, 'cept Lifting Shadows from FYiaLT.
Seems funny that The Shattered Fortress is the first song off BCSL to make it to a DVD.
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This might sound ludicrous, but A Nightmare to Remember is fucking brilliant in a thunderstorm. The sky sporadically exploding, the water slipping down the glass - top atmosphere. It's like I'm hearing it in its natural habitat.
Oooh. I should try that sometime.
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If we ever got rain, I'd give that a try too. :neverusethis:
And when it does rain, I usually don't listen to any music, and just enjoy the sound of the rain itself. :hat
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So I was thinking, since it's just a matter of time before this thread turns into v. Blu-Ray is not out yet, again... Does anyone know who's taking care of the new DVD? Is it still Over The Edge?
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I haven't seen any detailed information on that, so I'm not sure. I would guess that it's OTE again, but that's just an assumption based on DT's history with them.
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I hope not :sad:
And I hope JP will not be involved in the mixing. But he'll probably be. Man, their current show is so awesome, and they could make an awesome live release out of it, but if it turns into another LALP, then that'd be pretty disappointing.
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I think the company that's making the DVD was mentioned in the thread for the Boston show, but I can't remember what it was. At least it's not OTE :P
I have a grammar exam today so I'll revert back to studying mode...
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Yeah, regardless of which company will make the DVD, I hope they get the mix right this time. I recently watched LALP again, and the loud guitars and soft cymbals & snare really bothered me. It makes the mix seem really cold and boring.
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Ill take OTE doing the video, but someone else needs to take care of the audio and I would assume that would be an even tougher task this time around with the ensemble/choir.
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Ill take OTE doing the video, but someone else needs to take care of the audio and I would assume that would be an even tougher task this time around with the ensemble/choir.
I'm sure David Prater would love to do it!
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They should have let Shirley come back to do the audio.
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Fringe was apparently mostly Vancouver. I knew Orphan Black was Canada, but I didn't know where specifically.
And now I think we're getting a little off topic. Maybe to a chat thread with this one. :lol
I don't actually watch Orphan Black, but did you catch the Season 2 premiere? A good friend of mine played Ramon, the weapon dealer in that episode.
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I don't watch it either. I'm reluctant with new scifi shows, since they have a habit of cancelling them before they have a chance.
Has your friend been in anything else?
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I don't watch it either. I'm reluctant with new scifi shows, since they have a habit of cancelling them before they have a chance.
Has your friend been in anything else?
Umm... Rookie Blue is another series he did a guest spot in. Mostly indie films apart from that... So far.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4495030/
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I've only heard of it. Seems like he's off to a good start though.
I don't watch all that many new shows at the moment. My current Canadian shows are Warehouse 13 (which is just finishing off with a short final season), and Continuum, which is quickly becoming one of my favourite scifi shows ever.
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Yeah, he's definitely off to a solid start, far ahead of me, but he deserves it. He worked his ass off in acting class for years.
The only half-Canadian show that I currently watch is Haven, even though it's set and shot in Maine. Everything else is 'Murican.
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Most Canadian shows pose as American locations anyway, they just use it for the cheaper production costs. That's what I like about Continuum. It's actually set in Vancouver where it's shot. I only watched the pilot of Haven. It didn't interest me at the time, so I didn't watch any further.
I have a little joke whenever I watch a scifi show from Vancouver, when I see that it's raining I say "oh look, it's raining in Vancouver". Because it is apparently always raining or overcast. :lol
So you're into acting too?
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Most Canadian shows pose as American locations anyway, they just use it for the cheaper production costs. That's what I like about Continuum. It's actually set in Vancouver where it's shot. I only watched the pilot of Haven. It didn't interest me at the time, so I didn't watch any further.
I have a little joke whenever I watch a scifi show from Vancouver, when I see that it's raining I say "oh look, it's raining in Vancouver". Because it is apparently always raining or overcast. :lol
So you're into acting too?
Yeah, Haven was one of those shows that was a little too episodic at the start. It didn't start coming into its own with cool story arcs and such until way later. But I stuck with it, just because I love Maine and those kinds of coastline small towns.
That's the difficult thing about those shows to distinguish. So many of them are shot in Toronto, but it's really hard to say what would count as a "Canadian" show, or an "American" show that just happens to be shot in Canada. So usually, I'd go by the company that makes it, in which case, I wouldn't actually call Fringe a Canadian show.
Yeah, I'm off to my humble little start, haha: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5735679
I need to figure out how to get my picture up there, though. :/
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It depends on how you want to think of it. If it's shot in Canada, with Canadian actors, that's enough cred for me, so I think of them as Canadian. I like seeing a lot of the same familiar faces. I caught an episode of Arctic Air the other week, and recognized the majority of the crew from scifi shows I watch. :lol
They're mostly American productions shot in Canada though. Only a relatively small number seem to be pure Canadian, like Continuum.
And you gotta start somewhere. One day if you're lucky, you might get typecast into some Canadian scifi! :metal
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It depends on how you want to think of it. If it's shot in Canada, with Canadian actors, that's enough cred for me, so I think of them as Canadian. I like seeing a lot of the same familiar faces. I caught an episode of Arctic Air the other week, and recognized the majority of the crew from scifi shows I watch. :lol
They're mostly American productions shot in Canada though. Only a relatively small number seem to be pure Canadian, like Continuum.
Yeah, it's kind of a toss up, I guess. ReGenesis was another great SciFi show, one that actually got me into TV shows in the first place, that was made and produced in Canada with a mix of Canadian and American cast. Too bad I don't see very many of them on TV anymore.
And you gotta start somewhere. One day if you're lucky, you might get typecast into some Canadian scifi! :metal
Here's to hoping! I do plan to help advance my career Sylverster Stallone style though, by writing my own scripts, and trying to get them produced. I kind of did that already before Christmas, which was the short film I did where I included this. (https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/Kovalevskyy/RedBrie_zpsfbc2a555.jpg) (Thank you, Blob, for inspiring me to make that, by the way. :tup )
I do want to include some kind of an homage to DT in one form or another in everything I end up producing.
Oh, by the way, that friend I mentioned above, he's the one who I said really dug the instrumental section of Outcry, even though he doesn't listen to anything of the sort.
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Advancing your career Sylvester Stallone style. So you're going to make a porno first? :neverusethis:
With the availability of technology these days, it might even be worth trying to make some videos yourself with a group of friends, even just shorts. Write a script to suit what you have to work with.
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Advancing your career Sylvester Stallone style. So you're going to make a porno first? :neverusethis:
With the availability of technology these days, it might even be worth trying to make some videos yourself with a group of friends, even just shorts. Write a script to suit what you have to work with.
Yeah, I have a few people very well equipped for film making. Even know a couple of very talented makeup artists if I wanna make a monster movie... The Dark Eternal Night? :lol
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I'd love to do some film making, although I don't actually know anyone, and don't leave the house. :lol
So making stuff myself in CG is as close as I'll probably ever get.
I can't wait to see grotesque creatures battle. :caffeine:
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What can I say? I'm drawn to the beckoning lights, camera and action. :coolio
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:lol
If you need any crappy CG creatures, you know where to come. :blob:
I'm trying to make more regular videos for Youtube for fun, although I'm making terrible progress so far.
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By the way, you are aware that they were (are?) playing some of your videos, including your JP transformer commercial during the intermission of the current tour?
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At the start of the tour, someone pointed it out to me, and I've checked out the full intermission video on Youtube. At the start of the tour, I try to keep up with what's happening, because things are still being sorted out and tweaked.
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At the start of the tour, someone pointed it out to me, and I've checked out the full intermission video on Youtube. At the start of the tour, I try to keep up with what's happening, because things are still being sorted out and tweaked.
Tweaked? Are you talking about the MAIN show video stuff that you made for them?
Man, I really hope that intro video gets show in full, high quality on the upcoming DVD, and not just as some crappy camera footage shooting the screen. Otherwise, after the tour is over, I want that video, in good quality, dammit! :biggrin:
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I was a little late with my video work this time, so for a couple of videos, I sent a rough/incomplete version for the start of the tour, then a week or so later was able to send the completed ones.
Also, the video director is still experimenting with live effects, and may occasionally ask for something specific for me, such as the drive-in theater projection they're doing this time. Just stuff like that.
They included the Mika Tyyska intro video on the LALP DVD, so it seems only natural that they'd include it this time too (depending on who is making it). Once I'm aware of who's working on it, I'm definitely going to bring it up, because I'd love to have it on there.
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Yeah, that projection was really cool. Glad I caught that.
As for the video, yeah, I hope you're right. But I mean, they did that with Score too, right? And Dark Eternal Night... (right?) The issue I have is that all of those things were all the "Cartoon style DT" videos, so I suspect that they'll most certainly include the cartoon version of Enigma Machine on the DVD, which is cool. But I hope that in addition to that, the intro will be included as well. We'll see, I suppose. Fingers crossed!
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I can't remember exactly what is included on each DVD. I have some of the original videos direct, so I don't remember if things were also on DVDs.
I think they should definitely include the Enigma Machine cartoon and the intro. It also depends on how/if they include the intro in the main show itself, but I hope it's also included separately.
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I don't watch it either. I'm reluctant with new scifi shows, since they have a habit of cancelling them before they have a chance.
Hold it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you watch a lot of those low-budget SyFy shows like Helix and Continuum?
Try Orphan Black, it's one of the best shows on TV, regardless of genre.
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I don't watch it either. I'm reluctant with new scifi shows, since they have a habit of cancelling them before they have a chance.
Hold it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you watch a lot of those low-budget SyFy shows like Helix and Continuum?
Try Orphan Black, it's one of the best shows on TV, regardless of genre.
The only US/Canada scifi show I currently watch is Continuum, and that's not really a SyFy show, it just airs on SyFy in the US. Hence the fact it doesn't suck like a SyFy original series. :lol I've heard Helix is pretty bad, but I haven't seen any of it.
I've seen bits of Orphan Black, but haven't bothered to get into it. I'm also put off how how weird looking the main chick is. :lol One day I'll probably give it a proper try. I have several shows I need to catch up on at some point. I still haven't gotten around to checking out Fringe yet.
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Weird looking? I think she is pretty hot.
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I will shame you a thousand time over for Fringe Blob.
One man's odd is another mans kink.
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I will shame you a thousand time over for Fringe Blob.
Ooh I know you will, king. :getoffmylawn:
She looks a bit better in normal photos, but in the show she looks odd. Maybe it's the pointy knees?
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Maybe one particular character didn't appeal to you. She plays six or seven different characters.
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I have seen a few of her different characters, and seeing photos of her in real life gave about the same response, maybe slightly better.
Not that I base my viewing on female star hotness. :lol The show is just further down my list of shows I want to look into.
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Well, for what it is worth, I give it my highest recommendation.
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I saw an ad for a Spyro Gyra show in a newspaper today :D Is Jay Beckenstein still playing with them? :P
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Speaking of Spyro Gyra, they recorded at... Beartracks, right? I'm kinda drawing a blank on that one.
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Speaking of Spyro Gyra, they recorded at... Beartracks, right? I'm kinda drawing a blank on that one.
The guy who said that was... ... James LaBrie???
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From...... Dream Theater, right?
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Just finished writing the last essay of the semester... My first year at uni is officially over :metal
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Congrats, dude! Now it's just recharge those batteries time. :tup
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Congrats, dude! Now it's just recharge those batteries time. :tup
Yup! I only have two weeks until I start my summer job at the graveyard, though.
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So you'll be working graveyard shift, then? :neverusethis:
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So you'll be working graveyard shift, then? :neverusethis:
:lol
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Make sure to load up your phone/iPod/whatever with black metal beforehand Ville :P
Last 8 weeks of my Bachelor degree have begun...
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Make sure to load up your phone/iPod/whatever with black metal beforehand Ville :P
I wish... :P It's hard to listen to music when you're wearing ear protectors.
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Make sure to load up your phone/iPod/whatever with black metal beforehand Ville :P
I wish... :P It's hard to listen to music when you're wearing ear protectors.
Nah, just use a pair of these with your earbuds underneath them.
(https://www.industrialdeafness.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ear-defenders.jpg)
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My headphones basically look like that, and they're probably about as effective as ear muffs too. :P
Not to mention they sound amazing. :hat
Why do you need the ear protection?
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Why do you need the ear protection?
I'll be mowing the lawn almost 8 hours a day, so it's gonna be pretty noisy.
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Why do you need the ear protection?
I'll be mowing the lawn almost 8 hours a day, so it's gonna be pretty noisy.
Ah yeah, I wouldn't want to be hearing that for 8 hours straight. Even with ear muffs, it might still be loud enough that trying to drown it out with music could be bad for your ears for that long anyway.
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Why do you need the ear protection?
I'll be mowing the lawn almost 8 hours a day, so it's gonna be pretty noisy.
Now I just want to write a black metal song and create a clip where the only thing that happens is someone mowing the lawn in a graveyard. That would be the most metal thing ever.
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Maybe Immortal could make a video like that :P
The only thing more metal than that would be this:
(https://nkayesel.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/metal-headbang-farting-lol2.gif)
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HAPPY OCTAVARIUM DAY, DT FANS! :metal
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I give it a 5/8.
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:biggrin:
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Oh hi. Good morning.
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Oh hai Mark
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Who is Mark?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4KzClb1C4
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Oh my God.
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Have you never seen The Room then, Hef?
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Have you never seen The Room then, Hef?
I've seen all that I can stand.
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Have you never seen The Room then, Hef?
I've seen all that I can stand.
So you've never seen it then, huh?
That movie literally made my brain hurt. It was so stupid that my brain was in physical pain with every single line. And yet I couldn't stop watching.
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I made it maybe 10 minutes in.
Knowing how I felt after that, and knowing the reputation it has, I suddenly realized that I don't even have enough time to see all the GOOD films I want to see, so no way in hell was I going to waste one more second on that fuckwaffle of a movie.
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:lol
The first 10 minutes are the least stupid of the whole movie, believe it or not.
I'm currently planning to go back through the Godzilla movies I haven't seen, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure I'll be able to watch one tonight after seeing the latest one though.
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I am actually not enamored with most of the Godzilla films. Most of them seem childish, silly, and stupid. The first is a classic, and there are a couple of other really good ones.
One I missed was the one from 2004 (?) which featured ALL the monsters, including the 1998 version of Godzilla. I would like to see that one.
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I am actually not enamored with most of the Godzilla films. Most of them seem childish, silly, and stupid. The first is a classic, and there are a couple of other really good ones.
One I missed was the one from 2004 (?) which featured ALL the monsters, including the 1998 version of Godzilla. I would like to see that one.
That's Final Wars. If you don't enjoy the silliness, I don't think you'll enjoy that one either. It has a lame Matrix style "you are the one" type of plot with the main guy, mixed in with some shape-shifting aliens taking over the government, along with some MMA fighter or something, who only speaks English throughout, yet everyone understands him, and he understands them. To an English speaker, he's basically a reverse Chewbacca. :lol
As you probably know, I enjoy "so bad it's good", and Japanese movies often hit the spot with me. Today I watched Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, where Japan decided that the only way to defeat Godzilla was to spend 3 years making a clone cyborg Godzilla of their own, that immediately goes mental and starts destroying Japan, so they have to basically wait for its batteries to run out. Great stuff. :lol
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lol
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Blob, if you love the "It's so bad it's good" then you must love, Killer Clowns From Outer Space and Re-Animator.
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Blob, if you love the "It's so bad it's good" then you must love, Killer Clowns From Outer Space and Re-Animator.
I haven't seen Re-Animator, but I did enjoy Killer Klowns From Outer Space. :lol Clowns putting people in cotton candy cocoons, then drinking their blood through silly straws. What's not to love?
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Re-Animator is not in the category of "so bad it's good." It's just a fun, good movie.
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Cutting off a head and sticking it with a needle and then a head talks is silly fun. It is scarier though but it's fun!
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I'm going to have to watch this movie and decide which camp it falls into.
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I have a feeling you will enjoy it either way.
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I have a feeling you're right. :biggrin:
Today's viewing has been Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla, Godzilla: Tokyo SOS, and Godzilla: Giant Monsters All Out Attack.
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If you like it watch the sequel Bride Of Re Animator. :lol
BTW here is the whole movie on youtube! :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYnyMXFuz6U
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Oh hell yeah! Now I'm definitely going to watch that tomorrow. :tup
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BTW here is the whole movie on youtube! :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYnyMXFuz6U
Holy crap!
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Good morning, all.
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Heard Solitary Shell, then Glass Prison played on local fm radio this morning. Granted it's a university station but still.
Solitary shell is really a beautifully crafted song.
I'd forgotten, I'm sorry to say.
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Wow, that's pretty crazy.
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and I had tuned in late, they played Goodnight Kiss first.
great stuff.
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No stations that cool around here.
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This thread has become so slow in traffic, I may not start another one when this one ends. It may have run its course.
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I dare say... we have a chat thread winner? lol
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So I listened to the song "Lost Fool" by melodeath band Archeon today, and I was amazed when the vocals came in (and yes, this is DT-related). For this interested, have listen here, and watch out for the first line of the vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnB_h0nz-k
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Heh. It's not a unique phrase, but it's funny to hear it in another metal song, with the harsh vocals. Nice find.
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But, they didn't pray that they saw the red light!
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Good morning.
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Good afternoon, Sir. How is everything?
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Good afternoon, Sir. How is everything?
Better and better all the time. You?
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Pretty good. Doing some write up for my next post in the Pink Floyd discography thread. Listening to London 66-67 as a result
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Yeah, I need to get on the ball and listen to Piper. Looking forward to this one.
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^I need to listen to Piper as well. I don't really like old PF but I'm willing to give the albums another try.
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FWIW, Piper left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm glad Syd was only temporary and Floyd got past that shit.
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Started Devin Townsend's Physicist.
Charming.
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Hey Hef, the new blu-ray isn't out, might need to change the title again
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Hey Hef, the new blu-ray isn't out, might need to change the title again
lol
I'll think about it.
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Just passed my driving exam! :D
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Congrats!
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Congratulations!
Now if my daughter can do that, more will be right with the world!
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Congrats Onno! :tup
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Thanks guys! :D
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Congrats! First try?
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Yep, it was my first try, but I did do a kind of preliminary test that I passed to get an exemption for parking manouvres and I had a shit load of driving lessons :P
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How much did you pay in total?
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Quite a lot... A driving exam here is 230 euros, and driving lessons are about 46 euros per hour. A preliminary exam is also 230 euros. I had about 60 lessons...
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Wow man, I had about 20-30 lessons and payed about 2300-2500€, which I think is a lot, but 60 lessons? That sucks :'(
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Yeah well, they are pretty strict here. One of the reasons that I had so many lessons is that the first 15 lessons were with 2 different instructors from different driving schools, which were both really bad and I didn't really learn much there. After those 2 I decided to go to more expensive but much larger driving school, where the lessons were a lot better but the first instructor I had there didn't really get along with me very well which put me under a lot of stress. So there were a few lessons with that instructor too that really didn't teach me anything; when under stress I can't drive for shit. I called up the driving school then and I arranged that I could get another instructor, who was a really nice guy and we got along very well. Ah well, you learn from mistakes (such as going to 2 different shit driving schools first), I got a lot of experience from so many lessons and I passed my exam on the first try :)
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Holy hell, 60 lessons is a lot. I had maybe half of that, MAYBE 40, tops. Though I did need three tries to pass the exam. Still, probably came away cheaper than you, I think I paid a little less than 2000€ in total.
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Holy crapsticks, Europe must do things a lot differently. I never took any paid lessons, my parents just let me learn by driving the car. And I think taking the real test was only like $20 or something (not sure what that would be in Euros).
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I had like 20 hours of both theory and driving lessons, but the theory ones lasted 2 hours, so the actual number of lessons was closer to 30. 60 lessons is pretty bizarre indeed! :eek I passed the theory and driving tests on first try, but in Finland you only get a driving license for 2 years and need to complete a second phase of training to get a longterm license, which I did last week.
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Well, most people here I think do it with around 30-40, so 60 hours is also a lot here, but it's not an exception. I know a lot of people who had that many. They're really pretty strict here, and as I said, I had some misfortunes :P
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Holy crapsticks, Europe must do things a lot differently. I never took any paid lessons, my parents just let me learn by driving the car. And I think taking the real test was only like $20 or something (not sure what that would be in Euros).
20$ is like 15€, so not really anything. And even discounting the fact that it's completely illegal here in Germany to drive in a car without a certified driving teacher while not having your license yet, it's also impossible to take the exam with no lessons - you have have had at least 24 lessons, I think it is, with 12 of those being standard lessons, and 12 being specialised lessons, which further divide into 5 lessons outside of the city, 4 lessons on the highway and 3 at night (or after dark, at any rate). So it's pretty much impossible to pay anything less than 1000€ (1400$) for getting your license in Germany.
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You have to do the 12 specialised lessons in Germany, but other than that I think you only need one more practical lesson? :huh:
Not that that is a realistic scenario, but isn't one standard lesson (not counting the special ones) the minimum by law?
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Here in North Carolina (U.S.), the driver's ed classes are part of the high school curriculum. No charge.
You just have to pay the actual licensing fee when you go to take the license exam. And insurance, of course.
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And even discounting the fact that it's completely illegal here in Germany to drive in a car without a certified driving teacher while not having your license yet
It's the same here, but I often practiced parking with my dad in a quiet area late in the evening :biggrin:
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Here in North Carolina (U.S.), the driver's ed classes are part of the high school curriculum. No charge.
You just have to pay the actual licensing fee when you go to take the license exam. And insurance, of course.
Damn, My mom & dad has to send me to a drivers ed class, not associated with school and had to pay for it.
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You have to do the 12 specialised lessons in Germany, but other than that I think you only need one more practical lesson? :huh:
Not that that is a realistic scenario, but isn't one standard lesson (not counting the special ones) the minimum by law?
Not sure on that exactly. You might be right! I just though I remember something with 12 lessons, though I might be mixing that up with the 12 specialised ones. Either way, 24 in total sounds pretty realistic.
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Here in North Carolina (U.S.), the driver's ed classes are part of the high school curriculum. No charge.
You just have to pay the actual licensing fee when you go to take the license exam. And insurance, of course.
Damn, My mom & dad has to send me to a drivers ed class, not associated with school and had to pay for it.
lol yankees
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Oh yeah?! Well.... welll....um....
Whatever.
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:lol
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Just passed my driving exam! :D
And what about your first drive around?
Everyone survived?
WHHHOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :rollin
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Haven't had a first drive around yet, I have yet to receive my license :)
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EVERYONE AT THE DMV SURVIIIIIIIIVEDDD!!!!!!
Congrats Onno!
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Thanks :D
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:djhef:
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And here I came to troll some DT-side noobs, and all I find is names I know and recognize.
:wtf:
Why isn't the DT-Side chat thread isn't filled with DT-side posters? What's this thread even good for?
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I'm beginning to wonder.
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Maybe everytime they open this topic up they just go tharn and don't do anything.
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And here I came to troll some DT-side noobs, and all I find is names I know and recognize.
:wtf:
Why isn't the DT-Side chat thread isn't filled with DT-side posters? What's this thread even good for?
You bleeping troll coming to the safe spot on the DTF side you nancy. LOL
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Yesterday a female stranger paid me some money after I had done a service that pleased her :zydar:
In other words: I was mowing the lawn in an area next to someone's backyard, and an old lady came to me and paid 40€(!), thanking me and saying the lawn looks great. I mean, I was just doing a job I get paid for already and the area wasn't even part of her yard :P Well, that was probably the weirdest way I've ever earned money :D
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:lol That's cool man!
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I am proud of you :zydar:
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Why isn't the DT-Side chat thread isn't filled with DT-side posters? What's this thread even good for?
Why isn't your english isn't better?
:neverusethis:
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:clap:
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Morning. Me am tired. Work be busy and me call boss to get ok for people to come in a be paid extra for hours of workin'.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIK3akktLU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIK3akktLU
That chorus is so damn catchy plus I love the harmonies.
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Great, underrated band. Love me some Huey Lewis & The News.
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I just realized this is page 58 :octavarium:
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Great, underrated band. Love me some Huey Lewis & The News.
Jacob's ladder is my favorite song by them.
I just realized this is page 58 :octavarium:
Nugget.
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HAPPY 22ND ANNIVERSARY, IMAGES AND WORDS!
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Hmmmmm. What songs would the fans want on a "by request" tour?
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dream_theater_on_performing_by_request_concerts_we_have_enough_songs_to_do_it.html
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Holy smokes that would be tough, darn near impossible, for DT to pull off, unless the requested set was decided a few weeks before the gig or something...
With a band like Metallica, not only are the songs not as challenging to play, but they have their "hits" that they probably assume people will pick. Looking quickly at the Metallica by request sets, most of those songs are songs they usually play anyway. With DT, who knows what songs would be selected, as they don't really have "hit" songs.
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Haha, I just did a thread for that before I saw you guys discussing it here :lol
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I just didn't feel like starting a thread and was hoping that someone else would and that I'm glad you did.
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TBH I was also waiting for someone else to start that thread, but in the end I thought "whatever" and did it myself :P
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Got an 8.5/10 for my bachelor thesis today, so I officially have a BSc in Earth Science now! :)
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:woot: :woot: :woot: :partyinpartyinyeah:
Congratulations!
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Awesome! Congrats! Now celebrate by getting drunk. :P
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Thanks guys! :D
Awesome! Congrats! Now celebrate by getting drunk. :P
I shall oblige you!
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Congratulations!
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Congrats dude! :metal
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Awesome :tup
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And thanks a lot to you guys too! :D
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So... apparently my phone is dying a slow and painful death, as it doesn't charge even if you keep it plugged in for a whole day (no, it's not the battery - I got a new one and it didn't help at all). Any suggestions on what phone I should get next (except Nokia ::))?
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So... apparently my phone is dying a slow and painful death, as it doesn't charge even if you keep it plugged in for a whole day (no, it's not the battery - I got a new one and it didn't help at all). Any suggestions on what phone I should get next (except Nokia ::))?
I'd go with a Galaxy S5, Good pixel density, and it's very durable. It has a removable battery, and a 32GB SD card is about a $25 upgrade IIRC, which can be switched out or installed easily. It works really well for me so far. I haven't had any issues, and I love how customizable it is.
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If you want a smartphone, I'd suggest one with more than about 512 MB RAM. I have an LG Optimus L5, and while it's a decent phone, even when I'm not running any apps in the foreground it tends to get slow sometimes simply because of apps running in the background, like WhatsApp. It's pretty annoying.
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If you want a smartphone, I'd suggest one with more than about 512 MB RAM. I have an LG Optimus L5, and while it's a decent phone, even when I'm not running any apps in the foreground it tends to get slow sometimes simply because of apps running in the background, like WhatsApp. It's pretty annoying.
Yeah, RAM and a good CPU. The S5 has 2GB of RAM, and it's got a quadcore Snapdragon 801 @ 2.5GHz
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My wife got the S5 recently and loves it.
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If you want a smartphone, I'd suggest one with more than about 512 MB RAM. I have an LG Optimus L5, and while it's a decent phone, even when I'm not running any apps in the foreground it tends to get slow sometimes simply because of apps running in the background, like WhatsApp. It's pretty annoying.
Yup, same here. I have an older Galaxy with 350 mb RAM and it's a pain to use it sometimes.
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Thanks for the tips, everyone! :tup I've been checking out a few websites to compare the prices and features of different phones, and there's one Samsung Galaxy model with 768 MB RAM and a 1800 mAh battery that I'm thinking of buying. My current Windows Phone has a 1300 mAh battery and it had to be charged daily, because I used it so much, which may have led to its demise. I can only hope this one would survive longer :P
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You'd think that, with never models of phones, the battery would improve, but everything keeps getting worse. Granted, the phones are like mini computers now, but the fragility is awful. I still don't have a smartphone and I kinda dread the day I will have to get one - my current phone can go five to seven days without charging.
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It seems they don't improve the batteries at the same rate as they up the power requirements for the better hardware. Smart phones get better and better at the "smart" part, but in my observation worse at being actual phones. :lol
If they combined the best battery with the lowest-tech phone, it would probably last a month between charges, but it's probably not worth it for them to bother. The money is in the smartphones.
I don't even have a proper phone, because I don't leave the house. I have an older iPhone, but it's only using wifi at home. If/when I get a source of actual moneys, I'll get a phone if for no other reason, just because a lot of things require it.
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I got my second phone in 2007 and didn't buy another one until 2011. It lasted just 1½ years until the touch screen broke, and then I got the current smartphone, which has now met its fate after a year and 3-4 months. Meanwhile, the old phone with minimal features (you can play music and videos and use crappy WAP, and that's it) is still unbroken and works as my backup phone, even after I'd used it actively for 4 years. Conclusion: phones get more fancy, but less durable - technology sucks...
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I got my second phone in 2007 and didn't buy another one until 2011. It lasted just 1½ years until the touch screen broke, and then I got the current smartphone, which has now met its fate after a year and 3-4 months. Meanwhile, the old phone with minimal features is still unbroken and works as my backup phone, even after I used it actively for 4 years. Conclusion: phones get more fancy, but less durable - technology sucks...
Technology (and every product in general) is built to be more consumable. It's not designed to last, it's designed to impress and sell. They expect people to just constantly upgrade like the consumer whores they all are.
All of our old cartridge based video game consoles still work perfectly after 15-25 years. The XBOX 360 we bought November last year (second hand, but a recent model)? Died months ago.
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I usually used second hand phones until 2010, when I got the one I'm using today. It's nothing fancy:
(https://i.bullfax.com/imgs/29de080605e6a87a0a196e4449613fd054cb2210.jpg)
but it still works!
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I don't understand these people who dump their phone on an annual basis just to pick up the latest model. The previous phone worked fine, the upgrades in hardware are minimal at best, and I don't even want to know how much it costs to do that every year. :facepalm:
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I got a hand me down Droid 3 from my boss but it is acting weird. That may be the only reason I upgrade on the company's dime.
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I usually used second hand phones until 2010, when I got the one I'm using today. It's nothing fancy:
https://i.bullfax.com/imgs/29de080605e6a87a0a196e4449613fd054cb2210.jpg
but it still works!
I have that model as my job phone at the office. Works great, and the battery lasts very long.
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Technology (and every product in general) is built to be more consumable. It's not designed to last, it's designed to impress and sell. They expect people to just constantly upgrade like the consumer whores they all are.
All of our old cartridge based video game consoles still work perfectly after 15-25 years. The XBOX 360 we bought November last year (second hand, but a recent model)? Died months ago.
Yeah, of course you can get your phone (or any other device) repaired, but it's so expensive that you're better off buying a new one.
Speaking of game consoles, I got a PlayStation 2 back in 2003 and it's still not broken! :D That may have something to do with the fact that I've barely played anything in the past 5 years, but I still watch DVDs with it every now and then and it's working just fine.
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The main reason 360s break, If I recall correctly, is because they get really dusty inside, so in most cases all you actually need to do is clean it.
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The main reason 360s break, If I recall correctly, is because they get really dusty inside, so in most cases all you actually need to do is clean it.
Given that it stopped working after a period of non-use sitting on the floor, I considered that. But I would have thought that would cause overheating or something after having it on for a while, but it keeps resetting after only being on a few seconds. The error code lights weren't really much use, but seemed to indicate something else.
It's worth a try, as it's just sitting there right now.
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I actually had one of the old ones, it had constant use and didn't red ring, it just died. My step-dad cleaned it and it ran fine. I've heard the same happens in the new ones too, but not had it happen yet.
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We still have a Playstation 2 and it still works.
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I have an original Atari 2600 and it still works. King FTW!!
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This is a 250G S model, and it's not the RROD problem, and it's not outright dead. It just gets stuck in a constant starting loop. It seems consistent with something so benign.
Do you have to open it up to clean it? Or can I just clean it up Nintendo cartridge style?
I have an original Atari 2600 and it still works. King FTW!!
Ours still works too! Let's network them and play multi-player Adventure!
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Unfortunantly, you've got open it up to clean it! Nintendo style, I miss you too.
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Unfortunantly, you've got open it up to clean it! Nintendo style, I miss you too.
Ah damn. I guess it couldn't hurt to give it a try. It's not under any warranty anyway, and I've cleaned my computer plenty of times enough. I'll give it a try tomorrow if I'm feeling brave enough.
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This is a 250G S model, and it's not the RROD problem, and it's not outright dead. It just gets stuck in a constant starting loop. It seems consistent with something so benign.
Do you have to open it up to clean it? Or can I just clean it up Nintendo cartridge style?
I have an original Atari 2600 and it still works. King FTW!!
Ours still works too! Let's network them and play multi-player Adventure!
No kidding! Problem is, we have about 65 games but a good amount are not working. I wonder if it's dust!
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This is a 250G S model, and it's not the RROD problem, and it's not outright dead. It just gets stuck in a constant starting loop. It seems consistent with something so benign.
Do you have to open it up to clean it? Or can I just clean it up Nintendo cartridge style?
I have an original Atari 2600 and it still works. King FTW!!
Ours still works too! Let's network them and play multi-player Adventure!
No kidding! Problem is, we have about 65 games but a good amount are not working. I wonder if it's dust!
You don't have the later model with the 250+ built in games?! Poor man! I think we only ever owned 2 or 3 extra games on top of the built in ones. We had Ghostbusters and Winter Games, can't remember what else if anything.
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My nephews do. I seriously have the original 2600 (from the late 1970's) at my parents house and it still works!
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Wasn't that thing made of wood? :lol We got ours in the very early '90s, so we were way behind.
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My brother and I pulled it out of storage last year and like we were kids again. Battled it out for hours! Wives were not happy. :lol We still had 5 working joysticks as well.
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Did you kick his ass at boxing? I was great at that. :metal
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Activision boxing? Always! :lol
We played Meglamania, Barnstorming and Fishing Derby! :metal
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Yeah, that was the one! :metal
The only of those I recall being built in was the fishing one (and boxing of course). Being all built in, we had no idea what the names of these games were. Some were obvious, like frogger and space invaders, but a lot of them just made no sense. :lol
So we'd just make up names for them. I have all of the games on my computer, and it was fun looking through them and finding out what they're called.
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Yeah! Some were made up games. Seriously. My dad bought every damn game when it came out. Smart move by them though!
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So here's a question. Why are we in the wrong chat thread anyway? Let's move back to the real one!
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:lol
Let us!
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Prog Sphere ranks DT albums worst to best: https://www.prog-sphere.com/specials/dream-theater-albums-worst-best/
I suppose it's an interesting ranking. Not enough for me to start a new thread about I didn't think, but I'm sure someone could find something to discuss about it, so I thought I'd post it here.
Maybe it'll get this thread back on the topic of DT :lol
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FII is below WDADU. List is clearly bullshit. :lol Having anything at all below WDADU invalidates it instantly.
Ok, their top 3 isn't bad though.
Overall I actually think they've got them ranked better than the average DTF ranking. /runs
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I'd have a few tweaks. SC lower than BC&SL and WDADU like Blob said as the least and TOT is too high but overall very good list.
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FII is below WDADU. List is clearly bullshit. :lol Having anything at all below WDADU invalidates it instantly.
Ok, their top 3 isn't bad though.
Overall I actually think they've got them ranked better than the average DTF ranking. /runs
I think you're right. FII has been steadily moving up my rankings for a while. I used to have it 11th, but it's certainly better than WDADU. I would run with you but I have DT12 and ADTOE ranked above FII so I guess we're both on our own. :lol
I think it's a pretty good list, but I'd change a good bit.
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FII is below WDADU. List is clearly bullshit. :lol Having anything at all below WDADU invalidates it instantly.
Ok, their top 3 isn't bad though.
Overall I actually think they've got them ranked better than the average DTF ranking. /runs
I think you're right. FII has been steadily moving up my rankings for a while. I used to have it 11th, but it's certainly better than WDADU. I would run with you but I have DT12 and ADTOE ranked above FII so I guess we're both on our own. :lol
I think it's a pretty good list, but I'd change a good bit.
Once I get past my top 4, it's actually very hard for me to rank them.
My top 4 at this point is pretty much set at SDOIT/SFAM/IAW/FII, but after that a lot of it is fairly even. TOT/8V would be next in either order, then after that the rest, then WDADU doesn't even rank at all. So I guess the "tier" system is more accurate for me.
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FII is below WDADU. List is clearly bullshit. :lol Having anything at all below WDADU invalidates it instantly.
Ok, their top 3 isn't bad though.
Overall I actually think they've got them ranked better than the average DTF ranking. /runs
I think you're right. FII has been steadily moving up my rankings for a while. I used to have it 11th, but it's certainly better than WDADU. I would run with you but I have DT12 and ADTOE ranked above FII so I guess we're both on our own. :lol
I think it's a pretty good list, but I'd change a good bit.
Once I get past my top 4, it's actually very hard for me to rank them.
My top 4 at this point is pretty much set at SDOIT/SFAM/IAW/FII, but after that a lot of it is fairly even. TOT/8V would be next in either order, then after that the rest, then WDADU doesn't even rank at all. So I guess the "tier" system is more accurate for me.
The tier system works for me as well. I was re-ranking them today because I lost the flash drive with all my Programming 1 and 2 programs, album, song rankings, along with essays and stuff from the previous school year. >:( Oh well, I know it's around here somehwere. Anyways, I was having a tough time ordering them, but once I grouped the albums into 4 and aranged each group it was really easy.
I don't have any sort of actual scoring system to rank albums by though.
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It gets pretty trivial by that stage anyway. Aside from forum discussion, does ranking things really matter? :lol
If I like it, I listen to it. That's all that matters to me. :hat
So you do programming?
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It gets pretty trivial by that stage anyway. Aside from forum discussion, does ranking things really matter? :lol
If I like it, I listen to it. That's all that matters to me. :hat
So you do programming?
Yeah, I agree. I have a thing with listing things though. I have huge text documents that list out all the albums I want to buy, listen to, and have. :lol
When I get bored I organize stuff.
Anyways, yeah. I've learned some Java. I plan to go into software development/engineering. I really enjoy programming and computer science stuff, plus I build PCs and such. I got into GUIs at the end of Programming 2, but it was a high school course. Programming 2 shoved into one semester was definitely the most difficult class I had last school year.
I know you do animations for DT and such (which are wonderful BTW). The Dark Nintendo Night is pretty entertaining :rollin
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Thanks. That was only a quick video too. I'm trying to make some new videos at the moment to put up.
I've dabbled in programming through the years, but I'm not great at it. But basic coding is always useful. I've been working on making a game for years now using Unity, which supports C++ and a javascript style syntax. I use the javascript one because it's simpler and more familiar to me based on other coding I've done in the past.
I also have an idea for a little Windows program I want to make for myself, but I haven't learned any languages that deal with the Windows API and the GUI stuff.
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It gets pretty trivial by that stage anyway. Aside from forum discussion, does ranking things really matter? :lol
If I like it, I listen to it. That's all that matters to me. :hat
So you do programming?
Yeah, I agree. I have a thing with listing things though. I have huge text documents that list out all the albums I want to buy, listen to, and have. :lol
When I get bored I organize stuff.
Anyways, yeah. I've learned some Java. I plan to go into software development/engineering. I really enjoy programming and computer science stuff, plus I build PCs and such. I got into GUIs at the end of Programming 2, but it was a high school course. Programming 2 shoved into one semester was definitely the most difficult class I had last school year.
I know you do animations for DT and such (which are wonderful BTW). The Dark Nintendo Night is pretty entertaining :rollin
...I'm not alone after all
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I'd love to see some :biggrin:
What sort of game did you have in mind? I think that would be a fun project eventually, I need to get around to learning some new languages, maybe Python and C++.
Is the Windows program something you can reveal publicly or not? :lol Also, GUI stuff is a pain in the ass. Those took me the longest time to complete of any programs.
EDIT: Show Ninja, is that about enjoying TDNN, or programming? I can't tell :huh:
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I'd love to see some :biggrin:
What sort of game did you have in mind? I think that would be a fun project eventually, I need to get around to learning some new languages, maybe Python and C++.
Is the Windows program something you can reveal publicly or not? :lol Also, GUI stuff is a pain in the ass. Those took me the longest time to complete of any programs.
Learn C++ so you can help me make my game. :P It's just a 2D platformer.
The Windows program I had in mind will probably sound strange, as it's just for myself, not some great secret idea or anything. I just had an idea for a small little program that mostly sits in the taskbar but has a small GUI box (and can stay on top), that basically keeps track of what programs I'm spending my time in to help me manage my time. I have it mostly planned out with a few other little tools, just to help with my productivity.
Maybe there's something like that already out there, but I have a specific idea in mind. Maybe I should look anyway.
Shadow was referring to the part he bolded about lists of albums and such.
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EDIT: Show Ninja, is that about enjoying TDNN, or programming? I can't tell :huh:
The bolded bit, with regard to obsessive cataloguing of desired purchases.
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Oh, I didn't even see that it was bolded. I'm slouched down in my computer chair with my legs on my bed, so the viewing angle is a bit off. I have all that stuff in Google Drive where I can view stuff from my phone. I also have spotify playlists of the whole discography of any band I plan to eventually check out...
Blob: That sounds cool. I don't think the program would be all that useful to me personally, but I'd love to see how I allocate my time.
I probably will learn C++, I think it's the more frequently used language of the two I mentioned.
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Blob: That sounds cool. I don't think the program would be all that useful to me personally, but I'd love to see how I allocate my time.
I have problems focusing on doing a task without wandering off and wasting time on the internet and losing track of time (probably ADHD), and I just wanted to try out some ideas. Lately I've just kept a stopwatch app next to me and timed each thing I do, and it's helped. There's always so much I want to do, but I have trouble sticking to a task. It's not so much that I'm lazy, I'm just really easily distracted for long periods of time. :lol
What kind of stuff do you want to program? I've only really been interested in making games.
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I'd most love to be game developer in Seattle (where I plan to move), which where the headquarters of Valve and Bungie (the biggest names there) are. Realistically, there's a Google building, which I think would be a fun working environment. There's also an NVidia building in Redmond, WA where I'd like to work as a product designer, or marketer. I'd enjoy plenty of things. Cerner here in KC has a cool internship program. They develop medical technology, like programs to sync medical records so they can be accessed quickly, and apps that update hospital staff on patient status. I don't have any particular projects I want to work on, but I have an idea of places I'd like to work.
What exactly do you? I have a general idea, sort of.
Also, I think Mike Mangini was a programmer for the Patriot Missle software team, which is cool.
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You have a lot more options there than we do here in Oz. Here it's mostly web and app stuff. Even jobs that involve 3D stuff are all just web jobs that require a ton of web stuff first I have no desire to learn. I'll never manage to get a real job. I just get the occasional bit of 3D video work.
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Well you're damn good at it. I'd love to be able to edit video and animate, but it seems like a daunting thing to go about learning. I think Seattle would be great too because I love dark, cold, and rainy weather.
Not relavent to the current discussion, but relavent to the thread: I am really excited for the next DT album. Not sure why I've been thinking about it so much, but I can't help wondering what it will be like. I've been watching a lot of the in-studio videos recently, and it has me pumped. Unfortunately, I know I'll have to wait a while :-\
At least there's the Boston show coming out. Has there been any news on the release date yet?
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Well you're damn good at it. I'd love to be able to edit video and animate, but it seems like a daunting thing to go about learning. I think Seattle would be great too because I love dark, cold, and rainy weather.
I love the dark, cold rainy weather too. Gloom ftw! I'm strictly an indoors guy. :lol We don't get a lot of rain here though. Or cold for that matter. It's currently the middle of Winter, so this is as good as it gets for us.
I've been doing basically nothing but CG graphics for a decade and I'd still like to be way better than I am. I don't think it's too daunting to get into with today's software and tutorials, but there's always more to learn. I don't think I've ever made a video where I didn't learn something new that was useful.
No word on the Boston DVD/BD yet. It's probably "soon". :P
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We get rain here occasionally in the summer. Just enough to make it so humid you can't breathe... I'm sure it's pretty mild compared to summer heat there, though.
"soon" as in "next July" :lol
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I hate humidity. We had a really humid summer, but not a whole lot of rain. It would be stinking hot during the day, then get humid at night when it was cooling down, so it always felt uncomfortable.
"Soon" as in "whenever". :P
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Have you seen DT on this tour? I'm sure it was a must see considering they were celebrating the anniversary of your favorite album ::)
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DT haven't been here since 2009. Even Awake aside, I'm not that interested in the current setlist. The only saving grace for me is SFAM+TOT.
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Just posting to say that 6:29 in this video just made me LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orYZShMJO80
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I really love all the Behind the Scenes stuff on the DVDs. Wish they did more of them.
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I really love all the Behind the Scenes stuff on the DVDs. Wish they did more of them.
I completely agree. I think MP did most of the filming for those, though. :-\ I'd especially love some MM drum cams of him in the studio
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I completely agree. I think MP did most of the filming for those, though. :-\ I'd especially love some MM drum cams of him in the studio
Agreed and that sort of thing is SOOOO easy to do now a days with technology. Just set up a video camera in the studio, edit the video takes to match the final takes used on the album and line it up with the album audio. Simple as that!
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Yes, that would be fantastic. Hopefully they will do that in the future.
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It won't gather much attention due to his birthday being over, but if anyone wants exclusive pictures from JP's birthday party, head to the topic about his bday :hat
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There's no way that was JP. It doesn't have enough facial hair.
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Maybe before the next album a bunch of people should message them on FB or email them to let them know there are people who still want the drum cams and studio documentaries to happen. The two and a half minute in studio videos for DT12 where kind of like eating one Pringle. I still watch lots of "making of" videos for bands I listen to. JR's Youtube channel is great for videos of his gear, playing, and on the road material, though.
I think it's interesting to see the stuff he's been doing with Haken members too. "Evening with" is my first choice as far as concert format, but if they where to tour with another band, I think Haken would be a great choice.
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Update on the phone situation: I got a Samsung Galaxy Core Plus on Monday and it's working great :)
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Nice!
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The Mayor of minor town in Sardinia forbade staring defyingly at other people in the public square. :lol
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So, now, do you demonstrate by having a mob staring defyingly at the municipality? :lol
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So, now, do you demonstrate by having a mob staring defyingly at the municipality? :lol
That was not the point. The "rotten" part of the sardinian youth just likes to stand in the middle of the square and stare defyingly at whoever passes by. If anyone stares back they would approach him/them and shoud "Are you defying me?" in the thick accent where all the "s" 's turn into "sh" 's, and than maybe start a brawl. This is pretty caricatural, but at times it happens, and it's so stupid it's actually quite funny thinking there's people that stupid around :lol
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They would stop that if someone beat the shit out of them.
Probably.
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The thing is, it's not just petty violence and abuse towards whoever passes, it's just their lifestyle. Rival mini-gangs just choose this way to spend their evenings :P
Anyway, got my tickets for next Monday's show in Brescia, will finally meet up with fellow Italian and friend DreamerTV, will enquire on his newfound passion for basketball and will cross Italy just to meet the band again
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Sounds like fun!