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Creativity / Learning Acoustic Guitar

« on: May 06, 2013, 06:13:47 PM »

I recently got one from my dad. He's had it for probably 10 years and he's never played it so I had to tune it and yadda yadda. I've had it for about a month now and I don't really know anything correct or formal or whatever. I've just gotten some stuff from strumming and messing with the strings.

Have a crappy recording of me playing guitar. Yes my microphone was $15. Please make fun of it.

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Off Topic / Looking for a Half Life video made by someone on this forum.

« on: April 02, 2013, 12:49:35 PM »

I've looked in search a few times, but we all know how broken it is. The topic was close to the start of the year, if not actually in 2012. It was a cut down play though of half-life 1. Probably the source version. Definitely for stuffs and giggles, and I specifically remember a portion of the video was dedicated to running away scream "Oh my god" over and over again.

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Off Topic / Saw Seventh in a CSS server

« on: March 04, 2013, 01:09:05 AM »

Have to say, I was really surprised. I hardly ever see people from here in other places online unless I have them on my friends list or some such. Dunno if he saw who I was or not, but just thought it was neat since it never happens. Also, he sucks on T.

Discuss times you've seen blf peeps in other places.

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Drama / Blockleg-Hacked or not, gore loving everywhere

« on: January 28, 2013, 10:45:52 PM »

Gore and research all over the mlp thread. Not cool.

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Off Topic / Looking for 8-bit/chiptune music.

« on: January 23, 2013, 12:48:14 PM »

Really in the mood for some upbeat and quick music. /title

Only example I have for what I'm looking for is this. It's pony, for a warning, but it's more about the music than the subject here.

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Help / My keys no longer work.

« on: January 21, 2013, 11:58:14 AM »

I haven't actually played since maybe version 13. I installed the newest version just to see what's happened and so far it's rejected all of my keys.

Any way to get them to work or get a new one without coughing up $20? I have the activation codes for two or more of them still if that is any help.

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Drama / Dotdot_____ has doxes on most forum users.

« on: December 15, 2012, 09:03:04 PM »

Just a little fun fact, didn't know if you people knew. He's got general info on most of us. Phone numbers, birthdays, IP's, accounts on other forums, steam accounts, physical addresses, social sites, videos(if put on youtube or other sites), pictures, relatives, emails, all that good stuff.



IUV told me after trying to bitch at me for telling him/her they were screwing themselves over on the forums.

The blacked out link is to his dox on me, which had all the above mentioned.

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Off Topic / Practical Thoughts on Humans with Wings

« on: November 24, 2012, 09:44:59 AM »

This has been a serious passion for me for the longest time. Why can't we have wings? What are we lacking?

• For starters we would need a third limb girdle mounted on our back. This could be spaced anywhere from slightly above the butt to a more traditional on the back of the shoulders.
• Secondly, we would have to deal with how heavy our bodies are. Either the wing span would have to be impractically large or the muscles controlling the wings would have to be rather developed. From what I've read they'd have to be at least 1 meter in diameter...each.
• Even if the power issue was addressed, we would have to learn how to control them. This would be much easier to solve than the previous issues.(Not that I haven't already thought of how I could fix it.)
• With a pair of wings as large as we'd need, blood flow would become a serious issue. A stronger heart would be required, along with larger lungs.
• The third limb girdle I mentioned would have to be an extra shoulder. Wings act like arms withe the wrist being the connector join to the actual wing itself. The wing(feathers and all) is like a webbed and en-longgated hand.

Those are a few issues off the top of my head.

• The muscles and weight issue would be easily solved with a biological application of nanofiber muscles such as these.Those along with decently sized wings with bones similar to avians would probably solve the weight problem. If not, then we'd have a serious issue.
• As for how we humans might acquire a third limb girdle, we could remove a small portion of the shoulder blade and insert a smaller version of a basic human shoulder. How might we get a new shoulder in the first place? I was thinking on capitalizing on our new 3D printers. They've been able to print organic material before, I see no reason they wouldn't be able to print a shoulder out. If the entire thing is too much in one go, the simple solution would be to print out each individual bone and tendon required and set them together like a jigsaw puzzle.
• Scientists already have a basic grasp on nerves and connections, judging from what I've seen from some prosthetic(my second passion) videos.

Now, all that leaves is the blood flow issue, the heart power issue, and the lung capacity issue. These are what currently have me stumped.

/discuss I'll explain what I can more thoroughly when you ask, I just woke up and did this out of impulse.