The I’m Too Sexy For My Sword Complaint Thread
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there's prolly a logical reason no one bbqs roadrunners
made some editing progress, feeling better about it. :) just have to keep up the pace.
broke chapters out into individual rtf files. easier than shuffling chapters inside one big word file. added some fresh writing to make scenes more immediate. changed stuff like 'his anger' to he clenched his fists. show don't tell emotions is tough. gonna have to put together a ref list of symptoms and body language.
'his heart thumped'
broke out in a sweat
how does a manic depressive react to being yelled at
couple research stuffs before sleepy time t'nite
...I really have to scrape up the resources for an extended holiday to see (and hopefully) hear these instruments.
Here in the States we still ascribe pretty much to the "disposable" mentality. Only recently has there been a push to save old architecture in our cities rather than tear it down for some awful glass steel monstrosity with a retro looking brick facade.
Organs in this nation have often suffered a similar lot. Instead of maintaining and repairing, many churches and civic halls simply replaced their original instrument with a new one. I like to call the 20th century (from about the 1930s) the "Appliance Organ" era as often there wasn't even a case as in a number of churches/halls, the pipes were buried in stone chambers inset into the walls behind an ornamental grillwork facade. Another style was to just have the windchests and pipes out in the open with no outer casework The whole idea of a case on an organ is to project and reflect the sound of the pipes into the sanctuary or hall. In effect, the casework is the organ's "soundboard" which is why those 200 - 300 year old handcrafted instruments you have there offer such a nice pleasing rich and cohesive sound.
By the 1960s, the organ here all but lost it's identity as a musical instrument since with introduction of electricity the keydesk could be completely separate from the windchests. In fact even the pipes themselves could be replaced by electronic tone generation systems and speakers.
I remember a few years ago, finding a fully working and quite playable pipe organ from the 19th century, mechanical action with a over dozen stops, 2 keyboards, pedal (flat pedal board instead of the concave type seen to day) for sale on of all sites, eBay. When I did a bit of research I discovered the instrument was on a list of historic American organs having been built in the 1870s. However the church it resided in wanted to "modernise". I tracked the bidding just to see what transpired and who purchased it. The final bid was around 2,100USD (can't even buy a new vertical piano for that). Back then, I actually could have afforded it at that price had I a place large enough to install it in.
Not to say it's totally hopeless here however as since about the mid 1970s, there has been a growing interest in returning to the roots of the instrument's craft. After a number of new organs from Germany and Holland were imported in the late 1950s -1960s, builders here began to look back at the older traditions these instruments were based on. Eventually shops began constructing new instruments along similar lines, echoing specific styles like North German, Flemish Baroque, and even Gothic/medieval. Most of these new breed of organs however are still somewhat "eclectic" (combining various periods of organ styles for that "one size fits all" approach that many churches still want), but still are built with an strong eye on craftsmanship, one at a time.
Maybe some day a cathedral or concert hall here will decide that an instrument designed purely in the style of Cavaillé-Coll (like the one I linked to) is what they need and will finally have one built. Interestingly enough, while a few of Mr. Cavaillé-Coll's instruments found their way into Latin and South America (unfortunately most now in terrible states of neglect), none were ever exported to the United States, even for demonstration at a world exposition. The closest we have is in the Cathedral on Jackson Square in New Orleans' Vieux Carré which has a few sets of Cavaillé-Coll made pipes that came from from another organ.
I wanted to comment on Skiriki's post, but I couldn't read past the first sentence without giggling uncontrollably. I'm glad you're more mature than I am, KK. :red:
That's pretty bizarre, but sounds like me! :ahhh: :bug: :gulp:
Wile E. Coyote would barbecue Roadrunner if he could catch one. :)
That's pretty bizarre, but sounds like me! :ahhh: :bug: :gulp: The one thing I'm never accused of is being normal, Bizarre fit's well.
Wile E. Coyote would barbecue Roadrunner if he could catch one. :)
acme doesn't make reliable roadrunner catching kits.
Morning. Sunny and warmish under a marbly blue and white sky here today - signs of Spring everywhere in our garden :)
acme doesn't make reliable roadrunner catching kits.
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/oh wow.. I'm in Heaven! :cheese: :coolsmile: Shredded bbq beef and cheddar in a home-style flour tortilla, a bottle of Corona, a shot of Patron, and classic Delta Blues.. :coolsmile: Almost makes going to work worthwhile. :P The shredded bbq beef is in a pack from H.E.B., it cost a bit but oh, well worth it! Two of these barbacoa tacos will fill me up.
Content install-fest, then runtime backup to external HD.. fun times. :blank: But lots of goodies for my projects! :) It uncludes an undead nurse, who will be fighting WAR VIXEN!! :vampire:
Ugh, can't type and eat.. later! :coolsmile:
Yes it does. That's what I was using up until about a few months ago (^_^)d.
...however don't push it to hard. With only 2GB allotted (that includes having the app opened and scene loaded), it doesn't leave a lot for rendering. While a scene file may be be only 30 MB in your Scenes Folder, that is for the compressed file. For example, the scene I am currently working on weighs in at about 75MB in compressed format, but takes up 5.4G when loaded.
At best, about all I could render without a crash occurring were fairly simple scenes, usually only one Genesis character, clothing, hair, a basic light setup, a couple props, and a simple setting like Blondie9999's Backdrops made easy. No reflectivity, minimal transmaps (usually the hair alone would be more than enough), and sometimes I still had to change from raytracing to shadow maps to get it to work.
hato-lele is adorable :)
The effects pedal at the top of the page looks just like various ones by Boss (sub company of Roland). :)
Dana
Good morning! Sounds like a great day to sprout! :coolsmile:
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Dana
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
DanaARGH!! You just had to take me there didn't ya?
...any questions that you may have, feel free to PM me. Been living here for nearly a quarter century and in the eyes of many natives I know that qualifies me as a "true Portlander".
If I'm working by then I'll make sure to wrangle a couple sick days.
Actually a weekday would better for a bus tour since Sunday service in a number of areas is very infrequent or doesn't run at all (due to recent service reductions). One bus through my neighbourhood that operates fairly well on weekdays has a 40 minute frequency on Sunday and ends service at 7:00PM.
...'sides, Sunday is when that brewpub down the street has 10$ pitchers of their own beer (and they also show NFL football). :Beer Emote:
It's always worth taking it all too far! :snake:
...any questions that you may have, feel free to PM me. Been living here for nearly a quarter century and in the eyes of many natives I know that qualifies me as a "true Portlander".
If I'm working by then I'll make sure to wrangle a couple sick days.
Actually a weekday would better for a bus tour since Sunday service in a number of areas is very infrequent or doesn't run at all (due to recent service reductions). One bus through my neighbourhood that operates fairly well on weekdays has a 40 minute frequency on Sunday and ends service at 7:00PM.
...'sides, Sunday is when that brewpub down the street has 10$ pitchers of their own beer (and they also show NFL football). :Beer Emote:
Ha - gotcha! :coolsmile: Maybe I'll fly in real early Thursday and bus around a bit then.. not sure. Might save it for the next trip.
I'll PM any question I have - and thanks! :cheese:
Good morning! Sounds like a great day to sprout! :coolsmile:
lil green shoots everywhere, feels a bit too early but meh what would I know :lol:
lil green shoots everywhere, feels a bit too early but meh what would I know :lol:I'm going to move to Antarctica, at least the weather is predictable. Cold and the REALLY COLD. None of this Fall in summer, Spring rains that never stop stuff. And hey, IF everything goes sideways there is real land under there some place, let it melt and green up. I'll be ready.
...I really have to scrape up the resources for an extended holiday to see (and hopefully) hear these instruments.
[snippage]
I wanted to comment on Skiriki's post, but I couldn't read past the first sentence without giggling uncontrollably. I'm glad you're more mature than I am, KK. :red:
...not so much that as it is the teacher in me since this was one of my primary areas of study while in college.
At the time I was also going back and forth between setting up a scene to render on the workstation and reading the forums so was also a bit would yo say, "distracted".
Complaint, My mobile phone plan has ran out (Which is good cos no longer under contract, and no longer paying off a phone) But now I keep getting salesmen calling! I say "No thankyou, I'm happy with the phone I have" so they send me MAIL! I didnt even open it lol, so now they call AGAIN and Again. I had a gentleman from the far reaches of the world call me, I turned down his sales offers and he hung up on me... I was like, "Are you serious! Your calling me to keep me with the company and you are so damn rude". They must have learned something cos now suddenly I have Aussie voices calling me, At least tho when I say no thank you, they happily say "if you change your mind, feel free to call us anytime" Still, I'm over it. Can only say no so many times to these damn people XD
Look here, works for me https://www.donotcall.gov.au/
lil green shoots everywhere, feels a bit too early but meh what would I know :lol:I'm going to move to Antarctica, at least the weather is predictable. Cold and the REALLY COLD. None of this Fall in summer, Spring rains that never stop stuff. And hey, IF everything goes sideways there is real land under there some place, let it melt and green up. I'll be ready.
...be careful, if you have bad "Arthur" issues, that is definitely not the place to be (I left Wisconsin because I couldn't handle the winters anymore). Also keep in mind that during our winter here, the they get 24 hrs of daylight for a couple months. Of course in their winter it's a couple months of perpetual night so in a sense, there are still "seasons" in Antarctica.
Actually if you want no seasons, Guam or Tahiti is the place to be. Temperatures there never vary much all year long, usually low to mid 80s but very low humidity (I think Agana's [Guam] all time record high is something like 91°). Length of daylight doesn't change much either throughout the year.
If I had the funds to retire, that's where I'd go.
...complaint: well nearly two weeks of work for nothing. Apparently the PC July challenge is closed as they already gave out the results for the second half winners.
In the OP it says:
Well considering there are 31 days in July, that says to me, tonight Daz time (11:59 MDT) yet the time stamp on the announcement is 11:49 AM (PDT).
If the deadline time is to be different, from the standard "Daz End Of Day", then it should be posted so in the rules. I had other ideas I sould have liked to work on but put them aside for this.
...totally bummed.
Well considering there are 31 days in July, that says to me, tonight Daz time (11:59 MDT) yet the time stamp on the announcement is 11:49 AM (PDT).
If the deadline time is to be different, from the standard "Daz End Of Day", then it should be posted so in the rules. I had other ideas I sould have liked to work on but put them aside for this.
...totally bummed.I had one I was twiddling with but knew I'dd not finish in time. It did bum me to see it end early though. So I brought old Jader back with a Double Sharp pointy thing. I'm ready for some poking now.
...yeah maybe need to do an avi of the kid with her ninja sticker in hand.
Still bummed after all the work and time spent on test renders. To bad the Stonemason challenge has come and gone for another year, would have fit right in.
...be careful, if you have bad "Arthur" issues, that is definitely not the place to be (I left Wisconsin because I couldn't handle the winters anymore). Also keep in mind that during our winter here, the they get 24 hrs of daylight for a couple months. Of course in their winter it's a couple months of perpetual night so in a sense, there are still "seasons" in Antarctica.
Actually if you want no seasons, Guam or Tahiti is the place to be. Temperatures there never vary much all year long, usually low to mid 80s but very low humidity (I think Agana's [Guam] all time record high is something like 91°). Length of daylight doesn't change much either throughout the year.
If I had the funds to retire, that's where I'd go.
Guam is in the same TZ as we are *sigh* Kuta beach was our local paradise, look at it now
http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g297697-d1772185-Reviews-Kuta_Beach-Kuta_Bali.html
Complaint-ish (sorta) ...The forum is all too quiet. Where is all my fellow friendly forum trolls* and trolls who trolled so much they became admin ;-P
*Ooo I like that the FFFT, maybe should be "FFFF" Fellow Friendly Forum Followers ( Now try to say that out loud really fast XD )
Who would classify as a FFFF? hmmm...
Chohole - Mother of the forum and Queen of Troll hunters, none shall pass her in post count!
Jaderail - Chohole's Apprentice... Watch out Cho, he wants your post count reputation! (So much so, he's now admin... freaky with that knife of his :gulp: )
Fixmypcmike - The Lurker, unpredictable appearances... but there when you need him... Think Hero Ninja
Misty - The Daz Weather girl/Beverage connoisseur, sweets lover!
Wendy - Comedic Cat Lady, and most self described Friendly Troll of them all!
Skiriki - Our very own zoologist, or at least Animal lover... And did I mention FREEBIES queen! Spy's adopted mother, always there for me :)
Borg - The morning star... Always up bright and early and always cheerful.
KKid - No one knows the art of the sword better! (And page 101 first post, If a thread turns over, he'll be there)
Tjohn - This guys a squirrel, no doubt about it.
Szark - Our lurking little goblin, focused, determined and knowledgeable.
Wooly - WAR VIXEN!!!
Dana - Mysterious FFFTroll... Always around, but never seen. Invisible. Where's his avatar? No one knows. ;-P
Richard - Everywhere! He is just everywhere!
Kulay - The forum Wolf, If you hear the night howl... fear not, Kulay is home :)
...Have I missed anyone?
Have you missed anyone
hmmm
Frank
MFM
Rezca
Rareth
Sisca
That's just for starters
Oh and BTW, before he tells you himself DanaTA is male
Oh and just FYI Mods and Admins are never trolls, we are troll killers.