The Only “Gust” I Like Begins With “Au-” Complaint Thread.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    1, 227 words.. and a nice stopping point, so it's wash-up time and prep for the benefit.

    5 bands, and food, and beer, and vodka! :cheese: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...


    ...sounds like a fun filled afternoon.
  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    TroutFace said:
    Some observations about hand-grinding coffee, on my first attempt:

    - Coffee beans are HARD! Grinding them by hand is a workout, my shoulders are actually sore! :bug:
    - The grinder is a breeze to use and it's actually kind of fun to watch the ground coffee fill the holder
    - This grinds enough for 2 cups, which is PERFECT, and both the whole bean and ground coffee holders seal very tight
    - The darn thing vanishes into my suitcase, the handle is removable.. this is the ideal size to move with

    Observations on the hand-ground medium roast from Seattle coffee:

    - The smell, omg, the smell, sent me to Heaven when I opened the grinder
    - The TASTE.. wow.. Starbucks can kiss my fins, this is better!

    VERY happy now! Only thing missing is a fireplace and a cat or two.. ;-)

    I tend to get mostly high roast beans, with the occasional medium roast. In my experience medium roast is harder work than high - probably as the beans are less brittle.

    That makes sense. I also think I have the grinder grinding too fine, no idea if that will make a difference in grinding effort, though. I haven't actually ground my own coffee for well over a decade... :red: :red:

    Next order will be the whole-bean dark roast and we'll give that a go. :coolsmile:

    Still, I feel inordinately proud that I ground my own coffee.. :P


    i've had the same coffeemaker since the 90s. 1990's :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    1, 227 words.. and a nice stopping point, so it's wash-up time and prep for the benefit.

    5 bands, and food, and beer, and vodka! :cheese: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...


    ...sounds like a fun filled afternoon.


    we can haz fun at home too.
    vodka - check!
    food - check
    entertainment - check - hmmm Toothless dvd followed by, Brave followed by, Jeff Dunham halloween special - Peanut!

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...Caturday complaints

    --Woke up later than I wanted to
    --Still unable to get glass reflectivity to work in Luxender.
    --Am a bit stuffy and cough is back this morning.

    Non Complaints:

    --Luxender runs cooler on my system than 3Delight
    --Am able to pause and resume rendering and Lux doesn't need the scene Daz to remain open once the process begins.
    --I may finally get my wish for modelling as I learned Silo has been brought back to life with the release of Ver 2.3 which includes 64 bit support (already has it for MacOS and Linux with the Windows update currently in progress). Wonder if that will get Daz Development off their bums to update Hexagon?

    I just got Silo Pro 2.3 a couple of months ago and it installed into the X86 folder. Did I miss something?

    Dana

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,049
    edited December 1969

    It hasn't been updated to 64bit for PC yet, only Mac

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Frank0314 said:
    It hasn't been updated to 64bit for PC yet, only Mac

    Oh. I wonder if it will be in this version as an update, or the next major version.

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited November 2014

    tee hee hee :lol: looks like cat with wings
    http://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/6/06-lestat-de-lioncourt-suit-for-genesis-2-males-daz3d.jpg


    huuh bats wings goes all the way to their leetl feets
    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17j6etr1bmtvjjpg/original.jpg


    flying monkeys :blank:


    whats next, flying squirrels?


    eeek hee bee gee bees - time out looking at dragonfly anatomy
    it looked like their wings start after all their legs.

    dfly.jpg
    300 x 200 - 9K
    crysquirrel.jpg
    201 x 300 - 10K
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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    Frank0314 said:
    It hasn't been updated to 64bit for PC yet, only Mac

    Oh. I wonder if it will be in this version as an update, or the next major version.

    Dana
    ...the Windows update will be ver. 2.3.1.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    Hmm back home and having problems with DS.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    Hmm trying to install blender and also Poser. To see if I can figure out what is causing DS and Carrara not to open.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    is blue ocean reflecting the blue of the sky, or, is blue sky reflecting the blue of the ocean?

    where do sunset colors come from?

    how fast would you have to fly to keep the sunset in view as it moves down the horizon?

    normal maps displace in 3 directions?

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    1, 227 words.. and a nice stopping point, so it's wash-up time and prep for the benefit.

    5 bands, and food, and beer, and vodka! :cheese: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...


    ...sounds like a fun filled afternoon.

    Let me share:

    --------------------------- Begin Night Wings -----------------------

    It wasn’t all that unusual for a dead body to show up on Rachel’s porch. But they were usually full dead, this one was still moving and knocking on the door. At midnight.

    Rachel sighed and got out of bed. “Who would send a zombie over at this hour?”, she said aloud. “This had better be important!”

    Rachel walked to the front door, stopping only to pick up a flask of holy water she always kept near the door.

    Ok, what do you want” she shouted through the door. “This had better be good, I’m armed.”

    “I ammm sooooory toooo disturbbbb youuu, bbbuuttt Missssstresss Caitlinnn requesssts a meeeeeeting tooooooooomorrow mossssst urgentlyy on a maaaaaaaatter offff ssssssssssssome importttanceeeeee.”

    Rachel shook her head. Caitlin had always been a bit strange, even for a priestess, but this was out of hand.

    “Very well, tell her I can meet her at the Temple of Our Lady Erzulie tomorrow morning around 10. And ask her to make sure there’s fresh coffee.”

    “Verrrry goooooooood Missssssssssss Rachellllll, I willlllll passssssss that on. Have a gooooooooood nightttttttttt.”

    The zombie shambled off as Rachel shook her head. Things were getting ridiculous lately, normally a living messenger would hae done the job but maybe, with all the murders lately, sending someone that’s already dead might be the wisest move.

    Next day, Rachel rolled out of bed and head in to make coffee, pausing briefly to check the phone for voicemail. Not much there, she thought, just the usual ads and a couple of requests for help she’d check into later. She turned on the lighted “DeLacroix Paranormal Investigations” sign and started the coffee.

    What could Caitlin want, thought Rachel. They tended to move in different circles, Caitlin with the high-and-mighty cream of the local Voudoun temples while I spend my time on the street? Is a puzzlement.

    Rachel managed to get breakfast and coffee down before the first visitor of the day. She still had 2 hours before she needed to meet Caitlin, so there might be time for one client.

    Rachel walked to the front door and peered out the peephole. He seemed normal enough, a middle-aged man in a plain t-shirt and jeans.

    “Good morning, how can I help you?” said Rachel.

    The man smiled and said, “Oh, it’s how I can help YOU. I highly recomemnd canceling your meeting with Mistress Caitlin. It would be.. Unfortunate.. If you met today.”

    Rachel thought - this is NOT how I expected today to start.

    “Well, mister, if you know Caitlin, then you know it’d be pretty stupid to turn her down. She doesn’t have the world’s best temper when she doesn’t get her way.”

    The man shrugged. “Have it your way. Don’t say you weren’t warned. You will.. Regret.. Not taking my advice.”

    Rachel reached into the pocket behind the door and drew out a small bundle that contained rue, grave dust, and chicken foot.

    “I think it’s time you gon on your way before YOU end up regretting this visit.

    He smirked, and said “I’ll save you the trouble of driving me off with your little toy.”

    Drawing a flaming symbol in the air, he stepped into it and vanished.

    “Well, I’ll be damned” said Rachel. “A sorcerer. This is not good.”

    Rachel thought: it’s time to get armed, this looks serious.

    Turning off the OPEN sign, Rachel walked into a small, darkened room and lit a black candle.

    “What to carry, what to carry” she mumbled to herself. Warding necklace, definitely. Undead repellent? Not a bad idea.

    She glanced briefly at a small wooden case carved over its entire surface with odd runes. No, not yet, she thought. Keep that as a surprise.

    Digging around in a large crate, Rachel found a holster and put it on, dropping her favorite weapon: a Smith and Wesson .38 Zombie Dropper loaded with silver bullets filled with holy water.

    “That’ll do it” she said.

    The weather was nice for a late Fall, so Rachel dug the motorcycle out of the garage. It was a pretty easy trip to Caitlin’s temple and she parked the bike near the back entrance, just in case she had to get out quickly.

    Rachel walked to the side door and knocked.

    Anna, Caitlin’s personal assistant and junior High Priestess opened the door.

    “Hi, Rachel! Thanks for coming over on such short notice, but this is pretty important.”

    “I figured it was hot, especially since you sent a zombie over. There are still people out there that think it’s fun to shoot them.”

    Anna shook her head. “I guess some people never get used to it. Anyway, please come in, I made fresh coffee like you wanted.”

    Anna led Rachel down a long hallway decorated with statues of past High Priestesses, coming to a thick oak door.

    “Wait a bit while Caitlin takes down the wards” said Anna. “We’re being extra cautious now.”

    Rachel felt worried. Normally nobody would dare bother Caitlin, the temple grae was full of people that had tried.. Those that didn’t end up zombified, or cast physically into some random astral Hell.

    “Ok, in we go.”

    Rachel walked into Caitlin’s work room. Anna closed the door, and waited as Caitlin murmured a spell to re-set the wards.

    “Rachel, homey, come give Mama a big hug!”

    Rachel walked over to Caitlin and proceeded to get smothered in Caitlin’s arms. Caitlin was not a small woman, but was in perfect health and pretty physically strong as well as packing a powerful magickal punch.

    Caitlin let Rachel go, and she sat down on the worn recliner. “Something really serious must be going on for you to take these kinds of precautions. So.. What’s going on?”

    Caitlin had a strange look on her face. “Rumor in the Shades has it that you’ve somehow managed to attract the attention of one of your dead husband’s old enemies. It’s said that she’s not willing to let you interfere like your husband did.”

    Rachel stiffened. She thought “An enemy of Jason’s? But he’s been dead 10 years, and I haven’t worked on any of Jason’s cold cases. Who would want to come after me for something I probably wouldn’t do?”

    Caitlin sighed, then looked deep into Rachel’s eyes. “I don’t now WHO or WHAT it is, but I do believe that, somehow, this is all related to the manner in which Jason passed on.”

    Rachel felt a deep anger.. “If only I could find who or what killed him”, she thought, “I’d do my best to kill it off!”

    Anne cleared her throat, and said “Caitlin and I have made arrangements for you to leave New Orleans for a while, until this blows over. We’ll bring you back when we’re sure it’s safe.”

    Rachel jumped to her feet. “What, don’t you think I can handle whatever this is? I’m no weakling and I have plenty of resources to take down anything that comes after me. I’m not going anywhre and I’m not about to back down from whatever this is!”

    Anne said “We thought you’d say that, so.. We were prepared.”

    Anne spoke a single word and Caitlin murmured a short spell. Rachel found she couldn’t move, or speak.

    “You’ll be spending a relaxing vacation in San Francisco, enjoying the sights.. Whether you like it, or not”, said Caitlin.

    Everything went black.

    -----------end for now ----------------------------

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    TroutFace said:
    Some observations about hand-grinding coffee, on my first attempt:

    - Coffee beans are HARD! Grinding them by hand is a workout, my shoulders are actually sore! :bug:
    - The grinder is a breeze to use and it's actually kind of fun to watch the ground coffee fill the holder
    - This grinds enough for 2 cups, which is PERFECT, and both the whole bean and ground coffee holders seal very tight
    - The darn thing vanishes into my suitcase, the handle is removable.. this is the ideal size to move with

    Observations on the hand-ground medium roast from Seattle coffee:

    - The smell, omg, the smell, sent me to Heaven when I opened the grinder
    - The TASTE.. wow.. Starbucks can kiss my fins, this is better!

    VERY happy now! Only thing missing is a fireplace and a cat or two.. ;-)

    I tend to get mostly high roast beans, with the occasional medium roast. In my experience medium roast is harder work than high - probably as the beans are less brittle.

    That makes sense. I also think I have the grinder grinding too fine, no idea if that will make a difference in grinding effort, though. I haven't actually ground my own coffee for well over a decade... :red: :red:

    Next order will be the whole-bean dark roast and we'll give that a go. :coolsmile:

    Still, I feel inordinately proud that I ground my own coffee.. :P


    i've had the same coffeemaker since the 90s. 1990's :)

    *kissy face :red: :red:

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...1. The colour of the sky reflects off the ocean.

    ...2. Dust in the atmosphere.

    ...3. 1,000 mph (The Concorde would land in New York [local Eastern time] almost two hours before it took off from London [local Greenwich time])

    ...4. not sure, have to check that.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    I'm stupid happy.. contributed $40 to a biker friend .. damn hit and run :shut:

    But he's doing well and we raised over $5000 for his medical bills ::

    And I heard a lot of good bands :cheese: :cheese:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    TroutFace said:
    Some observations about hand-grinding coffee, on my first attempt:

    - Coffee beans are HARD! Grinding them by hand is a workout, my shoulders are actually sore! :bug:
    - The grinder is a breeze to use and it's actually kind of fun to watch the ground coffee fill the holder
    - This grinds enough for 2 cups, which is PERFECT, and both the whole bean and ground coffee holders seal very tight
    - The darn thing vanishes into my suitcase, the handle is removable.. this is the ideal size to move with

    Observations on the hand-ground medium roast from Seattle coffee:

    - The smell, omg, the smell, sent me to Heaven when I opened the grinder
    - The TASTE.. wow.. Starbucks can kiss my fins, this is better!

    VERY happy now! Only thing missing is a fireplace and a cat or two.. ;-)

    I tend to get mostly high roast beans, with the occasional medium roast. In my experience medium roast is harder work than high - probably as the beans are less brittle.

    That makes sense. I also think I have the grinder grinding too fine, no idea if that will make a difference in grinding effort, though. I haven't actually ground my own coffee for well over a decade... :red: :red:

    Next order will be the whole-bean dark roast and we'll give that a go. :coolsmile:

    Still, I feel inordinately proud that I ground my own coffee.. :P


    i've had the same coffeemaker since the 90s. 1990's :)

    Mistty lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited November 2014

    Bought Wizardry 7 & 8 on Steam. 7 won't install because of some outdated install script (Won't run on modern operating systems because said script can't be run by an administrator, and so it will just sit there trying to install for all eternity) but W8 installs just fine. Didn't think Steam really dealt with archaic games, but I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised since they had Morrowind. Well, I'm still a bit surprised since Morrowind isn't a DOS-Era game like W7 :lol:

    I wonder how a party consisting entirely of dragons would fare in the world. :) (Well, half-dragons but still.)

    Post edited by Rezca on
  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    It is almost dinner time and I am no closer to figuring out the DS problem, but it is not letting any 64 bit 3d program to run.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    holey cannoli - what is happening at rosity forums?

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    is blue ocean reflecting the blue of the sky, or, is blue sky reflecting the blue of the ocean?

    where do sunset colors come from?

    how fast would you have to fly to keep the sunset in view as it moves down the horizon?

    normal maps displace in 3 directions?

    1. Well, think about it...when it's dark but there's a Moon, the water reflects the Moon, right?

    2. The light being filtered through more of the atmosphere than when it's high in the sky. More and more blue is filtered out as it goes through more air.

    3. I never tried to find out. Anybody?

    4. As in 3D? :smirk:

    Dana

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited November 2014

    DanaTA said:
    is blue ocean reflecting the blue of the sky, or, is blue sky reflecting the blue of the ocean?

    where do sunset colors come from?

    how fast would you have to fly to keep the sunset in view as it moves down the horizon?

    normal maps displace in 3 directions?

    1. Well, think about it...when it's dark but there's a Moon, the water reflects the Moon, right?

    2. The light being filtered through more of the atmosphere than when it's high in the sky. More and more blue is filtered out as it goes through more air.

    3. I never tried to find out. Anybody?

    4. As in 3D? :smirk:

    Dana

    Normal Maps don't displace anything. They're like bump maps in that they 'fake' detail and give the illusion of detail being displaced. The surface remains the same no matter what (Take a plane object and put a normal map on it. Turn it up so it looks nice and strong. Then view it at an angle. It's still as flat as it ever was - no displacement of any kind happening)

    Displacement Maps do indeed displace geometry when applied to it, hence the name :smirk:
    However, Normal Maps do fake that detail in three directions yes. Bump maps only in two.


    As for question three... I suppose that depends if yer referring to the real world, or a game like Minecraft :)
    I've tried before but I keep running into trees and mountains. Slows ya down when that happens, lose track of the sunset. Guess you'd just have to fly faster than the Earth is spinning?

    Post edited by Rezca on
  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    Had a guy in a game hit on me. I was so tempted to lie and say I was a GIRL (Guy In Real LIfe)

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Had a guy in a game hit on me. I was so tempted to lie and say I was a GIRL (Guy In Real LIfe)

    Now, now...Miss Kulay! :long:

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...I like that.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,208
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...I like that.

    Umm...you like what?

    Dana

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...ahhh responded a post too late. Have distractions where I am at.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,260
    edited December 1969

    Figured out how to fix the error that prevented DS and other 64 bit software from running. the driver for the video card got changed somehow but I rolled it back.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Morning. Gloomy grey sky and cold having very little impact on a lazy long stay at cosy home weekend. Sun is just now starting to shine after forty eight hours of unremitting gloom :)

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Gloomy grey sky and cold having very little impact on a lazy long stay at cosy home weekend. Sun is just now starting to shine after forty eight hours of unremitting gloom :)

    Good morning! :) :) :)

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    1, 227 words.. and a nice stopping point, so it's wash-up time and prep for the benefit.

    5 bands, and food, and beer, and vodka! :cheese: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...


    ...sounds like a fun filled afternoon.


    we can haz fun at home too.
    vodka - check!
    food - check
    entertainment - check - hmmm Toothless dvd followed by, Brave followed by, Jeff Dunham halloween special - Peanut!

    *tackpepunce* Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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