In this cheerful month of August, I wish a deliriously happy birthday to some no name artist no one cares about, who just ain't no flash in the pan. :nod
With regards,
Ted
Psst, not for a few days yet. ;-]
Next Sunday.
For future reference, the actual dates can be determined by clicking on the "Calendar" icon at the top of the page. Of course, by sending the greeting early, you avoid sending it late.
This seems to be what would commonly online be referred to as 'jumping the gun' where by someone, who wants to feel special by starting a thread alot of people will take part it, posts it early. This is frequently seen with threads about comic updates. In this case though I'm wondering if Ted knows that the red named person is Amber. If he doesn't then I appologize, if he does then a pox upon him for trying to jump the gun on a thread that hundreds of us have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to post so as to lavish our favourite artist with well wishes.
I'm pretty sure Ted knows who he's talking about.
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
I agree! I'll bring the tar! *Brings in the cauldron of boiling tar*
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
I was thinking more tar and gzip him...
:3
-Rob
Wouldn't tar and gzip be redundant?
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
we need a living lint brush to get the various sheddings of fur and feathers off the forum's floor.
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 07:22:28 AM
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
we need a living lint brush to get the various sheddings of fur and feathers off the forum's floor.
Oh I dont molt..much..
Quote from: Zedd on August 14, 2007, 07:59:46 AM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 07:22:28 AM
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
we need a living lint brush to get the various sheddings of fur and feathers off the forum's floor.
Oh I dont molt..much..
yeah, but collectively, the forum has a lot of fur and feathers on the carpet.
Quote from: RobbieThe1st on August 14, 2007, 02:03:27 AM
Quote from: Netrogo on August 13, 2007, 08:12:21 PM
In that case, I say we tar and feather him >:D
I was thinking more tar and gzip him...
My command is your wish: http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
...what? Someone had to.
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 14, 2007, 08:06:25 AM
My command is your wish: http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
...what? Someone had to.
Bwahahaha, that's good :giggle
Quote from: Naldru on August 14, 2007, 07:18:43 AM
Wouldn't tar and gzip be redundant?
Nyet.
tar is "tape archive" - basically collates a pile of files into a single file, without compression.
gzip is file compression - compresses a single file.
winzip does -both- of these in one move. It just doesn't do -either- of them as well as tar and gzip do their parts. It also means you can't replace the compression utility with a different one, should your requirements change. Like, say, rar, or bzip2, or compress, or uuencode, or mimencode, or...
Yeah. I'll leave it at that.
Oh, and Tapewolf? The contents are a nice touch. Most amused. :-]
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 08:01:52 AM
yeah, but collectively, the forum has a lot of fur and feathers on the carpet.
Oh, that's not a carpet...
Quote from: Azlan on August 14, 2007, 12:18:27 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 08:01:52 AM
yeah, but collectively, the forum has a lot of fur and feathers on the carpet.
Oh, that's not a carpet...
good thing you took the high road and avoided a joke about drapes.
QuoteA psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.
Quote from: Azlan on August 14, 2007, 12:18:27 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 08:01:52 AM
yeah, but collectively, the forum has a lot of fur and feathers on the carpet.
Oh, that's not a carpet...
wow... guess nobody cleans up around here.. ew..
is that Jimmy Hoffa's corpse?
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
wow... guess nobody cleans up around here.. ew..
is that Jimmy Hoffa's corpse?
Might be... who's asking?
Quote from: Azlan on August 14, 2007, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
wow... guess nobody cleans up around here.. ew..
is that Jimmy Hoffa's corpse?
Might be... who's asking?
i just wanna move him to the side to bury Elvis
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 01:49:51 PM
Quote from: Azlan on August 14, 2007, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
wow... guess nobody cleans up around here.. ew..
is that Jimmy Hoffa's corpse?
Might be... who's asking?
i just wanna move him to the side to bury Elvis
Thats no Jimmy Hoffa...Thats me mum!(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/HuskieBoi666/zombiemom.png)
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on August 14, 2007, 11:10:54 AM
Quote from: Naldru on August 14, 2007, 07:18:43 AM
Wouldn't tar and gzip be redundant?
Nyet.
tar is "tape archive" - basically collates a pile of files into a single file, without compression.
gzip is file compression - compresses a single file.
winzip does -both- of these in one move. It just doesn't do -either- of them as well as tar and gzip do their parts. It also means you can't replace the compression utility with a different one, should your requirements change. Like, say, rar, or bzip2, or compress, or uuencode, or mimencode, or...
Yeah. I'll leave it at that.
Oh, and Tapewolf? The contents are a nice touch. Most amused. :-]
You're right. I was thinking of zip instead of gzip.
However, uuencode isn't a compression scheme and actually results in a larger file. What it does is eliminate bytes with values of 128 and greater so that the file isn't messed up by parity bits.
Somehow, I have this vision of a few dozen people sitting at their computers the night before the real birthday with a new topic ready to be entered with the depression of an enter key. If eight people hit the enter key within a second of midnight, they will each think that they are first and will see all the topics suddenly appear. Furthermore, what time zone should be used in entering the topic. Perhaps one of the moderators should start the topic with a title like "Happy Real Birthday to Amber" an hour before midnight so that we don't have all the fastest enter keys on the web engaged in a no prisoners taken shoot-out.
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 01:49:51 PM
Quote from: Azlan on August 14, 2007, 12:59:11 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 14, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
wow... guess nobody cleans up around here.. ew..
is that Jimmy Hoffa's corpse?
Might be... who's asking?
i just wanna move him to the side to bury Elvis
Don't forget to leave a spot for the aliens!
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 14, 2007, 08:06:25 AM
My command is your wish: http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
...what? Someone had to.
I can't get this thing to work :<
On my one computer, the file seems corrupted; it won't open. On my other computer, it doesn't even recognize it.
Any suggestions? I wanna see what this is!
Wow, her B-day is sunday?
I'll get some ballons or muffins cupcakes. I should have some ballons in the storage, seeing as I am a castle...
you know on the 19th I think Amber will probably turn into a sloth...get up at around 11 or 10 o' clock feed her Keets (?) then sit on her butt for the rest of the day enjoying all sorts of junkfood and cake, lots and lots of cake.
Or she will blackmail us by saying "NO UPDATES UNTIL I GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MY BERFDAY" as a cruel joke...to molesternate our senses.
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on August 14, 2007, 09:48:04 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 14, 2007, 08:06:25 AM
My command is your wish: http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
...what? Someone had to.
I can't get this thing to work :<
On my one computer, the file seems corrupted; it won't open. On my other computer, it doesn't even recognize it.
Any suggestions? I wanna see what this is!
Do you have gzip and gunzip on your system? You may have to run gunzip from the command line, which will create a file ted.tar. Your system may then be able to handle the tar file.
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on August 14, 2007, 09:48:04 PMI can't get this thing to work :<
On my one computer, the file seems corrupted; it won't open. On my other computer, it doesn't even recognize it.
Any suggestions? I wanna see what this is!
wget http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
gunzip ted.tar.gz
tar xvf ted.tarYou may want to detar it in a separate directory, since Tapewolf makes one file extract into the current directory.
By the way, you might be interested in the file in my signature:
wget http://www.frontiernet.net/~superluser/googolplex.gz57
gunzip googolplex.gz57(repeat last step 56 more times) (Be careful, it's quite large)
Happy birthday, AMBER! We all know who you are, all we need is to find out where you live and we can come throw you a major birthday extravaganza that will have the neighbors talking until your birthday next year!
why not throw a birthday extravaganza here?.. and let the more creatively inclined scribble/script/speak/sing something for the Wiku worm on her birthday. :3
Quote from: techmaster-glitch on August 14, 2007, 09:48:04 PM
I can't get this thing to work :<
On my one computer, the file seems corrupted; it won't open. On my other computer, it doesn't even recognize it.
Any suggestions? I wanna see what this is!
http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/eta/doc/dilbert.gif
( No, that's not what it is. I'm just being snarky :P )
If you have access to a proper UNIX workstation - a Mac will do - run the following from the BASH prompt (using wget to get the file was a good idea, SL!):
wget http://www.jpmorris.force9.co.uk/stuff/ted.tar.gz
gzip -dc ted.tar.gz | tar tvf -...I have to do it that way on Windows because the TAR/GZIP pair I use on it are slightly broken.
On a modern UNIX, you should just be able to use:
tar xvfz ted.tar.gzOr, you could do it in two stages as SL did. I think he may have got the tar and gzip stages the wrong way round, though :P
Or, you could just get some decent archiving software. Winzip will work, so will WinRAR.
Alternatively complain to Microsoft for not supporting this standard. I could tell you of course, but to be honest I'm getting kind of curious as to how many people will actually be able to open it.
I just opened it with winace, no problems at all.
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 15, 2007, 04:43:25 AMOr, you could do it in two stages as SL did. I think he may have got the tar and gzip stages the wrong way round, though :P
Oh, that's embarrassing. Of course, unless your tar is very broken, I don't think that tar tvf will extract anything.
Here's gzip for Windows (http://www.gzip.org/gzip124xN.exe). If you want to try the googolplex, you'll have to use this version (http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnuwin32/gzip-1.3.12-setup.exe), since the file will rapidly become larger than 4GB.
Here's GNU tar for Windows (http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnuwin32/libarchive-2.2.5-setup.exe).