Bits and Bobs 47

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Another good read

https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/08/06/pe ... ollection/

Quote:

One of the very early committed arcade collectors here in the UK was a guy called Pete Davies.

Known on the arcade forums as Invadar, he was by all accounts, very well liked by his fellow collectors. I can’t say that I knew him on a personal level (I’m not sure that many people did), but was obviously aware of his presence and input into the community. Regarded as a “salt of the earth” kind of bloke, he was an active participant in the early days of UKVAC and was more than generous with his time and knowledge – happy to help out everyone and anyone who needed it. When I asked around as recently as last week, it seems everyone had good words to say about him. Many recount stories of help, sharing of spare parts, board repairs and generous trades with Pete throughout the years. He was known for having an encyclopedic knowledge of the technical side of arcade collecting, with a particular penchant for Universal and Taito arcade cabinets.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:18

Man that's a nay but yay story. What a collection! Glad to read it's going to be treasured by the community he was part of.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

There are a number of other recent updates on the main blog page all of which are worth a read - and this one on the quest for the perfect game of Pacman

https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/07/22/pa ... erfection/

https://arcadeblogger.com/category/article/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:52

It's very quiet in here today.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:53

Everyone's still hungover from the Meatup

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:53

It is isn't it? Do you think they're all recovering from the BBQ?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:54

Ah, that would explain it.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Plus Monday is when all the crap from Friday afternoon and the weekend has happened to hit the fan at work, and people pretend to work.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

From reading todays XKCD and not knowing what these new cameras were

http://petapixel.com/2016/08/13/comic-c ... m-cameras/

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Bloody hell

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:28

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:28

Gah...

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

They almost look fake, but apparently the camera's been out since march 2015!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:41

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:54

You can tell that's not fake, because you can see the stars in the background.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

I dunno, I've seen a few photoshops in my time.

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 15:18

Yeah, I had one of those superzooms for a time - if you look on my blog (gazchap.com) the last entry (from November last year, fuck) was a moon photo I took with it - hand held, no tripod.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4300

GazChap wrote:

hand held, no tripod.

title?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

What is this camera voodoo?

Are they good for taking pictures of anything apart from the moon, though?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 16:26

If you point it down you can zoom into Gaywood.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 16:34

Zardoz wrote:

If you point it down you can zoom into Gaywood.

Title.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

FFS, I've missed something here, why do you people keep posting 'Title?'

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2016 20:45

Warhead wrote:

FFS, I've missed something here

Title.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Mimi wrote:

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

From Brooklyn Nine Nine

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

If you've watched the other documentaries about chasing high scores on classic arcade games (King of Kong / Chasing Ghosts / High Score) there is another that i'd missed which came out last year

Man Vs Snake : http://manvssnake.com/ about the billion point record for nibbler

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

zaphod79 wrote:

There are a number of other recent updates on the main blog page all of which are worth a read - and this one on the quest for the perfect game of Pacman

https://arcadeblogger.com/category/article/

Blimey I nearly missed this completely as I don't routinely check in on this thread.

What a fantastic site that is, very easy to spend hours just reading through the archives, absolutely fascinating stuff.

Articles like this https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/20/ni ... y-skipper/ and this https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/13/arcade-factory/

Too important for Bits and Bobs zaphod!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Mimi wrote:

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

And it's really tedious.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:10

DavPaz wrote:

it's really tedious.

Title

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:11

DavPaz wrote:

Mimi wrote:

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

And it's really tedious.

So's your mum.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

A man has turned up with a ladder outside my window, I assume for the flat above. I think he's fitting a coaxial line for an aerial.

I'm just feeding D breakfast, when this ladder makes its way up, after about 15 minutes of jiggling the ladder about some guy ascends with a length of cable. He's pulling the cable up, but instead of unwinding it first it must have become stuck on the reel, so instead of descending and unraveling the cable he starts yanking at the cable with all his might, which makes the cable less likely to unwind as it tightens in the reel. Again instead of going down the ladder he starts violently pulling the lead up and up until the massive wooden reel, about 80cm diameter, comes bang into my window. How it didn't smash the frogging window to bits I do not know.

It's unlike me, but I've just, as calmly as I could, told the idiot in no uncertain terms that, as he saw as he passed by my window and had a good look in, I am feeding my baby, and he has just almost smashed the window a few feet from us. Unfortunately his van has no markings or I'd be making a complaint if he worked for a firm.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:20

DavPaz wrote:

Mimi wrote:

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

And it's really tedious.

There are still some good ones but I'm pretty sure it's 50% of posts here these days. Some are very tenuous.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:27

When I found myself in Tesco's seasonal aisle looking for condoms, i realised my third wedding anniversery draws near.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

I found it quite confusing because for the longest time I thought it was shorthand for Toy Story.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Mimi wrote:

I found it quite confusing because for the longest time I thought it was shorthand for Toy Story.

I mean, in a way, it could be.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

TOYST some people have put it.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:44

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

Thanks for giving me that horrific thought. As if parts of 'Toy Story 3' weren't upsetting enough.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Kern wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

Thanks for giving me that horrific thought. As if parts of 'Toy Story 3' weren't upsetting enough.

Christ, how I cried at that.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:55

Kern wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

Thanks for giving me that horrific thought. As if parts of 'Toy Story 3' weren't upsetting enough.

Was it Grim who asked "Are sex toys also sentient in this universe?"

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:58

Curiosity wrote:

Kern wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

Thanks for giving me that horrific thought. As if parts of 'Toy Story 3' weren't upsetting enough.

Was it Grim who asked "Are sex toys also sentient in this universe?"

Dollars to donuts.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Almost certainly.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Mimi wrote:

It's short for 'Title Of Yiur Sex Tape', I think.

And it's really tedious.

There are still some good ones but I'm pretty sure it's 50% of posts here these days. Some are very tenuous.

Thus meeting the three core required elements of a running joke.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:01

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

How would they die?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Zardoz wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

How would they die?

I dunno, drown? Severe blow to the head?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:03

They don't breath. They have no brain to damage from blunt force trauma.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:04

They live forever and will laugh over our cadavers.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:05

There must be a porn parody called "Sex Toy Story".

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:07

It's been a while since I watched the films. Do they talk at any point of religion or of an afterlife?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Zardoz wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I remember reading a thing about how if one of the toys in Toy Story died would the others be forced to watch as the child played with the corpse of their fallen brethren.

How would they die?

Where is their consciousness stored? The head swapped toys in Sid's bedroom were still alive. Do they retain their original personality? What about toys without heads? Are they as swappable as their humanoid brethren?

It's horrible when you really think about it

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