Bits & Bobs XII

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

I have no idea who those people are, but have 950 bananas anyway.

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

That's fucking brilliant.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:22

chinnyhill10 wrote:

I have no idea who those people are, but have 950 bananas anyway.

I'm truely flattered as I know how close that score is to exploding the universe.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:26

chinnyhill10 wrote:

I have no idea who those people are, but have 950 bananas anyway.

What did Dimrill say to prompt this conversation? Think, McFly, think!

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Zardoz wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

I have no idea who those people are, but have 950 bananas anyway.

I'm truely flattered as I know how close that score is to exploding the universe.

"Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha [gasps for air] hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha."

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Some mad fella's made a game that deletes stuff off your computer when you shoot aliens

Quote:

Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the application itself is deleted.

Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at through classic game mechanics. Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land?

Why do we assume that because we are given a weapon an awarded for using it, that doing so is right?

By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. At what point does our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data? What implications does trusting something so important to something we understand so poorly have?

http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:55

Wow. Not only is it completely fucktarded, it looks wank too.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

WullieOoster wrote:

Some mad fella's made a game that deletes stuff off your computer when you shoot aliens

Finally, a game shitter than Rasterscan.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:16

one for Craster :-

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/486164/b ... 500ml-3-3/

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25603

Baby aardvark

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25603

Baby sloths.

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:28

A census of video game characters. Apparently the elderly aren't well represented.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

The sloth is awesome, but that aardvark freaks me out a bit.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Mimi wrote:

Baby sloths.

WANT. NEED. WANT. WANT!

Those are almost uspeakably cute. I bet they don't start randomly crying at 2am, either.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:31

I like them both.

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

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Oh no, Boris let Dimrill redesign the tube map!

http://warez.pedrofigueiredo.org/www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/sillymaps/rude_map.jpg

That is nowhere near as good as the Great Bear.

Mental note: Buy new copy of great bear, and 100 journeys. And frames this time.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:38

Most baby 'things' are cute...

sdg · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:40

Saturn's moon Titan has a foggy bottom

Headline on New Scientist. Awesome.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:47

KovacsC wrote:

Most baby 'things' are cute...

Really?

Malc

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

That's adorable.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

The forumla is very simple:

Code:

big eyes + small sockets == cute

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:52

Malc wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Most baby 'things' are cute...

Really?

Malc

Aye Ayes are absolutely wonderful creatures. Demonised in their home country though

Edit: See that long middle finger? They use it to tap on tree trunks to find hollow bits that might have a grub in there, dig it out with their POWERFUL INCISORS, then use the finger to weedle the grub out. Wonderful.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:54

Dimrill wrote:

Malc wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Most baby 'things' are cute...

Really?

Malc

Aye Ayes are absolutely wonderful creatures. Demonised in their home country though

I must admit the first I heard of them was on "Last chance to see" with S. Fry and M. Carwardine

for shame

Malc

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:56

Sloths are great too. So slow moving that mould grows on them. Most adults carry a huge colony of moths on their back, which hop off when the sloth goes to the forest floor for a dump, to lay their eggs in the fæces. Brilliant nature is.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:59

markg wrote:

Wow:

http://vodpod.com/watch/1885273-incredi ... necaroline

Want. Brilliant.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:04

Dimrill wrote:

Sloths are great too. So slow moving that mould grows on them. Most adults carry a huge colony of moths on their back, which hop off when the sloth goes to the forest floor for a dump, to lay their eggs in the fæces. Brilliant nature is.

When I go for a dump, Doc Gaywood scales down my back and sticks a dragon flag on it.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:05

Baby anteater.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:06

Dimrill wrote:

Why Ayes are absolutely wonderful creatures. Demonised in their home country though

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:06

I did say most!!

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:07

I lick your face!

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:09

Baby Loris.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:10

Baby beetle.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Baby Pandas are freaky

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:13

Dimrill wrote:

I lick your face!

Very cute, even though it appears to be goose stepping

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16562

Baby Wooly Monkey. Want.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:14

Baby bird

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:18

The fresher's haven't found the secret room at the top of the building yet, so it's just me and 30 computers. All alone.

Too long to go until I finish today.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

markg wrote:

Baby Wooly Monkey. Want.

I like it's part bleached afro.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:22

Woollies are beautiful creatures. Endangered now due to the evil pet trade. I spent a happy hour at Monkey World captivating little Diago's attention at the Woolly enclosure the other week. He's not much bigger than the little guy in that photo.

Now I wait for Zardoz to make some comment on paedophilia.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16562

Dimrill wrote:

Woollies are beautiful creatures. Endangered now due to the evil pet trade. I spent a happy hour at Monkey World captivating little Diago's attention at the Woolly enclosure the other week. He's not much bigger than the little guy in that photo.

Now I wait for Zardoz to make some comment on paedophilia.

That little one in the picture is Julio from Monkey World. You've been to Monkey World?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:29

Been? I practically live there when I go on holiday to Dorset. I've adopted Sally there. I believe The Egg has adopted Dinda too, amirite?

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Isn't Monkey World near Bovington Tank Museum? I've always thought they should combine the two for what would demonstrably be the World's Best Day Out.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:32

It's on the other side of the road. Coming from Bere Regis, Tank Museum's on the rights, Monkey World on the left.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16562

I want to go to Monkey World. I can happily sit and watch these for hours at Chester Zoo:

http://www.chesterzoo.org/AnimalsandPla ... onkey.aspx

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:37

Sydney has been tangoed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8270107.stm

Dimrill · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:38

You ought to come down to Twycross too. Get there early and be amazed and deafened by all the gibbons in full chorus.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:39

Dimrill wrote:

Now I wait for Zardoz to make some comment on paedophilia.

It's lovely on a Ryvita with cherry tomatoes.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:44

I've been to Monkey World twice. Once when it first opened with my grandparents, and then last year(?) for Ange's birthday. I'm not allowed to go to the tank museum.

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

Dimrill wrote:

You ought to come down to Twycross too. Get there early and be amazed and deafened by all the gibbons in full chorus.

I got chittered at by an angry crowd of wild long-tailed macacques last week. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Dimrill wrote:

Been? I practically live there when I go on holiday to Dorset. I've adopted Sally there. I believe The Egg has adopted Dinda too, amirite?

He's adopted one of them, I believe, I'm not sure who.

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