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Messages - Jack Daniels
2001
« on: March 27, 2010, 11:06:15 AM »
Smack the Rabbit makes me lol. I was at the bank yesterday depositing my paycheck and they had little white easter bunnies on their counters. I couldn't stop smirking, the teller must have thought I was crazy as all  . :P
2002
« on: March 26, 2010, 05:21:13 PM »
Jeeze guys. Quit pickin' on Jonzu. Especially since he posted something cool and has nothing to do with Dawn and stuff. And you all gotta bully on him anyways? What is the point in that?
Constructive post: That is a good way to start in learning how to make websites. I started my first site on Tripod and it looked pretty generic just like yours. Once you learn some of the basics you will be able to figure out more and make the website pretty cool. I recommend when it is mostly done, you should register it on Google. Once I registered my site on Google my hit rate went up quite a bit.
2003
« on: March 25, 2010, 08:42:48 PM »
I am preying on "longest champions" scores. Muhahahah!
Minesweeper wont work for me though... it glitches out and wont start the game.
2004
« on: March 25, 2010, 07:34:49 PM »
Are you considering that for BBEANS?
2005
« on: March 25, 2010, 04:18:23 AM »
Hey wow! thank you guys. That is exactly the information I need to sell it without being a dumbass about it. Much appreciated!
2006
« on: March 24, 2010, 07:55:48 PM »
My primary language is English.
My secondary language is HTML.
2007
« on: March 23, 2010, 06:44:11 PM »
All I can say to help is this:
Carbon Fiber sheets are sold on eBay for reasonable prices.
The sheets are very very easy to cut with a dremel kit.
Dremel Kits are you absolute friend when building a small bot. I highly recommend you look into getting one.
2008
« on: March 23, 2010, 06:02:49 PM »
Laptop
2009
« on: March 23, 2010, 05:46:20 PM »
:O You are running Vista with only 1 gig of RAM? We need to pool some money together and get you some more memory.
2010
« on: March 23, 2010, 05:38:59 PM »
3) He lost interest?
Not really likely. He followed through with Doomed Bots. He seems to like hosting tournaments. He is also BFF with Joe so I don't think he would just take off without warning.
2011
« on: March 23, 2010, 04:42:57 PM »
I really hope you guys don't have the "Brightness" setting on your monitors set to max. Turn it down a bit... play with the contrast setting too.
I never lurked... even on the old forum before this one. If I was here, I was here. I took a year-long sabbatical because life got really complicated and I didn't have much creative energy for RA2 or the community. During that time off I never logged into the forum. Scrap Daddy dragged me back, which was really cool of him.
2012
« on: March 23, 2010, 04:35:38 PM »
Well, it was supposed to be a gut ripper. But the wedges fail and the drive fails (apparently) I should have done something to make the drive more powerful, maybe made it 4 WD instead. Or I should have done something to make the wedge more effective by distributing weight better. The spoiler would have held bots at bay for the spinners to gutrip... but the bot seemingly can't get under opponents very well. Guess I should have used...
2013
« on: March 23, 2010, 04:24:07 PM »
Excerpt from an email I wrote to a friend today:  "O.k... So I probably should share why i have cinnamon in my nostrils. My friend (the guy who's fiancee is leaving) has been really down lately. I wanted to cheer him up so I talk with him at work to see how he is doing (we work together). We were yammering on about all sorts of crap... just going on and on and on. At some point he mentions to me that it is impossible for a human being to consume an entire spoon full of cinnamon in one gulp. I didn't believe him. He goes: "No No No... i swear. It is impossible to do it. Cinnamon is not water soluable so it dries up the entire mouth and prevents you from swallowing it. It is impossible." I called foul... I claimed he was tooling with me. So, he dares me... He told me he would march on over to the dollar store and pick up some ground cinnamon. If i could swallow it in one gulp, I would be God. O.k. sounds easy? I like cinnamon... it's pretty tasty. So, he jets over to the store... comes back a few mins later with a huge container of cinnamon and two spoons. We set up our schenanigans in the employee breakroom next to the trash barrel and a few cups of water. I got a few spectators in the mix to see what the hell we were doing. We put a decent amount of cinnamon on the spoon. Does not look like much. Looks perfectly innocent and swallow-able. He fires up his camera phone and says: "O.k. Go for it!" I spat out my gum and put that spoonful of anguish in my mouth. Immediately (like, within a millisecond) I knew this was not going to end well. Against my millisecond based better judgement... I tried to swallow it. Instantaneously, I coughed out that cinnamon in a glorious horizontal mushroom cloud. He was right. I hacked away grabbing forwater with tears welling up in my eyes trying not to hysterically laugh in defeat. F*****g-Glorious! It took me nearly 5 mins to be able to swallow like normal again... I am still trying to rid the odd sensation from my sinuses. Needless to say, while it may have been foolish and silly, we both got a great laugh out of it. Mission accomplished. And you know... as silly as it sounds. I feel great right now after doing that. It was dumb and harmlessly crazy... but something I had not tried before. We grow so complacent with life and even little risks can mean so much... can wake you up more than you can imagine. I've been feeling a bit tired and stressed over everything that has been going on for the past few weeks. And, with one stupid dare I feel renewed and excited. I feel like people don't do those fun little things often enough. Spice things up! (haha pun intended.) His phone crapped out during the recording though... *cry* So I can't be a foolish 10 second youtube star. But it was nice to see him smile and have a great time after all the crap he is going through."
2014
« on: March 22, 2010, 09:11:01 PM »
Is asteroids supposed to have invisible flying saucers? Cause randomly shots just fire out of nowhere and kill me.
I have no idea... might be a glitch... or possibly a cloaking device. They go invisible after the first hit but if you follow their path for a moment with some follow up shots the saucer explodes after a few more hits. Pain in the ass though.
2015
« on: March 22, 2010, 09:06:45 PM »
*watches matches* ... I totally killed the wedge by putting too much weight on the back... crap. Sorry team. I should have put a tail on the back too for better bracing.
2016
« on: March 22, 2010, 09:01:46 PM »
I'm being an evil bastard and dethrone-ing people from their top scores :P You might be next 090901!
2017
« on: March 22, 2010, 08:50:57 PM »
Not cropping isn't so bad. We are all happy you converted them to JPG. :D
Your bot lives up to its name. But you already knew that. Heheh. Fat tires get lobbed off easy... Spacious chassis is a waste of weight. The smaller you make the chassis, the more weight you have to spend on weapons before you reach the limit. Nate is right, square extenders are inferior to the other round ones. Your drive motors are good though. The pinks are not necessary though.
Look around in the showcases and get some inspiration. I think you will improve just fine.
Also, in case you didn't know. Don't change the armour on your bots. Leave it at the default and it will be DSS (double strength aluminum) which is the best to have in stock. Don't change it because you can't change it back after you made the adjustment.
Work on making your bots a bit leaner and more destructive... and you will excel.
*edit: XD I totally typo-ed there... DSA... not DSS. Thanks Somebody*
2018
« on: March 22, 2010, 07:34:46 PM »
I prefer to not open up until there is some real evidence. My stance on ghosts is the same as my stance on the Loch Ness Monster: unless somebody can convincingly tell me how it can exist and then provide evidence showing that it does exist, I see no reason to assume that it does.
Do you employ this mindset toward things that you feel are fantastical or in general? When you think about it... every last perception that each human being has can be traced back to a beginning where it was experienced first. I am going to go out on a limb here and call this "the cheeseburger theory" Sometime, long ago, a person created a cheeseburger. He/she ate it and said: "Wow, this is really good. I must tell the people how terrific a cheeseburger is." That person might have told hundreds of people and some of them said: "Cheeseburger? Bah! Never seen one, nor have I ever heard how good they are before. I don't trust you and I wont try your cheeseburger." However, over time, word spread and eventually mankind warmed up to this cheeseburger. Eventually, culture reached a point where everyone (one way or another) had tried a cheeseburger and could develop a general concept opinion of it. But the initial exposure to it had to start from somewhere. Now, really, a cheeseburger is a far cry from a ghost. But the deterring basis of your disbelief is that you have not been proven solidly that they exist. By your own experience or by word of mouth from somebody that you respect enough to forge your opinions based on their experiences (somebody close). I suppose, also, that a cheeseburger is a more solid thing that could be easily experienced by choice vs ghosts which (to our knowledge) have never been available for us to experience willingly and regularly. I suppose that is the line that draws the sides... objective vs subjective experience. One can experience the visit of a ghost, but we seemingly do not have the power to share that experience with others in a solid way. A cheeseburger? take a bite and share it with your bud! It's damn good. This also came to mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
2019
« on: March 22, 2010, 04:52:51 PM »
Packapunch is quite nice! Excellent improvements so far.
2020
« on: March 22, 2010, 04:06:46 PM »
Jonzu, your mom is under a lot of stress. Parenting can be really hard because sometimes it feels like adults and kids operate very differently. If your parents are separated, that can be really stressful too. It makes her second guess choices that she made in her life... and probably (while she does not regret having you as a son) she probably feels guilty for putting you in a position where your parents are not together. Feelings like that can weigh very heavily on her heart. Sometimes she is going to feel like she is doing the best she can as a parent, but if you are disagreeable then she can feel dejected because maybe her good is not good enough. It is not your fault at all though.
Women, in general, are very emotional creatures. They can get very stirred up in an emotional moment. The best way to navigate the situation is stay calm and encourage conversation rather than confrontation. If she is yelling at you just say: "Mom, I really don't want to fight about this, but let's talk about it and figure it out though." 99 percent of the time, women want to be heard and acknowledged. You don't necessarily have to agree... but if you absorb what they say and take it seriously you will go a long way with women in your life.
Best resource when you get a few years older: "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus" By: John Gray
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