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>>ABUSE SENT!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>For discussing other games in a Lucas-Arts newsgroup. Now that is a 
>>valid point.
>
> What ever _did_ happen to John Ievins?
>
> And was he catholic or protestant?

I'll ask him next time I run into him in Graal Online

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> Zèh Mwâh is a mighty pirate...
>
>>>ABUSE SENT!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>>For discussing other games in a Lucas-Arts newsgroup. Now that is a
>>>valid point.
>>
>> What ever _did_ happen to John Ievins?
>>
>> And was he catholic or protestant?
>
> I'll ask him next time I run into him in Graal Online

That was pretty fun when it was still free. Atob had an awesome house. 

Vigilante is a mighty pirate...

>>> And was he catholic or protestant?
>>
>> I'll ask him next time I run into him in Graal Online
>
> That was pretty fun when it was still free. Atob had an awesome house. 

According to the website you can still play 5 hours a month for free, 
but I guess it will not bring back the memories of those days.

Sigh.... I'm old!

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Rasmus Bøg Hansen is a mighty pirate...

>> And that's why I always recommend Windows. Almost anything in the shops
>> works on Windows, providing you've got the hardware for it. Easier than
>> explaining why the computergame they just bought for their Apple won't
>> work. Although Apple folk now mostly buy downloads it seems. It's been
>> easily half a year since the last person asked me about games on an Apple.
>
> Apple is just silly. I care very little for it. I actually have a 
> Windows installation for PC games, but I never use it. And I prefer to 
> run Windows-only applications for work in virtual machines.
>
> I just hate Windows. Not for technical reasons, just for personal taste.

In China Windows has a market share of 99.99999%. Chinese do not even 
know what an operating system is. I do find it funny though that 
people sometimes ask me to make their Windows look as beautiful as my 
extremely simple Xfce setup. That is, until I start up Lynx and say 
that it is the only way I can browse websites on my computer.

Oh, people do know Apple products though. The brand name is extremely 
popular yet nobody can afford Apple products.

>>> TSJAKKAAAAAA!!!!!! HURG!!!!
>>>
>> Tent!
>
> Has Pixel returned?

Pixel who? The gardener?

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Den 27-12-2011 07:22, ervaqre skrev:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen is a mighty pirate...
>
>>> And that's why I always recommend Windows. Almost anything in the shops
>>> works on Windows, providing you've got the hardware for it. Easier than
>>> explaining why the computergame they just bought for their Apple won't
>>> work. Although Apple folk now mostly buy downloads it seems. It's been
>>> easily half a year since the last person asked me about games on an Apple.
>>
>> Apple is just silly. I care very little for it. I actually have a
>> Windows installation for PC games, but I never use it. And I prefer to
>> run Windows-only applications for work in virtual machines.
>>
>> I just hate Windows. Not for technical reasons, just for personal taste.
>
> In China Windows has a market share of 99.99999%. Chinese do not even
> know what an operating system is. I do find it funny though that
> people sometimes ask me to make their Windows look as beautiful as my
> extremely simple Xfce setup. That is, until I start up Lynx and say
> that it is the only way I can browse websites on my computer.

Lynx is so oldschool. Links is the new web 3.0!

Also, I should get around to switch to xfce.

> Oh, people do know Apple products though. The brand name is extremely
> popular yet nobody can afford Apple products.

Good for them.

>>>> TSJAKKAAAAAA!!!!!! HURG!!!!
>>>>
>>> Tent!
>>
>> Has Pixel returned?
>
> Pixel who? The gardener?

I heard he herded the pines.

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I'm selling these fine leather jackets.
Expect the unexpected!

Rasmus Bøg Hansen is a mighty pirate...

>> In China Windows has a market share of 99.99999%. Chinese do not even
>> know what an operating system is. I do find it funny though that
>> people sometimes ask me to make their Windows look as beautiful as my
>> extremely simple Xfce setup. That is, until I start up Lynx and say
>> that it is the only way I can browse websites on my computer.
>
> Lynx is so oldschool. Links is the new web 3.0!
>
> Also, I should get around to switch to xfce.

What are you using now? Something tells me this year is so NOT the 
year of the Linux desktop. KDE I've always hated. Gnome has gone 
insane as well and then there's Ubuntu with their Unity crap. The only 
good thing about it all is that Windows 8 is looking even worse than 
all of them combined.

>>> Has Pixel returned?
>>
>> Pixel who? The gardener?
>
> I heard he herded the pines.

Your ears are seriously dysfunctional. Last time I heard he was 
herding the pines.

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DG is a mighty pirate...

>> No no, I am actually talking about Dutch people. Most of them come
>> from the north though, so I hope you will be able to understand them.
>
> I have in the past. As long is they don't go for full on Frisian or clay 
> soaked Grunings. If they try and speak general Dutch, there's no way I 
> won't understand.

Clay soaked Grunings?? I am not even from that part of the province. 
No clay around where I am from. I am pretty fluent in well, some sort 
of mixture between Westerwolds and Veenkoloniaals though. Yet, it is a 
dying language with Dutch taking over rapidly.

>> No, it is my girlfriend, she thinks I will explode when I eat too much
>> chocolate. I should really replace her with a less socialist specimen.
>>
> China's known to enrich stuff like powdered milk and children's toys 
> with basic elements like lead. But putting nitroglycerin in chocolate is 
> new to me. It doesn't seem cost effective either. Even the explody bit 
> seems unlikely, I think chocolate might make the mixed in nitroglycerin 
> inert. Although, just as with dynamite, it might "sweat" out. Ask any 
> physics teacher that hasn't exploded yet.

Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their 
chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one 
chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a 
brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in 
business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody 
buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at 
all. 

Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?

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Op 11-1-2012 19:10, ervaqre schreef:
>>> No no, I am actually talking about Dutch people. Most of them come
>>> from the north though, so I hope you will be able to understand them.
>>
>> I have in the past. As long is they don't go for full on Frisian or clay
>> soaked Grunings. If they try and speak general Dutch, there's no way I
>> won't understand.
>
> Clay soaked Grunings?? I am not even from that part of the province.
> No clay around where I am from. I am pretty fluent in well, some sort
> of mixture between Westerwolds and Veenkoloniaals though. Yet, it is a
> dying language with Dutch taking over rapidly.

And the Dutch speakers are fearing being taken over by English. Even 
though the real threat is Chinese with all those snackbars.

>>> No, it is my girlfriend, she thinks I will explode when I eat too much
>>> chocolate. I should really replace her with a less socialist specimen.
>>>
>> China's known to enrich stuff like powdered milk and children's toys
>> with basic elements like lead. But putting nitroglycerin in chocolate is
>> new to me. It doesn't seem cost effective either. Even the explody bit
>> seems unlikely, I think chocolate might make the mixed in nitroglycerin
>> inert. Although, just as with dynamite, it might "sweat" out. Ask any
>> physics teacher that hasn't exploded yet.
>
> Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their
> chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one
> chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a
> brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in
> business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody
> buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at
> all.

We've got Dove chocolate over here. And Dove soap. It's best not to mix 
the two up. I must say that the taste of chocolate varies country by 
country. Both Polish and British chocolate is quite different from 
Verkade or Van Houten. Then there's the huge variety in Belgian 
chocolate or the specific company tastes like Daim, Milka or Tomblerone.

> Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?
>
Is it just me or was I talking too much about chocolate here?

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DG is a mighty pirate...

>> Clay soaked Grunings?? I am not even from that part of the province.
>> No clay around where I am from. I am pretty fluent in well, some sort
>> of mixture between Westerwolds and Veenkoloniaals though. Yet, it is a
>> dying language with Dutch taking over rapidly.
>
> And the Dutch speakers are fearing being taken over by English. Even 
> though the real threat is Chinese with all those snackbars.

说普通话对你我方便！

>> Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their
>> chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one
>> chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a
>> brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in
>> business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody
>> buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at
>> all.
>
> We've got Dove chocolate over here. And Dove soap. It's best not to mix 
> the two up. I must say that the taste of chocolate varies country by 
> country. Both Polish and British chocolate is quite different from 
> Verkade or Van Houten. Then there's the huge variety in Belgian 
> chocolate or the specific company tastes like Daim, Milka or Tomblerone.

Hmm... I seem to have forgotten what normal chocolate tastes like 
then. I always take Dove as the standard, though some stores have 
Cadburry as well. Does that count. In the Netherlands I always bought 
AH Chocolate.

>> Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?
>>
> Is it just me or was I talking too much about chocolate here?

You're the chocolate head, not me.

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Op 19-1-2012 18:20, ervaqre schreef:
>>> Clay soaked Grunings?? I am not even from that part of the province.
>>> No clay around where I am from. I am pretty fluent in well, some sort
>>> of mixture between Westerwolds and Veenkoloniaals though. Yet, it is a
>>> dying language with Dutch taking over rapidly.
>>
>> And the Dutch speakers are fearing being taken over by English. Even
>> though the real threat is Chinese with all those snackbars.
>
> 说普通话对你我方便！

You did a ROT-13 on Chinese? Impressive.

>>> Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their
>>> chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one
>>> chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a
>>> brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in
>>> business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody
>>> buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at
>>> all.
>>
>> We've got Dove chocolate over here. And Dove soap. It's best not to mix
>> the two up. I must say that the taste of chocolate varies country by
>> country. Both Polish and British chocolate is quite different from
>> Verkade or Van Houten. Then there's the huge variety in Belgian
>> chocolate or the specific company tastes like Daim, Milka or Tomblerone.
>
> Hmm... I seem to have forgotten what normal chocolate tastes like
> then. I always take Dove as the standard, though some stores have
> Cadburry as well. Does that count. In the Netherlands I always bought
> AH Chocolate.

Hmmm, AH is a strange choice, even if it is the biggest Dutch 
supermarket chain. I'm actually not too familiar with Dove.

>>> Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?
>>>
>> Is it just me or was I talking too much about chocolate here?
>
> You're the chocolate head, not me.
>
That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.

-- 
Danny.

Den 19-01-2012 21:50, DG skrev:
>>>> Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their
>>>> chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one
>>>> chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a
>>>> brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in
>>>> business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody
>>>> buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at
>>>> all.
>>>
>>> We've got Dove chocolate over here. And Dove soap. It's best not to mix
>>> the two up. I must say that the taste of chocolate varies country by
>>> country. Both Polish and British chocolate is quite different from
>>> Verkade or Van Houten. Then there's the huge variety in Belgian
>>> chocolate or the specific company tastes like Daim, Milka or Tomblerone.
>>
>> Hmm... I seem to have forgotten what normal chocolate tastes like
>> then. I always take Dove as the standard, though some stores have
>> Cadburry as well. Does that count. In the Netherlands I always bought
>> AH Chocolate.

Make sure you do not eat Dove soap while wanting to eat Dove chocolate. 
Though you might not notice the difference!

>>>> Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?
>>>>
>>> Is it just me or was I talking too much about chocolate here?
>>
>> You're the chocolate head, not me.
>>
> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.

Next you will tell us that you prefer to shower in white nougat?

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I'm selling these fine leather jackets.
Expect the unexpected!

Op 12-2-2012 23:37, Rasmus Bøg Hansen schreef:
> Den 19-01-2012 21:50, DG skrev:
>>>>> Hmmm... I am not sure if it's nitroglycerin they're putting in their
>>>>> chocolate, but it sure as hell is not edible. There's only one
>>>>> chocolate brand doing good business in China and that's Dove, a
>>>>> brandname from the Mars company. There are some Chinese brands in
>>>>> business as well and even though they're a whole LOT cheaper, nobody
>>>>> buys them because they taste like...well, nothing like chocolate at
>>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>> We've got Dove chocolate over here. And Dove soap. It's best not to mix
>>>> the two up. I must say that the taste of chocolate varies country by
>>>> country. Both Polish and British chocolate is quite different from
>>>> Verkade or Van Houten. Then there's the huge variety in Belgian
>>>> chocolate or the specific company tastes like Daim, Milka or
>>>> Tomblerone.
>>>
>>> Hmm... I seem to have forgotten what normal chocolate tastes like
>>> then. I always take Dove as the standard, though some stores have
>>> Cadburry as well. Does that count. In the Netherlands I always bought
>>> AH Chocolate.
>
> Make sure you do not eat Dove soap while wanting to eat Dove chocolate.
> Though you might not notice the difference!

You're assuming he's grown accustomed to the taste of Chinese chocolate.

>>>>> Is it just me or am I talking too much about China here?
>>>>>
>>>> Is it just me or was I talking too much about chocolate here?
>>>
>>> You're the chocolate head, not me.
>>>
>> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.
>
> Next you will tell us that you prefer to shower in white nougat?
>
I'd like to tell you I shower in white nougat. If only because it's much 
more tasteful than saying "in the nude" or a more descriptive (and 
accurate) phrase that inevitably involves the word "white".

-- 
Danny.

Op 20-2-2012 5:06, ervaqre schreef:
>>>> And the Dutch speakers are fearing being taken over by English. Even
>>>> though the real threat is Chinese with all those snackbars.
>>>
>>> 说普通话对你我方便！
>>
>> You did a ROT-13 on Chinese? Impressive.
>
> Hmm... just tried that, but it doesn't work. Makes sense of course,
> since with ROT-13 the 26 characters are just placed in a different
> order. Now, Chinese doesn't have 26 but several thousands of
> characters. Oh, I just got this amazing idea to make a Chinese cypher
> tool. Nobody will be able to decypher it, since it will all look like
> Chinese to everybody!

Ha! Know the Chinese will understand what they're putting us through!

>>> Hmm... I seem to have forgotten what normal chocolate tastes like
>>> then. I always take Dove as the standard, though some stores have
>>> Cadburry as well. Does that count. In the Netherlands I always bought
>>> AH Chocolate.
>>
>> Hmmm, AH is a strange choice, even if it is the biggest Dutch
>> supermarket chain. I'm actually not too familiar with Dove.
>
> It was closest to my home. That reminds me, I have to go to the
> supermarket this afternoon. Better start making a boodschappenlijstje.

They probably won't have AH chocolate.

>>> You're the chocolate head, not me.
>>>
>> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.
>
> White chocolate isn't even real chocolate, it doesn't have cacao in
> it!
>
Yes, and baby lotion doesn't have real babies in it.

-- 
Danny.

Op 20-2-2012 5:09, ervaqre schreef:
>>>> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.
>>>
>>> Next you will tell us that you prefer to shower in white nougat?
>>>
>> I'd like to tell you I shower in white nougat. If only because it's much
>> more tasteful than saying "in the nude" or a more descriptive (and
>> accurate) phrase that inevitably involves the word "white".
>
> I HATE NOUGAT!!!! Is that even supposed to be eaten?
>
Nougat, Reinder's Kryptonite. That should be in the RRRRR.

-- 
Danny.

DG is a mighty pirate...

>> Hmm... just tried that, but it doesn't work. Makes sense of course,
>> since with ROT-13 the 26 characters are just placed in a different
>> order. Now, Chinese doesn't have 26 but several thousands of
>> characters. Oh, I just got this amazing idea to make a Chinese cypher
>> tool. Nobody will be able to decypher it, since it will all look like
>> Chinese to everybody!
>
> Ha! Know the Chinese will understand what they're putting us through!

Actually, it is a lot easier to have what it takes to be literate in 
Chinese than you would probably think, since the official literacy 
standards are very low. You only need to know about 1500 characters 
and you're considered to be literate. That's about comparable to a 
peasant who can read aap, noot and mies. 

So I guess one way of raising the literacy rate in a country is by 
lowering the literacy requirements.

>>> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.
>>
>> White chocolate isn't even real chocolate, it doesn't have cacao in
>> it!
>>
> Yes, and baby lotion doesn't have real babies in it.

Oh yes it does! Well, my home made baby lotion does.

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DG is a mighty pirate...

>> I HATE NOUGAT!!!! Is that even supposed to be eaten?
>>
> Nougat, Reinder's Kryptonite. That should be in the RRRRR.

Hurg! I bet Pixel hates it as well.

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ervaqre is lord of teh underworlds
ervaqre destroys of your teeth

Op 28-5-2012 16:03, ervaqre schreef:
>>> Hmm... just tried that, but it doesn't work. Makes sense of course,
>>> since with ROT-13 the 26 characters are just placed in a different
>>> order. Now, Chinese doesn't have 26 but several thousands of
>>> characters. Oh, I just got this amazing idea to make a Chinese cypher
>>> tool. Nobody will be able to decypher it, since it will all look like
>>> Chinese to everybody!
>>
>> Ha! Know the Chinese will understand what they're putting us through!
>
> Actually, it is a lot easier to have what it takes to be literate in
> Chinese than you would probably think, since the official literacy
> standards are very low. You only need to know about 1500 characters
> and you're considered to be literate. That's about comparable to a
> peasant who can read aap, noot and mies.

You ass!!! I was halfway through mies before I caught on you were 
switching to Dutch (instead of the Chinese, I assumed). Have you got any 
idea how weird that sounded in my head???

> So I guess one way of raising the literacy rate in a country is by
> lowering the literacy requirements.

Strangely, if kids these days get the tests of one or two generations 
ago, they do tend to get higher grades. At least on the stuff that 
stayed the same. Claims students these days are dumber seem unfounded. 
However there does seem to be a increasing tendency to study to the 
test. Try and figure out what's on the test, study that, forget the rest.

Another weird thing about studies in the Netherlands. Send them to a 
college and have them specialize in one subject, then force them to 
choose courses outside their subject they're likely to never use again. 
If they don't, they won't graduate.

>>>> That's racist! Especially since I prefer white chocolate.
>>>
>>> White chocolate isn't even real chocolate, it doesn't have cacao in
>>> it!
>>>
>> Yes, and baby lotion doesn't have real babies in it.
>
> Oh yes it does! Well, my home made baby lotion does.
>
You make babies at home? Don't you need a permit for that? Especially in 
China...

-- 
Danny.

Op 28-5-2012 16:04, ervaqre schreef:
>>> I HATE NOUGAT!!!! Is that even supposed to be eaten?
>>>
>> Nougat, Reinder's Kryptonite. That should be in the RRRRR.
>
> Hurg! I bet Pixel hates it as well.
>
His is white chocolate like Galak, I think.

-- 
Danny.

DG is a mighty pirate...

>> Actually, it is a lot easier to have what it takes to be literate in
>> Chinese than you would probably think, since the official literacy
>> standards are very low. You only need to know about 1500 characters
>> and you're considered to be literate. That's about comparable to a
>> peasant who can read aap, noot and mies.
>
> You ass!!! I was halfway through mies before I caught on you were 
> switching to Dutch (instead of the Chinese, I assumed). Have you got any 
> idea how weird that sounded in my head???

You mean you have a sound system in your head? Now that's weird! I'm 
not switching to Chinese again, as Dutch is a much nicer language. 
Let's make it the most important language in the world.

> Another weird thing about studies in the Netherlands. Send them to a 
> college and have them specialize in one subject, then force them to 
> choose courses outside their subject they're likely to never use again. 
> If they don't, they won't graduate.

Oh, I was forced to do that actually. If I remember correctly it was 
the first or second year since they introduced this requirement at my 
faculty. Though in my case it was my major I would never use again 
rather than the additional courses I was forced to choose.

>>> Yes, and baby lotion doesn't have real babies in it.
>>
>> Oh yes it does! Well, my home made baby lotion does.
>>
> You make babies at home? Don't you need a permit for that? Especially in 
> China...

Actually, this one child policy does not apply to foreigners. So that 
means if I wanted to, I could produce as many babies as I want and 
then sell them on the black market. Some people here believe eating 
fresh babies is good for your skin.

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DG is a mighty pirate...

>> Hurg! I bet Pixel hates it as well.
>>
> His is white chocolate like Galak, I think.

Speaking of Pixel, where did he go?

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