The Back Room

A good chunk of my final year project at university was on research on AI systems - needless to say I now can pretty much give someone else an Eliza style conversation without needing the program running :) Especially amusing if you start doing it in the middle of a rl conversation, for no apparent reason -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

This (last?) year's new year was the first time I've ever had a friends thing rather than a family thing - me and my housemate had a small group of friends come visit for a few days (people we know through the internet - sad eh?) but we had a thoroughly fun time. Nothing stupid happened due to people drinking too much, there weren't any arguments, and everyone enjoyed themselves. Most of the time was just spent sat about drinking, eating and watching DVDs, but that's much preferable to being at a huge party (or stuck with bored relatives who'd rather be in bed) Oh, and I got one of those magnetic poetry kits for Christmas, so there was much amusement for all when the 9 year old daughter of one of the visitor's noticed one of the messages on the fridge that read "Would you like to see my puppies" and asked, quite loudly, "Who's got puppies? Can I see them?" - needless to say nobody felt like explaining to her what it really meant :| -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

I often happens to me when browsing the forums on my work box (WinXP Pro SP1), but not (oddly) on my laptop (WinXP Home). Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

Next time try to go for better quality... I've seen better looking hooters on fat guys lounging on the shores of the river than this set. It's a shame that taking mammals by harpoon isn't allowed here... but I digress. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

I use VMWare under Win2K for testing Win98, WinNT, and programming in linux it is awesome! I had also read a review that compared VMWare, Bochs, and Virtual PC, with VMWare ultimately getting the reviewers thumbs up. ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire!

Whilst the humour is obvious, don't you think you should have waited a few months before posting this. We've got a long winter ahead of us Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen

You very sick and nasty person! :-D I'm not saying it's a bad thing though. -- Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face.

SOmetimes I'm wondering too :) I don't feel it anymore I don't see, anymore I don't hear, anymore I don't speak anymore, I don't feel

If he's the first one, I immediately apologize for anything mean I could have said to him :-D I don't feel it anymore I don't see, anymore I don't hear, anymore I don't speak anymore, I don't feel

Ray Cassick wrote: Anyone here actualy able to fit this in to thier decor without making it look obvious Hey, check out my new, um, computer desk... :rolleyes: --- Shog9 The siren sings a lonely song - of all the wants and hungers The lust of love a brute desire - the ledge of life goes under

One other interesting aspect of that article is that it doesn't mention how many people lost their job when the agency shut-down. ;P Mike Mullikin :beer: Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. - Emo Philips

David Stone wrote: They aren't common? Really? Every house I have ever lived in has had one and everyone I know has one. Wierd. I'm definitely seeing a common theme here. Everyone in the US seems to think they're really common. Everyone else seems to know what they are and know someone who has one. Paul Pleasently caving in, I come undone - Queens of the Stone Age, No One Knows

I don't know where you keep your computer, but down here in the southern United States (where we get 90% RH and 90°F) we keep our computers inside where it is air conditioned...It is the refrigerators that we keep on the front porch :laugh: Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks

ballyduff wrote: FOR SALE: Iraqi rifle. Never fired. Dropped once." I'd use that my new sig in a few months, I do like to be topical ;-) Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen

Paul Watson wrote: World test champs for sure, and next year... err, this year... It could be South Africa's year... just make sure the final is played in Zimbabwe and nobody else will turn up. Michael Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round -- Queen

Unglaublich! I wusste nicht, dass NZ eine alte Kolonie des Deutschen Reichs war :) I don't feel it anymore I don't see, anymore I don't hear, anymore I don't speak anymore, I don't feel

Paul Watson wrote: I did not see anyone sniffing each other, They're very discrete, I'm told... Glad you had fun!:-D "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)

Roger Wright wrote: I enjoy a game of coed naked darts now and then, but skiing in the buff doesn't sound at all appealing! Water skiing nekkid might not be too bad. Except for the skis, rope, boat and velocity. :-O Mike Mullikin :beer: The goal of any programmer is to build something that will last at least until he's finished building it. - - Anonymous