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[Paul Watson]

Rick Dangerous wrote: 1. Your desk is too tidy. *hangs head in shame* yes it is true. I apologise. It is a bad habit I have picked up form having lots of clients around. Clients do not appreciate the need us developers have for a cluttered desk. Rick Dangerous wrote: 2. There is a MAC on your desk. I am a web developer. Any web developer who does not have a Mac cannot call themselves a web developer. I use it for: 1. cross browser and platform testing 2. laughing at 3. as a place to rest our christmas tree 4. impressing clients who don't know better :-D Rick Dangerous wrote: 3. You are doing something mildly related to programming. (i.e. this site) :confused: I would think that by using this site I am a real developer. No non developer would get the humour of us all or stay around for more than 5 seconds! :-D As for your photos, well! I have come to the conclusion that you are *not* a bonifidi developer for the following reasons: 1. developers do not willingly subjugate themselves to any form of physical exertion 2. a developer would play tug of war online with a sumo wrestler in an internet cafe in japan Tim Aitken, Roger Allen and Steve Pouros, software engineers, wishing they were playing Quake. However that does acquit you and reaffirms my belief that you are indeed a developer. :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[Rick Dangerous]

Michael P Butler wrote: Is Rick Dangerous a real name or taken from the classic Amiga game? It's my mates nickname (I am using his account - he's on holiday and my PC is bust). He got it from the amiga/ST game (I have personally completed RD2 with no lives lost! tis difficult) My normal nickname is RIGamortis, which originally can from arcade games putting in my initials (ye olde 3 letter names...). I extended it to RIGamortis when I used to write demo code in assembly on an Atari ST. Nothing of mine ever really went mainstream. The best things I did was a Repton 3 clone (the BBC boulderdash game). All BBC R3 maps sould work in it if you copied them across. You could also design all the characters used in the game. The sound samples I did for it sound rather poor and get really annoying after a while, but its a good tough game. It also had a level editor and was overscanned so that it could display the right amount of display area. If any body has an ST emulator, I could did out the .exe disks and you could have a play with it. I could possibly also supply the assembly code source for those who are interested. :cool: Roger Allen aka RIGamortis

[Rick Dangerous]

Paul Watson wrote: *hangs head in shame* Yes, you should be shamed! Do something about it now! Make a mess! Not that kind of mess! I mean a paper notes one! :laugh: Paul Watson wrote: a bad habit I have picked up form having lots of clients around Having clients (in my case visiting chemists etc) around does not cause my desk to be made tidy. The other day the company director confiscated my squeeze gun ammo until I cleaned up my desk (about 4 weeks ago). I have yet to get it back! :(( Bullying and coersion does not work on me....:-D Paul Watson wrote: I am a web developer I can just about get 1 line of HTML to work, let alone a web site. If you enjoy doing it, good for you. Paul Watson wrote: developers do not willingly subjugate themselves to any form of physical exertion Sorry to tell you, but I break the mold on this one. I am addicted to exercise! I go running at lunch times; I go circuit training; I run marathons*1; I swim*2; I even shower afterwards*3 Paul Watson wrote: a developer would play tug of war online with a sumo wrestler in an internet cafe in japan And he would win, by any means possible.... Roger Allen aka RIGamortis on his mates account. *1 I have only done one so far, and have been turned away from 4 as they were full :(( *2 Its more of a sink at times *3 Only sometimes :laugh:

[realJSOP]

Hey Paul, I did those t-shirts. What will you charge me for four of them 9and what do they say on the front)? "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

[Paul Watson]

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Hey Paul, I did those t-shirts. What will you charge me for four of them 9and what do they say on the front)? lol man this day gets weirder and weirder :-D Front Heart area:

Bluegrass (our logo style)
London - Cape Town

On the right hand sleave at the bottom:

Microsoft
Certified Partner

Not your average bluegrass band :-D They are really our company shirts though. We got a golf shirt style and also just a normal t-shirt style. We did a website for a shirt maker and we then subsequently got some good rates from them for small orders on shirts. I don't know the exact figure but they came out to, shirt and embroidery included, about R90 (USD$6.9 ) a shirt. The problem is that if the shirts arent for us then they take a minimum order of about 5000 shirts. Just a tip but if you want shirts then try CafePress. You can design the shirt (or I can help out if you want) and then setup a free online store. You can order your own shirts at cost price (about USD$16 I think). I made some of my own shirts for the heck of it and it was really easy. (hey Chris, if you read this then note that CafePress seem to be using ASP.NET now. All their pages are .aspx files :-D wOOt!) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[Chris Meech]

Okay, I probably shouldn't do this, but ... (not intended for young viewers :) ) http://members.home.net/chrismeech/Cottage/ChrisOnDeck.jpg This isn't me at work, but rather when I get away from work. I especialy like to relax with an amber beauty and a cigar. My cottage provides the perfect location for just those activities. Chris Meech

[realJSOP]

Pics of me: Me (Navy) 1975 Me (Navy, at sea) 1977 Me (opinion of mom's cooking) 1990 Me (redneck) 1992 Me with new Harley (1994) Me on Harley (new paint)(1996) Me (sister's wedding) 1997 Me (stockcar racing) 1998 Me (archery) 1998 Me (archery again) 1998 Me and brother (Karaoke) 1998 Me (stockcar racing again) 1999 Me and Kathy (wife) 1999 Dogs (Bailey) 2001 Dogs (Molly) 2001 Dogs (J.D.) 2001 My system at home (fairly old picture - 1996?) "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

[Paul Watson]

Can anybody else view the image fully? When I view it it only downloads half the pic and then IE says "done". Which is obviously wrong. I have seen this happen on other sites too, not a lot but more than enough to irritate me. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[Paul Watson]

Whenever I see a pic of you I cannot believe it. That mild mannered looking guy cannot be John Simmons. Just not possible. You look like a god fearing, church going, fete running, pta heading goody two shoes. Yet you certainly are not that from your words! :-D Just MHO. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[Jamie Hale]

Ok, well this is me, albeit a few (read: too many to remember) years back. Weeee. If anyone really gives a crap, I'll post more when I have 'em. J

[Rick Dangerous]

Unfortunately I got it all :eek: Roger Allen aka RIGamortis

[Chris Meech]

You wouldn't be running the MS Censor addin for IE would you. ;P After all it is a bare chested shot. You might also try to FTP the file and then view it locally. I'll have to put up some Christmas shots next week. Everyone can have a good laugh at some of those. Chris

[realJSOP]

I've always looked like a goody-two-shoes. If I can find them, I'll scan some pics of me when I was in school (almost 30 years ago!). "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

[realJSOP]

We give a crap, so we're not gonna ask for any more. :) Yer a scarry dude. Post some more. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

[Jamie Hale]

Sheeee-it John, that's a nice bow. I'm dying to find a local range where I can get back to it. Haven't shot much since I forced our school team into second place in the provincial finals... I'm sure they would have placed first if I had have kept my arrows on my target. :P And those are gorgeous goldens. :) We lost ours about a year ago, and I miss her a tonne. Got a kid on the way, so as soon as that gets worked out, I'm bringin home a golden puppy. J

[Paul Watson]

Jamie Hale wrote: Ok, well this is me, albeit a few (read: too many to remember) years back Woah, remind me not to pretend to be a computer and annoy you... :-D As John says, scary dude! regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge

[realJSOP]

That's a Hoyt Mystic Meridian with stock cams. Pull is currently about 55 pounds, and I'm shooting Easton carbons with the smallest flights I can get. The sight and arrow rest cost me almost $400, and I use a Stanislawski release. I started out shooting at single-spot targets but I was ruining a LOT of arrows (I still have my first robin-hood set). After destroying a dozen or so arrows shooting robin-hoods, I started shooting at 5-spot targets. I got bored with that and set up a flower vase in fron of the target back with freshly cut flowers, and started shooting at the bees that came for the nectar. A lot of bees have died in my back yard with an arrow lodged firmly up their sphincters. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

[Jamie Hale]

Hmmm. Mine's a green fibreglass recurve with hockey tape holding the $4 sight on, and a $3 stick-on arrow-rest. I use the custom Hale release (3-finger). I started out shooting pyramids of pop-cans but I was ruining a LOT of pop-cans. I progressed to garbage cans, power transformers and large stuffed animals (Big Bird put up a good fight, but couldn't stuff his innards back in as fast as I was spilling them). Seriously, though. Nicest bow I ever saw was my coach's. Olympic style non-composite. Just nice moulded wooden grip, and a single balancing thingy out the front. He wasn't a great shot, but he made it look like an art. J

[Uwe Keim]

Hey, we have 5 webcams in our office (just for fun, really). It's rather cool to have them. Like a virus, we infected several customers of us with the webcam-virus, too. Now they have webcams all over their desks, too :-) -- See me: www.magerquark.de

[Cathy]

I sent mine. Cathy