73 and change here....*grimace*

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

(note, not an egotistical or elitist rant, just proving a point) Just to add on to that thought, I was a pretty nasty toker myself throughout the beginning of my twenties (gave it up since then), and I'm considered one of the most intelligent people most people I know have ever met. I was asked to join mensa (but didn't want to pay a fee), score in the 150's on IQ tests generally, etc. Like I said, not trying to brag, just reinforcing your point. It didn't do a damned thing to my brain, and I smoked regularly for about 4-5 years or so.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Michael P Butler wrote: I've never understood the mindset of people who think 'the human body is a beautiful thing'. Depends entirely on the body in question... ;)

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Chris Losinger wrote: i always start in the soapbox With you, that really doesn't surprise me :-D

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

I can only imagine what Ad Hominem would taste like X|

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Hardness: 7-9. I don't want the thing to fall apart in my hands. Color: ? Don't particularly care, although white is boring. Black is probably a no-no as well, as people wouldn't want to wash with something that looks like it'll make them dirtier. Smooth, definately. Rubbing a hard square edged block on your body would be slightly uncomfortable. Scent: I prefer "fresh" scents (I use the blue Irish Spring myself) Lather: Lots of bubbles. I don't think soap is working unless I see bubbles.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Hmm....Sounds a bit like Guilt by Association: link[^] with a little "Poisoning the Well": link[^] Add a dash of Herring (most prefer Red): link[^] And a little Appealling to Fear: link[^] and you might have all of his arguments :) btw, this isn't at you Chris, just was trying to find out that fallacy you forgot the name of...

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Eh, I was watching Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome earlier... FWIW, "Master Blaster" run Bartertown.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

5 seconds, break neck.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Hey, everyone is entitled to a mistake here and there :) On the whole, however, the man (McCain that is) strikes me as maverick pseudo-moderate Republican...which is just a hair right of where I guess I stand, so I'm starting to dig 'im. Wish he would run again...

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Just in case it's news still, the Senate voted to scuttle the Gay Marriage Banning Amendment today, 48-50. Six Republicans broke ranks and voted against it, including a man who is rapidly gaining even more of my respect, The Hon. Mr. McCain of Arizona... http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A49537-2004Jul14%20¬Found=true[^]

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Not quite...combination of the CP/Memepool/MetaFilter/Fark effects...been posted all over the place.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Mother Theresa?!?! Wha?

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Hope it's not a repost... http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/35/[^]

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Nice try Chris, using a different name and all... ;)

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

I love the one where the tug goes completely under the water. Remember seeing that one somewhere else a while back. :)

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

SQUEAK.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Wow...you've got your work cut out for you. What I would do if I were you:

1. Google like a madman for "Direct3D 9.0 tutorials"
2. Download the DirectX SDK documentation
3. Look heavily into the following areas:

• Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.VertexBuffer
• Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Device
• Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Texture
• Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.Transforms
• Vector3.Unproject and Vector3.Project

The VertexBuffers hold the "points" that make up the 3D models in your application. The Device is a object that represents the drawing space of your app. Textures are painted onto the 3D models to make them look better, and Transforms are how you move objects around in your "world", as well as your viewing location, or camera. The Project and Unproject methods take a 2D point and convert it into 3D viewspace, and vice-versa. To summarize, start reading a LOT. You'll be working with a heavy amount of trigonometry, geometry and matrix algebra.

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

I remember cleaning out some old boxes last year and uncovering my copy of Turbo C++ 1.0 - my training wheels into the land of OOP :)

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch

Hey, mind your manners.:suss:

Jeremy Kimball I have traveled the gutters, lo these many days, with no signs of life. Well met. -brianwelsch