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Once thing's certain: return, I will,
To.. Old.. Brazil..

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Have you made it into the SEV beta then?

And It's nice that you have XP 64 bit, because I sure as hell don't see it available anywhere for me to buy it.

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Me no gets why Puke speaks of Frank Sinatra. Me silly. Me eat rocks, and throw them too! Me no likes brains, except when them brains are roasted.

(The answer to the question is indeed yes, I feel sillier tonight than on most days. It isn't full moon though; odd that.)

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Frank is fun to quote in one form or another...

Descartes: To do is to be.
Voltaire: To be is to do.
Frank Sinatra: Do be do be do.
--
TAZ

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Franks song was used as the theme for a Terry Gillian film of the same title. about oppressive bueauracracy and form-filling.

but im not actually authorized to tell you that, unless you fill out a 27b-6.

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Phooey on those forms... Fourms are much better.

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With all of the code slinging ability around here, I thought it would have been an online form. Collect the info into a data base and go from there.

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t? What the heck is that?

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On or about April 1 it should be rolled out. Rummor is that you will be allowed to trade a copy of 32 bit XP in on a 64 bit copy.

Personally, I'll wait untill I get it in one of the subscriptions, I don't actually own a copy of XP that I could trade in.


And no I have not. Well at least not to my knowledge.

Edit: Might have been talking out of school, so scratch last part.

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That's what comes of trying to use a pda as a computer. Way too many buttons in such a small area.

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/me prepares for disappointment on April 1st... but holds out for possible ecstatic glee...

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Tomorrow we shall know! Yay!

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Errw00t..... no, the day after tomorrow you mean.

That is, IF the Malfador offices are by then not gone due to successive tidal waves and ice ages.....

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/me does the same!

Remember that screen shots are coming out April 1st as well...finally we will see what is coming!

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I guess it will be a long couple a days while we wait on the news.

I was just reflecting on what I was doing when SE4 was about to go bata. My how things change. I was starting MCSE classes and basically had time to burn. Now I work in IT doing nothing that was covered in the classes. Almost everything I do now is learned on the fly as I get a new project.

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Yeah, a lot of the time material covered in school is stuff you won't be needing all that often, but often enough it comes in handy. For me, I haven't learned all that much in CS courses that I haven't learned on my own. Some of the profs don't even have a clue how the real world works (or about CS in general...)

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<ot thread hijack>

It's been my experience that university CS professors are people who couldn't make the cut in the Math department. Really, there are very few people that actually do "Computer Science" in the real world. The only point of a degree is to prove that you can learn things, and really, the only difference between a university CS degree and a trade school degree is the breadth of education and a little bit of theory.

</ot thread hijack>

Looking forward to some screenies finally. DEG and Aaron get to show of their work.

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Oh, in CS, you're supposed to learn some very important bits of theory, and how to actually do software development. Any monkey can code, but coding well to a good design, well, that is the trick. Theory is quite important.
I think the lack of capable CS professors is due to the lack of CS professionals in general. The competent ones with the upper level degrees are making real money, not teaching. Most of my profs have no industry experience, and a few are quite clueless.
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews...30_223149.html
WinXP64 is almost ready. It will be here next month.

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I wonder if that means we're going to find out if we've made it tomorrow...

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Winners of the Malfador Beta Test Lottory Are:

1. Atrocities
2. Atrocities
3. Atrocities
4. Atrocities
5. Atrocities

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Hey, can I bum one of those spots off you AT?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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That doesn't seem fair, somehow.

I'll give you a pat on the back for slot #4.

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In exchange for one of those, I'll let you live... bwhaha
or something
pants

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CS professors? You actually get professors with up to 65% extra to-hit rating? I wonder how much of their income is gained at firing tournaments.....

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Okay, NEXT day we'll know who won...

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I will be auctioning the spots on ebay. The opening bid is set at $1,000.00.

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Haha...

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You know what would *really* suck?

If Aaron played a little april fools on us all when he anounced the BT list, *on* april fools day.

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I think that thought has crossed everyone's mind http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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Well I bid this: For one bata slot; I will NOT come to your house and bother you about it.

Hmmmm.......I would prolly have to wait in line when I got there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Does anyone else feel a knot in his/her stomach right now?

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Maybe a little. But are we going to find out today or tomorrow?

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Tomorrow.....

I wonder, will there be a list of participants in the beta or will they save the poor non-betaists that agony?

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I really hope I make it...

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I hope you don't if it means that I don't. If we both get in, then Yay!

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If we all get in, WOOT!

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I want to do it because it will keep me from spending $30 on a new game. I'll be too busy to play something else http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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On US everything is too cheap. I must pay 50€ to buy new PC game. 70€ Xbox game. damn
Yes, I play Xbox. So I hope I get it, that I dont have to spent 50-70€ for new game.

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AUUUUUUUUUUUGH! THE SUSPENSE!!!

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Does anyone know how many slots are available? Mr Gervais shoud know, if he could tell...but now that I think about it, I haven't seen him around for a couple weeks... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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THREE! theres only 3, and they're all reserved for people that were on the LAST BETA. oh, and since there were more than 3 people on the last beta, not even all of THEM will get slots!

god, people. relax. take a deep breath. exhale.

Aaron may not even decide how many slots there are, untill he starts reading the applications. if he sees alot of good people, he might take more. if we're all a bunch of losers, he might take less.

its not a big deal.

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I've been lurking, but these past few weeks have been busy getting ready for the beta.

I don't know how many slots there are so I can't give that info away.

You won't have long to wait, and patience is a virtue for a beta tester. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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In the UK a PC game is usually £30, which is over $50 and €40
Wow, theres a place more expensive than the UK, Im shocked

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In Australia a new game is usually $A89.99, which is about 36 pounds, or $US70.

Edit: forum doesn't like the pound symbol (even though someone else has it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif)

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Randallw, how did you enter it? HTML code for it, the ASCII value... or even Unicode?
£
©
HTML doesn't work...
£
This should work
Click Start->Run. type "charmap" and press enter. in the font drop down box, make sure something like "Arial" is selected. the british pound sign is there, double click it and click copy

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£

Previously I inserted the pound symbol into a word document and then pasted it to my reply. It was showing the symbol in my reply but when posted it reverted to ascii.

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AAAAAGH THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME.....

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If that were true, wouldn't you need to be rushed to the hospital?

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If I've told you once, I've told you a million times don't use hyperbole. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Ok, so the suspense is hard to deal with, OK?