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  Song for this step by a Christian Rock Band
Posted by: Disruptor - 07-20-2016, 10:49 PM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk VI: Angel Baby - Replies (4)

Awake and Alive by Skillet?



BTW the video has the cliche villain hanging from a cliff routine, but it didn't have a good guy trying to pull him up.
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Tom Mathews aka Disruptor

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  Bad News :(
Posted by: Black Aeronaut - 07-20-2016, 10:27 AM - Forum: Hangar 13 - Replies (6)

With the exception of the few snippets I have posted here in the forums, I have lost the entirety of Chapter 11 of Dear Sweet Kani-sama.  Sad
The reason this happened was due to a glitch in FocusWriter that prevents it from properly saving to the original file - for the last two or three months, FocusWriter has been using only the cached copies of the files in my personal AppData folder.  I was not able to recover it due to an undocumented feature of FocusWriter: it only maintains cached copies of the last five sessions.  And once I discovered the discrepancy, I went on a spree trying to find the lost data, inadvertently burying it.

I've already tried an undelete, but it's too late.  There have already been far too many rewrites to that part of the hard disk.

The one good thing is that the new version of FocusWriter is safe to use - I was in direct email-communication with Graeme Gott, the creator of FocusWriter, who was very helpful in at least figuring out what happened.

Quote:Oh no! That's awful!
FocusWriter saves to regular files, not temporary files. It also keepscopies of the files for the last five times it was opened, so--unlessyou have opened it repeatedly after this issue arose--there should bebackup copies located here:
%APPLOCALDATA%GottCodeFocusWriterCache
Second, you should upgrade as soon as possible. There was a data lossbug fixed in 1.5.5 that might be related to your issue.
Also, are the files themselves empty? Or did they just open that way?
Regards,Graeme Gott
Quote:No, the files were not empty. It was simply as though it had stopped saving to the files at a certain point.
I just checked the folder in question. No luck - I went in a spree trying to find the missing data. I'm going to have to try for a file recovery and see if it can't be undeleted.  Even if I only get part of what I'm missing, it's better than nothing. Thanks for the clue, though.
And I'll definitely get that newer version.
Sincerely,Benjamin Rhodes
Quote:I'm sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, I can't think of anything else tosuggest. I hope you have luck with the file recovery!
Regards,Graeme Gott
I'm going to suggest to him that people have the option to let FocusWriter create archives of sessions going back as far as the user wishes - perhaps make that part of the initial setup.  Text files of the sort used by FocusWriter don't use much hard disk space.  It'd be probably be possible to record six months of industrious work in this manner and barely even use a hundred megabytes of disk space.  This could even be used in another feature that would allow someone to make a side-by-side comparison of previous work and newer work.
Of course, I'm also going to be busy rewriting Chapter 11.  This might be for the best, anyhow, because in this chapter I've had to struggle through some nasty writer's block and I never really felt quite satisfied with some parts.

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  A little treat before we leave for vacation...
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 07-16-2016, 03:27 PM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel - Replies (22)

"Okay," I said after swallowing.  "Enough about me, then.  Let'stalk about you."
"Ooookay," Sailor Moon mumbled dubiously around her spoon.  Luna
looked at me suspiciously over her sandwich.  
I held up a french fry and gestured with it like it was a
pointer.  "Sailor V.  Sailor Moon.  What's the connection betweenyou two?  Some kind of franchise deal?"
Sailor Moon opened her mouth to answer, then closed it.  Then sheturned to her ... pet?  partner?  companion?  "You know, Luna,that's a really good question," she said.  "You just showed up
tonight and told me I was Sailor Moon, and then I transformed and
I heard Naru calling for help, and then everything else all
happened, and this is the first chance I've had to think about it
all.  Do you know Sailor V?  Am I supposed to be her partner or
something?"
I was pretty sure the black cat was Luna's native form, but itwas a very *human* expression of panic and uncertainty that swept
across her face for a fraction of a second before she schooled
her features into something more confident -- even arrogant.  "That is not something I should be revealing to a random strangerin a cheap restaurant," she declared haughtily.  "When we returnto your home, Sailor Moon, I shall explain everything."
Translation for those who don't speak Cat:  "That will give me
enough time to get my story straight."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

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  Somebody washed the NES - it shrunk
Posted by: robkelk - 07-14-2016, 09:36 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (6)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ninte ... -1.3678865]Nintendo announces compact NES with 30 classic retro games

The unit comes with an HDMI cable and 30 vintage games ... but no Duck Hunt.

We're going to need All The Tropes pages (or redirects) for Balloon Fight, Donkey Kong Jr., Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Excitebike, Kirby's Adventure, Mario Bros. (no "Super"), ?Ninja Gaiden, Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, and Super C...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

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  It's that time of year again...
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 07-14-2016, 05:00 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (15)

...the annual family trip to Long Beach Island starts on Saturday.  With the nephews both college age and over 6 feet tall, and the niece in her terrible twos, we've finally outgrown the beach house we've been renting for almost a decade, and have found a new place right by one of our favorite beaches on the island.
Sadly, if the contract is correct, there's no wifi at the new place, but we have some workarounds for that, so hopefully yours truly won't entirely disappear for a week.  But in case I do, rest assured I am doing so in a pleasant sea breeze, with my kindle in my hands.
EDIT:  Oh, and BA?  You were worried a year ago that my brother and sister-in-law teaching our niece Vivi Ameslan would impede her verbal skills.  No such luck.  She's been forming full sentences for the last few months now.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

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  All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part VII
Posted by: robkelk - 07-13-2016, 01:19 PM - Forum: All The Tropes Wiki Archive - Replies (298)

Since the last thread hit 300 posts, here's a new one.

Just made an executive decision. On Essential Anime, there was a link to a TVTropes discussion thread where changes to the page were to be discussed before being made. I've changed that to asking that changed to the page be discussed on the Talk Page. (Yes, this is because I had a list of proposed additions...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

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  Caution: The new UK PM is named Theresa May
Posted by: robkelk - 07-12-2016, 03:22 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (6)

Folks, the new UK PM is named Theresa May. Teresa May (without the H) is somebody completely different - and search results for her will be NSFW.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/11 ... tter_fail/]Apparently, Twitter doesn't know this. Oops.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

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  [RFC][DSKSWDYHMS] A bit of dialogue...
Posted by: Black Aeronaut - 07-12-2016, 12:58 PM - Forum: Hangar 13 - Replies (27)

Been trying to get the ball rolling on this again.  I figured that Koan would be the type to have a nice little chat with an enemy she deemed 'respectable' before making a good attempt at annihilating them.  In this scene Koan has isolated Zeke from any outside intervention by using her violet flames as a barrier.
Pretty basic.  I didn't even use quotation marks, just line breaks and some emotes.


Miss Koan of the Ayakashi Sisters.  I’m assuming that this isn’t a social call?

You assume correctly.  But because you’ve been so polite and respectful, even if we are trying to kill each other, I’ll return that favor.  

Not terribly comforting, but I’ll take what I can get.

Indeed. >Smile Tell me, Mister Darkwood, have you been wondering what our Droids have meant when they call you “Tomorrowlander”?

A bit.  I was hoping that you might be able to shed some light on the subject.

Well, I’ll be the first to admit that it was confusing for us as well.  Quite a headache, you see, and I almost ruined one of my favorite dresses with the nosebleed.

Butterfly Effect.

Ah, is that what you call it?

*shrug*  I didn’t have anything better at the time.

Interesting.  Either way, you can imagine how confusing it is to have two sets of memories.  It took us a while to sort this out, but eventually we figured out where the point of divergence was.

Me.

Yes.  You.  You are the Tomorrowlander.  The city builder.  The dream weaver that makes fantasies into reality.  In the other timeline, you stopped our invasion in its tracks... and so Wiseman sent us here now...

...To kill me.

Smart and handsome.  What a shame.

Wiseman.  He’s playing you.

Is he?  He did say that you would say that.

All the more reason not to trust him.  Usagi would give your people not only reprieve, but relief as well.

And what of all the suffering we have endured?

That was her mother’s doing, not her own.

Generations suffered because of her!

And would you ask that the next one suffer as well?  Why demand that of a girl who had nothing to do with it?  She barely even remembers being Princess Serenity.

She was there.

Koan, look.  You called me a dream weaver, then let me weave you a dream.  This can all be over for your people within days.  Nemesis in a stable orbit around Sol, and food and medicine within hours.  You kill Usagi and destroy this world, then Nemesis will carry on into the night as it always has.

No.  Your worlds will be ours for the taking.  And instead of Tomorrowland, we will build our capitol in its place.

So, this is it then.  We try our damndest to kill the other?

No.  Instead I will be sending out a small army of droids to do their damndest to kill you.  You will be doing your damndest to survive.  For the sake of our plans, I certainly hope you won’t.  Farewell, Mister Darkwood.  It was a pleasure meeting an enemy as respectful as you.

Forgive me if I don’t exactly share the same sentiment, Miss Koan.


And then all hell breaks loose.

One of my primary worries is that this may be revealing things a bit too fast.  So, thoughts?

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  Goldfish Warnings
Posted by: Rod.H - 07-10-2016, 11:51 AM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction - Replies (27)

If I'd an account at SB/SV I'd ask there, but what is a piece of music which everyone on Earth has heard and recognises, that means friendly on the field/unfriendlies prepare for a paddling. As stuck in my mind is a scene over Midchilda involving a dimension jumper from Earth flying a unknown model of Variable Fighter, Jail's unleashed the Drones and Riot Force is on the scene.

Will I ever write the scene further? Well, I'd need to watch the source material and find the cause of why I'm having trouble producing anything creative.

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  Get paid to heat a barn with all the doors open
Posted by: Dartz - 07-06-2016, 10:45 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (2)

Yes, in Northern Ireland, it was quite possible for a brief period to earn a living off the government for doing nothing more than buying a biomass boiler, hooking it up to an old shed, and leaving the doors open. Pig farmers ousted the pigs and turned into boiler repairmen, keeping their machines burning all night through winter and summers.

Because someone offered an incentive - a payment for every metered kWh of heat delivered through a renewable source - without every bothering to think of putting a cap or an uppet limit on it. If it racks up on the meter, you get paid.

And here's the fun part.

Those payments are contractually locked in for 20 years.

So. A million poiunds over 20 years. That's a pretty good living for doing sweet fuck all but watch a boiler burn.

Eventually, they closed the loophole. But not before it turned into a manstrously hilarious clusterfuck.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0705/800272-ulster-heat/
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