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Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Professor Funbucks - 03-29-2010

(03-29-2010, 07:02 PM)Surf314 link Wrote: Me and the wife had an awesome idea that if it doesn't exist should exist. A museum of storytelling. Just like any other museum except about literature and storytelling. Start at what we know of early storytelling, go through mythology, folklore, bards. Then go up to the classics. Changing exhibits would be about more modern literature that you can get the rights to display. Go through the kinds of stories and how they were told and who wrote them and what their lives were like.
Start with George Orwell
'HEY KIDS, LOOK WHAT GANGRENE LOOKS LIKE DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, YEEEAAAHHHH"


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - HeK - 03-29-2010

(03-29-2010, 07:04 PM)Funbucks link Wrote: [quote author=Surf314 link=topic=2632.msg144098#msg144098 date=1269907356]
Me and the wife had an awesome idea that if it doesn't exist should exist. A museum of storytelling. Just like any other museum except about literature and storytelling. Start at what we know of early storytelling, go through mythology, folklore, bards. Then go up to the classics. Changing exhibits would be about more modern literature that you can get the rights to display. Go through the kinds of stories and how they were told and who wrote them and what their lives were like.
Start with George Orwell
'HEY KIDS, LOOK WHAT GANGRENE LOOKS LIKE DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, YEEEAAAHHHH"
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Wouldn't it just be a library?


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Surf314 - 03-29-2010

(03-29-2010, 09:46 PM)HeK link Wrote: [quote author=Funbucks link=topic=2632.msg144100#msg144100 date=1269907487]
[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=2632.msg144098#msg144098 date=1269907356]
Me and the wife had an awesome idea that if it doesn't exist should exist. A museum of storytelling. Just like any other museum except about literature and storytelling. Start at what we know of early storytelling, go through mythology, folklore, bards. Then go up to the classics. Changing exhibits would be about more modern literature that you can get the rights to display. Go through the kinds of stories and how they were told and who wrote them and what their lives were like.
Start with George Orwell
'HEY KIDS, LOOK WHAT GANGRENE LOOKS LIKE DURING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, YEEEAAAHHHH"
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Wouldn't it just be a library?
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Not at all, although it would be nice to have a library adjacent to give people access to the books shown in the displays. A library rarely has anything beyond a basic display celebrating a book. What we were talking about was showing the entire lineage of storytelling and creating displays to showcase who was writing and what they were writing about. Show the roots as an oral tradition and how stories were passed on, the different storytelling positions in society and what kind of weight they had. Then showcase theater and the role that had in society. Then show illuminated manuscripts and how books were painstakingly copied and decorated for the rich. Then the invention of movable type and the expansion of literacy rates. How stories clash with religion and government. Book burnings and the bonfire of the vanities which also claimed books. Storytelling has a rich history evolving from presumably cave paintings to present day video games. It would be nice to really show how important storytelling is for human culture. A library is nice for going and picking up a book but we'd like for there to be a place to go and learn about the rich history that went from drawing pictures on a wall to the blockbuster movie opening on any given Friday. To really learn to appreciate how people have told stories to each other throughout the ages.


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - rumsfald - 03-30-2010

James, the movie.


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - zaneyard - 03-30-2010

hahah


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Versus - 03-30-2010

8)


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - zaneyard - 03-30-2010

think i'm going to order a Razer Deathadder soon, my Copperhead is finally starting to die


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Surf314 - 03-31-2010

http://gamecrush.presslift.com/gamecrush-spices-up-online-gaming-with-new-site

So I dunno how I feel about this one.


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Tricks - 03-31-2010

(03-30-2010, 02:13 PM)zaneyard link Wrote: think i'm going to order a Razer Deathadder soon, my Copperhead is finally starting to die

Nice dude.

I love Razer.


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - at0m - 03-31-2010

I don't like how pushy they are with social network advertising at all, they basically just try to breed fans instead of simply having a solid product and standing behind it (like Logitech or Saitek, for example).


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - copulatingduck - 03-31-2010

(03-31-2010, 03:17 PM)Surf314 link Wrote: http://gamecrush.presslift.com/gamecrush-spices-up-online-gaming-with-new-site

So I dunno how I feel about this one.

i believe Adam Sessler's words were "turn the game off, realize what a sorry sack of shit you are, and kill yourself"

Someone asked them about the service as the Live@PAX X-Play taping, was my favorite panel by far


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Versus - 03-31-2010

(03-31-2010, 05:14 PM)Duck link Wrote: [quote author=Surf314 link=topic=2632.msg144498#msg144498 date=1270066625]
http://gamecrush.presslift.com/gamecrush-spices-up-online-gaming-with-new-site

So I dunno how I feel about this one.

i believe Adam Sessler's words were "turn the game off, realize what a sorry sack of shit you are, and kill yourself"

Someone asked them about the service as the Live@PAX X-Play taping, was my favorite panel by far
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LOL


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Ianki - 03-31-2010

http://www.digsby.com/

does anyone use this, is it a worthwhile program to give a try?


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Vlambo - 03-31-2010

(03-31-2010, 06:32 PM)Ianki link Wrote: http://www.digsby.com/

does anyone use this, is it a worthwhile program to give a try?

It's a solid IM program, but it is a tad shady. I used it for bout a year, but there were issues with the creator sending private information to companies without your consent. The skins are pretty meh, and the community isn't very big at all. Personally, if you are looking for a chat client I recommend Pidgin.


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - at0m - 03-31-2010

(03-31-2010, 06:35 PM)Vlambo link Wrote: [quote author=Ianki link=topic=2632.msg144527#msg144527 date=1270078358]
http://www.digsby.com/

does anyone use this, is it a worthwhile program to give a try?

It's a solid IM program, but it is a tad shady. I used it for bout a year, but there were issues with the creator sending private information to companies without your consent. The skins are pretty meh, and the community isn't very big at all. Personally, if you are looking for a chat client I recommend Pidgin.
[/quote]I quite like Digsby for ease-of-use (smooth auto updates, settings stored in a cloud, etc). However, you have to be careful, because there are several options that default to ON that you'll want to turn OFF: advertising digsby via status messages, and the distributed computing option (aka using your computer and them getting paid for it).

I liked pidgin but getting it set up the way I wanted in Windows was a pain, and it used to crash on me all the time (almost as bad as Trillian, that).


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - copulatingduck - 03-31-2010

digsby i like simply because i can also bundle email notifications and twitter feed into it. i used it for a long time and i was pretty happy with it, though ive decided universally accessible chatlogs are more useful to me than a bunch of social networking stuff rolled into a single program. if you do decide to use it make sure you uncheck the box for cloud computeing when your comp is idle or whatever it is (sorry too drunk to lkook it up right now)


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Ianki - 03-31-2010

(03-31-2010, 06:53 PM)at0m link Wrote: [quote author=Vlambo link=topic=2632.msg144529#msg144529 date=1270078516]
[quote author=Ianki link=topic=2632.msg144527#msg144527 date=1270078358]
http://www.digsby.com/

does anyone use this, is it a worthwhile program to give a try?

It's a solid IM program, but it is a tad shady. I used it for bout a year, but there were issues with the creator sending private information to companies without your consent. The skins are pretty meh, and the community isn't very big at all. Personally, if you are looking for a chat client I recommend Pidgin.
[/quote]I quite like Digsby for ease-of-use (smooth auto updates, settings stored in a cloud, etc). However, you have to be careful, because there are several options that default to ON that you'll want to turn OFF: advertising digsby via status messages, and the distributed computing option (aka using your computer and them getting paid for it).

I liked pidgin but getting it set up the way I wanted in Windows was a pain, and it used to crash on me all the time (almost as bad as Trillian, that).
[/quote]

funny enough, i only heard of it via buzz spam


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Squishy3 - 03-31-2010

http://gizmodo.com/5506390/amazon-to-produce-youtube-clips-of-your-shipments


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - Ianki - 04-01-2010

after just one hour, april fools on the internet is disapointing


Re: New/Improved Longest Thread - at0m - 04-01-2010

(04-01-2010, 12:11 AM)Ianki link Wrote: after just one hour, april fools on the internet is disapointing
Wait two more, Google will change over at midnight PST.