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Posted 14 years ago2009-11-27 21:15:56 UTC
in Weight&Height : Atlethic or Fat ? Post #276110
I'm halfway BMI-obese (27), yet I'm in great shape. Dang.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-22 10:06:41 UTC
in World's top programming languages Post #275926
Java is indeed pretty awesome to work with. It's so simple and already has libraries for pretty much everything.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-19 19:31:02 UTC
in Black lines at texture edges Post #275870
Just cut away a unit or two on the top.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-13 16:43:32 UTC
in How old is everyone!? Post #275600
18
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-10 17:46:37 UTC
in Civilian Massacre in CoD:MW2 Post #275409
... and pretty much everything else, as long as it's with a sword. :D
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-08 22:23:48 UTC
in Civilian Massacre in CoD:MW2 Post #275319
No movie has ever been so explicit aside maybe from the Saw or Hostel franchise.
Never used though, it's just mindless killing and F bombs most of the time.
Have you ever seen A Clockwork Orange? American History X? Requiem for a Dream? There is plenty of very violent and graphic movies that attempts to provoke emotion and thougt, and they do a pretty good job.
The fact is: "made for adults" doesn't mean "make you feel bad", and I don't want to feel what this scene clearly aims to make me feel.
Well, then I suppose this game is not for you.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-08 21:39:50 UTC
in Civilian Massacre in CoD:MW2 Post #275314
I agree with Penguinboy.
but I feel it's evoking emotions that a game has no business doing.
Well, I think that's a good thing. Games doesn't have to be mindless entertainment. Thought provoking violence is accepted in movies, but for some reason not in video games. Why?
True, hotdog, true. But still, the world is not ready for scenes like this, not while there are still terrorists and mentally unstable children who will play the game and try to imitate it.
This game is obviously not ment for children. The age restrictions are there for a reason, that most parents ignore them is hardly the fault of the game designers.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-06 13:37:31 UTC
in Swine Flu threat and conspirations Post #275208
The stupid thing about the vaccine, I believe, is that you are likely to get flu like symptoms from taking the vaccine, as well as the other possible risks. If you don't, then you get a flu.
Well, not really. Flu will typically have you running a high fever and be tired for weeks.
And flu vaccines cause mild but common reactions. About one in three people get a sore arm from the shot, some with a little redness or even swelling. Some 10% to 15% of people feel tired or get a headache; some may even run a low fever.
- http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/features/is-the-h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-safe

Everything that you do generally involvs risk vs benefits. Every vaccinations has risks, but the benefits are considered to be far greater, which is why they are being recommended. The international medical community wouldn't recommend a vaccine they didn't think would benefit people.
The government isn't out to kill you at every step.
+9999

I also find this rather interesting;
The risk of getting Guillain-Barr? from a flu vaccine is almost certainly less than 1 in a million; the risk of getting it from flu itself is more than 40 in a million. Swine flu is estimated to have killed 800 people in the US already, or more than 2 in every million so far. And during the first wave of swine flu this summer, 1 out of every 20,000 children aged 4 or under in the US ended up in hospital.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18014-is-the-swine-flu-vaccine-safe.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-04 21:10:39 UTC
in Swine Flu threat and conspirations Post #275163
Well, in addition to mercury it has squaline in it, which has been linked to gulf war syndrome. It's basically an oil they use as an adjuvant in the vaccine. It's not harmful if ingested orally, but when it is injected the immune system sometimes attack it, along with the squaline that exists naturally in the brain. If your immune system reacts to the squaline in the flu shot, you're screwed.
Source?
Post-licensure surveillance for vaccine safety is among the most extensive in medicine. Squalene-containing vaccines are no exception. As of 2009, over 40 million people have been given squalene containing influenza vaccines in Europe. The incidence of serious adverse events so far reported, 1.4/100,000 doses administered, is at the baseline of the general population with no exposure to the vaccine.

As far as long-term follow-up, squalene has been studied as part of influenza vaccines in over 30 phase 1-4 trials, 13 of which had 4-6 month follow-up, and included over 14,000 people, and the current influenza vaccines in development are subject to clinical trials with a 6-12 month follow up schedule.
All the studies are avalible as well.

The WHO also doesn't agree. Over 22 million doses of squalene-containing flu vaccine have been administered. The absence of significant vaccine-related adverse events following this number of doses suggests that squalene in vaccines has no significant risk. This vaccine has been given primarily to older age groups.
Also, mercury is banned in sweden, yet the vaccine is legal. Why? $$$
It's banned because it's harmful for the environment, not because it's a death poison (tm).

Now, I'm not saying that you should take the vaccine. If you don't want to then - of course - you shouldn't. I just don't like potentially harmful conspiracy theories.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-11-04 17:49:43 UTC
in Swine Flu threat and conspirations Post #275160
Media/internet fearmongering claims another victim it appears. It is very very very unlikely that you'll die from the flu or the vaccine. (assuming you're not severely chronically ill, ofcourse)

And about the mercury, one dosage of the vaccine contains ~35 micrograms - which is about how much you'd get into your system by eating a few portions of Swedish lake fish.

I'm a bit curious what you based your population reduction plan theory on, however...
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-10-30 21:09:59 UTC
in Do I need anything else? (hardware) Post #275004
Wait, did I misunderstand or are you going to give 800 dollars for that system? Now I don't know anything about hardware prices in Canada, but that sounds pretty overpriced.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-10-19 16:24:48 UTC
in Large Hadron Collider: New Crazy Theory Post #274626
Let's face it : we don't know what kind of power Nostradamus had, but everything he said turned out to be true.
Not really. There's just a bunch of dubious interpretations. To quote Wikipedia:
There is no evidence in the academic literature to suggest that any Nostradamus quatrain has ever been interpreted as predicting a specific event before it occurred, other than in vague, general terms that could equally apply to any number of other events.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-30 13:06:27 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #273935
Horace Trahan - That Butt Thing
I don't like gooolf...
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-28 07:17:13 UTC
in Last movie you saw? Post #273781
+1,
Noone does exact translations, the result would be looking like something Babelfish spit out.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-27 17:19:02 UTC
in VGUI screens - how the hell do you use t Post #273757
Ffrom what I understand it does use the same system. But it seems the whole entity is broken by default and requires coding to get working, and additional coding to get it to accept input, which would explain the lack of documentation :P

VGUI Screen Creation
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-27 15:56:34 UTC
in VGUI screens - how the hell do you use t Post #273751
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-22 13:08:40 UTC
in Now Playing: ... Post #273615
Oooh, was a while ago I heard that song. It's awesome. :D
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-15 15:25:15 UTC
in Freaking gross! Post #273375
Yikes, I'm glad we don't have any of those here in Sweden, especially that huntsman spider.
+1!
The one thing I like about the nordic climate - not a lot of bugs survive :D
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-12 06:13:39 UTC
in TWHL Regulars Post #273269
Hi guys! I'm new here.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-08 17:33:23 UTC
in Another question :S (compiler and lightm Post #273113
Well, Are you sure you included zhlt.wad in your wadpath list? :3
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-09-08 17:04:58 UTC
in Favourite Films Post #273110
Hm. I don't have a list, but I do remember really enjoying The Postman with Kevin Costner (it's true!) and, ooh, The Iron Giant. It's badass. Shaun of the Dead is awesome too.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-25 10:07:19 UTC
in Extremely Disturbing Post #272495
The only cool reversed song I've heard is, as Strider said, Stairway to Heaven. It sounds real, most other are just attempts to find something that isn't there.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-21 17:53:06 UTC
in Who the Hell are you again? Post #272344
You'll get paid more for doing things above and beyond your job through tips, but how much do you honestly think it's worth to write something down on a piece of paper and bring back some plates? It's not physically exhausting, and it can be done with minimal customer interaction. "Hey, I'm your waiter. What'll ya have? Got it, I'll be back with your food shortly"
Working service jobs can be pretty damn tiring (depending on where you work). If you have a lot of customers at once it gets very stressful real quick, and you run into rude assholes that are impossible to please way too often.

Around here tipping about 15% is standard. I've only refused tipping once and that was because the waitress was being very angry and rude, so I took my little revenge :P
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-17 07:10:56 UTC
in Your wishlist Post #272070
I'm not waiting for much, but I do want to go see Distict 9,
and I'm also looking forward to new Futurama episodes (!!) and Starcraft 2.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-14 18:03:02 UTC
in Processor Bus Speed Post #271982
SpeedFan or some similiar app.

And a what's a safe overclocking speed pretty much depends on your system.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-07 08:35:36 UTC
in Desktops of August Post #271660
Well, I have 64-bit Vista and it's working great for me :D
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-07 08:11:26 UTC
in Desktops of August Post #271658
Chicken whered you get that object dock?
right here
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-06 19:26:42 UTC
in Desktops of August Post #271643
You can turn that off, there's a Hide Titlebar checkbox in the options. =>
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-06 19:02:03 UTC
in Desktops of August Post #271640
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-06 18:50:23 UTC
in Desktops of August Post #271638
User posted image
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-05 13:05:44 UTC
in This is fucking wrong Post #271518
Tehe
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-05 06:53:08 UTC
in This is fucking wrong Post #271468
Ah, the Daily Express - where I go for all my serious political news.

All the latest important news about Putin - The all action macho man! with the EXPRESS PICTURE GALLERY: SEE MORE OF PUTIN'S MACHO ADVENTURE

So, yeah, you should probably validate this with some other sources before you blow up the Houses of Parliament. ;)
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-08-01 01:02:58 UTC
in The Developator Post #271304
That's the MFC includes. They should be in every VC++ edition except express :confused:.

Updated the repo code, as well. Now with sprite viewing. Upside down sprite viewing, but still :P
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-29 20:53:31 UTC
in Half-Life: Static Friction Post #271163
! hlsfbeta.rar: CRC failed in hlsfbeta\models\strooper.mdl. The file is corrupt
! hlsfbeta.rar: CRC failed in hlsfbeta\models\strooper_gibs.mdl. The file is corrupt
! hlsfbeta.rar: CRC failed in hlsfbeta\models\strooper01.mdl. The file is corrupt
! hlsfbeta.rar: CRC failed in hlsfbeta\models\props\suit_helmet.mdl. The file is corrupt
! hlsfbeta.rar: CRC failed in hlsfbeta\models\props\tanker.mdl. The file is corrupt
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 20:08:47 UTC
in The Developator Post #271016
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 17:26:47 UTC
in The Developator Post #271003
I'm using Visual C++ 2008. I could set up a Google Code page so everyone can access the code.

Also, SDK :D
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 17:24:25 UTC
in The Developator Post #271002
Well, not really. The possible items are hardcoded, so you can only change the value of items that can be used.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 17:17:26 UTC
in The Developator Post #270998
I don't think you can create files with HLLib. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
Hm, I think you're right. Well, isn't GCF creation kind of useless, anyway? Can you use custom GCF's with hl? :P
Are you using some predefined model viewing code or are you using your own?
I used the one in the Half-Life SDK and rewrote it a bit.
Hey, what features does the liblist editor have?
Editing and viewing liblist.gam data :P
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 16:20:17 UTC
in The Developator Post #270992
I was bored today, and since format specification and source code is availible for mostly everything that needs to be done, I though that it could be a fun little project:
User posted image
User posted image
  • Browse textures in wads almost check - reads texture information from WAD. needs to convert image data to bitmap and draw
  • Create wads should be easy - source for doing this is in SDK
  • View models and their animations check
  • Playback sounds check
  • Create pak/gcf files could be done with HLlib
  • View sprites should be easy to do, source for sprite creating program is in sdk
  • Create sprites see above
If anyone wants to help out just say so! ^^ (C++/MFC)
Watch out for quickly-thrown-together and a bit hacky coding, though ;)
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-27 11:53:55 UTC
in Sky problem in The Specialists Post #270968
Are you using the Super Half-Life tools?
I got the same error when I switched to them. The ZHLT.wad that comes with SHLT is borked, so if you're using it switch to another one - like the one that comes with the original ZHLT pack. You could also remove the sky texure with wally.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-26 19:41:57 UTC
in What Spirit Version? Post #270926
ninja and hotdog:
that's caused by missing cg.dll and cgGL.dll. Those two dlls need to be in the Half-Life/ directory. I think they're in the Additional Files folder.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-26 17:56:57 UTC
in Castle Disposed Post #270918
You can have one for each resolution. If there's none availible for the resolution set it will take the closest and stretch it to fit.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-21 04:10:16 UTC
in Triggering events from console Post #270608
Spirit has the very handy fire <targetname> console command
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-18 19:58:49 UTC
in Who the Hell are you again? Post #270475
Name: Hampus
Age: 17
Nationality: Swedish, bork bork
Birthday: 17th august
Occupation: "Student"

Ailments: Require constant stimuli.

Favourite Meal: Anything with meat, pretty much. Om nom nom.
Favourite Snack:
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Favourite Drink: Milk
Favourite Band: Tie between Reel Big Fish / The Aquabats
Favourite Animal: Cats

5 Things that make you happy: Weightlifting, socializing, programming, trying new stuff, er, flow.

5 Things that piss you off: Beings sick/injured/having colds, douchebags, not having caffeine availible in the morning, hm...
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ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-16 20:38:13 UTC
in C++ Questions ( old thread bump) Post #270322
I'm not really following your code. You'll have to loop through every possible divisor from 1 to the square root of the input number to see if it's anything but 1 and itself.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-14 17:52:34 UTC
in Re-orgining DOD non source weapons Post #270131
The MS3D decompiler has it's problems :P
This one's better as far as I know.

http://www.wunderboy.org/download.php?file=mdldec12.zip&s=2
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-13 20:03:07 UTC
in My palm is too small !!! Post #270059
There's not much you can do except curse your genes.
Grip training will enlarge your hand slightly, but it'll mainly enlarge your forearms. (Although it'll make your hands stronger, which is always useful :p)
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-12 17:50:10 UTC
in Killer Games Post #269950
Bad title, but the article and it's conclusions are very reasonable. I guess there's a little shock-journalism even in medical publications.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-07-08 12:44:16 UTC
in Google to introduce new OS Post #269695
Gutube? There is googlevideo.com...
Well, they do own youtube, so they've got it covered ^^
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>
Posted 14 years ago2009-06-23 13:56:38 UTC
in Planet TWHL! Post #268731
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The republic announces that we have dispatched a bicepcopter to help deal with the threat.
ChickenFist ChickenFist<Witty Title>