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Something I find rather bizarre about today is that there has actually been less media coverage than when Diana died.

On that day in 1997, radio stations stopped playing pop music and just played sad tunes, TV was non-stop coverage of her death, people were openly crying in the streets, it was crazy.

Today, radio stations continued playing their normal music, TV has had some interruption for news coverage but not too much, and ordinary people continued to go about their daily business.

Yet which of the two events was more important: one person dying in a car crash, or several people being killed and injured by terrorist bombs? Completely bizarre.

tv coverage is exactly what the terrorists want, the more they get the more impact their acts have, it's also good for news stations because it means they get higher ratings and more money from their affiliates.
the best thing the media can do in a situation like this is to not just film panic and chaos that will scare us about what MIGHT happen instead of informing us about what HAS happened.
as for the religious side of it all and the whole "eye for an eye" argument and "ooh they've had it worse and it's just desserts" stuff i just want to say it's pathetic, i am a great believer in revenge but those people most definitely aren't taking revenge on the people repsonsible for their "suffering" over the years: the church and organised religious masses that all hate one another for no reason other than that their beliefs are a different version of the events that really happened from which religions were derived.
but apart from all that i hope that dave gilbert turns up safe.

so it's now Ag Ag Oidar?

personally i'd find a really tall building and throw the cat off of the top of it, perhaps then it would learn not to scratch furniture, if you want an obediant pet that won't scratch your furniture buy a dog, cats are evil and must be destroyed before they can take over the world

yes, i like to dress my inner idiot up in armour and let it run around hitting people with a plastic yellow sword

Ishmael, was that totally necessary?

Gilbert helped the person out, why did you need to insult them?

because them is an idiot?

i've noticed that the main google site has been a little iffy lately, but it just redirects me to the .co.uk site anyway so i just go there instead...

or even use the search function on the forum

i seem to remember a few years ago there being a programme called Spider or something like that, it was very much like notepad but had coloured text and stuff.
no idea if it's still around though...

i don't really see that kind of technology taking off with people that actually know how to use computers, as for newbie idiots that download and run every programme and email attachment they come across, such as my sister, it could help keep them safe...
however, and i'm basing this on the fact i haven't checked out any of those links because i'm too busy being too lazy to do so, if it seems to only be manafactured computers then it's only a problem for people that buy them, and it won't be long before the really smart people that don't waste their time dreaming up stupid concepts for things that will supposedly stop piracy and viruses and spam find ways to bypass and/or disable the feature and make the people that came up with the ideas and put money into researching it look like idiots...

i'd have to say BASS and The Longest Journey

the only thing i've been able to find is Snow White: A Tale Of Terror, but it isn't a cartoon and was released in 1997 so it probably isn't what you're looking for, but here's the imdb link anyhow http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119227/

How hard is it to say "Thanks, but I'm not interested. Have a nice day!" and hang up?

it's quite easy to first few times, but after about the twenteenth time you tend to just either hang up straight away or shout obscenities down the phone.
it's not polite to keep phoning people and trying to force your wares upon them all day, so why should people be expected to be polite?
telemarketing is a stupid idea run and operated by stupid people that just annoys everyone, same as door to door salesmen, get a proper job!

a while ago we kept getting calls from automated board thingymajigs, you'd pick up the phone and say hello and then some recorded message would play, or you'd hear "please hold" and then there'd be a ringing sound and then some other recorded message would play, it got on my nerves so much i actually had a go at a person that was making a genuine call about something getting delivered, i think the new thing this year is going to be Phone Rage as more of these call centres are setup, those people need to realise that if you wanted to save money on your bills or subscribe to some place you would do it yourself... however, it is fun messing with them when there is an actual person at the end of the line

i doubt it, some professional soundcards may have, but some top of the line synths/workstations have excellent midi sounds.
i have a Yamaha CS2x which was produced in 1996 and i think the midi sounds better than on my Audigy 2ZS which is a fairly decent and recent soundcard.
if i ever get that Yamaha sw100g i've got my eye on (or any other professional soundcard) i'll let you know
although now that i come to think of it, those soundcards probably use high quality soundfonts...

personally i don't care much for copyrights, but one thing you could do if you are using a certain track that you think may be copyrighted but really suits the game is use a placeholder track and put a note in a readme advising that the game would be better with the certain mp3/ogg then if people want to they can acquire the mp3, rename it and place it in the game folder and AGS will use that instead, that way you're not breaking the law you're just encouraging other people to, although some people might actually own the song anyway, or you may be bringing a song to the attention of other people who might then decide they like the artist and go out and buy a CD, in which case you're making the record company some money and since you don't get a fee for it they should be grateful...
but at the end of the day it's up to you what you use and include in your game, and unless you go round posting on every forum you come across and on a website that the game uses a certain song, nobody in a position to do something about it is gonna find out.
if you do want some "proper professional sounding" music then you could try out sites like vitaminic and mp3.com, i think most people would probably let you use a track of their's if you asked them and credited them, i know i would...

i have found that coming up with a game idea is the best part, it's all down hill from there because you actually have to do some work...

there is an 8mb midi sample patch for the SB128, it should be on your installation cd, or you can get it from soundblaster.com if you want to make midi sound a bit better...
you could use soundfonts if you were using something like FLStudio which has a soundfont player plugin, but it's not free...
also, a soundfont is like a sound sample, only it's lots of them in the one file that are triggered by different notes... just think of a font but instead of letters it has sounds.

here's something from the movie that might be helpful...

TYRELL
Capillary dilation of the so-called
blush response? Plus fluctuation
of the pupil, plus involuntary
dilation of the iris?

it's all in the eyes

it would be useful if people wanted to make games for blind or partially sighted people...