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61  Forum Community / Questions, Comments and Suggestions / Re: Terrorising the window and orphan on: April 23, 2012, 03:53:28 pm
Oh, good! I didn't want to seem like I was ignoring you, but building a test rig got put behind the other infrastructure changes. I've had to rebuild several sections of the back end of the site to accomodate a better archive system as well as a new translation feature that we're hoping to put out relatively soon.
62  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: April 19, 2012, 06:41:47 am
PP: Discovering that the Thursday update was accidentally put in as Monday.... AFTER I gutted the site's strip and content manager for a weekend overhaul, and thus having to fix all the dates and database entries etc. by hand.
63  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: April 16, 2012, 12:17:10 pm
I live in Canada, eh. xP
But yeah! Military has been something I've considered. Problem is I need to get fit first.

If you're serious about it, talk to a recruiter Smiley

Here in the US, at least, the point of training is to get you into shape. Granted there's a minimum standard, but it's pretty minimal.
64  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: The Anti-Peeve rides again! on: April 16, 2012, 09:55:19 am
AP: It's a complete non-sequitar, but the talk in the PP thread reminded me of a gal I knew who had enlisted in the Army thinking that this would somehow get her into the peace corps. I'm still not sure how on earth she wound up in the Army- no recruiter in his right mind would've told a lie that big, as I'm SURE it would've been legally actionable...

Despite that, she was a pretty cool person. So the AP is for good memories of good people Smiley
65  General Discussion / Webcomics Discussion / Re: Fairy Dust ~ Dodom's new webcomic on: April 16, 2012, 09:01:26 am
You are fav'd and I shall be reading Cheesy

What's your update schedule going to be, do you think?
66  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: April 16, 2012, 08:49:48 am
PP: Taxes. Still waiting to hear back from the accountant as to what the damage is this year. Kinda expected to hear back before, y'know, the day before they're due...

As far as college/life/etc. goes, I went to college because it was expected, and wound up enlisting in the Army after three years. I went back afterwards and finished my degree. I really wasn't ready the first time around.

Yutz, I don't know where you live, but have you considered maybe a government or civil or military service? I wouldn't say that the Army is for everyone, but there are other programs that you could work in that might be more in tune with what you want to do. Military service, in the US at least, is a great way to get some money in your pocket and make sure that you're not saddled with student debt later in life. And on the other hand, the Peace Corps, for example, gives time off and pays room and board while you're serving with them, as well as a (modest) bonus when your time is completed. They apparently offer some sort of student loan repayment/deferment as well, though I have no idea how that works exactly.
If you're not sure what to do with yourself, it can't hurt to serve society and/or make the world a better place in the meantime. If nothing else, it may provide you with a look at various jobs you Never Want To Do Ever Again Wink

And trust me, saying "I don't ever want to dig ditches again" can be great motivation in college later.
67  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: April 09, 2012, 10:22:35 pm
That's silly. >:C

Yeah, 'tis... but, it's how they alphabetize. They start from left to right without looking at the entire sequence of characters.

PP: Isolating bad .package files in Jenny's MASSIVE LOAD OF SIMS MODS... Jenny, you has an addiction!
68  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: The Anti-Peeve rides again! on: April 08, 2012, 10:41:45 pm
I honestly don't get why people get so butthurt over the remastered versions. Sure some of the CG aliens stick out like a sore thumb, but seeing them for a few seconds doesn't take away from the movie for me.

There are a few reasons-

First, it's because the changes were just BAD. This has some good comparison shots: http://www.screened.com/news/behind-the-scenes-of-harmys-star-wars-despecialized-edition/2917/
So, y'see,
A) Lucas changed the story a lot. The remastered editions changed how the various characters interacted, which changes *who they are*. If you liked Han Solo before the changes, you probably don't like post-changes Han Solo, as one example. Changing who shot first, or (from that site) how many people are in the scenes, or what they were doing, is another example. A dude who charges like... four guys while shooting at them? Brave and/or bluffing. A dude who charges an entire ROOM full? Dumb as a sack of hammers.

B) In the same vein, the proportion of forces really just got silly. A few beleaguered rebels doing stuff, sure. Entire fleets just tooling around? Wha? Why did we need more ships/troops/etc?

C) Adding in extra cruft detracts from what we *should* be looking at, which is to say, the characters who are Doing Things. In the scene with the two characters in the curving (in the cloud city, if you know which that is Wink ) hallway, Lucas added in a fuckwhack of bright, contrasting orange windows through which we See Things. And so the characters who *should* be a very important focal point are suddenly just kind of shoved off into a corner of Not Very Important. Similarly, the shot with the fellow standing watch under the giant red planet scene? He's just standing there alone, which emphasizes how insignificant he is in the scale of things. Adding in a bunch of godawful-looking clouds, and a wing of fighters... again, it distracts us. And more importantly, it breaks the story. Now we don't get an impression of a lone, insignificant group with no help on the way... now we just have Shiny Things Moving Around. Michael Bay would be so proud.


Second, it's the attitude that goes along with it. Lucas made enough money off of those movies to give everyone on this forum a few million dollars and STILL have like 90% of his money left over. But once he started making all of his changes, he seemed to adopt the attitude that everyone who liked the original cuts was dumb for liking them. Essentially, he's saying that we're stupid for liking what he made, and stupid for giving him our (or our parents') money in the first place. That he then spent on his 'better' shows.

If you don't mind the presentation style, Red Letter Media has a great takedown of how off-the-rails-of-sanity Lucas became with his episode 1-2-3 films. The RLM shows are fairly long to watch, but I highly recommend them as a good dissection of storytelling dos and don'ts. They address not only the story-writing, but also touch on how the movies were filmed, getting into the shots-on-set vs. shots-on-green-screen that Lucas wound up turning things into.

AP: Thanks for telling us about these, Outlaw! I've been wanting to show Jenny and Sammie the original versions and had no idea how to get ahold of them.
69  Forum Community / News / Re: TZH, Porn & Mobile devices. on: March 28, 2012, 03:59:48 pm
and then this happened? :<

KILL. MAIN. BURN. ECETRA.

That would be *delightful*
70  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: March 28, 2012, 12:38:59 pm
We shall cleanse the unbelievers with fire.
That'd be nice, yeah.
71  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: March 28, 2012, 11:59:08 am
PP: I can't get on the forum with my phone any more. Some weird russian thing pops up and blocks me.

I've got it fixed for now but I'm still trying to make sure it can't be done again. Fun times.
72  Forum Community / News / Re: TZH, Porn & Mobile devices. on: March 28, 2012, 11:52:58 am
Actually, it turns out that I was wrong about how they did it. I've fixed it for now, but need to do some more to make sure it doesn't happen again. Fun times...
73  Forum Community / Questions, Comments and Suggestions / Re: Anyone else having problems with the site? on: March 28, 2012, 07:52:07 am
EDIT: I was wrong about how it worked. It's fixed for now but now I need to figure out how to prevent it from happening again... fun times.
74  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: March 20, 2012, 09:31:48 pm
PP: I feel kinda bad for using Adblock for free. 
Related AP: The money donation scale's subtitles were amusing.
*I'm curious: how does TZH get money from ads? (Like, cost per click?)

*Edit: Okay. Guess I'll adjust the settings, just in case.

We actually refuse to use the ads that only pay if you click- we're of the opinion that if the product is actually interesting, then readers will click, and otherwise they won't. We're selling the opportunity to show an ad- not a guarantee that anyone will *care* about their product Wink

We use the impression method that Amadeus posted. Rates are based on thousands of impressions loaded, so some ad campaigns might pay $5 per thousand while others might only pay $.05. But advertising is a hugely important part of our revenue, which is why I always want to make sure that the ads aren't offensive.
75  General Discussion / General Discussion / Re: PP: Not having a Pet Peeves thread. on: March 19, 2012, 02:26:41 pm
PP: AGHSLKFJSGF AUDIO ADS AGAIN!?

It's like I'm stuck playing whack-a-mole here. If you guys see or hear any ads that don't belong, make noise, etc. you know the drill... drop me an email, with a description and preferably with a screencap if you can grab one.
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