Meeting maybe?

[progbuddy]

I was wondering...

Could the TBCS members hold an actual meeting? This would be a great opportunity for us to get together. Or maybe have a statewide type of thing?

-Kevin :p

[DaveW]

About a third of our members are spread over Europe.

So don't expect a huge turnout.

A lot of our members meet at Million Man Lan, from what i hear.

-Dave

[progbuddy]

About a third of our members are spread over Europe.

So don't expect a huge turnout.

A lot of our members meet at Million Man Lan, from what i hear.

-Dave

We could prob. try a local/state type of thing. Or, if you're in Europe, country-wide (NC is about as big as germany).

[DaveW]

I think there's only 3 UK folks over here: Justblair, Gaz_the_Chav, and me.

There used to be more, but they come and go. It won't work for us, i suspect.

-Dave

[Omega]

Well, i'm in the california, where i know there's a few people.

=/

[MitaPi]

I am in washington... I think... the only person within like 6 hours of me is Rankenphile lol

Where is million man lan located and what time do they start it?

[Aero]

yeah, theres really not alot of people to close to other people. Check out the Frappr map to see whos close to you and maybe try to contact them on an individual basis. Otherwise I don't think its really that possible to have a massive meeting of everyone ;).

http://www.frappr.com/thebestcasescenariomodders

[tybrenis]

MML is in Louisville, Kentucky. I'm hopefully going this year, I barely missed it last year.

It's around June, I believe.

[b4i7]

hey ty....you know where allentown is?

i go to that area every summer...or so...

[simon275]

Yah I've got a giant moat around where I live to keep you lot out its called the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. 8)

A TBCS meet up would be cool but I live on the otherside of the world so :( .

[DonT-FeaR]

Yah I've got a giant moat around where I live to keep you lot out its called the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. 8)

A TBCS meet up would be cool but I live on the otherside of the world so :( .

Same here but im a S.A. W00t. All Australians meet up on the border of N.T and S.A lol.

[simon275]

Same here but im a S.A. W00t. All Australians meet up on the border of N.T and S.A lol.

Shot gun not driving lol. Thats a trek so like meet at Uluru its roughly the centre and near where S.A. meets the NT meets W.A.

Good to see another Aussie on the fourm hope you stick around.

[chedabob]

theres quite a few people that live within a few miles of me. im in manchester, UK:P

[Acey]

Somebody buy me teh air tickets... :/

[progbuddy]

lmao theres only one other person in NC. Thank god he's in Fayetteville :>.

[YoungBlood]

I think there's only 3 UK folks over here: Justblair, Gaz_the_Chav, and me.

There used to be more, but they come and go. It won't work for us, i suspect.

-Dave

Ahem....:? im from the UK too u kno..... NEWCASTLE ALL THE WAY xD

[DaveW]

lol...sorry YoungBlood. Guess there's 4 of us. Is that enough to warrant a Pinata? I think it is. We can fill it with old computer parts.

lol...a Celeron Pinata.

Have i spelt that correctly?

-Dave

[simon275]

lol...sorry YoungBlood. Guess there's 4 of us. Is that enough to warrant a Pinata? I think it is. We can fill it with old computer parts.

lol...a Celeron Pinata.

Have i spelt that correctly?

-Dave

Ahaha sounds like fun and you can sit around and drink orange juice and dicuss the finer points of overclocking and multipliers. :D

"Orange Juice Is ready guys"

"Can I hit the Pinata?"
*Smack
"I got a 386 I'm so l337"
"No your not your a newb I got 256mb of 3200 RAM"

I get carried away sometimes.

[tybrenis]

hey ty....you know where allentown is?

i go to that area every summer...or so...

Yep! I'm about an hour or so away.

[chedabob]

lol...sorry YoungBlood. Guess there's 4 of us. Is that enough to warrant a Pinata? I think it is. We can fill it with old computer parts.

lol...a Celeron Pinata.

Have i spelt that correctly?

-Dave

ahem, so am i :P

[simon275]

Looks like we got a small British invasion on our hands here.

[DaveW]

Looks like we got a small British invasion on our hands here.


Get him lads!

-Dave

[Cevinzol]

Would it be possible to do a video conference of some kind with webcams?

It seems more possible than a physical get together.

I'm not real familiar with that kind of stuff but can MS netmeeting connect multiple people at once? I'll just dig up a stuffed anuimal and place it in front of my camera :)

[progbuddy]

cool! *Pulls out miniDV camcorder w/ webcam.

[DaveW]

That's a pretty neat idea.

-Dave

[gaz_the_chav]

I think there's only 3 UK folks over here: Justblair, Gaz_the_Chav, and me.

There used to be more, but they come and go. It won't work for us, i suspect.

-Dave
Lol to true!

Dave, have you ever gone to the i-series (in england!!) held by multi-play uk? Tis a big LAN gaming event.

I have never been to one but would love to go. Has anyone else gone to one (held at Newbury Racecourse)??

The next one is 10th of november and is i29.

Check it out at http://www.multiplay.co.uk/

-gaz

[DaveW]

I suck at Lan games man. But it might be nice to hang out with some modders.

I'll think about it. I'm pretty busy and poor at the moment, and i don't expect much to have changed by november the 10th.

-Dave

[gaz_the_chav]

lol me to plus transort is generally a problem (My capree stays tucked away at night - not in a scabby field lol.)

I dont generally play like counter stirke etc. i am more into my racing games - NFSU etc.

[simon275]

See I love Counter Strike and all lan games except the only that holds me back from going to as many LAN's as I can is time. Studying for my final exams is killing me.

A video conference would be sweet.

[DaveW]

lol me to plus transort is generally a problem (My capree stays tucked away at night - not in a scabby field lol.)

**** man, you drive a capri? Stick a pic in the Cars thread!

There's a guy at my dad's flat who's killed one in an attempt to restore it. You can see he's just painted over the rust with red metal paint, probably the stuff for fences. It's a real shame.

-Dave

[chedabob]

instead of a meeting, just get some bigass game of counterstrike goin.

[nil8]

Not everyone here plays or owns counterstrike.
A videoconference would be sweet, but would require some real organization and bandwidth.
Here's a little piece of trivia for all of you. Why are barns painted with the red rust-based paint?

[tybrenis]

Many times, farmers used to add rust to their paint when painting their barns. This is becuase, for one, rust is easily found on farms usually, and two, rust helps make the paint resistant to mold, fungus, moss, plants, etc.

Then again, it's also just a tradition.

And, I have heard, that in the old days, wealthy farmers would mix blood in with their paint from fresh slaughters. They used to make paint out of everything, like milk, flaxseed (very common, still used today), plants, etc. Really anything they could scrounge up.

[ajmilton]

They used to make paint out of everything, like milk, flaxseed (very common, still used today), plants, etc. Really anything they could scrounge up.

sounds like they were modders ... kind of...

[gaz_the_chav]

**** man, you drive a capri? Stick a pic in the Cars thread!

There's a guy at my dad's flat who's killed one in an attempt to restore it. You can see he's just painted over the rust with red metal paint, probably the stuff for fences. It's a real shame.

-Dave


lol I will get one on saturday or sunday. It looks pretty bad but I rinsed a BMW M3 in it - 3.6 rear wheel drive. I also spin out at alot of roundabouts lol.

-gaz :bunny:

[simon275]

instead of a meeting, just get some bigass game of counterstrike goin.

I am up for that which one counterstrike 1.6 or Source I have both.

[Cevinzol]

Here's a little piece of trivia for all of you. Why are barns painted with the red rust-based paint?
I'm from wisconsin, if there's one thing we have, its barns.
My Grandfather had a world champion holstein breeder's farm.
His barn was white, it help it stay a little cooler in the summer.
The University of Wisconsin Extension - Wisconsin Barn Preservation Program (http://www.uwex.edu/lgc/barns/barns.htm)
Link to FAQ: Why are Wsconsin barns red? (http://www.uwex.edu/lgc/barns/faq-redpaint.htm)
"Red was the most inexpensive paint that farmers could buy early on."
In actuallity it became a positive feedback loop.
- Barns use a lot of paint.
- sellers get a discount from manufacturers for quantity.
- prices drop so more people buy the cheaper paint.
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wealthy farmers would mix blood in with their paint from fresh slaughters. They used to make paint out of everything, like milk
Please site your sources.
I find this hard to believe.
If you are going back in history far enough to sight this, then you are probably far enough back in time that people wouldn't waste it on a building, they would consume it themselves.
Blood pudding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Pudding) (its whats for breakfast, mmmm). Also one does not slap raw blood or raw milk on a building unless one wants to attract flies! Casein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casein) paint is derived from milk but its not straight milk. I imagine the blood version (if there is one) of this kind of paint is the same way. Its probably more effort to make and costs more than a mineral based dye.


rust helps make the paint resistant to mold, fungus, moss, plants, etc.
No again.
Zinc and Copper especially are used for affecting plants. And if that was a real reason for the paint color, then all barns would be shade of green. They (Cu & Zn) bind with the magnesium (Mg) at the core of the Chlorophyll molecule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyl) and prevent it from functioning. Its kind of like the plant equivelant of cyanide (CN). Iron won't do that.
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I won't de-rail this thread again but I really dislike bad science passed off as fact.

[chedabob]

wouldnt blood just coagulate and leave a nasty finish?

[tybrenis]

No no, I completely agree with you. I hate bad science passed of as fact as well. I was talking to my social studies teacher about it one day, so I looked it up and found something. Here is where I found it:

http://people.howstuffworks.com/question635.htm

[nil8]

Cevinzol got it. Ferric oxide was one of the cheapest and most available paints. That's why barns are painted red.

tybrenis is also partially correct. Flax-based paint does discourage mold production.

As for blood, not likely. In American paint history they went from whitewash to flax based to mineral spirit based and none of those involve blood or any raw animal part. Even the earliest forms of paint used mostly plants for their dyes because plant dyes don't stink or rot as quickly or badly.

[progbuddy]

OMG HALO 2 PARTY!! lol. If you have an xbox acct. and want to play w/the crew PM me.

[gaz_the_chav]

Lol Halo 2 rules seriously!

Has anyone played dead rising on the XBOX 360? That is a well good game!

-gaz

[d_stilgar]

I am in washington... I think... the only person within like 6 hours of me is Rankenphile lol

I know that Rank lives near Seattle, Snowfire is from Spokane and I'm from the tri-cities. I know that we could have a good meeting somewhere. Maybe get some Oregonians if there are any here. I think the biggest problem is finding a time that we can all meet.

I would suggest the only local lan party I know, which is RadCon in February. But that is more a gothfest than anything. The lan nerds are more tolerated than anything.

[On a different note, I hope nobody says I'm reviving a dead thread. Nine days is more like waking the thread from a little nap.]

There is always the option of starting a Lan party of our own. The location could change and we could promote it every year like Millionman, or QuakeCon, or any of the other big ones. But that would be a very big undertaking, so when I say 'lets start a lan of our own', I mean someone here that is not me. I would volunteer though . . .