Search found 30 matches

by Krags
Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:02 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Weightlessness mobility1
Replies: 30
Views: 1501

You could change your orientation just fine, just once you stopped flailing your limbs around you'd stop spinning and remain facing that direction. I once saw a video of Skylab astronauts trying this very experiment. One of them carefully placed his colleague in the center of a large-enough room and...
by Krags
Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:18 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent sound clips
Replies: 2
Views: 419

DTX and DTX2 will let you extract sounds from your copies of Descent and Descent II, respectively.
by Krags
Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:18 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: You know you've lived in the south too long when...
Replies: 31
Views: 2323

For those who hadn't heard this one... A few years ago, U.S. auto manufacturers started adding data recorders to their vehicles similar to the \"black boxes\" used in airplanes in order to gather and analyze data from the moments before a collision in an effort to improve safety. One of th...
by Krags
Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Rumble Box
Replies: 4
Views: 428

Rumble Box

I found this game over at the Independent Games Festival page, where it's up for the Innovation in Game Design award. It's a cartoonish fighter where the object is to pile up enough shattered enemies to escape the arena. It's a small download (~11 MB), it's dangerously fun, and it's free. Check it o...
by Krags
Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:26 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Joke (maybe posted before)
Replies: 15
Views: 1573

A couple is lying in bed one night. The man turns to his wife. "Honey?" "Yes?" "Do you remember that time when we were kids, and your dad caught us, and he said I could either marry you or he'd send me to jail for thirty years?" "Yes, I remember. Why?" "...
by Krags
Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:02 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Scarey Games
Replies: 29
Views: 2039

Dropshaft.

It's a secret level in the Descent (1) mission "IronStar". I was beaten, humiliated, and scared off by masterful use of the weakest enemies in the game, and that was on trainee.
by Krags
Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:15 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Scruffy guy Looking for fun action game, maybe more...
Replies: 7
Views: 638

Another for Serious Sam. Here are a couple links to demos for the first game(s).

First Encounter
Second Encounter
by Krags
Wed May 25, 2005 9:09 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Practical jokes with computers :D
Replies: 24
Views: 1711

Lothar wrote: - rename every single file to "readme.txt" no matter what it was before
I'd say that borders on destructive. That one could be a real pain to fix.

I'll second (or maybe third, by now) the one before that, though. Be sure you include some random error message in the screenshot, too.
by Krags
Fri May 13, 2005 12:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: programs "running"
Replies: 15
Views: 1089

Maybe you'd like to execute that program instead.
by Krags
Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:29 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Save Toby .com
Replies: 26
Views: 1707

I don't want to start any browser or platform wars, but I have to agree with Lothar. I had no idea that site had pop-ups or other weirdness until I read the snopes page.
by Krags
Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:45 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Save Toby .com
Replies: 26
Views: 1707

He's not the first to try something like this.

http://www.krohm.net/bernd.htm
by Krags
Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: On stake-out with woodchip
Replies: 106
Views: 6308

Clutch, my father has caught and released several skunks. They're actually some of the calmest creatures around. Just slowly put a tarp over the trap, load it in your car, find a good wilderness area, and let it go. You'll be fine.
by Krags
Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:01 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: On stake-out with woodchip
Replies: 106
Views: 6308

woodchip wrote:Dedman, just west of Ann Arbor in Michigan.
Hmm... I'm just east of your just west...

And a few months back I trapped a racoon and released it a few miles west of Ann Arbor...

Probably not, though... right?
by Krags
Fri Sep 17, 2004 7:23 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Core
Replies: 3
Views: 481

Core

Not the level, but the game some guy released a couple weeks ago. It's a fun little arcade-style game that will run just fine on an older computer and only weighs half a meg. Check it out:

Announcement thread
by Krags
Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:27 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Caption this pic!
Replies: 24
Views: 1991

I'm Doom 3, and I approve this message.
by Krags
Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:44 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Meet your new friend, Mr. Flashlight
Replies: 73
Views: 3977

Arch wrote:You do cast one:
What about feet? Can you see your own feet, or do you have to look in a mirror to do that?
by Krags
Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:23 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: One Last Red vs. Blue ..... ;)
Replies: 17
Views: 1174

Excellent! Thanks for the heads-up.
by Krags
Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:54 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Wow, I really borked XP this time
Replies: 19
Views: 1609

I thought of trying to decipher that, but then I noticed DCrazy saved me the trouble.

I did notice there are no vowels anywhere in there... that's probably what makes it look like Klingon.
by Krags
Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:49 pm
Forum: The DBB Marketplace
Topic: $13 Virtual Reality glove, that can play Descent.
Replies: 4
Views: 1663

Hmm... the folks at Lionhead made a Black and White patch specifically for this device... that could be interesting...
by Krags
Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:33 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Newbie question regarding D3.
Replies: 8
Views: 1806

And the reason they're not on autoselect by default is that most people would not like discovering, in the middle of a dogfight, that they've just fired off a missle that's disabled their turning controls.
by Krags
Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:02 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Merc not working correctly
Replies: 11
Views: 1009

We've seen problems that pop up with new installations of Mercenary before. Often times the solution is a particular sequence of installs and patches... something like install 1.0, play a few seconds of a level, install Merc, play a few seconds of a level, patch to 1.4. See if that works.
by Krags
Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:50 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: wtf google?
Replies: 21
Views: 1960

Google will usually have a "Sponsored Links" column off to the right, but if you're getting pop-ups, you've got spyware.
by Krags
Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:12 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: So my descent 3 cd just exploded...
Replies: 34
Views: 3210

i made a back up of my descent 3 cd when i first got my burner. only problem is descent 3 knows its a backup is there a no cd patch to fix this? (wont 1.5 remove copy protection?) I use my backup of disc 2 all the time to start the game and it never complains at me. On an interesting semi-related n...
by Krags
Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Best DBB Avatar
Replies: 62
Views: 4668

Scottris's repair bot and Bash's creepy old blinking walrus.
by Krags
Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:59 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Flash Puzzle
Replies: 5
Views: 665

Try this one too: <a href=http://www.albartus.com/motas/ target=_blank>The Mystery of Time and Space</a>. Similar to Crimson Room but much longer.

(This wasn't finished the last time I went through. I don't know whether that's changed.)
by Krags
Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:51 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Help servers Nic dieing
Replies: 6
Views: 812

Is Windows allowed to turn off the card to save power? There should be a setting for that in the card's power management properties.
by Krags
Mon Feb 09, 2004 5:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Math makes sense
Replies: 9
Views: 1024

For the record, it isn't "brown-nosing," but that'll get you to a nice 150%.
by Krags
Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:11 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Wife gives car Cancer!
Replies: 37
Views: 2926

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Originally posted by llClutchll: If you run tap water at the temperatures around here and spray your car down with it, you won't be able to get into the car until a nice sprin...
by Krags
Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:39 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: ship select
Replies: 6
Views: 2177

Also, I think the level needs to have a briefing.
by Krags
Tue Feb 03, 2004 6:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: So I broke down...
Replies: 22
Views: 2269

Unless they've changed stuff since 1.5, middle-click can be set to open a link in a new tab under Preferences -> Navigator -> Tabbed Browsing.