ThurinEthir

Um... Actual: 1584 Post Count: 1619 Not really sure what happened there... :-k

Oh yeah? Invisible cat.

My game, which may actually require thinking... Click the "Random Article" button on the left side of Wikipedia. Now, think of another article...I don't recommend click "Random Article" again, but rather just think of something. For example, I could pick Tokyo. Anyways, you have to try to go from the first article (The "Random Article" one) to the one you thought of...By way of internal links...So, for example, say your first article was "Robert P. Dilworth". Now, following my example from above, you have to go from "Robert P. Dilworth" to Tokyo by only using links that bring you to other Wikipedia pages. I'll continue my example for the sake of it. So... Robert P. Dilworth -> Hemet, California -> California -> Japanese American (It's somewhere on the page) -> Japan -> Tokyo. :

Addictive. I managed to fly from JFK to Logan without crashing...Of course, I crashed while landing. But eh, at least I crashed on the runway. :D I think I've got turning down...Slowing down seems to be my biggest problem... And it looks like I'll break out my old gamepad tomorrow...See if that makes things easier.

I would siggy that if I had room. :lol: And thanks...And also, by the way... Not sure if the numbers are referring to the number of the quote, but I doubt it. Anyways...One, TWO, three.

Before I knew it was for the win, I thought it was wtf backwards :-# Anyways I want to go to canada again Everyone wants to go to Canada I was in Canada on Monday and Tuesday. Flew to Buffalo, drove to Mississauga. Stopped at Niagara Falls on the way back. Even though it's like my tenth time to Canada, still...A nice place. But penguins>beavers.

Games are in italics, other "important stuff" is in bold. I'll pick up from when I got back from Taiwan, about two and a half weeks ago. Apparently, most of my friends got re-addicted to SilkRoad Online, due to the Europe update in the International Version. So when I got back, I downloaded it as well. I made a new character, a cleric on the Venice server. I reached level 20 in a week, but by then, I had already got myself addicted to Age of Empires. I haven't played since. My birthday was a week or two ago...Got Age of Empires: Collector's Edition (Jewel Case). I downloaded Age of Empires: Gold on my birthday. I completed the Ascent of Egypt Learning Campaign in 3 days, just before I left for Canada. I played a few death matches the night before I left, as I had some spare time. After I returned, I started the Glory of Greece campaign. I completed it today. I started the Voices of Babylon campaign today. If completed the first scenario, took me like 5 hours. Noob FTW. Anyways, afterwards, I played a DM...Cheated like crazy, got a bunch of Photon Men and Big Daddies...Destroyed everyone. :D Anyways, I plan on finishing Voices of Babylon and hopefully the Yamato one (Or whatever) before school starts on September 6th. If not, I'll finish when I can...I'll finish the Rise of Rome campaigns afterwards, then either master DMs and RMs, move on to Age of Empires: The Age of Kings or Civilizations IV. I should have enough games to last me until 2008, which is the next time I'll have a chance to get some new games, or possibly even a console. Yay.

Sparta. F. T. W. (Lol, that's like Friday, Thursday, Wednesday. Yay. And wow, I just realized FTW and WTF are backwards versions of each other. So WTF is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Enough off-topic...) Anyways, I would like to go to Greece someday, view all the ancient sites. Otherwise, a return to Edinburgh would be nice, and possibly also Bordeaux/Paris again. And of course, Taiwan. I'm considering moving back when I'm older...For now, annual trips back will suffice. Hopefully. Taipei is a beautiful city. If it were up to me, I would have never moved to Massachusetts in the first place.

Jack Bauer stole it.

This page might be better; it uses pictures to give you an idea of what's going on. On another note, I've solved a 4x4x4 and 5x5x5 and I'm currently working on a 20x20x20 (huge leap, I know). It'll probably be solved over the course of a few days; I'm about 45 minutes in with 9 edges solved and the centers all screwed up. Solving big cubes is fun but insane. Thanks, I'll try it when I have the time. And in the meantime, I used this. I know everything up to step 5, and can do that much pretty quickly, by heart. But step 5 confuses me...I can' t really hear what he's saying.

1. National Treasure 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (There you go, Flametrooper!) 3. Ocean's Eleven 4. 300 (Not at all close to what I expected. Why people love it so much, I don't know. Only a like for me, and that's only because it has to do with Sparta.) Probably a few others I'm forgetting.

:lol: That's why I carry a rubber band around with me at all times. Combined with paper (Paper wasps), pencils, or even by itself, it's a nice weapon. And teachers can't confiscate it unless I do something with it. Which I don't unless some kid comes after me and starts a fight, in which case, I don't get punished either. Anyways...Establishing a good reputation is always nice. Teachers are much more likely to think the "big, fat, noisy troublemaker" started the fight against the "nice, quiet geek". Even though that's probably the case, it can be used to prove your innocence. Same. Except occasionally, sometimes I sort of enjoy the violence. I doubt that's a good thing...But eh...Who doesn't like destroying someone you don't like? Be proud of being Asian! Very few people at my school take the risk of making fun of the Asians. There are just too many to handle if they retaliate. :

School can cause me to lose more sleep than video games. But it's usually the other way around...Still, if my parents tell me to stop playing, I stop playing. During the school year, my typical day is wake up at 7, school, walk home, an hour of computer games and homework (Multitasking FTW), practice piano, and computer games until 5-6, TV/reading/games for the rest of the day. I can easily end at any time. Yet I usually go to bed between 11 and midnight...Not that much sleep for my age, but eh...It doesn't affect my schoolwork, so my parents don't really care. If it gets to a point that they do care, sure, I'll just stop whenever they want me to. Both parents and the kid need to take care of the problem. The kid should be able to control themselves, and the parents should reinforce it. If not, they have no right to complain. (Anyways...During vacations/days with no school, I alternate between playing games, TV, reading, and random walking around for the whole day. I usually stop playing games around midnight, and maybe read an hour. I wake up after 10, so I guess it makes up for the lost sleep of the school year.)

That's all the notation of the turns you have to make. It's explained on the site and is pretty easy to learn. It also refers to the edge and corner pieces. It becomes second nature pretty quickly. Yeah, I know. It's hard for me to visualize it though...Even with the cube in front of me. Some pictures could help...If that site got pictures, it'd be nice. I'll try it again later, maybe I'll be able to do it when I'm actually awake, rather than half-asleep.

Lmao...Sounds EXACTLY like me. I have a Red Sox one too...It's harder and easier. It's harder because yes, it's kind of confusing unless you know the correct patterns. It's easier because you know you have it wrong if the correct squares are on the correct face, except in the wrong places. Anyways, my friend can do a normal one in about a minute, and probably can do the Red Sox one in 2-3 minutes. He's tried teaching me, except all he was rather confusing. (By the way...While I was on vacation, I brought mine along...I kept solving each side, one at a time. Never two at once. Somehow, after a while, I got two sides. Yay.) I took a look at the site you posted, except I'm still a little confused. Too many U's and F's and DRF's. -.-

Mars is tons times larger than the moon. So it wouldn't have to be as close as the moon to appear the same size. Ah, stupid me. #-o But still...If I remember correctly...Mars is...Twice (?) the size of the moon? I'm pretty sure the distance between the Earth and the moon is over twice the distance of the distance between the Earth and Mars. I see that Meol put something about it...But I'm pretty sure that the moon is still over twice as close. Also...I found this on Wiki: "On August 27, 2003, at 9:51:13 UT, Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years: 55,758,006 km (approximately 35 million miles). This occurred when Mars was one day from opposition and about three days from its perihelion, making Mars particularly easy to see from Earth. The last time it came so close is estimated to have been on September 12, 57,617 BC., the next time being in 2287. However, this record approach was only very slightly closer than other recent close approaches. For instance, the minimum distance on August 22, 1924 was 0.37284 AU, compared to 0.37271 AU on August 27, 2003, and the minimum distance on August 24, 2208 will be 0.37278 AU.[74] The orbital changes of Earth and Mars are making the approaches nearer: the 2003 record will be bettered 22 times by the year 4000." I'm guessing that this hoax is an annual thing that started in 2003. The 2003 was a real one, every single year afterwards, people try to fool people into thinking there's another one. There isn't.

The distance something has in relationship with the Earth determines how large it appears in the sky. If the moon and Mars appear the same size, then they're the same distance from the Earth. Meaning Mars has just gotten a whole lot closer. And for the record...If any of you ever see something reddish the size of the moon in the sky, it's probably a lunar eclipse. If not...Call NASA?

Lol. This one also works nicely... Nadril:

He's right you know. I'm constantly plotting something against everybody. Chances are none of these plots will ever be enacted, seeing as nobody really sets me off, but yea, I plot. and scheme. Mostly scheme. And jackattack: same thign with the high-fives and the "he's my best friend". People seem to think that's funny for some reason. I dont quite get it. :-k Silent but deadly... Sort of applies to me...And my farts... But seriously...At school, I'm very quiet. I never talk to anyone but my friends/enemies. When I'm not talking, I'm plotting. Either plotting my next attack on my enemies, how I'm going to spend my day, what I'm going to do on certain games, etc. Anyways, everyone gets a nice little surprise when they see nice, quiet Penguin attacking someone.

I get bullied sometimes (Eh, more like rather often) but I admit I'm somewhat of a bully myself. No serious bullying went on in elementary school...Just stupid "You're stupid" comments back and forth. Except maybe fifth grade...This kid picked on me a little...Nothing big though. But middle school... I was a perfect target for bullying. Unpopular, small, has a reputation as a nice and peaceful person. One of the biggest bullying case I've encountered was in sixth grade... This already established bully wanted to look in my locker - I have no idea why, he just did. I refused. I kicked him in the leg. He told me to kick him again. I did. He shoved me, I shoved him back. Ends up we have a decent-sized fight in the hallway. Luckily, no teacher sees us. From then on, he bullies me every chance possible. He gets racial. I make him pay...Got him square in the face with a chicken nugget, then a punch in the stomach. Owned. Once again, no teacher sees, but he learns his lesson. Don't mess with me. At least I hope he did. [hide=Yankees Suck!]And then, in seventh grade, I was asking for it. Wearing a Yankees shirt to school near Boston (I have no idea why I did...) is pretty much suicide. Starts in homeroom...Which is full of jocks. Then band...A guy that's bullied me quite a lot (This one completely due to size...He's humongous) pretty much destroys me. With his French horn. Then on to lunch...The bully I talked about above comes back...Has a few choice words...Then on the way home, every person that sees me has something to say.[/hide] [hide=War]But anyways, I guess I have to save some space for the biggest bullying I've encountered. If you even call it bullying... I've posted about it before...Anyways...My best friend in elementary school was a kid named Will. He's a dork, always been a dork. I'm a geek, and just as unpopular, so that's probably why we were friends. Anyways, sixth grade nearly killed our friendship. He got bullied a lot...And I had to decide between him, and my other friends. I did my best to pick both...But it didn't work out so well. I threw some playful insults at him and eventually he threw some less playful ones back. By the end of the year, we were neutral. Then seventh grade...The fall continues. My friends and I form "the Asian Mafia"...Basically, a group of Asians who are best friends and play a bunch of online games, mainly MMORPGs. When we made our first clan/guild together, that was the name we decided on. We stuck with it. Anyways...Our little group had a kid from NYC. Dirty mouth. Only nice to his friends. Everyone else, beware. Somehow, he became our "leader". He started to playfully take Will's stuff, and we all eventually did as well. Then one day...While was trying to grab his backpack back from another kid, he thought I was going for his lunchbox. His reaction...Grab his lunch box strap, swing it around, hit me in the face. My reaction...Grab his shirt, shove him onto the ground, kick him, then punch him. Somehow, the principal only punishes him, and not me. Ever since that day, he's seeked revenge...There's been way too many "battles" for me to go into detail, but basically, we're virtual enemies. We stab at each other every chance we get. I personally think he's getting a little desperate, and is starting to make up lies about me to "get cooler". (While it does the opposite.) Anyways, whatever the case is, it's intense bullying. Physical and verbal. I just hope he doesn't go after me the first minute of the upcoming school year...[/hide] Anyways...That's one case of me bullying someone, although it included me getting bullied as well. I actually don't think there's been a case in which I've bullied without being bullied first... And to those people saying to stick with your friends, I do. Those saying don't fight back...Even though it's probably what I should do, nah. We're like an army...Attack one of us, we'll attack you back. And we'll destroy you. : (By the way, about my reputation as nice and peaceful. Not really. I'm now nice and violent. Yay.)

In fifth grade, one of my classmates drew a gun in art class. He got sent out into the hall, where the teacher lectured him about how you aren't allowed to draw guns where I live. In sixth grade, we were learning about the European conquest of America. We had to draw this big thing, depicting what happened. One of my classmates asked my teacher if they had guns/rifles/whatever already, and she said yes, and told us to draw some. So I did. And it helped me get an A. No punishment. Currently, my friends and I draw swords/old weapons all the time at school. Do we get punished? Not even close. I disagree with the punishment this boy got. MAYBE a little talk with the teacher at the most. I'd like to take a look at that school's rule book. If they even have one. I'm pretty sure I can't find "Thou aren't allowed to draw thy gun in thy school" in there. If I could, then geez...Strict school...But still a dumb rule.

Cat = Sycosis. Words are said by anyone who disagreed with him.

There was a thread about flash games a while ago...But I guess this is a little different. Anyways, a game that keeps me busy when I don't have access to my computer with my downloaded games... Onslaught 2 Kind of like Warcraft III except...Not...It's similar to your typical tower defense, except this one has combos, unlimited levels, laser chains and custom maps. Quite fun, until you manage to get to level 1000 on an official map.

And where are the Romans now? That's right dead (if you're talking about the ancient [or one of the first modern ones on some standards] civilization). Goes to show how much they know. =P Off-Topic: These forums really need a sticking out tongue smiley so I can stop using =P. :wall: You can use the one that Reb used...It's a colon then a P. :P Anyways, my birthday was a few days ago. I wasn't excited, but rather sad to be honest. Guess that's because of my usually pessimistic attitude. One less year until I die!

Taiwan's playing Japan in a few hours. This will be a heck of a game...I'd say that they're somewhat rivals. Anyways, speaking of rivals, it's sort of a mini version of Red Sox/Yankees. Dice-K, of the Sox, is from Japan, while Chien-Ming Wang, of the Yankees, is from Taiwan. Should be nice, hope Taiwan wins. And now that we're in the quarterfinals, let's make picks on who'll win the whole thing. Even though I don't like it, I think Japan is going to win. EDIT: Taiwan got a nice 2-0 lead in the first...Gave it up in the fourth...But just scored again on a play at the plate. \ Second Edit: I was too busy watching the game to edit this for each run...But not like that would've been often. What. A. Game. Tremendous pitching from both teams, and fatigue got Taiwan in the end. Oh well, I learned from the Red Sox. There's always next year. :