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#15841 Binder of Demons

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 06:23 PM

The hot weather is messing with my groove. Been out filming all afternoon, running around with heavy equipment, and I am now sunburnt and shattered tired (hard to use sunscreen when you're using camera gear and handling lenses, as you can easily smear the glass on the lens with the sunscreen).

All I'm fit for now, is falling asleep on the couch.

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#15842 Puck

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 06:52 PM

Binder of Demons, on 25 July 2014 - 06:23 PM, said:

Maybe you can find spray-on sunscreen? Might be easier to handle in your case, I guess?

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#15843 Binder of Demons

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 07:27 PM

If i had any fuckin sense i would have worn a hat oor baseball cap to keep the sun off, but i was in such a rush i forgot this morning. The problem with the sunscreen is that even if it is a spray on, you end up wiping your forehead when sweating, and can easily transfer it to your fingers then. I hate the heat.

#15844 Gust Hubb

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 08:06 PM

Rapid destabilization around the world. Depressing as hell.

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#15845 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 09:45 PM

Partner just showed me the Shadow of Mordor demo and talk.

It lost me less than a minute in when the numpty started talking about Sauron not always being evil "because he helped the elves make the Rings of Power". This apparently makes him morally grey.

So, the One Ring was made out of pure goodwill to all men was it?

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 10:12 PM

Tisteon Simeonus, on 23 July 2014 - 07:57 PM, said:

Have to wear a stab vest, thick black trousers

You work in an office in Glasgow too?

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 10:50 PM

Gust Hubb, on 25 July 2014 - 08:06 PM, said:

Rapid destabilization around the world. Depressing as hell.

I actually like it when it happens. It kinda makes me hope that there is a chance the current situation will change. (even a little.)

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Posted 25 July 2014 - 11:32 PM

Accelerationism sucks.

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#15849 Gothos

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 10:57 AM

So I've met a girl that you could call an Angie Varona lookalike. My integrity is sorely tested. (though I did, naturally, prevail)

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#15850 Tsundoku

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 12:31 PM

Gothos, on 26 July 2014 - 10:57 AM, said:

So I've met a girl that you could call an Angie Varona lookalike. My integrity is sorely tested. (though I did, naturally, prevail)

You mean she looks 14??? ^_^

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#15851 Gothos

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 01:03 PM

Sombra, on 26 July 2014 - 12:31 PM, said:

Gothos, on 26 July 2014 - 10:57 AM, said:

So I've met a girl that you could call an Angie Varona lookalike. My integrity is sorely tested. (though I did, naturally, prevail)

You mean she looks 14??? ^_^

Hey. Angie's 20!

#15852 QuickTidal

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 02:37 PM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 25 July 2014 - 09:45 PM, said:

Ugh. Did this creator never actually read THE SILMARILLION? As #1 lieutenant to Morgoth from the beginning of time, he's been pretty damned evil all along.

"helping the elves make the rings of power"? So this guy thinks desire for dominance over all living things...is morally gray? I don't even.

I share your frustration retiredbridgeburner.

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#15853 Gust Hubb

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 03:26 PM

EmperorMagus, on 25 July 2014 - 10:50 PM, said:

Gust Hubb, on 25 July 2014 - 08:06 PM, said:

Rapid destabilization around the world. Depressing as hell.

I actually like it when it happens. It kinda makes me hope that there is a chance the current situation will change. (even a little.)

That's what I have always thought. As I get older, I find that is less true than I'd like to believe.

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#15854 Binder of Demons

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Posted 26 July 2014 - 07:13 PM

Just saw too much of a "documentary" program about the Bermuda Triangle. It infuriated me on so many levels. As someone who studied science for far too many years, the level of discussion about any scientific concepts was crap. Each "expert" sounded more delusional than the previous one.

And as someone who also is interested in filmmaking (and originally wanted to focus more on documentary), I find it especially problematic when there are terrible production values for no apparent reason, and more worryingly, no conclusions drawn from an hour long show. How does this shite get made?

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Posted 27 July 2014 - 01:55 AM

So, its 7.20 AM here , on a Sunday, and I am getting ready to go to the market for the weekly grocery shopping for my family. There used to be this concept I knew......I think it was called sleep...... got to find it again.......

#15856 QuickTidal

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Posted 27 July 2014 - 01:10 PM

Windows 8.1...registry permissions...and Flash Player's most recent update.

I hate all of these things, because they conspire to disallow me to watch videos on HALF of the internet.

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Posted 27 July 2014 - 01:28 PM

QuickTidal, on 26 July 2014 - 02:37 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 25 July 2014 - 09:45 PM, said:

Wait...this person has never heard of 1) subtlety, 2) the long game, 3) Sauron the DECEIVER.

Why do people always fuck up the lore? *looks at Elder Scrolls Online* WHY?!?!?!

Binder of Demons, on 26 July 2014 - 07:13 PM, said:

You, my friend, would most likely LOVE "The Nostradamus Effect" and "Ancient Aliens". I have not seen this Bermuda Triangle documentary, but it sounds like I may have to check it out. (Granted, if you went in expecting it to be factual, it's your own fault that you didn't enjoy it for the shear fun of poking holes in the logic/"science" used in the show, and the ludicrously low budget effects. You need to watch these things to laugh at them. If you want an actual documentary, stick with the big-name, well-reviewed ones. ^_^

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<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

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Posted 27 July 2014 - 01:31 PM

QuickTidal, on 27 July 2014 - 01:10 PM, said:

Windows 8.1

Well, there's 99% of your problem right there, QT. Windows 8 (even after 8.1) is a blasphemous failure of an OS, worse even than Vista, as it was foolishly made to cater for both tablets and computers. You need Windows 7. Much better.

(In related news, my work's IT department has had to "upgrade" their computers to Windows 8.1 from Win7. It's hilarious watching them stumble around trying to figure out how it works now. And then watching them try to develop software on it.

...software I will eventually have to test and then use.

...on an OS we will likely upgrade to within the year.

...fuck. Now this is messing with MY groove! Stupid Windows 8....)

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Shinrei said:

<Vote Silencer> For not garnering any heat or any love for that matter. And I'm being serious here, it's like a mental block that is there, and you just keep forgetting it.

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Posted 27 July 2014 - 01:43 PM

If it wasn't such a hassle to downgrade to Win 7 (which I loved), I would do it. But man it seems like such a bloody hassle.

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