And I, for one, am glad it's back. I've always believed any space like we have here at EPU needs a place where you can be a little random and a little off topic. If nothing else it gives the nice illusion of community. :)

This time around, I'd like to at least set a few minor ground rules. I like random chaos as much as the next guy, but if we can keep to a few rough guidelines our chances for survival increase exponentially.

Lets get the bad stuff out of the way first.

The Don'ts:

• This isn't where you can post stuff that would get you in trouble anywhere else on the forum. There aren't any major rules on the masthead to point at anymore, but if you've been around for a while you know what I mean. If you haven't been around for a while, do yourself a favor and lurk for a while. You'll sort out what flies and what dies pretty quick. Give the AUP over in 'The Forum Itself' a read too, if you haven't already.

• Content should be generally be Safe For Work. Language isn't too much of a concern, but porn or blatantly offensive content is right out. If you feel your case is borderline, flag it as such clearly and before whatever link/joke/what have you. Clicking links is habitual, and most people click before reading the rest of your post. The mods reserve the right to differ with your opinion of what is ok and what isn't. It's a moving target. Deal. :)

• This is sort-of repeated elsewhere, but worth noting again. This isn't where you come to bitch about something/someone else on the forum or about EPU. If you've got a problem that serious with someone else here, take it to PM's or email. (Now if you've got beef with something outside these walls, and you think it's amusing enough to share and can present it in writing more advanced than, "That suxx0rz!", go for it.)

Ok, so that's that. What is ok, then?

The Dos

• Got a semi-relevant (science, sci-fi, dubiously related to some story, &c) link to a cool story or cool item or cool artwork? Post it!

• Seen a cool movie, read a cool book? Post your thoughts! (Spoiler warnings, please)

• Do you like video games? We do! You might have even noticed! Come on down!

You get the idea. I don't mean to make it Fark Lite here or anything, the idea is to just have a social place to bounce stuff around. So try to keep things at least passingly related to EPU.

Two side notes I'd like to make:

First: The folk that hang around here are, generally, more computer savvy than your average Joe. If you've got a computer-related issue and you've reached the end of your Google search without relief, feel free to post a cry for help here. I'd like, however, to keep such threads to low post count, so try to kick things over to PM or email as soon as possible. Holy Wars and the like will not be tolerated.

Second: Got your own fanfic/writing project on the web and want to announce it here? That's cool, but the same rule as above applies. Discussion of said work should take place there, not here, or in email if there is no 'there' there.

As always, consider these rules as a basic guideline and always in flux. Expect them to change at the whim of the mods and admins should conditions merit changes. Don't troll, don't be a choad. Everybody have fun.

Enjoy, and welcome!

Please note: I've archived everything that came before this. It still exists, I've just cleared the board for new stuff.

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

Ahhh... No offense to the Administrative group, but the sphincter factor around here has definitely decreased in a most notable way. ;)

Perhaps the Do's and Don't's should be anchored like the AUP? I know it may be kinda redundant, but it might help in keeping cases of 'Well why wasn't I warned!?' down to a minimum. You know how it is. Sometimes ignorance is willful, other times...

BTW, Chad... Is that what your UF character looks like? He kinda reminds me of Sher Kahn(sp?) from Disney's version of Junglebook. Not a bad thing in my book (to me, that fellow was downright regal), just kinda whimsical.

Black Aeronaut Technologies Creative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer "What? Under the dorsal guiding feathers!?"

>Perhaps the Do's and Don't's should be anchored like the AUP? I know
>it may be kinda redundant, but it might help in keeping cases of 'Well
>why wasn't I warned!?' down to a minimum. You know how it is.
>Sometimes ignorance is willful, other times...

Yeah, I know how it is. That's why I did, in fact, anchor the post. (See the little anchor icon next to it when you're on the top level of private-mail?)

I'll be good this time and just let the joke about willful ignorance go unspoken. ;)

>BTW, Chad... Is that what your UF character looks like? He kinda
>reminds me of Sher Kahn(sp?) from Disney's version of Junglebook. Not
>a bad thing in my book (to me, that fellow was downright regal), just
>kinda whimsical.

Well, he is from an Imperial Kilrathi bloodline, as has been mentioned in passing in at least one of his appearances in the Symphony, so the regal note is deserved. Not that he ever acts it. The artwork the icon comes from is by our own Dave Menard, and someday we'll get around to posting it, as it's a neato-keen pic. I suffered weeks of Tony the Tiger jokes from it, but it was worth it.

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

>Well, he is from an Imperial Kilrathi bloodline, as has been mentioned
>in passing in at least one of his appearances in the Symphony, so the
>regal note is deserved. Not that he ever acts it. The artwork the
>icon comes from is by our own Dave Menard, and someday we'll get
>around to posting it, as it's a neato-keen pic. I suffered weeks of
>Tony the Tiger jokes from it, but it was worth it.

Hmm... Curious... Could he afford Thunderbolts from Aries Arms if they still existed in UF? If so then I could just see it...

Chad Collier uses Aries Arms Thunderbolts.
Theeyyy'rrrre grreeAAAT!

Black Aeronaut Technologies Creative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer "What? Under the dorsal guiding feathers!?"

>>Well, he is from an Imperial Kilrathi bloodline, as has been mentioned
>>in passing in at least one of his appearances in the Symphony, so the
>>regal note is deserved. Not that he ever acts it. The artwork the
>>icon comes from is by our own Dave Menard, and someday we'll get
>>around to posting it, as it's a neato-keen pic. I suffered weeks of
>>Tony the Tiger jokes from it, but it was worth it.
>
>Hmm... Curious... Could he afford Thunderbolts from Aries Arms if
>they still existed in UF? If so then I could just see it...
>
>Chad Collier uses Aries Arms Thunderbolts.
>Theeyyy'rrrre grreeAAAT!

I must confess.. I didn't see the tony the tiger connection till it was pointed out :( guess i'm not very good at making fun of other people :P

YAY!!!!

Glad to see our not so private mail forum back!

>Holy Wars and the like will not be tolerated.

*Pasha pouts, packs his trebuchet up and goes home.

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-Pasha
I,I "Trebeurotic."

>I,I "Trebeurotic."

ITYM "trebusexual," as in "Kingdom of Heaven was a lewdly trebusexual film." HTH.

I'd probably take "treburotic" as an acceptable adjective too. The extra "e" messes with the pronunciation.

Ard Sumhenner
that Janice chick
Usual Suspect and general menace

>>I,I "Trebeurotic."
>
>ITYM "trebusexual," as in "Kingdom of Heaven was a lewdly
>trebusexual film." HTH.
>
>I'd probably take "treburotic" as an acceptable adjective too. The
>extra "e" messes with the pronunciation.

That's it! I was trying to remember what the phrase you came up with was. Trebusexual. *giggle*

--
-Pasha
"I invented Warp Drive, whatta ya got?"
"I'm the Norse God of Mecha."
"Well, I guess you win then."

>>Holy Wars and the like will not be tolerated.
>
>*Pasha pouts, packs his trebuchet up and goes home.

He said no Holy Wars, not no trebuchets.

Polychrome

"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."

>"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."

Does it have to go over the goal-posts, or is it ok if we wipe them out and leave a big gouge in the turf?

>>"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."
>
>Does it have to go over the goal-posts, or is it ok if we wipe them
>out and leave a big gouge in the turf?

The quote was from a group of trebuchet enthusists in Texas.
They said they weren't concerned with accuracy because they had several square miles to work with.

Polychrome

>>>"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."
>>
>>Does it have to go over the goal-posts, or is it ok if we wipe them
>>out and leave a big gouge in the turf?
>
>The quote was from a group of trebuchet enthusists in Texas.
>They said they weren't concerned with accuracy because they had
>several square miles to work with.
>
>Polychrome

But why a Cadillac?

>But why a Cadillac?

Probably because they're big and heavy.

Polychrome

>>>"Our goal is to fling a Cadillac the length of a football field."
>>
>>Does it have to go over the goal-posts, or is it ok if we wipe them
>>out and leave a big gouge in the turf?
>
>The quote was from a group of trebuchet enthusists in Texas.
>They said they weren't concerned with accuracy because they had
>several square miles to work with.

Ah, too bad. I think it'd be kind of cool to have a trebuchet in one end-zone, and the goal-posts in the other, and start flinging caddies, trying to get a field goal.

>Ah, too bad. I think it'd be kind of cool to have a trebuchet in one
>end-zone, and the goal-posts in the other, and start flinging caddies,
>trying to get a field goal.

That would be amusing. And challenging. Cadillacs aren't terribly aerodynamic when moving the way they were designed to, much less when they are flung through the air.

Polychrome

"Unbalanced, unaerodynamic projectile: -4 to hit."

>>Ah, too bad. I think it'd be kind of cool to have a trebuchet in one
>>end-zone, and the goal-posts in the other, and start flinging caddies,
>>trying to get a field goal.
>
>That would be amusing. And challenging. Cadillacs aren't terribly
>aerodynamic when moving the way they were designed to, much less when
>they are flung through the air.

Rocket assist!

	Chad Collier Smirking Kilrathi The Captain of the Gravy Train

>>>Ah, too bad. I think it'd be kind of cool to have a trebuchet in one
>>>end-zone, and the goal-posts in the other, and start flinging caddies,
>>>trying to get a field goal.
>>
>>That would be amusing. And challenging. Cadillacs aren't terribly
>>aerodynamic when moving the way they were designed to, much less when
>>they are flung through the air.
>
>Rocket assist!

Oh, c'mon. That's cheating.

Polychrome

>Oh, c'mon. That's cheating.

...yeah, so?

--
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Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

>>Oh, c'mon. That's cheating.
>
>...yeah, so?

What's the point of building a Big Damn Trebuchet if you're just going to put rockets on it?

Polychrome

>>>Oh, c'mon. That's cheating.
>>
>>...yeah, so?
>
>What's the point of building a Big Damn Trebuchet if you're just going
>to put rockets on it?

Uh...

... to have a big damn trebuchet with rockets on it.

Jeez. I wouldn't thought that was self-evident.

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Uh...
>
>... to have a big damn trebuchet with rockets on it.
>
>Jeez. I wouldn't thought that was self-evident.

Well sure, if you want to defile your trebuchet that way.

I'll be over here tossing cars the way God intended. Defying gravity by using gravity!

Polychrome

/silly

>
>Rocket assist!
>

"This week on Mythbusters, the rocket-assisted trebuchet..."

"...for safety reasons, Adam will be catching the Cadillac if it overshoots Lake Daniels..."

"...don't try this at home."

Peter Eng
--
Yes, I do have a strange mind.

Greetings!

>"This week on Mythbusters, the rocket-assisted trebuchet..."

I can almost see this episode in my head; with the debate on where to best put the rockets to having the Cadillac break apart over the lake.

"...at least you caught the engine block."

Heh.

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.

Today's global thermonuclear war tactic: Iceland Incident
Winner: None

>>
>>Rocket assist!
>>
>
>"This week on Mythbusters, the rocket-assisted trebuchet..."
>
>"...for safety reasons, Adam will be catching the Cadillac if it
>overshoots Lake Daniels..."
>
>"...don't try this at home."

*Devolves into a puddle of burbling laughter*

Black Aeronaut Technologies Creative aerospace solutions for the discerning spacer "What? Under the dorsal guiding feathers!?"

LAST EDITED ON Jan-12-06 AT 09:56 AM (EST)
 
Aheh. Actually, knowing Jamie and Adam's luck, things would Go Horribly Wrong before the first commercial break.

Ahh, I can see it now, Jamie calls the count-down and the rockets ignite! The counterweight drops...aaand the throwing arm locks in the vertical position.

We hear bleeping as the censors mask over Adam's swearing. Meanwhile, with the rockets now at full burn, the entire trebuchet trundles backwards out of its firing position.

It lurches over a curb and proceeds to meander through the mall parking lot behind where the crew was filming, Cadillac in tow. Chaos and hilarity ensues.

Ha Ha! Comedy!

~AVG

EDIT>> Grammar patch applied.
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