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Zewle posted:How would I go about commissioning art for something like an album? Post a thread in SA-Mart?
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Why do so many English recording artists sing with very standard American accents? Do their British fans ever get pissed about this?
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Aug 17, 2011 02:01
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Giant Squid posted:Why do so many English recording artists sing with very standard American accents? Do their British fans ever get pissed about this? I remember John Lennon saying that everyone sang in American accents back when because they wanted to sound like the records they played, like Elvis. Not all English artists do. Pink Floyd for example, but most do - as well as here in Australia. It's the mindless zeitgeist of cultural dominance. 
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Aug 17, 2011 02:48
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tarepanda posted:Post a thread in SA-Mart? If you want 10 mediocre/awful submissions and then them trying to get you banned when you don't pay for one of them.
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Aug 17, 2011 02:59
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Zewle posted:How would I go about commissioning art for something like an album? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1450923 Or go out IRL and find someone whose art you like at shows, or in student galleries at a university near you who might even be interested in portfolio work. Basically make contact with someone with a cool style and see what they think.
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Aug 17, 2011 03:51
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Is there an affordable keyboard+mouse for the PS3? Like under $40 (hopefully) or should I just break down and try to hone my skills with the joy nipples. I ask because I've played Madden for over a decade with the keyboard and mouse...plus it's better for FPS.
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Aug 17, 2011 06:09
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Pweller posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1450923 That's a good idea, thanks.
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Aug 17, 2011 06:36
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SlightButSteady posted:I remember John Lennon saying that everyone sang in American accents back when because they wanted to sound like the records they played, like Elvis.
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Aug 17, 2011 07:29
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 There was a series of these discussing the building's viability as a zombie fortress, does anyone have the one with the pile of zombies forming beneath it? (image threads kill the modem I'm using atm) edit - here is the last one for reference: 
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Aug 17, 2011 07:42
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I have annoying bird song in the morning, and it is waking me up EVERY morning. I have rigged up my iPhone to my 5.1 surround sound and will be using my iGun application to hopefully scare birds away. Would the 'electronic' sound have the same effect as a real gun would have (ala a farmer scaring away crows)
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Aug 17, 2011 09:59
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Is there an estimated percentage of people who have died as virgins somewhere? I was arguing with someone about this before. I thought higher, he thought lower, but we both agreed that it probably wasn't a very high number.
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Aug 17, 2011 10:58
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simosimo posted:I have annoying bird song in the morning, and it is waking me up EVERY morning. I have rigged up my iPhone to my 5.1 surround sound and will be using my iGun application to hopefully scare birds away. No, for the same reason that a farmer using the noise of a gun to scare crows doesn't work permanently--the birds will become acclimated to the noise (and sooner than you'd think), correctly interpreting it and mentally filing it under "non-lethal; ignore", and will ignore it. Where do you live, and what kind of bird is it? This is the key to your problem.
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Aug 17, 2011 16:11
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simosimo posted:I have annoying bird song in the morning, and it is waking me up EVERY morning. I have rigged up my iPhone to my 5.1 surround sound and will be using my iGun application to hopefully scare birds away. It's the sudden loud noise that scares the birds, not anything special about a gun, so I don't doubt that your iGun app would work just fine if it's loud enough. (With, of course, Fig Newton's caveat that it's going to get strikingly less effective over time.) change my name posted:Is there an estimated percentage of people who have died as virgins somewhere? I was arguing with someone about this before. I thought higher, he thought lower, but we both agreed that it probably wasn't a very high number. Are you including infant and child mortality? That skews the number far, far higher than simply including mortality of people who've at least reached puberty. That said, no, I'm not aware of any organization that would make that kind of estimate. It's possible that you might be able to find an estimate of the percentage of people who are sexually-active and reverse-engineer from that.
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Aug 17, 2011 16:14
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Is there a thread about spotify? I'm not looking for an invite, just peoples experiences with the paid version/app but I cant find one. $10/mo isn't bad for free, legal music if the app is good.
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Aug 17, 2011 16:19
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Besesoth posted:
Whoops, probably should've said "percentage of people who have reach sexual maturity and died as virgins"
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Aug 17, 2011 17:07
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Fig Newton posted:No, for the same reason that a farmer using the noise of a gun to scare crows doesn't work permanently--the birds will become acclimated to the noise (and sooner than you'd think), correctly interpreting it and mentally filing it under "non-lethal; ignore", and will ignore it. I live in the South east of England in Kent. I don't know. But it's two songs, and I'm guessing it's two types of birds. One is a constant chip-chip-cheep-chip-chip-chip-chip...like a continuous (monotonous) high pitched tone with no rhythm or styling. Another is, i'm guessing it's a larger bird like a crow. It makes a spaced out, but rather horrible sound like..... KARRRR................KARRRRRRRRRR............................KARRRRRR.......
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Aug 17, 2011 17:10
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This is a seriously question, but gently caress it... It's 2.10am here. At 12.45am, I ordered a pizza from Domino's website (that's Dominos Australia). I waited fairly patiently for an hour and a bit, then tried to call their main number to see where my pizza was. The main number redirected to my local store, which just rang out. Checking their "store finder" on the website, my local store apparently closes at 11pm. That didn't stop them billing me for the pizza, which I've confirmed via my bank's website. At no time did the ordering website say anything about store hours. In fact, it estimated my pizza's arrival time at 1am. Am I likely to even get my money back? At this point I don't even want the drat pizza, I just want to go to bed. I left polite feedback on their "contact us" form, but god drat, that's poor design. Elector_Nerdlingen fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Aug 17, 2011 |
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Aug 17, 2011 17:16
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AlphaDog posted:Am I likely to even get my money back? At this point I don't even want the drat pizza, I just want to go to bed. I should hope so, especially if you paid with a credit card. This is outright theft if they don't refund you. Call in the morning.
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Aug 17, 2011 17:24
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simosimo posted:I have annoying bird song in the morning, and it is waking me up EVERY morning. I have rigged up my iPhone to my 5.1 surround sound and will be using my iGun application to hopefully scare birds away. Wouldn't that also wake you up?
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Aug 17, 2011 18:11
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AlphaDog posted:Am I likely to even get my money back? At this point I don't even want the drat pizza, I just want to go to bed. Yes, but it's 2am, don't expect your money to be refunded right away. Just call them up in the morning.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:34
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I'm making an Android card game application. Is it against copyright law to scan a deck of Bicycle cards and use the scans as graphics in the game? I'm guessing it's not, but I'd rather play it safe and ask some random people on the internet.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:38
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gwar3k1 posted:Wouldn't that also wake you up? Probably! I've come to the conclusion of rigging up the Iphone to my surround sound and using it as a sleeping aid. I've come across an App which generates dynamic thunder/rain storms, and it sounds very convincing coming through real speakers, so hopefully that will drown out stupid background noise. Plus I love rain!
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Aug 17, 2011 18:40
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simosimo posted:I live in the South east of England in Kent. I don't know. But it's two songs, and I'm guessing it's two types of birds. First one could be a chipmunk, not sure what the urban wildlife is like in Kent but I've got an annoying chipmunk outside my window in the morning that sounds a lot like a bird until you see him sitting there chirping away like a jerk when you're trying to sleep.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:40
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LargeHadron posted:I'm making an Android card game application. Is it against copyright law to scan a deck of Bicycle cards and use the scans as graphics in the game? I'm guessing it's not, but I'd rather play it safe and ask some random people on the internet. I'm almost positive the design of a Bicycle playing card is copyrighted. Especially if you're planning on using it for commercial purposes, you could be in some deep poo poo. EDIT: I'm feeling extra helpful today. Here's what it says on Bicycle's packages: "We claim exclusive trade mark rights in Ace of Spades, Joker, name, number, back design, case design, and name of finish used on our various cards." Now, you can't claim the copyright on the image of a King, Queen, Spade or number 6, but you can claim copyright on an artist's rendition of those items, which Bicycle most certainly has copyrights for. The "Bicycle look" is pretty specific from other cards I've seen. Lastly, here's a set of free, open source playing card images you can use in your app. FCKGW fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Aug 17, 2011 |
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Aug 17, 2011 19:05
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Shenadigins posted:
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Aug 17, 2011 19:07
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simosimo posted:I live in the South east of England in Kent. Welp, UK. I have no idea, sorry. ...but I *do* know some people to ask, thanks to the glory that is the Internet. http://www.kentos.org.uk/ Browse around their website; there are meetings, there are emails of people to contact, there are forums, whatever suits your taste. They'll know exactly what kind of bird it is, plus how to combat it. Be aware that these folks are, by definition, birdlovers, so probably it's a bad idea to go in there with, "MUST. KILL. BIRDS!!" or else they won't talk to you at all. But a polite, "I was wondering what kind of birds these are that are waking me up every morning" will be met with enthusiasm, plus answered in about 2 seconds flat. Then once you know what kind of birds they are, you can continue the conversation with, "...and how do I keep them from waking me up every morning?"
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Aug 17, 2011 19:08
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FCKGW posted:Lastly, here's a set of free, open source playing card images you can use in your app. Thanks. Those cards are a little bit hideous though. I think I'll search around a bit for some different styles.
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Aug 17, 2011 19:45
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LargeHadron posted:Thanks. Those cards are a little bit hideous though. I think I'll search around a bit for some different styles. Why don't you contact Bicycle and ask them for permission? They might say yes.
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Aug 17, 2011 20:36
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marshmallard posted:Why don't you contact Bicycle and ask them for permission? They might say yes. Odds of success for use in a commercial application: 0.00001% Odds of receiving a cease and desist letter: pretty good.
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Aug 17, 2011 20:53
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I found this: http://code.google.com/p/vectorized-playing-cards/ I sent the creator an email asking about copyrights (since the card faces look identical to Bicycle card faces). He replied with this: Guy who made the vector images posted:I'm not a copyright lawyer, so cannot guarantee you this 100%. I'll probably just end up using these. The worst that would happen is a cease and desist letter, but I imagine that's unlikely anyways. I think.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:36
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That's the first time I've noticed that only 1 king is one-eyed. And then read wayyy too much about the details of the standard English deck. Someone should make a deck of cards with card art trivia on each one.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:46
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Anyone know what accent this is? Some people say it's the Virginia Piedmont dialect, but it sounds nothing like it.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:35
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Spermando posted:Anyone know what accent this is? Some people say it's the Virginia Piedmont dialect, but it sounds nothing like it. Transatlantic? http://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/transatlantic-accent/
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Spermando posted:Anyone know what accent this is? Some people say it's the Virginia Piedmont dialect, but it sounds nothing like it. Georgia.
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Aug 18, 2011 00:32
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The Aphasian posted:Transatlantic? That didn't sound anything like the accent in the clip he posted to. I also doubt someone with a transatlantic accent would say 'I reckon' since the link you posted says "The accent comes from American boarding schools in New England where students were taught to speak English in more of an RP or high-class British way." and the one in the video was southern of some kind.
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Aug 18, 2011 03:29
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Appalachian?
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Aug 18, 2011 03:30
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Loopyface posted:Georgia. This or maybe Mississippi, it's definitely Southern old-money.
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Aug 18, 2011 03:59
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Yeah, you have to get down into South Carolina before someone would say hooker as "huh-kuh" instead of "huh-ker"
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I am looking for a fish, my parents cooked it for me when I was young. They are tiny white fish, like a little bigger than an ant, and you get them and fry them in batter to form a patty. They called ti ti ri, but I don't know the official name.
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b0nes posted:I am looking for a fish, my parents cooked it for me when I was young. They are tiny white fish, like a little bigger than an ant, and you get them and fry them in batter to form a patty. They called ti ti ri, but I don't know the official name. http://www.lennoxhonychurch.com/heritage.cfm?Id=255 First result for "titiri fish."
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